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* Major Frank Burns in ''[[MASH]]''.
** Played with for his replacement, Charles Winchester. The man is indeed a hyper-qualified surgeon (unlike Frank), but his skills were best used in a regular hospital. He finds himself unprepared for the "meatball surgery" the camp has to utilize, which gives his ego some much-needed de-flating.
* Captain Peacock on ''[[Are You Being Served? (TV)|Are You Being Served]]''.
* Jenna Maroney on ''[[30 Rock (TV)|Thirty Rock]]'' is a notable female version.
** Tracy Jordan kind of fits this trope as well.
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* In ''[[Game of Thrones (TV)|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 ''[[Eureekas Castle (TV)|Eureekas Castle]]''. He had such a big ego, one episode saw him singing a heartfelt ballad entitled "I Love Me".
* Sylvia Noble from ''[[
* 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 (TV)|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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'''[[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 (Video Game)|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.
* Despite the [[Hot
* Bang's ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' prototype, Chipp Zanuff, the [[Eagle Land|American]] Ninja also fits this trope.
* ''[[Portal (Video Game)|Portal]]'''s Aperture Science, judging from a slideshow of theirs. The far better-known [[Half-Life (Video Game)|Black Mesa]] proposes modest budgets for its projects and is usually given as much. Aperture requests ridiculously large sums of money and usually gets the exact opposite.
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{{quote| "I'm the star player of the Zanarkand Abes! I should be rolling in pussy!"}}
** Overall, its save to say that the majority of [[That Guy With the Glasses]] members have at least once played off that concept.
* Jimmy Brennan of ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' is a mixture of this and [[Miles Gloriosus]]. He's [[Sarcasm Mode|definitely]] the most [[Badass]], [[Rated "M" for Manly|manly]], and awesome character on the island who can kick ANY ass!
* Matt in ''[[Two Best Friends Play]]'' during the ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Video Game)|Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'' video. He had played the game beforehand and thought he would kick Pat's ass. He did at first, but Pat eventually learned how to play the game and did much better than Matt, and showed that he actually knew who the characters were. And that's not taking into account the ''incredible'' level of humiliation they ''both'' suffered at the hands of an unnamed third guy, who was far more intimately familiar with the game than either of them.
* [[Psycho Ex
{{quote| "When will they see that their crappy little show would be so much better if I were acting in it? And writing it? And directing it?"}}
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