what if I came into a lot of money theme
There is a character of more or less normal means who comes into the possession of a very large amount of money. The money is available for them to use.
Notes
The threshold for this theme is that the amount of money is so large that the person doesn't necessarily have to work more in their life, should they wish it. If a smaller amount of money is suddenly gained, the theme "what if I suddenly got some free money" applies instead. The theme typically excludes scenarios where, for example, criminals have to conceal the money or are otherwise on the run from the police. In such cases they aren't really free to spend the money.
6 total · 3 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| columbo1971e10x04 | major | The spendthrift photographer Freddy Brower won $30,435,885 in the lottery. He planned to take up residence in Switzerland and buy a fancy sports car. |
| futurama1x06 | major | Fry became a billionaire. |
| futurama7x12 | major | Zoidberg went from having only a mere jar of pennies to his name to having a giant sack full of money. He promptly blew it Mars Vegas. |
| ahh3x03 | minor | Rusty and Helen fantasized of the comfortable middle class American lifestyle they could entertain were they to lay their hands on the missing $56,000. |
| movie: Paycheck (2003) | minor | Jennings laughed maniacally upon discovering that the shares of Allcom stock he erroneously believed himself to be in possession of were now valued at over $92 million. The film concluded with Jennings finding a lottery ticket for the winning jackpot of $90 million under the newspaper lining of a birdcage. |
| talesoftheunexpected8x02 | minor | Myra spoke briefly about what she'd do now that she was sort-of rich. |