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Fictional characters often help sell a product or service. Therefore they are part of the characteristic of bourgeois society. IN cultural life The Soviet countries simply did not invent them. The only exception, perhaps, is the chicken Murzilka, presenting the children's illustrated magazine " Funny pictures" However, its inventors did not report Murzilka’s viability. A wealthy character was impossible in a country of “universal equality.” However, such a bias, such an illusion did not exist in the countries market economy. In practice, people can never be equal either in their abilities or in human qualities. Accordingly, since ancient times there have been poor and rich in the world.
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The Bolsheviks' attempt to level out this difference ended in a civilizational failure.
Perhaps that is why fictional characters of modern popular culture also, according to the plans of their creators, they have different states. Who knows why Forbes, along with real rich people, has been forming a rating of virtual, invented images since 2002? Perhaps so that its employees are not considered complete crackers. Maybe to add a subtle touch of humor to the statement of modern business leaders. Who are they, the richest fictional characters? Following the Forbes analysts, let us present their rating and provide readers with a brief description of them.
Uncle Sam
This image has long become a household name. It symbolizes today's only superpower, whose status is characterized not only by a powerful economy, but also by the ability to import social standards and modern technologies. The image of Uncle Sam simultaneously reflects all the wealth and all the power of the country of the Stars and Stripes. According to experts, the current national wealth of the United States is approximately 100 trillion. dollars. Can this be formally assessed as the state of Uncle Sam? Formally, yes.
This character, due to his status, is initially beyond any competition. Obviously, this is why he doesn’t fit into Forbes’ fictional characters. The list of billionaires cannot compete with the wealth of the entire country - the United States. How and when did this character appear? His face, famous from posters, resembles that of one Samuel Wilson, a food merchant who supplied the US Army in 1812. The boxes and bales supplied to them under contracts concluded with the government of this country bore the abbreviated inscription U.S. (United States). The soldiers jokingly interpreted the inscription in their own way. They say that this brand was launched into the world by an illiterate Irishman, a watchman who unloaded food. He sincerely assumed that the symbols of the U.S. indicate the supplier's initials.
Fictional characters sometimes get a name first, and only then an appearance. A hundred years later, in 1917, artist James Montgomery Flagg created a poster in which he depicted a gentleman with the appearance of Samuel Wilson wearing a stars-and-stripes top hat. His image was given the characteristic gesture of veteran Walter Bots. The painted one called his fellow citizens into the army that fought on the fronts of World War I. During the war with Hitler, the image of Uncle Sam gained unprecedented popularity.
Scrooge McDuck
The richest fictional characters don't always portray people. An example would be a cartoon disney character Scrooge McDuck. He was created by famous Disney illustrator Carl Barks as a comic book character in December 1947. According to Forbes experts, the fortune of the world's richest drake exceeds $64 billion. Why does he have a Scottish name? Barks was encouraged to create his image by the artist real personality. He was a businessman, a well-known Scottish industrialist in America, the creator of a steel empire. The name Scrooge McDuck is taken from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Fictional characters sometimes get their names in a paradoxical way.
However, the drake, whose name has become a common noun in the sense business acumen, luck, is still a collective character. Disney copied his manners, fabulous greed, resourcefulness in business, as well as some phrases from the world’s most famous investor. It was he who originally owned Scrooge’s catchphrase “A dollar saved is a dollar earned.”
Using the example of the miracle drake phenomenon, one can only be amazed at how fictional cartoon characters can turn into the favorites of the entire nation. The cult animated series “DuckTales” is evidence of this.
Dragon Smaug
The second in terms of the wealth of fictional images is also a non-human creature - the dragon Smaug. According to financial experts, he owns a fortune in excess of $54 billion. This fire-breathing creature is a character from the saga “The Hobbit: There and Back Again.” He lived in the Lonely Mountain, expelling the gnomes from it, and was distinguished by his cunning and hypnotic effect on people. The dragon raked up the dwarves' jewels in the central grotto of the Lonely Mountain. Smaug used this hill of diamonds and gold as a bed. Next, this fabulous marauder devastated and robbed the city of Dale.
The magician Gendelf the Gray developed a plan to destroy Smaug. To carry it out, he attracted thirteen dwarves and a hobbit. The latter, using the ring of omnipotence, managed to enter the lair of the fire-breathing creature unnoticed and took out a two-handed cup. Then he penetrated the dragon again and managed not only to lead him through, but also to notice the only place in his armor not covered by scales.
Subsequently, Smaug, who was attacking Lake Town, was struck by the archer Bard with a magical Black Arrow. This is how this fictional character died. The computer game "The Hobbit", created based on the film, according to gamers' reviews, clearly benefits from the dragon character.
Flinthard Glomgold
Another character has this name - the drake from DuckTales. His business is diamond mining. However, this unscrupulous character does not shun theft. His wealth, according to Forbes, is $51.9 billion. He is Scrooge McDuck's main business rival. An unscrupulous drake tries his best to surpass Uncle Scrooge in wealth. At the same time, Flinthard is not burdened with moral principles. In his affairs, he often resorts to the help of scoundrels. For example, such as the Gavs brothers, bandit dogs.
If at first this swindler tried to destroy Scrooge McDuck physically, then later he chooses other methods. For example, exposing your competitor to the law. The signature feature of this cunning drake is a peculiar mental reaction to the next failure of his machinations. An annoyed Flinthard, presenting a list of the richest fictional characters, begins to eat his hat.
Carlisle Cullen
This vivid image was remembered by readers from the Twilight trilogy. It was created by the writer. His wealth, according to Forbes experts, is $38.2 billion. According to the plot of the trilogy, Carlisle was born in the 40s XVII century. He was the son of a priest, but a vampire bite turned his life upside down, turning him into a dark entity. At first he tried to commit suicide so as not to bring disaster to people.
To his joy, once he killed a deer and drank its blood, Carlisle felt that he was not bothered by the thirst for human blood. Cullen was able to settle into human society. The vampire even became socially useful by working as a surgeon. Wealth came to him as a result of investment. His adopted daughter Alice, being a seer, told him to buy securities of Google corporations and the Wal-Mart chain of stores. Obviously, the head of the vampire clan, and all the characters, are fictional in this saga. Although, along with fiction, the work also contains elements of real life.
Jet Clampett
Finally, we have the opportunity to talk about a humanoid fictional character. His fortune is estimated by Forbes specialists at 9.8 billion US dollars. The hero of the comedy film “The Beverly Hillbillies” directed by Penelope Spheeris suddenly becomes a billionaire. A fountain of oil suddenly appeared on his land. Jet's eccentric family (daughter, mother and nephew), realizing that they have suddenly become rich, decides to move to the elite area of Los Angeles - Beverly Hills.
Here a rich farmer decides to get married. A swindler named Laura Jackson, who has settled in his house as a governess, is trying to seize his wealth. The newly rich man's mother realizes about her machinations, but the cunning bride candidate sends her to a nursing home. She is helped by her accomplice Tyler. The criminals' plans are thwarted by Jed's financial advisor, Jane Hathaway. The mother is returned home, the wedding is upset, Laura and Tyler are handed over to the law. Names of fictional characters like Jet Clampett are loved by all categories of television viewers in America.
Tony Stark
This character is also a product of fiction. It is generated by comics, united in the series " iron Man" His net worth is almost the same as the previous character - $9.3 billion. However, Tony Stark is more of an action character than a comedy character. He lives in Malibu, California, and is a professional in military technology. He can be described as a real superman: an IT genius, a brilliant physicist, a philanthropist, a billionaire.
Richie Rich
According to the film's script, the image of an intellectually challenged child billionaire has a fortune of $8.9 billion. He inherited wealth at a young age.
The young man turns out to be a “hard nut to crack” for those who want to profit from his wealth. He skillfully and consistently manages his company, Rich Industries. And no wonder: his company produces products in which he is truly an expert due to his age: donuts with gold powder, robot servants, scooters.
Charles Foster Kane
This character was created by director Orson Walls. His personal wealth, according to Forbes, exceeds $8 billion. He is the owner of a media empire: television, newspapers, radio. Foster practices tabloid-type journalism.
Conclusion
Wealthy fictional characters are not yet abundantly represented in the domestic commercial market. The list of them is meager. Why is this happening? It's all about the mentality of post-Soviet civilization. Social role a wealthy philanthropist, an investor with real social responsibility, has not yet become an indispensable requisite of society. Among the rich nouveau riche there are quite a lot of swindlers and antisocial people. Perhaps that's why in national culture images of “new Russians” prevail over more constructive ones, like Scrooge McDuck.
At the same time, more and more commercial role fictional fairy tale characters artificially exploited by business begin to play. They are increasingly present in advertising, in trademarks, in logos.
As global markets recover from financial crisis, the fortunes of fictional characters are also growing. Forbes' annual list of the 15 richest non-existent heroes has added six new faces this year. The average wealth of the non-existent rich is $7.3 billion. A general state nine “old-timers” this year increased by 9% compared to last year, amounting to $79.8 billion.
Topping the list is this year's newcomer, Carlisle Cullen, the patriarch of the vampire family from the Twilight films and books. Cullen has amassed a fortune of $34.1 billion over his 370 years, largely from long-term investments made through adopted daughter Alice, who picked stocks based on her ability to see the future.
In addition to him, Chuck Bass, a character from the series “Gossip Girl”, appeared on the list this year; he is the owner of a fortune of $1.1 billion; Sir Topham Hat ($2 billion), railroad magnate from the television series Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends; Lucille Bluth ($950 million), mother of the troubled Bluth family from Arrested Development, and the Tooth Fairy ($3.9 billion). The mythological character the Tooth Fairy recently received a multi-million dollar grant from Santa Claus. He himself was not included in the list, as the magazine writes, “due to the fact that the editors received too many letters from children insisting that he is not fictional, but real.”
In addition, he returned to the list after a long break behind main character"The Great Gatsby" by F.S. Fitzgerald.
Among those dropped from the list, the most notable figure is Uncle Sam. Yes, he has the ability to print money - but how much is that money worth? Gordon Gekko, the hero of the film “Wall Street” and its upcoming sequel “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” also left the list.
Another unfortunate loss is Jabba the Hutt, the head of the underworld from " Star Wars" - last year he was found dead under slippery circumstances.
For permanent participants ratings of Scrooge McDuck ($33.5 billion) and Jedd Clampett ($7.2 billion), this year was successful due to rising prices for gold and oil, respectively. Only Ricci Rich ($11.5 billion) and Thurston Howell III ($2.1 billion) lost a little of their wealth over last year.
To be included in the list, you must be a fictional character appearing in some kind of work of art- thus, folk heroes are excluded - and be known among the people for their wealth. However, the Tooth Fairy and Uncle Sam, both folklore characters, appear on the list. To this, the magazine declares that it reserves the right to violate own rules.
Forbes assessed the status of the participants in the list based on an analysis of the value of their main source of income and the real situation on the stock and raw materials market.
No. 1 Carlisle Cullen
Net worth: $34.1 billion
Source: Long-Term Equity Investments
From: Twilight books and films
No. 2 Scrooge McDuck
Net worth: $33.5 billion
Source: Gold Mining, Treasure Hunting
From: Uncle Scrooge comics
No. 3 Ricci Rich
Net worth: $11.5 billion
Source: Legacy, conglomerates
From: Comics and movies about the world's richest kid, Ricci Rich
No. 4 Tony Stark
Net worth: $8.8 billion
Source: Defense Industry
From: Iron Man comics and films
No. 5 Jed Clampett
Net worth: $7.2 billion
Source: oil and gas, banking
From: TV series "The Beverly Hillbillies"
No. 6 Adrian Wade "Ozymandis"
Net worth: $7 billion
Source: trade
From: comics and the movie "Watchmen"
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Forbes, being one of the most influential and popular publications in the economic sphere, sometimes allows itself to “joke”. So, from 2002 to 2013, Forbes journalists compiled ratings of the richest fictional characters from fairy tales, comics, myths, and feature films.
Topped Forbes lists more often than others Scrooge McDuck – disney hero, which appeared on the pages of comic books in 1947 and successfully migrated to animated series. His name became synonymous with stinginess and fabulous wealth. Scrooge is literally swimming in gold in his famous money vault. According to indirect data from the cartoon and the ratio of gold prices, the fortune of the “richest drake in the world” can be estimated from 65 billion to 27 trillion dollars.
In the first two ratings, the title of richest character went to Santa Claus, but in subsequent years he was completely excluded from the lists. The reason for this was numerous complaints from the children's audience, who claimed that Santa was real and had no place among cartoon characters.
A regular on the Forbes list of the richest fictional characters is Bruce Wayne, aka Batman. This popular hero comic book publisher DC is more famous not for his fortune, but for his relentless fight against crime. But undoubtedly, the money of a successfully functioning family corporation helps Bruce in his difficult task.
Another billionaire superhero Forbes has included in its rankings is Anthony Stark, born from the comic book publisher Marvel. In a high-tech suit of his own invention called " iron Man"Tony protects the world from all kinds of evil. Stark has plenty of funds and opportunities to improve the suit, because he is the owner of an industrial company.
Suddenly, Forbes chose a greedy fire-breathing dragon Smaug from the universe of writer John Tolkien. There are many known dragons guarding untold riches. Scandinavian Fafnir, Chinese Fucanglong or Russian Poloz guarded and commanded no less substantial wealth. The choice of the financial publishing house was probably influenced by the popularity of Smaug, which arose after the film adaptation of Tolkien’s works.
Forbes magazine ignored some of the most prominent fictional rich people. The rating could well be replenished King Midas turning everything around into gold with one touch; "languishing over gold" Koschei the Deathless; vengeful treasure owner Count of Monte Cristo; a leprechaun with a pot of gold and two magic wallets; Mistress of Copper Mountain, owning underground mineral resources with precious rocks.
Every book that has become a masterpiece has its own heroes (good and bad). Today we want to talk about characters who, even after 100 years, remain relevant and famous. Many of these books were filmed, which is why we sometimes recognize many of the characters from films. Let's start with Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes
Literary character created by Arthur Conan Doyle. His works, dedicated to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the famous London private detective, are considered classics detective genre. The prototype of Holmes is considered to be Dr. Joseph Bell, a colleague of Conan Doyle, who worked at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and was famous for his ability to to the smallest details guess a person's character and past.
The first work about the famous detective, the story “A Study in purple tones", written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. The last collection, The Archive of Sherlock Holmes, was published in 1927. Sherlock Holmes is apparently a biochemist by training. At the time of his acquaintance with Watson, he worked as a laboratory assistant in one of the London hospitals.
Hercule Poirot
Famous literary character English writer Agatha Christie, Belgian detective, protagonist of 33 novels, 54 short stories and 1 play, written between 1920 and 1975, and made into films, television series, theater and radio plays.
Poirot is a Belgian emigrant and former policeman. Poirot himself in his book “Tragedy in Three Acts” says that “... in my youth I was poor and had many brothers and sisters... for some time I worked as a police officer in Belgium... then the War began, I was wounded... I was sent to England for treatment, where did I stay..."
Robin Hood
A popular hero of medieval English folk ballads, a noble leader of forest bandits. According to legend, he acted with his gang in Sherwood Forest near Nottingham - he robbed the rich, giving the loot to the poor.
The identity of the prototype of these ballads and legends has not been established. Presumably he lived in early XIV century, during the reign of King Edward II. However, currently the most popular is the artistic version of Walter Scott, according to which Robin lived in the second half of the 12th century (that is, he was a contemporary of Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland). A number of historical details speak in favor of the first version and against Scott’s version: for example, archery competitions began to be held in England no earlier than the 13th century.
E rast Fandorin
Hero of a series of historical detective stories Russian writer Boris Akunin "The Adventures of Erast Fandorin". In this series, the writer set himself the task of writing one detective story each different styles: conspiracy detective, spy detective, hermetic detective, ethnographic detective, etc.
Reviewers expressed the opinion that Fandorin's surname is an allusion to the journalist Jerome Fandor, the hero of a series of detective novels French writers Marcel Allen and Pierre Souvestre about Fantômas (1911-1913) and the French film trilogy of the 1960s based on these novels.
Erast Petrovich Fandorin was born on January 8 (20), 1856 in the ancient noble family. The boy's mother died during childbirth. Therefore, either out of annoyance, or in mockery of his bitter fate, the father, Pyotr Isaakievich, mourning his wife Elizabeth, named the boy Erast.
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Commissaire Jules Maigret
Commissioner Jules Maigret is the hero of the popular series of detective novels and stories by Georges Simenon, a wise policeman.
Jules Joseph Anselme Maigret was born in 1884 in the village of Saint-Fiacre near Mantignon in the family of the estate manager, Count Saint-Fiacre. He spent his childhood and youth there. Simenon repeatedly mentions Maigret's peasant roots. The commissioner's mother died in childbirth. When he was 8 years old, he spent several months at the Lyceum, where he had a very hard time, and, in the end, his father sent him to his sister, who was married to a baker in Nantes. Arriving in Paris, Maigret began studying to become a doctor, but for a number of reasons and circumstances he left his studies and decided to join the police.
Maigret, with his talent and perseverance, rose from an ordinary inspector to the position of divisional commissioner, head of a team for the investigation of especially serious crimes.
It is impossible to imagine Maigret without a smoking pipe; he has a whole collection of them.
Z orro
A fictional character, a variation on the theme of Robin Hood, a "masked hero" who comes to the aid of the disadvantaged inhabitants of New Spain. Zorro was originally a character in Johnston McCulley's adventure books.
Zorro was originally a character in Johnston McCulley's adventure books. He first appeared in the story "The Curse of Capistrano", published in 1919. According to one version, when creating the image, McCulley was based on stories about a certain William Lamport. The following year, the first Fox film appeared, The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks. leading role. Subsequently, many films were made about Zorro both in America and abroad.
T arzan
A fictional character created by writer Edgar Rice Burroughs and first appearing in Tarzan of the Apes. The novel was published in magazines in 1912, and was published as a book in 1914, followed by twenty-three sequels. Tarzan is called the most recognizable literary character in the world. In addition to the huge number of books written by Burroughs himself and other authors, the character also appeared in many films, television programs, on radio, in comics and parodies.
D rakula
Vampire, the title character and main antagonist of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. As the archetypal vampire, Dracula has appeared in numerous works of popular culture, even those not directly related to Bram Stoker's novel.
Good Soldier Schweik
Satirical character created by Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek; the main character of the unfinished novel “The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schweik during the World War,” written in 1921-1923, a cycle of 5 stories “The Good Soldier Schweik. The exciting adventures of an honest soldier" and the story "The Good Soldier Schweik in Captivity."
According to the literary critic S. V. Nikolsky, the prototypes of the good soldier Schweik were two people with whom Hasek was familiar: Corporal Josef Schweik and Frantisek Straszlipka, the orderly of the real lieutenant Lukasz, Hasek’s company commander during the First World War.
B etman
A fictional superhero character from DC Comics who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. Along with Superman, Batman is one of the most popular and famous heroes comics. It was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. Until recently, Bob Kane was considered the main creator of the character, but after much research, the credit was transferred to Bill Finger in 2015, as Kane's actual contribution to the creation of the character was very minor.
Tom Sawyer
One of the main characters in Mark Twain's novels: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "Tom Sawyer Abroad" and "Tom Sawyer - Detective"; also a character in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Tom Sawyer appears in at least three other unfinished works by Mark Twain - On School Hill, The Tom Sawyer Conspiracy and Huck and Tom Among the Indians.
The fictitious character's name may have been taken from real person named Tom Sawyer, whom Twain met in San Francisco, California, where Mark Twain worked as a reporter for the San Francisco Call. Mark Twain states in the preface that the character was based on three boys he knew as a child.
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