History SmugSnake / WesternAnimation

** [[spoiler: [[Characters/AmphibiaTheCore The Core a.k.a. Darcy]]]], the BigBad of the series overall, boasts that it's [[MindHive made up of]] Amphibia's greatest minds and likens theirself to a god once they obtain a voice, but they aren't as cunning or pragmatic as Andrias is despite their low opinion of him. [[spoiler:Darcy wastes too much time toying with Sasha in the penultimate episode instead of finishing her off quickly, and their ego ultimately enables Sasha to get the drop on them at the fight's end. The Core's delusions of godhood and immortality are completely shattered when Anne uses the Calamity stones' power to destroy them for good]].

* Seen in an RAF UsefulNotes/ColdWar instructional film warning of the dangers of HISS (Hostile Intelligence [=ServiceS=]) represented by a smug cartoon snake with a FakeRussian accent. All his dupes were naturally caught by the vigilant RAF police, but the evil HISS would just go on to the next victim.

** In that case, Zim himself, since his overconfidence tends to be a major factor to why his plans blow up in his face.

** [[spoiler:The Core a.k.a. Darcy]], the BigBad of the series overall, boasts that it's [[MindHive made up of]] Amphibia's greatest minds and likens theirself to a god once they obtain a voice, but they aren't as cunning or pragmatic as Andrias is despite their low opinion of him. [[spoiler:Darcy wastes too much time toying with Sasha in the penultimate episode instead of finishing her off quickly, and their ego ultimately enables Sasha to get the drop on them at the fight's end. The Core's delusions of godhood and immortality are completely shattered when Anne uses the Calamity stones' power to destroy them for good]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': Both Sterling and Malory Archer fall under this category.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': It probably would be easier to count the number of times that [[BigBad Hawk Moth]], [[AlphaBitch Chloe Bourgeois]] and [[ConsummateLiar Lila Rossi]] aren't smug assholes -- especially Lila, because ever since she became part of the BigBadEnsemble in Season 3 [[ConsummateLiar has never been caught lying, not even when the truth is literally beating people up]], and has made Marinette's life a living hell little by little.

** [[FauxAffablyEvil Mr. Burns]] sometimes takes Smug Snake to a ridiculous extreme. For example, one episode involved a plan on Burns' part to [[KickTheDog block sunlight from reaching Springfield]], and a town hall meeting was held about it. During the meeting, the town was being shown what Burns' oil drilling operation did to Bart's pet dog, who was shown needing to use wheels just to walk down the hallway. Burns walks in at ''exactly'' this moment, and, with a big smirk on his face, says this:

* Eric Cartman from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. While he's shown to be very skilled at [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating people]] and believes himself to be a MagnificentBastard, he tends to overestimates his plan that results in almost always backfiring which leads to Cartman's frequent outbursts. Not to mention that being eight years old, his plotting is often based on very childish and petty impulses.

** Plankton fits this, much to his chagrin.

** Mr. Krabs can act like this DependingOnTheWriter.

* Slade from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''. He's a creepy guy, but his manipulations leave a lot to be desired (such as telling Robin that he enjoyed fighting his friends.) It's mostly because [[EvilCannotComprehendGood he can't understand or control the heroes as much as he'd like to]]. And the fact that he's widely perceived to be a pedophile (out-of-universe, anyway) doesn't help. He has his moments of {{magnificen|tBastard}}ce, though, especially after becoming Trigon's henchman.

** Heather, as the original main antagonist, was quite manipulative, but her ego and vanity proved to be her downfall. Beth and Lindsay, who she tricked into joining her alliance, both [[TheDogBitesBack get back at Heather]], with Beth standing up for herself in "Paintball Deer Hunter", and Lindsay cursing out Heather in "That's off the Chain" and creating the very dare that would lead to Heather's defeat in "I Triple Dog Dare You".
** Courtney in ''Action'' and ''All-Stars'' is just as manipulative and effective as Heather, however, unlike Heather, who was a finalist in ''World Tour'', Courtney's over-competitiveness and bossiness has cost her the game multiple times, and she lost goodwill with practically every other contestant.

** Alejandro was a [[{{TheCasanova}} Casanova]] who manipulated many of the female contestants during ''World Tour''. However, when he [[LadykillerInLove professes his feelings]] for Heather, it costs him the game, as Heather [[GroinAttack gives him a kick in the groin with her knee]], and he ends up spending the better part of a year in a robot suit.

*** However he met his downfall at the fact he was too impulsive. As he later admits in the second part of the two-parter, nobody could touch him so he felt like he could do anything. He spots Maggie holding a lollipop and decided to act at something he wanted to do earlier; steal candy from a baby. During the struggle, the gun he was holding slipped out of his holster and into Maggie's hand, going off and shooting Burns.

** However he met his downfall at the fact he was too impulsive. As he later admits in the second of the two-parter, nobody could touch him so he felt like he could do anything. He spots Maggie holding a lollipop and decided to act something he wanted to do earlier; steal candy from a baby. During the struggle, the gun he was holding slip out of his holster and into Maggie's hand, going off and shooting Burns.

* Pong Krell from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' is an arrogant Jedi Master who treats his clone troopers with contempt, considering them to be inferior organic droids, and tells them to follow his orders to the letter, even if it would lead to the highest amount of clone casualties. Naturally, nearly all the clones hate and it takes one disastrous battle order from Krell to cause a mutiny. [[spoiler:It's revealed that Krell is a SixthRangerTraitor, intentionally using the worst strategies to kill as many clones as possible in the hopes of becoming Count Dooku's Sith apprentice once he defects to the Separatists. Of course, he's still a smug bastard with an overinflated ego, as the Sith have no interest in him to begin with and [[KarmicDeath Krell ends up being executed by a formerly loyal clone]] once his mocking proves to be too much.]]

** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Characters/DCAUJoker has a massively inflated ego that occasionally leads to him severely underestimating non-Batman enemies like Terry and Edward "King" Barlowe, and he acts completely sure of himself while he mocks and torments innocent people who can't fight back. The smugness goes away and is replaced with either [[AintTooProudToBeg pathetic begging]] if the opponent is too powerful or becoming an AxCrazy maniac if his ego is bruised.

%%* [[spoiler: Pong Krell]] from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''

* [[TheStarscream Starscream]] from ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' is the undisputed king of this trope. Which applies to pretty much [[Anime/TransformersArmada almost]] [[ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass all of]] [[ComicBook/TransformersTransTech his incarnations]]. In ''[[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers G1]]'' he fancied himself the smartest, most cunning, and handsomest Decepticon. When he wasn't complaining to Megatron about how he would've defeated the Autobots eons ago, he was openly plotting ways to top the slag-maker. All of his schemes failed miserably with at least one or two nearly destroying the earth. He was far more interested in becoming the Decepticon leader than leading them effectively in the rare moments when Megatron was out of the way. His ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' incarnation behaves similarly in this regard, but is [[AdaptationalBadass physically dangerous enough to back himself up]], whilst his ''[[Film/{{Transformers}} Movieverse]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' incarnations are tired of Megatron's leadership and genuinely believe they would make better leaders, but are unable to oppose him directly.