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{{quote|''Sometimes we do awful things in our lives, even if we don't know it. Sometimes the only proof that we've made mistakes - terrible mistakes the UNIVERSE ITSELF punishes us for - is that we look around and find we're playing...Monopoly.''|''[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1944 Dinosaur Comics]''}}
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''Monopoly'' is a board game that Parker Brothers claims was created in the 1930s by Charles Darrow, who patented it in 1935. Players get $1,500 of starting cash, then roll dice to move their tokens around the board. They may then land on property squares, Chance squares, Community Chest squares and even Free Parking. The object of the game is to become the '''Monopoly''' - that is, to bankrupt every other player by buying, selling, and collecting rent from properties.
Properties are the cornerstone of the game. If a player lands on a property square that is unsold, they may buy the property at its listed price. If they decline, everyone gets to bid on the property and the deed goes to the highest bidder. If the player lands on a property square that is sold, however, he must pay the listed rent on the property deed to whoever owns the property (there's no charge for landing on one of his own properties). Should a player collect all the properties in a color group, they can then use money to build houses and hotels - which dramatically increase the amount of rent players have to pay for landing on their spaces [[One-Hit Kill|(Hotel on Boardwalk will likely bankrupt a player in one turn)]]. In between turns, players have the option to broker trades with other players. They may trade money, properties, Get Out of Jail Free cards or any combination thereof.
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Only indirectly related to [[Mega Corp|the other kind of monopoly]].
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* [[Do Not Pass Go]]
* [["Get Out of Jail Free" Card]]
* [[Uncle Pennybags]]
* [[All There in the Script]]: According to ''The Monopoly Companion'', Rich Uncle Pennybags' full name is Milburn Pennybags (Mr. Monopoly itself is a [[Red Baron]]), the guy in jail is called Jake the Jailbird, and the police officer who takes you to jail is named Officer Edgar Mallory.
* [[Announcer Chatter]]: The version on the current generation's consoles has [[Uncle Pennybags]] narrating every action in the game. Not too bad, but his lines can get really repetitive. Fun fact: you can hit [[Xbox|Y]] to cut him off.
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* [[Ridiculous Future Inflation]]: Inverted, as the prices are still the same as they were in 1932. Boardwalk (Mayfair in the British version), the most expensive property, can be yours for a mere $400 (£400). This also applies to all the weird Monopoly variants mentioned in [[Recycled Premise]].
** The variant ''"Monopoly — Here and Now: The World (and U.S.) Edition(s)"'' plays this straight, though; every $100 in Monopoly money is worth <s>M</s>1 million "monos" (the <s>M</s> being a [[Fictional Counterpart]] of the euro).
** Post-2008 editions of "classic" US game upped the luxury tax from $75 to a whopping $100. They also changed Income Tax to a flat $200, as opposed to a choice between that and 10% of your assets.<ref>your on-hand cash, the face value of all your properties, and what you spent building houses and/or hotels</ref>
* [[Rouge Angles of Satin]]: The correct spelling of the housing area just south of Atlantic City is ''Marven'' Gardens. Monopoly's spelling is considerably better known. In 1995, Parker Brothers issued a formal apology for misspelling the name for the past ''sixty years'', but elected to keep the "''Marvin'' Gardens" spelling.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Late-game, the best place in the game is in jail.
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* In the comic ''[[Folly and Innovation]]'', A hybrid of Monopoly and [[Risk]] is played by some of the characters. [http://follyandinnovation.com/2010/08/you-got-world-history-in-my-economics-you-got-economics-in-my-world-history/\]
* In the ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' novel ''Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers'', Lister wakes up on Mimas [one of the moons of Saturn] after a Monopoly pub crawl around London, which ultimately ends up in him joining the ship.
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* [[Jim Carrey]] makes a reference to Monopoly in ''[[Ace Ventura]]: When Nature Calls''.
{{quote|'''Ace:''' Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. And you must be the Monopoly guy...''(leans in, whispering)'' Thanks for the free parking.}}
* In ''[[Nethack]]'', it is ([[Yet Another Stupid Death|unsurprisingly]]) possible to die on the very first turn, without making a single move. If this happens, you are told "Do not pass go. Do not collect 200 [[
* Referenced in an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' where oil is found under the school and Burns wants to buy it out.
{{quote|'''Burns:''' I have a monopoly to maintain. I own the Electric Company ''and'' the Water Works. Plus the hotel on Baltic Avenue!
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** Also, in an early episode when Homer saves the plant from a meltdown, Bart plays Monopoly with Maggie in which he draws cards until he finds a "second place beauty contest" card.
** One city hall meeting scene sees [[Uncle Pennybags]] sitting right next to Mr. Burns. But he soon bails, saying he's late for a ride on the Short Line [railroad].
* This shows up in ''[[Snoopy Come Home]]''. Charlie Brown, Lucy and Schroeder are playing, others possibly. Lucy taunts Charlie Brown with her Boardwalk and Park Place; Chuck ends up drawing 'Go to Jail'. Lucy then lands on one of Schroeder's Green
* [[Tom Lehrer]] gets in on it, too, in "We Will All Go Together When We Go":
{{quote|You will all report directly to your respective Valhallas
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