KEY POINTS:
He goes for regular swims in his gold vault, has webbed feet and is the richest fictional character in the world, according to Forbes Magazine.
Notorious penny-pincher Scrooge McDuck, is worth US$28.8 billion ($37 billion) according to Forbes - almost US$8 billion ahead of his nearest rival Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon.
The Forbes Fictional Fifteen names the richest characters in pop culture, worth a staggering combined net worth of US$137 billion.
The original poor little rich boy Richie Rich rounds out the top three. Forbes predicts he is worth US$16.1 billion as the fictional majority stockholder in Cisco Systems and primary investor in Facebook.
Futurama's Mom of MomCorp is the world's wealthiest fictional female, worth US$15.7 billion, and fourth overall.
Fifth place goes to everybody's favourite hillbilly Jed Clampett, whose fortunes sit at an estimated US$11 billion.
The full list:
1. Scrooge McDuck (Duck Tales) - US$28.8 billion
2. Ming the Merciless (Flash Gordon) - US$20.9 billion
3. Richie Rich - US$16.1 billion
4. Mom (Futurama) - US$15.7 billion
5. Jed Clampett (The Beverly Hillbillies) - US$11 billion
6. C. Montgomery Burns (The Simpsons) - US$8.4 billion
7. Carter Pewterschmidt (The Family Guy) -US$7.2 billion
8. Bruce Wayne (Batman) - US$7 billion
9. Thurston Howell III (Gilligan's Island) - US$6.3 billion
10. Tony Stark (Iron Man) - US$6 billion
11. Fake Steve Jobs (The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs) - US$5.7 billion
12. Gomez Addams (The Addams Family) - US$2 billion
13. Willy Wonka (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) - US$1.9 billion
14. Lucius Malfoy (Harry Potter) - US$1.6 billion
15. Princess Peach (Mario Brothers) - US$1.3 billion
