History Main / TheBully

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Rei is a subtle example in the first season of the 90s anime, towards [[LoserProtagonist Usagi]] and [[ShrinkingViolet Ami]]. Rei constantly goaded Ami into snubbing Usagi along with her. And in an episode where Ami shyly suggests that Usagi might be suited for the role of leader, Rei pinches her leg, forcing Ami to reconsider. She mellows out throughout subsequent seasons, becoming more respectful of the two.

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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** Flash Thompson. The Ultimate version of Flash is even worse. He has none of the depth as his mainstream counterpart. And takes far more pleasure in seeing Peter humiliated and picks on him for no reason.
** Another example is Tombstone. He was one as a teenager, and only got worse as an adult, becoming a hitman by trade, where his tendency to bully people weaker than himself is still obvious.
* Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} has had to deal with several bullies during her long career:
** In the Silver Age, Nasthalthia 'Nasty' Luthor was an AlphaBitch who enrolled at Stanhope University as a student and began a campaign of bullying students, hoping to lure Supergirl out. Later on, both she and Linda Danvers -Supergirl's Secret Identity- work as rival photographers in KSF-TV news, and 'Nasty' constantly disparages Linda and picks on her. In ''Comicbook/DemonSpawn'':
--->'''Linda:''' Perhaps you're right! Nasty is a rather good news photographer! (thinking) Though I hate to admit it!\\

** Belinda Zee is Linda Lee's schoolmate in ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'', and she is popular, smug, petty, manipulative and loves making life miserable for Linda -Supergirl-.
* Jamal from ''ComicBook/MegaRoboBros''.
* Quasim of ''ComicBook/MiniMonsters''.
* Cruncher Kerr, a character in Roger the Dodger, a strip in the Britsh AnthologyComic ''ComicBook/TheBeano''.
* The ComicBook/RedSkull. Worse, he thinks that ''everyone'' is a target.
* ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} loves making life miserable for ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. Killing Logan's loved ones, eating food he just ordered, stalking him on his birthday and beating the crap out of him, manipulating Logan into killing his own son... it's all fun and games to Victor Creed.
* Another X-Men example with Hellion, though he mellowed out considerably in the wake of Stryker's attacks on the school following M Day, after many of his friends were killed.
* A short comic book released by ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' shows that Wario's grudge against [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] is because Mario acted like this towards him when they were kids, although [[MultipleChoicePast that's not how Mario remembers it.]]
* In one ''WebAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' comic, Harley Quinn mentions being bullied by [[ComicBook/TheJoker a green-haired boy in kindergarten]].
* In ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' there's a pair of bullies at Tim's school that target kids they see as weak nerds and Tim mostly leaves them be in order to protect his secret identity. They eventually kill one of their most frequent targets and the next time Tim comes across a school bully he does not allow them to get away with their behavior for a minute.
* In the second ''ComicBook/{{Catstronauts}}'' book, Captain Meowser reveals he spent some time with the Cosmocats as part of an exchange program, and that they were apparently pretty mean to him. [[spoiler:In reality '''Meowser''' was the bully, and a hot-headed one. The Cosmocats were hard on him back in the day [[ToughLove because they wanted him to get better as an astronaut]].]]

* ''ComicBook/JuiceSqueezers'': There's a kid named Stampo who [=LOVES=] giving the Juice Squeezers grief in school... even if he doesn't know they're Juice Squeezers.
* ''ComicBook/Calico2020'': {{Flashback}}s to [[TheProtagonist Hector]]'s childhood showed that, back when he lived in San Francisco De Macoris, he had to put up with a kid named Guillermito, who was a rich kid. Guillermito's first scene has him crushing Hector's toy car, and his hand, under his foot, before pushing his friends over.
* ''ComicBook/TheLostBoy'': Back when Walter lived in the town, there was a kid named Curly Bill who lead a gang of these. What few appearances he had in the comic showed that he was indeed a pretty cruel kid, attacking Tom Button, and chasing Walter into The Kingdom and leaving him to the creatures residing there.

* ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'': Nurf fits this role stereotypically at first glance, being a large delinquent who picks on the other kids and has even the camp counselors scared of him thanks to his raw strength and KnifeNut tendencies. During his first time in the spotlight, Nurf proves to be a PunchClockVillain who only bullies when he deems it appropriate, a PoliticallyCorrectVillain who doesn't engage in intolerance, and a GeniusBruiser capable of screwing with people psychologically. Max, David, and Gwen are left bewildered by trying to figure him out.

* Grayson the School Bully from the Series/RippingYarns instalment ''"Tompkinson's Schooldays"'' is another parody of the Flashman character from the Literature/TomBrownsSchooldays - [[UpToEleven turned up to eleven]].

* In ''Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic'', Sombra was first seen as a bully named [[spoiler:Dusk Shine]].

%%* Foxy Loxy from ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle''.

%%* Biff Tannen of ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''. Also a JerkJock.

* ''VideoGame/ThePrinceOfLandis'': Jason is established as [[PlayerCharacter Evan]]'s bully in the first cutscene. He calls Evan a mean name, insults his father, and then beats him up.

* ''Series/FirstDay'': Isabella, a girl from Hannah's former school who knew her pre-transition and thus knows her previous name, bullies Hannah using this knowledge. However, over time she warms up to Hannah (who's very kind to her in spite of this, as she sees Isabella has suffered abuse due to bruises on her arms), and stops this.

* ''ComicBook/Calico2020'': {{Flashback}}s to [[TheProtagonist Calico]]'s childhood showed that, back when he lived in San Francisco De Macoris, he had to put up with a kid named Guillermito, who was a rich kid. Guillermito's first scene has him crushing Calico's toy car, and his hand, under his foot, before pushing his friends over.

* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'': Helena of Roth is constantly trying to get Lagdalen into trouble while they're both Senior Novices at the Temple in Marneri, tattling about anything wrong she does no matter how minor. It's immensely satisfying to see an attempt blow up in her face.

The SuperTrope of JerkJock, AlphaBitch, and other bully characters. This is the SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp in his heyday. The guy who gave you wedgies and tied you to a flag-pole. The girl who humiliated you in front of the entire school and broke your self-confidence on your first day in. In WesternAnimation, it is required by law for the bully to refer to his victims by [[LastNameBasis last name only]], because, well... you're not exactly their friend. Like dangerous creature predators, it’s not always the case that bullies are villains; they typically just act antagonistic, and are often considered neutral characters.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': This is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] When Ichigo expresses concern that Ichika has wandered away from her parents without their knowledge, Rukia tells him not to worry because a Soul Reaper has nothing to fear from human opponents. This merely increases Ichigo's worry because he interprets Rukia's words to mean that Ichika likes bullying helpless humans.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': When Ichigo expresses concern that Ichika has wandered away from her parents without their knowledge, Rukia tells him not to worry because a Soul Reaper has nothing to fear from human opponents. This merely increases Ichigo's worry because he interprets Rukia's words to mean that Ichika likes bullying helpless humans.

** Snape himself is a horrible bully to his students, Harry and Neville in particular. [[WordOfGod JK Rowling even says]] she considers this his worst trait.

* VandalismBackfire

* ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof

* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Bakugo Katsuki, TheRival to TheHero Izuku Midoriya, was his personal bully for ten years as of the time the story starts, and he was allowed to bully Izuku because our hero (at least at the beginning) was Quirkless while [[EveryoneIsaSuper approximately 80 to 90 percent of humanity has a Quirk]] and FantasticRacism is a result, as well as Bakugo being TheAce of the class, and in the very first chapter Bakugo even [[SuicideDare dares Izuku to kill himself]]. While CharacterDevelopment has made him more (grudgingly) accepting of having Izuku around, at the time of this writing Bakugo has still done absolutely nothing to acknowledge (let alone apologize for) his bullying.

* In ''Manga/MekkoRarekko'', we have Yamano Taishou who is a bit of a bully towards [[InSeriesNickname Buchi]] (real name Hirata Tadakatsu), [[spoiler: although he becomes much kinder towards him later on. Then we also have Amanuma Shinichi who bullied Taishou a lot in first grade and he bullies Taishou again along with Buchi shortly after he transfers to their school.]]
** "Taishou" ("General") seems to be a common nickname for bullies in anime, as the bully character in the classic magical girl series ''Anime/HimitsuNoAkkoChan'' also goes by Taishou. In fact, most early magical girl series, which tended to be more SliceOfLife oriented than fantasy-oriented, had at least one bully character, ranging from the burly Boss in ''Anime/MajokkoMegChan'' to RichBitch types like Tomiko in ''Anime/MahouNoMakoChan''.