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* KingdomHearts gives this one a little twist. Riku was always the cool one, the strong one, the popular one, and the special one, but he's spent his life ''intensely'' jealous of his best friend, Sora, for his simple mind and easy-going personality. And when it becomes clear that Sora, not Riku, is the hero of the story, Riku's envy finally [[StartOfDarkness drives him off the deep end]].

** {{Smallville}} had done this in the first season as well, with Tina Greer, a shapeshifter who grew up envying Lana's seemingly perfect life. When we meet her, she has already styled her hair to resemble Lana's and dresses in clothes that are basically the same clothes that Lana wears...even going as far as buying an emerald necklace to imitate the kryptonite necklace Lana wears (that was made from the meteor that killed Lana's parents). And then... {{ItGotWorse}}. After the death of her mother (which she was responsible for), Tina shapeshifts to impersonate her mother while concocting a story that her mother is moving to Metropolis, and asks Lana if she can move in with her and Aunt Nell. When Lana says that she needs to ask Aunt Nell for permission (a perfectly reasonable point), Tina freaks out and takes this as a sign of rejection...and then decides that she's going to murder Lana and use her shapeshifting abilites to assume Lana's identity, even going as far as practicing writing Lana's signature multiple times as preparation.
** She returned in Season 2, and it turns out the real source of her Lana-obsession is that she's in love with her...and is willing to do "ANYTHING to be with her."

* In ''{{Smallville}}'', Bizarro started as [[CompleteMonster a pure evil wraith]]. He was viewed as a monster by his creators and trapped in the Phantom Zone. He never knew happiness. When he was freed from the Zone [[MoralEventHorizon he possessed human bodies to survive]]. Until he got Clark's DNA, memories and powers. He tried to replace Clark while he was trapped in the fortress. He fooled both his friends and the audience. At the end he was [[DeathIsCheap "killed"]] by his only love. This of course made him a JerkAssWoobie.

May lead to being DrivenByEnvy.

* ''SingleWhiteFemale''. Alison Jones' roommate starts to take over her life, including dressing like her and impersonating her to seduce her boyfriend.

* Though not as dramatic as in the film version, Lucy in ''TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'' is jealous of her older sister Susan's looks, and almost uses a spell that would make her look like her sister.

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* Cosmo Lavish, the antagonist in ''Discworld/MakingMoney'', is obsessed with becoming Lord Vetinari, to the point where he wears a duplicate of Vetinari's ring, practices facial expressions in the mirror all the time, and has his assistant steal worn out pairs of Vetinari's shoes.

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->You had the existence I could only dream of.\\

You don't deserve this life, [[{{Superman}} Clark]], but I do.
-->-- '''Bizarro''', ''{{Smallville}}''

->I AM TRIXIE!!!
-->-- '''Veronica Star''', ''{{The Fairly OddParents}}''

Given the right circumstances, these kind of chracters will swap places with the person they envy. This can result In GrandTheftMe.

This is, of course, TruthInTelevision.

May lead to SalieriSyndrome.

* In the romantic comedy ''OrangeChocolate'', the lead girl makes a wish to be ''like'' the guy she adores. She's envious because he is a prodigy ''onnagata'', i.e. male performer of female roles, and she feels he is more beautiful and graceful than she can. Then something happens. Guess [[LiteralGenie how]] [[FreakyFridayFlip it goes wrong.]]

* In a spoof MissionImpossble 2 featurette about the stunts, BenStiller plays TomCruise's stunt double [[NamesTheSame Tom Crooze]].

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwqwAy85CgY "Richard Cory"]] in a song by SimonAndGarfunkel, [[spoiler: even after Richard Cory "put a bullet through his head."]]

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* Cosmo Lavish, the antagonist in ''Discworld/MakingMoney'', is obsessed with becoming Lord Vetinari, to the point where he wears a duplicate of Vetinari's ring, practices facial expressions in the mirror all the time, and has his assistant steal worn out pairs of Vetinari's shoes.
* Though not as dramatic as in the film version, Lucy in ''TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'' is jealous of her older sister Susan's looks, and almost uses a spell that would make her look like her sister.

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* Cosmo Lavish, the antagonist in ''Discworld/MakingMoney'', is obsessed with becoming Lord Vetinari, to the point where he wears a duplicate of Vetinari's ring, practices facial expressions in the mirror all the time, and has his assistant steal worn out pairs of Vetinari's shoes.

* In an episode of ''DetectiveConan''. A moderately wealthy stock-trader murders his brother - a previously-successful and prize-winning novelist who spent too much time resting on his laurels and just loafing about, leeching off of his brother (he had some blackmail material about illegal insider trading, so the brother couldn't kick him out). The twist was that the stock-trader didn't murder his brother for blackmailing him, or for living off of him - but because he ''admired'' him. He despaired at seeing his once-great brother sink into laziness, and decided to ''become'' him, so that he could bring back the brother he'd once admired. But of course, he'll first have to get away with murder... which won't happen while Conan is around!

->You had the existence I could only dream of.
->Every pleasure at your disposal and you wasted it.
->You don't deserve this life, [[{{Superman}} Clark]], but I do.

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--> Bizarro, ''{{Smallville}}''

--> Veronica Star, ''TheFairlyOddParents''

They will try to be close as posible as the person they envy and/or simply become obsessed with surpassing them.

Given the right circumstances, these kind of chracters will swap places whith the person they envy. This can result In GrandTheftMe.

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* In the romantic comedy OrangeChocolate, the lead girl makes a wish to be ''like'' the guy she adores. She's envious because he is a prodigy ''onnagata'', i.e. male performer of female roles, and she feels he is more beautiful and graceful than she can. Then something happens. Guess [[LiteralGenie how]] [[FreakyFridayFlip it goes wrong.]]
* In PerfectBlue [[spoiler: the ending is like this]]

* Lex Luthor under the influence of [[WonderWoman the lasso of truth]] admited [[DependingOnTheWriter the reason he hates superman]] is becuase he wants to be superman.

* In {{Narnia}} TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader [[spoiler:Lucy Pevense]] envies her siter's life and beauty.She has a dream were she is actully Susan Pevensie while she was never born.[[spoiler: She almost uses a spell to look exactly like her sister]]

* In {{Smallville}} Bizarro started as [[CompleteMonster a pure evil wraith]].He was viewed as a monster by it's creators and trapped in the Phantom Zone.He never knew happyness.When he was fred from the zone [[MoralEventHorizon he posesed human bodies to survive]].Until he got clark's DNA, Memories and powers.He tried to replace Clark while he was trapped in the fortress.He fooled both the his friends and the audience.At the end he was [[DeathIsCheap "killed"]] by his only love.This of course made him a JerkAssWoobie.

* In an episode of ''DetectiveConan''. A moderately wealthy stock-trader murders his brother - a previously-successful and prize-winning novelist who spent too much time resting on his laurels and just loafing about, leeching off of his brother (he had some blackmail material about illegal insider trading, so the brother couldn't kick him out). The twist was that the stock-trader didn't murder his brother for blackmailing him, or for living off of him - but because he ADMIRED him. He despaired at seeing his once-great brother sink into laziness, and decided to BECOME him, so that he could bring back the brother he'd once admired. But of course, he'll first have to get away with murder... which won't happen while Conan is around!

* In {{Wonderfalls}} ("Karma Chameleon"), Jaye befriends a woman who then dresses up like her, begins to impersonate her (even fooling her mother), and steals her job. The woman seems to have an unhealthy obsession with her. It turns out [[spoiler:she's a scholar studying Jaye's way of life]].
* Happened on {{JAG}} when one of the minor character's old friend moved in with her and started doing her hair in the same style, trying on her uniform, etc. on her way to full-blown stealing her identity.
* The {{Castle}} episode "Nikki Heat" plays with this by having an actress model the mannerisms of the character she is playing on Kate Beckett, after whom the character was modeled. It starts with posture and gestures, then inflection, then climaxes in the actress donning a wig and receiving a near-exact replica of the pantsuit Beckett happens to be wearing that day in the mail. SingleWhiteFemale is referenced:

* The FraggleRock episode "I Want to Be You" is all about this. Red gets jealous of Mokie for being (so she thinks) more popular than her, and spends the episode trying to imitate Mokie's hairstyle, voice, touchy-feely new age poetry, etc.
* Though not as dramatic as in the film version, Lucy in TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader is jealous of her older sister Susan's looks, and almost uses a spell that would make her look like her sister.

* In The FairlyOddParents Veronica Star a popular kid is very jealous of Trixie's life.Mainly becuase she is more popular than her.And more inmportantly becuase Timmy is after Trixie and not her.She is hinted to [[AxCrazy be crazy]]

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--> Bizarro {{Smallville}}

--> Veronica Star TheFairlyOddParents

* Cosmo Lavish, the antagonist in ''Discworld/MakingMoney'', is obsessed with becoming Lord Vetinari.

-->'''Castle:''' (''softly'') She's just committed to the role. (''leaving the office'') You should be flattered.

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