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Tropes all about the many ways people can show off wealth, just to make things nicer for themselves.

These can be just because the people want to show off, or because it's socially required of them.

Note some tropes here are not strictly for the most wealthy. Even middle class people can afford the occasional luxury. It's just that wealthy characters are more likely to have several of these instead of one or two.

Contrast Poverty Tropes.

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• Big Fancy Castle
  A castle that's impossibly big and expensive.
• Big Fancy House
  A home that's big and expensive.
• City of Gold
  The entire land is full of wealth and luxuries.
• Conspicuous Consumption
  Spending loads just to show off wealth.
• Cool Garage
  A garage that's far fancier than a garage needs to be.
• Cool House
  A home with awesome features.
• Crimefighting with Cash
  Buying the stuff needed to be a superhero.
• Cucumber Facial
  A high-class spa treatment.
• Distracted by the Luxury
  Using these tropes to please a lady.
• Ermine Cape Effect
  For royalty and nobility who choose to actually live like this.
• Every Man Has His Price
  Using money to open any door.
• Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry
  Jewelry is glamorous.
• Fairytale Wedding Dress
  A very fancy, old fashioned bridal gown.
• Fashion Magazine
  The fashions they cover usually are luxuries more than everyday clothes.
• Fiction 500
  Characters who have absurdly unrealistic and uncountable amounts of wealth.
• Fluffy Fashion Feathers
  Feathers are glamorous.
• French Maid
  A hot maid in a skimpy dress.
• Gem-Encrusted
  Sticking jewels on anything just to pretty it up.
• Gilded Cage
  A luxurious prison.
• Grapes of Luxury
  Being fed by servants.
• Gold Makes Everything Shiny
  Anything made of, or decorated with, gold.
• Gold Tooth
  Traditionally reserved for people who like to literally put their money where their mouth is.
• "Happy Holidays" Dress
  Fancy Christmas-themed dresses.
• High-Class Glass
  Wearing a monocle.
• Idle Rich
  Affording to do no real work at all.
• If I Were a Rich Man
  A fantasy of luxuries.
• Maid Corps
  A veritable army of maids.
• Meido
  A hot Japanese maid.
• Money Fetish
  When money itself it the luxury.
• Money to Burn
  Treating money like firewood.
• Money to Throw Away
  Tossing money into the air.
• Mundane Luxury
  When everyday comforts seem like an untold luxury to someone.
• Opera Gloves
  When was the last time you heard of an aristocrat or socialite who didn't wear long gloves with her Pimped-Out Dress?
• Pimped-Out Cape
  Cape with expensive decorations.
• Pimped-Out Dress
  Dress costing a lot due to all the trimmings.
• Pooled Funds
  Rejoyce among your fortune, literally.
• Pretty in Mink
  Fur is glamorous.
• Private Military Contractors
  A private army.
• Reclining Reigner
  A ruler reclines on something.
• Requisite Royal Regalia
  A necessary luxury for royalty, but still a luxury.
• Rich Idiot With No Day Job
  Living a rich lifestyle that hides what you really do.
• Roll Out the Red Carpet
  Indicates the arrival or interior decoration of royalty, the rich, and the famous.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money
  Using money as a form of authority.
• The Thing That Goes Doink
  Lawn ornaments of the wealthy.
• Travel Cool
  Using an awesome vehicle to get around.
  • Cool Boat
  • Cool Car
  • Cool Plane
  • Cool Train
• Unlimited Wardrobe
  Loads of different clothes.
• Up Marketing
  Appealing to consumers who spend the most.
• Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?
  Buying loads of gadgets.
• Wine Is Classy
  Wine is treated as a luxury, or at least proof of being upper crust.