Top 10 Fictional Money In Movies And TV

money makes these fictional worlds go

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we're counting down our picks for the

top ten fictional currencies in movies

and TV before we begin

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for this list we're looking at the

made-up forms of money and other legal

tender that fictional characters intend

to use to purchase goods and services

we'll be ranking them based on their

prominence in their respective stories

as well as their design name and

importance to characters this is a

Schrute buck number 10 time in time now

I'd say your money or your life but

since your money is your life this movie

takes the phrase time is money literally

in a future world people stop aging when

they turn 25 and are then given one more

year to live but they can earn even more

how much time a person has left is

stored on devices on their wrists if I

had all that time sure as hell wouldn't

waste it

this central premise drives the plot of

the film in a very inventive way as an

unexpected windfall of time drives the

protagonist will through a series of

events that see him attempting to change

the vast wealth and therefore age gap

inherent in his society we kind of

wonder if daylight savings time is still

a thing though why would you doubt that

number nine cubits the Battlestar

Galactica franchise like the franchise

they come from these fictional coins

have been reinvented since their initial

appearance in the original 70 series

they were true to their name golden

rectangular coins inspired by the

initials of series creator Glenn a

Larson the cubits seen in the reboot

however have the characteristic cut

corners that are found on other objects

used by the Twelve Colonies like paper

this jacket must be worth at least 15

cubits though the post-apocalyptic

nature of most of the series and the

survivors move towards a barter system

relegates cubits primarily to gambling

situations prequel series Caprica offers

more varied scenarios for the currency

to pop up where five years behind

schedule and a half a billion cubits

over budget number eight ud also known

as universal denomination The Chronicles

of Riddick what the bowels of Christ are

you talking about 700 K the protagonist

of the Riddick films Richard B Riddick

is a murderer and a notorious criminal

whose list of offenses is longer than

the number of ways he can kill you

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with such an impressive resume it's

little wonder that Riddick has quite a

bounty on his head in the Riddick verse

that comes in the form of UD or

Universal denomination which comes in

the form of bond notes while their

appearance in the film is blinkin you'll

miss it

prop photos reveal an elaborate

semi-transparent design number seven

spaced bucks

Spaceballs Mel Brooks brilliant spoof of

Star Wars loves to slap the word space

on the front of just about everything

and it's fictional currency is no

exception

space box are more than just a part of

the film's ambiance however they're also

a motivating factor for the protagonists

Lone Star okay a million the roguish

hero and a sidekick barf owe a debt to

pizza the hut and are eager to make a

big score of space bucks by retrieving a

princess for a big reward the currencies

roll and kick starting the movie and its

representation of the film silliness

made it a natural pick space books by

tomorrow

number six the trillion dollar bill The

Simpsons spicy meatball while we also

considered the 300 dollar tricky dick

fun bill from Futurama the trillion

dollar bill plays a more significant

role in this Simpsons episode after an

audit Homer becomes the FBI's Lackey

with the aim of going after a bigger

fish mr. burns himself we're hoping that

as his trusted employee you can help

lead us to it but mr. burns gave me my

job and he hasn't fired me even after

three meltdowns in one China Syndrome

after World War two mr. burns was given

a trillion dollar bill to aid in

Europe's reconstruction but being the

miser he is he never delivered it it

commemorates my liberation of a trillion

dollars that would have been foolishly

splendid

when homers dumb luck leads burns to

admit to having the bill things don't

look good for the gazillion

but Homer decides to aid mr. burns in an

escape to Cuba

on a sidenote don't trust Fidel Castro

with your money give it back good luck

number five latinum the Star Trek

franchise money doesn't exist in the

24th century although the Federation

itself claims to have moved beyond money

plenty of other cultures in the Star

Trek galaxy do use it and none is

featured quite as often as latinum the

preferred tender of the capitalistic

Ferengi take it off your hands for say

seven bars of gold-pressed latinum

introduced in Star Trek Deep Space 9

latinum despite being divided into gold

bricks bars and strips is actually a

liquid pressed inside the gold making it

a unique currency indeed and with

several Ferengi and es nines main cast

the pursuit of latinum acts as a

recurring catalyst for many plots in the

show beautiful item number for clams The

Flintstones franchise this classic

animated sitcom is famous for

substituting animals for modern

conveniences and that extends to money

to $50,000 good The Flintstones and the

rest of the residents of bedrock use

real plans as their currency in a clever

take on the old slang term for money

that's not to say they don't use paper

cash too in fact this is far more

prevalent in the original cartoon where

money is a frequent plot point

clams and alternatively sand dollars are

seen more prominently in the live-action

film adaptations The Flintstones and The

Flintstones in Viva rock Vegas

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number three gold dragon silver stag and

copper penny coins Game of Thrones three

coppers how about a nice fat potato

despite its fantasy setting Game of

Thrones deals a fair amount with

economics while there are several

currencies in the world of Game of

Thrones including gold honors our pick

had to go to the resident coinage of

Westeros I'll take that bet the coins

operate on the gold standard and are

frequently mentioned in connection with

the Crown's debts as a reward or when

comparing cheap things 10 silver stags

seems a generous bounty make it a

hundred

the coins names are probably derived

from the crests or emblems of the series

Great Houses dragons for the Targaryen

's and stags for the Baratheon's still

considering how rich they are you'd

think the Lannisters would have a lion

coin if I had a gold dragon every time I

heard that joke I'd be richer than you

are well you are richer than I am number

two

galactic credit standard also known as

Republic Ataris the Star Wars franchise

guess it's down to you and me while the

name credits is kind of the go-to word

for fictional currency Star Wars does

manage to make up for this shortcoming

with the money's importance to several

plots the pursuit of credits by

characters is a plot point in several

episodes of the various Star Wars

animated series he's right

drinks on the house however their

greatest important to the franchise

occurs in the Phantom Menace when the

party from Naboo is unable to use

Republic credits on Tatooine they bet on

one Anakin Skywalker to prove victorious

in a pod race so he can win his freedom

and they can get the parts they need

effectively leading to many of the

important events in the franchise

credits will do fine oh won't before we

get to our top pick here are some

honorable mentions how bad does someone

wanna find you every bison dollar will

be worth five British pounds

room 8b team number one galleons sickles

and Canute's the Harry Potter franchise

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when you think of fictional currency

these Wizarding coins are some of the

first to spring to mind

similar to Game of Thrones galleons are

gold

sickles are silver and Canute's are

bronze in the Harry Potter books fake

versions were used as a communication

tool for the young rebellious Wizards of

Dumbledore's Army while this detail is

removed from the film's currency is

still often featured Harry's discovery

that his parents left him rich serves as

one of many indicators that he's left

his old life behind didn't think your

mum and dad would leave you with nothing

though did you in addition in the final

movie he and his friends find themselves

nearly killed by some rapidly

multiplying galleons and other treasures

inside a vault do you agree with our

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