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** "Brother? Oh, HIM? Yeah, I don't really talk about him much..."
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* '''Straight''': Flash Young, the nationally famous heavyweight boxing champion of the world (and also octuple division champion), feels that his older sister, Hillary Young, is constantly overshadowing him as she's pretty much the head of a [[MegaCorp globally known multimedia conglomerate]] that [[Fiction500 allows the two to live an extremely lavish lifestyle]] (though Flash prefers to live in his dingy old gym with his friends).

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* '''Straight''': Flash Young, the nationally famous heavyweight boxing champion of the world (and also octuple division champion), feels that his older sister, Hillary Young, is constantly overshadowing him as she's pretty much the head of a [[MegaCorp globally known multimedia conglomerate]] that [[Fiction500 allows the two to live an extremely lavish lifestyle]] (though Flash prefers to [[AffluentAscetic live in his dingy old gym with his friends).friends]]).
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** Flash, the main protagonist, is always grumbling about his sister, but he never expands on why he's even grumbling about her. Meanwhile, she's part of a Fiction500 company.

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** Flash, the main protagonist, is always grumbling about his sister, but he never expands on why he's even grumbling about her. Meanwhile, she's part of a Fiction500 company.MegaCorp.
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* '''Straight''': Flash Young, the nationally famous heavyweight boxing champion of the world, feels that his older sister, Hillary Young, is constantly overshadowing him as she's pretty much the head of a [[MegaCorp globally known multimedia conglomerate]] that [[Fiction500 allows the two to live an extremely lavish lifestyle]] (though Flash prefers to live in his dingy old gym with his friends).

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* '''Straight''': Flash Young, the nationally famous heavyweight boxing champion of the world, world (and also octuple division champion), feels that his older sister, Hillary Young, is constantly overshadowing him as she's pretty much the head of a [[MegaCorp globally known multimedia conglomerate]] that [[Fiction500 allows the two to live an extremely lavish lifestyle]] (though Flash prefers to live in his dingy old gym with his friends).

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* '''Straight''': Flash Young, the nationally famous heavyweight boxing champion of the world, feels that his older sister, Hillary Young, is constantly overshadowing him as she's pretty much the head of a [[Fiction500 globally known multimedia conglomerate]].

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* '''Straight''': Flash Young, the nationally famous heavyweight boxing champion of the world, feels that his older sister, Hillary Young, is constantly overshadowing him as she's pretty much the head of a [[Fiction500 [[MegaCorp globally known multimedia conglomerate]].conglomerate]] that [[Fiction500 allows the two to live an extremely lavish lifestyle]] (though Flash prefers to live in his dingy old gym with his friends).



* '''Double Subverted''': [[StepfordSmiler It's just that he's using his totally cool exterior to hide his resentment about his inferiority]].

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* '''Double Subverted''': [[StepfordSmiler It's just that he's using his totally cool exterior to hide his furious, enraged resentment about his inferiority]].inferiority because of her]].


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** Flash isn't overshadowed.

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* '''Straight''': Flash Young, the nationally famous heavyweight champion of the world, feels that his older sister, Hillary Young, is constantly overshadowing him as she's pretty much the head of a globally known multimedia conglomerate.

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* '''Straight''': Flash Young, the nationally famous heavyweight boxing champion of the world, feels that his older sister, Hillary Young, is constantly overshadowing him as she's pretty much the head of a [[Fiction500 globally known multimedia conglomerate.conglomerate]].



** While Flash focuses on the fame he has now, he does occasionally compare it to Hillary's.

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** While Flash focuses on the fame he has now, he does occasionally compare it to Hillary's.Hillary's, which is just a little bit more well known than Flash's.



* '''Justified''': Hillary is just that more famous than Flash, which feeds into his InferioritySuperiorityComplex.
* '''Inverted''': Hillary genuinely feels that her younger brother Flash (no matter how {{annoying|youngersibling}} he may be DependingOnTheWriter) is lesser than her, and she doesn't like it. So she goes out of her way to make his name as known as hers, and DependingOnTheWriter, he may or may not like the newfound fame. Likewise, there may be those who think he's piggybacking off his own sister's success.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Hillary is just that more famous than Flash, which feeds into his InferioritySuperiorityComplex.
** Flash is comically [[{{Manchild}} immature]], which is why people prefer Hillary over him. [[NotHelpingYourCase As such, he tends to feel a little left out and is rather vocal of it]], [[IResembleThatRemark while also whining about being considered idiotic and immature]].
* '''Inverted''': Hillary genuinely feels that her younger brother Flash (no matter how {{annoying|youngersibling}} he may be DependingOnTheWriter) is lesser than her, and she doesn't like it.it not one bit. So she goes out of her way to make his name as known as hers, and DependingOnTheWriter, he may or may not like the newfound fame. Likewise, there may be those who think he's piggybacking off his own sister's success.



* '''Parodied''': Flash is practically unknown by comparison to his sister; In fact, in the rare event he ''gets'' mentioned, it's usually as more of a putdown. And in any fight debates, it's practically unanimous [[StrongerSibling that Hillary gives Flash a big old]] CurbstompBattle.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The fame of Flash and Hillary tend to fluctuate, and whoever's the more successful sibling is DependingOnTheWriter.
* '''Averted''': Flash doesn't feel overshadowed.
* '''Enforced''': To make Flash TheWoobie.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Still not as famous as your sister, eh?"
* '''Invoked''': Hillary, being the BigSisterBully she is, intentionally makes herself look better while subtly making Flash look more and more like an unrespectable brute who bashes people's heads in ForTheLulz.

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* '''Parodied''': Flash is practically unknown by comparison to his sister; In fact, in the rare event he even ''gets'' mentioned, it's usually as more of a putdown.putdown, an indirect TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. And in any fight debates, it's practically unanimous [[StrongerSibling that Hillary gives Flash a big old]] CurbstompBattle.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The fame of Flash and Hillary tend to fluctuate, and whoever's the more successful sibling (and who's the one jealous of the other's success) is DependingOnTheWriter.
* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Flash doesn't feel overshadowed.
** Flash and Hillary are equally famous.
* '''Enforced''': To make Flash TheWoobie.
a JerkassWoobie, considering he's a sulking brute who's pretty loutish himself.
* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':
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"Still not as famous as your sister, eh?"
** "I can't believe they're all pourin' their support an' affection towards HER! Like, HELLO!? I'm right fuckin' here!"
* '''Invoked''': Hillary, being the BigSisterBully she is, intentionally makes herself look better like a charitous, mature woman, while subtly making Flash look more and more like an unrespectable brute a brutish, loutish, unrespectable, PsychopathicManchild who bashes people's heads in ForTheLulz.



* '''Defied''': Flash refuses to consider himself as lesser than Hillary, as the two are in different industries altogether.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Flash refuses to consider himself as lesser than Hillary, as the two are in different industries altogether.altogether.
** Hillary refuses to have Flash be considered a lesser person, and while she does make him well known, it's not so overt that it looks like he's piggybacking off her success.



* '''Implied''': While Hillary is the well known star of the work, more often than not, you tend to see a frowning face with a huge pompadour behind her and you have no idea who that is. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to the wiki, the face is actually Hillary's younger brother Flash]].

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* '''Implied''': '''Implied''':
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While Hillary is the well known star of the work, more often than not, you tend to see a frowning face with a huge pompadour behind her and you have no idea who that is. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to the wiki, the face is actually Hillary's younger brother Flash]].Flash]].
** Flash, the main protagonist, is always grumbling about his sister, but he never expands on why he's even grumbling about her. Meanwhile, she's part of a Fiction500 company.



* '''Played for Horror''': Flash is jealous of Hillary's success [[CainAndAbel and proceeds to kil her for it]].

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* '''Played for Horror''': Flash is jealous of Hillary's success [[CainAndAbel and proceeds to kil kill her for it]].it]].
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* '''Straight''': Flash Young, the nationally famous heavyweight champion of the world, feels that his sister, Hillary Young, is constantly overshadowing him as she's pretty much the head of a globally known multimedia conglomerate.

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* '''Straight''': Flash Young, the nationally famous heavyweight champion of the world, feels that his older sister, Hillary Young, is constantly overshadowing him as she's pretty much the head of a globally known multimedia conglomerate.



* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???
Hillary genuinely feels that her younger brother Flash (no matter how {{annoying|youngersibling}} he may be DependingOnTheWriter) is lesser than her, and she doesn't like it. So she goes out of her way to make his name as known as hers, and DependingOnTheWriter, he may or may not like the newfound fame. Likewise, there may be those who think he's piggybacking off his own sister's success.
* '''Subverted''': ???
While it's assumed that the lesser known Flash would probably resent his older sister's greatness, he's actually revealed to be totally cool about it.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???[[StepfordSmiler It's just that he's using his totally cool exterior to hide his resentment about his inferiority]].



* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???
Hillary, being the BigSisterBully she is, intentionally makes herself look better while subtly making Flash look more and more like an unrespectable brute who bashes people's heads in ForTheLulz.
* '''Exploited''': ???[[SmoothTalkingTalentAgent Paul Dyson]] notices Flash's resentment of his sister, and promises that his name will be better known than hers... [[DealWithTheDevil At the lowly cost of his SOUL]].



* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"Man, don't you think that Flash is... A little resentful of Hillary's success?" "I know who Hillary is, but who's this Flash guy you're talking about?"
* '''Conversed''': ???"Awww, poor Flash. Can't ever get out of his sister's shadow." "Considering how much of a complete {{Jerkass}} Flash tends to be, he probably deserves it."
* '''Implied''': While Hillary is the well known star of the work, more often than not, you tend to see a frowning face with a huge pompadour behind her and you have no idea who that is. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to the wiki, the face is actually Hillary's younger brother Flash]].
* '''Deconstructed''': Flash decides to get even (or higher) with Hillary, and works hard enough to become even more successful than her. Now the roles are switched.
* '''Reconstructed''': That is, until Flash's RoleEndingMisdemeanor is revealed; Now he's perpetually known as the guy who had a RoleEndingMisdemeanor.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Flash is jealous of Hillary's success [[SeriousBusiness for something comically trivial]].
* '''Played for Drama''': Flash is jealous of Hillary's success to the point where he's DrivenToSuicide. And when Hillary finds out, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone distraught wouldn't even begin to describe her feelings]]...
* '''Played for Horror''': Flash is jealous of Hillary's success [[CainAndAbel and proceeds to kil her for it]].



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'''Basic Trope''': Someone feels their more successful sibling overshadows them.
* '''Straight''': Flash Young, the nationally famous heavyweight champion of the world, feels that his sister, Hillary Young, is constantly overshadowing him as she's pretty much the head of a globally known multimedia conglomerate.
* '''Exaggerated''': Flash can be so famous that ''the whole world'' knows his name, and yet Hillary still manages to overshadow him. It doesn't help that Hillary is known throughout ''every feasible corner of the omniverse''.
* '''Downplayed''':
** While Flash focuses on the fame he has now, he does occasionally compare it to Hillary's.
** [[WellDoneSonGuy Flash is pretty famous, but all he wants is the approval of Hillary]].
* '''Justified''': Hillary is just that more famous than Flash, which feeds into his InferioritySuperiorityComplex.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Flash is practically unknown by comparison to his sister; In fact, in the rare event he ''gets'' mentioned, it's usually as more of a putdown. And in any fight debates, it's practically unanimous [[StrongerSibling that Hillary gives Flash a big old]] CurbstompBattle.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The fame of Flash and Hillary tend to fluctuate, and whoever's the more successful sibling is DependingOnTheWriter.
* '''Averted''': Flash doesn't feel overshadowed.
* '''Enforced''': To make Flash TheWoobie.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Still not as famous as your sister, eh?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Flash refuses to consider himself as lesser than Hillary, as the two are in different industries altogether.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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