History Main / DrivenByEnvy

* This describes Salia to a T in ''Anime/CrossAnge'', who has felt upstaged by Ange for taking the attention of her idol and commander, Jill, and the privilege of piloting the Villkiss, to the point where she spends most of the second half [[FaceHeelTurn on the other side]] trying to best her in battle, even when it involves disobeying her new leader, Embryo, who she now adores. And yes, Embryo is also more interested in Ange while she's just a pawn in his eyes, doing her ego no favors either.

* This trope pretty much drives the story of ''Manga/GaRei'' and its {{prequel}} ''Anime/GaReiZero''. In the prequel at least, Mei's FaceHeelTurn is fueled by her envy toward Yomi ''and then'' Yomi's FaceHeelTurn is caused by her envy toward Kagura. It didn't end well for everyone involved.
* ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'': Yomi (no relation to the above) [[DemonicPossession turns into Dead Master]] out of envy toward Yuu, who (from her POV) is taking Mato from her.
%%* ''Anime/HellGirl'' has a lot of people with a bad case of this, but the most notable is probably the theatre episode.

* In ''Manga/CaseClosed'', this is why [[spoiler: Motoyasu Tsukumo]] killed [[spoiler: Yashiro Kinoshita]]: he was envious and fearful of his pupil's raw talent as a magician, so [[spoiler: he tampered with the supplies of the water escape and as a result, Yashiro [[DrowningPit drowned]] while practicing.]] ''Too bad'' he didn't count on [[spoiler: Yashiro's little sister Mako, who saw the whole thing, she becomes his apprentice herself as part of her plot to get revenge for Yashiro's death.]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} comics, Ocean Master/Orm grew up as Aquaman's non-superpowered half-brother and tried competing at things like ''swimming'', but he's had a different backstory since the first big CrisisCrossover [[ContinuityReboot reboot]].
* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' villain Flag-Smasher didn't start out this way, but from his second appearance onwards admitted to hating Cap for simply being so much ''better'' physically and morally.
* 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.
* ''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.
* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': One of the reasons why [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]]'s relationship with his brother Thor was so conflicted was because Loki envied Thor for being Odin's favored son. Of course, Loki's constant scheming against Thor (though Thor was far from being Loki's only target) in his efforts to one-up him gave Odin and the rest of Asgard more and more reasons to hate Loki, to the point that now every Asgardian except Thor and (maybe) the Warriors Three wants to kill Loki, even after he was reincarnated as a relatively innocent and powerless child with no memories of his past self.

* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': Barry Allen's ArchEnemy and EvilCounterpart [[Characters/TheFlashEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]] was once an AscendedFanboy who worked at the Flash museum and dreamed of becoming just like his idol Barry Allen. Once he gains super-speed, he becomes distraught by the fact he's destined to become the Reverse Flash and die at the hands of Barry. He then makes it his personal mission to make the Flash's life a living hell. He takes his frustration of being destined to always second best to the Flash on him. Best demonstrated in a scene from ''Series/TheFlash2014'':
--> '''Barry:''' Is this what this is about? Because you couldn't be me?\\
'''Eobard:''' I BECAME BETTER THAN YOU!

* PlayedForLaughs in ''LightNovel/OnlySenseOnline'' during the [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]] Tournament organized by the Crafting Guild in volume 5, when a group of participants with unlucky love lives form an ad hoc alliance and gang up on participants who they deem lead wholesome lives in and outside the game[[note]]a.k.a. riajuu[[/note]], in the style of the [[LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts FFF]].

* In ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms'', Princess Shoukei from Hou had a playmate who was very pretty and graceful. Shoukei's mom, Queen Kakai, was so upset by the girl being "better" than her little girl... that she falsely accused her mother (one of her own handmaidens) of accepting bribes, which led to both mother and daughter being executed. [[spoiler: After King Chuutatsu is overthrown and killed, the RebelLeader Gekkei captures Kakai and Shoukei, and harshly calls the queen out for killing the two maids before he [[OffWithHisHead beheaded her as punishment]].]]

* ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'': Yomi ([[NamesTheSame no relation to the above]]) [[DemonicPossession turns into Dead Master]] out of envy toward Yuu, who (from her POV) is taking Mato from her.

* This trope pretty much drives the story of ''Manga/GaRei'' and its {{prequel}} ''Anime/GaReiZero''. In the prequel at least, Mei's FaceHeelTurn is fueled by her envy toward Yomi ''and then'' Yomi's FaceHeelTurn is caused by her envy toward Kagura. [[KillEmAll It didn't end well for everyone involved]].

* A combination of envy, arrogance, and stubbornness prove to be the driving motivation of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' BigBad [[spoiler: Madara Uchiha. While he and future 1st Hokage Hashirama Senju considered each other a WorthyOpponent while their families were at war, Madara went mad with envy when he ended up AlwaysSecondBest to Hashirama in the final days of the war and the early days of the Hidden Leaf Village their families founded together. Many of Madara's future actions can be chalked up directly to spite against his arch-rival's descendants; even nearly a century after the final battle between the two of them, Madara's ''still'' not over the fact that people chose to follow Hashirama's vision of the future instead of his own.]]
* Cavendish from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is this, being resentful of Luffy and the other Supernovae for overshadowing his fame. He tells this to "Lucy" without realising who is really under the fake beard, [[spoiler: and, predictably, Luffy is revealed in front of Cavendish, who then tries to murder him. ]]

* Wario's plot to take over Mario's castle in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'' was fueled by his envy of Mario.

** While the series was LeftHanging before he could make the full turn to supervillainy, [[WellDoneSonGuy Harry Osborn]] as well. Peter seems to be better than him at school and sports, [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn Harry's father]] obviously [[WhyAreYouNotMySon prefers him]], and at the end of the series, he [[ExactEavesDropping accidentally overhears]] [[spoiler:Peter and his girlfriend, Gwen, planning to get together as soon as she can break up with Harry]].

* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': Barry Allen's ArchEnemy and EvilCounterpart [[Characters/TheFlashEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]] was once an AscendedFanboy who worked at the Flash museum and dreamed of becoming just like his idol Barry Allen. Once he gains super-speed, he becomes distraught by the fact he's destined to become the Reverse Flash and die at the hands of Barry. He then makes it his personal mission to make the Flash's life a living hell. He takes his frustration of being destined to always second best to the flash on him. A scene from ''Series/TheFlash2014'':
-->'''Barry:''' Is this what this about? Because you couldn't be me?\\

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Once Diana wasn't nearby to notice Doctor Psycho started playing with Vanessa Kapatelis' mind, and while she fought him off at first he was eventually able to start picking he mind apart by convincing her that Diana had abandoned her and replaced her with Cassie and that Vanessa deserved to be ComicBook/WonderGirl instead, so by the time he and his fellow villains were through turning her into the new Silver Swan she hated Cassie and felt she deserved everything Cassie had.

* Ultimately, this triggers everything that goes wrong in ''VideoGame/LiveALive''. [[spoiler:Straybow, friend and accomplice of the beloved knight Oersted, was so tired of [[AlwaysSecondBest being trapped in Oersted's shadow]] that he sabotaged the other man's life, tricking him into murdering the king and turning everyone else in the kingdom against him. This ended with Oersted killing Straybow, Oersted's beloved Alicia committing suicide out of her love for Straybow, and Oersted, having lost everything he had in his life, turning his back on all of humanity and becoming the Demon King Odio. All because Straybow was envious of Oersted's fame.]]

* In ''FanFic/SpectacularSeven'', DarkMagicalGirl Moondancer is envious over Sunset Shimmer getting what Moondancer feels she deserves - the power of magic, friendship, and the love of Twilight Sparkle. As the story goes on, Moondancer gradually morphs into a possessive {{Yandere}}, resorting to [[spoiler:using an AmplifierArtifact to increase her powers at the cost of [[ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil gradually-slipping sanity and self-control]]. After Moondancer believes MurderIsTheBestSolution and tries to kill the Spectacular Seven (including Twilight Sparkle), she suffers a VillainousBreakdown when her worldview is proven wrong and loses a fight to Sunset Shimmer when the dark magic boost still isn't enough to defeat ThePowerOfFriendship]]. Towards the end of her plans, Moondancer goes into a MotiveRant about how she [[IJustWantToBeSpecial just wants someone to like her the most]], which Twilight sees as the final straw, [[DisappointedByTheMotive calling out Moondancer for being so driven by envy]].

* In ''FanFic/EquestriaAHistoryRevealed Equestria'', it is strongly hinted that the LemonyNarrator's reasoning for writing this essay is out of her envy for Celestia, and to an extent, the unicorns. This consequently causes her to [[PlayedForLaughs bash them whenever she can.]]

* Zhou Yu, of [[Literature/RomanceoftheThreeKingdoms Three Kingdoms]] quasi-fame manages to envy himself ''to death'' when confronted again and again (and, crushingly, again) with Zhuge Liang's downright unfair genius.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' there is the hashihime [[note]]a kind of {{youkai}} associated with jealousy[[/note]] Parsee Mizuhashi who feeds on jealousy and envy and can manipulate it in others. At this point she is, herself, closer to being an AnthropomorphicPersonification of jealousy and envy more than anything else: She becomes envious of someone if she thinks they're happier than she is; if they are about on the same level, she'll boast about how she is more unfortunate; if she thinks the other person is the unfortunate one yet they aren't envious ''of her'' she'll become envious of their forbearance and if they ''are'' envious of her, then [[EmotionEater their envy becomes her sustenance]]... Either way, the person is screwed because Parsee can get violent if she's envious of someone and she would likely attack if she got enough power from another's envy to overpower them.

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* Taken UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep''. While it was bad enough in the films, the Evil Stepsisters' envy towards the extremely beautiful and kindhearted WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} was enough to drive them towards their attempt [[MoralEventHorizon to]] [[CainAndAbel murder her]] after the glass slipper fits her, which grants her not only freedom but also the prince's hand in marriage. Not only that, this very act made their hearts go deathly black, making them the opposites of Cinderella, who's a Princess of Heart; [[spoiler:''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' implies that ''[[NiceJobFixingItVillain this]]'' is what caused Cinderella to become a New Light, as unlike [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]] and [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Aurora]], her pure light was not detected right away]].

-->-- '''Creator/HarlanEllison''', from his introduction to ''ComicBook/TheSandman: Season of Mists'' by Creator/NeilGaiman

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

** Lex Luthor hates Superman because he's the only person alive who is simply better than him, and he believes if Superman wasn't around ''he'' would be humanity's greatest hero instead. In ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', ComicBook/WonderWoman uses her lasso to make Lex admit that he wants to ''be'' Superman.
** Catherine Grant hatred towards ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 in the Post-Crisis comics]] stemmed to a great extent from envy. As Lois Lane bluntly put it in ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac'', "She doesn't like someone '''half''' her age flying through Metropolis and turning heads".

* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} comics, Ocean Master/Orm grew up as Aquaman's non-superpowered half-brother and tried competing at things like ''swimming'' but he's had a different backstory since the first big CrisisCrossover [[ContinuityReboot reboot]].
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica villain Flag-Smasher didn't start out this way, but from his second appearance onwards admitted to hating Cap for simply being so much ''better'' physically and morally.

* Although he'll never admit it, the reason Doctor Doom hates [[ComicBook/FantasticFour 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.
* One of the reasons Loki's relationship with his brother [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] was so conflicted was because Loki envied Thor for being Odin's favored son. Of course, Loki's constant scheming against Thor (though Thor was far from being Loki's only target) in his efforts to one-up him gave Odin and the rest of Asgard more and more reasons to hate Loki, to the point that now every Asgardian except Thor and (maybe) the Warriors Three wants to kill Loki, even after he was reincarnated as a relatively innocent and powerless child with no memories of his past self.

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Priscilla Rich's entire grudge against Wonder Woman goes back to the superheroine upstaging her at a party. This blow to her ego proved too much for the envious Priscilla and her dark persona began to show through culminating in her becoming the supervillain the ComicBook/{{Cheetah}}.

** Scientist & CEO[=/=]Perfume magnate (depending on the continuity) Veronica Cale is the ComicBook/LexLuthor to Diana's Superman, believing that she, and not Wonder Woman, should be viewed as the ultimate icon of female empowerment.

* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': Barry Allen's {{Archenemy}} and EvilCounterpart Eobard Thawne was once an AscendedFanboy who worked at the Flash museum and dreamed of becoming just like his idol Barry Allen. Once he gains super-speed, he becomes distraught by the fact he's destined to become the Reverse Flash and die at the hands of Barry. He then makes it his personal mission to make the Flash's life a living hell. He takes his frustration of being destined to always second best to the flash on him. A scene from ''Series/TheFlash2014'':

* Shown in the page image is Princess Morbucks from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. Her penchant for evil is entirely driven by her desire to be better than the Powerpuff Girls. Or rather, that the girls won't let her be one, and with good reason. She's a glory hog, has no powers of her own, and almost got herself killed when she tried to make her debut. In a nice bit of irony, once she gets an upgraded suit, [[CutLexLuthorACheck it never occurs to her that she could strike out on her own instead of wasting her time and gadgetry on fighting the PPG]]. Morbucks even attacks the Powerpuff Girls' new friend Robin, because she can't understand why the girls would want to be friends with Robin and not her. Hell, the girls even spell it out for her at the end of her debut episode why they won't let her be a Powerpuff Girl: It has nothing to do with her lack of powers, it's because she's a spoiled brat who's only interested in being one because of the status attached to it, and has no interest in helping others which she could easily do with her resources. Naturally, it just goes in one ear and out the other on her.

%%* Danglars in ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}''.
%%* [[spoiler:Dr. Mikamura]] in ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam''
* In ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms'', Princess Shoukei from Hou had a playmate who was very pretty and graceful. Shoukei's mom, Queen Kakai, was so upset by the girl being "better" than her little girl... that she falsely accused her mother (one of her own handmaidens) of accepting bribes, which led to both mother and daughter being executed. [[spoiler: After King Chuutatsu is overthrown and killed, the RebelLeader Gekkei captures Kakai and Shoukei, and harshly calls the queen out for killing the two maids before he [[OffWithHisHead beheaded her as punishment]].]]

* Aki Honda from ''Manga/ShadowStar'' is really envious of Hiroko's grades, which drives her to do horrible things to her. The end. [[CruelAndUnusualDeath It's not a nice end either.]]

* PlayedForLaughs in ''LightNovel/OnlySenseOnline'' during the [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]] Tournament organized by the Crafting Guild in volume 5, when a group of participants with unlucky love lives form an ad hoc alliance and gang up on participants who they deem lead wholesome lives in and outside the game[[note]]a.k.a. riajuu[[/note]], in the style of the [[LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts FFF]].

Compare TheResenter. SuperTrope of FairestOfThemAll.

** Chimera is very envious of Stella, and always wants everything her way. When Stella is getting ready for her princess ball, Chimera tries to ruin Stella's fun. Chimera states that she hates Stella because she is a pretty, beautiful, spoiled and lucky princess.

->''"In the untalented, excellence generates a sense of wonder and amazement. In the merely talented, on the other hand, genius creates burning hatred and jealousy."''

* Jagi in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', who is so jealous of his youngest brother Kenshiro becoming the successor of Hokuto Shinken that he corrupted his best friend Shin into committing the acts that kick off the series proper.

* In ''Manga/CaseClosed'', this is why [[spoiler: Motoyasu Tsukumo]] killed [[spoiler: Yashiro Kinoshita]]: he was jealous and fearful of his pupil's raw talent as a magician, so [[spoiler: he tampered with the supplies of the water escape and as a result, Yashiro [[DrowningPit drowned]] while practicing.]] ''Too bad'' he didn't count on [[spoiler: Yashiro's little sister Mako, who saw the whole thing, she becomes his apprentice herself as part of her plot to get revenge for Yashiro's death.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'', the miko Tsubaki becomes overwhelmed with jealousy that Kikyou was chosen to be the guardian of the Shikon Jewel instead of her. Her envy would lead her to become a black miko.
* A combination of jealousy, arrogance, and stubbornness prove to be the driving motivation of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' BigBad [[spoiler: Madara Uchiha. While he and future 1st Hokage Hashirama Senju considered each other a WorthyOpponent while their families were at war, Madara went mad with envy when he ended up AlwaysSecondBest to Hashirama in the final days of the war and the early days of the Hidden Leaf Village their families founded together. Many of Madara's future actions can be chalked up directly to spite against his arch-rival's descendants; even nearly a century after the final battle between the two of them, Madara's ''still'' not over the fact that people chose to follow Hashirama's vision of the future instead of his own.]]

* In ''Manga/TokyoGhoul[=:Re=]'', [[TokenEvilTeammate Urie]] and [[spoiler: Takizawa]] are both fueled by jealousy towards [[TheAce Sasaki]]. While Urie is merely petty and driven to push himself too hard in his quest to become better than Sasaki, [[spoiler: Takizawa]] gives a MotiveRant concerning his desire to claim his rival's place as [[MadScientist Dr. Kanou]]'s "masterpiece" prior to brutally torturing him. It seems this factored into his FaceHeelTurn, with constant comparison to his predecessor feeding into his [[AlwaysSecondBest inferiority complex]] and helping twist him into his current state.

** Catherine Grant hatred towards ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 in the Post-Crisis comics]] stemmed to a great extent from jealousy. As Lois Lane bluntly put it in ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac'', "She doesn't like someone '''half''' her age flying through Metropolis and turning heads".

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Priscilla Rich's entire grudge against Wonder Woman goes back to the superheroine upstaging her at a party. This blow to her ego proved too much for the jealous Priscilla and her dark persona began to show through culminating in her becoming the supervillain the ComicBook/{{Cheetah}}.

* In ''FanFic/SpectacularSeven'', DarkMagicalGirl Moondancer is jealous over Sunset Shimmer getting what Moondancer feels she deserves - the power of magic, friendship, and the love of Twilight Sparkle. As the story goes on, Moondancer gradually morphs into a possessive {{Yandere}}, resorting to [[spoiler:using an AmplifierArtifact to increase her powers at the cost of [[ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil gradually-slipping sanity and self-control]]. After Moondancer believes MurderIsTheBestSolution and tries to kill the Spectacular Seven (including Twilight Sparkle), she suffers a VillainousBreakdown when her worldview is proven wrong and loses a fight to Sunset Shimmer when the dark magic boost still isn't enough to defeat ThePowerOfFriendship]]. Towards the end of her plans, Moondancer goes into a MotiveRant about how she [[IJustWantToBeSpecial just wants someone to like her the most]], which Twilight sees as the final straw, [[DisappointedByTheMotive calling out Moondancer for being so driven by jealousy]].

* It could be argued that Dr. Evil in ''Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe'' is an example of this trope. In order to defeat Austin, he steals Austin’s mojo. He states that Austin’s mojo is his "libido, the life force, the essence, the right stuff." Given that Austin has this all powerful libido and Dr. Evil does not, aside from wanting to hurt Austin and leave him "shagless", it is possible that he stole it partly out of jealousy, wanting Austin’s sexual prowess for himself. We can see this in the scene where he drinks some of Austin’s mojo, suddenly becoming horny for Frau and wanting to take the stolen sexual potency for a test drive.

* Isaac Boxtel of ''Literature/TheBlackTulip'', jealous of the hero's talent at horticulture and success at creating a black tulip, frames him and tries to steal the tulip's discovery for himself.
* In the ''Literature/MythAdventures'' book, ''Little Myth Marker,'' small-time magicians jealous of Skeeve's success hire a "character assassin" to sabotage his career and destroy his reputation.

** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E13TheKillerInMe The Killer in Me]]" is devoted to the plots of another witch, [[spoiler:Amy the former rat,]] setting up traps for Willow out of sheer jealousy for Willow's talent at magic. The villain even rants about having to work and [[HardWorkHardlyWorks work and work]] to be half as powerful as Willow was without even trying. She also points out that Willow was EasilyForgiven for nearly killing all her friends and ''almost destroying the world'', but ''she'' was never even given a second chance.

* On ''Series/OnceUponATime,'' the entire motivation of Zelena ([[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the West]]) is that she's jealous of the life Regina has led... and jealous anytime someone else looks like they might steal her perceived spotlight. She was so jealous, it actually turned her green. Regina's (true) statements that her life ''[[BreakTheCutie isn't]]'' [[CorruptTheCutie something]] to desire (especially being raised by her [[AbusiveParents mother]]) only enrages Zelena further.

* ''Series/TenMilesOfPeachBlossoms'': Part of Xuan Nu's motivation in turning traitor is her jealousy of Bai Qian -- and [[LoveMakesYouEvil especially]] of Li Jing's love for Bai Qian.

* In the backstory of ''VideoGame/MadDaedalus'', the Greek inventor Daedalus is driven to murder after he is jealous of the accolades his nephew received.

* Ultimately, this triggers everything that goes wrong in ''VideoGame/LiveALive''. [[spoiler:Straybow, friend and accomplice of the beloved knight Oersted, was so tired of [[AlwaysSecondBest being trapped in Oersted's shadow]] that he sabotaged the other man's life, tricking him into murdering the king and turning everyone else in the kingdom against him. This ended with Oersted killing Straybow, Oersted's beloved Alicia committing suicide out of her love for Straybow, and Oersted, having lost everything he had in his life, turning his back on all of humanity and becoming the Demon King Odio. All because Straybow was jealous of Oersted's fame.]]
* [[spoiler:Joseph Bertrand]] of ''VideoGame/{{Infamous 2}}''. His reason for [[spoiler:wanting all Conduits dead, is because of his raw deal as a Conduit. While people like Cole and Nix got easily manageable powers, Bertrand's Conduit form is a mindless, [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever enormous]] monstrosity. His jealousy and anger over this is what leads him to brand Conduits as 'Abominations'.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' there is the hashihime [[note]]a kind of {{youkai}} associated with jealousy[[/note]] Parsee Mizuhashi who feeds on jealousy and envy and can manipulate it in others. At this point she is, herself, closer to being an AnthropomorphicPersonification of jealousy and envy more than anything else: She becomes jealous of someone if she thinks they're happier than she is; if they are about on the same level, she'll boast about how she is more unfortunate; if she thinks the other person is the unfortunate one yet they aren't jealous ''of her'' she'll become jealous of their forbearance and if they ''are'' jealous of her, then [[EmotionEater their jealousy becomes her sustenance]]... Either way, the person is screwed because Parsee can get violent if she's jealous of someone and she would likely attack if she got enough power from another's jealousy to overpower them.
* Bass, TheRival in the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' series, is jealous of Mega Man's status as a world champion, which is why he wants to eliminate Mega Man.

* The true BigBad of ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' [[spoiler:Hugh Darrow, the inventor of Augmentation]] enacts a plan that will sour humanity on augmentation forever [[spoiler:by using a signal to drive every Augment alive insane]]. He claims that it's for the greater good so that people will see how dangerous augmentation is. In reality, he's simply envious of Augments because [[spoiler:his own body cannot accept augmentation. Darrow is willing to drive a good chunk of the populace mad, causing global panic and destruction, just because he's jealous of other people who can replace bad limbs with augments while he's stuck walking with a cane.]]
* Arl Howe, in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', is consumed with jealousy for his best friend and liege lord, Teyrn Bryce Cousland. As illustrated in the Human Noble Origin, this envy leads him to ally with [[spoiler:Loghain]] and murder the Teyrn and nearly his entire family and household.

* Dominus Ghaul from ''VideoGame/Destiny2''. For all his talk of conquest and leading [[ScaryDogmaticAliens the Cabal]] into a brighter future, his ''real'' motivation for laying siege to the City and waging war against the Guardians is a mixture of jealousy and insecurity. He’s can’t understand or accept that [[CrystalDragonJesus the Traveler]] chose the PunyHumans as it’s [[TheChosenMany champions]], while he was ignored despite being one of the mightiest warriors in the universe. The crippling blow to his ego has left him [[WellDoneSonGuy obsessed with gaining the Traveler’s attention and proving to it that he’s not weak or a failure]], even if he has to kill millions to do it.

* In ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'', a large part of Dennis’s motivation is jealousy of boys who are good with girls.
* Shinji Matou of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', despite being a descendant of the Matou line of magi, lacks any magic circuits and thus cannot perform any magecraft. He is intensely jealous of Shirou and [[spoiler:Sakura]], and his main goal in the Fifth Grail War is to become a magus by using the Grail.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Doctor Arthur Watts' main reason for joining [[BigBad Salem]]'s crusade against humanity was out of jealously and [[EvilIsPetty spite]] all because [[FourStarBadass General James Ironwood]] opted to greenlight the project of Watts' colleague [[FatherlyScientist Pietro Polendina]] over Watts' own ("You chose that ''fat imbecile'' over '''''ME'''''!!!") and denied him the respect and credit [[EntitledBastard he feels he deserved]].

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', The Ace Chad Dickson, f.k.a. Numbuh 274, was considered to be THE best operative on the planet up until his defection. Afterwards, it was believed that Nigel Uno, a.k.a. Numbuh 1, leader of Sector V, was the best. [[spoiler:The fact that Nigel is still considered the best even though he is still an active (undercover) operative angers Chad to no end, as Chad is ''obsessed'' with being the best. The jealousy eventually causes him to try and kill Nigel in his last appearance on the show]].
* Stargirl in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' gets very jealous upon seeing Supergirl's popularity. She softens later.

** Princess Luna transformed into Nightmare Moon because she was jealous of all the attention her sister Celestia received. After being banished for a thousand years, she is finally cleansed of her evil and jealousy by the Elements of Harmony and makes amends with her sister.

** Chimera is very jealous of Stella, and always wants everything her way. When Stella is getting ready for her princess ball, Chimera tries to ruin Stella's fun. Chimera states that she hates Stella because she is a pretty, beautiful, spoiled and lucky princess.
** Prince Tritannus is jealous of his twin brother's popularity and lock on the throne. As such, he attempts to assassinate Nereus. When this fails, he retaliates by trying to conquer the whole Magic Dimension, brainwashing Nereus in the process.

* In ''Manga/InuYasha'', the miko Tsubaki becomes overwhelmed with jealousy that Kikyou was chosen to be the guardian of the Shikon Jewel instead of her. Her envy would lead her to become a black miko.

* Cavendish from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is this, being resentful of Luffy and the other Supernovae for overshadowing his fame. He tells this to “Lucy” without realising who is really under the fake beard, [[spoiler: and, predictably, Luffy is revealed in front of Cavendish, who then tries to murder him. ]]

* ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse

** The Conduit.

** ComicBook/LexLuthor hates Superman because he's the only person alive who is simply better than him, and he knows if Superman wasn't around ''he'' would be humanity's greatest hero instead. In ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', ComicBook/WonderWoman used her lasso to make Lex admit that he wants to ''be'' Superman.
** Catherine Grant hatred towards ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 in the Post-Crisis comics]] stemmed to a great extent from jealousy. As ComicBook/LoisLane bluntly put it, "She doesn't like someone '''half''' her age flying through Metropolis and turning heads".
* Ocean Master/Orm was indeed this trope in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} comics, where he grew up as ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'s non-superpowered half-brother and tried competing at things like ''swimming'' but he's had a different backstory since the first big CrisisCrossover [[ContinuityReboot reboot]].

** Catherine Grant hatred towards ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 in the Post-Crisis comics]] stemmed to a great extent from jealousy. As ComicBook/LoisLane bluntly put, "She doesn't like someone '''half''' her age flying through Metropolis and turning heads".

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Doctor Arthur Watts' main reason for joining [[BigBad Salem]]'s crusade against humanity was out of jealously and [[EvilIsPetty spite]] all because [[FourStarBadass General James Ironwood]] opted to greenlight the project of Watts' colleague [[FatherlyScientist Pietro Polendina]] over Watts' own ("You chose that fat-imbecile over me!") and denied him the respect and credit [[EntitledBastard he feels he deserved]].