Golddiggers are villains who are and/or want to be rich. They get involved in relationships - especially romantic relationships - solely to profit off of others. They are driven by greed and/or lust to the point where they may attempt to betray and/or murder their fiance(e)s, spouses, children, other family members, and anyone else who stands in their way in order to make even more profit (e.g. Agatha Trunchbull).

The Golddigger archetype is also filled by those who use others around them simply to make money like Billy Flynn, who profits from his clients by turning their trials into media circuses or by those who desire to acquire an inheritance from somebody close to them like Edgar Balthazar, who tries to get Duchess and her kittens out of the way in order to be the sole heir to Madame's fortune. They are the villain equivalent of Fortune Hunters.

Good examples of golddiggers include Barkis Bittern, Lady Tremaine and Prince Hans.