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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })It's common for the creator of a show to hold negative feelings about the network execs. Hell, it's all but inevitable. There comes a time, then, where said creator just needs to vent a little hatred. And when someone is given full reign of the show's content AND budget, they have room to vent a lot of hatred. Now, they have a choice: either they can spark an outcry and try to fight the system, quickly costing them their job; or they can put on a big ol' smile and make them suffer - all while Playing It For Laughs. Fleecing the budget is when the creator of a show adds something into the lineup that isn't there for any reason apart from the fact that it is profoundly expensive. This could be just about anything that costs money - a prop, a series of plane tickets, an effect, a choreographed dance scene. It doesn't have to make the slightest bit of sense in context - in fact, the laughter it evokes with the fans stems not just from the blatant spitting into the network's eyes but also the sheer ridiculousness on which this trope runs. Usually lampshaded heavily. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })Another form this may take is when production companies, or services, realizing that a big budget production is being created, will jack up their prices in order to take advantages of the proceedings. This will often lead to films being developed under code-names. The most famous of these is the fake title "Blue Harvest" used for George Lucas's production of Return of the Jedi, having learned his lesson during production of The Empire Strikes Back. Contrast Creator Backlash, Writer Revolt, Shoot the Money |
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The Kids in the Hall did a sketch on this topic titled "Screw You, Taxpayer" (as CBC is supported by public funding, meaning it was the VIEWER'S money they wasted) | |
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In one episode of Top Gear (UK), the three hosts are forced to make very short and simple videos of the cars they are supposed to review. Jeremy Clarkson accomplishes this by flying himself and his car all around the world to test different parts of its engineering. When he can't figure out how to open the glove box, he flies to Australia to see if it will work "while it's upside-down". He even makes the trip to Hong Kong to "come up with a good metaphor". Needless to say, the other hosts aren't pleased. Richard Hammond's video was peppered with costly special effects and at one point featured a CGI spaceship firing lasers at the car as it zoomed around the track. The punchline for the episode was that there was absolutely no money left for James May's segment and he had to make do with a staid interview with one of the people who created the modern roadsign. |
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The Simpsons episode "Radioactive Man" has the production of the title big-budget super hero blockbuster come to Springfield to film. Along with all the travails of Bart and Milhouse trying to become involve with the production, is Mayor Quimby trying to milk the production for all it's worth. | |
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In The Sims 3 expansion, "Showtime", the quality of your show is partially determined by the cost of the props used to decorate the stage. | |
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According to rumour in Doctor Who fandom, when Philip Hinchcliffe was sacked as producer, his response was to tell the designers and directors of the current season's last three stories not to worry about any overspending on the budget. On the good side, those remain three of the most popular stories in the show's history among fans. On the down side, this may have had something to do with the ever-tighter budgets on the next couple of seasons. | |
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In the opening to the third Family Guy's Star Wars episodes, the yellow floating text complains about FOX's management style and then sends a random, garish, animated purple elephant skipping across the screen. It states that the elephant doesn't even make sense and was only made for this reason. | |
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Haruhi Suzumiya has the Endless Eight, where both the higher-ups and fans got screwed over. Kyoto Animation decided to blow much of the presumably high budget (for Anime standards) for the long-awaited second season of Haruhi Suzumiya, on making eight episodes exactly the same, but with different angles and lines, meaning that each one had to be animated from scratch, and because of the way home video releases work in Japan, Otaku had to pay for four different discs just to complete the collection. (each disc going between $60-80). It is unknown who got the middle finger more, the executives or the fans.note It doesn't help that it had a part in killing a once-thriving fandom, something that not even the critically-acclaimed Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya could save. | |
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