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The Saloon or the WretchedHive is where all men and women gather after a rough day out in the west, to make sure the place keeps the taps a flowing, the dancers dancing and the wenches wenching. The Saloon Owner is the guy to turn to. He is often connected to almost everything that goes on within the pub from the BountyHunter who just came by for quick respite being finding his quarry, the RailroadBaron who has come to get frisky with one of the dancers or TheGunslinger who just busted several jawbones. The Saloon owner is a pimp, crime boss, and owner of an ill establishment.

The Saloon owner has two different varieties, sometimes he is the somewhat sympathetic owner of a pub and is willing to help the sheriff or the protagonist out for the right price. Other times he is a ruthless bastard who cares nothing but power and is the de facto mayor of the town and this is his barracks as the clients are more than willing to help him for free service.

The Saloon or the WretchedHive is where all men and women gather after a rough day out in the west, to make sure the place keeps the taps a flowing, the dancers dancing and the wenches wenching. The Saloon Owner is the guy to turn to. He is often connected to almost everything that goes within the pub from the BountyHunter who just came by for quick respite being finding his quarry, the RailroadBaron who has come to get frisky with one of the dancers or TheGunslinger who just busted several jawbones. The Saloon owner is pimp, crime boss and owner of an ill establishment.

See also: MissKitty. May overlap with TheBartender, but usually the bartender is hired help.

* Skinny, from ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}''. [[spoiler: Decides to put Ned's corpse on display (or was told to by Little Bill), prompting Clint Eastwood to blow him down with a shotgun and deliver one of the best lines of his career: "He should've armed himself, if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend." ]]

* Lou and Becky from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' are the Pub Owners in Redding and The Den. Compared to their competition, they are tough yet honest. Lou actually lampshades you on how the hooker you just bought out is merely using the money to buy more jet. However the rest are usually much less honest and honorable.

* Lou and Becky from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' are the Pub Owners in Redding and The Den. Compare to their competition, they are tough yet honest. Lou actually lampshades you on how the hooker you just bought out is merely using the money to buy more jet. However the rest are usually much less honest and honorable.

* Milt, the owner/operator of the saloon in ''Film/{{Tombstone}}'' where the Earp brothers set up their card game. He really only has one scene and doesn't do much; he's mostly memorable for not believing Wyatt when he introduces himself.

* Mr. [=McGarrity=] in ''ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn'' owns the saloon where Johnny Nolan indulges his alcoholism. He's a JadedWashout type with rotten kids (he wanted a "refined" family and it's specifically mentioned that he ''hoped'' his children would be ashamed of him for owning a saloon; instead, they're proud) and a wife who fits the typical female mold of this character and cheats on him with the patrons. To combat the disappointment of all this, he begins to live vicariously through Johnny, listening to his stories about his wife and children and pretending they're his own, and even tries ineffectually to get in with Katie after Johnny dies.

See also: MissKitty.

* Quark in DeepSpaceNine is a futuristic version, with synthehol for booze and holosuites instead of prostitutes.

* Milt, the owner/operator of the saloon in ''{{Tombstone}}'' where the Earp brothers set up their card game. He really only has one scene and doesn't do much; he's mostly memorable for not believing Wyatt when he introduces himself.

** Trudy of the Prospector's Saloon in Goodsprings is the nice kind. She is willing to help form a militia when the Powder Gangers came knocking.

The Saloon or the WretchedHive is where all men and women gather after a rough day out in the west, to make sure the place keeps the taps a flowing, the dancers dancing and the wenches wenching. The Saloon Owner is the guy to turn to. He is often connected to almost everything that goes within the pub from the BountyHunter who just came by for quick respite being finding his quarry, the RailroadBaron who has come to get frisky with one of the dancers or TheGunslinger who just busted several jawbones. The Saloon owner is pimp, crime boss and owner of an ill establishment.

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* In {{Yojimbo}} and its remakes, the [[NoNameGiven Nameless Protaganist]] is helped by the local tavern owner.

* Bea Arthur's part in ''TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' was as the saloon owner of the cantina (yes, ''that'' one) on Tatooine which was inexplicably shut down by the Empire. A nice but gruff character, she treats all her customers to one last round on the house before singing a farewell song.

* Cat R. Waul of ''AnAmericanTail: Fievel Goes West'' is of the villainous variety.

* Skinny, from ''{{Unforgiven}}''. [[spoiler: Decides to put Ned's corpse on display (or was told to by Little Bill), prompting Clint Eastwood to blow him down with a shotgun and deliver one of the best lines of his career: "He should've armed himself, if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend." ]]

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* Cat R. Waul of ''AnAmericanTail: Fievel Goes West'' is of the villainous variety.

* Lou and Becky from ''{{Fallout 2}}'' are the Pub Owners in Redding and The Den. Compare to their competition, they are tough yet honest. Lou actually lampshades you on how the hooker you just bought out is merely using the money to buy more jet. However the rest are usually much less honest and honorable.
** ''{{Fallout 3}}'', in contrast, has Colin Moriarty, the [[FakeIrish inexplicably Irish]] owner of Megaton's main saloon. He lets his browbeaten [[OurGhoulsAreDifferent ghoul]] debt-slave Gob serve the drinks, forces his worker Nova to prostitute herself to customers, and [[IOwnThisTown has the connections and blackmail material to rival Sheriff Simms as Megaton's boss]]. He's part of the main questline, so players will have to either bribe him (or break into his files) for information on where to go next, though he'll also offer you payment if you [[BadBoss go kill his former worker Silver, since she ran out on him]]. Many players enjoy making the world a better place by killing Moriarty, so that Gob takes over the bar, Nova stops selling herself, and Silver starts a new life in peace.

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* Lou and Becky from ''{{Fallout}} 2'' are the Pub Owners in Redding and The Den. Compare to their competition, they are tough yet honest. Lou actually lampshades you on how the hooker you just bought out is merely using the money to buy more jet. However the rest are usually much less honest and honorable.

* In ''DrQuinnMedicineWoman'', Hank is the owner of the town saloon. He is mostly a {{Jerkass}}, but has some PetTheDog moments.

* Mr. [=McGarrity=] in ''ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn'' owns the saloon where Johnny Nolan indulges his alcoholism. He's an AlBundy type with rotten kids (he wanted a "refined" family and it's specifically mentioned that he ''hoped'' his children would be ashamed of him for owning a saloon; instead, they're proud) and a wife who fits the typical female mold of this character and cheats on him with the patrons. To combat the disappointment of all this, he begins to live vicariously through Johnny, listening to his stories about his wife and children and pretending they're his own, and even tries ineffectually to get in with Katie after Johnny dies.

* Lou and Becky from ''{{Fallout}} 2'' are the Pub Owners in Redding and The Den. Compare to their competition, they are tough yet honest. Lou actually lampshades you on how the hooker you just bought out is merely using the money to buy more jet. However the rest are usually much less honest and honorable.

* Bea Arthur's part in ''TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' was as the saloon owner of the cantina (yes, ''that'' one) on Tatooine which was inexplicably shut down by the Empire. A nice but gruff character, she treats all her customers to one last round on the house before singing a farewell song. She was lauded by the NostalgiaCritic for being the only watchable thing in the entire show, and the only character he could be bothered to care anything about.

* Skinny, from Unforgiven. [[spoiler: Decides to put Ned's corpse on display (or was told to by Little Bill), prompting Clint Eastwood to blow him down with a shotgun and deliver one of the best lines of his career: "He should've armed himself, if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend." ]]
* In Yojimbo and its remakes, the [[NoNameGiven Nameless Protaganist]] is helped by the local tavern owner.

* In Yojimbo and it's remakes, the [[NoNameGiven Nameless Protaganist]] is helped by the local tavern owner.