History Main / NotWithThemForTheMoney

* There's an example of this in the platonic partnership between [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Roadhog and Junkrat]] in ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}''. Junkrat hired Roadhog to be his bodyguard for 50% of the spoils from their crime sprees. While Roadhog uses the money, his real motivation is causing pain and havoc to the world after his homeland Australia became a radioactive wasteland.

* Creator/PGWodehouse often used this trope, occasionally poking fun at it. Chuffy is particularly averse to being thought of as a fortune hunter when he woos the wealthy Pauline Stoker in ''[[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Thank You, Jeeves]]'', partly because [[DiscussedTrope he has experience of the trope from watching musical comedies]]. In the aptly-titled ''Uneasy Money'' the trope is the main source of romantic conflict for the couple involved and is [[ZigZaggedTrope zigzagged]] quite a bit before the necessary happy ending takes place--they even form a LoveTriangle with a GoldDigger.

* The murder case in ''Film/LegallyBlonde'' features a woman named Brooke Taylor-Windam as the prime suspect--she's been accused of murdering her husband (who was practically old enough to be her father) to get his money. But that doesn't make sense, largely because Brooke was already fairly rich before she and her husband got married (Brooke's a fitness guru who made a bunch of money off of stuff like exercise videos), so it's not like she needed her husband's money. Brooke claims that she genuinely loved her husband and adds that he had other much more ''[[BiggerIsBetterInBed interesting]]'' qualities about himself outside of his wealthy.[[spoiler: In the end, it turns out that the actual culprit was Brooke's stepdaughter, who resented her stepmother largely because of how her dad married someone who's basically the same age as her. The stepdaughter, after being given an aggressive cross-examination from Elle Woods, confesses that she was actually trying to kill her stepmother, but was mistaken as to who was about to come through the door.]]

* The [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furry]] novel, ''[[Literature/TheFangsOfKaath Fangs of K'aath]]'', has Sandrhi the bat street storyteller. When she manages to reunite with her love, Prince Raschid, after all that has happened, she is made part of the royal household staff. While after years of living in poverty, she appreciates the tailor-made silken clothing she got in the process of finding Raschid again, then sharing his apartment in the Palace and having all the food she could want, that is as far it goes. Beyond that, she is adamant that Raschid, who would love to literally bury her in treasure to make her happy, should save his money for a possible future emergency when he might need all of it. As she says softly, but firmly, "I already haff my treasure. I didn't come to you because you v'ere rich."

* The [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furry]] novel, ''The Fangs Of Kaath'', has Sandrhi the bat street storyteller. When she manages to reunite with her love, Prince Raschid, after all that has happened, she is made part of the royal household staff. While after years of living in poverty, she appreciates the tailor-made silken clothing she got in the process of finding Raschid again, then sharing his apartment in the Palace and having all the food she could want, that is as far it goes. Beyond that, she is adamant that Raschid, who would love to literally bury her in treasure to make her happy, should save his money for a possible future emergency when he might need all of it. As she says softly, but firmly, "I already haff my treasure. I didn't come to you because you v'ere rich."

* (impoverished) Amy in Little Women is explicitly worried that (very rich) Laurie will think she’s a gold-digger. He points out that she turned down a much richer man than he. They’ve been close friends for over a decade by the point that things turn romantic, so her fears are very unfounded.

Compare also ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules.

They might be doing this on principle, or they are accustomed to a life where pinching pennies was important, but will say something like "I'm flattered, but I don't want your money, I just want you." In fact, if the wealthy partner persists, they might get offended and threaten to walk out, leaving the wealthy partner alarmed at this bizarre situation.

The wealthy partner can react with frustration, considering they dearly want to display love beyond simple company. This attitude can soften to charm once they realizes the ungreedy partner is quite serious.

* Shuurei of ''LightNovel/SaiunkokuMonogatari'' is a bit of an odd example. Being somewhat of a {{Tsundere}}, she'll never admit to caring for Emperor Shi Ryuuki (who is completely heads-over-heels for her) - but if there's one thing she ''is'' absolutely clear about, it is that she doesn't want any valuable presents from him. An ImpoverishedPatrician who watched many people starve to death during a previous civil war, she ''hates'' waste and extravagance, and meets his early attempts to shower her with valuable gifts with an outright rant on the subject. She's willing to compromise a little only when the gift serves a practical purpose (such as a block of ice he sent her during the heat of summer, which she promptly shared with the neighborhood), but even then he has to be careful.

* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': Fujitaka Kinomoto liked an UptownGirl named Nadeshiko. Her family thought he was a GoldDigger and disowned her when she insisted in marrying him. He turned out to be this trope, soon [[SelfMadeMan became rather affluent too]], and they stayed HappilyMarried until she died of illness.

* {{ComicBook/Catwoman}} was orignally a wealthy socialite like {{ComicBook/Batman}} who stole because she was bored. However she’s more recently been a poor street kid who stole to provide for herself and her sister, Maggie. They have only become more of an OfficialCouple since this change (especially since ''ComicBook/BatmanHush'' in the early 2000s) and it’s a genuine relationship of love and respect. She loves him, not his money.

* In the ''Literature/InDeath'' novels, Eve's relationship with Roarke occurs in spite of his obscene wealth rather than because of it. She is horrified when he presents her with an enormous diamond as a souvenir from a trip to Australia, and after their marriage she not only refuses to think of his assets as hers, she gets mad at him when she realizes he's been putting funds into an account in her name and demands that he take it back. [[note]]He doesn't, but he's a ninth-degree black belt in PolitenessJudo, so he gets her to drop it.[[/note]]

* ''Series/QueerAsFolk'': A rare male example; Emmett genuinely falls in love with a wealthy older man who dies and leaves his fortune to Emmett, but includes the clause that he not be publicly outed as a gay man. Emmett struggles with the idea of being rich or being honest, and eventually decides it's more important to tell the world who George was and that they loved each other than to have money.

* Monica towards Pete on ''Series/{{Friends}}''. Despite his offers to buy her a restaurant so she can fulfill her dream of being head chef (and escape her horrible job) she turned him down until she developed genuine feelings. This contrasts with former GoldDigger Rachel, who encourages her to date him anyways because he's a billionaire.

* Transvision Vamp's "I Want Your Love", in which the singer apparently isn't interested in the object of her desire's money, possessions or even friends, just what the title states.

* The late Alexander Onassis' girlfriend, the fashion model Fiona Thyssen, ''really'' disliked the idea of being seen as a GoldDigger. She's said to have hit people in public for calling her as such, only accepted gift from Alexander if he purchased them with his own money, and when Alexander's father Aristotle once gave his son a BigFancyHouse outside Athens, she interpreted it as him trying to "mold" her into a prospect TrophyWife for Alexander.

** Marissa had a knack for relationships with men (and [[BiTheWay women]]) of lesser financial means. All of them ([[TroubledButCute Ryan]], D.J, [[GoodBadGirl Alex]] and [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Volchok]]), as well as most of the other men who expressed interest in her ([[SurferDude Johnny Harper]] and [[RapeAsDrama Trey Atwood]] were all in it (from some reason) for her [[EveryoneLovesBlondes looks]] or her [[DamselScrappy endearing]] [[TheWoobie personality]].

** In ''Discworld/MenAtArms'', he finds out he technically owns the Assassins' Guild's building. He uses this very effectively. By responding to "who are you to come in here like you own the place" with "actually, I do own the place."
** By the time of ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', he appears to have decided to make the best of it and used his newfound wealth to build the Lady Sybil Free Hospital, administrated by the physician who saved his wife and son.

* The murder case in ''Film/LegallyBlonde'' features a woman named Brooke Taylor-Windam as the prime suspect--she's accused of being a GoldDigger who murdered her husband to get his inheritance. But that wouldn't make sense, because Brooke was already superrich ''before'' she and her husband got married (Brooke's a health-and-fitness guru who's made loads of money off of things like exercise videos), so it's not she needed the money or anything. Brooke also makes it very clear to the court that her husband had other, much more ''[[BiggerIsBetterInBed interesting]]'' qualities besides his wealth. The actual culprit? [[spoiler:Brooke's stepdaughter (her husband's daughter from a previous marriage), who, after being given [[ThePerryMasonMethod an aggressive cross-examination]] from Elle Woods (the movie's lead character), reveals that she was actually trying to shoot her stepmother (largely because she resented the fact that her dad married someone the same age as her), but was mistaken as to who was about to come through the door.]]
* One of many conflicts between the ''Film/BadTeacher'' and her rival is that while the former is truly a GoldDigger with no interest in the cute new teacher other than that he's rich, the other woman genuinely likes him for other reasons.
* In the film version of ''Film/CrazyRichAsians'', this was invoked with Nick and Rachel. Nick kept his family's wealth secret while he was in New York so he could form genuine connections with people who are not in it for his money. Even after Rachel finds out, while she is still in love with Nick, she quickly grows disillusioned with the Singaporean upper class's standards and attitudes.

* This is indicated to be the case with Angela and Hodgins on ''Series/{{Bones}}''. Although nothing's been verbalized, it's made fairly clear once they get past their hang-ups that she loves him for him and not the money. [[spoiler: And now it's a moot point since he lost it all.]]

* ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'': Kaoru Awayuki used to be poor until he married a rich widow and moved into her mansion. He genuinely loves her, however, and she loves him bavk just as much.

* In ''That Touch of Mink'', Miss Timberlake (Doris Day) is this to the very rich and very charming Philip Shane (Cary Grant).

* One of many conflicts between the Film/BadTeacher and her rival is that while the former is truly a GoldDigger with no interest in the cute new teacher other than that he's rich, the other woman genuinely likes him for other reasons.

* Gloria from ''Series/ModernFamily'' genuinely loves Jay, and vice versa, despite their [[MayDecemberRomance many]] [[UglyGuyHotWife differences]]. Downplayed in that she ''does'' enjoy the money and all of the nice things he can buy for her.

In lay terms, the wealthy partner is reassured that they are leaving the inheritance in good and competent hands and the widow(er) will use it like an HonestCorporateExecutive.