Very annoying protagonists
 

Have you ever watched a movie/ played a game/ read a book/ whose main protagonists were so perfect and annoying that they made you wish you could jump in and help the villains get rid of them once and for all? Or, more briefly, the protagonsist were Mary Sues/ Gary Stus of the worst kind? I, for example, hated Bloom from Winx Club to no end, particularly because of the cheesy ways she learned new spells so easily and saved the day. The worst was when she realised the Trix Witches had not taken away all of her power (after they seemingly had) and all she had to do was to awaken it. Oh, how I wish I could take that power away from and hand it to those witches. Another example was Princess Tenko and the Guardians of Magic. I watched it looong ago, but I wish I never had. The Guardians of Magic were little more than Tenko's fanboys who just cheered her on as she kicked the asses of Janna and Jason (The twins who want to get the Starfire Stones and use their powers for evil (sic)) thanks to more Dei ex Machina than I can count with the fingers of one hand. I wasn't surprised at all to hear that the show had been cancelled justafter 13 episodes.

So... Have you had any similar experiences with any works of fiction you've gotten your hands on? Who was it that you found so annoying, and why? Oh, and also, the story you're going to talk about can be in any media, not just movies. Finally, the mods will be free to move ths thread to Books or Writing forum if they see fit.

The entire point was that they were innocent children during an era many people have forgotten how innocent children really were. The characters were based on probably actual children and how they behave back in that time frame. It was very Christine based and very goody goody.

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant... I couldn't stand him, and I couldn't finish the series either.

Rhapsody books, however they are called. She was the most terrible Mary Sue I ever had a misfortune of encountering, in whole literature.

Catti-Brie. :roll:

Richard and Kahlan.

Eragon.

People obviously irritate me. xD

Ugh yes I have expirence that. I hate the character Cho of of Harry Potter, she drove me insane...and Umbridge, I wanted to stangle her. All the characters off of thoes barbie movies (dont ask was very bored) are so perfect that I want to strangle them..what else...oh I hate Sakura off of the original Naruto. She drove me insane...I also hated Sue of of Narnia...I think thats about it, though I do have a longer list of what characters annoy the heck out of me.

The main character Sabrina in The Siters Grimm! She was really snobby and thought sh knew everything!

i can see how Bloom mastering everything can end up annoying. but i cant hate her lol. really. blame the writers or directors of certain episodes, who want Bloom to be near "invincible" half the time.

-Harry Potter LOL
dont know him enough book-wise to hate him. but the whole "my life is in danger, so instead of thinking about how to avoid being kiled, i'll just put myself and everyone i love in harms way till things sort themselves out" can get tedious

-Red Ranger/Sentai
it varies. sometimes the character is just cursed to be the perfect: leader, good guy, bad guy turned, angst, nice boy.

somethings are just a bit too set up for him. i get that its in the script. but having the character grow into being a leader, instead of just "oh you qualify to be the best Ranger/Sentei right off the bat!"

-Yugi Mutou
"and i'll use this card to do this, then use this card to do that, you will not defeat me bleh blah blah"

there are times when you see Yugi without calling Yami. yet when he does. the guy is near unbeatable.
yeah yeah "king of games". but Yugi who is suppose to be so good, actually sucks, to a point were you want him to at least knock down some the of the opponents points.

Harry Potter annoyed be a great deal of the time throughout the series. The fifth book should have been called, "Harry Potter: Attack of the Whiney Brat".

I have issues with Temperance Brennan from the tv show Bones. It is one of my favorites, but her character started out much more wooden than she is now. I have problems with a woman that is apparently a genius but has no knowledge of pop culture.

I get annoyed with protagonists that are obnoxiously perfect. Lily Evans from the Harry Potter series annoyed me in that regard. Why did everyone love that woman? We see no evidence that she is that awesome or that pretty. Maybe she put out a whole heck of a lot?

I also get annoyed when a protagonist that is supposed to be really smart makes really dumb decisions. Why can't some of these people just tell the truth??

@Tank_girl
And that's why Golden Compass was made, its the anti-narnia book.

Anyway, I have a hatred for the Harry Potter books due to it just seems that every book has a new character to hate in them.

It's strange, really...most of the protagonists I dislike at any point, I like at another point. And most that I knowparticularly well aren't annoying because they're perfect, but annoying just because...they're annoying.

Example: Sakura from Naruto. In the beginning...I wanted to strangle her at a few points there. Creepy little Sasuke fangirl. D: But as her character changed, I got to like her...a lot. She actually has an important purpose in the series now...though early Sakura still annoys the living piss out of me. Pre-timeskip Sakura = semi-realistic version of what would happen if a random Sasuke fangirl got inserted into the series. Don't try to deny it.

There's Yi-Che from the movie Moon Child...when she was first introduced? GOOD LORD. She was so...damn...DEPRESSING. And CREEPY, to be honest. She always had the SAME expression; she looked like she was addicted to Botox. Even in the middle of a particularly chaotic and hilarious scene, she'd just be sitting there with that same angsty look. It made me wish that the devil child would just get shot.

Ironically enough, it was AFTER she married Shou that I started to like her. I have three friends who are REALLY surprised I don't hate her. XD;

Something I've noticed is that the annoying, way-too-perfect characters are actually quite prevalent in kids' shows. I've always guessed this to be because little kids are impressed by power and perfection. Of course, as we get older...it just gets amazingly irritating. I wanted to think my parents were perfect when I was little...now, the thought of someone in real life being perfect gives me the creeps like there's no tomorrow. XD; So if you want to see painfully, obnoxiously perfect, watch a kids' show/movie. I once got forced to sit through a Barbie movie, and...*SKREEM*

Yes. Sponge bob and all the other characters on there. I hate that show. There are others that I hate, that my younger siblings watch, but I'm not going to list them all. Oh, I don't like Will smith in the fresh prince of bel whatever. He's annoying. I also don't like Dora the explora or those guys on blues clues. They're so dumb. I hate those shows <>_<>

Oh god, I had been fortunate enough to forget about the little toilet scrubber. >.<; But god yes...he annoys me too. As do ALL the characters on that show for the most part. >.<; I actually kinda liked the early episodes at first (they were so stupid it was actually quite funny), but...lets just say it got old FAST. x_x

I'm kinda mixed on Will, though. Sometimes he makes me laugh, other times I want to punch him for the same thing that made me laugh before. XD;;

I could not stand Lucy either! She was so frustrating. So innocent and cute and never doing anything wrong. And in the movie, her hair drove me crazy. I have no good reason for it, it just did.

Just bumping this up to see if anyone has anymore.
I found this amusing.

Bella "My-only-flaw-is-my-endearing-clumsiness" Swan.

Dear Lord, I wanted Edward to suck her precious blood until Bella was good and dead.