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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Timmy's only rival that also has a Fairy God Parent is named Remy Buxaplenty for obvious reasons. Timmy doesn't care about the rivalry that much, even being sympathetic to Remy being a LonelyRichKid, but Remy is intensely jealous of Timmy having parents and fairs that actually care about him while Remy's parents don't even remember his name most of the time and his fairy treats things more like a job to do. Remy is constantly scheming to make Timmy lose his fairies and his money gives him resources that "Da Rules" fairies have to follow wouldn't normally allow.

* ''Film/{{Gattaca}}'': Since the film takes place in a world where people where having good genes means success, Anton is this to Vincent despite them being raised by the same family.

* ''Manga/TegamiBachi'' has Richard Belzaris BB Becktratus Jr., a rather obnoxious UpperClassTwit from the middle-class district of Yuusari, compete with Lag Seeing, a boy from the poor district of Yodaka, in the Letter Bee exam. Lag's dingo, Sylvette, almost effortlessly cuts off the tail of Richard's dingo, an armored lizard, forcing Richard to withdraw. Lag's other rival Macky G is a downplayed case of this; he comes from a poor village in Yuusari, but still looks down on Lag for being from Yodaka.

* ''Anime/AceAttorney'' demonstrates Edgeworth's status as Phoenix's privileged rival in an anime-only scene early on in the "Turnabout Sisters" arc. Edgeworth, a famous prosecutor with an unbroken win streak, shows up to court in a sports car with the media waiting for him, while Phoenix, a rookie defense attorney with only a single case under his belt, quietly parks his bike in a side parking lot.

** Schneizel is a spoiled rotten jerkass prince with a lavish army who begins the series by ordering a slaughter of Japanese citizens just to find his occult experiment. Lelouch offs him by episode 3.

* Vali Lucifer in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' is this for Issei. The former is a descendant of the original [[Literature/ArsGoetia Lucifer]] so that gives him a high amount of magical reserves, is capable of using Juggernaut Drive without any defects whatsoever for a few minutes, and is capable of learning spells just by reading them. The latter however comes from an ordinary background with normal parents, and just used Boosted Gear for only six months. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking They also have different tastes in their fetish]] where the former loves the female buttocks, while the latter loves female breasts.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Katsuya is this for Akira who starts out as a StreetUrchin with nothing but the clothes on his back and a gun, Katsuya being at least working class, getting his equipment handed to him by his gang, and being popular to the point he starts with a BattleHarem.

* Inverted in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood'' where [[TheRival Dio]] is adopted into wealth by the Joestar family from poverty, and thus becomes a rival to TheHero Jonathan Joestar in an effort to steal his new brother's wealth. Once he gets comfortable and attains his vampirism, Dio is around as wealthy as his rivals or even more so thanks to amassing an army of servants.

** Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon are blatantly this to the Cutie Mark Crusaders. As if it isn't bad enough having this SpoiledBrat duo incessantly mock CMC for their "blank flanks", they are apparently well off and also seem to look down on CMC for supposedly being lower class, a notion not unjustified looking at their backgrounds: Apple Bloom comes from farmers, a profession that rarely makes one wealthy. WordOfSaintPaul says she is also an orphan whose awkward young adult siblings have taken responsibility for her. When Sweetie Belle's parents made an appearance, they came off as typical middle, if not lower, class ruralites. Meanwhile, Diamond's father is a business pony aptly named Filthy Rich. While Sweetie's sister Rarity has established herself as an equally successful business pony, Mr. Rich has obviously been doing it longer and is therefore more established in society. We don't even know if Scootaloo has a family. While the same could be said for Silver, at least she appears to be taken care of while anything is possible for rough and tumble tomboy Scoot. Season 4 at least revealed that she has a proper dwelling, yet mum is still the word about her family.

* ''Anime/Medabots'' Ikki the protagonist comes from a relatively poor family who has trouble even buying one of the titular bots, while Koji is from an extremely wealthy family who owns far more Medaparts than he'd ever need. He's also a snob who goes to an ultra prestigious prep school.

* In general, many ''{{otome|Game}}'' games will have a "villainess" who is of a higher status than the PlayerCharacter and feels {{entitled|ToHaveYou}} to one of the LoveInterests. Said love interests can also be this [[RichSuitorPoorSuitor to each other]].

* Most prosecutors are this to their defense attorney rivals in ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', reflecting how the legal system actually was in Japan at the time. Miles Edgeworth is a rich and famous undefeated prosecutor when Phoenix Wright is an unknown and inexperienced lawyer; his sister Franziska is the same ''and'' considered a prodigy since she started her career at 13; Apollo Justice's rival Klavier Gavin is a prosecutor and a rock star. The exception is Simon Blackquill, who is a convicted felon when he faces off with Athena Cykes, who is the daughter of a psychoanalyst.
* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': Byakuya Togami is the "Ultimate Affluent Progeny", a young man [[NonIdleRich who clawed his way to the top to earn his place as heir to his family's fortune]]. He's ruthless, condescending, and quick to challenge Makoto's theories and ideas during the class trials. In chapter 2, he even goes so far as to [[spoiler:tamper with the crime scene just to test the reasoning abilities of his "competition".]] Downplayed, in that he and Makoto end up working together when Byakuya finally realizes Monokuma is all too willing to rig the game.

* In general, many ''{{otome|Game}}'' games will have a "villainess" who is of a higher status than the PlayerCharacter and feels {{entitled|ToHaveYou}} to one of the LoveInterests. Said love interests can also be this to each other.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls'': Princess Morbucks fashions herself as the [[ColorCodedCharacters yellow PowerPuff Girl]] and is closest recurring villain the girls can classify as a [[TheRival rival]]. She is incredibly rich, and entirely dependent on spending money to be any kind of threat.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': Squidwards's rival is Squilliam who 'got rich doing everything Squidward wanted to do' while Squidward is just a cashier at a fastfood joint.

* Inverted with the Sith Warrior storyline from ''VideoGame/TheOldRepublic'', where ''you're'' the groomed and pampered arch enemy to the mix-blooded Vemrin. He has to claw his way through the elitist Sith academy while you are treated with every courtesy. Even he's convinced you're a speed bump in his underdog story, [[spoiler:then you kill him halfway through act one, gloating optional.]]

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' pits ex-prince turned RebelLeader Lelouch against his half-brother Schneizel. It's not that Lelouch is necessarily hurting for resources or manpower, Schneizel's just loaded.

* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'': Chloe was "seen" as this to her jealous bullying classmates for she lives in a two-story house and her father is a Pokémon Profesor (and they all want to be Trainers). However, these lies were spread about by RichBitch Sara, who lives in a high-class apartment who wanted nothing more than to slander Chloe's name in the hopes that she'd be so desperate to have the bullying stopped that she'd hand everyone in their class a Pokémon.

* ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'':

** Subverted with the muggle [[TallDarkAndHandsome Andrew Hanbridge]], who despite being from a noble family and is introduced not thinking highly of magic, finds Akko amusing and ends up encouraging her, having only philosophical arguments with her on the nature of magic while never coming into conflict with her goals.

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': While Griffith is not born a Noble he eventually becomes this to Guts.

* Diana Cavendish from ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'' is TheAce, a member of the most prestigious magical family in the world, boasting ability and knowledge beyond most of the teachers and worshiped by the student body. The main character Akko Kagari, on the other hand, is muggle born, terrible at magic and looked down upon by pretty much everyone.

* Vali Lucifer in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' is this for Issei. The former is a descendant of the original [[Literature/ArsGoetia Lucifer]] so that gives him a high amount of magical reserves, is capable of using Juggernaut Drive without any defects whatsoever for a few minutes, and is capable of learning spells just by reading them. The latter however comes from an ordinary background with normal parents, and just used Boosted Gear for only six months. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking They also have different tastes in their fetish]] where the former loves the female buttocks, while the latter loves female breasts.\\
When it comes to social station, however, they actually provide an [[InvertedTrope inversion]]. Vali's father is a primary antagonist and Vali himself has trouble with the whole "loyalty" thing whenever he finds a [[BloodKnight more challenging fight]], quickly resulting in him and his companions ending up as drifters who mostly subsist on cup noodles. Meanwhile Issei is the [[ChessMotifs Pawn]] of Rias Gremory, [[spoiler:later a King in service to her house,]] meaning he always has the ear of one of the most powerful and influential Devils of this generation and never wants for anything. [[FirstPersonSnarker Issei]] is aware how ass-backwards this makes his underdog victories in actual battle.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'': Gary Oak, being how his grandfather gives out starting Pokemon, gets first choice of starters and spent his journey through both Kanto and neighboring Johto practically walking on air, unlike his rival, Ash, who was late and got stuck with an unruly Pikachu, and struggled to just get enough badges to qualify for the Indigo tournament (even though [[spoiler:Ash goes farther than Gary, whose elimination happens off-screen]]). [[spoiler:Ash absolved his rivalry with Gary after defeating him at the climax of the Johto saga, which led to Gary stepping out of competitive battling altogether.]]

* StudentCouncilPresident Satsuki Kiryuin in ''Anime/KillLaKill'' is this to TheHero Ryuko Matoi, the former being the daughter of a MegaCorp leader that invokes OneNationUnderCopyright over a piece of land it rules, and the latter having a rough, but normal upbringing until her father was killed. [[spoiler: Ryuko turns out to be Satsuki's sister in a shocking twist.]]

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Sasuke, while also an orphan, is from the Uchiha Clan, and is noteworthy for his bloodline. His father, Fugaku Uchiha was also chief of police and head of the Uchiha clan before his death. Naruto on the other hand knows nothing of his parentage and is looked down upon by everyone. This relationship gets a lot more complicated in Shippudden. Sasuke has pulled a FaceHeelTurn and become a most wanted criminal with only two friends and Naruto himself still loyal to him, whereas Naruto has slowly but surely gained the appreciation of the Konoha villagers and the greater Ninja world. [[spoiler: (And it turned out his parents were actually heroes of the village and his father the Fourth Hokage. Had they not died on the day he was born, he would've been raised as a 'Prince' of the village like Tsunade or Konohamaru.)]]

* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': Byakuya Togami is the "Ultimate Affluent Progeny", a young man [[NonIdleRich who clawed his way to the top to earn his place as heir to his family's fortune]]. He's ruthless, condescending, and quick to challenge Makoto's theories and ideas during the class trials. In chapter 2, he even goes so far as to [[spoiler: tamper with the crime scene just to test the reasoning abilities of his "competition".]] Downplayed, in that he and Makoto end up working together when Byakuya finally realizes Monokuma is all too willing to rig the game.

* Inverted with the Sith Warrior storyline from ''VideoGame/TheOldRepublic'' where ''you're'' the groomed and pampered arch enemy to the mix-blooded Vemrin. He has to claw his way through the elitist Sith academy while you are treated with every courtesy. Even he's convinced you're a speed bump in his underdog story, [[spoiler: then you kill him halfway through act one, gloating optional.]]
** Played straight in the Sith Inquisitor storyline where the ex-slave Inquisitor is pitted against Ffon Althe, a Pureblood Sith that Overseer Harkun blatantly favors over the other acolytes, giving him many unfair advantages. [[spoiler: And unlike the Warrior, Ffon really is just a minor hitch in the Inquisitor's rise to the top, getting ignominiously killed after failing his final test and is never mentioned again.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Mabel forms a bit of a rivalry with Pacifica Northwest, the richest girl in Gravity Falls. Though Pacifica starts to soften up in season 2 after Mabel [[SaveTheVillain saves her life]] in "The Golf War" and Dipper [[spoiler: helps her stand up to the legacy of [[AbusiveParents her snooty, manipulative parents]]]] in "Northwest Mansion Mystery".

** It's zigzagged with Jun Misugi, another super talented PrincelyYoungMan... who's actually an IllBoy and thus Tsubasa has a huge advantage ''over'' him.