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* ''Film/DumbMoney'': The Wall Street Bets characters attempt this on the wealthy investors who planned out [=GameStop=]'s demise to profit off of it. Ultimately averted when they discover these billionaires are bailing each other out, making it impossible for any of them to truly lose their wealth until it happens to ''all'' of them, which they are ultimately unsuccessful at.
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* ''Film/DumbMoney'': The Wall Street Bets characters attempt this on the wealthy investors who planned out [=GameStop=]'s demise to profit off of it. Ultimately averted when they discover these billionaires are bailing each other out, making it impossible for any of them to truly lose their wealth until it happens to ''all'' of them, which they are ultimately unsuccessful at. They do, however, take away the billionaire status of three people: the co-creators of the Robinhood app and the hedge fund manager of Citadel, the last of whom actually ''does'' go bankrupt.
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* ''Film/DumbMoney'': The Wall Street Bets characters attempt this on the wealthy investors who planned out [=GameStop=]'s demise to profit off of it. Ultimately averted when they discover these billionaires are bailing each other out, making it impossible for any of them to truly lose their wealth until it happens to ''all'' of them, which they are ultimately unsuccessful at.
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*''Film/FirehouseDog:'' The main character, a dog named Rexxx, begins the movie as a rich Hollywood star, and ends the movie as Dewey, the pet of a suburban family.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'': Doc Hudson prior to the movie. He used to be one of the most famous racing cars in the world, but following a life-threatening crash, he was replaced by a rookie and faded to obscurity. Nowadays, he's but a humble mayor/doctor/judge to the equally obscure town of Radiator Springs.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'': Doc Hudsonprior to the movie. He used to be one of the most famous racing cars in the world, but following a life-threatening crash, he was replaced by a rookie and faded to obscurity. Nowadays, he's but a humble mayor/doctor/judge to the equally obscure town of Radiator Springs.
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* ''Film/MaidToOrder1987'' explores this with a spoiled rich girl stripped of her wealth and identity by a FairyGodmother, forced to work as a maid in a rich household and learn the value of hard work.
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* ''Film/MaidToOrder1987'' explores this with a spoiled rich girl spoiled, Beverly Hills-raised Jessie Montgomery, stripped of her wealth and identity by a Stella, her FairyGodmother, and forced to work as a maid in a rich household and to learn the value of hard work.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'': Doc Hudson prior to the movie. He used to be one of the most famous racing cars in the world, but following a life-threatening crash, he was replaced by a rookie and faded to obscurity. Nowadays, he's but a humble mayor/doctor/judge to the equally obscure town of Radiator Springs.
%%** This almost happens to Lightning [=McQueen=] in ''WesternAnimation/Cars3''.%%ZCE -- how?
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** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'': Bolt and Penny. After Bolt returns home and comes to the rescue when Penny gets trapped in a fire on set of the ShowWithinAShow they star in, they [[CelebrityIsOverrated quit the show]] and move to the country to live a more simple life.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': Emperor Kuzco, by virtue of a ForcedTransformation which leaves his subjects unable to recognize him, goes from the ruler of an empire to a llama nobody spares a second glance to.
* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'': Oscar at the end. After gaining riches due to a misunderstanding, he admits the truth in the climax and forsakes all his wealth.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'': Doc Hudson prior to the movie. He used to be one of the most famous racing cars in the world, but following a life-threatening crash, he was replaced by a rookie and faded to obscurity. Nowadays, he's but a humble mayor/doctor/judge to the equally obscure town of Radiator Springs.
%%** This almost happens to Lightning [=McQueen=] in ''WesternAnimation/Cars3''.%%ZCE -- how?
* ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'':
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'': Bolt and Penny. After Bolt returns home and comes to the rescue when Penny gets trapped in a fire on set of the ShowWithinAShow they star in, they [[CelebrityIsOverrated quit the show]] and move to the country to live a more simple life.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': Emperor Kuzco, by virtue of a ForcedTransformation which leaves his subjects unable to recognize him, goes from the ruler of an empire to a llama nobody spares a second glance to.
* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'': Oscar at the end. After gaining riches due to a misunderstanding, he admits the truth in the climax and forsakes all his wealth.
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* ''Film/{{Ana}}'': Rafa is financially destitute at the beginning, having fallen from success as a car salesman into debt.
* ''Film/{{Arthur 1981}}'': The IdleRich hero deliberately risks this trope by falling in love with a working-class woman even though his inheritance hinges on an ArrangedMarriage. They get a SurprisinglyHappyEnding, but the sequel ''Arthur 2: On the Rocks'' sees the trope take hold at last due to the meddling of the vengeful father of the jilted fiance. While his sweetheart is able to get by, Arthur himself cannot because the vengeful father sabotages all of his attempts to find work. Luckily, he manages to [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn a happy ending]].
* ''Até que a Sorte nos Separe'' ("Til Luck Do Us Part") has a guy who won the lottery 15 years prior finding out his fortune is basically gone after years of ConspicuousConsumption. To make it worse, he has to hide it from his wife with a penchant for spending... and who finds out that is pregnant.
* ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' has the Asgardian survivors. From living in a magical paradise with golden palaces to making a living fishing and dwelling in a town of crude shacks in Northern Europe, it's a major step down for Thor and others. Though for the likes of Valkyrie and Sakaaran exiles like Korg and Miek, it's a trade-up from living in a garbage planet. Not surprisingly, those three seem to be the most settled and sorted of New Asgard denizens.
* ''Film/BlueJasmine'': Flashbacks show the protagonist living a life of luxury--Upper East Side penthouse/brownstone, lavish summers in the Hamptons, black tie charity events, etc. Her life now? Sleeping on the couch in her sister's apartment which is above a grocery store and working as a receptionist in a dentist's office, all because her financier husband turned out to be a fraud.
* ''Film/CinderellaMan'' opens by showing Jim Braddock with his life in good order: He's got a steady and glamorous job as a boxer, a nice house in the suburbs, and a beautiful family. Then TheGreatDepression hits, and when we see Braddock next he and his family are living in a dingy slum, he and his wife are faced with the possibility of sending their children away in order to pay rent, and the only work he can get is occasionally unloading shipments at the docks (since a broken hand forced him to give up on boxing).
* ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. Wayne Enterprises is no longer profitable after Bruce canned a high-risk project [[spoiler:and Bruce himself goes bankrupt when the villains gamble away all of his assets on the stock market. Due to the chaos of Gotham's isolation and Bruce's apparent death, the lost money is never recovered]].
* ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' starts off this way. Rich and successful neurosurgeon Stephen Strange suffers from extensive nerve damage in his hands when his car crashes off a cliff, causing them to shake uncontrollably. He loses his job, blows all of his money on experimental treatments that don't work, leaving him with nothing after only a few months. When he gets cornered by a group of muggers, the only thing he can offer them is his watch.
* ''Film/TheHobbit'': Thorin was once a prince of a very wealthy and powerful dwarven kingdom but after Smaug invaded Erebor, he and his people were driven out and he was forced to work menial, dead-end jobs to survive.
* ''Film/TheJerk'' goes the full circle from RagsToRiches back to rags. Navin Johnson invents a grip handle for glasses that becomes all the rage, amassing him a fortune. A fortune he loses when his company is sued after it's discovered the handle causes people to go permanently cross-eyed. Luckily for him, he sent money home to his father to support his family. His father invested the money and it becomes a Rags-to-Riches-to-Rags story.
* ''Film/LifeStinks'' is a comedy about a billionaire who, as a bet, agrees to live as a hobo in a particular slum for a month. Then his lawyers and business rival destroy all record of the bet and steal his company out from under him.
* ''Film/MaidToOrder1987'' explores this with a spoiled rich girl stripped of her wealth and identity by a FairyGodmother, forced to work as a maid in a rich household and learn the value of hard work.
* ''Film/McLintock'': The Warrens' backstory. When Dev Warren's father died, he left his wife Louise penniless and his son had to drop out of Perdue.
* ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'': Norman Osborn is pulled from a universe where he's a billionaire into one where Oscorp doesn't even exist and stumbles his way into F.E.A.S.T. seeking refuge. Add in his mental issues from the Goblin persona corroding his sanity and the second-hand jacket and hoodie he's given to cover his lurid battle armor, and he comes across more like any other homeless person May helps daily. It's hard not to feel immensely sorry for him.
* ''Film/TradingPlaces'' does this twice:
** First to Louis Winthorpe (Creator/DanAykroyd); as a result of a bet between Randolph and his brother, Mortimer, wagering he could put Louis in the poor house, reducing him from an upstanding, respectable businessman to a dreg of society while, at the same time, taking Billy Ray Valentine (Creator/EddieMurphy) off the streets and making him a reputable businessman, in a month's time. The real kicker: [[TheScrooge the bet was for one dollar]], [[ItAmusedMe made on a whim, for no other reason than to satisfy their own curiosity.]]
** The second time happens when [[spoiler: Valentine and Louis inevitably find out about the wager after Valentine overhears the Dukes discussing it in the men's room [[LaserGuidedKarma and decide to get even by returning the favor. For one dollar.]]]]
* ''Film/TheWhiteSister'' starts off with the aristocratic heroine losing her fortune after her father dies and [[LostWillAndTestament her jealous half-sister burns the will]].
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* ''Film/{{Arthur 1981}}'': The IdleRich hero deliberately risks this trope by falling in love with a working-class woman even though his inheritance hinges on an ArrangedMarriage. They get a SurprisinglyHappyEnding, but the sequel ''Arthur 2: On the Rocks'' sees the trope take hold at last due to the meddling of the vengeful father of the jilted fiance. While his sweetheart is able to get by, Arthur himself cannot because the vengeful father sabotages all of his attempts to find work. Luckily, he manages to [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn a happy ending]].
* ''Até que a Sorte nos Separe'' ("Til Luck Do Us Part") has a guy who won the lottery 15 years prior finding out his fortune is basically gone after years of ConspicuousConsumption. To make it worse, he has to hide it from his wife with a penchant for spending... and who finds out that is pregnant.
* ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' has the Asgardian survivors. From living in a magical paradise with golden palaces to making a living fishing and dwelling in a town of crude shacks in Northern Europe, it's a major step down for Thor and others. Though for the likes of Valkyrie and Sakaaran exiles like Korg and Miek, it's a trade-up from living in a garbage planet. Not surprisingly, those three seem to be the most settled and sorted of New Asgard denizens.
* ''Film/BlueJasmine'': Flashbacks show the protagonist living a life of luxury--Upper East Side penthouse/brownstone, lavish summers in the Hamptons, black tie charity events, etc. Her life now? Sleeping on the couch in her sister's apartment which is above a grocery store and working as a receptionist in a dentist's office, all because her financier husband turned out to be a fraud.
* ''Film/CinderellaMan'' opens by showing Jim Braddock with his life in good order: He's got a steady and glamorous job as a boxer, a nice house in the suburbs, and a beautiful family. Then TheGreatDepression hits, and when we see Braddock next he and his family are living in a dingy slum, he and his wife are faced with the possibility of sending their children away in order to pay rent, and the only work he can get is occasionally unloading shipments at the docks (since a broken hand forced him to give up on boxing).
* ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. Wayne Enterprises is no longer profitable after Bruce canned a high-risk project [[spoiler:and Bruce himself goes bankrupt when the villains gamble away all of his assets on the stock market. Due to the chaos of Gotham's isolation and Bruce's apparent death, the lost money is never recovered]].
* ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' starts off this way. Rich and successful neurosurgeon Stephen Strange suffers from extensive nerve damage in his hands when his car crashes off a cliff, causing them to shake uncontrollably. He loses his job, blows all of his money on experimental treatments that don't work, leaving him with nothing after only a few months. When he gets cornered by a group of muggers, the only thing he can offer them is his watch.
* ''Film/TheHobbit'': Thorin was once a prince of a very wealthy and powerful dwarven kingdom but after Smaug invaded Erebor, he and his people were driven out and he was forced to work menial, dead-end jobs to survive.
* ''Film/TheJerk'' goes the full circle from RagsToRiches back to rags. Navin Johnson invents a grip handle for glasses that becomes all the rage, amassing him a fortune. A fortune he loses when his company is sued after it's discovered the handle causes people to go permanently cross-eyed. Luckily for him, he sent money home to his father to support his family. His father invested the money and it becomes a Rags-to-Riches-to-Rags story.
* ''Film/LifeStinks'' is a comedy about a billionaire who, as a bet, agrees to live as a hobo in a particular slum for a month. Then his lawyers and business rival destroy all record of the bet and steal his company out from under him.
* ''Film/MaidToOrder1987'' explores this with a spoiled rich girl stripped of her wealth and identity by a FairyGodmother, forced to work as a maid in a rich household and learn the value of hard work.
* ''Film/McLintock'': The Warrens' backstory. When Dev Warren's father died, he left his wife Louise penniless and his son had to drop out of Perdue.
* ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'': Norman Osborn is pulled from a universe where he's a billionaire into one where Oscorp doesn't even exist and stumbles his way into F.E.A.S.T. seeking refuge. Add in his mental issues from the Goblin persona corroding his sanity and the second-hand jacket and hoodie he's given to cover his lurid battle armor, and he comes across more like any other homeless person May helps daily. It's hard not to feel immensely sorry for him.
* ''Film/TradingPlaces'' does this twice:
** First to Louis Winthorpe (Creator/DanAykroyd); as a result of a bet between Randolph and his brother, Mortimer, wagering he could put Louis in the poor house, reducing him from an upstanding, respectable businessman to a dreg of society while, at the same time, taking Billy Ray Valentine (Creator/EddieMurphy) off the streets and making him a reputable businessman, in a month's time. The real kicker: [[TheScrooge the bet was for one dollar]], [[ItAmusedMe made on a whim, for no other reason than to satisfy their own curiosity.]]
** The second time happens when [[spoiler: Valentine and Louis inevitably find out about the wager after Valentine overhears the Dukes discussing it in the men's room [[LaserGuidedKarma and decide to get even by returning the favor. For one dollar.]]]]
* ''Film/TheWhiteSister'' starts off with the aristocratic heroine losing her fortune after her father dies and [[LostWillAndTestament her jealous half-sister burns the will]].
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