Line #11 Main/WealthyYachtOwner


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3	->'''Pearl:''' This ship... It's the same one I got for my sixth birthday!\
4	'''Marina:''' I knew you grew up rich, but geez!
5	-->-- ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''
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7	A yacht is a large recreational boat with either sails, a motor, or both, and which is usually equipped with a cabin for overnight trips. Small yachts may have a small galley kitchen, a tiny bathroom, and "Pullman berth" fold-down sleeping spaces for a few people. The British government defines yachts
8	as vessel 24 meters long (78 feet) or larger. Larger yachts in the 60 meter (195 feet) range may have four decks, a windowed "sky lounge" on the bridge deck for cocktail parties, a fully equipped kitchen, a wine cellar, a basketball court, a jacuzzi spa, "garages" for speedboats and jetskis, a swimming deck, and a helicopter landing pad.
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10	Most financial experts say that buying a boat is one of the biggest wastes of money there is, due to the high costs of purchasing, maintaining, and operating them. [[note]]Aside from the initial cost of buying the boat itself (obviously), boats are typically very expensive to maintain, insure ''and'' fuel (marine engines can be serious gas hogs). Also, if it's a luxury superyacht, it needs a captain, crew, chef, and servants. And aside from all of ''that'', you also have to take the cost of stuff like dock fees, harbor fees, winter storage in northern climes, and boating accessories into account. As well, unless you're a serious boating enthusiast (or at least live in a place where you can use it on a regular basis), most boat owners really only use their boats a few times per year (and mostly just during the summer months). Hence why people say things like "Boat: A hole in the water into which money is poured" or "[[FunWithAcronyms BOAT]]: '''B'''ust '''O'''ut '''A'''nother '''T'''housand."[[/note]]
11	So how do you instantly establish that a character is [[ConspicuousConsumption filthy rich]] or that they're MillionairePlayboy? Show them in the possession of a luxury superyacht that's easily worth tens of millions of dollars. A person who can buy, crew and operate a luxury yacht without trouble is shockingly wealthy. If the character is a billionaire, they will need an UnnecessarilyLargeVessel that is so unique and stylish that it is a CoolShip (if it looks like a small cruise ship, then you've done it right).
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13	The yacht is typically moored in the "playgrounds of the ultra-rich": the French Riviera, the Amalfi Coast and the Greek Islands, Antigua and St Barths, The British Virgin Islands, Tahiti and French Polynesia.
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15	Compare UpperClassEquestrian, since horses are also expensive to own and maintain, and so horseback riding for leisure is similarly used as [[SnobbyHobbies a hobby for the wealthy]]. Because of this trope, sailing as a sport is often portrayed as one of the SnootySports.
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23	* An E-Trade commercial showing a guy partying on his huge yacht is capped off with the caption, "The dumbest guy in high school just bought a boat", indicating that playing the stock market will make you rich enough to afford such a luxury.
24	* ''Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike'' commercials featuring the Old Spice guy: He's on a boat. With Diamonds. And tickets to that thing you love.
25	* The ''Conquer your Life'' commercials for ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'' has the salesman (played by Creator/DavidHasselhoff AsHimself) make constant references to his yacht, which are always followed by a stock photo of one and the sound of a boat horn.
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29	* ''Literature/CatPlanetCuties'': Antonia is shown to own a ''massive'' yacht in her debut episode. It's used to show off both how [[Fiction500 absurdly rich she is]] and also how [[LonelyRichKid socially isolated]] she is because she lives on the ship with no one but her NinjaMaid servants with her. The ship also gets sunk in the same episode it debuted in. There's no mention of her replacing it, but its lost doesn't appear to have impacted her financially in any meaningful way.
30	* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' shows that Bulma owns a yacht, hosting her birthday party on it.
31	* In the second ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' movie, rich idiot Kuno decides to show off his wealth by inviting the cast on a trip on his new yacht. And promptly sails it into a cyclone, kicking off the plot.
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35	* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'': [[TokenRichStudent Pian]] is introduced in episode 1 by having him ride a yacht to school, since the town has a river going straight through it. When Amato inquires him if he completed his math homework, Pian replies that his father hired two professors to help him do it.
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39	* ''ComicBook/LexLuthor'': Practically a requirement for a comic about a super-rich supervillain.
40	* ''Comicbook/{{Morbius}}'': Subverted. Martine thinks he's bought a yacht with the Nobel prize money, but it turns out it's merely a rental.
41	* ''ComicBook/TheGirlFromTheSea'': The Boisseaus own a cruise liner, and they let their daughter rent it for her birthday party/business opportunity.
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45	* In ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'', Judge Smails is christening his new yacht, when Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield) shows up in his much larger boat. He then shoves his driver out of the way, put its engines into high gear, and tries to park near Smails' party, causing much damage (and {{Hilarity\| Ensues}}) in the process.
46	-->'''Al:''' Hey, Smails! My dingy's bigger than your whole boat!
47	* One scene in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' shows Bruce Wayne aboard a yacht along with several gorgeous, bikini-clad women.
48	* ''Film/{{Dawn of the Dead\|2004}}'': Steve is one. [[spoiler:The survivors use his yacht to escape in the end.]]
49	* ''Film/FatherOfTheBride2022'': Hernan's obscene wealth is displayed when the family arrives at his huge yacht. Billy comments that he is like a Film/JamesBond villain.
50	* ''Film/HerNameIsCat'': Part of the FallingInLoveMontage between StarCrossedLovers Cat (a ProfessionalKiller) and Michael (a CowboyCop assigned to track her down) takes place on Michael's expensive private yacht. Which features a lot, a lot, a ''lot'' of lingering shots of Cat (played by supermodel Almen Wong) in [[WalkingSwimsuitScene bikinis]]. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, MoodWhiplash quickly follows when Michael's superiors tracks them down and have the marine police surround Michael's yacht which is right in the middle of the ocean, arresting Cat the morning after Cat and Michael spends a whole night making out]].
51	* In ''Film/HotTubTimeMachine'' Lou exploits his knowlege of the future to become a billionaire. At the end of the film he is seen aboard a huge yacht named "Violator."
52	* Tony Stark has a yacht in the ''Film/IronMan'' movies.
53	* ''Film/JamesBond'':
54	** In ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' Largo owns a yacht, the Disco Volante (Flying Saucer). Its front part is a detachable hydrofoil.
55	** In ''Film/{{Casino Royale\|2006}}'', Le Chiffre is first seen playing poker aboard a yacht.
56	** In ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' Bond is taken to the BigBad's hideout aboard a sailing yacht.
57	** Milton Krest in ''Film/LicenceToKill'', on top of being a marine biologist.
58	** Scaramanga of ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' owns a Chinese junk.
59	* In ''Film/OurMissBrooks'', the [[TheMovie cinematic]] [[GrandFinale series finale]] of the series of the same name, rich newspaper editor Lawrence Nolan invites Miss Brooks aboard his large motor yacht, ''The Paradise''.
60	* The main plot of ''Film/{{Overboard\|1987}}'' (and its [[Film/Overboard2018 gender-flipped remake]]) kicks off when the RichBitch falls off her yacht and contracts a case of EasyAmnesia.
61	* Hackensacker in ''Film/ThePalmBeachStory'' has a pretty big yacht.
62	* ''Film/TheReplacements2000'': Annabelle is impressed that Falco lives at the marina and asks which boat is his. He points to an expensive-looking yacht, then says his is [[NotThisOneThatOne the dumpy houseboat next to it]].
63	* Parodied in ''Film/SecondhandLions''. At the end Walter and the Sheik's grandson are laughing at the large yacht that one salesman sold Hub and Garth, which is now floating on their tiny pond.
64	-->'''Sheik's Grandson:''' I see they spent my grandfather's money wisely.
65	* In Richard Linklater's ''Film/{{Slacker}}'' one vignette involves a woman who keeps berating passing men not to "traumatize women with sexual intercourse." She knows this because "I'm a medical doctor, I own a mansion and a yacht."
66	* In ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'', Joe seduces Sugar Kane by pretending to be a millionaire with a yacht anchored offshore. Fortunately, Osborne, a real millionaire, is in love with Daphne (really Joe's friend Jerry DisguisedInDrag), so while he takes Daphne for a night on the town, Joe sneaks Sugar into Osborne's yacht and pretends that it's his.
67	* First scene in the movie ''Film/SupermanReturns'' is ComicBook/LexLuthor swindling an old woman out of her fortune, and among the many things he obtained with it there is a huge yacht--complete with helipad, piano, top-of-the-line electronics, enough room to work on a plan that could destroy the American continent without feeling constricted...
68	* The GreaterScopeVillain of the first ''Film/{{Taken}}'' film owns a yacht; it's even where the climax occurs.
69	* The Tropical Vacation epilogue of ''Film/TradingPlaces'' shows Dan Akroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis relaxing on a yacht only a short distance from shore.
70	* ''Film/TriangleOfSadness'': Alluded to when Russian oligarch Dimitry repeatedly expresses a desire to buy the superyacht they're all cruising on.
71	* The end of ''Film/WeekendAtBernies II'' shows the heroes owning a yacht and sailing off with an all female crew.
72	* ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'': Jordan Belfort owns a particularly big one, called ''Naomi''. [[spoiler:His own greed and selfishness sees it destroyed in a storm.]]
73	* Sebastian Shaw in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' has a yacht (and a submarine) that he keeps in Miami harbor.
74	* Not "yacht", but in ''Film/YouveGotMail'', Joe and his father are clearly wealthy enough to own boats nice enough to serve as mini-apartments that they move into after breaking up with their respective girlfriends.
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78	* Referenced in this joke:
79	--> You know you are a rich person if your friend asks you, "Can I borrow your luxury yacht?" You know you are very rich if you can answer, "Yes." And you know you are richer than Croesus if you instead ask in return, "Which one?"
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83	* Since Creator/CharlesStross' ''Literature/TheJenniferMorgue'' is a [[WholePlotReference love-letter]] to Film/JamesBond, this was bound to show up somewhere. [[BigBad Ellis Billington]] has the ''Mabuse'', a "yacht" which is actually a demilitarized former Russian Navy ''Krivak III''-class missile frigate.
84	* Zig-zagged in ''Literature/PaladinOfShadows''. Mike winds up owning a yacht in the first book, but it's small enough that he can run it on his own and it's essentially the only thing he owns. By ''A Deeper Blue,'' he and his team are using a yacht that's big enough to have a helicopter hangar on it, but it's so ludicrously expensive he's just renting it for the operation.
85	* In ''Literature/SnowCrash'', Media baron and cult leader L. Bob Rife has a "yacht" - the USS Enterprise. [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks CVN-65]], not [[Franchise/StarTrek NCC-1701]]. He's a real dick about it, too, telling a joke about someone with a much smaller yacht to the people interviewing him right before the reveal of where they are.
86	* In Creator/PGWodehouse's ''Literature/ThankYouJeeves'', J. Washburn Stoker, who recently inherited a huge fortune, has what Bertie refers to as a "whacking great yacht". [[spoiler:It later becomes a plot point when Bertie gets imprisoned on the yacht and has to escape]].
87	* ''Literature/TheWidowOfDesire'' starts with a FashionShow for the main character's [[PrettyInMink fur coat company]] being held aboard her husband's yacht. After he is murdered, she learns the company is in worse trouble than she thought after the boat is repossessed.
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91	* In one episode of ''Series/ThirtyRock'', Tracy invites everyone to his yacht for a party. Only it turns out the yacht is not his, and everyone is arrested for trespassing.
92	* ''Series/{{Acapulco}}'': Maximo and his fellow Malibu mansion owners have yachts. In the second episode he tries to hit one of them with a golf ball but gets upset when he hits his own instead.
93	* The Bluth family from ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' have a yacht that features in the first half of the first season, most notably as the place where Gob is living whenever he's estranged from his girlfriend. Michael keeps trying to sell it to help relieve some of the family's financial burden, and Gob features it in a magic [[InsistentTerminology illusion]] in which he pledges to make it disappear. [[spoiler:He simply sinks it, although he assures Michael that they'll still get the money out of its insurance.]]
94	* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' kicks off the entire plot with the sinking of the rich protagonist's dad's yacht.
95	* Johnny Vong, a minor character in the ''Series/{{Castle\|2009}}'' episode "Sucker Punch", claims in his infomercial that he came to America on a boat, and now "I ''own'' a boat!" [[spoiler:The second one may be true, but [[{{Fauxreigner}} he's really from Danville, California and affects an accent to attract customers]].]]
96	* ''Series/{{Conan}}'': In one of the interviews with Bill Burr, when discussing the doping scandal:
97	-->'''Bill:''' And those guys who run that filthy sport, who were sitting there going like, "Oh, this is absolutely, this is ridiculous, he doesn't represent cycling", are they going to return all the money that they made off of that guy? Huh, they gonna turn in their yachts? They're not gonna.
98	* Spoofed with Bobby from ''Series/CougarTown''. He owns a modest houseboat... and little else. He can't even afford to keep it in the marina, so he just leaves it in a parking lot and lives inside. Eventually the others collect enough money to get the boat to dock, but the moment it hits the water it sinks.
99	* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'': Lady Grantham's brother Harold Levinson is a MillionairePlayboy whose primary pastime is yachting. As his mother put it:
100	-->'''Martha:''' His ''idée fixe'' is yachts. Bigger yachts, faster yachts. Something with yachts.
101	* Several episodes of ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' feature yacht-owning haoles as victims and/or bad guys of the week.
102	* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Zoey's (ex) husband George Van Smoot loves boats. He even dubs himself "The Captain".
103	* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': It is mentioned, in "Wedding Bell Blues", when Bud and Harriet's future in-laws meets that her wealthy father owns a yacht.
104	-->'''"Big" Bud Roberts:''' So, Rollo, I hear you have a yacht.\
105	'''Roland Sims:''' Well, a small yacht.\
106	'''Lydia Sims:''' It is not that small, Roland.
107	* ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'': In the episode "What to wear when yachting", Hyacinth tells everybody that she and Richard are going "yachting", when actually all they are doing is spending a night on a moored boat, which turns out to be a very basic one.
108	* ''Series/PairOfKings'': When Brady and Boomer were arguing about each other's spending habits, Boomer called Brady out for having a yacht collection. Brady told Boomer to stop at this point because, as Kings, they might take the arguing way further otherwise.
109	* ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'': During a flashback from when Wes and Eric were Prep School students, a rich kid invited Wes to a yacht party. Wes declined because Eric wasn't invited.
110	* In ''Series/ThePretender'' episode "Collateral Damage", Lenny Duc claims in his infomercial that he came to America on a tiny boat, "and now I own ''big'' boat!" We never actually get to see the big boat, and it may be as fictional as the tiny boat (Lenny later admits he actually came to America in an airplane).
111	* Despite focusing on a low-income family, Showtime's ''Series/ShamelessUS'' has featured several yachts: Jasmine's {{sugar daddy}} held a yacht party, and Steve's father-in-law, a Brazilian drug lord, also owns a yacht.
112	* ''Series/TheSopranos'': Although his boat isn't incredibly big or luxurious, Tony's ''Stugots'' still qualifies as a small yacht--and as a successful capo and then Underboss and Acting Boss of the family, he's definitely quite well-off. He's still clearly NouveauRiche, though--"Stugots" is a working-class pronunciation of the Italian insult ''sti cazzi'' or ''sto cazzo'', meaning "these cocks" (i.e. "deez nutz").
113	* On ''Series/{{Succession}}'', the media billionaire Roys own a superyacht, and the season 2 finale takes place on it.
114	* ''Series/TheTroop'': Kirby once said all he knew about International Law was about tiger importation and yacht parties.
115	* ''Series/TheWhiteLotus'': Quentin is a rich expat who impresses Tanya and Portia when he takes them out on his yacht for the day.
116	* On ''Series/{{Wiseguy}}'', international DiabolicalMastermind Mel Profitt lives on a mega-yacht big enough to sport its own helipad.
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120	* Quite common in GlamRap music videos, in which the rapper will be seen partying aboard a yacht to show how rich and successful he has become.
121	* Comedy group Music/TheLonelyIsland parodied this with "I'm on a Boat", in which the members of the group are partying aboard a yacht with rapper T-Pain.
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125	* In ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'', one sign of Irene's upper-class lifestyle is her family's possession of a yacht. When the less affluent characters meet up in a graveyard, she questions- without irony- why they couldn't have hired a yacht instead.
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129	* ''TabletopGame/RogueTrader'' characters are defined by their enormous fortunes and equally enormous, super-opulent ships. Although unlike most examples on this page, the ship isn't functioning as a pure money sink: the general economy's so awful there are incredible fortunes to be made for the few permitted to trade outside the Imperium's influence, but outside that inflouence it takes an enormous and powerful ship to survive as a trader... and Imperium tech assumes "super-opulent" is a necessary prerequisite for "expensively powerful".
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133	* ''Theatre/SomeLikeItHot'': Millionaire Osgood has a yacht. Joe "borrows" it for a romantic evening with Sugar.
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137	* In ''VideoGame/BangDreamGirlsBandParty'', Kokoro's family owns a cruise, the ''KT Smile''. Which Kokoro can just casually book for herself and her friends and then set sail on it on the same day. Said cruise features a casino, a gift shop, and a restaurant where the chefs will make ''anything'' asked of them.
138	* ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'': Subverted with Bryce Montrose - despite being a member of the club and making contacts there, his family is the only family at Golf and Yacht Club without a boat.
139	* ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'': At one point in the story, you'll find yourself in need of ocean-based transport. One of your options is a Majestic Pleasure Yacht, currently in the possession of one Mr Apples, a Master of the Bazaar, known for (among other things) a love of gambling. Actually winning it off him is ThatOneSidequest -- the final test is three simultaneous dice rolls against your Watchful, your Persuasive, and your [[LuckBasedMission luck]]. You need to bring a small fortune in rare items just to be allowed to try, and if you lose ''any'' of the three rolls, you lose a sizable chunk of that fortune. The playerbase generally agrees that if you really want the Yacht, you're far better off just [[BribingYourWayToVictory paying 20 Fate (a bit under $5)]] to get it in one go.
140	* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series:
141	** Near the beginning of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', Tommy attends a yacht party thrown by Colonel Cortez and attended by Vice City's rich and famous.
142	** Michael from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' had one, which Jimmy sold to pay off some drug dealers. Michael and Franklin manage to save Jimmy, but the yacht is taken away. Michael never did use it anyway - he confesses to Franklin that he only had it as a symbol of status, "just to look at it".
143	** The ''Executives And Other Criminals'' update for ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA Online]]'' lets ''you'' become one with your own "Super Yacht", which you can use as a mobile offshore mansion. Of course, the yachts are very expensive to buy and maintain and, true to form, the online catalogue descriptions mock you for even ''glancing'' at anything other than the largest, most expensive model.
144	--->''"'I'd like to buy a gigantic Super Yacht, but the budget option will be fine', said no one'' ever."
145	* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'': The last mission of the main story of the first game begins with [[CorruptPolitician corrupt city alderman]] Richard Hughes inviting the Playa to his private yacht for a meeting.
146	* Pearl from ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' mentions during one discussion for the Manta Maria stage that the ship itself was given to her on her sixth birthday.
147	-->'''Marina:''' I knew you grew up rich, but geez!
148	* In ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' Princess Daisy owns a luxury cruise ship known as The Daisy Cruiser. It has appeared as a race course in ''VideoGame/MarioKartDoubleDash'', ''VideoGame/MarioKart7'' and ''VideoGame/MarioKartTour'', and can also be seen in the background of other courses from Double Dash!! and onwards. It also appears as an unlockable baseball stadium in ''VideoGame/MarioSuperSluggers''. It's even been known as one of (if not) the first racetracks dedicated to her.
149	* Lili from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', heir and daughter to the owner of Rochefort Enterprises, has an enormous yacht. In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' she argues with her teammate Asuka why they don't just use it to get to the South Pole (where the game's central MacGuffin is located), and Asuka replies 'That would be like painting an massive target on our backs'.
150	* ''VideoGame/TornCity'': Obtaining a yacht is a mark of considerable status in Torn City and even unlocks an award for anyone who manages to get one.
151	* One of the endings in ''VideoGame/MechWarrior 2 Mercenaries'' (if you end the game with a lot of money) is of the player character watching the sun set from the deck of a yacht while wearing a ring with a massive gem on it.
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155	* Dennis and his dad from ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' have a huge yacht that Dennis uses to throw a party for the protagonist (mainly to collect compromising pictures of all the girls who would be there).
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159	* In ''Jackfilms''' parody of the [[Creator/VinceOffer Sham Wow]] infomercials, Lance Bass demonstrated the many different things you could wipe with your [=ShamWow=] -- "Wipe your car, wipe your boat, wipe your RV, wipe your ''other'' boat..."
160	* ''Website/TheOnion'':
161	** [[http://www.theonion.com/article/rich-guy-wins-yacht-race-620 "Rich Guy Wins Yacht Race".]]
162	** [[http://www.theonion.com/articles/rising-income-inequality-causing-wealthy-americans,37652 "Rising Income Inequality Causing Wealthy Americans To Take On Second Sailboat".]]
163	* ''WebVideo/PiratesSMP'': Oli is alluded to have been one in his pre-pirate life, as it was because of a yachting accident that he washed up on the Faction Isles and eventually joined the wealth-seeking and luxury-loving Kestrel faction. It's suggested that he accumulated this wealth from running a FamilyBusiness fishing and auctioning tuna back at home.
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167	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'':
168	** [[spoiler:Rodney]] is one now, and conducts his arms deals from its cabin, which has a pool of alligators.
169	** Skorpio, an extremely fancy and opulent yacht filled with all sorts of amenities.
170	--->'''Lana:''' ''Hello!'' It's a MEGA-yacht!
171	* In one ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'' "For Real" short, [[ButtMonkey Harry]] has an ImagineSpot about being rewarded with a yacht for finding an old lady's diamond. He does find the diamond... [[spoiler:and gets "rewarded" with a [[DudeWheresMyRespect lollipop]].]]
172	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
173	** In an early episode, Peter wins a boat--which he trades in for a MysteryBox.
174	--->'''Peter''': A boat's a boat, but the Mystery Box could be anything. It could even be a boat! You know how much we've wanted one of those.
175	** Peter's wealthy father-in-law, Carter, also has at least one yacht at his disposal, as shown in several episodes.
176	* Duchess de la Roche, the wealthy female robot Bender falls in love with in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS1E10AFlightToRemember A Flight to Remember]]". She doesn't just ''own'' a yacht--she ''is'' a yacht.
177	* ''WesternAnimation/GoldieGoldAndActionJack'': Goldie, being the world's richest girl, owns a yacht that's [[TransformingVehicle also a submarine]].
178	* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': [[LovableAlphaBitch Rhonda Wellington Lloyd]] and her parents, Buckley and Brooke, come from [[OldMoney historically wealthy families]], and it was mentioned in one episode that before Rhonda's parents got married, Buckley owned ''three'' yachts--but he ended up selling one of them to pay his and Brooke's honeymoon.
179	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaijudo}}'': Arthur Underhill has a yacht named "Piper" (after his ex-wife).
180	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals'' episode "Yachtsa' Luck", Waldo invites Darla aboard ''one'' of his father's yachts, unaware that two pirates have robbed the treasure chest thereon.
181	* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' episode "Hare Brush", Elmer Fudd is a millionaire who "owns a mansion and a yacht". This becomes a hypnotic mantra a psychologist has him repeat after he has a mental breakdown and thinks he's a rabbit.
182	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
183	** Homer and Marge go to a seminar on money management, presented by a man who (claims he) got a luxury yacht real cheap because it smells like cat pee.
184	** In another episode, while Homer is house-sitting for Mr. Burns, Homer throws a big party for his friends on Burns' yacht. They get attacked by RuthlessModernPirates.
185	* In ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', Squillium Fancyson, Squidward's rival who's filthy rich and twice as arrogant as Squidward is, says he owns a private yacht as well as a private lake, a private heliport, and a private island.
186	* {{Subverted\|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''; when Greg becomes a millionaire, he opts to only briefly rent a boat, regarding the idea of purchasing it as a wasteful extravagance. [[spoiler:DoubleSubverted when he laments that he'll need to pay the full cost of it anyway after a Gem battle sinks it.]]
187	* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': ComicBook/LexLuthor had a yacht in the episode where he turned John Corben into Metallo.
188	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat'': In "Viva Lost Wages", Bet-a-Billion Bill says he had two yachts before losing his fortune. When he earns and loses a new fortune, a yacht is seen among the repossessed items.
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192	* When the Dream Team went to the Olympics in 1992, they were invited by Miami Heat owner Micky Arison to spend the day on his yacht, but then found out the air conditioning was out on his yacht, so he was bringing over his ''other'' yacht. As Magic Johnson later told ''Sports Illustrated'' writer Jack [=McCallum=], "That was a valuable day for me, a lesson in life. The difference between being rich and being wealthy. The man had a ''backup yacht''. I never forgot that."
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