Wealthy Ever After: Difference between revisions

 

Compare [[If I Were a Rich Man]].

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== Comic Books ==

* Inverted in the classic ''[[Daredevil]]'' story, "Born Again" where Matt Murdock is ruined by the Kingpin when he learns his enemy's [[Secret Identity]]. The Kingpin is eventually defeated and disgraced, but feels he at least made Murdock miserable by impoverishing him while he plans to strike at him again. However, when you see in the final panel of Matt and Karen being happy in their situation, you'll know the Kingpin has truly lost.

 

{{quote|''The old man led him back into the castle, and in a cellar showed him three chests full of gold. "Of these," said he, "one part is for the poor, the other for the king, the third is thine."''}}

* In ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/jackbeanstalk/stories/thirteenth.html Thirteenth]'', Thirteenth is given treasure by the king.

 

== Film ==

* ''[[Run Lola Run]]''. Lola wins a ton of cash from a casino to help her boyfriend, who had a bag of money that he was supposed to deliver to a mob boss stolen by a homeless man. But before she can give him the money, her boyfriend runs into the homeless man and takes back the money, so they end up with more money than they need.

* ''[[Paycheck]]'' ended with the protagonists winning $90 million lottery. By seeing the future.

** Though they seem to just use the money to keep helping people and both of them go back to their menial but rewarding jobs.

* ''[[National Treasure]]'' had the museums paying 1% of the treasure's value to the protagonists. It was stated a few times the treasure was worth about $10 billion US dollars, so even 1% set them for life.

* In ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire|Atlantis the Lost Empire]]'', the real reason why the explorers went to Atlantis is just so they can help the villain become rich. However, at the end of the film, said explorers turn to the hero to stop said villain and save Atlantis, yet they still end up rich because of this, judging by their clothing the last time we see them.

* The end of ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy 1999]]'' finds Rick and Evy riding off into the sunset on a camel that is, unbeknownst to them, loaded down with treasures. Their giant house in the sequel indicates that they've made a pretty good living with the grave robbing.

* When Marty McFly fixes his parents' past in ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]]'', he returns to a present where his father George is a wealthy science fiction author. Interestingly this ending didn't sit right with Crispin Glover (George's actor), who felt it sent the wrong message and didn't return for the sequels.

 

== Literature ==

* The Egyptian tale "The Eloquent Peasant," from the Middle Kingdom, apparently ends with the protagonist Hunanup richly compensated for his troubles and rewarded for his eloquence with numerous goods confiscated from the household of Djehuty-nekht, the man who had wronged him.

* Marius and Cosette at the end of ''[[Les Misérables]]'' when Jean Valjean gives them all the money he earned while he was mayor of Montreuil-sur-mer. Marius' aunt and grandfather are very pleased; Marius and Cosette themselves are too absorbed in their love to take any notice.

 

== Theater ==

* ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' ends with Petruchio and Katerina winning a bet, adding twenty thousand plus one hundred crowns to the dowry [[Gold Digger|Petruchio was after in the first place]].

 

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