A wealthy man, Goodman, is told he has another child in Mexico and the mother is demanding $5 million a month in child support. To avoid paying, Goodman hires a poor man, Marvin, to teach him how to live like a poor person so that he can convincingly claim he doesn't have the money. Marvin teaches Goodman how to live frugally, including wearing cheap clothes, eating ramen noodles, and drinking tap water. However, Goodman struggles to adapt to his new lifestyle and eventually decides to pay the child support rather than continue living like a poor person.
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1. A child's SpongeBob book is incorrect, showing SpongeBob with two tongues.
2. The child's parent is upset and plans to call Nickelodeon to complain.
3. The parent, Goodman, has discovered he has another child in Mexico and the mother is asking for $5 million a month in child support.
4. Goodman doesn't want to pay the child support and decides to pretend to be poor by moving his money to an offshore bank account.
5. Goodman hires Marvin to teach him how to be poor and pays him $10,000.
6. Marvin's first rule for being poor is not to give people money.
7. Marvin tells Goodman to sell his Lamborghini and buy a cheaper car.
8. Goodman buys a Porsche, thinking it's a poor car because of the name.
9. Marvin corrects Goodman that Porsche is a expensive car brand.
10. Marvin takes Goodman to Goodwill to buy cheap clothes.
11. Goodman is resistant to wearing the cheap clothes and smells bad.
12. Chives, Goodman's butler, helps Goodman with his meal, but Goodman is not used to eating simple food like ramen noodles.
13. Goodman is not allowed to call his butler because poor people don't have butlers.
14. Goodman has to learn to wipe his own butt and not have his butler do it for him.
15. Marvin tells Goodman that poor people don't drink expensive water and instead drink tap water.
16. Goodman's haircut costs $20,000, which is too expensive for a poor person.
17. Goodman spends a lot of money on unnecessary things, like a $250,000 down payment to see the Titanic in a submarine.
18. Goodman's son, Richard, calls him to ask for money to rent out Disney World, but Goodman has to say no because he's pretending to be poor.
19. Marvin suggests lowering Richard's credit limit to $100.
20. Goodman learns how to unclog a toilet, but doesn't want to do it and would rather pay the child support.
21. Goodman decides to pay the child support and not pretend to be poor anymore.
22. Marvin and Goodman are left with the $10,000 Goodman paid him to teach him how to be poor.
23. The parent, Goodman, calls Nickelodeon to complain about the SpongeBob book and is told it would cost $10,000 to have it republished.