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* '''Straight''': Eugene the Snake has the skills and the potential, but his ego gets the better of him, ultimately leading to his downfall.

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* '''Straight''': [[SnakesAreSinister Eugene the Snake Snake]] has the skills and the potential, but his ego gets the better of him, ultimately leading to his downfall.
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* '''Straight''': Eugene has the skills and the potential, but his ego gets the better of him, ultimately leading to his downfall.
* '''Exaggerated''': Eugene is a megalomaniac and [[AGodAmI considers himself a god]], which leads him to grossly overestimate his abilities and fail spectacularly.

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* '''Straight''': Eugene the Snake has the skills and the potential, but his ego gets the better of him, ultimately leading to his downfall.
* '''Exaggerated''': Eugene [[SnakesAreSinister Eugene]] is a megalomaniac and [[AGodAmI considers himself a god]], which leads him to grossly overestimate his abilities and fail spectacularly.
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** Harry is a hero whose fatal flaw is overconfidence.
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** Eugene can back up his ego and is completely justified in his self-confidence.

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** [[SmugSuper Eugene can back up his ego and is completely justified in his self-confidence.self-confidence]].
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** Eugene’s wild mental state means that his level of competency varies. On a good day, he’s focused, cautious, very capable of pulling off the grand schemes that he envisions and almost always keeps a cool head. On a bad day he’s an overconfident, emotionally unstable wreck capable of only a fraction of what he can usually muster and flipping his lid when something so much as inconveniences him.
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** Eugene [[FreudianExcuse was mocked and teased viciously all throughout his youth]], so he began to develop a big ego as a psychological defense mechanism.

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** Eugene [[FreudianExcuse was mocked and teased viciously all throughout his youth]], so he began to [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex develop a big ego as a psychological defense mechanism.mechanism]].
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** Harry is a hero with a severe case of HeroicSelfDeprecation.
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** Eugene is a [[VisionaryVillain scheming villain]] that always [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy assumes the best out of his opponents]]; therefore, he [[CrazyPrepared always plans accordingly to not be surprised by any of them]]. [[ProperlyParanoid There is no little enemy, after all]].

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** Eugene is a [[VisionaryVillain scheming villain]] that always [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy assumes the best out of his opponents]]; opponents; therefore, he [[CrazyPrepared always plans accordingly to not be surprised by any of them]]. [[ProperlyParanoid There is no little enemy, after all]].
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* '''Downplayed''': Eugene is quite an intelligent villain, however he would be a more effective one if he had a smaller ego.

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* '''Downplayed''': Eugene is a quite an intelligent cunning villain, however but he would be a lot more effective one if he had a smaller ego.
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** Eugene is a [[VisionaryVillain scheming villain]] that always [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy assumes the best out of his opponents]]; therefor, he [[CrazyPrepared always plans accordingly to not be surprised by any of them]]. [[ProperlyParanoid There is no little enemy, after all]].

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** Eugene is a [[VisionaryVillain scheming villain]] that always [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy assumes the best out of his opponents]]; therefor, therefore, he [[CrazyPrepared always plans accordingly to not be surprised by any of them]]. [[ProperlyParanoid There is no little enemy, after all]].
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** Eugene is a scheming villain that always assumes the best out of his opponents; therefor, he [[CrazyPrepared always plans accordingly to not be surprised by any of them]]. [[ProperlyParanoid There is no little enemy, after all]].

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** Eugene is a [[VisionaryVillain scheming villain villain]] that always [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy assumes the best out of his opponents; opponents]]; therefor, he [[CrazyPrepared always plans accordingly to not be surprised by any of them]]. [[ProperlyParanoid There is no little enemy, after all]].
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* '''Discussed''': "Well, of course Eugene is an egotistical JerkAss."

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* '''Discussed''': "Well, of course Eugene is an egotistical JerkAss.{{Jerkass}}."
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* '''Exploited''': Eugene's smugness keeps people guessing since he never shows any other personality traits in public. Half of his enemies dismiss him as a little fish in a big pong; the other half assumes he knows something they don't by default (whether or not he actually does).

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* '''Exploited''': Eugene's smugness keeps people guessing since he never shows any other personality traits in public. Half of his enemies dismiss him as a little fish in a big pong; pond; the other half assumes he knows something they don't by default (whether or not he actually does).
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Eugene's smugness keeps people guessing since he never shows any other personality traits in public. Half of his enemies dismiss him as a little fish in a big pong; the other half assumes he knows something they don't by default (whether or not he actually does).
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* '''Parodied''': Eugene is a street criminal who sets a house on fire out of a dare from his friends, [[HoistByHisOwnPetardand he dies in the fire.]]

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* '''Parodied''': Eugene is a street criminal who sets a house on fire out of a dare from his friends, [[HoistByHisOwnPetardand [[HoistByHisOwnPetard and he dies in the fire.]]
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* '''Parodied''': Eugene is a street criminal who sets a house on fire out of a dare from his friends, and he dies in the fire.

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* '''Parodied''': Eugene is a street criminal who sets a house on fire out of a dare from his friends, and [[HoistByHisOwnPetardand he dies in the fire.]]
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** Eugene can back up his ego and is completely justified in his self-confidence.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Eugene is a megalomaniac and [[{{AGodAmI}} considers himself a god]], which leads him to grossly overestimate his abilities and fail spectacularly.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Eugene is a megalomaniac and [[{{AGodAmI}} [[AGodAmI considers himself a god]], which leads him to grossly overestimate his abilities and fail spectacularly.



** Eugene [[{{FreudianExcuse}} was mocked and teased viciously all throughout his youth]], so he began to develop a big ego as a psychological defense mechanism.

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** Eugene [[{{FreudianExcuse}} [[FreudianExcuse was mocked and teased viciously all throughout his youth]], so he began to develop a big ego as a psychological defense mechanism.



* '''Inverted''': Eugene is a villain with no self-esteem.

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Eugene is a villain with no self-esteem.self-esteem.
** Eugene is a scheming villain that always assumes the best out of his opponents; therefor, he [[CrazyPrepared always plans accordingly to not be surprised by any of them]]. [[ProperlyParanoid There is no little enemy, after all]].



* '''Enforced''': "I'd like my villain to be a contemptible, unlikable bastard. Let's give him an inflated sense of self-worth so the audience will ''want'' him [[{{BreakTheHaughty}} to be beaten]]."

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* '''Enforced''': "I'd like my villain to be a contemptible, unlikable bastard. Let's give him an inflated sense of self-worth so the audience will ''want'' him [[{{BreakTheHaughty}} [[BreakTheHaughty to be beaten]]."
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** Eugene was subtly pushed into a place of power by [[TheManBehindTheMan several unseen masterminds]]. Not realizing there involvement he assumes he got where he was by his own skill, and becomes arrogant as a result.

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** Eugene was subtly pushed into a place of power by [[TheManBehindTheMan several unseen masterminds]]. Not realizing there involvement their involvement, he assumes he got where he was there by virtue of his own skill, and becomes arrogant as a result.

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* '''Justified''': Eugene [[{{FreudianExcuse}} was mocked and teased viciously all throughout his youth]], so he began to develop a big ego as a psychological defense mechanism.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Eugene [[{{FreudianExcuse}} was mocked and teased viciously all throughout his youth]], so he began to develop a big ego as a psychological defense mechanism.mechanism.
** Eugene was subtly pushed into a place of power by [[TheManBehindTheMan several unseen masterminds]]. Not realizing there involvement he assumes he got where he was by his own skill, and becomes arrogant as a result.
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** Eugene is a InsufferableGenius that proves to succeed despite his ego.

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* '''Played Straight''': Eugene has the skills and the potential, but his ego gets the better of him, ultimately leading to his downfall.

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* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': Eugene has the skills and the potential, but his ego gets the better of him, ultimately leading to his downfall.



* '''Subverted''': Eugene ultimately decides that his objective is more important than his pride.

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Eugene ultimately decides that his objective is more important than his pride.



* '''Deconstructed''': Eugene's ego and arrogance leads to him becoming a GeneralFailure.
* '''Reconstructed''': ...But then he masters his ego and becomes a successful MagnificentBastard and PresidentEvil.
** [[CrazyAwesome It turns out that his outrageous confidence in himself was why his best plans would work.]]



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* '''Conversed''': "Is it really all that impossible for Eugene to do something for someone else rather than for himself?"

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* '''Conversed''': "Is it really all that impossible for Eugene to do something for someone else rather than for himself?"himself?"
* '''Deconstructed''': Eugene's ego and arrogance leads to him becoming a GeneralFailure.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** ...But then he masters his ego and becomes a successful MagnificentBastard and PresidentEvil.
** [[CrazyAwesome It turns out that his outrageous confidence in himself was why his best plans would work.]]
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** Eugene learns from his mistakes and becomes less smug in the process.

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* '''Downplayed''': Eugene is quite an intelligent villain, however he would be a more effective one if he had a smaller ego.



** Eugene proves to be a MagnificentBastard when it comes to planning and arranging things so he gets the power he craves. However, once he actually ''has'' that power, he proves to be hopelessly incompetent in actually using it properly.
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** AwesomeEgo
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** Eugene proves to be a MagnificentBastard when it comes to planning and arranging things so he gets the power he craves. However, once he actually ''has'' that power, he proves to be hopelessly incompetent in actually using it properly.
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** It turns out that his unshakable confidence in himself was why his best plans would work.

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** [[CrazyAwesome It turns out that his unshakable outrageous confidence in himself was why his best plans would work.]]
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** It turns out that his unshakable confidence in himself was why his best plans would work.
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'''Basic Trope''': A villain whose fatal flaw is overconfidence.

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'''Basic Trope''': A scheming villain whose fatal flaw is overconfidence.
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** AwesomeEgo

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