Eccentric Millionaire: Difference between revisions

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The rich guy who believes in having fun with his cash, buying rich parties, helicopters, trips to the Titanic, whatever. This guy is definitely more fun than the standard tightwad image that accompanies most millionaires.

He also might just be an excuse for the main characters to be able to spend their time doing something besides earning money, since this guy is keeping them fed. When the writers of a comedy aren't in the mood to come up with a unique premise, he may also have set up a bet/challenge/goofy will/whatever for a huge amount of cash; [[Hilarity Ensues]] of course.

 

 

== Anime and Manga ==

 

* Honey, Sunako's aunt in ''[[The Wallflower]]'' who spends her time globe-trotting in a helicopter and schmoozing at parties. She also wants her dark niece to turn into a lady, and gives the job to four [[Bishonen]] in exchange for free rent in a mansion...if they succeed.

* To a certain degree, [[Large Ham|Gary Oak]] from ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]''. He is fairly rich, due to Professor Oak's research, and would easily qualify seeing as he not only spends all of his money buying cruise tickets, a week at the spa, a sports car most people would dream about and [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders|his faithful busty cheerleaders]]. He's ten, for Christ's sake.

** Not to mention, spending your fortune on travelling across the world searching for pets (in a nutshell) is... Pretty wacko in itself.

* Bruce Wayne, who, as a [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]], has a public image as above, but his real eccentricity is that he is the superhero, [[Batman]] (and borderline psychopath, depending on the writer).

* Surprisingly, Marvel's [[The Incredible Hercules|Hercules]]. After his death, Namora and Venus go about trying to put all his affairs in order, and discover he owns everything from pleasure resorts to a hospital/orphanage for the children of mythological monsters. Also, a good chunk of his still-living [[Girl of the Week|ladies]] were gifted homes. Apparently, he made a few really smart investments, then just never bothered to keep up with them and bought whatever he damn pleased on the (correct) assumption that he just ''could''.

 

== Film ==

* John Beresford Tipton, the mysterious Millionaire from the series of the same name. Even though he doesn't actually appear on screen, he acts as a trickster by throwing a disruptive catalyst (i.e., a check for a million dollars) into people's lives.

* A [[Lampshade Hanging]] example from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsYoeoEE3ww Mitchell and Webb].

* Thurston Howell III on ''[[Gilligan's Island|Gilligans Island]]''. He's so eccentric he uses his money as leverage on a deserted island.

* In the 2007-09 series ''Life'', Detective Charlie Crews definitely fits the bill. (If you were in the LAPD and they railroaded you for a murder you didn't commit, then you were exonerated years later and received a multi-million dollar settlement from the LAPD for your false imprisonment, would you really go back to work for the LAPD?)

* Howard Hughes was considered this back in the day, <s>spruce goose</s> [[Insistent Terminology|Hercules]] being a major obsession, in hindsight though he had debilitating mental illness.

* Billionaire clown(and CEO of Cirque du Soleil) Guy Laliberté plays high stakes poker for fun, and does quite well, possibly because the money involved is nowhere near enough to make a difference to him. In 2012 he announced a $1 million buy in tournament to raise money for a charity he founded. He's also been to space.

 

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