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{{quote|''"I can do whatever I want. I'm eccentric. Rowr! Rowr!"''|Donald Sinclair (John Cleese), ''[[Rat Race]]'' }}
{{quote|''"Eccentric is Loopy with money."''|Bob the Tomato, [[Veggie Tales]] }}
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.
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Compare with [[Uncle Pennybags]], which is equally nice but not that of an overspender. Compare/contrast [[Upper Class Twit]], [[Rich Bitch]], [[Spoiled Brat]], and [[Upper Class Wit]]. May be a [[Socialite]], a [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]], as well as [[Rich in Dollars, Poor In Sense]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* 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.
* [[Donald Trump]]
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