39,327
edits
Eccentric Millionaire: Difference between revisions
m
Mass update links
(Import from TV Tropes TVT:Main.EccentricMillionaire 2012-07-01, editor history TVTH:Main.EccentricMillionaire, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license) |
m (Mass update links) |
||
Line 10:
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.
Compare with [[Uncle Pennybags]], which is equally nice but not that of an overspender. Compare/contrast [[Upperclass 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]].
{{examples
== Anime and Manga ==
Line 52:
* 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 ''[[
* 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.)}}
| |||