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{{quote|''"My father says she was [[Born Lucky]]. He says I was lucky to be born."''~~|'''Zuko''' (about his sister Azula), ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''}}~~

{{quote|''"My father says she was [[Born Lucky]]. He says I was lucky to be born."''

|'''Zuko''' (about his sister Azula), ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''}}

It's tough being a kid in Fiction Land. Bad enough when you're an only child, but if you're among a pack of siblings, this particular trope is nearly guaranteed to raise its head at some point in order to make life even more difficult.

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* ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''. Even the show title suggests so. Robert always gets the short end of the stick from their parents.

* Some episodes of ''[[Wife Swap]]'' have a family in which one or both of the parents have obvious favorite children. Normally the wife of the other family points this out to the father and adds rules pampering [[The Unfavorite]] during the rules change. Generally the family learns their lesson in the end and is shown treating their children more equally in the "where are they now?" ending.

* In ''[[Battlestar Galactica ~~Reimagined~~]]'', {{spoiler|Ellen Tigh}}, one of the creators of the humanoid Cylons, apparently considered artistic Daniel as {{spoiler|her}} favorite. As Model Number Seven, Daniel is essentially the second youngest of eight. The eldest is... somewhat resentful of this relationship.

* In ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', {{spoiler|Ellen Tigh}}, one of the creators of the humanoid Cylons, apparently considered artistic Daniel as {{spoiler|her}} favorite. As Model Number Seven, Daniel is essentially the second youngest of eight. The eldest is... somewhat resentful of this relationship.

* ''[[The West Wing]]'' presents something of the parent's point of view; President Bartlet clearly has a much more difficult relationship with his middle daughter Ellie as opposed to his eldest Elizabeth and particularly his youngest daughter Zoe, but when accused of this trope, Bartlet angrily denies that he "loves any of his children less than the others".

* Miley's grandmother in ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' feels that her brother Jackson got the short end of the stick being the normal brother of a world famous pop star, and so she tries to make up for it by openly admitting that he's her favorite. For instance, she blows off Miley's visit with the queen of England to see Jackson's volleyball game. In the same episode, we're shown that Jackson think's Miley's the world's favorite (including their father's), as she gets all the attention, being an international pop star.