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Author: oneuglybunny

Mar 16th 2017 at 7:14:28 PM

^^ Well, if Gelt from ''Film.BattleBeyondTheStars'' qualifies, then Flint from ''WesternAnimation.TreasurePlanet'' does, too.  Both characters attained their huge fortunes through criminal enterprises: Gelt as a hitman, Flint as a pirate.  Neither can show his face in civilization for fear of being apprehended and likely executed.  Both live a hobo's existence in a hideaway surrounded by riches that neither can exploit.  It's an ascetic perforce.

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* The concluding story in Creator/RudyardKipling's ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' opens on the British province warden (akin to a park ranger) preparing to conduct another tour of the jungle and its villages.  He has a nice home and headquarters with enough amenities that much of his warden's salary sits idle in his desk.  This goodly pile of cash proves too much temptation for his housekeeper, which triggers the {{plot}}.

[[AC:Film]]
* Michael Sullivan from ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' robs banks in the midwest, ultimately amassing a suitcase full of cash.  Every dollar, though, was drained from just one account: that of Connor Rooney, son of an Illinois mob boss.  Connor tried to execute the entire Sullivan family to hide his embezzling, but hitman Michael and his older son escaped.  The Sullivans mainly live in their automobile, but also take an occasional boarding house room, and once, a lonely farmhouse.