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* ''[[Castle]]'' has a [[Victim of the Week]] who became this after winning the lottery, though he mostly just spent money on anything that caught his eye and was a decent guy otherwise. Castle actually sympathizes with the guy since he was still in college when his first book became a bestseller and he also spent his new fortune on all kinds of stuff without a second thought.
* In ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'', black Prohibition gangster Chalky White was born to an uneducated poor family, but made millions through his criminal enterprises. He wears fine suits, drives a ostentatious car, and has married a light-skinned, classically educated wife. Their children are raised from birth to be wealthy. He's called out for being uppity by both black and white characters and suffers from culture clash within his own family.
*James Onedin in ''The Onedin Line'' was a shipmaster who became disgruntled with his boss and married a wife whose father was dying and needed a husband to inherit. This alliance gave him a ship, a female vice CEO, and a loving wife(in apparent order of importance), and helped him become a shipping magnate.
== Professional Wrestling ==
* Perhaps the most famous example in wrestling was John "Bradshaw" Layfield, former Texas hick turned millionaire thanks
* It is not known whether "Million-Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase fit this trope exactly, but he certainly acted like it. (His son has taken a more low-key road.)
** The kayfabe explanation for his purported wealth was due to a massive insurance settlement after his father "Iron" Mike DiBiase [[Died In The Ring]], so this trope definately applies.
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