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Author: Theriocephalus

Jun 4th 2018 at 10:09:50 PM

You know, I never realized how many examples there are of this.

[[AC:Videogames]]
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'': One of the bosses the brothers face is Hermie, [[GiantEnemyCrab a gigantic hermit crab]] obsessed with hoarding trinkets with which to decorate his shell: the crowning piece of his collection is [[PlotCupon one of the fragments of the Beanstar]] placed on the top of his shell, which leads to trouble when Mario and Luigi come looking for it. He's also very narcissistic -- his battle is initiated when he gets angry that his companions are paying more attention to the famous brothers than to him and his decorations. He does eventually give up the star fragment, and the bros make peace with him later in the game by offering up Spangle, a starfish musician looking for a stage, as a replacement star.

[[AC:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'': Randy Pincherson is a crab student know chiefly for two things: being very wealthy and being very narcissistic about his wealth. In the episode "Dollars and Fish", he plays the part of the strict, unforgiving loan shark whom Milo gets his money from... and who has no problem pressuring defaulting debtors with his claws.

In terms of indexes, I think this might go under MoneyTropes and SelfishnessTropes as well.