History Main / UnclePennyBags

->''"I have acres of land\\

I'm a man you don't meet every day"''

JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith RichIdiotWithNoDayJob, which is when this is used as a cover for a SecretIdentity. Often TheTeamBenefactor.

* Mr. Duncan from ''Film/HomeAlone 2'' is the owner of a toy emporium, a philanthropist, and generally a great guy. He apparently makes a habit of [[NonIdleRich personally working the register at his stores]] so he can watch the children enjoying their new toys.

* Arthur Fortune was a one-episode character on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (specifically, the episode "Monty Can't Buy Me Love"). He's exactly like this. He may have been an allusion to [[NamesTheSame Arthur Bach]], the titular character of the 1981 movie ''Film/{{Arthur 1981}}'' or RealLife adventurous billionaire [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_branson Richard Branson.]]

--->'''Gomez''': How much for the suit?
--->'''Street Corner Santa''': Twenty?
--->'''Gomez''': All right... twenty thousand dollars.
--->'''Santa''': Mister, you don't need the suit!

* Music/DollyParton qualifies for this alongside WealthyPhilanthropist. On top of her numerous business and charities, she also owns and operates her own amusement park, her own water park, her own dinner theater, and her own spa resort.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Usopp's friend Kaya from his home island is a female and young version. Kaya is a very rich girl who much enjoys Usopp's stories and gives the Straw Hats a pirate ship, the ''Going Merry'', after they've saved her life.

* Souichirou Mikuni from ''Anime/CControl''. Granted, he [[AntiVillain may not be all nice]], and he's not cheery and sociable per se, but he's still much nicer than everyone else with his kind of money.
* Sheryl Nome from ''Anime/MacrossFrontier''. She's kind of a {{Tsundere}} AlphaBitch IdolSinger, but if someone she has a soft-spot for needs help and she can pay for it, she'll do it without hesitation. For example, she has a credit rating high enough to hire an entire high tech mercenary unit complete with their carrier flagship and SuperPrototype fighters for a high-risk rescue mission... with just her credit card.

* Kaya from ''Manga/OnePiece''. She's a kind young rich girl who is sweet, likes listening to Usopp's lies, and had her butler Merry build the Straw Hats their first ship as thanks for them saving her and her village.

* In ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'', Akira foots the bill for Sheryl's gang on multiple occasions, such as paying for new clothes for Sheryl to help her with relic negotiations and laying down some cash for Sheryl to feed the younger orphans good food and teach them to read and write. While this is largely selfishly motivated due to his belief that these actions will either make him money or give him better luck, it also shows that he's not as stingy or unreasonable as he appears.
* In ''Manga/BeautyAndTheFeast'', Yamato's mom Kyouka has no problems showing Yakumo her gratitude for taking care of her son, giving Yakumo an entire bag full of expensive designer perfumes as a thank you gift. She reasons that with how much her son eats, this is the least she could do to make up for the expenses.

* [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ken Masters]], notably in the ''Anime/StreetFighterIIV'' anime series. During the first half of the series while he and Ryu are WalkingTheEarth, he uses his family's mammoth fortune to help those around him; from the relatively minor instances of setting he and Ryu up in a 5-star penthouse suite and buying their friend Chun Li clothes and jewelry as a gift/payment for her serving as their tour guide, to single-handedly arranging for a massive donation and Red Cross assistance to a remote Indian charity hospital.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': Rodrigo Briscoletti is world-famous for his wealth and generosity, and he gets a lot of that wealth from running a [[MinigameZone casino resort]]. You can choose in the game to marry one of his two daughters, and he'll lavish gifts on you on your journey. But even if you marry your childhood sweetheart instead, he'll still give you a family heirloom (a legendary artifact you're searching for), pay for your wedding to Bianca, let you stay for free at his casino, ''and'' give you one of his ships to set off in just because he likes you. What a guy!

* The ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' character Edgeworth often charters jets so that the impoverished-but-plucky heroes can arrive JustInTime to deliver vital pieces of evidence. Apparently his HeelFaceTurn did not lessen his bank account.
* Shun Akiyama from ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'' is a LoanShark by trade, but certainly doesn't act like your typical loan shark; he gives out generous amounts of money (as in, tens of ''millions'' of yen) to anyone that comes to him provided they can pass a SecretTestOfCharacter, and charges no interest or collateral for his loans. Heck, most of the time he doesn't even ''collect'' his debts and just goes back to handing out money. He's also the owner of a number of clubs and businesses around town, always treats his employees and partners with great respect, and (again) enjoys showering them with free money which he doesn't expect to get back. While it exasperates his secretary Hana to no end and pisses off the other loan sharks in town, Akiyama is just happy to have some success and wants to spread his good fortune to others however he can.

* Mansa Musa of Mali, in the sixth ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' game, will act this way in the diplomacy screen, fitting with his real life story and civ ability. When sending you a delegation, he will offer you such trifles as indigo cloth, kikeliba tea and [[TheTriple one hundred porters carrying sacks of gold dust]]. Oddly enough, the actual ''value'' of the gift he offers is the same as, say, when Teddy Roosevelt offers you apple pie.

* One of Rogers personas in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' is this and the only one the family likes because he spends so much money to spoil them.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Fancy Pants, an upper-class Canterlot unicorn with a ''huge'' amount of pull in with the Canterlot elite. He's also a true gentleman who treats Rarity with the utmost respect [[spoiler:and is even very kind towards the rest of the mane cast despite the latter's boorish behavior, ''and'' despite most of the other elite ponies looking down on Ponyville ponies.]]
** [[RichBitch Diamond Tiara's]] dad, Mr. Filthy Rich. He wears his status on his sleeve, but he's pretty respectful towards [[GrannyClassic Granny Smith]] [[spoiler:because his family [[RagsToRiches owes their success]] to selling the Smith family's crop in [[DeterminedHomesteader frontier-era]] Ponyville]].
* Arthur Fortune was a one-episode character on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (specifically, the episode "Monty Can't Buy Me Love"). He's exactly like this. He may have been an allusion to [[NamesTheSame Arthur Bach]], the titular character of the 1981 movie ''Film/{{Arthur 1981}}'' or RealLife adventurous billionaire [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_branson Richard Branson.]]
%%* Mr. Dink in ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''.
%%* Jerrica 'Jem' Benton from ''WesternAnimation/JemAndTheHolograms'' fits here as well... and Howard Sands to a lesser degree.

%%* Goldie Gold, from ''WesternAnimation/GoldieGoldAndActionJack''
%%* Scrooge [=McDuck=] is like this in some interpretations, most particularly the 1980s cartoon ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''

* The ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' version of Bruce Wayne/Batman isn't ''fun'', by any means, but he operates as this character in the background. Besides taking in Dick Grayson after his parents died and his uncle was paralyzed, he also provides a credit card for Superboy's expenses after he's rescued from the cloning facility and pays the tuition for Artemis to attend the same private school he sends Dick to. WordOfGod is that he also offered to take in Zatanna after her father was absorbed by ComicBook/DoctorFate and that he's the third Robin's legal guardian as well.

* Charlie Crews in ''Series/{{Life}}'' has millions due to a lawsuit against the police department. He's a pretty fun guy to be around, too.

* The ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' version of Bruce Wayne/Batman isn't ''fun'', by any means, but he operates as this character in the background. Besides taking in Dick Grayson after his parents died and his uncle was paralyzed, he also provides a credit card for Superboy's expenses after he's rescued from the cloning facility and pays the tuition for Artemis to attend the same private school he sends Dick to. WordOfGod is that he also offered to take in Zatanna after her father was absorbed by ComicBook/DoctorFate and that he's the third Robin's legal guardian as well.

* Stasia from ''WebComic/MarryMe'' is a wealthy celebrity sensation, who also donates a large amount of her money regularly to various charitable organizations, and visits needy places in Africa on a whim.

* Winston Deavor in ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2''. He is a rather eccentric but kind, successful tycoon who heads a billion-dollar telecommunications company he inherited from his late father. He also inherited from his father a love of superheroes and believed superheroes being made illegal to have been the cause of his father's death. He wants to use his money and connections to organize a PR stunt to make superheroes legal again with Elastigirl as the head super in this (the logic being she caused the least amount of collateral damage). He pays her well for this and even gives her family a house to live in after they had been living in a motel. When his sister tries to foil this, he refuses to escape with her and returns to the Everjust to destroy the screens hypnotizing the ambassadors and get everyone to safety.

* [[ComicBoom/XMen Charles Xavier]] used his considerable family fortune to open the Xavier School, a safe haven for mutants with nowhere else to go.

Compare/contrast with a WealthyPhilanthropist who focuses more on actually helping people with their money than having fun.

* Shun Akiyama from ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza 4}}'' is a LoanShark by trade, but certainly doesn't act like your typical loan shark; he gives out generous amounts of money (as in, tens of ''millions'' of yen) to anyone that comes to him provided they can pass a SecretTestOfCharacter, and charges no interest or collateral for his loans. Heck, most of the time he doesn't even ''collect'' his debts and just goes back to handing out money. He's also the owner of a number of clubs and businesses around town, always treats his employees and partners with great respect, and (again) enjoys showering them with free money which he doesn't expect to get back. While it exasperates his secretary Hana to no end and pisses off the other loan sharks in town, Akiyama is just happy to have some success and wants to spread his good fortune to others however he can.
* Mansa Musa of Mali, in the sixth ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' game, will act this way in the diplomacy screen, fitting with his real life story and civ ability. When sending you a delegation, he will offer you such trifles as indigo cloth, kikeliba tea and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers one hundred porters carrying sacks of gold dust]]. Oddly enough, the actual ''value'' of the gift he offers is the same as, say, when Teddy Roosevelt offers you apple pie.

%% * ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'': Iron Fist.

* Thomas and Martha Wayne from Franchise/{{Batman}}were both philanthropists, as is their son, Bruce, who runs his Wayne Foundation as a way of preventing and mitigating crime in ways Batman can't. One ComicBook/JonahHex storyline shows that the Waynes' ancestors were also good people who were not corrupted by their wealth and power.

* The title character in both versions of ''Film/{{Arthur}}'' comes from a ridiculously wealthy family and has never had to hold down a job, and thus spends his days being FunPersonified, cracking jokes to any prospective audience he encounters. His stuffy family and their social circle don't approve of his playboy antics and find him annoying and embarrassing, but people outside of it -- including the working-class woman he falls in love with -- are more forgiving. Ironically, this romance puts him on the path to actually maturing at long last, rather than the prospect of an ArrangedMarriage to a rich woman he doesn't love.

* Arthur Fortune was a one-episode character on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (specifically, the episode "Monty Can't Buy Me Love"). He's exactly like this. He may have been an allusion to [[NamesTheSame Arthur Bach]], the titular character of the 1981 movie ''Film/{{Arthur}}'' or RealLife adventurous billionaire [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_branson Richard Branson.]]

* ''Literature/TheCatWhoSeries'': When James Qwilleran inherits a couple billion dollars from his mother's best friend in book 5 (''The Cat Who Played Brahms''), he doesn't have the slightest idea what to do with it. So he sets up a philanthropic fund to assist with various endeavors around the community of Pickaxe, buys and revamps the dying local newspaper (and recruits his childhood best friend to be its editor), and gets involved with assorted charity activities and events. This generosity, coupled with his likable disposition, quickly endears him to his neighbors and he becomes one of the most beloved figures in the area.

** Scrooge McDuck didn't start out this way -- as seen in ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck''-- but evolved into one in most interpretations. He's still ridiculously greedy, of course.