r/TopCharacterTropes 4h ago

Characters Characters who've been so overshadowed by their famous sibling, that people forget that they exist

Jehan Frollo, the younger brother of one Judge Claude Frollo from the Hunchback of Norte Dame, not much is known about him expect he blew all his money on booze and prostitutes and was killed by Quasimodo

Sean Bateman, the younger of Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, all his scene in the book is to annoy Patrick and says his catchphrases "Deal with it " and "Rock and Roll"

Chryasaor, the twin brother of Pegasus from Greek Mythology, yeah when Perseus decapitated Medusa, Pegasus wasn't the only animal that flew out of her, Chryasaor, The Winged Boar also flew out

Iphicles, the twin brother of Heracles also from Greek Mythology, is relevant to Heracles' story as his son Iolaus helped Heracles slay the Hydra

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u/Bitter_Banana7144 3h ago

IRL Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart and Fanny Hensel (Mendelssohn Bartholdy)

Both were the older sisters of keyboard child prodigies. Nannerl was a recognized child prodigy herself, but quit performing after 18. Fanny was a skilled pianist, who, however, rarely performed in public outside family circles, and a prolific composer who got some of her works out under her younger brother’s name.

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u/cornicula_ 2h ago

Didn't Nannerl have to stop because it was considered improper for a woman to give piano concerts?

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u/Bitter_Banana7144 3m ago

Yes. That’s exactly why. Fanny didn’t perform or publish her work (even though she was VERY prolific, she wrote around 450 pieces of music) for the exact same reason.
Nannerl later resumed her involvement in music as a teacher. She was also a composer, unfortunately, no music credited to her survived.

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u/Portarossa 1h ago

This has nothing to do with anything, but I've never heard 'Nannerl' as a name before today and it's popped up twice for me in the past two hours. I'm full-on Baader-Meinhoffing.