Basic Trope: Affluent characters get posh names.
- Straight: Sebastian Worthington III belongs to an old-money Upper East Side family.
- Exaggerated: Sebastian Nicholas Worthington-Montgomery III owns New York.
- Downplayed: Sebastian Jones is rich.
- Justified:
- Sebastian Worthington III is named so because his Old Money family is traditionalist when it comes to naming.
- Sebastian Worthington von Goudsen van Buren von Merwaard is so named to keep the families alive in at least some form.
- Inverted:
- Sebastian Worthington III is poor.
- Tucker Curtis Cletus is very rich.
- Subverted: Sebastian Worthington III is a Mock Millionaire who isn't actually rich.
- Double Subverted: That was a Secret Test of Character to eliminate Gold Diggers amongst his friends; he really is that rich.
- Parodied: Master Alistair Sebastian Montgomery-Wayne Worthington XVIII Jr. Esq., sure seems to be well off, doesn't he?
- Zig-Zagged: People from all income brackets have all kinds of names.
- Averted: Nobody has particularly posh-sounding names, not even the more aristocratic characters.
- Enforced: The editor doesn't think John Smith sounds enough like a rich snob's name, so he insists the writer change it to something preppier.
- Lampshaded: "Sebastian Worthington III? That's the richest name I've ever heard!"
- Invoked: Immediately after inheriting a large sum, John Smith changes his name to Sebastian Worthington III.
- Exploited: Sebastian Worthington III cons his way into riches, banking on his pretentious name.
- Defied: Sebastian Worthington III changes his name because he thinks it gives people the wrong idea about him.
- Discussed: "Sebastian Worthington III? He sounds like those rich snobs on TV!"
- Conversed: "The new character's name is Sebastian Worthington III? We get it, he's rich!"
- Implied: There's a rich guy who has No Name Given. Bob thinks his name might be something fancy like "Sebastian Worthington III" but the other man won't give his name, only confirming that "it isn't a common name like 'Bob.'"
- Deconstructed: People are primed to think Sebastian Worthington III is a snobby jerk, even though he isn't, and thus don't want to be around him.
- Reconstructed: He goes by "Seb" and people are nice to him.
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