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** Played straight [[spoiler: and later deconstructed and reconstructed]] with [[MeaningfulName Sebastian Debeste]] from ''[[AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Investigations 2]]'', who constantly refers to himself as "The Best" prosecutor and generally acts arrogant and dismissive toward his detractors despite his [[TheDitz obvious incompetency]]. [[spoiler: It turns out he just wants to impress his father, and the reason he feels so entitled is because he earned a great deal of merits at school in pursuit of this goal. When his father publicly humiliates and denounces him by calling him a useless idiot and revealing that his "successes" are actually the results of favors called in to friends at the school, Sebastian has a breakdown, and it takes Edgeworth convincing him that he's better than his father to get him to dedicate himself to becoming a better prosecutor.]]
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** Played straight [[spoiler: and later deconstructed and reconstructed]] with [[MeaningfulName Sebastian Debeste]] from ''[[AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Investigations 2]]'', who constantly refers to himself as "The Best" prosecutor and generally acts arrogant and dismissive toward his detractors despite his [[TheDitz obvious incompetency]]. [[spoiler: It turns out he just wants to impress his father, and the reason he feels so entitled is because he earned a great deal of merits at school in pursuit of this goal. When his father publicly humiliates and denounces him by calling him a useless idiot and revealing that his "successes" are actually the results of favors called in to friends at the school, Sebastian has a breakdown, and it takes Edgeworth convincing him that he's better than his father to get him to dedicate himself to becoming a better prosecutor.]]
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** Played straight [[spoiler: and later deconstructed and reconstructed]] with [[MeaningfulName Sebastian Debeste]] from [[AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth ''Investigations 2'']], who constantly refers to himself as "The Best" prosecutor and generally acts arrogant and dismissive toward his detractors despite his [[TheDitz obvious incompetency]]. [[spoiler: It turns out he just wants to impress his father, and the reason he feels so entitled is because he earned a great deal of merits at school in pursuit of this goal. When his father publicly humiliates and denounces him by calling him a useless idiot and revealing that his "successes" are actually the results of favors called in to friends at the school, Sebastian has a breakdown, and it takes Edgeworth convincing him that he's better than his father to get him to dedicate himself to becoming a better prosecutor.]]
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** Played straight [[spoiler: and later deconstructed and reconstructed]] with [[MeaningfulName Sebastian Debeste]] from [[AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth ''Investigations 2'']], ''[[AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Investigations 2]]'', who constantly refers to himself as "The Best" prosecutor and generally acts arrogant and dismissive toward his detractors despite his [[TheDitz obvious incompetency]]. [[spoiler: It turns out he just wants to impress his father, and the reason he feels so entitled is because he earned a great deal of merits at school in pursuit of this goal. When his father publicly humiliates and denounces him by calling him a useless idiot and revealing that his "successes" are actually the results of favors called in to friends at the school, Sebastian has a breakdown, and it takes Edgeworth convincing him that he's better than his father to get him to dedicate himself to becoming a better prosecutor.]]
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* Winston Payne in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series is your first prosecutor opponent in nearly every game. He dubs himself as the "Rookie Killer" and claims to be one of the best prosecutors there is. Payne also taunts you every time he gets the upper hand in the trial. Payne easily cracks under pressure and becomes a complete wimp when he starts losing. Payne's brother, Gaspen, is no better and actually runs out of the courthouse like a coward when a witness threatens to bomb the place, even though Phoenix stayed behind and was ready to prove that bomb was fake.
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* Winston Payne in From the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series series:
**[[PunnyName Winston Payne]] is your first prosecutor opponent in nearly every game. He dubs himself as the "Rookie Killer" and claims to be one of the best prosecutors there is. Payne also taunts you every time he gets the upper hand in the trial. Payne easily cracks under pressure and becomes a complete wimp when he starts losing. Payne's brother, Gaspen, is no better and actually runs out of the courthouse like a coward when a witness threatens to bomb the place, even though Phoenix stayed behind and was ready to prove that bomb wasfake.fake.
**Played straight [[spoiler: and later deconstructed and reconstructed]] with [[MeaningfulName Sebastian Debeste]] from [[AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth ''Investigations 2'']], who constantly refers to himself as "The Best" prosecutor and generally acts arrogant and dismissive toward his detractors despite his [[TheDitz obvious incompetency]]. [[spoiler: It turns out he just wants to impress his father, and the reason he feels so entitled is because he earned a great deal of merits at school in pursuit of this goal. When his father publicly humiliates and denounces him by calling him a useless idiot and revealing that his "successes" are actually the results of favors called in to friends at the school, Sebastian has a breakdown, and it takes Edgeworth convincing him that he's better than his father to get him to dedicate himself to becoming a better prosecutor.]]
**[[PunnyName Winston Payne]] is your first prosecutor opponent in nearly every game. He dubs himself as the "Rookie Killer" and claims to be one of the best prosecutors there is. Payne also taunts you every time he gets the upper hand in the trial. Payne easily cracks under pressure and becomes a complete wimp when he starts losing. Payne's brother, Gaspen, is no better and actually runs out of the courthouse like a coward when a witness threatens to bomb the place, even though Phoenix stayed behind and was ready to prove that bomb was
**Played straight [[spoiler: and later deconstructed and reconstructed]] with [[MeaningfulName Sebastian Debeste]] from [[AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth ''Investigations 2'']], who constantly refers to himself as "The Best" prosecutor and generally acts arrogant and dismissive toward his detractors despite his [[TheDitz obvious incompetency]]. [[spoiler: It turns out he just wants to impress his father, and the reason he feels so entitled is because he earned a great deal of merits at school in pursuit of this goal. When his father publicly humiliates and denounces him by calling him a useless idiot and revealing that his "successes" are actually the results of favors called in to friends at the school, Sebastian has a breakdown, and it takes Edgeworth convincing him that he's better than his father to get him to dedicate himself to becoming a better prosecutor.]]
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* ''{{Persona 4}}'' has Teddie, who, despite being an empty bear suit, thinks that he's the world's most suave ladies man. [[spoiler: He gets a {{Bishonen}} human form later on, and sadly for the other characters, his charms ''work'' on most non-story-related ladies.]]
* ''{{Persona 3}}'''s [[IdiotHero Junpei Iori]], who thinks of himself as [[HeroicWannabe an action hero]] and [[KidANova ladies' man]], and flaunts himself as such to anyone who will listen (or anyone who doesn't immediately berate him for it, that is.) Most infamously during the BeachEpisode, where his success with women is taken down a peg or ten, and he ''quickly'' becomes TheResenter when the much more efficient, and [[TheStoic unassuming]] Main Character proves himself the real hero.
* ''{{Persona 3}}'''s [[IdiotHero Junpei Iori]], who thinks of himself as [[HeroicWannabe an action hero]] and [[KidANova ladies' man]], and flaunts himself as such to anyone who will listen (or anyone who doesn't immediately berate him for it, that is.) Most infamously during the BeachEpisode, where his success with women is taken down a peg or ten, and he ''quickly'' becomes TheResenter when the much more efficient, and [[TheStoic unassuming]] Main Character proves himself the real hero.
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*''{{Persona ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'''s [[IdiotHero Junpei Iori]], who thinks of himself as [[HeroicWannabe an action hero]] and [[KidANova ladies' man]], and flaunts himself as such to anyone who will listen (or anyone who doesn't immediately berate him for it, that is.) Most infamously during the BeachEpisode, where his success with women is taken down a peg or ten, and he ''quickly'' becomes TheResenter when the much more efficient, and [[TheStoic unassuming]] Main Character proves himself the real hero.
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** Justified since Dan wanted to learn martial arts so he could kill Sagat to avenge his father. His master [[{{Sabotutor}} Gouken]] disapproved of this and lied to him that his training was complete. Dan believes that there is nothing left for him to learn when in fact he is very lacking in technique.
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* In the intro to ''Wizard's Work'' the title character claimed to have fought in many wars, placed kings on their thrones and slain numerous enemies while riding on his mighty dragon. The fact that the "mighty dragon" was about as big as a medium-sized dog in actuality and that he gave his age as an obviously-untrue ''25'' on his employment application makes this [[{{UnreliableNarrator}} highly doubtful]].
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* Almost all incarnations of ''SonicTheHedgehog'' are depicted as somewhat boastful and overconfident of their skills. The current video games version is shown to be extremely cocky, however he is somewhat playful and far less jerkish about it than most standard examples of the trope.
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* Waluigi from the ''SuperMarioBros'' series, certainly qualifies. He thinks he's the greatest sports player ever, that "everybody cheats but him", and constantly cheers on him, but barely anyone notices him, both in and out of universe, having it even worse as a butt monkey than Luigi, and that's saying something.
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* Waluigi from the ''SuperMarioBros'' series, certainly qualifies. He thinks he's the greatest sports player ever, greatest, that "everybody cheats but him", and constantly cheers on him, but barely anyone notices him, both in and out him. Out of universe, having it he is a [[BaseBreaker Base Breaker]] who was once a [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] and now pends towards [[EnsembleDarkhorse Ensemble Darkhorse]]. In universe, the Mushroom people absolutely loathe his being. The toads are usually scared or repulsed by him, and the Mario cast tends to ignore or hate him. This overlaps with [[BigEgoHiddenDepths Big Ego, Hidden Depths]] however. Since he is an even worse as a butt monkey [[ButtMonkey Butt Monkey]] than Luigi, Luigi who failed to earn the respect ( from the mushroom kingdom) and that's saying something.love ( from Daisy) he wanted. Waluigi believes that the good things that should be happening to him are happening to everyone else. He hates everyone because of this, including himself.
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* Subverted in ''{{Disgaea 2}}''. Against all odds, it turns out that talking frog and resident ButtMonkey Tink ''wasn't'' lying when he claimed his un-cursed form was a total {{Bishonen}}. Really, we swear!
** Also subverted in the [[DisgaeaHourOfDarkness first Disgaea]]: as it turns out, Vyers/Mid-Boss [[spoiler:has been playing at StealthMentor and feigning incompetence for pretty much the entire game. Of course, it's implied that while the buffoonery was faked, the ''[[InsufferableGenius ego]]'' was genuine. Turns out Laharl really ''does'' [[LukeIAmYourFather take after his father]]]].
** Also subverted in the [[DisgaeaHourOfDarkness first Disgaea]]: as it turns out, Vyers/Mid-Boss [[spoiler:has been playing at StealthMentor and feigning incompetence for pretty much the entire game. Of course, it's implied that while the buffoonery was faked, the ''[[InsufferableGenius ego]]'' was genuine. Turns out Laharl really ''does'' [[LukeIAmYourFather take after his father]]]].
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* Subverted in ''{{Disgaea 2}}''.''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories''. Against all odds, it turns out that talking frog and resident ButtMonkey Tink ''wasn't'' lying when he claimed his un-cursed form was a total {{Bishonen}}. Really, we swear!
** Also subverted inthe [[DisgaeaHourOfDarkness first Disgaea]]: ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'': as it turns out, Vyers/Mid-Boss [[spoiler:has been playing at StealthMentor and feigning incompetence for pretty much the entire game. Of course, it's implied that while the buffoonery was faked, the ''[[InsufferableGenius ego]]'' was genuine. Turns out Laharl really ''does'' [[LukeIAmYourFather take after his father]]]].
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** Mao from Disgaea 3 qualifies; he constantly boasts about his brilliance and 1.8 million "E.Q.", but as [[OnlySaneMan Almaz]] points out, his calculations are ''never'' correct. He also assumes he is far more respected and admired by the other students than is actually the case. And the game would be over in half the time if he could just ''admit'' that he needs the help of others, and that his friends are more than just servants he allows to tag along with him.
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** Mao from Disgaea 3 qualifies; he ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'' constantly boasts about his brilliance and 1.8 million "E.Q.", but as [[OnlySaneMan Almaz]] points out, his calculations are ''never'' correct. He also assumes he is far more respected and admired by the other students than is actually the case. And the game would be over in half the time if he could just ''admit'' that he needs the help of others, and that his friends are more than just servants he allows to tag along with him.
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* Winston Payne in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series is your first prosecutor opponent in nearly every game. He dubs himself as the "Rookie Killer" and claims to be one of the best prosecutors there is. Payne also taunts you every time he gets the upper hand in the trial. Payne easily cracks under pressure and becomes a complete wimp when he starts losing. Payne's brother, Gaspen, is no better and actually runs out of the courthouse like a coward when a witness threatens to bomb the place, even though Phoenix stayed behind and was ready to prove that bomb was fake.
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* Simon in ''Soap Opera Dash'' is convinced that he's all that and a bag of chips, a self-styled "ladies' man" and utterly blind to the fact that the main character has a crush on him. The only thing bigger than his ego ''might'' be his hairdo.
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** Fawful in general in the MarioAndLuigi series. The guy quite literally seems to think he's the best person in every possible field, is some sort of EvilOverlord despite being TheDragon to another BigBad for the first game and is listed on both ItsAllAboutMe and {{Narcissist}} for very good reason. The entire setup for most of Bowser's Inside Story is that he makes the whole kingdom think of himself as he does through mind control.
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* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', Conrad Verner seems to think that he's just as badass as ''[[OneManArmy Commander]] [[{{Badass}} Shepard]].'' In the first game, he tries to convince Shepard to make him a Spectre. One of Shepard's responses? "Conrad, I haven't been shot in the head ''nearly'' enough times to make that seem like a good idea." In the second, he appears (wearing a replica of Shepard's N7 armor) at a bar, trying to shut it down because a corrupt weapons merchant convinced him the bartender was selling red sand...which, even if she ''had'', it wouldn't matter, because red sand ''[[WhatAnIdiot is completely legal on that planet.]]'' Two of Shepard's possible three responses involve causing bodily harm to him. (And if Shepard is female, he comes across as a sort of StalkerWithACrush.)
** He at one point literally tells Shepard to "sit back and watch how it's done." Shepard was pretty much giving him/herself an implied FacePalm for that entire conversation.
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* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', ''Franchise/MassEffect'', Conrad Verner seems to think that he's just as badass as ''[[OneManArmy Commander]] [[{{Badass}} Shepard]].'' In the first game, he tries to convince Shepard to make him a Spectre. One of Shepard's responses? "Conrad, I haven't been shot in the head ''nearly'' enough times to make that seem like a good idea." In the second, he appears (wearing a replica of Shepard's N7 armor) at a bar, trying to shut it down because a corrupt weapons merchant convinced him the bartender was selling red sand...which, even if she ''had'', it wouldn't matter, because red sand ''[[WhatAnIdiot is completely legal on that planet.]]'' Two of Shepard's possible three responses involve causing bodily harm to him. (And if Shepard is female, he comes across as a sort of StalkerWithACrush.)
**) He at one point literally tells Shepard to "sit back and watch how it's done." Shepard was pretty much giving him/herself an implied FacePalm for that entire conversation.
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* Raiho from the ''Raidou Kuzunoha'' series, but especially in ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy''.
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*** She is the final boss of ''Story Of Eastern Wonderland'' and the aforementioned Marisa was her ''minion'' in that game. It's pretty safe to say Mima is probably every bit as powerful as she claims she is.
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* Rufus from ''{{Deponia}}'' is convinced he's the smartest, coolest and sexiest man on the planet and better than absolutely everyone else he meets. While not completely bereft of talents, he's a scruffy, stuck-up, selfish, clumsy, idiotic buffoon.
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* Rufus from ''{{Deponia}}'' is convinced he's the smartest, coolest and sexiest man on the planet and better than absolutely everyone else he meets. While not completely bereft of talents, he's a scruffy, stuck-up, selfish, clumsy, clumsy idiotic buffoon.buffoon.
* Handsome Jack in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands2}}'' is an egomaniac full stop. Jack constantly taunts the player characters and the main characters from the first game while bragging about how he killed innocent people because it was hilarious and he has the money to do whatever he wants. [[spoiler: Once you kill Jack's daughter, Angel (who begged to be killed because of how she was being used for his plans), Jack goes apeshit and goes on a personal vendetta to kill you while still proclaiming that everything he is doing is for the good of the people of Pandora.]]
* Handsome Jack in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands2}}'' is an egomaniac full stop. Jack constantly taunts the player characters and the main characters from the first game while bragging about how he killed innocent people because it was hilarious and he has the money to do whatever he wants. [[spoiler: Once you kill Jack's daughter, Angel (who begged to be killed because of how she was being used for his plans), Jack goes apeshit and goes on a personal vendetta to kill you while still proclaiming that everything he is doing is for the good of the people of Pandora.]]
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** Nazrin's profile in Symposium of Post-Mysticism describes her as this. Despite being a small and easily intimidated mouse familiar, she has a huge ego that dwarfs her frame, mostly thanks to being [[PalsWithJesus pals with Bishamonten]].
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** Nazrin's profile in Symposium ''Symposium of Post-Mysticism Post-Mysticism'' describes her as this. Despite being a small and easily intimidated mouse familiar, she has a huge ego that dwarfs her frame, mostly thanks to being [[PalsWithJesus pals with Bishamonten]].
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* Ryder from ''GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' talks big and acts like he's "too fucking intelligent" to go to school. While Ryder is a decent shot with a gun, even Sweet tells Ryder that CJ (the player character) has been doing all the work and might be better at being a gangbanger than Ryder is. [[spoiler: After you discover Ryder betrayed your gang for a rival gang, he still acts like he's the best. Luckily, you get to put a bullet in his head.]]
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* Ryder from ''GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' talks big and acts like he's "too fucking intelligent" to go to school. While Ryder is a decent shot with a gun, even Sweet tells Ryder that CJ (the player character) has been doing all the work and might be better at being a gangbanger than Ryder is. [[spoiler: After you discover Ryder betrayed your gang for a rival gang, he still acts like he's the best. Luckily, you get to put a bullet in his head.]]
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* Rufus from ''{{Deponia}}'' is convinced he's the smartest, coolest and sexiest man on the planet and better than absolutely everyone else he meets. While not completely bereft of talents, he's a scruffy, stuck-up, selfish, clumsy, idiotic buffoon.
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** Though the possibility of a subversion is creeping in with evidence her boast aren't ''quite'' as disproportionate as they seem. In ''Phantasmagoia of Flower View'', Shikieki says she has "too much" power for a fairy, and in ''[[GaidenGame Great Fairy Wars]]'' [[spoiler:she forces BonusBoss Marisa to go all-out with her "fairy extermination spells" to beat her, though she apparently comes off second-best despite technically winning the danmaku brawl.]]
*** "Go all out"? The game makes it clear that Marisa was really holding back, and even then Cirno barely scrapped by.
*** "Go all out"? The game makes it clear that Marisa was really holding back, and even then Cirno barely scrapped by.
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*** "Go all out"? The game makes it clear that Marisa was really holding back, and even then Cirno barely scrapped by.
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*** The Fandom, on other hand, [[EnsembleDarkhorse usually makes her as powerful as she says she is.]]
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*** The Fandom, on other hand, [[EnsembleDarkhorse usually makes her as powerful powerful]] [[AwesomeEgo as she says she is.]]
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* Despite the [[HotBlooded Fire]], [[EvilWeapon Giant Nail]], and [[CrowningMusicofAwesome Theme Song]], Bang Shishigami is said to be the weakest fighter in the entire ''BlazBlue'' line up story-wise. Every time he wins a fight the opponent remarks how lucky he was or how they were stupid for losing to him. You could tell him this to his face all while taking him apart and he will honestly have [[IdiotHero no clue.]] However, in a subversion, this only lasts about in the first installment. By the second installment, he's been racking up respects, while still being considered a joke by most of the characters, and it has been revealed that he also has a hidden Nox Nyctores... that he has yet to know how to use, and WordOfGod say that he will become a very important character in the third installment.
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* Despite the [[HotBlooded Fire]], [[EvilWeapon Giant Nail]], and [[CrowningMusicofAwesome Theme Song]], Bang Shishigami is said to be the weakest fighter in the entire ''BlazBlue'' ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' line up story-wise. Every time he wins a fight the opponent remarks how lucky he was or how they were stupid for losing to him. You could tell him this to his face all while taking him apart and he will honestly have [[IdiotHero no clue.]] However, in a subversion, this only lasts about in the first installment. By the second installment, he's been racking up respects, while still being considered a joke by most of the characters, and it has been revealed that he also has a hidden Nox Nyctores... that he has yet to know how to use, and WordOfGod say that he will become a very important character in the third installment.
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** Also Ragnar the Red, who [[TheElderScrollsInUniverseBooks is mentioned in one of the songs]].
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** Also Ragnar the Red, who [[TheElderScrollsInUniverseBooks [[Literature/TheElderScrollsInUniverseBooks is mentioned in one of the songs]].songs]] as being a worthless lout and braggart.
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** Even your party members question his personality and methods after completing a mission for him. The character also likes to brag how tough he is in a fight, yet most of the fights he is in has him either running away scared or [[LeeroyJeenkins blindly bum rushing enemies that are ten times stronger than he is.]] If you get sick of him, there's one mission where you can go kick the Head Editor's ass. Funnily enough, there's also [[http://www.ffta2.com/dl/ill04_l.jpg a wallpaper with his mug on it]].
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** Even your party members question his personality and methods after completing a mission for him. The character also likes to brag how tough he is in a fight, yet most of the fights he is in has him either running away scared or [[LeeroyJeenkins [[LeeroyJenkins blindly bum rushing enemies that are ten times stronger than he is.]] If you get sick of him, there's one mission where you can go kick the Head Editor's ass. Funnily enough, there's also [[http://www.ffta2.com/dl/ill04_l.jpg a wallpaper with his mug on it]].
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** Even your party members question his personality and methods after completing a mission for him. If you get sick of him, there's one mission where you can go kick the Head Editor's ass. Funnily enough, there's also [[http://www.ffta2.com/dl/ill04_l.jpg a wallpaper with his mug on it]].
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** Even your party members question his personality and methods after completing a mission for him. The character also likes to brag how tough he is in a fight, yet most of the fights he is in has him either running away scared or [[LeeroyJeenkins blindly bum rushing enemies that are ten times stronger than he is.]] If you get sick of him, there's one mission where you can go kick the Head Editor's ass. Funnily enough, there's also [[http://www.ffta2.com/dl/ill04_l.jpg a wallpaper with his mug on it]].
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* The Head Editor in ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' lives and breathes on this trope. The character takes almost all the credit for everything your clan does for him and he throws a tantrum if you dare to disagree with him. The Head Editor also likes to brag how he is tough in a fight, but nearly every battle he is involved in has him at level 10 while the enemies are at least double those levels.
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* Ryder from ''GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' talks big and acts like he's "too fucking intelligent" to go to school. While Ryder is a decent shot with a gun, even Sweet tells Ryder that CJ (the player character) has been doing all the work and might be better at being a gangbanger than Ryder is. [[spoiler: After you discover Ryder betrayed your gang for a rival gang, he still acts like he's the best. Luckily, you get to put a bullet in his head.]]
* The Head Editor in ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' lives and breathes on this trope. The character takes almost all the credit for everything your clan does for him and he throws a tantrum if you dare to disagree with him. The Head Editor also likes to brag how he is tough in a fight, but nearly every battle he is involved in has him at level 10 while the enemies are at least double those levels.
* The Head Editor in ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' lives and breathes on this trope. The character takes almost all the credit for everything your clan does for him and he throws a tantrum if you dare to disagree with him. The Head Editor also likes to brag how he is tough in a fight, but nearly every battle he is involved in has him at level 10 while the enemies are at least double those levels.
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*** Although Ryu does point out in his after battle quote "your style has some serious potential, but your moves are too flashy", so Rufus' in game abilities were apparently not lost on the designers. On the other hand, outside of dating, He's show to be very kind and aware of his lover's feelings, and fighting he really does have an overblown ego.
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* Qara in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' is a vain, arrogant human sorceress who [[{{Pyromaniac}} loves fire]].
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* Dan Hibiki from the ''StreetFighter'' games. While his father Go was a great fighter, Dan himself is widely considered to be the weakest character (storyline-wise- [[JokeCharacter also objectively gameplay-wise]]) in the series, and yet he still thinks of himself as the greatest fighter who ever lived. He's actually so weak that when [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Demitri Maximoff]] (a vampire) offers to make Dan into one of his servants, he takes back the offer after noting how low Dan's strength is compared to everybody else he's met. Dan himself is very insulted. ("Only the strong and beautiful can serve me. You fail on BOTH counts!").
** Certain media shifts this a bit. In the manga ''Sakura Ganbaru'', he's not an elite fighter, but enough of one to make a living, and perceptive enough to remain a mentor to Sakura, as well as call Ken out on his injuries after the latter (barely) won against Sakura.
** Then again, in the Sakura comic mini-series by Udon, she agrees to study under Dan Hibiki only because "There's something to be learned from every fighter... even the bad ones!" Dan, of course, is utterly oblivious to this.
** Also note that by our standards he'd be one of the greatest fighters in the world... [[OvershadowedByAwesome it's just that Street Fighter uses a different scale]]. He's still said to have been able to win tournaments, however, so he's not a ''complete'' joke.
** Rufus of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' is fairly similar to Dan. He's very full of himself and believes he is the best fighter in America. The other characters constantly remind him of how he's too fat or his fighting style is too flashy for him to be a serious fighter. Gameplay-wise though, he's an above-average character.
** In ''Pocket Fighter'', Dan is made to look even ''more'' weak. His introduction begins with, "Upon deciding he was the strongest fighter in the world...", and in his ending, he gets ''harshly criticised'' by his own student. To quote, "All of your moves look retarded in addition to being ''completely useless'' in battle!"
* Waluigi from the ''SuperMarioBros'' series, certainly qualifies. He thinks he's the greatest sports player ever, that "everybody cheats but him", and constantly cheers on him, but barely anyone notices him, both in and out of universe, having it even worse as a butt monkey than Luigi, and that's saying something.
* Edgar from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''. OK, he created several powerful tools on his own, and engineered Figaro Castle's defense mechanism, and he's also the ''king'' of said castle, but he thinks he's an amazingly suave ladies' man... something with which any lady will disagree. Poor Edgar has the misfortune of living in a reality where ''no'' women are attracted to his money, power, looks or intelligence.
** At least, no women over the age of twelve. There's at least one child NPC out there with a schoolgirl crush on him. Along with a bar floozy, but then she had already hit on Cyan.
** It is notable that the one time where it's mentioned that his charms worked, it ended up saving the entire party from the Empire's ambush.
** Also, the retranslated GBA versions seemed indicated that their version of Edgar was a bit more successful with the ladies.
---> '''Locke''': ...And watch out for a certain lecherous young king who shall remain nameless. The guy moves in like a hawk!
* Another ''FinalFantasy'' example would be Edge, VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV's {{Badass}} ninja. He flirts with the ladies quite often and likes to flaunt his over-inflated ego in a regular basis. Unfortunately for Edge, his crush [[spoiler:Rydia]] seems to be disgusted by his attitude.
* One recurring NPC in ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2'', the editor of the Bonga Bugle magazine (suggested to be more of a tabloid, really, but who's counting) ''lives and breathes'' this trope. It's surprising the localization team didn't name him some variation of the name.
** Even your party members question his personality and methods after completing a mission for him. If you get sick of him, there's one mission where you can go kick the Head Editor's ass. Funnily enough, there's also [[http://www.ffta2.com/dl/ill04_l.jpg a wallpaper with his mug on it]].
* Subverted in ''{{Disgaea 2}}''. Against all odds, it turns out that talking frog and resident ButtMonkey Tink ''wasn't'' lying when he claimed his un-cursed form was a total {{Bishonen}}. Really, we swear!
** Also subverted in the [[DisgaeaHourOfDarkness first Disgaea]]: as it turns out, Vyers/Mid-Boss [[spoiler:has been playing at StealthMentor and feigning incompetence for pretty much the entire game. Of course, it's implied that while the buffoonery was faked, the ''[[InsufferableGenius ego]]'' was genuine. Turns out Laharl really ''does'' [[LukeIAmYourFather take after his father]]]].
-->'''Vyers:''' Why am I so awesome?
** Mao from Disgaea 3 qualifies; he constantly boasts about his brilliance and 1.8 million "E.Q.", but as [[OnlySaneMan Almaz]] points out, his calculations are ''never'' correct. He also assumes he is far more respected and admired by the other students than is actually the case. And the game would be over in half the time if he could just ''admit'' that he needs the help of others, and that his friends are more than just servants he allows to tag along with him.
* ''{{Persona 4}}'' has Teddie, who, despite being an empty bear suit, thinks that he's the world's most suave ladies man. [[spoiler: He gets a {{Bishonen}} human form later on, and sadly for the other characters, his charms ''work'' on most non-story-related ladies.]]
* ''{{Persona 3}}'''s [[IdiotHero Junpei Iori]], who thinks of himself as [[HeroicWannabe an action hero]] and [[KidANova ladies' man]], and flaunts himself as such to anyone who will listen (or anyone who doesn't immediately berate him for it, that is.) Most infamously during the BeachEpisode, where his success with women is taken down a peg or ten, and he ''quickly'' becomes TheResenter when the much more efficient, and [[TheStoic unassuming]] Main Character proves himself the real hero.
** Thankfully, he does eventually matures into a legitimate BadAss in his own right [[spoiler: after he falls hard for Chidori and literally TookALevelInBadass when she sacrifices her life for him, and when Takaya mocks her sacrifice, he proceeds to make Strega his bitch to the point Jin is begging Takaya to flee before he gets killed.]]
* Several of the girls of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' are legends in their own minds:
** Cirno, Touhou's [[TheDitz resident ditz]], proclaims herself to be the strongest and the smartest in Gensokyo. In reality, she's probably just the strongest and smartest ''fairy'', and unfortunately for her, fairies in the Touhouverse are essentially {{mooks}}. Her name and number are practically synonymous with {{Baka}}.
** Though the possibility of a subversion is creeping in with evidence her boast aren't ''quite'' as disproportionate as they seem. In ''Phantasmagoia of Flower View'', Shikieki says she has "too much" power for a fairy, and in ''[[GaidenGame Great Fairy Wars]]'' [[spoiler:she forces BonusBoss Marisa to go all-out with her "fairy extermination spells" to beat her, though she apparently comes off second-best despite technically winning the danmaku brawl.]]
*** "Go all out"? The game makes it clear that Marisa was really holding back, and even then Cirno barely scrapped by.
** Mima of the very first Touhou game, ''Highly Responsive to Prayers'' is quite powerful, but nowhere near as strong as she says she is.
*** The Fandom, on other hand, [[EnsembleDarkhorse usually makes her as powerful as she says she is.]]
** Mystia isn't as featured as Cirno, but she does have her moments. Enough to make Alice say, "Mpf. Enough chirping, you windbag."
** Nazrin's profile in Symposium of Post-Mysticism describes her as this. Despite being a small and easily intimidated mouse familiar, she has a huge ego that dwarfs her frame, mostly thanks to being [[PalsWithJesus pals with Bishamonten]].
* Todd "Maniac" Marshall, from the ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' series, though the official StrategyGuide for ''Wing Commander Prophecy'' notes in Maniac's bio that he has the 14th highest kill score from the Kilrathi War (behind Blair's 11th), so there's evidence he isn't ''totally'' an unskilled braggart, at least in the cockpit. Romantic pursuits, however, are another issue entirely...
** It would probably be far lower if he didn't live up to his callsign. A new player might be forgiven for wondering whether his AI functioned correctly...
* Barry Dejay of the ''BackyardSports'' series. He claims he can be the best at sports even with a broken ankle and a [[DeskJockey promotion]] to announcer.
** Also, the fictional Barry Bonds. But he admits that he has a huge ego.
** Don't forget [[LargeHam Tony.]] He goes to town with this trope.
* While there's several examples in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky'', Chatot boasts the most grossly overinflated ego of the lot. Not only does he act as the Guild's head of intelligence despite being a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter, he spends most of his time being [[KnowNothingKnowItAll staggeringly inept]], [[PoorCommunicationKills refusing to listen to anyone else]] and basking in praise directed at others. His rare [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass shining moments]] are ''very'' few and far between.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', Conrad Verner seems to think that he's just as badass as ''[[OneManArmy Commander]] [[{{Badass}} Shepard]].'' In the first game, he tries to convince Shepard to make him a Spectre. One of Shepard's responses? "Conrad, I haven't been shot in the head ''nearly'' enough times to make that seem like a good idea." In the second, he appears (wearing a replica of Shepard's N7 armor) at a bar, trying to shut it down because a corrupt weapons merchant convinced him the bartender was selling red sand...which, even if she ''had'', it wouldn't matter, because red sand ''[[WhatAnIdiot is completely legal on that planet.]]'' Two of Shepard's possible three responses involve causing bodily harm to him. (And if Shepard is female, he comes across as a sort of StalkerWithACrush.)
** He at one point literally tells Shepard to "sit back and watch how it's done." Shepard was pretty much giving him/herself an implied FacePalm for that entire conversation.
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', this definitely describes Kai Leng. While he is certainly a legitimate threat, he's not as dangerous as he would like to think he is and his over-inflated sense of pride leads to him ''woefully'' [[UnderestimatingBadassery underestimating Shepard]] at several points throughout the game.
*** Most of Kai Leng's dialogue also seems to suggest that he's somewhat obsessed with Shepard, wanting to make them recognise him as their ultimate arch-nemesis. Between the Reapers and the Illusive Man, Shepard on the other hand, barely seems to notice Kai Leng ''at all''.
* The Scout from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', at least in the "Meet The Scout" video. He considers it "kind of a big deal" that there's someone who hasn't heard of him.
* Murray from the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series. In his own mind, he is a powerful demonic force, the harbinger of your doom, and the forces of darkness will applaud him as he strides through the gates of Hell, carrying your head on a pike!
-->'''Guybrush:''' [[OracularHead 'Stride']]?\\
'''[[OracularHead Murray:]]''' ...All right then, 'roll'! ''Roll'' through the gates of Hell!... Must you take the fun out of ''everything''?
* Lurbuk, an Orc bard from ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', is so convinced of his own greatness that he doesn't realize you're there to kill him, even as you draw your blade and tell him he's about to die. As testament to just how bad he is, so many people want him dead that they had to hold a ''lottery'' to determine who got to hire the assassin.
** Also Ragnar the Red, who [[TheElderScrollsInUniverseBooks is mentioned in one of the songs]].
* Despite the [[HotBlooded Fire]], [[EvilWeapon Giant Nail]], and [[CrowningMusicofAwesome Theme Song]], Bang Shishigami is said to be the weakest fighter in the entire ''BlazBlue'' line up story-wise. Every time he wins a fight the opponent remarks how lucky he was or how they were stupid for losing to him. You could tell him this to his face all while taking him apart and he will honestly have [[IdiotHero no clue.]] However, in a subversion, this only lasts about in the first installment. By the second installment, he's been racking up respects, while still being considered a joke by most of the characters, and it has been revealed that he also has a hidden Nox Nyctores... that he has yet to know how to use, and WordOfGod say that he will become a very important character in the third installment.
* Bang's ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' prototype, Chipp Zanuff, the [[{{Eagleland}} American]] Ninja also fits this trope.
** Though Chipp may be a double subversion, as while few take him seriously, save for himself, the PWAB's analysis highlights him being one of only two remaining users of ki and the only ninja...and then goes on to mention his rash behavior and the ease with which he can be manipulated. A straighter example would be Robo-Ky who, in spite of his ego, is discounted as a threat by both opponents and his own superiors.
* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'''s Aperture Science, judging from a slideshow of theirs. The far better-known [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} Black Mesa]] proposes modest budgets for its projects and is usually given as much. Aperture requests ridiculously large sums of money and usually gets the exact opposite.
** This may be more a case of ReedRichardsIsUseless or CutLexLuthorACheck. Aperture's inventions - all of them - pretty much snap the laws of physics in half and would be unbelievably useful anywhere besides in a pointlessly massive underground deathtrap. The company and Cave Johnson have every right to be insanely proud of their inventions, and Aperture's fiscal problems are most likely excused by RuleOfFunny and completely failing to apply those inventions in a more practical manner.
* Almost all incarnations of ''SonicTheHedgehog'' are depicted as somewhat boastful and overconfident of their skills. The current video games version is shown to be extremely cocky, however he is somewhat playful and far less jerkish about it than most standard examples of the trope.
* Subverted in Kefka in VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI, who at first seems like an egotistical HarmlessVillain who fits this trope. He would subvert it when he becomes a MonsterClown by poisoning an entire castle. For much of the first leg of the game, he seems to be a villain who still fits this trope as the half-mad ego-maniacal supporter of the supposed BigBad. Players were itching to really dish out a good bit of karmic justice to him in the DiscOneFinalDungeon. Then he subverts it again when he goes FromNobodyToNightmare, prompting the second half of the game where he is the ultimate adversary.
* Qara in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' is a vain, arrogant human sorceress who [[{{Pyromaniac}} loves fire]].
* Gene from ''GodHand'' was like this before he got the titled God Hand. We're shown how he rescued Olivia from two demons who were going to cut her hand...but he only managed that much because he made a good distraction. His punches did absolutely nothing and he lost one of his arms for the trouble. Oopsie poopsie.
* Gromm'ko from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' fits. He claims that his raptor, Butcher, can take on anything and anyone.
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** Certain media shifts this a bit. In the manga ''Sakura Ganbaru'', he's not an elite fighter, but enough of one to make a living, and perceptive enough to remain a mentor to Sakura, as well as call Ken out on his injuries after the latter (barely) won against Sakura.
** Then again, in the Sakura comic mini-series by Udon, she agrees to study under Dan Hibiki only because "There's something to be learned from every fighter... even the bad ones!" Dan, of course, is utterly oblivious to this.
** Also note that by our standards he'd be one of the greatest fighters in the world... [[OvershadowedByAwesome it's just that Street Fighter uses a different scale]]. He's still said to have been able to win tournaments, however, so he's not a ''complete'' joke.
** Rufus of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' is fairly similar to Dan. He's very full of himself and believes he is the best fighter in America. The other characters constantly remind him of how he's too fat or his fighting style is too flashy for him to be a serious fighter. Gameplay-wise though, he's an above-average character.
** In ''Pocket Fighter'', Dan is made to look even ''more'' weak. His introduction begins with, "Upon deciding he was the strongest fighter in the world...", and in his ending, he gets ''harshly criticised'' by his own student. To quote, "All of your moves look retarded in addition to being ''completely useless'' in battle!"
* Waluigi from the ''SuperMarioBros'' series, certainly qualifies. He thinks he's the greatest sports player ever, that "everybody cheats but him", and constantly cheers on him, but barely anyone notices him, both in and out of universe, having it even worse as a butt monkey than Luigi, and that's saying something.
* Edgar from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''. OK, he created several powerful tools on his own, and engineered Figaro Castle's defense mechanism, and he's also the ''king'' of said castle, but he thinks he's an amazingly suave ladies' man... something with which any lady will disagree. Poor Edgar has the misfortune of living in a reality where ''no'' women are attracted to his money, power, looks or intelligence.
** At least, no women over the age of twelve. There's at least one child NPC out there with a schoolgirl crush on him. Along with a bar floozy, but then she had already hit on Cyan.
** It is notable that the one time where it's mentioned that his charms worked, it ended up saving the entire party from the Empire's ambush.
** Also, the retranslated GBA versions seemed indicated that their version of Edgar was a bit more successful with the ladies.
---> '''Locke''': ...And watch out for a certain lecherous young king who shall remain nameless. The guy moves in like a hawk!
* Another ''FinalFantasy'' example would be Edge, VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV's {{Badass}} ninja. He flirts with the ladies quite often and likes to flaunt his over-inflated ego in a regular basis. Unfortunately for Edge, his crush [[spoiler:Rydia]] seems to be disgusted by his attitude.
* One recurring NPC in ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2'', the editor of the Bonga Bugle magazine (suggested to be more of a tabloid, really, but who's counting) ''lives and breathes'' this trope. It's surprising the localization team didn't name him some variation of the name.
** Even your party members question his personality and methods after completing a mission for him. If you get sick of him, there's one mission where you can go kick the Head Editor's ass. Funnily enough, there's also [[http://www.ffta2.com/dl/ill04_l.jpg a wallpaper with his mug on it]].
* Subverted in ''{{Disgaea 2}}''. Against all odds, it turns out that talking frog and resident ButtMonkey Tink ''wasn't'' lying when he claimed his un-cursed form was a total {{Bishonen}}. Really, we swear!
** Also subverted in the [[DisgaeaHourOfDarkness first Disgaea]]: as it turns out, Vyers/Mid-Boss [[spoiler:has been playing at StealthMentor and feigning incompetence for pretty much the entire game. Of course, it's implied that while the buffoonery was faked, the ''[[InsufferableGenius ego]]'' was genuine. Turns out Laharl really ''does'' [[LukeIAmYourFather take after his father]]]].
-->'''Vyers:''' Why am I so awesome?
** Mao from Disgaea 3 qualifies; he constantly boasts about his brilliance and 1.8 million "E.Q.", but as [[OnlySaneMan Almaz]] points out, his calculations are ''never'' correct. He also assumes he is far more respected and admired by the other students than is actually the case. And the game would be over in half the time if he could just ''admit'' that he needs the help of others, and that his friends are more than just servants he allows to tag along with him.
* ''{{Persona 4}}'' has Teddie, who, despite being an empty bear suit, thinks that he's the world's most suave ladies man. [[spoiler: He gets a {{Bishonen}} human form later on, and sadly for the other characters, his charms ''work'' on most non-story-related ladies.]]
* ''{{Persona 3}}'''s [[IdiotHero Junpei Iori]], who thinks of himself as [[HeroicWannabe an action hero]] and [[KidANova ladies' man]], and flaunts himself as such to anyone who will listen (or anyone who doesn't immediately berate him for it, that is.) Most infamously during the BeachEpisode, where his success with women is taken down a peg or ten, and he ''quickly'' becomes TheResenter when the much more efficient, and [[TheStoic unassuming]] Main Character proves himself the real hero.
** Thankfully, he does eventually matures into a legitimate BadAss in his own right [[spoiler: after he falls hard for Chidori and literally TookALevelInBadass when she sacrifices her life for him, and when Takaya mocks her sacrifice, he proceeds to make Strega his bitch to the point Jin is begging Takaya to flee before he gets killed.]]
* Several of the girls of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' are legends in their own minds:
** Cirno, Touhou's [[TheDitz resident ditz]], proclaims herself to be the strongest and the smartest in Gensokyo. In reality, she's probably just the strongest and smartest ''fairy'', and unfortunately for her, fairies in the Touhouverse are essentially {{mooks}}. Her name and number are practically synonymous with {{Baka}}.
** Though the possibility of a subversion is creeping in with evidence her boast aren't ''quite'' as disproportionate as they seem. In ''Phantasmagoia of Flower View'', Shikieki says she has "too much" power for a fairy, and in ''[[GaidenGame Great Fairy Wars]]'' [[spoiler:she forces BonusBoss Marisa to go all-out with her "fairy extermination spells" to beat her, though she apparently comes off second-best despite technically winning the danmaku brawl.]]
*** "Go all out"? The game makes it clear that Marisa was really holding back, and even then Cirno barely scrapped by.
** Mima of the very first Touhou game, ''Highly Responsive to Prayers'' is quite powerful, but nowhere near as strong as she says she is.
*** The Fandom, on other hand, [[EnsembleDarkhorse usually makes her as powerful as she says she is.]]
** Mystia isn't as featured as Cirno, but she does have her moments. Enough to make Alice say, "Mpf. Enough chirping, you windbag."
** Nazrin's profile in Symposium of Post-Mysticism describes her as this. Despite being a small and easily intimidated mouse familiar, she has a huge ego that dwarfs her frame, mostly thanks to being [[PalsWithJesus pals with Bishamonten]].
* Todd "Maniac" Marshall, from the ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' series, though the official StrategyGuide for ''Wing Commander Prophecy'' notes in Maniac's bio that he has the 14th highest kill score from the Kilrathi War (behind Blair's 11th), so there's evidence he isn't ''totally'' an unskilled braggart, at least in the cockpit. Romantic pursuits, however, are another issue entirely...
** It would probably be far lower if he didn't live up to his callsign. A new player might be forgiven for wondering whether his AI functioned correctly...
* Barry Dejay of the ''BackyardSports'' series. He claims he can be the best at sports even with a broken ankle and a [[DeskJockey promotion]] to announcer.
** Also, the fictional Barry Bonds. But he admits that he has a huge ego.
** Don't forget [[LargeHam Tony.]] He goes to town with this trope.
* While there's several examples in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky'', Chatot boasts the most grossly overinflated ego of the lot. Not only does he act as the Guild's head of intelligence despite being a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter, he spends most of his time being [[KnowNothingKnowItAll staggeringly inept]], [[PoorCommunicationKills refusing to listen to anyone else]] and basking in praise directed at others. His rare [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass shining moments]] are ''very'' few and far between.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', Conrad Verner seems to think that he's just as badass as ''[[OneManArmy Commander]] [[{{Badass}} Shepard]].'' In the first game, he tries to convince Shepard to make him a Spectre. One of Shepard's responses? "Conrad, I haven't been shot in the head ''nearly'' enough times to make that seem like a good idea." In the second, he appears (wearing a replica of Shepard's N7 armor) at a bar, trying to shut it down because a corrupt weapons merchant convinced him the bartender was selling red sand...which, even if she ''had'', it wouldn't matter, because red sand ''[[WhatAnIdiot is completely legal on that planet.]]'' Two of Shepard's possible three responses involve causing bodily harm to him. (And if Shepard is female, he comes across as a sort of StalkerWithACrush.)
** He at one point literally tells Shepard to "sit back and watch how it's done." Shepard was pretty much giving him/herself an implied FacePalm for that entire conversation.
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', this definitely describes Kai Leng. While he is certainly a legitimate threat, he's not as dangerous as he would like to think he is and his over-inflated sense of pride leads to him ''woefully'' [[UnderestimatingBadassery underestimating Shepard]] at several points throughout the game.
*** Most of Kai Leng's dialogue also seems to suggest that he's somewhat obsessed with Shepard, wanting to make them recognise him as their ultimate arch-nemesis. Between the Reapers and the Illusive Man, Shepard on the other hand, barely seems to notice Kai Leng ''at all''.
* The Scout from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', at least in the "Meet The Scout" video. He considers it "kind of a big deal" that there's someone who hasn't heard of him.
* Murray from the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series. In his own mind, he is a powerful demonic force, the harbinger of your doom, and the forces of darkness will applaud him as he strides through the gates of Hell, carrying your head on a pike!
-->'''Guybrush:''' [[OracularHead 'Stride']]?\\
'''[[OracularHead Murray:]]''' ...All right then, 'roll'! ''Roll'' through the gates of Hell!... Must you take the fun out of ''everything''?
* Lurbuk, an Orc bard from ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', is so convinced of his own greatness that he doesn't realize you're there to kill him, even as you draw your blade and tell him he's about to die. As testament to just how bad he is, so many people want him dead that they had to hold a ''lottery'' to determine who got to hire the assassin.
** Also Ragnar the Red, who [[TheElderScrollsInUniverseBooks is mentioned in one of the songs]].
* Despite the [[HotBlooded Fire]], [[EvilWeapon Giant Nail]], and [[CrowningMusicofAwesome Theme Song]], Bang Shishigami is said to be the weakest fighter in the entire ''BlazBlue'' line up story-wise. Every time he wins a fight the opponent remarks how lucky he was or how they were stupid for losing to him. You could tell him this to his face all while taking him apart and he will honestly have [[IdiotHero no clue.]] However, in a subversion, this only lasts about in the first installment. By the second installment, he's been racking up respects, while still being considered a joke by most of the characters, and it has been revealed that he also has a hidden Nox Nyctores... that he has yet to know how to use, and WordOfGod say that he will become a very important character in the third installment.
* Bang's ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' prototype, Chipp Zanuff, the [[{{Eagleland}} American]] Ninja also fits this trope.
** Though Chipp may be a double subversion, as while few take him seriously, save for himself, the PWAB's analysis highlights him being one of only two remaining users of ki and the only ninja...and then goes on to mention his rash behavior and the ease with which he can be manipulated. A straighter example would be Robo-Ky who, in spite of his ego, is discounted as a threat by both opponents and his own superiors.
* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'''s Aperture Science, judging from a slideshow of theirs. The far better-known [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} Black Mesa]] proposes modest budgets for its projects and is usually given as much. Aperture requests ridiculously large sums of money and usually gets the exact opposite.
** This may be more a case of ReedRichardsIsUseless or CutLexLuthorACheck. Aperture's inventions - all of them - pretty much snap the laws of physics in half and would be unbelievably useful anywhere besides in a pointlessly massive underground deathtrap. The company and Cave Johnson have every right to be insanely proud of their inventions, and Aperture's fiscal problems are most likely excused by RuleOfFunny and completely failing to apply those inventions in a more practical manner.
* Almost all incarnations of ''SonicTheHedgehog'' are depicted as somewhat boastful and overconfident of their skills. The current video games version is shown to be extremely cocky, however he is somewhat playful and far less jerkish about it than most standard examples of the trope.
* Subverted in Kefka in VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI, who at first seems like an egotistical HarmlessVillain who fits this trope. He would subvert it when he becomes a MonsterClown by poisoning an entire castle. For much of the first leg of the game, he seems to be a villain who still fits this trope as the half-mad ego-maniacal supporter of the supposed BigBad. Players were itching to really dish out a good bit of karmic justice to him in the DiscOneFinalDungeon. Then he subverts it again when he goes FromNobodyToNightmare, prompting the second half of the game where he is the ultimate adversary.
* Qara in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' is a vain, arrogant human sorceress who [[{{Pyromaniac}} loves fire]].
* Gene from ''GodHand'' was like this before he got the titled God Hand. We're shown how he rescued Olivia from two demons who were going to cut her hand...but he only managed that much because he made a good distraction. His punches did absolutely nothing and he lost one of his arms for the trouble. Oopsie poopsie.
* Gromm'ko from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' fits. He claims that his raptor, Butcher, can take on anything and anyone.
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