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* HowTheyTreatTheHelp: A middle-class or rich person's personality is indicated by how they treat the help.



* NiceToTheWaiter: A middle-class or rich person's personality is indicated by how they treat the help.
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* StudentDebtPlot: Even when you get into an educational institution, your problems aren't over.
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* VicariousGoldDigger: Someone who pushes their relative to marry a richer person for money.
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* TheHelpHelpingThemselves: A household servant steals or otherwise uses their master's property without permission.

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* HumbleParentSpoiledKids: A family where the parents come from humble beginnings, meaning that the children grow up with more material wealth than their parents.



** HumbleParentSpoiledKids: A family where the parents come from humble beginnings, meaning that the children grow up with more material wealth than their parents.
** RichSiblingPoorSibling: One sibling has either ascended ''or'' descended into riches or poverty, while the other has done the opposite.
* JustLikeRobinHood: A character steals from the rich to give to the poor.
* KillThePoor: Someone actively tries to kill all poor people.

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** HumbleParentSpoiledKids: A family where the parents come from humble beginnings, meaning that the children grow up with more material wealth than their parents.
** RichSiblingPoorSibling: One sibling has either ascended ''or'' descended into riches or poverty, while the other has done the opposite.
* JustLikeRobinHood: A character steals from the rich to give to the poor.
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* KillThePoor: Someone actively tries to kill all poor people.


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* RichSiblingPoorSibling: One sibling has either ascended ''or'' descended into riches or poverty, while the other has done the opposite.
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** HumbleParentSpoiledKids: A family where the parents come from humble beginnings, meaning that the children grow up with more material wealth than their parents.

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* IntrafamilialClassConflict: Class conflict between relatives.
** RichSiblingPoorSibling: One sibling has either ascended ''or'' descended into riches or poverty, while the other has done the opposite.



* RichSiblingPoorSibling: One sibling has either ascended ''or'' descended into riches or poverty, while the other has done the opposite.
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* NouveauRiche: They (or their recent ancestors) made their money relatively recently.

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* NouveauRiche: They (or their recent ancestors) made their money relatively recently.recently, and stick out like a sore thumb for it.
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* ForeignRulingClass: The upper classes are distinguished not only by their wealth and influence, but also by that they are a different culture entirely.
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* TooImportantToRememberYou: A rich or upper-class person doesn't bother to remember the names of their lessers.
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* NiceToTheWaiter: A middle-class or rich person's personality is indicated by how they treat the help.
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* RichSiblingPoorSibling: One sibling has either ascended ''or'' descended into riches or poverty, while the other has done the opposite.
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* NobleTongue: A language used by the upper classes.
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* RichLanguagePoorLanguage: Rich and poor characters are distinguished by their accents and/or dialects.
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* SnobsVersusSlobs: Rich people are often portrayed as snobby, while poor people are often portrayed as slobby. Relations are strained.

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* SnobsVersusSlobs: SlobsVersusSnobs: Rich people are often portrayed as snobby, while poor people are often portrayed as slobby. Relations are strained.
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Tropes covering social mobility, social classes in general, and the interactions and relationships between said classes.

Compare RichPeople and PovertyTropes for other specific types of rich and poor characters, respectively. This index is specifically about the interactions between them, as well as people who move from one social class to another.
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* EatTheRich: A phrase used to vilify rich people.
* ExtremeSpeculativeStratification: Social stratification is exaggerated in speculative fiction.
* FantasticCasteSystem: Social classes are ingrained in the setting.
* GoldDigger: Someone who's in a relationship with a wealthy person for their money.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: High in social standing, low in finances.
* InterclassFriendship: A notable friendship between people of different social classes.
* JustLikeRobinHood: A character steals from the rich to give to the poor.
* KillThePoor: Someone actively tries to kill all poor people.
* NobilityMarriesMoney: A blue-blooded family marries off their kids to a NouveauRiche person for the money they'll bring in.
* NotWithThemForTheMoney: Despite seeming like a GoldDigger, someone of a lower socioeconomic standing loves their rich partner for who they are.
* NouveauRiche: They (or their recent ancestors) made their money relatively recently.
* PennyAmongDiamonds: The sole middle class or poor character in a cast of well-off people.
* RagsToRiches: Someone starts out poor and ends up rich.
* RichKidTurnedSocialActivist: A rich person empathizes with the struggling lower classes and acts on their behalf.
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: A LoveTriangle hallmarked by different socioeconomic statuses.
* RichesToRags: Someone starts out rich and ends up poor.
* ScholarshipStudent: Someone who had to earn their way to a prestigious institution, unlike everyone else who can ''afford'' to go there.
* SocialClimber: Someone of a lower social class wants to rise up in society.
* SnobsVersusSlobs: Rich people are often portrayed as snobby, while poor people are often portrayed as slobby. Relations are strained.
* TokenRichStudent: The sole rich student in a cast full of middle-class or poor students.
* UrbanSegregation: Social classes are emphasized by a city's layout, with a clearly clean and developed area housing the rich people, and a poorly developed and dirty area housing the poor.
* UptownGirl: A romance between an upper-class person and a lower-class person causes strife.
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