When it comes to insanely wealthy children's characters, Richie Rich falls far behind the likes of Jed Clampett or Scrooge McDuck. When he was first introduced, Richie Rich was a fussy little trust-fund kid — the son of parents who loved having money so much that they named their only son after it.
But we now live in a different world — a world in which a kid with a robot maid or a dog covered in dollar signs might seem a little gauche. So Netflix's 21-episode Richie Rich reboot begins with one major change: this time, Richie made his own money.
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