# Most annoying kids on TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703 "2015-11-16T16:11:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/1 "2015-11-16T16:11:13Z")
Please spoiler box anything that needs to be. I’ve heard a lot of complaints about Carl but I never had a problem with him. For me hands down it is Zack from _The Strain_ on FX. The little shit seems to be actively working towards the end of the world just because he can’t come to terms with the fact that mommy is a vampire. He causes the death of one main character, puts his father in mortal danger over and over and walks off with his mother in the last episode even though it is obvious she is not longer human. It doesn’t matter how much you talk to him he just doesn’t get it. This kid wouldn’t last 10 seconds in the Walking Dead. He would run up and hug mommy zombie. So who are your annoying kids? I’m mostly talking about the characters not the actors but if there is someone who’s face you just hate go right ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/2 "2015-11-16T17:04:36Z")
Rusty on Major Crimes drives me crazy. He is whiny and self-centered, and I can’t stand to watch when he’s on. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/3 "2015-11-16T17:35:39Z")
These kids are minor leaguers compared to Dennis (played by Jay North) on “Dennis the Menace”. The entire character’s existence is on being as annoying or clueless as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/4 "2015-11-16T17:37:14Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > Rusty on Major Crimes drives me crazy. He is whiny and self-centered, and I can’t stand to watch when he’s on. Oh god yes, though technically he’s now an adult. Now he’s just another whiny self-centered adult on that show, joining Sanchez, Flynn, Provenza, and, to some extent, Raydor. With Brenda Leigh being the prototype. For other shows, I’d vote Axl on _The Middle_. Sometimes I want to slap him. They can build monuments to his self-centeredness. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/5 "2015-11-16T17:40:20Z")
Cousin Oliver ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/6 "2015-11-16T17:45:42Z")
Timmy Martin on _Lassie_. Will and Penny Robinson. Cindy Brady. Danny Partridge. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/7 "2015-11-16T19:02:26Z")
Richie on the Dick Van Dyke Show. He was a lousy actor and shouted every one of his lines. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/8 "2015-11-16T19:12:34Z")
The Cosby kids. Entitled, self important, whiny, bratty… Looking back at the show, while the characters were entertaining enough within the confines of the episodes, each and every one of them would be a total pain to be around ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/9 "2015-11-16T19:18:15Z")
I didn’t mind any of the kids on the Cosby Show except Olivia. she was the worst and she was only brought in to be the forced “cute kid” meme ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/10 "2015-11-16T19:43:26Z")
Buffy on Family Affair. She was annoying as was her stupid doll Mrs. Beasley. Not only that, she stole screen time from Cissy. Any of the Bradys except Marcia. Nicholas Bradford. Mike Jones from Mayberry RFD. Julie from One Day At A Time stole precious screen time from Valerie Bertinelli. Corey from Julia and his little shit friend Earl J Waggedorn. Tommy from Alice ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/11 "2015-11-16T19:44:54Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > The Cosby kids. Entitled, self important, whiny, bratty… > > Looking back at the show, while the characters were entertaining enough within the confines of the episodes, each and every one of them would be a total pain to be around I second this. I liked it during its first run but somewhere along the way I grew to hate all the female characters, including Mrs. Huxtable. The twin boys on _Everybody Loves Raymond_just seemed stupid and (I know it’s mean to say) particularly homely. The girl was annoying at first but got a bit better by the last seasons. Even worse was Patricia Heaton’s interaction with them. I’ll watch pretty much any rerun of the show unless it’s from the first season. Once they cut down on stories about the kids and we didn’t have to see PH in “mom mode” all the time, things got a lot better on that show. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/12 "2015-11-16T19:47:50Z")
All of them. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/13 "2015-11-16T21:06:35Z")
I didn’t like Claire Huxtable because she never let Cliff eat sandwiches and potato chips ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/14 "2015-11-16T21:12:06Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I didn’t like Claire Huxtable because she never let Cliff eat sandwiches and potato chips I know, right! At the time, I thought she was this smart, in control lady but for some reason she now strikes me as a shrew. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/15 "2015-11-16T22:12:04Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I didn’t like Claire Huxtable because she never let Cliff eat sandwiches and potato chips Claire Huxtable was an annoying TV _kid_? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/16 "2015-11-16T22:24:12Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > All of them. This. I can’t believe it took so long to hit the real answer! But a few to add to the list of actual characters… That little brat on **Diff’rent Strokes** (brought in when Arnold was too old to be cute, I guess.) Ditto for that little bastard on **Family Ties** … As for Cosby Kids, the ONLY one I liked was the oldest daughter (Sandra, I think) who was basically invisible in the series, like Chuck/Frank in **Happy Days.** ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/17 "2015-11-16T22:40:10Z")
I don’t watch the show but catch enough in pro mos and when I’m someplace where others are, but every time I’ve seen the girl adopted by the gay couple in “Modern Family” is an absolute brat. Every time. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/18 "2015-11-16T22:43:12Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > As for Cosby Kids, the ONLY one I liked was the oldest daughter (Sandra, I think) who was basically invisible in the series, like Chuck/Frank in **Happy Days.** Hey, now…that’s where I first fell in lust with Lisa Bonet. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/19 "2015-11-16T22:43:53Z")
Every single kid in Disney Channel’s sitcoms. ---
**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703/20 "2015-11-16T22:46:26Z")
I can never understand why people always blame “Cousin Oliver” from the “Brady Bunch” when Ricky Seagull from “The Partridge Family” was easily a million times worse. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-kids-on-tv/737703.md?page=2)