History Main / LovableAlphaBitch

So, there's this [[AlphaBitch girl]]. She's [[TheBeautifulElite beautiful]], [[PopularityFoodChain popular]], [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]], [[InWithTheInCrowd exclusive]], and… [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold not so bad once you get to know her]]. She still hangs out with the [[GirlPosse popular crowd]], regularly attends {{Wild Teen Part|y}}ies, and has been known to be vicious and petty to the unfortunates at the bottom of the PopularityFoodChain with some rare occasions of PetTheDog in between. She may even act this way toward the heroine at first. But a few bonding activities and a little CharacterDevelopment later, she's the one who has the heroine's back, with whom she often forms a TomboyAndGirlyGirl or LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine pair. In cases where she's also the AcademicAlphaBitch, it might be her meanness comes off from feeling like she is the DrillSergeantNasty for the rest of the school, and warms up to people who impress her.

* "Monkey Queen"/[[spoiler:Reika Jogasaki]] from ''Switch Girl''. In the early volumes, she does everything to ruin Nika's life, setting up traps and malefic plans. But as the story goes, she reveals herself to be a nice, kindhearted person, as she supports and helps Nika, especially during the Shutei arc.

* Brittany Parsons of ''ComicBook/VonHerlingVampireHunter'' is one. She's even got her own GirlPosse, but cares about her friend Peggy Jo Warner and goes as far as to tell her posse to stop insulting Peggy.

* Several fanfics for ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' from season 2 and then on turn Chloé Bourgeois into this, mostly as a foil to Lila Rossi post-[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E01Chameleon Chameleon]]. She takes Alya’s place as Marinette’s new best friend, while Alya herself becomes Lila’s BetaBitch, and isn’t afraid to tell off her classmates for dropping Marinette for Lila.

** ''Fanfic/UnNouveauContesDeFees'': Marinette instantly recognizes that Swanhilde Von Lebedev is the “alpha girl” of Olympe, and a possible mean character. She is even described as being nice to those she likes and mean to those who cross her. However, Swanhilde is a dedicated ballerina, who does not take her talent or success for granted. Unlike Chloe or Lila, who make Marinette their enemy, Swanhilde respects and admires Marinette’s ambition and talent, accepting her as a fellow “diva”, which is what they call the popular girls at school.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ResurrectedMemories'', [[spoiler: Ember, as Amberline, eventually manages to gain this sort of reputation around Casper High, in contrast to straight up AlphaBitch Paulina. The combination of her good looks, brains, musical talent, growing friendship with Team Phantom, and her nerve to go against Paulina and the other A-listers eventually ends with becoming very popular among her peers at school.]]

* ''Film/{{DEBS}}'' starts off with Max as the captain of the D.E.B.S. squad. She has a Type A, take-charge and aggressive personality that tends to dominate everyone around her and can be quite rough with Amy Bradshaw. After she's demoted to second-in-command she's devastated and becomes more sympathetic and by the end of the movie, she covers Amy's escape with Lucy, proving that she's a true friend.

* ''Film/Goosebumps2015'': Popular girl Taylor calls PluckyComicRelief character Champ "chump" instead of his real name (although one scene implies she may think his name really is Chump). However, she wants to help defend the gym against monsters rather than running away like her boyfriend. She also goes on to have a cute RescueRomance with Champ.

* Amanda Jones of ''Film/SomeKindOfWonderful'' is set up to be this, but really isn't. In fact, both her nastiness and her social status stem from her ManipulativeBastard boyfriend, Hardy Jenns, and once they break up, she improves very quickly.
* Mikaela Banes, the attractive and open-minded girlfriend of a JerkJock, from ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' looks like she's developing into this, before the plot kicks into high gear and her [[FallenPrincess troubled history]] comes out.

* ''Literature/SpySchool'': Elizabeth Pasternak, a girl at Ben's school who he used to have a crush on (and who Mike dates for a few books), who, according to Alexander, doesn't even know Ben's alive, but doesn't seem malicious or snotty upon actually appearing. When she briefly expresses attraction to Ben upon reappearing in the eighth book he doesn't refer to her as stuck-up or unpleasant, but just too normal, when discussing why he's no longer interested in her.

* ''Series/EightSimpleRules'' - Bridget is a vain, superficial blonde ditz. However, she's shown with enough HiddenDepths to be presented as a likable character. In fact, one episode has her introducing herself on the intercom, and is met with thunderous applause from around the school.

* ''Series/DeadOfSummer'': Jessie starts out looking like a more conventional AlphaBitch, but receives some major CharacterDevelopment in episode 4 showing her to have a softer side. [[spoiler:Of the two people who learn that Drew is transgender, she's the one who accepts him for who he is -- and given that the show is set in TheEighties, that says a lot about her character. (Especially since the other person who found out about Drew's sexuality, Blair, was himself gay, and was [[UnsettlingGenderReveal squicked out about his would-be boyfriend's gender identity]].)]]

* Charlotte Hinchcliffe of ''Series/TheInbetweeners'' is the LustObject of most of the boys at school, very popular and the lads are shocked when she turns up to a party that was so uncool that they were actually invited. However, when Will gets to know her they develop a friendship of sorts over the course of the series, although Will has a crush on her she makes it clear they're JustFriends.

*** Yukari. She's a popular {{Tsundere}} on campus, and comes off as cheery, but also quite snarky on a bad day. [[spoiler:Annoying as she seems, it's appropriate to call her a JerkassWoobie rather than straight-up {{Jerkass}} due to her very troubled backstory]].

** Emma in ''VideoGame/TheQuarry'', the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Until Dawn'', also fits the bill. She’s a popular influencer who enjoys being the centre of attention. This is shown when she makes out with her best friends crush during a game of truth-or-dare, right in front of her best friend and Emma’s (recent) ex-boyfriend, Jacob, causing both of them to storm off. However, she can admit remorse for the act and genuinely wants what’s best for Jacob. She’s also playful, upbeat and has the potential to help Kaitlyn defeat one of the [[spoiler: werewolves]] during the finale sequence by passing her a silver bullet.

* Emily Caston from ''{{Webcomic/Rain|2010}}''. She initially comes across as a typical AlphaBitch who's concerned with having "the perfect year" and graduating valedictorian. However, after Rain gets to know her, she makes it clear that behavior is just a façade. In truth, Emily describes herself as awkward and antisocial, suffers from extreme ParentalNeglect, and is very knowledgeable on the subject of romantic and sexual orientations. She also trusts Rain with the secret that she's [[spoiler:pregnant with her (much older) ex-boyfriend's child, who she's going to keep]], and also becomes the first person to whom Rain directly comes out as being transgender. The two of them become close friends and even call each other sisters, [[spoiler: at least until Rain finally admits she has a crush on her and the two become an OfficialCouple]].

* Andrea Davenport from ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' is an extremely popular AlphaBitch who in her debut in "First Day Frights" easily turns the whole student body against Molly. However, she doesn't antagonize her after that and usually minds her own business, getting nicer with each appearance. Finally, she [[spoiler:learns about Molly being homeless, immediately mobilizes all of Brighton to help and publicly declares Molly to be her best friend]].

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' with Chloe Bourgeois, who goes backwards and forwards between a {{spoiled brat}} and a hero. Although it's ultimately subverted in Heart Hunter, as she pulls a FaceHeelTurn and sides with the BigBad Hawk Moth.

* Cassandra in ''[[WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries Sabrina's Secret Life]]''. She started as the witchy replacement of AlphaBitch Gem Stone. But, as the series progresses, she became more kind-hearted and by the end, she and Sabrina are officially good friends.

* Amber Von Tussle in ''Film/HairSpray'' (the musical and its film adaptation, in which she accepts her defeat and decides to join everyone else in having fun dancing… in the film, she even does so with a black dancer, defying her mother's racism.)

* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': Despite her haughty demeanor and effectively being at the very top of Shuchi'in's PopularityFoodChain, Kaguya refuses to judge others based on rumors and hearsay. This is best shown with her relationship with [[TheEeyore Ishigami]], whom she develops a close SenpaiKohai bond with despite him having supposedly stalked a girl back in middle school, and goes so far as to scare off several girls with a DeathGlare when they try to dissuade her from associating with him. [[spoiler:Of course, it helps that she knew that he was innocent.]]

* ''Series/TeenWolf'': Lydia Martin especially when she's around Allison or Jackson. But she's a hard character to hate once you've seen her [[spoiler:season-long descent into hallucination-induced insanity]].

* It's implied that Sylvanas Windrunner from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' was like this back when she was alive, as while she was very vain and felt the need to be the best at everything, she took her duty as Ranger General seriously and in a flashback, she is seen [[PetTheDog rescuing a woman and child from Arthas' undead army]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': Emmanellain is a RareMaleExample: despite being spoiled, self-absorbed, [[ManChild immature,]] and even a [[ChivalrousPervert bit of a pervert,]] he's usually pretty nice.

* ''Fanfic/OneDayAtATimeFanfic'': Bette Kane. Heavily involved in Gotham politics and a little elitist, but never lords her status over others and accepts Bruce's adoptive children as family. Jason is reasonably fond of her since her future-self tutored him in Gotham politics, and trusts her to watch out for Tim, Stephanie, and Cass at his return gala.

* ''Fanfic/TheOddsWereNeverInMyFavour'' Lavender Brown cares about little besides beauty treatments, prestigious party invitations, and gossip, and can be rude, but some of her gossip is important and non-malicious, she occasionally helps Neville with his misguided but well-meaning heroics, and she doesn't immediately pounce on every anti-Alexandra bandwagon.

* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'', Secelia Dote, the only female member of the AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil, spends the entirety of the first season hanging out on the couch and [[TheGadfly making snide remarks]] about anyone within earshot. However, as the show's stakes start to rise and [[DwindlingParty the other members of the Dueling Committee drop off]], she increasingly shows a softer side, taking her role as a leader of the student body rather seriously, performing duties as a student counselor, being genuinely friendly with her ShrinkingViolet companion Rouji, and even gladly loaning a SuperPrototype suit owned by her company to one of the main characters. As it turns out, petty school drama is really the ''only'' kind of drama she's involved in, which makes her far preferable to the corporate skulduggery, MadScience, or outright insurgency of her fellow Committee members.

* ''Fanfic/TheOddsWereNeverInMyFavour'' Lavender Brown cares about little besides beauty treatments, prestigious party invitations, and gossip, and can be rude, but some of her gossip is important and non-malicious, she occasionally helps Neville with his misguided but well-meaning heroics, and she doesn't immediately pounce on every anti-Alexandra bandwagon.

* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'', Secelia Dote, the only female member of the AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil spends the entirety of the first season hanging out on the couch and [[TheGadfly making snide remarks]] about anyone within earshot. However, as the show's stakes start to rise and [[DwindlingParty the other members of the Dueling Committee drop off]], she increasingly shows a softer side, taking her role as a leader of the student body rather seriously, performing duties as a student counselor, and even gladly loaning a SuperPrototype suit owned by her company to one of the main characters.

%%* Beebe Bluff from ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''.

So, there's this [[AlphaBitch girl]]. She's [[TheBeautifulElite beautiful]], [[PopularityFoodChain popular]], [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]], [[InWithTheInCrowd exclusive]], and… [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold not so bad once you get to know her.]] She still hangs out with the [[GirlPosse popular crowd]], regularly attends {{Wild Teen Part|y}}ies, and has been known to be vicious and petty to the unfortunates at the bottom of the PopularityFoodChain with some rare occasions of PetTheDog in between. She may even act this way toward the heroine at first. But a few bonding activities and a little CharacterDevelopment later, she's the one who has the heroine's back, with whom she often forms a TomboyAndGirlyGirl or LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine pair. In cases where she's also the AcademicAlphaBitch, it might be her meanness comes off from feeling like she is the DrillSergeantNasty for the rest of the school, and warms up to people who impress her.

* Rouge the Bat from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'', though how lovable she is depends a lot on the game, as in her first appearance (''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'') she is actively helping [[BigBad Eggman]] get the Chaos Emeralds, though by the time of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' she is a straight-up [[TheHero Hero]] who comes to Sonic's birthday party.

* VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV: Emmanellain is a RareMaleExample: despite being spoiled, self-absorbed, [[ManChild immature,]] and even a [[ChivalrousPervert bit of a pervert,]] he's usually pretty nice.

* Shinka Nibutani from ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'', especially in the anime version.

* Kirche from ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' starts off the series as a bully towards Louise, but becomes nicer as the series continues. By this time, she doesn't act rude anymore and often ends up being the gang's big damn hero along with either Tabitha or Mr. Colbert.

* Galinda/Glinda from ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''. Spoiled, ditzy, entitled, and bratty... but also deeply loyal to Elphaba, and in possession of a genuinely good heart beneath it all. By the time act two begins, she's outgrown her AlphaBitch ways almost entirely, and the end of the show has her ascend to TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask for the sake of the greater good.

* Emily Caston from ''{{Webcomic/Rain}}''. She initially comes across as a typical AlphaBitch who's concerned with having "the perfect year" and graduating valedictorian. However, after Rain gets to know her, she makes it clear that behavior is just a façade. In truth, Emily describes herself as awkward and antisocial, suffers from extreme ParentalNeglect, and is very knowledgeable on the subject of romantic and sexual orientations. She also trusts Rain with the secret that she's [[spoiler: pregnant with her (much older) ex-boyfriend's child, who she's going to keep]], and also becomes the first person to whom Rain directly comes out as being transgender. The two of them become close friends and even call each other sisters, [[spoiler: at least until Rain finally admits she has a crush on her and the two become an OfficialCouple]].

* [[DependingOnTheWriter Depending on the episode]], Trixie Tang of the ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' can be one of these or just a straight-up AlphaBitch.

* Vicki from ''Film/TheFinalGirls'' is [[BrutalHonesty blunt and sometimes downright rude]], popular, beautiful, [[ClingyJealousGirl jealous]], and a bit full of herself. However, she has a good heart underneath it all, and she eventually breaks down crying, full of regret about how mean she's been, and sincerely apologizes to Max and Gertie. [[GroupHug They forgive her]].

* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': Despite her haughty demeanor and effectively being at the very top of Shuchi'in's PopularityFoodChain, Kaguya refuses to judge others based on rumors and hearsay. This is best shown with her relationship with [[TheEeyore Ishigami]], whom she develops a close SempaiKohai bond with despite him having supposedly stalked a girl back in middle school, and goes so far as to scare off several girls with a DeathGlare when they try to dissuade her from associating with him. [[spoiler:Of course, it helps that she knew that he was innocent.]]

%%* Kendall in ''WesternAnimation/KickButtowski''.

* Kirche from ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' starts off the series as a bully towards Louise, but becomes nicer as the series continues. By this time, she doesn't act rude anymore and often ends up being the gang's big damn hero along with either Tabitha or Mr. Colbert.

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'''s Kaname is well-known at her school as "The Coolest Girl In School You'd ''Never'' Want to Date" because, while people recognize that she's smart, pretty, athletic, and actually quite helpful, she's also a very abrasive and occasionally violent loudmouth who never quite shook off the BrooklynRage she acquired from growing up in New York. Kaname seems to be generally content with this reputation, as it's a ''huge'' step up from her miserable experience in middle school.

* Sena Kashiwazaki of ''LightNovel/{{Haganai}}'' is a [[MsFanservice ridiculously hot]] RichBitch who lords herself over her schoolmates at the academy her father runs. Then she signs up for the Neighbors Club and reveals that she wanted true friends. Thus she does make some within the club in the form of Kodaka Hasegawa, a British-Japanese boy whose blonde hair and oriental face make his classmates mistake him for a "delinquent" and, secretly, ClubPresident Yozora Mikazuki (whose {{Jerkass}} tendencies hide her [[NoSocialSkills social-relationship problems]] as grave, if not even worse, than Sena's).

* Ami Kawashima from ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}''. She started as a BitchInSheepsClothing but eventually learned to be a somehow more balanced snarky JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Justified in that, at first, almost everyone ''thinks'' Ami is a bitch (except Kitamura, a close friend of hers). It is later revealed she has to deal with creepy stalkers and legions of fans almost every day, due to being a famous teen model.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ResurrectedMemories'', [[spoiler: Ember, as Amberline, eventually manages to gain this sort of reputation around Casper High, in contrast to straight up AlphaBitch Paulina. The combination of her good looks, brains, musical talent, growing friendship with Team Phantom, and her nerve to go against Paulina and the other A-listers eventually ends with becoming very popular among her peers at school.]]

* The ''Fanfic/ForeverCaptain'' series: There is a suggestion that Maria Carbonell is one of these, though she often uses her powers for good.