Tropescilloscope: Small Name, Big Ego

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

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Men Are the Expendable Gender I'm a Humanitarian Bad "Bad Acting" Protagonist Title Dirty Old Man Biopic Big Applesauce Camera Abuse Riddle for the Ages You Have Failed Me Suspiciously Specific Denial Star-Crossed Lovers Chekhov's Skill Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Humiliation Conga Cruel and Unusual Death Facial Horror One Steve Limit Butt-Monkey Romantic False Lead Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds The Cameo French Films Bald of Evil Did Not Get the Girl Homage The Dog Bites Back Needs Wiki Magic Love Dramedy Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Mundane Made Awesome Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Jerk with a Heart of Gold Heel Realization Foregone Conclusion I Need a Freaking Drink After the End Only a Flesh Wound Serial Killer Sir Swears-a-Lot Bland-Name Product Boom, Headshot! Shut Up, Hannibal! 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You Killed My Father Crazy-Prepared Determinator Eagleland Cain and Abel More Dakka Guile Hero Jerkass Has a Point Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome One-Man Army Show Within a Show Loads and Loads of Characters Beware the Nice Ones Bullying a Dragon Downer Ending Dark Is Not Evil Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Dwindling Party He Knows Too Much Extremely Short Timespan Informed Ability Heroic BSoD Camp Gay Chase Scene Russian Films Pet the Dog I Did What I Had to Do My Greatest Failure Animated Credits Opening Leave the Camera Running Big-Bad Ensemble The '70s Defrosting Ice Queen Only Known by Their Nickname Hair-Trigger Temper Evil Is Petty Insult Backfire Meaningful Name Captain Obvious Noodle Incident Drugs Are Bad Adaptational Badass Scenery Porn Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Laser-Guided Karma Chekhov's Gun Dull Surprise Malevolent Masked Men O.O.C. 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The Voiceless Hollywood Law Green-Eyed Monster Crucified Hero Shot Gone Horribly Right Cold-Blooded Torture Parental Substitute Friend to All Children Adaptational Heroism Humans Are Bastards Henpecked Husband A.I. Is a Crapshoot Everyone Has Standards Have a Gay Old Time Rated M for Manly Adults Are Useless Adult Fear Superhero The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Death by Irony Dark and Troubled Past Even Evil Has Loved Ones Groin Attack Meaningful Background Event Good Is Not Nice Black Comedy Pragmatic Adaptation Composite Character Faking the Dead Big "NO!" Parental Incest Age Lift Moment Killer Evil Counterpart Madness Mantra Spared by the Adaptation Canon Foreigner Action Prologue Too Dumb to Live Didn't Think This Through Face–Heel Turn Four-Temperament Ensemble "The Reason You Suck" Speech Badass in a Nice Suit Male Frontal Nudity Death of a Child Brainless Beauty Setting Update Fun with Acronyms Overprotective Dad