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* ''Series/{{Mash}}'': Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III is comes from a distinguished American old-money Boston family, which is the American version of BlueBlood. He's an extremely competent surgeon, InsufferableGenius and DrJerk, though frequently revealed to be the JerkWithAHeartOfGold variety. He had several PetTheDog moments and often showed his softer side (his love for his dearest sister, helping Korean orphans in one ChristmasEpisode, or secretly helping Hawkeye so that he could take a leave).

* Mr Darcy from ''PrideAndPrejudice'' is perceived as extremely arrogant and completely uncaring of those around him, to the point that even those who acknowledge his good looks and wealth dismiss him as someone not worth getting to know. However, this impression is unintentional, and he is, in actuality, a morally upright, deeply caring man who is very socially awkward, and a tiny bit of a snob.

* {{Benedict Cumberbatch}}'s portrayal of [[Series/{{Sherlock}} Sherlock Holmes]] has a bit of this: he's a tall, aloof, stylishly dressed InsufferableGenius who can be pretty offputting in how he relates to others, but there are people he [[MoralityPet genuinely cares for]].

* ''Series/HoratioHornblower'': MajorlyAwesome Major Edrington, from the episodes "The Wrong War" and "The Frogs and the Lobsters" in series one, starts as a very stuck-up character, asking the freshly promoted young Lieutenant Horatio, to address him "my lord" instead of "major" as Edrington is in fact Earl of Edrington, and insulting Horatio and his friend Archie with sneering comments about their crew. However, he's a very capable leader and soldier, and his words and actions show he has other redeeming qualities: he acknowledges Horatio's status as a higher officer of the Navy and the competence of the sailors, and he comes to care about sailors with common origin, such as Horatio, on a personal level.

* [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] is handsome, and, while charming, tries to be aloof enough that he makes people think he's a bit arrogant. However, when he catches criminals as Batman, he'll get them jobs at Wayne Enterprises. Even the Ventriloquist got a second chance once on an episode of ''[[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries New Batman Adventures]]''.

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* ''Series/HoratioHornblower'': MajorlyAwesome Major Edrington in part 4 of series 1 called "The Wrong War/"The Frogs and the Lobsters". He starts as a very stuck-up character, asking the up-and-coming young sailor Horatio who has just been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant to address him "my lord" instead of "major" since he's in fact Earl of Edrington, and insults Horatio and his friend Archie with sneering comments about their crew. However, he's a very capable leader and soldier, but not only that. His words and actions show he has other redeeming qualities: he acknowledges Horatio's status as a higher officer of the Navy and the competence of the sailors, and he even comes to care about sailors with common origin, i.e. Horatio, on a personal level.

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* Seto Kaiba of ''Manga/YuGiOh'' is [[Fiction500 one of the world's leading industrialists]], [[TeenGenius young, intelligent]], one of the leading players of Duel Monsters, and [[TallDarkAndSnarky incredibly aloof]].

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}}'': Imperial Stormtroopers have been trained differently from the regular RedShirt guardsmen, and most of them are from a high class of society and looking down on the lowly CannonFodder. They also have better weapons and flashier uniforms.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}}'': Imperial Stormtroopers have been trained differently from the regular RedShirt guardsmen, and most of them are from a high class of society and looking down on the lowly minions.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}}'': Imperial Stormtroopers are like this, they have been trained differently from the regular RedShirt guardsmen, and most of them are from high class of society looking down from lowly millions.

* Jorge in ''FanFic/TheSecretLifeOfTheBackyardKids''. He's handsome, rich, charismatic, a preteen version of the LatinLover, and a bit of a snobbish jerk, but quite the BrokenBird--[[{{Animorphism}} and post-panther transformation]] (ItMakesSenseInContext), he's TroubledButCute.

* Jorge in ''FanFic/TheSecretLifeOfTheBackyardKids''. He's handsome, rich, charismatic, a preteen version of the LatinLover, and a bit of a snobbish jerk, but quite the BrokenBird--[[{{Animorphism}} and post-panther transformation]][[note]]ItMakesSenseInContext.[[/note]], he's TroubledButCute.

* Jorge in ''FanFic/TheSecretLifeOfTheBackyardKids''. He's handsome, rich, charismatic, a preteen version of the LatinLover, and a bit of a snobbish jerk, but quite the BrokenBird--[[{{Animorphism}} and post-panther transformation]][[hottip:*:ItMakesSenseInContext.]], he's TroubledButCute.

* Jorge in ''FanFic/TheSecretLifeOfTheBackyardKids''. He's handsome, rich, charismatic, a preteen version of the LatinLover, and a bit of a snobbish jerk, but quite the BrokenBird--[[{{Animorphism}} and post-panther transformation]], he's TroubledButCute.

* Mr Darcy from ''PrideAndPrejudice'' is perceived as extremely arrogant and completely uncaring of those around him, to the point that even those who acknowledge his good looks and wealth dismiss him as someone not worth getting to know. However, this impression is unintentional, and he is, in actuality, a morally upright, deeply caring man who is very socially awkward.

* ''Manga/DeathNote'': Namikawa Reigi, the member of the Yoshuba Group who Light initially contacts, is cold, calculating, and very intelligent. He is also quite attractive.

* Jorge in FanFic/TheSecretLifeOfTheBackyardKids. He's handsome, rich, charismatic, a preteen version of the LatinLover, and a bit of a snobbish jerk, but quite the BrokenBird-[[{{Animorphism}} and post-panther transformation]][[hottip:*:Hey, he did what he had to do to survive.]], he's TroubledButCute.

* Jorge in TheSecretLifeOfTheBackyardKids. He's handsome, rich, charismatic, a preteen version of the LatinLover, and a bit of a snobbish jerk, but quite the BrokenBird-[[{{Animorphism}} and post-panther transformation]][[hottip:*:Hey, he did what he had to do to survive.]], he's TroubledButCute.

He treats almost everyone around him with a thin veneer of polite disdain, coming off as [[IceQueen cold]], [[{{Pride}} arrogant]], and [[Series/{{Jackass}} uncaring]]. He values rationality and logic and cares little for people and emotions. Kindness is beneath him.

He treats almost everyone around him with a thin veneer of polite disdain, coming off as [[IceQueen cold]], [[{{Pride}} arrogant]], and [[{{Jackass}} uncaring]]. He values rationality and logic and cares little for people and emotions. Kindness is beneath him.

* [[HandsomeDevil Ian Kabra]] from ''The39Clues'' fits this trope perfectly. He's dark, described in the books as being very good-looking (although a lot of the fandom dislikes the pictures of him that the publishing company has on the website), and is extremely full of himself. He starts off pretty evil, but [[HeelFaceTurn turns out to have hidden morals]].

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', Squall Leonhart is a tall, dark, handsome, proud, [[TheStoic stoic]], quietly dismissive JerkAss (although he has a compelling FreudianExcuse). When it comes to [[LoveInterest Rinoa]], however, he gets all squishy and emotional. And when he finds out his TrueCompanions are NotQuiteDead, he's visibly pleased.

At least on the outside. While some Proud, Dark, and Handsome characters are truly that cold, hard-hearted, and arrogant, with no redeeming features, most Proud, Dark, and Handsome characters have a [[BeneathTheMask carefully hidden]] [[HiddenHeartOfGold warmer, kinder side]]. Their gentler, nicer side will generally [[SugarAndIcePersonality only come out around certain people]] or in situations where they can pretend a disinterested or self-serving rationale for their kind actions. Occasionally, a Proud, Dark, and Handsome character is not deliberately maintaining their cold, arrogant outer persona; they unintentionally come off that way, generally due to shyness or some other form of social awkwardness.

This character type, when set up as a romantic interest, generally appeals to the AllGirlsWantBadBoys idea, in that the Proud, Dark, and Handsome man appears "bad" in his aloof arrogance, but generally has a warm heart underneath which allows him to fall in love.