Hi
Opened.
That's Dr. Title, thank you!
I don't see Burns as an improvement.
Hi
Neither do I; that's completely reliant on the caption to get the smugness across. The current is a bit too literal but he at least looks sorta smug.
Here's some other options: Gladstone Gander
, Reche
from Kubera
edited 12th Sep '16 9:26:26 PM by Willbyr
The Unknown
Current is passable if only for the Visual Pun, while none of the suggestions are doing it for me.
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
Would the suggestion fit better under Failed Dramatic Exit?
You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
Guess so.
The character in the current image looks smug enough; keep the current. Also, yeah, suggestion is probably better in Failed Dramatic Exit.
edited 14th Sep '16 8:19:05 AM by anza_sb
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The trope isn't just about smugness, though, it's about unwarranted smugness.
I was considering using the defeats of Jafar, Jabba, or Falcone, but those might border on too spoilerish for a page image, so for now I'll just go for a literal smug snake, Kaa, and a less-plot-crucial moment of "unwarranted smugness" early in the film.
EDIT: And a second version with his head in the coils instead of sticking out of them.
EDIT again: As for Failed Dramatic Exit, I've since created a thread for that one too.
edited 14th Sep '16 11:17:27 AM by neoYTPism
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I want to see the Jabba image. If it's good enough to use, I doubt anybody is going to actually care about spoilers because of Pop-Cultural Osmosis.
edited 14th Sep '16 10:26:51 PM by Karxrida
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Actually, I gave that as a reason not to bother editing them in the first place. They were the most obvious examples that came to mind for me for Smug Snake, but it'd be spoilerish to picture them; and in Jabba's case, somewhat squicky; and as it turns out, unclear as well.
I suppose another option would be Trixie...
edited 15th Sep '16 4:20:11 PM by neoYTPism
That's Dr. Title, thank you!
The Unknown
12.2 is funnier. Let's add that to current.
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
12.2 is already used on another trope page, which I cannot remember the name of (something with snakes wrapped around poles).
If you mean Knotty Tentacles, apparently the pic for that isn't working anyway.
Am I a weirdo?
Knotty Tentacles is the trope in question. I'm not inclined to remove it from that page, as it fits so well there.
Edit: And ninja'd. Apparently I am too slow.
edited 16th Sep '16 10:22:17 AM by CompletelyNormalGuy
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12.2 is the image of Hiss after he got hit by the mirror. 12.1 is the image you're talking about.
edited 16th Sep '16 10:29:06 AM by Karxrida
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
Well, here's smug Sir Hiss juxtaposed with Sir Hiss... next to broken glass. (Not sure what's going on, nor sure I want it spoiled should I ever get around to that movie.)
I prefer my idea featuring Kaa, not so much out of fan myopia as avoiding distracting ambiguity as to what happened.
edited 17th Sep '16 7:08:02 PM by neoYTPism
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He clearly got smashed by the mirror. That scene also happens pretty early on, so it's not a spoiler.
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
Or smashed the mirror by falling onto it. Or fell into already-broken glass. I get that the shocked expression and broken glass suggests some level of humiliation of him, and I consider the "distracting" ambiguity only a flaw, not a disqualifier.
Another non-spoilerish example that comes to mind is Wile E. Coyote.
Should we set up a crowner, or wait until we have more images?
edited 19th Sep '16 8:36:09 PM by neoYTPism
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Maybe it's because I'm on mobile, but the image quality of Wile E. Coyote suggestion looks bad.
I do think a crowner might be in order.
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
Well, in the meantime, here's an another Wile E. Coyote one...
Hi
Crowner's hooked.
To be a Master
You know, instead of a broken mirror... How about something a bit more earlier like Sir Hiss being strangled by King John
?
And there's a collection of pictures of Sir Hiss to use here.
Looks like Wile E Coyote's well in the lead. Never thought I'd say that. 
Crown Description:
Nominations for replacement images:
The current image is a smirk and a caption; which is a step above JAFAAC on account of demonstrating smugness, but still doesn't demonstrate that it's unwarranted. I have an alternative in mind; Burns acting smug, getting humiliated, and then acting smug again.
edited 11th Sep '16 11:08:34 AM by neoYTPism