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1	Being a collection of tropes about those refined upper-class people, whether noble or old money.
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3	!!Characters
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5	Related:
6	+ OpulentOutfits
7	+ PrincessTropes
8	+ PrincelyTropes
9	+ RoyaltyAndNobilityTropes
10	+ RichPeople
11	+ ServantTropes
12	]
13	[[index]]
14	* BlueBlood: Someone who comes from a noble or aristocratic family.
15	* ChevalierVsRogue
16	* TheDandy: A normally high status or wealthy man that takes pleasure in caring for his physical appearance.
17	* DecadentCourt: A royal court that is selfish and abuses their power for their own benefit.
18	* EnglishRose: An English lady who's beautiful, modest, and upper class
19	* FakeAristocrat: A person who passes themselves as being of higher status than they really are.
20	* GentlemanAdventurer: An independently wealthy man who desires adventure because they refuse to be idly rich. Their original motives can be heroic/patriotic or not.
21	* GentlemanAndAScholar: A hero who manages to be both highly intelligent and a well adjusted, socially engaging and charming person.
22	* GentlemanDetective: A sleuth or detective who's high class or status and has been raised in a privileged environment and always shows it.
23	* GentlemanSnarker: A type of DeadpanSnarker that can say ungentlemanly things that only a man who's a gentleman can. Not only limited to men and can be used for women as well.
24	* GentlemanThief: A gentleman who is good-looking, good-mannered, and, well, a thief.
25	* GentlemanWizard: A posh and well-cultured spellcaster.
26	* TheGraceFacePose: A woman puts her hand underneath her chin coyly and fancily.
27	* GrandeDame: An elegant older woman who is of high standing, very posh, humorless, and uptight.
28	* IronLady: She's not royalty, but ''man'' does she have power, and the tough-as-nails attitude to go with it.
29	* LadyOfAdventure: A woman who has a high standing in society, elegant and composed, but prefers a high-stakes adventure over a game of bridge.
30	* LadyOfBlackMagic: A female spellcaster of Black Magic, beautiful and mysterious.
31	* LadyOfWar: A lady who is as graceful as she is deadly.
32	* LessonsInSophistication: Someone is so out-of-the-know when it comes to proper etiquette and high-society norms that they have to be trained for them.
33	* LordCountry: When the ruler of land has the same name as the land.
34	* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He's a villain, but he's also incredibly rich and has quite the taste in fashion.
35	* MillionairePlayboy: A man whose extremely wealthy and quite a stud with the ladies.
36	* NaziNobleman: A wealthy and influential man who is part of the Nazi Party, usually an officer in the Wehrmacht or SS.
37	* NobleMaleRoguishMale
38	* {{Ojou}}: She's treated like royalty, she acts like royalty, she ''dresses'' like royalty...but she's not royalty.
39	* PeerlessLoveInterest: When someone loves another so much that their image of them becomes so perfect and flawless...that they're afraid of actually acting on said love.
40	* ProperLady: As ladylike as a lady can get.
41	* PrincelyYoungMan: A young man who acts like and is given the treatment of a prince, whether or not he really has BlueBlood.
42	* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: The most stereotypical depiction of a British man--posh, monocled, chipper, and always open to a nice cuppa tea, jolly good!
43	* RichBitch: A girl who is very wealthy...and very mean.
44	* ShelteredAristocrat: An aristocrat that has spent so long--probably since childhood--being around nothing but other aristocrats and their luxuries that they don't know how life really works.
45	* {{Socialite}}: A woman who is rich, elegant, and attends every high-class social event there is, but that doesn't necessarily make her rude.
46	* SouthernBelle: Upper-class lady from down South.
47	* SouthernGentleman: Upper-class gentleman from down South.
48	* SpiritedYoungLady: A young woman in the upper class who is witty, educated, honest, and cultured, but is also frank, a bit loud, and doesn't care ''too'' much about the rules.
49	* StandardRoyalCourt: A royal court that is benevolent and use their power to aid their people.
50	* StylishSunhats
51	* UpperClassEquestrian
52	* UpperClassTwit: As dumb as they are rich.
53	* UptownGirl: She's rich, he's poor, and they're both very much in love.
54	* YamatoNadeshiko: The ideal image of a traditional Japanese woman is one who is elegant, kind, and submissive without being a total pushover.
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56	!!Tropes Associated With Them
57	* CulturedBadass: A badass who is also very gentlemanly.
58	* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: The pipe that only the most esteemed of gentlemen smoke.
59	* HighClassGlass: Monocles are a sure sign of sophistication.
60	* HimeCut: A haircut, usually worn by Japanese girls of upper standing--long, straight, with long bangs cut blunt and straight.
61	* LadiesAndGerms: When the typical "Ladies and gentlemen..." opening is given a comedic twist.
62	* LadyAndKnight: A skilled and courageous knight is sworn to defend a lady (usually younger) of high class.
63	* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Before two characters brawl it out, they lay down some fair ground rules.
64	* NoblewomansLaugh: The standard laugh for snobby noblewomen--back of the hand raised to the mouth, smiling widely, laughing "OOOOHHHH-HO-HO-HO!"
65	* OfficerAndAGentleman: Heroes with a military title who are gentlemanly and refined, and has quite the taste in fashion.
66	* OjouRinglets: Corkscrew curls are worn--maybe ''only'' worn--by ladies of high society.
67	* OldSchoolChivalry: It doesn't matter what year it is for this guy; he's always going to treat ladies with the most traditional of respect.
68	* PrimAndProperBun
69	* PuddleCoveringChivalry: Putting one's own clothing down on a puddle of water so someone else can walk over it.
70	* RegalRinglets
71	* SharpDressedMan
72	* SilkHidingSteel: Delicate and ladylike on the outside, vicious and ready to kill on the inside.
73	* SilverSpoonTroublemaker
74	* SlobsVersusSnobs: Uptight aristocrats vs. other uptight aristocrats.
75	* WickedCultured: Villain who is educated and classy.
76	[[/index]]

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