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* [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Shinji]] gets this so damn much. Even taken by itself, his relationship with his father is defined by Gendo's neglect and a cold-blooded insistence that he pilot a walking death machine under horrible conditions. But aside from that, Gendo has Rei, whom he treats as a surrogate daughter. Shinji and Rei become friends, but the fact that his father likes her better clearly bothers him. While Shinji is hard-pressed to get his father to even glance at him, many characters note on how surprisingly caring Gendo is to Rei. Asuka even points out to Rei, "You're Commander Ikari's favorite, aren't you?" while Shinji is ''still in the room.'' In keeping with the typical rules for favorites, {{spoiler|Rei bears a close similarity to (and is a half-clone of and integral in the plan to revive) Gendo's dead wife Yui.}}
** In actuality, while Shinji is the unfavorite and Rei gets something resembling affection from Gendo, his real favorite is his wife, {{spoiler|and he's willing to (and planning on) using both of them to get her back.}} Rei seems totally aware that she's not really Gendo's favorite either, even correcting Asuka on the subject when she accuses her of it.
* Played with in regards to Belarus of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', who ''thinks'' she's [[The Unfavourite]] of her older brother Russia because of their older sister Ukraine and Russia's subordinates, the Baltic brothers (Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia). This leaves the girl, well... [[Brother-Sister Incest|rather]] [[Yandere (disambiguation)|unstable]].
** [[Romantic Runner-Up|Canada]] might as well be invisible next to his brother [[Large Ham|America]].
*** And let's not even talk about Sealand.
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* Liquid Snake, in the AU ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' fancomic series [http://zarla.deviantart.com/art/Les-Enfants-Terribles-38063076 "Les Enfants Terribles."] [http://zarla.deviantart.com/art/Les-Enfants-Terribles-14-96287462 Solidus gets this treatment too], but to a lesser extent.
** This also occurs in the webcomic ''[[The Last Days of Foxhound]]''. Hell it occured in the games as well.
* Black Mage from ''[[8-Bit Theater
** Red Mage too, although technically that was {{spoiler|entirely concocted and implanted in his mind by Thief}}.
* Riff from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' is the Unfavorite to his stepbrother (who is apparently his mother's new husband's son). When said stepbrother asks if he is better than Riff, his mother tells him that it's not nice to "rub it in". Riff is thus somewhat pleased, albeit humiliated, when Bun-bun and Kiki's attempt to stand in for him at a party with a mechanical look-alike fails and results in him getting disowned.
* Mizuna of ''[[Adventurers!]]!'' '''thinks''' she's one of these, bringing up how she was always compared with Karashi when younger. When she mentions this to Karashi, the latter says that the comparisons were always ''favorable''; eg. "Mizuna is so much more advanced than Karashi was at her age!"
* [[Cain and Abel|Isaac Jenner]] from ''[[Demonology 101]]'', both in the eyes of his father and The Powers That Be. This is his primary reason for his numerous attempts to murder his brother Gabriel.
* Monette of ''[[Something Positive]]'' was [[The Unfavorite]] of her biological father (we're not quite sure where her mother is in all of this). When her father gained custody of her and her sisters, he dropped her off at her grandmother's house. While Grandma was on vacation. Grandma also kept pit bulls. And her father tied raw steaks to her head. Oh, and did we mention that at the time she was less than a year old? Of course, being ''[[Something Positive]]'', this is generally played for laughs; however, it's given genuine emotion when her father visits her for Thanksgiving at the MacIntire residence in Texas. His ill treatment of her is what prompts Faye and Fred to adopt her and make her ''their'' daughter.
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