History Main / ShrineToSelf

-->-- '''Music/FrankSinatra''' upon seeing Rudy Vallee's memorabilia room(s).

[[RealLife In the United States military and political realm an office wall with awards and pictures of the individual with famous or higher-ranking persons is known as an "I Love Me" wall]]. The etiquette is generally that your "I Love Me" Wall should be in a reasonably private location (like your house), not shoved into the face of all passers-by ([[MySpace unless you're on the Internet]]). In the extras on the ''Film/TopGun'' DVD, one of the military advisors opines that Viper's "I Love Me" wall in his house is unrealistic, because he has a wife and kids, which (in his opinion) tends to rapidly reduce the "I Love Me" Wall to an "I Love Me" corner, and finally to an "I Love Me" shoebox in the attic...

* Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's office (well, the {{Kayfabe}} one, anyway), TheMiz's trophy room in his house (shown during an episode of ''Cribs''), and Wrestling/MichaelCole's "Cole Mine" (later it became the "Royal Cole Mine", after he was knighted as part of a storyline) are all prime examples.

* Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's office (well, the {{Kayfabe}} one, anyway), TheMiz's trophy room in his house (shown during an episode of ''Cribs''), and MichaelCole's "Cole Mine" (later it became the "Royal Cole Mine", after he was knighted as part of a storyline) are all prime examples.

* A running gag in WebAnimation/Eddsworld is Matt's self-obsession, keeping pictures of imself in his room and feeling hurt when reminded of getting old.

* A running gag in {{Eddsworld}} is Matt's self-obsession, keeping pictures of imself in his room and feeling hurt when reminded of getting old.

* A bevy of dictators have done this while living, just to name a few: KimJongIl, UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein and UsefulNotes/JosefStalin.

[[caption-width-right:350:Patrick may not know art... but he knows what he likes.]]

There are people who are vain, and then there's people who are ''vain.'' The latter have such a depth of narcissism that they don't just keep a mirror handy, but fill their house floor to ceiling with mirrors (But how else can I catch all my expressions?), self portraits (expect [[DistractedByMyOwnSexy a few nudes]]), statuary, awards (if any, [[SmallNameBigEgo no matter how minor]]) and sundry other them-centric paraphernalia. Any pictures will likely be exclusively of themselves, or with celebrities, royalty, and politicians. It's almost unheard of for a shrine to include [[ChildrenAreAWaste family pictures]].

* Parodied in a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch, with Creator/DarrellHammond as Creator/AlGore. Al takes the audience through his trophy room, which includes his Oscar for ''Film/AnInconvenientTruth'', his Grammy for the audiobook version of ''AIT'', his Adult Video Award for the XXX-rated adaptation of ''AIT'', and other awards.

* Dominica �koda, one of the "eight heroes" from ''LightNovel/CoffinPrincessChaika'', has her whole mansion filled with portraits and statues of herself, [[spoiler:but in reality she's been dead for some time, and it's instead her dragon Fredrica who lives there while impersonating Dominica, and the portraits are so Fredrica can remember her master better.]]

* Parodied in a ''SaturdayNightLive'' sketch, with Creator/DarrellHammond as Creator/AlGore. Al takes the audience through his trophy room, which includes his Oscar for ''AnInconvenientTruth'', his Grammy for the audiobook version of ''AIT'', his Adult Video Award for the XXX-rated adaptation of ''AIT'', and other awards.

* VinceMcMahon's office (well, the {{Kayfabe}} one, anyway), TheMiz's trophy room in his house (shown during an episode of ''Cribs''), and MichaelCole's "Cole Mine" (later it became the "Royal Cole Mine", after he was knighted as part of a storyline) are all prime examples.

* Nemesis from ''CatacombAbyss'' and its sequels likes to decorate the Catacombs of Despair with statues and paintings of himself before letting the hero in to battle his way through them. In ''Abyss'', it seems the only purpose of both the Catacomb and Crypt of Nemesis (neither of which he lies or resides in) is to be shrines to him. In ''Catacomb Apocalypse'', there are also depictions of him in a pharaoh's headdress. Some of these are enemies rather than decorations, and among the most dangerous in the game.
* The whole mansion of Conroy Bumpus, in ''SamAndMax Hit the Road''.
* In ''GuildWars'', it's a way of gaining non-combat rewards in the sequel by adding titles, minipets, elite armour sets, etc. to the Hall of Monuments in the first game.
* In WorldOfWarcraft the BigGood Tirion Fordring does this twice. He is not a vain person, but people just worship him for his defeat of the Lich King. There is a statue of PURE GOLD in a city of MAGES who don't even normally associate with paladins. In front of his "house", he is having another statue of himself built, but at least it isn't gold this time.

* One episode of ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'' had a pair of Jedi track down General Grievous' private secret base. They don't realize the significance, but there's a hall full of statues and tributes to his former (non-cyborg) self.

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* Dominica Škoda, one of the "eight heroes" from ''LightNovel/CoffinPrincessChaika'', has her whole mansion filled with portraits and statues of herself, [[spoiler:but in reality she's been dead for some time, and it's instead her dragon Fredrica who lives there while impersonating Dominica, and the portraits are so Fredrica can remember her master better.]]

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* In the former ''Ride/{{Disaster}}'' attraction at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]], the first pre-show room was filled with pictures, awards, and prized possessions of the fictitious Frank Kincaid, owner of the "Disaster Studios".

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* In the original ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'', the FinalBoss is [[StupidJetpackHitler Hitler himself]] in PoweredArmor, and the final level has walls covered with paintings of Der Fuher's own mustachioed face. So while this version of Hitler is [[AdaptationalBadass far more formidable a fighter]] than the real one was, his vanity seems ''very'' historically accurate.

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* The villain in the Creator/DeanKoontz novel, ''Dragon Tears'', has a serious AGodamI complex. He had every wall in his house mirrored just to admire himself.

* The villain in the DeanKoontz novel, ''Dragon Tears'', has a serious AGodamI complex. He had every wall in his house mirrored just to admire himself.

* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'':
** Gilderoy Lockhart decorates his office with (moving) pictures of himself. In [[Film/HarryPotter the film version]], he decorates his classroom in the same manner.

** Piranha Castle and Blood Muncher, two of the castle levels in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorldPiranhaIsland'', are filled with giant Piranha Plant statues that shoot out bursts of flames in intervals. Piranha Castle is also filled with statues of the Piranha Wizard. Some of the Piranha Wizard's statues are even alive and will attempt to attack Mario with their magic spells.

** Piranha Castle and Blood Muncher, two of the castle levels in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorldPiranhaIsland'', are filled with giant Piranha Plant statues that shoot out bursts of flames in intervals. Piranha Castle is also filled with statues of the Piranha Wizard and a glass painting of a Muncher. Some of the Piranha Wizard's statues are even alive and will attempt to attack Mario with their magic spells.

** Piranha Castle and Blood Muncher, levels in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorldPiranhaIsland'', are filled with giant Piranha Plant statues that shoot out bursts of flames in intervals. Piranha Castle is also filled with statues of the Piranha Wizard and a glass painting of a Muncher. Some of the Piranha Wizard's statues are even alive and will attempt to attack Mario with their magic spells.

->''You would never guess who lives here.''
-->--'''Music/FrankSinatra''' upon seeing Rudy Vallee's memorabilia room(s).

* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': In the aftermath of Necropolis, it is discovered that the supervillain Judge Death ordered a museum exposition built to celebrate his achievements. From an undead mass-murdering fanatic who wouldn't leave an audience alive to see it.