A character assigned a tedious or unpleasant task cons others into helping him. May be accomplished by means of Reverse Psychology, or a Bavarian Fire Drill, or by making a Chain of Deals, or something else. Many Fence Painting recruiters depend on convincing victims that their potentially lethal painting is honorable, noble, moral, what God would want them to do, the only true way To Be a Master... Compare Stone Soup, Wax On, Wax Off. Examples of Fence Painting include: