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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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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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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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* Light Yagami of ''[[Death Note (Manga)|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]].
* [[Meaningful Name|Naru]] from ''[[Ghost Hunt (Manga)|Ghost Hunt]]''. He has a name besides Naru (which is a nickname), but nobody else in the cast uses it.
* 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 people--it's just that [[Smug Snake|he finds himself infinitely more interesting]].
* 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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* Shawn from ''[[Psych]]''.
* [http://ask.metafilter.com/83417/Hollywoods-finest Michael] from ''[[The Office]]''
* [[The Master]] from ''[[
** The Master is more of a [[The Sociopath|sociopath]].
*** The two aren't mutually exclusive.
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