History YMMV / RichieRich

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: According to ''Blog/OccupyRichieRich'', Richie Rich is a depraved, creepy sociopath who uses his friends purely for an audience to his ostentatious displays of wealth, wishes to replace the working class with robots, has a large research branch solely focused in fusing animal and plant life with various types of money (and is a genetic monstrosity himself à la T-1000), and has an obsession with money puns which borders on the pathological.

* EscapistCharacter: A kid with practically unlimited wealth, a seemingly endless mansion and estate with everything imaginable, loving parents, a supportive entourage including the perfect butler/valet, a do-anything robot maid, a brilliant scientist/inventor and friends his own age, and he (like his parents) isn't a SpoiledBrat or a [[RichBitch Rich Jerk]] but [[NiceGuy fundamentally good-natured]] and used as a {{Foil}} for genuine examples of the former.

* EscapistCharacter: A boy with practically unlimited wealth, a seemingly endless mansion and estate with everything imaginable, loving parents, a supportive entourage including the perfect butler/valet, a do-anything robot maid, a brilliant scientist/inventor and friends his own age, and he (like his parents) isn't a SpoiledBrat or a [[RichBitch Rich Jerk]] but fundamentally good-natured and used as a {{Foil}} for genuine examples of the former.

* ValuesDissonance: As time goes on and awareness of the failure of the American Dream spreads, it gets harder and harder to read a comic book about a rich kid who only uses their vast wealth to amuse themselves. Though his ''parents'' are philanthropists and his kid friends are comfortably generic middle-class or above, heavier issues like poverty and social inequalities are simply outside the scope of the comics.

* EscapistCharacter: A boy with practically unlimited wealth, a seemingly endless mansion and estate with everything imaginable, loving parents, a supportive entourage including the perfect butler/valet, a do-anything robot maid, a brilliant scientist/inventor and friends his own age, and he's not a SpoiledBrat or a [[RichBitch Rich Jerk]] but fundamentally good-natured and used as a {{Foil}} for genuine examples of the former.

* EscapistCharacter: A boy with practically unlimited wealth, a huge seemingly endless house with everything imaginable, loving parents, a supportive entourage including the perfect butler/valet, a do-anything robot maid, a brilliant scientist/inventor, friends his own age, and he's not a SpoiledBrat or a [[RichBitch Rich Jerk]] but fundamentally good-natured and is used as a {{Foil}} for genuine examples of the former.

* ValuesDissonance: As time goes on and awareness of the failure of the American Dream spreads, it gets harder and harder to read a comic book about a rich kid who only uses their vast wealth to amuse themselves.

* FridgeBrilliance: While it may seem on the surface that having a UsefulNotes/McDonalds franchise in the house is a largely unnecessary excess, the Riches' many servants and the employees of the science lab on grounds are likely grateful.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: While the film is mostly light-hearted, at multiple times, it takes a huge swipe at corrupt and downsizing yuppie capitalism and makes a strong defense of employer-guaranteed employment. The former, embodied by Reginald and Van Dough, is not just bad for the working man, but detrimental to the bottom line in the long run. The latter, embodied by Richie and his father, not only helps the working man but is more sustainable for the bottom line.

* UncannyValley: The 'Dad Link' -from the movie- is basically a computer with a virtual face that resembles Professor Keenbean.

** [[spoiler:Also, when he looks at his window to see his employees leaving, because Van Dough fired them, after Cadbury was arrested.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Reginald appears in a couple of scenes as Richie's pompous and bratty rival. The movie seems to be setting up the rivalry for the comics, but he pretty much vanishes from the movie after two scenes.

* OneSceneWonder: Ben Stein makes a lot of short screentime as Richie's business professor.

* MoralEventHorizon: When Van Dough finds out mountain doesn't have the Rich's money stored in it, he [[VillainousBreakdown loses it]] and tries to kill the Rich family, pretty much just ForTheEvulz.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** In the 1994 film, jokes about the U.S. President looking for a loan aren't very funny in light of the Economic bailouts during the 2007 recession. One of said jokes has Mr. Rich telling the President "[[CaptainObvious when a country spends more than it earns, it goes into debt]]", with the latter looking [[WhatAnIdiot utterly perplexed by this]]. Again, pretty uncomfortable with sovereign debt crises all around the world.

* WhatAnIdiot: If Rich Sr. hadn't wasted any time trying to get the TNT out of its wrapping paper before throwing it out, it would've been far enough from the plane not to cause any damage when it exploded. Then again, he might have been in shock.

* WhatAnIdiot: If Rich Sr. hadn't wasted any time trying to get the TNT out of its wrapping paper before throwing it out, it would've been far enough from the plane not to cause any damage when it exploded.

* ValuesResonance: The conflict between Richard and Van Dough over what a corporation owes its employees, with Richard supporting high wages and Van Dough supporting cutthroat capitalism, has gained more relevance in light of the Great Resignation as millions of Americans have quit their jobs after years of stagnant wages and rising living costs, putting the policies of people like Van Dough under greater scrutiny.

* WhatAnIdiot:
** When Richie shows up at a baseball field to try to make some normal friends, Gloria, Omar, Pee Wee, and Tony never piece together the possible future benefits of befriending a rich kid. While it's a bit unfair to criticize them given that they're only young kids who don't know better, it still comes off like a moment where they're throwing away a winning lottery ticket.
** Van Dough's honest belief that the Riches store all their valuables in a small mountain-sized vault also fits. Being a businessman himself (despite being no CEO), he should know that money doesn't multiply via interest rates if it's locked in a safe.
** Richard willingly letting Van Dough, a ruthless man who opposes his charity and benefits, into his inner circle is a massive oversight on the part of a supposedly competent businessman. Granted, he never expected Van Dough to kill him, but even Regina InUniverse calls Richard out for it.

* ValuesResonance: The conflict between Richard and Van Dough over what a corporation owes its employees, with Richard supporting high wages and Van Dough, has gained more relevance in light of the Great Resignation as millions of Americans have quit their jobs after years of stagnant wages and rising living costs, putting the policies of people like Van Dough under greater scrutiny.

* VindicatedByHistory: In light of the poorly received Netflix reboot, some people have began looking at the 1994 film a bit more fairly, saying that while the Richie of that film was still pretty spoiled and stereotypical, at least he showed some vulnerabilities.
* WhatAnIdiot: When Richie shows up at a baseball field to try to make some normal friends, Gloria, Omar, Pee Wee, and Tony never piece it together the possible future benefits of befriending a rich kid. While it's a bit unfair to criticize them given that they're only young kids who don't know better, it still comes off like a moment where they're throwing away a winning lottery ticket.

** Cadbury's "they're probably not even vaccinated!" comment seems a little less overtly paranoid after anti-vaccination stances entered the public eye in TheNewTens.

* FanonDiscontinuity: Fans of the original comics don't want to acknowledge [[Series/RichieRich the 2015 live-action series]] even existing. Ultimately due to how the show was [[InNameOnly nothing like the comics]].

* {{Mondegreen}}: "MAYAN VENGEANCE!!" [[note]] "My inventions!" [[/note]]

* HarsherInHindsight: At first glance, the very thought of the Robobee invention can be viewed as being [[{{Narm}} pretty silly]]. Jump ahead to more recent years, and suddenly, the Robobee invention starts looking like a genuine necessity due to the bee population dropping to the point of being considered an [[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-lists-a-bumble-bee-species-as-endangered-for-first-time/ endangered]] [[https://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/whats-killing-bees-time-magazine-examines-crisis.html species]].

** According to ''Blog/OccupyRichieRich'', Richie Rich is a depraved, creepy sociopath who uses his friends purely for an audience to his ostentatious displays of wealth, wishes to replace the working class with robots, has a large research branch solely focused in fusing animal and plant life with various types of money (and is a genetic monstrosity himself à la T-1000), and has an obsession with money puns which borders on the pathological.

* ValuesDissonance: As pointed out by WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, ''Blog/OccupyRichieRich'' and ''Podcast/WeHateMovies'', a series entirely built around ostentatious wealth which is spent in conspicuous, frivolous ways isn't quite as amusing in times of economic crisis when many people are out of work or struggling just to get by. This is also a possible factor in the Creator/{{Netflix}} reboot flopping.