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Richie Rich, often billed as "The Poor Little Rich Boy", debuted in 1953 as a backup character in Little Dot. He soon became Harvey Comics' flagship character, appearing in as many as 32 Harvey titles monthly and often crossing over with Casper the Friendly Ghost.Derivative works include two Animated Series, the first of which, produced by Hanna-Barbera, had better character designs and marked the voice acting debut of Nancy Cartwright as Gloria Glad, and a 1994 feature film. The film cast Macaulay Culkin as Richie and Stephi Lineburg as Gloria. The film only earned $38,087,756 in the United States market. It was the 37th most successful film of its year, but just barely covering its budget. After the movie was released, the Richie Rich comics just stopped being published.A direct-to-video sequel to the movie was later released, Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998). It cast David Gallagher as Richie and Michelle Trachtenberg as Gloria.More information here.
Betty and Veronica: Subverted. Gloria's the sweet, kind, middle-class Betty. Mayda Munny's the vain, selfish, foul-tempered, wealthy Veronica. But Richie only has eyes for Gloria. Awww.
Gem-Encrusted: Richie's mother, in the comic book. She doesn't load herself down with too many jewels, but she collects them — fully cut, faceted and polished emeralds, diamonds, rubies, aquamarines the size of baseballs — and displays them on her dresser like Fabergé eggs.
Gentleman Adventurer: Richie, often accompanied by his father, Richard; his butler, Cadbury, or both. Also, Cadbury's former employer Sir Ruddy Blighter, in flashback stories.
Not With Them for the Money: Gloria Glad is notorious for always turning down the luxurious gifts Richie offers her. In fact, she has blown her temper more than once at Richie's more outrageous stunts with his wealth to attempt to impress and he seems unable to remember how much they annoy her. In one story, when she suddenly starts accepting his gift greedily, it's sets off alarm bells with Richie who investigates and learns he is dealing with an impostor who has kidnapped the real Gloria in order to con him out of money.
In one story, Mayda Munny secretly gives her rival Gloria Glad gifts that supposedly came from Richie Rich, starting off with an expensive doll, to which she says it's a perfect gift — not really knowing that all those gifts Gloria received were going to be used for charity.
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: The Rich family are the wealthiest people on the planet, yet they also seem to have the greatest moral compass when it comes to being overall decent.
Actor Allusion: A sideways one: When Ferguson blasts the nose off of Regina's likeness on Mount Richmore, she reacts be exclaiming, "I look like Michael Jackson!" You wonder how Macaulay Culkin reacted to that line before it was shot...
Benevolent Boss: Richie's dad refuses to fire any of his employees, neither if they do a terrible job or to make sacrifices. He makes an exception with the Big Bad, however, due to the fact that he tried to kill him and his family.
Big Eater: Professor Keenbean. In fact, one scene even showed him ordering some Quarter Pounders and a bunch of fries from Richie's personal McDonald's, and claims he working on creating secret sauce. Also, Pee-wee to an extent*
Read: Pee-wee entirely lacks personality traits aside from his eating habits.
Book Ends: At the beginning after growing up, Richie is seen playing baseball. At the end of the film, he is playing baseball again, this time, with his new friends and with Cadbury as coach.
Bullet Proof Vest: Keenbean's Stain-Away turns Richie's clothes into this.
Fake Brit: Brisbane-born Jonathan Hyde plays a very high-British Cadbury.
Five-Token Band: Richie's friends, with Richie filling out the rich kid quota.
Good Parents: Richard and Regina make sure they spend time with their son, even as they are working.
Grade School CEO: Richie takes over the company with Cadbury's backing after his parents' plane crash. This lasts one highly successful montage, until Cadbury is framed for the Rich's murder.
Hoist by His Own Petard: A rare non-villain example: Keenbean falls into a trap he set for Ferguson involving his super-strength adhesive, with near-disastrous results for Richie and his friends.
Actually, it seems he's perfectly aware of what Van Dough is like, as his wife pointed it out. Yet he's hesitant at first to fire him.
Regina: Oh Richard, wake up and smell the seaweed!
Humiliation Conga: Both villains get one. Ferguson has a towel superglued to his face, is knocked out, and gets stung in the ass by a robotic bee. Van Dough is left hanging for dear life on a sheer rock face, is fired by a 12-year-old boy, whose father has never fired anyone in his life, and gets punched in the face by the mother.
Lost in Translation: A real life positive example. In the French dub, van Dough's line "Thank you, Beavis and Butthead" is replaced with an actually funny line: "Looks like Homer and Marge".
A Minor Kidroduction: The beginning of the film starts with the birth of Richie, all the way up to his current age.
Mugged for Disguise: Well, actually, Cadbury was the one being attacked, but he still ends up with the thug's clothes anyway.
Nice to the Waiter: Richie and his parents's relationship with Cadbury and the other Rich staff. Averted greatly with Van Dough.
Reality Ensues: In the movie, the villain's plan displays this. After hearing about the "Rich Family Vault", he immediately assumes that it's where he'll find the family's fortune. Astoundingly enough, the Riches didn't get rich by locking up all their wealth in a private, zero-interest vault (which turns out to be full of family heirlooms of low monetary worth). Their actual money is in banks.
Shoo Out the Clowns: Professor Keenbean and the street kids were completely absent during the climatic scene where Richie and his parents are trapped on Mt. Richmore and trying to avoid Van Dough.
Shout Out: Richie's answer to Van Dough's suggestion.
Smart People Know Latin: Cadbury is seen to be skilled in reading Latin. Richie himself apparently knows enough Latin to send him a secret message in a greeting card. This may also count as a Chekhov's Skill.
Spoiled Sweet: Richie is stated to the richest boy in the world but is a nice boy who longs to have friends.
There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Ferguson's attempt to blast the Rich family with a giant laser cannon, which does plenty of damage to Mount Richmore, but none to the Riches themselves.
, and a 1994 feature film. The film cast Macaulay Culkin as Richie and Stephi Lineburg as Gloria. The film only earned $38,087,756 in the United States market. It was the 37th most successful film of its year, but just barely covering its budget. After the movie was released, the Richie Rich comics just stopped being published.A direct-to-video sequel to the movie was later released, Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998). It cast David Gallagher as Richie and Michelle Trachtenberg as Gloria.More information here.
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