History Main / EgomaniacHunter

* The ''Literature/ClassicSingaporeHorrorStories'' short, "The White Tiger of Kilimanjaro", have it's two leads, a pair of retired policemen-turned-hunters travelling to the Indonesian jungles to hunt a mystical white tiger (who supposedly has sacred powers) for sport, even gunning down several of the local wildlife for no reason other than for fun (at one point, shooting a pregnant babboon and blasting the baby on her shoulders -- and congratulating each other for being a good shot). [[spoiler:It bites them back ''hard'' when they encounter the sacred white tiger near the end]].

* UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, could be seen as an Egomaniac Hunter. In his home on Long Island, every other piece of furniture is some part of an animal. Every wall has animal heads on it. He even stepped down from the presidency so he could go on an African safari. Subverted when you think of his status as a conservationist, and then played straight ''again'' when you realize that it was mostly so he didn't run out of animals to hunt. He was overall, a complicated man who even voiced a concern on the wanton destruction of wildlife and hoped that cameras would largely supplant rifles. It is worth noting that the more ethical tranquilizer rifle would not be invented until after his lifetime.

* ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'': Sebastian Moran, Moriarty's right-hand man, apparently does a lot of this on the side.

He doesn't shoot ducks over a pond; his prey has to live far, far away in a most dangerous and uncomfortable location and be hard to find, impressive looking, and immensely powerful. Great cats, large sea creatures, elephants, and crocodiles as well as birds of prey come to mind. If the author is more fantastically inclined, he can let the Egomaniac Hunter go after dragons, dinosaurs, phoenixes, unicorns, you name it.

* Basically the driving motif of Kraven the Hunter from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''. He's a legendary hunter of dangerous animals who decided to come to New York and hunt Spidey down to challenge himself.

* Another heroic (albeit mildly buffoonish) example is Ned Land from ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea''. He is portrayed as greedy and destructive, though, in contrast to the more scientific-minded Arronax. That might be because he's [[AcceptableTargets Canadian]], though.

For the heroic counterpart, see GreatWhiteHunter. For an appropriate fantasy or sci-fi analogue, see ProudHunterRace.

* The Hunter, naturally, in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. He walks in an aura of arrogant self-love and superiority. The four utterly detest him... [[spoiler: at least until he has a HeelFaceTurn and undergoes CharacterDevelopment.]]

** Ken Wheatley from ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'', is a straighter example, and acts as a {{Foil}} to Tembo. While Tembo is working for [=InGen=] in exchange for the opportunity to hunt the fearsome game to ever live, Wheatley is clearly only in it for the money and constantly reminds his employers about his bonus. And while Tembo makes sure his men are holding up and is extremely distraught when his long-time hunting partner is killed, [[BadBoss Wheatley is shown to care more about his paycheck than his men]]. He also proves to be far more incompetent than Tembo and [[spoiler: ends up brutally killed after entering the cage of a seemingly tranqed ''Indoraptor'' to pull out one of its teeth for his collection [[TooDumbToLive without actually checking to see if it was really tranqed]]]].

* In ''Film/TheWolfman2010'' Sir John Talbot knows how to use his hunting weapons and is shown wearing various animal coats and showing off plenty stuffed animals in his manor, proving to be this trope. [[spoiler: This passion of his eventually lead to his doom when during a hunting trip in India, he got bitten by a feral boy with lycanthropy]].

* The ''Literature/ClassicSingaporeHorrorStories'' short, "The White Tiger of Kilimanjaro", have it's two leads, a pair of retired policemen-turned-hunters travelling to the Indonesian jungles to hunt a mystical white tiger (who supposedly has sacred powers) for sport, even gunning down several of the local wildlife for no reason other than for fun (at one point, shooting a pregnant babboon and blasting the baby on her shoulders - and congratulating each other for being a good shot). [[spoiler:It bites them back ''hard'' when they encounter the sacred white tiger near the end]].

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' - Mustrum Ridcully is quite heroic, but a fiend for hunting and fishing. According to ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'', "Mustrum Ridcully did a lot for rare species. For one thing, he kept them rare."

* ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' - Sebastian Moran, Moriarty's right-hand man, apparently does a lot of this on the side.
* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' gives a surprisingly early example of this trope being portrayed in a negative light-and not because the author disapproves of hunting either. Celegorm, son of Fëanor, fits this trope quite well. For starters, his name literally means "quick riser": a reference to his quick temper. He was the favorite of the [[ClassicalHunter Vala Oromë]] back in Valinor. While in his younger days he appeared to be a half-way decent character, by the time he appears in the story proper he's a selfish and power-hungry {{Jerkass}}. He is one of only two elves ever shown contemplating a forced marriage, and only doesn't go through with it because the girl escapes. While he isn't on the side of the Dark Lord, he manages to do almost as much damage to TheHeroes as he: the Second Kinslaying, involving the invasion and sacking of Doriath, was his idea. Oh, yes, and despite being an excellent hunter he conspicuously doesn't bother trying to find and rescue his own brother from the BigBad. Celegorm even has the gall to object when Maedhros abdicates in favor of the father of the guy who DID rescue him. He'll "hunt" almost anything: the Silmarils, Lúthien, his cousin's throne, his own dog even. Except that when there's an actual monster to hunt, Carcharoth the werewolf, Celegorm is nowhere to be seen. Tolkien started to write the start where Celegorm first appears in the 1920s, although he originally wrote it in verse and titled it "The Lay of Leithian". But Celegorm is one of the few characters who is completely unchanged between the first drafts and the final version: a notable fact given Tolkien's habit of rewriting his work.

* Sir Malcolm Murray of ''Series/PennyDreadful'' starts out as the GreatWhiteHunter but the further the audience learns of him it's apparent that he's a deconstruction of the character archetype and comes to resemble this trope more closely. He's butchered and raped his way across Africa. He's mentioned having lured predatory lions into ambushes with dead lambs in favor the more sporting action of stalking them down. And in his quest for glory [[spoiler: left behind his son Peter to die to continue the journey. When his son's dying wish was to have a mountain named after him Malcolm instead upon discovery of the territory named it after himself.]]
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' - The Hirogen are [[PlanetOfHats a species]] of Egomaniac Hunters. One of them threatens to remove Seven of Nine's intestines as a trophy, as "Unusual relics are prized. Yours will make me envied by men and pursued by women." Seven, who rivals the Hirogen in the big ego stakes, is unimpressed.

* ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'' - Ozzik Sturn, who appears as the commander of the Imperial forces on Kashyyyk. Sturn will hunt non-sapient game but particularly enjoys hunting intelligent beings. When he first appears, he's wearing a sash made from the fur of Wookiee slaves he hunted down and killed as though it were a badge of office. The main character also passes through his trophy room, which is filled with the skulls of various aliens from the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise. When you confront him, he mentions how he's grown tired of hunting Wookiees and relishes the opportunity to kill a Jedi.

* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' - Evil country music star Conroy Bumpus, who is out to capture the same Bigfoot the heroes of the game are trying to aid just so he can add it to his personal menagerie. His obsession is even lampshaded in his VillainSong "King of the Creatures":

-->'''Subjects (who had the costume)''': Excuse me, b'wana...must get back lion costume.\\

** It becomes even worse in WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers where [[spoiler: he started HuntingTheMostDangerousGame]].

* Safari Joe from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'', complete with racism. He doesn't even see the Thundercats as sentient, despite them talking to him. He even has his own 'slave' - the robot Mule.

* British writer Lord Dunsany - when some zebras escaped from a zoo, he hunted them in the middle of central London.

* UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, could be seen as an Egomaniac Hunter. In his home on Long Island, every other piece of furniture is some part of an animal. Every wall has animal heads on it. He even stepped down from the presidency so he could go on an African safari. Subverted when you think of his status as a conservationist, and then played straight ''again'' when you realize that it was mostly so he didn't run out of animals to hunt. He was overall, a complicated man who even voiced a concern on the wanton destruction of wildlife and that cameras would largely supplant rifles. It is worth noting that the more ethical tranquilizer rifle would not be invented until after his lifetime.

* UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, could be seen as an Egomaniac Hunter. In his home on Long Island, every other piece of furniture is some part of an animal. Every wall has animal heads on it. He even stepped down from the presidency so he could go on an African safari.
** Subverted when you think of his status as a conservationist, and then played straight ''again'' when you realize that it was mostly so he didn't run out of animals to hunt.

* The version of [[ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} Priscilla Rich]] in ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'' is a hunter who loves killing and has her home covered in furs and taxidermy from her hunts. She's also fond of killing humans and gleefully allied herself with the Nazis.
* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': Otto Orion, a.k.a. the Hunter, captured The Legion and subjected them to a HuntingTheMostDangerousGame scenario in ''ComicBook/AdventureComics'' #358. His son Adam later adopted his father's alias and M.O. and attempted to avenge his father, eventually becoming a member of [[LegionOfDoom The Legion of Supervillains]].