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** ''Noodnick, Daughter of Medic" Miss Brooks succesfully gets Mr. Conklin get a raise and a bonus. One of the conditions Miss Brooks insists upon is that Mr. Conklin's bonus be ''larger'' than that awarded Jason Brille.

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** ''Noodnick, "Noodnick, Daughter of Medic" Medic": Miss Brooks succesfully gets Mr. Conklin get a raise and a bonus. One of the conditions Miss Brooks insists upon is that Mr. Conklin's bonus be ''larger'' than that awarded Jason Brille.
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Mr. Conklin's rivalry with Jason Brille, principal of rival school Clay City High (or Clay High), drives several plots on the radio. On television, a few stories deal with Mr. Conklin's personal rivalry with Hamilton High principal Jasper Flint.
** "Clay City English Teacher": A radio episode. Mr. Brille and Mr. Conklin are poaching teachers from their respective schools. Brille tries to get Miss Brooks transfer to Clay City.
** "Madison Country Club": Mr. Conklin is furious that Mr. Brille received donations to renovate his office. Conklin schemes to get a wealthy dowager to fund his renovation project.
** "The Little Visitor" has Mr. Conklin compete with Mr. Brille for a promotion.
** "Two-Way Stretch Snodgrass": A SoundToScreenAdaptation of "Stretch To Transfer". Conklin plots to get former All-American Biff Mooney hired as the new school coach, to spite Jasper Flinter (Jason Brille in the radio original). Conklin is furious to hear Flint's hired Mooney. Flint then [[DumbJock tricks star football player Stretch Snodgrass]] into asking for a transfer.
** ''Noodnick, Daughter of Medic" Miss Brooks succesfully gets Mr. Conklin get a raise and a bonus. One of the conditions Miss Brooks insists upon is that Mr. Conklin's bonus be ''larger'' than that awarded Jason Brille.
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* ''Series/{{Hunter|1984}}'': In season 1 there's an episode where a guy on a bike goes around killing cops in QuickDraw-style shootouts. This is because of a WildWest arcade game in his favorite bar where he's routinely the best, and he goes after people who beat his high score. Rick Hunter deliberately scores higher on the machine precisely because he knows it will draw out the cop killer.

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* ''Series/{{Hunter|1984}}'': In season 1 there's an episode where "The Shooter", a guy on a bike goes around killing cops in QuickDraw-style shootouts. This is because of a WildWest arcade game in his favorite bar where he's routinely the best, and he goes after people who beat his high score. Rick Hunter deliberately scores higher on the machine precisely because he knows it will draw out the cop killer.
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* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloInHollywood'': Gregory [=LeMaise=] does not appreciate anyone else who could be a potential rival getting a leading role in a movie, even if he'd turned it down, and actively works to sabotage the younger and talented Jeff Parker when the latter tries to get a part that [=LeMaise=] had recently turned down.
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* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Although he'll never admit it, the reason that Characters/DoctorDoom hates Reed Richards as passionately as he does is that he can't stand the fact that Reed is smarter, better, and more admired than him, and always manages to foil his schemes through superior intelligence. Doom finally does admit it in ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''. No sooner does he concede the point than Molecule Man strips Doom of his godlike powers and grants them to Reed.

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* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Although he'll never admit it, the reason that Characters/DoctorDoom [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] hates Reed Richards as passionately as he does is that he can't stand the fact that Reed is smarter, better, and more admired than him, and always manages to foil his schemes through superior intelligence. Doom finally does admit it in ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''. No sooner does he concede the point than Molecule Man strips Doom of his godlike powers and grants them to Reed.



* The primary and secret reason for newspaper publisher J. Jonah Jameson's hatred of ComicBook/SpiderMan and why he uses the Daily Bugle to publicly denounce him. It is revealed in ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #10 that Jameson is envious of Spidey's altruistic heroism. Jameson admits to himself he needs to tear down Spider-Man because he can't be as good a man as him.

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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': The primary and secret reason for newspaper publisher [[Characters/MarvelComicsJJonahJameson J. Jonah Jameson's Jameson]]'s hatred of ComicBook/SpiderMan Spider-Man and why he uses the Daily Bugle to publicly denounce him. It is revealed in ''Amazing Spider-Man'' ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko'' #10 that Jameson is envious of Spidey's altruistic heroism. Jameson admits to himself he needs to tear down Spider-Man because he can't be as good a man as him.
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Compare TheResenter and TallPoppySyndrome. SuperTrope of FairestOfThemAll.

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Compare TheResenter TheResenter, ThrivingExCrush, and TallPoppySyndrome. SuperTrope of FairestOfThemAll.
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* ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'': Quervo, the boon companion of Tsurugi Ohtori, constantly felt he was in the latter's shadow to the point where he committed a HeroicSacrifice to save Tsurugi from BigBad Don Armage even if said sacrifice was unnecessary due to Tsurugi's immortality. [[spoiler:This also allowed Quervo to make a deal with Don Armage, becoming the universal ruler's new host.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' has [[PunnyName Witch Hazel]], who is very vain and obsessive about her ugliness. In ''WesternAnimation/BroomStickBunny'', she constantly consults her magic mirror to ensure she's still the "ugliest of all" and becomes jealous when Bugs shows up at her house on Halloween wearing an ugly witch mask, mistaking him for a witch more hideous than she is. She tries to give Bugs a beauty potion but ends up accidentally drinking it herself and becoming a HotWitch, to her horror.

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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' has [[PunnyName Witch Hazel]], who is very vain and obsessive about her ugliness. In ''WesternAnimation/BroomStickBunny'', she constantly consults her magic mirror to ensure she's still the "ugliest of all" and becomes jealous when Bugs shows up at her house on Halloween wearing an ugly witch mask, mistaking him for a witch more hideous than she is. She tries to give Bugs a [[MagicPotion beauty potion potion]] but ends up accidentally drinking it herself and becoming a HotWitch, to her horror.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' has [[PunnyName Witch Hazel]], who is very vain and obsessive about her ugliness. In ''WesternAnimation/BroomStickBunny'', she constantly consults her magic mirror to ensure she's still the "ugliest of all" and becomes jealous when Bugs shows up at her house on Halloween wearing an ugly witch mask, mistaking him for a witch more hideous than she is. She tries to give Bugs a beauty potion but ends up accidentally drinking it herself and becoming a HotWitch, to her horror.

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