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7	{{Smug Snake}}s in {{Film}}.
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12	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'': ComicBook/TheJoker likes to think of himself as the greatest comedian and supervillain, and always wanted to make Batman laugh. But when Batman ''does'' laugh, [[IShallTauntYou he's mocking]] how utterly pathetic Joker really is. For all his snark and bravado, Joker is just a stupid manchild whose jokes are [[BoringInsult lame]] once the props are removed. At that point, the smugness goes out the window and Joker doesn't take this diss [[VillainousBreakdown lightly]]. Who knew the clown had NoSenseOfHumor when ''he's'' the punchline?
13	* [[VainSorceress Lydia]], the villain of ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'', believes herself to be the only one worthy of being a muse, and treats everyone else accordingly.
14	* ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' has the suitably named Barkis Bittern, who can't seem to go two steps without leaving a trail of slime behind him and can't even concede defeat without smugly rubbing it into his [[spoiler:late finacee Emily's face that she was "always the bridesmaid -- but ''never'' the bride!" before [[SelfDisposingVillain accidentally killing himself drinking a goblet of poisoned wine.]]]]
15	* ''Creator/{{Disney}}'':
16	** Both Prince John and his ''actual snake'' servant, Sir Hiss from ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' are prime examples of this trope. The latter was even the former image on the front page.
17	** Sir Hiss could well be the TropeCodifier.
18	** Kaa from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' ''is'' a Smug Snake. This is the complete opposite of his personality in Creator/RudyardKipling's original book, where he was more of an OldMaster who has the respect (and fear) of the Jungle. The Smug Snake in the book is ''Shere Khan''.
19	** Gladstone Gander in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', although his Smug Snake characteristics were notably more subdued in his animated incarnation than in the original comic books. The episode "Dime Enough For Luck" even goes so far as to portray him in a fairly sympathetic light.
20	** [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]]. He thinks he is very clever and does manipulate the heroes quite a bit, but in the end, his lust for power prevents him from thinking through the consequences of his actions, [[spoiler:specifically that being a genie would force him to live in a lamp and grant wishes,]] which proves to be his undoing. He even has a bit of a snake theme going on. Unlike most of these smug snakes, Jafar graduated to a MagnificentBastard in the second movie.
21	** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': Scar ... one of his key traits as the writers went out of their way to give the film's pre-eminent villain less than zero positive traits. He is openly hostile to his brother, jealous of his nephew Simba, a misogynist who physically abuses the lionesses and dismissive of even his own hyena lackeys. He seems genuinely surprised when they expectedly all turn on him in the end, and cowers and begs the instant he thinks his life is in danger. While he ''is'' a more competent and successful schemer than the norm, Scar sinks right back into "smug" upon taking over Pride Rock, where he becomes a spoiled and incompetent ruler too arrogant to admit he's running the kingdom into the ground.
22	** The BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', [[spoiler: Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke,]] tries to pass himself off as a MagnificentBastard, having a reputation for being crazy prepared for everything, and being patronizingly nonchalant about killing off all the Atlantians for triple the fortune, even though said fortune is substantial enough, making the entire conflict extremely unnecessary. He grossly overestimates his competence, caused his underlings to turn against him due to his callous cruelty, and severely underestimated all of his enemies. He ends up trying to kill his loyal Dragon with very little reason, which effectively ruins his own plans. Instead of gaining any sort of monetary gain, he ends up with a gruesome death.
23	** Oogie Boogie from ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' spends most of his screentime gloating and taunting his captives. Then Jack shows up, and he ''freaks out''. He briefly regains his composure a few times during the ensuing battle, only to lose it every time Jack starts winning again.
24	* Prince Charming in ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'' manipulates the other villains telling them that if they join him, they will all get their "happily ever afters" when all he really wanted was for them to help him get what he wanted, which was the throne for himself.
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28	* Theron in Creator/FrankMiller's ''Film/ThreeHundred'' (or the movie version thereof, at any rate). A wannabe political manipulator in a city-state full of warriors, Theron's manipulations succeed in delaying Sparta's march to war for a time, but he quickly gets his comeuppance when [[spoiler: Queen Gorgo runs him through with a sword in front of the Council, which coincidentally exposes his Persian bribe money, thus exposing him as a traitor]].
29	* The villains in many an Creator/AdamSandler project tend to be ''incredibly'' smarmy creeps who are overly pleased with themselves, perhaps to make it easier for the audience to hate them over the often hot-tempered and at times borderline PsychopathicManChild protagonist:
30	** Film/HappyGilmore competes against Shooter [=McGavin=], self-satisfied and preening professional golfer.
31	** In ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'', Robbie's competition for Julia's heart is Glen Guilia, her smug philandering yuppie fiancee.
32	** Film/BillyMadison faces off against Eric Gordon, a weaselly and slimy CorruptCorporateExecutive in order to inherit his father's hotel chain.
33	* ''Film/{{Aliens}}'': Burke certainly considers himself smarter than the likes of Ripley and the marines, considering her to be psychologically frazzled and them to be grunts.
34	* Eve Harrington from ''Film/AllAboutEve'' is a prime example of the SmugSnake. A [[ManipulativeBastard master manipulator]] who fancies herself a MagnificentBastard, she [[VillainousBreakdown crumbles]] when faced with a real MagnificentBastard in the form of Addison [=DeWitt=]. "Take a good look at me Eve, it's about time you did. [[BadassBoast I am Addison DeWitt and I am nobody's fool, least of all yours]]."
35	* Paul Sarone from ''Film/{{Anaconda}}''. In addition to being a ManipulativeBastard, you could probably count the times that smug smile leaves his face on one hand. If you were missing a thumb.
36	* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': The [=NorthAm=] CEO snidely remarks that he will get his hands on Andrew, because sooner or later it'll need repairs. When Andrew does need to be brought in for repairs for his severed thumb, Sir explains that he's gotten an alarm installed that will alert the police if the [=NorthAm=] technicians try to access Andrew's positronic brain.
37	* Two from ''Film/TheBigShort'':
38	** Vennett is a sleazy, tanned, over-slick guy, but not a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk like other characters because he is at least honest and upfront with people.
39	** Wing Chau, the inventor of "synthetic [=CDOs=]" whom Mark Baum meets in Las Vegas. When Baum expresses disbelief at how he's created the "atomic bomb" of banking by selling bad investments, Chau smirks and taunts him by asking how their net worths compare.
40	--->'''Chau:''' You think I'm a parasite, don't you, Mr. Baum? Yet apparently society values me ''very'' much.
41	* Gaff in ''Film/BladeRunner''. Everything he says is some kind of sarcastic remark and when he does not, he more playfully says it by leaving origami of various animals behind with a clear symbolic meaning that say it all wordlessly. Unusual in that he is a morally ambiguous character and not only because the conflict itself which is of a GrayAndGrayMorality type but also because it's clear that he knows much more about Deckard's situation than he's letting on and the possible revelation at the end casts his motivation and character [[spoiler: for helping Deckard]] in an even more mysterious light.
42	* Louis Renault from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', although [[spoiler: Louis is really just too cool to remain a bad guy through the whole picture, so he reforms at the end so he and Rick can fight Nazis together.]]
43	* The main villain of ''A Christmas Star'' spends most of the film trying to buy up the land of a small village in Norther Ireland with the intention of [[spoiler: closing down the local pottery factory and bulldoze the town to create an amusement park]], something that only Noelle, a young child living in the town, seems to understand. He even sends hired goons after her to make her shut up! However, his plan completely falls apart when Noelle and her friends barge into his meeting with the local politicians at Stormont (local parliament). First off, [[spoiler: he's not the head of the business trying to acquire the land, and his boss wanted to develop in the village, not destroy it, so he instantly fires the villain via Skype.]] While that mostly stops his plans, he tries to remind the protagonist and her friends that he has already bought the pottery and legally owns the business Noelle is trying to save, even waving the deed in front of their faces and bragging (which is even funnier since Stormont meetings are broadcasted on UTV and BBC News), only for [[spoiler: his own son to snatch the deed out of his hands and point out one little problem - after a small incident earlier in the movie, the previous owners included a clause that the villain is banned from claiming ownership. The BigBad doesn't own the pottery, his son does! His plans basically imploded.]]
44	* skekSil the Chamberlain in ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' infuriates his rivals with a simpering croon, like a mother trying to soothe a child. Though he's stripped of his rank and banished, his guile and persuasion are still impressive, and get downright creepy when he meets the Gelflings.
45	-->'''skekUng:''' "I hate your whimper!"
46	* Both main mobsters in the ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' (Falcone and Maroni). They're clever guys who've managed to keep a ''very'' nasty city under their control for a long time, but they're just not competing in the same league as the ''real'' supervillains in town... and yet, Falcone is clearly the most arrogant and condescending villain in ''Film/BatmanBegins'', while Maroni is at least one of the most arrogant and condescending villains in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' (though more reserved and less of a rude braggart than Falcone his smug smile says it all about he thinks he is).
47	-->'''Chechen:''' Who's stupid enough to steal from us?\
48	'''Maroni:''' [[ComicBook/TheJoker Two-bit whackjob, wears a cheap purple suit and makeup.]] [[TemptingFate He's not the problem, he's a nobody.]]
49	** ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' shows another good difference between Smug Snake Daggett and MagnificentBastard Bane. This exchange quite sums it up:
50	--->'''Daggett:''' No! Stay here. ''I'm'' in charge!\
51	'''Bane:''' ''[gently places a heavy hand on Daggett's shoulder]'' Do you ''feel'' in charge?
52	* Tommy O'Shea, the BigBad of ''Film/DeathWishVTheFaceOfDeath''. A slimy, Irish mobster, he always manges to escape prosecution [[spoiler: because he has a [[TheMole mole]] in the D.A's office]] but once Kersey gets his sights on him, he acts like its' a minor annoyance. Even when his [[TheDragon dragon]] Chicki warns him not to underestimate Kersey, O'Shea is far too confident in his plans. Sadly, his overconfidence proved to be his undoing, as he wasn't savvy enough to realize he was a villain in a ''Death Wish'' movie and therefore, doomed.
53	* ''Film/DivorceItalianStyle'' has the VillainProtagonist Don Fefe (even the name is less than magnificent) who throughout the film plots to lure his ugly wife into adultery so that in keeping with [[MyGirlIsNotASlut traditional custom]], he can kill her and her lover with impunity and marry his [[KissingCousins beautiful cousin]]. Outside of the loathsome nature of this plan, he is less than clever in carrying it out (finding himself in an odd position of being jealous of the wife he didn't give a damn for) and the movie ends ironically by implying that his new wife, the cousin, will be begin cuckolding him almost immediately.
54	* Delacourt, Caryle, and Kruger in ''Film/{{Elysium}}''.
55	* Vice-Counsel [=DuPont=], the Big Bad in ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'', who seems to be far, far too smug for someone who's supposedly emotionless (a clue that he [[spoiler: isn't taking his Prozium]], and earns himself a suitably anticlimactic KarmicDeath for it.
56	* Klytus from the 1980 ''Film/{{Flash Gordon\|1980}}''. Also WickedCultured, but with a strong dose of aristocratic snark. Occasionally loses his cool, but always has a bored, sneering dismissiveness for his opponents or a sleazy "with pleasure" for his boss--yet he badly overestimates how cowed Prince Barin is [[spoiler:and gets thrown onto spikes for his trouble]].
57	* CorruptCorporateExecutive Daniel Bailey in ''Film/ForceOfNatureTheDry2'', who, when he thinks Aaron has lost the evidence that could have brought him down, delivers a speech about how outmoded ideas like good and evil are in today's society.
58	* ''Film/{{Fracture\|2007}}'' also shows a good contrast between a Smug Snake and a MagnificentBastard, (or, [[spoiler:considering how he [[VillainBall screws everything up at the end]],]] a much more high-functioning Smug Snake). The former is a smarmy prosecutor who believes he has gotten a completely OpenAndShutCase, and consequently has not bothered to do his job properly. The latter is a murderer who believes he has made himself untouchable despite the case against him seeming to be bulletproof, and is not worried about [[SmugSmiler showing how confident he is]]. The reason you are almost rooting for the murderer is because his arrogance comes from having planned everything very carefully, rather than smugly assuming he's going to win. The fact that he's played by Creator/AnthonyHopkins certainly helps.
59	* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'':
60	** ''Film/MothraVsGodzilla'': Torahata and Kumayama aren't ''nearly'' as clever as they think they are, and their attempts to double-cross each other end in the deaths of both.
61	** See the Multiple Media folder for [=MonsterVerse=] examples.
62	* Both Jon and Anne in ''Film/TheHand'', who both arrogantly attempt to win over Lizzie's affections.
63	* The criminal Waingro in ''Film/{{Heat}}'' displays a smug expression whenever committing an low act like killing a guard during a heist for staring at him and enjoying a pie afterwards, murdering a underage prostitute or betraying his former colleagues to a common enemy.
64	* ''Film/TheHobbit'':
65	** [[Characters/MiddleEarthFilmIndependentVillains Smaug]]. Powerful, intelligent and unstoppable as the dragon might be, it's very clear his ego is ''way'' too big for his own good.
66	* The ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' film series have a tendency to depict the [[BigBad Big Bads]] this way, most notably [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Rene Belloq]] and [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Walter Donovan]]. Although not a main villain but a secondary one, [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull George "Mac" McHale]] fits this trope as well.
67	* ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' has Major Hellstrom and, more unconventionally, a rare 'good guy' example in Bridget Von Hammersmark who is utterly disdainful of her allies but doesn't seem much (if at all) smarter.
68	* Chad in ''Film/InTheLoop'' likes to think he's negotiating his way up the career ladder in the U.S State Department and effortlessly out-manoevreing those opposed to in. In reality, he a [[ProfessionalButtKisser toadying little worm]] who is completely ignored by Linton Barwick, whose ass he tries desperately to kiss (Linton doesn't even remember his name), and is regarded by everyone else as a slimy little creep.
69	* Colonel Sato from ''Film/IpMan'', who makes leering grins liberally, crosses the MoralEventHorizon not long after his first appearance, dishes out {{No Holds Barred Beatdown}}s liberally and [[StatingTheSimpleSolution keeps asking to (and getting denied from) just shoot our hero]]. His KarmicDeath is much-welcomed.
70	* Roderick from ''Film/JackTheGiantSlayer''.
71	* ''Film/JamesBond'':
72	** ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'': [[TooDumbToLive What's more idiotic?]] {{Embezzling}} from SPECTRE or assuming it won't be noticed? The SPECTRE meeting had Ernst Blofeld grill a mook on why their drug-running scheme earned less than expected and felt someone is stealing from him. The mook is nervously sweating and knows he's about to be fired and fried... [[spoiler:until Blofeld [[BlofeldPloy abruptly]] [[HighVoltageDeath zaps]] a different mook who acted nonchalant the whole time. Blofeld even uses it to warn the other members to not betray him]].
73	** ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' features [[spoiler:General Koskov]], an effective and [[AffablyEvil rather affable]] villain who so ''very'' much wants to be a MagnificentBastard, but doesn't quite make it. In his favour, though, he does come equipped with one of the best {{Evil Plan}}s in Bond movie history. Against him, however, is his rather goofy HappyDance when things are going his way.
74	** Le Chiffre in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' is a Smug Snake, albeit a very competent one. He's a mathematical genius who displays tremendous grace under pressure during poker games and is gifted at intimidating his opponents but pretty soon the cracks in his shell appear larger. When things start turning sour for him, he immediately starts to lose his cool. He's highly intelligent, but not quite so clever as he thinks himself to be. His entire plan throughout the film is just to pay off debts he got himself into with the world's terrorists by betting the wrong way with their money which shows his overconfidence and as Bond says "all he gets in return is a name he already has." [[SharpDressedMan He still wears a suit damn well though]].
75	*** Though quite unusually for a Bond film, Le Chiffre doesn't really get a lot of chances to be smug, since [[AlasPoorVillain his life is in danger]] and he even gets [[EvilerThanThou attacked by other villains]].
76	* ''Film/KillBenLyk'' has Banker Ben Lyk who always has something mean and sarcastic to say to the other cast members.
77	* ''Film/KnivesOut'': [[spoiler:Hugh Ransom Drysdale is quite a bit more cunning, devious, and observant than initially believed, as well as ruthless and skilled at improvisation. He plans several genuinely clever and well-disguised {{Xanatos Gambit}}s that almost get Marta blamed for his grandfather’s death... but he’s arrogant and just a bit too clever, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard hiring Blanc himself to open the investigation back up]], and simply can’t quite predict Marta’s behavior because EvilCannotComprehendGood.]]
78	* ''Film/LayerCake'': Jimmy Price sees himself as a criminal mastermind, but he's actually [[spoiler:an informant for the police who's only managed to stay out of handcuffs by selling out his associates, and is also setting up XXXX to either kidnap Eddie Temple's daughter or get killed in the process.]] He's also prone to paranoia and temper tantrums when things stop going his way.
79	* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'':
80	** [[Characters/MiddleEarthFilmSauronsEvilForces Saruman]]. Good job with the army of ten thousand and weakening Rohan, but maybe it wasn't such a good idea to use the magical forest full of Ents as your primary fuel source.
81	** Gríma Wormtongue as portrayed by Creator/BradDourif. He's slimy to the core, talks to everyone with an annoying sneer in his voice, and didn't prepare even nearly large enough a guard to ward off a small band of heroes who happen to be good fighters, and apparently not remembering to tell his guards ''why'' they needed to take Gandalf's staff.[[note]]The book, in contrast, makes clear that the doorwarden doesn't trust Gríma further than he could throw him -- he lets Gandalf get away with bringing his staff because he believes that Gandalf means well for the Rohirrim, but that Gríma does not. The film does imply this with the annoyed look Háma gives Gandalf when he tries to finagle his way in with staff in hand before letting him through, and later when he stops Gamling from trying to intervene, but it's much less explicit.[[/note]]
82	** The Mouth of Sauron in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]''. Okay, so the army Aragorn brings is horribly outnumbered and basically doomed from the get-go. Doesn't mean it's a good idea to keep gloating about how you murdered a friend of theirs while their leader, who is wielding the blade that did for your master in the last age, is riding towards you looking [[TranquilFury curiously calm]].
83	* The arms smuggler and film's protagonist Yuri in ''Film/LordOfWar'' is the epitome of the Smug Snake. An [[HonestJohnsDealership Honest John]] that refuses to confront the vehemence of his guilt and crimes by arguing that "I just sell guns, I don't pull the trigger". He taunts an honorable and idealistic weapons inspector, Valentin, by using the letter of the law to divert its spirit. Though by the end of the film he's still at it, he has everyone and everything he loves crumble around him. Interestingly, his character is essentially [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory an amalgam of several real-life arms dealers.]]
84	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
85	** After successfully stealing the Tesseract from SHIELD's custody at the start of ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}'', Loki is pretty much a MagnificentBastard who's got everything well in hand. However, by the time the Avengers get their act together and fight back against his alien allies when they invade New York, he makes the terrible mistake of [[spoiler:trying to verbally belittle the Incredible Hulk, ending up on the wrong end of a hilariously one-sided CurbStompBattle]]. He also falls for Black Widow's ploy to figure out his plans. As in the ''Thor'' films, he's not incompetent, but he's nowhere near as good as he thinks he is and he refuses to admit that ''anything'' is his fault. Thanks to the strength of Creator/TomHiddleston's performance, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools people seem to enjoy watching his plans succeed just as much as they like watching him getting the crap kicked out of him when they don't]].
86	** The Other is also an example of this, as he's certain that Earth will surrender the instant his Chitauri launch their assault. [[spoiler: He wisely becomes more cautious of the humans after the Avengers repel the invasion.]] This might qualify him as a subversion, as a key characteristic of a Smug Snake is [[spoiler: an inability to learn from their mistakes, a weakness he clearly does not share. Unfortunately, he showed in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' that he didn't apply that lesson to dealing with the Kree, especially a murderous fanatic like Ronan the Accuser who kills the underling when he gets mouthy on behalf of Thanos]].
87	** The [[LargeHam aptly-named]] Justin Hammer from ''Film/IronMan2''. While he is a massively rich military industrialist, and not above the odd bit of sceming, he comes off as an ''unbeliveable'' douche and a vaguely pathetic shadow of Tony Stark: his Hammer Tech weapons [[spoiler:[[EpicFail fail utterly]]]], he can't cobble together an Iron Man suit knockoff to save his life, and it's pretty obvious that he's being played like a fiddle by [[spoiler:[[MagnificentBastard Ivan Vanko]]]]. Even his ''trophy girfriend'' is one of Tony's cast-offs. It's pretty telling that when it comes down to Hammer versus the crazy murderous Russian, the audience tends to root for the latter.
88	** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': Ebony Maw has a bit of overlap with SycophanticServant. Whenever he enters a massacre, he rapturously extols Thanos' virtues, and how those being massacred are blessed to die in the name of his cause. While his telekentic powers ''are'' formidable, his seemingly effortless body movements while using them makes the battle feel like virtually nothing. He also considers himself above most of his opponents and rarely loses composure amidst the conflict.
89	* ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'''s BigBad Shao Kahn is essentially a merging of this trope with SmugSuper and PsychopathicManchild, as he is an ancient warlord and the son of an Elder God who has spent eons lording it over all who dare to challenge him. He dismisses all of humanity as PunyEarthlings despite being warned by his father Shinnok of the human capacity for HeroicWillpower, and toys with the heroes when he has an army that could steamroller them outright. When his immortality is stripped from him in the climax as punishment for his invasion of Earth, his smirks and sneers die with the realization that he now, possibly for the first time in his very long life, has to win a fight solely on his own strength and not his immortality. As one might expect of this type of character, he comes up rather short in the end.
90	* In ''Film/NewJackCity'', drug dealer Nino Brown's sliminess reaches its epitome near the end when he makes a deal with the prosecution for a reduced sentence. He gloats to the cop who tried to get him convicted and whose mother he killed years ago to come work for him when he's back on the streets, and praises the American justice system to the press. [[spoiler:He is almost immediately publicly killed vigilante-style by an old man whose life he destroyed earlier in the film.]]
91	* Daniel Atlas and Thaddeus Bradley both infuriate people for how smug they act in ''Film/NowYouSeeMe''. To be fair, though, their smugness is usually justified.
92	* ''{{Film/Phantasm}}'': The Tall Man is very smug and FauxAffablyEvil.
93	* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' features Lord Cutler Beckett, a CorruptCorporateExecutive played deliberately and with slimy relish. Who'd have thought that a series whose villains thus far were [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cursed, immortal undead pirates]] would have a stereotypical [[AristocratsAreEvil evil English aristocrat]] as its BigBad? He's so repulsive that he made many viewers ''[[DracoInLeatherPants sympathize with Davy Jones]]'' when the latter was forced into [[TheDragon servitude]]. Evidently the writers felt the same, as [[spoiler: Jones' death in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third film]] is an anticlimactic drop-off-the-deck while Beckett gets a huge, epic slow motion [[StrollingThroughTheChaos walk through his exploding ship]] complete with OminousLatinChanting.]]
94	* ''Film/TheProposition'' has [[MeaningfulName Eden]] Fletcher, played by David Wenham speaking through his nose, and very intentionally meant to inspire the audience's hate.
95	* Chesney from ''Film/RaisingTheWind'' is, unbearably so, with how proud he is of himself with his talents and conducting skills. It makes him disliked amongst all the other students.
96	* Colonel Zaysen from ''Film/RamboIII''. The Agony Booth [[http://www.agonybooth.com/agonizer/Rambo_III.aspx?Page=2 recap]] gives an absolutely perfect distillation of this trope:
97	-->Zaysen will not go down in history as one of cinema's greatest villains, sad to say. He has all the tools: A decent sneer, a nasty sadistic streak, and a taste for chess to give him a cultured Film/JamesBond villain aura. But he never really becomes a character. Instead, the script has him simply go through the motions and expects that to be good enough.
98	* ''Film/Resurrection1999'': Once the killer is caught, he's incredibly smug about the fact that the cops have nothing that ties him to the murders.
99	-->''Cocky son of a bitch, isn't he?''
100	* Doctor Emma Temple of ''Film/TheRingTwo'', a smirking, utterly insensitive psychiatrist. [[spoiler:Samara uses a JediMindTrick on Dr. Temple [[AssholeVictim to make her commit suicide]], which on the one hand is the least gory death in the series, but may be the most humiliating as it implies Temple is so WeakWilled Samara can dominate her with a thought.]]
101	* ''Film/ShatteredGlass'' presents Stephen Glass as one of these; he initially comes off as a humble, self-effacing and charming guy, but the longer he keeps it up and the longer we watch him we realize it's all just an act he uses to manipulate people, and the more we realize he's actually just a slimy, weaselly creep.
102	* ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' has [[FourEyesZeroSoul David]], Dianne's FetishizedAbuser who is very smug about his supposed superiority to Shaun but ultimately proves to be far more unreliable, incompetent and just plain stupid than he ever was at any point in the movie. He proves to be TheLoad, loudly complaining constantly about Shaun's plans while doing nothing but complaining. When they reach the Winchester pub and find the door locked, he immediately goes to ''smash the window'', which attracts every zombie within earshot and forces Shaun to risk his life distracting the horde to ensure their safety; when Shaun returns he simply enters through the unlocked back door. And he gets worse from there.
103	* Lord Coward in ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'', who seems to spend most of the movie standing around looking rather smug with little reason to be. He does notably attempt to [[NoNonsenseNemesis shoot Holmes]] when he gets the chance, but still fails miserably.
104	* Although at first he appears to be on the hero's side, [[spoiler:the gameshow host]] in ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'' is as smug as can be, and seems absolutely insulted by Jamal's success throughout the movie.
105	* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'': Eddie Brock in ''Film/SpiderMan3'' is, at least initially, a slimy, unctuous creep who sucks up to Jameson to advance his own career prospects, is a bit too creepy-stalkerish with Gwen Stacy, the 'girl he intends to marry' (although Gwen is quick to point out that they've only ever been out for a coffee once) and ends up manufacturing a photo of ComicBook/SpiderMan robbing a bank to frame the superhero and secure a staff job at the ''Bugle''. Then Peter exposes his fake, he loses his job, and Gwen breaks up with him -- and then he meets the Venom symbiote...
106	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
107	** The douche-tacular Captain Styles of the USS ''Excelsior'' in ''Film/{{Star Trek III\|The Search for Spock}}''. He exists for Kirk to tap-dance rings around.
108	** [[spoiler:Admiral Marcus]] from ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' counts as one. [[spoiler:In his final scene, he goes on a rant on how Kirk started a war, "forcing" Marcus to step up to lead Earth in a time of impending war. The arrogance and BlatantLies are ''enormous''. Not only that, but he didn't take into account that Kirk has a habit of disobeying the rules, meaning he found out the details of his plan.]] Let's not also forget that he thought he could control a badass like [[spoiler:Khan...]]
109	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
110	** ''Film/ANewHope'': Admiral Motti's ''"this station is now the ultimate power in the universe"'' remark comes across as fairly arrogant in any context, [[spoiler:but especially in light of what happened near the end of the movie]].
111	** Jabba the Hutt in ''Episode VI: Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. Han offered money instead of his captivity and Jabba wouldn't listen; when Leia and Luke warned Jabba they could defeat him, Jabba and his minions didn't take them seriously at all. Even when being led to the Sarlacc Pit Luke said "this is your last chance; free us, or die." Jabba and his minions stil didn't take them seriously. Jabba had so many warnings, and so many chances for alternatives, that for him to still keep ignoring them made his KarmicDeath all the more satisfying. In his defense (and who ever thought they'd hear ''that'') he'd heard it ''all'' before. He'd had dozens, maybe hundreds of others in exactly the same place that the heroes were in, and clearly he had come off the better of it each time. In various EU works, he actually is more of a MagnificentBastard than Smug Snake. But as far as the movies themselves go, no context is given for this dismissive approach. Also, "free us, or die" comes after Luke manages to defeat the Rancor; this should give Jabba some indication that Luke could be a potential threat. Even if he was a MagnificentBastard before this, that doesn't rule out the possibility that he has turned into a Smug Snake since.
112	** Even Emperor Palpatine, who was clearly a MagnificentBastard in the prequel trilogy, showed signs of turning into a Smug Snake in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. The whole 'Death Star Trap' plan was a pretty risky move, but Palpatine simply could not conceive that the Rebels might be able to overcome it. Similarly with Luke during his final duel with Darth Vader; every time Luke starts to gain the upper hand, Palpatine taunts him to give in to his hate, giving him a moment to collect himself and '''not''' give in. But Palpatine keeps doing it, over and over... because he simply cannot accept that Luke will not turn to the Dark Side.
113	** From the sequel trilogy, Supreme Leader Snoke has been established as one of the most powerful Dark Side users of the franchise, but, much like the late Emperor before him, he is a callous, arrogant and sociopathic monster who treats everyone else around him with utter contempt and is so prideful of his massive power, he believes no one will stand up to him, much less betray him. Needless to say, his excessive pride and condescension [[spoiler: lead to his demise at the hands of his very own apprentice, Kylo Ren]], in ''Film/TheLastJedi''.
114	** General Armitage Hux might talk big and be responsible for genocide, but he is constantly bullied and humiliated. [[spoiler:Even when he becomes a Resistance spy, he is figured out and gets killed.]]
115	** Kylo Ren himself. While he murders a lot of helpless opponents and [[spoiler:succeeds at manipulating Rey more than once and overthrowing Snoke]], he is only this successful because [[spoiler:Rey would just keep trusting him over her friends, no matter how manipulative he is. And when Kylo faces a true challenge like Luke or Palpatine, he is humiliated. He also makes the mistake of toying with Finn, who weakens him enough for Rey to win the first time.]]
116	** Admiral Ozzel from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', who idiotically alerts the Rebels to the presence of the Empire, thus allowing them to evacuate Hoth. [[BadBoss Darth Vader]] personally sees to it that Ozzel [[YouHaveFailedMe receives]] his just desserts.
117	** ''Film/RogueOne'' has Orson Callan Krennic, the man overseeing the construction of the Death Star, who is an absolute [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder cutthroat]] and [[SmallNameBigEgo believes]] himself to be on the same level as Tarkin, Vader, and Palpatine.
118	** {{Averted}} by Daine Jir from ''Film/ANewHope'', who rather than being smug and [[ProfessionalButtKisser ass-kissing]] his superiors, acts as Darth Vader's CommanderContrarian with a mix of BrutalHonesty, something that EU works have mentioned as being refreshing for Vader, since Jir's questioning is out of pragmatic merit rather than trying to appear as being superior.
119	* The "hero" of ''Film/SweetSmellOfSuccess'' is a press agent without a scruple to his name, willing to do anything to succeed, even using his friends. He slithers around trying to make deals with people by selling them on rhetoric, but many note that he's little more than a hired hand for his boss Hunsecker, and pretty much all of his own schemes end up falling completely flat. And so he ends up getting RewardedAsATraitorDeserves.
120	* Bison from ''Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi''. Far from the frighteningly unstable OmnicidalManiac of the [[Franchise/StreetFighter gameverse proper]] (or the LaughablyEvil MagnificentBastard [[Film/StreetFighter as played by the late Raul Julia]]), he comes across in the movie as "Kung-Fu [[Series/{{Heroes}} Arthur Petrelli]] (as played by a Malcolm [=McDowell=] impersonator)."
121	* Eli Sunday from ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'' is a charismatic religious fanatic who presides over a cult in the small American town where he resides. While his ambition is to be commended, he is nevertheless a hypocritical bully whose faith in God crumbles when faced with adversity. When confronted with a bigger bully than himself in the form of [[TheSociopath raging Daniel Plainview]], he is reduced to crying and screaming while begging for his life.
122	* In ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'', [[spoiler:after Franco gets raptured for freeing both Jay and Seth from [[ImAHumanitarian McBride's]] wrath, he [[IShallTauntYou taunts McBride and his followers with crass remarks]] as he's being ascended... which cancels the Rapture immediately. He then [[CruelAndUnusualDeath gets chewed alive by McBride and his followers]].]]
123	* ''Film/WhipIt'' has Iron Maven, whose smugness is at least ''justified'' in that she's the Captain and star jammer of the league-champion Holy Rollers (who have been undefeated over the last three years). She's rather irritated by the presence of star rookie Babe Ruthless.
124	* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
125	** Quill from ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' taunts and considers himself an equal to the likes of Magneto, despite having truly ''[[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway pathetic]]'' powers that only manage to kill one helpless human woman (and even then, he has to pretend he's consoling her and hug her to use them). Ultimately he's just one of the many mutants Dark Phoenix incinerates without any fanfare at all.
126	** Major William Stryker from ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' is a stock example, right down to the overconfidence part. Also Agent Zero has his moments.
127	** Viper from ''Film/TheWolverine'', both figuratively (overconfident) and literally (that forked tongue!).
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