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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."''|'''[[H. L. Mencken]]'''}}
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The exact opposite of the [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]. A Grumpy Bear is grim and gritty, ready to [[Shoot the Dog|do the most unspeakable deeds]] to win. Yet he's living in a world of [[Sugar Bowl|rainbows and fluffy bunnies!]] This character is a [[Genre Blind]] [[The Cynic|cynic]] living in an ideal [[Happily Ever After]] setting; the Grumpy Bear lives in a rose-colored world, is [[Perpetual Frowner|constantly frowning]] and is wearing [[Jade-Colored Glasses]].
Can be treated as a [[Butt Monkey]]
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Compare [[The Eeyore]], who's miserable rather than grumpy.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': Haruka Tenoh and Michiru Kaioh. Sailors Uranus and Neptune believe that victory cannot be attained without some horrible angsty [[Martyr Without a Cause|sacrifice that only they have the moral strength to make.]] The idea that [[The Power of Love]] And Justice could triumph with minimal unpleasantness seems to ''offend'' them on some deep level.
* Seto Kaiba of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', the [[Ineffectual Loner]] and staunch advocate of independence, self-reliance, and individual strength, which makes a lot of sense when the only way to save the world is by winning a one-on-one match in a child's card game, but no sense when [[The Power of Friendship]] rules.<br /><br />These traits were recycled into [[Expy|Edo]] in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', who not only [[Slave to PR|strove to be]] an [[Anti-Hero]], but [[Wrong Genre Savvy|seemed to think]] he was [[Batman]]. This was because he thought he was [[Because Destiny Says So|a slave to his fate]]; pity for him that the season's theme was [[Screw Destiny]].▼
In the manga, it's explained that they basically were ordered by the Queen to live alone in their individual castles at the far reaches of the solar system while the kingdom was destroyed. When they abandoned their posts to try to find the Queen, they accidentally summoned Sailor Saturn and destroyed all of existence. That would pretty well explain their loner natures and pessimistic attitudes (wanting to save their home and all). This is also why {{spoiler|they become a lot more social and friendly after that arc, when they learn that Saturn is not just a force of destruction and decide to raise her.}}
* Seto Kaiba of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', the [[Ineffectual Loner]] and staunch advocate of independence, self-reliance, and individual strength, which makes a lot of sense when the only way to save the world is by winning a one-on-one match in a child's card game, but no sense when [[The Power of Friendship]] rules.
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* Piccolo from ''[[Dragon Ball]].'' He believes Goku is too soft and kind to be a true warrior. Later villains like Raditz and Vegeta try to replicate this effect, but they [[Cerebus Syndrome|become less and less out-of-place]] as the story continues.
* While the world(s) in ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' aren't exactly clouds and rainbows, [[Ninja]] Kurogane starts out as one of these with little regard for human life and something of a temper, but as he gets closer to his [[True Companions]] this gradually fades. In recent chapters he's even {{spoiler|sacrificed his arm to save Fay}}, indicating that he's fully defrosted.
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* Toshiro Hitsugaya from ''[[Bleach]]''
* Evangeline of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' counted as this, at least earlier in the series. As of late, the [[Genre Shift]] into action shows that her attitude may be somewhat justified.
* Fujimoto from ''[[Ponyo
* Kyon from ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]''. Always negative about everything... when most people would give anything to be in his position.
* ''[[Aria]]'' has Aika, who for the largest part doesn't seem to realize that living as an apprentice-undine on Aqua is the next best thing to paradise.
** Which she might have gotten from her teacher, Akira. At least Aika wasn't that way [[Cheerful Child|when she was a kid]].
* Meta Knight in ''[[Kirby:
== Comic Books ==
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* Wobbly-Headed Bob, a character created by [[Jhonen Vasquez]] fits into this trope in a fairly extreme way. The character himself is something of an [[Insufferable Genius]] and/or [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] who lives in a world where dumb but [[Tastes Like Diabetes|cutesy]] creatures live in blissful ignorance. Bob himself condemns others for their ignorant nature and tries to expose others to the supposed horrors of reality, upon which they are usually [[Driven to Suicide]]. He does get called out for this, with a pig once telling him that it's ridiculous to tell happy people they're supposed to be miserable. The pig is eventually talked into killing himself.
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'': Kim Pine in is this early on in the storyline; she later becomes far more agreeable.
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'''Kim''': What way?
'''Hollie''': Like, a totally hateful bitch. }}
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* Grumpy ([[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|of course]]) in ''[[Disney Animated Canon|Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs]]''.
* Kirby the vacuum cleaner in ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]''.
* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 3'': {{spoiler|Lotso}}
* Snorri the Miserable in ''[[Erik the Viking]]''.
* Don Lino from ''[[Shark Tale]]''.
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* [[The Eeyore|Eeyore]] of ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'' is the second-most iconic Grumpy Bear. Surrounded by beautiful nature, blessed with happy friends and a loving human playmate/owner, Eeyore insists on seeing the world glass all-empty.
** Also proven in the comic.
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Pooh: Oh, nowhere.
Eeyore: (Looks back at sign on tree behind him, which reads "Eeyore's Gloomy Place") You've arrived. }}
** And:
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Eeyore: (Smiles)
Eeyore: Now I'll probably get laugh wrinkles. }}
** And you can't forget:
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Eeyore: YIPPEE!!
Eeyore: I forgot to take my gloom pill this morning. }}
** Eeyore is so pessimistic it goes all the way out the other side and circles back around to narcissism. He once assumed that a party was for him, because he couldn't think of a reason why someone might invite him to a party in the first place unless he was the guest of honor.
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** Fanny Price of ''[[Mansfield Park]]'', due to eight years of [[Abusive Parents|emotional abuse]], can never feel happy without feeling guilty as well.
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' has Marvin the Paranoid Android.
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* Maybeck in the ''[[Kingdom Keepers]]'' books is a cynical [[Deadpan Snarker]]...in a [[Disney]] series where [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]] is in full effect.
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'': The various [[Sixth Ranger
** Not really for some. Take, in the origin material, [[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger|Burai]] and [[Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger|Mikoto Nakadai]] for example. Both didn't redeem until much later until the end of the series when both found out they were pawn of the bad guy's game. They redeemed quickly after but for all those who were evil before, [[Redemption Equals Death]]. Ditto for [[Juken Sentai Gekiranger|Rio and Mele]].
** However, to press on the point, evil Rangers must be cleansed by death to be considered redeemed, Wolzard of ''[[Mahou Sentai Magiranger]]'' is a more optimistic example (the same having happened to his counterpart Koragg in ''[[Power Rangers Mystic Force]]''), while Burai, Mikoto, Rio and Mele died at the end of the series (they come back as ghosts giving our heroes advice). Wolzard technically died at the hands of the [[Big Bad]] along with Hikaru, both got better in the end though.
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* Xan in [[Baldur's Gate]]. An oft-selected NPC in the original game, apparently equally for his skill in magic and his hilariously depressive and self-defeating lines.
* In ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] & Bass'', Proto Man, Mega Man's [[Aloof Big Brother]], insists on trying a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] using a [[Superpower Meltdown]] to defeat the evil robot King, arguing it's the only way to win (never mind that Mega Man, Bass and he could probably bypass his shield collectively). It's partially successful, since it destroyed King's shield and allowed him to be beaten. It's a good thing he's a robot and [[Disney Death|could be repaired,]] since Superpower Meltdowns don't have the highest success rate.
** Proto Man and Chaud in ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]'' (mostly Chaud, as Proto doesn't talk much) is as far on the cynical side of the otherwise idealistic games as physically possible, lambasting Lan and Mega Man every chance he gets for not mercilessly killing every opponent he comes across under any circumstances even when there's a chance of surrender, yet strangely rather than ineffectual he saves the day every time he
* Bowser in the ''[[Super Mario|Mario]]'' Series
* [[Left 4 Dead|Francis]] hates being listed here. His grouchiness is completely justified, as one of the few survivors trapped in the middle of an ongoing [[Zombie Apocalypse]].
** Ironically, he's actually ''enjoying'' said apocalypse; partly because he treats the whole thing as one ongoing bar brawl, and partially because when the entire world seems to be intent on crushing hope and idealism the cynic is king.
* Razorbeard and Henchman 800 from [[Rayman 2:
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* Ratchet from ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' is justified in that he is a war hero who has seen enough to have lost his innocence about things and has become gruff to a fault. Even Captain Fanzone, the by-the-book police officer, has told him to work on his people skills.. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when his attempts to bring a pregnant woman to the hospital in his ambulance mode ''make her leave and take a cab''. His cynicism is often contrasted with Optimus Prime's idealism and patriotism.
** When you've been mutilated by a part-stealing bounty hunter, seen the soldier you were supposed to protect mindwiped in front of you {{spoiler|(hell, been the one to mindwipe her!)}}, and {{spoiler|the lobotomized body of your old war buddy is turned into a transport for some washout Elite Guard cadet}}, cranky makes sense.
* Pierre of [[Show Within a Show|the Squishy Bears]] from ''[[Eek!
* Beast Boy's ex-teammates the ''[[Doom Patrol]]'' show up in the last season of ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', and start reminding BB that sometimes you have to [[Shoot the Dog]] to save the world. Then the kids who the show is actually named after show them that all the [[Heroic Sacrifice
* Squidward Tentacles from ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''.
* Benson from ''[[Regular Show]]'', especially when threatening to fire Mordecai, Rigby, or both.
* ''The Happy Little Elves'', a [[Show Within a Show]] on ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', had "Chilly, the elf who cannot love".
* Mr. Grumpy on ''[[The Mr. Men Show]]''.
* Twilight Sparkle from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' started out as a rare case of the
* In ''[[
* Mr. Mufflin in ''[[Fanboy and Chum Chum]]'' {{spoiler|(when he's at his worst}}.
* Eustace Bagg from ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]''.
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* ''[[Care Bears]]'': Grumpy Bear is the [[Trope Namer]]. He would say, "Of course you got all the way to the bottom of the Western Animation section before anyone thought of me, even though my name's on the page." He's the most practical of the bears, and the local Mr. Fix-it (which, according to Share Bear in the 1985 movie, is because he never complains). Tends to have the role of [[Butt Monkey]]. Being so grumpy perhaps makes the writers feel less guilty about giving him so much trouble..
* The Angry Cop from [[The Goode Family]] episode "[[Parody Episode|Gerold's Way or The Highway]]".
* In ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'', Eeyore takes this role as he does in all other iterations of the ''Winnie the Pooh'' franchise.
** In one episode, Pooh and friends attempted to cheer up Eeyore because he spent all his days staring gloomily at clouds. In a nice twist, after each of their heavy-handed attempts failed, Piglet simply sits and talks to Eeyore, who reveals that he's not depressed - he is, in fact, playing an imaginary game with the clouds. A nice avoidance of this trope, in that the gang is encouraged to find out more about Eeyore's unusual behaviour and even appreciate it on its own terms.
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