History Main / RoyalBrat

** Edward's great-uncle, George IV, was also known for terribleness; the son of the relentlessly temperate and pious (though eventually insane) George III, George IV reveled in engaging in every kind of debauchery and excess known to man in his era. By the time he was monarch, his revelry had taken such a toll on him that he could no longer do any of it, and therefore spent most of his reign trying to deprive his hated wife of her privileges without actually divorcing her. It's worth noting that he spent £240,000 on his coronation while his younger brother and successor King William IV spent only £30,000. He also died with any legitimate offspring, though is speculated to have had bastards.

* [[SissyVillain Prince John]] from {{WesternAnimation/RobinHood}} is an extremely [[ItsAllAboutMe self-entitled]], [[Manchild childish]] PsychopathicManchild. Unfortunately, he's also in charge of the kingdom for most of it while [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething his brother Richard is off to the Crusades]]. This is best shown when the Nottingham citizens shout out their loyalties to King Richard, Prince John throws a tantrum beffitng only a toddler.
--> '''Prince John''': Enough! I am king! King! King!

* [[SissyVillain Prince John]] from {{WesternAnimation/RobinHood}} is an extremely [ItsAllAboutMe self-entitled], [[Manchild childish]] PsychopathicManchild. Unfortunately, he's also in charge of the kingdom for most of it while [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething his brother Richard is off to the Crusades]]. This is best shown when the Nottingham citizens shout out their loyalties to King Richard, Prince John throws a tantrum beffitng only a toddler.
--> *'''Prince John'''*: Enough! I am king! King! King!

* [[SissyVillain Prince John]] from {{WesternAnimation/RobinHood}} is an extremely self-entitled, {{Manchild childish}} PsychopathicManchild. Unfortunately, he's also in charge of the kingdom for most of it while [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething his brother Richard is off to the Crusades]]. This is best shown when the Nottingham citizens shout out their loyalties to King Richard, Prince John throws a tantrum beffitng only a toddler.

* [[SissyVillain Prince]] {{Manchild John}} from {{WesternAnimation/RobinHood}} is an extremely self-entitled, childish PsychopathicManchild. Unfortunately, he's also in charge of the kingdom for most of it while [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething his brother Richard is off to the Crusades]]. This is best shown when the Nottingham citizens shout out their loyalties to King Richard, Prince John throws a tantrum beffitng only a toddler.
--> **'''Prince John'''**: Enough! I am king! King! King!

* [[SissyVillain Prince]] {{Manchild John}} from {{WesternAnimation/RobinHood}} is an extremely self-entitled, childish [[PsychopathicManchild]]. Unfortunately, he's also in charge of the kingdom for most of it. This is best shown when the Nottingham citizens shout out their loyalties to King Richard, Prince John throws a tantrum beffitng only a toddler.

* [[SissyVillain Prince]] {{Manchild John}} from {{WesternAnimation/RobinHood}} is an extremely self-entitled, childish [[PsycopathicManchild]]. Unfortunately, he's also in charge of the kingdom for most of it. This is best shown when the Nottingham citizens shout out their loyalties to King Richard, Prince John throws a tantrum beffitng only a toddler.

* [[SissyVillain Prince]] {Manchild John} from {{WesternAnimation/RobinHood}} is an extremely self-entitled, childish [[PsycopathicManchild]]. Unfortunately, he's also in charge of the kingdom for most of it. This is best shown when the Nottingham citizens shout out their loyalties to King Richard, Prince John throws a tantrum beffitng only a toddler.

* [[SissyVillain Prince]] [Manchild John] from {{WesternAnimation/RobinHood}} is an extremely self-entitled, childish [[PsycopathicManchild]]. Unfortunately, he's also in charge of the kingdom for most of it. This is best shown when the Nottingham citizens shout out their loyalties to King Richard, Prince John throws a tantrum beffitng only a toddler.

* [[SissyVillain Prince]] [[Manchild John]] from {{WesternAnimation/RobinHood}} is an extremely self-entitled, childish [[PsycopathicManchild]]. Unfortunately, he's also in charge of the kingdom for most of it. This is best shown when the Nottingham citizens shout out their loyalties to King Richard, Prince John throws a tantrum beffitng only a toddler.

* Michelle Pantielle from ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' fits squarely in the "spoiled rich kid" archetype. [[BlueBlood Blue-blooded]], obnoxious, and [[FatBastard has his gut hanging out like he's pregnant]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts 2}}'' has Gristol Malik, Gzesarevich of Grulovia and long-lost heir to the throne. He's a spoiled PsychopathicManchild who thinks that the AxCrazy Maligula, who went on a rampage after [[spoiler: accidentally drowning innocent people (including her sister and brother-in-law) under the Gzar's orders]], is his key to regaining the life of luxury he knew. [[spoiler: He also turns out to be TheMole at the Motherlobe. Unfortunately, he's also [[EvilIsNotAToy very, very wrong]] about Maligula being willing to take his orders.]]

* A noted trend in UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire is that the worst Emperors before the Crisis of the Third Century were consistently those that came to the throne at a very young age. Between UsefulNotes/Caligula, UsefulNotes/Nero, Commodus, Caracalla, Geta, and Elagabalus, the oldest of those at the time of his accession was TheCaligula himself at the age of 24. The historian Creator/MikeDuncan postulates that being given absolute power at such a young age before they learned to responsibly wield it led to the trend of young emperors neglecting their responsibilities in favor of hedonism and indulging their cruel streaks.

** [[Characters/DragonBallFrieza Frieza]]. He's [[EvilOverlord prince of a galactic pirate empire]] has never had anyone say "no" to him and live to tell about it, and treats his {{Mooks}} and even his [[TheDragon Dragon]] as expendable. It's also suggested that, because of (or maybe despite) his appearance, he's Really700YearsOld.

* Princess Shoukei from ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms''. [[FallenPrincess Until her family is killed]] [[BreakTheHaughty and she's dragged into the dirt.]]

** Frieza. He's [[EvilOverlord prince of a galactic pirate empire]] has never had anyone say "no" to him and live to tell about it, and treats his {{Mooks}} and even his [[TheDragon Dragon]] as expendable. It's also suggested that, because of (or maybe despite) his appearance, he's Really700YearsOld.

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* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Wilfried is the oldest son of a nobleman who's giving primogeniture a try in a setting where potentials heirs usually compete for the succession before one is chosen. As a result, the attendants intended to educate Wilfried have limited motivation to force him to attend the classes he doesn't like. On top of this, he gets spoiled by his grandmother. This has made him into an entitled boy who gets extremely upset when he doesn't get what he wants and hates everyone who isn't a YesMan towards him. His eventual HumblePie moment is the direct result of him getting jealous of his slightly younger adoptive sister having nice things that she put work into getting.
* ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'':
** Eon, prince of Axum, played the part of an ostentatious Royal Brat who was TooImportantToWalk and couldn't get enough {{Sex Slave}}s as part of his cover in an elaborate intrigue. In real life, he was a ModestRoyalty, who was kind to servants, and a brave soldier. And all the slaves gotten for the job were treated compassionately (having been in on the whole thing), and afterwards freed and sent to be handmaidens of the princess they were rescuing except for one that he fell in love with and invited to his home.
** [[TheSociopath Venandakatra the Vile]] takes it UpToEleven. The way he's described suggests that he ''would'' be thin if he didn't eat so much, he travels around in [[ConspicuousConsumption a pavilion so obscene that it might as well be a palace]], he inflicts the CruelAndUnusualDeath of [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impalement on a short stake]] on anyone ([[BadBoss servant]] or foe) who makes him angry, and he keeps a harem of young girls who apparently tend to die in captivity on account of him being a {{Sadist}}. He also reacts with extreme anger when he's not in control; his response to rebellions in the Deccan is to have his soldiers RapePillageAndBurn indiscriminately, and when unable to punish [[TokenGoodTeammate Damodara]] over a disagreement, he simply blows up in his face.
* The Creator/OscarWilde short story ''The Birthday of the Infanta'' involves a Spanish princess being given a misshapen dwarf as a birthday gift. The dwarf is unaware of his own appearance and believes the Infanta to be in love with him. Unlike the opera adaptation (see Theater), she doesn't intentionally toy with him; but when she learns that he has died of a broken heart, she replies, "For the future, let those who come to play with me have no hearts."
* In Creator/DanAbnett's TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 novel ''Literature/BrothersOfTheSnake'', the Princess Royal objects to the Space Marines who [[FlashedBadgeHijack took her car]]. When a bodyguard points out that, after all, they are Space Marines, she [[NiceToTheWaiter slaps him hard enough to knock him over]]. Then she tries to compel the Marines to escort her. (At which point an Inquisitor intervenes, and she runs off screaming.) She also tries to shoot the Sergeant with a mini-lasgun built into her ring. The marine's response can be summed up as "Did you ''really'' just do that?"
* ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'':
** The young princesses, none older than eight. They aren't cruel, but they're somewhat spoiled and definitely imperious, used to obedience and deference, contemptuous of some things, and highly dismayed when, playing soldiers with [[FriendToAllChildren Jerin]], he doesn't just let them win. It's noted that in this world a good father, not [[ExtremeDoormat too biddable]], is said to raise good children, and the little princesses' father died when they were no older than two. Since Jerin's marrying into the family and can act as their father/husband [[WifeHusbandry once they're of age]], it's believed they'll grow out of this.
** Keifer Porter, who is dead at the beginning of the novel, but was a veritable brat. He is a sadistic psychopath. He was not born into royalty, only married into it.
* Calchas in Creator/TeresaEdgerton's ''[[Literature/{{Celydonn}} Green Lion]]'' trilogy. His mother, the Princess Diaspad, knew that the worst revenge she could take against his biological father -- a man raised in a culture that is deeply sentimental, particularly about children and family life -- would be to raise his firstborn son as a warped creature, even though [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe the father didn't know for sure that the boy was his]].
* In Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'', Valerius from ''Literature/TheHourOfTheDragon'' knows better. He also knows that YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness is hanging over his head, and so in a TakingYouWithMe gambit, acts like this to destroy the kingdom, so the man who will kill him will not profit from it.
* Shannon Teverius from ''Literature/DoctrineOfLabyrinths'' is the arrogant, rebellious younger brother of the much more [[SiblingYinYang grounded and sensible]] Lord Stephen. He comes across as fickle, bitchy, and extremely petty during the first two books of the series, although he does undergo some [[TookALevelInKindness character growth]] later on, showing kindness to Mehitabel and Vincent, and expressing remorse for his past mistakes.
* From ''Literature/DragonInDistress'' there is Princess Florinara Tansimasa Qasilava Delagordune, who screams and complains to her father about wanting a dragon, kidnaps one, refuses to give it back, cries when defeated, is annoyed that Sir George and Drafir ignore her crying... Credit where credit’s due, however: she ''does'' manage to successfully capture a dragon.
* In Creator/AndreNorton's ''Literature/DreadCompanion'', Kilda's employer is more languid than most, but her attitude is nicely summed up when she informs Kilda that she will have to do, she can't interview anymore, as if Kilda could not possibly reject the position. Then she sticks her with the children for the space trip.
* Ella's stepsisters Hattie and Olive are incredibly spoiled and bratty in ''Literature/EllaEnchanted''.
* In Creator/StephenKing's ''The Eyes of the Dragon'', Prince Thomas is somewhat similar to a Royal Brat, although he's not as personally vile as some of the other examples here; he's just depressed, confused, alcoholic (at the age of ''twelve''), and a puppet monarch for the villainous Flagg.
* In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Literature/HorusHeresy novel ''False Gods'', Petronella Vivar shamelessly uses her connections to get herself appointed as Horus's remembrancer, and [[NiceToTheWaiter is relentlessly demanding of her servants]]; in particular, she recounts with no shame that Maggard's vocal cords have been destroyed to prevent him speaking in an unfitting manner before her, exploits Maggard as a SexSlave, and when Maggard's defense of her wins him the respect of soldiers, is bitterly resentful and regards it as inappropriate.
* In Creator/GeneStrattonPorter's ''Literature/{{Freckles}}'', Freckles's grandfather.
-->''He always had been spoiled, because he was an only son, so he had a title, and a big estate. He would have just his way, no matter about his sweet little wife, or his boys, or anyone. ''
* Draco Malfoy from ''Literature/HarryPotter'', through his family being from a long line of pureblooded wizards. Fortunately for him, he does grow out of it, though it nearly gets him killed in the process.
* In the first ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' book, ''Arrows of the Queen'', Princess Elspeth has made such a pain of herself that she's been nicknamed "the Royal Brat" by everyone who has to have anything to do with her. It's a subject of concern not only for the distraught Queen but for the rest of the court as well because if one doesn't have a pure enough heart to be Chosen by a Companion, by law they cannot be eligible to inherit the throne. The newly-Chosen [[TheConfidant Queen's Own Herald]] Talia's first responsibility upon arriving at the capital is therefore to try to figure out a way to civilize the Brat. Fortunately, Talia finds that Elspeth is not irredeemable and that a lot of her issues come from the influence of her [[EvilChancellor evil nursemaid]]; by the time she's reached her teens, she's become a much more pleasant young woman.
* An adult version of this trope exists in Prince John of ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}''. John is frequently referred to in the prose as petty and intemperate (as is the author's wont) and has all his attendants and subjects running in fear of his whims.
* In Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs's ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'':
** O-Tar the jeddak, from ''Chessmen of Mars'', is entirely self-centered, on top of being a DirtyCoward, despite being old enough to have a grown son, A-Kor. He is [[GreenEyedMonster extremely jealous]] of his son's courage and popularity and imprisons him.
** In ''A Fighting Man of Mars'', Sanoma Tora: [[{{Pride}} proud of her wealth]], [[{{Greed}} contemptuous of a poor wooer]] until she learns he is related to RoyalBlood, [[DirtyCoward cowardly in captivity]], and [[spoiler:[[TurnCoat treacherous]]]]. While her father claims to be a minor noble, many suspect he has no BlueBlood.
* In Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs's ''The Land of Hidden Men'', the Leper King Lodivarman. He takes many women into his harem and is angry that he has never succeeded in giving any of them his leprosy. And [[ThePromise his promise]] to free the hero is worthless. Fortunately, the hero can cure his "leprosy", having deduced that it was really an allergic reaction to his favorite food.
* Lavinia in ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' was [[AlphaBitch the most popular and richest student in school]] before Sara Crewe came along. Naturally, she really dislikes Sara, and when Sara loses her fortune and becomes a servant, Lavinia wastes no time in taking her tormenting of Sara up a notch.
* In Creator/GeneStrattonPorter's ''Literature/MichaelOHalloran'', Minturn's sons after they were effectively brought up by a violently abusive nurse. When Minturn gets evidence that lets him pry them free from their mother, he is quite aware that much will be needed to straighten them out.
* In ''Literature/TheNameOfTheWind'', Kvothe acts out this trope to obtain a decent set of clothes in spite of entering the store with no clothes and very little money.
* The titular hero of the ''Literature/PrinceRoger'' series, though not exactly a ''nasty'' person, starts out as a sulky and arrogant young man with a reputation as a [[TheDandy handsome "clothes horse"]] and little else. His bad attitude is partly a reaction to being constantly [[TheUnfavorite looked down on and rejected]] by his mother, but he still comes off as whiny, complacent, needlessly argumentative, and very self-absorbed. He even ''knows'' he's an annoying brat and is secretly ashamed of himself, but doesn't snap out of it until fate [[BreakTheHaughty knocks him on his ass]] and forces him to [[TookALevelInBadass start living up to his potential]].
* Colin Craven from ''Literature/TheSecretGarden''. He's referred to a few times as "the Rajah" because of the way he orders the servants around. Mostly he's just spoiled and cranky because [[IllBoy he thinks he's going to die]] and [[DisappearedDad his father doesn't pay any attention to him]]. He finally snaps out of it when he meets his cousin, Mary Lennox -- not so much because of ThePowerOfFriendship, but more because she's the first person he's ever met who dares to stand up to him, being just as spoiled herself. Her parents neglected her, and the servants' only concern was to keep her quiet and out of the way. The two bond and help each other to grow into better people.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Talk about a lot of bratty, noble characters anybody with any morals, ethics, or sense would want to strangle...
** 13-year-old Joffrey Baratheon, the [[AristocratsAreEvil Worst of His Name]], King of the [[DisproportionateRetribution Vandals]] and the [[GeneralRipper Rippers]] and the [[PsychoForHire Worst Men]], the reason this trope was ''almost'' called "The Joffrey", and the one whose portrait now adorns this page. He starts out as "merely" a spoiled and arrogant brat, but later reveals himself to be a thorough psychopath through and through. He was like this since childhood. He once was told that a pregnant cat had kittens inside her, so he killed the cat and proudly presented the kitten fetuses to his father. His father Robert Baratheon beat the shit out of him for it, but his mother didn't really give a fuck, implying that his behavior was encouraged by her (in the [[Series/GameOfThrones show]], Cersei gets CharacterDevelopment by admitting to Tyrion that she has always tried to control her son but is unsuccessful and has basically just given up even trying). Joffrey also [[spoiler: tried to have Bran killed in his sleep when he overheard his father drunkenly saying Bran would be better off dead, as an attempt to impress his father]]. Thankfully, his siblings Tommen and Myrcella are much nicer.
** Flashbacks to Cersei as a child show that she was one herself when around his age. Which probably explains why she saw absolutely no problem with the show-and-tell project her son produced, later. [[spoiler: It's implied that, even before the tender age of 13, she'd thrown her friend down a well to die (or had at least watched her die), had already enjoyed watching servants get whipped in punishment for various transgressions (some of which may have been imagined) and had enjoyed physically bullying Tyrion at every chance she got and all this while already practising her charming way with words. She may well have instigated the sexual experiments with Jaime in a manner which may even have had a little coercion involved, at first.]] What a pleasant little girl who grew up to be... well... a [[PsychopathicManchild Psychopathic Womanchild]] and [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen and Queen Regent]] spawning a little hellion like Joffrey.
** Lord Robert Arryn is a marginal example. He is an extremely young, [[IllBoy sickly]] (he's implied to be epileptic) and [[MyBelovedSmother sheltered]] boy with a particular interest in watching people "fly" by being thrown off a cliff. However, he doesn't really understand the consequences of his actions, being 6 years old, and doesn't seem to be knowingly malicious.
** Viserys Targaryen is the rightful heir to the Iron Throne (and, don't you dare suggest otherwise within his hearing), living in exile. Like Joffrey, he is cruel and vindictive, treating everyone around him like his subjects, regardless of the fact that he's 1) in Essos, where his title is meaningless, and 2) dependent entirely on their goodwill for his survival. The Dothraki call him the "cart king" for his insistence on being carried around in a litter. He doesn't realize that it's a StealthInsult -- in Dothraki culture, carts are only used by the elderly and infirm, who are unable to ride a horse.
** Aerion [[{{Jerkass}} the Monstrous]] or "[[ManOnFire Brightflame]]" Targaryen was a little monster born to the Targaryen dynasty. He was arrogant and cruel, tormenting his [[BigBrotherBully youngest brother]], Aegon, with such acts as throwing their [[KickTheDog cat down a well]] or threatening to castrate him. He even attacked a carnival puppeteer for the "crime" of showing a dragon losing in a puppet show depicting folklore, seeing as the dragon is the sigil of House Targaryen, so [[InsaneTrollLogic this had to mean treason]]! For this and other idiocies, he was [[BreakTheHaughty exiled to Essos]]; but, unfortunately, it didn't teach him the sense it was supposed to. Thankfully, before his father Maekar I died and he could become TheCaligula, Aerion [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy got drunk]] and drank the [[GreekFire infamous goblet of wildfire]], all the while believing it would turn him into a dragon. He [[AssholeVictim died really, really horribly]], meaning the Iron Throne ended up passing to Aegon "the Unlikely".
** Ser Duncan the Tall and his suspiciously violet-eyed squire got kind of invited to one of those trademarked horrible Westerosi weddings, once. Well... for the tourney attached to it, at least. At the Twins. Where they got to meet a spectacularly obnoxious little Walder Frey after he'd just ruined his sister's life by being a sneak. Yes, it's [[{{Troll}} that one]], all right. Back when he still had hair and baby teeth. Duncan starts thinking fondly of throwing the brat down a well, for some reason.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': Prince Beju from the ''Literature/JediApprentice'' book "The Mark of the Crown" resents his mother's choice to convert the planet's government into a democracy, believing that ruling is his birthright; so he throws his hand into the planet's upcoming election for governor. The Queen privately admits that she wants Beju to lose. It takes him learning he is not the rightful heir to the throne anyways to get him to back down and make a HeelFaceTurn.
* Princess Violet in ''[[Literature/SwordOfTruth Wizard's First Rule]]'' is this taken to the extreme. As she enters the story, she's just starting to have people executed, and later on partakes in torturing the protagonist and threatening to have his love interest raped to death. Then he kicks her in the face. [[spoiler: A few books later, she is taught to cast curses through magical drawings. Cut to a LittleMissBadass coming to visit; ''Well... Who's that on the drawing? Oh, that's right, it's me. (draws a few lines) Well, Violet, now it's you. Cut to SoundOnlyDeath.'']]
* Ugugg in Creator/LewisCarroll's ''Literature/SylvieAndBruno''
-->''"You ca'n't guess what my present is!" said Uggug, who had taken the butter-dish from the table, and was standing behind her, with a wicked leer on his face.\\
"No, I ca'n't guess," Sylvie said without looking up. She was still examining the Professor's pincushion.\\
"It's this!" cried the bad boy, exultingly, as he emptied the dish over her, and then, with a grin of delight at his own cleverness, looked round for applause.''
* In Creator/HarryTurtledove's ''Literature/TalesOfTheFox'' series, most of the [[PhysicalGod Gods]] are this way, since no one is powerful enough to discipline them. Ferdulf, the [[HalfHumanHybrid demimortal]] son of an extremely impulsive wine god, grows up with nearly godlike power among ordinary mortals and is even brattier than his father.
* In ''Literature/TwilightSparkleAndTheCrystalHeartSpell'', Twilight becomes increasingly arrogant and disdainful of those around her, her irritation at the less than helpful suggestions of her friends and misinterpretation of Cadance's advice feeding the amulet's corrupting influence.
* Prince Horace in ''Literature/TheWhippingBoy''. He forces his whipping boy Jemmy to run away with him in a fit of pique, and when the two of them get into trouble, he sulks and insists on his own way even when it undermines Jemmy's attempts to save his life. To be fair, when it's ''his'' turn to get whipped, he unexpectedly stays strong through the experience.
* Played with with Roshaun from ''Literature/YoungWizards''-- he starts out as the stereotypical arrogant entitled princeling, but later it's revealed that [[spoiler: his people hate his family as much as they need them, and he's been a target for assassination for his whole life, not to mention required to die to save the planet if crisis comes]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''. Simba, being an adorable little cub and an heir to King Mufasa, initially believes being a king means that he can do whatever he wants. By the time he finally does become king, he's gone through enough CharacterDevelopment to know how to be a proper one. As it is, with a father as strict as Mufasa, Simba would have matured properly under his guidance. King's brother Scar, meanwhile, has no such development and does a poor job.

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* Princess Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche of Music/{{Mothy}}'s "Daughter of Evil" arc of the Seven Deadly Sins series, itself part of the overarching Franchise/EvilliousChronicles series. [[spoiler: At least, up until she's thrown out of power and her brother dies. Unless you’re going by the canon of the highly elusive fanmade play, in which she doesn’t get better.]] Possessed by the Demon of Pride, at age 14 she takes the throne and wreaks havoc, levying excessive taxes for the sake of her luxury, executing all who oppose her, and ''burning down a country and committing genocide'' because her arranged suitor and crush developed feelings for another girl. [[spoiler:Granted, due to how demons work, little of this was actually of her free will]].

* ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'': In the some of the episodes that takes place in ancient Japan, Princess Lovelin is portrayed like this. She acts very spoiled and throws crybabish tantrums when she doesn't get what she wants. This is only one of the acting roles of Lovelin/Lovelitchi, who is otherwise civilized to a fault.

* Princess Sally Acorn acted as a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold lighter variant]] in the earlier comedic issues of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''. As the story tone became darker however, she acted as near anything but. Snively still directly refers to her by this trope at one point, however.

* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'' has [[PrincelingRivalry Princess]] [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Tiger]], [[spoiler:[[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Empress]]]] [[Manga/SailorMoon Mercury]]'s adopted sister. She constantly gloats, pulls pranks and picks fights with Ami's advisors and other minions. She even seizes power for a while, and goes completely tyrannical until stopped by her step-sister.

* Fire Nation Princess Miyaki from ''Fanfic/KyoshiRising''; she's a classist, egotistical ten year old who always demands that she get whatever she wants and won't take no for an answer. She begins to grow out of it once Kyoshi starts mentoring her.

* Prince Naveen in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' had gotten to the point that even his PARENTS didn't want to deal with him, before hopping around in the Bayou and the love of a good woman/frog changed his life. He's nicer than most Royal Brats, though, with elements of ShelteredAristocrat, he seems to have been cut off primarily for acting like a playboy instead of a monarch, not the obnoxious and arrogant behavior usually associated with this trope.

** Prince Henry is a male version, to some extent. He fights a lot with his father about his looming ArrangedMarriage and what's best for the kingdom, and in the beginning of the film even attempts to run away rather than face his responsibilities. Knowing Danielle helps him to improve, however, and after he gets [[BreakTheHaughty taken down a peg]] with an [[WhatTheHellHero awesome]] speech from Leonardo da Vinci (yes, ''[[RenaissanceMan that]]'' one), he steps up and ditches any lingering bratty traits.

* The Creator/OscarWilde short story ''The Birthday of the Infanta'' involves a Spanish princess being given a misshapen dwarf as a birthday gift. The dwarf is unaware of his own appearance, and believes the Infanta to be in love with him. Unlike the opera adaptation (see Theater), she doesn't intentionally toy with him; but when she learns that he has died of a broken heart, she replies, "For the future, let those who come to play with me have no hearts."
* In Creator/DanAbnett's TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 novel ''Literature/BrothersOfTheSnake'', the Princess Royal objects to the Space Marines who [[FlashedBadgeHijack took her car]]. When a bodyguard who points out that, after all, they are Space Marines, she [[NiceToTheWaiter slaps him hard enough to knock him over]]. Then she tries to compel the Marines to escort her. (At which point an Inquisitor intervenes, and she runs off screaming.) She also tries to shoot the Sergeant with a mini-lasgun built into her ring. The marine's response can be summed up as "Did you ''really'' just do that?"

* In Creator/AndreNorton's ''Literature/DreadCompanion'', Kilda's employer is more languid than most, but her attitude is nicely summed up when she informs Kilda that she will have to do, she can't interview any more, as if Kilda could not possibly reject the position. Then she sticks her with the children for the space trip.

* In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Literature/HorusHeresy novel ''False Gods'', Petronella Vivar shamelessly uses her connections to get herself appointed as Horus's remembrancer, and [[NiceToTheWaiter is relentlessly demanding of her servants]]; in particular, she recounts with no shame that Maggard's vocal chords have been destroyed to prevent him speaking in an unfitting manner before her, exploits Maggard as a SexSlave, and when Maggard's defense of her wins him the respect of soldiers, is bitterly resentful and regards it as inappropriate.

* The titular hero of the ''Literature/PrinceRoger'' series, though not exactly a ''nasty'' person, starts out as a sulky and arrogant young man with a reputation as a [[TheDandy handsome "clothes horse"]] and little else. His bad attitude is partly a reaction to being constantly [[TheUnfavorite looked down on and rejected]] by his mother, but he still comes off as whiny, complacent, needlessly argumentative and very self-absorbed. He even ''knows'' he's an annoying brat and is secretly ashamed of himself, but doesn't snap out of it until fate [[BreakTheHaughty knocks him on his ass]] and forces him to [[TookALevelInBadass start living up to his potential]].

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Talk about a lot of bratty, noble characters anybody with any morals, ethics or sense would want to strangle...
** 13-year-old Joffrey Baratheon, the [[AristocratsAreEvil Worst of His Name]], King of the [[DisproportionateRetribution Vandals]] and the [[GeneralRipper Rippers]] and the [[PsychoForHire Worst Men]], the reason this trope was ''almost'' called "The Joffrey", and the one whose portrait now adorns this page. He starts out as "merely" a spoiled and arrogant brat, but later reveals himself to be a thorough psychopath through and through. He was like this since childhood. He once was told that a pregnant cat had kittens inside her, so he killed the cat and proudly presented the kitten fetuses to his father. His father, Robert Baratheon, beat the shit out him for it, but his mother didn't really give a fuck, implying that his behavior was encouraged by her (in the [[Series/GameOfThrones show]], Cersei gets CharacterDevelopment by admitting to Tyrion that she has always tried to control her son but is unsuccessful and has basically just given up even trying). Joffrey also [[spoiler: tried to have Bran killed in his sleep when he overheard his father drunkenly saying Bran would be better off dead, as an attempt to impress his father]]. Thankfully, his siblings Tommen and Myrcella are much nicer.

* In Creator/HarryTurtledove's ''Literature/TalesOfTheFox'' series, most of the [[PhysicalGod Gods]] are this way, since no one is powerful enough to discipline them. Ferdulf, the [[HalfHumanHybrid demimortal]] son of an extremely impulsive wine god, grows up with nearly-godlike power among ordinary mortals and is even brattier than his father.

** Joffrey Baratheon (pictured) is the young, blond-haired heir to his kingdom and is betrothed to the beautiful, young, red-haired Sansa Stark (later [[spoiler: Margaery Tyrell]]) who becomes king. Joffrey is spoiled, vindictive, cruel and cowardly. Joffrey once took his sword to the face of a commoner -- the Butcher's son, cutting him on the cheek for no reason. He also had the tongue of a minstrel cut out for writing a popular song about the death of his father. His Uncle Tyrion calls him a vicious idiot to his face and slaps him, insulting his nephew further when they are having Sansa Stark beaten for her brother's revolt. Joffrey plots to have [[EvilNephew him killed]]. Even his mother and his biological father [[spoiler:(her twin brother)]] admit he was a monster.

** In the past Yuan Li's antics included forcing Yuan Che to undress. During the series he gradually grows up, but his behaviour still causes headaches for his brothers.
** Yin Cai Qian isn't technically a member of the royal family (Yuan Zhan's mother is her aunt), but her behaviour is almost as bratty as Yuan Li's. Among other things she demands Yuan Che brings her food, and when she falls and accidentally kisses him she accuses him of taking advantage of her.

* Byakuya Togami of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' believes as the brilliant heir to the Togami fortune, he's the only person that truly matters and other people are simply props to prove his impressiveness and elite status. [[spoiler: This eventually leads to a HeelFaceTurn when he's fooled by the misdirection in one Class Trial specifically because his outlook keeps him from even ''considering'' the possibility that self-sacrifice or putting another before yourself could be potential motivations. He's still a smug {{Jerkass}}, but he decides to give up on the Killing Game and work with the others, realizing that they actually do have worth as people with perspectives different from his own.]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Godslave}}'', this is how Anpu describes Heru, calling him "a classic example of too much power at too young an age" and claiming he's spoiled kid no-one ever stood up to. What we know ''objectively'' is that his Blacksmiths are unflinchingly loyal to him, he locked his own brother in a jar for two millenniums and is willing to kill a teenage girl to get what he wants - while not being willing to destroy a statue of himself for the same purpose.
* [[{{Jerkass}} Eridan]] in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' fits very well, along with a little hint of TheCaligula (depending on [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation how sympathetically you receive him.]]) As a royal [[FantasticRacism violet-blooded troll]], he feels more than [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled]] to anything he can get his hands on, and proves consistently childish and [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] in his relationships. At his [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduction]] he plans to [[GenocideDilemma wipe out all]] land-dwelling trolls on the planet, though Feferi (his [[MoralityPet closest]], and pretty much OnlyFriend) insists that he'd [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain likely never go through with it.]] [[spoiler: He ends up [[MoralEventHorizon shooting her]] after being [[IfICantHaveYou rejected]] one too many times.]]

* Pink Diamond from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' was the youngest member of the [[GodEmperor Diamond Authority]] that leads the Homeworld Gems, and is introduced in "Jungle Moon" acting like a spoiled brat, demanding her own army and planet just because Yellow Diamond had some and she wanted her own. Once she got her own colony, she's said to have taken human pets to her PeopleZoo as trophies. Just like most Royal Brats, her bratty behavior and insensitivity cause a member of her own personal army to turn on her and rebel. She's certainty not as bad as her older "sisters" she mimics, though (and most of her bratty behavior was [[WellDoneSonGuy an attempt to get some acknowledgement from the often dismissive other Diamonds]]). [[spoiler:Turns out she eventually grew out of it.]]

* In ''[[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Fairy_Tales_by_the_Countess_d%27Aulnoy/The_Yellow_Dwarf The Yellow Dwarf]]'', Princess Toutebelle ([[MeaningfulName meaning "all-fair" in French]]) is spoiled by her widowed mother due to her being her only living child, and as a result is [[AlphaBitch extremely arrogant and vain]]. Toutebelle is extremely beautiful and often dressed like a goddess and given constant attention by the royal court, and has turned down ''twenty'' different suitors for not being good enough for her. Her BreakTheHaughty moment, when she realizes her true love, comes too late and ends tragically.

** Kaiser Wilhelm's uncle Edward VII, in his days as Prince of Wales, also enjoyed this reputation. As a young man, he famously could never concentrate on his studies, and later on he was noted for getting up to all kinds of scandals, mostly involving sex, drinking, or gambling. These included two cases where he had to testify in court (basically unheard-of before then): once in the ''divorce'' trial of an MP he had cuckolded (which was scandalous on multiple levels), and a second time in a bizarre case involving some friends of his cheating at cards. That being said, the prince eventually grew out of it (well, some of it; he drank and smoked and gambled[[note]]His [[FamousLastWords last words]] related to horse racing, albeit about how a horse he owned had won rather than anything about one he was betting on[[/note]] and kept a mistress till the day he died, but his partying did mellow as time went on) and ended up a pretty good king.

* ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'':
** ''In the Land of Black Gold'', our hero has to find and rescue the Emir’s son Abdallah. The little prince is coddled by his father, who lets him get away with abusing his guests, and refers to him in sweet terms like “My little sugarplum” (but he has had enough of his pranks). Naturally, The Prince is a complete brat who demands everyone give him what he wants because “My father’s the Emir, and he’ll cut your head off!!!" After this though, he's taken a liking to Captain Haddock.