History Main / GoldMakesEverythingShiny

* UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump absolutely loves gold. In his Drumpf Tower penthouse, or the Mar-a-Lago estate, or his private jet — gold leaf is everywhere.

** Meta Example: The two original NES games came on shiny gold cartridges; the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda first game]]'s box even had a cutout showing it off. A limited edition run on both ''Ocarina'' and ''Majora's Mask'' also came on a matte-gold cart. Quite a few other games have gold colored items including discs, game cases and certain accessories (such as a limited edition gold wiimote for ''Skyward Sword'' or a limited edition gold New 3DS for the launch of ''Majora's Mask 3D''.

* UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump absolutely loves gold. In his Trump Tower penthouse, or the Mar-a-Lago estate, or his private jet — gold leaf is everywhere.

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** There's also [[ChromeChampion Pink Gold Peach]] in ''8'', the DistaffCounterpart to Metal Mario. She's like Peach, but [[CaptainObvious made of pink gold]]. The deluxe version also adds Gold Mario, which is just a gold version of Metal Mario.

* One episode of Anime/{{Pokemon}} featured a golden Sudowoodo.

* In some ''Franchise/MightAndMagic'' games, golden chain and plate armor is the most powerful kind. (Justified because powerful armor and weapons in the game tend to be enchanted.)

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' and ''TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', the series staple [[CoolSword Master]] [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Sword]] can be upgraded twice. Its [[InfinityMinusOneSword second form]] is a powerful red blade. Its [[InfinityPlusOneSword final form]] is more powerful than any other weapon and sports an appropriate gold sheen to boot.

** ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' did a variation on that with a magic golden duck.

* {{Franchise/Barbie}}'s 1994 HappyHolidaysDress was of simulated gold lamé trimmed with white fur. Two of Eden's dresses, and the Ghost of Christmas Past's dress, are decorated with gold. Eden's red dress even has a gold GiantWaistRibbon.

* Subve-rted in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'': Sure, you can make a sword out of that gold you just mined. It'll be roughly as effective as one made of ''wood'' and break about as quickly. On the other hand, using [[BoringButPractical iron]]...

** There's also [[ChromeChampion Pink Gold Peach]] in ''8'', the DistaffCounterpart to Metal Mario. She's like Peach, but [[CaptainObvious made of pink gold]].

* ''Film/{{Moana}}'' features the gigantic crab-like monster Tamatoa, whose ego drives him to decorate his shell in golden treasures dredged from the ocean floor. It's even the entire subject of his VillainSong.

* One of the major story missions in ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedPayback'' centers around the protagonists stealing a pair of gold-plated luxury cars (a Lamborghini Aventador and a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen). Opinions on the golden exteriors differ ([[TheBigGuy Mac]] loves the blinged-out look and wants to gold-plate his ''semi-truck'' afterwards, while the team's mechanic Rav sees them as tacky eyesores), but in any case the cars' ''real'' value comes from [[spoiler:the cutting edge [[AutomatedAutomobiles autonomous vehicle hardware systems]] contained within them]].

* About a third of the CostumePorn outfits in the ''{{Growlanser}}'' have gold trimming.

* Jill Masterton in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' (the film) dies by having her body completely covered in golden paint (based on a false assumption that merely painting skin can smother people), in one of the most iconic scenes of the ''Film/JamesBond'' franchise.

Compare [[UsefulNotes/{{Gold}} Gold (useful notes)]], GemEncrusted, PrettyInMink, FluffyFashionFeathers, CityOfGold, BlingBlingBang, BlingOfWar, EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry, EverythingsBetterWithSparkles. See also PlatinumMakesEverythingShinier, where platinum takes it up a notch.

Compare [[UsefulNotes/{{Gold}} Gold (useful notes)]], GemEncrusted, PrettyInMink, FluffyFashionFeathers, CityOfGold, BlingBlingBang, BlingOfWar, EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry, EverythingsBetterWithSparkles.

* The preview images of each chapter of [[http://alaxr274.deviantart.com/gallery/37280372 Hottie 3: The Best Fan Fic in the World]] is nothing but gold.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has the Lannister family, who coat everything with gold - platemail, horse armor, even swords. However it's specifically mentioned that this is only gilding (not solid gold armor[[note]]which would of course be nearly useless[[/note]], as Tyrion Lannister falsely claims at one point to impress someone) designed to boost the image of the Lannisters as the richest and most awesome House in the Seven Kingdoms.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' really, ''really'' love Gold, as seen in countless official art and studio paint jobs for their miniatures. The GodEmperor of Mankind for example has Terminator armour (considered the best armour type in the game for human characters) that is entirely golden. Though since 40k tends to have a love-hate relationship with reality and physics, whether the armour is actually solid gold or only gold-plated isn't clear, fan consensus is the latter though.

* {{Franchise/Barbie}}'s 1994 HappyHolidaysDress was of simulated gold lamé trimmed with white fur.
** Two of Eden's dresses, and the Ghost of Christmas Past's dress, are decorated with gold. Eden's red dress even has a gold GiantWaistRibbon.

* Golden armor shows up as items in some ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' has golden swords, but like you'd expect ([[TheCoconutEffect or perhaps not]], given how nearly all other [=RPGs=] treat gold) these are useless as weapons. They [[VendorTrash sell for a neat price]] though. They're found in [[MeaningfulName Goldor's]] mansion, which happens to be made entirely of gold.

* There are gilded sets of armour in ''VideoGame/{{Runescape}}''. This is not as extreme an example as sets of armour made out solid gold, though - decorating armour with gold was not common practice, but there ''is'' historical precedent for it.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'': Sure, you can make a sword out of that gold you just mined. It'll be roughly as effective as one made of ''wood'' and break about as quickly. On the other hand, using [[BoringButPractical iron]]...

* In Creator/RobertEHoward's Literature/ConanTheBarbarian story "Literature/TheTowerOfTheElephant", the tower has a gold door.

* In "Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF", when Frieza turns into Golden Frieza, he stays shiny for nearly the rest of the movie.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'':

** The latter was common for [[TsaristRussia Russian royalty]].