History Main / NotWithThemForTheMoney

** Laisa Toscane is in love with Gregor Vorbarra. TheEmperor of Barrayar bit is just a side issue.

Compare also ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules

* Martha of ''Series/{{Castle}}'' refuses the money that her boyfriend left to her when he died because she had been thinking of breaking up with him. Pressured by his children, she eventually accepts the money and uses it to open her own acting school.

* This is a plot point in ''Literature/AllDressedInWhite'', in which a man is suspected of murdering his bride-to-be shortly before their wedding over her money. While the Pierces are an incredibly wealthy family and Amanda Pierce had made her fiance the beneficiary of her substantial trust fund in the event of her death, Jeff insists he wanted to marry Amanda because he loved her and didn't care about her money. He tells Laurie and Alex he wasn't even interested in a lavish destination wedding, going along with it because it's what Amanda and her family wanted, and that it was ''Amanda'' who insisted on leaving him her trust fund in her will. Laurie notes that he and his wife live modestly and that he still hasn't made an attempt to have Amanda declared legally dead, so he may be telling the truth. [[spoiler:It's confirmed Jeff has never been interested in his former fiancee's fortune, especially as he's furious at his wife for going behind his back to call Amanda's estate lawyer about claiming her trust fund, though he calms down when he realises she only wants the money because she's pregnant]].

* In the ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' episode "Curse Of The Daanav", Seth Hazlitt's brother is HappilyMarried to a beautiful woman [[MayDecemberRomance 20-30 years his junior]]. Although his children clearly suspect she's a {{Golddigger}}, she isn't--she's visibly uncomfortable when he bestows yet another expensive gift on her, as she fears this will reinforce what his children and others in their social circle think. Any further doubt is eliminated when she's completely devastated when he becomes the VictimOfTheWeek.

* Shuurei of ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'' is a bit of an odd example. Being somewhat of a {{Tsundere}}, she'll never admit to caring for Emperor Shi Ryuuki (who is completely head-over-heels for her) - but if there's one thing she ''is'' absolutely clear about, it is that she doesn't want any valuable presents from him. An ImpoverishedPatrician who watched many people starve to death during a previous civil war, she ''hates'' waste and extravagance, and meets his early attempts to shower her with valuable gifts with an outright rant on the subject. She's willing to compromise a little only when the gift serves a practical purpose (such as a block of ice he sent her during the heat of summer, which she promptly shared with the neighborhood), but even then he has to be careful.
** Shuurei's easygoing father Shouka, meanwhile, allowed his salary as palace archivist to be gradually reduced far below what he can live on, even though he's been a surrogate father figure to Ryuuki since long before Ryuuki took the throne and could easily have his full pay reinstated through Ryuuki's influence as Emperor, if he cared about money in the slightest.
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' has an example. The billionaire Battera had a much younger lover who won't accept expensive presents, but only those he makes himself. They were even intending to leave his fortune behind to start a new life together until fate intervened.

* ''Manga/CaseClosed'''s Yumi Miyamoto might be ''tempted'' to marry her love interest Haneda after discovering that he is a very famous and wealthy Shogi player but she makes it ''very'' clear that she isn't interested in money by [[spoiler:tearing up his signed marriage certificate because she wants him to finish in his goal of collecting all 7 Shogi titles and propose to her himself]].

* The ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse has Brigitta [=McBridge=], who is openly in love with Scrooge for his personality and doesn't care that he never gives her any gift-in fact it's usually ''her'' giving him something in the vain attempt at getting his attention. She hadn't always been like that, her early stories being ambiguous on her being in love with Scrooge, [[GoldDigger his money]], or both, and [[WholeEpisodeFlashback the story telling their first encounter]] shows her trying to outright ''steal'' from him (at least until he saved her from her own scheme backfiring), but [[CharacterDevelopment in time she became this trope]].

* In ''Film/ThatTouchOfMink'', Miss Timberlake (Doris Day) is this to the very rich and very charming Philip Shane (Cary Grant).

* In ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'', Bella refuses to accept any of Edward's expensive gifts. For about two seconds. Then she turns up with them in the next scene. One reason she often gives is that she's unworthy of him as it is, and accepting expensive gifts when she can't return the favor would only increase the divide.

* Creator/PGWodehouse often used this trope, occasionally poking fun at it. Chuffy is particularly averse to being thought of as a fortune hunter when he woos the wealthy Pauline Stoker in ''Literature/ThankYouJeeves'', partly because [[DiscussedTrope he has experience of the trope from watching musical comedies]]. In the aptly-titled ''Uneasy Money'', the trope is the main source of romantic conflict for the couple involved and is [[ZigZaggedTrope zigzagged]] quite a bit before the necessary happy ending takes place--they even form a LoveTriangle with a GoldDigger.

* ''Series/LawAndOrder'', of course, had a RippedFromTheHeadlines episode about an elderly millionaire dying suspiciously, and his young bride, who was '''totally not''' Anna Nicole Smith, serving as the prime suspect. She swears up and down she loved him for reasons other than his money. [[spoiler:Her mother, on the other hand...]]
** Cruelly played with in one case on ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent''. The AssholeVictim blatantly cheated on his wife and constantly abused her by comparing her to her drug-addicted prostitute mother. Even worse, he hired a male model to seduce her so he could leave her with nothing when he divorced her thanks to a fidelity clause in their prenup. She stayed faithful, but [[spoiler: still murdered her husband anyway, just days before the prenup would expire on their tenth anniversary. When the detectives ask her why she didn't just wait and then divorce the bastard and take his money, she bitterly reminds them that the money was never what she was after.]]
** Another ''Series/LawAndOrder'' episode had the victim's widow being presented as this. Not only did it turn out that she wasn't a gold-digger, but she was also devastated by having had multiple miscarriages and now had nothing to remember him by.
* ''Series/QueerAsFolk'': A rare male example; Emmett genuinely falls in love with a wealthy older man who dies and leaves his fortune to Emmett but includes the clause that he is not to be publicly outed as a gay man. Emmett struggles with the idea of being rich or being honest and eventually decides it's more important to tell the world who George was and that they loved each other than to have money.

* On ''Series/WhiteCollar'' a banker dies in a diving accident shortly before being indicted for running a multi-million dollar investment scam. The FBI suspects that [[BlackWidow his widow killed him]] for his life insurance money. However, Neil and Peter discover that she is innocent and was actually going to donate all the money to charity. She really loved her husband and did not want his money.

* Gloria from ''Series/ModernFamily'' genuinely loves Jay, and vice versa, despite their [[MayDecemberRomance many]] [[UglyGuyHotWife differences]]. Downplayed in that she ''does'' enjoy the money and all of the nice things he can buy for her and makes good use of them.
* ''Series/{{Columbo}}:'' In "[[Recap/ColumboS05E06 Last Salute to the Commodore]]" the victim of the week has a mistress who's young enough to be his granddaughter. She eventually reveals she only agreed to marry him on the condition he leave her out of his will.
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': Early on, Frasier asks Niles if he married [[RichBitch Maris]] for her money. Niles explains that he did not... but it was a "delightful bonus". As the show goes on, it becomes pretty clear Niles genuinely did love Maris, but she didn't love him.
* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': Laurel Lance was involved with Oliver Queen (and hoping to get married to him), and later with Tommy Merlyn - both scions of billionaire families. In both cases, she is decidedly ''not'' interested in their money. At one point in Season 1, she even tells Tommy that "billionaire isn't one of your charming qualities"' when he frets about how he's been cut off by his dad.
* PlayedWith in ''Series/{{Clueless}}:'' eighteen-year-old Amber is ''definitely'' marrying a rich, [[MayDecemberRomance very old]] man for his money. He knows this and doesn't care, since she makes him feel better than he has in years. But when he dies right before the wedding, the episode leaves us with the implication that Amber's grief is more for him than the money that she lost.
* In the ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' episode "Curse Of The Daanav", Seth Hazlitt's brother is HappilyMarried to a beautiful woman [[MayDecemberRomance 20-30 years his junior]]. Although his children clearly suspect she's a {{Golddigger}}, she isn't--she's visibly uncomfortable when he bestows yet another expensive gift on her, as she fears this will reinforce what his children and others in their social circle think. Any further doubt is eliminated when she's completely devastated when he becomes the VictimOfTheWeek.

* Shuurei of ''LightNovel/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'' is a bit of an odd example. Being somewhat of a {{Tsundere}}, she'll never admit to caring for Emperor Shi Ryuuki (who is completely head-over-heels for her) - but if there's one thing she ''is'' absolutely clear about, it is that she doesn't want any valuable presents from him. An ImpoverishedPatrician who watched many people starve to death during a previous civil war, she ''hates'' waste and extravagance, and meets his early attempts to shower her with valuable gifts with an outright rant on the subject. She's willing to compromise a little only when the gift serves a practical purpose (such as a block of ice he sent her during the heat of summer, which she promptly shared with the neighborhood), but even then he has to be careful.

* ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries'': The Bellefleur family are well-off and have a famous, beautiful mansion. Andy Bellefleur's wife, Halleigh would rather they just lived in a small house together.
* In ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'', Bella refuses to accept any of Edward's expensive gifts. For about two seconds. Then she turns up with them in the next scene.
** One reason she often gives is that she's unworthy of him as it is, and accepting expensive gifts when she can't return the favor would only increase the divide.
* ''Literature/TheFangsOfKaath'' has Sandhri the bat street storyteller. When she manages to reunite with her love, Prince Raschid, after all that has happened, she is made part of the royal household staff. While after years of living in poverty, she appreciates the tailor-made silken clothing she got in the process of finding Raschid again, then sharing his apartment in the Palace and having all the food she could want, that is as far it goes. Beyond that, she is adamant that Raschid, who would love to literally bury her in treasure to make her happy, should save his money for a possible future emergency when he might need all of it. As she says softly, but firmly, "I already haff my treasure. I didn't come to you because you v'ere rich."
* In the ''Literature/InDeath'' novels, Eve's relationship with Roarke occurs in spite of his obscene wealth rather than because of it. She is horrified when he presents her with an enormous diamond as a souvenir from a trip to Australia, and after their marriage, she not only refuses to think of his assets as hers, she gets mad at him when she realizes he's been putting funds into an account in her name and demands that he take it back.[[note]]He doesn't, but he's a ninth-degree black belt in PolitenessJudo, so he gets her to drop it.[[/note]]

* ''Literature/JaneEyre'': When Jane agrees to marry Rochester the first time, he tries to lavish expensive gifts on her, which the independent Jane is decidedly uncomfortable with. (She never really gets over it, either -- by the time they actually do marry, she's come into money and he's lost nearly everything, so it's a non-issue.)
* ''Literature/LordPeterWimsey'': Lord Peter's courtship of Harriet Vane is, if anything, impeded by his vast wealth clashing with her strong desire to stand on her own feet. Shortly after They Finally Do, Lord Peter expresses the suspicion that if he'd had nothing more than the clothes on his back, she'd probably have married him years earlier, and Harriet admits that this is quite plausible.
* In ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour'', Watson falls madly in love with Holmes' latest client, Mary Morstan. She seems to like him, too, but there's a complication -- she stands to gain a lot of money if the mystery is successfully solved. Watson is so determined not to be thought of as a GoldDigger that he heroically resolves not to woo her at all. [[spoiler:In the end, the box with the treasure is found--but it is empty. Since this means that Watson can finally pour out his feelings to Mary, they both agree that they are happier without the money]].
* Creator/PGWodehouse often used this trope, occasionally poking fun at it. Chuffy is particularly averse to being thought of as a fortune hunter when he woos the wealthy Pauline Stoker in ''Literature/ThankYouJeeves'', partly because [[DiscussedTrope he has experience of the trope from watching musical comedies]]. In the aptly-titled ''Uneasy Money'', the trope is the main source of romantic conflict for the couple involved and is [[ZigZaggedTrope zigzagged]] quite a bit before the necessary happy ending takes place--they even form a LoveTriangle with a GoldDigger.

* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'':
** Laisa Toscane is in love with Gregor Vorbarra. TheEmperor of Barrayar bit is just a side issue.
** In ''Captain Vorpatril's Alliance'', Tej is rather annoyed at hints by her family members that Ivan Vorpatril[[note]]a.k.a. the guy who the [[{{Cincinnatus}} man with the best claim to the crown]] after Emperor Gregor's immediate offspring would put on the camp stool if [[SuccessionCrisis things went south]][[/note]] is a useful person to manipulate.
* Amy (impoverished) in ''Literature/LittleWomen'' is explicitly worried that Laurie (very rich) will think that she's a gold-digger. He points out that she turned down a much richer man than he. They've been close friends for over a decade by the point that things turn romantic, so her fears are very unfounded.
* While Literature/HarryPotter has often expressed that he would gladly share some of his fortune (after all, he has more gold than he needs for himself) with the Weasleys, they always refuse. This sometimes makes him feel guilty since they're always kind to him and treat him as part of their family despite being quite poor.

* In ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', Bella refuses to accept any of Edward's expensive gifts. For about two seconds. Then she turns up with them in the next scene.

* ''Literature/LordPeterWimsey'': Lord Peter's courtship of Harriet Vane is, if anything, impeded by his vast wealth clashing with her strong desire to stand on her own feet. Shortly after [[TheyDo They Finally Do]], Lord Peter expresses the suspicion that if he'd had nothing more than the clothes on his back, she'd probably have married him years earlier, and Harriet admits that this is quite plausible.

* ''Series/{{Columbo}}:'' In "Last Salute to the Commodore" the victim of the week has a mistress who's young enough to be his granddaughter. She eventually reveals she only agreed to marry him on the condition he leave her out of his will.

* In the Jaine Austen book ''Killer Cruise'', the wealthy Emily Pritchard fell in love with a man named [[spoiler:Graham Palmer III]], who worked as a steward on board the cruise ship she was on and was set to marry him. However, Emily's father offered the steward money to break up with her. The man {{averted|Trope}} this trope by taking the money without a second thought and dumping her without a word. In fact, the money meant so much more to [[spoiler:Graham, that when he ended up meeting Emily again when the book's events happen, he [[ForgottenFirstMeeting didn't recognize her at all]], and just saw her as a [[GoldDigger rich woman he could dig his claws into.]] But ''she'' remembered ''him'' and killed him for it]].

* In the ''VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral'' games, [[LadyOfBlackMagic Lady Ishtar]] is the girlfriend and BattleCouple partner to [[AChildShallLeadThem Prince Julius]]. However, Ishtar is ''not'' in it for Julius' money and power: they're in a ChildhoodFriendRomance and she loves him for himself, despite him being TheDragon. (Plus, Julius [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes loves her back]] as much as him being evil allows.) On the other hand, Ishtar's mother Queen Hilda ''wants'' her to be a GoldDigger and openly tells that to her very face.

* In the Jaine Austen book ''Killer Cruise'', the wealthy Emily Pritchard fell in love with a man named [[spoiler:Graham Palmer III]], who worked as a steward on board the cruise ship she was on and was set to marry him. However, Emily's grandfather offered the steward money to break up with her. The man {{averted|Trope}} this trope by taking the money without a second thought and dumping her without a word. In fact, the money meant so little to [[spoiler:Graham, that when he ended up meeting Emily again when the book's events happen, he [[ForgottenFirstMeeting didn't recognize her at all]], and just saw her as a [[GoldDigger rich woman he could dig his claws into.]] But ''she'' remembered ''him'' and killed him for it]].

* {{ComicBook/Catwoman}} was originally a wealthy socialite like {{ComicBook/Batman}} who stole because she was bored. However, she’s more recently been a poor street kid who stole to provide for herself and her sister, Maggie. They have only become more of an OfficialCouple since this change (especially since ''ComicBook/BatmanHush'' in the early 2000s) and it’s a genuine relationship of love and respect. She loves him, not his money.

* The [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furry]] novel, ''[[Literature/TheFangsOfKaath Fangs of K'aath]]'', has Sandhri the bat street storyteller. When she manages to reunite with her love, Prince Raschid, after all that has happened, she is made part of the royal household staff. While after years of living in poverty, she appreciates the tailor-made silken clothing she got in the process of finding Raschid again, then sharing his apartment in the Palace and having all the food she could want, that is as far it goes. Beyond that, she is adamant that Raschid, who would love to literally bury her in treasure to make her happy, should save his money for a possible future emergency when he might need all of it. As she says softly, but firmly, "I already haff my treasure. I didn't come to you because you v'ere rich."
* In the ''Literature/InDeath'' novels, Eve's relationship with Roarke occurs in spite of his obscene wealth rather than because of it. She is horrified when he presents her with an enormous diamond as a souvenir from a trip to Australia, and after their marriage, she not only refuses to think of his assets as hers, she gets mad at him when she realizes he's been putting funds into an account in her name and demands that he take it back. [[note]]He doesn't, but he's a ninth-degree black belt in PolitenessJudo, so he gets her to drop it.[[/note]]

* ''Literature/LordPeterWimsey''. Lord Peter's courtship of Harriet Vane is, if anything, impeded by his vast wealth clashing with her strong desire to stand on her own feet. Shortly after [[TheyDo They Finally Do]], Lord Peter expresses the suspicion that if he'd had nothing more than the clothes on his back, she'd probably have married him years earlier, and Harriet admits that this is quite plausible.
* In the Franchise/SherlockHolmes novel ''The Sign of The Four'', Watson falls madly in love with Holmes' latest client, Mary Morstan. She seems to like him, too, but there's a complication--she stands to gain a lot of money if the mystery is successfully solved. Watson is so determined not to be thought of as a GoldDigger that he heroically resolves not to woo her at all. [[spoiler:In the end, the box with the treasure is found--but it is empty. Since this means that Watson can finally pour out his feelings to Mary, they both agree that they are happier without the money]].

* Gabriel from ''Literature/TheFearIndex'' was perfectly happy marrying odd-ball genius Alex before he became rich. And he didn't care about money either, but since her [[spoiler: miscarriage]] Alex has attempted to fill the gap by buying expensive things nobody needs, which Gabby dislikes. She puts up with it but this all blows up in his face later in the book.
* Literature/VorkosiganSaga:

** In ''Literature/CaptainVorpatrilsAlliance'', Tej is rather annoyed at hints by her family members that Ivan Vorpatril[[note]]AKA the guy who the [[{{Cincinnatus}} man with the best claim to the crown]] after Emperor Gregor's immediate offspring would put on the camp stool if [[SuccessionCrisis things went south]][[/note]] is a useful person to manipulate.
* (impoverished) Amy in ''Literature/LittleWomen'' is explicitly worried that (very rich) Laurie will think she’s a gold-digger. He points out that she turned down a much richer man than he. They’ve been close friends for over a decade by the point that things turn romantic, so her fears are very unfounded.

* In the Jaine Austen book ''Killer Cruise'', the wealthy Emily Pritchard fell in love with a man named [[spoiler:Graham Palmer III]], who worked as a steward on board the cruise ship she was on and was set to marry him. However, Emily's grandfather offered the steward money to break up with her. The man {{averted}} this trope by taking the money without a second thought and dumping her without a word. In fact, the money meant so little to [[spoiler:Graham, that when he ended up meeting Emily again when the book's events happens, he [[ForgottenFirstMeeting didn't recognize her at all]], and just saw her as a [[GoldDigger rich woman he could dig his claws into.]] But ''she'' remembered ''him'', and killed him for it]].

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** Another ''Series/LawAndOrder'' episode had the victim's widow being presented as this. Not only did it turn out that she wasn't a gold-digger, she was devastated by having had multiple miscarriages and now had nothing to remember him by.
* ''Series/QueerAsFolk'': A rare male example; Emmett genuinely falls in love with a wealthy older man who dies and leaves his fortune to Emmett, but includes the clause that he is not to be publicly outed as a gay man. Emmett struggles with the idea of being rich or being honest and eventually decides it's more important to tell the world who George was and that they loved each other than to have money.
* This is indicated to be the case with Angela and Hodgins on ''Series/{{Bones}}''. Although nothing's been verbalized, it's made fairly clear once they get past their hang-ups that she loves him for him and not the money. [[spoiler: And now it's a moot point since he lost it all. Then when he gets rich again she seems to care a little more about it, so who knows?]]

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* Shuurei of ''LightNovel/SaiunkokuMonogatari'' is a bit of an odd example. Being somewhat of a {{Tsundere}}, she'll never admit to caring for Emperor Shi Ryuuki (who is completely head-over-heels for her) - but if there's one thing she ''is'' absolutely clear about, it is that she doesn't want any valuable presents from him. An ImpoverishedPatrician who watched many people starve to death during a previous civil war, she ''hates'' waste and extravagance, and meets his early attempts to shower her with valuable gifts with an outright rant on the subject. She's willing to compromise a little only when the gift serves a practical purpose (such as a block of ice he sent her during the heat of summer, which she promptly shared with the neighborhood), but even then he has to be careful.

* The murder case in ''Film/LegallyBlonde'' features a woman named Brooke Taylor-Windam as the prime suspect--she's been accused of murdering her husband [[MayDecemberRomance (who was practically old enough to be her father)]] to get his money. But that doesn't make sense, at least partially because Brooke was actually already fairly wealthy ''before'' she and her husband got married (Brooke's a big-time fitness guru who had made a bunch of money off stuff like exercise videos), so it's not like she really '''needed''' his money. Brooke claims that, despite the age difference, she genuinely loved her husband and that he had other [[BiggerIsBetterInBed "qualities"]] about himself besides his massive wealth.[[spoiler: The actual culprit ultimately turns out to be Brooke's stepdaughter, who greatly resented her because of how her dad (Brooke's husband) married someone who's basically the same age as his daughter. The stepdaughter, after being given an aggressive cross-examination from Elle Woods, confesses that she never meant to kill her father--in reality, she was trying to kill her stepmother, but was mistaken as to who was about to come through the door.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Mako isn't interested in Asami for her money. He does appreciate the luxury that comes from being her boyfriend, though. However, [[NotHelpingYourCase it didn't help his case]] that his interest in her started waning around the time she was cut off from said luxury.

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'''s Yumi Miyamoto might be ''tempted'' to marry her love interest Haneda after discovering that he is a very famous and wealthy Shogi player but she makes it ''very'' clear that she isn't interested in money by [[spoiler:tearing up his signed marriage certificate because she wants him to finish in his goal of collecting all 7 Shogi titles and propose to her himself]].

They might be doing this on principle, or they are accustomed to a life where pinching pennies was important, but will say something like "I'm flattered, but I don't want your money. I just want you." In fact, if the wealthy partner persists, they might get offended and threaten to walk out, leaving the wealthy partner alarmed at this bizarre situation.

* {{ComicBook/Catwoman}} was originally a wealthy socialite like {{ComicBook/Batman}} who stole because she was bored. However she’s more recently been a poor street kid who stole to provide for herself and her sister, Maggie. They have only become more of an OfficialCouple since this change (especially since ''ComicBook/BatmanHush'' in the early 2000s) and it’s a genuine relationship of love and respect. She loves him, not his money.

* Sam Vimes in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels is also less than interested in high finance, although he's made exceptions when it was something very important -- like getting an emergency medical care for his wife who is giving birth. Usually he prefers looking like a grubby cop. Because Lady Sybil is old-fashioned, everything became his upon their marriage. He tries not to think about this if at all possible and, if he has to, views it as a technicality.

* Creator/PGWodehouse often used this trope, occasionally poking fun at it. Chuffy is particularly averse to being thought of as a fortune hunter when he woos the wealthy Pauline Stoker in ''Literature/ThankYouJeeves'', partly because [[DiscussedTrope he has experience of the trope from watching musical comedies]]. In the aptly-titled ''Uneasy Money'' the trope is the main source of romantic conflict for the couple involved and is [[ZigZaggedTrope zigzagged]] quite a bit before the necessary happy ending takes place--they even form a LoveTriangle with a GoldDigger.
* Gabriel from ''Literature/TheFearIndex'' was perfectly happy marrying odd-ball genius Alex before he became rich. And he didn't care about money either, but since her [[spoiler: miscarriage]] Alex has attempted to fill the gap with buying expensive things nobody needs, which Gabby dislikes. She puts up with it but this all blows up in his face later in the book.

* ''Series/LawAndOrder'', of course, had a RippedFromTheHeadlines episode about an elderly millionaire dying suspiciously, and his young bride, who was '''totally not''' Anna Nicole Smith, serving as prime suspect. She swears up and down she loved him for reasons other than his money. [[spoiler: Her mother, on the other hand...]]

* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': Laurel Lance was involved with Oliver Queen (and hoping to get married to him), and later with Tommy Merlyn - both scions of billionaire families. In both cases, she is decidedly ''not'' interested in their money. At one point in Season 1, she even tells Tommy that "billionaire isn't one of your charming qualities"', when he frets about how he's been cut off by his dad.