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* [[Uncle Pennybags]]
* [[Yandere]]: Susan.
=== The 2011 remake also or alternatively provides examples of: ===
* [[The Alcoholic]]: [[Captain Obvious|Obviously, given the source material.]] But Arthur justifies his drinking {{spoiler|because of his father. His Father was a frugal man, had no excesses, walked everywhere he went... and dropped dead of a heart attack at age 45. The lesson Arthur takes from this tragedy is "Why bother to take care of yourself?"}}
* [[Brick Joke]]: Lots of them, from Arthur's fear of horses to his magnetic bed, though [[Batman Forever|The Batmobile]] takes the cake.
* [[Broken Bird]]: A Male subversion... Arthur seems to enjoy his frivolous lifestyle, but he acts out against [[Freudian Excuse|his Mother]] by spending obscene amounts of money on useless things (his apartment is full of suits of armor, a glittery camel, a phone-booth-turned-fish-tank) and by drinking vodka like water.
* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: Despite Jennifer Garner being heavily featured alongside Russell Brand in the publicity campaign for the film, she plays Susan Johnson -- the woman that Arthur ''doesn't'' want to marry.
* [[Gender Flip]]: For Hobson, who is now Arthur's nanny and played by [[Helen Mirren]].
* [[Gold Digger]]: Susan Johnson, [[Subverted Trope|subverted in that she is already quite wealthy... just not as wealthy as Arthur and the upper crust caste system]] she wants to leap to the forefront of.
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Arthur, in spades.
* [[Nouveau Riche]]: Burt Johnson, [[Rich Bitch|Susan's]] [[Daddy's Little Villain|father.]] He doesn't seem to mind his humble beginnings, but Susan [[Old Shame|is deeply ashamed of them,]] leading to her plot to marry Arthur.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Arthur. His mother and Hobson both lament the obviously intelligent Arthur's frivolous lifestyle, and his mother's belief that he will never grow up sets the plot of the movie in motion.
* [[Rich Bitch]]: Arthur's mother Vivianne to an extent, and Susan [[Up to Eleven|to the extreme]] -- she's already wealthy, but sets her sights on Arthur because his name brings prestige she wants from high society.
{{quote|'''Arthur''': ''(to Susan)'' I really think you are dark and twisted on the inside, and I tried my best to bugger it out of you but I'm pretty sure it's still there.}}
* [[Rich in Dollars, Poor In Sense]]: Arthur comes off as this, [[Freudian Excuse|though he has good reason to...]]
* [[Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Trailer]]: Linda's counterpart Naomi appears only for a moment at the beginning, perhaps because her actress (Greta Gerwig) is not as big a name as those playing Hobson (Mirren) and Susan (Jennifer Garner). In fact, she not only gets lesser billing than both of them, she's not even on the poster while Mirren and Garner are.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Nearly all of Arthur's emotional troubles stem from his awful mother (he calls her by her first name, Vivianne) and the fact his perfectly healthy father {{spoiler|died suddenly at the age of 45, when Arthur was 6.}} By the end of the film, he openly considers his nanny Hobson to be his real mother.
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