# Who's your favorite hapless loser? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2023, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276 "2023-02-24T05:29:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/81 "2023-02-27T17:46:08Z")
That’s right! And Stewart even wears a “Winger” shirt. So uncool. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/82 "2023-02-27T18:23:51Z")
They haven’t been around long enough to be considered hapless. You need to be patient, it is inevitable because it’s a Washington DC team. They should all be named the Washington Generals. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/83 "2023-02-27T22:07:01Z")
Hapless the past three seasons, and likely to be for another couple. There was that World Series thing in 2019, though. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/84 "2023-02-28T00:09:00Z")
Pugsley Addams. Not that I really thought about it before, but since I’ve been watching some Wednesday… ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/85 "2023-02-28T19:45:43Z")
Thank you Zeldar. I trust you are well. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/86 "2023-02-28T19:50:00Z")
As well as can be expected at this stage! No pains worth mentioning anyway! ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/87 "2023-02-28T19:51:35Z")
Neil from the Young Ones: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ktMPT6oJPFg/hqdefault.jpg "Food kitty - The Young Ones - BBC comedy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktMPT6oJPFg) ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/88 "2023-02-28T19:56:03Z")
And if it doesn’t have to be a _loveable_ loser, Alan Partridge is definitely up there: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CdCfuZMD3L0/hqdefault.jpg "I'm Alan Partridge - Best Bits") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdCfuZMD3L0) ---
**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 28, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/89 "2023-02-28T20:26:01Z")
Why not Zoidberg? ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/90 "2023-02-28T20:32:39Z")
Baldrick (any incarnation). ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/91 "2023-02-28T20:34:53Z")
Whats-his-name from Shameless. The drunk guy. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/92 "2023-03-02T07:13:52Z")
Red shirt away team members. Group losing effort. ---
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/93 "2023-03-02T07:51:57Z")
Bill Dauterive from “King Of The Hill” is a great loser (played by Stephen Rooth who played a loser in Office Space didnt he?). Private Zero from Beetle Bailey is the traditional loser in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/94 "2023-03-02T10:17:44Z")
I loved the little homage they did to the trope in the first Chris Pine film. As soon as we saw the colour of random dude’s shirt when they were going on that sky dive, we knew the deal. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/95 "2023-03-02T14:33:18Z")
I’m with you. No way Phil is a loser. Bit of a dork? Sure. Goofball? Yes. But I don’t see any definition that fits “loser.” ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276/96 "2023-03-02T15:39:38Z")
We laugh, but even at that, Grace is still a pretty successful actor in the grand scheme of things, with a slew of feature film roles, and lead roles on a couple of major network TV series. I think his problem is that he’s cut out to be a character actor, but people (maybe himself?) keep trying to push him into lead roles that he’s not really suited to play. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276.md?page=4)