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== Fan Works ==

* In some ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fics, Harry is treated like this when it is mistakenly believed that his little/older sibling is the Chosen One and everyone either downright hates him or ignores him.

* This is the entire premise of some ''[[Naruto]]'' Fanfiction. Often, Naruto's OC sibling is substituted for the jinchuriki, and Naruto's parent-inclusive life becomes inexplicably ''worse''. One such example is [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6077073/1/The_Heros_Brother this].

* This is the entire premise of some ''[[Naruto]]'' Fanfiction. Often, Naruto's OC sibling is substituted for the jinchuriki, and Naruto's parent-inclusive life becomes inexplicably ''worse''. One such example is [https://web.archive.org/web/20120418014936/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6077073/1/The_Heros_Brother this].

* ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' has some interesting cases with Jim being the unfavourite compared to ''his dead father''. His mother couldn't stand the resemblance between them and would often do nothing to stop his stepfather from beating him, neglecting him and traveling far away just so she wouldn't have to look at Jim.

** In one story, after becoming captain, to get back at his mother from neglecting and allowing the abuse to happen, Jim donated a huge sum of money towards charities where children had been abused, naming it her, "for all the things she did when he was a kid". Afterwards, people went up to her, asking her "how does it feel?" for raising such a nice kid and how ''proud'' she must be.

** For the record, there is little to no evidence for this in canon.

* There is a very good ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' fanfiction called ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2138430/1/Misconception Misconception]'', in which time changes and another child is born in Chibi-Usa's place. Despite being (technically) an only child, the poor girl can never live up to her "sister's" memory. She spends ''over nine hundred years'' either ignored (with her parents desperately trying to conceive the daughter they really wanted) or treated as a terribly inferior replacement for Chibi-Usa, to the point that the senshi often forget that she isn't Chibi-Usa herself. When you find out that your (favorite) aunt is trying to undo time itself so that you're never even born just to bring back some other kid (and everyone else you know is completely on board with the plan, ''including your own parents'') you know you've got problems.

* Fanfiction often has [[Transformers (film)|Megatron jealous of his brother Optimus.]] Whether they are actually biological brothers or simply brothers by name depends on the author. For example, [~~http~~://www.fanfiction.net/s/3853153/1/The_Ties_That_Bind_Us The Ties That Bind Us] shows a young Optimus being injured by an ambush and his caretaker Ironhide had to carry him while telling Megatron to follow him. While understanding that Optimus was more serious condition, Megatron began to grow envious that he was always placed second place after Optimus.

* Fanfiction often has [[Transformers (film)|Megatron jealous of his brother Optimus.]] Whether they are actually biological brothers or simply brothers by name depends on the author. For example, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200328071605/https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3853153/1/The_Ties_That_Bind_Us The Ties That Bind Us] shows a young Optimus being injured by an ambush and his caretaker Ironhide had to carry him while telling Megatron to follow him. While understanding that Optimus was more serious condition, Megatron began to grow envious that he was always placed second place after Optimus.