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* Long Term Motive: In the book, he doesn't actually like living underground and wants to live in a normal house and walk down the street like a normal person; in other words, he wants a normal lifestyle that would, logically, require money. Money would be the key to making his life as normal as possible given his appearance. As [[Gargoyles (Animation)|David Xanatos]] said, "Pay a man enough, and he'll walk barefoot into Hell."
Short Term Motive: He builds Christine a [[Gilded Cage]] and runs into the Persian while going shopping for her. [[Elaborate Underground Base]]-dweller or not, he apparently has an expensive lifestyle.
* The anwser is [[Fridge Brilliance]]: [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]]: Erik, being a [[Mad Artist]] / [[Mad Scientist]] / [[Evil Genius]] can make a lot of [[Homemade Inventions]], but still needs the money to buy supplies (the mirrors of his [[Robotic Torture Device]] came to mind). Given the Opera is administrated by two [[Pointy -Haired Boss|PointyHairedBosses]],[[Fridge Brilliance|Erik must have not a problem getting everything delivered there]]. Also, [[Gilded Cage|he could have bought some house to live with Christine]] and no doubt he will spoil her. The Persian says that the only reason he gave back the money is that he didn’t need it anymore.
 
== When the Phantom is making Christine choose between marrying him or killing Raoul, why doesn't she realise that she can marry the Phantom, kill him/leave him and go off and elope with Raoul? Of course, I give her the benefit of the doubt of her panicking and not thinking about that, but if thinking about it, even in a panic, it wouldn't take long for one to consider that option. ==