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Delusions of Local Grandeur
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Stay on a News Broadcast long enough in a given market, and you'll probably pick up this idea that you're a celebrity. This phenomenon leads to newsreaders believing that... their opinions have value; the public is really interested in them and wants to hear them talk; they are Community Leaders. In the best case, this may result only in increased chatter between newsreaders during the News. However, this can also lead to newsreaders gaining local talk shows, movie critique shows, or opinion segments. These last as long as it takes the station to discover how bad an idea that was. At its greatest extreme, this can lead to forays into local politics, which are beyond the scope of this Wiki. Sub-Trope of Small Name, Big Ego, a character who thinks they're better than they really are. It often goes hand in hand with Smarmy Host, a vain slimeball of a show's host. Compare Wicked Pretentious, a villain trying too hard (and failing) at being classy. |
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Gus Honeybun's Magic Birthdays: Gus Honeybun, a puppet rabbit, greets local children on-air on their birthdays. From the way he behaves, though, you'd think he's some hotshot. | |
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The Simpsons: Kent Brockman is a strawman Republican who got the idea to foray into politics due to the long decades he's spent as a newsreader and anchorman of Springfield's TV News channel. | |
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Parks and Recreation: Perd Hapley is generally one of the more pleasant media personalities in town... and then managed to get a judge show. Joan Calamezzo even moreso—she's the host of the local talk show Pawnee Today, and acts like she's Oprah. |
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Darkwing Duck: In "Clash Reunion", Darkwing believes that he was cool when he was in high school instead of being Drake the Dweeb. | |
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Triptych Continuum: Subverted in "0G Network Coverage". Trixie. from whom you'd normally expect this reaction, mutters "Thank Celestia for small favors..." in response to finding out a salespony has no idea who she is. The story takes place after the events of "Magic Duel", which means the Continuum's Trixie is at the start of her transition into becoming The Atoner. | |
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Dirty Dancing: This movie was filmed on-location at Mountain Lake in Giles County, Virginia. A fact that WSLS, a Roanoke, VA-based NBC station, will make DAMN sure you don't forget if you watch it. Also Lake Lure, North Carolina. Every Girl Scout at Camp Occoneechee knew it too. | |
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Schlock Mercenary: Frank Hannibal from the Credomar space habitat 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 demonize the Toughs in the news 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. LOTA is quick to put him in his place after LOTA takes over as King of Credomar. | |
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy: Ron is the anchorman of the top news program in San Diego. As a result, he is supposed to be a big deal; people know him. | |
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Die Hard: Richard "Dick" Thornburg is established as conceited of his probably nonexistent fame in his very first line. Just because he's interviewed an actual celebrity, Wolfgang, he thinks he's ingratiated himself with him. | |
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This Sounds Serious: Everyone, not only the newscasters, treats the position of local weatherman as a highly prestigious, influential, and celebrity-esque position. | |
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Monsters vs. Aliens: When federal agents are attempting to tranquilize Ginormica, they manhandle local weatherman Derek Dietl, who snarls, "Don't you know who I am?" | |
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The Pickwick Papers: Mr. Pott is quick to assure Mr. Pickwick that London and the nation may rest easy knowing that the Eatanswill Gazette is on the watch. | |
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The Simpsons: Tapped Out: As a Mythology Gag to newsreader Brockman's overinflated ego, the game puts him in the C-List group. | |
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Groundhog Day: Phil Connors is an arrogant and smarmy weatherman for a local TV news station in Pittsburgh before he matures. | |
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Dan Vs.: In "Dan vs. Traffic", Dan butts heads with an obnoxious traffic reporter, Helicopter Hal, who takes offense at being called just a minor celebrity. | |
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Shameless (UK): Frank appoints himself the spokesperson on behalf of Chatsworth's people despite him just being an alcoholic drug addict. | |
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Futurama: Subverted because 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 Racist alien who sees humans as puny, inferior, and deserving of annihilation. | |
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Family: Jim is rather hyped on his fame. Gemma had no idea who he was. | |
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The Replacements: Ace Palmero, the city's news reporter, is a Smarmy Host who thinks too big of himself, treating everyone else in a condescending way. | |
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Family Guy: Tom Tucker is incredibly pompous with an over-inflated ego from his job as the anchor on the local nightly news. | |
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Frasier: Frasier Crane actually is something of local celebrity for his popular radio show, but that's it; he takes it as much more than that and Hilarity Ensues, except when an aesop comes along to teach him humility. | |
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