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== Literature ==

* In one of [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''Black Widowers'' stories, the guest is a man whose specialty is job interviews. He keeps a variety of objects on his desk, and judges people's character by how they interact with those objects. The fashion-conscious Mario Gonzalo asks how ''he'' did on his interview, and the guest replies that he never reveals his secrets, but he will mention one thing: "There was a mirror in the room."

* [[The Bible|Eve]] falls to an innocent version of this in ''[[Paradise Lost]]'': the first thing she sees after being made is her reflection and is captivated by its beauty, then she sees Adam and decides he is not as good looking as her and tries to go back to looking at her reflection. {{spoiler|They end up together}}.

* One of the minor characters in Frank Yerby's [[Pirate]] novel ''The Golden Hawk'' wore a thick, unkempt beard. When the protagonist, as part of disguising the whole crew, shaved him by force, he was shocked to discover, "I'm right pretty!" (the narration acknowledged that he ''was'', indeed, [[He Cleans Up Nicely|quite a handsome fellow under all that facial hair]]) and thereafter he was often seen checking himself out in a mirror.

 

== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==

* Toreador-clan vampires in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]''. Their clan weakness is that they're easily entranced by anything beautiful, including themselves.

* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'', there is Sigwald the Magnificent, a champion of Slaanesh. He wears a magic armor of solid gold, and his retinue has mirrored shields so he can watch his reflection during the battle. (In game terms, he is subject to stupidity — as sometimes he will get distracted in the least appropriate moment.) Anyone who might try to use this distraction for attack will quickly discover that Sigwald, vain as he might be, is still a haughty [[Bishonen]] with a cool sword... which is bad news in most universes.

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