Being a collection of tropes about those refined upper-class people, whether noble or old money.
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!!Characters
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Related:
+ OpulentOutfits
+ PrincessTropes
+ PrincelyTropes
+ RoyaltyAndNobilityTropes
+ RichPeople
+ ServantTropes
]
[[index]]
* BlueBlood: Someone who comes from a noble or aristocratic family.
* ChevalierVsRogue
* TheDandy: A normally high status or wealthy man that takes pleasure in caring for his physical appearance.
* DecadentCourt: A royal court that is selfish and abuses their power for their own benefit.
* EnglishRose: An English lady who's beautiful, modest, and upper class
* FakeAristocrat: A person who passes themselves as being of higher status than they really are.
* GentlemanAdventurer: An independently wealthy man who desires adventure because they refuse to be idly rich. Their original motives can be heroic/patriotic or not.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: A hero who manages to be both highly intelligent and a well adjusted, socially engaging and charming person.
* GentlemanDetective: A sleuth or detective who's high class or status and has been raised in a privileged environment and always shows it.
* GentlemanSnarker: A type of DeadpanSnarker that can say ungentlemanly things that only a man who's a gentleman can. Not only limited to men and can be used for women as well.
* GentlemanThief: A gentleman who is good-looking, good-mannered, and, well, a thief.
* GentlemanWizard: A posh and well-cultured spellcaster.
* TheGraceFacePose: A woman puts her hand underneath her chin coyly and fancily.
* GrandeDame: An elegant older woman who is of high standing, very posh, humorless, and uptight.
* IronLady: She's not royalty, but ''man'' does she have power, and the tough-as-nails attitude to go with it.
* LadyOfAdventure: A woman who has a high standing in society, elegant and composed, but prefers a high-stakes adventure over a game of bridge.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: A female spellcaster of Black Magic, beautiful and mysterious.
* LadyOfWar: A lady who is as graceful as she is deadly.
* LessonsInSophistication: Someone is so out-of-the-know when it comes to proper etiquette and high-society norms that they have to be trained for them.
* LordCountry: When the ruler of land has the same name as the land.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He's a villain, but he's also incredibly rich and has quite the taste in fashion.
* MillionairePlayboy: A man whose extremely wealthy and quite a stud with the ladies.
* NaziNobleman: A wealthy and influential man who is part of the Nazi Party, usually an officer in the Wehrmacht or SS.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale
* {{Ojou}}: She's treated like royalty, she acts like royalty, she ''dresses'' like royalty...but she's not royalty.
* PeerlessLoveInterest: When someone loves another so much that their image of them becomes so perfect and flawless...that they're afraid of actually acting on said love.
* ProperLady: As ladylike as a lady can get.
* PrincelyYoungMan: A young man who acts like and is given the treatment of a prince, whether or not he really has BlueBlood.
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: The most stereotypical depiction of a British man--posh, monocled, chipper, and always open to a nice cuppa tea, jolly good!
* RichBitch: A girl who is very wealthy...and very mean.
* ShelteredAristocrat: An aristocrat that has spent so long--probably since childhood--being around nothing but other aristocrats and their luxuries that they don't know how life really works.
* {{Socialite}}: A woman who is rich, elegant, and attends every high-class social event there is, but that doesn't necessarily make her rude.
* SouthernBelle: Upper-class lady from down South.
* SouthernGentleman: Upper-class gentleman from down South.
* SpiritedYoungLady: A young woman in the upper class who is witty, educated, honest, and cultured, but is also frank, a bit loud, and doesn't care ''too'' much about the rules.
* StandardRoyalCourt: A royal court that is benevolent and use their power to aid their people.
* StylishSunhats
* UpperClassEquestrian
* UpperClassTwit: As dumb as they are rich.
* UptownGirl: She's rich, he's poor, and they're both very much in love.
* YamatoNadeshiko: The ideal image of a traditional Japanese woman is one who is elegant, kind, and submissive without being a total pushover.

!!Tropes Associated With Them
* CulturedBadass: A badass who is also very gentlemanly.
* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: The pipe that only the most esteemed of gentlemen smoke.
* HighClassGlass: Monocles are a sure sign of sophistication.
* HimeCut: A haircut, usually worn by Japanese girls of upper standing--long, straight, with long bangs cut blunt and straight.
* LadiesAndGerms: When the typical "Ladies and gentlemen..." opening is given a comedic twist.
* LadyAndKnight: A skilled and courageous knight is sworn to defend a lady (usually younger) of high class.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Before two characters brawl it out, they lay down some fair ground rules.
* NoblewomansLaugh: The standard laugh for snobby noblewomen--back of the hand raised to the mouth, smiling widely, laughing "OOOOHHHH-HO-HO-HO!"
* OfficerAndAGentleman: Heroes with a military title who are gentlemanly and refined, and has quite the taste in fashion.
* OjouRinglets: Corkscrew curls are worn--maybe ''only'' worn--by ladies of high society.
* OldSchoolChivalry: It doesn't matter what year it is for this guy; he's always going to treat ladies with the most traditional of respect.
* PrimAndProperBun
* PuddleCoveringChivalry: Putting one's own clothing down on a puddle of water so someone else can walk over it.
* RegalRinglets
* SharpDressedMan
* SilkHidingSteel: Delicate and ladylike on the outside, vicious and ready to kill on the inside.
* SilverSpoonTroublemaker
* SlobsVersusSnobs: Uptight aristocrats vs. other uptight aristocrats.
* WickedCultured: Villain who is educated and classy.
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