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The threat of [[Passed Over Inheritance]] is particularly powerful against the younger members of the family in this set.
Now this is some [[Truth in Television]], as some real life people have acted like this (such as during the "Gilded Age"), as do [[Socialite
A [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]] [[Exploited Trope|exploits this image]] to hide their superhero activities.
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* ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' Mr. and Mrs. Howell were this.
* The Hippo couple in ''[[Animaniacs]]''.
* Charlie Chaplin's wealthy man, who winds up being [[Identical Stranger
* [[Time Scout]]: Prince Albert Victor, AKA "Eddie". This is also Malcolm's cover when he goes to [[Victorian London]]; he's a landholder in the British Caribbean. It explains his long absences, his idiot friends from America, and the occasional wobble in his accent.
* Miss Milo Roberts in ''[[An American in Paris]]''.
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