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| 7 | -> ''"We've GOT to have... MONEYYY."'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''Lickboot''', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'' |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Tropes about wealth, currency, commerce, and economics in general. |
| 11 | ---- |
| 12 | !!Tropes about money: |
| 13 | [[index]] |
| 14 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 15 | |
| 16 | [[folder:'''Sub-indexes''']] |
| 17 | + AdvertisingTropes: Tropes about advertising and marketing; raising awareness of a product or service for sale. |
| 18 | + BargainTropes: Tropes about making business deals and transactions. |
| 19 | + CapitalismIsBad: Tropes pertaining to the corrupt and negative aspects of capitalistic economics. |
| 20 | + ACharitableIndex: Tropes about charities and donations. |
| 21 | + ClassRelationsIndex: Tropes about the social relationship between different groups with varying income levels (the poor, the wealthy, and those in the middle). |
| 22 | + TheCon: Tropes about various forms of fraud and scams used by criminals to illegally acquire money. |
| 23 | + CurrencyTropes: Tropes about coins, paper money, and other items used to facilitate trade. |
| 24 | + GamblingTropes: Tropes about risking money for the chance of getting more money. |
| 25 | + TheGildedIndex: Tropes about gold. |
| 26 | + HollywoodEconomics: Tropes related to [[ArtisticLicenseEconomics unrealistic depictions of economic systems in fiction]]. |
| 27 | + IndebtedIndex: Tropes about debt, monetary or not. |
| 28 | + LuxuryTropes: Tropes about nice, expensive goods you can get with just enough wealth. |
| 29 | + OccupationTropes: Tropes about jobs and professions, which are necessary for anyone to earn money. |
| 30 | + PovertyTropes: Tropes about people and places struggling with a severe lack of wealth. |
| 31 | + RichPeople: Tropes about people who possess a far greater amount of wealth than the average person. |
| 32 | + TreasureTropes: Tropes about hoarding caches of wealth. |
| 33 | + TropesForSale: Tropes about shops, merchants, and the products they sell. |
| 34 | [[/folder]] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | [[folder:Money in general]] |
| 37 | * ThirtyDayFreeTrial: You get to try it out (or try out the premium version) for a fixed amount of time free, but after that, you have to pay. |
| 38 | * FourOneNineScam |
| 39 | * ActionInsuranceGag |
| 40 | * AdaptationalWealth |
| 41 | * AffluentAscetic |
| 42 | * AllJewsAreCheapskates: The stereotype that Jewish people are both greedy and stingy to the point that they don't like spending too much money. |
| 43 | * AllThatGlitters |
| 44 | * TheAlmightyDollar |
| 45 | * AndNinetyNineCents: For various reasons, prices that end on a single penny before the next full unit are abundant, and thus .99 of your currency of choice is often appended to the end of unusual prices for comedic effect. |
| 46 | * ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: A character who has unlimited money. |
| 47 | * ArtisticLicenseEconomics: [[HollywoodEconomics Unrealistic depictions of economic systems in fiction]]. |
| 48 | * {{Auction}} |
| 49 | * BankruptcyBarrel: When the character is wearing a barrel to show that they are poor. |
| 50 | * BankToaster |
| 51 | * BarefootPoverty: A character is barefoot to show that they are poor. |
| 52 | * BegoneBribe: Someone offers to pay off an annoying person with money to leave them alone. |
| 53 | * BigFancyHouse |
| 54 | * BottleEpisode: An episode saves budget money by limiting the number of characters, backgrounds, etc. that can be used. |
| 55 | * BrandNamesAreBetter |
| 56 | * BribeBackfire: Someone gets into even more trouble after offering bribes in an attempt to get out of trouble in the first place. |
| 57 | * BribingTheHomeless: Someone pays a homeless person, usually with cash, to do something for them. |
| 58 | * BriefcaseFullOfMoney |
| 59 | * BrokeEpisode: An episode of the show where the characters run out of money and have to find a way to make ends meet. |
| 60 | * BudgetBustingElement: Spending a lot of money on a relatively small aspect of a show. |
| 61 | * BulkBuyOnly |
| 62 | * BuyOrGetLost: If you don't plan to ''use'' money you have, don't bother. |
| 63 | * CashLure |
| 64 | * CharityWorkplaceCalendar |
| 65 | * CheapGoldCoins: While in reality, gold coins were extremely special (and still are as collectibles), being used almost exclusively for larger transactions (silver and copper coins forming the bulk of the cash in circulation), this isn't the case in fiction, where it seems just about anyone can get their hands on a hefty money sack full of the stuff! |
| 66 | * CityOfGold: According to legends, this town is fabulously wealthy. |
| 67 | * ClamshellCurrency |
| 68 | * CoinOnAStringTrick: Someone ties a coin on a string so they can use the string to pull the coin out of a vending machine or arcade machine at the last minute in order to activate the machine without having to let go of their coin. |
| 69 | * CoinsForTheDead |
| 70 | * ColdCash |
| 71 | * ComicallySmallBribe: Someone attempts to bribe another person with an absurdly small amount of money. |
| 72 | * ComicallySmallDemand |
| 73 | * CompanyCreditCardAbuse: Using a company credit card or expense account on purchases not for business. |
| 74 | * CompoundInterestTimeTravelGambit |
| 75 | * ConspicuousConsumption: A character shows off their wealth by constantly spending their money on expensive stuff. |
| 76 | * CorporateDragon |
| 77 | * CorporateWarfare: When regular nonviolent competition between rival big businesses isn't enough, they decide to take up arms and go to literal war with each other. |
| 78 | * CounterfeitCash |
| 79 | * CrackIsCheaper: It can be expensive as hell to buy everything having to do with your interest that you desire. |
| 80 | * CreditCardPlot: A character is introduced to the world of credit through the foolhardy action of giving them a credit card to do with as they please, and HilarityEnsues. |
| 81 | * CreditChip |
| 82 | * CurrencyConspiracy: Where common bills and coins hold proof of TheConspiracy... allegedly. |
| 83 | * CurrencyCuisine: Literally eating or drinking money in some fashion. |
| 84 | * CutLexLuthorACheck: The villain commits crimes even though their powers and/or equipment could easily be used to get money the legal way. |
| 85 | * CuttingCorners |
| 86 | * DeathByMaterialism: When someone's greed and lust for wealth leads to their fatal downfall. |
| 87 | * DisneyOwnsThisTrope |
| 88 | * DivorceAssetsConflict |
| 89 | * DoYouWantToHaggle |
| 90 | * DowryDilemma |
| 91 | * DungeonBasedEconomy |
| 92 | * EasyComeEasyGo |
| 93 | * EatTheRich |
| 94 | * EleventyZillion: Made-up numbers are often used to describe net worths and other money-related amounts. |
| 95 | * EnergyEconomy |
| 96 | * EnjoKosai (Paid Dating) |
| 97 | * EveryManHasHisPrice |
| 98 | * EvilDebtCollector |
| 99 | * FakeCharity |
| 100 | * Fiction500: A character manages to be wealthier than is possible in real life. |
| 101 | * FictionalCurrency |
| 102 | * FinancialAbuse |
| 103 | * AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: A character becomes rich but ends up losing their newfound fortune. |
| 104 | * ForeignMoneyIsProofOfGuilt |
| 105 | * ForensicAccounting |
| 106 | * ForgotToPayTheBill |
| 107 | * FriendshipBribe: A character pays or bribes others to be their friends. |
| 108 | * FriendsRentControl: A character lives in a residence whose monthly expenses should be way out of their income level. |
| 109 | * GetRichQuickScheme |
| 110 | * GiantNoveltyCheck |
| 111 | * GoldDigger: Marrying a rich person just so you can have access to their wealth. |
| 112 | * GoldFever |
| 113 | * GoldSilverCopperStandard: A (usually) decimalized fictional currency with denominations directly connected to the metal they're made from. |
| 114 | * GoodCapitalismEvilCapitalism |
| 115 | * GoodFortuneFromGod |
| 116 | * {{Greed}}: An obsessive desire to gain more money. |
| 117 | * GreedMakesYouDumb: When greed makes people do stupid things. |
| 118 | * GreedyJew: The antisemitic stereotype that Jews love money to ruthless extremes. |
| 119 | * GrowsOnTrees |
| 120 | * HatesRichPeople: Hating on wealthy folks for hoarding lots of money. |
| 121 | * HearMeTheMoney: It's possible to discern how much money you've got in your hand, or what it's made from, simply by listening to the noise it makes. |
| 122 | * HeroInsurance |
| 123 | * HeroismIncentive |
| 124 | * HeroismWontPayTheBills |
| 125 | * HitThemInThePocketbook: Defeating a wealthy BigBad by making them poor. |
| 126 | * HoardingTheProfits |
| 127 | * HookerWithAHeartOfGold |
| 128 | * HospitalityForHeroes: Heroes are allowed to get stuff for free. |
| 129 | * HospitalParadiso |
| 130 | * IDontPayYouToThink |
| 131 | * IfIWereARichMan |
| 132 | * ImpoverishedPatrician: A ruler or aristocrat is poor. |
| 133 | * ImprobableFoodBudget |
| 134 | * InfiniteSupplies |
| 135 | * InflationNegation |
| 136 | * InsistsOnPaying |
| 137 | * InterclassFriendship |
| 138 | * IntimidatingRevenueService: The IRS will take away all your possessions if you don't pay your taxes. |
| 139 | * InvoluntaryCharityDonation |
| 140 | * IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney: It’s revealed that an artist once took an embarrassing OldShame gig for the cash. |
| 141 | * JingleTheCoins: The presence of money is confirmed by the rattling of coins. |
| 142 | * KillTheCreditor |
| 143 | * KillThePoor: The poor are killed in an attempt to eliminate poverty. |
| 144 | * LandPoor |
| 145 | * LintValue |
| 146 | * LiteralMoneyMetaphor |
| 147 | * LivingCurrency |
| 148 | * LoanShark |
| 149 | * LonelyRichKid: A rich kid with no friends. |
| 150 | * LovesOnlyGold |
| 151 | * LowerClassLout |
| 152 | * AMacGuffinFullOfMoney |
| 153 | * MagicalCounterfeiting: Making fake money with magic. |
| 154 | * MajorityShareDictator |
| 155 | * {{Mammon}}: A demon associated with greed and wealth. |
| 156 | * MealTicket |
| 157 | * MilkingTheMonster: The monster's presence is tolerated because it generates a profit for the locals. |
| 158 | * MillionairePlayboy |
| 159 | * MiserAdvisor |
| 160 | * MissingStepsPlan |
| 161 | * MockMillionaire: Someone pretends to be wealthy. |
| 162 | * MoneyDearBoy: Getting a good paycheck makes up for having to take a crummy job. |
| 163 | * MoneyDumb: Someone is incapable of managing their own money. |
| 164 | * MoneyFetish: Someone has a ridiculous obsession with money, to the point of desiring money more for its own sake rather than what can be bought with it. |
| 165 | * MoneyIsNotPower: There are some circumstances where it's impossible to bribe your way out of facing the consequences of your actions. |
| 166 | * MoneyForNothing: It's easy to ''get'' money, but spending it is another story. |
| 167 | * MoneyMauling: Money as an ImprovisedWeapon. |
| 168 | * MoneySlap |
| 169 | * MoneySong: A song about money. |
| 170 | * MoneyToBurn |
| 171 | * MoneyToThrowAway |
| 172 | * MonsterOrganTrafficking: A fictional creature produces something of high value that a character seeks to harvest and profit off of. |
| 173 | * MorallyBankruptBanker |
| 174 | * MsRedInk |
| 175 | * NaziGold |
| 176 | * NeverLendToAFriend |
| 177 | * NeverWinTheLottery |
| 178 | * NewTechIsNotCheap |
| 179 | * NobilityMarriesMoney |
| 180 | * NoBudget |
| 181 | * NonIdleRich |
| 182 | * NoPaperFuture |
| 183 | * NotWithThemForTheMoney: A person falls in love with a rich person, but genuinely likes the person and isn't just interested in them for their cash. |
| 184 | * NouveauRiche |
| 185 | * OfferVoidInNebraska |
| 186 | * OffscreenVillainDarkMatter: The bad guys are somehow able to afford expensive equipment and gadgets in spite of never being seen committing successful robberies. |
| 187 | * OldMoney |
| 188 | * OneHourWorkWeek |
| 189 | * OnlyCaresAboutInheritance: A character cares more about inheritance money than someone's death. |
| 190 | * OnlyElectricSheepAreCheap: The artificial product costs less money than the real thing. |
| 191 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: A person is only interested in doing something because they'll get paid for it. |
| 192 | * OnlyShopInTown |
| 193 | * OnOneCondition |
| 194 | * OnTheMoney |
| 195 | * OpportunisticVendors: When something dramatic happens in public, vendors selling merchandise appear out of nowhere to take advantage of the sudden crowd. |
| 196 | * OrganizationWithUnlimitedFunding |
| 197 | * OverlyGenerousFool: A character is too generous with their money. |
| 198 | * ParentalSavingsSplurge |
| 199 | * PauperPatches |
| 200 | * PayingInCoins |
| 201 | * PayingForTheActionScene |
| 202 | * PaymentPlanPitch |
| 203 | * PeaceAndLoveIncorporated |
| 204 | * PennyAmongDiamonds: A commoner or less well-off character enters the world of the rich, but without acquiring vast sums of money themselves. |
| 205 | * PennyPinchingCrab |
| 206 | * PerpetualPoverty |
| 207 | * PiggyBank |
| 208 | * {{Plunder}} |
| 209 | * PooledFunds |
| 210 | * PostScarcityEconomy |
| 211 | * PotteryBarnPoor |
| 212 | * ProBonoBarter |
| 213 | * ProgressiveJackpot |
| 214 | * RagsToRiches: A poor person becomes wealthy. |
| 215 | * RareMoney: A coin or banknote which isn't counterfeit, but so seldom seen it instantly catches the attention of others. |
| 216 | * RefiningResources |
| 217 | * RetailTherapy |
| 218 | * RichBitch: A wealthy person who isn't very nice. |
| 219 | * RichGenius |
| 220 | * RichInDollarsPoorInSense: A rich person lacks common sense because of their sheltered and pampered lifestyle. |
| 221 | * RichKidTurnedSocialActivist: An idealistic person from a wealthy family who is down with the downtrodden and assist the poor personally. They might want to change the unjust system that makes people poor in the first place. |
| 222 | * RichSuitorPoorSuitor: A woman is courted by two men and has to choose between them; one is poor and one who is rich. |
| 223 | * RichesToRags: A wealthy person becomes poor. |
| 224 | * RidiculousExchangeRates |
| 225 | * RidiculousFutureInflation: Items will become way more expensive than they are now in the future. |
| 226 | * RidiculousRepossession: When banks repossess a character's belongings, they go way beyond legal or moral limits for the sake of RuleOfDrama or RuleOfFunny. |
| 227 | * RoyaltiesHeir |
| 228 | * ScoldedForNotBuying |
| 229 | * ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Someone demonstrates their moral/professional integrity by refusing to accept any bribe from unscrupulous folks. |
| 230 | * ScrewTheMoneyThisIsPersonal: Someone refuses to be bought off because they'd rather get their revenge. |
| 231 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: A (rich) person resorts to bribery in order to [[KarmaHoudini avoid facing repercussions for their misdeeds]]. |
| 232 | * SecretlyWealthy: A person is actually rich but keeps their opulence a secret. |
| 233 | * SelfMadeMan: A person who started out poor became rich through a lifetime of hard work. |
| 234 | * SellWhatYouLove: A character sells a beloved item for money. |
| 235 | * ShockinglyExpensiveBill: Someone has to pay a bill that is ridiculously steep. |
| 236 | * SilentOffer |
| 237 | * SillyWill |
| 238 | * SilverSpoonTroublemaker: The mischievous and rebellious offspring of a wealthy public figure who usually thinks they can get away with anything. |
| 239 | * SimpleYetOpulent |
| 240 | * SlobsVersusSnobs |
| 241 | * SlummingIt: A rich person pretends to be poor because they want to know how things are for the less fortunate. |
| 242 | * {{Socialite}}: An unemployed person with a wealthy spouse. |
| 243 | * SolidGoldPoop |
| 244 | * SpoiledSweet: A wealthy and spoiled person who is very nice. |
| 245 | * StageMoney |
| 246 | * StockMoneyBag: Money is frequently stored in bags with dollar signs on them. |
| 247 | * StudentDebtPlot: A person is struggling to pay for college, whether at the time or after the fact. |
| 248 | * SuspiciousSpending |
| 249 | * TheSwearJar: Putting money in a jar every time you swear to try and break the habit of using profanity. |
| 250 | * SwissBankAccount: An unsavory character hides money in an offshore bank account. |
| 251 | * TastyGold: Gold's properties, in particular it being a soft metal, means a character might test its authenticity by biting it. |
| 252 | * TaxmanTakesTheWinnings |
| 253 | * ThiefBag |
| 254 | * TimeTravelForFunAndProfit |
| 255 | * {{Tontine}}: A group make the deal that a collection of valuables they've discovered will go to the last surviving member. |
| 256 | * TrappedByGamblingDebts |
| 257 | * TrashyTouristTrap: Roadside attractions meant to provide cheap, yet overpriced attractions and even cheaper, overpriced garbage in their gift shop. |
| 258 | * TreasureRoom |
| 259 | * TwoHeadedCoin |
| 260 | * UnableToSupportAWife |
| 261 | * UnclePennybags: A wealthy person who uses their wealth to help out the poor and/or give those less wealthy than them a good time. |
| 262 | * UndisclosedFunds: It isn't specified exactly how much money a person pays or has to pay. |
| 263 | * UnexpectedInheritance |
| 264 | * UpperClassTwit |
| 265 | * WalletMoths: Moths fly out of wallets or pockets to indicate lack of money. |
| 266 | * WarForFunAndProfit |
| 267 | * WealthsInAName: A rich person has a name appropriate to their status, often being a play on a word having to do with money or wealth. |
| 268 | * WealthyEverAfter: The ending has the protagonist become rich. |
| 269 | * WealthyPhilanthropist |
| 270 | * WeWillSpendCreditsInTheFuture |
| 271 | * WeirdCurrency: Instead of dollar bills and coins, services and products are paid for using unorthodox items. |
| 272 | * WhammyBid: A suddenly high bid for an item. |
| 273 | * WillTalkForAPrice |
| 274 | * WorkOffTheDebt: A character who can't pay ends up working for the company until they've earned the money they need to pay. |
| 275 | * WorthlessCurrency |
| 276 | * WorthlessTreasureTwist |
| 277 | * WorthlessYellowRocks: A culture sees money, jewels and the like as not being valuable. |
| 278 | * YouGetWhatYouPayFor |
| 279 | * YoungEntrepreneur |
| 280 | * ZillionDollarBill |
| 281 | [[/folder]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | [[folder:Money in video games]] |
| 284 | !!!'''Fictional money in video games''' |
| 285 | * AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Everything the player needs to buy is expensive. |
| 286 | * BettingMiniGame |
| 287 | * CastFromMoney |
| 288 | * CommandAndConquerEconomy: In RealTimeStrategy games, no activity occurs without the player's explicit say. |
| 289 | * DiscountCard |
| 290 | * AnEconomyIsYou |
| 291 | * AnEntrepreneurIsYou |
| 292 | * GlobalCurrency |
| 293 | * GlobalCurrencyException |
| 294 | * AHomeownerIsYou |
| 295 | * InGameBankingServices |
| 296 | * KarlMarxHatesYourGuts |
| 297 | * MoneyForNothing |
| 298 | * MoneyIsExperiencePoints |
| 299 | * MoneyMultiplier |
| 300 | * MoneySink |
| 301 | * MoneySpider: Enemies that drop currency after being defeated. |
| 302 | * NoBulkDiscounts |
| 303 | * NoHeroDiscount |
| 304 | * PlayerGeneratedEconomy |
| 305 | * RewardingVandalism |
| 306 | * TeaserEquipment |
| 307 | * TreasureHunter |
| 308 | * WalletOfHolding |
| 309 | * WeBuyAnything |
| 310 | * WeSellEverything |
| 311 | * YouBreakItYouProfit |
| 312 | * YouRequireMoreVespeneGas |
| 313 | ---- |
| 314 | !!!'''Real money in video games''' |
| 315 | * AllegedlyFreeGame: A game is free to download, but makes it so that you have to spend money in order to unlock stuff faster and easier. |
| 316 | * DownloadableContent |
| 317 | * {{Freemium}}: There's a free version with some features, and a premium version with all the bells and whistles (but it costs money). |
| 318 | * FreemiumTimer |
| 319 | * {{Microtransactions}} |
| 320 | * PremiumCurrency: Many games often make these most easily acquired by purchasing with real money. |
| 321 | * RealMoneyTrade: Real money is used to purchase in-game currency or items. Some games allow this, but most of them are done illegitimately via a third party. |
| 322 | [[/folder]] |
| 323 | |
| 324 | [[/index]] |
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