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The [[Distaff Counterpart]] to the [[Jerk Jock]] and probably his girlfriend; what he does with his fists, she does with a sharp tongue and sharper [[Manipulative Bitch|manipulation]]. Despite being a [[Popular Is Dumb|not-too-bright]], [[Jerkass|unpleasant, bullying, and mean-spirited excuse-for-a-human]] determined to put down everyone except an elite few deemed worthy of her goodwill -- [[Bad Boss|and she's usually kind of a bitch even to them]] -- she will still be the most popular girl in school, surrounded by a fawning [[Girl Posse]] who suck up to her and act as her faithful minions. Rare male Alpha Bitches do exist, but they're just that - rare. They're distinct from the [[Jerk Jock]] in that they're mainly catty and manipulative, rather than physically threatening.
She's also usually the scion of a [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|wealthy]] and [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections|influential]] family, the star of the school and / or head sister of the influential college sorority house, thus providing her a network of local celebrity, influence and wealth to exploit. She's also [[Evil Is Sexy|quite the seductress]], and consequently, all the [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders|boys]] fight amongst themselves -- sometimes literally -- to be her [[Henpecked Husband|oppressed boyfriend]]. All this leaves her with the belief that she can do whatever she likes without consequences. Unfortunately, she's often right; the [[Powers That Be]] are not immune to her [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|wealth]], [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections|connections]] and [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them|influence]], and she or her family can and will corrupt or coerce them into overlooking her bad behavior. Very likely to be a [[Narcissist]].
Because this type generally operates almost exclusively via [[Manipulative Bitch|psychological and social intrigue]] of various kinds, as mentioned, there is usually [[Violence Is the Only Option|only one way]] to effectively [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|deal with them]]. While this virtually never happens in fiction, there are occasional [[Carrie|exceptions]]. Even on the rare occasion when this path is followed, the person doing so [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl|will never be male]].
Her natural enemy is the [[Cool Loser]] heroine. Whenever their eternal, [[Green
Usually the Veronica in a [[Betty and Veronica]] situation. Unlikely to be a [[Fille Fatale]]; she's too outwardly mean for that. Frequently on the Snob end of [[Slobs Versus Snobs]]. [[Its a Costume Party I Swear]], the [[Prank Date]], and the [[Party Scheduling Gambit]] are just some of the many nasty tricks she plays. Often receives her comeuppance at the hands of a member of her own [[Girl Posse]] in a [[Backstabbing the Alpha Bitch]] moment.
Contrast with [[Spoiled Sweet]], where a girl is made out to be the [[Alpha Bitch]], but is instead quite a sweetheart. Compare and Contrast with [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]] who is [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|this trope with a heart of gold]]. This trope is probably so common [[Truth in Television|because everyone who wasn't homeschooled knew someone like this... or was one]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* ''[[Soukou no Strain (Anime)|Soukou no Strain]]'' adds Isabella to the list of characters that it [[Anyone Can Die|kills off]], but her even worse successor, Mariette, makes it through to the end of the series. Oddly, Lavinia, who is named after the Alpha Bitch of ''[[A Little Princess]]'', is the furthest thing from being an Alpha Bitch herself, being head-over-heels for protagonist Sarah.
* Subverted in ''[[Red Garden (Anime)|Red Garden]]''. One of the [[Student Council]] members constantly complained about how the protagonist was being treated with kid gloves for her constant absences and tardies, and is seen several times spying on her, as if for blackmail material...then, in an emotional scene, she reveals that she's been ''worried'' about the protagonist for a long time, and wanted to help her with whoever is hurting her.
* Tamaki Reika from ''[[Ojamajo Doremi (Anime)|Ojamajo Doremi]]'', though she has a bit of a [[Freudian Excuse]]. ({{spoiler|After she got serious burns as a baby thanks to her [[Bumbling Dad]] leaving a cup of hot coffee within her reach, he swore to never again make Reika cry...[[Spoiled Brat|but ended up]] [[
* Aki Honda from ''[[Narutaru (Manga)|Narutaru]]'', despite not being rich, is the [[Complete Monster|cruelest and most horrible one]] ''ever'' created, graduating from criminal harassment to {{spoiler|full-on ''rape''}}. She meets a very nasty end when her favorite victim, {{spoiler|local [[Lonely Rich Kid]] Hiroko Kaizuka}}, gets her [[Mon|Shadow Dragon]] and ''brutally'' murders Aki and her [[Girl Posse]] in what proves to be her [[Start of Darkness]].
* There's also Eliza Reagan from ''[[Candy Candy (Manga)|Candy Candy]]'', probably a rival to Aki above as the candidate of [[Complete Monster|cruelest and most horrible Alpha Bitches ever created]]. She is perpetually giving Candy and her friends a lot of troubles [[For the Evulz|for her own amusement on seeing people suffer]] and [[Rich Bitch|her wealth and family prestige]] [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|usually gives her more excuses to get away from her troubles]]. Unlike Aki, her comeuppance might be [[Karma Houdini|nonexistent]] unless you see some subtle message about one of Candy's surviving friends is higher rank in class and would more than likely to screw her up... which never happens on-screen.
* Sae from ''[[Peach Girl (Anime)|Peach Girl]]''. She's Momo's main love rival, and is especially good at doing nasty things to Momo while [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit|making herself look innocent]].
* ''[[Mai-Otome (Anime)|Mai-Otome]]''
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* Mao, an anime-only character in ''[[Kekkaishi (Manga)|Kekkaishi]]'', was apparently created to serve as Alpha Bitch for leading girl Tokine in that she flaunts her wealth and makes catty comments about her. [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] because Tokine isn't really affected by her snarky comments.
* ''[[Oniisama E (Manga)|Oniisama E]]''
** Aya Misaki, in all her bitchy, slanderous "glory". Poor Nanako and Mariko. {{spoiler|Uncommonly for the trope, in the TV series she's given a [[Freudian Excuse]] (deep, ''deep'' [[Heroic Self
** {{spoiler|Fukiko "Miya-sama" Ichinomiya, whose minions include, oh, the entire snotty Sorority,}} is another example, though her bitchiness doesn't show until the later chapters. {{spoiler|Just like Aya, Fukiko is WAY more bitchy in the manga than the anime.}}
* Michiyo in ''[[Mahoraba (Manga)|Mahoraba]]'' acts like The Alpha Bitch [[Ojou]] to Asami {{spoiler|out of insecurity. She really wants to be friends with Asami.}}
* Ami of ''[[Toradora (Light Novel)|Toradora]]'', who usually hides her bitchiness behind a saccharine mask of sweetness until she feels she can get away with it. She does get [[Character Development]], though, switching to [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]. Being a very popular teen model, she's used to various people fawning over her and such. But, ''because'' she's a model, they expect her to be the cute, sunny, eternally bubbly girl she's often portrayed as. [[Knight in Sour Armor|And she's sick of it.]]
* Katherina Sforza from the Nunnally-centered ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]]'' manga ''[[Code Geass Nightmare of Nunnally (Manga)|Code Geass Nightmare of Nunnally]]''. She and the [[Girl Posse]] get [[Humiliation Conga|embarrassingly]] punished by Nunners's classmate {{spoiler|and the local [[Extraordinarily Empowered Girl]]}}, Alice, though.
* Tenjouin Saki of ''[[To Love Ru (Manga)|To Love Ru]]'' is a stark subversion: while she meets almost all of the standard Alpha Bitch traits, right down to the [[
* Anna Maria from ''[[Blood
* Kafuko from ''[[Space Pirate Mito (Anime)|Space Pirate Mito]]'', complete with a [[Girl Posse]], [[Rich Bitch|a sense of entitlement]], and [[Tsundere|a not-so-secret crush]] on the protagonist.
* Reiko Komori, one of Mamoru's friends in ''[[
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', after Yue gets [[Laser
* Kurumi from ''[[Kimi Ni Todoke (Manga)|Kimi Ni Todoke]]'' gossips about, befriends, and manipulates the kindhearted and naive protagonist to get a boy to like her. Her comeuppance arrives when a comic relief P.E. teacher thinks Kurumi has the hots for him.
* Otome Kato from ''[[School Days (Visual Novel)|School Days]]''. Slightly subverted as she's a sports idol and not a [[Rich Bitch]] or cheerleader.
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** The story itself has a Gryffindor prep named Britney who is treated as an Alpha Bitch yet doesn't actually do anything bitchy. That's reserved for ''our hero'', [[Jerk Sue|Ebony]].
* EVERY FREAKIN' BODY in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew No Hope Left (Fanfic)|Tokyo Mew Mew No Hope Left]]''.
* [[The Ojou|Princess]] [[Tenchi Muyo! (Anime)|Ayeka]] [[Flanderization|gets turned into one of these]] in some [[Fanfic|fanfics]], depending on the [[Author Appeal|author's preferences.]]
* Sakura of ''[[Pretty Cure Full Color (Fanfic)|Pretty Cure Full Color]]'' is a reformed Alpha Bitch. She gains her powers only when she fully accepts and befriends the people she used to make fun of.
* Omemi Emiru from ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Blue Moon (Fanfic)|Futari wa Pretty Cure Blue Moon]]'' is a variation on the concept. Rather than a beautiful blonde who stands out from the crowd (that would be Seira, a member of her [[Girl Posse]] whom she strictly keeps in line), Emiru has short green hair and [[Scary Shiny Glasses]], and prefers to watch (and gossip) from the shadows. This understated approach has allowed her to obtain blackmail on nearly every girl in school, and by the time the story starts, they know it and bend to whatever she says. Considering [[I Am What I Am|one of the main themes of the story]], eventually, this isn't enough for her...
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* In the direct-to-DVD movie ''Pollyworld'' (based on the [[Polly Pocket]] toyline), a girl named Beth is one of these. She even goes so far as to help Polly's {{spoiler|almost}} future stepmother try to get rid of her by sending her to boarding school.
** Beth has been tormenting Polly in other stories as well. In the very first one, Beth tried to prevent Polly's all-girls band from playing at a school event. In the second one, she tried to prevent Polly from making a speech. {{spoiler|Fortunately, Polly's look-alike cousin Pia could deliver the speech for her.}}
* Mertle from ''[[
* Giddy, Prissy, Fidgety, and ''especially'' Matriarch the elephants to [[Dumbo (Disney)|Dumbo]] and his mother.
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** Her rival, Amber Mariens, is a bit closer in spirit to the Alpha Bitch, but is less popular than Cher, and her sluttiness and airheadedness make her more like [[The Brainless Beauty]] (albeit a mean-spirited one).
* In [[The Movie]] of ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]'', Patty Ferrell was beginning to show the first signs of Alpha Bitch-itis. Granted, she was likely to evolve into an Alpha Bitch in the books and webcomics, but the movie ''definitely'' showed more of this.
* [[Mandy Moore]]'s "Stupid Cupid" (the singing cheerleader, Lana Thomas) in ''[[The Princess Diaries]]''. Notable mainly for the fact that director Garry Marshall explicitly pointed out that Lana was this on the DVD's supplemental material. She does, however, get a [[Break the Haughty]] moment when Mia deliberately squishes an ice cream cone on her chest and gives her a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]. Not only do the principal and several teachers who were sitting near the scene not do anything (a true sign of how much she's really hated) but the other students ''cheer Mia on''.
* Christie Masters (played by Julia Campbell) in ''[[Romy and Micheles High School Reunion (Film)|Romy and Micheles High School Reunion]]''.
* Hilary Faye in ''[[Saved]]'' (also played by Mandy Moore) is a [[Holier Than Thou]] [[The Fundamentalist|fundamentalist Christian]] version of this.
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* The [[Meaningful Name|Ice Princess]] in ''[[Batman Returns (Film)|Batman Returns]]'' was [[What Could Have Been|originally supposed to be]] this trope incarnate: blonde, gorgeous, a total [[The Ditz|Ditz]], and really rude to anyone who got in her way [[Word of God|(as the actress who played her openly admitted)]]. However, after [[Tim Burton]] had the movie's script rewritten, the character lost the more objectionable traits and became, while still annoying, a [[Spoiled Sweet|generally sweeter person]] -- which made her fatal plunge onto the Gotham Plaza stage [[Alas Poor Scrappy|a bit more tragic than it otherwise would have been]].
* Mavis Gary in ''[[Young Adult (Film)|Young Adult]]'' was one of these in high school, and hasn't grown out of it. She writes [[Young Adult|teen-lit novels]] in order to recreate her [[Glory Days]], and she's still trying to reclaim her [[High School Sweethearts]] (who's now married).
* Melissa from ''[[Friday the
* Kathryn from ''[[Cruel Intentions]]''.
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** One of the episodes features a transfer student who befriends the Geeks, who try to keep her away from the popular crowd in the fear that she'll become one of these. It doesn't work, and she joins the popular crowd -- but later episodes reveal that, despite what the Geeks fear, she's still friendly towards them.
* Twist from ''[[Spaced]]'', a post-high-school version. Twist is attractive and fashionable, but she works in a dry cleaners and seems to have only one "friend", Daisy, whom she showers with back-handed compliments. Daisy doesn't seem to notice that Twist is an awful friend until the end of the show.
* Subverted in ''[[
* ''[[Glee (TV)|Glee]]''
** Quinn starts out as this, and her only subversion is that she's also deeply religious and president of the celibacy club. She quickly turns into a [[Fallen Princess]] when she reveals that she's pregnant and is kicked off the cheerleading squad.
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== Music ==
* The song "Roses" by [[Out Kast (Music)|Out Kast]] is a long [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] directed at an Alpha Bitch named Caroline. In the music video, she doesn't really seem to mind.
* The music video to [[Avril Lavigne (Music)|Avril Lavigne]]'s song, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmncLYiFyGQ&fmt=18 Girlfriend]", has her acting aggressively bitchy against the nerdy girlfriend of a boy she fancies. The song is actually ''parodying'' the Alpha Bitch, [[Misaimed Fandom|though many real-life Libbies didn't understand and have taken it as a theme song for themselves]]. Though Avril Lavigne herself seemed to miss the point of her own song when she made the video, since the Alpha Bitch she plays ends up ''getting the guy'' at the end of the song and [[Karma Houdini|never getting punished]] for her [[Kick the Dog|bullying behaviour]], while the poor girlfriend is left alone and miserable. [[Family
* Chumbawamba's "She's Got All the Friends" is a perky, poppy song loaded with backhanded compliments towards an Alpha Bitch ("She's got all the friends that money can buy", "Both her faces are so pleasing to the eye", etc.)
* [[Taylor Swift (Music)|Taylor Swift]] did a double role as both the blonde [[Girl Next Door]] and the brunette Alpha Bitch (whom she antagonizes) in the "You Belong With Me" video
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== Theater ==
* How Glinda initially appears in ''[[Wicked (Theatre)|Wicked]]'', down to the dizziness, fashion obsession, and sheeplike [[Girl Posse]], until undergoing [[Character Development]] in the first act. Later, as her social influence becomes outright political power, she becomes a [[Stepford Smiler]] and, finally, [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask]].
* Even bearing the trope name, Alpha Bitch Michaels of Clifford Odets's ''Paradise Lost''. In [[One
* Lucy in ''[[Thirteen (Theatre)|Thirteen]]'' is the stereotypical Alpha Bitch, but she's only second in command after [[The Brainless Beauty]] Kendra.
* Amber Von Tussle from ''[[Hairspray]]''. She learned it from her mother Velma, who is an Alpha Bitch grown up. They both [[Heel Face Turn|get better]] at the end though.
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* ''[[Eerie Cuties (Webcomic)|Eerie Cuties]]''
** s [http://www.eeriecuties.com/d/20100721.html Melissa Hellrune], a classic Alpha Bitch, except she's not a ditz.
** The ''[[Spin
* In the ''[[Scary Go Round]]'' [[Spin
* ''[[Khaos Komix]]'' gives us Natalie Geln, who is probably [[Up to Eleven|even more cruel]] than your standard Alpha Bitch.
* ''[[Bridges]]'' features head cheerleader Lana, who is controlling of her squad to a borderline psychopathic level.
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** A girl from Bloom's old hometown named Mitzi definitely fit the bill, despite appearing only a few times. On the Halloween episode, she invited Bloom and her friends to a party - which turned out to be an elaborate scheme to humiliate the girls. She bought and rigged a house, made up an elaborate legend, hired actors to pose as party guests (complete with scripts), and set up elaborate special effects around the house, just to pull a prank on someone she had barely seen in two years, along with four girls she had never met. Mitzi gets a more prominent role in some episodes of the fourth season: {{spoiler|she lays her eyes on Brandon and wants to take him from Stella}}. Later, {{spoiler|the Wizards of the Black Circle temporarily turn her and two friends into evil fairies.}} After that, she's practically [[Put On a Bus]].
** The Trix themselves qualify. They bully others in school and generally boss others around before getting expelled. After episode nine, they get much, much worse, what with the multiple attempted homicides, turning [[The Cutie]] into a pumpkin for ruining one of their plans, removing the heroine's powers in a needlessly sadistic way after threatening her parents and revealing her backstory, and attempting to take over the universe. They're like Regina George, only with magical powers.
* In ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders|Cheerleader]] Sally Avril is the most abusive girl in M³'s [[Six
* ''[[Daria (Animation)|Daria]]''
** Sandi Griffin, who is outright emotionally abusive even to the other members of her own clique (Stacy Rowe in particular). It isn't until the series' final season that her position of control is finally first slowly undermined by both Quinn starting to distance herself from the group and Stacy gaining a sense of self-confidence, and then finally lost when the other three members of the Fashion Club all agree to dissolve the group and she agrees last, as a face-saving measure. One of the potential futures shown at the end of the series (in place of the usual series of pictures) shows Sandi being a hostess and maintaining her queen bee attitude.
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* Claire Brewster in ''[[Beetlejuice (Animation)|Beetlejuice]]''.
* Connie D'Amico from ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]''. Especially glaring since not only is she mean to Meg, but Brian [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|spells out how her life is going to turn out, and predicts she'll "hit the wall" at age 19]]. This sends her running off crying.
** Connie is the walking stereotype of the Alpha Bitch. She goes out only with popular boys, bullies anyone that isn't popular like her (mostly Meg, and is willing to make an unpopular boy popular just to prove that only she can make anyone popular, and that she can be the girl who dated every single popular boy. Even though [[Laser
** Lois Griffin was one back in high school, pulling a {{Literature/Carrie Chris Hargensen}}-level prank on a chubby girl. Interestingly, her subsequent life turned out much like Brian's aforementioned prediction of Connie's life.
* Subverted on ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]!'' where the "hottest girl in school" and head cheerleader, Lisa Silver, appears willing to go out with the nerdy Steve and is surprisingly understanding when the show's antics keeps messing up the planned dates. In another episode, it ''looks'' like she and her [[Girl Posse]] did something terrible to Steve's unpopular girlfriend... but it turns out it is actually Steve's friends who are responsible, once again subverting what you'd expect from Alpha Bitch behavior.
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* Suzi from ''Pixel Pinkie''.
* ''[[My Little Pony]] Tales'' had Melody, who only occasionally drifted into [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]] territory and was hands-down the most self-absorbed of the heroines.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''
** Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, a pair of [[Spoiled Brat|Spoiled Brats]] who tease [[Plucky Girl|Apple Bloom]] about [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|not developing a cutie mark yet]]. Later episodes have hinted that Diamond Tiara is the real alpha of the two, with Silver Spoon nicer but quick to knuckle under when Diamond does anything.
** On the other hand, the show subverts this trope with Rarity, who displays several trademarks of the Alpha Bitch (her love of fashion and fixation on the richest boy around), but also displays generosity and genuine niceness.
** In the first two episodes of the second season, the corrupted (by Discord) Rarity and ''Fluttershy'' act like this.
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