Narcissist: Difference between revisions

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]].

 

 

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* Sesshomaru from [[Inuyasha]].

* Light Yagami of ''[[Death Note]]'' [[Broken Ace|is a genius, handsome, popular and knows it.]] [[Word of God]] says he thinks he's above most people. After gaining powers over life and death it takes him less than a week to develop [[A God Am I|a god complex]].

* (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.

 

== Comic Books ==

* [[Depending on the Writer]], [[Spider-Man|Eddie Brock, the original Venom / Anti-Venom]] is sometimes referred to as a Narcissist when he's not being referred to as a [[The Sociopath|Socopath]]. [[Never Hurt an Innocent|He doesn't totally]] [[Lack of Empathy|lack Empathy]] like a Sociopath but it's certainly "[[Never My Fault|Never His Fault]]." ([[The Rival|It's Spider-man's!]])

** Brock probably better fit a Borderline Personality Disorder than either of those (albeit an extremly dangerous one).

 

== Film ==

* 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.

 

== Literature ==

* 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]].}}

** [[Jerk Jock|Cormac McLaggen]].

** They're all overshadowed by Voldemort in this department!

* [[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.

 

* Gaius Baltar from ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]''.

* [[Played for Laughs]] by Stephen Colbert on ''[[The Colbert Report]]''.

** 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.

 

== 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.

* Vega from [[Street Fighter]] also combines this with [[The Fighting Narcissist]].

 

== Web Comics ==

** 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|Gemini Man]] in ''[[L's Empire|Ls Empire]]'' is so obsessed with his appearance, that he applies a new coat of paint every 4 hours and shines his armor every 6. [[Berserk Button|Calling him ugly]] is a good way to get [[Wave Motion Gun|a face-full of laser]].

 

== Web Original ==

* [[The Nostalgia Chick]].

* [[Ask That Guy With The Glasses]].

 

== Western Animation ==