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*** Hiss's voice-actor Terry-Thomas was [[Typecasting|born to play this sort of role]].
*** Hiss's voice-actor Terry-Thomas was [[Typecasting|born to play this sort of role]].
** Kaa from Disney's ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' ''is'' a Smug Snake. This is the complete opposite of his personality in [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s original book, where he was more of an [[Old Master]] who has the respect (and fear) of the Jungle. [[Disneyfication|Disney didn't like the idea of a snake being a hero.Go figure]]. The Smug Snake in the book? ''Shere Khan''.
** Kaa from Disney's ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' ''is'' a Smug Snake. This is the complete opposite of his personality in [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s original book, where he was more of an [[Old Master]] who has the respect (and fear) of the Jungle. [[Disneyfication|Disney didn't like the idea of a snake being a hero.Go figure]]. The Smug Snake in the book? ''Shere Khan''.
** Gladstone Gander in the ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'' cartoon. See the comics section.
** Gladstone Gander in the ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'' cartoon. See the comics section. Flintheart Glomgold, Ma Beagle, and Magica De Spell also qualify.
*** Though Gladstone's Smug Snake characteristics were notably more subdued in his animated incarnation than in the original comic books. The episode "Dime Enough For Luck" even goes so far as to portray him in a fairly sympathetic light.
*** Though Gladstone's Smug Snake characteristics were notably more subdued in his animated incarnation than in the original comic books. The episode "Dime Enough For Luck" even goes so far as to portray him in a fairly sympathetic light.
*** He's back to full Smug Snake form in the 2017 reboot. Said series also introduces Mark Beaks as a particularly over-the-top smarmy and obnoxious Smug Snake, and makes, of all characters, [[Adaptational Villainy|Gyro Gearloose]] an example of this trope as well.
** [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Jafar]]. He thinks he is very clever, and does manipulate the heroes quite a bit, but in the end his lust for power prevents him from thinking through the consequences of his actions, {{spoiler|specifically that being a genie would force him to live in a lamp and grant wishes,}} which proves to be his undoing. He even has a bit of a snake theme going on.
** [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Jafar]]. He thinks he is very clever, and does manipulate the heroes quite a bit, but in the end his lust for power prevents him from thinking through the consequences of his actions, {{spoiler|specifically that being a genie would force him to live in a lamp and grant wishes,}} which proves to be his undoing. He even has a bit of a snake theme going on.
*** Unlike most of these smug snakes, Jafar graduated to a [[Magnificent Bastard]] in the second movie.
*** Unlike most of these smug snakes, Jafar graduated to a [[Magnificent Bastard]] in the second movie.
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