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* In one of the bad endings of ''VisualNovel/HeartOfTheWoods'', Tara gets jealous of her best friend Madison and Madison's new girlfriend Abigail, but not out of romantic jealousy- Tara and Madison had dated for a few weeks but concluded it was a mistake. Instead, Tara is jealous about how [[spoiler:Madison and Abigail get to be together while Morgan, the girl Tara loves, died of a HeroicSacrifice in the climax]]. Tara realizes that this is no way for a friend to act and feels rather guilty, while Abigail reassures Madison that Tara doesn't hate her and Madison holds out hope that one day, their friendship will fully recover.

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' features [[MeaningfulName Leviathan]], the second of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Stakes of Purgatory]]. She's a whiny crybaby who envied her sisters for seven days. However, not even her envy is a match for [[spoiler:Kyrie(Rudolf's mistress and second wife)]] who envied [[spoiler:Asumu(Rudolf's late first wife)]] for ''eighteen years'', especially after [[spoiler:Kyrie's first child was stillborn while Asumu gave birth to Battler(or so Kyrie thinks)]]. Leviathan develops [[LesYay a bit of]] [[FoeYay a crush]] on her after that.

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When a character '''acts''' upon their envy, then we have the trope DrivenByEnvy. TheLancer (among heroes) and TheStarscream (among villains) are particularly prone to the Green-Eyed Monster. The DarkMagicalGirl often envies the MagicalGirl. Inspiring envy is a defining trait of TheMinnesotaFats, and feeling it, of ClingyJealousGirl, CrazyJealousGuy, the FairestOfThemAll, and TheResenter. The {{Yandere}} is defined by it. The DaddysGirl, inspired by it, may regard ''any'' possible stepmother as a WickedStepmother, even if she's truly the sweetest person in the world. DividedWeFall is often motivated by it.

* ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaSeries'': It's mostly played for comedy throughout the series, but no matter which heroine the protagonist ends up with, it leaves the rest of the girls with a somewhat bitter pill to swallow. It is most prominent in the after stories of ''[[VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoMeikyuu Meikyuu]]'', and mostly takes the form of some (not so) well-intended teasing.

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' features [[MeaningfulName Leviathan]], the second of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Stakes of Purgatory]]. She's a whiny crybaby who envied her sisters for seven days. However, not even her envy is a match for [[spoiler:Kyrie]] who envied [[spoiler:Asumu]] for ''eighteen years''. Leviathan develops [[LesYay a bit of]] [[FoeYay a crush]] on her after that.

* In one Mario animated video online called "The Color of Envy", Luigi, jealous of Princess Toadstool favoring Mario, frees Wario from the dungeon, kills all the guards who oppose him, and throws Mario in the dungeon.

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* ''Franchise/GrisaiaSeries'': It's mostly played for comedy throughout the series, but no matter which heroine the protagonist ends up with, it leaves the rest of the girls with a somewhat bitter pill to swallow. It is most prominent in the after stories of ''[[VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoMeikyuu Meikyuu]]'', and mostly takes the form of some (not so) well-intended teasing.

One of MarySue's more noticeable traits is that many characters do not suffer from the Green-Eyed Monster about her, regardless of how plausible it is that they would not envy her gifts or be jealous of her romantic success. Either that, or the MarySue (especially the of SympatheticSue kind) will suffer horrific, mean-spirited attacks inspired by the Green-Eyed Monster, especially if it's from [[DieForOurShip the character who poses the biggest threat to her and her beau's True Love]].

Oddly enough, ''not'' correlated with characters who have green eyes, or with monsters, though they may overlap. Not related to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Monster the 37-foot high left field wall]] at [[{{UsefulNotes/Baseball}} Fenway Park in Boston]], unless you're envious of someone else having a ballpark with something cool like that.

* [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick Paul London]] was jealous towards his friendship with AJ Styles, which he was afraid The Amazing Red and [[Wrestling/MickieJames Alexis Laree]] were going to take away from him.

* Wrestling/AdamCole's antagonism of Kyle O'Reilly in Wrestling/RingOfHonor is a nasty combination of envy and jealously. When Future Shock started teaming together, Cole resented the fact O'Reilly was more popular with crowds and critics, but was able to take solace in the fact he had a much more successful singles career than O'Reilly, winning both the Television and World Titles while O'Reilly's team with Bobby Fish, reDRagon, proved to be much more successful than Future Shock had ever been. These frustrations eventually came to a head in 2015 when Future Shock came back together but still proved to be inferior to reDRagon. Then O'Reilly began pursuing a singles career, in particular coming dangerously close to unseating World Champion Wrestling/JayLethal, something Cole would repeatedly interfere with, to ensure he could keep his bragging rights as the more successful singles wrestler.

* In ''Radio/OldHarrysGame'', this really seems to be Satan's preeminent sin. At least OncePerEpisode, to the point of {{Catchphrase}}, the Professor alleges that Satan hates and corrupts various aspects of human life because, "You're just jealous." This accusation is born out by the fact that Satan is clearly very self-loathing. Also interesting is that while Satan's Fall was mostly God just being a dick, it's indicated that he wanted to be top Angel and was jealous of any others being put above him. Finally, we're told (since it's a radio show) that Satan has green eyes.

* The page pic and caption about the Green Eyed Monster come from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', also the TropeNamer. The tragedy of the play comes about because of misplaced jealousy on the part of the title character because of a horrible lie about his wife Desdemona told by [[ManipulativeBastard Iago]], who many say was himself motivated by envy toward Cassio, who Othello promoted instead of him.

* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'': Monika is one. [[spoiler:A ''major'' part of the reason Monika was driven to mess with and delete her friends is because she is [[{{Meta}} self-aware]] and is jealous that she didn't get a route.]] Fittingly, her eyes are an emerald green.

* ''Franchise/GrisaiaSeries'': It's mostly played for comedy throughout the series, but no matter which heroine the protagonist ends up with, it leaves the rest of the girls with a somewhat bitter pill to swallow. It is most prominent in the after stories of ''[[VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoMeikyuu Meikyuu]]'', and mostly takes the form of some (not so) well intended teasing.

** Akira theorizes that one of the reasons [[BigBad Kakuya]] sent a lightning bolt down on Seiji and Kaoru, besides just to liven up her game, was that she was jealous of Akira for having friends. [[spoiler:This is confirmed in the endgame, when she erases Akira's memories of them out of jealousy that he's closer to them than her.]]
** In Seiji's Normal End, he confesses that he's been envious of Akira since childhood, since the other boy's strength (both [[SuperReflexes physical]] and [[NervesOfSteel mental]]) make him more suited to the {{Yakuza}} than Seiji himself.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Kaila envyed Keela for taking her place as the Master of the Dammed's [[TheDragon Dragon.]] This, combined with the fact that Keela only did that so she could ''kill'' the Master of the Dammed, made Kaila ''despise'' her.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Damaged}}'': TJ is jealous of Dillon, the [[BigManOnCampus Big Robot On Campus]] that everybody but him loves because he [[DoAnythingRobot has a wide assortmant of gadgets]] that he uses to help his fellow classmates. [[AbortedArc It only lasts for that episode.]]

Because the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, frequently two characters envy each other, as when an ordinary child envies the gifted child's [[DrivenByEnvy abilities and rewards]], and the gifted child envies the ordinary child's freedom from pressure.

* This is the biggest weakness in Wrestling/MsChif and Michael Elgin's relationship, which otherwise seems to be held together by a very strong bond. Neither one of them can hide their jealousy well when seeing the other getting too physical with the opposite sex, which usually isn't too much of a problem since both had "made it" in the business by the time they had met but some jokers like Truth Martini have arranged such matches, [[TheGadfly likely on purpose]].

* Wrestling/AdamCole's antagonism of Kyle O'Reilly in ''Wrestling/RingOfHonor'' is a nasty combination of envy and jealously. When Future Shock started teaming together, Cole resented the fact O'Reilly was more popular with crowds and critics, but was able to take solace in the fact he had a much more successful singles career than O'Reilly, winning both the Television and World Titles while O'Reilly's team with Bobby Fish, reDRagon, proved to be much more successful than Future Shock had ever been. These frustrations eventually came to a head in 2015 when Future Shock came back together but still proved to be inferior to reDRagon. Then O'Reilly began pursuing a singles career, in particular coming dangerously close to unseating World Champion Wrestling/JayLethal, something Cole would repeatedly interfere with, to ensure he could keep his bragging rights as the more successful singles wrestler.
* Caprice Coleman began to jealously guard his spot in Ring Of Honor after he was pitted against Samson Walker and Pepper Parks, two wrestlers the promotion had shown interest in. Jealousy ended up becoming [[TheResenter resentment]] when he realized Dalton Castle, a wrestler Coleman was initially supportive of, had become much more popular than him with the ROH crowds.

Envious and jealous characters on the losing side of a Love Triangle will often fall into the trap of assuming things about their competitor--[[HopelessSuitor or]] [[ImaginaryLoveTriangle "competitor"]]. Such characters are seldom portrayed positively--most are villains--and as such they [[EvilCannotComprehendGood tend to assume some rather bad things about their rivals]]. Expect to see some element of WhatDoesSheSeeInHim on their parts. [[EvilIsPetty Furthermore, they may]] [[MaliciousSlander slander]] their rivals with accusations of unsavoury actions and/or attribute base motives ([[YouAreWhatYouHate such as]] {{pride}}) to their actions. Whether they actually [[BelievingTheirOwnLies believe there is a fundamental truth to such slander]]--or have even been manipulated by a third party--plays a big part in determining audience sympathy for them.

This is the motivation behind the bad kind of DeadPersonImpersonation. A character may attempt to exploit this with OperationJealousy. See also YoureJustJealous. FeetOfClay or ShroudedInMyth may prove that the envy was unmerited--often to the glee of the envious. On the other hand, a story about the LonelyRichKid or some other SourGrapesTropes may demonstrate that the envy is wrong because the envied person really suffers more than the person doing the envy (and not because it's wrong to hate people for what they have).

Romantically, may stem from being LoveHungry and lead to a desire to MurderTheHypotenuse--or be sacrificed because IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy. Occasionally, it can actually overcome CannotSpitItOut--OperationJealousy may overtly attempt to engineer this--or [[GreenEyedEpiphany lead to]] a LoveEpiphany. A man driven by it [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe will often unreasonably doubt whether a child really is his]].

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* Done humorously in one particualr scene in ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'', when Junpei inspects Clover's photo.

Oddly enough, ''not'' correlated with characters who have green eyes, or with monsters. Not related to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Monster the 37-foot high left field wall]] at [[{{UsefulNotes/Baseball}} Fenway Park in Boston]], unless you're envious of someone else having a ballpark with something cool like that.

* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'': Monika is one. [[spoiler:A ''major'' part of the reason Monika was driven to mess with and delete her friends is because she is [[{{Meta}} self-aware]] and is jealous that she didn't get a route.]]

* ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'': Sekai and Kotonoha. VERY jealous of each other because they both like Makoto. To make matters even worse, [[PsychoticLoveTriangle both girls]] are {{Yandere}}. The most infamous endings (as well as the one for the anime adaptation) have things ending very, ''very'' badly as a result.

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--> '''Junpei''': Looking at this photo she's kinda cute isn't she?
-->'''Akane''': ''[DeathGlare]''
-->'''Junpei''': Huh? What is it?
-->'''Akane''': [[BlatantLies Nothing. Nothing at all]].
-->'''Junpei''': ''(Why does her smile make me feel cold)''?

* Jouglat from ''Series/TheCryOfMann'' starts to crush on Agent Martinez almost as soon as she arrives. Witnessing her share close moments with Berry contributes to his overall mental decline, as he drinks more heavily and goes on bitter rants about how secrets being kept.

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* [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr. Horrible's]] envy of [[SmugSuper Captain Hammer]] fuels everything he does. It starts out with perpetual envy and disgust of Hammer's success and the (arguably undeserved) worship the city gives him, but what really drives him over the edge is envy/jealousy over Hammer dating the girl he's had his eye on, and Hammer gloating about it to rub it in his face, to boot. [[DownerEnding It doesn't end well.]] At all.
* Part of why WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's a BadBoss. Reviewing is the only thing he has so he's freaked out by people going into his territory and doing it better than him (or so he thinks).
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick and [[Creator/AllisonPregler Lupa]] are friendly at first (or as friendly as the Chick can be), but when Chick discovers Lupa has Todd's affections but doesn't want them, she's so jealous that she tries to kill the redhead.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Damaged}}'': TJ is jealous of Dillon, the [[BigManOnCampus Big Robot On Campus]] that everybody but him loves because he [[DoAnythingRobot has a wide assortmant of gadgets]] that he uses to help his fellow classmates. [[AbortedArc It only lasts for that episode.]]

* Envy was the motivation that lead to Chuck Taylor leading The Gentleman's Club into EVOLVE. He once had [[TheAce the best record in the promotion]] but he [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut couldn't win when it really counted]], unlike his Ronin partners Rich Swann and Wrestling/JohnnyGargano, causing him to lash out at them.

Oddly enough, ''not'' correlated with characters who have green eyes. Not related to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Monster the 37-foot high left field wall]] at [[{{UsefulNotes/Baseball}} Fenway Park in Boston]], unless you're envious of someone else having a ballpark with something cool like that.

Oddly enough, ''not'' correlated with characters who have GreenEyes. Not related to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Monster the 37-foot high left field wall]] at [[{{UsefulNotes/Baseball}} Fenway Park in Boston]], unless you're envious of someone else having a ballpark with something cool like that.

* Envy was the motivation that lead to Chuck Taylor leading The Gentleman's Club into EVOLVE. He once had [[TheAce the best record in the promotion]] but he [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut couldn't win when it really counted]], unlike his Ronin partners Rich Swann and Johnny Gargano, causing him to lash out at them.
* Adam Cole's antagonism of Kyle O'Reilly in Wrestling/RingOfHonor is a nasty combination of envy and jealously. When Future Shock started teaming together, Cole resented the fact O'Reilly was more popular with crowds and critics, but was able to take solace in the fact he had a much more successful singles career than O'Reilly, winning both the Television and World Titles while O'Reilly's team with Bobby Fish, reDRagon, proved to be much more successful than Future Shock had ever been. These frustrations eventually came to a head in 2015 when Future Shock came back together but still proved to be inferior to reDRagon. Then O'Reilly began pursuing a singles career, in particular coming dangerously close to unseating World Champion Wrestling/JayLethal, something Cole would repeatedly interfere with, to ensure he could keep his bragging rights as the more successful singles wrestler.

* In the ''Theatre/MrsHawking'' play series: There's an implication in part IV: ''Gilded Cages'' that Elizabeth envies Victoria, both for her advantages in life (for which the girl had no appreciation) and the devoted attentions of Captain Hawking (in which she had no interest.)

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Damaged}}: TJ is jealous of Dillon, the [[BigManOnCampus Big Robot On Campus]] that everybody but him loves because he [[DoAnythingRobot has a wide assortmant of gadgets]] that he uses to help his fellow classmates. [[AbortedArc It only lasts for that episode.]]

** Shakespeare was fond of this one. Envy is the primary motivation driving many of his characters, including Claudio in ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' and Leontes in ''Theatre/TheWintersTale''.