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A [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]] [[Exploited Trope|exploits this image]] to hide their superhero activities.
A [[Super Trope]] to [[Uncle Pennybags]], [[Rich in Dollars, Poor In Sense]], [[Upperclass Twit]], [[Rich Bitch]], [[Spoiled Sweet]], [[Royal Brat]], [[Rich Boredom]].
Compare [[Spoiled Brat]], [[Princess Classic]], [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]], [[Reclining Reigner]].
Contrast [[Non
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* Most of the cast of ''[[Beverly Hills Teens]]'' is like this.
* Phyllis in ''[[Troop Beverly Hills]]'' starts out like this.
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* [[Time Scout (Literature)|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]]''.
* Jack Donaghy in ''[[
* In [[Gene Stratton Porter]]'s ''Michael O'Halloran'', Douglas recounts how a friend of his is training an orphan waif to follow him in his business, because while he has sons, his rich wife is training them to be "men of wealth and leisure".
* The titular character of ''[[Nathan Barley]]''. [http://www.tvgohome.com/ The original online version] summed up the plot of one episode with "Nathan Barley decides what job to pretend to do next".
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