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* Nagi and Maria of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' show this pretty well, though Maria is just Nagi's maid. When Hayate suggests using the subway, they're amazed. Nagi has gotten better about it due to Hayate's teaching.

* Originally Sachiko from ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs''.

* Both Redmond and Blutarch Mann from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' are heavy-hitters of this. All their lives and throughout their little proxy war with one-another, these UpperClassTwits have little idea of how the world really works, thinking that the Gravel Pits of New Mexico that they have been fighting over for decades was what made the world go round. And that when their [[LongLostRelative twin brother Gray Mann]] sent them letters to trick them into a meeting proposing a truce; they decided to ''RENT OUT'' the Alamo and fly it to New Mexico for a meeting place... where the dimwit brothers thought [[MisterSeahorse they should build a machine in order to make one of them pregnant.]]

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', Scions Alphinaud and Estenien both suffer from this, seeing as they really weren't raised to deal with such normalcies in life.

-->'''Kaiba:'''Are you telling me that we can't build an elevator into space?! Because that sounds like something a guy who doesn't want to keep his job would say!\\

'''Kaiba:'''Really, really cool?\\

* In ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', as [[TheOjou Platinum Berlitz]] grew up as a LonelyRichKid, she has trouble dealing with the Castle Point system at the Battle Castle, as this is the first time in her life that she has to deal with a limited budget to achieve her needs.

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** It's played straight with TheOjou, Ariel, who gets agoraphobia (fear of open spaces), and Liriel, her pampered slave, who doesn't know grass =/= "weed". Ironically in Liriel's case [[spoiler:she's actually ''from'' the surface originally, being Diva'ratrika, the former empress, through a FusionDance, not that she knows this at the time.]]

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* The boys of the ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' can't grasp normal commoner things like the supermarket. Haruhi, in the meantime, feels her blood pressure rising. Most of them love experimenting and experiencing commoner things - especially Tamaki.

* In ''Manga/SgtFrog'', Tamama's first experience with human houses is billionaire Momoka's. He is then reunited with Keroro at the Hinatas' home and proceeds to ask where the maids are, what kind of stores are in the house... (along with detailed descriptions of his opulent lifestyle). Keroro is left seething with jealousy.
** "Sometimes I break stuff just to watch them [the maids] run around." While Keroro is cleaning.
* Particularly in the [[LighterAndSofter anime version]], Kodachi Kuno of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' could be seen as a rather dangerous variant of this trope -- while she has the right background, she seems to be vaguely aware that the way she was brought up is not the way the world works. So she's determined to change the world to fit her views. This, then, is why she does stuff like cheat before fights or paralyze her potential love interests -- she's so used to always having her way, to always winning, to always being the center of attention, that the possibility that things might ''not'' turn out this way drives her to overcompensation.

* In ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', as [[TheOjou Platinum Berlitz]] grew up as a LonelyRichKid, she has trouble dealing with the Castle Point system at the Battle Castle, as this is the first time in her life that she has to deal with a limited budget to achieve her needs.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'' had Lucy's father. When he lost his fortune and had to get a job, he still thought of ridiculous sums of money the same way as pocket change.
* Arche's parents from the Baharuth Empire in ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'' ''reek'' of this. They racked up lot of debts while continuing to live their lavish lifestyles, even when the Emperor himself deposed them from their former aristocracy for being typically useless. They also had the ''gall'' of berating Arche, their sole earner, for not behaving like a 'true aristocrat'. [[spoiler:Then [[ShootTheShaggyDog Arche dies at the hands of Nazarick]] while pulling OneLastJob to take her sisters away from them]]. They are so out-of-touch and ungrateful that [[EveryoneHasStandards even the loan shark]] is pretty much disgusted at them (while acknowledging they make excellent targets).

* Louise of ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' displayed this when she went undercover as a commoner. She wanted to maintain her high standard of living while pretending to be someone poorer, had difficulty not treating commoners like a noble would, and managed to gamble away their entire mission's funds before the end of the first day.

* Tsumugi Kotobuki in ''Manga/KOn'' is a more positive portrayal of this idea. Her sweet personality lets her approach the mundane things of less-affluent living as a novel concept to be explored like some great adventure (such as [[http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/travel/dagashi/dagashi01.html dagashi stores]], [[ChildishPillowFight pillow fights]] and working a part-time job [[BurgerFool at a burger restaurant]]). She almost reaches the IJustWantToBeNormal territory where later on in the manga she cuts herself off from the family fortune to live her life on her own terms without relying on her parents, and to be on the same level as her friends.
* {{Ojou}} in ''Manga/PleaseTellMeGalkoChan'' is apparently very sheltered, and thus sometimes have difficulties grasping some ideas that Galko and Otako are discussing at the moment. The prime example is in Episode 6/ Chapter 12 when the two were talking about lingerie shopping, and as Ojou chimes in, she starts talking about embarrassment when the lingerie tailor comes in to measure everyone for their custom lingerie... To the point the Galko found it necessary to take Ojou out to the mall to know how ''commoner women'' get their lingerie.
* Kaguya of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is the definition of a sheltered princess. She has no idea how movie theaters work, is unfamiliar with popular fictional figures, and has no idea what the phrase "first time" means.
* Momo Yaoyorozu in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. She's so used to her luxurious accommodations that [[InnocentlyInsensitive she doesn't realize how badly she accidentally insults her working-class classmates when she talks about how many resources she has at her disposal nor does she notice how uncomfortable and out of place they feel in her incredibly large and fancy house]]. Incidentally, this is actually seen as an endearing trait of her, given that she's such a sweet and kind girl, her classmates just can't bring themselves to be mad at her.
* ''Manga/BlackClover'': Noelle grew up as royalty in the Silva family. As a result, she openly admits that she's never done cleaning or laundry. An early RunningGag had her pay ridiculous amounts of money for simple tasks, giving someone a small bag's worth of gold coins just for transporting her to a nearby town.

* Veronica Lodge of the ComicBook/ArchieComics doesn't know that camping should not involve telling your butler to bring you a first-class dinner by helicopter to the woods.

* Veronica's twin, Lola, in the Cherry comic books. Very rich, yet prone to doing things like taking up witchcraft and having it backfire on her.

* The ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse has a majority of the "lesser" members of the billionaire's club, who often look at Rockerduck's spendrift antics and Scrooge's largest schemes and decide to compete with them, forgetting that [[FictionFiveHundred Rockerduck could casually buy out most countries and Scrooge is even wealthier]] and they have the business sense and skills to maintain and ''increase'' said wealth.
** A classic example came when Scrooge decided to [[AsteroidMiners bring asteroids in Earth orbit through disposable rockets and mine them for resources]] and some of them pooled their funds to compete and went to do the job personally as Scrooge was doing with his nephews and Gyro, forgetting that [[HypercompetentSidekick Donald and the triplets actually have the skills for it to work and that Gyro is a genius]], and even decided to steal one of the asteroids Scrooge was claiming by diverting its orbit before Scrooge could... Not realizing Scrooge was taking his time because the calculations for it to enter Earth orbit and ''stay there'' rather than fall down were just that complicated. It resulted in the asteroid almost falling on Duckburg and Scrooge using his rockets to send the asteroid away from Earth's orbit and the billionaires, caught in the act by a scientific probe, being heavily fined and barred from outer space.
** {{Subverted}} with Scrooge and Rockerduck's antics: they may be really expensive and at times ridiculous, but not only they can afford them and the losses they could bring if they backfired, they actually ''prepare'' for them, with Scrooge's weirder business enterprises invariably starting with him ''consulting an expert (usually Gyro or Ludwig) to see if they're feasible'' and only starting pouring money into it once he has a positive answer (with the implication that at times they told him it couldn't work and he just dropped his plans).

* PlayedForDrama in ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Because his family is so wealthy, [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Adrien Agreste]] has no real concept of the ''value'' of money, or what it's like for his peers who ''can't'' afford to buy whatever they want on a whim. As a result, he doesn't see anything wrong with letting [[ManipulativeBitch Lila]] con his classmates. Despite Plagg repeatedly trying to warn him that his friends don't have the same amount of disposable income, Adrien repeatedly blows him off, insisting everything will work out [[ItsAllAboutMe because he wants it to]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "Sleeping With the Frenemy", Tina's SpoiledBrat classmate Tammy is stuck living with the Belchers after missing the boat for a family cruise. She's shown to be so sheltered she has trouble grasping the concept of passing someone the ketchup or using a sponge (which she calls a "table loofah").
* Pops from ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow.'' He was raised in a wealthy household but was very sheltered, resulting in him having a child-like fascination with EVERYTHING. He's an old man who acts like a very young child due to his naïvete. But this is also partially due to him being from another land entirely. It's implied that he was much more mature and lucid when he was younger, but then Mordecai and Rigby accidentally ran his past self over with a golf cart, possibly resulting in his childish personality.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** Creator/WillSmith's kids act like this when Smith moves to the town:
--->'''Token:''' I'm just so happy you guys moved into town. You see, I used to be the only rich kid. All the other families here are kinda low to middle-income.\\
'''Lisa:''' Why? What happened to all their money?\\
'''Token:''' Well, they never really had any money.\\
'''Lisa:''' Well, then, why don't their daddies just act in a movie?
** When Creator/RobReiner comes to protest the local tobacco company and berates a man for smoking a cigarette inside a bar:
--->'''Man:''' Look man, I work fourteen hours a day at the saw mill. I just got off work and I need to relax.\\
'''Reiner:''' Well when I relax I just go to my vacation house in Hawaii!\\
'''Man:''' I ain't got a vacation house in Hawaii!\\
'''Reiner:''' Your vacation house in Mexico, then, whatever it is!
* Bianca Dupree of ''WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens'' is forced to drive herself one episode, and she's horrible at it.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'':
** In "La Behemoth", the Hip Hippos tried to do all their own chores when their maid quit and failed miserably.
** In "Temp-orary Insanity", Thaddeus Plotz's secretary has to go home sick. She tells him to call a temp. Plotz is utterly terrified and overwhelmed by the process of ''using a phone''.... and ends up calling the Warners instead.

* The Bluff family from ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' seems to have this problem in spades. In one episode, Mr. Bluff is trying to "inspire" Doug with the story of how he started his bumper sticker business all by himself before he remembered he was filthy rich and hired people to do all the hard work for him. In another, Beebe needs to have the meaning of "broke" explained to her.
* Courtney Gripling from ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'' seems to have a hard time with this.
* Rhonda from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' also had to learn how to live poor after becoming such.
* Adonis from ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries''. In one episode, he accidentally had Hercules trapped in holding up the sky (Myth/GreekMythology) and Atlas was ready to leave him there. Realising he couldn't bribe Atlas into taking back the burden, the only thing he could think of was tricking the god into [[BlatantLies temporarily]] holding the sky so Hercules could give back Adonis' purse.
* In ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'', Tony and Gene have a few moments of these. However, Justin Hammer takes the cake with his PsychopathicManchild personality, often believing anything can get done if he throws enough money at it.
* Thanks to a classic ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'' cartoon, we know not even [[PetHeir pet heirs]] are immune to this trope. In "Aristo-Cat", when a rich cat's butler quit, the cat had no idea of how to feed himself. He thought about eating mice but this plan was halted by the fact he had no clue as to what a mouse looked like. One even tricked him into thinking a dog was a mouse.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}'': Scrooge almost married an already wealthy GoldDigger whose idea of wilderness was a hotel with no beauty salon.
* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'':
** ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo''[='s=] incarnation of Daphne, who would randomly call her butler [[TheJeeves Jenkins]] in to do things for her, such as ''being scared''. (Not that she couldn't have done so herself, but a WildTake in the style of the other characters might have mussed up her hair.)
** In contrast, ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' has everyone in the Blake family ''[[WhiteSheep but]]'' Daphne being like this (though her sisters have successful careers of their own merit). Her dad once bought a car just to have it sit around their living room as a decoration.
--->'''Daphe's mother:''' Only need a little [money]? Where did I go wrong with her?
** ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'':
*** In "In Space", Daphne says her mother thinks night is dark because someone puts a big blanket between Earth and the Sun.
*** In "Naughty or Ice", Daphne says her family's partial ownership of the fancy ice hotel happened because her great-grandfather was so afraid the Government would freeze his assets he decided to "freeze" them first by investing on the hotel.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', after Amy's parents [[RichesToRags go broke and lose their home.]]
-->'''Amy:''' Don't worry mom. You can always come live with me.\\
'''Mrs. Wong:''' No we can't! Who do you think been paying your rent!?\\
'''Amy:''' ''[clueless smile]'' What's rent?
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': While the entire Crosswise Family tends to fall to pieces in the absence of modern conveniences [[note]] except for Chip, who's a recurring character who is very smart and has yet to be seen under such circumstances [[/note]], Muffy has demonstrated a complete inability to do housework or rough it in any way.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'':
** Señor Senior Junior is a wealthy fop, who we first meet tanning under a sun lamp the size of a blimp. His father's decision to take up supervillainy as a ''hobby'' could be seen as another example, though he otherwise seems to have as much common sense as anyone. Interestingly enough, Junior does seem to possess common sense, if namely in StatingTheSimpleSolution regarding his father's supervillainy. Senior disapproves because it goes against supervillain tradition.
** In one episode, Ron suddenly receives millions of dollars in royalties for inventing the "naco". He spends much of the episode squandering the money on bling and frivolities until Drakken and Shego steal what's left (after which ''they'' blow it on another failed attempt to {{take over the world}}).

* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', Pacifica Northwest is the richest girl in town and it shocked at the fact Mabel can eat in the car. She also is unable to pronounce sharing correctly, saying it with a hard R.

* ''Film/LoveAndFreindship'': Sir James Martin is the ideal candidate for a husband, as he is rich, cheerful, and ''incredibly'' stupid. When he arrives at the Churchill family's manor, he admits being confused by the fact that there's no church on a hill. At dinner, he's entertained by the concept of green peas. Later, he states that there are 12 commandments, and when corrected that there are actually only 10, he wonders which two should be left off.

* A theme of ''The Millennium'' by UptonSinclair.

* ''Film/LoveAndFriendship'': Sir James Martin is the ideal candidate for a husband, as he is rich, cheerful, and ''incredibly'' stupid. When he arrives at the Churchill family's manor, he admits being confused by the fact that there's no church on a hill. At dinner, he's entertained by the concept of green peas. Later, he states that there are 12 commandments, and when corrected that there are actually only 10, he wonders which two should be left off.

* ''Film/{{Arthur}}'': The title character, son of a wealthy family, has spent his life getting drunk and goofing off. When his mother threatens to cut him off, he knows that he'll be completely unable to function in normal society.

* On ''Series/{{Bizaardvark}}'', Vuugle boss Liam seems perfectly okay with how the staff of his video channel spend money outrageously on crazy stunts and props, puts them up for lavish trips, and will randomly mention spending millions on things like a space shuttle adventure or some company trying to create invisible sheep. It all comes calling in the series finale when Liam breaks it to the gang that [[RealityEnsues all this wild overspending and bad investments has rendered him near-bankrupt]] and he has to sell off Vuugle to pay his debts.

* In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'''s School Mode, the otherwise very intelligent Byakuya Togami mentions that while he's heard of them, he's never seen a toy-dispensing machine up close before. He finds the Monokuma-themed machine inside the school store intriguing enough to demand that Naegi show him as much as possible about how they work, which happens to be one of the select few conversations he has where he's not being [[RichBitch condescending and narcissistic, which he usually is.]]

* This is what happens to the Gaunt family in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''. Due to their mental instability thanks to generations of inbreeding, they wound up losing everything. In Dumbledore's own words, "Lack of sense coupled with a great liking for grandeur meant that the family gold was squandered several generations before Marvolo was born." Indeed, by the time Marvolo's children were born, the Gaunts were reduced to living in a shack with only two valuable family heirlooms left.

* As you would expect, ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'' is full of stories about customers trying to weasel their way into getting a discount. However, on the other end of the spectrum, there are just as many extremely stubborn customers who will pay the price posted and '''''only''''' the price posted, no matter what sales or discounts are in effect despite not being advertised. It's like they're hardwired to believe that no matter what the store workers do, they're trying to rip them off.

* In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'''s School Mode, the otherwise intelligent Byakuya mentions that while he's heard of them, he's never seen a toy-dispensing machine up close before. He finds the Monokuma-themed machine inside the school store intriguing enough to demand that Naegi show him as much as possible about how they work (one of the unusual conversations he has where he's not being condescending to Naegi).

* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'':
** Sylvester when he goes to tag along with a group of orphans to go hunt in the commoner forest:
*** He gets his hands on poor commoner clothes and relatively tattered boots to use as a disguise, but thinks nothing of bringing his clearly expensive bow and keeping his ponytail bound in a hair accessory that is clearly made out of silver.
*** He turns out to have not brought any rope to hang his kills.
*** The orphans need to teach him how to wash his hands in a river.
*** The one person on the trip who knows who he really is scrambles to get a proper lunch prepared for Sylvester after noticing that he didn't think of this himself and that the lunch everyone else is having isn't going to work for him. That same person is also very grateful when one of the orphans takes the initiative of improvising a table for Sylvester.
** After the antagonistic High Bishop who was in place at the beginning of the story is replaced, his former assisstant mentions that he didn't make any difference between the money meant for his own expenses and the money meant for temple expenses. This resulted in both budgets being in the red.

** When Hayate is asked to go away for three days, he's given a million yen (about $10,000) for living expenses. He tries to protest, saying he could live in the lap of luxury for a year with that kind of money. Maria asks him to not bring any of it back.
*** Which begs the question of what his idea of the lap of luxury is. It's a lot of money, to be sure, but it won't cover a full year's rent on a decent sized apartment.
*** Given that Hayate had spent about half his life being the primary breadwinner for his [[AbusiveParents worthless and wasteful parents]], just being away from them probably counts as luxurious.

* Arche's parents from the Baharuth Empire in ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'' ''reek'' of this. They racked up lot of debts while keeping on living their lavish lifestyles even when the Emperor himself deposed them from their former aristocracy for being typically useless. They also had the ''gall'' of berating Arche, their sole earner, for not behaving like a 'true aristocrat'. [[spoiler: Then [[ShootTheShaggyDog Arche dies at the hands of Nazarick]] while pulling OneLastJob to take her sisters away from them]]. They are so out-of-touch and ungrateful that [[EveryoneHasStandards even the loan shark]] is pretty much disgusted at them (while acknowledging they make excellent targets).

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'': [[spoiler: When Bruce Wayne unmasks himself as Batman at the end, a few members of the crowd can be heard whispering in disgust at the billions in trust-fund money that he (in their philosophy) threw to the wind on [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys those wonderful toys]].]]

** Mr. Burns subverts this trope once when he's attacked by Homer after Homer is put in charge when Smithers left on vacation (Smithers expected Homer to do such a terrible job that Mr. Burns would be glad to have him back on his return and not worrying on losing his job). Smithers was proven true, but Homer goes beyond being bad and [[GoneHorriblyRight punches Mr. Burns after reaching his limit.]] Mr. Burns becomes so terrified of Homer he is forced to learn to do things himself (actually thanking Homer for this later) and firing Smithers as he comes back. Things are back to normal when Homer injures Burns again requiring Smithers to take care of him (with Smithers sending Homer a fruit basket as thanks).