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* ''Film/AssaultOnWallStreet'': Jim Baxford is an ex-Army veteran blue collar worker for a security company who becomes a victim of the 2008 financial crash, losing both his life savings and getting him a 60,000 dollar debt with his investment company. While initially he tries to hide this from his (seriously ill) wife, [[spoiler:she commits suicide when she finds out]]. Jim becomes a VigilanteMan targeting everyone he holds responsible for the crash, from investment bankers, hedge fund managers, and [=ADAs=] who gave the aforementioned a "slap on the wrist" fine, culminating in an attack on a bank where he shoots every stockbroker he sees.

* Rose from ''Film/Titanic1997'' is actually poor and hates rich people which is evident by how she prefers spending time with the poors of society.

* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'': Volk has a murderous hatred for anybody with wealth and power and seeks to slaughter everybody in that category. His beast form's dragon story reveals this hatred to stem from pettiness of a wealthy person showing him kindness which he interpreted at the man looking down on him.

* ''Film/{{Dutch}}'': "Hate" is probably a strong word considering Dutch's laid-back attitude, but early on he makes it very clear that he's not impressed by the rich snobs at a fancy party. He's very proud of being a blue-collar construction worker and SelfMadeMan who owns his own company (and is therefore pretty well-off himself).
-->'''Dutch Dooley:''' My income is a damn lot more than your father gives your mother to live on. But my money doesn't matter in your neighborhood, because I work for it. Working for your money doesn't matter in your neck of the woods, it's whose crotch the doctor yanked you out of.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': In the episode "Accent You Hate", we see a trio of bullies wearing t-shirts stating what they hate. The first one sees a kid in fancy clothes walk by counting bills in his hand. He says "I hate rich kids." before going to beat him up.

* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'': When Minamo "Nyamo" Kurusawa gets a memory foam pillow, Yukari hits her and calls her "Damn Bougeois".

This is, of course, TruthInTelevision, as a lot of real life people, fairly or not, feel distaste towards the wealthy for hoarding lots of money that can easily end global issues, not paying taxes, and exploiting other people from the working class, among other reasons.
That said, it's wise to keep [[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease real life examples]] off this page to avoid bashing real people and attracting edit wars.

* ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2017'': In the episode, "New Age Magic", Akko, who is particpating in a workers strike, goes on to attack the wealthy Diana Cavendish and accuses her of being a blind, cold aristocrat who can't relate to other people's problems due to her higher social status.
* ''Manga/LuckyStar'': When Miyuki, known to be wealthy, says her family went on an overseas trip, Kagami, usually the sensible one of the group, angrily calls her "Bougeois".

--> '''Fuka:''' I don't think you rich girls understand how us commoners struggle to live each day.

* ComicBook/PoisonIvy is pretty misanthropic in general, but she has a particular hatred the ultra-rich because of how many of them made their money off of environmentally destructive business practices.

* ''Film/{{Dutch}}'': "Hate" is probably a strong word considering Dutch's laid-back attitude, but early on he makes it very clear that he's not impressed by the rich snobs at a fancy party. He's very proud of being a blue collar construction worker and SelfMadeMan who owns his own company (and is therefore pretty well-off himself).
--> '''Dutch Dooley:''' My income is a damn lot more than your father gives your mother to live on. But my money doesn't matter in your neighborhood, because I work for it. Working for your money doesn't matter in your neck of the woods, it's whose crotch the doctor yanked you out of.

* In ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' a story is told of a man who set his dog to attack rich people, somehow training it to smell wealth. This does not end well for him [[HoistByHisOwnPetard as he wins the lottery, causing the dog to turn on him.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': While multiple characters hate [[AlphaBitch Pacifica Northwest]] throughout the series (pre- CharacterDevelopment), Dipper in particular seems to have beef with the Northwests because of their obscene wealth. In "The Golf War", he justifies Mabel cheating against Pacifica because Pacifica's riches means "She's cheating at life", while in "Northwest Mansion Mystery" he implies he would have been okay with a vengeful spirit taking his rage out on a party of ultra-rich people if his sister hadn't also been in there. This is shown to justified in part, since their wealth was based on lies and cruel deeds, but Dipper warms up to Pacifica by the end of the latter episode when she is shown to have a FreudianExcuse for her behavior and becomes TheAtoner.
* Herb Powell, Homer's estranged brother in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is a Deconstruction as he himself is the rich and successful owner of Power Motors, but is a SelfMadeMan who made his way to the top. His company consists of pretentious wealthy know-it-alls who he wears his contempt for on his sleeve. His downfall in fact comes from deciding to have his next car designed by Homer, a common man he believes is more in touch with his consumers, [[AntiAdvice intentionally ignoring any concerns by his staff that this might fail]]. The project bombs, Powell Motors is bankrupt, and Herb's second appearance revolves around him trying to work his way back to success again.

** ZigZagged with Katniss. While she starts out disliking the rich of the Capitol from afar, while she and most of District 12 struggle in poverty, her close contact with Effie Trinket and her styling team during the 74th Hunger Games makes her realize many of the Capitol citizens are well-meaning but clueless to the horrors outside their city.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': While multiple characters hate [[AlphaBitch Pacifica Northwest]] throughout the series (pre- CharacterDevelopment), Dipper in particular seems to have beef with the Northwests because of their obscene wealth. In "The Golf War", he justifies his sister cheating against Pacifica because Pacifica's riches means "She's cheating at life", while in "Northwest Mansion Mystery" he implies he would have been okay with a vengeful spirit taking his rage out on a party of ultra-rich people if Mabel hadn't also been in there. This is shown to justified in part, since their wealth was based on lies and cruel deeds, but Dipper warms up to Pacifica by the end of the latter episode when she is shown to have a FreudianExcuse for her behavior and becomes TheAtoner.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': While multiple characters hate [[AlphaBitch Pacifica Northwest]] throughout the series pre- CharacterDevelopment, Dipper in particular seems to have beef with Pacifica because of her obscene wealth, which is shown to have been based on lies and cruel deeds. In "The Golf War", he justifies his sister cheating against Pacifica because Pacifica's riches means "She's cheating at life", while in "Northwest Mansion Mystery" he implies he would have been okay with a vengeful spirit taking his rage out on a party of ultra-rich people if Mabel hadn't also been in there. He warms up to Pacifica by the end of the latter episode when she is shown to have a FreudianExcuse for her behavior and becomes TheAtoner.

* Pretty much the entire adult population of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' in the episode "Here Comes the Neighborhood." An influx of rich people suddenly move into the town much to residents' chagrin, which prompts them to begin discriminating against the wealthy in a variety of ways. These include forcing them to sit in the ''front'' of the bus where the first-class seats are, prohibiting them service in the working class bars, calling them slurs like "richer" and "cash chucker," and burning big lower-case Ts on their lawns (for "Time to leave"). The fact that [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything all of these behaviors resemble racist practices against black people in the past]] ''and'' all the rich people are coincidentally black never enters anyone's head.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', we're first introduced to [[BigBad Dr. Facilier]] when [[SouthernGentleman Big Daddy LaBouff]] gives a little newspaper boy tons of money, but drives past Facilier without even looking at him, prompting dirty looks from Facilier and his LivingShadow. Later on, Facilier implies his hatred of the IdleRich even more when he tells [[BeleagueredAssistant Lawrence]], "Aren't you tired of living on the margins while all those fat cats in their fancy suits don't give you so much as a sideways glance?" This is presumably what fuels Facilier's plan to trick Big Daddy's daughter [[SpoiledSweet Charlotte]] into marrying a disguised Lawrence, after which he'll kill Big Daddy with a VoodooDoll and give over all the souls in New Orleans to his Friends on the Other Side. Well, that, and the need to clear his debt to his Friends.

-->'''Mad Dog:''' Wanna know why I hate rich ducks? Because they're rich, ''and I'm NOT!'

** Played straight with Gale, whose hatred for the Capitol was always more extreme than Katniss's, and who never got to know any Capitol citizens personally. [[spoiler: In ''Literature/{{Mockingjay}}'', he was willing to bomb innocent citizens in order to advance the rebel cause, and may have built the bomb that killed Prim in an attempt to gain victory.]]

** Played straight with Gale, whose hatred for the Capitol was always more extreme than Katniss's, and who never got to know any Capitol citizens personally. [[spoiler: In ''Literature/Mockingjay'', he was willing to bomb innocent citizens in order to advance the rebel cause, and may have built the bomb that killed Prim in an attempt to gain victory.]]

** In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "The First Adventure!", an EmoTeen Donald Duck starts out having this attitude towards Uncle Scrooge, (even using EatTheRich in his song lyrics), though he warms up to said Uncle by the end.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': While multiple characters hate [[AlphaBitch Pacifica Northwest]] throughout the series pre- CharacterDevelopment, Dipper in particular seems to have beef with Pacifica because of her obscene wealth. In "The Golf War", he justifies his sister cheating against Pacifica because Pacifica's riches means "She's cheating at life", while in "Northwest Mansion Mystery" he implies he would have been okay with a vengeful spirit taking his rage out on a party of ultra-rich people if his sister and her friends hadn't also been in there. He warms up to Pacifica by the end of the latter episode when she is shown to have a FreudianExcuse for her behavior and becomes TheAtoner.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales1987'' episode "Duckman Of Aquatraz" after Scrooge is framed for stealing a artpiece, he is thrown in jail with a burly convict who vocally hates rich ducks. He makes his reasons quite clear.

* ''Film/{{Dutch}}'': "Hate" is probably a strong word considering Dutch's laid-back attitude, but early on he makes it very clear that he's not impressed by the rich snobs at a fancy party. He's very proud of being a blue collar construction worker and SelfMadeMan who owns his own company.

* In ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' a story is told of a man who set his dog to attack rich people, somehow training it to smell wealth. This does not end well for him, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard as he won the lottery, causing the dog to turn on him.]]

* ''Anime/ViVidStrike'': Fuka has developed intense hatred towards wealthy folks for being the reason behind the change in her ChildhoodFriend Rinne's personality after getting adopted.

: ComicBook/PoisonIvy is pretty misanthropic in general, but she has a particular hatred the ultra-rich because of how many of them made their money off of environmentally destructive business practices.

-->--'''Haruhi''''s catchphrase, ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub''

* ''VideoGame/TrailsOfColdSteel'': Machias Regnitz seems to have an extreme distaste for the Erebonian noble class, but despite knowing that there are two other classmates who are nobles as well, one of them being AdoptedIntoRoyalty, he takes all of his resentment out on his classmate Jusis Alberea the most.