Small Name, Big Ego: Difference between revisions

* Cersei Lannister in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' is a rare female example. She believes herself to be, among other things, clever, ruthless, and irresistible to men. Of those qualities, only 1.5 are true. Unfortunately, she's the Queen of Westeros, leading to some problems in her reign.

* ''[[X Wing Series]]''. A character who was never seen while alive, Captain Darillian. He was "a petty guy who reached his ultimate level of usefulness driving a minelaying barge for a warlord and then had to be scraped off the floor," but his ego was big enough that he kept a [[Captain's Log]] in full holo and talked into it like he was always on dangerous missions that the fate of his sect of the Empire rode upon.

{{quote|Because he's not as bright as he thinks he is. He's creative in certain intelligence-gathering functions, but that has led him to believe that he is brilliant at everything. It's this assumption of his own infallibility that leads him into several errors.}}

*** And then we have ''Trigit's'' boss, Warlord Zsinj - although with Zsinj, it's a form of [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] which he knows a lot of people can see through. He's certainly got an ego, but it's not as unrestrained as it seems.

== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==

* During the late 1980s, [[WWE/Characters/Rock N Wrestling|the Honky Tonk Man]] became the longest-reigning WWF Intercontinental Champion to that point, holding the title for nearly 15 months in 1987-1988. During promos, Honky bragged that he was the "greatest Intercontinental Champion" in history, but his claim had little to do with his actual skills; rather, he would frequently get himself disqualified or have his manager, Jimmy "Mouth of the South" Hart, sneak-attack his opponents to set up an easy win. When the [[Ultimate Warrior]] finally caught up with Honky at the inaugural Summer Slam in 1988, [[Squash Match|it took 30 seconds to dethrone the braggart Honky.]] Honky never did regain the title, and his bragging soon became ignored by the fans as just hot air. (In reality, the WWF was trying to play up the Ultimate Warrior (Jim Hellwig) as the [[Next Big Star]], and used his WWF Intercontinental title run as a test run for bigger and better things, but Warrior was never truly successful.)

* Mr. Kennedy (Kennedy!) appeared to embody this trope when he exploded onto the scene in the late spring of 2006, claiming to be WWE's newest sensation and harboring such a high opinion of himself that he performed his own ring entrances in authentic ring-announcer style. He would often say that he was "the man who is single-handedly changing Friday nights!" The twist was that Kennedy actually ''could'' back up his braggadocio, defeating the likes of [[Batista]] and [[The Undertaker]] (albeit by cheating, getting his opponent counted out, or by goading the other guy into dishing out [[Disproportionate Retribution]] to him and gaining a disqualification victory). In fact, the only occasions when Kennedy seemed to come up short were when actual titles were on the line.

* A meta-example: [[WWE/Characters/Brand Extension|Drew McIntyre]] was pumped up by [[Vince McMahon]] as a future World Champion upon his debut and proceeded to let it go to his head. Since then, Drew hasn't caught on with the fans (in real life) but still thinks he deserves A-list treatment (in kayfabe), becoming this trope.