# The most annoying recurring characters on TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-recurring-characters-on-tv/690421 "2014-06-09T17:41:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-recurring-characters-on-tv/690421/61 "2014-06-11T09:57:24Z")
River Song on Doctor Who. Fuck off, woman, you’re not pretty, you’re not funny, you’re not charismatic, you have an annoying smirk, and the show does not have your name on it. I think Stephen Moffatt had this idea that everyone was so in love with her character that all he had to do was write her into an episode to flirt leadenly with Matt Smith and viewers would swoon. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-recurring-characters-on-tv/690421/62 "2014-06-11T10:27:25Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > This is again all things (well, most things) that can be attributed to Sheldon. > > He started off as a Just-Smarter-Than-You uber-nerd who is going about his daily life as said uber-nerd. I won’t bastardize your quote too much but his nerdyness was “one facet of his character, but he was competent, social, respectful, and innocent (in his own way). Now his quirks are weirder and weirder and beccame the focal point of plots, and now the show is painful and embarassing to watch. They stripped him of dignity and made him a comic buffoon” I 100% agree with this assessment. The writers have basically turned Sheldon into a sadist who happily tortures his friends. My vote from ST:TNG is Q. I really didn’t like any of the Q episodes. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-recurring-characters-on-tv/690421/63 "2014-06-11T13:23:45Z")
+1 for Walt Jr. He was tied with Skyler until the later seasons where she actually grew pair and showed some character. As for Kripke -1, he’s one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![orangeapples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@orangeapples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orangeapples)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-recurring-characters-on-tv/690421/64 "2014-06-11T18:08:09Z")
Balki, _Perfect Strangers_. Cousin Larry runs a close second. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-recurring-characters-on-tv/690421/65 "2014-06-11T18:30:44Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > River Song on Doctor Who. Fuck off, woman, you’re not pretty, you’re not funny, you’re not charismatic, you have an annoying smirk, and the show does not have your name on it. I think Stephen Moffatt had this idea that everyone was so in love with her character that all he had to do was write her into an episode to flirt leadenly with Matt Smith and viewers would swoon. God yes. I remember after the 3rd? 4th? time she showed up, I went to IMDb to see if Alex Kingston was married to one of the Producers. ---
**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 11, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-recurring-characters-on-tv/690421/66 "2014-06-11T18:53:33Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > River Song on Doctor Who. Fuck off, woman, you’re not pretty, you’re not funny, you’re not charismatic, Take…that…back. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-recurring-characters-on-tv/690421/67 "2014-06-11T19:02:45Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > River Song on Doctor Who. Fuck off, woman, you’re not pretty, you’re not funny, you’re not charismatic, you have an annoying smirk, and the show does not have your name on it. I think Stephen Moffatt had this idea that everyone was so in love with her character that all he had to do was write her into an episode to flirt leadenly with Matt Smith and viewers would swoon. Ooooooohhh, this is bringing out the nerd rage in me… ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-recurring-characters-on-tv/690421/68 "2014-06-11T19:17:20Z")
> [@Victor\_Charlie](#): > > Sally and Betty Draper on _Mad Men._ In fact, I can do without his entire family. There are people who don’t like Sally? Betty I get, but not Sally. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-recurring-characters-on-tv/690421/69 "2014-06-11T19:31:36Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > River Song on Doctor Who. Fuck off, woman, you’re not pretty, you’re not funny, you’re not charismatic, you have an annoying smirk, and the show does not have your name on it. I think Stephen Moffatt had this idea that everyone was so in love with her character that all he had to do was write her into an episode to flirt leadenly with Matt Smith and viewers would swoon. Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. My wife and I are convinced she was banging Moffatt, or had pictures of him doing a horse or something. If I never, ever, hear “Hello, sweetie” again, it will be too soon. OTOH, she had a great body. Too bad it was attached to that head with that horrible wig (I surely hope!) she was sporting. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-recurring-characters-on-tv/690421/70 "2014-06-11T19:54:57Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > OTOH, she had a great body. Too bad it was attached to that head with that horrible wig (I surely hope!) she was sporting. She looks like the bastard lovechild of Renee Zellweger and David Coverdale. ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-recurring-characters-on-tv/690421/71 "2014-06-12T02:28:10Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > There are people who don’t like Sally? > > Betty I get, but not Sally. Yes, and it’s too bad because she started out with such promise. Now every scene with her just feels like a dirge. ---
**Author:** ![Ottoerotic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ottoerotic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ottoerotic)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-recurring-characters-on-tv/690421/72 "2014-06-12T03:31:07Z")
The medical examiner from Hawaii Five-0, Masi Oka. I didn’t mind him when he was on Heros, but I can’t stand him now. All his lines sound like they’re being read off a cue card written by someone who went crazy using the “Find Synonyms” option in MS word. I’ve watched most of the other shows in this thread but his is the first character that I actually groan every time he appears. Terrible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-recurring-characters-on-tv/690421.md?page=3)