Tropescilloscope: Smug Snake

A slimeball with an unjustly-overinflated ego and delusions of grandeur. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Blatant Lies Random Events Plot From Bad to Worse Zombie Stories Accidental Murder Adaptational Heroism Stylistic Suck Facial Horror Country Matters Those Two Bad Guys Laughing Mad Artistic License – Gun Safety Love at First Sight O.O.C. Is Serious Business The Load Male Gaze Karma Houdini Moment Killer Male Frontal Nudity Disney Death The Ace Manipulative Bastard Naïve Newcomer Unresolved Sexual Tension Developing Doomed Characters Faux Affably Evil Eyepatch of Power Noodle Incident Made of Iron Due to the Dead