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The stereotype of woman really liking expensive luxuries, to the point where supposedly they can forget any problems, or do any favors, as long as they get some pretty things to admire. Can be true for some, but ''not all''.
The most common luxury [[
In some horror stories, the luxury will be cursed somehow, and may even overlap with [[Death By Materialism]].
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Usually not connected to [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]].
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* In the ''[[Duck Tales]]'' episode "The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan," a female abominable snow monster loves jewelry, which is apparently why she has accumulated a massive horde of treasure.
* Ronda from ''[[Hey Arnold]]'' was obviously pleased whenever her father bought her things, or when she got a fancy pearl necklace.
* [[Gender Inverted Trope|gender inverted]] parody on ''[[Drawn Together]]''. Captain Hero is quickly able to get over losing the love of his life when he realizes he [[What Do You Mean
* [[Fairly Oddparents]] has an episode where Timmy discovers that this works on his mother and fairy-godmother, so he wishes up the perfect boyfriend for his evil babysitter. Since said wish resulted in a human, this also counts as [[Distracted By the Sexy]].
* In ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius]]'' episode "Time is Money", Jimmy learned his father once had the chance to become wealthy by investing in a fast-food franchise. Jimmy, Sheen and Carl then went back in time to prevent Hugh from missing the chance. When Jimmy returned to present time, he saw that his parents became [[Rich Bitch|rich bitches]]. Jimmy's father insulted Carl and Sheen, who stopped minding about it when he gave them a gold bar.
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