vanity theme
A character exhibits excessive admiration of their own appearance or achievements.
Examples
Mudd's women took the "Venus drug" in order to maintain youthful appearances in the eponymous episode tos1x03 "Mudd's Women".
58 total · 3 choice · 12 major · 43 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ftt1982e3x05 | choice | The queen was exceedingly vain. She spoke again and again of her beauty, and fished for reassurances of her beauty from her talking mirror. |
| ftt1982e4x07 | choice | The eponymous ruler was so vain about his attire that he levied exorbitant taxes to afford fancier outfits. |
| voy6x13 | choice | The Doctor |
| columbo1971e6x01 | major | The actor Ward Fowler was flamboyantly vain. He has photos of himself plastered all over his home and set trailer. |
| ds92x23 | major | Mirror Kira interested in only herself and exhibited an erotic interest in her normal universe counterpart. |
| movie: Black Narcissus (1947) | major | The title of the story is a reference to Narcissus and is connected with the notable vanity of a man called the Young General. Sister Ruth displayed some such traits as well. |
| movie: Citizen Kane (1941) | major | we are told that Mr. Kane loved no one and nothing but himself |
| movie: Gone with the Wind (1939) | major | Scarlett was exceedingly concerned with her appearance. After her first child she refused to sleep with Rhett again for fear that another child would ruin her figure. |
| novel: The Fall (1956) | major | Clamence is patently vain |
| rbt1985e2x10 | major | Mr. Clarence was at first outraged when he figure out that the clay T-Rex was created in his own image, but he quickly came around when told that the film was an homage to his greatness. Glass reinforced this by hiring a busload of schoolgirls to swarm Mr. Clarence for autographs after the film's premier, which made Mr. Clarence giddy with glee. |