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** To be fair to Fortesque, he was shot down by an arrow in the first charge. If he'd survived and reached contact with the enemy, who knows what would've happened. On the other hand, he's shown [[Leeroy Jenkins|charging out way ahead of his formation in the scene,]] practically asking to be sniped. Clearly took the idea of leading from the front a bit too literally...
*** Gotta give him credit for courage, though. Competent or not, charging out like that certainly was brave... probably even reckless, though.
* ''[[Wild
* In ''[[Tak and the Power of Juju]]'', everyone thinks Lok is the mighty warrior from the Pupanunu's prophecy, and you go through the first part of the game trying to rescue him. As it turns out, Tak is the one destined to take out the Big Bad.
** Mostly because Tak fulfills the signs the prophecy says will mark the chosen hero ''because it's the only way he can revive Lok.'' Some prophecies would settle for a simple unlikely hero, rather than full irony.
* In the Soviet campaign of ''[[Command
** General Krukov of ''Red Alert 3'' is similar, giving the player a lot of crap while taking credit for any of your successes. When he works with the Allies he arrives late and with limited reinforcements, stating that you should have done all the work yourself by the time he arrived.
** The (in)famous Soviet sniper Natasha is the stuff of legend--literally--to the point where there's considerable debate over her very existence. The fact that she exists as a trainable unit only serves to increase the probability that "Natasha" is more than one woman.
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** He gives a good account of himself in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' (after {{spoiler|[[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|Seifer kills Odin]]}}), [[Scratch Damage|most of the time.]]
** But then again, his final battle in ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' is a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] on its own.
* In ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'', Almaz claims to be a great hero, even though he pretty much just made the title up. This follows him throughout the whole game, as Mao keeps calling him "Fake-Hero".
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]] Cataclysm'' goblin leader is introduced as [[Aristocrats Are Evil|Trade Prince]] Maldy but judging by the fact that he's a level 11 elite and a Jerkass who [[Kick the Dog|sold his own cartel into slavery]], its unlikely he'll still be the leader by the end of the starting zone.
** In the earlier expansion, ''Burning Crusade'', Illidan managed to get the Fake Ultimate Villain treatment. The game cover, trailer, and most of the in-game quests painted Illidan as the primary threat of the expansion. Ultimately he was beat in the first content patch; the real ultimate villain of the cycle, Kil'jaeden, appeared two patches later.
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** A better example might be [http://girlyyy.com/go/31 Detective Clampjaw], a blatant ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' expy, who takes credit for his niece's mystery solving skills without being aware she's doing anything.
* Rok'Tar of ''Flintlocke Vs. The Horde'' may be getting this reputation from the Night Elves, due to an [http://pc.gamespy.com/flintlocke-vs-the-horde/episode-9-when-orcs-attack/940273p1.html exaggerated story] from a Nelf he attacked when he's really a fairly low-level Orc Hunter whose pet is only a bunny named Bun'Kar.
* ''[[8-Bit Theater
** In fact, when {{spoiler|someone else defeats Chaos, Black Mage states outright that they'll be taking credit for the victory anyway}}.
** Which leads {{spoiler|White Mage}} to find another set of [[Fake Ultimate Hero|Fake Ultimate Heros]] {{spoiler|just to keep the light warriors from getting credit.}}
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* Captain Hammer from ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]'' is a [[Jerkass]] variant of this. Sure, he's a genuine [[Superhero]], but he's also a smug, nasty, patronizing, self-centered [[Jerk Jock]] deconstruction of [[The Cape (trope)]] who is hinted to generally do more damage than his C-list enemies.
** Also, the eponymous Dr. Horrible can count as a Fake Ultimate ''[[Villain Protagonist|Villain]]'' at the end when {{spoiler|he takes credit for Penny's death to join the Evil League of Evil when it was really an accident caused by the aforementioned Captain Hammer}}.
* Mario is like this on ''The Toad Show'', always acting like a hero but honestly a failure. [http://www.youtube.com/user/ILVGwebmaster#p/u/25/py3s6q3ed80\]
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{{quote|'''Zapp''': Whatever the problem is, rest assured that I will send wave after wave of my men to help you solve it. Right men?!
'''Random Guy''': You suck! }}
* Captain Good, a [[The Cape (trope)|Cape]] participant from ''Yogi's Space Race'', is secretly a disguised [[Dastardly Whiplash|Phantom Phink]] (an [[Expy]] of [[Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines|Dick Dastardly]] - <small>[[In Space]]</small>).
* The animated film ''[[Shark Tale]]'' is about a fish who is hailed as a "shark slayer" (the film's original title) after the shark chasing him is killed by a wayward anchor and he takes all the credit.
* The flamboyant Flint from ''[[Oban Star-Racers]]'' is the track favourite on his homeworld of Alwas, and, along with his gunner, Marcel, is believed by everyone there to be unbeatable. However, when Molly actually races him, she quickly learns his true secret to success: the judges fix races for him by deploying traps that ''only'' affect the challenger. When trying to play fair fails, Molly decides to goad Flint into proving his "skills" by flying into the traps; he promptly crashes.
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