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* Played for laughs in ''Series/{{Healer}}'' when Jung Hoo is just barely starting to come to terms with the fact that he may have romantic feelings for Young Shin her first crush buys the newspaper where she works and becomes their boss. Since she already told him she had a crush on the man he then spends several episodes going out of his way to get in between them while not dropping the persona of Bong Soo the incompetent coward.
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** Shae isn't happy to hear her love interest Tyrion was once a client of Ros or that he (like ''all'' men) finds Sansa Stark attractive.

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** Shae isn't happy to hear her love interest Tyrion was once a client of Ros or that he (like ''all'' men) finds his wife Sansa Stark attractive.attractive, despite being genuinely protective of her. This paranoia never really leaves, even when it becomes clear Tyrion did not consummate their marriage. Sansa is young, pretty, and (as far as King's Landing knows) heir to Winterfell. She's everything a low-born prostitute fears she cannot compete with in the long run.
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* ''Series/{{Jessie}}'': Tony in the episode "JessieScript/{{Green Eyed Monster}}".

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* ''Series/{{Jessie}}'': Tony in the episode "JessieScript/{{Green Eyed Monster}}"."Green-Eyed Monster".
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* ''Series/{{Jessie}}'': Tony in the episode "JessieScript/{{Green Eyed Monster}}".
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** Even though Jaime is fully aware that Tywin had arranged the forced betrothal between Cersei and Loras, and that the latter is a gay man, he is ''very'' jealous that Loras will marry Cersei while he himself cannot. Jaime threatens Loras' life over this issue when they meet at the Purple Wedding (although it backfires spectacularly).
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** Cersei becomes a full-fledged ClingyJealousGirl when she confronts Brienne about her FireForgedFriendship with her brother Jaime.

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** Cersei becomes a full-fledged ClingyJealousGirl when she confronts Brienne about her FireForgedFriendship with her brother Jaime.Jaime at Joffrey and Margaery's wedding. Cersei also hates Margaery because she gains influence after marrying Cersei's sons, while Cersei's power wanes, and also because the Tyrell Queen is far more popular in King's Landing than Cersei is and ever will be.
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** When Ramsay's floozy Myranda gets jealous of another girl, he helps her hunt and kill the offending girl with his hounds and bows.

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** When Ramsay's floozy Myranda gets jealous of another girl, he helps her hunt and kill the offending girl with his hounds and bows. Later, she's very upset when she learns that Ramsay will be marrying Sansa instead of her. When Ramsay makes it clear that he'll kill her if she makes too much of a deal about it, Myranda reintroduces Sansa to Theon so Sansa will know just what kind of person her fiancee is.
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** Shae isn't happy to hear Tyrion was once a client of Ros, or that he (like ''all'' men) finds Sansa Stark attractive.

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** Shae isn't happy to hear her love interest Tyrion was once a client of Ros, Ros or that he (like ''all'' men) finds Sansa Stark attractive.



** Jon reveals in "Two Swords" that he always envied Robb for being better than him but could never bring himself to hate him.
** When Ramsay's floozy Myranda gets jealous of another girl, he helps her hunt and kill the offending girl with hounds and bows.
** Cersei becomes a full-fledged ClingyJealousGirl when confronting Brienne about her FireForgedFriendship with Jaime.

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** Jon reveals in "Two Swords" that he always envied felt his half-brother Robb for being better was more skilled than him at most things but he could never bring himself to hate him.
him, as Jon loved him as his brother. Sam, in turn, confesses he feels this same way about Jon, who he loves as his best friend.
** When Ramsay's floozy Myranda gets jealous of another girl, he helps her hunt and kill the offending girl with his hounds and bows.
** Cersei becomes a full-fledged ClingyJealousGirl when confronting she confronts Brienne about her FireForgedFriendship with her brother Jaime.



* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' Faith envies Buffy for being the "main" slayer, having friends, family, love, acceptance, etc. So she envies Buffy's life in general -- right until [[spoiler:she has to lead the charge.]]
* In both ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and its spin-off ''Series/{{Angel}}'', Angel has been shown quite frequently, despite having left her for her sake, been openly jealous towards Buffy's love interests or suitors, especially to Riley and Spike. So has Spike; the episode "The Girl In Question" has them try to find her when they find out she was dating their former rival, their excuse being they were worried about her.

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* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' Faith envies Buffy for being the "main" slayer, having friends, family, love, acceptance, etc. So she envies Buffy's life in general -- right until [[spoiler:she has to lead the charge.charge herself.]]
* In both ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and its spin-off ''Series/{{Angel}}'', Angel has been shown quite frequently, frequently -- despite having left her Buffy for her sake, been sake -- to openly jealous towards display jealousy toward Buffy's love interests or suitors, especially to Riley and Spike. So has Spike; This is likewise the case with Spike. The episode "The Girl In Question" has them try to find her when they find out she was dating their former rival, their excuse being they were worried about her.



** Chandler feels a lot of jealousy towards Richard, as he believes for a long time that he's still the love of Monica's life and is sophisticated, mature, an eye doctor, and and able to grow a moustache. After they're married, Monica points out how silly this is given she chose him over Richard several times. As an InsecureLoveInterest, he has trouble acknowledging this. It's also worth remembering that ''all'' his previous girlfriends cheated on him, so his fears aren't exactly groundless.

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** Chandler feels experiences quite a lot bit of jealousy towards toward Richard, the ex-boyfriend of his girlfriend Monica, as he believes for a long time that he's Richard is still the love of Monica's life and Richard is sophisticated, mature, an eye doctor, and and ''and'' is able to grow a moustache. After they're married, Monica points out how silly this is given she chose him over Richard several times. As an InsecureLoveInterest, he has trouble acknowledging this. It's also worth remembering that ''all'' his previous girlfriends cheated on him, so his fears aren't exactly groundless.
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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Shae isn't happy to hear Tyrion was once a client of Ros, or that he (like ''all'' men) finds Sansa Stark attractive.
** Jorah Mormont bristles whenever another man (particularly Daario) gets close to Daenerys.
** Jon reveals in "Two Swords" that he always envied Robb for being better than him but could never bring himself to hate him.
** When Ramsay's floozy Myranda gets jealous of another girl, he helps her hunt and kill the offending girl with hounds and bows.
** Cersei becomes a full-fledged ClingyJealousGirl when confronting Brienne about her FireForgedFriendship with Jaime.
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* In the Series/AgentCarter episode [[Recap/AgentCarterS2E1TheLadyInTheLake "The Lady in the Lake"]], Agent Jack Thompson feels very intimidated by the way the men now look up to Peggy, hence why he sends her on a case all the way across the country in LA.
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** In ''Series/TheKicks'', it's implied that Mirabelle's initial hostility towards Devin is because she's jealous of Devin's talent. Though Devin later admits she's a little jealous of Mirabelle too. They both get over it.`
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* On ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'', this was the entire motivation of Jeannie's [[EvilTwin lookalike sister]], jealously over everything she had, especially Major Nelson. It was ''not'' a coincidence that her outfit was a green version of Jeannie's pink one.
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* ''Series/MythQuest'': In one episode, Cleo visits a Swahili fairy tale. The brother of the fairy tale's protagonist refuses to let her have any success, always claiming that whatever she earns belongs to him, despite how much wealth he alread has.

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* ''Series/MythQuest'': In one episode, Cleo visits a Swahili fairy tale. The brother of the fairy tale's protagonist refuses to let her have any success, always claiming that whatever she earns belongs to him, despite how much wealth he alread already has.
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* The brotherly relationship between {{Frasier}} and Niles Crane is ''dominated'' by this trope.

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* The brotherly relationship between {{Frasier}} Series/{{Frasier}} and Niles Crane is ''dominated'' by this trope.



* An episode of ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' had Cupid turn into a literal green-eyed monster when the woman he was in love with fell in love with Hercules (who reciprocated due to being struck with one of Cupid's arrows).

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* An episode of ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' had Cupid turn into a literal green-eyed monster when the woman he was in love with fell in love with Hercules (who reciprocated due to being struck with one of Cupid's arrows).



* One of the longest running jokes in ''EverybodyLovesRaymond'' is how much Robert envies his brother, Raymond. In his rants, he would talk about how "[[TitleDrop Everybody loves Raymond]]", how his mother favors Ray over him, how successful Ray is compared to him, and how he has a better life than him (at least in his eyes). It gets to the point that whenever Ray fails at something or doesn't get what he wants, Robert finds joy in this and openly mocks him for his shortcomings.

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* One of the longest running jokes in ''EverybodyLovesRaymond'' ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'' is how much Robert envies his brother, Raymond. In his rants, he would talk about how "[[TitleDrop Everybody loves Raymond]]", how his mother favors Ray over him, how successful Ray is compared to him, and how he has a better life than him (at least in his eyes). It gets to the point that whenever Ray fails at something or doesn't get what he wants, Robert finds joy in this and openly mocks him for his shortcomings.
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* On ''Series/OnceUponATime,'' Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West, physically turns green when she allows her envy get the better of her. Once she gets over the fact that Rumpelstiltskin chose Regina over her, she returns to normal. Then she gets envious when Dorothy Gale turns up in Oz and is prophesied to be TheChosen, so she turns green again.

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* On ''Series/OnceUponATime,'' Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West, physically turns green when she allows her envy get the better of her. Once she gets over the fact that Rumpelstiltskin chose Regina over her, she returns to normal. Then she gets envious when Dorothy Gale turns up in Oz and is prophesied to be TheChosen, TheChosenOne, so she turns green again.
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** Nina was pretty possessive over Fabian, to where she was angry when he merely spent a little time talking to her. This caused her to get very temperamental and snappy with him, while he was doing his best to keep both girls happy.

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** Nina was pretty possessive over Fabian, to where she was angry when he merely spent a little time talking to her. Joy. This caused her to get very temperamental and snappy with him, while he was doing his best to keep both ''both'' girls happy.
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* In ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'', all the girls do this at one point or another, except for KT and Willow.
** Amber was very jealous over Mara and Mick during the time Mara was running for class representative, to where she ran against her former best friend and turned into a slight AlphaBitch in order to both win Mick back and intimidate Mara. However, she soon got over this and encouraged Mara to get back with Mick after their breakup.
** Patricia has a tendency to be possessive and insecure about her relationships in general, getting jealous when Fabian was spending more time with Nina (who Patricia was bullying at this time in the show). She got much more jealous over Eddie, when he spent time with people like Mara, KT or Sophia, as it was all she could really think about a lot of the time.
** Nina was pretty possessive over Fabian, to where she was angry when he merely spent a little time talking to her. This caused her to get very temperamental and snappy with him, while he was doing his best to keep both girls happy.
** Joy herself was pretty bad, taking her jealousy over Fabian and Nina to such extremes as to write a toxic article on Nina and publish it under Mara's blogging alias, Jack Jackal. Even Patricia, her best friend, found this disgusting. Joy eventually got over this and stepped down, agreeing to just be friends with him.
** Finally, Mara got nasty during the end of season 3, when she bullied Joy over falling for Jerome. She had meant to just have her friend pretend to like him as revenge for him cheating on her with Willow, but instead the two of them actually fell for each other. Mara revealed she was jealous soon after, calling Jerome ''her'' boyfriend and getting mad at Joy for liking him. Eventually they reconciled, and like the other cases, she helped Jerome and Joy get back together.
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** More generally, Pierce frequently falls victim to this, being older and somewhat out of touch with the younger members of the study group. He is often left out, which leads him to become more of a jerk, which leads to him being left out even more.
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* During the GrandFinale of ''{{Smallville}}'', LexLuthor confesses to [[{{Superman}} Clark]] that part of the reason for their rivalry was Lex's jealousy of Clark's powers:

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* During the GrandFinale of ''{{Smallville}}'', LexLuthor ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', ComicBook/LexLuthor confesses to [[{{Superman}} Clark]] that part of the reason for their rivalry was Lex's jealousy of Clark's powers:
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* On ''Series/TheParadise'', Katherine Glendenning is jealous because Moray, her boyfriend and later fiance can't seem to forget his dead wife.She considers this this the reason they have not married yet. She tries to remove her painted portrait from his office without permission. Once Denise Lovett, the new shopgirl, catches the eye of Moray, Katherine changes targets. Her envy is greater because Denise was able to make John Moray forget Mrs. Moray while she couldn't. Katherine does not allow Moray [[spoiler:to break up the engagement. She waits until the day of the wedding to do it herself. She exiles Moray and thanks to her rich banker dad, now she owns The Paradise, Moray's life's work.]]

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** Ross towards Paolo. Chandler towards Richard as he believes for a long time that he's still the love of Monica's life and is sophisticated, mature, an eye doctor and and able to grow a moustache. After they're married Monica points out how silly this is given she chose him over Richard several times. As an InsecureLoveInterest he has trouble acknowledging this. Also worth remembering that ''all'' his previous girlfriends cheated on him, so his fears aren't exactly foundless.

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** Ross towards Paolo. Chandler feels a lot of jealousy towards Richard Richard, as he believes for a long time that he's still the love of Monica's life and is sophisticated, mature, an eye doctor doctor, and and able to grow a moustache. After they're married married, Monica points out how silly this is given she chose him over Richard several times. As an InsecureLoveInterest InsecureLoveInterest, he has trouble acknowledging this. Also It's also worth remembering that ''all'' his previous girlfriends cheated on him, so his fears aren't exactly foundless.groundless.



** Ross is this repeatedly. When they begin dating, he is extremely jealous of Rachel's colleague Mark, despite the fact that Rachel shows no romantic interest in him. He is also jealous of Emily's burgeoning friendship with Susan (Carol's lesbian lover), believing she will steal Emily from him. Monica points out that his divorce from Carol must have really done a number on Ross since in high school, Ross was not a jealous person despite the fact that ALL of his girlfriends were cheating on him.

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** Ross towards Paolo. Actually, Ross is this repeatedly. When they begin dating, he is extremely jealous of Rachel's colleague Mark, despite the fact that Rachel shows no romantic interest in him. He is also jealous of Emily's burgeoning friendship with Susan (Carol's lesbian lover), believing she will steal Emily from him. Monica points out that his divorce from Carol must have really done a number on Ross since in high school, Ross was not a jealous person despite the fact that ALL of his girlfriends were cheating on him.



* ''Series/ICarly'': Freddie suffers this in ''[=iLike=] Jake'' and ''[=iDate=] A Bad Boy''. Carly also gets this like [[UpToEleven whoa]] during the recut version of ''[=iSaved=] Your Life''. When a slutty girl comes up to Freddie and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar offers him weekend sex with her]] whilst her parents and brothers are away, Carly grabs Freddie by the shoulder, embraces him and starts French kissing him so the girl will take the hint that Freddie is taken, much to his surprise (and approval).

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* ''Series/ICarly'': Freddie suffers this in ''[=iLike=] Jake'' and ''[=iDate=] A Bad Boy''. Carly also gets this like [[UpToEleven whoa]] during the recut version of ''[=iSaved=] Your Life''. When a slutty another girl comes up to Freddie and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar offers him weekend sex with her]] whilst her parents and brothers are away, Carly grabs Freddie by the shoulder, embraces him and starts French kissing him so the girl will take the hint that Freddie is taken, much to his surprise (and approval).



* Prince Arthur a couple of times on ''Series/{{Merlin}}''. He responds to the sight of Lancelot and Guinevere holding hands by throwing a Big Sulk (and this is ''before'' he and Guinevere are in a relationship), and later gets riled at Gwaine for flirting with her. The fact that both knights have been reinstated at Camelot gives you the feeling that [[LoveTriangle this is heading somewhere]]...
* One of the longest running jokes in ''EverybodyLovesRaymond'' is how much Robert envies his brother, Raymond. In his rants, he would talk about how "[[TitleDrop Everybody loves Raymond]]", how his mother favors Ray over him, how much successful Ray is compared to him, and how he has a better life than him(at least in his eyes). It gets to the point that when ever Ray fails at something or doens't get what he wants, Robert would find joy in this and openly mock him for his shortcomings.

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* Prince Arthur a couple of times on ''Series/{{Merlin}}''. He responds to the sight of Lancelot and Guinevere holding hands by throwing a Big Sulk (and this is ''before'' he and Guinevere are in a relationship), and later gets riled at Gwaine Gawaine for flirting with her. The fact that both knights have been reinstated at Camelot gives you the feeling that [[LoveTriangle this is heading somewhere]]...
* One of the longest running jokes in ''EverybodyLovesRaymond'' is how much Robert envies his brother, Raymond. In his rants, he would talk about how "[[TitleDrop Everybody loves Raymond]]", how his mother favors Ray over him, how much successful Ray is compared to him, and how he has a better life than him(at him (at least in his eyes). It gets to the point that when ever whenever Ray fails at something or doens't doesn't get what he wants, Robert would find finds joy in this and openly mock mocks him for his shortcomings.



* On ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', Parker is this during the episode The Double Blind Job with regard to Hardison being friendly with the client. She later breaks a beer bottle as she is watching them talk.

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** In episodes since the characters have gotten married, however, this seems to be more PlayedForLaughs than anything on the occasions when it happens.
* On ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', Parker is this during the episode The "The Double Blind Job Job" with regard to Hardison being friendly with the client. She later breaks a beer bottle as she is watching them talk.



* PlayedForLaughs in order to alleviate the high levels of tension in an otherwise rather grim and humourless episode of Series/{{Sherlock}} (which is known - and loved - for its dry wit): [[TheLancer John]] spends the entirety of ''A Scandal in Belgravia'' reveling in barely-concealed jealousy over how much attention [[ObliviousToLove Sherlock]] awards [[RomanticFalseLead Irene]], to the point where his GirlOfTheWeek breaks up with him for being a better boyfriend to ''Sherlock'' than he is to ''her''. John becomes completely incensed after [[spoiler:the first time Irene fakes her own death]], threatening her in an attempt to convince her to tell Sherlock that [[spoiler:she's still alive]]. This doesn't stop him from feeling sorry about her [[spoiler:apparent death]] at the end of the episode. Sherlock himself suffers from the Green-Eyed Monster whenever something other than the case they're working on distracts John.
* In playing a conceited version of himself in ''Series/{{Extras}}'', Orlando Bloom seethes with jealousy over Johnny Depp:

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* PlayedForLaughs in order to alleviate the high levels of tension in an otherwise rather grim and humourless episode of Series/{{Sherlock}} ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' (which is known - and loved - for its dry wit): [[TheLancer John]] spends the entirety of ''A Scandal in Belgravia'' reveling in barely-concealed jealousy over how much attention [[ObliviousToLove Sherlock]] awards [[RomanticFalseLead Irene]], to the point where his GirlOfTheWeek breaks up with him for being a better boyfriend to ''Sherlock'' than he is to ''her''. John becomes completely incensed after [[spoiler:the first time Irene fakes her own death]], threatening her in an attempt to convince her to tell Sherlock that [[spoiler:she's still alive]]. This doesn't stop him from feeling sorry about her [[spoiler:apparent death]] at the end of the episode. Sherlock himself suffers from the Green-Eyed Monster whenever something other than the case they're working on distracts John.
* In While playing a conceited version of himself in ''Series/{{Extras}}'', Orlando Bloom seethes with jealousy over Johnny Depp:



* On ''Series/OnceUponATime'' Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West, physically turned green when she allowed her envy get the better of her. Once she gets over the fact that Rumpelstiltskin chose Regina over her, she returns to normal. Then she gets envious when Dorothy Gale turns up in Oz and is prophesied to be TheChosen, so she turns green again.

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* On ''Series/OnceUponATime'' ''Series/OnceUponATime,'' Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West, physically turned turns green when she allowed allows her envy get the better of her. Once she gets over the fact that Rumpelstiltskin chose Regina over her, she returns to normal. Then she gets envious when Dorothy Gale turns up in Oz and is prophesied to be TheChosen, so she turns green again.



* In Series/IkMikLoreland this is Karbonkel's reason for turning everyone else in Loria illiterate.

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* In Series/IkMikLoreland ''Series/IkMikLoreland'', this is Karbonkel's reason for turning everyone else in Loria illiterate.
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* In ''DesperateHousewives'' episode ''Back in Business'', Mary Alice's ending narration focuses on the various types of envy, stating that if you look carefully at the people near you, you may spot a green-eyed monster.

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* In ''DesperateHousewives'' ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' episode ''Back in Business'', Mary Alice's ending narration focuses on the various types of envy, stating that if you look carefully at the people near you, you may spot a green-eyed monster.
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** In general, Beckett seems prone to struggling with her inner-teenager-with-a-case-of-this whenever other women attract Castle's attention.

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** In general, Beckett seems prone to struggling with her inner-teenager-with-a-case-of-this whenever other women attract Castle's attention. Castle, of course, returns the favour whenever other men take an interest in Beckett.
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* In Series/IkMikLoreland this is Karbonkel's reason for turning everyone else in Loria illiterate.
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* During ''Series/{{Selfie}}'', this trope pops up a little between Henry and Eliza-despite not being in a relationship, the two have feelings for each other and this tends to come out when they talk about other people. Henry says Eliza's sex buddy Freddy is a tool, and Eliza gets a way bigger dose of this trope when Henry dates Julia, insulting her height, and trying to come between the couple so as to not lose out on spending time with Henry.
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* One of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of The Week]] on ''Series/SleepyHollow'' was Ichabod's ex-betrothed, a woman who became an evil spirit after her death and targeted women that she considered romantic rivals.
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* On ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', Neelix refers to jealousy as "that green-eyed pus-hog." Typically, he does so in reference to his own jealousy of what he thinks is Tom Paris trying to get too close to Kes. This leads to a food fight in the mess hall before they get sent on an away mission, during which they finally patch things up.
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* Done literally in ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''.

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* ''{{Friends}}'': Ross towards Paolo. Chandler towards Richard as he believes for a long time that he's still the love of Monica's life and is sophisticated, mature, an eye doctor and and able to grow a moustache. After they're married Monica points out how silly this is given she chose him over Richard several times. As an InsecureLoveInterest he has trouble acknowledging this. Also worth remembering that ''all'' his previous girlfriends cheated on him, so his fears aren't exactly foundless.

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Ross towards Paolo. Chandler towards Richard as he believes for a long time that he's still the love of Monica's life and is sophisticated, mature, an eye doctor and and able to grow a moustache. After they're married Monica points out how silly this is given she chose him over Richard several times. As an InsecureLoveInterest he has trouble acknowledging this. Also worth remembering that ''all'' his previous girlfriends cheated on him, so his fears aren't exactly foundless.



* ''VeronicaMars'' has an episode called "Green-Eyed Monster", which takes this trope UpToEleven.

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* Done literally in ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''.
* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' Faith envies Buffy for being the "main" slayer, having friends, family, love, acceptance, etc. So she envies Buffy's life in general -- right until [[spoiler:she has to lead the charge.]]
* In both ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and its spin-off ''Series/{{Angel}}'', Angel has been shown quite frequently, despite having left her for her sake, been openly jealous towards Buffy's love interests or suitors, especially to Riley and Spike. So has Spike; the episode "The Girl In Question" has them try to find her when they find out she was dating their former rival, their excuse being they were worried about her.
* The brotherly relationship between {{Frasier}} and Niles Crane is ''dominated'' by this trope.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' had an episode actually called Green-Eyed Monster, in which Crais' jealousy of Crichton (and vice-versa) nearly led to Crichton's death. It also led to John telling Aeryn about his feelings, again. To be fair, the near death was courtesy of Talyn, not Crais. He actually had him ThrownOutTheAirlock.
** Oh come on, Talyn gets all his ideas and feelings from Crais, pretty much. He's just a very powerful baby who wanted his Mummy and Daddy to stay together - though, admittedly, the [[spoiler:fake sex tape of Crais and Aeryn]] isn't something most toddlers would come up with.
* ''{{Friends}}'': Ross towards Paolo. Chandler towards Richard as he believes for a long time that he's still the love of Monica's life and is sophisticated, mature, an eye doctor and and able to grow a moustache. After they're married Monica points out how silly this is given she chose him over Richard several times. As an InsecureLoveInterest he has trouble acknowledging this. Also worth remembering that ''all'' his previous girlfriends cheated on him, so his fears aren't exactly foundless.
** Rachel and Phoebe are also this towards Monica and Chandler relationship, as they're depressed about not having anyone themselves. Lampshaded in Season 6 when Chandler's planning to propose and they say they're only 2% jealous...then 10%...then 20%...
** Ross is this repeatedly. When they begin dating, he is extremely jealous of Rachel's colleague Mark, despite the fact that Rachel shows no romantic interest in him. He is also jealous of Emily's burgeoning friendship with Susan (Carol's lesbian lover), believing she will steal Emily from him. Monica points out that his divorce from Carol must have really done a number on Ross since in high school, Ross was not a jealous person despite the fact that ALL of his girlfriends were cheating on him.
* In ''DesperateHousewives'' episode ''Back in Business'', Mary Alice's ending narration focuses on the various types of envy, stating that if you look carefully at the people near you, you may spot a green-eyed monster.
* ''Series/ICarly'': Freddie suffers this in ''[=iLike=] Jake'' and ''[=iDate=] A Bad Boy''. Carly also gets this like [[UpToEleven whoa]] during the recut version of ''[=iSaved=] Your Life''. When a slutty girl comes up to Freddie and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar offers him weekend sex with her]] whilst her parents and brothers are away, Carly grabs Freddie by the shoulder, embraces him and starts French kissing him so the girl will take the hint that Freddie is taken, much to his surprise (and approval).
* In ''Series/RobinHood'', Guy of Gisborne envied Robin his popularity and status as a national hero, and the love of Marian.
** In the third season, Kate envied Isabella and Guy because of Robin's continual obsession with all things Gisborne-related.
* An episode of ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' had Cupid turn into a literal green-eyed monster when the woman he was in love with fell in love with Hercules (who reciprocated due to being struck with one of Cupid's arrows).
* Prince Arthur a couple of times on ''Series/{{Merlin}}''. He responds to the sight of Lancelot and Guinevere holding hands by throwing a Big Sulk (and this is ''before'' he and Guinevere are in a relationship), and later gets riled at Gwaine for flirting with her. The fact that both knights have been reinstated at Camelot gives you the feeling that [[LoveTriangle this is heading somewhere]]...
* One of the longest running jokes in ''EverybodyLovesRaymond'' is how much Robert envies his brother, Raymond. In his rants, he would talk about how "[[TitleDrop Everybody loves Raymond]]", how his mother favors Ray over him, how much successful Ray is compared to him, and how he has a better life than him(at least in his eyes). It gets to the point that when ever Ray fails at something or doens't get what he wants, Robert would find joy in this and openly mock him for his shortcomings.
* ''Series/{{Mash}}'' has Margaret, who is jealous of Frank's wife. When she finds out Frank bought a set of expensive pearls for his wife and a second, cheaper set for her, Margaret devises a plan to get Frank to swap out the cheaper ones so she will have the more expensive necklace and Frank's wife will get the cheaper set.
** The tables get turned when Margaret marries Donald Penobscot. Frank's own jealousy causes him to kind of ''lose his marbles'' and he ends up sent back to America on a Section 8.
* During the GrandFinale of ''{{Smallville}}'', LexLuthor confesses to [[{{Superman}} Clark]] that part of the reason for their rivalry was Lex's jealousy of Clark's powers:
-->'''Lex:''' You were always one step ahead of me.\\
'''Clark:''' It wasn't a competition.\\
'''Lex:''' Of course it wasn't; you're simply ''better'' than the rest of us.\\
'''Clark:''' And that always killed you, didn't it?\\
'''Lex:''' No. What killed me was that [[RefusalOfTheCall you didn't even]] ''[[RefusalOfTheCall want]]'' [[RefusalOfTheCall it]]. You rejected it. If ''I'' had your destiny, I would have embraced it.
* In ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E21ContemporaryAmericanPoultry Contemporary American Poultry]] Jeff is gradually unseated as group leader by Abed. He is ''not'' happy about this.
-->'''Jeff:''' You want a shot at the Jeff Winger throne? [[FunnyMoments You better bring a powerful ass]]!
* In the ''Series/{{Castle}}'' episode "Eye of the Beholder", Castle and Detective Beckett are joined on their investigation by Serena Kaye, a classy, attractive insurance investigator who is clearly attracted to Castle and whom Castle begins to find intriguing in return. Not entirely surprisingly, Beckett spends most of the episode seething with badly-concealed jealousy about this.
** In general, Beckett seems prone to struggling with her inner-teenager-with-a-case-of-this whenever other women attract Castle's attention.
* On ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', Parker is this during the episode The Double Blind Job with regard to Hardison being friendly with the client. She later breaks a beer bottle as she is watching them talk.
* This comes up periodically in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''; people who don't know the boys see that they're handsome, tall, competent, charming, good liars, etc., and conclude they have it easy. As the stars of one of the most depressing shows on television, this is emphatically not true.
** The loser behind the problem in the wishing well episode says something to the effect of them having it easy with their great looks and cool car, and they assure him in deadpan that they are absolutely miserable. This is a little surreal, in that it's ''true'', but they say it like they're remarking on the weather. On the other hand, Sam lies to the asthmatic warlock kid in 'Swap Meat' that he'd love to have his life without the demon bounty hunters and blood addiction problems and responsibility for the Apocalypse and all that. ''Actually'', he'll take all that rather than be that kid with the collegiate future locked in stone by his asshole family, and a no-good body. Probably the most significant factor being that by Season 5 Sam has long since grown uncomfortable with restrictions on his ability to [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer kill the fuck out of his problems]], and is not actually fit to live in society anymore, even if he is wearing a white hat again.
* PlayedForLaughs in order to alleviate the high levels of tension in an otherwise rather grim and humourless episode of Series/{{Sherlock}} (which is known - and loved - for its dry wit): [[TheLancer John]] spends the entirety of ''A Scandal in Belgravia'' reveling in barely-concealed jealousy over how much attention [[ObliviousToLove Sherlock]] awards [[RomanticFalseLead Irene]], to the point where his GirlOfTheWeek breaks up with him for being a better boyfriend to ''Sherlock'' than he is to ''her''. John becomes completely incensed after [[spoiler:the first time Irene fakes her own death]], threatening her in an attempt to convince her to tell Sherlock that [[spoiler:she's still alive]]. This doesn't stop him from feeling sorry about her [[spoiler:apparent death]] at the end of the episode. Sherlock himself suffers from the Green-Eyed Monster whenever something other than the case they're working on distracts John.
* In playing a conceited version of himself in ''Series/{{Extras}}'', Orlando Bloom seethes with jealousy over Johnny Depp:
-->''Ooh, look at me, I make art house movies! [[Film/EdwardScissorhands Ooh, I've got scissors for hands]]! [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka? Johnny Wanker!]]''
* ''Series/{{Scandal}}'': President Fitzgerald Grant. This comes out in "Hunting Season".
* ''VeronicaMars'' has an episode called "Green-Eyed Monster", which takes this trope UpToEleven.
* ''Series/MythQuest'': In one episode, Cleo visits a Swahili fairy tale. The brother of the fairy tale's protagonist refuses to let her have any success, always claiming that whatever she earns belongs to him, despite how much wealth he alread has.
* ''Series/SurgicalSpirit'' has Sheila, who used to date a coworker, got engaged to him but they then split up. Both of them start dating other people, but when the coworker's new girlfriend joins the hospital as a nurse, Sheila… isn't particularly kind to her for the first few days. She gets better, though.
* On ''Series/OnceUponATime'' Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West, physically turned green when she allowed her envy get the better of her. Once she gets over the fact that Rumpelstiltskin chose Regina over her, she returns to normal. Then she gets envious when Dorothy Gale turns up in Oz and is prophesied to be TheChosen, so she turns green again.
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