In the world of fiction, characters can be motivated by wildly different things.
While one character will be motivated by a desire to do what’s right,
another finds motivation in making their enemies' lives as painful as possible. Then,
there are the characters that are motivated by greed. Greedy characters can be found in every
entertainment medium, including animation. Though they may go by different names,
their goals will always be the same, and that is to generate as much wealth as possible.
I’m ______ with WickedBinge, and this is Cartoon Characters: Greedy to Most Greedy
For this list, we’ll start off with the least greedy characters,
and work our way up to the most greedy.
Kicking things off, we have Grunkle Stan of “Gravity Falls”! Stan Pines is quite the
con artist, a fact we learn very early on in the show’s run. He runs the “Mystery Shack”,
a tourist trap that is full of cheap items. Stan preys on the unassuming tourists who come to the
shack, and he’s never the character who will turn down a quick buck. If Stan sees an item
that could be the source of income, he will gladly steal it. Grunkle Stan is definitely a con artist,
but as the show progresses, we start to see that there is much more to this character than greed.
Stan grew up poor for most of his life, so it makes sense as to why he loves money so much.
He wanted to make a name for himself, and in that regard, he succeeded. Stan also cares
more for the people around him than pretty much anyone else on this list. Though he is often
the reason Dipper and Mabel get into hijinks, he legitimately cares about them and their wellbeing.
Stan’s evolution as a character is probably best shown in the finale of the series,
where he sacrifices himself to save everyone from the villainous Bill Cipher. By the time you get
to this point in the show, you’ll be shocked to remember this character was ever greedy!
As you’ll see soon enough, this is a feat that almost none of the other characters on this list
would do. Overall, Grunkle Stan might not be the most humble cartoon character, but he easily
has the biggest heart out of any character on this list, earning him our bottom spot!
From one Disney uncle to another, our next character is Scrooge McDuck from “DuckTales”! For
this character, we’ll be taking inspiration from both the original 1989 series, as well as the 2017
reboot. Scrooge McDuck is easily the richest duck in all of Duckburg. With such a fortune comes,
you guessed it, greed. Scrooge is a notorious penny pincher. Remember, his name is Scrooge!
In his eyes, being the richest duck is not enough. He is always after more and more money,
never quite satisfied with what he has. Though his desire for money knows no bounds, Scrooge
isn’t heartless. He loves his three nephews, and cherises family over anything else. This is
best seen in an episode of the original cartoon, where he falls under a love spell that can only
be broken if he realizes it will cost that which he loves most. The nephews soon find out it isn’t
his money that he holds in such regard, but his family. The 2017 reboot also places a big emphasis
on his family, as it is his nephews whose lust for adventure pulls him out of his long depression.
Scrooge also values hard work above all other means of gaining fortune, and he hates those who
have acquired money through illegitimate means. Scrooge even shows compassion for his foes, who
he has saved from near death on several occasions. Scrooge might have shades of greed to him,
but he is far more honorable than the rest of the characters on this list, getting him this spot!
Next up, it’s Eddy from “Ed, Edd n Eddy”! Of the three Eds, Eddy is far and away the greediest
one. He’s always coming up with scams to steal the cul-de-sac kids’ money and get that which
he desires most: jawbreakers! Eddy is higher on our list than our first two characters because
he lacks much of the compassion that Scrooge and Stan have for their loved ones. Eddy is selfish,
and has no problem working against the interest of his friends. One episode saw Eddy manipulate
Ed into buying jawbreakers with money that his sister Sarah gave him for fudge. Predictably,
this comes back to bite Eddy in the rear. That also leads us into why he isn’t higher on this
list. Eddy’s scams rarely, if ever, work out. His scams are often poorly thought out,
and the others in the cul-de-sac are quick to see through his plans. In our eyes,
it’s hard to see Eddy as all that greedy when he never has a dime to his name. In addition,
though his compassion isn’t quite as noticeable as the preceding entries, Eddy does have a heart.
More than money or jawbreakers, what Eddy truly craves is acceptance by his peers.
This is made abundantly clear in the TV movie, “Big Picture Show”, where Eddy reveals he made
up everything about his brother in an attempt to get others to like him. Eddy
is not the most compassionate character on our list, but he’s also far from the most selfish,
giving him this spot on the list! Now, how about you be a pal and lend this guy a quarter?
Our next candidate is another loud-mouthed kid, Montana Max from “Tiny Toons Adventures”! Max
is as boisterous as he is rich. If it weren’t already obvious, that means he is extremely rich.
He owns several pollution companies, lives in an extravagant mansion, and literally counts
his money as one of his hobbies. Max’s greed causes him to give little thought about others.
In his mind, the money should serve him and him alone. In fact, he typically uses
his money to ruin the days of those he hates, most notably Buster and Babs. Max is also never
happy with what he has. He loves to acquire more wealth, and he’ll do that using whatever means
necessary. Whether it be taking over a smaller corporation or destroying the environment,
if it gets him money, he’ll do it. Max is definitely the greediest character so far,
but like those who came before him, he does have some humanity. Montana Max actually wasn’t rich
at all when he was born. Max was born into poverty, and only acquired his wealth after
winning the lottery. He was a far kinder person before becoming rich, and even had friends during
this period in his life. Though he changed for the worse because of his newly found fortune,
some elements of humanity still seep through on occasion. Like Eddy before him, Max is insecure,
as he often believes nobody likes him. This results in him needing to rent a friend on a few
occasions! We also hold Max back from being higher on the list because, despite his selfishness,
he’s only a kid. While that doesn’t make him any less greedy, it does make it a
tad more understandable. Kids are greedy! All in all, Max is greedy, but not enough
to be at the top of our list. He’ll probably hate us for saying that, but it is the truth!
Make way for the next character on our list! From “The Powerpuff Girls”, we have Princess Morbucks!
Morbucks is certainly a greedy child, but we think you can assume that from her name alone. Out of
all the characters on this list, Morbucks is the one you can most easily call a spoiled brat. She’s
the daughter of the wealthy Mr. Morbucks, and she can get everything she desires from him. If
he won’t give her something, all she needs to do is throw a temper tantrum, and then he will
quickly throw a stack of cash in her face. Her refusal to take “no” for an answer, naturally,
causes problems for her when the Powerpuff Girls refuse to make her a member. From that point on,
Morbucks became one of the Powerpuff Girls’ most recurring foes. Morbucks, above everything else,
craves power. She doesn’t want to become a Powerpuff Girl out of heroism, but for
the fame it will give her. She even became the mayor of Townsville in an episode, although her
tenure was hardly a successful one. We ultimately rank her on the lower end of this list because,
as we mentioned prior, she is more of a spoiled brat than anything else. While she doesn’t
exhibit the positive traits any of our earlier characters did, she is still far less greedy
than her successors. Sorry Morbucks, looks like you won’t be going home with a gold medal today!
Next up is a “Looney Tunes” legend, Daffy Duck! One of the most iconic characters in the entire
franchise, Daffy can be seen as the foil to Bugs Bunny. As such, it shouldn’t be shocking
that Daffy tends to be on the greedier side of things. Like Morbucks before him,
Daffy doesn’t just desire money, but also the fame that comes with it. Daffy wants to
be the center of attention, which often leads him to odds with the series' actual mascot,
Bugs. Be it the Chuck Jones shorts, “Space Jam”, or “The Looney Tunes Show”, Daffy seemingly always
has a penchant for fame. Though he loves fame, he’s definitely not the type of guy to turn down
a scheme to get rich, either. He’ll go as far as to try and tame the Tasmanian Devil,
so long as he gets a reward out of it. Though greedy is a big part of Daffy’s character,
we have a few reasons as to why he isn’t higher on the list. One of the reasons is because his
characterization does have a tendency to change. Depending on the era and the creator guiding him,
Daffy’s greedy nature will appear and disappear. Daffy also does have limits regarding what he’ll
go through to get rich. In the short “His Bitter Half”, Daffy married a widow because
he desired her fortune. Things take a turn for the worse when she begins to put him to work
doing chores. The situation doesn’t get any better when she forces him to spend time with her son,
which finally makes him regret his choices. While he has limits and different interpretations to his
character, greed remains a major part of Daffy’s character in all his modern iterations. Besides,
how many other characters on this list were cast as Scrooge in their obligatory
“A Christmas Carol” spoofs? If that doesn’t get him a spot here, we don’t know what will!
Next up on the list is Carter Pewterschmidt from “Family Guy”! The owner of Pewterschmidt
Industries, Carter is a pretty stereotypical rich businessman. He sees money as the only way
to achieve happiness, and there is little anyone can do to make him see otherwise.
His closest friends are also wealthy CEOs, like Bill Gates and Ted Turner. Carter even managed
to take control of CNN away from Turner for a time! Carter’s also not exactly charitable with
his money, and that is especially true when his son-in-law comes into the conversation.
Carter despises Peter, going as far as to offer him one million dollars if he didn’t marry Lois.
What really proves Carter’s greed, however, is the events of the episode “The Old Man and the Big C”,
Carter is diagnosed with cancer. Luckily for him though, Carter has the cure for cancer,
and quickly uses it to cure himself. After being confronted about it, he reveals he’s had it for
years, but withheld it from the public out of fear that it would hurt the sale of his
treatment pharmaceuticals. He soon admits he’ll make the cure public, but just as quickly goes
back on his word. The only reason we don’t have Carter higher on the list is because,
at times, he does have a conscience. Carter does team up with Peter on occasion, and though
he rarely shows it, he does care deeply for his family. Enjoy that while you can people, because
this is the last character who we can truly say that about! Carter’s compassion is enough to keep
him out of the top five, but his greed makes sure he sits right in the middle of our list!
In our next spot comes Cruella De Vil from Disney’s “101 Dalmatians”! A fashion designer,
Cruella is utterly obsessed with fur coats. To paraphrase her, she lives for furs, and worships
furs. She becomes particularly infatuated with a set of ninety-nine dalmatian puppies,
who she wants so she can make a spotted fur coat. Cruella ranks this high on our list
because she has nothing silly like a conscience or a heart to stand in the way of her greed!
Cruella wants those puppies, and she’ll stop at nothing to get them! Whether she tries to
kidnap them herself or use the henchmen Jasper and Horace, she will repeatedly try to get her hands
on the dalmatians and their beloved spots. Cruella is very much the greediest character on our list
so far. After all, you’ve gotta be pretty money hungry to make a fur coat out of puppies! However,
we feel she tends to get lost in her greed. Despite numerous attempts, Cruella always fails
to get the dalmatians. You’ll see that not only do our following entries have greedier traits,
but they are also more successful in achieving them. With all that in mind,
it’s hard to put her any higher on the list. Still, she can at least take solace in the
fact that she’s the greediest Disney character to make it on this list!
From the world of tomorrow comes our next entry, Mom from “Futurama”! From the eyes of
an ordinary citizen, Mom, otherwise known as Carol Miller, seems like exactly what her name implies.
She has a very warm persona, and takes her title as the mother to all robots very literally. That,
however, is merely a facade. In reality, Mom is a cold and calculating individual.
As the CEO of the Mom’s Friendly Robot Company, she holds a near monopoly on the Earth’s robots.
Beyond that, she also possesses several other companies, including almost all the delivery
companies on Earth. This tends to put her in direct competition with the Planet Express crew,
who are the only company standing in her way of becoming a monopoly in this area, too. Mom has no
issue playing dirty to weed out the competition, either. She frequently uses shady tactics to get
rid of competition, which makes her all the worse of a thorn in the backside of the Planet Express.
The only reason Mom isn’t higher on this list is because we just feel like the other characters on
this list are a bit greedier. Don’t let that fool you, though. Mom is so eager to make a fast dime
that she has even copyrighted the word “love”. Not only is that greedy, but that’s also pretty evil!
In another future, our Bronze Medal of Greed goes to Cosmo Spacely of “The Jetsons”!
In the far-off future of 2062, Spacely is the president of Spacely Space Sprockets, and the
boss of George Jetson. He also holds the honor of being one of many characters voiced by the late,
great Mel Blanc. On the surface, Spacely seems like little more than the stereotypical grumpy
boss seen in dozens of TV shows. He’s the type of boss who will fire his employees for even the
smallest of offenses. However, there is definitely a dark side to this president. Spacely’s greed
drives him more than anything else, which isn’t too surprising. After all, if he wasn’t that way,
why else would he be on this list? Well, he’s this high up because of what his greed nearly
led him to do in the theatrical Jetsons movie. In this film, he nearly destroyed an entire planet
that was the home to an alien race. Only after intervention from George Jetson does he finally
relent, but it really does show how greedy he is to have even contemplated doing this. The only
thing that’s more surprising than that is the fact that we have two more characters to go through!
In second place, we’re handing out the Silver Medal of Greed to Mr. Burns from “The Simpsons”!
Let’s be honest with ourselves, greed and Mr. Burns go together like peanut butter and jelly.
Considered by Forbes to be the richest character in all of fiction, Mr. Burns owns almost
all of the companies in Springfield. If there’s a company in Springfield, Burns has either bought
it, or is definitely thinking about buying it. As a child, Burns wasn’t greedy from the get go, but
it didn’t take long for him to become the way we know him today. He made fun of the poor, and later
became the sole inheritor of his grandfather's fortune after his siblings...let’s just say,
“disappeared”. Mr. Burns is a man determined to get what he wants. In most cases, that is
to become even more wealthy, and he’ll come up with plenty of plans to do just that. If he wants
more people spending money on his electricity, then he’ll simply block out the sun! And what
happens if his workers try to go on strike against him? Well, he’ll turn off all the electricity in
Springfield entirely! Mr. Burns is the textbook example of a cartoonishly evil rich man. While
he does have moments of humanity, like some of his interactions with Homer, they more often than not
feel like a mask to disguise his true persona. With such money hungry actions under his belt,
Mr. Burns had to be at the top of our list. There is only one person who surpasses him in greed…
And getting the Gold Medal of Greed is that person! Who else could it be other than Mr.
Krabs from “Spongebob Squarepants”? Now, we don’t need to tell you that Mr. Krabs is greedy,
because you already know that. He’s the only character on this list to have sold somebody’s
soul for the high price of sixty-two cents, and he’s even lost his arms over a penny. What we do
need to tell you is why we feel Mr. Krabs is the greediest person on this list. Sure, he’s greedy,
but is he really worse in that regard than some of the other characters on this list? In our opinion,
that answer is yes! Just imagine for a moment if all these characters were locked in a room
together, and a penny sat in the middle of the floor. Out of all these characters, who would
make the biggest rush to get that penny? Without a doubt, it has to be Mr. Krabs! Not only that,
but we feel Mr. Krabs would have no problem doing any of the other characters' greediest
deeds if they made him money. Spacely might have had second thoughts about destroying a planet,
but we are not so sure about that in Krabs’ case. Krabs isn’t the greatest at
giving his loved ones gifts, either. He often resorts to the cheapest things he can find,
which tends to become a mission all on its own. Lastly, must we remind you that he doesn’t even
seem to pay his employees? Say whatever you want about the likes of Spacely and Burns,
but at least they paid the people who worked for him! With all of this in mind, Mr. Krabs easily
gets the title of most greedy, a trophy which we hope he’ll display right next to his first dollar!
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