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Line 1: {{trope}} * It just bugs me how often this trope is used for justification for a really strong antagonist, like say, [[Fate/stay ~~Stay Night~~night\|Gilgamesh]] or [[Harry Potter\|Voldemort]], not going full out on the protagonists, even though if they did, they could easily have won. They say [[Fatal Flaw]]. I say [[Plot Induced Stupidity]]. [[Plot Induced Stupidity]] got renamed to [[Forgot About His Powers]], which I'm pretty sure isn't the same thing that you were talking about. What you're talking about fits more into [[Bond Villain Stupidity]], [[Third -Act Stupidity]], and various other [[Villain Ball]] tropes that basically boil down to "[[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]]" which can indeed get quite bugworthy if a villain is particularly stupid about things. * To be fair, pride ''can'' make you stupid. Not to say it's not an excuse for a full-on [[Ass Pull]] when some baddie decides to catch the [[Villain Ball]]. ** To explain in as blunt a manner as possible to the first poster, I'll just say this; look on the Internet. Look at [[Sonichu\|Chris-chan]]. Or any other person on [[YouTube]], the news, any forum, or any person who's uploaded a photo of themselves on Facebook; pride cometh before [[Sophisticated As Hell\|some pretty dumb shit]]. * Okay, this is a little off-topic, but it really bugs me. I see a lot of artwork for the [[Seven Deadly Sins]] on [[Deviant ART]], but [[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics\|nine out of ten times]], they seem to portray pride as vanity. Is it just easier to render in a single drawing, or are most of the artists just looking for a way to make it look "pretty"? Or is it just easier? * Yeah, what bugs me is how negative this is portrayed. I mean seriously, is it that wrong to be proud of yourself for your achievements? Why always so negative?