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{{quote|One time—just one time—she had gotten merely satisfactory results, and this was her state. ''How much of a perfectionist can you be?''|Lergen's POV|[[Saga of Tanya the Evil]]}}
A character that ''has'' to be perfect at what they do, or at everything they do.
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In a [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]], this character is Melancholic.
Compare and contrast [[Super OCD]], as well as the [[Ultimate Lifeform]], who ''is'' "perfect". Also compare the [[Broken Ace]], who often overlaps with this character. In academics, this may result in a [[The "B" Grade]] situation.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Death the Kid from ''[[Soul Eater]]'', when it comes to [[Super OCD|symmetry]].
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* Deconstructed with a character in ''[[Fruits Basket]]''. Throughout her childhood, she was forced to be absolutely perfect. Now, perfection actually causes her to snap and wreck things on purpose.
* Asuka Langley from ''[[Evangelion]]'', who uses perfectionism as a way of avoiding dealing with her crippingly low self-esteem. Once she loses her status as the number one pilot, [[Break the Haughty|bad things begin to happen to her sanity]].
* Sebastian Michaelis in ''[[Black Butler]]'' must always do everything perfectly. Even if that means he ends up massively overdoing things. Even if the result being less perfect would actually have been better by being less conspicious. It helps a lot that Sebastian is a powerful demon with capabilities far beyond human and so can actually accomplish his vision without getting stuck.
* Super-genius [[Absent-Minded Professor]] Dr. Vegapunk in ''[[One Piece]]'' is this, unfortunately. He considers his attempt to recreate Kaido's Devil Fruit (a ''very'' powerful Zoan that lets Kaido ''[[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons| turn into a freakin' dragon!]]'') a failure simply because it turned out pink rather than blue.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Mentioned by the Navy psychiatrist as one of Lt. Queeg's faults in ''[[The Caine Mutiny]]''.
* In ''[[Saga of Tanya the Evil]]'', when Tanya is unable to see his (and his unit's) performance in their first at sea search and destroy mission as satisfactory, Lergen sees Tanya as a someone that demands perfection. This is a bit distinct from the conventional view of a perfectionist, which is typically someone that demands perfection only of themselves (and even then probably not perfection in everything). It was like [[The "B" Grade]], but with war (not a class on war, but actual war zone combat).
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Creepily shows up with Sirush from ''[[The Reconstruction]]''. One of his passive abilities even revolves around this.
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* Pretty much all of the prosecutors in ''[[Ace Attorney]]'', especially Manfred Von Karma, who {{spoiler|killed a defense attorney and raised his son to self-destruct}} just because his perfect win record was slightly damaged (and he still won the trial!).
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[[Category:Character Flaw Index]]
[[Category:The Perfectionist]]
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