History Main / SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome

** [[Characters/GravityFallsDipperPines Dipper Pines]] and [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]] play with the trope because each of them feels like the other is the successful one in one way or another. Mabel desires to be smarter and wiser like her brother Dipper, while Dipper desires to better understand people and socialize like Mabel.

** [[spoiler: [[Characters/GravityFallsGrunkleStan Stanford]] and [[Characters/GravityFallsTheAuthor Stanley Pines]].]] Essentially they were BrainsAndBrawn, and the family doted on the brainy one (entirely because the brainy one had the chance to make them rich), leaving the brawny one to his own devices. The brawny one only got by with the help of the brainy one, so when the brainy one turned his back, the brawny one was alone and had to make his way in the world through cunning, deceit, and chicanery after the family threw him out. This is arguably rendered even more tragic, as [[spoiler: Stan]] is shown throughout the series to be intelligent in his own way, having pulled off schemes such as [[spoiler: stealing several drums of nuclear waste single-handed]] that could easily qualify him as a borderline DiabolicalMastermind, but none of his family ever acknowledged this or cared enough to notice in the first place.

* A popular FandomSpecificPlot within ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' is Lincoln feeling overshadowed by his sisters due to his own lack of a talent.
* [[AlphaBitch Chloe]] suffers from this in the original version of ''FanFic/LeaveForMendeleiev''. Her twin sister Amber has what she wants: the respect of others and their [[WellDoneDaughterGal mother's attention and regard]]. This is because Amber [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling actually works for things]], treating others kindly and fairly, while Chloe throws around their family's [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney money]] and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections influence]] to con and connive her way into getting what she wants. This leads to her accusing Amber of doing things purely to spite her.

** Rebirth quickly establishes that Jason of the Aegean Sea/[[ImmigrantPatriotism Virgina]] has an inferiority complex regarding his older sister, Diana of Themyscira. Jason objectively has superior demi god powers and was trained by the greatest of heroes in Hercules, who left Jason everything he owned in his will. Nonetheless Diana is a world famous celebrity while Jason is just barely known in a few locales and not particularly loved all that widely even in them. To this end Jason seeks to [[GlorySeeker prove himself to the world]] and [[SiblingRivalry humble Diana]], beating her up without provocation when she tracks him down and tries to make up for lost time. Jason comes to Diana's aid, however, when he realizes his "{{f|alsefriend}}riend" Grail and her father Darkseid intend to kill his sister. From there Jason tries to make up to Diana by helping her in whatever way he can, briefly falling to depression when he becomes convinced his efforts just burden her.

** Rebirth quickly establishes that Jason of the Aegean Sea/[[ImmigrantPatriotism Virgina]] has an inferiority complex regarding his older sister, Diana of Themyscira. Jason objectively has superior demi god powers and was trained by the greatest of heroes in Hercules, who left Jason everything he owned in his will. Nonetheless Diana is a world famous celebrity while Jason is just barely known in a few locales and not particularly loved all that widely even in them. To this end Jason seeks to prove himself to the world and humble Diana, beating her up without provocation when she tracks him down and tries to make up for lost time. Jason comes to Diana's aid, however, when he realizes his "{{f|alsefriend}}riend" Grail and her father Darkseid intend to kill his sister. From there Jason tries to make up to Diana by helping her in whatever way he can, but falls to depression when he becomes covinced his efforts just burden her.

** Rebirth quickly establishes that Jason of the Aegean Sea/[[ImmigrantPatriotism Virgina]] has an inferiority complex regarding his older sister, Diana of Themyscira. Jason objectively has superior demi god powers and was trained by the greatest of heroes in Hercules, who left Jason everything he owned in his will. Nonetheless Diana is a world famous celebrity while Jason is just barely known in a few locales and not particularly loved all that widely even in them. To this end Jason seeks to prove himself to the world and humble Diana, beating her up without provocation when he tracks him down and tries to make up for lost time. Jason comes to Diana's aid, however, when he realizes his "{{f|alsefriend}}riend" Grail and her father Darkseid intend to kill his sister.