The Fighting Narcissist: Difference between revisions

** Zarbon, Frieza's henchman. He takes a HANDICAP in most fights to preserve his good looks; he has the ability to transform into a much stronger but much uglier form, but only does so when it's a choice between doing so or being killed.

** Cell after achieving his Perfect form. Even more so in ''[[Dragon Ball Kai|Kai]]'':

** Broly also has a reputation for this.

* Yuda of ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', quite possibly the [[Trope Maker]] and [[Trope Codifier]] in Japanese media. Pretty much any character that follows this archetype in any Japanese work is somehow based on him. His rivalry with Rei was based on proving his Nanto Kokaku Ken style was ''more beautiful'' than Rei's Nanto Suicho Ken.

* The legendary Major Armstrong from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' has shades of this trope in both his combat skill and utter infatuation with himself and his beautiful muscles. Definitely a good guy though.

== Live-Action TV ==

* Lord Flashheart from ''[[Blackadder]]''.

 

 

== Video Games ==

* Flea, of ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' fame, is a tad more [[Vain Sorceress|mystically inclined]] than the standard example but [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|he]] has a quote which embodies the whole fighting narcissist philosophy:

* "Mid-Boss" Vyers from ''[[Disgaea]]'', although {{spoiler|it's more of a facade}}.

* Draven from ''[[League of Legends]]'' is the younger brother of the famed Noxian general Darius; unlike his brother, however, he wanted only to be famous and have his name recognized everywhere, and so he went from being an ordinary executioner to a flamboyant, theatrical showman, turning executions into grand gladiatorial spectacles with him hunting prisoners down and toying with them before dispatching them with a decisive axe-toss. His quotes reflect this; nearly everything he says is some sort of boast.

* ''Super Punchout'' had a boxer named Narcis Prince, whose [[Achilles Heel|weak spot]] was his perfect face; a successful punch to his chin would cause him to get [[Minor Injury Overreaction|pissed off]], move faster, hit harder, and make several fatal mistakes in a row, most of which left him open for ''another'' sock to the face.

* [[Handsome Lech|Zelos]] [[Chivalrous Pervert|Wilder]] from ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' deserves mention. He even has a title called [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|''Narcissist'']] and various battle quotes to go with it.

* Lee Chaolan, from ''[[Tekken]]''...somewhat. While he ''does'' prize elegance in battle greatly, defeating him is much more likely to make him determined to improve himself and/or his tactics than to make him declare a vendetta against you specifically. In other words, while he tends to ''assume'' that he's at the zenith, he's still capable of accepting that he hasn't achieved it yet, and is more likely to blame himself than you. Think of it as trying to deserve his own narcissism.<br /><br />On one hand, he fits this trope in a lot of aspects: he was [[The Dragon]] to Heihachi, and later, to Kazuya, while having no loyalty towards them (and probably having plans to [[The Starscream|take them down eventually]]); one of his post-match animations in 5 is he saying ''“You need to fight with more class”''; his fighting style is faster and more acrobatic; and his motivations are ultimately the pursue of more power, and trying to get revenge on Kazuya and Heihachi for the humiliation he’s gone through by their hands. On the other hand, he takes defeat by Lars pretty well, makes an alliance with him that goes past his immediate goals {{spoiler|(he admits owing a lot to Lars and repairs Alisa after the events in Scenario Campaign)}}, appears to treat women fairly, and, among the characters directly related to the Mishima Family {{spoiler|(Lars notwithstanding)}}, he is the most moral one (though that’s not to say he is a [[A Lighter Shade of Grey|nice person]]). Maybe he’s a [[Subversion]]?

* Konami [[Beat'Em Up]] ''[[Violent Storm]]'' features Julius, a muscular Greek statue who declares "BEAUTY IS JUSTICE!" when he comes to life to attack you. For normal players, he's very tough, being the penultimate boss, but a [[YouTube]] video of high-level play shows that he's vulnerable to grab attacks whenever he randomly breaks into his gratuitous bodybuilding pose.

* Ghirahim from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' spends much of the cutscene before the second battle against him commending his own beautiful body.

* ''[[Dawn of War]]''

** In "The Last Stand" mode for ''[[Dawn of War|Dawn of War II]]'', the Chaos Sorcerer has two different build paradigms: the [[Mook Maker|Doppelganger-generator]], and the "Narcissist" build who turns all Doppelganger-buffs into self-buffs.