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  • Denis Leary's signature song "Asshole" (and arguably, his entire stand-up career) is a celebration of this trope. Leary himself is actually a case of Mean Character, Nice Actor.
  • While it's rather hard to tell whether or not they actually were like this, The Sex Pistols certainly presented themselves this way, much to the horror of Moral Guardians and awe of fans.
  • Murdoc Niccals from the band Gorillaz
  • Esham strongly exhibits this in his lyrics, going as far as to call himself "Black Hitler" at one point. According to some of his fans and former associates, he exhibits this in real life as well.
  • Mr. Douchebag.

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