r/TopCharacterTropes • • 16h ago

miscellaneous The extremely small print loophole.

SpongeBob SquarePants-Pickles:If a customer is unsatisfied with their order (such as claiming a Krabby Patty is missing its pickles), they are entitled to a $2.00 full refund. Bubble Bass uses this guarantee by falsely claiming SpongeBob forgot the pickles on his complex order.

The Middle-Heck on a Hard Body:Sue Heck enters an endurance contest at Ehlert Motors where contestants must keep their hand on a car to win it, only to learn after winning that the prize was actually a trip to Disney World.

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u/Ed0909 15h ago

In the second example, the victim should be able to sue them legally; they were engaging in deceptive advertising by putting the specifications in such small print that they are illegible, while the other part, "WIN A NEW CAR," is in large print. I'm not American, but at least in my country, legal action could be taken against them.

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u/CHARLI_SOX 15h ago

A new Toyota

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u/GhostBoyJames 15h ago

I’m surprised she didn’t just burn the place down.

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u/G-man1816 11h ago

Why go to jail when you can get money?

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u/Nihilistic_Noodle 1h ago

Not just "deceptive advertising", fraud.