History Main / TheResenter

* [[EpicMickey Oswald]], who is understandably resentful of his younger half-brother Mickey after the latter (unintentionally) stole the former's spotlight in more ways than one.

->His resentment boiled up behind his eyes like sinus pain. All this bloody hero-worship, or whatever it was. All for Naismith. ''For Naismith, and not for me...'' never ''for me...''

So... you've got your hero. The CallToAdventure has found them. By [[WonderChild birth]], Supernatural Aid, or just plain luck, he's the OnlyOne to be granted everything needed to save the world: CursedWithAwesome powers, a suit of PlotArmor in their exact size, the plucky supporting cast... basically he's caught the HeroBall and is running with it as far as he can.

Maybe he's the {{Determinator}}, sick at seeing fate grant the hero the world on a silver platter... everything that the Resenter has spent toiling his whole life to achieve. Maybe he's the IneffectualLoner, sick of seeing the PowerOfFriendship defeat brilliantly thought-out plans time and time again. Maybe he's the InternalAffairs guy, hating how the CowboyCop gets away with breaking the rules time and time again. Maybe it's the hard working family man, cursing the apparently easy life of the RichIdiotWithNoDayJob. Maybe he discovered, after striving to his utmost to win a competition, that it had been a SecretTestOfCharacter and [[HardWorkHardlyWorks his effort had only ensured his loss]]. Maybe he was RefusedByTheCall after all his effort.

In any case, there's one thing they certainly agree on: Whoever it is that [[TheChosenOne chooses The Chosen One]] has clearly chosen the wrong one. [[GreenEyedMonster The grapes are just out of reach, and that makes them all the more sour]].

* Sugimoto in ''TheTwelveKingdoms'', who as the series continues starts to take her belief that TheChosenOne was chosen incorrectly to [[WallBanger wall-banging]] heights.

** The MostTriumphantExample here has to be the epic feud between brothers Bret and Owen Hart, where Owen even called his rise towards main event status as him "leaping out of the shadow" of his more accomplished older brother. Even when Owen made his FaceHeelTurn at the Royal Rumble in '94 after months of build-up and tension, he was unable to get the match he craved with Bret until Bret finally relented and they opened that year's Wrestlemania with one of the event's greatest ever matches, where [[spoiler:Owen beat Bret cleanly, but was still overshadowed by Bret winning back the WWF Championship in the night's main event]].

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See also SalieriSyndrome.

* In the backstory to ''MyLittlePony: Friendship is Magic'', Princess Luna's resentment over her subjects always sleeping through the night, her time of reign, while frolicking and working during the day when her sister ruled, led to her becoming [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Night Mare Moon]] and [[TheNightThatNeverEnds bringing forth eternal night]].

* Junpei of ''{{Persona 3}}'', who, struggling with feelings of inferiority, [[JumpedAtTheCall jumps at the call]] but gets repeatedly shown up by [[InstantExpert the protagonist]].

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*** Furthermore, it was Ishamael who was named as the "Betrayer of Hope", not Sammael.
**** Ishamael ''means'' the "Betrayer of Hope". Sammael means "Destroyer of Hope".

May turn into an ArchNemesis, unless of course [[UnknownRival the hero doesn't notice]]. Which is likely to [[RivalTurnedEvil piss them off even more]]. Or they may [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redeem themselves]] [[HeroicSacrifice somehow]], which is odd if you [[FridgeLogic think]] about it. See also SalieriSyndrome.

Contrast SourSupporter, who just thinks TheHero's insane. See BastardBastard for Half-{{Sibling Rivalry}}.

May turn into an ArchNemesis, unless of course the hero doesn't notice. Which is likely to [[RivalTurnedEvil piss them off even more]]. Or they may [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redeem themselves]] [[HeroicSacrifice somehow]], which is odd if you [[FridgeLogic think about it]]. See also SalieriSyndrome.

May turn into an ArchNemesis, unless of course the hero doesn't notice. Which is likely to [[RivalTurnedEvil piss them off even more]]. Or they may [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redeem themselves]] [[HeroicSacrifice somehow]], which is odd if you [[FridgeLogic think about it]].

May turn into an ArchNemesis or simply a RivalTurnedEvil, unless of course the hero doesn't notice. Which is likely to piss them off even more. Or they may [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redeem themselves]] [[HeroicSacrifice somehow]], which is odd if you [[FridgeLogic think about it]].

May turn into an ArchNemesis, unless of course the hero doesn't notice. Which is likely to piss them off even more. Or they may [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redeem themselves]] [[HeroicSacrifice somehow]], which is odd if you [[FridgeLogic think about it]].

* In {{Gundam SEED}}, Sai is this after Flay sleeps with Kira.

* In ''TheGodfather'' game, [[spoiler: Monk's]] resentment of player character Aldo comes from how his parentage means that he will never become a made man.

** Don't forget Snape, who was in love with Lily Potter and always resented James Potter's good looks and charm. With Harry looking so much like his father, Snape unfairly transfers his resentment onto him.
** It's also implied that Petunia's reactionary attitude toward the revelation that Lily was a witch was partly out of [[GreenEyedMonster envy]], and this contributed to their falling out.

* Seto Kaiba in ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}''