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A plot where one non-rich character has a huge and very sudden increase in expendable income. This might be for any reason, such as winning a lottery, inheriting the fortune of a rich friend or a long lost family member, getting a better job, crime, inventing the latest popular gadget, or even because something was delivered to the wrong address. Simultaneously, however, they are handed the [[Idiot Ball]].

 

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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* Kankichi Ryotsu of ''[[Kochikame]]'' had been making his fortunes multiple times throughout the series whether from inheritance, gambling or selling popular products. He always lose all his wealth from overspending, bad investments or from accidents. He's back to being a patrol officer again.

** To name just one example: [[wikipedia:Michael Carroll (lottery winner)|Michael Carroll]], the self-proclaimed "[[Lower Class Lout|king of the chavs]]". A rubbish collector who won £9.7m in a lottery in 2002, he continued to have run-ins with the law, and spent his winnings like it grew on trees. By 2010, he had filed for bankruptcy and gone back to his old job, but has expressed no regrets about how he spent the lot.

** Many stories of people who lose everything they won in the lottery usually stems from the fact that the sudden wealth overwhelms them and they start to spend everything, not realizing that even several million dollars is not infinite. What's worse, some of them get so caught up the fever that they blow through not only their lottery winnings, but all their original savings as well.

* ''[[Pirate]]s'' were notorious for spending their fortune after a successful raid on booze and prostitutes in the manner of days.

* German actor [[Klaus Kinski]] typically starred in a successful movie, then spent all his salary on partying with friends, expensive clothing and 5-star hotels (and drugs), resulting in him becoming broke after a short time. After he had to live in a run-down single-room apartment for a few weeks, he often resorted to phoning his old friend [[Werner Herzog]] once again to ask if he had any more film roles available. Rinse and repeat.

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