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* [[Final Fantasy III|The Onion Knight]] in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]''. He's quite clever, and knows it (and will remind Terra bout his intelligence at ''every turn''). He easily fits parts 1, 2, and 3. ''Especially'' 3. You want a spectacular failure? How about causing {{spoiler|Terra to go out of control, let her get brainwashed, beat her up when you can't think of any other way out of it, and let her get kidnapped}}? His Destiny Odyssey is all bout him being knocked down a serious peg, and learning [[Straw Vulcan|to listen to his heart, not just his head]].

* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' has Mr. Robert Edwin House, President, CEO and Sole Proprietor of New Vegas. He's a [[Properly Paranoid]] genius owner of a [[Mega Corp]] who firmly believes [[Democracy Is Bad]] (not entirely untrue, considering the circumstances) and defended Las Vegas from nuclear attack to rebuild it to a point of glory, but is incredibly arrogant and refuses to believe that he could be wrong. He also thinks there's no question that he should be the sole [[Insistent Terminology|autocrat]] of New Vegas.

* [[Mass Effect 2]] introduces Miranda Lawson: as she and her sister were [[Designer Babies]] engineered by their megalomaniacal [[Truly Single Parent]] to be [[Born Winner~~|Born Winners~~]], [[Instant Expert]] [[TV Genius]] barely ''begins'' to describe her capabilities. Lawson drops in on Shepard's resurrection without any knowledge of the process and becomes the project's leader through sheer ability in less than a ''week''. Of course, being unfamiliar with failure, she never sees her mistakes coming: her statement that "any [[Mind Over Matter|Biotic]] could be a [[Barrier Warrior]]" turns out to be completely in error - it takes a [[Psycho Prototype]] or a [[Cool Old Lady]] to do it - she gets an ally killed if her advice is followed. She is actually cursed with being ''aware'' of this trope, resulting in an ''inferiority'' complex - she attributes all her successes to her father's design, and only takes credit for her failures.

* [[Mass Effect 2]] introduces Miranda Lawson: as she and her sister were [[Designer Babies]] engineered by their megalomaniacal [[Truly Single Parent]] to be [[Born Winner]]s, [[Instant Expert]] [[TV Genius]] barely ''begins'' to describe her capabilities. Lawson drops in on Shepard's resurrection without any knowledge of the process and becomes the project's leader through sheer ability in less than a ''week''. Of course, being unfamiliar with failure, she never sees her mistakes coming: her statement that "any [[Mind Over Matter|Biotic]] could be a [[Barrier Warrior]]" turns out to be completely in error - it takes a [[Psycho Prototype]] or a [[Cool Old Lady]] to do it - she gets an ally killed if her advice is followed. She is actually cursed with being ''aware'' of this trope, resulting in an ''inferiority'' complex - she attributes all her successes to her father's design, and only takes credit for her failures.

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== Web Original ==

* Many [[Mad Scientist|devisors and gadgeteers]] in the ''[[Whateley Universe]]'' get this, but the biggest of all must be Jobe Wilkins, Prince of Karedonia. A literal child prodigy even before he started breaking the laws of ~~reality -- and~~ a first-class [[Jerkass]] ~~-- he~~ sets about making a nanotech formula to transform anyone into his ideal wife. And then he [[Oh Crap|injects]] [[Epic Fail|himself]] [[Gender Bender|with]] [[Gone Horribly Right|it.]]

* Many [[Mad Scientist|devisors and gadgeteers]] in the ''[[Whateley Universe]]'' get this, but the biggest of all must be Jobe Wilkins, Prince of Karedonia. A literal child prodigy even before he started breaking the laws of reality—and a first-class [[Jerkass]]—he sets about making a nanotech formula to transform anyone into his ideal wife. And then he [[Oh Crap|injects]] [[Epic Fail|himself]] [[Gender Bender|with]] [[Gone Horribly Right|it.]]