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{{quote| ''"Eccentric is Loopy with money."''<br />
Bob the Tomato, [[Veggie Tales (Animation)|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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* 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.
* Lory Takarada, from ''[[Skip Beat (Manga)|Skip Beat]]'', seems to believe that you couldn't enter in ''any'' building without a parade imported from the Rio de Janeiro's Carnival and dressing like the lovechild of [[Iron Chef|Charirman Kaga]] and Walter Mercado. And pray he doesn't hear that you're planning a party, because he'll bring you the same design team who decorated Willy Wonka's factory. Well, he is the president of a big talent agency, so his eccentricities can be ''sightly'' handwaved, but still...
* To a certain degree, [[Large Ham|Gary Oak]] from ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|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.
* [[Ouran High School Host Club]]....the Club itself, but hell, the entire freaking Ouran Academy. When Haruhi says "Rich Bastards" she isn't kidding!
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== Comic Books ==
 
* 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 (Comic Book)|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''.
* [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]], anyone?
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* 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.
* Mr Toad in ''[[The Wind in Thethe Willows]]'' could be a deconstruction on this trope; he enjoys blowing his inherited money on whatever he thinks is most enjoyable, from a caravan, to a motor car, but got in trouble when his obessive with motor cars went too far. And he risks losing his fortune on his obsessives when he could have used it responsibly to help him live his entire life comfortably.
* 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.
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* A [[Lampshade Hanging]] example from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsYoeoEE3ww Mitchell and Webb].
* Chairman Kaga in ''[[Iron Chef]]'' and his nephew [[Fan Nickname|Chairman Mark]] in ''[[Iron Chef America]]''. The former is on record as stating he spent ¥843,354,407 just on ingredients for Kitchen Stadium (roughly $8 million at the time), while the latter has ''several'' Kitchen Stadiums built (including one [[Recycled in Space|In Space]]). And let's remember, this is to host ''[[Cooking Duel|Cooking Duels]]''. If that ain't eccentric...
* Thurston Howell III on ''[[Gilligan's Island (TV)|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?)
** 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.)}}
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== Music ==
* The Deranged Millionaire, a recurring character from the work of [[They Might Be Giants (Musicband)|They Might Be Giants]], played by author and comedian John Hodgman. He hosts the music video compilation/ConceptAlbum "Venue Songs" (and figures into the [[Myth Arc]] explaining the project), and has appeared in some of their stage performances and podcasts. See Literature, above.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
 
* Señor Senior Senior and his son Señor Senior Junior on ''[[Kim Possible (Animation)|Kim Possible]]''. The former decides to take up villainy as a post-retirement hobby and the latter is obsessed with hair gel and becoming a world famous pop sensation.
* Franklin Sherman from [[The Critic]]
* A one "Humphry Muffet" in a [[Veggie Tales (Animation)|Veggie Tales]] short was one of these.
{{quote| '''Minnesota Cuke''': He's Loopy!<br />
'''Bob''': No, he's Eccentric.<br />
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'''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).
* An episode of ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' has a popular hair dresser, named Beauregard, who moves to New York City from Langley Falls to carry on the city's tradition of "wealthy obnoxious weirdos".
 
 
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