History Trivia / RichieRich

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* TheWikiRule: The [[http://harveycomicsdatabase.wikia.com/wiki/Harvey_Comics_Database_Wiki Harvey Comics Database]], and the [[http://richie-rich.wikia.com/wiki/Richie_Rich_Wiki Richie Rich Wiki]].

* StarDerailingRole: This was Creator/MacaulayCulkin's final film as a child actor. The 5-movie string of critical and/or commercial flops that started with ''Film/TheGoodSon'', along with Culkin hitting puberty, led to him immediately withdrawing from the big screen after this movie. He wouldn't return until well into adult hood, and even then he only appears in smaller arthouse films.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://harveycomicsdatabase.wikia.com/wiki/Harvey_Comics_Database_Wiki Harvey Comics Database]], and the [[http://richie-rich.wikia.com/wiki/Richie_Rich_Wiki Richie Rich Wiki]].

!! Tropes referring to the comics:

!! Tropes referring to the 1994 film:

** Gloria shares the same name as the [[ComicStrip/LittleLulu snooty rival of Lulu]], and a [[WesternAnimation/Madagascar hippo from the Central Park Zoo]].

* StarMakingRole: In the 1980s animated series, Gloria was this for Creator/NancyCartwright.

* ActorAllusion: A sideways one: When Ferguson blasts the nose off Regina's likeness on Mount Richmore, she reacts by exclaiming, "I look like Music/MichaelJackson!" You wonder how Macaulay Culkin reacted to that line before it was shot...

* FakeBrit: Brisbane-born Jonathan Hyde plays a very high-British Cadbury.
* StarDerailingRole: This was Macaulay Culkin's final film as a child actor. The 5-movie string of critical and/or commercial flops that started with ''Film/TheGoodSon'', along with Culkin hitting puberty, led to him immediately withdrawing from the big screen after this movie. He wouldn't return until well into adult hood, and even then he only appears in smaller arthouse films.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the film, Creator/JohnCleese and David Thewlis were both considered for the role of Cadbury.

* StarDerailingRole: This was Macaulay Culkin's final film as a child actor. The 5-movie string of critical and/or commercial flops that started with ''Film/TheGoodSon'', along with Culkin hitting puberty, led to him immediately withdrawing from the big screen after this movie.

* StarMakingRole: In the 1980s animated series, Gloria was this for Nancy Cartwright.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://richie-rich.wikia.com/wiki/Richie_Rich_Wiki Richie Rich Wiki]].

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Economist/actor Ben Stein in his usual boring monotone ways.
** Richard Rich gets to play another wealthy [[Series/GilmoreGirls Richard later down the line]].
** That's [[Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves Friar Tuck]] as Professor Keenbean.
** Van Dough is Dan from ''Series/NightCourt''.
** [[Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney Colonel Oates]] is Ferguson.
** Cadbury [[Film/{{Jumanji}} likes to hunt Robin Williams for sport]]. He also cowardly fled a [[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} certain sinking ship]] with the women and children.
** On the Netflix show, Richie's sister Harper is [[Series/BestFriendsWhenever Shelby]].
** And, of course, [[Film/HomeAlone Kevin [=McCallister=]]] is Richie.
* HeyItsThatVoice: In the Japanese dub of the Netflix series, [[Creator/JunkoTakeuchi Richie is]] Manga/{{Naruto}}.

** On the Netflix show, Richie's sister harper is [[Series/BestFriendsWhenever Shelby]].

** And, of course, [[Film/HomeAlone Kevin [=McCallister=] is Richie.]]

* CreatorKiller: Macaulay Culkin's career pretty much ended with the movie.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Economist/actor Ben Stein in his usual boring monotone ways.

** Cadbury [[Film/{{Jumanji}} likes to hunt Robin Williams for sport]]. He also cowardly fled a [[Film/{{Titanic}} certain sinking ship]] with the women and children.

** Cadbury [[Film/{{Jumanji}} likes to hunt Robin Williams for sport]]. He also cowardly fled a [[Film/{{Titanic}} certain sinking supership]] with the women and children.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Economist/actor Creator/BenStein in his usual boring monotone ways.

* ActorAllusion: A sideways one: When Ferguson blasts the nose off of Regina's likeness on Mount Richmore, she reacts by exclaiming, "I look like MichaelJackson!" You wonder how Macaulay Culkin reacted to that line before it was shot...

* HeyItsThatGuy: Economist/Actor BenStein in his usual boring monotone ways.
** Richard Rich gets to play another wealthy [[GilmoreGirls Richard later down the line]].

** Van Dough is [[NightCourt Dan]]
** Cadbury [[Film/{{Jumanji}} likes to hunt Robin Williams for sport.]] He also cowardly fled a [[Film/{{Titanic}} certain sinking supership]] with the women and children.