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** Also Hotohori, as the son of the former Emperor of Konan and his mistress/the local [[Gold Digger]]. He later is orphaned and becomes [[The Emperor]] himself, which makes him ''even lonelier'' - so he latches on the legend of the Suzaku No Miko and falls for Miaka when she treats him as a person and not as the leader of the country.

* Hiroko "Hiro-chan" Kaizuka from ''[[Narutaru]]'' is particularly a tragic case. Her [[Abusive Parents|parents]] cared more for her grades in school than her emotional well-being (although her bullies wanted to lower her learning curve) and her father cut ties with her only friends. So it's no wonder the [[Beware the Nice Ones|girl]] [[:Category:Yandere|snapped]] once they and her bullies [[Break the Cutie|broke her]] and she {{spoiler|went on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] and kills [[Self-Made Orphan|both her parents]] ''and'' her bullies.}}

* An episode of the first [[Detective Conan]] season brings up the kidnapping and murder of a highschool girl named Naoko Takei, who happened to be Shinichi and Ran's classmate. She was [[Shrinking Violet|the shy and quiet daughter]] of a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]], and in one of the dubs Shinichi/Conan ''literally'' refers to her as "that poor little rich girl". {{spoiler|It turns out Naoko is alive; her captor was her dad's [[Sexy Secretary]] Akiko Hanai, who never intended to kill her... but wanted to punish Mr. Takei, who [[Pater Familicide|drove her dad to kill himself, her mother, and her little brother Masahito]] after causing the family's monetary ruin. Takei was actually such a [[Jerkass]] that he didn't really care for poor Naoko's safety, having given a ransom money ''that was all fake''... which Akiko brutally calls him out on when she tries to kill him ''and'' herself as revenge. She even states that she probably would've abandoned the whole plan if he had cared enough to use real money. And in a glorious payback moment, as soon as she was released Naoko ignored her father calling out to her, ran to Akiko ''and forgave her'' for everything, leaving Takei with his hands empty.}}

** Shinichi himself may count to a degree. His parents do love him, but they spend much more time in the USA than in Japan and, until he got shrunk and went to live with the Mouris, they left him alone in their [[Big Fancy House]].

* Eric from [[The Toy]] is a lonely kid deep down, but it's hard to notice that since he tries to get attention by acting like a horrible little bastard.

* Ridley in ''[[Diary of the Dead]]''

* Jane and Michael Banks in ''Mary Poppins''

* Kiara from [[The Lion King|The Lion King 2]]

* Nanjou Kei in ''[[Persona]]''—the only person in his household who ever paid attention to him was his butler, Yamaoka {{spoiler|who dies while protecting him very early on in the game}}.

* Flora from the ''[[Professor Layton]]'' series. Both her rich parents died and she lives on top of a tower where no one dares to go.

* Luca Milda from ''[[Tales of Innocence]]''. The loneliness is more a result of his reserved, introverted personality and not that much of his financial status.

** In contrast, Richard from ''[[Tales of Graces]]'' is a prince, and is implied to be very lonely. His very first scene begins with him rejecting the kind invitation of children his age, believing that like everyone else, they only want to hurt him. Of course, [[The Power of Friendship]] changes him very early.

* Yusuf Amir from [[Grand Theft Auto]] IV is a rare adult example. He is rich enough to own a [[Bling Bling Bang|gold plated attack helicopter]] and live in the lap of disgusting luxury. But one gets the impression that at heart, he is an awkward man who yearns for a good friend and all his antics are his way to show that he is a cool guy.

* In a [[New Game+]] for ''[[Eien no Aselia]]'' you learn that {{spoiler|big bad(ish) Shun}} was one of these. It explains a lot.

* In the [[Visual Novel]] ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'' {{spoiler|Shizune is revealed to be one of these in her route. A combination of her deafness and her [[Abusive Dad]] mean that she actually has a very difficult time making friends and forming relationships with other people. One of the main reasons she joins the Student Council was so that she could do things around the school to make people happy [[I Just Want to Have Friends|so that people would like her]] but in the end, her own competivness and awkwardness end up driving nearly the everyone else on the council, including her cousin Lilly, away.}}

* ''[[Yukkuri Panic Escalation]]'' has the viewpoint character, Rie.

 

== Western Animation ==

* In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', Mr. Burns is shown in flashbacks to have been offered the choice between warm, loving parents or a heartless billionaire. He chose the billionaire, making him a Lonely Rich Kid by ''choice''.

** In the episode "Burns' Heir," Bart went through the temporary version.

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