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{{quote|Anything you can do,
I can do better.
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== Anime/ and Manga ==
* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' originally had Gary Oak constantly upstaging the main character, Ash.
** [[Memetic Mutation|Gary was here, Ash is a loser.]]
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* The minor character Topper in ''[[Dilbert]]''.
{{quote|'''Dilbert''': Hi, how are you?
'''Topper''': I can't go first. It ruins my system. }}
* ''[[Shoe]]'':
{{quote|"I had a friend who would top everything I said."
"I had a friend just like that. Only mine was worse." }}
 
 
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== [[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 captainshipcaptaincy of the cheersquadcheer squad. And in the "action" part of the story, she met the "number one agent" of Global justice, who was constantly showing her up as well.
** 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: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', [[The Magnificent|The Great and Powerful Trixie]] is a traveling magician with this as her shtick. [[Kayfabe|That she continues when she's off-stage.]]
* 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|Munchkins]]s' theme song.
 
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