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->''"It's all about me.\\
It's all about me, me, me\\
All about me.\\
Not sure why this happened.\\
Why there's music in the air.\\
Could be that machine.\\
Kicked in.\\
But I don't really care\\
I'm sure to win.\\
That contract\\
Now that I can stay on key.\\
Did I mention\\
It's all about me, me, me?"''\\

--> '''[[AlphaBitch Priscilla Pynch]]''', ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'', "I Have Heard the Robots Singing"

That contract Now that I can stay on key.\\
Did I mention.\\

It's all about me, me, me All about me.\\

But I don't really care I'm sure to win.\\

It's all about me, me, me?"\\
-->-- '''[[AlphaBitch Priscilla Pynch]]''', ''WesternAnimation/{{TransformersRescueBots}}'', "I Have Heard the Robots Singing"

->'''Fry:''' Bender, this has nothing to do with you!\\
'''Bender:''' That's impossible!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E7JurassicBark Jurassic Bark]]"

The egotist seems to think that the world ought to revolve around them and their every little whim, and is ready to walk all over other people in order to get what they want. They expect others to wait upon them hand and foot, make way for them on the sidewalk or let them cut ahead in line, help them first even if there are other people in greater need, and sacrifice their own best interests for whatever the egotist demands. They don't care about how their actions might harm other people, yet display MoralMyopia when someone else does something to harm or inconvenience them. Exactly why they think they're important and everyone else isn't will vary from case to case. For some, it could be the belief that they're superior to normal people because they are more beautiful, talented, favored by a deity, etc.--which may or may not be true--while others are simply so [[LackOfEmpathy lacking in empathy]] that they can't imagine anyone else's pain or feelings being as real as theirs. On the highest end of the ego scale is a terrifying form of ObliviouslyEvil, when the egotist is unable to comprehend that they're doing anything immoral because [[LackOfEmpathy they are unable to comprehend that other people have feelings at all]][[note]]ObliviouslyEvil villains are usually sympathetic [[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]], but villains whose obliviousness are derived from their inability to comprehend that other people even have feelings e.g. [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Judge Claude Frollo]] and [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], are usually even viler [[/note]].

The egotist seems to think that the world ought to revolve around them and their every little whim, and is ready to walk all over other people in order to get what they want. They expect others to wait upon them hand and foot, make way for them on the sidewalk or let them cut ahead in line, help them first even if there are other people in greater need, and sacrifice their own best interests for whatever the egotist demands. They don't care about how their actions might harm other people, yet display MoralMyopia when someone else does something to harm or inconvenience them. On the highest end of the ego scale is a terrifying form of ObliviouslyEvil, when the egotist is unable to comprehend that they're doing anything immoral because [[LackOfEmpathy they are unable to comprehend that other people have feelings at all]][[note]]ObliviouslyEvil villains are usually sympathetic [[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]], but villains whose obliviousness are derived from their inability to comprehend that other people even have feelings e.g. [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Judge Claude Frollo]] and [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], are usually even viler [[/note]]. Exactly why they think they're important and everyone else isn't will vary from case to case. For some, it could be the belief that they're superior to normal people because they are more beautiful, talented, favored by a deity, etc.--which may or may not be true--while others are simply so [[LackOfEmpathy lacking in empathy]] that they can't imagine anyone else's pain or feelings being as real as theirs.

The egotist seems to think that the world ought to revolve around them and their every little whim, and is ready to walk all over other people in order to get what they want. They expect others to wait upon them hand and foot, make way for them on the sidewalk or let them cut ahead in line, help them first even if there are other people in greater need, and sacrifice their own best interests for whatever the egotist demands. They don't care about how their actions might harm other people, yet display MoralMyopia when someone else does something to harm or inconvenience them. On the highest end of the ego scale is a terrifying form of ObliviouslyEvil, when the egotist is unable to comprehend that they're doing anything immoral because [[LackOfEmpathy they are unable to comprehend that other people have feelings at all]][[note]]ObliviouslyEvil villains are usually sympathetic [[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]], but villains whose obliviousness are derived from their inability to comprehend that other people even have feelings e.g. [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Judge Claude Frollo]] and [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], are usually even viler [[/note]]. Exactly why they think they're important and everyone else isn't will vary from case to case. For some, it could be the belief that they're superior to normal people because they are more beautiful, talented, favored by a deity, etc.--which may or may not be true--while others are simply so [[LackOfEmpathy lacking in empathy]] that they can't imagine anyone else's pain or feelings being as real as theirs.

When the cause of the attitude is being raised in a family of great power and wealth, you have a case of the subtrope RoyalBrat. For religious cases, see EgocentricallyReligious. Overlaps with MoralMyopia when debating the rights of others versus the rights of oneself. An egomaniac who likes being in the limelight will usually be an AttentionWhore. When combined with a massive sense of self-preservation, we get the DirtyCoward. MuseAbuse is often caused by an artist believing that they're a genius whose talent puts them above conventional morality, and thus they have a right to torment people close to them for inspiration as long as it makes their work better.

-> '''Tori Vega:''' You had water... this entire time...and you didn't share with the rest of us?
-> '''Trina Vega:''' If I shared it, there wouldn't have been as much for ''me''!
-->-- ''[[Series/{{Victorious}} Victorious]]'', "Survival of the Hottest".

-> '''Tori Vega:'''You had water... this entire time...and you didn't share with the rest of us?
-> '''Trina Vega:'''If I shared it, there wouldn't have had as much for ''me''!

'''Trina Vega:'''If I shared it, there wouldn't have had as much for ''me''!

-> If I shared it[[note]][[Main/ItMakesSenseInContext a bottle of water inside her bag in a heat wave]][[/note]] , there wouldn't be as much for me!
-->-- '''Trina Vega''', ''[[Series/{{Victorious}} Victorious]]''.

The egotist seems to think that the world ought to revolve around them and their every little whim, and is ready to walk all over other people in order to get what they want. They expect others to wait upon them hand and foot, make way for them on the sidewalk or let them cut ahead in line, help them first even if there are other people in greater need, and sacrifice their own best interests for whatever the egotist demands. They don't care about how their actions might harm other people, yet display MoralMyopia when someone else does something to harm or inconvenience them. On the highest end of the ego scale is a terrifying form of ObliviouslyEvil, when the egotist is unable to comprehend that they're doing anything immoral because [[LackOfEmpathy they are unable to comprehend that other people have feelings at all]][[note]]ObliviouslyEvil villains are usually sympathetic [[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]], but villains whose obliviousness are derived from their inability to comprehend that other people even have feelings e.g. [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Judge Claude Frollo]] and [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], are usually even more vile[[/note]]. Exactly why they think they're important and everyone else isn't will vary from case to case. For some it could be the belief that they're superior to normal people because they are more beautiful, talented, favored by a deity, etc.--which may or may not be true--while others are simply so [[LackOfEmpathy lacking in empathy]] that they can't imagine anyone else's pain or feelings being as real as theirs.

-> '''Trina Vega:''' If I shared it[[note]][[Main/ItMakesSenseInContext a bottle of water inside her bag in a heat wave]][[/note]] , there wouldn't be as much for me!
-->-- ''[[Series/{{Victorious}} Victorious]]'', "[[Recap/VictoriousS1E17SurvivalOfTheHottest Survival of the Hottest]]"

-->-- ''[[LiveActionTV/Victorious]]'', "[[Recap/VictoriousS1E17SurvivalOfTheHottest Survival of the Hottest]]"

-->-- ''LiveActionTV/Victorious'', "[[Recap/VictoriousS1E17SurvivalOfTheHottest Survival of the Hottest]]"

->'''Fry:''' Bender, this has nothing to do with you!\\
'''Bender:''' That's impossible!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E7JurassicBark Jurassic Bark]]"

The egotist seems to think that the world ought to revolve around them and their every little whim, and is ready to walk all over other people in order to get what they want. They expect others to wait upon them hand and foot, make way for them on the sidewalk or let them cut ahead in line, help them first even if there are other people in greater need, and sacrifice their own best interests for whatever the egotist demands. They don't care about how their actions might harm other people, yet display MoralMyopia when someone else does something to harm or inconvenience them. On the highest end of the ego scale is a terrifying form of ObliviouslyEvil, when the egotist is unable to comprehend that they're doing anything immoral because they are unable to comprehend that other people have feelings at all[[note]]ObliviouslyEvil villains are usually sympathetic [[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]], but villains whose obliviousness are derived from their inability to comprehend that other people even have feelings e.g. [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Judge Claude Frollo]] and [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], are usually even more vile[[/note]]. Exactly why they think they're important and everyone else isn't will vary from case to case. For some it could be the belief that they're superior to normal people because they are more beautiful, talented, favored by a deity, etc.--which may or may not be true--while others are simply so [[LackOfEmpathy lacking in empathy]] that they can't imagine anyone else's pain or feelings being as real as theirs.

The egotist seems to think that the world ought to revolve around them and their every little whim, and is ready to walk all over other people in order to get what they want. They expect others to wait upon them hand and foot, make way for them on the sidewalk or let them cut ahead in line, help them first even if there are other people in greater need, and sacrifice their own best interests for whatever the egotist demands. They don't care about how their actions might harm other people, yet display MoralMyopia when someone else does something to harm or inconvenience them. On the highest end of the ego scale is a terrifying form of ObliviouslyEvil, when the egotist is unable to comprehend that they're doing anything immoral because they are unable to comprehend that other people have feelings at all[[note]]ObliviouslyEvil villains are usually sympathetic, but villains whose obliviousness are derived from their inability to comprehend that other people even have feelings e.g. [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Judge Claude Frollo]] and [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], are usually even more vile[[/note]]. Exactly why they think they're important and everyone else isn't will vary from case to case. For some it could be the belief that they're superior to normal people because they are more beautiful, talented, favored by a deity, etc.--which may or may not be true--while others are simply so [[LackOfEmpathy lacking in empathy]] that they can't imagine anyone else's pain or feelings being as real as theirs.

The egotist seems to think that the world ought to revolve around them and their every little whim, and is ready to walk all over other people in order to get what they want. They expect others to wait upon them hand and foot, make way for them on the sidewalk or let them cut ahead in line, help them first even if there are other people in greater need, and sacrifice their own best interests for whatever the egotist demands. They don't care about how their actions might harm other people, yet display MoralMyopia when someone else does something to harm or inconvenience them. Exactly why they think they're important and everyone else isn't will vary from case to case. For some it could be the belief that they're superior to normal people because they are more beautiful, talented, favored by a deity, etc.--which may or may not be true--while others are simply so [[LackOfEmpathy lacking in empathy]] that they can't imagine anyone else's pain or feelings being as real as theirs.

It's hard or impossible for them to imagine that other people have their own lives outside of interacting with them. Not only must their friends, family, and adoring public be thinking about them all the time, but their rivals or enemies are surely out there obsessing about how to bring them down, no doubt because they’re jealous of the egoist's style and success. An egoist who’s an AttentionWhore or a CardCarryingVillain might go so far as to think there’s NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity, since the only thing worse than being talked about negatively is not being talked about ''at all''. An egotist with delusions of grandeur may have a one-sided rivalry or hatred for a different character who hardly even notices them. If normal criticisms fail to work on an egoist because they lack any sense of morality or shame, the most effective tactics for deliberately [[IShallTauntYou getting a rise out of them]] are mocking how pathetic and ridiculous they are, calling them "[[BoringInsult boring]]", or giving them a TheReasonYouSuck speech about how they're delusional to think they’re so important.

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[-[[caption-width-right:300:[[Music/TomJones And this perfect world will spin]], [[TheEmperor about his every little whim]], [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic because this perfect world begins and ends with]]... '''[[IncomingHam ME! BOOM, BABY!]]]]'''-]

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[-[[caption-width-right:300:[[Music/TomJones And this perfect world will spin, about]] [[TheEmperor his every little whim]], [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic because this perfect world begins and ends with]]... '''[[IncomingHam ME! BOOM, BABY!]]]]'''-]

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** It's perfectly clear that [[BigBad Salem]] only cares about herself. Her [[RageAgainstTheHeavens hatred of the gods]] isn't because of their capricious, egotistical nature, or the damage they've done to humanity. It's because of what they did to ''her''. Even her hatred for Ozpin is solely because he won't take her side.
--->'''Salem''': The moment you put your desires before my own they will be lost to you. This isn't a threat, this is simply the truth. The path to your desires is only found through me.
** When Salem isn't around, Cinder Fall makes it very clear that she thinks she's the one calling the shots and that everyone has to go along with her lead whether they like it or not. During his fight with Team RNJR, Tyrian goes so far as to muse that Cinder's wildest dreams involve her being in Salem's place.
** When it comes down to it, despite doing such things as charity events and fundraisers, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jacques Schnee]] is only concerned with maximizing profits and his own image, and doesn't give a damn about anyone who's ''not'' him unless he can use them to his own benefit.
** Adam Taurus wants to wipe out humanity, not because he believes peace between them and the Faunus is impossible, but because he blames them for the personal injustices he's faced. He also makes it a priority to hunt Blake down and [[RevengeByProxy hurt everyone she cares about]] because she left his abusive butt in the dust when she deserted the White Fang, displaying a WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou attitude towards doing so. In "Haven's Fate", the thing that seems to tick him off the most is Blake saying that she's "got bigger things to deal with". Even in his past, as shown during the Volume 6 Character Short, he starts off by telling the Faunus that they will claim "what we deserve"; by the time he's taken full control of the White Fang and is assaulting Haven Academy, he's instead talking about "what I deserve" and has no problem killing the Faunus who serve him to achieve his goals. His song "Lionize" reveals that he has a savior complex about his role in the White Fang, and suggests that at least partly, he was a glory-hound.
* ''WebAnimation/TheMostEpicStoryEverToldInAllOfHumanHistory'': It’s usually [[EvilIsHammy Ridiculously Epic’s]] attitude in general, but he really takes it up a notch in “The Most Epic Day in the Life at a Soul-Sucking Job” and “The Most Epic Teaching Experience”, where his self-centered attitude and need for his every whim to be catered to makes it incredibly difficult for the protagonists to get through a day in the life at their jobs.
* ''{{Machinima/Anon}}'': While she has her moments of being nice, Miranda is known for her spoiled, egotistical ways and throwing tantrums when she doesn't get what she wants. Examples include her throwing a hissy fit over not getting a Porsche from her dad and attacking her cousin for dating the boy she liked, all while referring to herself as "humble as fuck".
* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': Church is insanely self-centered and arrogant, tending to view people and events in terms of how they relate to him. Even when he becomes more heroic, he's still pretty self-serving and tends to make decisions for his friends and project his own wants onto them, particularly with Tex, and he gets insanely pissy whenever he feels like someone is undermining his role as the leader.
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