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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} A [[Cancellation\|tragically short-lived]] (eight episodes) 2009 [[NBC]] series about a [[Millionaire Playboy\|billionaire playboy]], Teddy Rist, who, after [[Despair Event Horizon\|the death of his young son]] and a life-changing experience in Nigeria, decides to start using his wealth for good and jets around the globe [[Good Feels Good\|doing good deeds]], much to the admiring exasperation of his business partners and friends. Every episode focuses on a different specific area of the world, and is told by Teddy in [[How We Got Here\|a flashback]]. [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story\|Based on the life of]] [~~http://en.~~[wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Bobby_Sager~~:Bobby Sager\|Bobby Sager]] and filmed primarily in South Africa. {{tropelist}} Line 9: * [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Teddy is half-American, half-British, which comes up in several episodes * [[Children Are Innocent]] * [[Crimefighting ~~With~~with Cash]]: Somewhat, but also subverted in that Teddy likes to jet off to foreign countries and get his hands dirty * [[Death Byby Origin Story]]: Teddy's son, Bobby * [[Every Man Has His Price]] * [[Fake Guest Star]]: Jesse L. Martin is credited as a guest star in every episode, even though he almost always has a more prominent role than Neve Campbell, who is billed second Line 18: * [[Ho Yay]]: Between Teddy and Philip, mostly, but Dax is often endearing overprotective, causing Teddy to tease him once that he sounded like his ex-wife * [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: Everyone shoots at Teddy (he lampshades this in the final episode), but no one ever seems to hit him * [[Left Hanging]]: Several things, because it was [[Screwed Byby the Network\|canceled suddenly]], most notably the story behind {{spoiler\|the death of Teddy and Julia's son, Bobby}} * [[Man of Wealth and Taste]] * [[Non-Idle Rich]] * [[Really Gets Around]]: ''Teddy.'' * [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Kind of the point, except now he's doing it to help people and the rules are usually negative ones * [[Screwed Byby the Network]]: Canceled after eight episodes, despite a [http://www.facebook.com/#!/topic.php?uid=42021691018&topic=10439 solid attempt by fans] to revive it * [[Shown Their Work]]: Most of the political problems and current/historical events discussed are pretty close to accurate, incluing the terminology * [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]: Teddy, Philip Line 35: * [[Church Militant]]: {{spoiler\|Rayburn}}, in "Kashmir," as well as the would-be suicide bomber * [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler\|Perovich}} in "Kosovo," {{spoiler\|[[Never Suicide\|except not]], because Rayburn probably killed him}} * [[A Death in ~~The~~the Limelight]]: {{spoiler\|Rhada}} in "Kashmir," and {{spoiler\|Isabelle}} in "Paris," although to a lesser extent (that was more of a [[Red Herring]]) * [[Easy Impersonation]]: When Pvt. Dean Fitzsimmons steal Teddy's credit card and runs around pretending to be him, no one seems to notice, even though they don't look much alike and Teddy's quite famous. However, as he's spending lots of money and also [[Robin Hood\|doing lots of charity]], no one really bothers to check * [[Go Look At the Distraction]]: In "Paris," Teddy says he'll cause "a diversion" while Dax escapes with a young kidnapped girl--{{spoiler\|he ends up burning the place to the ground}} Line 48: * [[Semper Fi]]: Dax is a former Marine, and in "San Diego," when Teddy wonders if he should save a Marine from having to go to Afghanistan, Dax angrily tells him that he can't deny the guy the honor of serving his country * [[Suicide Attack]]: Fails in "Kashmir" * [[War for Fun ~~And~~and Profit]]: Kind of {{spoiler\|Rayburn's}} whole plan in "Kosovo" * [[Writing Byby the Seat of Your Pants]]: Occasionally, especially in the final episode, "Haiti," when it's revealed that Philip {{spoiler\|was born in Haiti and came to America at age six, leaving behind an unamused brother.}} {{reflist}} Line 56: [[Category:American Series]] [[Category:The Philanthropist]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Philanthropist, The}} [[Category:TV Series]]