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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"I noticed that... your eyes are like mirrors, which makes them doubly pleasing to me. It allows me to admire my reflection without need for a looking glass."''|'''Gann''', ''Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer''}}▼
[[File:narcissus1 8106.jpg|frame|[[Selfcest|I told you not to disturb me.]]]]
▲{{quote|''"I noticed that... your eyes are like mirrors, which makes them doubly pleasing to me. It allows me to admire my reflection without need for a looking glass."''
|'''Gann''', ''Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer''}}
Basically, one who has an [[It's All About Me|abnormal fascination with oneself]]. A self-centered nature taken a bit too far. Often thinks of self as one of the [[The Beautiful Elite|Beautiful People]], and to others often comes across as a [[Jerkass]].
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{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* Sesshomaru from [[Inuyasha]].
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* (The real) Madara Uchiha from ''[[Naruto]]''.
* [[Magnificent Bastard|Lelouch]] of [[Code Geass]] has been frequently compared to the above-mentioned [[Death Note|Light Yagami]], and though he doesn't move into full [[A God Am I]] territory, he comes pretty close. He repeatedly states his intention to "destroy the world and make it anew" and that he is "the man who performs miracles". However, he [[Your Mileage May Vary|might]] not completely fall into this trope because his main motivation for everything he does is [[Big Brother Instinct|his little sister Nunnally]] rather than [[It's All About Me|himself]], and for all his extreme arrogance, he is very self-sacrificing whenever she is involved in a situation, and extends some of this protectiveness to a small number of close friends.
* Alex Louis [[Meaningful Name|Armstrong]] of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' wants both you and absolutely all of the other people that live on Earth to know that both his utterly beautiful muscles and his equally beautiful mustache ''[[Running Gag|have been passed down the ARMSTRONG line FOR GENERATIONS!]]''
== Comic Books ==
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* As mentioned below Tony Stark / ''[[Iron Man]]''.
* [[Doctor Doom]]. '''''RIIIIIICHARDS''''' became his nemesis because [[I Reject Your Reality|he blamed him for the accident]] which scarred his perfect face.
** [[What If...?]] Doom had become a hero? Well, for starters, [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6xoH967aC00/S4l-pMyhCwI/AAAAAAAAW2U/nq4RzI949gg/s400/wif22-2.jpg his armor would be gold plated], making him a [[Knight in Shining Armor]] with [[Bling of War]], meaning that no matter what side he's on, he will ''always'' have an enormous ego.
* [[Lex Luthor]] hate [[Superman]] for [[Holding Out for a Hero|holding humanity back]]...from worshipping ''him'' instead.
** In the [[Silver Age]] Luthor's hatred for Superman began when the latter as Superboy saved his life from a chemical fire after Luthor's experiment to create life went awry. Luthor not only blamed him for intentionally sabotaging his experiment, he also blamed him for turning bald as well. Now if that's not vanity, I don't know what is.
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* Tony Stark in the ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' films. "Textbook narcissism... agreed."
* Pavi Largo from ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]'' is so in love with himself that he has a mirror with him at all times.
* This is popular with [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney]] villains:▼
** Gaston from ''[[Beauty and The Beast]]'' has an entire song dedicated to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhG9hKiplfQ how awesome he is].▼
** Ratcliffe from ''[[Pocahontas]]'' loves himself almost as much as he loves gold.▼
** The Evil Queen of ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White]]'', who had a magic mirror specifically to tell her that she's the most beautiful in the land.▼
** Scar of ''[[The Lion King]]'' is this trope turned [[Up to Eleven]]. "Meticulous planning, tenacity spanning decades of denial is simply why I'll be king undisputed, respected, saluted and seen for the wonder I am, yes my teeth and ambitions are bared, be prepared!" The Sond is called "Be Prepared" and can be listened to on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ6cw_MuTDE here] Youtube ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ6cw_MuTDE&t=2m23s The impatient click here and go directly to the moment, where he sings these words.]).▼
*** The Italian version of the last part translates as: "I'll be a king admired, feared and loved, nobody is better than me!"▼
*** And in the French version we have "Le seul dieu vivant qu'on acclaime!", which means "The only living god to be acclaimed!".▼
** In ''[[Moana]]'', the giant crab Tamatoa loves to recolect shiny things and treasures to make his shell as shiny as possible. He has even "Shiny", a [[Villain Song]] where he sings about his shine and beauty.
== Literature ==
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== Live-Action TV ==
* Gaius Baltar from ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* [[Played for Laughs]] by Stephen Colbert on ''[[The Colbert Report]]''.
* Also [[Played for Laughs]] by Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney on "'[[30 Rock]]''. Her [[Freudian Excuse]] is a miserable childhood with her [[Stage Mom]], Verna.
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== Video Games ==
* [[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness/Characters|Vyers]] of ''[[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness|Disgaea]]'' both thinks and speaks ''very'' highly of himself, but he is actually a very nice guy.
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** ''[[Street Fighter]]'''s [[Small Name, Big Ego|Dan Hibiki]] takes this trope to the point where he tells the Mars People that he "is too awesome for the Earth to be able to handle him being on itself" after winning fights against them in ''[[SNK vs. Capcom SVC Chaos]]'' and even muscle-flauntingly tells Ryu that "[[Hypocritical Humor|Ryu tries to dress and act like him but actually is just a freaking poser]]" in ''[[Street Fighter IV]]''. During one of the endings of ''[[Street Fighter IV]]'', he even tells Ryu and Sakura that "even with [[Blatant Lies|his]] ''awesome'' power, he and the two of them might not make it out of here alive" after Ryu and Sakura save his life by using actually good versions of Hadoken (which [[Understatement|are something that he sorely lacks]]) to put out a rather large fire that he and Blanka quite-nearly get engulfed in, before then making an entire commercial about how "''awesome''" he thinks that he is and [[Epic Fail|bragging about himself so much that he somehow causes himself to forget to mention the address of the Saikyo Dojo that said commercial is supposed to be about in the process]] in ''Super/Ultra'' ''[[Street Fighter IV]]''.
* [[Evil Brit|N. Tropy]] takes this trope to an absolutely hilarious extreme in ''[[Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time]]'' when he [[Screw Yourself|falls in love with his own female self]] during said game.
* Edelgard from ''[[Fire Emblem: Three Houses]]'' admits that she's arrogant during an early-game conversation, but she's really selling herself short. She has a tendency to butt into other people's business and project her own personal issues onto them, and doesn't like being questioned or challenged. She even admits after the fight against Lord Lonato that like him, she'd sacrifice her own subjects if it was for the greater good... with said greater good, of course, being mainly beneficial to her. {{spoiler|After the reveal that she's the Flame Emperor, her narcissistic traits get ramped up even further: she's incapable of understanding why ''anyone'' would hate or oppose her despite being a violent imperialist responsible for ruining countless lives, and believes that only she can usher in a glorious future for Fodlan. Even in the Crimson Flower route where she's at her most sympathetic, her response to Dimitri calling her a power hungry monster is to accuse him of being one right back for ''daring'' to resist her invasion of his kingdom}}. Caspar says it best during their C-Support conversation:
{{quote|'''Caspar''': You know what your problem is, Edelgard? [[It's All About Me|You always have to make ''everything'' about you.]]}}
== Web Comics ==
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* Simon from ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]''.
* Narcissus is promoted to God status in [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney's]] ''[[Hercules (1997 film)||Hercules]]'', where he is shown briefly smooching at a hand mirror.
▲* This is popular with [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney]] villains:
▲** Gaston from ''[[Beauty and The Beast]]'' has an entire song dedicated to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhG9hKiplfQ how awesome he is].
▲** Ratcliffe from ''[[Pocahontas]]'' loves himself almost as much as he loves gold.
▲** The Evil Queen of ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White]]'', who had a magic mirror specifically to tell her that she's the most beautiful in the land.
▲** Scar of ''[[The Lion King]]'' is this trope turned [[Up to Eleven]]. "Meticulous planning, tenacity spanning decades of denial is simply why I'll be king undisputed, respected, saluted and seen for the wonder I am, yes my teeth and ambitions are bared, be prepared!" The Sond is called "Be Prepared" and can be listened to on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ6cw_MuTDE here] Youtube ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ6cw_MuTDE&t=2m23s The impatient click here and go directly to the moment, where he sings these words.]).
▲*** The Italian version of the last part translates as: "I'll be a king admired, feared and loved, nobody is better than me!"
▲*** And in the French version we have "Le seul dieu vivant qu'on acclaime!", which means "The only living god to be acclaimed!".
▲** And one Disney hero: [[The Emperor's New Groove|Kuzco]].
* Zapp Brannigan from ''[[Futurama]]''
* Lucius on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''. His response to seeing an image of himself is "Hello, handsome."
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