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{{trope}}
In most games, if the [[Big Bad]] has a sibling, it will be even stronger than the [[Big Bad]] itself. Mostly these appear as [[Bonus Boss
Not to be confused with the Cain half of [[Cain and Abel]]. Also, many of these are big spoilers, so read with caution.
See also [[Always Someone Better]], [[Aloof Big Brother]]. You might find them [[Avenging the Villain]].
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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[Harry Potter and
* [[Older Than Steam]]: The [[Arabian Nights]] version of Aladdin has the [[Big Bad]]'s brother (also an [[Evil Sorcerer]], the vizier is more an [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] in this one) is the villain of the second part, and far more powerful.
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* A ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'' [[Non-Serial Movie]] is based on Freeza's stronger older brother Coola showing up on Earth [[Avenging the Villain|to kill Goku for killing his brother]]. ([[Fridge Logic|Yeah, we know that was Trunks. It's a movie...]])
** Maybe Cooler merely ''thought'' Goku was the one who did it, and didn't know that it was actually Trunks who did the deed.
* The Gorgon Sisters from ''[[Soul Eater]]'' and ''[[Soul Eater Not!]]''. Medusa, Arachne and Shaula are [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|savvy]], [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative]], [[Mad Scientist|experimenting]], [[Animal Motifs|animal themed]], [[Hot Witch|hot]] [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|witches]] who each held the title of the [[Big Bad|lead antagonist]] at different periods and otherwise act to [[Xanatos Speed Chess|one up each other]], [[Batman Gambit|the good guys]] and [[Big Bad Ensemble|even more villainous factions]].
== [[Video Games]] ==
* {{spoiler|Elder Shroob Princess}} in ''[[
* Flandre Scarlet from ''[[Touhou Project]]'''s sixth game, ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' (her sister, Remilia, is the game's last boss).
** From a much earlier game, ''[[Lotus Land Story]]'', Mugetsu is the extra stage's first boss and Gengetsu is the extra stage's second boss. Though having no last name, official material states that they are twins.
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** And in ''[[Subterranean Animism]]'', Koishi Komeiji (Extra stage) to Satori Komeiji (fourth stage).
* Death and Schirach from ''[[Romancing SaGa]]''. Death is the most powerful physically and controls Necromantic magic, and Schirach has the most powerful magic of the Trio of Dark Gods. However, if you power up the [[Big Bad]] to its fullest then the point is rendered moot.
* {{spoiler|Hooktail}} in ''[[Paper Mario:
** {{spoiler|Bonetail}} is actually the [[Big Bad]]'s ''pet'', and is a lot more difficult to beat than the [[Big Bad]] is.
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'': After defeating {{spoiler|Archduke Kam'lanaut}} halfway through the Rise of the Zilart missions, you find out that his {{spoiler|comparatively pint-sized brother Eald'narche}} is really {{spoiler|his big brother}} and serves as the [[Final Boss]] at the end of the mission set.
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** {{spoiler|[[Resident Evil 5]]}} also does this with strong implications that {{spoiler|there's another Wesker that's more clever and less [[Large Ham|hammy]] than the one we all know.}} Check the files in chapter 6-2 and Lost in Nightmares, it's sad indeed.
* In ''[[Mother 3]]'', {{spoiler|Claus is the Mysterious Masked Man}}, and proves to be much stronger than your entire party.
* Rick and Nick Bruiser in ''[[Punch
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