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* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'': While the family was never ''rich'', flashbacks show that before their first child, Hal and Lois had a house with white walls and carpets. Francis ruined everything within months of his birth, which is why by the time of the show they use more earth-toned decor that is better able to hide stains.
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* ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'': Lena Luthor's office is pretty much pure white, especially compared to the offices of other characters. Even Kat Grant, the richest person in the show not named Luthor, has a relatively earth-toned office (though it's still not as colorful as Kara's spaces).
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In reality, this is almost a ForgottenTrope, with white objects commonplace so no longer solely a form of ConspicuousConsumption, but they were so in the past. (If anything, it can often be a sign that the owner is a cheapskate or a new arrival to their home, and hasn't bothered to paint anything yet.) Fiction doesn't seem to have caught up yet, or - as per the nature of tropes - still finds it convenient to use white stuff as a signifier of wealth.
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In reality, this is almost a ForgottenTrope, with white objects commonplace so no longer solely a form of ConspicuousConsumption, but they were so in the past. (If past – if anything, it can often be a sign that the owner is a cheapskate or a new arrival to their home, home and hasn't bothered to paint anything yet.) yet, or lives in an apartment where white walls/appliances are standard and painting is often not allowed. Additionally, as recently as the Great Depression, this was ''inverted'' for wooden building exteriors – whitewash is cheap, colored paint was expensive. Fiction doesn't seem to have caught up yet, or - as per the nature of tropes - still finds it convenient to use white stuff as a signifier of wealth.
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* Music/{{Tommy}}: In the movie, after Tommy becomes a pinball wizard, his family moves into a larger house with white walls, carpets, and furniture.
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* Music/{{Tommy}}: ''Music/{{Tommy}}'': In the movie, after Tommy becomes a pinball wizard, his family moves into a larger house with white walls, carpets, and furniture.
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* In Creator/TomCruise's ''[[Film/{{Oblivion2013}} Oblivion]]'' everything. Everything. Is white.
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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill The Thing Lay Still]]", it's evoked by the 18th-century French period costumes worn by Lestat de Lioncourt, Louis de Pointe du Lac and Claudia during the MasqueradeBall (plus Lestat's UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette DragQueen finery on the Krewe of Raj float). Their white ensembles indicate that they're portraying members of the French royalty and nobility.
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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': The Emperor of the Centauri Republic always dresses in an impossibly blinged-out white [[RecycledInSpace space]] [[https://i0.wp.com/multiversitystatic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/10/Babylon-5-s5-ep21-Sad-Londo.jpg?fit=1000%2C563 tuxedo]]. Overlaps with VillainInAWhiteSuit once [[TheCaligula Cartagia]] takes the throne.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': The Emperor of the Centauri Republic always dresses in an impossibly blinged-out white [[RecycledInSpace space]] [[https://i0.wp.com/multiversitystatic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/10/Babylon-5-s5-ep21-Sad-Londo.jpg?fit=1000%2C563 tuxedo]]. Overlaps with VillainInAWhiteSuit once [[TheCaligula Cartagia]] takes the throne.
* The Beverly Hills mansion that housed ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' had an interior of whites and muted greys, the better to offset the characters. Coupled with the Spartan furnishings, it conveyed an air of opulence succinctly.
* ''Series/BlackMirror'': In the ChristmasSpecial "White Christmas", one visual tip-off that Greta is rich is that her posh SmartHouse is filled with very minimalist furniture that is all white or gray.
* The Beverly Hills mansion that housed ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' had an interior of whites and muted greys, the better to offset the characters. Coupled with the Spartan furnishings, it conveyed an air of opulence succinctly.
* ''Series/BlackMirror'': In the ChristmasSpecial "White Christmas", one visual tip-off that Greta is rich is that her posh SmartHouse is filled with very minimalist furniture that is all white or gray.
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* In the promotional images for ''Series/{{Revenge}}'' the only person not dressed in white is Jack, the only character considered to be of the working class.
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* In the promotional images for ''Series/{{Revenge}}'' the only person not dressed in ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Wilson Fisk sometimes wears white is Jack, suits and spends an absurd amount of money on an all-white painting called "Rabbit in a Snowstorm" in the only character considered to be episode of the working class.same name. The latter part is playing with the trope, however; it is revealed that the textured surface of the painting reminds him of a blank wall that he often had to stare at when he was growing up poor, and he later finds himself staring at a similar wall in prison.
* The Tarr family in ''Series/{{Defiance}}'' own a mansion with white walls. They also happen to be part of an alien race that has truly white (as opposed to European-descent "white") skin.
* Boss Hogg from ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' wears an immaculate white outfit and is driven about in a white Cadillac, part of his facade as a legitimate entrepreneur. In fact, Hogg has his grubby fingers in every crooked racket in Hazzard County, more deserving of a Satan-red outfit.
* Paying guests arriving at ''Series/FantasyIsland'' are always welcomed by Mister Roarke and his servant Tattoo, both wearing immaculate white dinner jackets. Since Fantasy Island can make anyone's fondest dream come true, Roarke's whiteness suggests ''carte blanche'' resources at his disposal.
* The Tarr family in ''Series/{{Defiance}}'' own a mansion with white walls. They also happen to be part of an alien race that has truly white (as opposed to European-descent "white") skin.
* Boss Hogg from ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' wears an immaculate white outfit and is driven about in a white Cadillac, part of his facade as a legitimate entrepreneur. In fact, Hogg has his grubby fingers in every crooked racket in Hazzard County, more deserving of a Satan-red outfit.
* Paying guests arriving at ''Series/FantasyIsland'' are always welcomed by Mister Roarke and his servant Tattoo, both wearing immaculate white dinner jackets. Since Fantasy Island can make anyone's fondest dream come true, Roarke's whiteness suggests ''carte blanche'' resources at his disposal.
* In the promotional images for ''Series/{{Revenge}}'' the only person not dressed in white is Jack, the only character considered to be of the working class.
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* The Tarr family in ''Series/{{Defiance}}'' own a mansion with white walls. They also happen to be part of an alien race that has truly white (as opposed to European-descent "white") skin.
* Boss Hogg from ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' wears an immaculate white outfit and is driven about in a white Cadillac, part of his facade as a legitimate entrepreneur. In fact, Hogg has his grubby fingers in every crooked racket in Hazzard County, more deserving of a Satan-red outfit.
* ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'': Wilson Fisk sometimes wears white suits and spends an absurd amount of money on an all-white painting called "Rabbit in a Snowstorm" in the episode of the same name. The latter part is playing with the trope, however; it is revealed that the textured surface of the painting reminds him of a blank wall that he often had to stare at when he was growing up poor, and he later finds himself staring at a similar wall in prison.
* The Beverly Hills mansion that housed ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' had an interior of whites and muted greys, the better to offset the characters. Coupled with the Spartan furnishings, it conveyed an air of opulence succinctly.
* Paying guests arriving at ''Series/FantasyIsland'' are always welcomed by Mister Roarke and his servant Tattoo, both wearing immaculate white dinner jackets. Since Fantasy Island can make anyone's fondest dream come true, Roarke's whiteness suggests ''carte blanche'' resources at his disposal.
* ''Series/BlackMirror'': In the ChristmasSpecial "White Christmas", one visual tip-off that Greta is rich is that her posh SmartHouse is filled with very minimalist furniture that is all white or gray.
* Boss Hogg from ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' wears an immaculate white outfit and is driven about in a white Cadillac, part of his facade as a legitimate entrepreneur. In fact, Hogg has his grubby fingers in every crooked racket in Hazzard County, more deserving of a Satan-red outfit.
* ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'': Wilson Fisk sometimes wears white suits and spends an absurd amount of money on an all-white painting called "Rabbit in a Snowstorm" in the episode of the same name. The latter part is playing with the trope, however; it is revealed that the textured surface of the painting reminds him of a blank wall that he often had to stare at when he was growing up poor, and he later finds himself staring at a similar wall in prison.
* The Beverly Hills mansion that housed ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' had an interior of whites and muted greys, the better to offset the characters. Coupled with the Spartan furnishings, it conveyed an air of opulence succinctly.
* Paying guests arriving at ''Series/FantasyIsland'' are always welcomed by Mister Roarke and his servant Tattoo, both wearing immaculate white dinner jackets. Since Fantasy Island can make anyone's fondest dream come true, Roarke's whiteness suggests ''carte blanche'' resources at his disposal.
* ''Series/BlackMirror'': In the ChristmasSpecial "White Christmas", one visual tip-off that Greta is rich is that her posh SmartHouse is filled with very minimalist furniture that is all white or gray.
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* Gabriel Agreste's mansion in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' is very monochromatic, alternating between black and white in general areas. Later, he shifts to an all white ensemble [[spoiler:[[SecretlyDying after suffering Cat Noir's Cataclysm as Monarch]]]] and holds masquerade balls for the ultra rich with white as a mandatory dress code.
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* White appears prominently in some Music/MiSaMo content, most notably with their fancy white dresses in the opening trailer for their debut EP.
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* ''BabylonFive'': The Emperor of the Centauri Republic always dresses in an impossibly blinged-out white [[RecycledInSpace space]] [[https://i0.wp.com/multiversitystatic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/10/Babylon-5-s5-ep21-Sad-Londo.jpg?fit=1000%2C563 tuxedo]]. Overlaps with VillainInAWhiteSuit once [[TheCaligula Cartagia]] takes the throne.
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* ''BabylonFive'': ''Series/BabylonFive'': The Emperor of the Centauri Republic always dresses in an impossibly blinged-out white [[RecycledInSpace space]] [[https://i0.wp.com/multiversitystatic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/10/Babylon-5-s5-ep21-Sad-Londo.jpg?fit=1000%2C563 tuxedo]]. Overlaps with VillainInAWhiteSuit once [[TheCaligula Cartagia]] takes the throne.
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* ''BabylonFive'': The Emperor of the Centauri Republic always dresses in an impossibly blinged-out white [[RecycledInSpace space]] [[https://i0.wp.com/multiversitystatic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/10/Babylon-5-s5-ep21-Sad-Londo.jpg?fit=1000%2C563 tuxedo]]. Overlaps with VillainInAWhiteSuit once [[TheCaligula Cartagia]] takes the throne.
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* In ''Phoenix and Ashes'' in the Literature/ElementalMasters series, a Cinderella {{Expy}} mending her stepsister's tennis outfit muses that she doesn't own anything white herself; it would be for too impractical for her working conditions.
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* ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'': This is one of the many reasons the Heralds' {{Highly Conspicuous Uniform}}s are pure white. Besides matching their [[WhiteStallion Companions]] and standing out in a crowd, the uniforms are hard to counterfeit, because only the Crown can afford to keep that many white outfits laundered and in good repair.
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* ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} The Twilight Saga]]''
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* In ''Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'', Giovanni de'Medici wears a white robe at his graduation, when he becomes a cardinal. He's trying to show both his family's wealth, and his purity from sin, though the first message overshadows the latter.
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* In ''Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'', Giovanni de'Medici wears a white robe at his graduation, when he becomes a cardinal. He's trying to show both his family's wealth, and his purity from sin, though the first message overshadows the latter.
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* ''Film/AmericanPsycho'': Patrick Bateman's luxurious condo is entirely white, establishing him as wealthy but creepy at the same time. Interestingly, fellow yuppie Paul Allen's apartment has more natural earth tones, showing his as more human.
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* ''Film/AmericanPsycho'': Patrick Bateman's luxurious condo is entirely white, establishing him as wealthy but creepy at the same time.
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* ''Film/AmericanPsycho'': Patrick Bateman's luxurious condo is entirely white, establishing him as wealthy but creepy at the same time. Interestingly, fellow yuppie Paul Allen's apartment has more natural earth tones, showing his as more human.
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->''"I'm a nice dude, with some nice dreams. See these ice cubes? See these ice creams? Eligible bachelor, million dollar boat that's whiter than what's spilling down your throat."''
-->-- '''Music/SnoopDogg (feat. Music/{{Pharrell|Williams}})''', ''Drop It Like It's Hot''
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See these ice cubes? See these ice
Eligible bachelor, million dollar
That's whiter than what's spilling down your throat.
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Compare GoldAndWhiteAreDivine, WhiteStallion, WhiteCollarCrime.
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Compare GoldAndWhiteAreDivine, WhiteStallion, WhiteCollarCrime.
WhiteCollarCrime, WhiteIsPure.
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* Gabriel Agreste's mansion in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' is very monochromatic, alternating between black and white in general areas. Later, he shifts to an all white ensemble [[spoiler:[[SecretlyDying after suffering Cat Noir's Cataclysm as Monarch]]]] and holds masquerade balls for the ultra rich with white as a mandatory dress code.
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* Hugh Darrow's private quarters in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' are almost blindingly white, particularly in contrast to the rest of the game. Darrow is the inventor of augmentation technology and consequently one of the richest and most influential men in the world.
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* Diamond Heights in ''VideoGame/TheUrbz'' is the district where the rich and famous live and hang out. Its dominant colors are white and gold.
