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Someone, usually a supporting main character but not always, is obscenely rich. How did they get that way? Simply put, because their mother's uncle-in-law invented hole punchers. Their great-grandfather invented spark plugs. Their grandmother wrote one of the most popular novels of all time. [[Mean Girls|Their father invented Toaster Strudel]].
Basically, their (insert relative here) invented or created (insert amazingly widespread, popular, or useful object here).
[[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused with]] [[Heir Club for Men|the heir]] [[Royalty and Nobility Tropes|of royalty]].
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== [[Film]] ==
* The Toaster Strudel example mentioned in the description is from ''[[Mean Girls]]''.
* In ''[[About a Boy]]'', Hugh Grant's character is obscenely rich and layabout because his father wrote a ridiculously popular Christmas song.
* An early draft of ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' explains that the only reason [[Loser Protagonist|The Dude]] has any money is because he's related to [[wikipedia:
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the [[Nancy Drew]] graphic novel "The Fake Heir", the millionaires central to the action made their fortune designing fax paper.
* Lily Rowan in the ''[[Nero Wolfe]]'' stories is rich because her father built the New York City sewer system.
* From [[Larry Niven]]'s ''[[Known Space]]'' stories, professional thrillseeker Gregory "[[Biggus Dickus|Elephant]]" Pelton is a billionaire because his grandmother invented the transfer booth.
* Subverted with the protagonist of the ''[[Kiki Strike]]'' novels: her great grandfather invented control-top panty hose, but her family can't spend it because it is locked away in a trust fund that can only be spent on education fees.
* In ''[[Good Omens]]'', one of Anathema Device's ancestor invented... the device. (Which is a part of clocks.)
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== [[Theater]] ==
* Mentioned in "Give Them What They Want" from ''[[Dirty Rotten Scoundrels]] [[The Musical]]'':
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', Sam's grandfather invented the machine that twirls cellophane around deli toothpicks.
* In ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'', Bugs gets all his money from having invented the carrot peeler.
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