Jerkass/Anime: Difference between revisions

* The title character of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' appears at first to be a [[Jerkass]] more than a [[Genki Girl]], more or less hitting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisocial_personality_disorder#Diagnostic_criteria every point on the list of diagnostic criteria for antisocial personality disorder]. {{spoiler|And the fact that she is capable of destroying the world if she's seriously naysayed -- or bored -- (though in her defense, she does ''not'' know she's got said powers... and it's MUCH better to keep her [[Locked Out of the Loop]]) just puts icing on the cake}}. It's played down as the series progresses, though thanks to the episode shuffling it gets sort of unclear just how much.

* Tomo from ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'', though the characters tend to treat her appropriately. Yomi occasionally hits her, but probably not as often as she deserves. Although there are quite a few examples that show Tomo DOES care.

** Kamineko surpasses them all. That cat is ''evil''.

** In Tomo's case, getting scratched by Maya is taken as an opportunity for Yomi and Kagura to point out several times over that she should learn a lesson about how she treats others. It goes over her head.

* Miu from ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]'', to whom the other characters respond accordingly. Cutting to Miu lying face down and sprawled after a Jerkass moment is a [[Running Gag]] of the anime series.

* Envy from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' is not only one of the [[Complete Monster|more evil]] homunculi, but he also enjoys taunting and insulting his enemies, prisoners, allies and even fellow homunculi. Basque Grand is also a huge one in the first anime.

* Almost entire cast of ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'', save for the protagonist and his love interest.

** Notable jerkass-exceptions aside from those two: Grandpa Otonashi, the Godai family (save for Grandma Godai, who can be a jerkass just for kicks), [[The Ojou|Asuna Kujo]] (she's just sheltered and somewhat naive... if she's ever being a jerkass, it's entirely unintentional) and possibly Ikuko Otonashi, who isn't able to keep her attention focused on anything for longer than half a minute. Oh, and Soichiro (Otonashi, anways; the dog, most of the time)

* ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]!'''s Dallas Genoard is practically this trope personified, with nearly every scene he's in being punctuated with a [[Kick the Dog]] moment. Hell, even his [[Pet the Dog]] scene ends with him [[Kick the Dog|Kicking The Dog]]. Karma does, however, [[Cement Shoes|bite]] [[And I Must Scream|him]] [[Fate Worse Than Death|hard]].

* ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' has only one particularly standout [[Jerkass]], and his name is Wapol. While every other [[Big Bad]] has a fundamental goal or [[Freudian Excuse]] when they do what they do, Wapol doesn't have ''any,'' other than to be the king of Drum Island, and he was ''born'' to the throne. He partakes in acts of cruelty, most notably gathering up twenty of the island's best doctors, for which it was famous, and then banishing all of the rest just because he wanted the citizens to beg him to let them see one of the Twenty, and also because he ''could'', and there was ''still'' no guarantee that he'd let them. This is just the start.

*** Actually, it seems that he's turned into a full-blown [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]], as the final chapter of his cover story was entitled "The Rebirth of Evil".

**** {{spoiler|And now [[Karma Houdini|he's once again the ruler of his own country]], called the [[I Don't Like the Sound of That Place|Evil Black Drum Kingdom]]}}.

** As shown in recent flashbacks, Arlong seems to have always been a [[Jerkass]] [[Fantastic Racism|Anti-human racist]]. {{spoiler|Fisher Tiger's death and his stint in Impel Down just made him even worse.}}

* Candy's bitchy stepsister Eliza from ''[[Candy Candy]]'', who gets a kick out of using her [[Rich Bitch|money and status]] (among other things) to humiliate Candy and those of lesser status than her. [[For the Evulz|For the lulz]]. The only thing that prevents her from being a [[Complete Monster]] is that she doesn't send Candy into deadly slave labor.

* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', Arisa Bunnings was initially a bully who was unwilling to consider others' feelings before Nanoha slapped her (her first "[[Defeat Means Friendship|befriending]]") for stealing Suzuka's ribbon. In one of the [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers|StrikerS]] sound stages, Vita admits to having been constantly abrasive and rude to the rest of the Wolkenritter out of battle during the first Reinforce's existence. She mellowed out somewhat between when Hayate became her mistress and [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers|StrikerS]], but still has a fairly hot temper.

* Ruki Makino (Rika Nonaka) in ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' was absolutely unsufferable at first, mocking poor Takato and Jenrya for being friendly to their Digimon, putting them down every chance she got, and even ordering her partner Renamon to kill Guilmon and absorb his data, only so that Renamon could get stronger. Of course, later [[Character Development]] mellows her out, turning her into a [[Defrosting Ice Queen]].

* Izaya Orihara from ''[[Durarara]]''. The first time you properly see him in the anime, he spends most of the episode {{spoiler|orchestrating the kidnapping and rescue of a girl he spoke to online, only to hold her over the side of a building, toy with her desire (or lack thereof) to actually commit suicide, and then wander off to watch from a distance as the girl decides to jump anyway. (Luckily for her, someone else was a little more worried about her safety and saves her.)}} Pretty much anyone who meets him in the series is wary of him, has a number of tales to tell about how manipulative and dangerous he is to be around, or just skip the talking completely and throw vending machines in his face.

* [[Yotsuba&! (Manga)|Yanda]] seems to genuinely enjoy picking on a ''five-year-old girl''. Koiwai probably wouldn't have anything to do with him if he had a choice (he doesn't; Yanda is his kohei and thus he's socially expected to let him hang around). As it stands, Yanda does get put in his place - [[Butt Monkey|a lot]].

* Kanda Yu, from ''[[D Gray Man (Manga)|D Gray Man]]'', is the sort of guy who threatens to kill his allies when they try to help him out with a fight. [[Serious Business|Or steal his hair tie]]. But since he's [[Mr. Fanservice|freaking gorgeous]] and [[Jerkass Woobie|incredibly]] [[Freudian Excuse|traumatized]], we tend to cut him some slack.

* Nishijima Shigeo from ''[[Area no Kishi (Manga)|Area no Kishi]]'' is the resident jerkass of the school football team, unabashedly taking pleasure in the misfortune and mistakes of his teammates.

* ''[[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|Zero no Tsukaima]]'': So far its shown nobles of Louise's world are pretty much this, including our pink haired main character, although there are exceptions of course but too few.

* Kirie Kojima in the first season of ''[[Girls Bravo (Manga)|Girls Bravo]]'' as shown by her frequently (and unfairly) beating up her 'best friend' Yukinari, despite knowing he's scared of girls because of her actions and developed a rash to girls because of it. Really, acts of kindness on her part don't really hold much water when she just immediately follows these acts of kindness with frequent beatings and verbal abuse. It should be noted that she's only a [[Jerkass]] in the first season, as she becomes [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|much nicer]] in the second season. However, even in the second season her actions are questionable, like when she emotionally manipulated Yukinari into cross-dressing for an event and allowed him to get molested by [[Casanova Wannabe|Fukuyama]] since it meant Fukuyama would pay her.

* Hibari, Byakuran, and Reborn from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''.