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* Lindsey from ''TheAbyss'' complete with an announcement on how she is "the supreme bitch queen of the universe". This being a James Cameron film she turns out to be not so bad.

* ''LegallyBlonde'' gives us three with Professor Stromwell, Vivien Kensington and Enid Wexlin. The first two turn out to be not so bad while the third at least gets put in her place.

* ''{{Taken}}'' has the ex-wife example with Lenore. She turns out to be a nice enough lady as well though.

* Literature/HarryPotter's first impression of Professor [=McGonagall=] is this but he couldn't be more wrong. Both Pansy Parkinson and Marietta Edgecombe get full straight examples.

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* Miko Miyazaki in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', although her establishing moment was attacking the Order from nowhere on the basis that Roy [[DetectEvil registered as "evil"]] (actually picking up on a trophy he took from [[BigBad Xykon]]).
--> ''"By the Twelve Gods and in the name of Lord Shojo, I demand to know: [[MattressTagGag Who removed the tag from this mattress?!?]]"''.

---> ''""By the Twelve Gods and in the name of Lord Shojo, I demand to know: [[MattressTagGag Who removed the tag from this mattress?!?]]"''.

Sometimes writers love to tease us a little with who's nice and who's not so nice in the story. Not this time, though.

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* Mai Valentine's first conversation with Yugi in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' prompts Tea to appear behind him and proclaim "Back off, bitch, he's mine!" with a VoiceOfTheLegion.
* Asuka's attitude and pride is [[StealthPun painfully]] apparent from the first moment she appears in ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' (although, granted, Toji was kind of asking for it). There's somewhat of a reprise later in the episode, when she dismisses Shinji as a 'boring little boy'.

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* The Trope Namer is ''{{Heartbreakers}}'' when Max as "Olga" meets Tensy's housekeeper and says the line. The housekeeper does indeed become quite the problem for the women and they have to [[spoiler: plant Tensy's jewels and cigarettes on her to get her fired]].
* ''LegallyBlonde'' gives us three with Professor Stromwell, Vivien Kensington and Enid Wexlin. The first two turn out to be not so bad while the third at least gets put in her place.
* ''{{Taken}}'' has the ex-wife example with Lenore. She turns out to be a nice enough lady as well though.
* ''SeventeenAgain'' has Naomi, Scarlett's best friend. Stays quite nasty.
* The trio of Heather, Bridget and Kelly in ''TheFinal''. They're established as very nasty from their first dialogue not even interacting with anyone. Then they act mean towards Emily. However it gets turned on its head when Emily becomes the real villain and Bridget turns out to be not so bad.
* Brian's [[CompleteMonster scumbag]] [[EducationMama mother]] from ''TheBreakfastClub'' has only two lines and establishes herself as this so it comes as no surprise when we find out later on how bad his home life is.

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* Literature/HarryPotter's first impression of Professor [=McGonagall=] is this but he couldn't be more wrong. Both Pansy Parkinson and Marietta Edgecombe get full straight examples.
* Lavinia from ''ALittlePrincess''.
* Arguably all the girls in [[{{Carrie}} Carrie White's]] class since our first impression of them is throwing tampons at Carrie in the school showers. Only Chris Hargensen is actually nasty though.
* Sandpaw's first appearance in the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' series. She snarls that Firepaw smells revolting, and then makes a comment about how he's a kittypet.

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* Libby in ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''.
* Cordelia Chase with her "softer side of Sears" comment in the ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' pilot.
** A {{subversion}} as her very ''first'' scene is to helpfully share a text-book with Buffy, befriend her in the hall, and ''then'' make the bitchy comment to Willow as Buffy's smile fades.

* Quite a few characters on ''{{Scrubs}}'', notably Dr Miller. Special mention, though, has to go to Nina the Malpractice Attorney whose first scene involves hospital-wide panic at the mere thought of her arrival. Not long afterwards, she's given a musical number where she dances down the hallway of the hospital literally and viciously busting the balls of every male unlucky enough to be in her eyeline. She does so while smiling. Semi-subverted when she actually becomes one of the main characters' girlfriend, but remains a massive bitch throughout the (short) relationship.
* Happens a lot on Reality TV. For example, Ivy Higa, on eighth season of ''ProjectRunway'', declared froom the get-go that the show should be called "Project Ivy". The editors clearly signaled this as a Bitch Alert. She proceeded to act as in a particularly bitchy fashion, even by the show's standards. She also never won a challenge.
* C.C. Babcock from ''TheNanny''.

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[[AC: Web Comics]]
* Miko Miyazaki in ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'', although her establishing moment was attacking the Order from nowhere on the basis that Roy [[DetectEvil registered as "evil"]] (actually picking up on a trophy he took from [[BigBad Xykon]]).
---> ''""By the Twelve Gods and in the name of Lord Shojo, I demand to know: [[MattressTagGag Who removed the tag from this mattress?!?]]"''.

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The character enters the scene and she's clearly trouble. [[TallDarkAndBishoujo Tall, slender,]] [[RichBitch regal bearing, pretentious walk, looking down on every one,]] [[FemmeFatale long nails]] and pulls an icy, cutting sarcasm the minute she opens her mouth... That's right, we have a ''BitchAlert'' and it's so blatant you could actually have this caption blinking on the screen/panel as soon as she appears.

* Holy hell, Dizzy from ''StarshipTroopers''. It's not until halfway through the film that she actually does something un-bitchy.

* Mai Valentine's first conversation with Yugi in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' prompts Tea to appear behind him and proclaim "Hands off, bitch, he's mine!" with a VoiceOfTheLegion.

* Sandpaw's first appearance in the ''WarriorCats'' series. She snarls that Firepaw smells revolting, and then makes a comment about how he's a kittypet.

* Mai Valentine's first conversation with Yugi in ''[[WebOriginal/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged]]'' prompts Tea to appear behind him and proclaim "Hands off, bitch, he's mine!" with a VoiceOfTheLegion.

Compare MakeWayForThePrincess, for the typical HighSchool variant to establish the AlphaBitch.

Never applies to the BitchInSheepsClothing, since this one isn't hiding her bitchiness behind a sweet face, she is rather pretty upfront and direct about it.

Never applies to the BitchInSheepsClothing, since this one isn't hiding her bitchiness behind a sweet face, rather she is prettu upfront and direct about it.

The character enters the scene and she's clearly trouble. [[TallDarkAndBishoujo Tall, slender,]] [[RichBith regal bearing, pretentious walk, looking down on every one,]] [[FemmeFatale long nails]] and pulls an icy, cutting sarcasm the minute she opens her mouth... That's right, we have a ''BitchAlert'' and it's so blatant you could actually have this caption blinking on the screen/panel as soon as she appears.

Sometimes writers love to tease us a little with who's nice and who's not so nice in the story. Not this time, though. We'll just let you know from someone's very first scene that they will be trouble for the main character. Basically, it counts if you can imagine the character turning to the camera and saying "we have a bitch alert". Usually applies to the AlphaBitch, RichBitch, FemmeFatale...

* Happens a lot on Reality TV. For example, Ivy Higa, on eighth season of ''ProjectRunway'', declared froom the get-go that the show should be called "Project Ivy". The editors clearly signaled this as a Bitch Alert. She proceeded to act as in a particularly bitchy fashion, even by the show's standards. She also never won a challenge.

* Elizabeth Elliot is a completely rude, pushy bitch who treats Jack Ryan with total hostility in her first appearance in the TomClancy book ''Clear And Present Danger''. In fact, in the followup book (for those who didn't see her the first time) she gets a similar moment.

* Quite a few characters on ''{{Scrubs}}'', notably Dr Miller. Special mention, though, has to go to Nina the Malpractice Attorney who's first scene involves hospital-wide panic at the mere thought of her arrival. Not long afterwards, she's given a musical number where she dances down the hallway of the hospital literally and viciously busting the balls of every male unlucky enough to be in her eyeline. She does so while smiling. Semi-subverted when she actually becomes one of the main characters' girlfriend, but remains a massive bitch throughout the (short) relationship.

* Mai Valentine's first conversation with Yugi in ''[[WebOriginal/YuGiOhTheAbridedSeries Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged]]'' prompts Tea to appear behind him and proclaim "Hands off, bitch, he's mine!" with a VoiceOfTheLegion.

!!!'''Examples:'''

* Mai Valentine's first conversation with Yugi in ''YuGiOhAbridged'' prompts Tea to appear behind him and proclaim "Hands off, bitch, he's mine!" with a VoiceOfTheLegion.

* Angie Fujioka in FanFic/PrettyCureMotherNature sets herself up as quite a bitch (and Chiyo [[WitchWithACapitalB acknowledges it]]) in her very first scene.

* ''Taken'' has the ex-wife example with Lenore. She turns out to be a nice enough lady as well though.
* ''17 Again'' has Naomi, Scarlett's best friend. Stays quite nasty.

* Holy hell Dizzy from ''Starship Troopers''. It's not until halfway through the film that she actually does something un-bitchy.

* Harry Potter's first impression of Professor Mc Gonagall is this but he couldn't be more wrong. Both Pansy Parkinson and Marietta Edgecombe get full straight examples.

* Libby in ''SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''.

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* Nina Williams from the ''Tekken'' series. Her ending (when we first get a sense of her character) has her stealing one of her sister's shoes and slapping her in the face when the sister gets upset about it. Wow.

* Cordelia Chase with her "softer side of Sears" comment in the ''Buffy'' pilot.

* Brian's mother from ''TheBreakfastClub'' has only two lines and establishes herself as this so it comes as no surprise when we find out later on how bad his home life is.

This is a very obvious type of CharacterEstablishingMoment.

Sometimes writers love to tease us a little with who's nice and who's not so nice in the story. Not this time, though. We'll just let you know from someone's very first scene that they will be trouble for the main character. Basically, it counts if you can imagine the character turning to the camera and saying "we have a bitch alert".

Usually applies to the AlphaBitch, RichBitch, FemmeFatale...