Bratty Teenage Daughter: Difference between revisions

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The natural enemies of the Bratty Teenage Daughter are assorted [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]s and anything else that upsets the status quo of her little world as she sits in her room listening [[Headphones Equal Isolation|on her headphones]] to the latest music from [[Teen Idol|that hot pop star]] she has a [[Hormone-Addled Teenager|huge crush on]]. She will be more averse to the [[Horrible Camping Trip]] than any other member of the family, and she will inevitably act as a [[City Mouse]] on such a trip, continuously complaining about [[I Broke a Nail|breaking her nails]] or how much she would rather be at the mall.

She tends to be a supporting character, with the show's focus usually only being put on her in the event of a [[Very Special Episode]] about drugs, underaged sex, etc. Often (but by no means always) an [[Alpha Bitch]] or [[The Brainless Beauty]]. If she's not, expect her to hide it carefully since [[Popular Is Dumb|smart people are never cool at that age]]. Is usually one of the sisters caught up in [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]. She can easily become [[The Scrappy]] if she's whiny and grating enough.

If the teenage daughter is the show's protagonist, she probably won't be this character, or at least, not as extreme a version.

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== Anime & Manga ==

* Being a mild [[The Ojou|Ojou]], Mimi Tachikawa in ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' starts out this way. She grows out of it, though.

* Usagi/Serena in ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', a rare example of the bratty teenage daughter ''also'' being the protagonist. Of course, she outgrows it, and while she never loses some of the milder elements (whining, mild childishness, etc.) she turns out to be the [[The Messiah|embodiment of pure heartedness and self sacrifice]].

** She is replaced in his role by her [[Kid From the Future]] Chibi-Usagi/Rini in the second ''Sailor Moon R''.

* Louise Halevy ''starts'' like this in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]''. When she ''stops'' being like that, it's through a heart-wrenching [[Wham! Episode]]... {{spoiler|and she ends up as a [[Tyke Bomb]] [[Dark Action Girl]]. She finds and goes to town on Nena Trinity who caused it. It takes her and Saji a LOT to get her better.}}

* Taiwan from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' is hinted to be one of these [http://community.livejournal.com/sugarparade/2987.html towards her older brother China].

* Taken to extremes by [[Street Urchin|Miyuki]] from ''[[Tokyo Godfathers]]''.

* Maho from ''[[Wandering Son]]'' has fit this to a T ever since she got her period. She hasn't been so bratty in recent chapters though, just moody.

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* Cher Horowitz from ''[[Clueless]]'' is a good example of the smarter (if still shallow and naive) version and is also unusual in being the actual protagonist. She's also sweeter and more considerate than the usual example in several ways, in that she's constantly fretting about her father's stress levels and need to have a proper breakfast, and reaches out to make friends with the awkward and unfashionable newcomer to the school (for pretty shallow reasons at the time, but still).

* Luke Skywalker in the first ''[[Star Wars]]'' movie comes off as a male version at first, although it's pretty understandable (his foster aunt and uncle forbidding him to pursue his dream of attending the Imperial Academy and becoming a pilot like his father). He does whine and moan quite a bit throughout ''A New Hope'' and ''The Empire Strikes Back'', although by ''Return of the Jedi'' this behavior has completely disappeared. And through it all, he looks pretty sympathetic compared to [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] Han Solo.

* The teenage daughters of the protagonist in ''Dan in Real Life'', who spend the entire movie whining and sulking about, in one case, not being allowed to drive the car, and in the other, being separated for a few days from the boy who is kind of their boyfriend. While their behaviour is kind of bratty, the girls do have bigger underlying issues and sympathetic reasons that were later revealed {{spoiler|Mom's dead, Dad is super overprotective.}}

* Walt's ''grand''daughter Ashley in ''[[Gran Torino]]''.

* Cassie Munro (played by teen pop singer JoJo) in ''RV''.

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* Sarah from ''[[Labyrinth]]'' begins the film acting like a complete spoiled brat who blames every problem she has on her stepmother and half brother. The events of the film mature her.

** Also a subtle [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstruction]]. She's a spoiled brat with a roomful of toys and pitches fits, but her parents are emotionally unavailable at best and passive-aggressively snide at worst; her outbursts are obvious cries for attention. The movie ends {{spoiler|with Sarah learning to turn inward for comfort, without losing perspective in the real world.}}

* Lalita's youngest sister Lakhi in ''[[Bride and Prejudice]]''.

== Literature ==

* Claudia starts out this way in ''[[A Thread of Grace]].'' [[Took a Level In Badass|She grows out of it]].

* Claudia starts out this way in ''[[A Thread of Grace]].'' [[Took a Level in Badass|She grows out of it]].

* [[Twilight (novel)|Bella Swan]]

* Cleo, the title character's older sister in [[Amelia's Notebook]]. Along with having awful table manners, too, from Amelia's point of view, at least.

* Lydia in ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' fits the description exactly, except for the bits about phones. [[Older Than Radio]], apparently.

* [[Ephraim Kishon]]'s daughter in his satirical short stories.

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** ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]'' similarly had Marah and Kapri, Lothor's Bratty Teenage Nieces. They're only related by marriage, but {{spoiler|it's apparently enough for Cam, Lothor's nephew, to consider them "cousins" and give them a second chance in the season finale.}}

* Charlene Sinclair from ''[[Dinosaurs]]''.

* Dawn Summers from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' often borders on this trope, but a lot of it is understandable given what happens to her in season five. She grows out of it the last season.

** Buffy herself fit this trope on more than a few occasions.

* Carmen from ''[[The George Lopez Show]]'' fits this trope to a T, especially the [[Very Special Episode]] part.

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* ''[[Kath and Kim]]'s'' Kim was this when she was a teenager... and in her late 20s, she still acts like it, though with less emphasis on boys (she's too busy moping over husband Brett.)

* ''[[Victorious]]''' Trina Vega. Complete with [[It's All About Me]] attitude.

* Lucy from ''[[Single Father]]'', justifiably so as she is lashing out in the wake of her mother's death.

* Scarlett from ''[[SLiDE]]'', who gets called out on it by her father. A lot.

* Lindsey Willows from [[CSI]]-like the time she hitchhiked downtown and got chewed out for it by Catherine.

* Sophie Stagner of [[Burn Notice]] is a prime example of this, at least during most of her one episode.

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* Lumpy Space Princess from ''[[Adventure Time]]''.

* Serenity Zilla from ''[[My Dad the Rock Star]]'', who's spoiled by the rich lifestyle of being a famous rock star's daughter.

* Katherine from ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' in her first appearances. She matures in later episodes though.

* Judy Funnie of ''[[Doug]]'' is this sometimes, when she's not being a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] or [[Cool Big Sis]]. Beebe Bluff too, in the Disney version, anyway.

* Becky Detweiler in ''[[Recess]]'' at times. By the end of the movie, she gets better, and is back to the way she was for the DTV movie "Taking the Fifth Grade".

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