History Main / MadeOGold

* ''Film/FaceOff'': Castor Troy wields a pair of impressive gold automatic pistols, which fit his flamboyant, violent style.

Very little TruthInTelevision, as gold is a metal that is very soft and malleable, rendering it ineffective as anything more than decoration for most purposes. Macro-level objects with any degree of actual utility in real life usually just plated with gold, not made entirely from it. (Gold does have several niche practical uses, e.g. as a corrosion-proof electrical contact, but they aren't, like, a golden hammer or something.)

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E19DogOfDeath Dog of Death]]", when imagining what he'd do with his lottery winnings, Homer pictures himself as a gigantic version of himself made out of gold.

** In ''The Spy Who Shagged Me'': Austin mentions this when [[PunnyName Ivana Humpalot]] states her name.

->''"Huh?! The next round of staples is GOLD! That's so...fancy!"''

* ''Film/AustinPowersInGoldmember'': The titular Goldmember loves gold so much that [[NoodleIncident he accidentally lost his genitals in a smelting accident]], then replaced them with prosthetics made of gold. He also plans during the film to use a tractor beam to attract a solid gold asteroid to destroy the polar ice caps and flood the planet.
* ''Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe'': Austin mentions this when [[PunnyName Ivana Humpalot]] states her name.
--> '''Austin:''' Yeah, and I want a toilet made out of solid gold. It's just not in the cards now, is it?

* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. The Robot Devil challenges Leela to a music competition for Bender's soul and then hands her a golden fiddle. Leela and Fry start to question how that would even work.

** After Chester Lampwick wins the lawsuit to prove he invented Itchy and Scratchy, he buys a solid gold house.
** In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E19DogOfDeath Dog Of Death]]", when imagining what he'd do with his lottery winnings, Homer pictures himself as a gigantic version of himself made out of gold.

SuperTrope to MidasTouch, BlingBlingBang, CityOfGold, and GoldToothOfWealth. SubTrope of GoldMakesEverythingShiny. Can also overlap with TakenForGranite should the item be a living thing somehow turned into gold; for living creatures who can voluntarily turn themselves into gold, see ChromeChampion. Compare GemEncrusted. An [[InvertedTrope inversion]] would be an item normally made of gold, such as a crown, being made of something like wood, non-valuable metal, or plastic.

SuperTrope to MidasTouch, BlingBlingBang, and CityOfGold. SubTrope of GoldMakesEverythingShiny. Can also overlap with TakenForGranite should the item be a living thing somehow turned into gold; for living creatures who can voluntarily turn themselves into gold, see ChromeChampion. Compare GemEncrusted. An [[InvertedTrope inversion]] would be an item normally made of gold, such as a crown, being made of something like wood, non-valuable metal, or plastic.

SuperTrope to MidasTouch, BlingBlingBang, GoldTooth, and CityOfGold. SubTrope of GoldMakesEverythingShiny. Can also overlap with TakenForGranite should the item be a living thing somehow turned into gold; for living creatures who can voluntarily turn themselves into gold, see ChromeChampion. Compare GemEncrusted. An [[InvertedTrope inversion]] would be an item normally made of gold, such as a crown, being made of something like wood, non-valuable metal, or plastic.

* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion2'': There is a gold bone you can obtain, which serves as a OneUp should Luigi die. Upon his HP going to zero when he's carrying one, the polterpup, a ghost dog, will run up, eat the bone, and lick him to restore his health.
* ''VideoGame/MarioKart7'': The Gold Standard and its parts are a go-kart entirely made of just gold. This includes the steering wheel, glider (because weight is relative to ToonPhysics), and tires.

* ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros2'': Being that the game is based off coins and gold, there's quite a few examples.
** The gold flower, a golden version of the fire flower, which turns Mario to gold when he grabs it, and allows him to throw molten gold fireballs. Strangely, when Luigi grabs it, it turns him to silver, despite the flower being gold.
** Gold Mushrooms, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin mushrooms made of gold]], replace OneUp Mushrooms in Coin Rush mode. They give their collector 50 coins upon collection.
** Touching a Gold Ring turns enemies into their golden versions. They all give 5 coins when you defeat them, but some have other money-making properties as well (Gold Koopas' shells leave trails of coins behind as they slide, Gold Lakitus throw coins instead of Spiny Eggs, Gold Piranha Plants spray coins from their pipes after defeat, etc.).
** The Golden Plains stage in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]'' draws from World 1 of this game. Coins are scattered around the stage, and, if a fighter collects 100 of them, they themselves will also be turned to gold, which grants them [[ImmuneToFlinching super armour]] and increases the knockback of their attacks.
* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'': The special attack of the staple boss is to fire golden staples at Mario.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioParty'': The golden drink is a gold-coloured soda can that causes the drinker to gain one coin for every tile they move that turn.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'': Gold Shells are golden variants of Koopa shells, and are worn by Golden Koopas.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'': Gold Bullet Bills act almost identical to normal Bullet Bills, but are composed of solid gold.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', alongside the Golden Plains stage (as detailed under ''New Super Mario Bros 2'' above), the fighter that releases [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Xerneas]] from a Pokéball will be turned to gold from it Geomancy move. This confers the same effect as collecting 100 coins in Golden Plains.

* One massive sidequest in ''VideoGame/{{Tomba}}'' has the titular hero tracking down the "Five Golden Items," which are incredibly rare. Together, they're the Golden Candy, Golden Fruit, Golden Flower, Golden Leaf Butterfly, and Gold Medal. The game also features a Golden Bowl, but it doesn't count as one of the items; instead, recovering it increases Tomba's health meter capacity.

Very little TruthInTelevision, as gold is a metal that is very soft and malleable, rendering it ineffective as anything more than decoration for most purposes. Gold objects with any degree of actual utility in real life usually just plated with gold, not made entirely from it. That said, there ''are'' some practical applications of pure gold, the biggest one of which is as corrosion-proof electrical contacts (the typical modern mobile phone has about 50 mg of gold in it, worth about $2.80 in late 2022).

Very little TruthInTelevision, as gold is a metal that is very soft and malleable, rendering it ineffective for use in anything but decoration. Gold objects with any degree of actual utility in real life are going to be merely plated with gold, not made entirely from it.

** The Golden Plains stage in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]'' draws from World 1 of this game. Coins are scattered around the stage, and, if a fighter collects 100 of them, they themselves will also be turned to gold, which grants them [[ImmuneToFlinching super armour]] and increases the knockback of their attacks.

** You can also make golden tools, weapons and armour, but they're actually inferior to plain old iron ones, accurately reflecting gold's real life softness. They do have one advantage over the iron equivalents - they are much easier to enchant.

* Completing certain objectives in the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' games will enable the player to obtain golden versions of their tools (axe, fishing rod, net, shovel, etc.). Prior to ''[[VIdeoGame/AnimalCrossing New Horizons]]'', were unbreakable (though ''New Horizons''' crafting system makes this moot once the player receives the appropriate DIY cards).

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', alongside the Golden Plains stage (as detailed under ''New Super Mario Bros 2'' above), the fighter that releases [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Xerneas]] from a Pokéball will be turned to gold from it Geomancy move. This confers the same effect as collecting 100 coins in Golden Plains.

* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'': Golden apples and golden carrots are items that can be crafted by surrounding the respective non-golden item in gold or found in chests. Golden apples can be eaten for a regeneration buff and a few extra temporary hearts while golden carrots can be eaten to restore a large amount of hunger or brewed into night vision potions.

[[caption-width-right:350:From top left clockwise: A [[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaacRebirth gold heart]], a [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} golden apple]], a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros gold flower]], and a [[VideoGame/{{Terraria}} gold fishing crate]].]]

[[caption-width-right:350:From top left to bottom right: A [[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaacRebirth gold heart]], a [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} golden apple]], a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros gold flower]], and a [[VideoGame/{{Terraria}} gold fishing crate]].]]