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==Popular culture== [[File:John Pierpont Morgan memorial.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|John Pierpont Morgan memorial in [[Cedar Hill Cemetery (Hartford, Connecticut)|Cedar Hill Cemetery]] ]] * A contemporary literary biography of Morgan is used as an allegory for the financial environment in America after World War I in the second volume, ''Nineteen Nineteen'', of [[John Dos Passos]]' [[U.S.A. trilogy|''U.S.A.'' trilogy]]. * Morgan appears as a character in Caleb Carr's novel ''[[The Alienist]]'',<ref>{{cite book | last=Carr| first=Caleb| title=The Alienist| url=https://archive.org/details/alienist000carr| url-access=registration| year=1994| publisher=Random House| isbn=9780679417798}}</ref> in E. L. Doctorow's novel ''[[Ragtime (novel)|Ragtime]]'',<ref>{{cite book | last=Doctorow| first=E. L.| title=Ragtime| url=https://archive.org/details/ragtimedocto00doct| url-access=registration| year=1975| publisher=Random House| isbn=9780394469010}}</ref> in Steven S. Drachman's novel ''[[The Ghosts of Watt O'Hugh]]'',<ref>{{cite book | last=Drachman| first=Steven S.| title=The Ghosts of Watt O'Hugh|year=2011| isbn=9780578085906| pages=2, 17–28, 33–34, 70–81, 151–159, 195| publisher=Chickadee Prince Books}}</ref> in Graham Moore's novel ''The Last Days of Night,''<ref>{{cite book | last=Moore| first=Graham| title=The Last Days of Night| year=2016| publisher=Random House}}</ref> and in [[Heather Terrell|Marie Benedict]] and [[Victoria Christopher Murray]]'s novel ''The Personal Librarian''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Benedict|first=Marie|title=The Personal Librarian|publisher=Berkley|year=2021|isbn=978-0593101537}}</ref> * Morgan is believed to have been the model for Walter Parks Thatcher (played by [[George Coulouris]]), guardian of the young ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' (film directed by [[Orson Welles]]) with whom he has a tense relationship—Kane blaming Thatcher for destroying his childhood.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.filmsite.org/citi.html |title=Citizen Kane (1941) |publisher=Filmsite.org |date=May 1, 1941 |access-date=April 7, 2013}}</ref> * According to Phil Orbanes, former vice president of Parker Brothers, the [[Rich Uncle Pennybags]] of the American version of the board game ''[[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]]'' is modeled after J. P. Morgan.<ref>Association of Game and Puzzle Collectors Quarterly www.AGPC.ORG summer 2013 Vol.15 No. 2. Page 18. Meet Daniel Gidahlia Fox - The Artist Who Created "Mr. Monopoly" by Emily F.Clements.</ref> The family of the illustrator Daniel Fox, who in 1936 created the mascot for the game, have credited J. P. Morgan as being the inspiration for the character.<ref>{{cite web|last=Turpin |first=Zachary |title=Interview: Phil Orbanes, Monopoly Expert (Part Two) |url=http://www.bookofodds.com/Daily-Life-Activities/Hobbies-Recreation/Articles/A0725-Interview-Phil-Orbanes-Monopoly-Expert-Part-Two |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502234420/http://bookofodds.com/Daily-Life-Activities/Hobbies-Recreation/Articles/A0725-Interview-Phil-Orbanes-Monopoly-Expert-Part-Two |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 2, 2010 |publisher=Book of Odds |access-date=February 20, 2012 }}</ref> * Morgan's career is highlighted in episodes three and four of the History Channel's ''[[The Men Who Built America]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistorychannelclub.com/articles/articletype/articleview/articleid/1631/the-men-who-built-america|title=The Men Who Built America > The History Channel Club|date=September 30, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930003432/http://www.thehistorychannelclub.com/articles/articletype/articleview/articleid/1631/the-men-who-built-america|archive-date=September 30, 2012}}</ref> * "My Name Is Morgan (But It Ain't J.P.)" – 1906 popular song released as an [[Edison cylinder]] recording, with words by Will A. Mahoney, music by [[Halsey K. Mohr]], and sung by [[Bob Roberts (singer)|Bob Roberts]]. Originally released as a "[[coon song]]" but revised over the years, a poor man named Morgan tells his girlfriend not to mistake him for a rich man.<ref>Cass Canfield, The Incredible Pierpont Morgan: financier and art collector; Harper & Row (1974), p. 125</ref><ref>David A. Jasen, A Century of American Popular Music, Routledge, October 15, 2013, page 142</ref> * 1950s popular singer, later game show panelist [[Jaye P. Morgan]], born Mary Margaret Morgan, acquired the nickname reflecting J.P. Morgan while serving as her high school class treasurer. * The villain of [[Street Fighter 6]] is an elderly upper-class banker that uses a variety of aliases, all of which have the initials "JP." He claims to have lived for over one hundred years, empowered by his business association with [[M. Bison]]
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