Line #27 PlayingWith/NonIdleRich


1	'''Basic Trope''': A [[{{Fiction500}} wealthy character]] works for a living, rather than just living it up.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice, a schoolteacher, wins millions of dollars in the lottery. Despite this, she does not give up teaching.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is the school janitor. She wins the lottery, but still continues to be a janitor.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** Alice keeps working, but cuts down to a part-time job rather than a full-time job.
6	** Alice goes BackToSchool full time.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Alice loves her job, and wants to keep doing it for the personal satisfaction it brings her.
9	** Alice tries lounging around all day for a while, but eventually she finds that it gets boring and goes back to work.
10	** Alice wants to teach her kids AnAesop about the importance of hard work.
11	** Alice wants to keep her skills sharp, just in case the worst happens.
12	** Alice has a highly specialized and important job that not just anyone can do.
13	** Alice donated all or most of her windfall to charity, rather than keeping it for herself.
14	** Alice doesn't want to lose her benefits.
15	** AFoolAndHerNewMoneyAreSoonParted, and Alice ain't no fool.
16	* '''Inverted''': As soon as she finds out she's won the lottery, Alice tells her boss to TakeThisJobAndShoveIt.
17	* '''Subverted''':
18	** Alice is seen enjoying herself on the beach, not working.
19	** Alice quits her job for this school district.
20	** Alice ''did'' win the lottery, but she didn't win the Gazillion-Dollar Jackpot. Instead, she won a few hundred or a few thousand: enough for a vacation (or to put towards one), but not enough to quit her job.
21	* '''Double Subverted''':
22	** Because it's summer vacation. She comes back in the fall. But at least she doesn't have to scramble to find a summer job like most other teachers do.
23	** Because she's moving to Hawaii, and eventually gets a job teaching there.
24	** But the next time she plays, she hits the Gazillion-Dollar Jackpot, and decides to keep teaching.
25	* '''Parodied''':
26	** WhatExactlyIsHisJob
27	** Alice wins the lottery, but she only wins a small amount, not millions or billions. People are still amazed that she continues to work.
28	* '''Zig Zagged''': NewJobAsThePlotDemands
29	* '''Averted''': Alice does not win the lottery.
30	* '''Enforced''': ???
31	* '''Lampshaded''': "I hear Alice is still teaching, even though she won the lottery."
32	* '''Invoked''': Alice wins the lottery, but she's got a job that she likes.
33	* '''Exploited''': Alice can use her extra money to have a OneHourWorkweek, or to buy things she wouldn't normally be able to buy on her teachers' salary.
34	* '''Defied''': Alice decides she's just going to live off her lottery winnings for the rest of her life, maybe investing so that the money doesn't run out.
35	* '''Discussed''': ???
36	* '''Conversed''': ???
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42	%%* '''Implied''': ???
43	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
44	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
45	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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