Tropescilloscope: Small Name, Big Ego

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

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