Jaded Washout: Difference between revisions
m
clean up
m (update links) |
m (clean up) |
||
Line 1:
{{trope}}
[[File:
Cynical, jaded and world-weary, disrespected by family and friends, underpaid, struggling to achieve basic goals and recognition. Lives on [[Glory Days|past glories.]]
Line 9:
Compare with [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]], [[This Loser Is You]]. The [[Jerk Jock]] has a particular tendency to evolve into one of these. Contrast [[Small Name, Big Ego]].
{{examples|Examples of
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
Line 21:
* Uncle Rico from ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]]''.
* [[Badass Grandpa|Walt]] in ''[[Gran Torino]]'' is a subversion. He's genuinely [[Badass]], and while his family doesn't pay him much attention or respect, the rest of his neighbourhood certainly does.
** Another interpretation is that everyone knows Walt is a
* Trip McNeely in ''[[Can't Hardly Wait]]''. Mike Dexter is also on his way to becoming this, as shown by the [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]].
* Female example: Mavis Gary in ''[[Young Adult (film)|Young Adult]]'' is a former [[Alpha Bitch]] prom queen who's now in her thirties, divorced, and ghostwrites teen-lit novels in order to recreate her high school [[Glory Days]].
Line 38:
* [[Boston Legal|Denny Crane!]]
* [[The Mighty Boosh|Howard Moon]]. Only without the "past glories" part. Any time he makes reference to any kind of former triumph, you get the distinct impression he's wildly exaggerating, or just lying outright.
** Making Howard a bizarre combination of the
* Georg Bjarnfredarson from ''Naeturvaktin'' clings desperately to his memories of the happy young adult life he had in a Swedish leftist commune and routinely trots out his five university degrees as proof of his superiority. He is a sad middle-aged man with serious personality flaws that make him unemployable in anything above the most menial positions.
Line 60:
** And Meg. One of the few females to fit this trope. How many redeeming moments has she ever had throughout the series? Very, very few. And when things start to look up for her, chances are, [[Status Quo Is God|they're gonna fall apart by the end of the episode.]]
*** [[Throw the Dog a Bone|Though this is changing.]]
* The [[Small Name, Big Ego]] page mentions a couple of high-school-jock types (Dash from ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', and the Bradster from ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'') who are actually prototypical
* [[The Venture Brothers|Rusty Venture.]] A [[Former Child Star]], these days he's a bitter, cynical, "Diet pill" addicted has been. Thanks in no small part to his amazingly traumatic childhood.
| |||