History Main / ResentfulOutnumberedSibling

* ''Manga/{{Wagnaria}}: Souta is the only boy of the Takanashi siblings, and his older sisters didn't exactly treat him well while growing up (along with giving him their hand-me-down clothes so he'd have to dress as a girl). Quite a few of his quirks stem from this, such as his dislike of older women.

* In the animated adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'', Jojo's the only son in a family but has ''96'' younger sisters. No wonder he feels a little left out.

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Contrast IHaveBrothers, where having siblings of the opposite sex is used to justify character traits (eg. tomboyishness or being InTouchWithHisFeminineSide), and SingleSexOffspring, where a family either only has sons or only has daughters. See also ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily, where the baby is of either sex but too young to make either their brother or sister feel 'outnumbered'.

Birth order often factors into this. MiddleChildSyndrome might be exemplified if they are also outnumbered in terms of sex. If they are the youngest and the only boy or girl, this might come with [[ParentalFavoritism favoritism from their parents]], but they might feel even more left out because their older siblings have more in common with each other and might even be on the receiving end of [[BigBrotherBully bullying]] from them. In addition, MassiveNumberedSiblings might add to the drama -- who is more likely to feel left out, a guy with two sisters, or a guy with eight?

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': The villain of "Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E", Madam Margie, grew up with multiple brothers, who often mistreated her. This led to her trying to wipe out all boys in the world.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': Grandma Thora lived was the youngest sibling to three older brothers; the flashback in "Clarissa is Cracked" showed that at times, Thora was not particularly content with not having her own toys and having to settle for playing with hand-me-downs from her brothers.

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* ''ComicBook/TheBeano'' used to have a strip called ''Tom, Dick, and Sally'', about three siblings. Tom and Dick would gang up on their sister Sally because she was a girl, such as by trying to get her to do something for them (often household chores) or blame her for their naughty behaviour. Of course she'd either get revenge or make sure they get found out, so that the boys always ended up worse off.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': When Linus and Lucy?s mother gives birth to a baby boy, Lucy is annoyed that she still doesn?t have a sister and she even calls their new brother a ?rerun?. [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Since then, their brother has always been called Rerun]].

* In the animated adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'', Jojo's the only son in a family, but has ''96'' younger sisters. No wonder he feels a little left out.

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* Daphne from ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' has eight brothers. She generally gets along with most of them, with the exception of [[LazyBum Simon]], but occasionally notes that it wasn't always pleasant being the only girl. Apparently her brothers considered it a rite of passage to peek on her in the shower which has led to her being very defensive of her privacy. A later episode implies that her grandmother told her that only female members of the family had "psychic powers" to make Daphne feel better about being the only girl in the family.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': Grandma Thora lived was the youngest sibling to three older brothers; the flashback in, "Clarissa is Cracked," showed that at times, Thora was not particularly content with not having her own toys and having to settle for playing with hand-me-downs from her brothers.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': The villain of "Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E", Madam Margie, grew up with multiple brothers, who often mistreated her. This lead her to try and wipe out all boys in the world.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Wendy Corduroy is shown to be the only female member of her immediate family, due to having a MissingMom, and she has three younger brothers. In the episode "Society of the Blind Eye", she mentions that [[StepfordSmiler she only pretends to be as "laid-back" as she acts, because in reality, her family apparently drives her insane]].
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', Lincoln sometimes resents having only sisters (he has ten of them, and he's [[MiddleChildSyndrome right in the middle]]).
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons,'' one episode focuses on Bart [[SiblingsWanted wanting a brother]] after Lisa convinces him that she and Maggie have a special bond that he can never share. First he tries to trick Marge into getting pregnant, but she catches on and, while sympathetic, notes that a new baby could well be a ''third'' sister. As a result, he instead "adopts" a brother from the local orphanage. In the end, the orphan boy ends up being adopted by a family with six daughters.