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{{quote|"Is this a get rich quick scheme? Of course! Who wants to get rich slow?"|''[[Saturday Night Live]]''}}
{{quote|''After years of failure with get rich quick schemes, I know I'm going to get rich with this scheme...and quick!''|'''Homer Simpson''', ''[[The Simpsons (
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.
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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Film]] ==
* Alluded to in ''[[Maverick (
{{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.
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* ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]'' was all about this. It was originally called ''You'll Never Get Rich''.
* On ''[[The Honeymooners]]'', Ralph is constantly throwing away his and Norton's wages on foolish get-rich-quick schemes.
* In the ''[[
** Subverted when they travel to a parallel Earth where her father was not killed in a car accident/time loop. The Get Rich Quick Scheme mentioned in the previous season took off and made Rose's father into a millionaire and legitimate businessman.
* Arthur Daley's stock-in-trade on ''[[Minder]]''.
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* Cedric and Lovita did many of these on ''[[The Steve Harvey Show]]''.
* In ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' the girls, and sometimes the boys, got involved in get-rich-quick schemes. For example, Lucy and Ethyl selling cuts from a side of beef they inadvertently bought; making and selling salad dressing, which cost more to make and sell than they charged; Ricky and Fred buying Canadian Allied Petroleum stock based on Lucy's note: Can All Pet (dog food for a neighbor). There are others.
* [[Jaded Washout|Al Bundy]] tried several of these on ''[[Married...
* Trevet from ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'' was prone to doing this, and failing miserably. It didn't help he would get Walker involved, without his knowledge.
* Joe Dominguez from ''[[Nash Bridges]]''.
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== [[Radio]] ==
* ''[[The Navy Lark]]''. CPO Pertwee's [[Status Quo Is God|doomed-to-failure]] get-rich-quick schemes form a staple plot device.
* Sid James was full of these in ''[[
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The basis of every part of ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
* Approximately 90% of ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' episodes.
* ''[[The Simpsons (
{{quote| '''Homer:''' This isn't just another one of those get rich quick schemes. This scheme is guaranteed to get us rich... and quick!}}
* ''[[Family Guy]]''. Peter needs to raise $50,000 fast or he'll lose his house.
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