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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