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** Karl marries the noblewoman Esme Toma purely for her status. He even plans to ''murder'' her after she's done bearing him an heir.
** This is inverted for Esme's ex-husband, Emil. [[AwfulWeddedLife Emil hates his flippant wife]], and if they didn't have a daughter he might have ''killed himself'' by seeking death in war just to make it stop; getting divorced is ''almost'' a relief, but he's saddened by how he ''can't'' be a meal ticket for his daughter and is going to lose her.
** This is inverted for Esme's ex-husband, Emil. [[AwfulWeddedLife Emil hates his flippant wife]], and if they didn't have a daughter he might have ''killed himself'' by seeking death in war just to make it stop; getting divorced is ''almost'' a relief, but he's saddened by how he ''can't'' be a meal ticket for his daughter and is going to lose her.
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** A long time ago, before Duane became a lich, he almost fell in love with a woman from a lower caste. In the end, he married a nice lady from his own caste - one who is implied to be less loving than she frequently projects in his romanticized memories.
** Karl marries the noblewoman Esme Toma purely for her status. He even plans to ''murder'' her after she's done bearing him anheir.
heir. [[spoiler:He almost wins. Noble society is so messed up that most of the nobles support this ex-peasant who basically gaslit his way to the top and gleefully promotes genocide using his wife's title. Fortunately, Karl screws himself over in a crisis, attacks the Queen, and is arrested and then murdered in prison.]]
** This is inverted for Esme's ex-husband, Emil. [[AwfulWeddedLife Emil hates his flippant wife]], and if they didn't have a daughter he might have ''killed himself'' by seeking death in war just to make it stop; getting divorced is ''almost'' a relief, but he's saddened by how he ''can't''be use his wife as a meal ticket for - the meal being the right to keep custody of his daughter and is going to lose her.beloved daughter.
** Karl marries the noblewoman Esme Toma purely for her status. He even plans to ''murder'' her after she's done bearing him an
** This is inverted for Esme's ex-husband, Emil. [[AwfulWeddedLife Emil hates his flippant wife]], and if they didn't have a daughter he might have ''killed himself'' by seeking death in war just to make it stop; getting divorced is ''almost'' a relief, but he's saddened by how he ''can't''
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* Princess Ovelia to Delita in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics.'' Um... [[BecomingTheMask he might have grown to love her.]]
* Pretty much any unmarried dwarf in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is either a MealTicket or a GoldDigger, due to the way their caste system works ("Poorly," as one dwarven nobleman states). Among the Casteless the only way out of poverty short of leaving Orzammar altogether is to have a child of the opposite gender by a higher caste partner. This is encouraged in Orzammar since it helps maintain the population in the face of Darkspawn attacks. A male Dwarf Noble PC can serve as a meal ticket: there's an OptionalSexualEncounter with a pair of noble hunters during the prologue, and when you return to Orzammar later in the game one of them is pregnant with his son. This sets up a minor quest to get them adopted into a noble house since the player character has been exiled and is no longer counted as a noble.
* Pretty much any unmarried dwarf in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is either a MealTicket or a GoldDigger, due to the way their caste system works ("Poorly," as one dwarven nobleman states). Among the Casteless the only way out of poverty short of leaving Orzammar altogether is to have a child of the opposite gender by a higher caste partner. This is encouraged in Orzammar since it helps maintain the population in the face of Darkspawn attacks. A male Dwarf Noble PC can serve as a meal ticket: there's an OptionalSexualEncounter with a pair of noble hunters during the prologue, and when you return to Orzammar later in the game one of them is pregnant with his son. This sets up a minor quest to get them adopted into a noble house since the player character has been exiled and is no longer counted as a noble.
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* Princess Ovelia to Delita in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics.'' Um... [[BecomingTheMask As much as he might have grown loved her, he loved what he could do with her status more. [[TheDogBitesBack This ends in tragedy when Ovelia is driven paranoid by Delita's manipulation of everyone around him, assuming that he was also going to love her.discard her and prompting her to stab him.]]
* Pretty much any unmarried dwarf in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is either a MealTicket or a GoldDigger, due to the way their caste system works ("Poorly," as one dwarven nobleman states). Among theCasteless Casteless, the only way out of poverty short of leaving Orzammar altogether (which usually involves joining one of many syndicates, turning them into the meal tickets), is to have a child of the opposite gender by a higher caste partner. This is encouraged in Orzammar since it helps maintain the population in the face of Darkspawn attacks. A male Dwarf Noble PC can serve as a meal ticket: there's an OptionalSexualEncounter with a pair of noble hunters during the prologue, and when you return to Orzammar later in the game one of them is pregnant with his son. This sets up a minor quest to get them adopted into a noble house since the player character has been exiled and is no longer counted as a noble.
* Pretty much any unmarried dwarf in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is either a MealTicket or a GoldDigger, due to the way their caste system works ("Poorly," as one dwarven nobleman states). Among the
* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': In general, marrying someone for their status is a common theme in the segregated world of Kasslyne. In Alderode, citizens are expected to marry someone in their own caste very early on, and while there is no direct punishment for refusing to marry, there is a ''steep'' punishment for trying to love someone outside of your caste; this results in a thirsty population where marrying someone of the same caste and a good job takes precedence over love. In Cresce, social mobility is surprisingly frequent, but the nobles hog all the cheddar and they will gladly push the commoners into an unwinnable situation if they don't get the trophy husbands/wives they want, meaning those who treat the nobles as meal tickets ''constantly'' win.
** Karl marries the noblewoman Esme Toma purely for her status. He even plans to ''murder'' her after she's done bearing him an heir.
** This is inverted for Esme's ex-husband, Emil. [[AwfulWeddedLife Emil hates his flippant wife]], and if they didn't have a daughter he might have ''killed himself'' by seeking death in war just to make it stop; getting divorced is ''almost'' a relief, but he's saddened by how he ''can't'' be a meal ticket for his daughter and is going to lose her.
** Karl marries the noblewoman Esme Toma purely for her status. He even plans to ''murder'' her after she's done bearing him an heir.
** This is inverted for Esme's ex-husband, Emil. [[AwfulWeddedLife Emil hates his flippant wife]], and if they didn't have a daughter he might have ''killed himself'' by seeking death in war just to make it stop; getting divorced is ''almost'' a relief, but he's saddened by how he ''can't'' be a meal ticket for his daughter and is going to lose her.
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* In WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss, Blitzo seduces an incredibly powerful Overlord of Hell named [[Literature/ArsGoetia Stolas Ars Goetia]] in order to gain access to the Goetia family's Grimoire, a book that among other mysterious powers includes the ability to summon portals to the living world. Unfortunately for him, Stolas [[LoveMakesYouStupid destroyed his marriage and estranged his daughter to be with him]] because he's [[AbhorrentAdmirer so madly, madly in love]], causing numerous complications for Blitzo and his company.
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* In WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss, Blitzo seduces an incredibly powerful Overlord of Hell named [[Literature/ArsGoetia Stolas Ars Goetia]] in order to gain access to the Goetia family's Grimoire, a book that among other mysterious powers includes the ability to summon portals to the living world. Unfortunately for him, Stolas [[LoveMakesYouStupid destroyed his marriage and estranged his daughter to be with him]] because he's [[AbhorrentAdmirer so madly, madly in love]], causing numerous complications for Blitzo and his company.[[note]]This manages to be a step up because his marriage (and wife) were already unsalvageable, but it's still an ongoing power imbalance between a sociopathic overlord and a narcissistic upstart.[[/note]]
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* Grandpa Freeman in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "Guess Ho's Coming To Dinner"
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* Grandpa Freeman in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "Guess Ho's Coming To Dinner"Dinner".
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* ''Film/DaddyIssues'' has a weird variant case. Jasmine is a sugar baby to Simon, play-acting as a little girl and dressing up as one. He pays her $5,000 a month for this; Maya, her girlfriend, is unhappy to learn of it. After he discovers that he is actually Maya's real father, Simon is distraught and ends the arrangement, despite Jasmine begging him not to do so.
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* ''Film/DaddyIssues'' has a weird variant case. Jasmine is a sugar baby to Simon, play-acting as a little girl and dressing up as one. He pays her $5,000 a month for this; Maya, her girlfriend, is unhappy to learn of it. After he discovers that he is actually Maya's real father, Jasmine's also with Maya, his daughter, Simon is distraught and ends the arrangement, despite Jasmine begging him not to do so.
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* ''Film/DaddyIssues'': Jasmine is a sugar baby to Simon, play acting as a little girl as she dresses up like one too. He pays her $5,000 a month, with their relationship Maya, her girlfriend, is unhappy to learn this. After he learns about their relationship Simon is distraught, ending things, since he's actually Maya's father despite Jasmine begging him to not do this.
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* ''Film/DaddyIssues'': ''Film/DaddyIssues'' has a weird variant case. Jasmine is a sugar baby to Simon, play acting play-acting as a little girl and dressing up as she dresses up like one too. one. He pays her $5,000 a month, with their relationship month for this; Maya, her girlfriend, is unhappy to learn this. of it. After he learns about their relationship Simon discovers that he is distraught, ending things, since he's actually Maya's father real father, Simon is distraught and ends the arrangement, despite Jasmine begging him to not to do this.so.
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* ''Film/DaddyIssues'': Jasmine is a sugar baby to Simon, play acting as a little girl as she dresses up like one too. He pays her $5,000 a month, with their relationship Maya, her girlfriend, is unhappy to learn this. After he learns about their relationship Simon is distraught, ending things, since he's actually Maya's father despite Jasmine begging him to not do this.
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* Uncle Fester was this to Debbie Jellinsky, the villainess in ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues''. She wanted the house, the wealth, and all the grotesque treasures of the family. This being the Addams Family, though, they can respect Debbie's murderous tendencies, but not her maltreatment of Fester.
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* Uncle Fester was this to Debbie Jellinsky, the villainess in ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues''. She wanted the house, the wealth, and all the grotesque treasures of the family. This being the Addams Family, though, they can respect Debbie's murderous tendencies, tendencies but not her maltreatment of Fester.
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* ''Film/{{Priceless}}'': Central to the plot. Irene is a GoldDigger with a whole little black book filled with potential meal tickets. She finally gets a meal ticket named Jacques to propose to her, but an ill-advised one-night stand with a bartender named Jean leads to Jacques dumping her. She latches on to another meal ticket in the person of a second rich guy named Gilles. Meanwhile, Jean, who's in love with Irene and follows after, winds up himself being the boy toy of an older rich lady meal ticket named Madeline.
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* ''Film/{{Priceless}}'': Central to the plot. Irene is a GoldDigger with a whole little black book filled with potential meal tickets. She finally gets a meal ticket named Jacques to propose to her, but an ill-advised one-night stand with a bartender named Jean leads to Jacques dumping her. She latches on to another meal ticket in the person of a second rich guy named Gilles. Meanwhile, Jean, who's in love with Irene and follows after, winds up himself being the boy toy of an older rich lady meal ticket named Madeline.
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* Big Ben from ''[[Film/ProblemChild Problem Child 2]]'' sees his son's rich fiancee, [=LaWanda=] Dumore, as this for ''himself''; when his son dumps her, he is then convinced to marry her instead.
* ''Film/ShivaBaby'': Max is Danielle's sugar daddy, while she's on a site that hooks up sugar babies with them as well. [[spoiler:They end this arrangement later though.]]
* This is how Rose's mother in ''Film/Titanic1997'' sees her daughter's fiance, Caledon Hockley, more for herself than for Rose.
* ''Film/ShivaBaby'': Max is Danielle's sugar daddy, while she's on a site that hooks up sugar babies with them as well. [[spoiler:They end this arrangement later though.]]
* This is how Rose's mother in ''Film/Titanic1997'' sees her daughter's fiance, Caledon Hockley, more for herself than for Rose.
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* Big Ben from ''[[Film/ProblemChild Problem Child 2]]'' sees his son's rich fiancee, fiancée [=LaWanda=] Dumore, Dumore as this for ''himself''; when his son dumps her, he is then convinced to marry her instead.
* ''Film/ShivaBaby'': Max is Danielle's sugardaddy, daddy while she's on a site that hooks up sugar babies with them as well. [[spoiler:They [[spoiler: They end this arrangement later later, though.]]
* This is how Rose's mother in ''Film/Titanic1997'' sees her daughter'sfiance, fiancé Caledon Hockley, Hockley more for herself than for Rose.
* ''Film/ShivaBaby'': Max is Danielle's sugar
* This is how Rose's mother in ''Film/Titanic1997'' sees her daughter's
