History Main / HatesRichPeople

* ''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 "Bourgeois".

This is, of course, TruthInTelevision, as a lot of real-life people, fairly or not, feel distaste towards the wealthy for having significantly more money than everyone else while many people cannot afford food, medicine and housing, a perceived unwillingness to help with global issues such as global warming or famine, not paying taxes proportionate to their wealth, and engaging in exploitative business practice that negatively affects society, among other reasons.

That said, an inconvenient truth it may be, a lot of it can also be put down to [[GreenEyedMonster simple jealousy]]; "They have it, I do not, and therefore I hate them for it."

* We find out in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' that Dr. Facilier despises the rich, especially those who were born rich and do nothing, like Prince Naveen.

* ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga'' has Gary Karkofsky AKA Merciless: The Supervillain without MercyTM use class rhetoric with a lot of his justifications. Becomes a HypocrisyNod when he successfully steals a massive fortune and tries to figure out what to do with it.

This is, of course, TruthInTelevision, as a lot of real-life people, fairly or not, feel distaste towards the wealthy for having significantly more money than everyone else while many people cannot afford food medicine and housing, a perceived unwillingness to help with global issues such as global warming or famine, not paying taxes proportionate to their wealth, and engaging in exploitative business practice that negatively affects society, among other reasons.

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

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

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Sir Samuel Vimes, Duke of Ankh, absolutely despises rich people, most notably the Ankh-Morpork nobility and [[VampiresAreRich vampires]]. He acknowledges that becoming one of the richest people in the city makes this complicated, but it doesn't make him a hypocrite because he never liked himself much either.

* A variation of this trope is used in ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld''. The Matthews family agrees to go to Shawn Hunter's trailer park for Thanksgiving since they don't have the money to afford a nice celebration. Once there, despite trying to be civil, they get caught in a class war with the other residents. The denizens take offense at innocuous mistakes like Alan thinking the Unter residence was Shawn's place and the H was knocked off in [[NoodleIncident a recent goat attack]] and view the Matthews as UpperClassTwits. What makes this unusual is how the Matthews' are not rich, just middle class, and the narrative of the episode acknowledges this, but it still causes tensions.

* Hinted at in ''Series/TheLibrarians''. In "The Librarians and the Infernal Contract", Stone has to infiltrate a party by posing as a valet. Jenkins points out that they're currently among the Upper Crust of the community, to which Stone replies that the Upper Crust is merely a bunch of crumbs held together by dough.

This is basically when a character hates well-off folks for having lots of money regardless of whether they are rich or poor themselves. There are also those who firmly believe in the idea that [[CapitalismIsBad capitalism, in general, is bad]].

This character might take their hatred to extreme levels and endorse [[EatTheRich eating the rich]] or stealing from the rich and giving it to the poor {{just like robin hood}}. However, the character might learn AnAesop about how not all wealthy people are the same or are deserving of hatred, and/or might be {{tragic bigot}} with backstories involving capitalists ruining their life.

* ComicBook/PoisonIvy is pretty misanthropic in general, but she has a particular hatred for the ultra-rich because of how many of them made their money off of environmentally destructive business practices. [[{{Pun}} Naturally]], her main enemy is Franchise/{{Batman}} - [[TropeCodifier THE]] [[CrimefightingWithCash billionaire]] [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob superhero]].

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

* Rose from ''Film/Titanic1997'' apparently comes from an old-money background but has clear contempt for high society, which is evident by how she forms a quick attachment to StarvingArtist Jack, and prefers spending time with the poor folks in steerage.

* It's a RunningGag in ''WebVideo/BuzzFeedUnsolved'' that Shane really hates rich people, and will cheer on any crimes that target them specifically. If the target is a corporation instead of a specific person, even better. Ryan even says he has "a Robin Hood complex."

* ''WesternAnimation/CentralPark'': Bitsy Brandenham, despite being rich and greedy herself, has contempt for other rich people. Part of this is due to being TheUnfavorite with her father, who gave most of his wealth to her brother, leaving her to salvage the family hotel from nothing. It's also in part because other wealthy people attempt to mooch off of her, even at her own birthday party, which she finds pathetic. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that as a young woman, she secretly became the notorious jewelry thief [[PhantomThief The Shadow]] and robbed rich hotel guests for a brief period.]]

* Pretty much the entire adult population of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' in the episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS5E12HereComesTheNeighborhood 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 heads… except [[SadistTeacher Mr. Garrison]], that is (who makes it clear when he delivers the final line of the episode, an [[CurseCutShort N-word cut short by the end credits]]).

[[caption-width-right:350:Art By Tropers/CardboardBot]]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hrp.png]]

* ''Film/ReturnToNukeEmHighVolumeOne'': Chrissy [[IrrationalHatred immediately hates]] Lauren because of her wealthy background and tries to make her life in school miserable. Later on, she goes from a [[TheBully bully]] to a romantic love interest after slowly learning that Lauren isn't the rich snob she thinks she is.

* Pretty much the entire adult population of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' in the episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS5E12HereComesTheNeighborhood 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.

* Molly Novak is on the receiving end of this in ''Series/{{Loot}}''. She's a millionaire who goes through a tough divorce and focuses on a charity she (discovers) she owns that is trying to make LA more affordable. During a meeting with the city council to pass a new zoning development and the public is allowed to ask questions they all just use it as an excuse to verbally assault Molly, calling her disgusting and accusing her of CondescendingCompassion at best and being a RichSnob at worst. It's really out of resentment for her being a millionaire while they can barely afford their living spaces. It escalates to some of them attacking her with pies and [[KickTheDog insinuating that her husband (who is also rich) was justified to cheat on her]].