Arab Oil Sheikh/Playing With

Basic Trope: A person from somewhere in the Middle East who has a lot of wealth from their investments in oil.

• Played Straight: Bob invests in oil from his home country of Tropestan. He is able to afford luxury cars and has lots of beautiful women by his side.
• Exaggerated: Because of his wealth, he was able to buy the entire country of Tropestan and become its sultan.
• Justified: Oil is a precious commodity, so investing in it is a shrewd move if you want to get wealthy.
• Inverted: Investing in oil makes Bob poor.
• Subverted: Investing in oil doesn't give Bob ridiculous amounts of money.
• Double Subverted:
  • But investing in Applied Phlebotinum (which everyone is switching over to) does.
  • Alternatively, he is married or related to someone whose investments have really paid off...and leaves it all to him.
• Deconstructed:
• Reconstructed:
• Zig Zagged: Some Tropestani oil-investors become wealthy, others do not.
• Lampshaded: "Wow! Tropestani oil is worth gazillions!"
• Parodied: Everyone at the oil company, indeed all of Tropestan, is like this.
• Averted: Bob does not become wealthy from investing in Tropestani oil companies.
• Enforced:
• Invoked: Bob hears from his friend talking about oil investments.
• Defied: Bob doesn't want to invest in oil, because a) it doesn't last forever b) it is a pollutant and c) lots of people are fighting over it.
• Discussed:
• Conversed:
• Played For Laughs:
• Played For Drama:

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