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* PetTheDog: In the book, he drops a coin into a homeless girl's cup to see if he's capable of doing something good. It's subverted since the girl was a student and the cup was full of coffee.

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* PetTheDog: In the book, he drops a coin dollar bill into a homeless girl's cup to see if he's capable of doing something good. It's subverted since the girl was a student and the cup was full of coffee.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: While he's definitely a {{Narcissist}}, a [[TheSociopath Sociopath]] and a {{Sadist}}, some of the symptoms he displays don't match any of them, most notably his freaky stress-induced hallucinations. He may have Borderline Personality Disorder (in ''addition'' to the above), as this would explain them as well as some other things he reports, such as identity disturbance, his mood swings, and his tendency to not feel much of anything.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: While he's definitely a {{Narcissist}}, a [[TheSociopath Sociopath]] and a {{Sadist}}, some of the symptoms he displays don't match any of them, most notably his freaky stress-induced hallucinations. He may Seems to have Borderline Personality Disorder (in ''addition'' to the above), his [[{{Narcissist}} narcissism]], [[{{Sadist}} sadism]], and [[TheSociopath sociopathy]]), as this would explain them his hallucinations as well as some other things he reports, such as identity disturbance, his mood swings, and his tendency to not feel much of anything.



* {{Hallucinations}}: Caused by stress, and extremely bizarre, but he believes every one of them.



* {{Sadist}}



* TheSociopath: Informs everything about his life -- the film's director describes him as a Martian trying to imitate human behavior (and never quite hitting the mark). He is probably one of the best examples in media.



* TheSociopath: Informs everything about his life -- the film's director describes him as a Martian trying to imitate human behavior (and never quite hitting the mark). He is probably one of the best examples in media.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: While he's definitely a {{Narcissist}}, a [[TheSociopath Sociopath]] and a {{Sadist}}, some of the symptoms he displays don't match any of them, most notably his freaky stress-induced hallucinations. He may have Borderline Personality Disorder (in ''addition'' to the above), as this would explain them as well as some other things he reports, such as identity disturbance, his mood swings, and his tendency to not feel much of anything.


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** And yet, he frequently pokes jibes as his "friends" for [[{{Hypocrite}} making even mildly prejudiced remarks.]]
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* MoralityPet: Luis and Jean. Not only are both in love with Bateman, they're also the only two characters in the story who are genuine people and completely honest. Consequently, Bateman can't bring himself to kill either of them.


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* PetTheDog: In the book, he drops a coin into a homeless girl's cup to see if he's capable of doing something good. It's subverted since the girl was a student and the cup was full of coffee.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He hits the trifecta: he's sexist, racist, '' homophobic.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He hits the trifecta: he's sexist, racist, '' ''and'' homophobic.
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* ChristianBale

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* ChristianBaleCreator/ChristianBale
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* {{Narcissist}}: Hoo boy.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He hits the trifecta: he's sexist, racist, ''and'' homophobic.
* PopCulturedBadass: Well, he thinks he is - who considers Music/WhitneyHouston a ''jazz'' singer?

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* {{Narcissist}}: Hoo boy.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He hits the trifecta: he's sexist, racist, ''and'' '' homophobic.
* PopCulturedBadass: Well, he thinks he is - who considers Music/WhitneyHouston a ''jazz'' singer?Some chapters consist entirely of him going on tirades about music, be it Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis, or Elvis Costello.



* TallDarkAndHandsome
* TheSociopath: Informs everything about his life -- the film's director describes him as a Martian trying to imitate human behavior (and never quite hitting the mark)

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* TallDarkAndHandsome
TallDarkAndHandsome: As we learn during his narration of his morning routine, he is the pinnacle of physical perfection.
* TheSociopath: Informs everything about his life -- the film's director describes him as a Martian trying to imitate human behavior (and never quite hitting the mark)mark). He is probably one of the best examples in media.



* UnreliableNarrator
* VillainProtagonist

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* UnreliableNarrator
UnreliableNarrator: His sanity is, at best, questionable.
* VillainProtagonistVillainProtagonist: With a capital "V".
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He hits the trifecta: he's sexist, racist, ''and'' homophobic.
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* MorallyBankruptBanker
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*BrokenAce: A Type 1 ''and'' a Type 2.
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* Narcissist: Hoo boy.

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* Narcissist: {{Narcissist}}: Hoo boy.
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* EvilIsPetty: Almost all of his murders are motivated by people having nicer clothes or better apartments than he does.


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* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Despite his insane levels of narcissism, it is shown often that Bateman utterly detests himself as much as he does everyone else and most of his murders are motivated by people unintentionally reminding him of this.
* ItsAllAboutMe: The only people he refuses to kill are ones who profess some affection for him, all of which he coldly discards.


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* KillThePoor
* Narcissist: Hoo boy.
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* TheSociopath

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* TheSociopathTheSociopath: Informs everything about his life -- the film's director describes him as a Martian trying to imitate human behavior (and never quite hitting the mark)
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* PopCulturedBadass: Well, he thinks he is (who considers WhitneyHouston a ''jazz'' singer?).

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* PopCulturedBadass: Well, he thinks he is (who - who considers WhitneyHouston Music/WhitneyHouston a ''jazz'' singer?).singer?
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Hallucinates that an ATM tells him to feed it a stray cat. He actually tries to do it.
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* PopCulturedBadass: Well, he thinks he is (who considers Whitney Houston a ''jazz'' singer?).

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* PopCulturedBadass: Well, he thinks he is (who considers Whitney Houston WhitneyHouston a ''jazz'' singer?).

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* PopCulturedBadass: Well, he thinks he is (who considers Whitney Houston a ''jazz'' singer?).



* VillainProtagonist
* WickedPopCultured: Well, he thinks he is (who considers Whitney Houston a ''jazz'' singer?).

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* VillainProtagonist
* WickedPopCultured: Well, he thinks he is (who considers Whitney Houston a ''jazz'' singer?).
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* WickedCultured: Well, he thinks he is (who considers Whitney Houston a ''jazz'' singer?).

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* WickedCultured: WickedPopCultured: Well, he thinks he is (who considers Whitney Houston a ''jazz'' singer?).
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* CreepyMonotone
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* TheSociopath
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness
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* KarmaHoudini

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* KarmaHoudiniKarmaHoudini: And boy is he upset about this status.

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* AffablyEvil



* HeroicSociopath

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* HeroicSociopathFauxAffablyEvil


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* TallDarkAndHandsome
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* WickedCultured

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* WickedCulturedWickedCultured: Well, he thinks he is (who considers Whitney Houston a ''jazz'' singer?).
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* DeadpanSnarker


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* StepfordSmiler

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* ChaoticEvil
** I don't know, I would make him more [[LawfulEvil Lawful Evil]] or [[NeutralEvil Neutral Evil]]. No way a Chaotic Evil character is that much of a neat freak or cares that much what his standing in the social hierarchy is.



* CompleteMonster



* FountainOfMemes
* [[HeroicSociopath Heroi-umm, Sociopath]]

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* FountainOfMemes
* [[HeroicSociopath Heroi-umm, Sociopath]]
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** I don't know, I would make him more [[LawfulEvil Lawful Evil]] or [[NeutralEvil Neutral Evil]]. No way a Chaotic Evil character is that much of a neat freak or cares that much what his standing in the social hierarchy is.
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* AxCrazy

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* ChaoticEvil



* HeroicSociopath

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* HeroicSociopath[[HeroicSociopath Heroi-umm, Sociopath]]
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* CompleteMonster


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* UnreliableNarrator

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