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Maybe it's to illustrate one of our heroes' quick wit or smarts. Maybe it's to remind the viewer that the character isn't entirely a loser. Or perhaps the writers just love them. Whatever the reason, many shows create a one-sided rivalry between two contrasting characters. Character A, usually part of the main cast, almost always wins. Character B may score some victories in the conflict, but by the time the credits roll, character A will have outdone B in such a way that there's no response to it. Sometimes, just to add salt to the wound, Character A may reveal they never even considered Character B to be a rival at all. A particular kind of interaction between Sitcom Arch-Nemeses. Related to Curb-Stomp Battle, but usually much less violent. If the constant loser is a recurring villain, not another main character, then this overlaps with The Good Guys Always Win. Compare Mutually Unequal Relationship. See A Taste of Defeat (for all cases) and Team Rocket Wins (for villainous cases) if the victorious character's winning streak is finally broken for once. |
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Herman and Katnip has a fully one-sided rivalry where Herman always wins. | |
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Megamind never won against his Arch-Enemy Metro Man in their many previous battles, which is why he's so surprised when his plan to vaporize Metro Man actually works. In reality, Metro Man faked his own death because he felt forced into the role of the hero and the Comically Lopsided Rivalry became a routine to him. | |
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Inverted on Terror Island with Sid and Stephen; neither of them ever manages to successfully trick the other. | |
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Akko and Diana's "rivalry" from Little Witch Academia is generally this. Akko sees Diana as a rival that she needs to overcome due to the latter constantly looking down on her, on top of dissing her idol, Shiny Chariot. However, every competition the two have had usually almost always results in Diana effortlessly defeating her with utter ease, which is a given since she is The Ace and the top student of Luna Nova, whereas Akko by contrast, is an inexperienced Inept Mage who is completely new to magic. In fact, Diana states to Akko at one point in the series that she never once saw Akko as a rival, much to Akko's annoyance. | |
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Tom and Jerry has this with the rivalry between Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse. Somewhat Downplayed as, while Jerry usually wins, Tom gets the last laugh a few times. A rare dramatic example appears in the short "Blue Cat Blues", in which Tom does abolutely everything, up to and including selling himself to slavery, to try obtain stuff to please his girlfriend, only to find out that the rich cat he's competing against topped him a billion-fold. Tom hits a serious depression as a result and even decides to kill himself once he sees they married, and the cartoon ends with him (and Jerry, who suffered a similar fate) sitting on some railroad tracks, waiting for a train to run them over. |
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In The Day Everything Changed, Sakura Takahashi hates Kagami Hiiragi due to the latter getting a 96 on a test... while Sakura got a 36. The rivalry stops being funny when Sakura uses steroids on herself and performs a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown on Kagami. | |
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The Simpsons: Itchy and Scratchy parody one-sided rivalry where Scratchy the cat isn't even aware of their rivalry, and does his own thing, while Itchy the Villain Protagonist mouse conspires to kill Scratchy for no reason at all. Scratchy wins once, but Krusty is quick to comment that "they'll never let us air that again!" In The Simpsons itself, Bart and Lisa started off this way in the Tracey Ullman shorts, with Lisa always outsmarting Bart in banter and contests. This formula was continued for a while in the early episodes of the show itself, however Lisa's new found pompousness and neuroses soon led her to suffer her own moments as the Butt-Monkey. |
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Thomas & Friends usually follows the lead of its books, but deconstructions are far more common, especially as some characters started to have an overhaul in personality. | |
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Looney Tunes: Bugs Bunny is almost undefeated, save for a couple of losses to Elmer Fudd and Cecil Turtle. Tweety Pie and Speedy Gonzales won even more consistently, especially against Sylvester. Similar to Bugs however, Speedy suffered the rare occasional loss. |
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Redhead Josie James from Archie Comics' Josie and the Pussycats was often the target of jealous rival Alexandra Cabot. Despite awesome wealth, including jet packs, and witchcraft powers, Alexandra rarely succeeded in humiliating Josie or in subverting her close relationship with Alan Mayberry. This dynamic extended to the Hanna-Barbera cartoon adaptation, where Alexandra plays the Token Evil Teammate among Josie's Five-Man Band. | |
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Faded Blue: Side Stories and Missing Scenes: Throughout Chapter 7, White Pearl antagonizes Greg because she mistakenly believes that he's interested in Rose Quartz and is bitterly jealous of her perceived rival. Greg endures this harassment until she hits his Berserk Button by implying that the Crystal Gems are the closest things he has to friends in his life, at which point he verbally rips her a new one. | |
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Chloe's Lament: Chloe's "rivalry" with Marinette winds up this way after she Wishes to trade lives with her. Chloe mistakenly assumed that doing so would render her the heroine of the new reality and that she'd be universally adored while Marinette would be Hated by All, only to learn that it was her personality that isolated her from her classmates, not her family's wealth... and now that her father is no longer the mayor, her Karma Houdini Warranty is no longer valid. | |
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Classic Disney Shorts: Chip 'n Dale always outsmart Donald Duck and Pluto (odd shorts ended on a happier note for the latter two, but even then the chipmunks never "lost"). | |
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one day at a time (Nyame): Rose develops a deep grudge against Jason after he curb-stomps her during their first encounter in Bludhaven. For his part, Jason barely acknowledges her as a threat. Whenever they fight, he either curb-stomps her again or has somebody else do it in his stead. | |
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In Ghosts (US), Isaac had a rivalry with Alexander Hamilton back when he was alive. The only thing is that Hamilton barely knew he existed. | |
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Spy vs. Spy from MAD was usually even-handed in whether the white or black spy won, but in any installment with the female grey spy, she always wins. Suffered Creator Backlash as a result, as the artist allegedly was unwilling to have the female Spy suffer the same loser outcome the two main Spies shared, leading to this trope, which he came to find rather boring. | |
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Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner: A series of shorts where the coyote schemes and uses increasingly over the top gadgets (either of his own creation or mail to order) to repeatedly fail to catch the super speedy Road Runner. One of the few, if only, times he catches the Road Runner is when Wile. E. Coyote is shrunk to an inch tall at that. Once he realizes the size difference, he looks at the fourth wall and indignantly holds up signs reading, "Okay, wise guys - You always wanted me to catch him - Now what do I do?" | |
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The Big Bang Theory cranks this up with Sheldon's rivalries, not so much in Sheldon always winning (he loses a couple of times) but in how the show bends over backwards to ensure he gets his way the rest of the time. The rest of the smart guys don't bother getting into arguments with him and usually decide to save themselves a headache by agreeing with him from the start. | |
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Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog copies Looney Tunes directly in many regards, with Sonic constantly running rings around Dr Robotnik and his cronies in a slapstick fashion. | |
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In Emperor Mollusk versus The Sinister Brain, The Brain sees Emperor Mollusk as a Worthy Opponent in a mutual bid for galactic conquest. Mollusk thinks he's just a cliched cartoon villain meddling with scientific principles he doesn't understand and imagining a Friendly Enemy situation that doesn't actually exist. | |
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The T-bone suplex seems designed for them. Take Shelton Benjamin's "feud" with Maven. Shelton immediately hits the move and pins Maven, rinse and repeat. | |
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Disney Ducks Comic Universe: Sitcom Arch-Nemesis Gladstone Gander almost always comes out ahead of Donald Duck thanks to his being literally Born Lucky. However Donald Duck has won occasionally such as one of Scrooge's earliest appearances, or when Gladstone managed to win an Undesirable Prize. Speaking of Scrooge McDuck, he, for his part, always comes out ahead of his rival Flintheart Glomgold; even if neither of them get the prize they're competing for, it's usually made clear that Scrooge is better off because he has his family and his ethics. |
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One-Punch Man: Speed-of-Sound Sonic is a deadly, trained ninja with a very fitting name, first introduced effortlessly decapitating men in high-tech powersuits. Unfortunately for Sonic, his self-proclaimed rival is Saitama, the strongest being in existence. Sonic can simply never so much as scratch him. His special skill - the super speed - while incredible to most people, still makes him look like he is in slow motion to Saitama, and more often that not he's defeated by a completely unintentional Groin Attack. | |
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Chris Benoit's "feud" with Orlando Jordan consisted of Jordan tapping out to the crippler crossface in increasingly short intervals of time. | |
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In That Mitchell and Webb Look, Simon always wins against Julie in "Numberwang," despite the incomprehensibility of the game's rules. | |
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The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Hairo is very much into athletics, and is determined To Be a Master at any sport he tries. Meanwhile, Nendou defeats him every time (except for one draw during a practice sumo match). The contrast is emphasized because Hairo constantly gives it his all, and Nendou is usually barely paying attention. | |
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Drake & Josh: this is the situation between the two titular step-brothers and their sister Megan. Every time she is involved with them (even if it's essentially a cameo and the story doesn't have anything to do with her), she wins in the end and mocks them. | |
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I Am Weasel: Early episodes had this dynamic with Weasel as The Ace with Baboon as the hopeless rival attempting to one-up Weasel in many of Weasel's activities, only to become the Butt-Monkey instead (no pun intended). Later episodes would lean away from this, giving Weasel some dents in his talents and even sharing moments of being the Butt-Monkey with Baboon. | |
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The Dreamstone, which based itself heavily on such slapstick rivalries, always bent things in the Noops' favor, with the Urpneys constantly at the brunt of heavy slapstick. Odd episodes ended on a less downbeat note for the Urpneys, or the Noops suffering some minor unpleasantries, but even then the Urpneys were the losers of the feud. | |
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UrinatingTree's "Legacy of Failure" video on the Washington Capitals sets up their playoff meetings with the Pittsburgh Penguins as this, with the Penguins being the ones to knock the Capitals out of the playoffs over and over again - in ten total playoff meetings, the Capitals have defeated the Penguins once.note At the time of the video's uploading, that is. The next year, the Capitals beat the Penguins a second time on their way to their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. | |
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SpongeBob SquarePants has Mr. Krabs vs. Plankton; Mr. Krabs almost always wins their fights, and even when he loses, Plankton usually doesn't exactly win either. | |
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The Great Leslie and Professor Fate in The Great Race. Leslie is charming, upstanding, and unfailingly successful in his daredevil exploits. The nefarious Fate's attempts to do the same: less so. Professor Fate is frequently seen trying to sabotage Leslie before the race, but his schemes backfire on himself. During the race he occasionally manages to cause trouble for Leslie, but even then he's usually Hoist by His Own Petard. | |
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Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Bit Part Bad Guy Khomba is annoyed that Shun threatens his position as the World's Strongest Man (in terms of using Ventus Bakugan), so he challenges him to a battle. Shun proceeds to defeat him without losing a single Bakugan. Dan Kuso also gets one courtesy of Shuji, with each time Shuji battling Dan changing his element and even at one point fighting 3-on-2 in Shuji's favor, but alas the end result remains the same, with Dan defeating him, every. single. time. |
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Jasper in Gift of A Diamond seems to consider Rhodonite to be her rival and does not have much respect for him. Not only does Rhodonite not feel the same way, but Rhodonite actually convinced Yellow Diamond not to shatter her for complaining about having to work with him on a mission in the first place. Safe to say when Peridot breaks this news to Jasper, she doesn't take it well. | |
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Tweety Pie and Speedy Gonzales won even more consistently, especially against Sylvester. Similar to Bugs however, Speedy suffered the rare occasional loss. | |
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In Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, this is how the friendship between Mikoshiba and Kashima started. They admitted that they were rivals when they first met. Cue a brief flashback where Kashima defeated Mikoshiba in everything. | |
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These were common in The Railway Series, with smart, hardworking engines such as Edward, Toby and Duck always having the last laugh on arrogant, reckless ones such as Henry, Gordon and James. | |
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I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Become the Ultimate Defensive Hero: Kyouma Hououin leaps on the chance to declare herself as Kaede's rival, complete with a hammy introductory speech. Kaede responds by asking her who she is, never really taking her seriously. Judging from her interactions with Todoroki, this sort of behavior is pretty common for Kyouma. | |
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The Many Sons of Winter: Rickard Darkstark and Beric Seastark are both Admirals of the Northern navy, and are constantly attempting to show each other up in pointless contests, such as seeing which of them can build the largest and most extravagant ship. | |
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Dexter's Laboratory is an unusual case: though Dexter is the lead character and a genius, he usually loses to his comic rival. Most episodes end with Dexter getting hoisted by his own petard or having an overly dramatic reaction to his situation, and his older dumber sister Dee Dee walking away smiling. There's even an episode dedicated to the parallels between this show and Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. Dexter does tend to win against his dramatic rival Mandark however, and may even beat Mandark and lose to Dee Dee at the same time. | |
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