Quotes / Crimefighting with Cash

"What is it with billionaires being superheroes?"

— Caitlin Snow, The Flash (2014), "All Star Team-Up"

Ward: What are your powers?
Augustus St. Cloud: I have an inordinate amount of money.

— The Venture Bros., "What Color Is Your Cleansuit?"

"Remember when we were teasing Ayla and we said someday someone would piss her off and she’d make a few phone calls, and suddenly the entire planet’s economy would strike back? Not so funny right now."

— Fey, Whateley Universe, "Ayla and the Great Shoulder Angel Conspiracy, Part 6"

"How fast can we buy this building?"

— Tony Stark, Avengers: Age of Ultron

Barry Allen: What are your superpowers again?
Bruce Wayne: I'm rich.

— Justice League

Beckett: Okay. Here's the deal. You're going to contact Rathborne with a contract on Vong. You're gonna tell him that the police are taking him to the DA's office for a deposition, that he can't make it there alive.
Coonan: It doesn't work like that. He wants his money up front. It's 100 grand, non-negotiable.
Beckett: A hundred grand? The city is never gonna agree to that.
Coonan: Look, you wanna catch her killer, the price is 100 grand.
Beckett: I can't just shoot that kind of money out into space without any hope of getting it back.
Castle: You can't. I can. This one's on me.

— Castle, "Sucker Punch"

"I'm happy to throw money at the problem, and if that doesn't work I shall throw something else."

— Jenny Barnes, the Dilettante, Arkham Horror

Buttercup: You can't just buy superpowers!
Princess Morbucks: Oh yeah? Tell that to Batman!

— The Powerpuff Girls

"The only thing I hate more than crime is the poor."

— Captain Rich, Flork of Cows

"Luke, listen to me for a second. I have billions of dollars—billions, like—that I'm gonna spend the rest of my life giving away. Come on, let's see what happens to the world's problems when we throw craploads of money at them."

— Danny Rand, Iron Fist

Sherlock Holmes: I deduce this deuce stain is Bruce Wayne!
Watson: The billionaire?!
Holmes: Yes, his wealth would allow his adversary of ours to afford the toys he needs!
Watson: Since he has no superpowers!

— Epic Rap Battles of History, "Batman vs. Sherlock Holmes"

"Are you a scientist?"
"Not at all, in fact I know nothing of science."
"Then who built this robot?"
"I did."
"But how, if you don't know any science?!"
"With this. *makes an O gesture with one hand* You can achieve anything with money. The Moon costs as much as America spends annually on space research."

— Baron Ma-Ma, The Moon (a story written during The Space Race)

"The most ridiculous superhero is Batman, because the idea that a billionaire white guy can't find justice so he needs to take to the streets in a bat costume is crazy, right? 'Cause a billionaire can pretty much do what he wants."

— Cord Jefferson (on how Watchmen (2019) deconstructs this trope), Vulture

Izuku Midoriya: All Might, is there any way I can become a superhero, even though I don't have a Quirk?
All Might: Yes.
Izuku Midoriya: Wait, really?
All Might: Yeah duh, haven't you ever heard of Batman or Iron Man?
Izuku Midoriya: But I'm poor!

—My Hero Academia Season 1 in 5 Minutes

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