# Nominations for the most annoying video game character. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 21, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010 "2011-12-21T23:07:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 21, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/1 "2011-12-21T23:07:45Z")
Gotta have Percy (from Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom) on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/2 "2011-12-21T23:25:36Z")
I doubt it can be narrowed down to just one, but Cicero from Skyrim is a recent example. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/3 "2011-12-21T23:54:37Z")
[HEY! Listen!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCjyiEOZP44) ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/4 "2011-12-22T00:02:18Z")
The Playstation (original) Tetris Plus game has this little archaeology dude who deliberately climbs the blocks in order to get spiked in the head so you lose. I hate that guy. (Yes, I hold a grudge FOR YEARS.) ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/5 "2011-12-22T00:04:03Z")
The Goldeneye 007 for N64 I hated whoever I had to escort to safety. Especially that woman. As you can probably assume the pathfinding wasn’t amazing back then. She had the odd knack of knowing just where I wanted to shoot, so she’d stand right in front of me. 90% of the time I just put a bullet through her head as soon as I could. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/6 "2011-12-22T00:15:39Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > [HEY! Listen!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCjyiEOZP44) You win. I think [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIx1NCvb5TU&feature=youtube_gdata_player) comes close. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/7 "2011-12-22T02:13:10Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > [HEY! Listen!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCjyiEOZP44) [No kidding.](http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=42) ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/8 "2011-12-22T03:23:27Z")
My nomination is the character who said : “Stay a while, and listen!” Name that character. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/9 "2011-12-22T03:32:30Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > I doubt it can be narrowed down to just one, but Cicero from Skyrim is a recent example. I was so happy when I finally got to kill him. Now, unfortunately, his corpse won’t leave my new hideout. SPEAKING OF WHICH, I’m pissed that I had to switch hideouts. The current one (even fully upgraded) sucks ass compared to the original one. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/10 "2011-12-22T03:37:34Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > My nomination is the character who said : > > “Stay a while, and listen!” > > Name that character. [shakes fist] Damn you, Deckard Cain! There’s a mage character in Dungeon Keeper II who whines, “Stop touching me!” every time you click on him. Honorable mention goes to every Final Fantasy character in the last 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/11 "2011-12-22T05:08:39Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > [shakes fist] Damn you, Deckard Cain! You have quite a treasure in that Horadric Cube… ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/12 "2011-12-22T06:10:44Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > [HEY! Listen!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCjyiEOZP44) [Link put up with it for a reason.](http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/963) ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/13 "2011-12-22T07:58:56Z")
In Fable II there is apparently a completely unlikeable “ally” you’re forced to beg to join you, who can even kill-steal the final boss. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/14 "2011-12-31T05:52:26Z")
Hey thread, it’s me, your cousin Roman! You want we should go bowling? ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/15 "2011-12-31T14:59:03Z")
Johnny, the dude from Metal Gear Solid 4 who, literally, shits his pants while in a firefight and pisses himself later on. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/16 "2011-12-31T15:22:23Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > In Fable II there is apparently a completely unlikeable “ally” you’re forced to beg to join you, who can even kill-steal the final boss. The bisexual pirate? ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-the-most-annoying-video-game-character/607010/17 "2011-12-31T15:23:32Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Johnny, the dude from Metal Gear Solid 4 who, literally, shits his pants while in a firefight and pisses himself later on. Even more annoying than Otacon and Mei Ling? Cause that doesn’t seem humanly possible. A recent example: Barbas the talking dog from Skyrim. Sure, probably the best tank in the game, but he wont stop fucking pushing me! He pushes me when I try to sneak, when I’m aiming with the bow, in cut scenes , while mining, and he even pushes me off off cliffs. He’s constantly in the way. I can’t even count the times I’ve been stuck in a room because he’s blocking the exit. And he’s always barking.