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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[Characters/AmphibiaSashaWaybright Sasha Waybright]] is a ToxicFriendInfluence on Anne. Her drive to be the best and have everyone kiss her feet carries from junior high to the new dimension, where she teams up with the BigBad who captured her and seeks to conquer the world at his side. Her competitiveness and need to be in the spotlight is so strong that most of the time, ''he'' follows ''her'' lead instead of the other way around.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[Characters/AmphibiaSashaWaybright Sasha Waybright]] Waybright is a ToxicFriendInfluence on Anne. Her drive to be the best and have everyone kiss her feet carries from junior high to the new dimension, where she teams up with the BigBad who captured her and seeks to conquer the world at his side. Her competitiveness and need to be in the spotlight is so strong that most of the time, ''he'' follows ''her'' lead instead of the other way around.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Prom Queen indulging in her favorite pastime-laughing at a loser who got humiliated.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:The Prom Queen indulging in her favorite pastime-laughing pastime—laughing at a loser who got humiliated.]]
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* ''WebAnimation/PopularIsEvil'': The male antagonists are usually obsessed with maintaining popularity, looking down on the lesser ones, especially [[RidiculouslyAverageGuy Keiichi]] or whenever the heroines look plain. Similarly, the female antagonists are only interested in the most popular one [[GoldDigger so they can get more money and materialistic wealth from him.]] This is sometimes inverted when it's the heroine who's popular: either she is a ClassPrincess who never lets her popularity get in the way of common sense, or she learns the hard way how her attitude damages her standing and decides to make amends.
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* The most iconic example of this trope is ''Film/MeanGirls''. The GirlPosse is shown to belittle others behind their back, set them up to get in trouble with their parents, and lie to and manipulate even each other. Janis convinces Cady to go undercover to sabotage Regina, but when Regina falls from grace, the other two Plastics look to her for leadership, seeing her as their new AlphaBitch. The power shift goes to her head and she turns into Regina's double. Actually, the film also subverts this with Janis. Even though she is the CoolLoser and one of the school outcasts, she is shown to be just as bad as Regina, manipulating Cady to use her against Regina in her revenge plot.

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* The most iconic example of this trope is ''Film/MeanGirls''. The GirlPosse is shown to belittle others behind their back, set them up to get in trouble with their parents, and lie to and manipulate even each other. Janis convinces Cady to go undercover to sabotage Regina, but when Regina falls from grace, the other two Plastics look to her for leadership, seeing her as their new AlphaBitch. The power shift goes to her head and she turns into Regina's double. Actually, the film also subverts this with Janis. Even though she is the CoolLoser and one of the school outcasts, she is shown to be just as bad as Regina, manipulating Cady to use her against Regina in her revenge plot.



*** In one episode, Miley wishes that she was "all Hannah, all the time", and must live in her new life. One of the awful changes is that her best friend Lily no longer knows who she is, and without Miley around, became part of Amber and Ashley's GirlPosse. Thus, the girl who, in reality, is a kind-hearted CoolLoser, became another mean girl.

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*** In one episode, Miley wishes that she was "all Hannah, all the time", and must live in her new life. One of the awful changes is that her best friend Lily no longer knows who she is, and without Miley around, became part of Amber and Ashley's GirlPosse. Thus, the girl who, in reality, is a kind-hearted CoolLoser, loner, became another mean girl.



** ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' and her other CoolLoser friend Miranda are always the subject of ridicule from their [[FormerFriendOfAlphaBitch former friend]] Kate and her GirlPosse of [[CruelCheerleader cheerleaders]].

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** ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' and her other CoolLoser friend Miranda are always the subject of ridicule from their [[FormerFriendOfAlphaBitch former friend]] Kate and her GirlPosse of [[CruelCheerleader cheerleaders]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Sasha is a ToxicFriendInfluence on Anne. Her drive to be the best and have everyone kiss her feet carries from junior high to the new dimension, where she teams up with the BigBad who captured her and seeks to conquer the world at his side. Her competitiveness and need to be in the spotlight is so strong that most of the time, ''he'' follows ''her'' lead instead of the other way around.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[Characters/AmphibiaSashaWaybright Sasha Waybright]] is a ToxicFriendInfluence on Anne. Her drive to be the best and have everyone kiss her feet carries from junior high to the new dimension, where she teams up with the BigBad who captured her and seeks to conquer the world at his side. Her competitiveness and need to be in the spotlight is so strong that most of the time, ''he'' follows ''her'' lead instead of the other way around.
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The popular guys are usually [[JerkJock on the football team, sporting varsity jackets while they stuff some nerd in a locker]]. They could also [[PantsPullingPrank pull down their pants to show off his “tighty-whitey” briefs]], throw him in a garbage can, and call him insulting nicknames that the rest of the student body repeats.

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The popular guys are usually [[JerkJock on the football team, sporting varsity jackets while they stuff some nerd in a locker]]. They could also [[PantsPullingPrank pull down their his pants to show off his “tighty-whitey” briefs]], throw him in a garbage can, and call him insulting nicknames that the rest of the student body repeats.
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* ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'': Perhaps the most infamous of this trope. The popular girls, led by Chris Hargensen, are so ruthless and cruel, they’re not satisfied with scarring Carrie for life in the locker room, throwing tampons and pads at her when she got her period and chanting “plug it up” over and over. No, they have to take to ''really'' that MoralEventHorizon and devastate her in front of the ''whole school'' at prom by rigging the votes to get her announced prom queen, then dumping a bucket of pig’s blood on her right after she’s crowned. After that, it’s really [[AssholeVictim hard to feel sorry for those girls]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch when they die brutal deaths at Carrie’s hands]].

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* ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'': Perhaps the most infamous of this trope. The popular girls, led by Chris Hargensen, are so ruthless and cruel, they’re not satisfied with scarring Carrie for life in the locker room, throwing tampons and pads at her when she got her period and chanting “plug it up” over and over. No, they have to take to ''really'' that MoralEventHorizon and devastate her in front of the ''whole school'' at prom by rigging the votes to get her announced prom queen, then dumping a bucket of pig’s blood on her right after she’s crowned. After that, it’s really [[AssholeVictim hard to feel sorry for those girls]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch girls when they die brutal deaths at Carrie’s hands]].
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* ''Film/{{Jawbreaker}}'': The three surviving members of the GirlPosse at Reagan High are constantly shown to be shallow, vapid and cruel, even before they accidentally killed someone. They go so far as to cover up the manslaughter of their only nice member, and even bribe a dork with a makeover to buy her silence. Of course, in compliance with the laws of this trope, said dork becomes a bitch soon after her new look wins her popularity.

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* ''Film/{{Jawbreaker}}'': The three surviving members of the GirlPosse at Reagan High are were constantly shown to be shallow, vapid and cruel, even before until one TookALevelInKindness after they accidentally killed someone. They their only nice member. The other two go so far as to cover up the manslaughter of their only nice member, manslaughter, and even bribe a dork with a makeover to buy her silence. Of course, in compliance with the laws of this trope, said dork becomes a bitch soon after her new look wins her popularity.
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Meanwhile, the popular girls form a GirlPosse, led by the AlphaBitch, using their beauty to seduce guys from their girlfriends and mocking less popular girls for everything from their fashion sense to their unusual interests. They might even spread vicious rumors about their worst enemies and set them up to be humiliated, especially if they're [[CruelCheerleader cheerleaders]] and can set up a pep rally to pull a nasty prank in front of the whole school.

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Meanwhile, the popular girls form a GirlPosse, led by the AlphaBitch, using their beauty to seduce guys from their girlfriends and mocking less popular girls for everything from their fashion sense to their unusual interests. They might even spread vicious rumors about their worst enemies and set them up to be humiliated, especially if they're [[CruelCheerleader cheerleaders]] and can set up a pep rally to pull a nasty prank in front of the whole school.
school, or [[SinisterSororitySisters a sorority]] who can manipulate you into being alone with them.
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* ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'': Perhaps the most infamous of this trope. The popular girls, led by Chris Hargensen, are so ruthless and cruel, they’re not satisfied with scarring Carrie for life in the locker room, throwing tampons and pads at her when she got her period and chanting “plug it up” over and over. No, they have to take to ''really'' that MoralEventHorizon and devastate her in front of the ''whole school'' at prom by rigging the votes to get her announced prom queen, then dumping a bucket of pig’s blood on her right after she’s crowned. After that, it’s really [[AssholeVictim hard to feel sorry]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch for those girls when they die brutal deaths at Carrie’s hands]].

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* ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'': Perhaps the most infamous of this trope. The popular girls, led by Chris Hargensen, are so ruthless and cruel, they’re not satisfied with scarring Carrie for life in the locker room, throwing tampons and pads at her when she got her period and chanting “plug it up” over and over. No, they have to take to ''really'' that MoralEventHorizon and devastate her in front of the ''whole school'' at prom by rigging the votes to get her announced prom queen, then dumping a bucket of pig’s blood on her right after she’s crowned. After that, it’s really [[AssholeVictim hard to feel sorry]] sorry for those girls]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch for those girls when they die brutal deaths at Carrie’s hands]].

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