[3] He did not receive a name until 1946, when Parker Brothers produced the game Rich Uncle, where his likeness appeared on the box lid, instructions, and currency.
Monopoly with an added monocle gained Internet and media attention[11] by photobombing the CEO of Equifax during a US Senate hearing relating to that credit bureau's data security breach from earlier that same year.
[12] It was an attempt to bring attention to the use of "forced arbitration" to circumvent consumers' rights to sue financial companies in court.
[13] While Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified before Congress on December 11, 2018, a person costumed in a white mustache and black bowler hat as the Monopoly Man was among those seated behind him.
[1] On September 12, 2023, Ian Madrigal again dressed as the Monopoly Man following Kent Walker, the President of Global Affairs at Alphabet Inc., to Google's antitrust trial United States v. Google LLC (2023) at federal court in Washington, D.C.[14] Clue: Candlestick, a mystery comic book by Dash Shaw based on the board game Clue, features Rich Uncle Pennybags in a cameo.
"[15] Vault Boy, the mascot of the Fallout video game series, is based partly on Rich Uncle Pennybags.
Monopoly has been voiced by several voice actors including Tony Waldman,[20] Tony Pope,[21] Wendell Johnson, Dean Hagopian, Mark Dodson,[22] Larry Moran,[23][24] Michael Cornacchia, Harry Aspinwall, Paul J. Kinney, Rowell Gormon, Richard Rapp,[25] and Will Ferrell.