Owing someone a favor in a fairy tale: "Haha, got you, sucker! I demand your firstborn child NO TAKEBACKS"
Owing someone a favor IRL: "hey can you help me move Saturday 6 weeks from now? There'll probably be 5-8 other friends to help and pizza at the end"

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@rygorous I think is because now live in a world governed by money exchange rather than favor exchange

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