Malcolm
Grimlock
Wanted something done about the color of his ring.
Eternal No-Hoper
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Post by Malcolm on Dec 26, 2012 14:45:12 GMT -5
The "lovable" oaf who is in fact not very lovable at all(ie Peter Griffin and "Jerkass" Homer).
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Ben Wyatt
Crow T. Robot
Are You Gonna Go My Way?
I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Dec 26, 2012 14:47:16 GMT -5
The stupidly dumb character. When done right they can be quite likeable, but when not their just beyond annoying and you just wish something bad would happen to them. Also known as Joey tribiani or Eric Matthews
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Allie Kitsune
Crow T. Robot
Always Feelin' Foxy.
Celestial Princess in Exile.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 26, 2012 14:48:53 GMT -5
Another one, this one's more reserved for Japan-originated media.
The female character who is technically an adult (somewhere between 18-24), but acts like a 5-7 year old, and continuously refers to herself in the 3rd person. Is probably also a klutz.
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DragonMasterP
King Koopa
Wait, I turned 30? How'd that happen?
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Post by DragonMasterP on Dec 26, 2012 14:49:00 GMT -5
S'pose I'll add my own two cents: The irredeemable bastard who does all sorts of sadistic things throughout the story, and then out of nowhere we get this sob story background and all of a sudden we're supposed to sympathize with them. Instead of feeling sorry for said bad guy when they die, I tend to think they're getting hit by an 18-wheeler carrying karma instead.
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Jiren
Patti Mayonnaise
Hearts Bayformers
Posts: 35,163
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Post by Jiren on Dec 26, 2012 14:51:47 GMT -5
The Katherine Heigl character The one who works for a media company/marketing company/TV studio/something to do with an office and media, who meets a quirky guy and eventually crushes his spirit, makes him settle down with her and live a boring life devoid of dreams and imagination. Does Eva Mendes in Hitch fall into this? Seriously one of my most HATED characters in anything EVER, And i;ve seen a read alot.
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Jiren
Patti Mayonnaise
Hearts Bayformers
Posts: 35,163
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Post by Jiren on Dec 26, 2012 14:53:33 GMT -5
S'pose I'll add my own two cents: The irredeemable bastard who does all sorts of sadistic things throughout the story, and then out of nowhere we get this sob story background and all of a sudden we're supposed to sympathize with them. Instead of feeling sorry for said bad guy when they die, I tend to think they're getting hit by an 18-wheeler carrying karma instead. I'm starting to get annoyed by the Evil villain with a sad history that's the cause of thier evil ways, Can't people just be evil anymore.
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Ben Wyatt
Crow T. Robot
Are You Gonna Go My Way?
I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
Posts: 41,417
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Dec 26, 2012 14:57:49 GMT -5
The Katherine Heigl character The one who works for a media company/marketing company/TV studio/something to do with an office and media, who meets a quirky guy and eventually crushes his spirit, makes him settle down with her and live a boring life devoid of dreams and imagination. Does Eva Mendes in Hitch fall into this? Seriously one of my most HATED characters in anything EVER, And i;ve seen a read alot. What I love is that Heigel considered Knocked Up to be sexist, but those above mentioned movies somehow arent
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Allie Kitsune
Crow T. Robot
Always Feelin' Foxy.
Celestial Princess in Exile.
Posts: 45,787
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 26, 2012 14:58:46 GMT -5
S'pose I'll add my own two cents: The irredeemable bastard who does all sorts of sadistic things throughout the story, and then out of nowhere we get this sob story background and all of a sudden we're supposed to sympathize with them. Instead of feeling sorry for said bad guy when they die, I tend to think they're getting hit by an 18-wheeler carrying karma instead. I'm starting to get annoyed by the Evil villain with a sad history that's the cause of thier evil ways, Can't people just be evil anymore. Not if the people in charge of all the psychological manuals (the DSM?) have anything to say about it.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 26, 2012 15:13:56 GMT -5
The "West Wing-style characters who speak to each other faster than normal humans would in conversation, usually while walking very fast through hallways and corridors, in conversations dripping with cultural references and sarcasm"
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Allie Kitsune
Crow T. Robot
Always Feelin' Foxy.
Celestial Princess in Exile.
Posts: 45,787
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 26, 2012 15:16:26 GMT -5
The "West Wing-style characters who speak to each other faster than normal humans would in conversation, usually while walking very fast through hallways and corridors, in conversations dripping with cultural references and sarcasm" I actually had a roommate who was disappointed that sort of thing never happenened to him in real life.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 26, 2012 15:30:41 GMT -5
Teenaged hackers, usually blonde females, who can get into any computer system anywhere in the world with a few keystrokes, a beep, and the words "OK, I'm in"
Chloe on "Smallville" being an example.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 26, 2012 15:42:59 GMT -5
Magical Pixie Girls who the lead male falls deeply in love with......only for said girl to either die of some contrived disease, or leaves lead male for another male obviously less suited for her than the lead male.
Often the lead male will decline to be with said girl for equally dumb reasons like "she changed my life, but she's not the kind of girl to spend the rest of it with" or something like that.
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ICBM
King Koopa
Didn't know we did status updates here now
Posts: 12,288
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Post by ICBM on Dec 26, 2012 15:58:54 GMT -5
The Katherine Heigl character The one who works for a media company/marketing company/TV studio/something to do with an office and media, who meets a quirky guy and eventually crushes his spirit, makes him settle down with her and live a boring life devoid of dreams and imagination. This x30. I call this "the It girl syndrome"
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 26, 2012 16:09:30 GMT -5
I just remembered another one. Again one that comes from Japan and is uber creepy. The "legal" lolicon characters. As in they have the body of a 12 year old or younger girl but their actual age is decades if not centuries greater than what their appearance suggests. It is down right f***ing creepy. Like it is saying, "Hey this character has the body of a child but it's cool, you perverts can totally whack it to them still and have a clean conscious because they are really 800 years old!"
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 26, 2012 16:17:54 GMT -5
wangsty crybaby villains who commit horrible atrocities that the writer thinks are somehow sympathetic or that the character can still be redeemed (see Sasuke Uchiha or Superboy-Prime, though at least Geoff Johns eventually conceded that Prime was beyond saving and killed him off in a pretty funny and mean-spirited manner. Sasuke on the other hand is still around and the writer is clearly enamoured with him to the point where I can't even take Naruto seriously anymore. and other than Sasuke I LIKED Naruto).
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Jiren
Patti Mayonnaise
Hearts Bayformers
Posts: 35,163
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Post by Jiren on Dec 26, 2012 16:30:39 GMT -5
wangsty crybaby villains who commit horrible atrocities that the writer thinks are somehow sympathetic or that the character can still be redeemed (see Sasuke Uchiha or Superboy-Prime, though at least Geoff Johns eventually conceded that Prime was beyond saving and killed him off in a pretty funny and mean-spirited manner. Sasuke on the other hand is still around and the writer is clearly enamoured with him to the point where I can't even take Naruto seriously anymore. and other than Sasuke I LIKED Naruto). Prime didn't die He got imprisoned in the Source Wall.......Till Flashpoint
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 26, 2012 16:34:01 GMT -5
The "New Who" CompanionNowdays it seems the Doctor's companion has to be "The most important person in the universe and all life in the universe centered around her & Only her" (Till the next one arrives). Honestly, aside from River Song, I must say I don't really see it.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 26, 2012 17:15:20 GMT -5
I just remembered another one. Again one that comes from Japan and is uber creepy. The "legal" lolicon characters. As in they have the body of a 12 year old or younger girl but their actual age is decades if not centuries greater than what their appearance suggests. It is down right f***ing creepy. Like it is saying, "Hey this character has the body of a child but it's cool, you perverts can totally whack it to them still and have a clean conscious because they are really 800 years old!" Edward Cullen is basically this. He looks 17 (or 25 due to Dawson's Casting) and is in love with a teenage girl, but he's actually 100+ years old.
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Brood Lone Wolf Funker
Ozymandius
Got fined anyway. Possibly a Moose
James Franco is the white Donald Glover
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Dec 26, 2012 17:27:45 GMT -5
The hero type character who never shuts up, its all him or her just babbling on and on not letting anyone get in a word edge wise
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Dec 26, 2012 18:13:19 GMT -5
The "New Who" CompanionNowdays it seems the Doctor's companion has to be "The most important person in the universe and all life in the universe centered around her & Only her" (Till the next one arrives). Honestly, aside from River Song, I must say I don't really see it. Bad Wolf Rose,DoctorDonna,Super Memory Amy.
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