Before I start, it turns out Forbes comes up with a list of the 15 richest fictional characters every year since 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_Fictional_1519th November happens to be Mickey's 83rd year, thank to my friend's post on FB. So, one thing led to another and I found myself reading Uncle Scrooge's article for what must be the nth time. This time I found out that Mc Duck has been included in Forbes rich list every year since 2002 and has topped it many times including this year.
The notable omission : Mr. Lodge. The fact that a publication like Forbes doesn't even register Mr. Lodge on it's radar speaks poorly of the riches of the Lodges. No wonder Mr. Lodge gets into fits when Ron goes on a spending spree.
What makes this fact more interesting is a strip ( Sunday, because it spanned many panels ) which I read in the 90s.
In the strip Ron makes some calls to other rich fictional characters from her poolside. I somewhat remember her rants to Richie Rich and Scrooge Mc Duck.
She told Richie that she bought and sold 15 like him before and after breakfast.
She told Uncle Scrooge to be careful or something like that or she will have him in orange sauce.
The script ends with her gloating on her No. 1 Rich rank.
Well, seems either Ron was getting delusional and bragging in vain or Lodge Industries suffered heavily in the 2000-2001 bust period.
The list for 2011 is here :
http://www.forbes.com/lists/fictional15/2011/forbes-fictional-15.html
