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* BillionaireWristband[softreturn]A watch that's big and expensive.
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* TeaIsClassy[softreturn]Rich people loves drinking tea, and often have elaborate tea parties or tea breaks to relax.

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* TeaIsClassy[softreturn]Rich people loves love drinking tea, and often have elaborate tea parties or tea breaks to relax.

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* TheTeamBenefactor[softreturn]The guy who's on the team to pay for everything.

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* TheTeamBenefactor[softreturn]The guy who's on the team HighClassGlass[softreturn]Wearing a monocle.
* TeaIsClassy[softreturn]Rich people loves drinking tea, and often have elaborate tea parties or tea breaks
to pay for everything.relax.
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* SunroofShenanigans: Someone uses a sunroof (typically in a limo) to misbehave.

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* SunroofShenanigans: Someone SunroofShenanigans[softreturn]Someone uses a sunroof (typically in a limo) to misbehave.



* SymbolicGlassHouse: Troubled rich people live in glass houses.

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* SymbolicGlassHouse: Troubled SymbolicGlassHouse[softreturn]Troubled rich people live in glass houses.
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* SnootyHauteCuisine[softereturn]Gaudy food as shorthand for wealth.

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* SnootyHauteCuisine[softereturn]Gaudy SnootyHauteCuisine[softreturn]Gaudy food as shorthand for wealth.
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* SnootyHauteCuisine[softereturn]Gaudy food as shorthand for wealth.
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* MadeOGold [softreturn]A mundane object made of gold.
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* SunroofShenanigans: Someone uses a sunroof (typically in a limo) to misbehave.
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* SymbolicGlassHouse: Troubled rich people live in glass houses.
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* DumbwaiterRide[softreturn]Dumbwaiters are ore likely to be found in luxurious settings.

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* DumbwaiterRide[softreturn]Dumbwaiters are ore more likely to be found in luxurious settings.
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* BeleagueredBenefactor: When being the person who pays for everything backfires terribly.

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* BeleagueredBenefactor: When BeleagueredBenefactor[softreturn]When being the person who pays for everything backfires terribly.
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* BeleagueredBenefactor: When being the person who pays for everything backfires terribly.
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* RichReclusesRealm[softreturn] A private domain bought and/or built by a super-rich recluse.
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* DumbwaiterRide[softreturn]Dumbwaiters are ore likely to be found in luxurious settings.
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-->--''Literature/TheWidowOfDesire''

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-->--''Literature/TheWidowOfDesire''
-->-- ''Literature/TheWidowOfDesire''
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* UpperClassEquestrian[softreturn]Horses are a luxurious hobby associated with rich people.
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* SuspiciousSpending[softreturn]Incongruous luxuries indicate criminal activity.
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* TableSpace[softreturn]That one can afford both a long table, and a room big enough to hold it.
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* NoFameNoWealthNoService[softreturn]It's a luxury to have such places treat you well.
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->''"P.S. Dare you wear it to a Junior League lunch with your mother..."\\
... She opened the box with a startled "Oh my God!"\\
... The coat spilled out into the light. Russian lynx, fashioned from pure white bellies, which were speckled with subtle black markings like dry leaves fallen on an early snow. Junior League? The Saudi oil minister's concubine would have blushed to wear it to Nell's.''
-->--''Literature/TheWidowOfDesire''

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Reverting improper screwing around with the lists.


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* GoingFurASwim[softreturn]Showing that you can afford to wear fur even everywhere.

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* GoingFurASwim[softreturn]Showing that you can afford to wear fur even everywhere.at the beach or pool.

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* PlatinumMakesEverythingShinier[softreturn]When gold doesn't cut it, amp it up with platinum.

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These can be just because the people want to show off, or because it's socially required of them.

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These can be used just because the people want to show off, off their wealth, or because it's socially required of them.
them to spend their money that way.



Note some tropes here are not strictly for the most wealthy. Even middle class people can afford the occasional luxury. It's just that wealthy characters are more likely to have several of these instead of one or two, and of a much higher quality.

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Note some tropes here are not strictly for the most wealthy. Even middle class people can afford the occasional luxury.luxury (which shows off the aggregate wealth in a culture as well). It's just that wealthy characters are more likely to have several of these instead of one or two, and of a much higher quality.


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* AbsurdlyLongLimousine[softreturn]When a regular limo isn't sybaritic enough.
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* DistractedByTheLuxury[softreturn]Using these tropes to please a lady.

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* DistractedByTheLuxury[softreturn]Using these tropes luxury items to please a lady.[[EasilyForgiven buy forgiveness]].
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* WealthyYachtOwner[softreturn]A fancy boat just to show one can afford it.

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* ErmineCapeEffect[softreturn]For royalty and nobility who choose to actually live like this.

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* ErmineCapeEffect[softreturn]For royalty and nobility who choose to actually live like this.wear their regalia everywhere.


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* GoingFurASwim[softreturn]Showing that you can afford to wear fur even everywhere.
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Quality swap. Plus this version lacks that confusing number.


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Note some tropes here are not strictly for the most wealthy. Even middle class people can afford the occasional luxury. It's just that wealthy characters are more likely to have several of these instead of one or two.

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Note some tropes here are not strictly for the most wealthy. Even middle class people can afford the occasional luxury. It's just that wealthy characters are more likely to have several of these instead of one or two.
two, and of a much higher quality.



* FluffyFashionFeathers[softreturn]Feathers are glamorous.

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* FluffyFashionFeathers[softreturn]Feathers are glamorous.glamorous, even if just a plume or two.



* PrettyInMink[softreturn]Fur is glamorous.

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* PrettyInMink[softreturn]Fur is glamorous.garments are great to wear for warmth, or just for style.

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