Arrogant Villains are villains who have excessive pride as a prominent part of their personality. They are often overconfident, presumptuous, pompous and egotistical in their abilities, which can lead themselves to their defeats and setbacks if they have no backup plan on their behalf. They sometimes refuse to accept defeat even when it is very obvious what will happen or will keep on coming back even after being defeated. These villains also rarely learn their lessons or learn from their mistakes, leading to further defeats to repeat endlessly. Also, their overconfidence could be exploited against and used against them, oftentimes leading to humiliating defeats as a result.

Note: Not to be confused with Egotists, who are individuals suffering from an obsession with their own self-worth (though the two are often heavily confused, and both categories tend to overlap with each other). What really helps set these two apart is that while having an undeserved high opinion of themselves, arrogant villains also have a brazenly low opinion of others while Egotists are usually too busy obsessing about themselves to have low opinions of others.