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{{quote|''"[[Meaningful Name|Cacofonix]], the bard. [[Metaphorically True|Opinion is divided]] as to his musical gifts. Cacofonix thinks he's a genius. [[Giftedly Bad|Everyone else thinks he's unspeakable]]."''|''[[Asterix]]''}} |
{{quote|''"[[Meaningful Name|Cacofonix]], the bard. [[Metaphorically True|Opinion is divided]] as to his musical gifts. Cacofonix thinks he's a genius. [[Giftedly Bad|Everyone else thinks he's unspeakable]]."''|''[[Asterix]]''}} |
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A character with a comically over-inflated image of himself. He thinks he's smarter than everyone else, [[Casanova Wannabe|thinks |
A character with a comically over-inflated image of himself. He [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All|thinks he's smarter than everyone else]], [[Casanova Wannabe|thinks he's a real lady's man]], thinks he's cool, [[It's All About Me|it's all about him]], but both his fellow characters and the audience know that this coolness is all in his mind. |
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This is a slightly different phenomenon from shows (like ''[[Seinfeld]]'') where essentially ''all'' the characters are like this and there are no "good" characters with which to contrast them. |
This is a slightly different phenomenon from shows (like ''[[Seinfeld]]'') where essentially ''all'' the characters are like this and there are no "good" characters with which to contrast them. |