# Most irritating TV/Movie Character EVER! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875 "2003-02-09T12:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/61 "2003-02-10T20:42:01Z")
All you Seinfeld haters: The characters were \*supposed \*to be unlikeable. When I explained this concept to my 75-year-old father in regard to Beavis and Butt-head, he practically joined their fan club. My vote goes to Sideshow Mel. He can always be counted on to exclaim the obvious. I know it’s become kind of his shtick, but it’s still irritating. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/62 "2003-02-10T21:14:40Z")
ELMO! For G-d’s sake, how could a thread about annoying TV characters get this far without Elmo? Sesame Street was ruined since it became infected with the little red blight. And that voice…fingernails on a blackboard, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Jillicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@Jillicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jillicious)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/63 "2003-02-10T23:37:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnT \* > \*\* The “slut” on The Golden Girls. Ugh, just shut up already you gold-digger! \*\* Why stop with Blanche (the “slut”)? The entire cast sucks! ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/64 "2003-02-11T00:28:20Z")
Irritating now, or irritating when the show was fresh? For example, Mickey Rooney’s “Mr. Yunioshi” from _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ is pretty damn irritating to see now, but probably considered simply amusing at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/65 "2003-02-11T01:15:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hyperelastic \* > \*\*All you Seinfeld haters: The characters were _supposed to be unlikeable. When I explained this concept to my 75-year-old father in regard to Beavis and Butt-head, he practically joined their fan club._ Slight hijack here, but I just don’t understand this concept. The characters are supposed to be unlikeable, so as long as I know that, I should like watching them? Hey, I just made some cookies out of cow dung. They’re _supposed_ to taste like shit, so therefore you should enjoy eating them?? Doesn’t make any sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![MrMyth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@MrMyth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMyth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/66 "2003-02-11T02:51:43Z")
Marie Romano - Everybody loves Raymond. More like Everybody Should Go Over To Raymond’s House And Kick The Shit Out Of His Psycopath Of A Mother. I only watch in the hopes that Frank will finally smother her to death in her sleep. And then Robert takes his gun and ventilates the body. And Ray writes a Pulitzer-prize winning article about it while his wife dances naked on the bloodstains… ---
**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/67 "2003-02-11T05:11:31Z")
Adamn sandler in Little Nicky. All i could thing during the whole movies was “I wish I could slap him very hard, several times, with an iron gauntlet, with lots of spikes” ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/68 "2003-02-14T00:34:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Roadfood \* > \*\*Slight hijack here, but I just don’t understand this concept. The characters are supposed to be unlikeable, so as long as I know that, I should like watching them? > \*\* Yes, as long as the unlikeable characters get their comeuppance. The Seinfeld characters were jerks, but they were also miserable all the time, generally due to their own jerky behavior. Fun to watch! Likewise, Beavis and Butthead may have caused people aggravation, but they always ended up getting their asses kicked/violently losing vital body parts/vomiting/choking ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/69 "2003-02-14T00:43:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\* > And I can’t believe we are on page two without a single mention of Dawn "It’s all about me now Get out Get Out GET OUT " Summers. I hope the series finale includes her getting her screechy voicebox ripped out by some horrible uber demon. \*\* Please fight my ignorance: Who is Dawn Summers?? ---
**Author:** ![Mothchunks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@Mothchunks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mothchunks)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/70 "2003-02-14T01:23:18Z")
the “fabulous” interior director on The Anna Nicole show. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/71 "2003-02-14T02:04:08Z")
Urkel or Barney…Barney or Urkel…which do I hate more…nahhh it’s a tossup…off both of the suckers… ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/72 "2003-02-14T02:08:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HelloKitty \* > \*\*Please fight my ignorance: Who is Dawn Summers?? \*\* Buffy Summers’ little sister? WAG: 15% ---
**Author:** ![PublicBlast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@PublicBlast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PublicBlast)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/73 "2003-02-14T02:19:00Z")
What’s funny about Megan Mullally, the actress who plays Karen on _Will and Grace_, is that 1) she doesn’t talk like that in real life, and 2) she’s quite attractive when she’s not in character. For some reason, I always assume that actors actually speak like their characters. Thank goodness Megan Mullally doesn’t–I’d have to do something terrible. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/74 "2003-02-14T02:34:06Z")
**HelloKitty** , Dawn Summers is the younger sister to Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. **Odieman**. While I can understand Urkel, what’s the big deal with Barney? If you find him irritating, don’t worry about it: I mean, he’s _purposely_ aimed at the three-year old set. My [15 month old little girl](http://hometown.aol.com/jthorn1934/myhomepage/index.html)\* adores Barney, which is quite alright: Barney teaches kids how to share, count, colors, shapes, etc and etc. and, most important, he isn’t preachy and he isn’t “cool.” He’s just a nice, goofy dinosaur that infants and toddlers like, he teaches them things they need to know, and, you know, there’s nothing wrong with that. _Sorry to “jump” you like this, but I feel as if my babys_\* taste has to be defended. Relatively new daddies are like this. 😉 \*\*damned apostrophes! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/75 "2003-02-14T02:38:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnT \* > \*\ ***HelloKitty** , Dawn Summers is the younger sister to Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. \*\* Yesssss…POINT TO ME! I’ll be going back to my pathetic life… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/76 "2003-02-14T02:52:06Z")
Oh, and another thing about Barney: he’s very nice and he is unthreatening, despite his size. That is why very young children relate to him - because Barney is safe and he’ll always be your friend. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/77 "2003-02-14T03:11:25Z")
I’ll second _ **Wesley Crusher** _ from _Star Trek: The Next Generation_. The character, as written, is superfluous. As portrayed: irritating. This little brat boy could have ruined the whole franchise. With all the technology around them, and all the brilliant (as written) people, why did it have to be Wesley’s unhuman super genius that saved the day in the last five minutes of the episode? TPTB at Paramountmyleganddryhumpityoubastards even tried to explain away the poor characterization by throwing in a couple of shows where he is explained as the next step in Human evolution. Guess what? It didn’t work. Wesley Crusher is hated by 97.217% of all Trekkers. [Here](http://www.churchofspongebob.org/) is the cite site. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/78 "2003-02-14T04:46:56Z")
did i miss it, or am i the first to bring up gary coleman on different strokes? he was a bigger dick than the dy-no-mite goof. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/79 "2003-02-14T04:56:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HelloKitty \* > \*\*Please fight my ignorance: Who is Dawn Summers?? \*\* Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s kid sister. She is the embodiment of every obnoxious kid sister characterisitic ever, to the 10th power. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mothchunks \* > \*\*the “fabulous” interior director on The Anna Nicole show. \*\* Bite your tongue. Bobby Trendy is the best thing that ever happened to television. And I never understood the hostility towards Wesley. I liked him. I met him once. Nice guy, bright. (Wil Wheaton, I mean) ---
**Author:** ![Mothchunks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@Mothchunks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mothchunks)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875/80 "2003-02-14T05:05:10Z")
also his role as the villain in “Lidsville.” Ralph Fiennes in “The English Patient.” She should have just given him all the morphine right at the beginning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-tv-movie-character-ever/153875.md?page=5)