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Richman (1989)
October
October/Uncle Tuu
“愛拚才會贏！note ”
Richman 1
"多謝你看會起啦！note "
Voiced by: Zhuo Zhiweinote , Cao Jilunote , Tian Jijenote
An old Taiwanese farmer in his 70s who always wanted a nice farm.- Asians Love Tea: While not seen sipping some, he’ll happily declare to brew some when he gets at least three properties in one street.
- All Asians Wear Conical Straw Hats: Wears a straw hat as a standard outfit for Taiwanese farmers. His property is also marked with one when there’s no buildings in most titles.
- Berserk Button: Fight’s description mentioned he will be angered if someone ever steals the crops in his land.
- Black Bead Eyes: He has small eyes since 5.
- Bucket Helmet: Wears a wok as a helmet in his alternative skin in Fight.
- Buffy Speak: He refers to motorcycles as “jet bicycles” as he's more familiar with bicycles.
- October: Let's ride the jet bicycle!
- Demoted to Extra: Only appears in his grandson’s ending in 8's Story Mode as he has been traveling with the injured Miyamoto in that game.
- Does Not Like Spam: Played with. Most instruction manuals mention that he doesn't like hamburgers, but he is fine with having one in 6 if it means replenishing all his energy.
- Dub Name Change: His name in Chinese, 阿土伯, means Old man A-Tuu.
- Early Installment Character-Design Difference: His design goes through many changes across titles: His mustache is black and curly in 1 and looks more like a frog in 4 compare to his current look, which looks normal with a white mustache.
- Eyes Always Shut: His eyes never open in 4, even when he’s attacked by other players. He also has closed eyes in 11, but some of his portraits show them open.
- Fish Eyes: Has big, googly eyes that are always shut in 4.
- Hurricane of Aphorisms: Some of his voicelines contains Taiwanese proverbs, which fits as he's an elderly.
- Mellow Fellow: He is mostly calm even when something lucky or misfortune happens.
- Senior Creep: Looks more like a frog than an old man in 4. Justified in his ending from 4’s expansion pack as he’s probably an alien.
- Stone Wall: His talents in 10 and 11 decreases the amount of damage he takes. His other talents usually revolves around increasing the length of possession of some gods as well. Other than that, he is mostly very passive.
Big Gamester
Big Gamester
“I’m back again! HahaHaha ha~~”
Richman 1
"When I come out, no one can compete with me!"
Voiced by: Sun Chengnote , Zhang Weinote
A scheming gambler who gets down on his luck when betting.- Adapted Out: He's not present in the WeGame version of 11 most likely because his design is too obviously a gambler or a villain.
- Atomic F-Bomb: When he is used on a Stay card in 11, his reaction is a loud "Damn it!".
- The Bus Came Back: He disappears since his appearance in 2, and returns in 7 with a new look ten years later.
- Commuting on a Bus: After appearing in the first two game and then missing untl 7, he quickly become the only character that is playable in every title who didn’t appear in the fan favorite 4.
- Cool Shades: Wears one since his returning in 7.
- Determinator: He’ll make the opponents of his bet run out of money even at all cost.
- Early Installment Character-Design Difference: He looks like a handsome man in his debut while looking more like a villain since his return in 7.
- Gambit Roulette: Inverted in Fight where his passive skill can let him know how many squares he will move.
- Opaque Lenses: His eyes are obscured under his shades except in 11.
- Professional Gambler: He’s a gambler who likes to manipulate his opponents and win all of their cash. Subverted when he's shown gambling in his ending in 7 and his opening cutscene in 8's Story Mode, where he loses both bets, to the point that you have to help him pay his debt in 8!
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Wears a nice suit while waiting for scheming (and failed) again.
- Smoking Is Not Cool: He’s a scheming gambler who smokes a pipe in most apperances since 7.
- Sudden Name Change: His Chinese name becomes "King of Trumps" in the discontinued 9 and "Brother Qian" in 11 due to censorship.note This still doesn't prevent him from being removed in the WeGame version of 11, though.
Others
In clockwise order: Mrs. Guo, Smith, Mr. Money, A Dai, Dr. Yao and Ju Xiaomei
- Classy Cane: Smith carries one on his hand.
- Opaque Nerd Glasses: Mr. Money and Dr. Yao have one that obscured their eyes.
- Punny Name: Ju Xiaomei is a pun of 豬小妹, which means "Little Miss Piggy (not related to Miss Piggy from The Muppets)" in Chinese.
- Quintessential British Gentleman: Smith looks like a stereotypical British gentalman.
- Shout-Out: Dr. Yao is this to Yao Zhuangxian, the creator of the series.
Richman 2
For Big Gamester, see his information in the Richman (1989) section.
Tuu Zed
Tuu Zed
- All Asians Wear Conical Straw Hats: Just like his dad!
- Big Damn Reunion: After being rich and even having a limo, he went pass his old house one day, realized that’s his old farmhouse and his bull is still there, he hugged with his bull in tears of joy.
- Bindle Stick: Holds on with his hoe in his “first place” screen during the monthly report.
- The Hero's Journey: After realizing he’s still a nobody at age 25, and after his dad’s recommandation to go to the big city, he starts his journey to become rich.
- The Protagonist: The only character you can play as in Single Mode.
Xiaomei
Sun Xiaomei
"Well begun is half done!"
Richman 2
"Ready to Fight!"
Voiced by: Wang Shujunnote , Lin Meixiunote
A chef’s apprentice who once worked in a circus.- Age Lift: Her age was changed from 9 to 14 in 8. Enforced since Candy was also 14 in 7 and it would make no sense for her to call Xiaomei a "elder sister" if the latter is still 9.
- Anime Chinese Girl: Wears a red Qipao along with odango hairs in most of her apperances.
- Dish Dash: Her established act back when she performs in a circus. She also performs that when entering the map in 8.
- Early Installment Character-Design Difference: She looks much older in her debut in 2 and 3. Also, in 4 she doesn't have Odango Hair, but instead has short, red hair with a bow hairstyle.
- Evil Costume Switch: In 10's Story Mode, when she is brainwashed by King Octopus, she appears in her angel-like alternate costume.
- Fire Is Red: In Fight, her skill involves placing a lot of fire on the street, which make players step on them losing money, while wearing her iconic red outfit.
- Frying Pan of Doom: She wields one as her weapon in the canceled Party.
- Genki Girl: She reacts excited when something good happens to her.
- Ms Fan Service: She is quite beautiful in 2 and 3. Some later games also try to portrait her as one of the more feminine girls.
- Odango Hair: Has this hairstyle in most titles.
- One-Wheeled Wonder: She rides a unicycle back when she works at a circus. She also rides one as her motorcycle in 7 and 8.
- Playing with Fire: Creates a lot of fire tiles that covers most of her board as her skill while taking much less damage on it in Fight.
- Series Mascot: Has been the representation of the series since the 2010’s. She appears on the icon of the mobile spinoff 4 Fun and Fight, and on the main menu screen in 11.note
- Shout-Out: Her name is based on an ice cream brand that the creator likes.
- Spell My Name With An S: Her official English name has some variants like "Sun Hsiao Mei", "Xiaomei" or just "Mei".
- Trademark Favorite Food: In most of her appearances, the instruction books show that her favorite food is Spicy Tofu.
Miss Money
Miss Money/Madam Chyan
“I’m gonna win today!”
Richman 2
"It’s right to work with me!"
Voiced by: Zhang Yawennote , Ho Shifangnote , Tao Minxian note
A PR Manager who really loves her namesake.- Age In Security: Her age is listed as "top secret" in the instruction manuals.
- Bowdlerize: In the WeGame version of 11 she wears actual stockings and has a less exposed dress. Some of her lines are also either alternated or missing.
- Characterization Marches On: In her early apperances, she’s elegant instead of a snooty lady who’s also a Large Ham since 4.
- Early Installment Character-Design Difference: Compare to her purple color scheme in later titles, she has black hair and wears a red dress in 2, then changed to brown hair with a black dress in 3, and has magenta hair and dress in 4.
- Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry: Wears a ring and jewelry earings. She even has a jewelry scrunchy during her appearance in some of the titles!
- Femme Fatale: She was set to be a "beautiful, dangerous assassin whose nationality is a secret" in 2, has a Calling Card in her portrait, and was heavily implied to have killed multiple husbands!
- Graceful Ladies Like Purple: Subverted as she is not so graceful as she seems to be.
- Instant-Win Condition: In 8: Land on the same tile as Salonbus 2 times in Arabia.
- Lady in Red: Wears red back when she was an assassin in 2.
- Large Ham: She laughs and cries loudly in some of her voicelines, even her information in 7 and 4 Fun didn't hide that!
- Little Black Dress: Wears one in 3.
- Noblewoman's Laugh: Especially so when she gets a lot of money.
- No-Sell: In 8’s Story Mode, her properties will not be affected as a superhero will block the attack. this works only once in the final round, as the superhero decides not to help Miss Money as he learned her snooty attitude.
- In 11, one of her talents makes her immune to beggars (characters who are bankrupt and randomly appear on the streets) and dogs.
- Rich Bitch: She’s a rich woman who only cares about anyone who’s as rich as her.
- Status Effect-Powered Ability: In 11, one of her talents makes her immune to Audit and Take Away when she is possessed by a god or a bomb.
Dinah
Dinah
- The Bus Came Back: Makes her grand return in the discontinued Richman Universe Online, 17 years after her debut.
- But Not Too Foreign: She also has British bloodlines.
- Cool Shades: she wears sunglasses that don't cover her eyes.
- Gratuitous English: All of her dialogues are in English except when she bankrupts.
- Long Hair Is Feminine: Has longer hair and become the mayor’s wife in Richman Universe Online.
Little Darling
Little Darling
- Book Dumb: Always has bad grades in math.
- Girlish Pigtails: Has those to demonstrate her kindness like her name.
- Spoiled Sweet: She’s rich but is actually harmless compare to other players.
Kintaro
Kintaro
- The Bus Came Back: Makes his grand return in the discontinued Richman Universe Online, 17 years after his debut.
- Bilingual Bonus: He wears a badana with the word "パカ" on it (probably a mistake as this should be "バカ")
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: He will exploit anyone until he gets all of their money. This backfires in Richman Universe Online as he tries to start a reclamation of a forest belonged to Chainsaw Bear, who helped him in his worst days, angered the bear and causing havocs, causing workers disguised as the bear to force Kintaro sign a better contract.
- Good Hair, Evil Hair: He has a hitler mustache for his stingy persona.
- Gratuitous Japanese: All of his dialogues are in Japanese, and he wears a bandana with some on his head.
- Hidden Depths: He hates giraffe.
- Samurai Ponytail: He has one to make the players know he’s Japanese.
John Joe
John Joe
“Go Ahead!”
Richman 2
"I need you!"
Voiced by: Lin Yaoyuannote
A cocky cowboy who become rich after digging oils out of his farm.- Afraid of Needles: In all of his appearances, he will express this when he is hospitalized.
- Americans Are Cowboys: He’s from America according to the promotions of 4 Fun.
- Bowdlerize: His gun is removed in the WeGame version of 11.
- The Bus Came Back: Fourteen years after his appearance in 4, he finally becomes playable again in the spinoff 4 Fun.
- Early Installment Character-Design Difference: In his debut in 2, he wears a gray hat and has no vest, and he even has black hair compare to his turquoise hair in later titles.
- Firing One-Handed: Can shown firing his gun during 4’s credits, along with 11’s character select screen and starting pose.
- Gratuitous English: In the Japanese dub in 11, some of his dialogues are actually English (still with an accent), such as "Oh! My money!" "Ladies and Gentlemen!" or "Please help me!".
- Improbable Aiming Skills: He’s a sharpshooter due to years of shooting practices.
- Just a Stupid Accent: He speaks Chinese with a thick accent in 11.
- Smoking Barrel Blowout: He does so after firing his gun in 4’s credits.
- Stylistic Callback: He reuses his design in 2 in the discontinued Richman Universe Online.
