History Main / OffendedByAnInferiorsSuccess

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': {{Justified|Trope}}. Tigress is immediately scornful of Po when Master Oogway chooses him, a clumsy fanboy who [[ItMakesSenseInContext fell out of the sky]], instead of her, even though she'd trained her whole life for it, and she deems him a disgrace to kung-fu for it.

->''How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and Scotsman\\
Dropped in the middle of a forgotten\\
Spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor\\
Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?''
-->-- '''Aaron Burr''' on the title character, ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''

** Colette, a SpoiledBrat of the highest order, can't understand why Danny would prefer her stepsister Star over a full-fledged BlueBlood like herself. She obsesses over ruining their relationship, initially for her own amusement and later just to prove that she ''can'', culminating in her attempting to {{blackmail}} Danny [[spoiler:after discovering his secret in ''[[Fanfic/DannyPhantomBlackmailed Blackmailed]]'']].

* [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Dash Baxter]] in ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'' and [[RecursiveFanfiction its spin-offs]] can't stand how girls [[ChickMagnet are more attracted]] to [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan nice, unpopular guys like Danny]] rather than [[BigJerkOnCampus popular]] [[JerkJock jocks]] like himself. In one spin-off, Dash ''literally states'' that attractive girls going for unpopular guys ''goes against the natural order''.

* ''WebAnimation/AoharuMangaLibrary'': While only rarely said, most male antagonists do terrible things to Keiichi because of the belief that they're an elite, thus deserving more credits, but the down-to-earth, humble Keiichi has achieved more through hard work. This breeds jealousy, leading the antagonists to [[StealingTheCredit steal Keiichi's credits]] (or girlfriend) in order to one-up Keiichi. However, this will bite them in the ass without fail.

'''Fernand:''' Because you're the son of clerk! And I shouldn't want to be you!

* ''WebAnimation/AttackOnMika'':[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XaZ9yeJj6ag&pp=ygUSYXR0YWNrIG9uIG1pa2EgZmF0 Mote]] combines this trope with EntitledToHaveYou, ShallowCannotComprehendTrueLove, and CasanovaWannabe; he's a tall, [[JerkJock athletic]] and shallow high schooler who openly admits to only caring about a girl's looks. When he sees that Makabe, a FormerlyFat girl who used to [[AllTheOtherReindeer get picked on]], is now pretty, he tries to steal her from Hiroki, her boyfriend. Mote's "argument" for why he would make a better boyfriend is that Hiroki is [[TinySchoolBoy short]] and unpopular, which means a pretty girl like Makabe is too good for him, while a handsome and popular guy like himself would be much more suitable. Makabe [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech gives Mote a tongue-lashing for thinking that she would break up with a]] [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan nice guy like Hiroki, who liked her before she was pretty,]] for a guy who ''literally admitted'' that he was only interested in her now that she was hot.

** Colette, a SpoiledBrat of the highest order, can't understand why Danny would prefer her half-sister Star over a full-fledged BlueBlood like herself. She obsesses over ruining their relationship, initially for her own amusement and later just to prove that she ''can'', culminating in her attempting to {{Blackmail}} him after learning his secret in ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomBlackmailed''.

** Colette, a SpoiledBrat of the highest order, can't understand why Danny would prefer her half-sister Star over a full-fledged BlueBlood like herself. She obsesses over ruining their relationship, culminating in her attempting to {{Blackmail}} him after learning his secret in ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomBlackmailed''.

* [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Dash Baxter]] in ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'' and [[RecursiveFanfiction its spin-offs]] can't stand how girls [[ChickMagnet are more attracted]] [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan to nice, unpopular guys like Danny]] rather than [[BigJerkOnCampus popular]] [[JerkJock jocks]] like himself. In one spin-off, Dash ''literally states'' that attractive girls going for unpopular guys ''goes against the natural order''.

* In ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'', Willie Loman insists that it's better to be "well-liked" than just "liked", meaning that he believes being charismatic is more important than hard work. His neighbor Charlie is a successful businessman who frequently offers Willie a job since Charlie knows Willie can't keep working as TravelingSalesman, but Willie refuses, thinking it would be beneath him to work for someone who is not "well-liked" like Charlie. Furthermore, he can't figure out Bernard, Charlie's son, whom Willie also sees as just being "liked," is a successful lawyer while Biff, Willie's oldest son and who was "well-liked" in high school, ended up being a drifter who wandered back home.
* In ''{{Theatre/Hamilton}}'', Aaron Burr hates Alexander Hamilton, because Hamilton is an obnoxious, overly ambitious bastard immigrant who nevertheless finds success at everything he does.

* ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'': [[BigBad Rafe Adler]] suffers from a massive InferioritySuperiorityComplex towards Nathan Drake (and his brother Sam) fueled by the fact that, despite being a poor orphan with a serious case of bad luck, Nate has successfully discovered multiple ancient treasures and lost cities throughout his constant misadventures, whereas Rafe, in a desperate attempt to be the NonIdleRich, has hired an entire crew of PrivateMilitaryContractors and scoured the entire world searching for Henry Avery's treasure, but he kept running into dead ends and failing to make any headway. By the end of the game, Rafe's hatred of the Drake brothers and of his dependency on them to [[NiceJobGuidingUsHero lead him to the treasure]], ultimately drives him into a VillainousBreakdown [[spoiler: and makes him decide to ''duel Nate to the death inside a flaming, exploding ship'', just because he won't be able to enjoy even one coin of Avery's treasure knowing the Drakes are still alive. [[TooDumbToLive This stupidity costs Rafe]] his shot at glory ''and'' his life.]]

* ''Webcomic/ScarletLady'': Chloé frequently attempts to sabotage Marinette; she also tries to [[StealingTheCredit steal her work more than once]], including getting involved with Bob Roth and XY's bid to rip off Kitty Section. She also insists that Marinette and the members of Kitty Section ([[VillainousCrush aside from Luka]]) are all "talentless", and does ''not'' appreciate being reminded that she's considered their work good enough to steal.

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': Justified. Tigress is immediately scornful of Po when Master Oogway chooses him, a clumsy fanboy who [[ItMakesSenseInContext fell out of the sky]], instead of her, even though she'd trained her whole life for it, and she deems him a disgrace to kung-fu for it.

'''Fernand:''' Because you’re the son of clerk! And I shouldn’t want to be you!

* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', Reverse-Flash's entire enmity with the Flash stems from Thawne's resentment that he spent years figuring out how to gain super-speed so that he could become the Flash, only to discover that Barry Allen got his powers by sheer accident. He believes that Barry Allen "stole" all the fame that he himself was supposed to have, and thus has dedicated his life to taking everything he can from Barry.