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Hustler

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Hustler	comment	The Hustler is working The Con. They have a simple tale, one that a single person can tell. Generally, the hustler is a little down on his luck, and a little less smooth than a Con Man. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The way to tell the difference between the Con Man and the Hustler is that a Hustler usually has only one trick, a short con that's designed to get him a lot of money in a hurry. Once he has the cash he needs, he'll split and move on to the next place— hence the name. The Con Man, meanwhile, generally has more patience and professionalism in his craft, taking his time to use Social Engineering to earn his mark's trust, and generally running longer or more elaborate schemes to extract more money from more people. Another use of the term is for a con artist who tricks others into competing against him for money, known as Hustling the Mark. The Hustler will join a game as an enthusiastic but unskilled player, building up the other players into believing they are superior. Once that's done, the Hustler (or an accomplice) will then suggest playing for high stakes; when the money is on, the Hustler will demonstrate his true skills and take their overconfident opponents to the cleaners. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The teen version is the High-School Hustler, who usually runs lower-stakes cons. "Hustler" may also be slang for someone who is driven to work hard at their career in the hopes of becoming a Self-Made Man. It also can refer to athletes who bring a lot of dedication to the court. And, of course, to The Oldest Profession. They're related in that they all apply a lot of energy to their work, but those would be different tropes. Not to be confused with the Larry Flynt porn magazine, or Hustler One, or the Convair B-58. Also see The Hustler (1961).
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Hustler / int_10f572f8	comment	Trixie and her magic, which is just a shortcut to finding rich and famous patrons, in Rainbooms and Royalty.
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Hustler / int_1f0fe64e	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_1f0fe64e	comment	Because of its frequent focus on criminals, Monster features several examples - notably, Otto Heckel and Gunther Milch.
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Hustler / int_2350acad	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_2350acad	comment	Harry Anderson had a small role on Cheers as this type of character.
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Hustler / int_24ffd341	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_24ffd341	comment	The protagonists of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia run an Irish bar together, but more often than not they abandon their duties in favor of some con or others. Unlike most examples of this page, they are usually unsuccessful in their endeavors.
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Hustler / int_2547d61f	comment	On White Collar Neal is a master forger who specializes in long cons but is just as good in doing short cons and hustles. A flashback shows him doing simple cons on tourists when he is low on funds because he had all his money stolen by a mark who managed to out gambit him.
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Hustler / int_2c96ae0e	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_2c96ae0e	comment	Ash in Hustle.
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Hustler / int_347ec243	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_347ec243	comment	Hare from Monster Rancher started off as this, cheating the main characters out of all their cash on his first appearance after he correctly gauged their rather extreme level of gullibility. He later joins the group himself, mostly out of the desire for a bigger challenge and the chance for some fun.
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Hustler / int_39752fc9	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_39752fc9	comment	Colosseum of the Heart: When visiting the Duel Square in Pyrite Town, Ash poses as a naive rookie to bait a trainer into wagering a Shadow Pokémon in their battle, before surprising him by pulling out Charizard. Note that by this point Ash has become Champion of Alola.
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Hustler / int_3ac36a5c	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_3ac36a5c	comment	Hubcap from Transformers: Generation 1 is one, even though he's an Autobot. In Transformers: TransTech and Transformers: Animated, Jackpot is shown to be one as well, as Hubcap's partner in crime.
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Hustler / int_4617a9f2	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_4617a9f2	comment	In one episode of Married... with Children, Kelly made money hustling pool with Jefferson managing her. (Unfortunately, Al ruined what would have been her biggest payout.)
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Hustler / int_468bebb0	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_468bebb0	comment	Discworld In Witches Abroad, some river-boat gamblers make the mistake of hustling Nanny Ogg, and are swiftly beaten at their own game by her friend Granny Weatherwax. In Going Postal, conman Moist von Lipwig is probably too smooth to qualify as a hustler (at least before Vetinari starts boxing him), but deserves mention for one of his personas, a "lack of confidence trickster" named Edwin Streep. Streep's down-on-his-luck demeanor and inept Find The Lady game are a cover for forgery (none of the money he loses is real) and pickpocketing (once the marks have shown him where their wallet is, they often never have the chance to discover the money is fake).
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Hustler / int_4ed65cc4	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_4ed65cc4	comment	Time Scout: Skeeter Jackson, Chuck Farley, and Goldie Moran are all masters of the short con.
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Hustler / int_5bc1d512	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_5bc1d512	comment	Sneaky Pete: Marius for the first part of the series.
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Hustler / int_67f5ac91	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_67f5ac91	comment	Hunter's Hellcats: Snake Oil is a Con Man who works without partners, so it seems safe to assume he was a Hustler before the war.
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Hustler / int_6e859048	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_6e859048	comment	In Big Hero 6, Teen Genius Hiro Hamada is introduced hustling Yama in an underground bot-fight.
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Hustler / int_731e8873	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_731e8873	comment	Moses Pray and Addie Loggins are an (suggested) father-daughter team of hustlers in Paper Moon.
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Hustler / int_74365738	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_74365738	comment	In Going Postal, conman Moist von Lipwig is probably too smooth to qualify as a hustler (at least before Vetinari starts boxing him), but deserves mention for one of his personas, a "lack of confidence trickster" named Edwin Streep. Streep's down-on-his-luck demeanor and inept Find The Lady game are a cover for forgery (none of the money he loses is real) and pickpocketing (once the marks have shown him where their wallet is, they often never have the chance to discover the money is fake).
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Hustler / int_77bda8e9	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_77bda8e9	comment	In Witches Abroad, some river-boat gamblers make the mistake of hustling Nanny Ogg, and are swiftly beaten at their own game by her friend Granny Weatherwax.
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Hustler / int_791e7b7f	comment	Nick in Zootopia is shown running a short con that is just within legality. He evokes sympathy from Judy to get her to buy an elephant-sized popsicle for his "son" (actually his adult partner Finnick, a fennec fox), then melting the big popsicle down into dozens of smaller popsicles, and collecting the used sticks and selling them to a mouse construction company as lumber.
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Hustler / int_ab9ec4d0	comment	Sarah Manning in Orphan Black.
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Hustler / int_b9cf2839	comment	In Duets, Ricky Dean makes a living by traveling across the country and visiting karaoke bars, where he finds the singer with the biggest ego and insults their hobby and their singing voice until they demand that he take the stage himself, usually betting him money that he can't do any better. Since the character is played by Huey Lewis, it goes without saying that they're usually dead wrong. Usually this pays off for Dean, though sometimes it doesn't turn out so well.
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Hustler / int_c02fb957	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_c02fb957	comment	Fast Eddie Felson of The Hustler (1961), who screwed the pooch on the hustle so bad that both Paul Newman and Tom Cruise had to do a movie about him.
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Hustler / int_d4dcb50d	comment	Blonde Crazy: Bert has aspirations to pull off huge cons, but is too wrapped up in being tough that his plans almost always blow up in his face.
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Hustler / int_df277244	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_df277244	comment	Mr. Wednesday of American Gods is a hustler, when he needs money he pulls a fast one on a cashier or tricks a bunch of bank patrons into depositing their cash with him. Being a god who can Charm marks if necessary doesn't hurt.
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Hustler / int_e9bb8c9c	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_e9bb8c9c	comment	That Was Then... This Is Now: The two protagonists of the novel are lifelong friends and have an elaborate con set up to help them hustle at pool. Until one night when they find out what happens when hustlers get caught. It involves being outnumbered, people wearing brass knuckles, and firearms. It ends with their mutual friend who owned the pool hall and tried to come to their rescue laying dead in an alley.
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Hustler / int_fdbace96	type	Hustler
Hustler / int_fdbace96	comment	Grunkle Stan in Gravity Falls pulls con after con every single moment of his life, from massive amounts of tax fraud to regularly scamming gullible tourists with fake monster attractions to exploiting everyone around him until he's squeezed every last bit of money he can from them... and in the end proves himself so talented a grifter he can scam Bill Cipher into following his lead until the monster's in too deep to escape his fate.
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Transformers: TransTech (Comic Book) / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
TheNewRetcons	seeAlso	Hustler
Where The Skeletons Lie / Fan Fic / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
The New Retcons (Fanfic) / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
Blonde Crazy / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
Pocketful of Miracles / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
The Hustler (1961) / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
The Wanderers / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
When Will I Be Loved / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
White Men Can't Jump / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
Dying Earth / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
Encyclopedia Brown / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
Swellhead / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
JohnBoehner	seeAlso	Hustler
MyGirlSK	seeAlso	Hustler
My Girl SK	seeAlso	Hustler
Pozoriste U Kuci / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
Sanford and Son / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
Space Rangers (1993) / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
Brad Has a Pain (Video Game) / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
Lore Olympus (Webcomic) / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
Subeta (Website) / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
Bob's Burgers / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler
Waynehead / int_9d2231a6	type	Hustler

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