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Always Second Best

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Always Second Best	comment	Some people always win, some people always lose, and these people... end up second place. They're usually competent, skilled, or (if it is romance we are talking about) relatively inoffensive at least. But they never quite succeed. There's usually some character (usually, but not always, the protagonist) who beats them. If it wasn't for That One Person they'd be number one, but they aren't. So they're number two, making them prime material for Rival Turned Evil. If a Sibling Rivalry is involved being always second best often comes part and parcel with being The Un-Favourite. Compare Can't Catch Up, The Worf Barrage, and Driven by Envy. Romantic Runner-Up is a version of this character specific to romance stories. Poor Man's Substitute is the version where a character acts as a poor replacement. When it's more perceived than actual, it's Always Someone Better. Often related to Second Place Is for Losers and The B Grade.
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Always Second Best / int_18b424d6	comment	In Tales of Legendia, Shirley is always getting overlooked by her big sister Stella, as well as both sisters' mutual love interest, Senel. Senel continues to choose Stella over Shirley even after Stella dies partway through the game.
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Always Second Best / int_1b021fcb	comment	Seidou Takizawa from Tokyo Ghoul has an enormous inferiority complex as a direct result of this. When he isn't coming in second to his so-called rival, Akira, he's being shown up by the insanely talented rookie Juuzou.
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Always Second Best / int_1b386512	comment	Ranma Â½: Ryoga and Ranma's rivalry is complicated. It looks, and Ryouga acts, as though Ranma always wins but by comparing their track records, Ryoga has beaten Ranma twice as many times. It's more that Ranma wins when it's important.
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Always Second Best / int_1bdeba5a	comment	X-Men: This is weirdly inconsistent with Wolverine (James "Logan" Howlett) and Sabretooth (Victor Creed). Sometimes, it's made clear that Wolverine will always be better than Sabretooth and that's why Creed hates Logan. Other times, Creed is better than Logan and this is why he's such a big threat despite his really low ambitions. It's wildly inconsistent and depends on what story you're reading, but is inexplicably constantly brought up. For what it's worth, it was retconned years down the line that Sabretooth was Charles Xavier's first choice for the X-Men, but after finding out he wasn't willing to change his ways, he reneged on that.
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Always Second Best / int_1c115bb	comment	By 1981 Foreigner (Band) scored five Top 10 hits in Billboard, with "Double Vision" hitting #2. Then "Waiting For a Girl Like You" spent an agonizing ten weeks (i.e., two-and-a-half months, almost an entire quarter) at #2, kept out of the top spot mainly by Olivia Newton-John's "Physical". They finally got to #1 with "I Want To Know What Love Is" in 1984.
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Always Second Best / int_1da323c6	comment	Trick Moon: Mage joined Dr. Bleak because he was tired of being in Prince's shadow. His comments also imply he didn't like being considered as on the same level with the more inexperienced Trickshot and Pocket.
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Always Second Best / int_1f76648	comment	In A Certain Magical Index, the #2 Level-5 Esper Teitoku Kakine is obsessed with proving himself stronger than the #1 Accelerator, and it infuriates him to no end that Accelerator is both still #1 despite receiving brain damage and doesn't really give a shit about him. It doesn't end well for Kakine either time he fights Accelerator either, although technically the second time was due to outside interference. Ayu Mitsuari feels resentment towards Misaki Shokuhou due to feeling that she is simply an inferior version of Misaki and that people will always compare her to Misaki, seeing her as nothing more than a cheap knockoff of Mental Out. What she doesn't know is that she and Misaki actually possesses near identical potentials, Ayu's simply not as powerful as Misaki due to the fact that the researchers were sabotaging her development in order to keep her at a certain level, in case they ever needed a replacement for Misaki.
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Always Second Best / int_23e3e3c1	comment	Miles from Don't Think Twice is constantly frustrated by his students repeatedly achieving more success than he does.
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Always Second Best / int_261c8d3f	comment	The Simpsons: The episode "Lisa's Rival" featured a new student who was slightly better than Lisa Simpson at everything, mostly slightly more knowledgeable and better on the sax. She even has a dream where she performs in "Garfunkel, Messina, Oates, and Lisa", the second-most popular band in America, which is sponsored by Avis Rent-a-Car and has a #2 single called "Born To Runner-Up". She awakes wondering why people would come to the concert just to boo them. Lisa's voice actress Yeardley Smith even remarked about how often Lisa would enter a contest and end up in second place; two notable examples are "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" and "Lisa the Beauty Queen". Also when she entered a cruciverbalism (crosswords) contest, she went to the finals and lost to Gil. Whenever there's a bake sale the food Marge Simpson bakes will always be 2nd place.
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Always Second Best / int_2819aebd	comment	In the classic series, this trope is integral to Dr. Wily's backstory. Despite winning many awards in robotics, Wily was consistently second place to Dr. Light despite his best efforts. This eventually drives him completely insane, and he becomes obsessed with taking over the world primarily just to prove that he's better than Light.
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Always Second Best / int_28486597	comment	In Aladdin: The Return of Jafar, the tables were turned. Jafar was delighted enough to sing a whole song taunting Genie, "You're Only Second Rate". This turnabout was justified as being set free from the lamp reduced Genie's power level a bit while Jafar was at the same level of power that Genie was when bound to the lamp.
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Always Second Best / int_291dc90e	comment	Octopath Traveler II: This trope is the exact reason why Harvey burned Osvaldâ€™s house down and stole his research while Rita and Elena (Osvaldâ€™s wife and daughter respectively) died in the process. Also, it gets worse. Harvey frames Osvald for murdering them where he is sentenced to life sentence instead of execution because he wants him to escape prisonâ€¦ just so he can gloat at him for stealing his discoveries and about how he is better than him.
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Always Second Best / int_29e2fa5b	comment	Crimson and Emerald: Endeavor is smarting over the fact that he's now third best thanks to Hawks. His enmity with All Might is now partially transferred to Hawks.
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Always Second Best / int_2c15b0dc	comment	The third Batgirl is Stephanie Brown, aka Spoiler, aka girl Robin, aka the girl who screws up every major plan. Her predecessor, Cassandra Cain, was a much better fighter, with a far better track record and a cooler tragic backstory.note Steph's father was the Cluemaster, a B-rate Riddler rip-off, Cassandra's father is David Cain, one of the best assassins in the world AND her mother is Lady Shiva, fellow elite assassin and canonically one of the DCU's top five martial artists Key to this relationship, however, was that Stephanie showed no bitterness towards Cassandra for all of this — they were, in fact, good friends — and accepting it in good humor, attempting now and then to do the best with what she had rather than seethe about being in second place. This was also partly because there was one key area that Stephanie could trump Cassandra — social skills (Cassandra had such a maladjusted upbringing that she could barely read, write, or speak coherently until her teenage years).
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Always Second Best / int_2cad7105	comment	This is a major part of Jinnai's motivation in El-Hazard: The Magnificent World coupled with a side-order of Unknown Rival. Makoto constantly and effortlessly doing better than him at every activity (at least at school), coupled with Makoto being the one to expose his bribing his way into the student council presidency, is what causes him to snap at the beginning. Though it's worth noting that he lead the Bugrom against the kingdoms of El-Hazard before finding out that Makoto was working with them. Makoto's participation just made it personal.
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Always Second Best / int_2dd58c73	comment	Travis Tritt's 2001 single "It's a Great Day to Be Alive" reached #2 on the April 21, 2001 chart, behind Jessica Andrews' "Who I Am". The next week, "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" by Brooks & Dunn leapfrogged Tritt to gain the #1 position. "Great Day" spent four more weeks in the #2 position behind Brooks & Dunn (who ultimately spent six weeks in the penthouse). This happened again on the Billboard Year-End country chart for 2001, where "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" was the most-played country song of 2001, and "Great Day" the second-highest.
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Always Second Best / int_2e9ef429	comment	In Batman: Arkham Series, The Riddler is this to Batman. His attempts to prove himself the intellectual superior through his riddles and deathtraps only serve to disprove this notion when Batman constantly defeats him. In fact during one of his Death Trap scenarios when Edward attempts to cheat, in order to "outwit" the Dark Knight, it fails because Batman is also better at cheating.
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Always Second Best / int_30a5ebfd	comment	Naruto: To some degree Rock Lee fits this trope. He is usually described as (and shown as) one of the strongest of the younger ninjas... but never actually wins (although he always gives a good account of himself). He curb-stomps both Naruto and Sasuke. He even went as far as to one-shot the main character, Naruto. Lee beat his double in Shippuden. I know what you're thinking: "How hard is it to beat yourself?" Well, think about it. This is Rock Lee we're talking about, one of the best taijutsu specialists in Konoha; when you take that into consideration, taking out his double is quite a feat. The reason why Sasuke betrayed Konoha in the first place. He was second best to Itachi and felt that he would ultimately become second best to Naruto, which would mean he would have no chance in hell of catching up to Itachi. Madara Uchiha was this to Hashirama Senju, the 1st Hokage and his old friend/eternal rival, both from a power perspective (each gain in power Madara made, usually at a great personal cost, was matched and surpassed by Hashirama during the clan wars) and an ideological one (Hashirama was generally more affable and capable of fostering peaceful relationships with his optimism, while Madara's own cynicism turned others away). Many, many of the current problems in the ninja world are ultimately the result of Madara's inability to accept this and his subsequent actions. Talk about petty... Sasuke starts quite a bit stronger than Naruto, just for Naruto to catch up and ultimately surpass him. After being surpassed, the gap between their power alternatively widens or narrows, but Naruto remains at least a little stronger all the way to the end. This pattern plays out, beat by beat, during both parts of the manga, and is also the dynamic that Madara and Hashirama had during their time. By the end of the series, they both are equal in power to each other with Naruto being a little stronger.
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Always Second Best / int_328ec455	comment	In Midnight's Children, Saleem's uncle Mustapha becomes a civil servant, but is constantly passed over for promotion. He ends up stuck in second-rate positions for his entire life. This infuriates him, causing him to take it out on his children. Even in the scope of his genealogy hobby, he discovers that someone's better at it than him.
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Always Second Best / int_3501cc23	comment	A major source of tension in the romance between Locke and Sabetha of the Gentleman Bastard series. The two of them are equally skilled grifters. However, Locke very easily wins the recognition that Sabetha craves, often stumbling into it by accident. It's unclear how much of this is due to sexism and how much is due to Locke's penchant for insane, flamboyant, improvised schemes (as opposed to Sabetha's meticulous preplanning).
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Always Second Best / int_379fbb7b	comment	Kariu of ReLIFE gets top grades and is an excellent athlete, but she remains second to Hishiro in academics and Honoka in sports.
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Always Second Best / int_38fa34eb	comment	Wonder Woman: The Amazon Mala was originally designed to always be second best to Diana, but despite her strong competitive spirit she's never upset at losing and has only kind things to say to and about her princess despite being determined to beat her one day. After Artemis' introduction in Vol 2 Mala started to fade further back in the running in Amazonian competitions and was often left out entirely.
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Always Second Best / int_3b34143f	comment	Ron Weasley from the Harry Potter series. To start off with, he's always in the shadows of his older brothers who are Head Boy, Captain of the Quidditch Team, another head boy, and popular pranksters. Add to the fact that his best friends are respectively the legendary Harry and brilliant Hermione, Ron suffers a massive inferiority complex for much of the series. This comes to the fore when he sees himself in the Mirror of Erised and when he is taunted by the Horcrux in the locket before he destroys it.
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Always Second Best / int_3defe34c	comment	The first thing that happens after getting back to Pallet Town, Team Rocket manages to set them up in a trap that would have worked had Gary Oak not come in to save everyone. He even points this out to his rival, that his victory didn't mean much if he still fell for Team Rocket's trap. Angry, Ash challenges him to a battle, and Gary's Eevee effortlessly beats Pikachu. On the other hand, Gary is this to Ash when it comes to league results. His best placement is in the Top 16, the same as Ash's worst placement.
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Always Second Best / int_3efc191f	comment	Neon Genesis Evangelion: Genocide: Hikari knows that she'll always be second fiddle to her friend Asuka and she's accepted it readily.
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Always Second Best / int_3f230cf2	comment	In A Frozen Heart, Prince Hans' father sees his youngest son as useless and a "weakling" compared to his older sons, as while he is smart and intelligent, they are far more effective and ruthless. As a result, Hans develops a massive inferiority complex.
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Always Second Best / int_3fce4c86	comment	The Twins (2022): This is deliberately invoked by Lucas, who consistently tattles on Lake to get him in trouble with their teacher and make himself appear better in comparison. Notably, for every X Lake gets for getting in trouble, Lucas gets a gold star for tattling.
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Always Second Best / int_4037825e	comment	Zhou Yu towards Zhuge Liang in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. As a matter of fact, Zhou supposedly died out of despair out of this trope. This dynamic even caused this trope to be called the "Yu-Liang Complex" in China — although it was not historically true.
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Always Second Best / int_42934a7c	comment	In Daphne Greengrass and the Boy Who Lived, it's noted more than once that Draco Malfoy is an inferior Seeker not only to Harry, but also to his predecessor Terrence Higgs, who only lost his position on the team because of Malfoy's bribe of the Nimbus Two Thousand and Ones. When watching the Gryffindor-vs-Slytherin games with Daphne, Higgs often comments that Malfoy blatantly misses opportunities to spot the Snitch that he's sure he would have caught. Even then, Higgs told Daphne at one point that even if he and Harry had an equal shot at the snitch (same broom, same distance, spotted it at the same time, etc.) while competing against each other in a match, he's sure that Harry would get there first.
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Always Second Best / int_44715363	comment	Yu-Gi-Oh!: Seto Kaiba was, without contest, the best gamer in Japan before Yugi solved the Millennium Puzzle. Kaiba was never able to defeat the Pharaoh in a fair Duelnote He defeated Yugi in Duelist Kingdom, but only by threatening to kill himself if he lost, a threat he made only because Pegasus was holding his brother's soul hostage., and in the continuity of the Dark Side of Dimensions film, he was never able to get over it. Anime antagonist Zigfried Von Schroeder falls under this as well. He's Kaiba's German counterpart, the young CEO of a major corporation, but he's always been one step behind Seto and hated that fact with a burning passion.
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Always Second Best / int_47dfc6f	comment	Total Drama: While Julia has him beat in terms of actual challenge performance, it's clear to everybody that at the end of the day, Bowie is the superior social manipulator between the two. Which gets proven when Bowie not only plays Julia, Millie, and Priya like fiddles in his attempts to get complete control of the finale, but betrays Julia by getting her voted out, something that Julia doesn't catch on to until it's far too late for her to do anything about it.
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Always Second Best / int_47f0eac3	comment	Metalocalypse: The guitarists in Dethklok are Skwisgaar Skwigelf, known as the world's fastest guitarist, and Toki Wartooth, known as the world's second-fastest guitarist. Skwisgaar is, on top of being a better guitarist than Toki, also Dethklok's primary songwriter and usually plays Toki's portions on albums too. This causes some understandable friction until Skwisgaar reveals that he was the one who wanted Toki in the band. Skwisgaar believes that without Toki to push him, he would never muster the self-discipline necessary to stay the world's best guitarist.
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Always Second Best / int_48c95353	comment	Allison Harvard reached the final Runway of America's Next Top Model in Cycle 12 and 17. She finished 2nd both times.
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Always Second Best / int_49a88442	comment	In Final Fantasy XIV, while both of the Leveilleur twins were child prodigies in the field of magic and are still Teen Geniuses, Alisaie has always been second to her brother Alphinaud in academics, politics, and magical skill. She's come to terms with being in his shadow in that regard and so developed physical skills like swimming and fencing because it was an area where she can best him.
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Always Second Best / int_4ad23d8d	comment	Conversations with a Cryptid: Endeavor gets upstaged at his own publicity gala for him becoming 1# Hero just by All Might showing up.
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Always Second Best / int_4e9f355	comment	In Crisis Core, Genesis is a very skilled and talented SOLDIER, but just not quite as much as Sephiroth is. This has led to festering resentment on Genesis's part and put a strain on their friendship.
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Always Second Best / int_4fa61cf3	comment	Gaka Izumi from Flunk Punk Rumble. A formidable fighter/student on his own accord, but it's practically a running gag that he's only second to Hana and Chiba at strength and academics, respectively.
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Always Second Best / int_4ff8055d	comment	Ugurbado from Labyrinths of Echo. A Villain of the Week that killed more people than the rest combined. As Max puts it, "The most dangerous man I ever knew was the one, who always ended up second best." Ambitious young Ugrubado joined a magical Order, advanced in ranks, figured he'd never become the Supreme Magister there and defected to their enemies, bringing some secrets. Several times. He ended up in the Order of Water Crow, assuring the resident Omnicidal Maniac Loiso to content himself with being second to the world's best. After The Good King banned dangerous magic, disbanded all Orders, but one, and hunted Water Crow members to death, Ugurbado went searching for more power. He found "The Reverse Side of the World's Heart, which grants power not to everybody, but to everyone" and somehow survived the process. He became immortal â€” coming back to life with the powers of whoever killed him. To celebrate his return, he started an epidemic of soul-killing disease Anavuaina, to get killed by someone powerful and get stronger. Fortunately, Secret Police was forewarned (a bit too late, but before an Arbiter killed him again) and Max managed to restrain Ugurbado and have Anavuaina victims kill him, dooming him to die; unfortunately, Max's wife got infected and killed herself. Ugurbado's last act was finding Loiso in his Tailor-Made Prison and begging him to kill him. Loiso refused.
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Always Second Best / int_51f359bf	comment	Queen Anne's Legacy: The Seymours to the Boleyns. Most of the conflict of the story is rooted in how the Boleyns are favored over the Seymours by Henry even after his marriage to Jane. This extends to Edward and Ambrose. What drives a lot of Edward's insecurities is the fact that he can never seem to displace his brother in their father's eyes, simply because he wasn't born first. Elizabeth surmises as much after he finally rebels against Ambrose and begs Elizabeth for her support. Despite Frederick's claims that this is a ploy to slander her name, in reality, he just wants someone, anyone, to choose him over his brother, and she believes that's all he ever really wanted in the end.
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Always Second Best / int_52b20b87	comment	OneRepublic had this happen to them twice over. In 2007, their song "Apologize" became a massive hit and stayed in the Top 10 for an unprecedented 25 weeks and once broke the record for the most spins on mainstream radio. Yet, it was held off the top spot by Chris Brown's "Kiss Kiss" and later Alicia Keys' "No One". History Repeats six years later, when they released "Counting Stars". It managed to be an even bigger hit than "Apologize", spending another 25 consecutive weeks in the Top 10, spent 68 weeks on the Hot 100, and has garnered over one billion views on YouTube. Yet, once again, they were held off from the top spot, this time by "Timber" from Pitbull featuring Kesha.
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Always Second Best / int_5506bba8	comment	Nikita once said she'd be considered the best woman on the UK's wrestling circuit if not for Sweet Saraya, who ended her two year undefeated streak where several men had failed.
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Always Second Best / int_55c8f4c2	comment	Kat from Binary Break developed this attitude towards Cate by the time the series begins, feeling that Cate is so good at everything and doesn't even try whereas Kat tries so hard and rarely gets recognized.
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Always Second Best / int_5c783167	comment	Claudius Lyon, Loren Estleman's Affectionate Parody of Nero Wolfe in the Nearly Nero short stories, is basically this to Wolfe himself. He's a fanboy who tries to emulate Wolfe in every respect, but is decidedly second-best when compared to the master.
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Always Second Best / int_5cfb879b	comment	Zatanna is an incredible escape artist, but in that regard, she's very conscious she will always be second-best to Scott Free / Mister Miracle. While she takes twenty-eight seconds to escape from a straitjacket, he can do it in twelve.
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Always Second Best / int_65af8e08	comment	In Thousand Shinji, Rei got depressed because she thought she would always be second to Asuka in Shinji's heart even if she talked them into a threesome. She tried to reassure herself that second place is better than no place at all. She gets her wish in the end; after becoming the new Chaos Gods, Asuka reluctantly allows Rei to join her and Shinji for a threesome since the perversion and passion would benefit the gestating Mislaato, but irately demands for Shinji to remember who's the "number one".
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Always Second Best / int_6669e9d0	comment	Jamal from the second Disney Chills book feels overshadowed by his twin brother Malik, and makes a deal with Dr. Facilier to swap lives with him.
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Always Second Best / int_69d15cc0	comment	Marvel Cinematic Universe: Loki is repeatedly a victim to this. He has been constantly overshadowed by Thor since they were children.
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Always Second Best / int_69fa7496	comment	Disney Ducks Comic Universe: Flintheart Glomgold's main grievance with Scrooge McDuck is that Scrooge is the Richest Duck in the World, Flintheart the Second Richest Duck — a designation that he feels to be humiliating. Much of the humor in his first two appearances is that the characters have similar skill sets and about equal fortunes. Scrooge gains the victory in their first story by having some more string than Flintheart and wins the rematch by a rather small sum of coins. The problem is that they are both too competitive to accept anyone as an equal. Italian stories tend to give the role of the second richest duck in the world to John D. Rockerduck. Many stories focus on Rockerduck taking on Scrooge in a random business field, wanting to prove he's better than Scrooge. He always fails and Scrooge bests him.
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Always Second Best / int_6bd0cf78	comment	In Monsters, Inc., Randall becomes incredibly resentful of the fact that, in the company rankings, he is always in second place, behind Sulley. Monsters University shows that Sulley (with Mike's assistance) had been getting the better of Randall ever since their university days too, though it also shows that it's largely his own fault: Randall can never outdo Sulley because his hypercompetitiveness gets the better of him, causing him to tense up and make mistakes.
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Always Second Best / int_6dae257e	comment	Dio from Casshern Sins sees himself as this to Casshern. And it irritates him to no end.
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Always Second Best / int_6ec2a52c	comment	My Girlfriend Gives Me Goosebumps!: Kisaki is both smart and athletic, and is overall skilled at everything. However, her sister Airi is better than her in almost every field. It's the source of Kisaki's obsession with being someone's number one.
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Always Second Best / int_7077fbb0	comment	"Burning House" by Cam peaked at #2 on the Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, and Canadian Country charts published by Billboard. It was blocked on all three charts by Thomas Rhett's "Die a Happy Man".
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Always Second Best / int_72262aee	comment	Avatar: The Last Airbender: Fire Lord Ozai is presented as such to his older brother, Iroh. In his memoir The Legacy of the Fire Nation, the latter recalls the former would often flip the board and burn the pieces whenever he lost a game of Pai Sho, heavily implying Iroh won nearly all of the games. And Ozai could never get Azulon to pass the throne to him, despite showcasing his children and pointing out Iroh's flaws. Even when he becomes the most powerful firebender in the world, there are plenty of folks who believe Iroh could still beat him (though Iroh himself is not among those). For much of the series, Zuko is made to believe that he is this to his sister, Azula. Ozai even tells him at one point that the princess was "born lucky," while Zuko was "lucky to be born."
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Always Second Best / int_73d7930f	comment	In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dr. Julian Bashir graduated second in his class from Star Fleet Medical. For a while he seemed to have a bit of a complex about this, until it was decided that he did it on purpose so as not to draw too much attention to himself.
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Always Second Best / int_75149ccd	comment	X-Wing Series: Exaggerated in Wraith Squadron. One of the pilots, Falynn Sandskimmer, feels this way about herself. She's second-best in several areas (TIE pilot, security expert, scout), but doesn't see herself as number one at anything. She fails to see how her versatility makes her valuable (she's number two to several different people). At the end of the novel, she makes a desperate attempt to be "first" at something; she succeeds, but dies in the process. Fellow squadron member Tyria Sarkin also has this problem, considering herself the worst pilot in the group. It doesn't help that she is a Force sensitive that was considered too weak to be a Jedi. She gets better about it, eventually becoming a full Jedi. Rather ironically, she is one of those that Falynn considers herself weaker than, serving as the pointman during raids.
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Always Second Best / int_755e2357	comment	In Noob, this is explicitly the situation of Amaras in regards to FantÃ¶m until it turns out that FantÃ¶m had been unknowingly getting an illegal boost from the game creators and the creators delete FantÃ¶m's avatar in an attempt to cover their tracks and make FantÃ¶m's player the scapegoat. These events automatically made Amaras number one.
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Always Second Best / int_78a7264b	comment	Okita in Hakuouki is motivated entirely to be of service to Kondou and receive his approval and is constantly frustrated and annoyed that it is Hijikata who Kondou trusts and relies on the most. Okita vents this by pushing as many of Hijikata's buttons as possible.
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Always Second Best / int_79b8b1e2	comment	In Class Trip Crush, twins Taketo and Yasuto Kanzaki manage to be mutually Always Second Best to one another. Taketo is good at everything he puts his hand to, where Yasuto is rather clumsy outside of baseball and quite conscious of that fact; Taketo, however, describes Yasuto as a "genius" and observes that no one can possibly match him at the one thing he's devoted all of his effort to. The feeling that he couldn't measure up to his brother led Taketo to switch from the baseball team to soccer team to avoid competing with Yasuto, and his route shows that he has something of a complex about it.
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Always Second Best / int_7aaf9e41	comment	Batman: Jason Todd, the second Robin feels this way towards Dick Grayson, the first Robin, first Nightwing and third Batman. Dick is credited as the Robin who saved Batman from becoming too dark, restarted the popularity of sidekicks in the modern era, and also came into his own as a hero, founding the first incarnation of the Teen Titans. Dick is also the only member of the Batfamily that Bruce treats like an equal. It doesn't help that Bruce expected Jason to be exactly like Dick, and that, as a family, Dick is by far Bruce's most preferred son, and it's even common knowledge that Dick is the one who will inherit the title of Batman. The third Batgirl is Stephanie Brown, aka Spoiler, aka girl Robin, aka the girl who screws up every major plan. Her predecessor, Cassandra Cain, was a much better fighter, with a far better track record and a cooler tragic backstory.note Steph's father was the Cluemaster, a B-rate Riddler rip-off, Cassandra's father is David Cain, one of the best assassins in the world AND her mother is Lady Shiva, fellow elite assassin and canonically one of the DCU's top five martial artists Key to this relationship, however, was that Stephanie showed no bitterness towards Cassandra for all of this — they were, in fact, good friends — and accepting it in good humor, attempting now and then to do the best with what she had rather than seethe about being in second place. This was also partly because there was one key area that Stephanie could trump Cassandra — social skills (Cassandra had such a maladjusted upbringing that she could barely read, write, or speak coherently until her teenage years). Bullock and Montoya. It doesn't matter how badass Harvey Bullock is (indeed, often rushing bravely into situations that would give even Batman pause); in the end, he's just a big, fat, clumsy buffoon who can never quite measure up to Action Girl Renee Montoya. Even when he takes on the vigilante Lock-Up — a man who is at least as large as he is — he gets no respect, as Montoya just leaps atop Lock-Up's back while Bullock has him distracted and beats him unconscious with her pistol. Bad enough that the out-of-shape Bullock is visibly winded after the fight; when the rest of the cops show up, Montoya even gets credit for busting Black Mask's gang, despite admitting that Batman, Robin, and Nightwing were responsible for that one! (Also Flawless Token, as you may have noticed.)
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Always Second Best / int_7d8e6e5e	comment	Redival from Till We Have Faces is beautiful, but not nearly as beautiful as her younger sister Istra, which is a major source of bitterness for her. She grows up ignored as Istra comes to be doted on by their older sister and worshiped by the common-folk, making Redival envious enough to spread rumors that Istra is intentionally trying to set herself up as a goddess.
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Always Second Best / int_7ddc70e	comment	After knowing she was seconded to NAGO in school again, Yanagin in Daily Lives of High School Boys dared NAGO to beat her in karate and then ramen eating...in which Yanagin was decisively defeated in both. In a later skit she tried daring NAGO to beat her in tolerance in the sauna, and defeated again — not only to NAGO, but presumably her two other friends Habara and Ikushima.
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Always Second Best / int_7df661c5	comment	In No Straight Roads, part of the bad relationship between Zuke and his older brother D.K. West is because West was always second best to Zuke. From their rap battles, we learn that Zuke always followed in his brother's footsteps and always eventually surpassed him in some way. Zuke eventually became more popular than D.K. West when they were young, to the point where West's friends hung out with Zuke instead of him. West dropped out of college when it proved too difficult for him while Zuke got a Master's Degree in Music and Fine Arts. D.K. West had the hots for a woman named Nadia, but she found him sleazy and ended up in a relationship with Zuke instead. Even in the modern day, Zuke proves more successful in rebelling against NSR as part of Bunk Bed Junction when West's Underground Movement collapsed and he fled the city.
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Always Second Best / int_7e9d1a6c	comment	Frozen: Growing up in the shadow of her older, seemingly-perfect sister Elsa, Anna comes to develop an inferiority complex, thinking of herself as "completely ordinary" and "not ''that'' princess... it's just me." According to Word of God, this low self-esteem is exploited by Hans, and he especially plays on it during his post-reveal monologue, telling Anna that she's "no match for Elsa" and that her sister "was preferable, of course." In an earlier draft where Elsa was written as less reclusive than in the final film, the theme of Spare to the Throne was more prominent and this trope was more heavily explored, as seen in Anna's unused song "More Than Just A Spare":
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Always Second Best / int_7f5e00d9	comment	In Halo: The Fall of Reach, Master Chief John-117 notes that Fred-104 tends to come in second place in every competition, which is reflective of his place among the Spartan-IIs (second best sniper, second-in-command, etc.). John is convinced he does this on purpose so he doesn't have to be in charge.
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Always Second Best / int_7f87dafc	comment	Yzak Joule from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. He manages to be great at everything, but always ends up losing to Athrun Zala at all that at the same time. Guess what place he ranked among the Red Suits upon graduation. Outright parodied in the Chibi Character Theater shorts, where Yzak (and Dearka) actually manages to beat Athrun (and Kira) at beach volleyball...but the crowd STILL reacts like Kira and Athrun won, to Yzak's utter exasperation.
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Always Second Best / int_7fbd6753	comment	Thunder Cats 2011: This is present with young Prince Lion-O and his adoptive older brother Tygra, a beneficiary of Parental Favoritism who actively upstages Lion-O every chance he gets. Tygra makes an explicit point of successfully taunting Lion-O during some Gladiator Games, ensuring Lion-O loses his temper, and with it, the match. In fact, Tygra tries to be Always Someone Better because of a deep Inferiority Superiority Complex, and an abiding suspicion that as a mere Spare to the Throne, he will forever lose to Lion-O, a motivation underscored when Tygra bitterly rants about how Lion-O's taken away both his chance to wear the crown, and, he suspects, his chance to romance Cheetara, the Love Interest of their Sibling Triangle.
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Always Second Best / int_7fc78282	comment	Denethor and Faramir in The Lord of the Rings. Denethor was second best in his youth to Thorongil in both his father's heart and his people's, which left him very bitter. He grew so afraid of this trope (being second best to Gandalf in his son's and knights' respect and affection, being second best to Aragorn in honor and glory in his people's opinion) that it is one of the reasons he succumbed to despair in the end and committed suicide. As for Faramir, he was deemed second to his brother by his people all his life, being less flamboyant and more gentle and scholarly in nature than Boromir in those times of war, but he never grew jealous about it. He also accepted to be second to Aragorn with grace after the war.
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Always Second Best / int_7fd403f8	comment	Galaxy Quest: After Alexander frees the suffocating Thermians.
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Always Second Best / int_8258e260	comment	This has become a defining character trait for Luigi from the Super Mario Bros. series from Luigi's Mansion and onward, though he rarely complains about it. This is especially prominent in the early games in the Mario & Luigi series, where Bowser can't even bother to remember his name, with him nearly snapping in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. Later games in the M&L series take pains to show him as an equal or even better to Mario, with Dream Team making Luigi a focal point of the game.
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Always Second Best / int_87cf8985	comment	The Champions supplement Allies features Executive Sanction, a U.S. government superhero team with one member supplied by each of various government agencies. One member, assigned by the official law enforcement super-agency PRIMUS, is Silver Avenger, a second son, former second-string quarterback, second in his class at West Point, and previously secondary to PRIMUS's leader, the Golden Avenger. Unfortunately, he now finds himself second in military seniority to the Army's representative on the team, Major Star, who thus has command. This rankles with him, just a little bit.
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Always Second Best / int_898a1932	comment	Journey to Chaos: After his Rage Against the Mentor, Eric consistently tries to prove himself to be better than Dengel in some way: a better mage, a better mercenary, a better chaosist, etc. but falls short each time until the end of Book 3, when he performs a spell that kills Dengel. Then Kallen says that he couldn't have done it without her.
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Always Second Best / int_8ba4613a	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_8ba4613a	comment	Mello from Death Note is consumed with the need to finally beat Near in something, and now he has the opportunity in finding Kira. He joins the mafia, kidnaps poor little Sayu, sets off the explosion that kills Soichiro, kidnaps Takada, and watches his best friend get killed — all in the name of being better than Near and finally worthy of being called L's successor. He doesn't ever really express any opinions about Kira or show any sign that he wants to stop him because his reign of terror is wrong — he just wants to catch Kira so Near can't.
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Always Second Best / int_8c371d03	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_8c371d03	comment	Steven Prince in The World's End was always just a bit less cool than his friend Gary King, who also got it on with the girl Steven liked. Deconstructed, however; for all Steven's insecurity on the subject, while this might have been true when they were teenagers, as adults Steven clearly has got his act together much better than Gary, who is a stuck-in-the-past loser who hasn't moved on from his teenage ideas of what's cool versus what isn't. Tellingly, while the girl the two clashed over thought Gary was the coolest thing ever as a teenager, as an adult she thinks he's an insufferable wanker and ends up getting together with Steven.
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Always Second Best / int_8df5521b	comment	Superman: In Superman 166 (January 1964), an "Imaginary Story" involved "The Sons of Superman", only one of whom was super. The non-super brother was explicitly treated as second best and described as "the weak one" or "the weaker son", including by his own parents. Millions of children learned the words "inferiority complex" by reading that tale. Even when he discovers the solution to defeat a Kandorian villain, his dad and brother go Not Now, Kiddo and he ends up facing the guy alone with nothing more than his intelligence. In the late Silver Age Kara Zor-El/Linda Danvers — aka Supergirl — worked as a photographer in San Francisco station KSF-TV together with her rival, Nasthalthia 'Nasty' Luthor, who was always better than her. In Demon Spawn, Linda admits she is aware of the fact, although she hates it. She would have an easier time admitting it if 'Nasty' didn't rub it in every second.
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Always Second Best / int_8e0312e6	comment	RuPaul's Drag Race: The "Susan Lucci" of the seasonnote Named for the Soap Opera actress who was nominated for a Daytime Emmy 18 years in a row before finally winning in 1999 is the contestant who becomes known for almost winning several challenges but ends her run without ever winning once. Examples include Season 2's Pandora Boxx (the first to draw the Lucci comparison, but she managed to snag Miss Congeniality in the end), Season 6's Trinity K. Bonet (who even lost Miss Congeniality, despite being one of the nicer queens of the season, due to fan favorite BenDeLaCreme dominating the online vote), and Season 12's Jan. Special mention goes to Season 2's Raven, who managed to come in second place for the crown not only in her season, but also in All-Stars 1. Though this may be a case of The Runner-Up Takes It All, as she has since been hired as a stylist for RuPaul himself.
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Always Second Best / int_8e8a801	comment	The Lion King: Scar has this sort of relationship with Mufasa, and utterly loathes being compared to him. In the semi-canon book A Tale of Two Brothers (and in the numerous fanfics that have followed in the years since), it's implied that their father, King Ahadi, favors Mufasa because he understands the responsibilities that come with kingship, whereas Scar only cares about power and authority. Sarabi calls him out on this prior to the Battle of Pride Rock, stating that he is nowhere near the king that Mufasa was, causing Scar to knock her to the ground, roaring "I AM 10 TIMES THE KING MUFASA WAS!!!!" What's more, in "The Madness of King Scar" (deleted from the movie, and resurrected for the Broadway show), the delusional tyrant laments, "Even in death, [my brother's] shadow looms over me." In the same scene, Zazu lists all the things that Mufasa had which Scar lacks: "[A]doring subjects; the respect of his species; a loving family; a devoted queen..."note "Shall I go on, sire?
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Always Second Best / int_8f36f969	comment	The Loud House: Ever since kindergarten, Lori has frequently been upstaged by Carol Pingrey at everything they do, whether it's selling girl scout cookies, becoming homecoming queen, winning a golf tournament, or getting the most likes for a selfie. Lindsay Sweetwater is frequently upstaged at pageants by Lola, which is why she is willing to pull an Enemy Mine with Lincoln and share with him a dirty secret about Lola. In "Small Blunder", it's revealed that all the Loud siblings have dreaded show-and-tell because most of the time, they would get upstaged by someone presenting something better. Even the dad, Lynn Sr., has gone through this. So when Lily is about to go through show-and-tell, they're quick to warn her of this trope, and sure enough, she also goes through this.
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Always Second Best / int_90f42a9b	comment	The Wheel of Time: It is mentioned that Demandred "would have been the greatest man of his age, had he not lived at the same time as Lews Therin Telamon". He was apparently born one day after Lews Therin, setting a trend of always being a step behind for their entire lives, the envy at this turning him from one of the most prominent good generals in the fight against evil into one of the most prominent evil generals. He was and likely still is second best at most (though he's one of the Shadow's most potent servants, he's still stuck playing second fiddle to Ishamael). Really, it's small wonder the man is more than a little insane by now.
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Always Second Best / int_959e88d	comment	Sir Jasper in Dragon Quest XI. To most people in Heliodor, he and Sir Hendrik are the "sword and shield" that work together to defend the kingdom. But Jasper felt that he was being overlooked in favor of and outdone by Hendrik. This is what inspires him to ally with Mordegon and work toward the destruction of Heliodor and all the other kingdoms in Erdrea; by serving as The Dragon to Mordegon and receiving dark powers from the Lord of Shadows as a reward, he would finally be able to get ahead of Hendrik.
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Always Second Best / int_960062b7	comment	My Hero Academia: Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugou both consider themselves to be second best... to each other. The latter is obsessed with proving himself superior to Midoriya, disregarding his victories against him and dwelling on the defeats. He also subconsciously admires Izuku's drive to become a hero and fears being defeated by him. The former openly admits to admiring Bakugou for his determination and skill and doesn't consider himself to be as powerful as him, even with One For All in play. After their fated duel, Bakugou starts calming down considerably and, instead of fearing Izuku's rise, decides to surpass All Might instead. Endeavor, the Number Two Hero is another example. He's always second to All Might even after trying for decades to surpass him. He eventually marries Rei and eventually produces Shoto in hopes of using him as a Laser-Guided Tyke-Bomb to surpass All Might and finally beat him. After All Might loses his powers, Endeavor becomes the Number One Hero by default, and is thoroughly bummed about it.
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Always Second Best / int_981900a1	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_981900a1	comment	Kuroko's Basketball: As a collective group, the "Uncrowned Kings" are this in comparison to the "Generation of Miracles". Both groups are five extremely gifted basketball prodigies who have greater skills than any of their peers. The Generation, however, are as far beyond the Kings as the Kings are from everyone else. Their Meaningful Name comes from the fact that if they had been born in any generation before now, THEY would be the Generation of Miracles.
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Always Second Best / int_987ae286	comment	Cars: Apparently, Chick Hicks has been "chasing that tail fin" his entire career, always trying to beat The King. He wins the big race, but the fans were so upset at what he did to win that the "victory" wasn't worth it.
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Always Second Best / int_9880f55d	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_9880f55d	comment	Angie Tribeca has Laurie Partridge, Angie's old police academy roommate.
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Always Second Best / int_993355a8	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_993355a8	comment	In Skippy Dies, Jeekers is an academic over-achiever who would be best in his class, if not for Teen Genius Ruprecht. When Ruprecht falls into a pit of depression after Skippy's death and stops participating in class, Jeekers feels a certain glee at finally being able to be the best.
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Always Second Best / int_9ad7adc8	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_9ad7adc8	comment	The Who had three of their records reach #2 on the Billboard album chart, and several others peaked in the top five, but they've never had a #1 album.
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Always Second Best / int_9c2808c1	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_9c2808c1	comment	In Omega Strikers, Vyce grew up living in the shadow of her elder twin sister Octavia. When their mother sent them to a prestigious music school to allow them to hone their talents, the instructors looked down on Vyce's raw, in-your-face punk rock style and favored Octavia's smoother, more refined electronic music, causing a rift between the once-inseparable sisters as they continued their respective pursuits after their graduation.
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Always Second Best / int_9e2dbb4d	comment	In Regular Show, Rigby is jealous of his taller, younger brother Don. He is much more successful and popular, but Rigby eventually learns to appreciate him. Also mentioned here.
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Always Second Best / int_9e2f90f4	comment	One Piece: Back when they still worked together in MADS, Caesar Clown, Vinsmoke Judge and Queen were constantly perceived as inferior scientists to Vegapunk, whose inventions and discoveries earned him more awards and recognition than the three of them put together. In their struggle to surpass him, however, the trio of scientists ended up fighting each other even more, which eventually led to them parting ways after MADS was forcibly dissolved by the World Government. In the present, Caesar and Judge realize that their petty rivalry was started by Vegapunk overshadowing them in the first place, and both scientists immediately bury the hatchet to work together once more.
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Always Second Best / int_9e7f8a9c	comment	The Boys: Payback, The Avengers analogue are this to The Seven, The Justice League analogue. Payback is deemed a second-rate team, perpetually living in the shadows of the Seven and are considered disposable by their superiors.
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Always Second Best / int_9f1766e4	comment	The Brady Bunch: Bobby's dilemma in "The Winner," from Season 2. Jan's famous cry, "Marcia Marcia Marcia!!!" in "Her Sister's Shadow." Even Greg is not immune, as in "My Sister Benedict Arnold" (from Season 3), he always seems to be in the shadow of Warren Mullaney, the classmate who beat him out for the last spot on the first-string basketball team and defeated him in a school class president election.
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Always Second Best / int_9f89a5f0	comment	PokÃ©mon: The rivals, especially Blue and Silver. They're all highly skilled trainers who manage to beat all eight Gym Leaders (and, in Blue's case, the Elite Four) yet always manage to lose to the player. The first two generations tied this into An Aesop about The Power of Love, but in the third and fourth generations, you're just better than them. PokÃ©mon Sun and Moon reveals that Guzma, the leader of Team Skull, was once a competitive trainer and perpetual also-ran. His father abused him for never being the best.
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Always Second Best / int_9fc3a160	comment	Jo Dee Messina's 1999 cover of Dottie West's "Lesson in Leavin'" spent eight weeks at #2 on the country music charts, all eight of them behind Lonestar's "Amazed".
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Always Second Best / int_a1038b37	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_a1038b37	comment	Reverse: 1999 has Matilda, a student of the St. Pavlov Foundation's SPDM who always comes behind star-student Sonetto. Matilda used to be an over-achieving whiz kid before transferring to the SPDM, coming in at gold or first place for every competition and academic endeavour she's undertaken, and going up against Sonetto was the first time she'd ever come in 3rd. Even 4 years later, after the both of them had already graduated, Matilda continues to keep up this One Sided Rivalry against Sonetto, aiming to take her away from the protagonist Vertin and turn Sonetto into Matilda's chief assistant, instead.
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Always Second Best / int_a58241ed	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_a58241ed	comment	Our Dumb World, brought to you by The Onion, says this about South Korea.
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Always Second Best / int_a5e160e0	comment	Lucifer has several examples. Adam has always treated Eve like a second wife, always comparing her to Lilith. Even after coming down to Earth, Eve kept getting annoyed that people always put her name second when mentioning the couple. Maze gets pretty pissed off when people never put her first. Michael has always been jealous of his charismatic twin brother. Even his attempts to trick Chloe by pretending to be Lucifer failed.
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Always Second Best / int_a6543322	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_a6543322	comment	Subverted in Touhou Project: Marisa's pretty proud of being second only to Reimu, since it means she's still skilled enough to take on everybody else, even without any special powers of her own.
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Always Second Best / int_a8150af4	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_a8150af4	comment	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Celebrimbor is the greatest of the Elven Smiths and is therefore sought out by Elrond, on instruction from High King Gil-galad, to begin work on a "special project". However, he feels his mastery of his craft is vastly inferior to that of his grandfather, FÃ«anor, whose Silmarils were said to have captivated the Dark Lord Morgoth and almost moved him to repentance.
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Always Second Best / int_a8729c90	comment	In The Fairly OddParents!, this is part of the backstory of the Crimson Chin's Arch-Enemy, the Bronze Kneecap. He was a professional ice skater who consistently placed third in every race he ever entered, never quite being good enough to win. His Start of Darkness came when he competed in a celebrity race and was moments away from winning for the first time ever, only to trip over the Crimson Chin, fall and break his kneecap, and come in third yet again. He fights the Crimson Chin not to prove that he's better than him, but because he's furious at the Chin for ruining his one shot at a Broken Win/Loss Streak.
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Always Second Best / int_a88c6b74	comment	This is the defining trope of Special A, with Hikari forever trying (and failing) to beat Kei at anything.
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Always Second Best / int_ac2026ad	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_ac2026ad	comment	Yuuya from Gals!, nicknamed "Second Place", always playing second fiddle to everyone else. He ends up with The Rival and the last episode shows them running around town winning contests...
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Always Second Best / int_ae0356e0	comment	In one episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog, the villain Katz constantly wins second place in Nowhere's candy competition, and sends a jelly monster after Muriel, whose famous candy made first place.
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Always Second Best / int_aec75372	comment	Maken-ki!: Poor Kinua. Despite her wealth, upbringing and her beauty... she just can't compete with Azuki's natural athleticism. The the very first chapter establishes the fact by having Kinua lose to her (again), at the end of their duel during the introduction ceremony. And in chapter 10, Azuki outperformed her in gymnastics too.
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Always Second Best / int_af583f46	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_af583f46	comment	Juan Corrida to Matt Engarde in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney â€“ Justice For All. Even in Jerkassery.
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Always Second Best / int_af7550d7	comment	Ashfur in the second arc, The New Prophecy. He would be the best choice for deputy... if not for Brambleclaw. He could have been StarClan's chosen one... if not for Brambleclaw. He could have had Squirrelflight's affections... if not for Brambleclaw. See the pattern?
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Always Second Best / int_b0152bda	comment	En Vogue and Blood, Sweat and Tears each had three singles peak at number two on the Billboard chart without ever scoring a #1 hit. In the latter case, all three of the #2 hits came from the same album!
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Always Second Best / int_b07d678c	comment	In Under the Volcano, Hugh Firmin (in spite of his excellent qualities) finds that his older brother Geoffrey keeps getting in ahead of him doing the things that Hugh aspires to, and, even worse, throwing those accomplishments away: Geoffrey was a decorated (then disgraced) hero in World War I, while Hugh has not managed to see action in the Spanish Civil War; Geoffrey married (and lost) the woman Hugh loves; etc.
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Always Second Best / int_b0fc9724	comment	Saturday Night Live once did a commercial parody for "The People's Second Choice Awards". Hosted by Ed McMahon, celebrity presenters included Oates, Tom Wopat (referred to as "the dark haired guy from The Dukes of Hazzard"), etc.
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Always Second Best / int_b4996199	comment	Spider-Man: In Superior Spider-Man (2013), Doctor Octopus took over Spider-Man's body in an attempt to prove he could better than his hated arch-rival and is flabbergasted by how much Peter was holding himself back. However, as the series winds down, Otto learns that Peter truly is the superior one because he never let his hubris get the better of him and he performs a Heroic Suicide to give Peter back his body. Sadly, when Otto returned in Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy, he couldn't accept all of this and vowed to get back at him.
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Always Second Best / int_b5856a1c	comment	In The Book of Joe, this is how Joe feels in comparison to his older brother Brad especially in their father's eyes — mostly thanks to Brad's sporting prowess. Touchingly subverted when Joe finds out how proud his father was of his literary career.
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Always Second Best / int_b80e5912	comment	Alan from My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! spent his life feeling like he was living in the shadow of his twin brother Geordo, who excelled in everything with ease while he always came up short (at least until he discovered he had a gift for music). As if to reflect this, Geordo has golden hair while Alan's is silver.
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Always Second Best / int_b8afddc7	comment	The Cincinnati Kid with Lancey Howard's cracking line at the end; "You're good, kid, but as long as I'm around you're second best."
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Always Second Best / int_bb5be2d4	comment	Brought as the "replacement" for the crazy joker Kazushige Nozawa, Montel Vontavious Porter proved to be a very formidable force in New Japan, getting shocking victories over several of the world's best wrestlers. Time and again it was made clear that he was still #2 when it came to Nozawa's boss, Satoshi Kojima, though. MVP held no grudges about it.
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Always Second Best / int_bff01809	comment	In Warhammer, the Empire of Sigmar is the largest and most prestigious human nation in the world and also the most technologically advanced (granted Cathay may be moreso, but we never see them so they don't count). Bretonnia has played second banana to the Empire for most of their shared history and this resentment has led to a long-running national rivalry, the two nations alternating between friend and foe.
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Always Second Best / int_c02ce5b4	comment	House of the Dragon: The Velaryons are from Valyria, but they weren't dragonlords (at least until Rhaenys Targaryen introduced the practice in the family with her children following suit): they were one of the lower-ranking families of the minor nobility. Instead, they went out to Driftmark, one of Valyria's distant fringe colonies, to seek their fortune from fishing and sea trade. Since before the Targaryen Conquest, they've always served the Targaryens as faithful allies and admirals of their fleets. Depending on how you look at it, however, they're either the Targaryens' right-hand supporters, or always in their shadow.
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Always Second Best / int_c4d1c0e8	comment	Sayaka Saeki to Touko Nanami in Bloom Into You. Sayaka has always been second in their class, while Touko is first, and Touko ends up becoming Student Council President while having Sayaka as her vice president. Sayaka doesn't resent Touko for it — in fact, she falls in love with her because of that.
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Always Second Best / int_c9373cd1	comment	Rivals Series: Yuuri initially felt like this when against Viktor (his ultimate rival), though this is eventually subverted after he beats Viktor at the Winter Olympics and takes the gold medal from him several times after that. No, the trope really applies to everyone else (usually Chris), who are all world-class skaters but are stuck competing for third place because Yuuri and Viktor are so ahead of the rest of the pack. They're only lucky enough to get second at competitions where only one of the two are competing, and first at ones where neither are.
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Always Second Best / int_cae42ffa	comment	12 Beast: Eita's biggest source of angst is his big brother Kouki. Eita's incredibly awesome and tends to excel with a little work at whatever he does. Kouki just happens to be a little older and better, and LOVES to use this to torture him. Anytime Eita takes on a sport, Kouki jumps in and does it better, and any time Eita tries to impress a girl Kouki jumps in and uses his awesomeness to seduce that girl for himself.
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Always Second Best / int_d0d474b1	comment	Zatanna Zatanna is an incredible escape artist, but in that regard, she's very conscious she will always be second-best to Scott Free / Mister Miracle. While she takes twenty-eight seconds to escape from a straitjacket, he can do it in twelve. Zachary Zatara, Zatanna's cousin and fellow magician, is always in her shadow both as a Stage Magician performer and as a magician hero, which is a recurring theme in their relationship in Zatanna (2010). However, Zatanna does point out that Zack's unprofessional manner such as missing cues in front of a live audience makes double-billing with him unpleasant—especially since he brushes her off to go to a club rather than take her criticism seriously.
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Always Second Best / int_d29994ae	comment	This trope causes disaster in Live A Live. In the Middle Ages chapter, Streibough had become known as the runner-up to Oersted in almost everything... and he despised it. His jealousy over Oersted's fame and success led him to sabotage and utterly destroy Oersted's life. The end result was Oersted shedding his humanity and becoming the Lord of Dark, Odio.
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Always Second Best / int_d2c74459	comment	In Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: The Steel 7, Tobia goes to recruit Giri, former Ace Pilot for the Jupiter Empire and his one-time rival, for a mission to stop the Jovians from blasting Earth with a colony laser. Giri refuses at first, but that changes the nanosecond he learns that the Empire's leader is Callisto; back in the Empire's Newtype Corps, Giri always came in second to Callisto, who would smugly rub it in. Thus Giri joins for the chance to ruin Callisto's plans, and takes great pleasure in mocking him over how a supposedly inferior pilot is showing him up.
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Always Second Best / int_d3a377b2	comment	Chris Hero has something of an inferiority complex regarding AJ Styles and Bryan Danielson, as he is aware he's usually left out of the conversation when people start arguing which is the best in the world. It got to the point he changed his wrestling style in response to Danielson in Pro Wrestling Guerilla after Bryan had left the promotion.
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Always Second Best / int_d3e3e38a	comment	In She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, this is the source of Catra's frustration with her former best friend Adora/She-Ra. Ever since they were children, Catra was seen by many as a useless nuisance that was holding Adora back from her full potential at worse, and an annoying tag-along at best. Adora leaving the Horde is what it took for others to finally start giving Catra respect and recognition, with her quickly climbing the ranks of command. Despite not really caring much for the Horde, the very idea of joining the rebellion and once again finding herself as a sidekick to someone she came to realize had inadvertently contributed to some of the worst parts of her life enraged her enough to start actively desiring Adora's demise from that point forward.
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Always Second Best / int_d45ec5e7	comment	Part of Matthew Harrison Brady's backstory from Inherit the Wind is that he ran for President of the United States three times. Obviously, he didn't win.
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Always Second Best / int_d4b636d0	comment	Elias Goldstein in Shall We Date?: Wizardess Heart struggles to live up to the high standards of his prestigious family, particularly that of his perfectionist older brother Klaus. Klaus tends to be overly critical of Elias's efforts in magic, observing that although Elias is a skilled wizard, he lacks imagination.
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Always Second Best / int_d4f9ccf	comment	Aladdin: Even before he got the Genie, Jafar was Always Second Best by being beneath the Sultan, whom he saw as immature and unfit to rule. The reason he fell for Aladdin's goading so much toward the end might have been because he couldn't stand the thought of still being second-best after all he'd gained. In Aladdin: The Return of Jafar, the tables were turned. Jafar was delighted enough to sing a whole song taunting Genie, "You're Only Second Rate". This turnabout was justified as being set free from the lamp reduced Genie's power level a bit while Jafar was at the same level of power that Genie was when bound to the lamp.
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Always Second Best / int_d502170c	comment	PokÃ©mon Sun and Moon reveals that Guzma, the leader of Team Skull, was once a competitive trainer and perpetual also-ran. His father abused him for never being the best.
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Always Second Best / int_d5ddd6c1	comment	PokÃ©mon: The Series: Ash Ketchum has participated in six major league tournaments, and has not managed to win in any of them. His sixth, the Kalos League, plays this trope rather literally, as he finished runner-up there. The only exception was the Orange Island Leagues (a filler arc), which he actually won. Unlike the other cases, this league is anime-exclusive, and is not found in the games. Finally averted in the Alola League. The result prompts him into Stunned Silence until Gladion confirms Ash did finish in first place. The first thing that happens after getting back to Pallet Town, Team Rocket manages to set them up in a trap that would have worked had Gary Oak not come in to save everyone. He even points this out to his rival, that his victory didn't mean much if he still fell for Team Rocket's trap. Angry, Ash challenges him to a battle, and Gary's Eevee effortlessly beats Pikachu. On the other hand, Gary is this to Ash when it comes to league results. His best placement is in the Top 16, the same as Ash's worst placement. May, Dawn and Serena all share the same fate in their respective fields in Pokemon Contests (for May and Dawn) and Showcases (for Serena); like Ash, they go only as far as second place (or Top 4 in May's case). In their peak positions, May lost to Solidad in the Kanto Grand Festival, Dawn to Zoey in the Sinnoh Grand Festival, and Serena to Aria in the Showcase Master Class.
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Always Second Best / int_d5e9a8ed	comment	The Ultimates: Tony Stark's older brother Gregory is smarter, more successful, considered more valuable by Fury, and lacks the flaws Tony is ashamed of. Tony starts to get over it after Gregory turns out to be a rat and successfully outwits him. Loki, to both Thor and Balder. His envy of this is what ended up driving him to villainy.
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Always Second Best / int_d60cbd5a	comment	Salieri in Amadeus is presented as this trope.
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Always Second Best / int_d67b8fb8	comment	Little Busters!: Riki sees himself as this — not as strong as Masato, as strong-willed as Kengo, or as generally perfect as Kyousuke, or anything really all that special in general. It actually doesn't bother him, though, and he's content to just follow after his friends for his whole life. The crux of his character arc is growing out of this status and becomes Kyousuke's worthy successor as the leader of the Little Busters! along with Rin, Kyousuke's younger sister. Also, Haruka is this for her twin sister, Kanata. Their parents enforced a heavy competition between them as to which would be the heir and which the unnecessary child, and in almost everything Kanata would win. She takes it much worse than Riki, though.
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Always Second Best / int_d6b6971d	comment	Amanda Kimmel and Russell Hantz both made it to the final Tribal Council on Survivor twice in a row. And both lost twice. In a row.
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Always Second Best / int_d739f949	comment	Gray Wing from Dawn of the Clans to his brother Clear Sky. He's the Tribe's second best hunter after Clear Sky, second place in their little brother Jagged Peak's Big Brother Worship, and second place romantically to Clear Sky's mate Bright Stream and second mate Storm. It stems from Gray Wing being a deconstruction of series protagonist Firestar.
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Always Second Best / int_d8570146	comment	Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race has the Ice Dancers team, Jacque and Josee, professionals who've won gold in every event, except the Olympics, where they received silver because Jacque dropped Josee. This forms their character motivation at the start of the race, as they want to redeem themselves. The first few challenges see them continuing to land in second place (and a few background characters rubbing in that they aren't Olympic gold medalists). When they fall below second place, they drop any pretense and declare themselves villains, as their only goal is to win the challenge. They wind up finishing in third place.
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Always Second Best / int_d97e4fa5	comment	In Ensemble Stars!, this became Akatsuki's role — to be an extremely strong and intimidating idol unit that would never actually directly threaten fine, acting as something of a shield that other units would have to overcome to reach fine. But over time, they come to develop their own identity, and in Quarrel Fest, finally go all out and prove that when they try their absolute hardest (and a few things fall in their favour) they're capable of besting fine, too. Ritsu struggles with feeling like this as well — his older brother Rei is an exceptionally talented and influential idol, to the point that he was targeted as one of the 'Five Oddballs', the most eccentric but powerful students at school. As a result, Ritsu often feels like people only care about him because of his brother and worries that he'll never be able to match him in talent.
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Always Second Best / int_d9c602eb	comment	In South Park this is apparently why Bono is quite an overachiever: To his father, he will always be a "Number Two." Bono IS a number two, thus revealing why he is the record for the biggest shit ever taken. Even that record was taken from him at the end of the episode, making him the #2 "Number Two".
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Always Second Best / int_db30cf92	comment	Warrior Cats: Tigerstar suffers from this. He claims that he was a great warrior, but as soon as Bluestar discovered Firestar, he was reduced to "a great warrior, just not as good as Firestar". Ashfur in the second arc, The New Prophecy. He would be the best choice for deputy... if not for Brambleclaw. He could have been StarClan's chosen one... if not for Brambleclaw. He could have had Squirrelflight's affections... if not for Brambleclaw. See the pattern? Gray Wing from Dawn of the Clans to his brother Clear Sky. He's the Tribe's second best hunter after Clear Sky, second place in their little brother Jagged Peak's Big Brother Worship, and second place romantically to Clear Sky's mate Bright Stream and second mate Storm. It stems from Gray Wing being a deconstruction of series protagonist Firestar.
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Always Second Best / int_dc25de3f	comment	Aperture Science to Black Mesa. In Portal 2, you come across several second-place trophies in the 1950s Aperture Science area; it is implied they lost every time to Black Mesa. This is after they've been shown to go out of their way to engage in everything they do in the most ridiculous, inefficient, dangerous, and/or pointless manner possible, so what they succeed at must be rather phenomenal. On the other hand, there is a branch in which Aperture managed to trump Black Mesa: Potato Sciences.
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Always Second Best / int_dce9a7a9	comment	Variable Geo: When Damian first senses Satomi's latent energy, he has a background check done on her which reveals she used to be undefeated... until she met Yuka. She continued to lose each time they competed, with each loss chipping away at her confidence until she finally stopped trying, out of fear that she'd never be able to defeat Yuka. Damian uses this to The Jahana Group's advantage by playing on her insecurity so she'd enter the VG tournament.
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Always Second Best / int_df424ee8	comment	In Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Mikoshiba's former "rivalry" with Kashima played out exactly like this. When Mikoshiba details their past rivalry, it's shown to be hilariously one-sided in Kashima's favor, with Kashima getting better grades, being better at athletics, and better at wooing their female classmates. Even in the present, when the two's looks are compared side by side, Kashima is always referred to as the more attractive of the two. Even when he's not compared to Kashima herself, he gets this: Chapter 68 has Mikoshiba incited after they tell Kashima that Hori likes her legs, and Kashima first states her shock that Hori likes them more than Mikoshiba's (for some reason...), and then even more than Nozaki's.
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Always Second Best / int_e0789d3b	comment	Murder As The Organist Plays, has Coria, Elicia's younger sister, she was beautiful but Elicia was more beautiful, she was talented but Elicia more talented, she was popular but Elicia more popular. She hated her sister.
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Always Second Best / int_e331da87	comment	Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko: Madoka always ends up being second to Yohko, bet it sports, studies, or starship pilot Yohko is way ahead of her. Its a bit jarring as Yohko spends most of her time being a slacker and still get better grades than her.
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Always Second Best / int_e356186a	comment	Deconstructed in Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi in regards with Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian. Wei Wuxian was always one step ahead of Jiang Cheng as a cultivator. He was the head disciple of the Jiang Clan, more talented, more handsome and had an overall higher ranking on the gentleman's cultivator list. As he got older, Jiang Cheng's insecurities and resentment of being second best overcame him and in the present time, he continues to stew in this bitterness and fails to develop as a person as a result.
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Always Second Best / int_e5964cdb	comment	In Chess, Paul Keres was nicknamed "The Eternal Second" because he developed a reputation for always coming just short of the #1 spot. Keres first qualified for a World Championship match after tying for first in the 1938 AVRO Tournament (winning on tiebreak in one of the ), but the outbreak of WWII and then-World Champion Alexander Alekhine's death in 1946 derailed any negotiations. In the post-war era, Keres would finish second, or tied for second, in four straight Candidates' tournaments, and along with Viktor Korchnoi is generally regarded as one of the strongest chess players in history never to become World Champion. His consistent runner-up status in Candidates' matches, coupled with his nationality (Keres was Estonian, which meant he was forced to represent the USSR after it occupied and assimilated his country in 1944), have led to suspicions that Soviet officials ordered him and others to intentionally lose games to players favored by the leadership, though the general consensus is that, regardless of whatever pressure Soviet officials may have put on him, Keres never deliberately threw games. Despite his moniker, Keres had a long and successful chess career; he won the USSR Chess Championship three times, won a record four straight gold board medals for the Chess Olympiads from 1954 to 1960, had his portrait featured on an Estonian banknote, and along with Korchnoi and Alexander Beliavsky is one of the only players in the history of chess to have won at least one game against nine undisputed World Champions.note Keres recorded at least one win against Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, and Fischer - everyone who had been World Champion from 1921 to 1975.
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Always Second Best / int_e863cc41	comment	Dex from Mega Man Battle Network, who even has to lie to his little brother Chisao to hide this fact.
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Always Second Best / int_ea77c5ab	comment	Koujirou Hyuuga from Captain Tsubasa is a very good player, but not good enough to beat Tsubasa. This is Played for Drama towards the final episodes of the original series, during the third Championship final match, which is all about Hyuuga doing everything possible to at last defeat Tsubasa. In the end, the match ends on a draw and both teams are declared champions.
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Always Second Best / int_eaeeea9b	comment	Further, in StarCraft II, MarineKingPrime has been in more GSL finals than anyone else (3 out of 5 so far) and has come in 2nd every time.
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Always Second Best / int_ed01bf4	comment	Monarch: Legacy of Monsters: Monarch's deputy director Natalia Verdugo, deputy to IshirÅ� Serizawa from the MonsterVerse movies, has a conversation when interrogating Lee Shaw where the latter asks her how the view from the "almost top" is, and she comments that it's "almost high enough". Later during the interrogation, Shaw tauntingly emphasizes her title of deputy director to get under her skin. Over the series, Verdugo acts like a Poor Man's Substitute for Serizawa — though she means well, unlike Serizawa, she's an acidic and insecure Smug Snake who ultimately causes just as many if not more problems for Monarch than she solves, driving the Randas away and causing Tim to defect from Monarch to Apex Cybernetics.
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Always Second Best / int_ed2a7866	comment	Sword Art Online: Sugou Nobuyuki serves as this to Akihiko Kayaba. When Kayaba effortlessly overrides Sugou's control of ALO and grants Kirito admin privileges to turn the tide, Sugou's immediate response is to throw a temper tantrum, whining about how even in death, Kayaba's getting in his way and one-upping him.
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Always Second Best / int_edeb147c	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_edeb147c	comment	Dragon Ball Z: It's the story of Vegeta's life, ever since he met Gok- err, "Kakarot." No matter how hard he tries, or how much HARDER he continues to push himself, Goku's power level is always greater. This endlessly frustrates the Saiyan Prince as he sees himself as superior and is constantly trying to take back his rightful place in the pecking order. It isn't until the very end of the original run that Vegeta admits that Goku is better than him, and thus has a healthier outlook on besting him in the future. Goku, despite being the strongest protagonist by a fair margin, has this facet as well, usually with whoever the newest Arc Villain is. Unlike Vegeta however, he has no issues with this and fully expects to meet someone better than him, and is frequently excited to fight them, see how he stacks up, and learn what he must do to climb up the next rung on the ladder. Goku's rivals all have this dynamic with the man himself. Yamcha, Krillin, Tien, and Piccolo are always second to Goku even at their strongest, save when Piccolo briefly became the strongest hero after merging with Kami, and Vegeta and Trunks also increased their power while he was subdued by the heart virus. Goten and Trunks have this relationship. Trunks is always a little stronger than Goten because of his age and being trained by his father. Goten isn't bitter about this, just mildly annoyed. Goten also has a mild case of this with Gohan. When training, he becomes upset at how easily Gohan can beat him. As of Dragon Ball Super, Goku is always second to Beerus, the God of Destruction in his universe, who himself is second to Whis.
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Always Second Best / int_ef7b3325	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_ef7b3325	comment	Fantastic Four: Doctor Doom's boiling hatred of Reed Richards stems from the fact that Reed is the smartest man in the world — just the tiniest bit smarter than Doom is. He also came up second to Doctor Strange in a contest between the world's mages; though Doom being Doom, he managed to suppress his pride long enough to work the situation to his advantage.
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Always Second Best / int_ef8bd4a5	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_ef8bd4a5	comment	Mega Man: Dex from Mega Man Battle Network, who even has to lie to his little brother Chisao to hide this fact. In the classic series, this trope is integral to Dr. Wily's backstory. Despite winning many awards in robotics, Wily was consistently second place to Dr. Light despite his best efforts. This eventually drives him completely insane, and he becomes obsessed with taking over the world primarily just to prove that he's better than Light.
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Mega Man (Franchise)	hasFeature	Always Second Best / int_ef8bd4a5
Always Second Best / int_f1da64b5	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_f1da64b5	comment	The Lord of the Rings: Faramir plays second fiddle to his older brother Boromir; in the eyes of their father Denethor, Faramir is worthless while Boromir is his shining son.
Always Second Best / int_f1da64b5	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Lord of the Rings	hasFeature	Always Second Best / int_f1da64b5
Always Second Best / int_f3e1f424	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_f3e1f424	comment	The writers of Merlin (2008) have set up an interesting dynamic between Arthur and Lancelot that seems to be based on this trope in which both of them are always second best to the other. Where Arthur is arrogant, Lancelot is humble, yet he has been the only male character thus far that has ever been able to best Arthur in combat. However, he declines membership into Arthur's knights as he considers himself unworthy. Later, on noticing that Arthur clearly has feelings for Guinevere, Lancelot bows out of the Love Triangle without a fight so as not to get in the way of Arthur's intentions — even though he obviously had the more advantageous suit. Lancelot is only second best to Arthur because he chooses to be — and Arthur knows it. Conversely, Lancelot adores Merlin and Guinevere to the point of worship. He has stepped into the void for their sakes. However, their lives revolve completely around Arthur, and he's all they ever seem to talk about in Lancelot's presence.
Always Second Best / int_f3e1f424	featureApplicability	1.0
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Merlin (2008)	hasFeature	Always Second Best / int_f3e1f424
Always Second Best / int_f565604d	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_f565604d	comment	In the earlier half of Eyeshield 21, the Deimon Devil Bats managed to beat weak teams like the Cupids or the Chameleons, but lost against strong teams like the White Knights, the Aliens, and at best tied with the Sphinx. (Technically winning because the Sphinx didn't want to fight the Aliens after such a hard battle anyway.) They got better as the series went on, but through out the series, you could never be so sure that they were going to win or not. Parodied with Saburo Mitsui, kicker for the Hakushu Dinosaurs who always tries to be third best at everything.
Always Second Best / int_f565604d	featureApplicability	1.0
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Eyeshield 21 (Manga)	hasFeature	Always Second Best / int_f565604d
Always Second Best / int_f57525ab	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_f57525ab	comment	It's a Wonderful Life: By most objective standards, Harry Bailey is the more successful brother. He's the college graduate who's a former football star, has a lucrative job as a researcher, and is an Ace Pilot who won the Medal of Honor. George Bailey on the other hand has stayed in their hometown running the family business and never achieved any of his dreams. The twist is that by all accounts Harry looks up to George and considers him the more accomplished of the two: so much so that he blows off dinner with the President of the United States to fly home in a raging blizzard just because he heard that George was in trouble. Unlike many examples, Harry idolizes his brother rather than loathing him, and while George does lament never accomplishing his dreams; he brags about how great his brother's accomplishments are.
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Always Second Best / int_f6a54e75	comment	Kingdom Hearts: The main character Sora is implied to have always been outdone by his best friend Riku and admits at the end of the sequel that he sees Riku as the Always Someone Better to himself. This led to some problems in the first game as while the two are good natured about their rivalry at the start, several factors lead Riku to grow more and more antagonistic towards Sora in pursuit of saving their mutual Childhood Friend Kairi which eventually culminates in him taking the Keyblade from Sora because The Dark Side Will Make You Forget has corrupted him to the point that he sees Sora as unworthy and himself as the only one that can do what needs to be done. By Kingdom Hearts II he's gotten over this thanks to Character Development (and nearly helping the Big Bad destroy the Worlds in the first game, that's a big wake-up call) and admits to Sora while they're trapped in the Realm of Darkness after beating Xemnas that he considers himself to be inferior to Sora since the former doesn't worry about being the best and just follows his heart.
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Always Second Best / int_f8705c18	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_f8705c18	comment	In Hellsing, Walter is this to Alucard. During their final confrontation, Alucard even rubs it in Walter's face by stating that if Anderson couldn't defeat him, then a "brat" like Walter never could. This blatantly implies that Walter wasn't even second best, but third best behind Anderson, who Alucard views as his true rival and Worthy Opponent.
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Always Second Best / int_fa430a73	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_fa430a73	comment	Roderick Strong eventually developed a mutual respect for Jay Briscoe after Generation Next's attempted takeover of ROH but not for Jay's "baby brother" Mark, who he sees as a hanger on.
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Always Second Best / int_fa53eab4	type	Always Second Best
Always Second Best / int_fa53eab4	comment	Alice in Even Though I'm a Former Noble and Single Mother is the empress of the Empire thanks to marrying Albert, the emperor, yet she's envious of her older sister Shirley. For starters, Shirley was once Albert's fiancÃ©e, with Alice needing to seduce Albert and frame Shirley for various crimes in order to achieve her current position. But after leaving the Empire, Shirley became a semi-immortal and even had two daughters (having been impregnated by Albert previously). This means Shirley retains her beauty even when she's in her thirties (whereas Alice needs to use makeup to cover up her signs of aging) and has two children with the blood of the imperial family (whereas Alice is unable to bear Albert any children due to a congenital illness).
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Always Second Best / int_fb180a98	comment	In Juuzaengi, Kakouton and Kakouen found their positions as Sousou's best generals threatened once Kan'u came in the picture and defeated enemies that they cannot defeat.
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Always Second Best	processingCategory2	Characters as Device
Cyborg 009 VS Devilman / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Dragon Ball GT / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Lupin III: The First / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Ride Your Wave / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Waccha PriMagi! / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Angel and the Ape (Comic Book) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Justice League International (Comic Book) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Lex Luthor (Comic Book) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Superior Spider-Man (Comic Book) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Superior Spider-Man (2013) (Comic Book) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Wonder Woman (Charles Moulton) (Comic Book) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Zatanna (2010) (Comic Book) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Demon Spawn (Comic Book) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Changing Gears / Fan Fic / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Friendly Foreign Exchange Student Spider-Man! (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Pokémon Adventures: Ash Gray Chapter / Fan Fic / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Shinra High SOLDIER / Fan Fic / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Soul Hunters / Fan Fic / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Thousand Shinji / Fan Fic / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Various Vytal Ventures / Fan Fic / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
A Second Chance (to do it better) (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
A Very Scary Thought (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Assassination Academia (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Avengers of the Multi-verse (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Avenging Class (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Boscha Noceda (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Conversations with a Cryptid (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Crimson and Emerald (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Daphne Greengrass and the Boy Who Lived (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Deku: The Golden Saiyan Hero of Hope (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Fantastic Foxes of Zootopia (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Harry Is a Dragon, and That's OK (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Harry Is A Dragon, And That's Okay (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Home (Out-of-Lullabies) (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Karmic Backlash (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Liquid Fighter Gold (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Genocide (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Omoito (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Operation Exchange (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Perfect Masks MHA (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Persona: HEAVEN (Afreaknamedpete) (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
SV Wishes (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Shinobi The RPG (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Son of the Seven Kingdoms (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Sonic Origins (Ri2) (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Blacks, the Greens and the Reds (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Dream Must Go On! (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The More Things Change (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Odyssey (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Pixie of the Hidden Leaf (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Prince Who Was Promised (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Tournament Arc (RWBY) (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Traveler (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
We Remember Everything (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Whatever Happened to Battle Fist? (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
You See Them (Fanfic) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Akeelah and the Bee / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Avatar: The Way of Water / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Big Stan / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Captain America: The Winter Soldier / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Cleopatra / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Cuban Fury / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Don't Think Twice / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Nixon / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Galaxy Quest / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
It's a Wonderful Life / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Look Who's Back / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Michiel de Ruyter / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Nativity! / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Sweet and Lowdown / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Cincinnati Kid / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The King's Speech / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Menu / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Sasquatch Gang / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Third Star / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Thor / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
3 Idiots / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
TimeDeo (Lets Play) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Reijou wa Mattari wo Goshomou / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Asian Saga / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Ave Xia Rem Y / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Captive of the Red Vixen / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Captive Prince / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Devdas / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Diamond Brothers / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Disney Chills / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Drood / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Gentleman Bastard / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Labyrinths of Echo / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Midnight’s Children / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Morgenregen: The Black Forest Fairy / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Murder As The Organist Plays / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
My Lady Just Wants to Relax / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Ohga Shrugs / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Pale Fire / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Re:Zero / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Seeds of Yesterday / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Skippy Dies / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Son of Slappy / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Star's Reach / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Book of Joe / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Legend of Drizzt / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Vampire Diaries / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Till We Have Faces / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
World of the Five Gods / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
X-Wing Series / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Red vs. Blue: The Project Freelancer Saga (Machinima) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Arilou	seeAlso	Always Second Best
DanceMoms	seeAlso	Always Second Best
Impulse	seeAlso	Always Second Best
LanceLeoghauni	seeAlso	Always Second Best
Basara (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Cahe Detective Club (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Captain Tsubasa (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Daily Lives of High School Boys (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Fruits Basket (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Fuuka (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Gambling Emperor Legend Zero (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Itazura Na Kiss (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Itsuwaribito (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
K: Memory of Red (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Kanojo ni Naru Hi (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Komi Can't Communicate (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Last Game (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Mega Man Megamix (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Muhyo and Roji (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
My Girlfriend Gives Me Goosebumps! (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Nozo Ã— Kimi (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Rookie Policewoman Kiruko-san (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Spirit Circle (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Yubisaki Milk Tea (Manga) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Francesca Michielin (Music) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Moon Rises (Music) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Stupendium (Music) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Who (Music) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Koragasa Renewal (Roleplay) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Persona: HEAVEN (Afreaknamedpete) (Roleplay) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Ultimate Crossover Roleplay (Roleplay) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
All of Us Are Dead / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
America's Next Top Model / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Angie Tribeca / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Dance Moms / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Dancing with the Stars / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Drag Race Germany / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
EastEnders / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Escape of the Artful Dodger / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Eurovision Song Contest / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Even Stevens / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Family Ties / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Hou$e of Lie$ / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
How to Make It in America / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Jane by Design / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
LEGO Masters / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Maddigan's Quest / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Mystery Science Theater 3000 / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Passions / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Project Runway / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Sassy Go Go / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Shortland Street / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Son Amores / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Strictly Come Dancing / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Survivor / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
That's So Raven / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Amazing Race / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Game (2006) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Genius / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Originals / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Tracey Ullman Show / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
True Beauty (2020) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Champions (Tabletop Game) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Amadeus (Theatre) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Proof (2000) (Theatre) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Puffs the Play (Theatre) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Lion in Winter (Theatre) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Europa Universalis (Video Game) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Frog Detective (Video Game) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Heartache 101 ~Sour Into Sweet~ (Video Game) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Ikenfell (Video Game) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Les Fleursword (Video Game) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Mirror's Edge Catalyst (Video Game) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
StarCraft Multiplayer (Video Game) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Tales of Legendia (Video Game) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The Frontier (Video Game) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
To the Moon (Video Game) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Class Trip Crush (Visual Novel) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
Dreamy Days In West Tokyo (Visual Novel)	seeAlso	Always Second Best
Hakuouki (Visual Novel) / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
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Monsters at Work / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
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Ninjago: Dragons Rising / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
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