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* The picture book ''Julius the Baby of the World'' by Kevin Henkes is built around this trope: the jealous older sister, Lily, comes to terms with her new baby brother when she hears her cousin insult him and springs to his defense.
* In the third ''[[Harry Potter]]'' book, Ron ends up getting detention from Professor Snape, after criticising Snape for calling Hermione a know-it-all when she answers a question. It is mentioned that Ron calls Hermione a know-it-all about twice a week. The rest of the class is also shown to be annoyed at Snape for that, though unlike Ron it's less about [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]], and more about just not liking Snape.
** In Ron's defense, it ''is'' a legitimately far more serious offense for a teacher to publicly use derogatory language towards one of their own students than it is for two schoolchildren to call each other names. The adult in a position of authority operates under a far different set of expectations.
* In the Witches series of ''[[Discworld]]'', the members of the Ogg family really hate one another, but if one member ever hears a stranger badmouth a member of the family, then the Oggs will forget their differences and unite to punish the troublemaker.
** Another ''Discworld'' example:
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