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* ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'': Lusamine doesn't care about anyone that she doesn't deem beautiful enough for her love, and even those that she does consider worthy of her love are viewed as possessions rather than sentient beings with free will. Before the final battle with her, Lillie calls her out for only ever thinking about herself and what she wants; Lusamine doesn't even try to deny it, flat-out asking Lillie why she shouldn't.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}''. Reaver, the Hero of Skill.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' has Kuja, who robs the whole bakery. The motivation for his SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum: He was informed that he was mortal and thus would die soon, and he found it utterly unfair that the rest of the universe was allowed go on existing ''without him''. Naturally, something had to be done to correct this grave injustice.

* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, this is a trait of Meridia, a [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] whose sphere is obscured to mortals, but is associated with LifeEnergy, [[LightIsNotgood Light]], and [[ProudBeauty Beauty]]. Meridia describes herself as compassionate and merciful, and her actions do (generally) benefit mortals, but she won't hesitate to use or sacrifice her own followers for what she perceives to be a greater end. If said followers lose faith or abandon her because of her actions, her compassion disappears entirely and she will allow or even ''cause'' them to [[DisproportionateRetribution meet a terrible end]].

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', has Kratos, a man who killed a pantheon rather than admit that maybe, just maybe, something was ''his own damn fault''. Most evident in the second game, when he starts doing the exact same thing that Ares did, i.e. the thing that prompted the gods to help Kratos kill him. Then he claims that the Gods of Olympus betrayed ''him'' by stopping him. This gets called out in the third game, where Hermes gives him a BreakingSpeech on how his path only leads to destruction and Kratos undergoes a slow HeelRealization. Also lampshaded in the first game, where it's shown in a flashback that his wife Lysandra refused to believe that his brutality was for "the glory of Sparta" as he claims, telling him that he does it all for his own personal glory.

** Walnut from ''PhantomBrave''. His entire strategy as a Chroma Oxide is to cheat other Chromas and steal their payments, and repeatedly supports his view with claims about "money rules the world" and "only the strongest survive", yet feels severely mistreated when the people he cheated, who are usually stronger than him since they tackle the things he won't, punish him for it. He develops a very one-sided rivalry against Marona because she defeats him, because she's making progress without having to stoop to his level, and because she befriends his ill sister Castile, making her genuinely happy (while he left to get money for her medical bills, thus making her lonely). Eventually his attempt to ambush Marona on the Island of Evil leads to the release of the BigBad, Sulphur. (Admittedly no one had any idea that would happen.)

* Huey Emmerich was introduced in ''MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' as a GenerationXerox of his mild-mannered and compassionate son, Hal (aka Otacon), but players of ''MetalGearSolid2'' and ''MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' know that it's only a surface resemblance. In fact, he [[spoiler: murders Strangelove because she won't let him use Hal--who was at that point a ''toddler''--as a WetwareCPU/test pilot for Metal Gear Sahelanthropus]], and, years later, when his second wife is revealed to be sexually abusing Hal, [[spoiler: he's DrivenToSuicide because of how bad it makes ''him'' feel--and he tries to pull a TakingYouWithMe on his daughter.]]

** [[WordOfGod Word of ]]GenUrobuchi is that TheCorruption ''did'' [[TookALevelInJerkass have an effect on him]], just not enough to twist his personality completely.

* Alex of ''VideoGame/GoldenSun''. When you encounter him in ''The Lost Age'' after adding Piers to your party, he's quite offended that you found a new Water Adept who actually cares about your mission enough to, you know, ''tag along and help you himself''... and then he reveals his hypocrisy by introducing you to ''his'' new allies. [[spoiler: And then he [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder double-crosses]] ''[[UpToEleven everybody]]'', [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness including Karst and Agatio]].]] Lampshaded mercilessly by Jenna and Sheba after just about every cutscene featuring Alex.

* Huey Emmerich was introduced in ''MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' as a GenerationXerox of his mild-mannered and compassionate son, but players of ''MetalGearSolid2'' and ''MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' know that it's only a surface resemblance. In fact, he [[spoiler: murders Strangelove because she won't let him use their toddler son as a WetwareCPU/test pilot for Metal Gear Sahelanthropus]], and, years later, when his second wife is revealed to be sexually abusing said son, [[spoiler: he's DrivenToSuicide because of how bad it makes ''him'' feel--and he tries to pull a TakingYouWithMe on his daughter.]]

* Handsome Jack, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', is so full of himself that despite his numerous atrocities and enjoyment of them, he thinks ''he's'' the good guy. The first time he claims this to the player(s) is followed by an anecdote about how he once carved a man's eyes out with a spoon in front of his family, the memory of which causes him to burst into laughter.

* Jon Irenicus from ''BaldursGate'' ''2'' to a horrifying degree. He was like this even ''before'' his soul was stripped away. Irenicus endangered the lives of his ''entire race'' by trying to siphon the power of the Tree of Life in his bid for godhood; an act so heinous and sacrilegious that the Elven Queen Ellisime (who was his lover at the time) tore away his immortal elven soul and banished him with the Elven gods' blessings. Irenicus considers them monsters for taking away his soul and doesn't even acknowledge that ''maybe'' he had it coming what with nearly killing his own species. [[FromBadToWorse It gets worse]] when the lack of a soul caused him to develop a LackOfEmpathy as well. Irenicus doesn't see people as people anymore after that point. To him, they are just tools to be exploited, slaves to be worked to death, experimental subjects, or targets for revenge.

* ''MyWorldMyWay''. It's in the title. After all, when you're a {{princess}} who can ''[[RealityWarper change the fabric of reality by pouting]]'', why ''wouldn't'' it be about you? The reason she's doing anything is to learn how not to be a stuck-up princess.

%%* ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}''. Reaver, the Hero of Skill.

* Papyrus from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is incredibly self centered, but lovably so, because he pairs his ShamelessSelfPromoter tendencies with a big heaping helping of NiceGuy and CloudCuckoolander behavior. He has a very high opinion of himself, but not by belittling others or talking down their accomplishments. He simply thinks he's great, and wants to inspire and help everyone else to be just as great. Still, he thinks that everything that happens [[spoiler: due to Frisk's actions in the True Pacifist Run and True Ending was just to help him get into the Royal Guard]]. Less amusingly, Flowey is enormously self-centered, but also extremely arrogant and bitter; one of his lines has him refer to himself as "the prince of this world's future."

* This is the defining feature of Draven in LeagueOfLegends. He joined the League because he wasn't getting enough attention as an executioner, his dialogue all boils down to "look at me!", and his ability kit reflects this. He's a Carry, which means he will be the cornerstone of your team's strategy. His passive gives him bonus gold whenever he secures a kill (not an assist- Draven takes the glory for himself), his main weapons are throwing axes that bounce off of his enemies and he catches, and his ultimate is a global skillshot that returns back to him, enabling several improbable and flashy kills.

* ''Franchise/BioShock''
** What Andrew Ryan says of himself through the creation of his underwater capitalist paradise Rapture in the [[VideoGame/BioShock1 first]] [[VideoGame/BioShock2 two]] games. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood He even believes]] that it is the nature of all humankind to think this way, telling the protagonist "In the end, all that matters to you is you, and all that matters to me is me.".

* [[spoiler: Adachi]] from ''VideoGame/Persona4''. He's the only one whose suffering really matters. Anyone who says otherwise is an idiot/bitch/immature brat who doesn't know shit.

* Shun in ''EienNoAselia.''
* The world of ''[[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Fate/stay night]]'' and everyone in it belongs to Gilgamesh. He'll kill anyone he [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans thinks needs killing]]. He'll allow a self-admittedly evil man to kidnap, betray, and murder, because the victims were worthless scum anyway. But if someone goes around the city killing its citizens without his permission, well, that's a disgusting crime. Oh, Gilgamesh also eats the souls of forsaken orphans for magic energy, thinks that a little genocide would improve what he sees as a global overpopulation problem, and brutalizes, humiliates, and would-have-raped LawfulGood LadyOfWar Saber in a grotesque parody of courtship. In short, the "Good" part of his WordOfGod ChaoticGood alignment is practically impossible to swallow.

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