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Forbes Lists Richest Fictional Characters

By John - December 13, 2007 - 12:06 America/Montreal

In fiction it’s easy to be rich. All the writer has to do is say “that guy is huge rich” and poof… he’s rich. Rich characters in movies and TV are almost other worldly, because when you’re rich in fiction… that usually means your money is endless and you can afford to buy a small country or seasons tickets to the Toronto Maple Leafs (Trust me… they cost about the same).

So the world’s leading magazine authority on all things money (Forbes) decided to put together a list of criteria and figure out who the richest fictional characters in movies and TV are. It’s a fun little list, and kind of surprising. Check it out (Special thanks to Elizabeth for the heads up):

1) Scrooge McDuck – Worth $28.8 Billion
2) Ming the Merciless (from Flash Gordon) – Worth $20.9 Billion
3) Richie Rich – Worth $16.1 Billion
4) MOM (from Futurama) – Worth $15.7 Billion
5) Jed Clampett (The Beverly Hillbillies) – Worth $11 Billion
6) Montgomery Burns (”The Simpsons”): $8.4 billion
7) Carter Pewterschmidt (Lois Griffin’s father on “Family Guy”): $7.2 billion
8) Bruce Wayne (aka Batman): $7 billion
9) Thurston Howell III (”Gilligan’s Island”): $6.3 billion
10) Tony Stark (”Ironman”): $6 billion
11) “Fake” Steve Jobs (a fictional version of the real Apple computer mogul): $5.7 billion
12) Gomez Addams (”The Addams Family”): $2 billion
13) Willy Wonka (of the Chocolate Factory fame): $1.9 billion
14) Lucius Malfoy (”Harry Potter” movies): $1.6 billion
15) Princess Peach (”Mushroom Kingdom” heiress and Nintendo video game heroine): $1.3 billion

So who are some of the characters you would have thought would be on that list?