Fan Page: RICHIE RICH

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I have a theory about Richie Rich that I'm going to force upon all you folks, so bear with me here.

Once upon a time there was a very, very rich child. He had a very happy childhood full of friends, action, wacky inventions and so many adventures that helped this child develop a very strong sense of right and wrong, good and evil, moral versus immoral. He loved his rich parents and his rich parents loved him. They even went so far as to publish a comic book and make cartoons about his adventures, but since they did kind of reveal personal information about their private life, they used the pseudonym of "Richie Rich".

But then, one terrible evening on the way home from seeing a movie, this "Richie Rich" witnessed the brutal murder of both his parents by a mugger.

"Richie Rich" died that day, because that's the day that young Bruce Wayne made his vow to fight crime and avenge his parents deaths. Years later, after years of training, he returned to his faithful butler "Cadbury" and started using his vast family fortune to fight crime as... THE BATMAN.

Yes, that's right... RICHIE RICH IS JUST THE PRE-TRAUMATIC ADVENTURES OF YOUNG BRUCE WAYNE!!!

Trust me... every back-issue of the Richie Rich comic book I've read makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE now! It's opening layers and layers of character development for both Richie Rich AND Batman! YOU KNOW IT'S THE TRUTH! n It just makes SO MUCH SENSE!

So anywho, if Richie Rich was one of your favorites don't forget to leave a few kind words and maybe even go to vote for it in our Best Of 1981 Poll!

Comments

[tardis-chan.livejournal.com]

I love it. xD

[aurora77]

I love this theory so much. It amuses me on so many levels. I love to watch my friends' faces as they try to process it. XD

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Batman would approve.

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

I forget if Bart Simpson said this, but didn't he or someone compare Casper to Richie? In that, Casper is the ghost version of Richie.

Fun theory, vis-a-vis character design. Heh.

[children-of-lir.livejournal.com]

Bart: Well, you know what I think? I think Casper is the ghost of Richie Rich.
Lisa: Hey, they do look alike!
Bart: Wonder how Richie died.
Lisa: Perhaps he realized how hollow the pursuit of money really is and took his own life.
Marge: Kids, could you lighten up a little?


— The Simpsons ("Three Men and a Comic Book")

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I knew the Simpsons addressed the matter, but I wasn't sure when they did it. Apparently, they did it from the very early days. Good times.

[aurora77]

Apparently that's a theory that's been going around for a very long time.

Which would make Casper the ghost of Bruce Wayne? My mind. It is blown.

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Well, who's to say Casper can't transcend reality? He'd be like another DC hero, Deadman. Heh.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Check it: After a lifetime of punching, kicking and otherwise fighting everyone he came across and being paranoid about anyone he didn't meet in person, when Batman died his spirit was doomed to roam the Earth looking for a mortal who would befriend him as he once was, an innocent child...

SpooooOOOooooky...

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Amongst other sources (The Richie Rich / Casper connection has been around at least since the 1970's), they put the idea on TV as a bit on Family Guy. But no one, as far as I know, has ever made the Richie Rich / Brice Wayne" connection except for me :)

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Good to know who to credit, should the theory take off. Heh.

[linger-awhile.livejournal.com]

Interesting theory, lol. I've so far only seen the one where Richie Rich died and became Casper the Friendly Ghost, since they look pretty much identical. XD

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

...Which just goes to prove my OTHER theory that Casper is the ghost of Batman! Having spent his entire life fighting and punching and kicking pretty much anyone he met, when Batman died he was cursed to search the Earth looking for a mortal that would just be his friend.

IT ALL MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!!!

[linger-awhile.livejournal.com]

This is just BEGGING to be a Cracked.com article....you know that, right? XD

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm... not a bad idea! Thanks!

And as for Jackie Jokers, well...

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[johnevans.livejournal.com]

Mind = blown.

[janusfiles.livejournal.com]

Well, it does explain where he got all those wonderful toys . . .

I love this.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

My biggest hope is that some day I'll see this come back around to me and everyone will be all "I wonder who thought of this Richie Rich / Bruce Wayne theory" and I'll get to be all "Oh, that? That was me" :)