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I across this interesting page on Wikipedia called "Characters With Narcissistic Personality Disorder" and I was very surprised by the characters that will included. I never thought of Patrick Bateman or Bender as having NPD before. There are some obvious ones like the Wicked Witch from Snow White and Gaston from Beauty And The Beast but are there any others.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Bender? Really? I thought that one would have been more obvious

[โ€“] ace_garp 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

More like, Zapp Brannigan for NPD.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

It can be both

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, Patrick Bateman seems pretty plainly obvious to me also

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

The problem with analyzing Patrick Bateman is that it's like analyzing Jason Voorhees or Mike Myers. Bateman doesn't really have a character outside of just being a sadist.

[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Why? I've watched a lot of Futurama and he's outgoing and self centered but not in a narcissistic way. He just doesn't care about social norms or what others think. He doesn't have a high self image or need to be seen by others.

[โ€“] TheKracken 15 points 1 day ago

He's always bragging about how he's the greatest. Did you forget the episode where he built a giant statue shouting "Remember me!" ?

[โ€“] dingus 8 points 1 day ago

How can you watch Futurama for any length of time and not think he's incredibly self centered and narcissistic lol

Anyway...to the OP...a character that vibes towards that for my is Shawn from Psych. Not to the degree of having NPD, but there is definitely a lot of narcissism there.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

to cite one example, just last night i happened to watch the episode "I Second That Emotion". in this, bender is so upset that others are paying attention to nibbler instead of him at nibbler's birthday party that he makes a big cake with his own name in huge letters, and when nibbler eats it before everyone else can see it and recognize how great bender is, he flushes nibbler down the toilet.