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SubTrope of SmallNameBigEgo. It often goes hand in hand with SmarmyHost, a vain {{slimeball}} of a show's host. Compare WickedPretentious, a villain trying too hard (and failing) at being [[WickedCultured classy]].

SubTrope of SmallNameBigEgo. It often goes hand in hand with SmarmyHost, a vain {{slimeball}} of a show's host.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': {{Subverted}} since Morbo's superiority complex doesn't come from being one anchor of "Entertainment and Earth Invasion Tonite" but from the fact that he's a {{Fantastic Racis|m}}t alien who sees humans as puny, inferior, and deserving of annihilation.

certainly makes a big deal over the superiority of his alien race.

-->'''Phil (opening lines):''' Somebody asked me today, "Phil, if you could be anywhere in the world, where would you like to be?" And I said to him, "Prob'ly right here-Elko, Nevada, our nation's high at 79 today." Out in California, they're gonna have some warm weather tomorrow, gang wars, and some *very* overpriced real estate. Up in the Pacific Northwest, as you can see, they're gonna have some very, very tall trees.

* ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'': The title character is supposed to be a big deal; people know him.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Kent Brockman is a merciless parody of this.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': {{Subverted}} since Morbo's superiority complex doesn't come from being one anchor of "Entertainment and Earth Invasion Tonite" but from the fact that he's a {{Fantastical Racis|m}}t alien who sees humans as puny, inferior, and deserving of annihilation.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Morbo certainly makes a big deal over the superiority of his alien race.

Subtrope of SmallNameBigEgo. It often goes hand in hand with SmarmyHost, a vain {{slimeball}} of a show's host.

Subtrope of SmallNameBigEgo. It often goes hand in hand with SmarmyHost.

* ''Film/DieHard'': Richard [[DoubleMeaning "Dick"]] Thornburg is established as conceited of his probably nonexistent fame. Just because he's interviewed an actual celebrity, Wolfgang, he thinks he's ingratiated himself with him.
as this with his very first line:

Subtrope of SmallNameBigEgo. See also SmarmyHost.

* ''Film/GroundhogDay'': An arrogant and smarmy weatherman for a local TV news station in Pittsburgh, [[TheGrinch Phil Connors]] before he [[CharacterDevelopment matures.]]

* ''Film/DieHard'' establishes Richard [[DoubleMeaning "Dick"]] Thornburg as this with his very first line:
--> '''Dick''': (into phone) -- of course I can get us a table, [[CookingShow Wolfgang]] and me, we're like that. I interviewed him...hold on, babe...

* Frasier Crane of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' actually is something of local celebrity for his popular radio show, but that's it; he takes it as much more than that and HilarityEnsues, except when {{an aesop}} comes along to teach him humility.

** Joan Calamezzo even moreso - she's the host of the local talk show ''Pawnee Today'', and acts like she's Oprah.

* Frank Hannibal from the Credomar [[SpaceStation space habitat]] in Webcomic/SchlockMercenary is the anchor chief of the station's news network, and as such has an overinflated ego, naturally expects to need no introduction and thinks himself the voice of the people. Mostly he just goes out of his way to insult and then [[HeroWithBadPublicity demonize the Toughs in the news]] [[EvilIsPetty after they don't give him the respect he thinks he's due]], making their job to distribute food and other necessities more difficult than it already was. [[AIIsACrapshoot LOTA]] is quick to put him in his place after [[ThirdPersonPerson LOTA]] takes over as King of Credomar.