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{{quote|'''Reynholm''': "I hope it doesn't sound arrogant when I say that [[This Is Sparta|I am! The greatest man! In the world!]]"}}

** His son Douglas is ''even worse'', as demonstrated at [[The Fun in Funeral|his father's funeral.]]

{{quote|'''Douglas''': "UNHAND ME, PRIEST! Where is your god? WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW? [[Large Ham|FAAAAATHEEEER]]!!!"

''sobs melodramatically before seeing Jen''

[[Distracted by the Sexy|Well who's this?]] Hi, I'm Douglas, what are you doing after the funeral?" }}

*** Douglas is at least slightly aware of his failures, though. He's just too rich and dumb to stop himself. He is shown to be occasionally successful, which doesn't help, but then stuff like this happens:

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* In ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Theon Greyjoy (more of a [[Smug Snake]] in the novels) is a definite example of this, often for comic effect. Theon is an arrogant jerk who likes to boast about his skill as a warrior and irresistibly to women as well as the greatness of his family (whose rebellion was recently easily crushed, which is why Theon is Eddard Stark's ward/prisoner in a [[Gilded Cage]]). The end result is that Theon is often the target of mockery from people of all classes in the feudal system.

* Batley from ''[[Eureeka's Castle|Eureekas Castle]]''. He had such a big ego, one episode saw him singing a heartfelt ballad entitled "I Love Me".

* Sylvia Noble from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is an inversion. She really doesn't seem to have an over-inflated opinion of herself; she just has a really low one of everyone else. Sylvia has no understanding of the concept of tact, often insulting and belittling Donna and Wilf, her own daughter and father, respectively. She dismisses her daughter's [[Doctor Who/Recap/2006 CS the Runaway Bride|disappearance in a flash of light while walking up the wedding aisle]] as Donna tricking everyone to demand attention. She has absolutely no respect or faith in her daughter, and isn't afraid to tell her so. She refuses to acknowledge her daughter's choices and actions, ignores the Doctor when he tells her there's danger. Fortunately, after {{spoiler|Donna's actions in [[Doctor Who/Recap/~~NS/S4~~/E12 The Stolen Earth|the]] [[Doctor Who/Recap/~~NS/S4~~/E13 Journeys End|finale]],}} she seems to have realized her mistakes, and by ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/~~NS/S4~~/E17 E18 The End of Time|End of Time]]'', she's almost pleasant to be around.

* Sylvia Noble from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is an inversion. She really doesn't seem to have an over-inflated opinion of herself; she just has a really low one of everyone else. Sylvia has no understanding of the concept of tact, often insulting and belittling Donna and Wilf, her own daughter and father, respectively. She dismisses her daughter's [[Doctor Who/Recap/2006 CS the Runaway Bride|disappearance in a flash of light while walking up the wedding aisle]] as Donna tricking everyone to demand attention. She has absolutely no respect or faith in her daughter, and isn't afraid to tell her so. She refuses to acknowledge her daughter's choices and actions, ignores the Doctor when he tells her there's danger. Fortunately, after {{spoiler|Donna's actions in [[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E12 The Stolen Earth|the]] [[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E13 Journeys End|finale]],}} she seems to have realized her mistakes, and by ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E17 E18 The End of Time|End of Time]]'', she's almost pleasant to be around.

* Many customers on ''[[Pawn Stars]]'', particularly guys trying to sell cars, often think they did a great job restoring it, but really destroyed the item. One guy removed the air filter so he could fit a large engine than the car could fit, thinking the Pawn Star's were real "real car guys". Rick and the Old Man were horrified at the result.

* All the characters on ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia|Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'' with the possible exception of Charlie, fit this description but Dennis really stands out. He believes himself to be an immensely charming, likeable person who is skilled at everything and liked by everyone. In reality, he is sociopathic, vulgar, rude, idiotic, runs a failing business and has really only gotten as far as He did due to his family's wealth. Most episodes have Him attempt a new venture and become completely confused and aggressively annoyed when others don't view Him as being talented.

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* The Scout from ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', at least in the Meet The Scout video. He considers it "kind of a big deal" that there's someone who hasn't heard of him.

* Murray from the ''[[Monkey Island]]'' series. In his own mind, he is a powerful demonic force, the harbinger of your doom, and the forces of darkness will applaud him as he strides through the gates of Hell, carrying your head on a pike!

{{quote|'''Guybrush:''' [[Oracular Head|'Stride']]?

'''[[Oracular Head|Murray:]]''' ...All right then, 'roll'! ''Roll'' through the gates of Hell!... Must you take the fun out of ''everything''? }}

* Lurbuk, an Orc bard from [[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]], is so convinced of his own greatness that he doesn't realize you're there to kill him, even as you draw your blade and tell him he's about to die. And as testament to just how bad he is, a lottery was held to determine who could hire you to kill him.