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* The FCC has [[http://fcc.gov/stage/Bill-Shock-White-Paper.pdf noted]] that, due to the complexity of mobile phone plans, 17% of customers have experienced a "Bill Shock" at some point. The highest value complaint to the FCC in the first half of 2010 was in the amount of $68505.
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* In the 1954 film ''WhiteChristmas'', Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby), gets the estimate on how much the Christmas show is going to cost over the phone. His reaction: "Wow!", which leads to an exchange with Phil Davis (Danny Kaye):
-->'''Phil''': How much is "wow"?
-->'''Bob''': Right up there between, uh, "ouch" and "boing".
-->'''Phil''': Wow!
-->'''Phil''': How much is "wow"?
-->'''Bob''': Right up there between, uh, "ouch" and "boing".
-->'''Phil''': Wow!
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* Cingular commercials: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nIUcRJX9-o 1]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psj2gQ6KaZk 2]]
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* In only the fifth episode of ''{{Pokemon}}'' titled 'Showdown in Pewter City', Ash and Misty discuss the upcoming gym battle with Brock over a meal. After Ash refuses help from Misty, she angrily leaves the restaurant and Ash is left to stare at the bill and subsequently yell for Misty to come back. Justified in that it reads "$1150" with no sign of a decimal sign. However, this was actually because [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] changed the [[{{Americanitis}} Yen sign to a dollar sign]] but didn't account for the exchange rate. Needless to say, 1150 dollars is a lot more than 1150 yen which is only a little more than thirteen dollars. Thus, his freak-out makes more sense in the dub than the original.
* ''FullmetalAlchemist'': Ed becomes enraged when he gets the bill from Ling about the food he and Lan Fan ate in the hotel.
* In only the fifth episode of ''{{Pokemon}}'' titled 'Showdown in Pewter City', Ash and Misty discuss the upcoming gym battle with Brock over a meal. After Ash refuses help from Misty, she angrily leaves the restaurant and Ash is left to stare at the bill and subsequently yell for Misty to come back. Justified in that it reads "$1150" with no sign of a decimal sign. However, this was actually because [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] changed the [[{{Americanitis}} Yen sign to a dollar sign]] but didn't account for the exchange rate. Needless to say, 1150 dollars is a lot more than 1150 yen which is only a little more than thirteen dollars. Thus, his freak-out makes more sense in the dub than the original.
* ''FullmetalAlchemist'': Ed becomes enraged when he gets the bill from Ling about the food he and Lan Fan ate in the hotel.
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* In only the fifth episode of ''{{Pokemon}}'' titled 'Showdown in Pewter City', Ash and Misty discuss the upcoming gym battle with Brock over a meal. After Ash refuses help from Misty, she angrily leaves the restaurant and Ash is left to stare at the bill and subsequently yell for Misty to come back. Justified in that it reads "$1150" with no sign of a decimal sign. However, this was actually because [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] changed the [[{{Americanitis}} Yen sign to a dollar sign]] but didn't account for the exchange rate. Needless to say, 1150 dollars is a lot more than 1150 yen which is only a little more than thirteen dollars. Thus, his freak-out makes more sense in the dub than the original.
* ''FullmetalAlchemist'': Ed becomes enraged when he gets the bill from Ling about the food he and Lan Fan ate in the hotel.
* In only the fifth episode of ''{{Pokemon}}'' titled 'Showdown in Pewter City', Ash and Misty discuss the upcoming gym battle with Brock over a meal. After Ash refuses help from Misty, she angrily leaves the restaurant and Ash is left to stare at the bill and subsequently yell for Misty to come back. Justified in that it reads "$1150" with no sign of a decimal sign. However, this was actually because [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] changed the [[{{Americanitis}} Yen sign to a dollar sign]] but didn't account for the exchange rate. Needless to say, 1150 dollars is a lot more than 1150 yen which is only a little more than thirteen dollars. Thus, his freak-out makes more sense in the dub than the original.
* ''FullmetalAlchemist'': Ed becomes enraged when he gets the bill from Ling about the food he and Lan Fan ate in the hotel.
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* PlayedForDrama on ''TheSopranos''. Chris is the low man on the totem pole when the crew goes out to dinner, so he's constantly stuck paying the tab. This starts a vicious feud between Chris and Paulie about respect, which culminates when Chris is saddled with a six-figure restaurant bill from Atlantic City. He can barely cover the cost of the check, and when the waiter follows him into the parking lot to demand a tip, Chris murders him.
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* The premise of ''{{Recettear}}'' is Recett being left with such a debt after her father disappears, and having to open an item shop to earn enough money to pay it off. When Recett asks Tear (her fair debt collector-turned-assistant) how much the total figure is, she refuses to say, [[GenreSavvy for fear of provoking the fainting responce]].
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* The premise of {{Recettear}} is Recett being left with such a debt after her father disappears, and having to open an item shop to earn enough money to pay it off. When Recett asks Tear (her fair debt collector-turned-assistant) how much the total figure is, she refuses to say, [[GenreSavvy for fear of provoking the fainting responce]].
* The premise of {{Recettear}} is Recett being left with such a debt after her father disappears, and having to open an item shop to earn enough money to pay it off. When Recett asks Tear (her fair debt collector-turned-assistant) how much the total figure is, she refuses to say, [[GenreSavvy for fear of provoking the fainting responce]].
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* The ClassicDisneyShort "The Trial of Donald Duck" has Donald going into a fancy restaurant to get away from the rain and orders a small cup of coffee. After being served a thimble-sized cup, he gets angry and decides to eat his packed lunch at the table. The maitre'd is outraged, so he decides to charge Donald for his own lunch. Unable to pay the bill with the one nickel he has on his person, he is sentenced to pay it off washing dishes... a decision the maitre'd regrets after he breaks most of the restaurant's flatware in the process.
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* The ClassicDisneyShort "The Trial of Donald Duck" DonaldDuck" has Donald going into a fancy restaurant to get away from the rain and orders a small cup of coffee. After being served a thimble-sized cup, he gets angry and decides to eat his packed lunch at the table. The maitre'd is outraged, so he decides to charge Donald for his own lunch. Unable to pay the bill with the one nickel he has on his person, he is sentenced to pay it off washing dishes... a decision the maitre'd regrets after he breaks most of the restaurant's flatware in the process.
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** In another episode, Mr. Krabs is initially shocked at his hospital bill but decides to send Spongebob, Patrick, and Squidward to med school to get in on the racket.
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-->'''Dawn:''' That's a weird phone number. Oh, wait... Is that the bill?!
-->'''Dawn:''' That's a weird phone number. Oh, wait... Is that the bill?!
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* [[GeneralProtectionFault Fooker]] got his very first mobile phone and started using it for all sorts of things. Unfortunately, he used pay as you go... [[http://www.gpf-comics.com/archive.php?d=20100120 thud]].
* [[GeneralProtectionFault Fooker]] got his very first mobile phone and started using it for all sorts of things. Unfortunately, he used pay as you go... [[http://www.gpf-comics.com/archive.php?d=20100120 thud]].
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** Finding out it's even more expensive
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* In ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'', Mr. Krabs is shocked at the cost of the bill for his fancy dinner with Mrs. Puff. The waiter apologizes and brings him the real bill, which he finds even more shocking.
* At the end of the RogerRabbitShort "Tummy Trouble", Roger does a WildTake and faints at the sight of his hospital bill.
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* In ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'', ''[[{{ptitleaq93ou7hn02v}} SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', Mr. Krabs is shocked at the cost of the bill for his fancy dinner with [[PufferFish Mrs. Puff.Puff]]. The waiter apologizes and brings him the real bill, which he finds even more shocking.
* At the end of theRogerRabbitShort ''RogerRabbitShort'' "Tummy Trouble", Roger does a WildTake and faints at the sight of his hospital bill.
* At the end of the
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* Similar to the ''Simpsons'' example below, Earl from ''{{Dinosaurs}}'' is shocked at the high number on his phone bill, until Francine points out it's their phone number. Earl is not as shocked when he sees the actual bill, although he does admit it's pretty high.
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* At the end of the RogerRabbitShort "Tummy Trouble", Roger does a WildTake and faints at the sight of his hospital bill.
* The ClassicDisneyShort "The Trial of Donald Duck" has Donald going into a fancy restaurant to get away from the rain and orders a small cup of coffee. After being served a thimble-sized cup, he gets angry and decides to eat his packed lunch at the table. The maitre'd is outraged, so he decides to charge Donald for his own lunch. Unable to pay the bill with the one nickel he has on his person, he is sentenced to pay it off washing dishes... a decision the maitre'd regrets after he breaks most of the restaurant's flatware in the process.
* At the end of the RogerRabbitShort "Tummy Trouble", Roger does a WildTake and faints at the sight of his hospital bill.
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* In the second act of ''La bohéme'', the Bohemians find they've run up an enormous bill at Café Momus. Musetta steps in and passes the bill off on her MealTicket, Alcindoro, who takes one look at the bill and faints.
* In the second act of ''La bohéme'', the Bohemians find they've run up an enormous bill at Café Momus. Musetta steps in and passes the bill off on her MealTicket, Alcindoro, who takes one look at the bill and faints.
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* PrettyFreeloaders
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* In only the fifth episode of ''{{Pokemon}}'' titled 'Showdown in Pewter City', Ash and Misty discuss the upcoming gym battle with Brock over a meal. After Ash refuses help from Misty, she angrily leaves the restaurant and Ash is left to
* ''FullmetalAlchemist'': Ed becomes enraged when he gets the bill from Ling about the food he and Lan Fan ate in the hotel.
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* A very, very, very frequent punchline in ''ArchieComics'' strips and covers, usually in the form of this joke:
-->'''Veronica:''' What did you order?
-->'''Archie:''' Separate bills!
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* ''Late For Dinner'': one of the main characters tries to order food after spending a few decades in cryogenic stasis. When the girl at the counter tells him how much it is, he exclaims "That's highway robbery!... Ma'am."
* ''{{Fletch}}'': while Fletch is at the country club he orders lots of food and liquor and tells the waiter to put it on another guest's bill. When the other guest gets the bill he's shocked by the amount and tries to find out who did it.
* The final scene of ''{{Home Alone}} 2'' has Buzz being delivered his little brother Kevin's room service bill. He is Not Happy.
->'''Buzz:''' Merry Christmas indeed. Yo, Dad...
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->'''Buzz:''' [''offscreen''] KEVIN! YOU SPENT $967 ON ROOM SERVICE!
* The bill Conrad van Orton gets hit with by Consumer Recreation Services in ''Film/TheGame'' turns out to be a ''lot'' more than he anticipated; fortunately, Nicholas agrees to split it with him.
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* On time on ''[[SquareOneTV Mathnet]]'' George was working undercover as a diner cook, and had to deal with a patron who didn't expect tax on his bill. "I didn't order tax on my hamburger, just ketchup!" Of course this was just an excuse to deliver some Educational Programming about tax and percentages. The bill wasn't that much bigger than he expected, but it was bigger.)
* In one episode of ArrestedDevelopment, Michael calls his father on the phone in the hotel room where he's waiting for his fiancee, to prove to him that he's not afraid of intimacy. After his father tells him to put her on, Michael claims she's in the shower, to which George Sr. replies that he'll wait. They end up waiting through to the following morning, and anybody who's ever seen the overpriced phone rates at hotels can anticipate Michael's reaction to his room charge that morning:
-->'''Michael:''' Oh, ''[[BorrowedCatchphrase come on!]]''
* ''HappyDays'': in episode "Goin' to Chicago" the high school choir goes on a field trip to Chicago. Richie, Potsie & Ralph sneak out of the hotel room they're staying in to go to a nightclub, where all checks are $36. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk1mH_dc-hw#t=4m58s Link.]]
* On ''ChappellesShow'', Dave Chappelle is getting a haircut when the TV in the barber shop reports that he just signed a contract for his show paying him millions of dollars. Cut to everyone at the barber shop looking at him and the barber announcing that the bill for the haircut is $11,000.
* ''WhoseLineIsItanyway'' had an absurdly large bill come at the end of the Emergency Room version of the restaurant sketch.
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* In ''TheSimpsons'' episode "The Dad Who Too Little", PI Dexter Colt charges Homer $1000 for expenses, including a $40 steak. Homer flees, refusing to pay, and Colt swears revenge.
** One time, they were checking out of a hospital and:
--> '''Homer''': "Is that the bill or your phone number?"
--> '''Nurse''': "That's the phone number. ''That's'' the bill."
--> '''Homer faints.'''
* One ''{{Futurama}}'' episode has Bender WorkOffTheDebt at Elzar's restaurant because the crew didn't expect the bill to be so high. (They didn't expect it because Elzar had ''blinded'' Leela earlier and led them to believe the meal would be free.)
* ''TheFairlyOddParents'': when Timmy was momentarily a grown-up. Eating at a restaurant and is surprised at the bill, saying "This is more than I get for my allowance- I mean, more than I make in a month!" Cut to him washing dishes in the back.
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