History Main / IdleRich

-->''In the evening Popov and von Kartzov drank champagne and dined sumptuously. Though Popov would never know it, von Karstoff's real name was Kremer von Auenrode, and educated and wealthy aristocrat from Trieste whose main objective was to get through the war [[ScrewTheWarWerePartying maximum pleasure and minimum danger]]''

* Deconstructed with Tom and Daisy at TheGreatGatsby: sure, they don’t work, but they are constantly chased by all kinds of ConMan (Biloxi), parasites (Clipspringer) and NoveauRich (Gatsby). Without a job, they have plenty of time for RichBoredom. Both of them are LonelyAtTheTop, they cheat each other without any passion, Tom is clinging to his GloryDays as a football hero because he knows he will never top that, and Daisy is a StepfordSmiler.

Denmark's Prince Edvard of ''Film/ThePrinceAndMe'' shirks his princely duties (including opening a cabinet meeting) by instead racing sports cars. Paige knows exactly who he is. He's a spoiled, little rich kid who sees college as a detour on the way to an easy life. No character. No accomplishments. Just a royal pain in the ass.

!!Examples

Whether old money, NewMoney, [[RoyalBlood royalty]], or [[BlueBlood nobility]], these people just spend their time living off their vast sums of money they earned, or their family's sums of money.

Not to say they just sit around doing nothing (usually). They have too much of their free time taken up by travelling, going to parties and galas, attending horse races and polo matches, keeping up with the latest Society gossip, choosing [[UnlimitedWardrobe which clothes]] [[TheFashionista to wear]], spoiling MisterMuffykins rotten, and occasionally doing at least some token work in their family business. So they can't really be idle. They're too rich to be.

Now this is some TruthInTelevision, as some real life people have acted like this (such as during the "Gilded Age"), as do {{Socialite}}s today. And the ErmineCapeEffect long gave the impression of this among royalty and nobility.

A RichIdiotWithNoDayJob [[ExploitedTrope exploits this image]] to hide their superhero activities.

A SuperTrope to UnclePennybags, RichInDollarsPoorInSense, UpperClassTwit, RichBitch, SpoiledSweet, RoyalBrat, RichBoredom.

Compare SpoiledBrat, PrincessClassic, ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney, RecliningReigner.

Contrast NonIdleRich, RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething, RebelliousPrincess.
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!!Examples
* Most of the cast of ''BeverlyHillsTeens'' is like this.
* Phyllis in ''TroopBeverlyHills'' starts out like this.

* Bertie Wooster in the Literature/JeevesAndWooster stories by PGWodehouse and the TV series ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'' that's based on them.

* In ''TheThinMan'' Nick and Nora Charles tried to be this, but someone was always dragging them into a murder mystery.

* Nagi Sanzenin of HayateTheCombatButler, [[spoiler:until the events of their overseas trip made her lose access to all of the money]].

Not to say they just sit around doing nothing (usually). They have too much of their free time taken up by travelling, going to parties and galas, attending horse races and polo matches, keeping up with the latest Society gossip, choosing [[UnlimitedWardrobe which clothes]] [[TheFashionista to wear]], and occasionally doing at least some token work in their family business. So they can't really be idle. They're too rich to be.

* Most of the characters in ''DangerousLiaisons''.

* Jack Donaghy in ''ThirtyRock'' refers to this as "Trust Fund Kid Syndrome"; however, his definition of it expands to include anyone born to wealth who uses that to do something other than accumulate even more wealth.

A SuperTrope to UnclePennybags, RichInDollarsPoorInSense, UpperClassTwit, RichBitch, SpoiledSweet, RoyalBrat.

* Bertie Wooster in the novels of PGWodehouse and the TV series ''JeevesAndWooster'' that's based on them.

* The Hippo couple in ''{{Animaniacs}}''.

* Phyllis (pictured above) in ''TroopBeverlyHills'' starts out like this.

* Phyllis in ''TroopBeverlyHills'' starts out like this.

[[caption-width-right:330:Doesn't every woman go camping in a [[PrettyInMink white mink coat]], while [[WineIsClassy sipping chilled wine]]?]]

[[caption-width-right:330:Doesn't every woman go camping in a [[PrettyInMink white mink coat]], while sipping chilled wine?]]

* Bertie Wooster of JeevesAndWooster.

A RichIdiotWithNoDayJob basically [[ExploitedTrope exploits this image]].

A SuperTrope to UnclePennybags, RichInDollarsPoorInSense, UpperClassTwit, RichBitch, SpoiledSweet.

Compare SpoiledBrat, RoyalBrat, PrincessClassic, ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney, RecliningReigner.

In fiction, these characters tend to be either UnclePennybags, RichInDollarsPoorInSense, UpperClassTwit, a RichBitch, or SpoiledSweet.

* This is [[{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]]'s cover.
* [[TheThinMan Nick and Nora Charles]] tried to be this, but someone was always dragging them into a murder mystery.

* [[GilligansIsland Mr. and Mrs. Howell]] were this.