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* Arya from ''{{Eragon}}''. Also Eragon himself, on occasion.

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* Trish from ''JojosBizarreAdventure''

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has a two-person team consisting of the Summoner Dona (who is, astoundingly enough, a prima donna who is ''not'' happy about having to share the spotlight with a famous Summoner's daughter) and her DumbMuscle bodyguard Bartello (who has some AscendedFanboy qualities).

Someone on a team who is self centered and wants everything her (and sometimes his) way. Acts haughty and superior to everyone on the team, especially to the NaiveNewcomer. This character can even be offended if the newcomer is in any way better or given special treatment.

* Alexandra Cabot of ''JosieAndThePussycats''. Rich and vain, she always tries to steal Alan from Josie.

* Much like in the live action edition, Margaux Kramer from ''PunkyBrewster''.
* Fabian and Cindy from ''[[TheFlintstones The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show]]''.

* Ino from ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'' bosses around everyone on her team and fits the vain AlphaBitch stereotype, even though she's probably the least competent fighter of the Rookie Nine. (Her skills are useful for info-gathering though, so she's not ''[[YourMilageMayVary completely]]'' useless)

* Trish from ''JojosBizarreAdventure''

Compare GloryHound, InsufferableGenius.

Someone on a team who is self centered and wants everything her (and sometimes his) way. Acts haughty and superior to everyone on the team, especially the NaiveNewcomer, even offended if that character is in any way better or given special treatment.

Also, if this character and the newcomer are of the opposite sex (or same sex depending on the genre), they are as likely as not to become LoveInterests, or at least [[HaremGenre a potential love interest]].

Also, if this character and the newcomer are of the opposite sex (of same sex depending on the genre), they are as likely as not to become LoveInterests, or at least [[HaremGenre a potential love interest]].

* Trish from ''[[JojosBizarreAdventure Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]]''
* Asuka of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', although the show, as with a lot of its tropes, ended up {{deconstruct|ed trope}}ing it.
** ''RebuildOfEvangelion'' seems to be a different take on this.
* Ino from ''{{Naruto}}'' bosses around everyone on her team and fits the vain AlphaBitch stereotype, even though she's probably the least competent fighter of the Rookie Nine. (Her skills are useful for info-gathering though, so she's not ''[[YourMilageMayVary completely]]'' useless)
* Kimi of the School Defense Force in Fruits Basket

* Sumire of ''SakuraTaisen'' is both this and ThePrimaDonna in the theater group.
* ''FinalFantasyX'' has a two-person team consisting of the Summoner Dona (who is, astoundingly enough, a prima donna who is ''not'' happy about having to share the spotlight with a famous Summoner's daughter) and her DumbMuscle bodyguard Bartello (who has some AscendedFanboy qualities).

* Alexandra Cabot of JosieAndThePussycats. Rich and vain, she always tries to steal Alan from Josie.
* Shelley from {{Jabberjaw}}. An Alexadra Cabot expy, albeit she doesn't try to steal the team's boy.
* Much like in the live action edition, Margaux Kramer from PunkyBrewster.
* Fabian and Cindy from [[TheFlintstones The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show]].

* Ino from ''{{Naruto}}'' bosses around everyone on her team and fits the vain [[TheLibby Libby]] stereotype, even though she's probably the least competent fighter of the Rookie Nine. (Her skills are useful for info-gathering though, so she's not ''[[YourMilageMayVary completely]]'' useless)

* Shelley from [[Jabberjaw}}. An Alexadra Cabot expy, albeit she doesn't try to steal the team's boy.

* Shelley from [[Jabberjaw}}.

* Sumire of ''SakuraTaisen'' is both this and ThePrimaDonna in the theater group.

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But you can't tell your boyfriend about it! He'd freak out and leave you, or worse. But then, you can't keep it a secret forever, either. At some point, one of your supernatural incidents will inevitably happen exactly when you were having a romantic dinner. Or maybe your relationship has simply reached the next level, and you feel that you need to be completely honest with him.

So what now? How will he react? Well, it turns out he's perfectly okay (well, for the most part he's perfectly okay) and understanding with it! That's right, as a reward for your sacrifices, the PowersThatBe will make sure that you end up with a truly noble and loving soul who loves you for who you are and doesn't care what you are. So no worries!

This trope is a DoubleStandard, in that wives and girlfriends are pretty much automatically accepting of their ActionHero husband/boyfriend's actions, whereas the number of husbands/boyfriends who automatically accept that their significant other is an ActionGirl are pretty thin on the ground. For the guy who is a super and needs a girlfriend, his powers are often a plus for her (because AllGirlsWantBadBoys). For women, finding a guy who truly doesn't have a problem with dating someone with superpowers when he's a {{Muggle}} is the bigger issue, because, well, NoGuyWantsAnAmazon.

Compare ButYourWingsAreBeautiful, when a disguise forms part of the powers. Compare to ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend for the ActionGirl [[InvertedTrope variant.]] Compare and contrast BoyMeetsGhoul, for the guy/girl who is on the other end of this trope. See also TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife, which is an aversion of this trope.

* The central premise of ''[[NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu The Secrets of Haruka Nogizaka]]''. The titular girl is an otaku.
* Ditto with ''[[OreImo My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute]]''. Except that the guy is not a boyfriend, but the big brother... [[{{Squick}} yeah]].
* Austria from ''AxisPowersHetalia'', in regards to his VictoriousChildhoodFriend Hungary. While he's concerned for her well-being, in the end he knows that if she wants to fight, he better lets her... since she will go [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]] and destroy the enemy. Considering their childhood, [[LoveAtFirstPunch he knows it beforehand]]!
* [[ShamanKing Keiko Asakura]] had been dumped by ''every'' single boyfriend she had when they learnt she was able to see spirits. Until the last JerkAss left her and a penniless musician with similar abilities comforted her. That guy was Mikihisa, and she would marry him.
* Horribly deconstructed with [[spoiler: Shiso and Ceres]] in ''AyashiNoCeres''. [[spoiler: Shiso started like this, but being left helpless when he and Ceres got attacked [[IJustWantToBeSpecial made him very frustrated]], so he asked Ceres to give him a part of her powers [[IWillProtectHer so he wouldn't be a burden on her.]] But then, [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity said powers turned out to be too much to handle]], and ItGotWorse...]]


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* [[NiceGuy Kong]] is this to [[XMen Kitty Pryde]] in UltimateMarvel, even going so far as to yell "You're welcome!" at AllOfTheOtherReindeer for not thanking her when she saves their lives.
* Back in the GoldenAge, Steve Trevor was this for WonderWoman (a remarkably progressive move for the times), and not at all threatened by the idea of getting rescued by or mooning over a woman who was twenty times stronger than him. The Silver and Bronze Age characterizations of him were...[[TooDumbToLive unfortunately]] [[JerkAss less so]], which probably led to him being deleted from continuity PostCrisis.
* In an old What If comic, Jimmy Olsen married Supergirl because of amnesia. Once she recovers and lets him know, he's totally fine with being married to Superman's cousin.

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* In ''InnocentBlood'', FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Marie has her understanding CopBoyfriend Joe.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Elend in Brandon Sanderson's ''{{Mistborn}}''. At least [[spoiler:until he gets superpowers himself.]]
* Seth in ''WickedLovely''. When Aislinn tells him that she can see faeries, he has exactly one moment of "Is this a joke?" before accepting it and trying to help her with her faery situation.

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* The ''GhostWhisperer'' features Jim the Understanding Husband.
* Both [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] and played straight in ''{{Bewitched}}''. The original Darrin (Dick York) was less than understanding, to the point of being downright hostile to Samantha when she used her magic. TheOtherDarrin (Dick Sargeant), on the other hand, tried his hardest to be understanding, the point that it was more the fault of Endora and the rest of Samantha's family that TheOtherDarrin didn't get along with witches.
* Played with in the ''SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' TV series. Harvey ''does'' leave Sabrina when he finds out she's a witch, not out of intolerance but because she'd been using magic to mess with his life for years. He eventually does come back to her, though, and says he never had a problem with her being a witch per se.
* Zack was the "gay best friend" equivalent of this in ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', at least until ExecutiveMeddling got in the way.
* Unless she's dating one of the undead, Buffy never got this on ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (even Riley, who was himself a demon fighting super-soldier, had an inferiority complex due to dating a genuine superhero). It's Willow who hit the boyfriend jackpot with Oz; upon being told the truth about the supernatural world she runs in, he replies, "Actually, it explains a lot," and just goes with the flow from there.
* Tyler Ford in ''TheMiddleman'''s unaired season finale (released as a comic)...[[spoiler:at least, until MM pushes the ResetButton]].
* Allison's husband Joe on ''{{Medium}}'' believes in her powers and is understanding and accepting of them.
* In ''{{Series/Merlin}}'', 2x09. Merlin discovers [[spoiler: Freya turns into a bastet at night, but he isn´t afraid and stills takes care of her. He even pets her cat´s head...]]
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* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/understanding/ this]] ''WapsiSquare'' comic. Also the page quote.
* {{Subverted}} (although this may be a retrospective way of seeing it) in ''SluggyFreelance''. Leo seems to be accepting of all the weird things Zoë tells about happening to her - but it turns out that was only because he thought she was lying. In the words of another jerk he hangs out with, "You've got to respect a girl who realizes romantic relationships are based on lies and goes to town with it!" As soon as Leo finds out it was all true, he feels betrayed, and they eventually break off.

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* [[PhineasAndFerb Candace]] seems to have this with Jeremy. Despite all of Candace's attempts to put a stop to PhineasAndFerb's projects, the guy never, ever seems to lose his cool, and they're still an item.

Someone on a team who is self centered and wants everything her (and sometimes his) way. Acts haughty and superior to everyone on the team, especially the NaiveNewcomer, even offended if that character is in any way better or given special treatment.

Is often TheLancer, and likely grew up a SpoiledBrat or RoyalBrat.

But the character does have skills invaluable to the team, even if this character pulls the occasional LeeroyJenkins in battle.

Also, if this character and the newcomer are of the opposite sex (of same sex depending on the genre), they are as likely as not to become LoveInterests, or at least [[HaremGenre a potential love interest]].

Watch out for BreakTheHaughty in some cases.

Compare GloryHound, InsufferableGenius.

* Sumire of ''SakuraTaisen'' is both this and ThePrimaDonna in the theater group.
* Asuka of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', although the show, as with a lot of its tropes, ended up {{deconstruct|ed trope}}ing it.
** ''RebuildOfEvangelion'' seems to be a different take on this.
* Ino from ''{{Naruto}}'' bosses around everyone on her team and fits the vain [[TheLibby Libby]] stereotype, even though she's probably the least competent fighter of the Rookie Nine. (Her skills are useful for info-gathering though, so she's not ''[[YourMilageMayVary completely]]'' useless)

[[AC:Literature]]
* Arya from ''{{Eragon}}''. Also Eragon himself, on occasion.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''FinalFantasyX'' has a two-person team consisting of the Summoner Dona (who is, astoundingly enough, a prima donna who is ''not'' happy about having to share the spotlight with a famous Summoner's daughter) and her DumbMuscle bodyguard Bartello (who has some AscendedFanboy qualities).
* In Hugo's scenario of ''SuikodenIII'', Lilly Pendragon serves as this for some time. Partly {{Justified}} in that two of the other members are her personal manservants, whom she naturally ''expects'' to do their jobs and cater to her every whim... and she also hires Hugo and his friends as "guides", which she thinks puts them in the same catagory.

* Simon Belmont (but like most of the characters, InNameOnly) of ''CaptainNTheGameMaster''.

Also, if this character and the newcomer are of the opposite sex (of same sex depending on the genre), they are as likely as not to become LoveInterests, or at least [[UnwantedHarem a potential love interest]].

* Asuka of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', although the show, as it did with a lot of its tropes, ended up {{deconstruct|ed trope}}ing it.

* Asuka of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', although the show of course turned this into a DeconstructedTrope.