The richest fictional characters: the list

Fictional characters often help sell a product or service. Therefore, they are part of the mass culture characteristic of bourgeois society. In the cultural life of the Land of Soviets, they simply were not invented. The exception, perhaps, is only the chicken Murzilka, which presents the children's illustrated magazine "Funny Pictures". However, the inventors did not report the reliability of Murzilka. A well-off personage was impossible in the country of "universal equality". However, such a distortion, such illusion did not exist in the countries of the market economy. In practice, people can not be equal in their abilities, nor in human qualities. Accordingly, in the world from time immemorial there were poor and rich.

Know-how from Forbs

The attempt of the Bolsheviks to level this difference ended in a civilizational failure. Perhaps, therefore, the fictional characters of modern mass culture also, according to the plan of their creators, have different states. Who knows why the company Forbs, along with the real rich people since 2002, forms a rating of virtual, imaginary images? Perhaps, in order to ensure that its employees are not considered to be finished breadcrumbs. Maybe to bring a subtle touch of humor to the statement of modern business vertices. Who are they, the richest fictional characters? Imagine, following the Forbs analysts, their rating and present the reader with a brief description of them.

Uncle Sam

This image has long become a household name. It symbolizes the only superpower today, whose status is characterized not only by a powerful economy, but also by the ability to import social standards and modern technologies into the rest of the world. The image of Uncle Sam reflects simultaneously all the wealth and power of the country's star-striped flag. According to experts, at present the national wealth of the United States is about 100 trillion. Dollars. Can this be formally assessed as the condition of Uncle Sam? Formally, yes.

Due to its status, this character is initially out of any competition. Obviously, therefore, he does not fit into the "Forbes" fictional characters. The list of billionaires can not compete with the wealth of the whole country - the US. How and when did this character appear? His face, known to everyone from posters, resembles the face of a certain Samuel Wilson, a food trader who supplied the US Army in 1812. On boxes and bales, supplied by him under contracts concluded with the government of this country, there was an abbreviated inscription US (United States). The soldiers also jokingly interpreted the inscription in their own way Uncle Sam (Uncle Sam). They say that this brand was launched into the world by an illiterate Irishman, a watchman who unloaded food. He sincerely assumed that the US symbols denote the initials of the supplier.

Fictional characters sometimes first get a name, and only then - appearance. A hundred years later, in 1917, the artist James Montgomery Flagg created a poster on which depicted a gentleman with the appearance of Samuel Wilson in a star-striped cylinder. His image was given a characteristic gesture of veteran Walter Bots. Painted uncle Sam called on fellow citizens to join the army, who fought on the fronts of the First World War. During the war with Hitler, the image of Uncle Sam acquired unprecedented popularity.

Scrooge McDuck

Not always the richest fictional characters portray people. An example is the animated Disney character Scrooge McDuck. It was created by the famous Disney illustrator Karl Barks as the hero of one of the comics in December 1947. According to Forbes specialists, the state of the world's richest drake exceeds 64 billion dollars. Why is he wearing a Scottish name? To create his image of the artist Barks pushed real personality. They were a businessman Andrew Carnegie, a famous Scottish industrialist in America, the creator of the steel empire. The name of Scrooge McDuck is taken from the work of Charles Dickens "The Christmas Song". Fictional characters sometimes get their names in a paradoxical way.

However, the drake, whose name has become a household name in terms of business acumen, luck, is still a collective character. His manners, fantastic greed, resourcefulness in his affairs, as well as some of the phrases Disney wrote off the most famous investor in the world, Warren Buffett. It is he who originally owns the crown phrase of Scrooge "Saved Dollar - earned dollar".

On the example of the miracle-drake phenomenon, one can only wonder how imaginary characters of cartoons can turn into favorites of the whole nation. The cult animated series "Duck history" - to that testimony.

Dragon Smog

The second in terms of the available wealth of imaginary images is also a non-human being-the dragon Smog. According to financial experts, he owns a fortune in excess of $ 54 billion. This fire-breathing creature is the character of the saga "The Hobbit: There and Back". He lived in the Lonely Mountain, expelling gnomes from it, differed in cunning and hypnotic influence on people. The dragon raked the jewels of the dwarves in the central grotto of the Lonely Mountain. This heights of diamonds and gold Smog used as a bed. Further, this fabulous marauder devastated and robbed the city of Dale.

Mage Handelph Gray developed a plan for the destruction of Smog. For its implementation, he drew thirteen gnomes and hobbit Bilbo Baggins. The latter, taking advantage of the ring of omnipotence, managed to go unnoticed into the lair of the fire-breathing creature and carried out a two-handed bowl. Then he re-entered the dragon and managed not only to lead one, but also to notice the only undisguised scales in his armor.

Subsequently, Smog, who attacked the Lake City, struck the archer Bard with the magic Black Arrow. So this fictional character died. The computer game "Hobbit", created on the motives of the film, according to the reviews of gamers, clearly wins from the character of the dragon.

Flinthard Glomgold

This name has one more character - drake from "Duck stories". His business is mining diamonds. However, this unscrupulous character does not disdain and stealing. His wealth, according to Forbes, is 51.9 billion dollars. He is the chief business competitor of Scrooge McDuck. The unscrupulous drake is struggling to surpass Uncle Scrooge in wealth. However, Flinthard is not burdened by moral principles. In his affairs, he often resorts to the help of scoundrels. For example, such as the brothers Havs, bandit dogs.

If at first this scam was trying to destroy Scrooge McDuck physically, then in the future he chooses other ways. For example, substitute your competitor before the law. The trademark feature of this vulgar drake is a peculiar psychic reaction to the next failure of his wiles. Frustrated Flinthard, presenting a list of the richest fictional characters, begins to eat his hat.

Carlisle Cullen

This vivid image was remembered by readers in the trilogy "Twilight". He was created by the writer Stephanie Meyer. His wealth, according to Forbes experts, is 38.2 billion dollars. According to the plot of the trilogy, Carlisle was born in the 40s of the 17th century. He was the son of a priest, but the vampire's bite turned his life around, turning him into a dark entity. At first he tried to commit suicide, so as not to bring disaster to people. To his delight, once he killed a deer and drank his blood, Carlisle felt that he was not troubled by the thirst for human blood. Cullen was able to settle in human society. The vampire even became socially useful, working as a surgeon. Wealth came to him as a result of investment. Foster daughter Alice, being a seer, prompted him to buy securities of Google corporations and Wal-Mart chain stores. Obviously, the head of the clan of vampires, and all the characters, are fictional in this saga. Although next to fiction in the work there are elements of real life.

Jet Clampett

Finally, we have the opportunity to talk about a humanoid fictional character. His condition is estimated by Forbes specialists at $ 9.8 billion. The hero of the comedy film "The Beverly Hills Villager" directed by Penelope Sphiris suddenly becomes a billionaire. A fountain of oil suddenly appeared on his land. Jet's eccentric family (daughter, mother and nephew), realizing that she suddenly became rich, decides to move to the elite area of Los Angeles - Beverly Hills.

Here, a wealthy farmer decides to marry. His wealth is trying to capture a swindler named Laura Jackson, settled in his house as a governess. The mother of the newly-made rich man guessed about her wiles, but a cunning candidate for the bride sends her to a nursing home. She is assisted by Tyler's accomplice. Plans criminals upset financial adviser Jed - Jane Hathaway. Mother is returned home, the wedding is frustrated, Laura and Tyler are handed over to the guardians of the law. Like Jet Clampett, the names of fictional characters are loved in America by all categories of viewers.

Tony Stark

This character is also a fiction. He was born comics, united in the series "Iron Man". His condition is almost the same as that of the previous character - $ 9.3 billion. However, Tony Stark is a character that is more characteristic of militants than comedies. He lives in the California city of Malibu, being a professional in military technology. It can be described as a real superman: genius of IT - technologies, brilliant physicist, philanthropist, billionaire.

Richie Reach

The image of an intellectually undivided child-billionaire under the script of the film owns a fortune of 8.9 billion dollars. He inherited wealth in his youth. A young man turns out to be a "hard nut to crack" for those who want to profit by his wealth. He skillfully and consistently runs his company, Rich Industries. And it's not surprising: his firm produces products in which he really is an expert because of his age: donuts with gold powder, robot servants, scooters.

Charles Foster Caine

This character was created by director Orson Walls. His personal wealth, according to the Forbes rating, exceeds 8 billion dolars. He is the master of the media empire: television, newspapers, radio. Foster is a journalist in the style of the yellow press.

Conclusion

In the domestic commercial market, rich imaginary characters are not yet represented in abundance. Their list is scanty. Why does this happen? It's all about the mentality of the post-Soviet civilization. The social role of the rich philanthropist, an investor with real social responsibility, has not yet become an indispensable requisite for society. Among the rich-nouveaux riches are a lot of scams, people of antisocial. Perhaps, therefore, in the national culture, the images of the "new Russians" predominate over the more constructive, like the Scrooge McDuck type.

At the same time, an increasingly commercial role is played by artificially exploited by business fictional characters of fairy tales. They are increasingly present in advertising, in trade marks, in logos.