History Main / Narcissist

* Waldo Lydecker from 1944's ''Film/{{Laura}}'' is definitely in love with the main character but his love for her is eclipsed by the blinding rays of his own self-love.

* ''Film/MirrorMirror'': The Queen, who's obsessed with her looks.
* Pavi Largo from ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' is so in love with himself that he has a mirror with him at all times.
* Holmes accuses Professor Moriarty of "acute narcissism" in ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows''. Considering that Moriarty can't seem to prevent himself from smiling every time Holmes mentions his intelligence and takes a moment to gaze into a mirror and smooth his clothes before engaging in ColdBloodedTorture, it seems Holmes is right as usual.

* In ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', [[BigBad Dr. Robotnik]] is an incredibly {{insufferable|Genius}} egomaniac. It's to the point that he spends half the time in the presence of others telling them how much better he is than them. The fact that he keeps Agent Stone around as his YesMan shows that he needs constant reaffirmation to his ego. His EstablishingCharacterMoment shows him constantly asserting his dominance over the military crew he's working with, belittling the major's credentials without letting him get a word in edgewise, and almost immediately telling him that his men work for Robotnik now.
* Buddy Ackerman in ''Film/SwimmingWithSharks''. "What you think means nothing. What you feel means nothing. [[ItsAllAboutMe You are here for me]]. You are here to protect my interests and to serve my needs."
%%* Daniel Plainview from ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood''.
* Suzanne Stone Maretto from ''Film/ToDieFor'' is a textbook narcissist who is so obsessed with becoming a famous news reporter that she's willing to kill her husband when he asks her to spend more time with her family.
* Arliss Loveless in ''Film/WildWildWest''. He even jokes about it.
-->'''Rita:''' Not to give you a big head, but I kinda missed you.\\
'''Loveless:''' Well isn't that a coincidence. I kinda missed me too!

* [[LightIsNotGood Light Yagami]] from ''Manga/DeathNote'' is quite possibly one of the most accurate depictions of a malignant narcissist in modern anime. Light [[TheAce is a genius, handsome, popular, and knows it]]. WordOfGod says he thinks he's above most people. After gaining powers over life and death, it takes him less than a week to develop [[AGodAmI a god complex]].

* [[LightIsNotGood Light Yagami]] of ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[BrokenAce is a genius, handsome, popular, and knows it]]. WordOfGod says he thinks he's above most people. After gaining powers over life and death, it takes him less than a week to develop [[AGodAmI a god complex]].

** King Magnifico from ''WesternAnimation/{{Wish|2023}}'' is the perfect embodiment of narcissism. Not only does he portrays himself as the almighty, benevolent sorcerer king who alone can grant wishes for the people of Rosas, but he is completely obsessed with his own handsome image to the point that his reflections talk back to him, showering him with praises of his looks and personality. In fact, he's obsessed with being everyone's savior that he outright refuses to grant wishes that would take attention away from him, even if said-wish is for an old man to become a street musician. [[spoiler:Fittingly, [[LaserGuidedPunishment his karmic punishment]] is being trapped in a mirror shard of his staff, unable to see his own reflection for the rest of his life]].

* Harvey from ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII'' has an [[{{Pride}} ego]] larger than the entire continent of Solistia, feels entitled to fame and fortune [[TheUnfettered at any cost]], regularly engages in DisproportionateRetribution towards Osvald [[EvilIsPetty for daring to rival his intellect]], [[LackOfEmpathy has zero empathy]], and when he is defeated, he [[PsychopathicManchild throws a tantrum]].

* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'': The creators have described Simon from season 3 as a clinical narcissist; while he lacks the comically overinflated ego, he is ''pathologically incapable'' of acknowledging his own mistakes for any reason. Anything that doesn't fit into his first impressions is rationalized, ignored, or even killed so he doesn't have to consider alternate views, and he has no regret in doing even the most horrible of deeds because the possibility that he might do something wrong just doesn't compute.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': ComicBook/TheJoker has a truly titanic ego, thinking he's the smartest and greatest comedian, criminal, and person in the world. The tiniest insult will cause Joker to drop his LaughablyEvil image and focus all his efforts on killing that specific person who mocked him.

* Both Zapp Brannigan and Bender from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. In "The Farnsworth Parabox" Bender seemingly falls in love with an alternate gold plated version of himself, stating that he has finally found someone "as great as me". Zapp is shamelessly vain and full of himself.

* The ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' episode "Motherly Love'' featured a mother with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malignant_narcissism malignant narcissism]] who seduced her son's best friend and [[FalseRapeAccusation cried rape]] when he [[PrimalScene walked in on them]], prompting him to shoot him. Her ex-husband appears later on to explain her diagnosis to the detectives and that she manipulated their son his whole life, which he doesn't believe [[BrokenPedestal until the very end]] when she tries to [[AbusiveParents throw him under the bus]] in court to save her own skin.

* ''Fanfic/BlackbirdArrow'': Dinah Lance is the typical narcissistic parent who treats one of her children as TheScapegoat (Laurel) and the other as the [[ParentalFavoritism Golden]] [[TrophyChild Child]] (Sara). Tellingly, Sara is her favorite not because of anything she had done to endear herself to Dinah, but rather because she reminds Dinah of herself when the latter was younger, which goes a long way into explaining why Dinah goes so far to absolve Sara of any wrongdoing.

# The character regularly displays a [[CantTakeCriticism glaringly low tolerance for criticism]] and a blatant [[NeverMyFault unwillingness to take responsibility for mistakes or outright wrongdoing]]. If someone dislikes them, the only possible reason is [[YoureJustJealous that the other person is a "hater" who's just jealous or inherently negative.]] Any apologies for toxic behavior, if they do come, are either [[OrderedApology insincere formalities]] or [[BackhandedApology attempts to shift blame and save face]], and either way are hollow and meaningless because the narcissist doesn't actually believe that they did anything wrong, but they also know that they only stand to lose by not deigning to apologize. On the upside, a narcissist's obsession with projecting an image of infallibility renders them capable of internalizing at least ''SOME'' set of moral guidelines... and even then, since whatever principles they claim to hold exist to serve themselves first and foremost, [[{{Hypocrite}} they generally won't think twice about flouting their own rules in order to preserve or feed their ego or otherwise get their way]], and naturally, they'll [[MoralMyopia always claim that their reasons for doing so are warranted or deserved in some respect]]... if they ever bother to acknowledge, or are even aware, that they contradict their own morals at all.

# The character regularly displays a [[CantTakeCriticism glaringly low tolerance for criticism]] and a blatant [[NeverMyFault unwillingness to take responsibility for mistakes or outright wrongdoing]]. If someone dislikes them, the only possible reason is [[YoureJustJealous that the other person is a "hater" who's just jealous or inherently negative.]] Any apologies for toxic behavior, if they do come, are either [[OrderedApology insincere formalities]] or [[BackhandedApology attempts to shift blame and save face]], and either way are hollow and meaningless because the narcissist doesn't actually believe that they did anything wrong, but they also know that they only stand to lose by not deigning to apologize. On the upside, a narcissist's obsession with projecting an image of infallibility renders them capable of internalizing at least ''SOME'' set of moral guidelines... and even then, since whatever principles they claim to hold exist to serve themselves first and foremost, [[{{Hypocrite}} they generally won't think twice about flouting their own rules in order to preserve or feed their ego or otherwise get their way]], and naturally, they'll [[MoralMyopia always claim that their reasons for doing so are warranted or deserved in some respect]]... assuming that they bother to acknowledge, or are even aware, that they contradict their own morals at all.

* ''Fanfic/BlackbirdArrow'': Dinah Lance is the typical narcissistic parent who treats one of her children as TheScapegoat (Laurel) and the other as the [[ParentalFavoritism Golden]] [[TrophyChild Child]] (Sara). Tellingly, Sara is her favorite not because of anything she had done to endear herself to Dinah, but rather because she reminds Dinah of herself when she was younger, which goes a long way into explaining why Dinah goes so far to absolve Sara of any wrongdoing.

# The character regularly displays a [[CantTakeCriticism glaringly low tolerance for criticism]] and a blatant [[NeverMyFault unwillingness to take responsibility for mistakes or outright wrongdoing]]. If someone dislikes them, the only possible reason is [[YoureJustJealous that the other person is a "hater" who's just jealous or inherently negative.]] Any apologies for toxic behavior, if they do come, are either [[OrderedApology insincere formalities]] or [[BackhandedApology attempts to shift blame and save face]], and either way are hollow and meaningless because the narcissist doesn't actually believe that they did anything wrong, but they also know that they only stand to lose by not deigning to apologize. On the upside, a narcissist's obsession with projecting an image of infallibility renders them capable of internalizing at least ''SOME'' set of moral guidelines... and even then, since whatever principles they claim to hold exist to serve themselves first and foremost, [[{{Hypocrite}} they generally won't think twice about flouting their own rules in order to preserve or feed their ego or otherwise get their way]], and naturally, they'll always [[MoralMyopia claim that their reasons for doing so are warranted or deserved in some respect]]... assuming that they bother to acknowledge, or are even aware, that they contradict their own morals at all.

# The character regularly displays a [[CantTakeCriticism glaringly low tolerance for criticism]] and a blatant [[NeverMyFault unwillingness to take responsibility for mistakes or outright wrongdoing]]. If someone dislikes them, the only possible reason is [[YoureJustJealous that the other person is a "hater" who's just jealous or inherently negative.]] Any apologies for toxic behavior, if they do come, are either [[OrderedApology insincere formalities]] or [[BackhandedApology attempts to shift blame and save face]], and either way are hollow and meaningless because the narcissist doesn't actually believe that they did anything wrong, but they also know that they only stand to lose by not deigning to apologize. On the upside, a narcissist's obsession with projecting an image of infallibility renders them capable of internalizing at least ''SOME'' set of moral guidelines... and even then, since whatever principles they claim to hold exist to serve themselves first and foremost, they generally [[{{Hypocrite}} won't think twice about flouting their own rules in order to preserve or feed their ego or otherwise get their way]], and naturally, they'll always claim that [[MoralMyopia their reasons for doing so are warranted or deserved in some respect]]... assuming that they bother to acknowledge, or are even aware, that they contradict their own morals at all.

# The character regularly displays a [[CantTakeCriticism glaringly low tolerance for criticism]] and a blatant [[NeverMyFault unwillingness to take responsibility for mistakes or outright wrongdoing]]. If someone dislikes them, the only possible reason is [[YoureJustJealous that the other person is a "hater" who's just jealous or inherently negative.]] Any apologies for toxic behavior, if they do come, are either [[OrderedApology insincere formalities]] or [[BackhandedApology attempts to shift blame and save face]], and either way are hollow and meaningless because the narcissist doesn't actually believe that they did anything wrong, but they also know that they only stand to lose by not deigning to apologize. On the upside, a narcissist's obsession with projecting an image of infallibility renders them capable of internalizing at least ''SOME'' set of moral guidelines... and even then, since whatever principles they claim to hold exist to serve themselves first and foremost, [[{{Hypocrite}} they generally won't think twice about flouting their own rules in order to preserve or feed their ego or otherwise get their way]], and naturally, [[MoralMyopia they'll always claim that they're reasons for doing so are warranted or deserved in some respect]]... assuming that they bother to acknowledge, or are even aware, that they contradict their own morals at all.

# The character regularly displays a [[CantTakeCriticism glaringly low tolerance for criticism]] and a blatant [[NeverMyFault unwillingness to take responsibility for mistakes or outright wrongdoing]]. If someone dislikes them, the only possible reason is [[YoureJustJealous that the other person is a "hater" who's just jealous or inherently negative.]] Any apologies for toxic behavior, if they do come, are either [[OrderedApology insincere formalities]] or [[BackhandedApology attempts to shift blame and save face]], and either way are hollow and meaningless because the narcissist doesn't actually believe that they did anything wrong, but they also know that they only stand to lose by not deigning to apologize. On the upside, a narcissist's obsession with projecting an image of infallibility renders them capable of internalizing at least ''SOME'' set of moral guidelines... and even then, since whatever principles they claim to hold exist to serve themselves first and foremost, [[{{Hypocrite}} they generally won't think twice about flouting their own rules in order to preserve or feed their ego or otherwise get their way]], and naturally, [[MoralMyopia they'll always claim that they're reasons for doing so are warranted or deserved in some way]]... assuming that they bother to acknowledge, or are even aware, that they contradict their own morals at all.

# The character regularly displays a [[CantTakeCriticism glaringly low tolerance for criticism]] and a blatant [[NeverMyFault unwillingness to take responsibility for mistakes or outright wrongdoing]]. If someone dislikes them, the only possible reason is [[YoureJustJealous that the other person is a "hater" who's just jealous or inherently negative.]] Any apologies for toxic behavior, if they do come, are either [[OrderedApology insincere formalities]] or [[BackhandedApology attempts to shift blame and save face]], and either way are hollow and meaningless because the narcissist doesn't actually believe that they did anything wrong, but they also know that they only stand to lose by not deigning to apologize. On the upside, a narcissist's obsession with projecting an image of infallibility renders them capable of internalizing at least ''SOME'' set of moral guidelines... and even then, since whatever principles they claim to hold exist to serve themselves first and foremost, [[{{Hypocrite}} they generally won't think twice about flouting their own rules in order to preserve or feed their ego or otherwise get their way]], and naturally, [[MoralMyopia they'll always claim that they're reasons for doing so are justified or deserved in some way]]... assuming that they bother to acknowledge, or are even aware, that they contradict their own morals at all.

# The character regularly displays a [[CantTakeCriticism glaringly low tolerance for criticism]] and a blatant [[NeverMyFault unwillingness to take responsibility for mistakes or outright wrongdoing]]. If someone dislikes them, the only possible reason is [[YoureJustJealous that the other person is a "hater" who's just jealous or inherently negative.]] Any apologies for toxic behavior, if they do come, are either [[OrderedApology insincere formalities]] or [[BackhandedApology attempts to shift blame and save face]], and either way are hollow and meaningless because the narcissist doesn't actually believe that they did anything wrong, but they also know that they only stand to lose by not deigning to apologize. On the upside, a narcissist's obsession with projecting an image of infallibility renders them capable of internalizing at least ''SOME'' set of moral guidelines... and even then, since whatever principles they claim to hold exist to serve themselves first and foremost, [[{{Hypocrite}} they generally won't think twice about flouting their own rules in order to preserve or feed their ego or get their way]], and naturally, [[MoralMyopia they'll always claim that they're reasons for doing so are justified or deserved in some way]]... assuming that they bother to acknowledge, or are even aware, that they contradict their own morals at all.

# The character regularly displays a [[CantTakeCriticism glaringly low tolerance for criticism]] and a blatant [[NeverMyFault unwillingness to take responsibility for mistakes or outright wrongdoing]]. If someone dislikes them, the only possible reason is [[YoureJustJealous that the other person is a "hater" who's just jealous or inherently negative.]] Any apologies for toxic behavior, if they do come, are either [[OrderedApology insincere formalities]] or [[BackhandedApology attempts to shift blame and save face]], and either way are hollow and meaningless because the narcissist doesn't actually believe that they did anything wrong, but they also know that they only stand to lose by not deigning to apologize. On the upside, a narcissist's obsession with projecting an image of infallibility renders them capable of internalizing at least ''SOME'' set of moral guidelines... and even then, since their self-proclaimed principles exist to serve themselves first and foremost, [[{{Hypocrite}} they generally won't think twice about flouting their own rules in order to preserve or feed their ego or get their way]], and naturally, [[MoralMyopia they'll always claim that they're reasons for doing so are justified or deserved in some way]]... assuming that they bother to acknowledge, or are even aware, that they contradict their own morals at all.

# The character regularly displays a [[CantTakeCriticism glaringly low tolerance for criticism]] and a blatant [[NeverMyFault unwillingness to take responsibility for mistakes or outright wrongdoing]]. If someone dislikes them, the only possible reason is [[YoureJustJealous that the other person is a "hater" who's just jealous or inherently negative.]] Any apologies for toxic behavior, if they do come, are either [[OrderedApology insincere formalities]] or [[BackhandedApology attempts to shift blame and save face]], and either way are hollow and meaningless because the narcissist doesn't actually believe that they did anything wrong, but they also know that they only stand to lose by not deigning to apologize. On the upside, a narcissist's obsession with projecting an image of infallibility renders them capable of internalizing at least ''SOME'' set of moral guidelines... and even then, since their self-proclaimed principles exist to serve themselves first and foremost, [[{{Hypocrite}} they generally won't think twice about flouting their own rules in order to preserve or feed their ego or get their way]], and naturally, [[MoralMyopia they'll always claim that they're reasons for doing so are justified or deserved in some way]]... assuming that they bother to acknowledge, or are even aware of, how they contradict their own morals at all.