# LEAST favorite added character **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2005, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839 "2005-02-25T06:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/41 "2005-02-26T23:59:24Z")
> [@emekthian](#): > > I never liked Dwight on Futurama. I realize that was the whole point, having a Wesly Crusher-like character that the other characters hated too, but the gimmick wasn’t funny enough to overcome the annoyingness. who is Dwight?!?!?! I’ve seen all of the episode multiple times! Why don’t I know this? I’m scared! Okay, mine has to be The coach on Sealab 2021. Sure Harry Goz died, but I just liked Captain Murphy so much more. I think they went in the wrong direction since then, and I haven’t really watched it too much. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/42 "2005-02-27T02:29:45Z")
Dwight was the Professor’s clone. He was a kid genius who constantly pointed out to the others how stupid they all acted. He had a smushed-up nose from being grown in a vat that was too small. I think he was only prominently featured in the episode that gave his origin, but he put in a few one-scene appearances (like the Planet Express janitor did). ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/43 "2005-02-27T02:36:49Z")
Lauren on _Alias_. I don’t hate for what she did to Vaughn and Sydney’s relationship, but I just hate her character. If she didn’t do what she did, I probably wouldn’t hate her, but I’d still have a slight dislike for her. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/44 "2005-02-27T02:55:16Z")
> [@capacitor](#): > > Also, all the Doctor Who’s companions after his daughter Susan were less than worthless, except maybe Deena and Mary Jane. What!!!? Doctor Who smoked Wacky Weed? 😃 Do you mean his _granddaughter_ Susan, and the companions _Leela_ and _Sarah Jane_? I was partial to Zoe and her skintight catsuit, myself. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/45 "2005-02-27T06:15:13Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Dwight was the Professor’s clone. He was a kid genius who constantly pointed out to the others how stupid they all acted. He had a smushed-up nose from being grown in a vat that was too small. I think he was only prominently featured in the episode that gave his origin, but he put in a few one-scene appearances (like the Planet Express janitor did). That’s Cubert. Dwight was Hermes’ son. They had 2 or 3 episodes where they featured prominantly and had a few walkons in later seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/46 "2005-02-27T06:19:48Z")
Whoops! Forgot my own! **Red Dwarf**. In Season 7 they added a female character as a romantic foil for the main character, totally undermining the entire point of the series, considering it was the adventures of (as far as he knew) the last man in existance. They jumped the shark even further when they brought back the entire crew in season 8. The shark jumping is easily explained in this case; the creative duo responsible for seasons 1-6 split up and the guy who continued it wasn’t very good on his own. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/47 "2005-02-27T07:00:13Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > I disliked Dr. Katherine Pulaski, of _Star Trek: The Next Generation_. Although I’m keen on Diana Muldaur, I didn’t like the character that she played. I was very relieved when Gates McFadden returned to the show as Dr. Beverly Crusher. > > Muldaur later had a great (but brief) role on _L.A. Law_ which ended with her character falling down an elevator shaft. > > Some actors just don’t have any luck. I didn’t like Pulaski the first time around either, but after I got the complete set of DVDs I liked her a lot better. Dr. Crusher was so bland, and McFadden wasn’t the greatest actress either. ---
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/48 "2005-02-27T16:06:15Z")
> [@capacitor](#): > > Hate to say it, but Alan Shore on _The Practice_. I admit that James Spader was everything Dylan McDermott should have been, but the last season was like watching two different shows that clash in the night. Yeah, but if they hadn’t added this character, they could not have spun it off to become one of the funniest shows on TV. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/49 "2005-02-27T16:14:02Z")
1. Mr. Furley on _Three’s Company_. I don’t have to explain it, do I? 2. Nadia on _Alias_. I just can’t warm up to her–one badass spy is a good thing. Two of them just doesn’t work for me–it’s too \*Charlie’s Angels \* or something. Plus, I’m not convinced she’s on the up and up. 3. Speaking of _Charlie’s Angels_, the Shelley Hack character–I can’t remember her name. ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/50 "2005-02-27T17:55:03Z")
AHA! I knew something was amiss! But yeah, I understand it with Cubert. I sort of guessed that Dwight was Hermes’ son, but I didn’t think he was worthy of any kind of emotion. Most loved Character? Dr. John Zoidberg ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/51 "2005-02-27T18:51:40Z")
Candace Bergen on **Boston Legal**. _Haaaaate_ her, even more because her character fired Lake Bell’s, thus forever removing her jiggly cleavage from the show. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/52 "2005-02-27T19:14:15Z")
My vote is for the two blondes after Crissy on “Three’s Company”. They never clicked with Jack and Janet. I want to second Dawn on “Buffy”, too. Watching re-runs, it’s such a _groan_ moment when Dawn appears for the first time. And the Blue-Haired Dead-Fred character on “Angel” was pretty gratuitous, too. And another vote for Connor. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/53 "2005-02-27T20:33:56Z")
The second “Becky” on Rosanne. ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/54 "2005-02-27T21:06:32Z")
Puss in Boots from _Shrek 2_. Eddie Murphy’s Donkey character put it best: “I’m sorry, but the position of annoying talking animal has already been taken!” ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/55 "2005-02-28T06:06:49Z")
> [@KJ](#): > > Puss in Boots from _Shrek 2_. Eddie Murphy’s Donkey character put it best: “I’m sorry, but the position of annoying talking animal has already been taken!” Yes, but Puss in Boots was so much less annoying and more apropriate talking animal than the donkey. In fact, I think he was one of the few bright spots in a almost wholly tedious sequel to a great film. The general public and the studio apparently agrees with me, because they are giving Puss his own film. ---
**Author:** ![Pensandfeathers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Pensandfeathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pensandfeathers)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839/56 "2005-02-28T06:39:04Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > The second “Becky” on Rosanne. Thank you! I’m surprised this wasn’t mentioned earlier. The second Becky turned the character into a space cadet…and she never was in the early shows. That always annoyed me, as I loved that show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-added-character/291839.md?page=2)