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Forbes' top 15 richest FICTIONAL people
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Dec 2, 2005, 03:51 PM
 
Forbes put out this list. It's pretty humerous to read.

http://www.forbes.com/home/lists/200...ict15land.html

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Dec 2, 2005, 03:58 PM
 
I would have thought Bond villains would be right up there.

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Dec 2, 2005, 04:09 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dark Helmet
I would have thought Bond villains would be right up there.
No kidding - Dr. No & Goldfinger together would own the entire list.

Maybe the list only included not-so-bad villains and omitted the really bad ones, ya know, for the kids.

And wouldn't Darth Vadar be pretty rich - or just omnipotent?
     
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Dec 2, 2005, 04:13 PM
 
Originally Posted by osiris
And wouldn't Darth Vadar be pretty rich - or just omnipotent?
I don't think Vader was rich. The Empire was rich, but Vader was probably just moochin off of the Empire's fat bank account. He just had all the scary power. I mean, who's gonna say no to him when he asks for some cash? Not me.
     
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Dec 2, 2005, 04:14 PM
 
Funny, I thought of Vader myself

Just omnipotent.

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Dec 2, 2005, 04:18 PM
 
Originally Posted by osiris
No kidding - Dr. No & Goldfinger together would own the entire list.

Maybe the list only included not-so-bad villains and omitted the really bad ones, ya know, for the kids.

And wouldn't Darth Vadar be pretty rich - or just omnipotent?
Goldfinger was on their "drop off" list.

For Sci-Fi folks, I would think "Q" from ST:TNG (who was omnipotent) could make all the wealth he wanted...
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Dec 2, 2005, 04:18 PM
 
How was Scrooge McDuck after Monty Burns? Scrooge owns everything in Duckberg. Burns only has that power plant.

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Dec 2, 2005, 04:20 PM
 
Vader the mooch.
He's probably going through Luke's fridge now.
     
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Dec 2, 2005, 04:22 PM
 
What about Xanatos from Gargoyles. That guys was rich beyond reason...
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Dec 2, 2005, 05:15 PM
 
Originally Posted by tooki
How was Scrooge McDuck after Monty Burns? Scrooge owns everything in Duckberg. Burns only has that power plant.

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Dec 2, 2005, 05:16 PM
 
Originally Posted by wallinbl
Exchange rate isn't very good for the currency in Duckberg
But most of Scrooge's money is in gold coins and real estate.
     
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exxcellent

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Aug 4, 2006, 07:04 AM
 
I would have though willy wonka to be higher on the list. Just think of all that ridiculous technology in his factory.
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Aug 4, 2006, 12:58 PM
 
How do they measure Scrooge’s net worth to be $8 billion, I wonder? Last time I heard, it was somewhere in the vicinity of 150 fantasillion, though that was in DKK.

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After a bit of Wikiing, it seems that Forbes simply ignored all the made-up -illions and only counted the $8.2 billion he got from some mining deal.
     
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Aug 4, 2006, 01:43 PM
 
Scrooge's net worth seems to be up for debate:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrooge...ated_Net_Worth

Damn you Oisín, barely beating me to it by a mere... 45 minutes.
     
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Aug 4, 2006, 01:43 PM
 
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Aug 4, 2006, 01:53 PM
 
How funny that their richest fictional people are worth less than the actual richest people in the world.
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Aug 4, 2006, 01:56 PM
 
Originally Posted by Chuckit
How funny that their richest fictional people are worth less than the actual richest people in the world.

This funny:

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Aug 4, 2006, 05:26 PM
 
Originally Posted by Landos Mustache
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Aug 4, 2006, 11:15 PM
 
so....santa aint real?
     
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Aug 5, 2006, 05:29 AM
 
Ebenezer Scrooge wasn't that rich, he was just cheap. That's dumb. The order of them all is kinda funny.
     
   
 
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