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Most people have careers that allow them to live comfortably, some people have very well paying jobs, fewer still have jobs that would allow them to be "rich", and still even fewer have Big Bux.
When a character wants to get Big Bux they often don't try more common varieties of accruing wealth like bumping off rich relatives, stealing, or being a miser. They go for a
Common variations of this trope is that the Get Rich Quick person thinks working is a
Also see [[Mock Millionaire]], who's typically involved in one way or another.
{{examples
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'', part four. Josuke, Okuyasu, and Fatty come up with a way to use Fatty's Stand to get rich in a hurry (have Harvest seek out discarded lottery tickets). They actually expected a more modest return than the ticket Harvest ''did'' find, but that one was ''plenty''...(Too bad Josuke's mother confiscated the ticket winnings for investment)
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{{quote|'''Maverick:''' I had to hot-foot it out of there, as it wouldn't be long before Joseph had a scheme to help me reinvest my newly-acquired thousand.}}
* Sets the plot in motion in ''[[Layer Cake]]''. The protagonists' boss, Jimmy Price, has lost a bundle on stupid investments and fires off a bunch of these, chiefly by stealing a bunch of ecstasy from some other gangsters, embezzling the savings of his underling and shopping his villainous colleagues to the police.
* The plot of ''[[The Producers]]'' is a once successful producer and his accountant try to sell 25,000% worth of shares of the play ''Springtime for Hitler'' to investors, pocket most the money, have the play be a flop that won't be investigated. If you are an experienced troper, you already know [[Springtime for Hitler|how it goes]].
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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== [[Music]] ==
* Discussed with utter contempt in [[Styx]]'s "Rockin' the Paradise":
{{quote|''Don't need no fast-buck, lame-duck profits for fun▼
''Quick-trick plans take the money and run▼
▲{{quote|Don't need no fast-buck, lame-duck profits for fun
''We need long-term, slow-burn, gettin' it done▼
▲Quick-trick plans take the money and run
''A straight-talkin', hard-workin' son-of-a-gun }}▼
▲We need long-term, slow-burn, gettin' it done
▲A straight-talkin', hard-workin' son-of-a-gun }}
== [[Radio]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The basis of every part of ''[[Crystal Caves]]''. The main character, Mylo, keeps bungling into one
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* This impulse is the basis for an enormous number of scams both on and off the internet, of course.
** [http://www.theonion.com/articles/i-lied-about-making-80000-working-from-home-and-so,10718/ "I Lied About Making $80,000 Working From Home... And So Can You!"]
* Homicidal maniacs and earth-detroyer wannabes have the option of [https://web.archive.org/web/20120524030445/http://homepage.mac.com/msb/163x/faqs/nuclear_warfare_102.html nuking cities]. Since it kills proportionally more than it destroys assets, you could end up wealthier. That is, if you survive.
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