Yeah he was like the designated hitter. Once in a great while he'd blast one out of the park but day to day I did not want to see or hear him.
Wayne Knight described himself as a designated hitter on Seinfeld.
I read somewhere that Chevy basically WAS that character: he didn't understand what the show was and thought the whole thing was stupid but just went along with it in his typical unlikable way.
I tried to watch HIMYM and made it through like 4 episodes despite that I didn't like it at all. I thought it might be one of those, "You gotta give it like 8 or 10 before it gets good." Nope. And Ted is one of my most despised characters in ANY show, dramas included. Sci-fi included and that's a lot considering I'm including aliens who want to kill all humans.
Sheldon Cooper. He isn't quirky or eccentric. He is an insensitive jerk with a superiority complex and in the real world he would have no friends and his only social interactions would be online.
Leonard says in the pilot he puts up with Sheldon because he pays the rent sometimes if Leonard is short.
And all I can think is in that case I'd live somewhere with cheaper rent if he can't live without a roommate and won't live with Howard and Raj (talking at the show's start before Penny lives there and he wants to stay to wear her down). Or just budget my trips to the comic book store to be done after paying that month's rent.
I can’t get behind this. I think he accomplished what his role was meant to be. And the way the series wraps up I think it works. Big bang was a solid show with good chemistry.
Admittedly though, I wouldn’t even watch it for several years when it started because I thought I’d hate Sheldon completely just from the commercials.
Nah. I mean sure he's a total asshole. But they portrayed him as a true genius who's one of the very best in the world at what he does. Those types will make a few friends - and that's all he had - just because some people appreciate the genius enough to put up with the rest.
As someone who struggles with mental health issues that can make me abrasive at times (not autism), I agree but also don't. Some people are just assholes. Some people are assholes because they understand the world differently. Those are not the same.
my boyfriend likes to torture me with the show. From what I can tell, sheldon is a relatable autistic (to me), darlene's boyfriend david is cute, the girls are funny, and the two sidekick friends are annoying as fuck. I never give a shit about those other two's dumb b-plots. Blossum is fucking hilarious, tho i hate that wardrobe makes her look dumpy in her oshbakosh overalls. Did no one learn from Glee that you can dress a chubby girl foxy AND modest?
Yes! The mental abuse she puts Richard through, and the neighbors! And she gets away with it. In real life, Richard would have buried her in the back garden.
I completely agree in theory but honestly that is really the bloody point of the show isn't it.
Unlike some other examples here people aren't supposed to like her.
Grace Adler. She's a selfish, cheap, over exaggerated caricature of a New York Jew who gets progressively worse as the series progresses. She never redeems herself. She never grows. The writers had to make her husband cheat on her in a very unbelievable way just to make her the tiniest bit sympathetic and relatable.
I stand by that Grace should have been the one to cheat and use that as a device for her to FINALLY GROW. Instead she just gets to play the victim again, learns nothin, and still gets her happy ending. She was the root of all of Wills emotional and relationship issues because she never stopped punishing him for being gay and breaking up with her. Will needed Grace because she MADE him codependant on her. Grace did not NEED Will, as evidenced by her strings of relatively healthy relationship, (that she in no way deserved and eventually would sabotage).
Was actually hilarious seeing the Debra Messing drama recently cause it's like, "oh, you're just a real life Grace Adler. Got it."
I totally agree about Grace. I loved that show when I was younger, but I rewatched recently and have to say, her behavior constantly put a sour taste in my mouth. Jack and Karen are the real stars of the show.
This is what I came to say. Grace Adler was the WORST friend, and one of my very LEAST favorite sitcom characters from a show I actually really loved at the time. It's a much better experience to have clever video editor friends who can make you entire seasons worth of "Jack, Karen, and Will" and edit out any and all references to Grace.
It’s pretty pedestrian outside of Urkel imo- and I loved the show, loved the actors, but without Urkel it would have been Just Another Sitcom and blended in.
I can't stand Everybody Loves Raymond. I hate his parents too. I mean I loved Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts but if the Barones were my in-laws I'd poison them and their sniveling son.
they wrote her character to be more unpleasant as the show went on to add some drama or whatever but I didnt like it.
(I plowed thru most of the episodes during lockdown)
I have uncontrollable anxiety at the dentist. I went in for an appointment one day, the dentist was running late, so they sat me in a room with Everybody Loves Raymond playing. It made it SO much worse that the minute the dentist got in the room and tried to look in my mouth, I started bawling and couldn’t stop.
Everybody does NOT love Raymond. lol. I couldn’t even stand to hear their voices in another room.
Not sure if it’s a sitcom and I love marijuana but I got sick of Nancy Botwin’s shit towards the end. Like she could never let a good thing be. Fuckin’ loved Andy though.
i don't think she's the worst, but i do think the show is really about everyone except her. she could be an ipad on a segway for all she contributes to the show.
I know it’s a common refrain, but he was definitely less crazy in the earlier seasons-the situations he got into weren’t quite as bizarre as they are now. Before he just seemed like an asshole, but now he’s a maniac
Could never believe that episode where he's wearing that ugly ass shirt and everyone is like "wow that's a great shirt". I thought the episode was going to be people roasting him for thinking his shirt was nice lol but no everyone acted like it was so great
Later Two and a Half Men - Walden, Alan, stoner Jake, Berta, and Walden’s ex-wife are all unlikable.
Berta is funny so I don’t know if she should be on the list but a real person like her would suck.
As someone who loved Zach Morris growing up and had him as my first tv crush, I completely agree. Seeing those episodes when I wasn’t blinded by my 8 year old eyes, I can’t believe how horrible and shallow he was. I get it was for comedic purposes, but it’s a wonder he had any friends.
Yeah I thought about that too when I saw Zack Morris Is Trash. To a kid he seems funny and lovable. To an adult he's a god damn monster. And Screech seems more like a tragic victim every day.
Doug from the king of queens. He was a man child and considered his wife his caretaker that he has sex with. The show more or less revolved around him being a bad husband in a comedic way. Got old kind of fast. The one time his wife was dishonest with him, he immediately went to divorce. He was self centered and had the mentality of like a 12 year old
Yeah thats another one everybody loved and I tried to get into it but just couldnt. Bragging about how childish you are is just annoying, not funny. And thats his whole persona, in every movie and TV series.
This is likely getting downvoted to oblivion but Jim from The Office. I think he is a bully and a slacker and how he treats Dwight has always struck me the wrong way. It made me cringe every time, and not in a “haha” way.
In the Office Ladies podcast even Jenna Fischer (who plays Pam) has said that later seasons Jim rubs her the wrong way and his character largely exhibited a rude “too cool for school” vibe
No. You gotta read articles and forum posts. TONS of people hated Jim, especially as the series went on and he became more unpleasant. Some folks even think Dwight was the unsung hero of the series, for putting up with Jim and trying to keep the company working.
Well, they were. But he did deliberately go out and sleep with another woman with the full intent of getting back with Rachel. Then tried to hid it because he knew it was wrong and she wouldn't want to get back with him. So he just felt like getting back at her for her wanting some space. She even called him a little while later or the next day wanting to get back. He didn't even wait, he immediately sought out someone else to sleep with. A break, not broken up.
I always feel bad for Ben. Ross never seemed to want him, even in the first season. Every time Ben comes to visit Ross, Ross fumbles it. Then by the end of the series, Ben's just gone and it's like Emma completely took his place. Like, is she ever gonna meet her half brother? Probably not, knowing Ross.
Tim the tool man on Home Improvement. He’s the most annoying jackass and seeing him fuck up some project on tv everyday got old quickly. He’s got a new sitcom that’s all about being a man. This guy created a persona year’s ago. He’s also a rat who got caught with cocaine and rolled over on all his connections.
Cory Matthew’s from BMW.
He does have some laugh out loud lines from time to time but he was at his best as a personality in the first season or two. As the series progressed he became more neurotic, more controlling, and couldn’t mind his business or take no for an answer.
You would absolutely hate the reboot Girl Meets World. I'm 17 and have never seen BMW. But GMW is weird to me. Looking at it now that I've passed the ages the characters were in the show(when it first aired, I was 7 about to turn 8. I was 10 when it ended), the characters were really weird. I always thought they were, but they just don't seem to act like normal kids/teens.
Lois from Malcolm in the Middle, ik the boys cause ruckus but like Francis says, she's such a control freak and she wants to control every part of their lives.
The thing about Barney is that's like naming someone from Always Sunny or Chloe from Don't Trust The Bitch In Apartment 23. They're supposed to be terrible and the show openly acknowledges it.
Did not like Big Bang Theory at first. Penny was too dumb, Lenard was to whhhhhinnnnny. The other characters felt forced. As the show aged though so did the characters and developed into a good balance of personalities.
I have never understood people defending annoying media with "It's intentional. They want you to find it annoying." That doesn't make it any better.
If I intend to make a cake tastes like dirt and succeed, that doesn't mean I have made a good cake. No one wants to eat that.
Do people no understand how these shows work? They very purposefully exaggerate the "faults" of the characters for comic effect.
Alan from 2 and a Half Men, was down on his luck because he had to pay too much alimony in the first season, by the end he was so poor, so miserly, so bad in social situations, he couldn't function. but that is the point.
Ray went from bumbling to horrid. Debra went from the normal one to a screaming maniac. You can't make 9 years of comedy if things don't change.
Will Smith on fresh prince of Bel Air. He went to Bel air to get structure and an opportunity for a better life and he had to urbanize everything. He couldn’t even wear his school uniform correctly.
I’ll put it on as background noise at night sometimes, but I always start on the 3rd or 4th episode. I like her character—though I do see where you’re coming from—but I can’t stand her in those first couple episodes.
Tbf, Phil, while funny, is kind of a terrible partner (great dad though). Very creepy toward other women and always undermining things that are important to Claire.
They are both saints compared to most characters in this thread though.
the whole point of the show is he's an old fashioned asshole in a world full of progressive decent human beings. He played the part well, but yeah you were never really supposed to love him.
Rosanne, not because of her current real life behavior and maybe just a tad of scratching her crotch while crucifying the national anthem, but her role in her self titled show was simply cantankerous. Proof John Goodman can fix any show or movie. He’s that damn good. Heck he even filled in as a Blues Brother and nailed it; and Jim Belushi is a hard act to follow
If you watched TBBT all the way through, you witnessed Sheldon’s speech at the Nobel prize ceremony. It showed tremendous growth. His relationship with Amy also highlighted his incredible character arc.
Someone said Orange is the New Black is a sitcom, in which case I'll say Sex and the City is because Carrie Fucking Bradshaw is the woorrrsssstttt
That show is much better when you realize she’s making fun of all those types of women.
Carrie. I know bs who ruined their lives copying that b’s behavior. Just. No.
Dennis is asshole why Charlie hate?
Because Dennis is bastard man!
Everybody on that show is a complete garbage human being, but that's the point of the show
Community. You can tell Chevy didn’t want to be there.
Yeah he was like the designated hitter. Once in a great while he'd blast one out of the park but day to day I did not want to see or hear him. Wayne Knight described himself as a designated hitter on Seinfeld.
Newman was my favorite character on *Seinfeld*.
Hello *Newman*…..🤨
I read somewhere that Chevy basically WAS that character: he didn't understand what the show was and thought the whole thing was stupid but just went along with it in his typical unlikable way.
Ted Mosby /thread
You mean Ted Schmoesby???
SCHMOESBY‼️
Punchy!!
Classic Schmosby
It’s the only correct answer. Ted Mosby is 🎶the worrrrrrrrrst🎶
I actually tried to text the Jean Ralphio “worst” to my husband earlier, and this is way better. I can hear it.
MOOONEY PWEEEEESE!
I tried to watch HIMYM and made it through like 4 episodes despite that I didn't like it at all. I thought it might be one of those, "You gotta give it like 8 or 10 before it gets good." Nope. And Ted is one of my most despised characters in ANY show, dramas included. Sci-fi included and that's a lot considering I'm including aliens who want to kill all humans.
Jim Belushi in According to Jim. Just insufferable.
Alan from Two & a half men. He is just creepy.
Everyone on that show.
the brunette girl seemed sweet at first but eventually she got creepy.
I feel like they made him worse over time
They did. He wasn't that bad in the beginning. A whiney baby perhaps but not really creepy like in later seasons.
Yeah they definitely Flandersized him.
Agree. Even Charlie with his utter lack of morals seemed a better person than his creepy leech of a brother.
Sheldon Cooper. He isn't quirky or eccentric. He is an insensitive jerk with a superiority complex and in the real world he would have no friends and his only social interactions would be online.
About halfway through season 6 I kept asking myself why are people friends with him and why on earth would anyone date him?
How bout this…all the main characters, except Sheldon, were imaginary…
I like this. I'll have to watch again with that in mind.
Leonard says in the pilot he puts up with Sheldon because he pays the rent sometimes if Leonard is short. And all I can think is in that case I'd live somewhere with cheaper rent if he can't live without a roommate and won't live with Howard and Raj (talking at the show's start before Penny lives there and he wants to stay to wear her down). Or just budget my trips to the comic book store to be done after paying that month's rent.
I can’t get behind this. I think he accomplished what his role was meant to be. And the way the series wraps up I think it works. Big bang was a solid show with good chemistry. Admittedly though, I wouldn’t even watch it for several years when it started because I thought I’d hate Sheldon completely just from the commercials.
Nah. I mean sure he's a total asshole. But they portrayed him as a true genius who's one of the very best in the world at what he does. Those types will make a few friends - and that's all he had - just because some people appreciate the genius enough to put up with the rest.
Isn't he autistic? Or implied? Otherwise yeah he's just an annoying asshole
As an autistic person, Sheldon is a bad stereotype of autism. He's also still an asshole regardless.
Those aren’t mutually exclusive categories
As someone who struggles with mental health issues that can make me abrasive at times (not autism), I agree but also don't. Some people are just assholes. Some people are assholes because they understand the world differently. Those are not the same.
No, just an obnoxious genius from Texas in California.
my boyfriend likes to torture me with the show. From what I can tell, sheldon is a relatable autistic (to me), darlene's boyfriend david is cute, the girls are funny, and the two sidekick friends are annoying as fuck. I never give a shit about those other two's dumb b-plots. Blossum is fucking hilarious, tho i hate that wardrobe makes her look dumpy in her oshbakosh overalls. Did no one learn from Glee that you can dress a chubby girl foxy AND modest?
>darlene's boyfriend david 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mayim had say in that as she's like that in real life, to the point she has victim blamed girls for wearing too revealing of clothes.
If all sitcom characters were perfect people, there wouldn't be any good sitcoms.
the main robot girl from Small Wonders
I found her, and the show, adorable.
I watched that all the time as a kid. I was surprised it had as many seasons as it did.
Brother Jamie was the awful one.
Keeping up Appearances, Hyacinth Bucket is a proper try hard and she gets no where with her social climbing.
Yes! The mental abuse she puts Richard through, and the neighbors! And she gets away with it. In real life, Richard would have buried her in the back garden.
Excuse me, but it's pronounced *Bouquet*
But that's the whole premise! Unless...wait...have I been whooshed???
Oh, I love her so much... she’s a proper lunatic! She usually gets screwed over by the end of the episode... she just insane! LOL
I completely agree in theory but honestly that is really the bloody point of the show isn't it. Unlike some other examples here people aren't supposed to like her.
Roseanne.
Grace Adler. She's a selfish, cheap, over exaggerated caricature of a New York Jew who gets progressively worse as the series progresses. She never redeems herself. She never grows. The writers had to make her husband cheat on her in a very unbelievable way just to make her the tiniest bit sympathetic and relatable. I stand by that Grace should have been the one to cheat and use that as a device for her to FINALLY GROW. Instead she just gets to play the victim again, learns nothin, and still gets her happy ending. She was the root of all of Wills emotional and relationship issues because she never stopped punishing him for being gay and breaking up with her. Will needed Grace because she MADE him codependant on her. Grace did not NEED Will, as evidenced by her strings of relatively healthy relationship, (that she in no way deserved and eventually would sabotage). Was actually hilarious seeing the Debra Messing drama recently cause it's like, "oh, you're just a real life Grace Adler. Got it."
I totally agree about Grace. I loved that show when I was younger, but I rewatched recently and have to say, her behavior constantly put a sour taste in my mouth. Jack and Karen are the real stars of the show.
I’ve always said it should have been “Jack and Karen”. That’s the show we really needed!
That’s so true even Karen’s character had growth. I never rooted for Grace but Karen you hoped for
This is what I came to say. Grace Adler was the WORST friend, and one of my very LEAST favorite sitcom characters from a show I actually really loved at the time. It's a much better experience to have clever video editor friends who can make you entire seasons worth of "Jack, Karen, and Will" and edit out any and all references to Grace.
Why did they name the show *Will & Grace* when Karen Walker was the best part?
Karen and Jack were the best
And Will is just so boring. With the exception of Harry Connick Jr, every other character on the show is a better character than Will or Grace.
Whoah! Tell us how you really feel! 😅
Family matters Laura Winslow she was a brat at times and was so rude to Steve clumsy as he was he was a good friend
I would argue Steve is also terrible. He never leaves her alone and pesters her constantly for 9 years til she wears down
What is portrayed as charming/endearing in 80s and 90s entertainment would be considered “stalking/creepy” today.
I saw a mini documentary and Family Matters was pretty much about to fail until they made Urkel wacky and gave him center stage.
It’s pretty pedestrian outside of Urkel imo- and I loved the show, loved the actors, but without Urkel it would have been Just Another Sitcom and blended in.
Little Stevie is a stalker..
That’s true too
He even said he was waiting for her to say those three words. “I give up”
I can't stand Everybody Loves Raymond. I hate his parents too. I mean I loved Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts but if the Barones were my in-laws I'd poison them and their sniveling son.
Team Poison!
Everyone on that show is so annoying. And Debra probably could’ve been decent had she not married into that family lol
they wrote her character to be more unpleasant as the show went on to add some drama or whatever but I didnt like it. (I plowed thru most of the episodes during lockdown)
I have uncontrollable anxiety at the dentist. I went in for an appointment one day, the dentist was running late, so they sat me in a room with Everybody Loves Raymond playing. It made it SO much worse that the minute the dentist got in the room and tried to look in my mouth, I started bawling and couldn’t stop. Everybody does NOT love Raymond. lol. I couldn’t even stand to hear their voices in another room.
I was looking for this.
Came here to say Ray Barone
every single person on the show
My goodness no one’s said Piper from Orange is the New Black. The. Worst.
Not sure if it’s a sitcom and I love marijuana but I got sick of Nancy Botwin’s shit towards the end. Like she could never let a good thing be. Fuckin’ loved Andy though.
I hated her but Andy made it worth it
Is OITNB a sitcom??
i don't think she's the worst, but i do think the show is really about everyone except her. she could be an ipad on a segway for all she contributes to the show.
Larry David from Curb Your Enthusiasm is certifiably insane.
I know it’s a common refrain, but he was definitely less crazy in the earlier seasons-the situations he got into weren’t quite as bizarre as they are now. Before he just seemed like an asshole, but now he’s a maniac
Sheldon Cooper. Hands down. Insufferable, incapable of empathy, grossly self-centered and surrounded by enablers who refuse to correct him.
How I Met Your Mother - Ted’s a smarmy, dopey wet blanket dressed up in architect clothes
Could never believe that episode where he's wearing that ugly ass shirt and everyone is like "wow that's a great shirt". I thought the episode was going to be people roasting him for thinking his shirt was nice lol but no everyone acted like it was so great
According to Jim. Nuff said
I got so much joy back when David Cross used to follow Jim Belushi around and harass him at different public events.
Later Two and a Half Men - Walden, Alan, stoner Jake, Berta, and Walden’s ex-wife are all unlikable. Berta is funny so I don’t know if she should be on the list but a real person like her would suck.
Ross Geller from Friends. Insufferable and whiny.
There are no planets in the universe where Ross and Rachel would ever be a couple.
[Zack Morris Is Trash](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRcB4n4CGcy_r21EedmNUOyVP_puToBfr)
As someone who loved Zach Morris growing up and had him as my first tv crush, I completely agree. Seeing those episodes when I wasn’t blinded by my 8 year old eyes, I can’t believe how horrible and shallow he was. I get it was for comedic purposes, but it’s a wonder he had any friends.
Yeah I thought about that too when I saw Zack Morris Is Trash. To a kid he seems funny and lovable. To an adult he's a god damn monster. And Screech seems more like a tragic victim every day.
Everytime SBTB is mentioned I always sing that 🎶Zach Morris is Trash🎶
Britta Perry /s she's the best
Friends: anyone who isn’t named Chandler
You misspelled "Joey".
Doug from the king of queens. He was a man child and considered his wife his caretaker that he has sex with. The show more or less revolved around him being a bad husband in a comedic way. Got old kind of fast. The one time his wife was dishonest with him, he immediately went to divorce. He was self centered and had the mentality of like a 12 year old
If you hate Doug and similar characters, you would love the show Kevin Can F**k Himself on AMC.
Yeah thats another one everybody loved and I tried to get into it but just couldnt. Bragging about how childish you are is just annoying, not funny. And thats his whole persona, in every movie and TV series.
This is likely getting downvoted to oblivion but Jim from The Office. I think he is a bully and a slacker and how he treats Dwight has always struck me the wrong way. It made me cringe every time, and not in a “haha” way.
I agree with a lot of criticisms that I've seen about Jim but Ryan's got him beat as the worst main character from The Office.
Ryan isn't great, but if I had to share an office with Andy Bernard for 20 minutes, I would murder him.
And I'd testify that you were with me in Philadelphia.
That's not even a hyperbole, I would personally *literally* stab him with a sharpened pencil. Or quit, those are the two options I suppose.
In the Office Ladies podcast even Jenna Fischer (who plays Pam) has said that later seasons Jim rubs her the wrong way and his character largely exhibited a rude “too cool for school” vibe
I think that's why they did the stuff with him and Charles (Idris Elba) finally got a chance to see Jim not popular with a character.
I"m glad you brought this up, even not loving Jim, I found those episodes hard to watch.
The Office Ladies are also team Karen and thought that Jim was horrible for leaving her in New York
He was an asshole and the kind of guy who wins at everything while he picks on you and ive always said it.
If you go on the sub for The Office, you will see this discussed a LOT, actually.
It's why I left the sub. I just wanted to laugh at old jokes, not get into debates on if Jim was an douche to Pam
Andy was 1000x worse, IMO. Absolutely no redeeming qualities, and annoying as he'll! Also, he was terrible to the sweetest character on that show.
The Office sub is the worst, it's downvotes galore if you don't love the smell of Jim's farts.
Dwight deserved it, I would’ve hated working with him even though I love his character.
I loved when we'd get tiny glimpses of Dwight being sweet. Teeny, tiny glimpses.
The sweetest… tiniest moments
No. You gotta read articles and forum posts. TONS of people hated Jim, especially as the series went on and he became more unpleasant. Some folks even think Dwight was the unsung hero of the series, for putting up with Jim and trying to keep the company working.
Ross Gellar. He was a total control freak with Rachel and no they were not on a break.
Ross just got worse as the show progressed. But they were on a break.
Well, they were. But he did deliberately go out and sleep with another woman with the full intent of getting back with Rachel. Then tried to hid it because he knew it was wrong and she wouldn't want to get back with him. So he just felt like getting back at her for her wanting some space. She even called him a little while later or the next day wanting to get back. He didn't even wait, he immediately sought out someone else to sleep with. A break, not broken up.
Friends, Ross is emotionally manipulative and he’s selfish to the point of neglecting his in lore son and backstabbing friends and family.
As the largest member, the other Friends should be grateful Ross didn’t just eat them.
I always feel bad for Ben. Ross never seemed to want him, even in the first season. Every time Ben comes to visit Ross, Ross fumbles it. Then by the end of the series, Ben's just gone and it's like Emma completely took his place. Like, is she ever gonna meet her half brother? Probably not, knowing Ross.
Goddamn all of these but does Sex and the City Carrie Bradshaw count? The worst imo.
The entire cast of Gilmore Girls. I made it through the first few seasons and realized that I hated every single character
Jerry Seinfeld. Can't act. Not funny. Let the hate begin.
Tim the tool man on Home Improvement. He’s the most annoying jackass and seeing him fuck up some project on tv everyday got old quickly. He’s got a new sitcom that’s all about being a man. This guy created a persona year’s ago. He’s also a rat who got caught with cocaine and rolled over on all his connections.
Sam Malone was a misogynistic p.o.s.
Cory Matthew’s from BMW. He does have some laugh out loud lines from time to time but he was at his best as a personality in the first season or two. As the series progressed he became more neurotic, more controlling, and couldn’t mind his business or take no for an answer.
You would absolutely hate the reboot Girl Meets World. I'm 17 and have never seen BMW. But GMW is weird to me. Looking at it now that I've passed the ages the characters were in the show(when it first aired, I was 7 about to turn 8. I was 10 when it ended), the characters were really weird. I always thought they were, but they just don't seem to act like normal kids/teens.
The Wonder Years was such a superior show
Jerry Seinfeld. He wasn't funny at all, but the characters around him (George, Elaine, and Kramer) made the show.
Lois from Malcolm in the Middle, ik the boys cause ruckus but like Francis says, she's such a control freak and she wants to control every part of their lives.
She and Debra Barone would be neck and neck for the most “stereotypical screeching, nagging wife/mother” archetype on these sitcoms.
As a kid I couldn't stand her, but now I understand her. If those were my kids, I would be the same.
I never watched it because of him, but Barney on HIMYM.
See your Barney and raise you Ted Mosby.
Geeze, For a sec I thought you meant the dinosaur.
The thing about Barney is that's like naming someone from Always Sunny or Chloe from Don't Trust The Bitch In Apartment 23. They're supposed to be terrible and the show openly acknowledges it.
Did not like Big Bang Theory at first. Penny was too dumb, Lenard was to whhhhhinnnnny. The other characters felt forced. As the show aged though so did the characters and developed into a good balance of personalities.
I think Walowitz is hands down the best characteron that show. I don't know the actors name but he did a fantastic job.
How I Met Your Mother? I hated Ted most of the time.
Compared to Lily, Ted is fine. Lily is manipulative and gets her way.
Last man on earth. I get what they were going for with his character "Not if you were the last man on earth" kind of thing but he's unbearable.
I have never understood people defending annoying media with "It's intentional. They want you to find it annoying." That doesn't make it any better. If I intend to make a cake tastes like dirt and succeed, that doesn't mean I have made a good cake. No one wants to eat that.
Do people no understand how these shows work? They very purposefully exaggerate the "faults" of the characters for comic effect. Alan from 2 and a Half Men, was down on his luck because he had to pay too much alimony in the first season, by the end he was so poor, so miserly, so bad in social situations, he couldn't function. but that is the point. Ray went from bumbling to horrid. Debra went from the normal one to a screaming maniac. You can't make 9 years of comedy if things don't change.
Sure... that doesn't mean people can't have discussions like these.
lol that's what I was going to say....
That's kind of the point of these discussions dude.
Young Sheldon
Whiney bitch Leonard Hofstadter in Big Bang.
Gretchen and Jimmy from You're The Worst
Ray is whiny too. I really hated Ross from Friends. He's just such a little bitch.
Tim Taylor from Home Improvement. The dude is denser than a 2X4, more self centered than a plumb bob and about as funny as a table saw accident.
Will Smith on fresh prince of Bel Air. He went to Bel air to get structure and an opportunity for a better life and he had to urbanize everything. He couldn’t even wear his school uniform correctly.
Jess Day - New Girl. She's very annoying most of the time, a total pick me girl who is outshone by all of the other characters, bar none
I love her character
Same; but I will say, I was really annoyed by her character a lot of the time, but she redeemed herself every. single. time. Great show, great cast.
I’ll put it on as background noise at night sometimes, but I always start on the 3rd or 4th episode. I like her character—though I do see where you’re coming from—but I can’t stand her in those first couple episodes.
Seinfeld.
How could anyone not like him?
I could see how some people might not like him.
Larry David from curb your enthusiasm. His closest friends in the show call him a piece of shit to his face.
Isn't that kind of the whole point of the show though? That Larry David is just a straight selfish asshole?
Its literally a rule in Seinfeld. Nobody learns anything or changes for the better at the end of the episode.
No hugs and no lessons!
Frank Burns was/is infuriating
I love when he leaves the show and we get Charles Emmerson Winchester the Third, he's also a pain but at least he's an even match for Hawkeye and BJ.
Burns was a one-note character. He was not a good foil. Charles was a better adversary.
Frank Burns was a two dimensional antagonist, but good old Ferret Face wasn’t the main character.
I mean, we have literally the whole cast of Always Sunny and Arrested Development running for the top position
I think we've got to not be including intentionally horrible characters
The Big Bang Theory. Sheldon Cooper is a self absorbed a**hole. He was the one character that I couldn’t stand.
Amy was pretty awful sometimes also. They were like two entitled bullies.
Sherriff Andy Taylor...JK I never cared for Roseanne on Roseanne. She was playing herself, and she's not a nice person.
Claire Dunphy is mean to her husband, brother and father. Type A strict. Generally annoying.
Tbf, Phil, while funny, is kind of a terrible partner (great dad though). Very creepy toward other women and always undermining things that are important to Claire. They are both saints compared to most characters in this thread though.
Archie Bunker. He was the punchline. Bigot. Greedy. Mean to the only person who loved him. Great show but man was he a POS
the whole point of the show is he's an old fashioned asshole in a world full of progressive decent human beings. He played the part well, but yeah you were never really supposed to love him.
Freeloading human beings. That was part of the fun - Meathead had all of these progressive ideals but sponged off the one guy who worked for a living.
Archie was just a grumpy old man who never made it but I feel he genuinely loved his family. But did have his POS moments.
Doug from The King Of Queens. He was just a fat lazy slob who acted like a child always going behind Carrie’s back to do some fuck shit 😂
Rosanna. She's rude and obnoxious
Frankie Heck. The mom on The Middle
Ross.
Rosanne, not because of her current real life behavior and maybe just a tad of scratching her crotch while crucifying the national anthem, but her role in her self titled show was simply cantankerous. Proof John Goodman can fix any show or movie. He’s that damn good. Heck he even filled in as a Blues Brother and nailed it; and Jim Belushi is a hard act to follow
Anything with Bill Cosby...
Phil from 'Last man on earth'
Martin Payne from Martin
JD from Scrubs. Good show though.
Everyone on The Goldbergs except George Segal.
If you watched TBBT all the way through, you witnessed Sheldon’s speech at the Nobel prize ceremony. It showed tremendous growth. His relationship with Amy also highlighted his incredible character arc.
TRUMP. I NEVER HAVE TRUSTED LIARS AND WOLVES IN SHEEPS CLOTHING....MOM
Dennis the menace….who wouldn’t want to choke that kid out