History SmallNameBigEgo / VideoGames

** Humanity is generally seen this way by other alien species. They think they're the Council's newest and hottest shit who automatically deserve to have power and prestige handed to them when their gross economic output doesn't even match the ''elcor'', let alone the actual big players like the turians.

* 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.

* A number of the Barons/Baronesses and Viscounts/Viscountesses in the Battle Chateau of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' brag heavily about how great they are despite all having pokemon around level 15 or 20, with one Baron in particular bragging about "being the next Viscount in the making"[[note]]A rank most players earn within roughly 10 minutes of joining the group[[/note]]. It's especially funny if the play is the current [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership Grand Duke/Duchess]].

* Master Kohga from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' talks a big game, but is nowhere near as dangerous as he thinks he is, which is [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration reflected in how easy the fight against him is]]. Subtly emphasized in "The Champions' Ballad" when [[spoiler:you fight Monk Maz Koshia, who uses Kohga's abilities (teleportation, summoning iron balls) but more effectively, alongside his own techniques (swordfighting, copying himself, firing elemental arrows, making himself giant), and who provides an all around tougher and more elaborate fight than the Yiga leader. Kohga, a guy who has been actively in charge of a group of evil ninjas for at least a century, is a massive dweeb compared to an emaciated, self-mummified guy who had been sitting in the same spot for 10,000 years!]] [[spoiler: He returns in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZedlaTearsOfTheKingdom'' and while he has gotten ''slightly'' better in fighting Link by using combat vehicles, he's still laughably easy to fight.]]

* Master Kohga from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' talks a big game, but is nowhere near as dangerous as he thinks he is, which is [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration reflected in how easy the fight against him is]]. Subtly emphasized in "The Champions' Ballad" when [[spoiler:you fight Monk Maz Koshia, who uses Kohga's abilities (teleportation, summoning iron balls) but more effectively, alongside his own techniques (swordfighting, copying himself, firing elemental arrows, making himself giant), and who provides an all around tougher and more elaborate fight than the Yiga leader. Kohga, a guy who has been actively in charge of a group of evil ninjas for at least a century, is a massive dweeb compared to an emaciated, self-mummified guy who had been sitting in the same spot for 10,000 years!]]

* A number of the Barons/Baronesses and Viscounts/Viscountesses in the Battle Chateau of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' brag heavily about how great they are despite all having pokemon around level 15 or 20, with one Baron in particular bragging about "being the next Viscount in the making"[[note]]A rank most players earn within roughly 10 minutes of joining the group[[/note]]. It's especially funny if the play is the current [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Grand Duke/Duchess]].

** 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''. When the time finally comes for an even fight between them, Shepard quite handily proves to be the superior fighter.

** 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''.

--> '''Screw''': "Work for you? I've never even HEARD of you!"

* [[SmugSnake Zote]] from ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' genuinely believes that he's a mighty knight, but he's anything but. [[PlayerCharacter The Knight]] encounters him twice in Hallownest, tied up by some beast. If they cut him loose, Zote treats them as a nuisance, saying that he could have easily saved himself. [[spoiler: Which isn't true at all. [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential If the player decides to just leave him there without saving him]], all that will be left of Zote upon returning is his broken mask]]. [[spoiler: If you do save him, Zote winds up being the [[BonusBoss boss]] of the first trial at the Colosseum of Fools, where he finally shows off his great fighting skills he's so proud of; Wildly swinging his wooden sword like a child and occasionally falling flat on his face. Even if he manages to land a hit on you, he does no damage, making Zote ''the weakest enemy in the entire game'']]. To hammer home just how harmless he really is, even [[BloodKnight the Hunter]] regards Zote as too weak and pathetic to bother killing.

* Bass from the [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Classic era of Mega Man]] could count, because he [[{{Narcissist}} thinks he's the strongest]], but really isn't.

--> Screw: "Work for you? I've never even HEARD of you!"

* Jolee Bindo from ''VideoGame/KnightsOftheOldRepublic'' likes to tell a cautionary tale of prophecy and destiny. You see, there was once a man who was told he had a great destiny. This went to his head, and he went around calling himself a great hero. Once, he was caught by a terrible crime lord, and was affronted that the crime lord didn't know who he was. His boasting and threats became so tiresome that the crime boss threw him across the room -- and, as it so happens, into a critically fragile part of the ship. The man died, the crime boss died, and Jolee barely escaped with his life. But the destiny was fulfilled - the political and economic structure of the whole sector was never the same afterwards.

*** Many, many [=NPCs=] believe that they are a really big deal in their twelve-man community, but are utterly forgettable to the protagonist. Riverwood, one of the first towns you find, has a bratty kid who will warn you not to get on his bad side. ("Or I'll prank you. And not a little, but a lot.") If you're playing a female, the blacksmith's wife will warn you to stay away from her husband as though he's an incredible catch. Maven Black-Briar technically is a big name since she does rule Riften in all but name, but since she has minimal interaction with the protagonist (one quest, really), she can still come across this when taking the big picture into account. Just walking past her will prompt her to ask if you've come to beg for favors.

** Conrad Verner seems to think that he's just as badass as ''[[OneManArmy Commander 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 been'', 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.

** [[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 fake.

** Paul Atishon from ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice Spirit of Justice]]'' fancies himself the next assemblyman of Kurain Village, acting like an arrogant SleazyPolitician who spouts meaningless campaign promises because he believes that's what's expected of him. The problem is that [[HatedByAll almost everyone in Kurain finds him annoying]], yet he keeps up with his schtick in spite of this fact. He believes that he'll one day become King of America(which doesn't have a hereditary monarchy)[[note]]In the original Japanese, he believes he'll become Emperor of Japan, despite not being of royal blood.[[/note]] in spite of the fact that he has virtually no chance of being elected to a local government position even with the help of his benefactor [[spoiler:Khura'inese Justice Minister Inga]].

* Jefailey from ''VideoGame/{{Divekick}}'', the owner of the Divekick tournament the game takes place in. He decides that just running the tournament doesn't stroke his ego enough, and joins to try and beat it as well. His ego is even incorporated into the gameplay, with his head inflating with each round he wins, increasing his jump height but also making him a bigger target for headshots.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy'' has Konk, who always says: "Fork Rocks!" in his apperances in the first four games... as the [[WarmupBoss very first boss]]. He, actually, is little more than a nuisance, and Starfy ends up kicking his ass ''more'' than four times, even with the help of Puchi Ogura #1 in ''2'', his new helmet in ''3'', and being powered-up by [[BigBad Degil]] in ''4''.

-->'''Vyers:''' Why am I so awesome?

--> ''"Was it 'Having the adoration of thousands...' No, wait. I could make it 'the adoration of tens of thousands'."''
-->''"'Savior of Morrowind.' Hm, that's good but it sounds too narrow of scope..."''

** Paul Atishon from ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice Spirit of Justice]]'' fancies himself the next assemblyman of Kurain Village, acting like an arrogant SleazyPolitician who spouts meaningless campaign promises because he believes that's what's expected of him. The problem is that [[HatedByAll almost everyone in Kurain finds him annoying]], yet he keeps up with his schtick in spite of this fact.

** Paul Atishon from ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice Spirit of Justice]]'' fancies himself the next assemblyman of Kurain Village, acting like an arrogant SleazyPolitician who spouts meaningless campaign promises because he believes that's what's expected of him. The problem is that [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating almost everyone in Kurain finds him annoying]], yet he keeps up with his schtick in spite of this fact.

* 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 UsefulNotes/{{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'', Eiki Shiki 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.]]
** Mima of the very first Touhou game, ''Highly Responsive to Prayers'' is quite powerful, but nowhere near as strong as she says she is.

*** 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.

* 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.

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''

** [[TokenEvilTeammate Myron]] from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' thinks he's hot stuff for inventing [[FantasticDrug Jet]], but the post-game narration even makes sure to mention that after he's [[LaserGuidedKarma stabbed to death by a Jet addict]], no one remembers him at all.

* 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.]]

* A number of the Barons/Baronesses and Viscounts/Viscountesses in the Battle Chateau of ''Videogame/PokemonXAndY'' brag heavily about how great they are despite all having pokemon around level 15 or 20, with one Baron in particular bragging about "being the next Viscount in the making"[[note]]A rank most players earn within roughly 10 minutes of joining the group[[/note]]. It's especially funny if the play is the current [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Grand Duke/Duchess]].

* The Gehrich Gang in ''Videogame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' boast about "being so bad, they even scare ghosts" but are all rather unimpressive except for their leader Gehrich. Notably, the only ones who ever take them seriously or deem them a threat are civilians. Actual fighters like the heroes and Lloyd treat them as a nuisance.

--->'''Demitri''': "Only the strong and beautiful can serve me. You fail on BOTH counts!"

* In ''Franchise/MassEffect'', Conrad Verner seems to think that he's just as badass as ''[[OneManArmy Commander 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 been'', 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''.

-->'''Demitri''': "Only the strong and beautiful can serve me. You fail on BOTH counts!"

-->'''Sakura''': "All of your moves look retarded in addition to being ''completely useless'' in battle!"

* Dan Hibiki from the ''Franchise/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) [[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos 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!")

** In ''[[VideoGame/SuperGemFighter Pocket Fighter]]'', Dan is made to look even ''more'' weak. (Keep in mind that this is a game with SuperDeformed characters that runs on RuleOfFunny.) 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 ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, certainly qualifies. He thinks he's the greatest and that "everybody cheats but him." 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, however. Since he is an even worse ButtMonkey than Luigi who failed to earn the respect (from the Mushroom Kingdom) and 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.