Money Fetish: Difference between revisions

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** Parodied in ''[[Austin Powers]] in Goldmember'': "I love gold. The look of it, the smell of it, the taste of it, the texture. I love gold so much that I even lost my genitalia in an unfortunate smelting accident."

* Salluste in ''La Folie des Grandeurs'': his manservant wakes him up every morning by dropping handfuls of gold coins in a basin--and he can tell just by the sound whether one is missing.

{{quote| "C'est l'or, il est l'or, l'or de se réveiller... Monseignor, il est huitor..."}}

{{quote|"C'est l'or, il est l'or, l'or de se réveiller... Monseignor, il est huitor..."}}

* The film version of ''[[The Spirit]]'' has Sand Saref, who wants all of the money in the world for her self (and has wanted it since her origin story!), even to the point of going after the Golden Fleece.

* ''[[Ocean's Eleven]]'': Saul sees the casino vault full of tens of millions in cash: "That's the sexiest thing I've ever seen."

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== Live Action TV ==

* In ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', the host of "The Money Programme" gets a bit carried away:

{{quote| Tonight on 'The Money Programme', we're going to look at money. Lots of it. On film, and in the studio. Some of it in nice piles, others in lovely clanky bits of loose change, some of it neatly counted into fat little hundreds, delicate fivers stuffed into bulging wallets, nice crisp clean cheques, pert pieces of copper coinage thrust deep into trouser pockets, romantic foreign money rolling against the thigh with rough familiarity, beautiful wayward curlicued banknotes, filigree copperplating cheek by jowl with tumbling hexagonal milled edges, rubbing gently against the terse leather of beautifully balanced bank books!}}

{{quote|Tonight on 'The Money Programme', we're going to look at money. Lots of it. On film, and in the studio. Some of it in nice piles, others in lovely clanky bits of loose change, some of it neatly counted into fat little hundreds, delicate fivers stuffed into bulging wallets, nice crisp clean cheques, pert pieces of copper coinage thrust deep into trouser pockets, romantic foreign money rolling against the thigh with rough familiarity, beautiful wayward curlicued banknotes, filigree copperplating cheek by jowl with tumbling hexagonal milled edges, rubbing gently against the terse leather of beautifully balanced bank books!}}

** see it at; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sor9GzivGbk

* Lampshaded in the ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' episode "Malcolm Babysits" where Malcolm, having money for the first time in his life, rubs it on his face and then asks to camera "Is this as creepy as I think it is?"

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** She still has a money fetish despite the fact that the team's business has made her filthy rich.

* [[Angel|Cordelia]] actually does get turned on once when a billionaire starts talking finance; also, she can apparently smell it.

{{quote| '''Angel:''' Hide some in the office and watch her. It's uncanny.}}

{{quote|'''Angel:''' Hide some in the office and watch her. It's uncanny.}}

** [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Anya]] seems to have a thing for cash herself.

*** Anya, whilst playing The Game of Life, asked if she could sell her children for more money.

* [[Supernatural]] gives us this:

{{quote| '''Sam:''' How do you sleep at night?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Sam:''' How do you sleep at night?

'''Bela:''' On silk sheets, rolling naked in money. }}

* On ''[[Las Vegas]]'', after Danny sells his car, one suggestion of what he should do with the money was to cash the check out in singles and roll nude in the pile of cash. Danny claims that he has already tried that with the check itself, much to the consternation of the person holding it.

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* Harpagon from Molière's ''[[The Miser|L Avare]]''.

* Ben Jonson's ''Volpone'' opens with the title character apostrophizing a pile of money:

{{quote| O thou son of Sol,~~ ~~

{{quote|O thou son of Sol,

But brighter than thy father, let me kiss,~~ ~~

But brighter than thy father, let me kiss,

With adoration, thee, and every relick~~ ~~

With adoration, thee, and every relick

Of sacred treasure, in this blessed room... }}

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** In another episode, upon hearing of a scheme to become "moderately wealthy", Homer imagines himself rolling around on a small pile of money, shouting, "I'm sort of rich! I can rent anything I want!"

*** And, from "A Star is Burns",:

{{quote| '''Jay Sherman''': [contemptuous] How do you sleep at night?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Jay Sherman''': [contemptuous] How do you sleep at night?

'''Rainer Wolfcastle''': On top of a pile of money with many beautiful ladies. }}

* ''[[Futurama]]'', "Into The Wild Green Yonder", Professor Farnsworth dances naked in a swirling vat of cash.

* Money was the motivation for everything Cousin Mel did in ''[[Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer]]''.

* Aunt Figg and Lickboot in ''[[Tom and Jerry]]: [[The Movie]]''. They even have a whole [[Villain Song|musical]] [[Money Song|number]] about how much they love money.

{{quote| '''Lickboot:''' We've ''got'' to have... [[Chewing the Scenery|moneyyyyy!]]}}

{{quote|'''Lickboot:''' We've ''got'' to have... [[Chewing the Scenery|moneyyyyy!]]}}

* [[Looney Tunes|Daffy Duck]] himself definitely fits this trope.

* [[South Park|Cartman]] has this reaction after winning a bet with Kyle, having the cash converted into ever-smaller denominations so he can enjoy its increased mass (loudly, in front of Kyle). This includes wallowing in a kiddie-pool full of quarters.

* Skwisgaar from ''[[Metalocalypse]]'' seems to ''literally'' have this trait:

* Sylvester the Cat rolls around in a pile of money after inheriting a fortune in the [[Looney Tunes]] short ''Heir Conditioning''.

* Ruel, and his entire race of Enutrof from ''[[Wakfu]]''. Though his race's name [[Sdrawkcab Name|backwards]] is Fortune.