# Characters that you would smother with a pillow for the good of humanity **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783 "2016-09-12T20:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/1 "2016-09-12T20:16:49Z")
Not evil characters, mind you. Just the really annoying ones. The mindbogglingly stupid ones. For instance, I watched _The Pope of Greenwich Village_ the other day. The whole dang film. And I kept hoping that _somebody_ would shoot Paulie! Or shoot Charlie because he keeps hanging around him and blaming him and whining when Paulie’s antics inevitably blow back on him. I would totally smother Paulie with a pillow. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/2 "2016-09-12T20:17:47Z")
Gilligan ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/3 "2016-09-12T20:18:15Z")
Jar Jar Binks. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/4 "2016-09-12T20:25:29Z")
McMurphy. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/5 "2016-09-12T20:53:36Z")
Dr. Smith Scrappy Doo ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/6 "2016-09-12T22:04:47Z")
Damien Thorn Anakin Skywalker Michelle Tanner ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/7 "2016-09-12T22:06:56Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > McMurphy. I see what you did there! My choice is Rachel from Friends. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/8 "2016-09-12T22:13:28Z")
Dr. Beverly Hofstadter ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/9 "2016-09-12T22:23:46Z")
If the allegations are true, then yeah, [this character.](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/09/12/willis-family-patriarch-toby-willis-charged-with-child-rape.html) ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/10 "2016-09-12T22:28:02Z")
I’m surprised no one’s mentioned Sheldon Cooper, so… Sheldon Cooper ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/11 "2016-09-12T22:29:32Z")
All of network television. Especially local news anchors and their live team coverage. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/12 "2016-09-12T22:29:39Z")
Ruby Rhod ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/13 "2016-09-12T22:50:31Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > I’m surprised no one’s mentioned Sheldon Cooper, so… > Sheldon Cooper And everyone else on that show, too. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/14 "2016-09-12T23:14:37Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > Ruby Rhod I rather liked Ruby. He sure was weird, and definitely not MY kind of man(for sex anyway) but he sure was fun. He wasn’t brave, but he at least tried to do what Dallas yelled at him to do. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/15 "2016-09-12T23:17:20Z")
Melanie Wilkes ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/16 "2016-09-12T23:23:31Z")
Ken Jeong, no matter what show he’s in (Community, Dr. Ken, the Hangover movies). Who thought smarmy/annoying would make a good character? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/17 "2016-09-13T01:35:34Z")
> [@Fleetwood](#): > > And everyone else on that show, too. And everyone responsible for creating it. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/18 "2016-09-13T01:43:43Z")
Phil Huxtable ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/19 "2016-09-13T02:25:18Z")
Olivia Benson ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783/20 "2016-09-13T02:54:57Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > If the allegations are true, then yeah, [this character.](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/09/12/willis-family-patriarch-toby-willis-charged-with-child-rape.html) > [@JohnGalt](#): > > Ken Jeong, no matter what show he’s in (Community, Dr. Ken, the Hangover movies). Who thought smarmy/annoying would make a good character? Just for the record, I’m pretty sure the OP meant fictional characters, not real life people. If you want to discuss real life people whom you hate, please make another topic about it. Let’s keep this one narrowed down to just fictional ones. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-you-would-smother-with-a-pillow-for-the-good-of-humanity/765783.md?page=2)