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** Dash meanwhile is ultimately allowed to join the Track team, but is forced to limit himself to a "close second". The chance to do something and get a little glory without exposing his powers is more than enough for him, and he seems happy.

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** Dash meanwhile is ultimately allowed to join the Track team, but is forced to limit himself to a "close second". The chance to do something and get a little glory without exposing his powers is more than enough for him, and he seems happy. If anything he finds it more challenging (and thus, interesting and fun).
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** An additional layer of nuance is in how the people most advocating for their disdain of this is Mr. Incredible and Syndrome, both of whom are shown to be in the middle of their own respective crises. The former desperately wishes to be valued and allowed to help people. The key is that their advocacy of Tall Poppy Syndrome has an undertone of rationalizing their selfishness, with the former's desires resulting in him putting his own family in grave danger with his antics, while the latter is lashing out in his own horrific way as a Superhero SerialKiller. It's only when the former realizes the error of his behavior that he finds a better balance between his desire to be exceptional without causing more harm as a result, while the latter ends up taking his cruelty to its logical conclusion and eventually pays the price for it.
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See also AmbitionIsEvil; EnemyMine; ItsPopularNowItSucks; and EnemiesEqualsGreatness (where having enemies is a status symbol of some kind). This is one of ThePerilsOfBeingTheBest. OffendedByAnInferiorsSuccess is like this trope but with a character being resented by someone of higher rather than equal status.

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See also AmbitionIsEvil; EnemyMine; ItsPopularNowItSucks; ThrivingExCrush; and EnemiesEqualsGreatness (where having enemies is a status symbol of some kind). This is one of ThePerilsOfBeingTheBest. OffendedByAnInferiorsSuccess is like this trope but with a character being resented by someone of higher rather than equal status.

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