Tropescilloscope: Small Name, Big Ego

Character who thinks they're better than they really are. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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More Tropes No OSHA Compliance Slashed Throat Mr. Fanservice This Is Gonna Suck Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Tap on the Head Re-Cut The Ditz Manchild Fate Worse than Death Gainax Ending Dutch Angle Bar Brawl Corrupt Corporate Executive Monumental Damage Scenery Porn Horror Comedy Stock Footage Red Eyes, Take Warning The Stinger One-Word Title Spiteful Spit The '90s Bittersweet Ending Blackmail Red Oni, Blue Oni Big Bad Duumvirate Getting Crap Past the Radar Russian Films Back from the Dead Precision F-Strike Boom, Headshot! Reasonable Authority Figure Music Stories Bullying a Dragon Evil Laugh Dwindling Party Fiery Redhead Film Noir MacGuffin Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Composite Character Overly Long Gag He Knows Too Much Fatal Family Photo Jerk with a Heart of Gold Light Is Not Good Wrong Genre Savvy My Greatest Failure Alliterative Name War Is Hell Double Entendre Ambiguously Gay Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Stealth Hi/Bye Take That! Trailers Always Spoil Martial Arts Movie '80s Hair Bond One-Liner Heel Realization Market-Based Title Henpecked Husband Kick the Son of a Bitch Training Montage Drugs Are Bad The Dog Bites Back Adaptation Distillation Left the Background Music On Celebrity Paradox Throwing Your Sword Always Works Laughing Mad Evil vs. Evil Pet the Dog Black Comedy Rape Woman in White Alpha Bitch Vacation Films The Lost Lenore Paper-Thin Disguise The Mole Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Authority Equals Asskicking The Starscream Show Within a Show Break the Haughty Men Are the Expendable Gender Title Drop Male Gaze Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" The Casanova Obviously Evil Rasputinian Death Scare Chord Abusive Parents Empathic Environment Artistic License – History Hero of Another Story Evil-Detecting Dog Accidental Misnaming Mighty Whitey Tranquil Fury Unreliable Narrator Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other I Have Your Wife Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Room Full of Crazy Evil Is Petty Rule of Cool Sequel Escalation Heroic BSoD Failed a Spot Check Implacable Man The X of Y Parental Incest Almost Kiss Vitriolic Best Buds Tagline Ripped from the Headlines From Nobody to Nightmare Guns Akimbo Bloody Hilarious Disney Death In the Back Obfuscating Stupidity Protagonist Title Not So Stoic Gender Flip Mexican Standoff Immune to Bullets Super Strength Outrun the Fireball Broken Pedestal Not So Above It All Interrupted Suicide Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Did Not Get the Girl Say My Name My Beloved Smother Disappeared Dad Unresolved Sexual Tension Decoy Protagonist Red Herring Depraved Bisexual Anyone Can Die Every Car Is a Pinto Break the Cutie The Cavalry Downer Ending Artistic License – Law Happily Married The Smurfette Principle Anachronic Order A Father to His Men Green-Eyed Monster Shut Up, Hannibal! Pragmatic Villainy Intrepid Reporter Silence Is Golden Historical-Domain Character Batman Gambit Hair-Trigger Temper Ungrateful Bastard Amoral Attorney Noodle Incident Call-Forward The Alcoholic Mundane Made Awesome Freeze-Frame Bonus Big Bad Daylight Horror Japanese Films Death Seeker Demonic Possession My God, What Have I Done? Adaptational Attractiveness Cool Car Action Prologue Improvised Weapon Flashback Dark Is Not Evil No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Peek-a-Boo Corpse Death by Irony Eureka Moment Historical Villain Upgrade Deadpan Snarker Ms. Fanservice Bare Your Midriff Good Is Not Nice Artistic License – Geography Totally Radical The Sociopath Determinator Villain Protagonist Red Shirt timeperiod Police Brutality Ominous Latin Chanting Badass Longcoat Betty and Veronica Slasher Movie Intergenerational Friendship Mistaken for Gay Psychopathic Manchild For the Evulz I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Expository Hairstyle Change Does This Remind You of Anything? Important Haircut Unusually Uninteresting Sight Gory Discretion Shot Serial Killer You Have Failed Me Police are Useless Ghost Fiction Bloodless Carnage Despair Event Horizon Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! The Stoic Anguished Declaration of Love Star-Crossed Lovers Posthumous Character Big Brother Instinct Sealed Evil in a Can Your Head A-Splode A Minor Kidroduction Mr. Exposition Really Gets Around As You Know Taking You with Me A Date with Rosie Palms Heroes Want Redheads Race Against the Clock Recycled IN SPACE! Heel–Face Turn Up to Eleven Action Survivor You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Beta Couple Those Wacky Nazis Big Damn Heroes Diabolus ex Machina Cloudcuckoolander Reckless Gun Usage Never Found the Body Book-Ends Loophole Abuse Names to Run Away from Really Fast Deconstruction Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Abhorrent Admirer Vomit Discretion Shot Retirony Demoted to Extra Works Set in World War II Naïve Newcomer Your Cheating Heart Made of Iron Superhero Meet Cute Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Genre Savvy Early Installment Weirdness Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Slasher Smile Creepy Child Yandere Bi the Way Sci-Fi Horror Shoot the Shaggy Dog Fingore Suddenly SHOUTING! Improbable Weapon User The Dragon Film Noir Index Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Car Fu Index of Film Westerns Time Skip Visual Pun A God Am I I Need a Freaking Drink Defiant to the End Asshole Victim Deus ex Machina Blatant Lies Corpsing Cowboy Cop O.O.C. Is Serious Business Crapsack World Affably Evil Pragmatic Adaptation No-Sell Chewing the Scenery Crazy-Prepared Brainless Beauty Lighter and Softer Pyrrhic Victory Author Avatar Woman Scorned Punny Name Well-Intentioned Extremist "The Reason You Suck" Speech Better to Die than Be Killed Rich Bitch Ax-Crazy The Lancer World of Ham Video Credits Animated Credits Opening Fire-Forged Friends Annoying Younger Sibling Attempted Rape Dark and Troubled Past Canadian Movies Romantic False Lead Big Applesauce Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Catapult Nightmare Kill It with Fire She's Got Legs The Ace As Himself Evil Is Hammy Developing Doomed Characters Stepford Smiler Dies Wide Open Leave the Camera Running No Name Given Spanner in the Works Sacrificial Lion Adorkable Vampire Fiction Setting Update Soundtrack Dissonance Exact Words Retcon Scenery Gorn Nice Hat Unspoken Plan Guarantee Stalker with a Crush Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Sports Stories Pre-Mortem One-Liner Eagleland Wham Line Jerk Jock Belligerent Sexual Tension Bad Boss Death of a Child Sadistic Choice Funny Foreigner Jerkass Has a Point Fake Shemp Jerkass Fish out of Water Pretty in Mink Unusual Euphemism Mad Scientist Fourth Date Marriage Greater-Scope Villain Serious Business Never Trust a Trailer Genre Shift Cruel and Unusual Death As the Good Book Says... "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Slap-Slap-Kiss Meaningful Echo Ship Tease Eyepatch of Power Love at First Sight Calling the Old Man Out Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Cain and Abel Rule of Symbolism Insane Troll Logic Race Lift In Medias Res Spell My Name with an "S" Humiliation Conga The Film of the Book Department of Redundancy Department Translation Convention Apocalypse How Informed Ability An Axe to Grind Homage Running Gag Be Careful What You Wish For Stealth Pun Reality Is Unrealistic The '50s Real Life Writes the Plot From Bad to Worse Arch-Enemy No Antagonist Hypocrite And the Adventure Continues Sassy Black Woman One Steve Limit Black Best Friend Fantastic Racism Wicked Cultured N-Word Privileges The Power of Love Beware the Nice Ones Evil Counterpart Sinister Minister Curb-Stomp Battle Meaningful Name Not Even Bothering with the Accent Vomit Indiscretion Shot Jitter Cam All There in the Manual Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Artistic License – Gun Safety Knight Templar Cassandra Truth Based on a True Story A.I. Is a Crapshoot Here We Go Again! Anti-Villain Ascended Extra Straight Gay Grey and Gray Morality Parental Substitute Didn't Think This Through Put on a Bus Smug Snake Mama Bear Bunny-Ears Lawyer Anachronism Stew The Bully Not Using the "Z" Word Science Fiction Films I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Sequel Hook Framing Device Married to the Job Berserk Button Only One Name Knife Nut Disproportionate Retribution Expy Mythology Gag Adults Are Useless Arc Words Children Are Innocent I Did What I Had to Do Papa Wolf Public Domain Feature Films After the End Small Name, Big Ego Adaptational Heroism Sir Swears-a-Lot Our Vampires Are Different Shell-Shocked Veteran Hollywood Darkness Ass Shove Make It Look Like an Accident The Hero Laser-Guided Karma Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Domestic Abuse Drives Like Crazy The Faceless Offscreen Teleportation Instant Death Bullet Missing Mom Closed Circle Bait-and-Switch Imagine Spot Central Theme Handicapped Badass Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique In Name Only Cool Shades Hoist by His Own Petard Riddle for the Ages Self-Deprecation Dark Action Girl All Just a Dream Victoria's Secret Compartment Zombie Stories Sexy Discretion Shot Air-Vent Passageway Camp Gay Shout-Out Fantasy Films Irony Canon Foreigner Even Evil Has Loved Ones Animal Motifs Dumb Blonde Actually Pretty Funny Bound and Gagged Very Loosely Based on a True Story Wham Shot Kick the Dog Madness Mantra The Dreaded Pretty Little Headshots Bring My Brown Pants Motor Mouth Foregone Conclusion All Girls Want Bad Boys Novelization Get Out! Italian Films Word of God Twist Ending Manic Pixie Dream Girl Frame-Up Femme Fatale Eldritch Abomination Cool Guns Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Comically Missing the Point Curse Cut Short Death by Adaptation Badass Grandpa The Reveal Cool Old Lady Broken Bird Toplessness from the Back La Résistance It Can Think For Want of a Nail Call-Back Brutal Honesty Villainous Breakdown Adaptational Villainy Awesome, but Impractical Obstructive Bureaucrat Insult Backfire It's All About Me Evil Plan Death by Sex Male Frontal Nudity Naked People Are Funny Contrived Coincidence Dark Reprise Chekhov's Skill The Chessmaster Meaningful Background Event Alas, Poor Villain You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Take a Third Option Dirty Old Man May–December Romance Actor Allusion Half the Man He Used to Be Combat Pragmatist Cold-Blooded Torture How We Got Here Those Two Guys Chekhov's Gunman Destination Defenestration Kubrick Stare Hidden Depths Gorn Cat Fight Too Dumb to Live It's Personal Jump Scare Auto Erotica Reality Ensues Bitch in Sheep's Clothing I'm a Humanitarian Biopic Undying Loyalty Malevolent Masked Men Rewatch Bonus Redemption Equals Death As Long as It Sounds Foreign Award-Bait Song Morality Pet Large Ham Becoming the Mask Badass Normal Film Series Bloodier and Gorier Whole Plot Reference Black Dude Dies First No Ending Non-Indicative Name The Stoner What the Hell, Hero? Evil Brit Aside Glance Epic Movie Age Lift Rousing Speech The Chick Mugging the Monster Mystery and Detective Films Credits Gag Only Sane Man Drill Sergeant Nasty Insistent Terminology "Well Done, Son!" Guy BFG Rated M for Manly More Dakka Match Cut Military and Warfare Films NO INDOOR VOICE Mood Whiplash The Big Guy Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Danny Peary Cult Movies List Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Amusing Injuries Gold Digger Hell Is That Noise Off-into-the-Distance Ending Body Horror Eiffel Tower Effect Dissonant Serenity Dull Surprise Deal with the Devil She Cleans Up Nicely Adult Fear Blood from the Mouth Impaled with Extreme Prejudice All There in the Script Plucky Comic Relief The Mafia Freudian Excuse Love Triangle The '70s Not What It Looks Like Bolivian Army Ending Cool Old Guy Shirtless Scene Overprotective Dad Evil Sounds Deep Narrator Off with His Head! Author Appeal Determinator aka: The Determinator The Brute Loads and Loads of Characters Adaptation Expansion Villain Opening Scene Major Injury Underreaction Reality Has No Subtitles Ironic Echo Advertised Extra Worthy Opponent Action Genre Mercy Kill Card-Carrying Villain Gratuitous English Skewed Priorities True Companions Heroic Sacrifice Man on Fire Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Babies Ever After Eye Scream British Films Silent Movie "Awesome McCool" Name Arranged Marriage Conspicuous CG Ambiguous Ending Let's Get Dangerous! Blood Knight Beard of Evil Kill 'em All Token Minority Never My Fault Facial Horror Pre-Asskicking One-Liner All Men Are Perverts Playing Gertrude Disguised in Drag 20 Minutes into the Future Taking the Bullet Grievous Bottley Harm Karmic Death Epic Fail Friend to All Children Darkest Hour Psychological Thriller Our Zombies Are Different Crazy Jealous Guy Broken Aesop Country Matters Those Two Bad Guys Hope Spot Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Bury Your Gays Retired Badass Have a Gay Old Time Gilligan Cut Spared by the Adaptation Only a Flesh Wound Breaking the Fourth Wall Deliberately Monochrome Covers Always Lie Accidental Murder Guile Hero Captain Obvious What You Are in the Dark Unwitting Instigator of Doom Wounded Gazelle Gambit It Will Never Catch On Suspiciously Similar Substitute Badass in a Nice Suit Damsel in Distress Heterosexual Life-Partners German Films The Load Bavarian Fire Drill Antagonist Title Villain Ball Fan Disservice Early-Bird Cameo Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Rape as Drama Dogged Nice Guy Creator Cameo Artistic License – Military Creative Closing Credits Leaning on the Fourth Wall Not Quite Dead Action Girl Bilingual Bonus Manly Tears Last-Name Basis Bland-Name Product Sanity Slippage Big "NO!" Casting Gag Badass Bookworm "Shaggy Dog" Story Moment Killer Chase Scene Manipulative Bastard Artistic License – Biology Black and Gray Morality Product Placement Famous Last Words Refuge in Audacity Neck Snap The Remake Wretched Hive Roaring Rampage of Revenge Properly Paranoid Hooker with a Heart of Gold Mind Screw The Vamp Villain with Good Publicity Dramedy Once More, with Clarity! Daddy's Girl Politically Incorrect Villain Fatal Flaw Same Language Dub Adaptation Dye-Job Distracted by the Sexy The Smart Guy Faking the Dead Girl-on-Girl Is Hot The Alleged Car Line-of-Sight Name Agony of the Feet Beauty Is Never Tarnished Bad "Bad Acting" An Arm and a Leg Groin Attack Storming the Castle Hate Sink Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Punch-Clock Villain And Starring Villain Song Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Establishing Character Moment French Films Thriller Funny Background Event The '80s The End... Or Is It? Foreshadowing Tempting Fate Hypocritical Humor Stuff Blowing Up Took a Level in Badass Flipping the Bird folderlabel Defrosting Ice Queen Deliberate Values Dissonance Random Events Plot Plot Hole Genre Throwback Costume Porn Chiaroscuro Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Documentary Adapted Out Parental Neglect Dropped a Bridge on Him Historical In-Joke Animal Title Index Even Evil Has Standards Dressing as the Enemy The Hero Dies Easily Forgiven Not So Different Scary Black Man Improbable Aiming Skills Enemy Mine What Happened to the Mouse? Lampshade Hanging Dirty Coward Fun with Acronyms Cat Scare Took a Level in Jerkass Dramatic Irony Shown Their Work The Ghost Armor-Piercing Question Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Idiot Ball Horror Films The Un-Reveal No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Maybe Ever After Driven to Suicide Psycho for Hire Black Comedy Kids Are Cruel Made of Explodium Big-Bad Ensemble Together in Death Would Hurt a Child Extreme Doormat Rule of Three The Place There Is No Kill Like Overkill Bottomless Magazines Extremely Short Timespan Face Death with Dignity B-Movie Fat Bastard Camera Abuse Parental Abandonment Cluster F-Bomb Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Fainting Drowning My Sorrows Hong Kong Films Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Due to the Dead The Musical Death Glare Smoking Is Cool Hero Antagonist Poor Communication Kills Brick Joke Australian Movies Logo Joke Earn Your Happy Ending Adaptation Name Change Badass Boast Nice Guy Killed Mid-Sentence Only Known by Their Nickname Chekhov's Gun Double-Meaning Title Leitmotif All for Nothing Aluminum Christmas Trees Shipper on Deck Karma Houdini Butt-Monkey Needs Wiki Magic Love The Quiet One Ambiguous Disorder Continuity Nod Historical Hero Upgrade Mooks Disney Villain Death Spiritual Successor The '60s Five-Man Band Final Girl The Oner Hollywood Law Revenge Big Eater Big Fancy House Red Right Hand An Aesop Crucified Hero Shot Honor Before Reason Faux Affably Evil Foil Face–Heel Turn Would Hit a Girl You Killed My Father Fanservice Extra Does Not Like Shoes Brother–Sister Incest Gone Horribly Right The Great Depression Character Development The Voiceless Dual Wielding The Cameo The Bad Guy Wins Anti-Hero Stylistic Suck Catch-Phrase Dying Moment of Awesome Sole Survivor Redshirt Army Older Than They Look Dramatic Gun Cock Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Offscreen Moment of Awesome Christmas Movies Index Artistic License – Physics Exactly What It Says on the Tin Adaptational Badass Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Shower Scene Oh, Crap! Romantic Comedy Dirty Cop Bond Villain Stupidity Only in It for the Money Fanservice Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Lock and Load Montage The Atoner One-Man Army Pay Evil unto Evil Four-Temperament Ensemble Bald of Evil Nothing Is Scarier No Celebrities Were Harmed Pimped-Out Dress Bowdlerise Everyone Has Standards He Who Fights Monsters Captain Ersatz Rule of Funny Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Television Movie Index Affectionate Parody Suspiciously Specific Denial Real Life Coming-of-Age Story Soft Glass And I Must Scream Truth in Television Neck Lift Darker and Edgier Humans Are Bastards