Mean popular girl/boy

The Mean Popular Girl (known as the "Alpha Bitch" or "Queen Bee") is a stock character in most TV shows or movies that take place in a high school setting. They're usually portrayed as a teenage girl who is popular among the school, but is often mean and prissy to less popular girls, mostly towards the main female protagonist. She is usually very attractive and often has sidekicks following her everywhere.

Examples

 * Chloé Bourgeois (Miraculous Ladybug: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
 * Lila Rossi (Miraculous Ladybug: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir)
 * Chris Hargensen (Carrie)
 * Foxy Loxy (Disney's Chicken Little (2005))
 * Connie D’Amico (Family Guy)
 * Carla and Melanie (Growing Up Creepie)
 * Nina Harper (Braceface)
 * Paige Logan (Grossology)
 * Gale (Angry Birds Stella Toons)
 * Brooke (Kick-Ass)
 * Gem Stone (Sabrina, The Animated Series)
 * Cassandra (Sabrina's Secret Life)
 * Miss Prissy (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies)
 * Meredith Baxter-Dimly (Bratz)
 * Blaire Lily (Unfriended)
 * Mackenzie Hollister (Dork Diaries)
 * Jeannie (Tom and Jerry)
 * Nanette Manoir (Angela Anaconda)
 * Wave the Swallow (Sonic Riders)
 * Savannah Shane (All Grown Up!)
 * Katie Killjoy (Hazbin Hotel)
 * Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic; prior to character development)
 * Brittney Wong (Star vs. the Forces Of Evil)
 * The Ashleys (Recess)
 * Gretta Keene (IT)
 * Sour Sweet (My Little Pony: Equestria Girls)
 * Amelia (My Life Me)
 * Mandy (Totally Spies!)
 * Applejack (PONY.MOV)
 * Mertle Edmonds (Lilo & Stitch, primarily Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
 * Bonnie Rockwaller (Kim Possible)
 * Princess Morbucks (The Powerpuff Girls)
 * Katherine Sanders (Lizzie McGuire)
 * Brit and Tiff Crust (My Life As A Teenage Robot)
 * Trinket St. Blair (Pepper Ann)
 * Lu (Mike, Lu & Og) (She's not popular, but she is mean)
 * LaCienega Boulevardez (The Proud Family) (Mostly in earlier episodes)
 * Sasha (Camp Camp)
 * Brandy Harrington (Brandy & Mr. Whiskers)
 * Nutz (Fuzzy & Nuts)
 * Three (Numberblocks, especially in series 1 and 2)
 * Regina George (Mean Girls)
 * Pacifica Northwest (Gravity Falls; prior to character development)
 * Libby (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
 * Paulina Sanchez (Danny Phantom)
 * Twilight Sparkle (PONY.MOV)
 * Muffy Crosswire (Arthur)
 * Heather (Total Drama)
 * Courtney (Total Drama)
 * Icy, Darcy and Stormy (Winx Club)
 * Amity Blight (The Owl House; prior to character development)
 * Squilliam Fancyson (SpongeBob SquarePants; a rare male example)
 * Angelica Pickles (All Grown Up!) (To some extent)
 * Chloe and Zoey (Horseland)
 * Maddie Van Pelt (Every Witch Way)
 * Portia Gibbons (The Mighty B!)
 * Miranda Killgallen (As Told By Ginger)
 * Princess Amber (Sofia the First)
 * Dale Gribble (a male example; in a few episodes of King of the Hill where he teams up with Bill and Boomhauer to bully Hank)
 * Duncan (Total Drama), a male example
 * Draco Malfoy (yet another male example; Harry Potter)
 * Pinkie Pie (PONY.MOV)
 * Pansy Parkinson (Harry Potter)
 * Beaver (Franklin)
 * Princess Porcina (My Little Pony)
 * Brittany (Alvin and the Chipmunks)
 * Amy (Total Drama)
 * Sugar (Total Drama)
 * Jamie Russo (The Amazing World of Gumball)
 * Gwen Wu (The Mighty B!)
 * Skeebo (Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures; is a male example)
 * Von Vultur (Looney Tunes; is one of many male examples)
 * Minou (Life's a Zoo)
 * Burdine Maxwell (Bratz)
 * Carol Pingrey (The Loud House; prior to character development)
 * Theresa Falcone (Fugget About It)
 * Bebe Bluff (Doug)
 * The Biskit Twins (Littlest Pet Shop 2012 series)
 * Rainbow Dash (PONY.MOV)
 * Taylor (Total Drama)
 * Rose Wilson (Teen Titans Go!)
 * Courtney Gripling (As Told By Ginger)
 * Dash Baxter (Danny Phantom) (Male example)
 * Susan (Regular Show)
 * Daisy Duck (Mickey Mouse Shorts)
 * Fiona Fox (Sonic Archie Comics)
 * Mario (Luigi's Day Off) (male example)
 * Natalia (Regular Show)
 * Mr. Resetti (Animal Crossing; a male example)
 * Alejandro (Total Drama; male example)
 * Rhonda Wellington Lloyd (Hey Arnold!)
 * Juandissimo Magnifico (''The Fairly Odd parents; Jesus Christ, another male example)
 * Nyusha (Smeshariki)
 * Patty Farrell (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
 * Turmoil (SWAT Kats)
 * Aunt Grandma (Uncle Grandpa)
 * Juniper Montage (Equestria Girls)
 * Chun-ni (Miracle Star)
 * King Dice (Cuphead; a male example)
 * Dr. Starline (Sonic IDW Comics; just like every male example)
 * Losyash's clone (Smeshariki; one of the worst male examples)
 * Jasper (Steven Universe; prior to character development)
 * Babs Seed (''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic; prior to character development)
 * Milk Chan (Super Milk Chan)
 * Kuromi (My Melody)
 * Lord Betrayus (Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures; a male example)
 * Angeline (Dear Dumb Diary)
 * Tammy (Bob's Burgers)
 * Missy Trillin (Middle School: My Brother Is A Big Fat Liar)
 * Little Wiz Jr. (The Proud Family) (Male example)
 * Rachel Wilson (The Amazing World of Gumball)
 * Petula Woolwright (Littlest Pet Shop: A World Of Our Own)
 * Spike (PONY.MOV) (male example)
 * Yuki Yoshida (''The Amazing World of Gumball; prior to character development)
 * Spoiled Rich (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
 * Becca Sparkles (Talking Tom and Friends; prior to character development)
 * Sweetie Pom Pom (Littlest Pet Shop: A World Of Our Own)
 * Cozy Glow (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
 * Joyce Kinney (Family Guy)
 * Gina Jabowski (Paradise PD)
 * Lightning Lex (SuperMansion; prior to her development)
 * Miette (Pokemon)
 * Cleo (Clone High)
 * Tiffiny Turlington (Brandy & Mr. Whiskers)
 * Stocking Anarchy (Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt)
 * Fluttershy (PONY.MOV)
 * Trixie Tang (The Fairly OddParents)
 * Remy Buxaplenty (The Fairly OddParents) (male example)
 * Dana Bernstein (Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World)
 * Yoko Kamiya (Tokimeki Tonight)
 * Eris (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
 * Dawn Bellwether (Zootopia)
 * Shenzi (The Lion King)
 * Lt. Fox Vixen (Squirrel and Hedgehog)
 * The Dazzlings (Equestria Girls)
 * Rarity (PONY.MOV)
 * Panty Anarchy (Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt)
 * Foxy (Fazbear and Friends) (male example)
 * Rouge the Bat (Sonic X)
 * Ai Ebihara (Persona 4)

Why This Cliché Sucks

 * 1) It’s basically a carbon copy of the Bully cliché, but female.
 * 2) They’re just there to go up to the main protagonist and bully them for the sake of their characters, serving no purpose other than to pad a scene out.
 * 3) They are more annoying and hateful than hilarious.
 * 4) They don’t have or show any motive or reason to bully the female protagonist, making their vendetta against the main character unjustifiable and unnecessary.
 * 5) What makes their mean-spirited attitude towards the main character more unreasonable is that the main character didn't do anything mean to them, in fact, in some shows like the C-Students pilot and Pixel Pinkie, the main female characters were trying to be nice to them, so that makes the Alpha Bitch's hatred towards the protagonist more pathetic.
 * 6) They get absolutely no character development whatsoever.
 * 7) When these so-called “side antagonists” do serve a purpose, they just cause problems and conflict for the protagonist to get the plot going to the direction that the writer wants it to.
 * 8) Some of them are so chatty and talkative that you wish they could shut up.
 * 9) They are pretty much Karma Houdini's, meaning that they get no consequences for actions.
 * 10) They often stand out victorious from humiliating their victim protagonist.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Most of them do get comeuppance from the characters.
 * 2) Not all of them are mean-spirited to the point of doing physical abuse.
 * 3) Some of them do get character development, such as Amity Blight Pacifica Northwest, and Numberblock 3.