History Main / PlasticBitch

Because VanityIsFeminine, this trope is mainly used for women or [[TheDandy dandyish]] men. In a HighSchool setting, the AlphaBitch might mention getting plastic surgery, and her 'artificial' beauty will contrast the 'natural' beauty of the GirlNextDoor. The same can be said for the ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife in a neighborhood setting.

** Season 5 subverts it with Jessica, the fiancé of Paige's ex boyfriend Glenn. While under a hex, Paige brushes Jessica off as a bimbette who got her boobs and nose done, but ultimately her antagonism is one-sided and rooted in her lingering feelings for Glenn; Jessica, on her part, is actually a nice person who genuinely loves Glenn.

* ''Series/OneTreeHill'': Rachel Gatina is a slutty, manipulative AlphaBitch. It's revealed that she was FormerlyFat before she's had plastic surgery.

*** Her daughter Abigail herself is an inversion, being a kind person who is being bullied by others including her mother, which drives her to undergo her mother's operation. While it works her beautiful, it also causes her to drive anyone insane if she kisses them, because of the Kryptonite that was used. Abigail is more of a reluctant villain and is portrayed as sympathetic throughout the episode.

** Judith is mentioned to have gotten various procedures, including breast implants and liposuction. The bitch part comes in because she's paying for the surgeries [[FinancialAbuse using her husband's alimony, to the point he can barely afford to support himself]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E21TheHatefulEightYearOlds The Hateful Eight Year Olds]]", Lisa is invited to the birthday party of her friend Addy. At the party, she meets Addy's other friends who are all {{Alpha Bitch}}es. One of these friends is a girl who can't express emotions because she was exposed to botox in the womb. Addy is jealous of this, suggesting that their [[ToxicFriendInfluence influence is rubbing]] off on her.

Because VanityIsFeminine, this trope is mainly used for women or [[TheDandy dandyish]] men. In a HighSchool setting, the AlphaBitch might mention getting plastic surgery, and her 'artificial' beauty will contrast the 'natural' beauty of the GirlNextDoor and the CoolLoser. The same can be said for the ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife in a neighborhood setting.

** Played with in an episode when CoolLoser Rachel considers getting a nose job. She wants her nose to look like head cheerleader Quinn. However, it's then revealed that Quinn got a nose job when she was younger. Unusually for this trope, this is used to give Quinn [[HiddenDepths some more depth]] as opposed to marking her as an AlphaBitch (which she started off as).

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': [[Characters/EmmaFrostWhiteQueen Emma Frost]] has mentioned getting surgical procedures, [[MostCommonSuperpower including breast implants]]. She's also very much a RichBitch, being cold, arrogant, and snobby. She keeps these traits even after her HeelFaceTurn.

* Downplayed in a RareMaleExample in ''Film/BadEducation2019'', where one of the most selfish ways Frank spends the money he stole from the school is by getting plastic surgery.

* Invoked and played with in ''Film/GoodnightMommy''. The mother has had a bump removed from her nose which leads her twin sons to become convinced that she's been replaced, especially as she returns from the surgery cold, distant, and aggressive, and she won't show them what's under the bandages. [[spoiler:It makes a lot more sense once you find out that Lukas is DeadAllAlong and she's responding to the stress of losing him while Elias pretends he's still alive.]]

* ''Film/TheNeonDemon'': AlphaBitch Gigi is described by her plastic surgeon as "The Bionic Woman" for the amount of plastic surgery she's had. She starts the movie by bullying Jesse for being an orphan and ends it by [[spoiler:killing and eating her to try and consume youth. She regrets the cannibalism and kills herself, but it's still too late to redeem her.]]

* Creator/GillianFlynn:
** Played with in ''Literature/SharpObjects''. Jackie is Adora's best childhood friend and Camille's surrogate mom. Camille mentions that she has obviously just had a facelift, which is still swollen and frightening to look at. Although she shows Camille more love than Adora ever did or does, Jackie is also shown getting into vicious arguments with her "friends" and clearly lived in denial that Adora [[spoiler:murdered Marion.]]
** Although it happens to a bitchy character in ''Literature/DarkPlaces'', it serves to make her more pathetic and adds sympathy to her bitchiness. When Libby catches up with Kristy, she's a SingleMomStripper and JadedWashout but still expects Libby to feel sorry for her after she falsely accused Libby's brother Ben of rape (although, in fairness, she was also manipulated by corrupt police). She also has an extremely crooked boob job that she was convinced into getting by her "manager"/pimp.

** Averted with Barbara Tompkins, who is depicted as a [[NiceGirl genuinely kind and polite]] young woman who merely lacked confidence due to her insecurities around her looks. After receiving surgery, she blossoms both in her professional and personal lives, and she's never depicted as a bad person for it. In fact, her biggest issue is that she's ''too'' polite to tell Dr Smith all his attention is making her uncomfortable, not wanting to seem ungrateful.
* ''Literature/MoonBaseAlpha'': Sonja Sjoberg is a greedy and temperamental woman who's had lots of plastic surgery, [[spoiler:though she does draw the line at letting her husband use their daughter as TheScapegoat for his crimes.]]

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Blackish}}'', Zoey wants to help her nerdy brother Junior hook up with an AsianAirhead at their school. Junior mentions he heard a rumor she got a boob job. Zoey confirms these rumors are true and that she also had some "light butt work". The girl establishes herself as an AlphaBitch when she uses Junior to edit an audition video for ''Series/TheBachelor''.
* ''[[Series/{{Charmed1998}} Charmed]]'' offers two examples:
** The Season 1 finale plays it straight with Joanne Hertz, Piper's former classmate who married rich and got her own segment at The Food Network. She is very condescending towards Piper, and when Phoebe starts naming random facts about her to prove to Piper they're in a time loop, she adds that Joanne got a nose job. In a later loop, Piper lashes back at Joanne and mentions the thing too.

* Exaggerated and parodied in ''Series/DoctorWho'' with the rich and haughty last human Cassandra, who has had so many plastic surgeries she's been reduced to what Rose Tyler rather accurately describes as a "bitchy trampoline."

* While not a ''bitch'', Summer is the ditziest member of ''Series/{{Girls5eva}}'' and the one who lives the most lavish lifestyle. A season two episode has her continuously deny she's ever gotten work done even though it's transparently obvious that she has. When Dawn tries to get her to stop, citing societal pressure on women, she eventually agrees with Summer getting cosmetic surgery done as long as she gets it done somewhere safe.
* Happens a few times in ''{{Series/Glee}}'':

* ''Series/TheMick'': Sabrina, the niece of the show's protagonist, is extremely [[BrattyTeenageDaughter spoiled]] due to her wealthy upbringing. One episode revolves around her getting breast implants with her mother's approval. Her aunt finds this irresponsible and tries to talk her out of the surgery. In the end, Sabrina doesn't get the implants, but only because they broke while she was trying to see how they would look on her.

** "Facade":

** Dawn Stiles, the AlphaBitch villain of "Spirit", was voted "most likely to have plastic surgery" according to the high school yearbook.

* In the ''Theatre/{{Heathers}}'' musical, Heather Duke - a member of the GirlPosse [[spoiler:who eventually becomes the next AlphaBitch]] - is introduced by Veronica thus:

* ''WebAnimation/MangaWaido'': Yuta's abusive girlfriend [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX9sfMZQH_o Tomoko]] [[spoiler:is revealed to be one in the conversation held by Yuta and the managing director at the restaurant they ate and drank at. Moreover, she still has to pay debts for her plastic surgeries.]]

* Implied with Chloe, the {{rich|Bitch}} AlphaBitch from ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. People accusing her looks of being plastic surgery is apparently a BerserkButton for her.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E21TheHatefulEightYearOlds The Hateful Eight Year Olds]]" Lisa is invited to the birthday party of her friend Addy. At the party, she meets Addy's other friends who are all [[AlphaBitch alpha bitches]]. One of these friends is a girl who can't express emotions because she was exposed to botox in the womb. Addy is jealous of this, suggesting that their [[ToxicFriendInfluence influence is rubbing]] off on her.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In "[[Recap/SouthParkS6E10BebesBoobsDestroySociety Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society]]", Bebe's breasts start to develop and become more noticeable, which attracts all the guys in the fourth grade, but earns her the ire of the other girls who call her a slut because of it. Wendy, who was one of those girls, eventually resorts to getting breast implants in a desperate attempt to get the guys to notice her, resulting in her having ridiculous boobs that only [[LaserGuidedKarma wind up getting her laughed at]], as by that time all the guys had gotten over Bebe.
* From ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Spoiled Rich is a RichBitch who emotionally abuses her daughter--it's implied Spoiled is the main reason why said daughter is such a bully to her own classmates. In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E19CrusadersOfTheLostMark her first appearance]] in the present day, Spoiled Rich's snout is much daintier than most other mares', subtly implying she got a nose job. This is all but confirmed when [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E23WhereTheAppleLies a later episode]] has a flashback revealing that, when she was a young mare, she had a bigger, rounder snout than most other mares.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'': In [[Recap/DariaS1E09 "Too Cute"]], a girl called Brooke in Quinn's grade gets a nose job from popular new plastic surgeon Dr. Shar, making Quinn insecure about her own looks and her position in the Fashion Club. She badgers Daria into accompanying her on a visit to the unscrupulous Dr. Shar, who tricks the gullible Quinn into believing [[UnnecessaryMakeover she needs to undergo $6000 worth of cosmetic surgery that would only make her look ridiculous]] (while also offering to give Daria surgery that will [[InsaneTrollLogic make her look like Quinn does now]][[note]]'''Jane:''' [[LampshadeHanging "What do you wanna look like THAT loser for, she needs $6000 worth of plastic surgery!"]][[/note]]). Daria [[GodzillaThreshold is forced to admit to Quinn]] that her looks are already perfect in an attempt to dissuade her, to no avail. Fortunately, while Quinn is desperately trying to find the money, Brooke suffers horrible aftereffects from her surgeries as her new nose caves in and her plumped-up lips slide, discrediting Dr. Shar and alleviating Quinn's worries about needing to keep up.

Will often overlap with FakeBoobs, and BreastExpansion, as a breast augmentation is a common cosmetic surgery in a setting with BuxomBeautyStandard. Examples of underage girls may fall into TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior if they are trying to be YoungerThanTheyLook.

* Cat Grant from ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' getting a breast implants is portrayed this way by the narrative. She's shown flaunting her new figure and trying to seduce Clark, [[IgnoreTheFanservice who just ignores her]]. However, she is given some sympathy, as it's suggested the surgery is part of her coping with the loss of her son.

* In ''[[Film/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family Values]]'', Wednesday is forced by her stuck-up summer camp cabin buddies to participate in a ghost story telling game where each participant adds to the story. She ends it on the punchline that the ghost makes all of their old noses grow back, prompting all of the other girls to scream in sheer horror.

* ''Film/TheNeonDemon'': AlphaBitch Gigi is described by her plastic surgeon as "The Bionic Woman" for the amount of plastic surgery she's had. She starts the movie by bullying Jesse for being an orphan, and ends it by [[spoiler:killing and eating her to try and consume youth. She regrets the cannibalism and kills herself, but it's still too late to redeem her.]]

* ''About Face'' (one of the Literature/CommissarioBrunetti novels by Donna Leon) has a woman whose beautiful face is immobile from her plastic surgery. However while she's presented by the Italian media as this, Brunetti discovers that it's not her fault and she was the victim of bungled facial surgery thanks to an incompetent doctor.
* In ''Literature/TheCinderellaMurder'', washed-up actress Madison is vain, shallow and manipulative, and it's obvious she's had some cosmetic surgery on her face, including Botox and fillers. Laurie observes that while Madison is an attractive woman, she wonders if she wouldn't have looked more attractive without the plastic surgery, especially as she's not even forty yet.
* ''Literature/TheClique'': Mean girl Alicia is shown to have an unusually well developed breasts for a girl her age (she's about 12-13). It's later revealed that she has implants.

** Played with in ''Literature/SharpObjects''. Jackie is Adora's best childhood friend and Camille's surrogate mom. Camille mentions that she has obviously just had a face lift, which is still swollen and frightening to look at. Although she shows Camille more love than Adora ever did or does, Jackie is also shown getting into vicious arguments with her "friends" and clearly lived in denial that Adora [[spoiler:murdered Marion.]]

** Niles's similarly unpleasant [[HasAType second]] wife, Mel, is actually a plastic surgeon herself (one of Maris's, in fact). It's heavily implied she's had a lot of work done, as she doesn't look old enough to have a son the age he is.

* ''Series/TheGoodLife'': In A rare male example, a minor recurring plot point is Jerry's [[SitcomArchNemesis ongoing rivalry]] in the company with the smug and odious fellow executive [[ProfessionalButtKisser Snetterton]], who it is rumoured to have had plastic surgery, and at least a nose job. Towards the end of the show when "Sir" is planning to retire, and their both competing to be named his successor, Jerry even tries to find evidence the rumour is true hoping it will be his ace to get the job, much to Tom and Barbara's amusement.

* ''Series/{{Suburgatory}}'': The people of Chatswin, who are shown to be very shallow, regularly get plastic surgery. In the pilot, a woman falls into the pool at the country club, but doesn't drown due to her breast implants making her buoyant. Of the main cast, Dallas is mentioned to have had numerous cosmetic procedures. However, she's shown to be kind, if a bit shallow and [[TheDitz ditzy]].

** In "Remind Me", Slim (a VillainProtagonist with dreadful taste in women) lusts after a heavily surgically altered girl - "''fake tits are better than real ones!''" - because her garish tastelessness and artificiality reminds him of himself. It's possible the song was made in response to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's famous ''Access Hollywood'' tape in which he talks about his lust for women with huge fake tits.

* Implied with Chloe, the rich AlphaBitch from ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. People accusing her looks of being plastic surgery is apparently a BerserkButton for her.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'': In [[Recap/DariaS1E09 "Too Cute"]] a girl called Brooke in Quinn's grade gets a nose job from popular new plastic surgeon Dr. Shar, making Quinn insecure about her own looks and her position in the Fashion Club. She badgers Daria into accompanying her into a visit to the unscrupulous Dr. Shar, who tricks the gullible Quinn into believing [[UnnecessaryMakeover she needs to undergo $6000 worth of cosmetic surgery that would only make her look ridiculous]] (while also offering to give Daria surgery that will [[InsaneTrollLogic make her look like Quinn does now]][[note]]'''Jane:''' [[LampshadeHanging "What do you wanna look like THAT loser for, she needs $6000 worth of plastic surgery!"]][[/note]]). Daria [[GodzillaThreshold is forced to admit to Quinn]] that her looks are already perfect in an attempt to dissuade her, to no avail. Fortunately, while Quinn is desperately trying to find the money, Brooke suffers horrible aftereffects from her surgeries as her new nose caves in and her plumped-up lips slide, discrediting Dr. Shar and alleviating Quinn's worries about needing to keep up.

* In Music/{{Eminem}}:

** In "Remind Me", Slim (a VillainProtagonist with dreadful taste in women) lusts after a heavily surgically altered girl - "''fake tits are better than real ones!''" - because her garish tastelessness and artificiality reminds him of himself.

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': Maris, Niles's thoroughly unpleasant first wife, is repeatedly mentioned to be getting plastic surgery, to the point it seems she's addicted to it.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In "[[Recap/SouthParkS6E10BebesBoobsDestroySociety Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society]]", Bebe's breasts start to develop and become more noticeable, which attracts all the guys in the fourth grade, but earns her the ire of the other girls who call her a slut because of it. Wendy, who was one of those girls, eventually resorts to getting breast implants in a desperate attempt to get the guys to notice her, resulting in her having ridiculous GagBoobs that only [[LaserGuidedKarma wind up getting her laughed at]], as by that time all the guys had gotten over Bebe.

Will often overlap with BuxomBeautyStandard, FakeBoobs, and BreastExpansion, as a breast augmentation is a common cosmetic surgery. Examples of underage girls may fall into TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior if they are trying to be YoungerThanTheyLook.

Will often overlap with BuxomIsBetter, FakeBoobs, and BreastExpansion, as a breast augmentation is a common cosmetic surgery. Examples of underage girls may fall into TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior if they are trying to be YoungerThanTheyLook.

In fiction, the people most likely to get plastic surgery -- or other kinds of cosmetic procedures -- are unpleasant (and probably rich). Maybe they mention a boob job in a throwaway line, regularly get Botox or lip fillers, or spend a whole episode getting a nose job. Regardless of the exact procedure, this instantly characterizes the character as vain and appearance-obsessed. Having the money to spend on cosmetic procedures is an easy way to show a character is a RichBitch. In addition, this could be used to show that these characters have insecurities about their appearance for all their haughtiness.

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': [[Characters/EmmaFrostWhiteQueen Emma Frost]] has mentioned getting breast implants to explain her [[MostCommonSuperpower rather large bust size]]. She's also very much a RichBitch, being cold, arrogant, and snobby. She keeps these traits even after her HeelFaceTurn.

* ''Series/ModernFamily'': When Cam and Tucker's friend Sal is first introduced, she's proudly showing off her new breast implants. She's shown to be a HardDrinkingPartyGirl and emotionally stunted, getting jealous that Cam and Tucker's daughter Lily is taking attention away from her.

** Evelyn Harper, [[AbusiveParents Charlie and Alan's emotionally abusive mother]], has been mentioned to have word cosmetic work done. In one episode, she claims that Charlie's fiancée will blow all his money on unnecessary plastic surgery, [[{{Hypocrite}} and insists her surgeries were necessary]].

** A more tragic male example in "Em Calls Paul (Skit)", where Slim is upset about what happened to his foe Music/Michael Jackson. He concludes, "I hate plastic surgeons and I hope they all fucking die".