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This is not so much a [[Japanese Media Tropes|Japanese Media Trope]] as a fact of Japanese economics, but it makes for a great visual shorthand when the animators want to let the viewer know someone is outrageously wealthy. The same premise usually applies to characters mentioning their family has a summer home somewhere.
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* Most of the houses in ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi (Manga)|Ai Yori Aoshi]]''.
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** Tomo's response on reaching the gate: "M-Maybe we should have brought a gift?"
* Kyou and Asu, in ''[[Binbou Shimai Monogatari]]'' used to live in one.
* Many characters in ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' have big houses, the less fancy one belonging to the Kinomoto family. Sakura's dad is a famous archaeologist, her [[Missing Mom]] was a famous model... however, they weren't always ''that'' well-off, having lived for some years in a cosy but small apartment. They only moved into that house around three years ago, when they arrived to Tomoeda: by that time, Nadeshiko had already died and Fujitaka [[Self
** Pictured above (and once on the main page): Tomoyo Daidouji, being the daughter of a toy-company CEO, lives in a classic [[Big Fancy House]]; Tomoyo's bedroom is bigger than the entire second floor of Sakura's house. And then are the ''mansions'' in England and Japan where Eriol lives, and, in the first movie, the big state of Shaoran's family in Hong Kong. And don't forget Great-Grandpa Masaaki's HUGE own European-style country mansion, either!
* When the gang of ''[[Code Breaker|Code:Breaker]]'' needs shelter for the night, the apparently homeless [[Cloudcuckoolander|Yuuki]] suggests a bench, then a park, then the big fancy house that envelopes the park. Naturally, it's his house (big imagination + [[The Nicknamer]] + a country that loooooves collectible toys = (mega) profit!). When Toki suggests that Yuuki is just being used to make a profit, Yuuki shows [[The Rainman|that he's also really good at reading the stock market]] {{spoiler|not that any of that helps with what he really wants: [[The Woobie|friends]] :(}}
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* The mansion in ''[[Hanaukyo Maid Tai (Anime)|Hanaukyo Maid Tai]]'' is so big, they're able to park a blimp in the driveway. With ''plenty'' of room to go around it.
* Sanzenin Nagi in ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' has a massive mansion, plus tall walls that surround the grounds, that is about the size of downtown, so ridiculously large that a lake, space center, and theme park can fit into it. This is especially to the shock of Hayate, who has been living a poor life prior to working for Nagi. And Nagi says that, as not many people live here, it's SMALL. Then, when they visit Nagi's grandfather, when Hayate sees HIS mansion, he's convinced he's no longer in Japan.
** {{spoiler|Athena Tellos}} also lives in a huge and very fancy mansion. In fact, Hayate utters the quote above as he goes searching for her {{spoiler|after Nagi smashes her inheritance stone, which also was a [[Mineral MacGuffin]] related to Athena's [[Super
*** {{spoiler|Hayate ends up blowing Athena's mansion to kingdom come. She's not exactly happy about it, but has more important things on her mind, such as her release from said evil side and being reunited with Hayate.}}
** In ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' case it's not an extreme show of wealth, since all but a few of the cast have homes that fit squarely within this trope. Just none as large as Nagi's is shown to be. They're all filthy rich.
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* In ''[[Living Game]]'', Raizo briefly has the opportunity to date someone living in a huge mansion. His regret on not marrying into money is tempered by finding out she uses most of the house to house her pet snakes, though.
* The Burton Manor in ''[[Madlax]]''.
* Ayaka's family home in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' could have been built by Louis XIV. But Konoka's home in Kyoto trumps it -- it's not just a [[Big Fancy House]], it's ''an entire temple complex'' staffed by priests, mages, and a dozen or more maids/shrine maidens who treat her like a princess. And then there are Evangeline's numerous estates, which consists of at least a castle, a summer resort, a hot spring, as well as other areas used for Negi's [[Training From Hell|training]]. Impressive considering that before it [[Year Inside, Hour Outside|became as it is today]] it is implied she dug them from her real land.
** To the Japanese audience, the isolated two-story log cabin (somewhere on the huge school grounds) Eva apparently lives in was already noteworthy. Although it was probably meant to carry subtext that the school ''really'' doesn't want her having to room with the students... or them with her.
* Sachiko's mansion in ''[[Mariasama ga Miteru (Light Novel)|Mariasama ga Miteru]]'' is remarkably big. Interestingly enough, her summer house is much smaller, Sachiko remarks that she prefers it as it gives her a feeling of comfort because it is cozy. Sachiko's fiance Suguru also lives in a very large mansion.
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** Switzerland and Liechtenstein seem to live in a rather cozy home, too.
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' Season 0, the [[True Companions]] get the shock of their lives when they see Kaiba's house, complete with a hedge maze modeled after the Palace at Versailles. Jounouchi/Joey says "His house is HUGE! There must be a law about living in a house that big!".
* [[Rich Bitch|Sayoko's]] parent's house in ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]''.
* In ''[[Brigadoon Marin and Melan]]'', Moe's family has two such houses: one in Tokyo and one in Kobe.
* ''[[Haou Airen]]'' replaces the big fancy homes with big fancy ''buildings and skyscrapers''. This ''is'' [[Hong Kong]], after all.
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