Popular Culture
- In a crossover on The Simpsons, Richie Rich takes the place of his friend Bart Simpson in a clip from the (fictional) episode "Disorder in the Court". In the episode "Three Men and a Comic Book", Bart and Lisa read a Richie Rich comic book and, noticing the facial similarity between Rich and Casper, speculate that maybe Richie became disenchanted with his wealth and killed himself.
- Richie Rich was parodied in the Robot Chicken episode "Yancy the Yo-Yo Boy" with Richie Rich and Cadbury voiced by Seth Green and Richard Rich voiced by Breckin Meyer.
- Richie Rich made a cameo in a MetLife commercial that aired during the 2012 Super Bowl XLVI titled "Everyone". He and Top Cat are shown escorting Daphne Blake from Scooby-Doo out of a limo and blushes at her when he holds her hand for a brief second.
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