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* Subverted in ''Literature/SwordOratoria''. When Lefiya and Bete ask Bors for information on what Aiz is currently doing, Bors tries getting some money out of them for it. However, Bete has no patience for Bors attempts to milk them and threatens him, which prompts Bors to freely give what he knows out of fear.
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* ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'': With a sufficient haggle stat, the player can do this to [[TheNapoleon Prince LaCroix]]. It becomes amusing as the game goes on and he gets simultaneously annoyed with the player for doing this, and desperate for any bit of good news for himself that he forks over the cash immediately.
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* ''Fanfic/MiraiSMP'': Connor tells Techno that Schlatt's diary can give him any information he wants, including where to find Travis, and he offers their assistance... On the condition that Techno help them acquire guns.
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Sandor then claims Tormund is from one of the cannibal tribes. Goldtooth talks after Tormund gets the fireplace spit.
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* In ''VideoGame/ReturnToKrondor'', this is the only way to get information from several vital [=NPCs=], including Peg-leg Pete, the bartender at Ye Bitten Dog.
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* Some [=NPCs=] in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' will refuse to discuss certain topics unless their [[RelationshipValues Disposition]] is sufficiently high. You can raise an NPC's Disposition by playing a minigame, but it's easier to just throw money at him until he loves you.
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** Some [=NPCs=] in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' will refuse to discuss certain topics unless their [[RelationshipValues Disposition]] is sufficiently high. You can raise an NPC's Disposition by playing a minigame, but it's easier to just throw money at him until he lovesyou.you.
** The option of paying for information is also fairly common in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''.
** Some [=NPCs=] in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' will refuse to discuss certain topics unless their [[RelationshipValues Disposition]] is sufficiently high. You can raise an NPC's Disposition by playing a minigame, but it's easier to just throw money at him until he loves
** The option of paying for information is also fairly common in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''.
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** In "The Spectre of Tintagel":
-->'''Cornishman:''' When I was a boy, I remember... \\
'''Seagoon:''' Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes? \\
'''Cornishman:''' I can't remember. My mind's gone dry. \\
'''Seagoon:''' Two more pints, please, landlord. \\
'''Cornishman:''' ''[Takes a drink]'' Ah, 'tis coming back to me now.
-->'''Cornishman:''' When I was a boy, I remember... \\
'''Seagoon:''' Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes? \\
'''Cornishman:''' I can't remember. My mind's gone dry. \\
'''Seagoon:''' Two more pints, please, landlord. \\
'''Cornishman:''' ''[Takes a drink]'' Ah, 'tis coming back to me now.
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* In the ''Literature/MyronBolitarSeries'' novel ''Win'', Win tries to intimidate a hair-salon owner for a crucial clue by [[Fiction500 buying out her debt]] and [[BlackMail repossessing all her stuff]]. The owner, however, realizes he wants the clue way more than she wants her salon and says she'll only talk if he forgives all 100,000 dollars of debt. Win pays it, and privately is [[{{Touche}} impressed with her business sense]].
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'''Jules:''' When a boy wants information…that’s right… A boy pays.
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'''Jules:''' When a boy wants information…that’s right… information... that's right... A boy pays.
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* In a ''{{Literature/Discworld}}'' title, ''Literature/MakingMoney'', Moist's internal monologue mentions a risk of an accomplice suffering "an attack of memory brought on by excessive money", or put simply, his friend would be paid off for blabbing.
* Creator/RobertHeinlein's ''Literature/{{Friday}}'', which takes place in a DividedStatesOfAmerica, has this. The title heroine wants to travel up the Mississippi River into the Chicago Imperium, so she decides to hire on with a mercenary company heading that way. She goes to a local recruiter and tries to find out whether they're going upriver. She lays down some money in front of the recruiter as a bribe and asks some questions. When the recruiter doesn't answer, Friday slowly adds more money until the recruiter cracks and tells all she knows.
* In ''Literature/{{Komarr}}'', the lead investigator in the habitat indicates that he used to do this with informants until he found that they'd give him information for money even when they didn't have anything real. Now, he just keeps them on salary and the information has become more true.
* Creator/RobertHeinlein's ''Literature/{{Friday}}'', which takes place in a DividedStatesOfAmerica, has this. The title heroine wants to travel up the Mississippi River into the Chicago Imperium, so she decides to hire on with a mercenary company heading that way. She goes to a local recruiter and tries to find out whether they're going upriver. She lays down some money in front of the recruiter as a bribe and asks some questions. When the recruiter doesn't answer, Friday slowly adds more money until the recruiter cracks and tells all she knows.
* In ''Literature/{{Komarr}}'', the lead investigator in the habitat indicates that he used to do this with informants until he found that they'd give him information for money even when they didn't have anything real. Now, he just keeps them on salary and the information has become more true.
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* In a ''{{Literature/Discworld}}'' title, ''Literature/MakingMoney'', Moist's internal monologue mentions a risk of an accomplice suffering "an attack of memory brought on by excessive money", or put simply, his friend would be paid off for blabbing.
*Creator/RobertHeinlein's ''Literature/{{Friday}}'', which takes place in a DividedStatesOfAmerica, has this. The title heroine wants to travel up the Mississippi River into the Chicago Imperium, so she decides to hire on with a mercenary company heading that way. She goes to a local recruiter and tries to find out whether they're going upriver. She lays down some money in front of the recruiter as a bribe and asks some questions. When the recruiter doesn't answer, Friday slowly adds more money until the recruiter cracks and tells all she knows.
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': In''Literature/{{Komarr}}'', ''Komarr'', the lead investigator in the habitat indicates that he used to do this with informants until he found that they'd give him information for money even when they didn't have anything real. Now, he just keeps them on salary salary, and the information has become more true.
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