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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''}}▼
▲{{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."''
▲[[File:narcissus1_8106.jpg|frame|[[Selfcest|I told you not to disturb me.]]]]
|'''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]].
These people expect to be treated [[A God Am I|like a God]] in your life, which would fall apart if they weren't in it despite the fact they don't really do anything and possibly make things worse. Be very careful when calling these [
Narcissism is a personality trait theorized to be nature's defense against stress, anxiety, and depression, especially the kinds that are most likely to be suffered by people with Dependent and Avoidant personality disorders. Which it does by telling us to ignore the consequences of our actions. People who display constant, excessive narcissism are said to have narcissistic personality disorder.
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Because stress, anxiety, and depression bring productivity down small amounts of narcissism help in the business world but too much narcissism causes people to procrastinate, become lazy, refuse to admit they made a mistake, become incapable of putting themselves in other people's shoes, turn into a [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]], or become a victim of [[Pride]].
There is some controversy as to what type of childhood narcissists had. Some researches believe that narcissists were overvalued by their parents, while others think that they had a rather [[Freudian Excuse|dismal childhood]].
Some forms of narcissism employ [[Black and White Insanity|black and white thinking called splitting]] as a central defense mechanism to stabilize their sense of self—viewing themselves as wholly good and those that would criticize or [[Break the Haughty|humiliate]] them as purely wicked or contemptible.
Premodern concepts include the ancient Greek ''Hubris'' which meant excessive [[Pride]] [[Pride Before a Fall|leading to or simply occuring before a fall.]] The contemporary view of narcissists is they're annoyingly unable to see this dynamic repeating itself in their lives, causing disorder on their own personality and others.
The [[Trope Namer]] is Narcissus of Greek Mythology. His story was first told by Ovid, which makes this [[Older Than Feudalism]]. The myth states that, after coldly turning down a beautiful woman named Echo (who was cursed to only repeat what was said around her, hence the name "Echo"), she prayed to the gods for Narcissus to experience unrequited love. Aphrodite answered this, making Narcissus fall in love with his own reflection in a lake. Due to never moving from the spot, Narcissus started to starve but fortunately a sympathetic God turned him into a flower([[Just
A common quality of an [[Alpha Bitch]], [[My Beloved Smother]], [[The Fighting Narcissist]] ([[Captain Obvious|duh]]) or a [[Stepford Smiler]], though in the Smiler's case this trait functions more to protect the image of wholesomeness that is trying to be projected.
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More likely to be into [[Screw Yourself|Selfcest]] than most others.
Compare [[Small Name, Big Ego]], [[The Prima Donna]], [[Spoiled Brat]], [[Inferiority Superiority Complex]], [[Black and White Insanity]], [[Manipulative Bastard]], and [[It's All About Me]]. Compare and contrast [[The Sociopath]] who combines the narcissist's self-centredness with impulsive behaviour and a total [[Lack of Empathy]]. See also [[Hollywood Personality Disorders]].
{{noreallife|[[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|this isn't a compliment]].}}
{{examples}}
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* Sesshomaru from [[Inuyasha]].
* Light Yagami of ''[[
* [[Meaningful Name|Naru]] from ''[[
* Asuka Langley Sohryu from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. Her personality could very well have been modeled after the symptoms of [
* [[Sissy Villain|Leonard]] [[Insufferable Genius|Tesstarossa]] of ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', which makes for an interesting contrast with his [[The Sociopath|sociopathic]] predecessors, [[Axe Crazy|Gates]] and [[Psycho for Hire|Gauron]]. Unlike them, Leonard ''can'' care about other
* Jessie and James of ''[[Pokémon]]'' live for [[Evil Is Stylish|style]], which only makes them that much more [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|lovable]]. Jessie's [[Berserk Button]] is any injury done to her hair or her beautiful face; James carries around photos of himself to look at in his spare time. They dress up (stylishly) for no particular reason, silhouette themselves against the light, wave roses around and in general steal every scene they walk into. When they're about to die their priorities are clear:
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'''James:''' So will I! }}
* Paptimus Scirocco of ''[[Zeta Gundam]]'' a [[Dark Messiah]] who manipulates and discards his followers [[The Chessmaster|like pawns on a chessboard]]. While he does care about them on some level, Scirocco largely views his minions in terms of what they can do for or to him, and uses constant emotional manipulation to keep them in line (especially the women). He has a typically narcissistic appreciation for those most like
* Al Da Flaga of ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' is a narcissistic parent, who raised his son (Mu La Flaga) with the intent of making him nothing more than an extension of his own ego. When Mu insisted on being his own person, Al locked him away in a [[Big Fancy House]] and had himself ''cloned''. He then raised the clone to believe that it had no identity of its own, and existed only so that Al's legacy could live on; effectively trying to turn the clone child into a perfect duplicate of himself. He succeeded instead in creating a [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] and [[Misanthrope Supreme]] who sought the [[Omnicidal Maniac|annihilation]] of the [[Kill All Humans|entire human race]] and {{spoiler|had to wear a mask in order to give himself a sense of identity.}}
* (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 ==
* [[Depending
* 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
** 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.
* [[Depending
** Brock probably better fit a Borderline Personality Disorder than either of those (albeit an extremly dangerous one).
== Film ==
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* Waldo Lydecker from 1944's ''[[Laura]]'' is definitely in love with the main character but his love for her is eclipsed by the blinding rays of his own self-love.
* Daniel Plainview from ''[[There Will Be Blood]]''.
* Tony Stark in the ''[[Iron Man (
* Pavi Largo from ''[[Repo!
* 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 ==
* Morgoth from ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', being as he is
* Gilderoy Lockhart, from ''[[Harry Potter]]''. He's so ridiculously stuck-up, it's [[Played for Laughs]]. But then he {{spoiler|[[Break the Haughty|gets what he deserves]] when Harry and Ron pwn him and force him to accompany them to the Chamber of Secrets. Then, he accidentally loses his memory, which conveniently erases all his smug self-importance and turns him into a cheerful [[Adult Child]].}}
** Also [[Meaningful Name|clearly]] the inspiration behind Narcissa Malfoy. But then, she is subject to ''major'' [[Character Development]]
** [[Jerk Jock|Cormac McLaggen]].
** They're all overshadowed by Voldemort in this department!
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* [[The Ghost|The mentioned-but-never-seen]] Professor of Applied Anthropics of the [[Discworld|Unseen University]] has put forth the Very Strong Anthropic Principle, which holds that the entire point of the universe is to give rise to the Unseen University so that it may house a Professor of Applied Anthropics (Footnotes comment that virtually everyone secretly believes this, with minor variations of a fill-in-name-here nature). Later in the book in which this is mentioned, one of the wizards mentions the principle, and comments that it's jolly decent of the Professor to share the universe with everyone else.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* [[Played for Laughs]] by Stephen Colbert on ''[[The Colbert Report]]''.
▲* Gaius Baltar from ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]''.
* Also [[Played for Laughs]] by
** Tracy Jordan on the same show also appears narcissistic at times, but this is just one of a whole host of psychological problems that render him more of a [[Cloudcuckoolander]].
* The title character of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' has shown narcissistic tendencies, which has not escaped the notice of any of the main cast.
* Cat from ''[[
* Shawn from ''[[Psych]]''.
* [http://ask.metafilter.com/83417/Hollywoods-finest Michael] from ''[[The Office]]''
* [[The Master (trope)|The Master]] from ''[[
** The Master is more of a [[The Sociopath|sociopath]].
*** The two aren't mutually exclusive.
* Dr. Cox from ''[[
* Lex and Lionel Luthor from ''[[Smallville]]''. Lionel's an [[Archnemesis Dad]] and [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] who has trouble seeing his company and his son as anything more than extensions of himself, and is willing to break almost every law imaginable in order to stay on top. Possession by [[Big Good|Jor-El]] eventually rids him of the worst of these traits, though he remains manipulative and grandiose long after his [[Heel Face Turn]]. Lex starts out as a [["Well Done, Son" Guy]] who tends to bring up his own problems in almost every conversation he has. This problem only gets worse as time goes by, and his [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|delusions of heroism]] and need for adulation become more and more extreme; by the end of the show he's moved well past narcissism and into fullblown [[The Sociopath|psychopathy]] as his [[Control Freak|need for control]] and [[Never My Fault|someone to blame]] take over his life.
* ''[[
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** Though in complete fairness, Angel hasn't seen himself in over 200 years. He'd logically want to see his reflection again.
** [[Evil Me Scares Me|Angelus]] on the other hand has an ego the size of a planet! He really cannot shut up, at all, ever, and is easily one of the cockiest bastards in the series.
== Religion and Mythology ==
* The [[Trope Namer]] [http://www.spiffy-entertainment.com/narcissus.html Narcissus], was a boyish (aka [[Bishonen]]) Greek Hunter who was punished by the gods to fall in love with his own reflection. Why that is depends on which version of the story you hear, the most famous being Ovid's version where he rejected Echo and didn't realize the reflection was his own. Another has Narcissus falling in love with his [[Twincest|twin sister]], and after her death, pretending his reflection is her. What happens after also varies, from a slow death due to starvation and thirst because he would not look away to drowning in an attempt to kiss his reflection, to [[Driven to Suicide|stabbing himself]] when he realizes that his reflection is just a reflection and will never love him back. Regardless of cause of death, or a sympathetic God transforming Narcissus so he could stare at his reflection forever, regardless a flower either grew in the place where he died or he was transformed into one: the Narcissus plant, more commonly known as the daffodil.
* [[Satan]] in the versions where he becomes jealous of God and rebels against him.
== Theatre ==
* Orsino in ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', though he might snap out of it by the end.
* Iago from ''[[Othello]]''.
== Video Games ==
* [[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
*
** ''[[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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** Karkat actually seems rather chagrined when he realizes this fact; possibly because kismesissitude is actually related to breeding and it may not be possible to provide the proper genetic material when you're your own kismesis (and being unable to provide genetic material from either of the breeding relationships is grounds for execution in Karkat's culture).
** Eridan also shows Narcissistic tendencies- for example, his feelings of [[Fantastic Racism|superiority over the trolls of lower blood]] and [[Casanova Wannabe|entitlement to a romantic relationship.]] Also a result of his [[Small Name, Big Ego|egotism]] and general [[Jerkass|obnoxiousness.]]
* [[Mega Man 3
== Web Original ==
* [[Meaningful Name|Narcissa Richmond]] of ''[[Grandmaster of Theft]]''.
* Rick from ''[[Superego]]''
* [[
* [[Ask That Guy With
== Western Animation ==
* Simon from ''[[Captain N:
* Narcissus is promoted to God status in [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney's]] ''[[Hercules (
▲* 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 (Disney)|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 (Disney)|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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* [[Johnny Bravo]] is obsessed with exactly two things: Himself, and using that first thing to mack on as many ladies as possible.
* [[Magnificent Bitch|Azula]] from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''.
* Artie Ziff from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' is this, a man who's high-IQ and success have given him a selfish sense of self-entitlement that makes him think the world owes him everything. The guy seriously gives nerds a bad name.
* [[The Smurfs| Brainy Smurf]]. This guy is an [[Insufferable Genius]] (or a [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]] depending on how he's portrayed) who seems to think the one solution for everything is, "Listen to me!" Even Vanity Smurf, who's very ''name'' denotes narcissism, isn't as much a narcissist as Brainy.
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