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You know this woman.note Technically a socialite can be male, but you rarely hear males of the type referred to with the term. She's cultured and rich, and she knows how to handle any social situation (or at least upper-class ones). Her rich husband or father adores her, and never tires of supplying her with a constant stream of Gucci and Armani fashions. She lives in a mansion, usually in California, or a penthouse in Manhattan, and she vacations in Europe. Her natural habitat is hanging out at glamorous social events, gala arts openings, and celebrity fundraisers at posh restaurants with a glass of champagne in her hand. Often she doesn't have a job, but sometimes she can be working part-time in a glamorous high-end position, such as a celebrity publicist or magazine columnist, which gives her access to the right types of people. She doesn't need a job for the money, and her role—staying firmly in the public eye and connecting herself with the most influential members of high society—is a full-time occupation. Her hair, makeup, designer shoes and $20,000 custom-made haute couture outfit are perfect every time she leaves her penthouse, because paparazzi can snap photos anywhere. Media attention, influence, and status are what fuels her. While the Socialite is similar to — and can overlap with — the Rich Bitch, the Gold Digger, and the Upper-Class Twit, there is a difference: a Socialite is often Spoiled Sweet, and she may very well be a nice woman who just so happens to have inherited a fortune. On the other hand, she can also be Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense, especially if she's been rich since childhood. Often, she will be either childless or quite distant towards her children. If American, she is likely from an established, respected WASP family on the East Coast and may be an Ivy league alumnus. More modern examples may have her parents come from Wall Street or Hollywood instead. If British or European, she is likely from an aristocratic family. If British, she will either be from the Royal family or, if not, will emphasize her ties to it. British socialites enjoy equestrian activities and other Snooty Sports. Can also be prone to Conspicuous Consumption, especially jewels, fancy dresses, and furs. Not to be confused with a socialist, who is likely to hate this type of person, though Bourgeois Bohemian examples could well be both. Distaff counterpart to the Millionaire Playboy. A Sub-Trope of Idle Rich. See also Valley Girl. Examples |
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Hunter: The Vigil: The Ashwood Abbey is entirely composed of rich, bored aristocrats and other social stars who pass their boredom by hunting, torturing, and raping monsters. Unsurprisingly, they are one of the game's most controversial factions. | |
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Emily Gilmore from Gilmore Girls. Her sole occupation is to be a corporate wife; planning parties and attending events to keep up the social side of her husband's business. If things don't go her way, however... | |
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Evelyn Peters from The Simpsons. (Although she's something of a Deconstruction, having graduated from a public high school with non-rich kids and feeling ashamed of this.) | |
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Champion Cynthia of the Pokémon games, particularly evident in her appearance in Pokémon Black and White. She takes up residence at a friend's villa in Undella Town region during the spring and summer seasons. This is mainly because she's looking into Unova's Abyssal Ruins in Undella Bay whenever she's not doing research in Sinnoh, but Cynthia seems equally keen on lounging around and going swimming/sunbathing (to the point that she outright asks the player which of two swimsuits she'd look better in), and several female Gym Leaders and Elite Four members come to visit her whenever she's in town. There's also a Trainer class called "Socialite", although these are considerably older than most examples of the trope and sometimes called "Madame" instead. In-game Socialites tend to use "cute" animal-like Pokémon like Lopunny, Purrloin, and Indeedee. |
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Wallis Simpson in The King's Speech before becoming the Duchess of Windsor, putting her at odds with Elizabeth. | |
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Wonder Woman Vol 1: Priscilla Rich is a wealthy young woman from a wealthy background who enjoys going to parties and benefits and keeping up with all the latest gossip and trends, with no apparent employment. She also has a pathological need to be the center of attention and turns to murder when she feels like others are getting more attention than she. | |
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Colette: The bohemian world where Willy and Colette live also has its share of wealthy characters, some of them classic socialites, who like to hang out with artists because it’s cool — notably including Missy, who comes from a very aristocratic background. | |
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Whateley Universe examples: Solange's mother. And step-mother. And maybe previous step-mothers too. Traduce's mother, who (like Traduce) cannot keep a personal assistant because she treats underlings so badly. Not Phase's mother, who has a PhD and spends her time running Goodkind Research. | |
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"Madam", the aunt and surrogate mother to the series' eventual ultimate politician Lord Vetinari, in the Discworld stories. She primarily appears in Night Watch. | |
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X-Men: First Class: According to Charles, his mother cares more about her upper-class lifestyle (e.g. she never goes into the kitchen of her own home, clearly believing that the room is "beneath" someone of her high status) than being a good mother towards him. Parental Neglect is typical of this trope, and it's suggested that the maid spends more time with him than Mrs. Xavier does. | |
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Moira Rose from Schitt's Creek embodied this trope prior to her husband Johnny losing his wealth. Her acting career had long fizzled, and she apparently occupied herself with shopping for high-fashion, absurd charity events and ignoring her adult children. Yet, when Johnny loses his wealth, she never even considers leaving him because she loves him so much. | |
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The Facebook game Sorority Life centers on this whole concept. You play a college girl who's part of a sorority. Your mission is not to get good grades to get a good job, as one might think. Rather, it's to get as much status, expensive things, and power as possible. | |
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In the pilot episode of Batman Beyond, the socialite who Bruce rescues during his last mission as Batman is none other than Veronica Vreeland's full-grown daughter Bunny. The showrunners stated that they purposely wrote her as being Veronica's daughter both as a Continuity Nod to Batman: The Animated Series and also to show that everyone else in Bruce's life—including former love interests like Veronica—has long since moved on with their lives while Bruce was still fighting a battle that had once again become quite lonely (the point of that was so that when Terry came under Bruce's tutelage 20 years later, it would be a symbolic way of Bruce finding his purpose again). | |
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Rocket Age has Talvala Festil, a rare male example, although given Mars' Royal Caste have less of a gender divide it is unsurprising. Mr Festil is the money behind the Rocket Cat lounge, but never does any actual work, instead acting as the face, charming and befriending everyone who comes through the door. | |
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Fiona Coyne of Degrassi: The Next Generation loves champagne, fashion, and New York City parties. | |
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Many of Bruce Wayne's girlfriends, particularly in Batman: The Animated Series. They're all rich and have doting boyfriends, but they're more Spoiled Sweet than Rich Bitch. Bruce also had a platonic relationship with Veronica Vreeland, a red-headed socialite. She was invariably portrayed vaguely somewhat negatively, usually as Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense. In the pilot episode of Batman Beyond, the socialite who Bruce rescues during his last mission as Batman is none other than Veronica Vreeland's full-grown daughter Bunny. The showrunners stated that they purposely wrote her as being Veronica's daughter both as a Continuity Nod to Batman: The Animated Series and also to show that everyone else in Bruce's life—including former love interests like Veronica—has long since moved on with their lives while Bruce was still fighting a battle that had once again become quite lonely (the point of that was so that when Terry came under Bruce's tutelage 20 years later, it would be a symbolic way of Bruce finding his purpose again). |
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Murder victim Suzanne Reardon in Let Me Call You Sweetheart became a socialite after marrying her husband. She had a lucrative career as a fashion model until she married wealthy architect and contractor Skip Reardon, who was initially happy to support her. Suzanne largely spent her days at a golf club, shopping for luxury items or at swanky parties in and around New York City and conducting affairs with several members of New York's elite. | |
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The Duchess is essentially a Biopic of the Real Life Ur-Example (see below). | |
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Yet another evil example (the Socialite gets a pretty bad rap in literature doesn't she?) is Esme Gigi Genevieve Squalor from A Series of Unfortunate Events. When first introduced she's a Rich Bitch and the self-proclaimed "City's sixth most important financial adviser". She's tactless, vain, obsessed with fashion, and orders her weak husband around. It later turns out that she's having an affair with the story's Big Bad. | |
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The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Birdie has shades of this in the earlier videos, as she mentions traveling to luxury hotels in "Scared Silly" and brings her collection of expensive perfumes in "The Legend of Grimace Island". For the remainder of the series, Birdie's lavish lifestyle isn't addressed and anyone who hadn't seen the respective videos wouldn't have been aware of Birdie's financial status. | |
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Rarity aspires to be a member of Equestria's upper crust (i.e. rich Ponies who live in Canterlot), with the Season 2 episode "Sweet and Elite" featuring her singing a song about it. The same episode also had several negative and positive versions of the character playing off of her: Jet Set and Upper Crust were very much the bad kind: spoiled, elitist, and haughty, who disparages Rarity for her humble origins despite initially loving her (self-made) clothes. Fancy Pants, conversely, is charming, witty, and kind, complimenting Rarity and her friends for their good qualities while not minding at all their rustic backgrounds (hilariously, Jet Set and Upper Crust are devoted hangers-on to Fancy Pants, and are forced to change their tunes about Rarity so they won't fall out of favor with him). Between them is Fleur de Lis, Fancy Pants' wife/girlfriend/escort/forelegcandy (their relationship is never made clear), who mostly just hangs around (and sometimes on) Fancy Pants and never states her opinion either way. Fan interpretation tends to paint her nice like Fancy Pants, though. |
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Mary in Knights of Buena Vista is one, but she still likes to play fantasy games when she isn't attending social events. | |
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Karate Bears like all women, but especially this elegant lady. | |
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Atlas Shrugged: Lillian Rearden, the wife of billionaire industrialist Hank Rearden, envies her husband for his ability and revels in making life unbearable for him while forbidding him from getting a divorce because she needs his wealth and power to maintain her place in high society. Ivy Starnes is the sadistic daughter of the industrialist Jed Starnes who relished seeing people who got on her bad side fall into poverty. Ironically, she had little interest in wealth of her own and lived a life of asceticism, which is depicted as making her even scarier than her hypocritical brothers who preached socialism but lived lives of luxury. That was all in the past, though — by the time we meet her after the bankruptcy of the 20th Century Motor Company, she's living in squalor. |
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Russian Blue calls herself this in the first SPY Fox game. She's also the owner of the cruise ship S.S. Deadweight, was acquitted for a number of Tango-related crimes, and has connections with William the Kid, being the head of Public Relations for his front company, Nectar of the Goats. | |
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The Real Housewives is based around this trope. | |
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Mistborn: Vin impersonates a socialite rather effectively, pretending to be the pampered niece of a high noble. Both she and some actual nobility who appear to fit this character type are magical assassins. | |
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The main character from Yurika's Campus Life defines herself as a socialite, having few other useful skills besides an almost mystical sway over other women. Her desperate economic situation leads her to become a Gold Digger. | |
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