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*** 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''.
** Queen Grimhilde, the evil queen in ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', being the Trope Confider for [[Vain Sorceress]] and all.
** Lady Tremaine in ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'' is incredibly stuck up and clearly going for an "evil mastermind" vibe, but she ends up not being nearly as efficient as she thinks herself to be.
** Captain Hook in ''[[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Peter Pan]]''. Kind of hard to enforce a fearsome reputation when [[Butt Monkey|you're constantly being made the butt of jokes and slapstick gags.]]
** Cruella De Vil in ''[[101 Dalmatians]]'' is a classic example. Contrast her usual demeanor with her frequent temper tantrums and [[Villainous Breakdown]] in the climax.
** Edgar the butler in ''[[The Aristocats]]''. Incredibly snooty and self assured, but even more of a [[Joke Character|Joke Villain]] than the above-mentioned Captain Hook!
** Madame Medusa in ''[[The Rescuers (Disney film)|The Rescuers]]''. For all her ego and sarcastic disdain for others, there's nothing remotely magnificent about her.
** Professor Ratigan in ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' is an interesting case of a villain who can be both this ''and'' a [[Magnificent Bastard]].
** Sykes in ''[[Oliver and Company]]''. Complete with a very smug looking [[Psychotic Smirk]] that he quite often gives.
** Gaston in ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''. Very social savvy and manipulative, but also insanely conceited, [[Book Dumb]], and ultimately a [[Dirty Coward]].
** Jafar in ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|
*** Unlike most of these smug snakes, Jafar graduated to a [[Magnificent Bastard]] in the second movie.▼
** Scar in ''[[The Lion King]]'' starts the film as a true [[Magnificent Bastard]] as he schemes to take the throne and literally claws his way to power, skillfully manipulating others in order to get what he wants. But once he actually has what he long desired, he gets sloppy and devolves into a lazy, whiny, spoiled [[Psychopathic Manchild]] whose Jerkassery is barely concealed by [[Faux Affably Evil]]-ness like it once was, and when his manipulations fall apart and the truth about his murder of his brother comes to light, he turns into a [[Dirty Coward]] who seals his own fate by trying to shift the blame to his hyena followers, right when said followers are within earshot! [[What an Idiot!]]
** Governor John Ratcliffe in ''[[Pocahontas]]''. All about greed, bigotry and ego, incredibly low on intelligent thinking. He does get better in that regard in the direct-to-video sequel, but he still doesn't think far ahead enough, as shown by his [[Villainous Breakdown]] when his plans start to fail.
** Judge Frollo in ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' has exactly one moment of a clever [[Batman Gambit]] and spends the rest of the film acting like a snooty, self-important, genocidal [[Jerkass]] of a [[Knight Templar]] who is fully convinced he is a "righteous man" who has God on his side despite his ''very clear'' indulgences in sadism and lust.
** Clayton in ''[[Tarzan (Disney film)|Tarzan]]''. He's more charismatic and manipulative than Ratcliffe, but stiff suffers the same problems.
** Yzma in ''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]'', a self absorbed yet bungling [[Treacherous Advisor]]/[[Mad Scientist]] whose schemes are not nearly as "Brilliant, Brilliant, BRILLIANT!" as she makes them out to be.
** Lyle T. Rourke in ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'', like Grimhilde, Sykes, Scar, and Frollo before him, is both this and a [[Complete Monster]].
** Scroop, the spider-like pirate in ''[[Treasure Planet]]'', especially in contrast with the film's [[Magnificent Bastard]] main antagonist, Long John Silver.
** The Bowler Hat Guy in ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]'' is this in addition to being an [[Unwitting Pawn]] to ''his own AI-powered Bowler Hat.'' (No, seriously.)
** Both the Director and the Agent in ''[[Bolt]]'', especially the latter.
** Both King Candy/{{spoiler|Turbo}} in ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'' and {{spoiler|Prince Hans}} in ''[[Frozen (Disney film)|Frozen]]'' try their hands at Magnificent Bastardry, but their egos outweigh their manipulations and planning skills.
** Recently, ''Zootopia'' gives us {{spoiler|both Mayor Leodore Lionheart and Assistant Mayor Bellweather}} as shoe-ins for this trope.
** 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.
*** 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.
▲*** Unlike most of these smug snakes, Jafar graduated to a [[Magnificent Bastard]] in the second movie.
* {{spoiler|Pong Krell}} from ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]''
* ''[[Shrek]]'' examples:
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