snobbishness theme

A character behaves, offensively, as if they are superior to someone else in a specific matter of knowledge or taste. For example, a wine snob looks down their nose at someone who is ignorant in matters of "the grape".

Notes

Like other character themes, this theme should be applied only if the behavior is explicitly discussed or made pantomimically obvious.

17 total · 5 major · 12 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: Death on the Nile (1978) major there were numerous upper class British snobs in the center of the story
movie: Parasite (2019) major Mr. Park looked down his nose at servants and poor people and his remarks about their odor was what prompted Ki-taek to kill him
talesoftheunexpected1x06 major A couple of rich British snobs looked down on a plebeian art historian.
talesoftheunexpected2x07 major Richard was a snooty wine taster.
talesoftheunexpected6x11 major The first two ladies were uptight snobs.
ahp3x22 minor Andre's aristocratic family baulked at the idea of Andre bring a crippled friend home on account of how it might look.
ahp3x35 minor The well-to-do Mrs. Renshaw looked down at Mr. Botibol for wearing a plaid dinner jacket.
columbo1971e3x02 minor The winery owner Adrian Carsini was the epitome of a wine snob.
gdtcoc2022e07 minor Landon called out Targ for being a pretentious ninny.
movie: Megaforce (1982) minor Byrne-White was a stereotypical aristocratic, British snob at the very start of the film.