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* ''[[Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane]]'' presents a subversion; through the series, it appears that Liz Allen is the Alpha Bitch of the school, and she certainly possesses the usual qualities -- head of the cheerleading squad, bitchy and snobby, dating the head football jock, obsessed with becoming Homecoming Queen, so on and so forth. However, come the night of the Homecoming Dance, it's revealed that Mary Jane -- the nicer, sweeter, and more easy-going and modest protagonist, and Liz's best friend -- is actually far more well-liked, and is voted Homecoming Queen (despite having not even run for it), much to both girl's surprise and, for different reasons, horror. After a big fight between them, Liz admits that she's always been jealous of Mary Jane, more than aware that she's always been the more popular of the two, thus explaining Liz's desperate need to win the Homecoming Queen crown.

** In the original comics too Liz was introduced as one, mocking Peter as much as everyone else, until a boost of Character Development after seeing him in different light turned her into his love interest. Similarly, Gwen Stacy started off not too different, and also developed into a more positive character and subsequent love interest. Arguably, his true love.

* An Alpha Bitch is seen tormenting an unpopular girl in ''[[Batman|Joker's Asylum]]: the Scarecrow''. Unfortunately, the girl's psychologist turns out to be Jonathan Crane a.k.a. the Scarecrow. Having been bullied himself, Scarecrow attacks her party and traps her and all her friends into their own personal nightmares.

* ''Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.'': Courtney is the ''blonde'' newcomer who ends up gaining popularity against a brunette Alpha. Said enemy is also a supervillain and the daughter of the series' [[Big Bad]], and once that gets out, the cliques are bound to change.

* Replace "High School" with "Super Hero Team", and you will get ''I Hate Gallant Girl'', with Gallant Girl as the Alpha Bitch. {{spoiler|And a megalomaniac control freak in league with supervillains.}} Interestingly, main character Tempest's entire motivation is the fact that she competed for the chance to be Gallant Girl and was rejected for simply not being blonde.

* A rare black Alpha Bitch, and among the first to be a protagonist, is ''[[Generation X]]'''s Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix ([[Overly Long Name|yes, that's her full name]]), also known as M. She's gorgeous, wealthy, and brilliant, with [[Flying Brick]] powers ''plus'' telepathy and accelerated learning aptitude. Par for the course was a heated rivalry with Jubilee, and a subtler one with Emma Frost. Being Ms. Perfect has backfired at least once, however. When the Massachusets Academy started admitting human students, nobody asked Monet to the dance because all the boys thought she was out of their league. Thankfully, the many sobering events in the X-Men world have kept her from becoming a [[Rich Bitch]] for the most part.

* Jordanna in ''[[Batgirl]]'' tends to take on this sort of role towards Stephanie Brown, the main character. Since Stephanie's a pretty laid-back sort (and Batgirl, meaning she usually has bigger fish to fry anyway), her usual reaction to Jordanna's antics is along the lines of amused indifference.

* [[Supergirl|Linda Lee/Supergirl]] from ''Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th grade'' is her school's geeky [[Strange Girl]], so her bizarro counterpart, Belinda Zee, is an Alpha Bitch.