History Main / MiserAdvisor

** In the book of Mark, the woman goes a bit further - she anoints Jesus with an ''entire bottle'' of the incredibly valuable ointment of nard, worth hundreds of denarii. Plenty of people scold her for this, and Jesus tells them not to because she is showing her love for him who is only on the Earth for a short time while there are always poor people to help (which they did frequently).

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-->'''Black Mage:''' Didn't the pirates take everything already?
-->'''Thief:''' They left everything that was nailed down. I did not.

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The Miser Advisor is a sub trope of MrViceGuy, in that their main motivation for being part of some [[TrueCompanions circle of friends]] is to [[{{Greed}} wring a little money]] out of them now and then. They will often lament their target's lack of wealth, or berate them for spending even a little bit. After all, "a penny saved is a penny earned," and the Miser needs every little bit of cash they can scrounge up.

* Sakurako from ''Manga/AiKora'' is a mild example. She's an average high-school girl who's smart with money, but she gets a ''little'' carried away with cost-cutting tips sometimes... She's also shown to be a sucker for sales and give-aways.

* Not really a member of the ''main character's'' party per se, but in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Kakuzu from the Akatsuki is this way. Being the treasurer for the organization, he is extremely thrift and constantly tries to find ways to make money. The main reason he initially thought to partner with Hidan was because he thought that Hidan's [[ReligionOfEvil religion]] would make them money.

*** To be fair, [[spoiler:in actuality he simply didn't plan on telling Negi ''anything'' until he decided that Negi was a man. But admitting that means admitting he's not as dumb as he looks. Quite. Kinda hard to tell at times.]]

** In the book of Mark, the woman goes a bit further - she anoints Jesus with an ''entire bottle'' of the incredibly valuable ointment of nard, worth hundreds of denarii. Plenty of people scold her for this, and Jesus tells them not to because she is showing her love for him who is only on the Earth for a short time while there is always poor people to help (which they did frequently).
** Due to Mark's version of the story, and that Judas shows no sign of this trope during the event, this is only one interpretation of events. It could even be that it was this incident that turned Judas against Jesus in the first place, if he felt it was simple greed on Jesus part.

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** Hahn is the most frequent ButtMonkey of this: when he ask to accompany Alys and Chaz into the basement of the university (the first dungeon), where he actually proves useful, it costs him 100 meseta. When he asks to accompany the two to Birth Valley, it costs him 250 meseta. And on, and on...

* To an extent, Anise from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''. Most of the reason she's interested in Luke is because she's scheming to marry into money. [[spoiler:And it turns out that, true to type, the whole reason she's involved with the story and designated TheMole in the first place is due to her family's poverty.]]

* Omin Dran of ''WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' is another master of the usurious contract, with numerous {{Running Gag}}s about him not so much employing the team as ''owning'' them outright, and leasing their own bodies and possessions back to them "at a very reasonable rate."

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' has the Buzzards, who are the only people greedier then Scrooge. [[spoiler:Their reason for being so greedy? They're criminal masterminds.]]

Neither the Miser Advisor nor their mark has to be particularly rich to fall under this trope, and it's a lot better if they aren't. Otherwise, they just come off as [[{{Jerkass}} petty and mean.]]

* Alys Brangwin from ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV'' also starts out like this, trying (and succeeding several times!) to get a little extra cash from her clients during seemingly mundane missions.

* Money Bags of the ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' series.

* To a lesser extent, Yuffie from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', though only when it comes to materia rather than cash.
* Neeshka from ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2''.
* The Time Goddess from ''VideoGame/HalfMinuteHero''. Need her to put some extra seconds on your Death Clock? She's willing to help...for a price. (If you're playing ''Evil Lord 30'', this price is "everything in your pocket".)

* Lampshaded [[http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html here]] as the "Lemina Rule" (can be [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as GameplayAndStorySegregation).

Contrast ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney, where the Miser Advisor already has the one thing they're looking for, and uses it against others.

* Mana Tatsumiya, the unreasonably frugal [[HiredGuns mercenary]] from ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', who gets sketchy over 200 yen (very roughly $2.00). Her main victim is Setsuna, who she bills for her services in DemonSlaying, though she's willing to charge anyone on [[TrueCompanions the team]] for any amount of time spent fighting.
** Jack Rakan is much much worse; he routinely attempts to charge people millions for his services, as well as for his training for Negi. They usually get away without paying because Jack decides he's going to "send the bill" to somebody who isn't present; usually Konoka's father.
*** To be fair, [[spoiler:in actuality he simply didn't plan on telling Negi ''anything'' until he decided that Negi was a man. But admitting that means admitting he's not as dumb as he looks. Quite. Kinda hard to tell at times.]]

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Neither the Miser Advisor nor their mark has to be particularly rich to fall under this trope, and it's a lot better if they don't. Otherwise, they just come off as [[{{Jerkass}} petty and mean.]]

* Aahz from Robert Asprin's ''Literature/MythAdventures'' series is a tightwad of the first order, even once the M.Y.T.H. Inc. crew has become successful and obscenely rich. Supposedly, this is because his mother squandered the family's money on bad investments.