# Most annoying TV and movie characters? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 31, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254 "2008-05-31T12:29:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [June 3, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/81 "2008-06-03T19:14:13Z")
[QUOTE=plnnr] This, of course, is complete lunacy šŸ˜‰ . I happen to love, love, love Green Acres. Iā€™m convinced it is the very pinnacle of Western Civilization and is, in reality, extremely subtle, nuanced, and a show of incredible depth. Either that, or I was usually so baked out of my head that it seemed that way at the time. [/QUOTE] No, Green Acres is **that** good. And I was about to protest the Mr. Haney nomination because, hey, that guy is great. But to Oliver, Haney has to be the most annoying person he knows. Every time Oliver is in a bind and needs something, Haney shows up with it and charges for every little part and service. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/82 "2008-06-03T19:41:22Z")
People are going to start avoiding Central VA in droves if we keep this up. Hmmmā€¦maybe not such a bad ideaā€¦ ---
**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:** [June 3, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/83 "2008-06-03T20:27:14Z")
[QUOTE=WOOKINPANUB] I donā€™t feel too terribly embarassed to admit that I watch this show, but Andy is my favorite part and I watch it in spite of the whiny wife character. Good god, does that actress have any other reactions in her reperatoire than ā€œAwwwwwww, honeeeeeeeeeeeeyā€ squeaked out in that mousy voice? Gack, what a totally unappealing woman / character. [/QUOTE] You mean Cheryl? Iā€™d do her. šŸ˜ƒ Courtney Thorne-Smith is definitely at the top of my MILF list. I missed her during her pregnancy. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/84 "2008-06-03T20:34:11Z")
Herman Munster. Darren, from _Bewitched_. _Both_ were uptight pricks. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/85 "2008-06-03T22:10:59Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Agreed. OTOH, **Hank** Hill must die, preferably by some means lingering and humorous involving propane and propane accessories. [/QUOTE] Wait, what do you have against Hank? Nice guy, takes care of his family, reasonably intelligent. Kind of a short temper, and really repressed, but he really knows his pornography. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/86 "2008-06-03T22:40:04Z")
[QUOTE=Darwinā€™s Finch] Nedry was eaten by a lone _Dilophosaurus_. In a Jeep. It was the annoying jerk in _JPII_ who got eaten by the _Compsagnathus_ususes. Of course, Burkeā€™s uppance came as well. So thereā€™s that, too. [/QUOTE] In the first book, Jurassic Park, John Hammond meets his end that wayā€“death by tiny dinos! I guess they didnā€™t want to kill off kindly old Richard Attenborough. ETA: Iā€™m not feeling the Hank Hill hate either. Heā€™s not the funnest guy in the world, but heā€™s (unintentionally) hilarious, a good husband/father/provider, loving, though maybe not all that expressive. ---
**Author:** ![Sine\_Nomine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sine_nomine/32/513_2.png) [@Sine\_Nomine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sine_Nomine)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/87 "2008-06-03T23:36:36Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl] I also found Jaga to be worse. He was a smarmy half-naked bastard whoā€™s sole purpose was the state the obvious. And be smarmy. [/QUOTE] Well, to be fair, someone needed to state the obvious because Lion-o was pretty dim. (Yeah, yeah, kidā€™s mind in an adultā€™s body, I know. Still, youā€™re _Lord of the Thundercats_, man! Sharpen up!) Most of my answers have already been said, but Iā€™ll add Eve from _Angel_ . ---
**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:** [June 4, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/88 "2008-06-04T07:25:52Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] In the first book, Jurassic Park, John Hammond meets his end that wayā€“death by tiny dinos! I guess they didnā€™t want to kill off kindly old Richard Attenborough. ETA: Iā€™m not feeling the Hank Hill hate either. Heā€™s not the funnest guy in the world, but heā€™s (unintentionally) hilarious, a good husband/father/provider, loving, though maybe not all that expressive. [/QUOTE] And he sure knows his propane and propane accessories. ---
**Author:** ![jvahe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jvahe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jvahe)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/89 "2008-06-04T09:35:34Z")
I always hated Bill from King of the Hill. Heā€™s such a dumba\*\* and really annoying. I really hated it when he was going to get married to the female ministerā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/90 "2008-06-04T10:17:17Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] Any character played by Gilbert Gottfried. [/QUOTE] I was just about to object and concider Iago of Aladdin, but on further thought Iā€™m pretty sure he was annoying as well. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/91 "2008-06-04T11:50:45Z")
[QUOTE=cactus waltz] I was just about to object and concider Iago of Aladdin, but on further thought Iā€™m pretty sure he was annoying as well. [/QUOTE] Bwuh?!? Iago was hilarious! šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/92 "2008-06-04T12:04:55Z")
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus] Bwuh?!? Iago was hilarious! šŸ˜• [/QUOTE] Well then. There \*is \*a Gilbert Gottfried-character that is not annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/93 "2008-06-04T14:22:04Z")
I pretty much hate any head cheerleader/ high school queen bee/most popular girl in school character, as I had issues with these people in high school. Thatā€™s why I refuse to watch Gossip Girl; from the promos Iā€™ve seen, that show seems to be entirely populated with those types. ---
**Author:** ![Rattlehead02](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rattlehead02/32/3944_2.png) [@Rattlehead02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rattlehead02)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/94 "2008-06-04T15:31:45Z")
I nominate Marcia Gay Hardenā€™s character in The Mist. Not that it was a very good movie, but that annoying seaward alone made me completely hate it. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/95 "2008-06-05T14:45:07Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Aha! I think I was conflating the ā€œQ gets turned into a humanā€ episode with this one: [/QUOTE] Yes, but heā€™s kidding. No one thinks heā€™s remotely seriously, or remotely interested in being anything like actual crew member. And I seem to recall that this is the episode in which he introduces the Federation to the Borg (No, I am NOT conceding that anything on Voyager ever happened!), so his motives are a trifle suspect. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/96 "2008-06-05T15:44:25Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] ETA: Iā€™m not feeling the Hank Hill hate either. Heā€™s not the funnest guy in the world, but heā€™s (unintentionally) hilarious, a good husband/father/provider, loving, though maybe not all that expressive. [/QUOTE] Actually ā€¦ to me, just about every main character in that show is horrible, _except_ Hank. Peggy in particular of course, and Bobby, and all of Hankā€™s buddies, family and neighbours. Horrible, but funny. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/97 "2008-06-05T22:56:44Z")
I nominate Judge Judy. Some may claim sheā€™s a judge/not a character; I maintain that sheā€™s worse, a caricature. Totally, gratuitously obnoxious and self-righteous. Iā€™d like to see someone bitch slap her into next week. ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/98 "2008-06-06T01:52:02Z")
The Professor on Gilliganā€™s Island. Heā€™s totally useless. Once I got old enough (middle school) I wanted to reach into the TV and throttle the guy. How can someone supposedly so smart not figure out how to off Gilligan so he canā€™t screw up any more schemes for escape? There were many opportunities, like when the cannibals arrived, the Professor, who conveniently knew their obscure spoken dialect, could have told them to enjoy the skinny one as a welcome gift from the white people. He could then work a deal for them to give him a boat or something. Dumbass. Barney Fife was the pre-Peggy Hill. Phyllis Lindstrom was a female pre-Peggy Hill. The little boy on ā€œThe Danny Thomas Show.ā€ Acting was screaming cheeky lines that real boys would get pimpslapped for saying. He could have been replaced by a lamp without affecting the plot. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/99 "2008-06-06T14:50:46Z")
[QUOTE=Caractacus Pott] The Professor on Gilliganā€™s Island. Heā€™s totally useless. Once I got old enough (middle school) I wanted to reach into the TV and throttle the guy. How can someone supposedly so smart not figure out how to off Gilligan so he canā€™t screw up any more schemes for escape? There were many opportunities, like when the cannibals arrived, the Professor, who conveniently knew their obscure spoken dialect, could have told them to enjoy the skinny one as a welcome gift from the white people. He could then work a deal for them to give him a boat or something. Dumbass. [/quote] Fool of a Took! The Professor was far too righteous and noble to murder or betray a comrade, even one so feckless as Gilligan. Moreover, he was doing both Mary Ann (his first choice for obvious reasons) AND Ginger (when Mary Ann was either ovulating or headachey), so he didnā€™t really want to leave the island. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254/100 "2008-06-06T14:55:14Z")
I agree, if I had to count on any of the castaways, it would be The Professor first and maybe Jonas Grumby second. If the Professor were more _wise_, he would have made sure that Gilligan was nowhere around when the ā€œget off the islandā€ plan was in motion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-and-movie-characters/451254.md?page=6)