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{{trope}}{{Needs Image}}
{{quote|Anything you can do,
I can do better.
I can do anything
Better than you.|''[[Annie Get Your Gun]]''}}
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[[Sister Trope]] to [[The Munchausen]] and [[Always Someone Better]].
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== Anime
* ''[[Pokémon (
** [[Memetic Mutation|Gary was here, Ash is a loser.]]
** Paul was here, everyone's a loser.
** Trip was here, Ash is a foreign loser.
** Red was here. 'Nuff said.
* In ''[[
* An episode of ''[[
* There is a Hentai called this trope, but replace Anything with Anyone. Three guesses what it is about.
== Audio Adaptation ==
* The Sixth Doctor and Mr. Merryweather have a song about this in the [[
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* Penelope from ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' has two shticks instead of one, [[Verbal Tic|so...]] And she launched three tropes in the same time it took to make this one, so...
* ''[[The Late Show]]'', an Australian comedy show, had this type as one of the guests in their "Guide to Dinner Parties" sketch.
* It's a running gag in ''[[
* The Four Yorkshiremen sketch, originally from ''[[At Last The 1948 Show]]'' and made famous by [[Monty Python]].
* The Janitor from ''[[Scrubs]]''.
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== Newspaper Comics ==
* The minor character Topper in ''[[Dilbert]]''.
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'''Topper''': I can't go first. It ruins my system.
* ''[[Shoe]]'':
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"I had a friend just like that. Only mine was worse."
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== Video Games ==
* Joe Chin in ''[[Parappa the Rapper]]''.
* Your various rivals throughout the Pokémon series, particularly Blue in ''[[
* King Boo attempts this in the [[Final Battle]] in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''. Thoughout the whole game, Luigi uses [[Weapons That Suck| a souped-up vacuum cleaner called the Poltergust 3000]] to catch ghosts. King Boo confronts him in a giant Bowser-Mecha, which has its own vacuum weapon, able to deal massive damage to Luigi.
== Web Original ==
* The webcomic ''[[Great]]'' features two women trying to one-up the main character's [http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/great/great171.jpg crime-fighting career].
* Literally true for [[SCP Foundation
* [http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Anything-You-Can-Do-Lyle-Can-Do-Better.aspx This article] on The Daily WTF.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the ''[[Kim Possible]]'' episode "Number One", the eponymous [[Action Girl|hero]] was confronted with ''two'' persons with this attitude. At school, [[Alpha Bitch]] Bonnie challenged her for
** Both cases end up [[Subverted]]. Bonnie just about burns herself out outdoing Kim. So Kim gives up the position, mentioning that Bonnie will be expected to continue this level of work. Kim had the job back by the next episode. Meanwhile, the Global Justice agent is basically an arrogant kid with a lot of fancy gadgets and educations. Kim is clearly more competent.
* In ''[[My Little Pony:
* In [[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]], this is the defining trait of Bruno the ape in the episode "Monkey See, Monkey Do Better."
== Other ==
* The "Real Men, Real Roleplayers, Loonies and Munchkins" list has this as [[Munchkin
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