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 or video games 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.

Male variants of that cliché also exist too where they're called The Mean Popular Boy (known as "Alpha Bastard").

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))
 * Sarah (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
 * Connie D’Amico (Family Guy)
 * Carla and Melanie (Growing Up Creepie)
 * Nina Harper (Braceface)
 * Paige Logan (Grossology)
 * Gale (Angry Birds Stella Toons)
 * Margaret Robinson (The Amazing World of Gumball; not popular, but she is really sadistic)
 * Brooke (Kick-Ass)
 * Lois Griffin (Family Guy)
 * 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)
 * Trina Riffin (Grojband)
 * Jade West
 * 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)
 * Gaz Membrane (Invader Zim) (Like Lu, she's not popular, but she is also mean and also the IZ crew's most favorite character)
 * 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; prior to character development)
 * Pacifica Northwest (Gravity Falls; prior to character development)
 * Wonder Woman (2011)
 * Susan Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (Movie))
 * Libby (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
 * Dawn Swatworthy (The Buzz on Maggie)
 * Paulina Sanchez (Danny Phantom)
 * Muffy Crosswire (Arthur)
 * Heather (Total Drama)
 * Vicky (The Fairly OddParents)
 * Miss O (Letter People)
 * Courtney (Total Drama)
 * Josee (Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race)
 * Icy, Darcy and Stormy (Winx Club)
 * Chanel Oberlin (Scream Queens; prior to character development)
 * Sonya "Chanel #2" Herfmann (Scream Queens)
 * Sadie "Chanel #3" Swenson (Scream Queens; prior to character development)
 * Libby "Chanel #5" Putney (Scream Queens; prior to character development)
 * 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)
 * Craig Yoshida (Re-Animated; is a male example)
 * 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)
 * Pansy Parkinson (Harry Potter)
 * Beaver (Franklin)
 * Princess Porcina (My Little Pony)
 * Brittany Miller (Alvin and the Chipmunks)
 * Amy (Total Drama Pahkitew Island)
 * Jamie Russo (The Amazing World of Gumball; she is not popular, but she is mean.)
 * 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)
 * Chandler McCann (The Loud House; a male example)
 * Ronnie Anne Santiago (The Loud House; prior to character development and spin-off series)
 * 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 Presents: The Ridonculous Race)
 * 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)
 * Wildernessa (Craig of the Creek; prior to character development)
 * Eliza (Craig of the Creek)
 * Toman Napitupulu (Craig of the Creek; 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; mainly in regards to her Americanized Anime Network dub characterization)
 * Kuromi (Onegai My Melody; to some extent, usually averted outside of Onegai 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)
 * Big Tex Arkana (Buddy Thunderstruck; mostly in earlier episodes, prior to his character development and male example)
 * Lightning Lex (SuperMansion; prior to her development)
 * Miette (Pokemon)
 * Tiffiny Turlington (Brandy & Mr. Whiskers)
 * Panty Anarchy (Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt)
 * 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 (2019))
 * Lt. Fox Vixen (Squirrel and Hedgehog)
 * Patrick Star (SpongeBob Squarepants Season 6-8) (male example)
 * Mr. Krabs (SpongeBob SquarePants) (male example)
 * Quinn Fabray (Glee)
 * Santana Lopez (Glee)
 * Kitty Wilde (Glee)
 * Bree (Glee)
 * Miu Kazashiro (Kamen Rider Fourze)
 * The Dazzlings (Equestria Girls)
 * Rarity (PONY.MOV)
 * Foxy (Fazbear and Friends) (male example)
 * Rouge the Bat (Sonic X)
 * Ai Ebihara (Persona 4)
 * Amy (Cuties)
 * Angelica (Cuties)
 * Dora the Explorer (Dora Gets Grounded)
 * Little Bill (Little Bill Gets Grounded) (male example)
 * King Dedede (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!) (male example)
 * Poodle (Almost Naked Animals)
 * Vector the Crocodile (Sonic X) (male example)
 * Zeta the Sorceress (Shimmer and Shine)
 * Fat Cat (Chip n' Dale: Rescue Rangers) (male example)
 * Gideon Gleeful (Gravity Falls) (male example)
 * Captain Chantel DuBois (Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted)
 * Miss Green (The Betty Boop Movie Mystery)
 * Tammy (Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats)
 * Darke Katt (Sabrina Online)
 * Bully Bill (Super Mario Logan) (male example)
 * Sara (Bear Nuts)
 * Bruma (El Arca De Noe)
 * Panthy (El Arca De Noe)
 * Lady Tremaine (Cinderella (1950))
 * Popuko (Pop Team Epic)
 * Tricia Holmes (6Teen)
 * Green Puppy (Blue's Clues) (usually averted since she's one of Blue's friends from her school)
 * Pinkie Pie (PONY.MOV)
 * Kopatych's father (Smeshariki) (male example)
 * Amy Rose (Sonic X)
 * Escargoon (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!) (male example)
 * Kanon Mizushiro (Jewelpet Sunshine)
 * Weiss Schnee (RWBY; prior to character development)
 * Glitter (Hamtaro)
 * Sparkle (Hamtaro; prior to character development)
 * Tokkori (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!) (male example)
 * Ami Kawashima (Toradora; prior to character development)
 * Kamina (Gurren Lagann) (male example; later died)
 * Tenjouin Saki (To Love-Ru)
 * Motoko Minagaw (Fruits Basket)
 * Junko Enoshima (Danganronpa)
 * Hiyoko Saionji (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)
 * Darla Sherman (Finding Nemo)
 * Tracy (Angelo Rules)
 * Sara (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Sarina Shizukume (Magical Girl Site) (One of the WORST examples)
 * Sheen (The Bedfellows) (male example)
 * Rouge the Bat (Sonic Archie Comics)
 * The Celestial Dragons (One Piece)
 * Veronica Lodge (Archie comics)
 * Donald Trump (Our Cartoon President) (male example)
 * Paula Fox (PaRappa The Rapper)
 * Kimmy Mysner (Sym-Bionic Titan)
 * Vexy (The Smurfs)
 * Hatta Mari (Looney Tunes)
 * Trisha Cappelletti (Most Popular Girls In School)
 * Cooch (SuperMansion)
 * Flower (Battle for Dream Island)
 * Katsuki Bakugo (My Hero Academia; prior to character development) (male example)
 * Peter Griffin (Family Guy) (male example)
 * Saranoia (Yin Yang Yo!)
 * Tails the Fox (Sonic TDI series) (male example)
 * Goro Akechi (Persona 5) (male example)
 * Lucy (Woolfoo)
 * Nestor's Momma (Scaredy Squirrel)
 * Gart Default (Robot & Monster) (male example)
 * Jake Oswalt (Life's a Zoo) (male example)
 * Non-Gau (Majokko Megu-chan)
 * Phyllis (Animal Crossing)
 * Sugar (Total Drama Pahkitew Island)
 * Vert (Hyperdimension Neptunia; while she does treat Blanc like garbage by making her mad, she's one of the rare examples of a mean popular girl who's written well)
 * Diana Cavendish (Little Witch Academia)
 * John F. Kennedy (Clone High) (male example)
 * Chi-Chi (Life's a Zoo)
 * Cleopatra (Clone High)
 * Elodie (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes!)
 * Amalia Sheran Sharm (Wakfu; prior to character development)
 * Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie; since she's usually a fan-favorite to all Banjo-Kazooie friends, she's another example of a mean popular girl who's written well)
 * Elisabeth "Sissi" Delmas (Code Lyoko)
 * Sumire Kanzaki (Sakura Wars)
 * Holly Lingerbean (Shantae: Half-Genie Hero)
 * Mario (Racist Mario) (Another Mario male example)
 * Sandy's Sisters (Bubble Guppies)
 * Mami Nanami (Rent-a-Girlfriend)
 * PostCrush (Equestria Girls)
 * Dante (Devil May Cry DmC) (male example)
 * Peach (SuperMarioLogan)
 * Mackenzie Zales (Most Popular Girls In School)
 * Juri (Street Fighter IV/V)
 * Anko Uehara (Great Teacher Onizuka)
 * Sunny (Derpixon)
 * Akira Kogami (Lucky Star)
 * Drake (The Pebble and the Penguin) (a male example)
 * Saya Takagi (Highschool of the Dead)
 * Karen (SuperMarioLogan)
 * Joseph (SuperMarioLogan) (Yet another Mario male example)
 * Nancy (SuperMarioLogan)
 * Bobbie (Life's a Zoo)
 * Sharpay Evans (High School Musical; prior to character development)
 * Vana Glama (Sidekick)
 * Funny (Funny Pets)
 * Brittany Matthews (Most Popular Girls In School)
 * Dr. D (Life's a Zoo) (male example)
 * Chick Hicks (Cars) (male example)
 * King Pig (Angry Birds/Angry Birds Toons) (male example)
 * Master Frown (Unikitty!) (male example, not popular, but yet, evil until he redeemed himself in the 2-part series finale)
 * Jackson Storm (Cars 3) (another male example)
 * Yukari Takeba (Persona 3)
 * Jessica Gordon (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants)
 * Quinn Morgendorffer (Daria)
 * Violet Nylund (Barbie Presents Thumbelina)
 * Coral, Opal, and Jade (Trollz)
 * Melissa O'Malley (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee)
 * Pretty (Kaeloo)
 * Gorgeous Gurinder (Horrid Henry)
 * Suzy Johnson (Phineas and Ferb)
 * Bambi (Robotboy)
 * Cleo De Nile (Monster High; prior to character development)
 * Nefera De Nile (Monster High)
 * Amanita Nightshade (Monster High)
 * Karen Lilica (Fairy Tail)
 * Minerva Orland (Fairy Tail)
 * Penny Peterson ('Mr. Peabody and Sherman; prior to character development)
 * Lois Lane (DC Super Hero Girls (2019))
 * Naoka Ueno (The Silent Voice)
 * Nolan (Big Nate)

Why This Cliché Sucks

 * 1) It’s basically a carbon copy (especially tsundere) 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 usually 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) Some of them are loved by fans and aren't mean-spirited.
 * 2) Most of them do get comeuppance from the characters.
 * 3) Not all of them are mean-spirited to the point of doing physical abuse.
 * 4) Although it's a minority, some of them do get character development, such as Amity Blight, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Regina George, Quinn Fabray, Santana Lopez, Kitty Wilde, Miu Kazashiro, The Dazzlings, Chanel Oberlin, Chanel #3, Chanel #5, Pacifica Northwest, Ronnie Anne Santiago, Wildernessa, Chloé Bourgeois, Penny Peterson, Ami Kawashima, Katsuki Bakugo, Numberblock, John F. Kennedy, and Diana Cavendish.
 * 5) Some of them do have a reason to dislike the main protagonist. For example, in Clone High, JFK hates Abe Lincoln because he took his girlfriend (Cleopatra) away from him.
 * 6) Tsundere is a Japanese term for a character development process that depicts a person who is initially cold (and sometimes even hostile) before gradually showing a warmer, friendlier side over time.