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Rich Uncle Pennybags is the round old man with a moustache in a top hat who serves as the mascot of the game ''Monopoly''. In large parts of the world he is also, or even exclusively, known as Mr. Monopoly. He also appears in the related games ''Advance to Boardwalk'', ''Free Parking'', ''Don't Go to Jail'', ''Monopoly City'', ''Monopoly Junior'', and ''Monopoly Deal''. The character first appeared on Chance and Community Chest cards in U.S. editions of ''Monopoly'' in 1936. The identity of the artist who designed the character was long a mystery. In 2013 Wendy Wolfe, granddaughter of the artist, having read historian and author Philip Orbanes remarks that the artist was unknown, contacted Orbanes. He then obtained from the artist's children material identifying their father as the artist and delivered a paper at the June 4, 2013 meeting of the Association of Puzzle and Game Collectors, ''Meet Dan FoxX – The Artist Who Created “Mr. Monopoly”''. .〔Association of Game and Puzzle Collectors Quarterly www.AGPC.ORG summer 2013 Vol.15 No. 2. Page 18. Meet Dan Fox-- The Artist Who Created "Mr. Monopoly" by Philip E.Orbanes〕 ==History== The unnamed character made his first appearance outside of ''Monopoly'' within the Parker Brothers' game ''Dig'', released in 1940, before the U.S. entered World War II. The character did not receive a name until 1946 when the game ''Rich Uncle'' was published by Parker Brothers. His likeness appeared on that game's box lid, game instructions, and currency. Between 1985 and 2008, the character appeared in the second "O" in the word ''Monopoly'' as part of the game's logo. More recently, the character is depicted over the word "Monopoly", drawn in a 3-D style, and extending his right hand. The character, however, no longer appears uniformly on every Monopoly game box.〔(Hasbro Toy Shop ) page for Monopoly. The mascot character appears only on the Standard Edition set.〕〔(USAopoly ) page for Monopoly. The mascot character appears on only about half of the editions shown.〕 In 1988, Orbanes published the first edition of his book ''The Monopoly Companion''. In the book, all of the characters that appear on the ''Monopoly'' board or within the decks of cards received a name. Uncle Pennybags' full name was given as Milburn Pennybags, the character "In Jail" is named "Jake, the Jailbird", and the police officer on Go to Jail is named "Officer Mallory".〔 In 1999, Rich Uncle Pennybags was renamed Mr. Monopoly. During the same year, a ''Monopoly Jr.'' CD-ROM game was released within cereal boxes as part of a General Mills promotion. This game introduced Mr. Monopoly's niece and nephew, Sandy and Andy. According to the book, ''Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game & How It Got That Way'' and ''The Monopoly Companion'', Mr. Monopoly has a second nephew named Randy, although the Monopoly Companion mistakenly refers to Sandy as a boy. ''Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game & How It Got That Way'' also states that Mr. Monopoly has a wife named Madge. He is named as the sixth richest fictional character in the 2006 ''Forbes Fictional 15'' list on its website and the ninth richest in 2011. Rich Uncle Pennybags has influenced or been parodied in popular culture. The movies ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'' and ''Mr. Deeds'' featured characters who resemble Rich Uncle Pennybags, prompting the main characters to refer to each of them as "The Monopoly Guy". An animated character resembling Rich Uncle Pennybags has appeared numerous times in ''The Simpsons'', often alongside fellow plutocrat Montgomery Burns. These episodes include "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo," "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love," and "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story." A 1986 ''Saturday Night Live'' sketch featured Jon Lovitz portraying Uncle Pennybags as a criminal lawyer who used his Get Out of Jail Free cards to constantly frustrate the police. Mr. Monopoly also appeared on two seasons of ''Family Game Night'' where he hands out Community Chest combination cards to the teams after each game. He also served as an inspiration for Vault Boy, the mascot of the ''Fallout series''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rich Uncle Pennybags」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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