History Main / TheBully

** Joffrey gets his kicks tormenting others.

** Cersei gets a kick out of throwing her weight around and making underlings squirm. Pycelle is probably her favorite punching bag.

* ''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]]. When they get to U.A., however, CharacterDevelopment ensues, and Bakugo goes from being his bully to eventually becoming his SecretKeeper in regards to One For All, to [[spoiler:TakingTheBullet for him in the Paranormal Liberation War arc]]. It eventually culminates into [[spoiler:him apologizing to Izuku for everything in the Deku vs. Class 1-A arc, in order to help convince Izuku to return to U.A. and allow the class to help him in his FinalBattle with All For One]].

** Gregor's idea of a good time is raping and killing people — especially those who can't feasibly fight back. A woman and her baby in the backstory, his own little brother when they were both children, a surprised Loras Tyrell who had nothing but a wooden shield while he was swinging a huge sword, a bunch of helpless unarmed prisoners...and it's mentioned that he regularly goes raping and pillaging the smallfolk. Facing an actually challenging opponent like his brother Sandor and Oberyn Martell just makes him even angrier.

* The cyberpunk novel ''Literature/{{Otherland}}'' could be interpreted as something of a SpaceWhaleAesopAesop about bullying. The antagonists are all bullies of one sort or another; the most developed of whom, CorruptCorporateExecutive Felix Jongleur, describes a upbringing in a BoardingSchoolOfHorrors where he was the victim of the resident GangOfBullies. In revenge, he became a bully himself, meting out vicious summary punishment to anyone who dares offend him. His use of pain to control his subordinates comes full circle when PsychoForHire Dread pulls an EvilerThanThou on him and the Other, his [[AIIsACrapshoot quasi-AI]] computer system, finally snaps under the constant torture and tries to kill him.

** Flash Thompson. The ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' version of Flash is even worse, having none of the depth as his mainstream counterpart and taking far more pleasure in seeing Peter humiliated for no good reason. While the Flash Thompson of ''ComicBook/SpiderManLovesMaryJane'' is quite different inasmuch as he gives Peter Parker a {{wedgie}} in the second issue but stops engaging in that kind of behaviour shortly thereafter due to {{character development}}.

* Bugs Meany of ''Literature/EncyclopediaBrown''.
* Literature/{{Flashman}}, was originally the school bully from Literature/TomBrownsSchooldays, until he was given his own series by Creator/GeorgeMacDonaldFraser. Arguably he's a case of SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp then.

** Flash Thompson. The ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' version of Flash is even worse, having none of the depth as his mainstream counterpart and taking far more pleasure in seeing Peter humiliated for no good reason. While the Flash Thompson of {{ComicBook/SpiderMan Loves Mary Jane}} is quite different inasmuch as he gives Peter Parker a {{wedgie}} in the second issue but stops engaging in that kind of behaviour shortly thereafter due to {{character development}}.

** In the comic book Spider-Man’s Tangled Web, {{Schoolyard Bully all Grown Up}} Carl King, now the {{supervillain}} The Thousand mentioned that he made the {{loser protagonist}} Peter Parker his {{homework slave}} and punished for him for messing up his math paper by giving him a {{swirlie}}, dangling him from the Williamsburg bridge, pointing a knife towards his crotch and forcing him to eat dog poop.

** Hellion from ''ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX'', 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.

* In the made-for-TV movie ''Film/{{Cyberbully}}'', a girl named Lindsay, believing the protagonist, Taylor (Creator/EmilyOsment) subtly insulted her during a health class discussion, goes after Taylor with unbelievable viciousness. Although Lindsay is not the only cause of Taylor's problems (one of the perpetrators turns out to be [[spoiler:Taylor's own best friend]]), she is the most consistently vicious, and when Taylor [[spoiler:nearly commits suicide]] because of the teasing, Lindsay shows no remorse whatsoever.

* ''Anime/MazingerZ'' has Onimaru, a secondary character who attended Shiro's high school and was a {{Jerkass}} who bullied weak kids who could not defend themselves. He picked on Mitsuo, a nerdy, weak, shy kid and tormented him frequently, insulting him, beating him and making him a fool of himself. It did not end up well for him, though, and he started to reconsider his attitude.

* The relationship between The Buddy System and "Better Than You" in SHINE. The latter spoiled the former's chances of becoming {{tag team}} champions, broke Heidi Lovelace's leg which left Solo Darling on her own, showed up with their Valifornia [[PowerStable stablemates]] in tow to stop Solo's return to solo matches and set the group's new brute on her.
* Superestrella Ash took to beating on Pablito after The World Wrestling League's 2016 return, jumping him in the street and pouring milk on his head in the locker room. The size difference between the two was so great not even a highway bat was enough of an equalizer, but Phenomeno BJ ended up beating up Ash for him.
* [[Wrestling/LukeHarper "The Big Rig" Brodie Lee]] in Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}. He outweighed most wrestlers on the roster by over 100 lbs. Every time he entered the ring, he made a beeline for ring announcer Gavin Loudspeaker, who had to flee for his life. He mistreated his tag partner Grizzly Redwood. And when the usual CHIKARA comedy happened, he not only refused to participate, but gleefully ruined it for everyone. For example, when a spontaneous baseball game broke out during a match and he was supposed to be at bat, he just turned around and decked the catcher with an open hand slap.

Because AdultsAreUseless, frequently students have to take matters into their own hands to deal with these characters, leading to a BullyHunter. Alternatively, the bully may not get his comeuppance from his victims or their protectors, instead running foul of a bigger villain and having to be [[SaveTheVillain rescued by the very people he used to torment.]] Can lead to a ReformedBully, [[EmbarrassingRescue if the bully is willing to admit to it.]] Otherwise the [[StatusQuoIsGod status quo returns to normal]] despite [[UngratefulBastard past events.]]