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* Take a drink every time a noble dies due to pride in ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes''. You'll be drunk by the quarterway-point of the series. Throw in a drink for death by pride for non-noble admirals and politicians (thus making TheAlliance eligible) and odds are you'll be drunk some ten episodes in, and dead of alcohol poisoning by the quarterway. If you really want to get the ball rolling, throw in another drink for when their pride causes ''other people'' to die. Several hundred thousand people were dead due to foolish pride ''in the first episode''. Don't do it, man, it's a death trap!

JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith the common use of "pride" to denote a group of lions, or LGBT Pride -- in the latter's case, despite what [[HeteronormativeCrudader some may claim]], the concepts are unrelated, and most non-English languages have separate words for ''this'' kind of pride versus pride in being who you are.

JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith the common use of "pride" to denote a group of lions, or LGBT Pride (which is more self-affirmation as LGBT).

* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' -- Tremere, founder of the clan of the same name, essentially tore a massive hole in vampiric society and damned himself and all followers to eternal tribulation as vampires, simply because he was too proud to admit he could fail in his attempts to maintain House Tremere's magical immortality.
** The rest of the clan are also quite prone to this. Indeed, ''House of Tremere'' reveals that pride was the Tremere's impetus for agreeing to the transformation: they were so invested in [[UnequalRites the superiority of their own magic]], that they came to the conclusion that [[TheMagicGoesAway magic was actually dying]] simply because their means of immortality were failing them, and vampirism was the only means of continuing the House's existence; in reality, magic was simply ''changing.'' This hubris continues even into the 20th century: quite contrary to the clan belief that magic and all its practitioners would soon be extinct, [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension the Order of Hermes]] still exists in the modern nights -- but the Tremere will never admit or acknowledge it.
** Very deep in the back story, Absimiliard, the progenitor of the Nosferatu clan, killed his sire for scarring his (in his opinion) perfect face during his Embrace. In punishment, his grandsire Caine cursed the entire clan with inhuman hideousness. Proving that he didn't learn anything from the punishment, Absimiliard has become so fixated in regaining his lost beauty that he's prepared to hunt down and murder every last childe in his attempts to appease Caine.
** The Lasombra Clan, dedicated narcissists and self-styled masters of the earth, have never made much secret of their innate belief in their own right to rule: they still gloat how it was ''their'' clan who made the first strike against the Antediluvians, and all other members of the Sabbat were merely imitators. Furthermore, their SocialDarwinist tactics are intended to purge the weak and the unwanted from potential members of the clan, so that no weaklings or failures dare sully the clan's membership: even the tests imposed on potential childer weed out those who might succumb to self-doubt or humility, leaving only the most proud. [[spoiler: This finally backfires on them in [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Gehenna]], when pride-fueled Darwinism leaves them too depleted to stand on their own -- forcing them into a humiliating alliance with their most hated enemy, the Ventrue.]]

* In ''ComicBook/XMen'' fanfic ''Fanfic/MutatisMutandis'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2359030/Artemiss_Liege Artemis's Liege]], Rogue's main flaw is her pride, which frequently interferes while she's trying to interact with other {{Creator/Marvel}} heroes.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13695496/1/The-Sun-Hero The Sun Hero]]'', pride, specifically being proud of himself, is how [[Anime/MyHeroAcademia Izuku Midoriya]] learns to control his dual quirks. Of course, with the summary making it quite clear that his powers are based on [[Anime/TheSevenDeadlySins Escanor's]], this is hardly a surprise.

-->Everything she does is consistent with the fundamentalist view of how the world will end. There is even an argument for the shocking act she commits, several weeks into her vigil, although of course it is wrong -- inspired by the sin of pride, of thinking she knows God's plans.

---> '''Nicodemus''': I do not dance to the Fallen's tune, Knight. We may move together, but I play the music. I set the beat. For nearly two thousand years I followed my path, through every treacherous bend and twist, through every temptation to turn aside, and after centuries of effort and study and planning and victory, they follow ''my'' leadership. Not the other way around. Turn aside from my path? I have ''blazed'' it through ages of humanity, through centuries of war and plague and madness and havoc and devotion. I ''am'' my path and it is me. There is no turning aside.

---> '''Tywin:''' The lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of the sheep.

---> '''Tyrion:''' Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour, and it can never be used to hurt you.

--> '''Vildan:''' You break people's hearts, then you lose them.

** Pride, along with his colossal [[SmugSnake Arrogance]], tends to be the fatal flaw of series' [[ReturningBigBad recurring villain]] Mannimarco, a highly [[TheDreaded dreaded]] [[OurLichesAreDifferent Lich]][=/=]{{Necromancer}}. As a result of the [[TimeCrash Warp in the West]] [[MergingTheBranches merging]] ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'''s MultipleEndings, he does succeed in his goal of [[AGodAmI becoming a god]], but it is in a very minor station and left him with LiteralSplitPersonalities. He fails to wipe out the rival [[MagicalSociety Mages Guild]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', as the Mages Guild Arch-Mage made a HeroicSacrifice to [[EvilCannotComprehendGood ensure Mannimarco's defeat]]. In the prequel ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'', Mannimarco serves as TheDragon to [[BigBad Molag Bal]], but attempts to [[TheStarscream Starscream]] him and usurp his position of divinity. [[FateWorseThanDeath This ends poorly]] for Mannimarco, but he does survive as he appears in (chronologically) later games in the series.

-->'''Dan''': "You know... last time I checked... pride was considered to be a deadly sin!!!"\\
'''Aaryanna''': "And it's a sin you should be proud of, dammit!!!"

---->'''Zuko''': But I don't feel any shame. I'm as proud as ever! \\
'''Iroh''': Zuko, shame is not the opposite of pride, but its source.

---> '''Twilight Sparkle:''' It's over-propelled pegasus, practically poisoned plenty of ponies, and terrorized bushels of brand new bouncing baby bunnies.

** Pride, along with his colossal [[SmugSnake Arrogance]], tends to be the fatal flaw of series' [[OverarchingVillain recurring villain]] Mannimarco, a highly [[TheDreaded dreaded]] [[OurLichesAreDifferent Lich]][=/=]{{Necromancer}}. As a result of the [[TimeCrash Warp in the West]] [[MergingTheBranches merging]] ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'''s MultipleEndings, he does succeed in his goal of [[AGodAmI becoming a god]], but it is in a very minor station and left him with LiteralSplitPersonalities. He fails to wipe out the rival [[MagicalSociety Mages Guild]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', as the Mages Guild Arch-Mage made a HeroicSacrifice to [[EvilCannotComprehendGood ensure Mannimarco's defeat]]. In the prequel ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'', Mannimarco serves as TheDragon to [[BigBad Molag Bal]], but attempts to [[TheStarscream Starscream]] him and usurp his position of divinity. [[FateWorseThanDeath This ends poorly]] for Mannimarco, but he does survive as he appears in (chronologically) later games in the series.

* Franchise/{{Batman}} has been known to have pride issues, especially as his paranoia has been played up more and more over the years by writers.
* Pride is the defining trait of ComicBook/DoctorDoom. The accident that damaged his face happened because he was too arrogant to believe Reed Richards had found an error in his calculations. The minor scar Doom received he saw as horribly disfiguring due to his vanity, and in desperation to hide it he ended up ''really'' messing his face up. He was unable to even admit to himself of his mistake in either instance. His supervillain-sized lust for power is rooted in his belief that he should be second to no one, particularly Richards. This is also why he always rebuffs others' attempts to rehabilitate him. He just can't accept the pity and sympathy of others.
* Comicbook/DoctorStrange, in his backstory, was a young and very talented surgeon with the ego to match. Cue the [[BreakTheHaughty fall from grace]], which ended only when he started to care about people other than himself. He's come a long way since, but the temptation to backslide is still there.
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': Sinestro has Pride as his defining character trait. The writer for the ''Sinestro'' series Cullen Bunn had this to say about him:
-->"If Sinestro's motivation could be boiled down to one overriding concept, it would be pride. His pride carries him, often when nothing else will. His pride has also been his undoing from time to time. He's too proud to ever accept that his way is not the right way."
* The Olympians from ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules suffer pride worse than the Asgardians. Hercules, while a good guy, has attacked people who he believes insulted him or take attention away from him. The other Olympians are about the same either wanting mortals to worship them again or reacting badly to challenges of their godhood. Once when rendered mortal, Zeus completely broke after a few hours out of broken pride and fear. Hercules at least is used to it.
* Pride is a reoccurring problem for Tony Stark aka Comicbook/IronMan: being rich, handsome, and a brilliant inventor he originally did not care who he sold weapons to until it almost killed him. He started helping others, but almost regularly takes his own path without consulting others insisting he "knows" what to do and others opinions are not worth considering. Sooner or later it always come back to bite him.
* ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'': Naturally, the titular character of the comics, who rankled at the idea that any being should be in any way bound to another. On one hand this led to his total honesty and strict paying of all debts he owed, on the other it fueled his sociopathic disregard for anyone who wasn't him or his (very) small group of companions. As God pointed out it also meant he would be eternally unhappy, because the universe was by nature co-dependent and linked.
* In the Hulk vs. Iron Man tie-in of ''Comicbook/OriginalSin'', the "sin" turns out to be [[spoiler:Bruce Banner's pride. After an argument between him and Tony, a drunken Tony sabotaged the Gamma bomb. His sabotage made the bomb's yield ''smaller'', and he sent an e-mail to Bruce explaining what he had done. Bruce arrogantly deleted the e-mail and blocked all following e-mails from Tony. If Bruce had just swallowed his pride and read an e-mail, he could have avoided becoming the Hulk.]]

* Dream of ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' spent most of the series going through a slow change, and trying to correct mistakes his strict code of honor "compelled" him to make. [[spoiler:In the process of doing so, he made several powerful enemies, so it wasn't his pride per se which did him in, but his attempts to make amends that did.]] The nutshell description of the series is '[[spoiler:Dream of the Endless finds it necessary to change or die... and makes his choice.]]' If that wasn't an example of pride in action, what is?

* Franchise/SpiderMan has had trouble with pride. It is, after all, the reason his Uncle Ben died, as Spidey was too full of himself to care about the burglar that would kill him. Of course, Spidey then learned that with great power ComesGreatResponsibility, but he's still had his moments since then.
* This is one of ComicBook/{{Sunspot}}'s defining flaws, especially during his time in ''ComicBook/NewMutants''. He refused to be seen as weak, and so internalised any problems and lashed out at his teammates if they tried to help him, which was often the cause of arguments. Nowadays he's less abrasive, but no less arrogant.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

** To quote Superman himself in ''ComicBook/{{Justice}}''. "[[ComicBook/LexLuthor Luthor]] is my greatest enemy. Not because of his wealth. Not because of the weaponry he creates. Not because of his greed, not even because of his evil. But because he cannot be '''humbled'''. No matter what happens to him."

* In some versions of her myth, Medusa was a famously beautiful priestess of Athena. In Ovid's late [[RetCon retelling]] of the myth she has sex with Poseidon in a temple of Athena. She got turned into [[AKindOfOne one of the Gorgons]] by Athena because of it. [[note]]In the (numerous) earlier versions of the myth, Medusa does nothing prideful but gets walloped by the gods anyway -- one version even had her ''raped'' by Poseidon. In others, including the original, she ''never'' was a priestess but was a Gorgon from forever.[[/note]]
* Arachne claimed she could weave better than the Goddess of Arts (and most everything else), Athena. The story varies from telling to telling; in some she makes tapestries depicting the gods' faults and foibles, and in some she out-and-out taunts Athena after actually beating her in a weaving contest. Either way, her pride gets her beaten senseless and nearly killed by the angry Athena, who quickly relents and turns Arachne into the first spider as a testament to her skill.\\\

* Achilles in Creator/{{Homer}}'s ''Literature/TheIliad'' [[AchillesInHisTent refused to leave his tent]] and help the Greeks fight, even after Agamemnon apologized for their meaningless spat earlier. He ended up with a DeadSidekick.
** Likewise, after killing Patroclus with the help of Apollo, Hector thinks that he himself is powerful enough to beat Achilles. [[CurbStompBattle He is wrong]].
* In ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', Odysseus blinds the cyclops Polyphemus, and tells Polyphemus "Nobody" did it, so that when the other cyclops asked who blinded him, Polyphemus could reply only, "Nobody." Of course, this plan failed when Odysseus became so proud of his feat he ''yelled'' to Polyphemus to remember the man who blinded him: Odysseus, son of Laertes, King of Ithaca. Polyphemus called out to his dad, who just happened to be Poseidon, for vengeance; as a result, Odysseus was stranded on Calypso's island for seven years.
* Psyche ended up ChainedToARock and doing a lot more dangerous tasks because a whole group of people starts worshiping her instead of the resident Goddess of Beauty, Aphrodite, who didn't take about the loss of worshipers and someone else taking the FairestOfThemAll title away (and her son's affection on Psyche).
* Cassiopeia of Aethiopia was full of pride when praising the beauty of her daughter Andromeda. Who took offense to this {{Pride}}? ''Poseidon''. So mad that a mortal was making BlasphemousBoast[=s=], Poseidon flooded Aethiopia and demanded Andromeda be sacrificed to his sea serpent.
* Queen Niobe of Thebes boasted that she was superior to the goddess Leto because, among other things, she had ''seven'' sons and seven daughters, compared to the latter's only two children: Apollo and Artemis. It did not end well. It also contains the most stunning example of BreakTheHaughty in classical mythology: [[spoiler: After all fourteen of her children were killed, Niobe wept. And wept. And wept so much that the gods took pity on her and turned her into an unfeeling stone. And the stone ''still wept.'']]
* [[LawfulNeutral Nemesis' main job was to punish such acts]]. The Greeks believed in her power so much that, upon crushing a Persian army at Marathon (the first time a Greek force defeated a Persian one in open field) and finding out they had brought a large block of marble to make a commemorative stone to their impending victory, the Athenians were quick to conclude it had been Nemesis who gave them their victory and used that marble to make her a magnificent statue.

** To quote Superman himself in ''ComicBook/{{Justice}}''. "Luthor is my greatest enemy. Not because of his wealth. Not because of the weaponry he creates. Not because of his greed, not even because of his evil. But because he cannot be '''humbled'''. No matter what happens to him."

* ''WesternAnimation/CareBears'' -- "Proudheart Cat doesn't have a lot to say, but she's [[{{Pun}} Purrfect In every way]]."

* This is why Kaguya and Shirogane don't confess to each other in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar''. They're both so arrogant, they refuse to accept the idea that someone has any form of power over them even something as simple as a crush. They're ideal of dating is the other begging for the other to date them and they give them pity. [[spoiler:In truth, the thing that keeps them apart is a combination of [[TwiceShy shyness]] and [[InsecureLoveInterest insecurity]] on both sides. They've just both convinced themselves that it's pride.]]

* Alex's FatalFlaw in ''Webcomic/WeakHero''. He's overly sensitive to his reputation as "just Ben's lackey", and is quick to fly off the handle if someone accuses him of riding off Ben's coattails. This was even worse in middle school, where he got involved with the wrong crowd after they appealed to his strength.

* In Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', pride literally goes before a Fall:
** Melkor sought to create and rule over others, and was too proud to admit his creations were only discoveries made possible by God. He became Morgoth, that is, Satan.
** All the Noldor were prideful, but Fëanor's arrogance was such that he lead the majority of them into exile, thinking he would be able to defy the Valar (godlike angels delegated to rule the world), and that he would stand a chance of defeating Morgoth in combat. Predictably, it ended very badly for him and most of his people.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' -- [[KnightTemplar Frollo]] is a dangerous combination of pride and [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny lust]]. While his lust for Esmeralda is his motivation, it's pride that convinces him [[NeverMyFault that higher powers are responsible for his actions]], and that it's ''Esmeralda'' that's guilty for tempting him. He uses this as justification for setting ablaze the city of Paris in search for Esmeralda.

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->''"Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall."''
-->-- '''Proverbs 16:18, New International Version'''

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*** ....Till chapter 698, that is.

* Dream of ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' spent most of the series going through a slow change, and trying to correct mistakes his strict code of honor "compelled" him to make. [[spoiler:In the process of doing so, he made several powerful enemies, so it wasn't his pride per se which did him in, but his attempts to make amends that did.]] The nutshell description of the series is '[[spoiler:Dream of the Endless finds it necessary to change or die... and makes his choice.]]' If that wasn't an example of pride in action, what is?

* ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'': Naturally, the titular character of the comics, who rankled at the idea that any being should be in any way bound to another. On one hand this led to his total honesty and strict paying of all debts he owed, on the other it fueled his sociopathic disregard for anyone who wasn't him or his (very) small group of companions. As God pointed out it also meant he would be eternally unhappy, because the universe was by nature co-dependent and linked.

* This is one of ComicBook/{{Sunspot}}'s defining flaws, especially during his time in ''ComicBook/NewMutants''. He refused to be seen as weak, and so internalised any problems and lashed out at his teammates if they tried to help him, which was often the cause of arguments. Nowadays he's less abrasive, but no less arrogant.

* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': Sinestro has Pride as his defining character trait. The writer for the ''Sinestro'' series Cullen Bunn had this to say about him:
-->"If Sinestro's motivation could be boiled down to one overriding concept, it would be pride. His pride carries him, often when nothing else will. His pride has also been his undoing from time to time. He's too proud to ever accept that his way is not the right way."

** In ''ComicBook/HowLuthorMetSuperboy'', Lex Luthor's arrogance leads to him becoming a villain. As saving him from a fire -started accidentally by Lex himself, mind you-, ComicBook/{{Superboy}} accidentally destroys his life-creating experiment. Since Lex cannot admit that his scientific breakthrough became lost forever because he is a clumsy idiot wo could not even think of writing the formula down, he convinces himself that Superboy destroyed it intentionally to "crush his greatness", and swears revenge.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''Fanfic/EnvyAndArrogance'', the mane six have to save Equestria from their EvilCounterpart Elements of Discord. One of them is named Arrogance and she definitely plays the part. She is also very powerful but, unusually for the trope, she is not the most powerful of the six - instead she is an EvilCounterpart to Applejack - since self-delusion is the ultimate aversion of honesty.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' - Jafar was ''this close'' to [[NearVillainVictory complete victory]], but his refusal to accept any position other than that of the most powerful being on the face of the Earth was what ultimately undid him. He was already the Sultan ''and'' the most powerful sorcerer in the world as a result of his first two wishes upon capturing the Genie, but his undoing came when [[spoiler:Aladdin tricked him into wishing to be a genie -- [[SealedEvilInACan with everything that goes along with the package]].]] He could probably even have avoided the last third of the movie altogether if he hadn't wasted his first wish on, essentially, stealing the Sultan's clothes - out of pride.
** ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' - [[MemeticMutation No one is as prideful as Gaston]]! Fueled by the town's admiration for him and his own [[TestosteronePoisoning excessive masculinity]], he pursues Belle solely because he believes he deserves the best wife, despite not having any respect for her passion of reading, and there being other girls in the village that adore him. After having his pride hurt by rejection, he schemes to blackmail Belle into marrying him, and uses his popularity within the village to achieve this.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' - [[KnightTemplar Frollo]] is a dangerous combination of pride and [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny lust]]. While his lust for Esmeralda is his motivation, it's pride that convinces him [[NeverMyFault that higher powers are responsible for his actions]], and that it's ''Esmeralda'' that's guilty for tempting him. He uses this as justification for setting ablaze the city of Paris in search for Esmeralda.
** ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' - [[spoiler:Turbo was the player character of a racing game that was decommissioned after his thirst for gamer attention drove him to crash a newer racing game purely out of jealousy. After escaping, he took over the racing game Sugar Rush and disguised himself as King Candy, doing everything possible to make himself the favorite of everyone who played the game.]]

* The theme of Pride[=/=]Vanity as an engine of destructionruns all through the plot of ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate'', namely because it makes you careless and imprudent or just drags you into the affairs that will surely and painfully bite you in the ass. Even [[{{Satan}} the father of the sin himself]] is not invulnerable to its pernicious influence. At one point, he describes it as his favorite sin and the most "natural" as it stems from a "love of self"

-->Everything she does is consistent with the fundamentalist view of how the world will end. There is even an argument for the shocking act she commits, several weeks into her vigil, although of course it is wrong - inspired by the sin of pride, of thinking she knows God's plans.

** When his son Arthur is introduced he displays signs of the same overbearing pride - he's brash, impulsive, and elitist, regularly bullying his underlings and throwing tantrums when things don't go his way. Without the positive influence of Merlin and Gwen, both of whom kick his ass when he deserves it and encourage him to be more thoughtful and compassionate, he could easily have become [[TurnOutLikeHisFather Uther 2.0]]. As it is, he gradually overcomes his pride and resembles his father less and less.

** By ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', an extended period of relative peace left the Federation with a belief that they're ready and able to meet any challenge the galaxy presents them with. Then Q introduces them to [[TheDreaded the Borg]]. Picard later admits that this was the "kick in the complacency" that Starfleet desperately needed--and, indeed, allowed them to ''narrowly'' avert complete catastrophe when the Borg finally attacked the Federation.

** Lucifer is called a man in the book of Isaiah, where the picture quote comes from. He is also described as the king of Babylon- at the time, Nebuchadnezzar, who was indeed filled with this and was humbled as a result.
** This trope is likely the reason that the New Testament's sole criteria for salvation is "confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead". Someone who can't conceive of a person more virtuous than themselves- in effect, someone who claims that they've never made a mistake at all- is dangerously wrong. Of course, the Bible is full of examples of people who ''[[CharacterDevelopment became]]'' humble despite their pride, because they were invisibly moved by the Spirit of God.

* ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' - Every bad thing that has happened to the mages in the TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness, from the [[EldritchAbomination Abyss]] to the [[EnemyWithout released Goetia]], can be traced back to mages who [[SchmuckBait decided to push the proverbial big red button]] and were too hubristic to consider the consequences of their actions. Indeed, a major theme is that all evil is ultimately human evil in Mage.

** Nobles themselves are generally portrayed as pretty arrogant; divine power tends to do that to you, since, after all, it's pretty easy to become insulated from the consequences of your actions when you can beat up the entire USMC. That being said, Nobles who push it too far by trying to shape cosmic power on a level that transcends their own - a Power of Snakes who tries to create an Aaron's Serpent, for example - risk tripping the Law of Hubris and unleashing [[EldritchAbomination an Actual]], which [[AssimilationPlot tends to be a bad thing]].

* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' - Tremere, founder of the clan of the same name, essentially tore a massive hole in vampiric society and damned himself and all followers to eternal tribulation as vampires, simply because he was too proud to admit he could fail in his attempts to maintain House Tremere's magical immortality.
** The rest of the clan are also quite prone to this. Indeed, ''House of Tremere'' reveals that pride was the Tremere's impetus for agreeing to the transformation: they were so invested in [[UnequalRites the superiority of their own magic]], that they came to the conclusion that [[TheMagicGoesAway magic was actually dying]] simply because their means of immortality were failing them, and vampirism was the only means of continuing the House's existence; in reality, magic was simply ''changing.'' This hubris continues even into the 20th century: quite contrary to the clan belief that magic and all its practitioners would soon be extinct, [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension the Order of Hermes]] still exists in the modern nights - but the Tremere will never admit or acknowledge it.

** The Lasombra Clan, dedicated narcissists and self-styled masters of the earth, have never made much secret of their innate belief in their own right to rule: they still gloat how it was ''their'' clan who made the first strike against the Antediluvians, and all other members of the Sabbat were merely imitators. Furthermore, their SocialDarwinist tactics are intended to purge the weak and the unwanted from potential members of the clan, so that no weaklings or failures dare sully the clan's membership: even the tests imposed on potential childer weed out those who might succumb to self-doubt or humility, leaving only the most proud. [[spoiler: This finally backfires on them in [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Gehenna]], when pride-fueled Darwinism leaves them too depleted to stand on their own - forcing them into a humiliating alliance with their most hated enemy, the Ventrue.]]

** The Eldar, as a race, are now on the brink of extinction due to the Fall but are still full of themselves and refuse to get along with other races. The Dark Eldar take this even further, seeing their Craftworld and Exodite cousins as failures to the Eldar legacy despite that legacy having destroyed their race.** The Orks have Flash Gitz, who are this trope personified within Ork society, with a fair share of {{Greed}} to go with it too. Where normal Orks love fighting anything that moves, Flash Gitz are more concerned with getting more teeth (the Ork currency, mind you) while spending as little of it as possible, and showing off their highly customized guns and money to other Orks. They are widely disliked amongst normal Orks due to these facts for being huge showoffs.
** The Tau are convinced that the Tau'va, or "Greater Good", is the best basis for a culture. This has ended badly for them on multiple occasions, as they've misinterpreted aliens fighting for their own reasons as coming to their aid - leading to unfortunate experiences like hiring Dark Eldar mercenaries or trying to throw a thank-you party for the ''Necrons''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}'' series - The Shaper Council. If you choose to help a faction that opposes them, then they learn the hard way that yes, the rebellion ''can'' be a threat to them. Unfortunately, the other factions are often just as arrogant.

** Similarly, Pride is [[KnightTemplar Miko's]] FatalFlaw - she refuses to admit that she can be wrong, and ends up [[spoiler: falling from her paladin status and dying in a SenselessSacrifice that accidentally brings about Xykon's partial victory. As one poster on the Giant in the Playground boards put it, pride is the sin of the fallen, the sin of Lucifer.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/CareBears'' - "Proudheart Cat doesn't have a lot to say, but she's [[{{Pun}} Purrfect In every way]]."

** In the season one episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]", her stubborn refusal to accept help after insisting she could handle her family's orchard harvest alone combined with her trying to meet obligations to help her friends ends in nothing but disaster all over.

** The season six episode "The Gift of the Maud Pie" tackles this [[AesopAmnesia once more]]. Pinkie Pie is so driven by the desire to find a better gift than what her sister Maud Pie would give her that she totally misses the point of giving a gift to someone in the first place. Unlike ''Pinkie Pride'', however, it shows only the negative consequences of her Pride, as Pinkie ends up trading away her prized Party Cannon for a rock pouch, which in turn, makes her [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness completely miserable]]. Maud quickly picks up on this, and goes to get the Party Cannon back and set Pinkie straight as well.

Pride. [[PrideBeforeAFall It goeth before a fall.]]

Many religions, [[Myth/ClassicalMythology such as that of the Greeks]] (who coined the terms ''Hubris'' and ''{{Narcissis|t}}m'' for such dangerous amounts of pride) were condemning on having a mortal [[PunyEarthlings (un)deservedly]] [[BlasphemousBoast boasting that they're better at something than their]] [[JerkassGods highly petty and vengeful gods]], especially the one who declares oneself [[AGodAmI Above the Most High]]. Or trying to constantly bully [[BullyingADragon the weirdo who has the powers to reduce you into a smear on the wall]], because your pride [[TemptingFate says you can]]. Or (always a classic) walking right into an enemy's hands confident they'll fall just like everyone else has, despite how they seem to be [[TrashTalk goading you]] to [[DefensiveFeintTrap stand on the big red bulls-eye.]]

ItsAllAboutMe, AGodAmI, KneelBeforeZod, NothingCanStopUsNow, WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong, GrudgingThankYou and DontYouDarePityMe are [[GeniusBonus proud]] stock phrases. Proud people are also very likely to suffer from MoralMyopia (to the point of [[KnightTemplar being convinced to be the only righteous one]]). ComeToGawk is frequently uncommonly painful for the proud -- and the proud are uncommonly likely to jump to the conclusion that someone did come to do just that. The GreenEyedMonster often accuses the envied person of Pride -- justly or unjustly, or the person with Pride could be the one getting envious. [[SubTrope Sub-Tropes]] include AcquiredSituationalNarcissism, FairestOfThemAll, HolierThanThou, InferioritySuperiorityComplex, and TooCleverByHalf. See also SmallNameBigEgo and FallenAngel.

** Gohan has this as well, subtly: whenever he is powerful enough to overcome his opponents with ease, he lets the power get to his head. Despite being powerful enough to end the fight, he'll toy with his opponent and put them into a corner, forcing them to lash out and overcome his power, as both Cell and Super Buu can attest. In Cell's case, this turned out to be a mistake which ended up costing him his father when Cell decided to try to blow up the planet.

** Particularly in the ''Brotherhood'' version, Ed's pride (being an InsufferableGenius) seems to be a major motivation in his ill-fated attempt to bring his mother back from the dead, although love for her was certainly a big part of it as well. Which makes [[spoiler:his defeat of the Homunculus of the same name]] [[FridgeBrilliance even more appropriate]]. In the fangame ''VisualNovel/FullmetalAlchemistBluebirdsIllusion'', [[spoiler: in one of the endings Edward ''becomes'' Pride when he [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide after failing to save his brother]].]]

* Andrew from ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'', while originally painfully shy and introverted, begins to find popularity by dint of his newly-granted superpowers. One of his other superpower-enabled friends half-jokingly claims that, now that he possesses such extreme confidence, his hubris will then lead to his downfall. Andrew responds by [[GenreBlindness asking what "hubris" means]]. To be fair, his abusive drunken father is practically worse than him with this, [[BullyingADragon severely underestimating]] [[TheDogBitesBack how much Andrew is now able to fight back]], [[spoiler: [[PersonOfMassDestruction which ultimately leads to disastrous results for everybody]]]].

** [[TheFairFolk Mab]], [[NamesToRunawayFromReallyFast Queen of Air and Darkness]], is described to have "a terrible pride." While she favors intelligent servants who are both capable of doing their jobs efficiently and will take their counterarguments to her plan in a cold, and calculating manner, if any were to try and put themselves as her moral superior and dare to judge her, she will not take this lightly. She might strike the offender that they dent an ''elevator door'', or destroy an entire village for raising a weapon against her. That said, she will own up to her own mistakes and take a just amount of blame if her folly caused harm, like [[spoiler:not killing her traitorous daughter as soon as she realizes Maeve's treachery. She acknowledges to Maeve, Harry, and other present, she is the one at fault for this matter, taking the blame for not just Maeve's crimes but also, after breaking Karrin Murphy's bindings so she could kill Maeve, absolving Murphy for this as well]].

** Khan, as well. His unwavering belief in his own superiority lost him his empire on Earth; the ''Enterprise'' in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed Space Seed]];" and his crew, ship, and chance at revenge in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''. Interestingly, his literary references in both of his appearances indicate that he's completely aware of this flaw; comparing himself to Satan in "Space Seed," and ''[[Literature/MobyDick Captain Ahab]]'' in Star Trek II.

* Psyche ended up ChainedToARock and doing a lot more dangerous tasks because a whole group of people starts worshiping her instead of the resident Goddess of Beauty, Aphrodite, who didn't take about the loss of worshipers and someone else taking the FairestOfThemAll title away (and not to mention, her son's affection on Psyche).

** Through ''Nobilis''' history, Lucifer has been the Imperator of Pride and Persuasion, which is to say that it is because Lucifer exists that Pride, as a thing in itself, does as well.

* In ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' [[MeaningfulName Deus]] represents the mantra affinity of Pride, stated to be the best suited for ruling Shinkoku Trastrium. He lives up to this, being the most powerful of the Seven Deities and basically making himself seem unstoppable until his final duel with both Asura and Yasha at the same time when it takes everything they have to finally wear him down for Asura to finish him in a one-on-one. Even in his dying breath he thinks only he can can beat [[EldritchAbomination Gohma]] [[GaiasVengeance Vlitra]], the seemingly-impossible goal that motivated him to betray and murder the former Emperor and Asura, further militarize the demi-gods, and turn humanity into a MartyrdomCulture that he slaughtered for thousands of years and harvested ''trillions'' of souls of to make come true.

** [[spoiler: The Illusive Man]] was [[FatalFlaw brought down by]] his own pride. [[BatmanGambit His plan]] was [[CrazyPrepared near-]][[TheChessmaster foolproof]], taking into account Shepard and the Alliance's interference, their eventual pushing back against the Reapers, as well as the eventual completion and deployment of [[spoiler: The Crucible]] (for the first time in the history of the Galaxy). He even rightly came to the conclusion that it would allow him to [[spoiler: take control of the Reapers]]. However, he ''never'', even for a moment, thought he might end up [[spoiler: indoctrinated]] himself. If Shepard can make him come to realize it, he [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone commits suicide]].

** In the fourth expansion, pride turns out to be [[GodEmperor Emperor Shaohao]]'s {{fatal flaw}}, for a rare non-villainous example, which nonetheless would go on to have [[NiceJobBreakingItHero tragic]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone consequences]]; as he believed that Pandaria was better than the rest of the world, his pride created the magical mists that turned [[{{Wutai}} Pandaria]] into a HiddenElfVillage. By the time you actually meet him, he seems to have recognized his errors after millennia of meditation on the subject and goes on to give you a very philosophical analysis on the nature of pride before asking for your help to clean up his mess. Check quote pages if you want to know the full speech.

* Red Mage of ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' is noted for his absolute conviction that he is a brilliant tactician who understands everything perfectly and never makes stupid decisions. [[KnowNothingKnowItAll None of those things are true.]] [[AmusingInjuries This gets him hurt many, many times]], including the time he insisted that he would be better at negotiating with a monster than the guy who ''hired'' said monster, and found himself transformed into a slime creature as a result. When the time came for them to face Ordeals related to their vices, Red Mage attempted to defeat the Ordeal of Pride by insisting that he ''clearly'' can't be arrogant because that would be a ''flaw'', and when he admits he cannot defeat it and thus passes, [[IgnoredEpiphany he takes about four seconds to convince himself that his mind was working on a level of subtle brilliance unknown to even him]]. Elves are [[CulturalPosturing arrogant on a cultural/species level]], so Thief can also exhibit this, but Red Mage is the one who has it brought up the most.

* In ''Literature/TheLoveOfThreeOranges'', the slave sees the heroine's reflection in the pool and thinks it's hers. It goes straight to her head and causes a lot of trouble.
* In ''Literature/TheThreeLittleMenInTheWood'', the stepsister's pride causes her to try to duplicate the results of seeking strawberries in the winter woods.

* Take a drink every time a noble dies due to pride in ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes''. You'll be drunk by the quarterway-point of the series. Throw in a drink for death by pride for non-noble generals and politicians (thus making TheAlliance eligible) and odds are you'll be drunk some ten episodes in, and dead of alcohol poisoning by the quarterway. If you really want to get the ball rolling, throw in another drink for when their pride causes ''other people'' to die. Several hundred thousand people were dead due to foolish pride ''in the first episode''. Don't do it, man, it's a death trap!

Pride is a potent driving force for [[RuleOfDrama Drama]]: Some stories begin with [[PrideBeforeAFall the proud brought low]] and their attempts to learn humility, others are driven by [[ToBeAMaster prideful quests]], while others end because of an unwillingness to forsake said pride]].

ItsAllAboutMe, AGodAmI, KneelBeforeZod, NothingCanStopUsNow, GrudgingThankYou and DontYouDarePityMe are [[GeniusBonus proud]] stock phrases. Proud people are also very likely to suffer from MoralMyopia (to the point of [[KnightTemplar being convinced to be the only righteous one]]). ComeToGawk is frequently uncommonly painful for the proud -- and the proud are uncommonly likely to jump to the conclusion that someone did come to do just that. The GreenEyedMonster often accuses the envied person of Pride -- justly or unjustly, or the person with Pride could be the one getting envious. [[SubTrope Sub-Tropes]] include AcquiredSituationalNarcissism, FairestOfThemAll, HolierThanThou, InferioritySuperiorityComplex, and TooCleverByHalf. See also SmallNameBigEgo and FallenAngel.

* If you ask ''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProduction'' 's Red, this is her fatal flaw.

* ''Literature/LegacyOfTheDrowSeries'': In ''Starless Night'', Drizzt Do'Urden leaves his friends behind to see if he can head off the coming storm all by himself. Not only does he fail, not only would he have died if his friends (and even some enemies) hadn't rescued him, but he arguably makes things ''worse''. This would be fine...if it weren't for Drizzt's proclivity for [[ContemplateOurNavels endless navel-gazing]] on various philosophical themes and subjects in his journal, [[AnvilOfTheStory just in case you missed the point]].

* Franchise/MonsterVerse: A core cause of the conflict (and often a ''direct'' cause of FromBadToWorse) is the sense of pride and arrogance intrinsic to humanity as a civilization which has in RealLife fueled the ongoing GlobalWarming crisis. We have outdone the vast majority of predators and competition with which we share our planet through our intelligence, technology and innovation, establishing ourselves as one of the planet's dominant species (in our own opinion, the ''top'' dominant species). And then in this series, it turns out we're not really the Earth's top species by a ''long shot'' once gigantic {{Kaiju}} who are immune to military arsenals and feed on nuclear energy start to emerge as a direct result of our species' activities -- this is a revelation which doesn't sit well with a lot of human beings, who just can't handle such a notion and refuse to give up our species' self-given title, even when it turns out HumansNeedAliens to survive. It leads to the government and military firing the [[FantasticNuke Oxygen Destroyer]] in a vain attempt to kill two Kaiju, but instead by crippling Godzilla whilst leaving Ghidorah unscathed it enables Ghidorah to [[NearVillainVictory come within a hair's breadth of succeeding at its goal to wipe out humanity and a lot of Earth's other life]]. Apex Cybernetics whose members are hubris personified believe they can ultimately conquer the Titans the same way humanity has conquered its previous predators and competition, by technological innovation, but their actions end up [[spoiler:restoring King Ghidorah to life in a new form]] before their anti-Titan superweapon is ultimately defeated anyway by the natural Titans they wanted to usurp.

* ''Series/YediYuz'': In the episode "Refakatçiler", Vildan leads Serhat to recognize how his stubborn pride has driven away the people who care for him most, particularly his son, Okan. Serhat's pride prohibited Okan from [[FantasyForbiddingFather attending art school]], creating a devastating rift between father and son. When Okan later went missing in Russia, Serhat refused to seek help from others to find him, because it would require him to humble himself and admit his mistakes as a parent.
--> '''Vildan:''' You break people's hearts, then you lose them.