Poor Little Richbillies

Poor Little Richbillies is a Riches segment aired on the eighth episode of the Richie Rich cartoon series, as part of The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show. The segment was first broadcast December 27, 1980 on ABC.
== Summary ==
At the Rich Estate, a family reunion is taking place, and Richie notices that it gets bigger every year. Dollar then develops a sudden crush on a poodle, then daydreams about being a sultan in India trying to get romantic with her, then Dollar asks her to dance, but the poodle rejects him, and then throws Dollar into a barbecue rotisserie. He then lands on the table near the punch bowl, causing it to fly in the air, and lands on the poodle, causing her owner to scold Dollar for his antic. Suddenly, Richie became interested in finding out who his poorest relatives are.
Thanks to a computer search, he retrieved hillbilly relatives Cousin Alfalfy Rich and his wife, Thistle, as his results. He and Dollar flew to Alfalfy's estate in Pigswill Hollow, Tennessee. Meanwhile, two city slickers wanted to purchase Alfalfy's property because there is oil on the property. Alfalfy turned down their final offer, but vow to claim the land somehow.
After Richie and Dollar arrive, they rode in a horse-drawn limousine to Alfalfy's estate. When entering the house, he was greeted by an English butler, which amazed Richie, and a robot maid bearing resemblance to Irona (who was later revealed to be named Daisyrona in "I Say You All"), only with messy hair. Alfalfy showed Richie all the places on the estate, including a swimming hole shaped like a cents sign, two chickens on his farm, and his pet pig, No Cents.
Then, the city slickers believe there is oil on Alfalfy's property, so they use a giant fan that produces hurricane-force winds, but when their plan fails, they resort to using locusts, which end up attacking Richie's clothes. Then, after a mishap by Dollar, Richie discovers a puddle of oil into which Dollar fell from a tree, and it was learned that there are bad guys trying to make Alfalfy and Thistle give up their land to claim oil.
After the thugs were captured, Alfalfy is disappointed over losing his home and decides to search for logs to rebuild his home, but Richie mentioned his father is instantly bringing in a mansion-shaped dwelling made of wood via helicopter. Then, a large number of relatives attended a party on Alfalfy's lawn. A poodle attempted to dance with Dollar to fiddle music, but No Cents was angry and tossed Dollar into the punch bowl as the pig and the poodle were dancing.
== Trivia ==
* This segment is a loose adaptation of the 1960s comic book story "That's Rich!" However, unlike this segment, the comic book version did not involve bad guys, and also featured Gloria Glad in the end.
* The background music heard when Richie arrived to Alfalfy and Thistle's house, was recycled from the beginning of the episode "Wild West Cavey" on Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels.
* Alfalfy and Thistle would appear in only one other segment, "I Say You All", during the third season.
* Regina Rich and Richard Rich, Sr. have brief, non-speaking cameo appearances in this segment whenever a family reunion takes place.
* At one point, Richie referred to Thistle and Alfalfy as "Mammy" and "Pappy", despite that they are his cousins.
* Alfalfy is not to be confused with Alfalfa from the future cartoon spinoff The Little Rascals.
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