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Compare [[Spoiled Sweet]], where the character has all the trappings of the [[Alpha Bitch]] (contrast that trope) but never really ''is'' one, and [[Fallen Princess]], where the [[Alpha Bitch]] has to lose her status to become sympathetic. May overlap with [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] or [[Sugar and Ice Personality]].

 

* Ami Kawashima from ''[[Toradora!]]''. She started as a [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]], but eventually learned to be a somehow more balanced snarky [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]. Justified in that, at first, most everyone ''thinks'' Ami is a bitch (except Kitamura, a close friend of hers). It is later revealed she has to deal with creepy stalkers and legions of fans almost every day, due to being a famous teen model.

* Eri Sawachika from ''[[School Rumble]]'' could be seen this way.

* Emily Sevensheep from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''. {{spoiler|Which makes her death in Yue's arms as heartbreaking as possible, and her subsequent resurrection (along with countless others) courtesy of Negi and Asuna's restoration of Mundus Magicus' denizens all the more heartwarming.}}

* Rena Ichinose from ''[[Dengeki Daisy]]''!

* Amane from ''Tenchi GXP''.

* Ginny Golding from ''[[Marmalade Boy]]''.

* Fatina from ''[[The Tower of Druaga (anime)|The Tower of Druaga]]'' definitely feels like one of these. She's materialistic, vain (her whole reason for adventuring is to become rich so that she can buy her favorite fashion accessories), has a tendency to be judgmental and slap labels on and look down on people, enjoys mild bullying... is highly concerned about her companions, and has a strong sense of duty. When Jil is depressed after the events of season 1, Fatina is the one who takes care of him and works hard supporting him financially for several months.

{{quote|"Whether I kick a kitten... Tear off your ears... Even slaughter innocent people... The world will never cease to forgive my actions! Why, you ask? Why, [[Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful|it is because I am beautiful]]!"}}

** And even more weirdly, [[Karma Houdini|people do forgive her]]. Kinda justified in that she ''is'' genuinely the strongest and most gorgeous woman in [[Lady Land|Amazon Lily]].

* Sheryl Nome from ''[[Macross Frontier]]''. Sure, she can steal Alto's free day just for fun and bend everybody to her schedule, but she is generally sweet and, friendly, and actually helps people around her.

* Izumo Kamiki from ''[[Blue Exorcist]]'' is an [[Ice Queen]], but not only is she slowly [[Defrosting Ice Queen|defrosting]], she {{spoiler|is the first to accept the fact that Rin is the son of Satan}}. [[Tsundere|In her own way]].

* Yano from ''[[Kimi ni Todoke]]'' is not someone you want to get on the bad side of, but you have to [[Jerkass|really deserve it]] to get there. Otherwise, she's actually very friendly, even for this trope.

** Recently, Kurumi is heading this way, too.

* Sumire Shouda from ''[[Gakuen Alice]]'' is this type. Throughout the series she is the bossiest and snobbiest girl in the class, holds Alices well above non-Alices and bullies Mikan when she first arrives at the Academy. However, she becomes helpful and resourceful and even kind when there is trouble and helps organise the students to fight. In later chapters she always takes Mikan's side when she is in trouble.

* Sena Kashiwazaki of ''[[Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai]]'' is a [[Ms. Fanservice|ridiculously hot]] [[Rich Bitch]] who lords herself over her schoolmates at the academy her father runs. Then she signs up for the Neighbors Club and reveals that she wanted true friends. Thus she does make some within the club in the form of Kodaka Hasegawa, a British-Japanese boy whose blonde hair and oriental face make his classmates mistake him for a "delinquent" and, secretly, [[Club President]] Yozora Mikazuki (whose [[Jerkass]] tendencies hide her [[No Social Skills|social-relationship problems]] as grave, if not even worse, than Sena's).

* Touka Ryuumonbuchi from ''[[Saki (manga)|Saki]]''. She's a total bitch to everyone who isn't from Ryuumonbuchi High School (yes, the school belongs to her family), but is seriously nurturing toward everyone whom she takes under her wings, especially the [[Killer Rabbit]] Koromo.

 

 

* Liz Allen in ''[[Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane]]''.

** Liz Allen typically plays this role in most mediums. In the original series, she ends up developing a form of Hero Worship for Peter when they were in High School, though he [[All Love Is Unrequited|sadly didn't notice.]]

* While she's more of a [[The Dragon|Beta Bitch]], [[Perky Goth|Guillotine]] from ''[[Minimonsters]]'' fits this trope nicely. She's [[Alpha Bitch|Alpha Bastard]] [[The Sociopath|Morty's]] girlfriend and second-in-command, and alongside the rest of Morty's [[Gang of Bullies]], she gleefully partakes in mocking and bullying their rivals, [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|the Frank's Gang]]. She proves to be a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] when she turns out to be [[Friendly Enemy|great friends]] with Frank's Gang only female member [[Cute Witch|Piruja]], whom she acts as a [[Vitriolic Best Buds|mocking but caring]] [[Cool Big Sis]]. One of the third album's short stories involves her helping Piruja getting hitched with her crush [[Spoiled Brat|Victor Von Piro]], despite her not liking the guy.

 

* Jen from ''Ice Princess'' starts out a full-fledged [[Alpha Bitch]], but eventually becomes Casey's advocate and guide in the ice-skating world.

* Jessica Spencer of ''[[The Hot Chick]]'' is a [[Jerkass]] to certain people she doesn't like, but takes good care of her baby brother. The [[Pet the Dog]] moment with her brother is important because it makes it easy for us to feel sorry for her later on when she is magically transformed into a man (don't ask).

* Mikaela Banes from ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' looks like she's developing into this, before the plot kicks into high gear and her [[Fallen Princess|troubled history]] comes out.

* Ashley and Ashlyn from ''[[Final Destination]] 3'', despite behaving like typical ditzy popular girls, are actually friendly towards the protagonist Wendy. In their funeral, [[Deadpan Snarker|Ian]] mentions how they had never done anything bad to anybody.

 

== Literature ==

* Cordelia Chase from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' starts as a regular [[Alpha Bitch]], but becomes this through [[Character Development]] and [[Hidden Depths]]. Eventually she also becomes a [[Fallen Princess]] and by the time she becomes a regular on the [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Angel]]'', has pretty much lost almost all the Alpha Bitchy qualities she had to begin with.

* Tawni of ''[[Sonny With a Chance]]'' was solidified as this by the first season finale, where she prevents Sonny and Chad's [[Ten Minutes in the Closet]] moment from being broadcast live by [[Jerkass|Gilroy Smith.]]

* Naomi from ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' evolved into this after her [[Character Development]] in season 3.

* London Tipton from ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]''.

** In a bit of irony, she specifically states that she hates bullies during the game.

* Arguably also Ai Ebihara from [[Persona 4]], once you get close enough to her and max her Social Link.

** At least until she {{spoiler|deletes Caroline. Considering her history, though, that might be another lie.}}

* Mandy in [[Bully]] first appears to be the epitome of Alpha Bitchdom (beautiful, head cheerleader, dates the captain of the school football team, is ''viciously'' cruel to the nerd girl etc.) however the inevitable humiliation she receives is not actually [[Played for Laughs]] when we see her reaction to it, and she is also shown to be well aware of how horrible she is and that it stems from her own insecurities.

* Kimmy in ''[[Sym-Bionic Titan]]''.

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Liz]] from ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' becomes this via [[Character Development]], going from stuck-up in the second episode to eventually dating dorky Peter. [[Fiery Redhead|Mary Jane]] also may count, as she interacts easily with both the popular and geeky kids, while Glory also has at least some hints of this, quickly bonding with Harry for a time.

** Tami from ''[[The Amazing Spiez]]'' on numerous occasions. She apparently even became the spies' friend for good and for real in the [[No Export for You|unaired-in-the-US series finale.]]

* Angelica Pickles from ''[[All Grown Up!]]'', especially when compared to straight-up Alpha Bitch Savannah.