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Usually, the writers want to avoid the [[Family -Unfriendly Aesop]] that money can buy happiness, so this is only added ''after'' the generic [[Happy Ending]] tropes, such as [[Happily Ever After|love]], or [[Babies Ever After|family]], so it is not actually money that makes them happy, but it surely doesn't hurt either.

* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130528063426/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/crane/storycatherine.html Catherine and Her Fate]'', a rich merchant's daughter is asked whether she would rather be happy in youth or age. When she chooses age, her father loses his wealth and dies, and she lives in poverty, but she ends up marrying a wealthy king.

* In "[[Jack and Thethe Beanstalk]]", the gold Jack steals from the giant makes him and his mother rich.

* "[[Bluebeard (Literature)|Bluebeard]]" ends with the heroine rich.

{{quote| ''Bluebeard had no heirs, and so his wife became mistress of all his estate. She made use of one part of it to marry her sister Anne to a young gentleman who had loved her a long while; another part to buy captains commissions for her brothers, and the rest to marry herself to a very worthy gentleman, who made her forget the ill time she had passed with Bluebeard.''}}

* "[[Hansel and Gretel (Literature)|Hansel and Gretel]]" return home with money.

{{quote| ''And as they had no longer any cause for fear, they went in the old hag's house, and here they found, in every corner of the room, boxes with pearls and precious stones. "These are even better than pebbles," said Hansel, and crammed his pockets full of them; and Gretel said: "I too will bring something home," and she filled her apron full.''}}

* In ''[httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20140703170241/http://surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/189peasantdevil.html The Peasant and the Devil]'', the peasant outwits the devil to lay claim to treasure in his field without giving anything for it.

* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131120133914/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/4youthfear.html The Boy Who Went Out to Learn What Fear Was]'', staying the house three nights wins him treasure as well as the king's reward.

{{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 ''[httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20140401224138/http://surlalunefairytales.com/jackbeanstalk/stories/thirteenth.html Thirteenth]'', Thirteenth is given treasure by the king.

* ''[[It Could Happen To You]]'': In a beautiful twist, they were destitute, but took in a homeless man to give him soup when they could ill afford to share anything. That homeless man was a reporter for the NY Times who described them as kind, gentle people who were not bitter they'd been made destitute. And then the donations came pouring in, making them rich again. Meanwhile, the selfish harpy that took all their money [[Laser -Guided Karma|gets all of it stolen by a con man and is forced to move back in with her mother and return to her old job in a nail salon]].

* ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'', anyone?{{context}}

* In ''[[Atlantis: theThe Lost Empire (Disney)|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 1999 (Film)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 Thethe Future (Filmfilm)|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.

* [[Jack and Thethe Beanstalk]], making this trope [[Older Than Radio]]

* ''[[Annie (Theatre)|Annie]]'' ends this way.{{context}}

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