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Fargo Season 3 Episode 4 (2017): V.M. Varga shatters Emmit Stussy's perception of wealth. Emmit's perception of wealth is tied up in appearances and material, Varga tells him it's really about safety, invisibility, and control.

>Look at me. Look at me. This a $200 suit. I'm wearing a second-hand tie. I fly coach. Not because I can't afford first - because I'm smart. [...] You think you’re rich. You’ve no idea what “rich” means. “Rich” is a fleet of private planes filled with decoys to mask your scent. It’s a banker in Wyoming and another in Gstaad. So that’s action item one, the accumulation of wealth, and I mean wealth, not money.

Supernatural Season 5 Episode 21 (2010): Death shatters Dean's perspective on what he is. Death is so old and powerful, he is disinterested in Earth's current predicament and he sees his forced involvement as little more than an annoyance.

>You have an inflated sense of your importance. To a thing like me, a thing like you, well... Think how you'd feel if a bacterium sat at your table and started to get snarky. This is one little planet in one tiny solar system in a galaxy that's barely out of its diapers. I'm old, Dean. Very old. So I invite you to contemplate how insignificant I find you.

Watchmen (1987): Ozymandias shatters Rohrshach and Night Owl's perception of the situation. This wasn't a confrontation, this was a post-mortem.

>Do it? Dan, I'm not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago