Did you have a cherished movie, book, or TV show character that you have come to realize wasn’t always acting in a morally acceptable way? Recently, an internet user posed the question, “Which beloved fictional character is actually a jerk?” We collected the 21 top responses.
Glinda (The Wizard of Oz)
“The supposed Good Witch is shady. She knew all along how to send Dorothy home but put her life in danger so she could kill the Wicked Witch of the West for her.”
“She says only bad witches are ugly. THEN she asks Dorothy if she’s a good or a bad witch!”
Fred Flinstone (The Flinstones)
“He is often portrayed as well-meaning, but the number of times he’s screwed over his friends and family trying to get ahead makes him greedy and untrustworthy.”
“We’re supposed to excuse the lying and deliberate sabotage because it blew up in his face?”
Peppa Pig (Peppa Pig)
“The ‘whistling’ episode, she’s a jerk to everyone who can’t whistle and rubs it in their face.”
“She is so obnoxious! In almost every episode, she/they make fun of Daddy Pig’s weight. That’s definitely not something you don’t want kids to see.”
Carrie Bradshaw (Sex and the City)
“What’s funny is that Michael Patrick King has said on multiple occasions that she’s meant to be a bad person, but people want to be her anyway. Samantha is the best.”
“I think Mr. Big AND Carrie were BOTH horrible people. So they were meant for each other.”
Brian (Family Guy)
“I can never forget the tirade Quagmire went on about him when he whined about why he doesn’t like Brian. For someone so smart, Brian’s lack of self-awareness is crazy.”
“Brian is a horrible person now, but Quagmire is arguably worse than him at this point.”
Rory (The Gilmore Girls)
“Rory is the quintessential example of the main character of a show eventually becoming the villain, not because of any extenuating circumstances or hard choices. She isn’t put into an impossible situation where she must choose between two bad options; she’s just a jerk.”
Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
“I think the main reason the others tolerate him is that he did save them after they almost gave up rocket fuel secrets to the North Koreans and prevented their deaths from an explosion.”
“He rarely gets any pushback from the other characters, and he does; they’re the jerk.”
Jerry (Tom & Jerry)
“I scrolled down to see if anybody posted this before commenting myself; tiniest jerk ever.”
“I actually used to root for Tom and feel utterly bad at how he was mistreated by Jerry!!’
“Yeah, he’s a gross mouse eating people’s food and pooping in their house.”
Snape (Harry Potter)
“The movies made him loveable (because Alan Rickman is great), but he’s one of the cruelest characters.”
“I find it incredible how Snape’s redeeming grace is his love for Lily, yet for six years straight in everyday life, he chose his hatred of James over his love for Lily all the time.”
Tinkerbell (Peter Pan)
“She literally can’t help it. The books say that because fairies are so tiny, they can only feel one emotion at a time. When she was good, she was all good, but when she was bad…”
“She betrayed the lost boys’ hideout to Hook because Wendy was getting more attention.”
SpongeBob (SpongeBob Squarepants)
“Leave poor Squidward alone, my guy. There are only two episodes where Squidward misses SpongeBob, one where he moved away, and one where SpongeBob became normal.”
“I wouldn’t say he’s a jerk, but he’s mentally a child; it’s not something he chooses.”
Curious George (Curious George)
“One episode that stuck with me had Dude explaining traffic lights. That stupid monkey went and messed with a traffic light and caused an accident as Dude was explaining it; it was just a fender bender, but he’d get people killed if left unmonitored for too long. He was a terror.”
Grandpa Joe (Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory)
“Right! “I can’t walk. I can’t walk. What? Do you have an amazingly fun opportunity for me? I just remembered that I can actually dance around the room.” Charlie’s poor mom got fleeced.”
“It’s really validating for me to find out I’m not the only one who saw through that guy’s lies.”
House (House)
“He certainly is a jerk, and he should definitely be in jail. In contrast to a lot of the other characters named here, however, the fact that House is mean is a key aspect of his character.”
“Yeah, but I’d rather be insulted and alive than misdiagnosed (and killed) by nice people.”
Greg Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
“He seems to want everything to go his way, and he’s always trying to blame others for his mistakes. He’s a jerk to his friends and family and only thinks about himself.”
“I liked Greg as a kid and now empathize with Roderick. He’s the only normal one in the family.”
James Bond (James Bond)
“James Bond isn’t a nice guy, particularly in the books and some of the earlier movies where some of the stuff he does with the Bond girls would be considered rape.”
“He was an amoral thug who chose to parody a gentleman in order to accomplish his missions.”
Lily (How I Met Your Mother)
“I hate Lily. Not just because she’s a terrible person, all of the main cast except for Marshall are pretty bad people (and Marshall to an extent for enabling their behavior), but my main issue with Lily is how often her terrible behavior is written in a way that makes her seem right.”
Dr. Venkman (Ghostbusters)
“I remember him being this funny guy who was clearly the hero; watching it again, he’s a creepy jerk who messes everything up by not being able to not be an idiot for 30 seconds.”
“In general, I can enjoy the movies, but Murray’s character drives me up the wall.”
Tom Haverford (Parks & Recreation)
“Such a massive slimeball. He’s the only character from that show that I actually hated. Even the antagonists were generally entertaining; Tom wasn’t even that for me.”
“Tom is very hard to enjoy for most of the series, to be honest.”
Daniel/Mrs Doubtfire (Mrs Doubtfire)
“You’re out of work; the judge is going to give you three months to get yourself together before revisiting custody. You go and commit fraud and psychological abuse to your ex-wife, kids, and her new companion. You even assaulted her new partner. You just might be a psycho.”
Derek Shepherd (Grey’s Anatomy)
“He’s the worst! I only started watching because I wanted to see Patrick Dempsey, but Derek was such a horrible person that he became my least favorite character.”
“He wouldn’t have gotten away with so much if he weren’t the” hot guy “of the hospital.”
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