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** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' serves a twist on the trope with Warden Blackwall's romance. [[IceQueen Vivienne]], who isn't particularly fond of Blackwall, comments that [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim she thinks Blackwall is far beneath the Inquisitor]]. Blackwall immediately reverses this, and he knows the truth behind Vivienne's scorn. Rather than Vivienne being jealous that the Lady Inquisitor loves Blackwall, she's jealous that the Inquisitor could freely choose to love whomever she wants, even "an undeserving nobody" like him. This reversal leaves the normally composed and sarcastic Vivienne stunned to silence. Given how she lives her life being careful of what people will think of her in her pursuit of power, even that means to be a mistress of a duke that she loves dearly and wished that they could've been more, Blackwall may have a point: the Lady Inquisitor basically did what the duke wouldn't able to do for her, to publicly shown that she loves someone without a damn care about her reputation.

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' serves a twist on the trope with Warden Blackwall's romance. [[IceQueen Vivienne]], who isn't particularly fond of Blackwall, comments that [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim she thinks Blackwall is far beneath the Inquisitor]]. Blackwall immediately reverses this, and he knows the truth behind Vivienne's scorn. Rather than Vivienne being jealous that the Inquisitor loves Blackwall, she's jealous that the Inquisitor could freely choose to love whomever she wants, even "an undeserving nobody" like him. This reversal leaves the normally composed and sarcastic Vivienne stunned to silence. Given how she lives her life being careful of what people will think of her in her pursuit of power, even that means to be a mistress of a duke that she loves dearly and wished that they could've been more, Blackwall certainly makes a point that Vivienne projects her issues onto Blackwall since she can't possibly hurl her envy towards the [[BullyingTheDragon Inquisitor]] herself.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2'', Wario is envious of Mario, which prompts him to take over Mario's castle.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles'' reveals this is why Krauser had a FaceHeelTurn. He was envious that Leon was seen as special in the eyes of the government despite being "employed" against his will while Krauser was not, despite being a willing member. Add in the fact that his mission with Leon ended up being Krauser's last mission due to being discharged by the government due to his arm injury, something he was very much displeased with as [[BloodKnight he viewed serving in the military as his life]].

* ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'':

* In ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', Heihachi favours his adopted son Lee over his biological son Kazuya which causes them to have a bitter rivalry. However, Lee eventually turns his back on Heihachi partly because of the way Heihachi has abused Kazuya (namely, throwing him into a volcano).

* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', [[spoiler:this is the eventual fate of Tsubaki Yayoi after being {{Troll}}ed with some horrible truth from Terumi. See, she likes Jin Kisaragi, and originally she was to be Jin's secretary. Terumi then reveals that due to the existence of her best friend Noel Vermillion, she never became Jin's secretary (Noel got that position instead) and was instead relegated to a squad no one likes. Since Terumi told her that during the worst timing possible (Tsubaki was slowly going blind due to usage of Izayoi) and convinced her that she wouldn't suffer like this if Noel didn't exist... Tsubaki gave in to evil and continued to serve NOL despite knowing that it's an evil organization... all for killing Noel. Best part is that the guy she loves so much isn't even siding with the NOL anymore. Not to mention the fact that in the other timeline, she would've died anyway...]]
** [[spoiler:It gets worse, alright. In said timeline, Tsubaki was kept to her desk job and not allowed to leave headquarters. When Jin Kisaragi headed out to Kagutsuchi in pursuit of Ragna the Bloodedge, she was desperate enough to move over to the Zero Squadron -- the aforementioned squad nobody likes -- all for the sake of bringing Jin back. So in that timeline, she still died in the Zero Squadron, suffering in that fashion for Jin's sake, just like in this timeline. Terumi is aware that spilling this truth to Tsubaki would compromise his plans for her and Hakumen, and refuses to do so. He is also aware that Makoto Nanaya, the third wheel in Tsubaki and Noel's relationship, ''also knows'', and is willing to take extreme measures to keep ''her'' lips shut]].
** In Rachel's Normal Ending, she trolls Terumi by claiming that he envies Ragna; for all of Ragna's flaws he is still a better and more interesting man than Terumi.
*** Terumi responds by kicking her teeth in. Interpret that as you will.

* In ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', when Ness visits [[{{Wackyland}} Magicant]], Porky admits his jealousy towards him and wishes that their friendship lasts forever.