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Supertrope to GoldFever, where people behave irrationally and often outright insanely in pursuit of great troves of wealth. SubTrope of {{Greed}}. Overlaps with GamblingRuinsLives if the character tries to gain money via gambling, DickDastardlyStopsToCheat, VillainBall, and/or StupidEvil if a villain's money-making scheme fails because of their greed, TheRichWantToBeRicher if a character who is already rich is trying to get even richer, or CutLexLuthorACheck if a character commits crimes out of greed even if they could make plenty of money legally. Could lead to an AllForNothing or [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted a rightfully stupid money loss]] situation. The ClutchingHandTrap relies on this trope. Compare DeathByMaterialism, which involves a character dying because of their greed (which also can overlap) and HonestAxe, where a character experiences karma for being greedy. Compare/Contrast MoneyDumb which is about people stupidly spending money.

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Supertrope to GoldFever, where people behave irrationally and often outright insanely in pursuit of great troves of wealth. SubTrope of {{Greed}}. Overlaps with GamblingRuinsLives if the character tries to gain money via gambling, DickDastardlyStopsToCheat, VillainBall, and/or StupidEvil if a villain's money-making scheme fails because of their greed, TheRichWantToBeRicher if a character who is already rich is trying to get even richer, or CutLexLuthorACheck if a character commits crimes out of greed even if they could make plenty of money legally. Could lead to an AllForNothing or [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted a rightfully stupid money loss]] situation. The ClutchingHandTrap relies on this trope. Compare DeathByMaterialism, which involves a character dying because of their greed (which also can overlap) and HonestAxe, where a character experiences karma for being greedy. Compare/Contrast MoneyDumb which is about people stupidly spending money.
money. Contrast, OverlyGenerousFool, where a person suffers financially for being too generous.

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