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{{trope}}
Money [[Lonely
And everyone expects you to like it.
Even the [[Royal Brat]], suffocated with toys, may suffer from this and straighten out when given something worth doing. Many rich characters find themselves abruptly precipitated into adventure and (once they get over the shock) loving it because [[Desperately Looking for
More proactively, the [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]], [[Gentleman Adventurer]], and [[Gentleman Thief]] all often turn to [[In Harm's Way]] to escape. Other characters may turn to charity works, travel, writing books, scholarly work, or other ways of becoming [[Non-Idle Rich]] to avoid this problem. The [[Upper Class Wit]] may be warding it off with his observations. Expect it to be a feature of any [[Gilded Cage]], though.
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{{examples}}
== Anime/Manga ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
** More specifically, she's bored with being the [[Princess Classic]] while most of her siblings either spend their time as socialites or [[Royals Who Actually Do Something|deeply entrenched in political/military affairs]]. She has spent most of her life either in school or playing the [[Authority in Name Only]], something she isn't proud of.
* The World Nobles of ''[[One Piece]]'' seem to do the horrendous atrocities they commit simply as a form of sick entertainment.
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* ''[[Love and Rockets]]'' - Young Luba is bored with her life as a rich housewife, and goes looking for excitement. {{spoiler|She finds it in drugs, affairs and dancing}}
* The British comic ''Whoopee!'' featured the Bumpkin Billionaires, a family of yokels who had come into some money but were desperate to get rid of it and go back to their old life. Their attempts to rid themselves of their wealth was always unsuccessful and often ended up increasing their wealth.
* Benito Medici, the son of one of the richest and most powerful men in the world in ''[[
== Film ==
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== Literature ==
* In [[
* In "The Case of the Rich Woman", one of [[
* In [[Samuel Johnson]]'s ''Rasselas'', Rasselas's problem in the valley is exactly this, though he is surrounded by every luxury.
* In John Buchan's ''[[The Thirty
* In [[Dorothy L. Sayers]]'s ''Gaudy Night'', Harriet indignantly defends [[Lord Peter Wimsey]]: catching murderers, even for fun, is difficult and dangerous, and many people have reason to be grateful for it.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Jed Clampett of the ''[[Beverly Hillbillies]]''. He has millions due to selling his land to an oil company, but is many times shown being bored as he would rather work than be idle rich. He enjoys doing work like mending, repairing, or gardening, but of course Mr Drysdale won't let him work a job because it's embarrassing to him. There's also no place for him to do much hunting or fishing in Beverly Hills.
* On ''[[
* An episode of ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' has rich people pay to hunt humans.
== Theater ==
* In [[The Musical]] of ''[[Candide]]'', in the song "Bon Voyage", the Governor sings about this.
{{quote|
There is just not a thing that I need.
My desires are as dry as an apple core,
And my only emotion is greed.
Which is why, though I've nothing to spend it for,
I have swindled this gold from Candidi-di-di-di-dide,
Poor Candide! }}
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Sir Raleigh in ''[[Sly Cooper|Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus]]'' was a rich aristocrat, but grew bored with his money. Then he tried piracy and found it to his liking.
* ''[[Paper Mario:
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* * In ''[[No Rest for The Wicked (
== Web Original ==
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== Western animation ==
* ''[[
* ''[[
* An episode of ''[[Batman:
* This is the reason for the Guild of Calamitous Intent on ''[[
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