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== Legacy == * '''Political Activism''': In 2017, a staff member of the activist group Public Citizen, dressed as Mr. Monopoly with an added monocle, gained media attention by photobombing the CEO of Equifax during a US Senate hearing. The stunt aimed to highlight the use of "forced arbitration" that limited consumers' rights to sue financial companies.<ref>https://www.npr.org/2017/10/06/555979792/how-monopoly-man-won-the-internet</ref> * '''Appearances at Hearings''': In 2018, during a testimony by Google's CEO Sundar Pichai before Congress, someone dressed as Mr. Monopoly was present in the audience. Again, on September 12, 2023, Ian Madrigal, dressed as Mr. Monopoly, attended Google's antitrust trial, ''United States v. Google LLC''.<ref name="MonopolyManCongressCNBC2">https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/11/monopoly-man-returns-to-congress-for-google-ceo-pichais-hearing.html</ref> * '''Pop Culture References''': Rich Uncle Pennybags makes a cameo in ''Clue: Candlestick'', a comic book based on the board game ''Clue'', where he is referred to as "Milburn." <ref>https://www.adventuresinpoortaste.com/2020/01/28/clue-candlestick-review</ref>The Fallout video game series' mascot, [[Vault Boy]], is partly based on Rich Uncle Pennybags.<ref>http://www.duckandcover.cx/content.php?id=7</ref> * '''Mandela Effect''': A common false memory, known as the Mandela effect, suggests that Mr. Monopoly wore a monocle, though he never did until after this false memory became widely believed. In licensed media, primarily including advertisements and video games, Mr. Monopoly has been voiced by several voice actors including Tony Waldman, Tony Pope, Wendell Johnson, Dean Hagopian, Mark Dodson, Larry Moran, Michael Cornacchia, Harry Aspinwall, and Rowell Gormon.<ref>https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Monopoly/Mr-Monopoly</ref>
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