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If they go through a [[Break the Haughty]] situation, expect it to have shades of [[Break the Cutie]], as this character is almost always a [[Jerkass Woobie]].
May be a trait of the [[Alpha Bitch]], the [[Jerk Jock]], the [[Broken Ace]] or the [[Small Name, Big Ego]]. Real life [https://web.archive.org/web/20100718231422/https://www.sju.edu/academics/centers/ivrp/pdf/Baumeister.pdf studies] have failed to find a link between low self-esteem and aggression.
A subtrope to [[Seven Deadly Sins|the sin]] of [[Pride]].
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* [[Digimon Adventure 02|Ken Ichijouji]] during his stint as the Digimon Kaiser/Emperor. While he claimed to be the "only perfect human being", and frequently called other people derogatory epithets like "maggots" and "insects", he was actually crippled by a sense of worthlessness and guilt. The "superiority" part falls away completely {{spoiler|once he pulls his [[Heel Face Turn]]}}.
* In ''[[Daily Lives of High School Boys]]'', Girls-only Sanada East's [[Student Council President]] [[Only Known by Their Nickname|Ringo-chan]] only started to have an extremely large ego as she noticed how the boys-only Sanada North has a far more better run student council. She's only to avenge it [[Non-Action Guy|by fist]].
* Light from ''[[Death Note]]'' [[Broken Ace|seems to be living his life under the assumption that he has to be]] ''[[Broken Ace|perfect]]''. Perfect student, perfect son... and then he kills two people by accident just to satisfy his curiosity and his boredom. That ruins everything. [[Go Mad
* Iris from ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' used to taunt Ash about his battle skills and always calling him a kid. But one episode reveals WHY she keeps doing it: {{spoiler|she couldn't battle well when her Excadrill starts ignoring her.}} When this is solved, Iris becomes more friendlier to Ash...though that doesn't stop her from calling him a kid from time to time!
* Prussia, America and England of ''Axis Powers Hetalia'' all have shades of this.
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* Titania, of [[She Hulk|She-Hulk's]] [[Rogues Gallery]]. The short and scrawny Mary MacPherran was the butt of the wealthy, popular crowd's cruel jokes and was nicknamed "Skeeter" (as in "mosquito") for her troubles. Resenting her lot in life, she dreamed of gaining superpowers to enact revenge upon her tormentors and be admired. After lying about being [[Spider-Woman]] backfired, Mary got her wish by hastily agreeing to be experimented on by [[Doctor Doom]], becoming a [[Statuesque Stunner|tall]], [[Amazonian Beauty|buff]], [[Super Strength|mighty]], and [[The Brute|brutish]] [[Smug Super]]. [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]] was the first to beat Titania (in ''[[Secret Wars]]''), but she's maniacally obsessed with her second loss (to Shulkie) because [[Always Someone Better|She-Hulk always seems to be one step ahead of her]]; this reminds Titania of being Skeeter, and she ''hates'' feeling weak (this also tends to lead to ''a lot'' of [[Foe Yay]] between the two, but that's a story for another time).
* [[Loki]]. Sometimes he's a haughty sorcerer who thinks Asgard and Mjolnir rightfully belong to him… and sometimes he's [[The Unfavorite]] brother of [[The Mighty Thor]] who can never be an adequate [[Norse Mythology|Jotunn or Æsir]].
* [[Minimonsters|Frank Einstein Jr.]] is [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|the Frank's Gang's]] supposedly self-confident leader and, while far from a [[Jerkass]], is quite prideful of [[Gadgeteer Genius|his inventing skills]]. But as the second album reveals, this is all a mask to cover up a severe inferiority complex due to his physical appearance and the fact his inventions [[Bungling Inventor|tend to fail]]. He tries desperately to [[Stepford Smiler|hide]] his self-loathing for his gang's sake, but his mask is pretty fragile, and when broken, turns into [[The Woobie|a depressed wreck]].
** He definitely got this from [[Like Father, Like Son|his father]] whom, from someone who prides himself as the greatest mind in Villa Susto, he's quite obsessed from getting anyone's (especially his son's) approval.
** [[The Hunter|Flan Hellsing]] is a "villainous" version. He flaunts how awesome a monster hunter he is, but this is to cover the fact he can't hunt anything besides ''squirrels'', not to mention he's so incompetent ''his friggin' horse'' does all the work for him. [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] indeed.
** [[Knight of Cerebus|Miss Hit]] also deserves a mention. {{spoiler|Being the [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] of the [[Ill Girl|frail girl]] [[Rose-Haired Girl|Henrietta]], she prides herself as the "superior" personality and tries to [[Split Personality Takeover|replace]] her other self. But the moment she realizes Henrietta is her true self, no matter what she does, has a [[Villainous BSOD]], becoming completely unresponsive upon the reveal.}}
** Heavily implied with [[Spoiled Brat|Victor]]. He's usually a [[Narcissist]], yet he is incapable of taking criticism and his rivalry with the aforementioned Frank seems motivated by jealousy. Especially evident in the second album: he brags to Frank about how he's a much better leader than he is, but when Frank asks him why, [[Armor-Piercing Question|he doesn't know how to respond to that]].
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* George from ''[[Deadly Premonition]]'' is obsessed with gaining power, physical or otherwise, due to being raised by an [[Abusive Mom]] and his belief that the strong will naturally overcome the weak. {{spoiler|His insecurities lead him to become the new Raincoat Killer.}}
* Laharl of the [[Disgaea]] series suffers from this. He acts all high and mighty for being the Overlord, but deep down is really somewhat lonely, especially once you learn of his backstory. However, the fact that he acts like a complete [[Jerkass]] to most people isn't exactly earning him any brownie points, either.
* This is ''the'' [[Fatal Flaw]] of [[
* Miranda from [[Mass Effect 2]] was genetically designed to be perfect, and she envies Shepard for having built his / her career with nothing more than skill, hard work and courage.
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