History PlayingWith / ArabOilSheikh

** Everyone at the oil company, indeed all of Qurac, is like this.

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** Saleh goes from RagsToRiches from oil investments, but waits too late to cash out, whereupon he returns from RichesToRags. But he learns from this mistake, invests in oil again once he's scraped up some capital, and cashes out once he is sure of a sizable profit.

* '''Invoked''': Saleh hears from his friend talking about oil investments.

* '''Deconstructed''': When {{Qurac}} runs out of oil, Saleh's time on easy street will end.

* '''Exaggerated''': Because of his wealth, he ''bought the entire country'' of Qurac and became its sultan.

* '''Subverted''': Investing in oil doesn't make Saleh ridiculous amounts of money.

* '''Exaggerated''': Because of his wealth, he could ''buy the entire country'' of Qurac and become its sultan.

* '''Inverted''': Investing in oil [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted makes Saleh poor]].

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'''Basic Trope''': A person from somewhere in the Middle East who has a lot of wealth from their investments in oil.
* '''Straight''': Saleh invests in oil from his home country of {{Qurac}}. He is able to afford luxury cars and has lots of beautiful women by his side.
* '''Exaggerated''': Because of his wealth, he was able to ''buy the entire country'' of Qurac and become its sultan.

** Saleh is a mid level manager of an oil company, and makes about as much as a doctor or lawyer.
** Oil was merely Saleh's source of "seed money". His successful industrialization of the country is what makes him wealthy long after the oil drys up.

* '''Gender-Inverted''': Salima invests in oil from her home country of {{Qurac}}. She is able to afford luxury cars and has lots of {{Hunk}}s and/or {{Bishounen}}s by her side.
* '''Subverted''': Investing in oil doesn't give Saleh ridiculous amounts of money.

** Alternatively, he is married or related to someone whose investments have really paid off...and leaves it all to him.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Some Quracan oil-investors become wealthy, others do not.

* '''Exploited''': A person needs oil, so when he sees Saleh on some banquet, he immediately tries to make a deal with him.
* '''Defied''': Saleh doesn't want to invest in oil, because a) [[PostPeakOil it doesn't last forever]] b) [[GreenAesop it is a pollutant]] and c) lots of people are [[NoBloodForPhlebotinum fighting over it]].

* '''Conversed''': "They don't seriously believe such characters are all over the place in Middle East!"

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* '''Gender-Inverted''': Salima invests in oil from his home country of {{Qurac}}. She is able to afford luxury cars and has lots of {{Hunk}}s and/or {{Bishounen}}s by her side.

* '''Straight''': Saleh invests in oil from his home country of Tropestan. He is able to afford luxury cars and has lots of beautiful women by his side.
* '''Exaggerated''': Because of his wealth, he was able to ''buy the entire country'' of [[{{Qurac}} Tropestan]] and become its sultan.

** Everyone at the oil company, indeed all of Tropestan, is like this.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Some Tropestani oil-investors become wealthy, others do not.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow! Tropestani oil is worth gazillions!"

* '''Parodied''': Everyone at the oil company, indeed all of Tropestan, is like this.

* '''Straight''': Bob invests in oil from his home country of Tropestan. He is able to afford luxury cars and has lots of beautiful women by his side.

** Bob is a mid level manager of an oil company, and makes about as much as a doctor or lawyer.
** Oil was merely Bob's source of "seed money". His successful industrialization of the country is what makes him wealthy long after the oil drys up.

* '''Inverted''': Investing in oil [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted makes Bob poor]].
* '''Subverted''': Investing in oil doesn't give Bob ridiculous amounts of money.

* '''Averted''': Bob does not become wealthy from investing in Tropestani oil companies.
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* '''Invoked''': Bob hears from his friend talking about oil investments.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Bob doesn't want to invest in oil, because a) [[PostPeakOil it doesn't last forever]] b) [[GreenAesop it is a pollutant]] and c) lots of people are [[NoBloodForPhlebotinum fighting over it]].
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is a mid level manager of an oil company, and makes about as much as a doctor or lawyer.

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* '''Defied''': Bob doesn't want to invest in oil, because a) it doesn't last forever b) [[GreenAesop it is a pollutant]] and c) lots of people are [[NoBloodForPhlebotinum fighting over it]].

* '''Played Straight''': Bob invests in oil from his home country of Tropestan. He is able to afford luxury cars and has lots of beautiful women by his side.
* '''Exaggerated''': Because of his wealth, he was able to ''buy the entire country'' of [[{{Qurac}} Tropestan]] and become its sultan.
* '''Justified''': Oil is a precious commodity, so investing in it is a shrewd move if you want to get wealthy.
* '''Inverted''': Investing in oil [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted makes Bob poor]].

* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':

* '''Parodied''': Everyone at the oil company, indeed all of Tropestan, is like this.
* '''Averted''': Bob does not become wealthy from investing in Tropestani oil companies.
* '''Enforced''':

* '''Defied''': Bob doesn't want to invest in oil, because a) it doesn't last forever b) [[GreenAesop it is a pollutant]] and c) lots of people are [[NoBloodForPhlebotinum fighting over it]].
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Played For Laughs''':
* '''Played For Drama''':

* '''Double Subverted''': But investing in AppliedPhlebotinum (which everyone is switching over to) does.

* '''Justified''': Oil is a precious commodity, so investing in it [[YourMileageMayVary may be]] a shrewd move if you want to get wealthy.

* '''Basic Trope''': A person from somewhere in the Middle East who has a lot of wealth from their investments in oil.