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* ''Series/TheLastOfTheBaskets'': In "For Richer, for Poorer", Bodkin attempts to get Clifford married to a rich girl as a solution for his financial troubles.
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** "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS7E2 Bad Tidings]]": Even at high school, Cully's friend Lynn said she planned to marry someone rich. Now, ten years later, she is married to Matthew Spearman; a wealthy businessman much older than she is.

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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS1E2 Death of a Hollow Man]]", Kitty Carmichael, Esslyn's young wife, is clearly out for her husband's money - to the point that the only reason why they got married at all was because she got pregnant and guilted him into it. She's carrying on an affair behind Esslyn's back (with the actor playing Mozart, appropriately enough), and when Esslyn finds out and begins divorce proceedings, she quickly begins scouting around for new meal tickets - to the point that Kitty becomes a suspect for his murder. She even reveals that she's been carrying on an affair with Tim Young and tries to blackmail him into becoming her meal ticket.

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In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS1E2 Death of a Hollow Man]]", Kitty Carmichael, Esslyn's young wife, is clearly out for her husband's money - to the point that the only reason why they got married at all was because she got pregnant and guilted him into it. She's carrying on an affair behind Esslyn's back (with the actor playing Mozart, appropriately enough), and when Esslyn finds out and begins divorce proceedings, she quickly begins scouting around for new meal tickets - to the point that Kitty becomes a suspect for his murder. She even reveals that she's been carrying on an affair with Tim Young and tries to blackmail him into becoming her meal ticket.ticket.
** In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS5E1 Tainted Fruit]]", Melissa tells Sally Rickworth to marry multi-millionaire Frederick Bentine-Brown (who had proposed to Sally) and divorce him in a year or two and take his money.
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS1E2 Death of a Hollow Man]]", Kitty Carmichael, Esslyn's young wife, is clearly out for her husband's money - to the point that the only reason why they got married at all was because she got pregnant and guilted him into it. She's carrying on an affair behind Esslyn's back (with the actor playing Mozart, appropriately enough), and when Esslyn finds out and begins divorce proceedings, she quickly begins scouting around for new meal tickets - to the point that Kitty becomes a suspect for his murder. She even reveals that she's been carrying on an affair with Tim Young and tries to blackmail him into becoming her meal ticket.
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* Downplayed in ''Series/TheNanny''. Jokes are often made about Fran being a gold digger and her sole ambition being to marry a rich professional man, particularly a doctor. She is also very attracted to Maxwell's wealth, but at the same time she does genuinely love him and the Sheffield children, and it has been shown on several occasions that she would be happy being with him if he were poor.
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** Raj gets into a relationship with one in one episode. He takes advantage of his parents' wealth to shower her with gifts, until they give him an ultimatum, to choose between his parents' money and the girl. When he tells her about this, and that he chose her, she promptly dumps him, leaving him an emotional wreck for the rest of the episode.
** Penny often displays traits of this, often mooching off Leonard to pay for her rent and her food. In one episode she even gets mad at Leonard for not buying her Chinese food, feeling entitled to it. Sheldon also complains that Penny needs to stop freeloading off of his and Leonard's refrigerator, television, and Wi-Fi, saying that she's being lazy, selfish, and needs to start paying for her own way in life. Penny will often get irate if someone points out her freeloading.

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** Raj gets into a relationship with one in one episode. He takes advantage of his parents' wealth to shower her with gifts, until they give him an ultimatum, to choose between his parents' money and the girl. When he tells her about this, and that he chose her, she promptly dumps him, leaving him an emotional wreck for the rest of the episode.
episode. It is later revealed that she is dating a new boyfriend whom Howard comments is "Essentially Bruce Wayne".
** Penny often displays traits of this, often mooching off Leonard to pay for her rent and her food. When she learns that Raj is rich and that his new girlfriend is getting him to pay of her credit card bills etc she expresses regret that she didn't date Raj for a few months. In one episode she even gets mad at Leonard for not buying her Chinese food, feeling entitled to it. Sheldon also complains that Penny needs to stop freeloading off of his and Leonard's refrigerator, television, and Wi-Fi, saying that she's being lazy, selfish, and needs to start paying for her own way in life. Penny will often get irate if someone points out her freeloading.
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** Niles denies that he [[AwfulWeddedLife married Maris]] for her money, but continues that "it was merely a delightful bonus". He's certainly deluded himself into thinking he loves her, and we never find out if it was ever ''really'' true.

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** Niles denies that he [[AwfulWeddedLife married Maris]] for her money, but continues that "it was merely a delightful bonus". He's certainly deluded himself into thinking he loves her, and we never find out if it was ever ''really'' true. In one episode Martin introduces Niles to his friends and boasts that he "Married money".



* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Rachel was this in her backstory, but when the plot kicks off she has left her fiancee at the altar because she's unable to marry someone she doesn't love.

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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Rachel was this in her backstory, but when the plot kicks off she has left her fiancee at the altar because she's unable to marry someone she doesn't love. She is however extremely excited when it is revealed that Monica is dating a software millionaire.
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':

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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'':

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