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Quite a bit of [[Truth in Television]], many people with advanced degrees/specialized knowledge have ego problems, and physicists in particular have a reputation as being contemptuous of all other scientific disciplines.

 

 

 

** Keigo Atobe is quite like that, being a mix of [[The White Prince]] with [[Magnificent Bastard]] ''and'' [[Large Ham]]. And what makes it worse is that he's the biggest [[Draco in Leather Pants]] within [[Portmanteau Series Nickname|Tenipuri]] fandom.

* Saya Takagi from [[Highschool of the Dead]]. Her tendancy to insult everyone around her, whine, and use her friends as meatshields hasn't made her very [[The Scrappy|popular with fans.]]

* Sergeant Major Kururu from ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' has a mischievous streak a mile long, and seems more interested in amusing himself than completing the invasion of Earth. However, he's still a (technically senior) member of the Keroro Platoon, and the group's "ideas" guy.

** Though this is only from the audience's perspective. Light would never let another human being know he felt that way - though it leaks out more and more towards the end.

** L is this too, at least as far as Aizawa is concerned.

* Dolce, the genius programmer from ''[[Geneshaft]]'', with the added bonus that she herself seems to be very quiet, while she lets her ''puppet'' do all the bragging. So she's one hell of a ventriloquist too.

* Excalibur from [[Soul Eater]] would like you to know that his legend began in the twelfth century.

* George from ''[[Paradise Kiss]]'' is a genius [[Serious Business|fashion designer]]. He's also a complete [[Jerkass|jerk]].

* Evangeline of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' damn well knows that she's one of the most powerful and infamous mages in the setting and doesn't let those around her forget it.

** More recently introduced is Kurt Godel, who is identified as a genius, and is extremely [[Smug Snake|smug]] about it.

* Lord, Kyoya Hibari from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''. The guy is so insanely egoistical, proud, condescending, and brutally violent. Yet his sheer genius and strength in combat (along with his [[Bishonen|incredibly good looks]], which [[Draco in Leather Pants|win over the fangirls]]) manages to compensate and even ''justify'' his attitude. Oh, and he [[Karma Houdini|gets away with pretty much everything]].

** The anime only character, Rebecca as well.

* Takamura Mamoru from ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]''. He has an ego of the size of a planet and believes himself to be strongest man in the history of men. Well, it's just that this may very well be true, since he is the strongest boxer in the entire manga. His daily [[Jerkass]] habits contain bullying Aoki and Kimura and rubbing the fact that they're... not the best boxers... in their faces.

** WHO DID YOU JUST CALL A TINY BRAT WHO'S SO SMALL YOU NEED A MICROSCOPE TO SEE HIM!?!

** And Lelouch, who, when not intentionally restraining himself, has a very much "I'm better than you" outlook on life. However, the only people who really see this from him are Kallen and Suzaku.

* Agon Kongou from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' is considered the most talented athlete of the century and never lets anyone forget it. He never trains and regularly mocks the efforts of normal people or as he calls them, "trash." It doesn't help that he's a sadist with occasional [[Axe Crazy]] moments.

** "My strong point is that I'm invincible!" Sadly, that's ''almost'' true.

** For that matter, Hiruma also shows obvious signs of this. He's definitely a genius, whether it's about American Football or anything else, and apparently that gives him the right to carry around firearms and abuse everyone. The only way he knows off to show people he cares is by kicking them. HIS strong point? "My strong point is that I win!"

* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Neji Hyuuga]] from ''[[Naruto]]'' starts out as one of these before [[Defeat Means Friendship|his defeat]] by Naruto Uzumaki.

** Sasuke also showed some signs of this, but usually got knocked down a peg before he could get too conceited. And then, he got much, much worse...

* Hiko from ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' loves bragging and calling himself a genius, but he really is much stronger than any other character in the series.

 

== Comic Books ==

* [[Lex Luthor]] might not be the smartest man in the DC Comics continuua, but he's close. And he's going to let you know it, any second now.

** His ancestor, Vril Dox II of L.E.G.I.O.N., has a pretty big head as well.

** Humorously, when three alternate Legions are brought together to face Superboy Prime, the three Brainiacs 5 bicker over which one of them should be the authority; None of them can stand any of the others (albeit for different reasons; One of them is distrustful of an older Brainiac 5 because he's never trusted any adults before and isn't about to get in the habit of it.)

** During The Final Night, a [[Crisis Crossover]], the Leigon found themselves trapped in the 20th Century, and Brainiac 5 and the aforementioned Lex Luthor were forced to work together to solve the problem of the Sun-Eater. A humorous moment came when Brainiac 5 complained degradingly about how "primitive" the 20th Century tech was, Luthor loudly proclaimed to the entire room, "Young man, you're so much more advanced then we primitive cavemen, surely you must have already solved our dilemma!" Brainiac 5 promptly shut up.

** There's also [[Criminal Mind Games|The Riddler]], from his [[Rogues Gallery]], who frequently taunts [[Genius Bruiser|Batman]] about his supposed stupidity.

* Arion, at least in the Superman story "Camelot Falls." He believes that Superman must die, leave, or otherwise stop interfering with humanity. He saw a [[Bad Future]] where mankind got complacent due to Supes helping all the time, ending with the human race getting wiped out. His problem is that he thinks his plan (destroy Supes) is the only option, instead of just cooperating with Supes to fix it. Arion also mocks and puts down anyone who tries to give him advice.

* [[Doctor Doom|Victor Von Doom!]]

** In one notable example, he got into an argument with Hank Pym when he claimed that he knew more about Pym particles than Hank did. Hank called him a bitch for that insult.

* ''[[Iron Man]]'': How did Tony Stark escape being put on this list for so long?

** ''Charm!''

* Loki of [[The Mighty Thor]] ususally ventures here when his plans are working (especially against Thor, since intelligence and magic are the only places he can outclass his older brother). Seeing as how he's often shown to be the Marvel Universe's resident master of thw whole spectrum of [[The Plan]], he sometimes deserves it.

** Notably, he has tricked Tony Stark (and the rest of the Avengers), Dr. Doom, and Mephisto. That's two other people on this page and the devil. You might get to gloat a little for that.

 

== Film ==

* ''[[Young Frankenstein]]''. Frederick has his moments.

* Matt Damon's character from ''[[Good Will Hunting]]'' can be this at times, particularly when explaining to Stellan Skarsgaard's character how frustrated he is.

* Jude Quinn, the [[Bob Dylan]] [[Expy]] played by [[Cate Blanchett]] in [[I'm Not There]], has shades of this.

* Duncan from ''[[Mystery Team]]'' fakes the genius part, but gets the insufferable down pat. He spent his childhood memorizing bits of trivia, and assumed this was enough to make him a "Boy Genius."

 

== Literature ==

* Lily Moscovitz from ''[[The Princess Diaries]]'' is [[Informed Ability|said to be brilliant]] but has absolutely no people skills. Whatsoever.

* Kirsty from ''[[Johnny Maxwell Trilogy]]'' is a recognized genius and tends to win absolutely everything. However her constantly explaining to everyone just how stupid they are tends to drive most people away from her, which she assumes is a character flaw in everybody else.

* [[Sherlock Holmes]] very seldom brags about how smart ''he'' is, but he is always ready to snarkily disparage the intellect of anyone who fails to keep up with his deductive leaps. Watson is really a paragon of self-restraint considering the verbal abuse he takes from Holmes. Resentment toward this conceited attitude is probably why it takes so long for the Scotland Yard detectives to (grudgingly, at first) admit that he really ''is'' as brilliant as he thinks he is.

** When we meet Mycroft (Sherlock's brother), however, Sherlock is quick to point out, matter-of-factly, that his brother is the smarter of the two. Watson suggests that Sherlock is just being modest, but Sherlock says it's just as much of a sin to have too ''low'' an opinion of your skills as too ''high''. It is also worth noting that Holmes is [[Snark Knight|just as hard on himself as on anyone else]] when he fails to live up to his own standards.

"Wrong. You see?" }}

* Melvin Sneedly in ''[[Captain Underpants]]''

** Harry's least favourite teacher Severus Snape. He made improvements to his textbook and invented his own spells while at school, one of the few wizards capable of brewing the Wolfsbane Potion, and the only wizard other than Voldemort capable of flight. Also, in the words of his actor in the films, a very interesting character.

** One can't mention Harry Potter without mentioning Hermione Granger. She's a bright, high-achieving witch who constantly tells her friends off for not being a devoted studier like she is. She also used to be an annoying [[Motor Mouth]].

** When Albus Dumbledore was young, he was like this as well. When his arrogance led to certain tragic consequences, he attempted to keep his ego in check, pointing out that people who don't just wind up turning into self-destructive fools.

** From memory he was only beaten with his own assistance, too...

** Gandalf, for those not familiar with Tolkien's 'verse, is basically a ''demi-god'' working for [[The Powers That Be]].

* Skull Skelton, an intelligence officer who pops up in several novels by [[Derek Robinson]]. He's almost always right, especially when pointing out the shortcomings of military tactics directly to the men responsible for those tactics, but no one likes him for it. A superior officer once threw a telephone at him. Or was it a bottle of rum? Probably both.

* In the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]], Wedge Antilles maneuvers around this trope depending on the book and who he's around. In the [[X Wing Series]] he's quietly confident about his skills around his military superiors and the Rogues and the Wraiths - he's observant, [[Born Lucky|consistently lucky]], highly adaptive, and much more aware of long-term ramifications and politics than most people of his rank, not to mention being [[Improbable Piloting Skills|the greatest pilot alive]]. In that series, his ego is largely an [[Informed Flaw]]; he's just ''better'' at most of what he does than anyone else, but he doesn't show off, and a certain amount of [[Underestimating Badassery]] gets directed at him. Later-set books change this, though he's still not as bad as some - in [[Legacy of the Force]] he calmly informs [[Big Bad|Jacen Solo]] that Jacen knows he wasn't involved at all in one operation ''because that op failed''. Jacen grits his teeth and reminds himself that belligerent cockiness is one of the Corellian [[Planet of Hats|hats]].

* ''[[In Death]]'': Dick "Dickhead" Berenski. He has an egg-shaped head, he is considered creepy by a number of characters, he whines a lot about how every cop expects him to put his or her case at the top of the list, and he often has to be bribed with alcohol, sports tickets, and what have you to get him to put said case to the top of the list. He is also the chief lab tech, and he is a genius in his work.

* Mor glasch Tev from the [[Starfleet Corps of Engineers]], who generally gives the impression that, as far as he's concerned, the rest of the team is simply holding him back. His engineering skills are incredible, but his social skills need a lot of work.

 

'''Avon:''' Just with the rest of you being wrong. }}

** In one episode, after Winchester has deftly saved a patient's leg from being amputated, Colonel Potter says that Winchester has "A silo full of smug", but definitely knows which end of a scalpel is up.

** Compare this with Hawkeye, Trapper and BJ, who use their mad surgical skills as a [[Weirdness Coupon]] rather than boasting about them, and contrast with Frank Burns, who is [[Ted Baxter|just as convinced of his ability despite having none]].

** Then there's this jewel from "Brain Storm":

** Even Daniel Jackson could be considered that, at least in his own field. This is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Colonel Martin Edwards in "Enemy Mine", after Daniel peacefully resolves the situation with a bunch of angry Unas.

** There was also an episode featuring a super-genius who couldn't deal with the pressure of the expectations everyone had in him, {{spoiler|so he intentionally drugged himself into a permanent dumbness haze to be [[Dumb Is Good|happy]]. Which is what put him in hospital. Guess he wasn't so smart, huh ?}}. When the effect wears off, he more or less immediately becomes this. Notably, he rants that considering the IQ difference between him and his girlfriend, having sex with her might as well be bestiality.

** A visiting surgeon named Russell Vaughn in the episode "Our Dear Leaders" is also this. Having traveled the world and done many amazing things, Russell is a skilled surgeon and a cultured individual. He also comes off as a remarkable douche, constantly interjecting with stories of his travels and even condescendingly offering to let Turk, Sacred Hearts' Head of Surgery and a highly competent doctor in his own right, help out with a tricky surgery as 'a feather in [his] cap.'

** Eleven does this more humorously than some of the others:

'''The Doctor''': Not a chance }}

** This is one of the Doctor's qualities that [[Deconstruction|backfire]] on him in the episode "Midnight." Ten (an arrogant Doctor in several ways) is characteristically flippant about assuming authority over the humans in his company, responding to the comment "Oh, like you're so special" with "As it happens, yes I am," and even after belatedly realizing that they aren't feeling it and trying to backtrack, he loses patience and snaps that he just knows what to do "because [he's] clever." This almost ends up being the death of him, as he becomes the focus of their [[Witch Hunt]] mentality.

** River Song. She appears to know as much as the Doctor due to {{spoiler|being his wife in ''his'' future}} and acts suitably insufferable a fair share of the time, but isn't one to sit about with her mouth open when things get hairy.

'''The Doctor:''' If only that ''were'' possible. Conditional clause. }}

'''Dick''': For the thousandth time, ''[[Rhetorical Question Blunder|yes]]!'' }}

'''Sheldon''': I'm sorry, that is what I meant. }}

** You think Sheldon's bad? He can't STAND his nemesis [[Wil Wheaton]]. Wil [[Adam Westing|(the character)]] is this ''and'' a [[Smug Snake]] ''and'' a [[Manipulative Bastard]].

*** Though Shawn is more childish then insufferable.

* Souji Tendou from ''[[Kamen Rider Kabuto]]'', who was an attempt to make a heroic [[Magnificent Bastard]] but ended up more annoying than anything else, considering that he could effortlessly predict everything that was going to happen and [[Boring Invincible Hero|overcome any obstacle with ease]], often while humiliating [[This Loser Is You|audience surrogate]] Kagami.

** There's also Q, who in addition to being Godlike has an IQ in the quadruple digit range. At the start of the series, he's also beyond insufferable, planning on wiping out "Less advanced" species and examining humans like they're simple toys. He gets less insufferable in later appearences though, partly from time with Captain Picard and partly from his species (who are apparently not appreciative of his behavior) briefly stripping him of his powers.

* ''[[Dollhouse]]'''s Topher, who is tolerated by dint of being the only one around who knows how all the big shiny brain-scrambling devices work.

* Austin James from the short lived 80s sci fi mystery show ''[[Probe]]'' was the smartest man on the planet. And he never let you forget it. Ever.

* ''[[Cracker]]''. Fitz is considered to be a complete bastard by his workmates at the Manchester Police, and has zero respect among his academic peers. But he is also very, very, ''very'' good at profiling.

* Jeffery on ''[[Project Runway]]'', who was talented but also snarky and condescending from the beginning {{spoiler|until he won}}.

** "The Science in the Physicist" has a whole research institute filled with these.

*** Bones reveals she wanted to join the institute, but they rejected her because their research is focused on the future not the past.

** Dr. Zack Addy is a little bit of this, too, in that he's not shy about his high IQ and general intelligence. He tends to annoy the crap out of Booth, but everyone else at the Jeffersonian accepts it as 'just Zack'. Plus, he is genuinely brilliant.

'''Zack''': If he’s in the stratosphere, I’m in the ionosphere. }}

* Rico of ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' skipped three grade levels, has an eidetic memory, can do complex equations in his head, and is a [[Jerkass]] who believes anyone less intelligent than he (read: everyone) is his to manipulate.

** I wouldn't call him arrogant, though. In fact, in the pilot, someone asks him if he is a genius and he's kind of reluctant to say yes. He's just a bit over-eager to share information with people at the most inappropriate of times.

** Prentiss does threaten to kill him once over his genius. He solved a 3D puzzle she had been working on for days (and declared impossible) in about three seconds.

* John Sessions generally gets this reaction from the ''[[QI]]'' audience, who either [[Love It or Hate It|love or hate him]] for knowing rather obscure answers and explaining them at length, usually in a way that isn't all that funny, or his equally long, very dry humorous asides. His buzzer in one episode was "sir, sir, I know the answer!"

** Rory McGrath came off as this in his first appearance as well.

** Fellow professor and friend Larry Fleinhardt once called him "a talented theoretician with an ego problem."

* Tesla in ''[[Sanctuary]]'' was apparently always like this, getting superpowers didn't help.

** Then there's Adam Worth, who ''was'' an insufferable genius back in the day (to the point where the Five rejected him), before going batshit insane after his daughter died.

* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'''s portrayal of [[Dakota Fanning]], played by [[Amy Poehler]], in the ''Dakota Fanning Show'' skits. A [[Running Gag]] was her belittling the low-brow tastes of Reggie (Kenan Thompson), her house band leader.

 

== Radio ==

* Douglas of ''[[Cabin Pressure]]''. When asked if there is anything he isn't "very good at", he admits: "There are things I haven't tried yet. I suppose it's ''possible'' I'm not very good at some of those. Theoretically."

 

 

* [[Cyrano De Bergerac]]: Cyrano invokes this, because his great intellect is used to humilliate everyone who is not his friend. This is not so much to show he is a genius, but to show Viscount De Valvert that [[Jerkass|Cyrano is truly Insufferable]]:

Of four lines... }}

 

== Video Games ==

* Jonas from ''[[The Nameless Mod]]'', is this so much, that if you knock him out at PDX headquarters, King Kashue won't come downstairs and mop the floor with you like if you knocked anyone else out. If you kiss his ass however, he'll give you extra goodies for missions.

* The Asura in ''[[Guild Wars]]'' are a whole race of Insufferable Geniuses, who are quite certain they are the only ones who can create the [[Magitek]] weapons that can save the world from the Destroyers. Fortunately for the world, they turn out to be right.

** [[Ensemble Darkhorse|But only]] [[Crazy Awesome|in the game]] [[Memetic Mutation|itself.]]

*** We also have Joshua, who Neku decides isn't so bad to have around because he can decipher whatever the hell Minamimoto decides to send them for mission messages, only to correct himself five seconds later when his smug personality reappears and Neku remembers why he hates the kid.

** In fairness, you ''did'' kinda blow up his [[Freudian Excuse|casserole.]] Of course, if we had known Magnusson before that incident, cause and effect may have been reversed.

* [[Neverwinter Nights 2]] has both [[Squishy Wizard]] henchmen, [[The Sociopath|Qara]] and to a greater extent [[Deadpan Snarker|Sand]].

** Hey, there is a reason he's the one flying the most advanced ship in the galaxy (discounting sentient super weapons).

** To the point where his own Mooks swear that they next time they see him, they'll kill him.

* ''[[Quake]] 4'' has Johann Strauss, Rhino Squad's technician. He constantly brags about his intelligence and his abilities (including being one of the few humans to fluently speak the language of the game's enemies, the Strogg), has a tendency to berate others for not being as intelligent as him, and is always complaining about being placed in immediate danger, as he believes himself to be highly important. Fortunately for the rest of the squad, he really is that good - amongst other things, his ability to hack into the Strogg systems to open otherwise unlockable doors is a necessity.

** That magic item? That was only included because they wanted him to be ''really really good'' at spellcasting, but the game code wouldn't let them apply the bonus directly to Edwin.

* Victor Niguel from ''[[Trauma Center]]'' is simultaneously a genius, a narcissist, and a misanthrope with little patience for anyone less intelligent than him. Which is just about everyone. And in the very, ''very'' few cases where he's wrong, he's the only one who beats himself up over it.

* ''[[Fire Emblem]]: The Sacred Stones'' has Lute, a young mage who openly claims to be capable of memorising anything she reads, to the point of being able to quote sentences from specific pages and '''paragraphs''' of books.

* In ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'', Mitsunari Ishida is portrayed as this, with quite a bit of [[Deadpan Snarker]] to go with his insufferableness as well (though it is said that he was like this in [[Real Life]] as well).

* Zetta, the "most badass overlord in the entire universe" of ''[[Makai Kingdom]]'', actually is as powerful as his near constant boasting would suggest. {{spoiler|Then we find out that he unknowingly had a bit of help in that department}}

* Purge in ''[[Space Channel 5]]'' Part 2 may brag about how he's a genius and amazes himself, but he really is smarter than the average villain in the series. He has a plan for everything, should you beat him here, he'll have a backup idea at the ready. {{spoiler|That is, until the ending, when Ulala has him beat.}}

** {{spoiler|And then he shows up at the end of the credits march. Cue [[Kaizo Trap]].}}

* A blatant example is seen in the ''[[Gears of War]]'' series. Baird is the resident tech guy, shown to be well versed in many forms of academics beyond the expected technology (even having scholary interst in the Locust enemy). His [[Jerkass]] behaviours, however, is the only thing keeping him from the promotion he feels he deserves.

* Special Agent Francis York Morgan in ''[[Deadly Premonition]]'' doesn't hesitate at all to point out that he's a much more experienced detective than anyone else in Greenvale, at least when the game first starts. He tones down the attitude a bit once he warms up to the rest of the town.

* A great number of them abound in ''[[Touhou Project]]'', or at least are depicted as such typically by the fandom. Patchouli Knowledge and Alice Margatroid are among them, as is (slightly less commonly) Satori Komeji.

* In ''[[Halo]]'', 343 Guilty Spark is the ''embodiment'' of this trope. He brags about his own intellect, actually ''has'' said intellect, and '''never''' stops telling you (and ''himself'') so. He's also a backstabbing [[Jerkass]].

 

* Yaginuma in ''[[Kara no Shoujo]]'' is a grade A jerkass, but he does have the reputation to back it up.

 

** Most wizards from the Order universe are like this, comparing sorcerers to idiot savants and proclaiming that divine magic isn't ''real'' magic. In fact, Eugene Greenhilt's contempt towards Fighters ended up souring his relationship with both his father and his son and his mentor's [[Bullying a Dragon|arrogant mocking of]] [[Brilliant but Lazy|Xykon]] ended with his skull caved in.

* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]],'' Galatea has a ''very'' high opinion of her intelligence. And she's right, too, she really is brilliant. But she's blind to how [[Taught By Experience|inexperienced and naive]] her [[Younger Than They Look|extreme youth]] makes her.

 

== Web Original ==

* Cassidy Cain in [[Grandmaster of Theft]]. Among her friends, her insufferable qualities are kept to a minimum aside from teasing and general genius used to help others. [[I Shall Taunt You|However, against her enemies, she goes all out.]]

 

== Western Animation ==

* Mentok the Mindtaker from ''[[Harvey Birdman|Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law]]''.

** Or is he? According to [[Word of God]], the title song says "One is a genius, the other's insane," [[Alternate Character Interpretation|but not which is which...]]

* Professor Algernon in ''[[Exo Squad]]''. In his first appearance, we find him painting with a VR helmet on. When asked by his Neosapien colleague why he would paint something only he could see, the prof derisively states that only he could appreciate it. If there was any doubt that he deserved his planet-sized ego, it's put to rest near the end of the series when he puts the recently obliterated planet Mars back together again!

** "Phaeton's mistake was that he thought that the ultimate display of power was to destroy a planet!"

** Also from ''[[Exo Squad]]'', the Neomegas seem to have this programmed into their DNA.

*** "Modesty is a Terran weakness, like pity."

** And then there's Sky Lynx, a skilled and powerful troop carrier/dino-bird/lynx/griffin who holds the rank of Lieutenant Commander. His massive size is dwarfed by his even more massive ego.

** {{spoiler|Though when Tarantulas eventually gets Megatron thrown into a vat of lava, Megs finally decides enough is enough.}}

*** Though it's not the fact {{spoiler|Tarantulas betrayed him yet again}} that Megatron was angry with, but that he failed. "I can suffer your treachery, Lieutenant, BUT NOT YOUR ''INCOMPETENCE''!"

*** It is expected of Predacons to attempt to depose their leaders and take their place. A leader who allows himself to be betrayed doesn't deserve to be in charge.

** Lisa herself often qualifies to this as well.

'''Twilight''': ''([[Jaw Drop]])'' }}

** Twilight Sparkle has some elements of this herself.

* Patrick becomes one of these on an episode of [[SpongeBob]], where he becomes super smart and rejects Spongebob's childlike behavior, insults Squiward's clarinet playing, and calls Sandy an idiot. All of this is because Spongebob accidently replaced the top of Patrick's head with [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Brain Coral.]]

** Sandy was this in the early seasons. As the show progresses she became more of a [[Ted Baxter]] rather than this trope.

 

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