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*** Actually, {{spoiler|Ocelot uses Recessive and Dominant... which doesn't mean inferior or superior. It's just inherited gene prioritisation.}}

*** Also, technically, it's not just Liquid, but pretty much ALL of the Les Enfants Terribles children who were UnFavorites to Big Boss, as he hated the project, especially when it was performed without his consent. In fact, the project was the reason why he broke away from the Patriots and eventually attempted to overthrow them.

* Though it may not be confirmed as we never see his parents,Nozomi Suemitsu aka the Gourmet King from ''[[Persona 3]]'',{{spoiler|he constantly in his older and less rotund bother's shadow}}

** [[Persona 4]] takes this trope a step further with Kou Ichigo. {{spoiler|It's revealed that he was adopted as a child because his adoptive parents though they couldn't have any children of their own...until they actually do. When they do, Kou feels that they've literally cast him to the side now that they have a "real" child.}}

*** Except for Ursa and Iroh. Zuko eventually matured and [[Calling the Old Man Out|said 'screw you' to Ozai.]]

** The series implies that Mai's parents treat their younger son Tom-Tom much better than her. When Mai was a little girl she was forced to be stiff and rigid at all times, never showing any emotion in case it damaged her father's political career (leading into her emotionally-stunted teenage years). By the time Tom-Tom was born, her father was already a governor and given control over an entire "colony" (said colony being a conquered Earth Kingdom City), so they're free to be more expressive and affectionate with him.

* ''[[Rugrats]]'' played with this a couple times. In one episode, Angelica convinces the twins Phil and Lil that every family has a Favorite and a Reject; each one spent the rest of the episode convinced that they were the Reject, and mistaking normal parental behavior as signs of this, until, in the end, they make up and decide to be Rejects together (and Angelica even decides to become a Reject). In another, Angelica's parents are going to have another baby, and she has a horrible dream about being rejected in favor of it (until it [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|grows gigantic]] and tries to eat her).

** Don't forget this was quite the plot point of the first [[Rugrats]] movie. After Dil's birth, Tommy felt abandoned by his parents and attempted to return him to the hospital with the help of his friends, only to later grow fond of Dil and accept him.

* An example of the second variant is in ''[[Metalocalypse]]'': Pickles, the drummer of the most famous and successful band in history, lead singer of the (arguably) ''other'' most famous and successful band in history, apparent college graduate despite being an alcoholic since he was ''six'', is still second in his parents' eyes to his brother, an ex-con who lives in their attic, sponges off everyone he knows, is responsible for destroying Australia, ''and works for the company Pickles owns''.

** Further expanded in Fatherklok, where Pickles' father straight out calls him trash.

** You could go on for days about the [[Comedic Sociopathy]] Peter and Lois inflict on poor Meg. Lois in particular; she tried to steal Meg's boyfriend in one episode, couldn't even say "I love you" to the girl on her own wedding day, and ''tried to get her to kill herself''<ref>She left a bottle of sleeping pills and an [[Emily Dickenson]] book next to Meg and said "Whatever happens, happens" in a bored tone of voice</ref>. In one memorable episode, Meg [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|calls them and Chris out]] on how they treat her like shit despite being disgusting, horrible excuses for human beings...but then goes right back to being their punching bag after seeing that without her as a common "enemy", the family would collapse in on itself.

* [[Mad Scientist|Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] on ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''. His mother preferred his younger brother Rodger, while his father preferred the family dog.