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** To a somewhat lesser degree, the two Agents Johnson (no relation). The are rather disrespectful to Powell and the other police, unknowingly play into the robbers' hands by cutting the power, and are perfectly fine with allowing some of the hostages to die if it means getting the villains. However, thanks to being hilarious it's a bit harder to hate them than the other guys mentioned above. |
** To a somewhat lesser degree, the two Agents Johnson (no relation). The are rather disrespectful to Powell and the other police, unknowingly play into the robbers' hands by cutting the power, and are perfectly fine with allowing some of the hostages to die if it means getting the villains. However, thanks to being hilarious it's a bit harder to hate them than the other guys mentioned above. |
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** The same reporter gets zapped with a stun gun by the same Holly McClane in ''Die Hard 2'' after revealing on international TV that the airport has been hijacked, thereby causing a panic that the authorities were desperately trying to avoid. William Atherton seems to have made a career playing jerks we love to hate. Speaking of which... |
** The same reporter gets zapped with a stun gun by the same Holly McClane in ''Die Hard 2'' after revealing on international TV that the airport has been hijacked, thereby causing a panic that the authorities were desperately trying to avoid. William Atherton seems to have made a career playing jerks we love to hate. Speaking of which... |
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* ''[[Ghostbusters]]'': Walter Peck, probably the quintessential [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]. You can't hate ghosts or Gozer. But this pencil pusher is pissed that someone has the audacity to be as cool as the |
* ''[[Ghostbusters]]'': Walter Peck, probably the quintessential [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]. You can't hate ghosts or Gozer, ''they'' [[Evil Is Cool| are ''way'' too cool]]. But this pencil pusher is pissed that someone has the audacity to be as cool as the Ghostbusters, so he shuts their containment system down causing the climax of the movie. |
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* ''[[Twister]]'': Cary Elwes plays the corporate-backed scientist Jonas. You can't rage at the tornadoes, right? They're a force of nature, and they inspire awe in the heroes and give them purpose. But this guy "sold-out" and got corporate funding, making him a puppet of [[The Man]] (and why would a scientist ever want funding?). His team travel in four sinisterly identical black SUVs compared to our [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]' ragtag assortment of vehicles, he's a hack that doesn't know the true science and just copies the heroes or relies too much on the instruments rather than the clairvoyant way that Helen Hunt just stares at the storm and knows which way it will go. Ultimately, his whole team is sucked into the storm when he arrogantly ignores the heroes' warnings. |
* ''[[Twister]]'': Cary Elwes plays the corporate-backed scientist Jonas. You can't rage at the tornadoes, right? They're a force of nature, and they inspire awe in the heroes and give them purpose. But this guy "sold-out" and got corporate funding, making him a puppet of [[The Man]] (and why would a scientist ever want funding?). His team travel in four sinisterly identical black SUVs compared to our [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]' ragtag assortment of vehicles, he's a hack that doesn't know the true science and just copies the heroes or relies too much on the instruments rather than the clairvoyant way that Helen Hunt just stares at the storm and knows which way it will go. Ultimately, his whole team is sucked into the storm when he arrogantly ignores the heroes' warnings. |
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* Sean Parker from ''[[The Social Network]]''. In a story full of [[Gray and Gray Morality]], he's the closest character portrayed as an outright villain due to what a [[Jerkass]] he is, though he manages to be [[Love to Hate|mildly entertaining]] despite this. |
* Sean Parker from ''[[The Social Network]]''. In a story full of [[Gray and Gray Morality]], he's the closest character portrayed as an outright villain due to what a [[Jerkass]] he is, though he manages to be [[Love to Hate|mildly entertaining]] despite this. |
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