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.

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

* [[Ouran High School Host Club]]....the Club itself, but hell, the entire freaking Ouran Academy. When Haruhi says "Rich Bastards" she isn't kidding!

== Comic Books ==

 

* 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 ==

 

* ''[[The Magic Christian]]'' revolves around Sir Guy Grand, a millionaire who uses his fortune to play cruel practical jokes on others.

** Peter Sellers, who played Grand in the film (it was adapted from an earlier novel), was an excellent real-life example of this. In particular his passion for cars was so infamous it was referenced in ''[[The Goon Show]]'' and a sight gag in the short film ''Simon, Simon'' (his lovely sports car is run into; he steps out, snaps his fingers, and a new one in a different color is wheeled out for him to drive off in). His poor money management due to his tastes left him almost insolvent in the early 1970s. He was also a practical joker, but less cruel and destructive than Grand.

* Roarke, from ''[[In Death]]'', is a [[Fiction 500|multi-bazillionaire]] former thief with [[Only One Name]] who helps his wife solve murders as a hobby.

* Elon Tessic of ''[[Star Shards Chronicles|Shattered Sky]]'' is an eccentric multibillionaire who wants to spend his fortune in unusual ways. In one of his earliest scenes, we see him buy a restaurant-owner friend's pie recipe for millions of dollars.

* Hubertus Bigend, the massively wealthy and [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]-ish advertising exec whose plans and interests form the core of William Gibson's "[[Bigend Books]]".

* In the highly metatextual ''[[Complete World Knowledge]]'' series, author John Hodgman claims to be the "Deranged Millionaire" he plays in some [[They Might Be Giants]]' work. See below under Music.

* 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].

* 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?)

** In one episode, Crews encounters a support group for multi-multi-million dollar lottery winners. {{spoiler|At the end of the episode, Crews asks if he can join the group. He tells them that he didn't win the lottery, ''per se''. However, his settlement amount (which he is forbidden to disclose) would otherwise qualify him for membership in their club.)}}

 

== Music ==

 

 

== Western Animation ==

 

* Franklin Sherman from [[The Critic]]

'''Bob''' He's rich. Eccentric is Loopy with money. }}

* ''Super Chicken'' from [[George of the Jungle]]. His identity is millionaire playboy Henry Cabot Henhouse III (Hunt Strongbird Jr. in the unaired pilot).

 

 

* 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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[[Category:Rich People]]