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* Alfie O'Meagan from ''[[Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja]]'' constantly alternates between casting himself as a selfless savior of humanity and gloating about being the most powerful person on Earth.
{{quote|"There is a purpose behind my ability to increase my own powers! My potential is limitless! You can't possible conceive of the wonders I have in store for the world! Lucky that I am a pool of endless compassion!"}}
* A number of the heroes in ''[[Irredeemable]]'' fit this blend. Qubit is an [[Insufferable Genius]] who has little trouble reminding people he's the smartest guy in any room. When The Plutonian was still a hero, he played up some false modesty, but after he turned evil he promptly dropped it and had no qualms rubbing his power into everyone's faces. But the best example from the comic is The Survivor, who's entirely too pleased with himself about his abilities and uses his power to do whatever he feels like after getting it.
** The existence of Smug Supers is something that [[Irredeemable]] examines in detail. At one point the heroes discover a man with super-powers on par with The Survivor, but decides to never use them and instead became a humble monk out of fear of what such power could do to him.
* ''[[PS238]]'' got a great big crowd of these. Starting with kids who don't know better, but are about to learn the hard way. Taylor's parents (who chose "Powers" as their "masked" last name) are introduced as highly prideful, but this turned out to be a moderate version. Many super-intellects are [[Insufferable Genius]] sort. Many others, well...
{{quote|'''Phlogiston''': Don't ''any'' of you know what "narcissistic sociopath" means?}}
** Not only they tower over normal people, but many look down at relatively "common" F.I.S.S. ([[Flying Brick|Flight, Invulnerability, Strength, Speed]]) metahumans and [[You Are Number Six|refer to them by numbers]] - enough that many FISS rushed to their own political movement ("Equal recognition for equal [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|<s>work</s>]] heroism!") once they found a fitting "unifying symbol"
** [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/2018-06-15/ Ultima Powers helps Gravpulse to regret] coming there, and that's only her fourth page.
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