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|'''Percy Shelley''', "Ozymandias"}}
{{quote|"[[I Resemble That Remark|''Clearly I lack arrogance, as that would be a '''flaw.''''']]"|'''Red Mage Statscowski''', '''[[8-
Just like alcohol, sometimes having a good opinion of yourself—your position, your skills, your accomplishments—can be too much. It can go to your head. It can turn you into a [[Jerkass]]. When it ''really'' gets bad, it can destroy your common sense, make you delusional, declare to the world that "[[It's All About Me]]!" and make you stomp right up there and ''seize'' the [[Idiot Ball]]. [[Pulp Fiction|That's pride fucking with you]].
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{{examples|Depictions of pride as a fatal (or extreme) flaw include:}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* Sesshomaru from [[Inuyasha]].
* Asuka from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' is practically defined by this—even more than being the series [[Tsundere]]. This is both a strength and a weakness. As the art book ''Eve'' states: "Asuka's pride is a double-edged sword of Damocles" and it's stated that her Pride is a defense to her ''crippling'' low self esteem due to a [[Freudian Excuse]]. [[Inferiority Superiority Complex|It's essentially a false coping mechanism]].
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', Pride is the leader of the Homunculi, following the [[Seven Deadly Sins]] theme. However, his identity differs between the first anime and manga—in the former Pride is {{spoiler|Fuhrer King Bradley}}, but in the latter it's {{spoiler|''Selim'' Bradley}}! In the former, the pride aspect manifests through the power he wields through his precognition and the political power at his beck and call; he refers to himself as God's "guardian angel" of humanity (with alchemists, possessing the one power he cannot have as a Homonculus, as the Devil). In the latter, Pride is the "pride and joy" of [[Big Bad]] Father. At one point Hohenheim addresses Pride, and characterizes his self-love as particularly evil: Pride is utterly incapable of giving value to the life of any other person, and is [[Lack of Empathy]] personified.
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== Comic Books ==
* Dream of ''[[The Sandman]]'' spent most of the series going through a slow change, and trying to correct mistakes his strict code of honor "compelled" him to make. {{spoiler|In the process of doing so, he made several powerful enemies, so it wasn't his pride per se which did him in, but his attempts to make amends that did.}}
** The nutshell description of the series is '{{spoiler|Dream of the Endless finds it necessary to change or die... and makes his choice.}}' If that wasn't an example of pride in action, what is?
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== Fan Works ==
* ''[[With Strings Attached]]''. There's a reason the third part of the Third Movement is called the Ego Trip....
== Film - Live Action ==
* ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' - Marsellus Wallace: "The night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting. That's pride fucking with you. Fuck pride. Pride only hurts, it never helps."
** To put this into context, he's trying to convince Butch to throw a fight by suggesting that his career as a boxer is essentially over, making this something of a [[Breaking Speech]].
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* ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' - Jafar was ''this close'' to complete victory, but his refusal to accept any position other than that of the most powerful being on the face of the Earth was what ultimately undid him. To be more specific, he was already the Sultan ''and'' the most powerful sorcerer in the world as a result of his first two wishes upon capturing the Genie, but his undoing came when Aladdin tricked him into wishing to be a genie -- [[Sealed Evil in a Can|with everything that goes along with the package]].
** Thinking about it, he could have avoided the last third of the movie altogether if he hadn't wasted his first wish on, essentially, stealing the Sultan's clothes - out of pride.
* Pride is key to plot in ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]''. Shifu was too proud of his [[The Gift|prized pupil]] Tai Lung, whom he valued as a son, to realize that Tai Lung was proud to the point of being arrogant. When Oogway denied Tai Lung the Dragon Scroll, he went berserk, carving a swath of devastation through the valley and trying to kill Shifu before being stopped by Oogway. Twenty years later, Shifu has allowed his pride and that failure to blind him to the potential of his other students, and prevents him from seriously considering that Po is the only hope of defeating Tai Lung. Meanwhile, Tai Lung has only gotten more full of himself while wasting away for twenty years, and when he finally confronts Shifu, he reveals that the motive behind everything he ever did [["Well Done, Son" Guy|was to make Shifu proud of him]]. Shifu declares that he was always proud of him, but that pride worked against him and kept him from seeing that he was setting Tai Lung up for disappointment. And once more, Tai Lung is too proud to accept this, and says he only wants the scroll. At the end, after getting thoroughly trounced by Po, he fails to understand the meaning of the Dragon Scroll that he had sought for so long, which is that you don't need to seek out some ultimate secret to reach your full potential: the power is already within you. His pride does not allow him to consider that he might have been wrong about everything, and he {{spoiler|dies... we think...}} refusing to accept that he had lost to, in his words, a "big, fat panda."
== Literature ==
* In ''Shadow Puppets,'' one of the [[Ender's Game]] sequels, Virlomi sets herself up as a [[A God Am I|holy woman/god on earth]] to lead a resistance movement in India against the Chinese occupation. After a long sequence of everything going right for her against rivals she knows are better than she is, she becomes convinced that she really is either divine or favored by the gods, and carelessly leads her army into an obvious trap.
** Later stories show just how much old Ma and Pa Wiggins manipulated their children because the pride of their children (especially Peter) was such there was no way their parents could have figured out they were world famous political Bloggers. ''Ender In Exile'' especially shows this with how they manipulate Peter to exile Ender and Valentine to join Ender. In Peter's case it takes him four books to even suspect his parents used him due to his own pride. This may be a [[Retcon]], however. If it is, it is one inspired by the fact that the reason (according to the Hegemony) that Peter, Val, and Ender are so smart to begin with is that their family has such an excellent genetic history of intelligence.▼
▲Later stories show just how much old Ma and Pa Wiggins manipulated their children because the pride of their children (especially Peter) was such there was no way their parents could have figured out they were world famous political Bloggers. ''Ender In Exile'' especially shows this with how they manipulate Peter to exile Ender and Valentine to join Ender. In Peter's case it takes him four books to even suspect his parents used him due to his own pride. This may be a [[Retcon]], however. If it is, it is one inspired by the fact that the reason (according to the Hegemony) that Peter, Val, and Ender are so smart to begin with is that their family has such an excellent genetic history of intelligence.
* In ''Starless Night'', Drizzt Do'Urden leaves his friends behind to see if he can head off the coming storm all by himself. Not only does he fail, not only would he have died if his friends (and even some enemies) hadn't rescued him, but he arguably makes things ''worse''. This would be fine...if it weren't for Drizzt's proclivity for [[Contemplate Our Navels|endless navel-gazing]] on various philosophical themes and subjects in his journal, [[Anvilicious|just in case you missed the point]].
* [[Jane Austen]]
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* In Nick Kyme's ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' novel ''[[Salamanders|Salamander]]'', Tsu'gan blames himself for his arrogance that led to his leaving his post, and so to an enemy's breaking in and killing his captain.
* In [[James Swallow]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' ''[[Blood Angels|Deus Encarmine'' and ''Deus Sanguinius]]'', Sachiel's pride is [[Foil|contrasted to]] Rafen, down to their reactions to each other's loss. Sachiel's reaction to news of an explosion ([[No One Could Survive That]]) is to [[Talking to the Dead|gloat]]; Rafen sees Sachiel's corpse and pities him.
** In the [[Backstory]], Rafen was so arrogant as to have been rejected as an aspirant for it, but that humbled him and (through some other circumstances) led to his being selected anyway. Stele explicitly compares Sachiel to Rafen: while it nearly killed him to break Rafen, and that was to [[Despair Event Horizon|drive him to despair]] because he could not win him over, he quite easily brought over Sachiel, through his pride.▼
▲Stele explicitly compares Sachiel to Rafen: while it nearly killed him to break Rafen, and that was to [[Despair Event Horizon|drive him to despair]] because he could not win him over, he quite easily brought over Sachiel, through his pride.
* In [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s ''[[John Carter of Mars|The Chessman Of Mars]]'', the men of Manator are particularly proud and maltreat their slaves from contempt because they have never been defeated and [[Made a Slave|enslaved]] themselves.
* In [[Ben Counter]]'s [[Warhammer 40,000]] novel ''[[Soul Drinkers|Chapter War]]'', Eumenes justifies his rebellion on grounds of fighting for what he believes in, but is clearly after power, especially when he gloats over what he will do with Sarpedon after Sarpedon submits to him to save the Chapter.
* In [[Ben Counter]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' novel ''[[Grey Knights]]'', the daemon accuses Alaric of Pride, which, it claims, blinds him to both his faults and his defeat.
* Pride is the ultimate source of all the misery Winterbourne and Daisy suffer in ''[[Daisy Miller]]''.
* As [[C. S.
{{quote|...the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.}}
* Being as ''[[Things Fall Apart]]'' is more or less stated to be a classical Greek tragedy set in pre-colonial and early colonial Nigeria, it makes sense that Okonkwo's driving force and {{spoiler|ultimate cause of death}} is Pride. Subverted in that the author does not condemn Okonkwo's pride but rather is saddened by it.
** The backstory of his deadbeat father, who spent his days idling and died in massive debt, provides a [[Freudian Excuse]] in this case. Okonkwo swore to himself he would be a pillar of strength and manliness, not a failure like his father.▼
* In [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', pride literally goes before a Fall:▼
▲The backstory of his deadbeat father, who spent his days idling and died in massive debt, provides a [[Freudian Excuse]] in this case. Okonkwo swore to himself he would be a pillar of strength and manliness, not a failure like his father.
▲* In J.R.R Tolkien's ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', pride literally goes before a Fall:
** Melkor sought to create and rule over others, and was too proud to admit his creations were only discoveries made possible by God. He became Morgoth, that is, Satan.
** All the Noldor were prideful, but Fëanor's arrogance was such that he lead the majority of them into exile, thinking he would be able to defy the Valar (godlike angels delegated to rule the world), and that he would stand a chance of defeating Morgoth in combat. Predictably, it ended very badly for him and most of his people.
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* Pride is the defining trait of Lord Voldemort in ''[[Harry Potter]]''. He is so in love with himself that he can't stand the idea of ceasing to be which is what drives his obsession with immortality. He continually underestimates Harry and refuses to countenance the idea that there are powers that he doesn't understand. He repeatedly blames others for mistakes he himself makes and is incapable of viewing others as his equal, ultimately leading to his downfall.
== Live
* ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' has the main character with an obvious streak of pride coloring all his actions. He'd rather make and sell Meth than ask for or accept help for his family or condition. At one point it's revealed that his partner in grad school created a successful biotech company that his ideas helped create. Rather than accept a very large check that would have covered his bills and act as a late payment for his help with the company, he tears it up and goes back to making drugs to earn his own way.
* The [[Our Elves Are Better|Minbari]] of ''[[Babylon 5]]'' is [[Planet of Hats|an entire species of this]]. Same with the Centauri, who fuss over their glorious and long-be-gone past until their planet is reduced to rubble, the Narn, who fuss over their grudges with the Centauri and the need to take a rightful place in the galaxy until, you guessed it, their planet is reduced to rubble, Vorlons and the Shadows. The last two are worst (they incite genocidal wars and run species into extinction just to prove that their tutory strategy is the best one) and they are the ones that get away relatively easy. Huh.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The Doctor can fall into this, given his [[Smug Super]] tendencies, and it's a notable part of the Tenth incarnation's personality. One of Ten's last appearances, in [[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E16 The Waters of Mars|The Waters of Mars]] has him basically go into [[A God Am I]] mode with massive hubris, but then end up as much more humble afterward after his arrogance is crushed.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2By1X26GqE Because I'm awesome] by the Dollyrots may or may not be a parody of when you have a ''little'' too much pride.
* Travis Tritt's "Foolish Pride" is about a failed relationship where both sides are afraid to show their feelings for each other out of pride.
* The Seven Deadly Sins series, by Vocaloid producer [[Akuno P]] aka mothy. Pride's song is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q46Osg9C4pA Daughter of Evil], by Rin Kagamine who is a tyrannical princess of the Yellow Kingdom. Be sure to watch the sequel [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwnyPIbt1BA&feature=related Servant of Evil] which is from her servant's point of view, and shows more to the story. Be warned, its a bit of a tearjerker.
== Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends ==
== Mythology ==▼
* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: [[Classical Mythology]] is chock full of these. Here "pride" often means contention with or disrespect for a god.
** Medusa was a famously beautiful priestess of Athena. In Ovid's late [[Retcon|retelling]] of the myth she has sex with Poseidon in a temple of Athena. She got turned into [[A Kind of One|one of the Gorgons]] by Athena because of it.<ref>In the (numerous) earlier versions of the myth, Medusa does nothing prideful but gets walloped by the gods anyway -- one version even had her ''raped'' by Poseidon.</ref>
** Arachne claimed she could weave better than the Goddess of Arts (and most everything else), Athena. The story varies from telling to telling; in some she makes tapestries depicting the gods' faults and foibles, and in some she out-and-out taunts Athena after actually beating her in a weaving contest. Either way, her pride gets her beaten senseless and nearly killed by the angry Athena, who quickly relents and turns Arachne into the first spider as a testament to her skill.
*** Yet another version has her [[Driven to Suicide|hanging herself]] after Athena destroys her life's work (a moving tapestry of the gods) in a fit of jealous rage. Athena resurrects her as the first spider out of remorse.▼
*** Note that she didn't just [[Blasphemous Boast|claim to be better than Athena]], in many versions of the story ''she actually was''. [[Jerkass God|Not that the Greek gods being phenomenal jerks should surprise anyone]], of course.▼
▲Yet another version has her [[Driven to Suicide|hanging herself]] after Athena destroys her life's work (a moving tapestry of the gods) in a fit of jealous rage. Athena resurrects her as the first spider out of remorse.
** Both Psyche and Andromeda ended up [[Chained to a Rock]] because someone had said they were more beautiful than Aphrodite, who did not tolerate challenges to her [[Fairest of Them All]].▼
▲** Note that she didn't just [[Blasphemous Boast|claim to be better than Athena]], in many versions of the story ''she actually was''. [[Jerkass God|Not that the Greek gods being phenomenal jerks should surprise anyone]], of course.
** Queen Niobe of Thebes once boasted that she was superior to the goddess Leto because, among other things, she had ''seven'' sons and seven daughters as compared to the latter's only two children: Apollo and Artemis. It did not end well. It also contains the most stunning example of [[Break the Haughty]] in classical mythology: {{spoiler|After all fourteen of her children were killed, Niobe wept. And wept. And wept so much that the gods took pity on her and turned her into an unfeeling stone. And the stone ''still wept.''}}▼
* Achilles in [[Homer]]'s ''[[The Iliad]]'' [[Achilles in His Tent|refused to leave his tent]] and help the Greeks fight, even after Agamemnon apologized for their meaningless spat earlier. He ended up with a {{spoiler|[[Dead Sidekick]]}}.
* In ''[[Odyssey|The Odyssey]]'', Odysseus blinds the cyclops Polyphemus, and tells Polyphemus "Nobody" did it, so that when the other cyclops asked who blinded him, Polyphemus could reply only, "Nobody." Of course, this plan failed, when Odysseus became so proud of his feat he ''yelled'' to Polyphemus to remember the man who blinded him, Odysseus, son of Laertes, King of Ithaca. Polyphemus called out to his dad, who just happened to be Poseidon, for vengeance; as a result, Odysseus was stranded on Calypso's island for seven years.
▲* Both Psyche and Andromeda ended up [[Chained to a Rock]] because someone had said they were more beautiful than Aphrodite, who did not tolerate challenges to her [[Fairest of Them All]].
▲* Queen Niobe of Thebes once boasted that she was superior to the goddess Leto because, among other things, she had ''seven'' sons and seven daughters as compared to the latter's only two children: Apollo and Artemis. It did not end well. It also contains the most stunning example of [[Break the Haughty]] in classical mythology: {{spoiler|After all fourteen of her children were killed, Niobe wept. And wept. And wept so much that the gods took pity on her and turned her into an unfeeling stone. And the stone ''still wept.''}}
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Mage: The Awakening]]'' - Every bad thing that has happened to the mages in the [[New World of Darkness]], from the [[Cosmic Horror|Abyss]] to the [[Enemy Without|released Goetia]], can be traced back to mages who [[Schmuck Bait|decided to push the proverbial big red button]] and were too hubristic to consider the consequences of their actions. Indeed, a major theme is that all evil is ultimately human evil in Mage.
* Many Space Marine chapters in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' have this problem. The last codex had optional disadvantages to represent this, such as We Stand Alone—essentially preventing them from ''ever'' getting Inquisitorial allies because they refuse help from anyone. Additionally, although some fall to Chaos through despair or rage, many (such as Horus himself or the Inquisitors who believe they can control Chaos) enter the claws of the Dark Gods due to pride - Tzeentch's portfolio includes (in addition to the more infamous Hope and Change) Ambition.
** The orks have Flash Gitz, who are this trope personified within ork society, with a fair share of [[Greed]] to go with it too. Where normal orks love fighting anything that moves, Flash Gitz are more concerned with getting more teeth (the ork currency, mind you) while spending as little of it as possible, and showing off their highly custimized guns and money to other orks. They are widely disliked amongst normal orks due to these facts for being huge showoffs.▼
▲The orks have Flash Gitz, who are this trope personified within ork society, with a fair share of [[Greed]] to go with it too. Where normal orks love fighting anything that moves, Flash Gitz are more concerned with getting more teeth (the ork currency, mind you) while spending as little of it as possible, and showing off their highly custimized guns and money to other orks. They are widely disliked amongst normal orks due to these facts for being huge showoffs.
** Then there were the Thousand Sons. Magnus's two big mistakes: thinking he knew more about the Warp than the Emperor, and thinking he was too smart to fall for a [[Deal with the Devil]]. Then, over the course of about a day, the whole thing came crashing down around his ears.
*** The Eldar who are now on the brink of extinction but still full of themselves and refuse to get along with other races.
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** Very deep in the back story, Absimiliard, the progenitor of the Nosferatu clan, killed his sire for scarring his (in his opinion) perfect face during his Embrace. In punishment, his grandsire Caine cursed the entire clan with inhuman hideousness.
* The Great Curse for the Sidereal [[Exalted]] is based around the structure of "make hubristic decision, execute competently". Solars are also prone to this, as their peerless excellence turns in on itself and becomes peerless arrogance. Other Exalts cheerfully dive into this on an individual basis.
== Theatre ==
* By the end of ''[[The Women]]'', Mary decides that pride is "a luxury a woman in love can't afford."
* In ''[[Ajax]]'', the main character's pride leads to a mad rampage that only ends up [[Driven to Suicide|driving him to suicide]].
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Geneforge]]'' series - The Shaper Council. If you choose to help a faction that opposes them, then they learn the hard way that yes, the rebellion ''can'' be a threat to them. Unfortunately, the other factions are often just as arrogant.
* ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]'' - Pride is the [[Fatal Flaw]] of {{spoiler|Gilgamesh}}; he is the single-most powerful being in the story, capable of frightening even {{spoiler|Avenger -- the embodiment of all human evils incarnated in an unlimited source of power}}... But he ''never'' goes all out on people because he is too secure in his own superiority, and it ''always'' comes back to bite him in the ass because by the time he gets serious it is already too late.
** Shinji is also overly prideful (with far less justification, too), which (combined with his general uselessness) ultimately leads to his downfall in all three routes (in particular Heaven's Feel).▼
* ''[[Fatal Fury
▲Shinji is also overly prideful (with far less justification, too), which (combined with his general uselessness) ultimately leads to his downfall in all three routes (in particular Heaven's Feel).
▲* [[Fatal Fury|Geese]]...[[SNK Boss|poor]], [[That One Boss|poor]] [[Blondes Are Evil|Geese]]. If it weren't for his... excessive pride, he wouldn't be stuck to the pavement like a mancake right now.
* In the original ''[[Ridge Racer]]'', the ultimate unlockable vehicle in the game is the black car (officially #13, 13" Racing). Even a good player can expect to be passed like they were standing still soon after the starting line, whereupon they will come around the next lap to see their opponent ''lounging by the black car, waiting for them to catch up.''
** Tortoise and the Hare, much?
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* Durandal and Tycho from ''[[Marathon Trilogy|Marathon]]'' are two rampant Ship AIs with delusions of godhood. The former's despair of being restricted to the thankless duty of operating doors while he could much greater things with his vast intellect is one of the things that starts the plot of the trilogy.
=== Visual Novels ===▼
▲== Visual Novels ==
* In [[Katawa Shoujo]], Lilly is often described as prideful by Hisao, as he notices that she often hides her emotions and works hard to prevent her blindness from being a noticeable handicap. Similarly, Emi often boasts about her skill as a runner in the track, referring to herself as "the fastest thing on no legs".
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'': Vaarsuvius' pride and inability to admit mistakes or rely on others is what ultimately causes him/her to {{spoiler|accept a [[Deal with the Devil]].}}
** Similarly, Pride is [[Knight Templar|Miko's]] [[Fatal Flaw]] - she refuses to admit that she can be wrong, and ends up {{spoiler|falling from her paladin status and dying in a [[Senseless Sacrifice]] that accidentally brings about Xykon's partial victory. As one poster on the Giant in the Playground boards put it, pride is the sin of the fallen, the sin of Lucifer.}}
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'''Aaryanna''': "And it's a sin you should be proud of, dammit!!!" }}
* In ''[[American Barbarian]]'', [http://www.ambarb.com/?p=60 Yoosamon tells the king that his pride cost him a son, and the king must not like his pride likewise injure his kingdom.]
== Western Animation ==
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** Of course there's Megatron who make's sure that he alone is the undisputed leader of the Decepticons, and he won't allow even Unicron to command him.
* Lucius on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''. He's a [[Smug Snake]] ruling an [[Egopolis]] who constantly tries to make the population love him while at the same time making them miserable. He's even [[Meaningful Name|named after]] Lucifer, the demon of pride. In fact, according to [[Word of God]], Lucius has some pretty terrifying powers, but doesn't use them strictly because his pride would be wounded if he admitted he needed them.
* Applejack has at least twice allowed her pride to cause problems in ''[[My Little Pony:
** In the season one episode "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1/E04 Applebuck Season|Applebuck Season]]", her stubborn refusal to accept help after insisting she could handle her family's orchard harvest alone combined with her trying to meet obligations to help her friends ends in nothing but disaster all over.
{{quote|'''Twilight Sparkle:''' It's over-propelled pegasus, practically poisoned plenty of ponies, and terrorized bushels of brand new bouncing baby bunnies.}}
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** A positive example occurs in "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E12 Baby Cakes|Baby Cakes]]", when an [[Innocently Insensitive]] comment by Twilight Sparkle kick starts Pinkie Pie's pride and forces her to step up to the responsibilities of caring for the foals she's babysitting.
* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', [[Lady of War|Suki]] doesn't respond well to having her failures pointed out. When [[Badass Normal|Sokka]] gently prods her to admit she was beaten in a sparring session, Suki forcibly bends his finger backwards and insists it was a lucky shot. After Suki mocks Team Avatar's win/loss record and Sokka responds by {{spoiler|pointing out [[The Evil Prince|Princess Azula]] took her captive}}, she flatly asks him if he's trying to get on her bad side.
== Real Life ==
* [[C. S.
** Although, really, that sounds more like greed than anything else.
*** Pride is arguably the root of all other sins as they are indulgence in different things and a certain degree of pride is needed for an individual to feel deserving of that indulgence.
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* Kim Jong Il full stop. His propaganda convinces North Korean citizens that he and his late father created the world and control the weather. If pride were a tangible substance he would be bursting at the seams.
* [[Adolf Hitler]] has this as his [[Fatal Flaw]], especially obvious during his failed attack on Russia (he boasted that the Russians and western democracies were weaklings), his belief that everyone (''including'' [[Nazi Germany]] itself) has failed him and thus deserve to die, etc.
* [[Donald Trump]] took this [[Up to Eleven]] with many considered him to be the most arrogant US President in history.
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