miserliness theme

There is a character who is notably and excessively reluctant to spend money, in particular to help others.

Notes

In particular, this theme becomes topical when a notably well-off character is contrasted with a notably poor character and the former offer less help to the latter than the situation appears to warrant.

Examples

In talesoftheunexpected6x11 "The Tribute", we see three former colonial ladies who are notorious for being penny-pinching. Before they fell on bad times themselves, they had treated their servants with remarkable meanness, or so we are told. Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is perhaps one of the most obvious examples of a story about miserliness.

15 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 8 minor

Story	Level	Motivation
ahp4x26	choice	Alexander was a textbook penny pincher.
ahh3x08	major	George was pathologically tight with money. He prided himself on using the same old silverware he inherited from his father, and opted to have go out of his way to have leftovers for lunch when he could just as well have eaten at a coffee shop. Most of all, however, George let his half-brother starve rather that share some of his inheritance.
as1985e2x10	major	Elma was miserly and selfish. Mildred said this was why she couldn't grow a pumpkin large enough to win the Yarborough County pumpkin-growing contest.
movie: Scrooge (1951)	major	Scrooge was the epitome of a miser.
talesoftheunexpected6x11	major	Three miserly ladies had penny pinched their former servant, Dench.
tftc1989e2x12	major	Ezra was a textbook penny-pincher. He beat his nephew for leaving the water tap dripping or the light on. He cut of his late nephew's feet to fit him in a Taiwanese coffin. He also stole a gold tooth from a corpse, embalmed with tap water, and otherwise cheated customers at his undertaking business.
tz1959e1x17	major	Franklin admonished his wife for wasting a nickel on a slot machine.
ahh3x27	minor	Points were made about how penny-pinching Luke was. For example, when Martha complained about the lack of heat in the basement, Luke simply told her to wear more clothes. In the end, it was revealed that Luke had installed a new furnace in the basement after all.
ahp3x06	minor	Anna pointedly accused John of being a miser for not wanting to spend any of the $5,200 he'd found on anything but basic essentials.
ahp4x13	minor	The recently-deceased businessman Mr. Barryvale briefly woke up in a funeral parlor to ensure that he'd be given the cheapest funeral possible.