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** The Villagers were also heavily implied to be just as bad.
** The Beast himself was one, too before [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|he learned to love]].
* Sid Phillips and Mr. Potato Head in the first ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'', Al and Stinky Pete in the second, and Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear (aka Lotso) in the third.
** Woody initially also had his moments with Buzz in the first movie.
* Biff Tannen, as well as [[In the Blood|his whole family line]] from the ''[[Back to The Future]]'' trilogy.
* Buzz McCallister, along with Harry and Uncle Frank from the first two ''[[Home Alone]]'' movies. Also, the hotel Concierge in the second film.
* Practically every character D-FENS runs into in [[Falling Down]]: the convenience store owner, the two knife-wielding street thugs, the Nazi, the employees at the fast food restaurant, the snooty golfers, the homeless guy, the road crew worker, et al. - all, of course, to "justify" D-FENS's [[Disproportionate Retribution]] toward them as he slowly turns into a psychopath. (Actually, D-FENS himself is one by the movie's climax, at least until his [[Heel Realization]].)
* Stretch, Stinkie and Fatso in the first ''[[Casper (film)|Casper]]'' movie start off as Jerkasses but are also later shown to actually be [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|loving and caring deep down inside]]. (Amusingly, they're ''proud'' of their reputations for being annoying, [[Insult Backfire|even saying "Thank you!" when the film's heroine calls them on their behavior]].)
* The bullies in ''[[Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown]]'', with Lucy and Peppermint Patty to a lesser extent than usual.
* A good example of comic-relief gone awry would be L.J. from ''[[Resident Evil]]: Apocalypse''. His obnoxious, stereotypical and totally inappropriate "street flava" nearly makes him a modern day [[Ethnic Scrappy]], and left many viewers wondering why the other characters didn't give the audience a break and [[Take That, Scrappy!|just shoot him in the face]].
** In the follow-up movie {{spoiler|he is killed off, but by then he'd dropped the [[Modern Minstrelsy]] crap and became somewhat sympathetic}}.
* Andy from ''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]'' lets multiple six-year-olds drown, cheats on his girlfriend (who might be a [[Alpha Bitch]] if she weren't so nice), and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|refuses to clean up his breakfast.]] It's never really made clear whether the rest of the counselors, save for Coop and Katie, are aware of his jerkass tendencies, or just see him as a [[Handsome Lech]]. Either way, he's bad news with a beautiful face and incredible body.
* Being the villain is a given, but The Kurgan from the first ''[[Highlander]]'' film takes it further with his more comedic [[Kick the Dog]] moments like frightening an old lady.
* In the same mold, Steve from the 2004 version of ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' is an unbelievably obnoxious jerk who never misses an opportunity to be snide and petty, no matter how serious the situation. Thankfully, the filmmakers were aware that the audience would hate him, and he ''does'' end up with a bullet in his head by the movie's end. Ahh...
** Not to mention he {{spoiler|causes the break in of the mall in the first place, by leaving his post and not opening the security door when the protagonists are trying to get back in after a rescue of Sarah. He does it out of spite, and even greets them with a grin and a "Hey, guys, where were you?!"}}
* The protagonist of ''[[40 Days and 40 Nights|Forty Days and Forty Nights]]'' is surrounded by Jerkass 'friends' and co-workers who take advantage of him at the drop of a hat. [[Black Comedy Rape|Not that that is the only problem with the film...]]
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* Sheridan Whiteside of ''The Man Who Came To Dinner'' straddles the line between [[Jerkass]] and [[Villain with Good Publicity]].
** People need to stop saying someone straddles the line between two tropes there is no line between.
* [[Will Smith]]'s new movie ''[[Hancock]]'' is about a [[Jerkass]] who's a subversion of the classic [[Flying Brick]] - all of the powers, none of the [[The Cape (trope)|Cape-ness]]. He [[Character Development|realizes (with the urging of a PR Agent whom he saves) that doesn't make for a popular hero and try to change it]]. He is quite sensitive about his Jerkassed nature and [[Berserk Button|does not take kindly to being called an Asshole by anybody, particularly criminals]].
* There's usually at least one of these in a horror movie. David and Ed in ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' stand out, though.
* Detective James Carter (played by Chris Tucker) is a huge [[Jerkass]] at the start of ''[[Rush Hour]]'' and he knows it. Of course, since he's the hero he's also the [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] and has [[Badass]] tendencies.
** He gets worse in the second and third movie, becoming increasingly racist and even attempts to use his police status to molest a couple of girls. [[Refuge in Audacity|For humor, of course.]]
* Apollo Creed in ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky]]'' was a famous [[Jerkass]]. {{spoiler|And in his case, [[Redemption Equals Death]].}}
** More like {{spoiler|cockiness equals death}}. He and Rocky had been fast friends for a while by the time that happened.
* Pick a horror movie centred around a group of four to seven friends. One of them is usually the [[Jerkass]]. Sometimes they get [[Redemption Equals Death]], sometimes not, but they die.
** A particularly egregious example is Trent from the ''Friday the 13th'' remake, who pretty much starts his [[Jerkass]] resume by being a complete dick to Clay, whose sister was missing and he was searching for her. The rest of his time is spent bitching about his drunken friends ruining his cabin, even bitching about a chair broken when one friend fell over it after burned his lips while doing a flaming shot. Add on his 80s hair, and his death couldn't come soon enough.
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** It's not a remake, it's the new adaptation of the book.
** Out of place? He watched that Charlie was the only non-jerkass child of the group, and he felt sympathy for him when he knew he was poor and hadn't ate.
* In ''[[Snakes on a Plane]]'' one memorable character that ''oozed'' [[Jerkass]] was a snobby, self-absorbed bald guy who showed about as much human emotion and common sense as a tin cup and generally acted like Steve in the ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' remake only not funny or interesting. At least the villain had a kind of human pathos and the annoying Ethnic Scrappies showed courage and determination when they needed to, Bald Snooty Dude was just a douche for no reason at all, even going so far as to off-handedly insult a woman and her baby for having the ''nerve'' to sit by him. Of course he got his, after a literal [[Kick the Dog]] moment... [[Asshole Victim|he's devoured by a massive snake, and later his corpse is shot out of the plane after it decompresses]].
* ''[[American Pie]]'''s Steve Stifler. This was an important plot point in the 4th movie (''[[American Pie]] Presents: Band Camp'') when his younger brother Matt, who for most of the movie is trying to emulate Steve, changes his ways when he finds out that EVERYONE hated his brother. Because he was a [[Jerkass]].
** And in another movie even ''Steve'' admits he's a [[Jerkass]] and is glad that one of his relatives, the protagonist of that movie, isn't like him.
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* Sy Benson in ''[[My Favorite Year]]''.
* Richard Cameron in ''[[Dead Poets Society]]''. Neil's father is this as well: {{spoiler|He [[Driven to Suicide|drives his son to suicide]] and [[Never My Fault|blames Keating for it, not thinking for a second that he had anything to do with it.]] And sadly, [[Karma Houdini|he gets away with firing Keating]]}}.
* The Emperor from ''[[Curse of the Golden Flower]]''. {{spoiler|At the end of the movie, he gives his rebellious son, who had conspired with the Empress to attempt a (failed) coup a choice -- either he can die horribly, or be pardoned -- as long as he personally serves the Empress the poison that the Emperor has been slowly killing her with. Of course, the son [[Takes a Third Option]]. The Emperor also beats his youngest son to death with a belt.}}
** Some believe that the Emperor is a subtle metaphor of the current Chinese government. You can't beat him, but he's left thoroughly unhappy after destroying all close to him out of paranoia and spite.
* Preston's father in [[Blank Check]] does come across as a jerkass on one more than once occassion. When his son was nearly run over by a car, he scolds his son about the bike that got run over instead and then proceeds to ground him.
** To say nothing of the fact he gives the boy's room to his equally [[Jerkass]] older brothers, lets them steal his life savings and admonishes him, at eight years old, for not starting a 'business' like said older brothers.
* Phil in ''[[The Hangover]]'' seems to count -- he's abrasive in a very frat-boy sort of way and doesn't appear to have any qualms about cheating on his wife, although {{spoiler|he gets better by the end, kind of.}} Extra points because he's a handsome elementary school teacher and they are not typically jerkasses in film.
** He immediately subverts expectations of the kindly male teacher by pocketing the money the kids have handed in with permission forms of some sort to take to Vegas with the other main characters!
** For all his talk, Phil's scenes at the end with his wife and son pretty much negate his earlier impression of hating his life. Although he got pretty messed up during the trip, he stated clearly that he wasn't willing to jeopardize his family.
* The protagonist of ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'' is obnoxious, selfish and whiny whom it takes divine intervention to straighten up. In the sequel they took it [[Up to Eleven]] by making God(!) a jerkass. Instead of a benevolent being who basically "gives a guy a bar of soap and some rope to see if he takes a bath and goes mountain-climbing" we have an arrogant asshole who brutally enforces himself upon an innocent person and humiliates him, doesn't give a damn about his wishes and sprouts lines like "The World Flood story was a love story". [[The Devil's Advocate|Worship THAT?! NEVER!]]
* Roberto Volare from ''[[Brain Donors]]'' has an impressively inflated ego due to his status in the ballet world, and is unrestrained about using it to woo his partner Lisa away from her beau Alan.
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* Anybody in ''[[Loser]]'' that's not Jason Biggs or Mena Suvari. Biggs' roommates and the professor played by Greg Kinnear who sleeps with Suvari's character are horrible human beings.
* Sgt. J.J. Sefton from ''[[Stalag 17]]''. With the exceptions of Cookie and Joey, he sees everyone in the compound as simply an opportunity to get resources to trade for goods (a result after getting his stuff stolen during his first week at the prison). This comes to bite him in the ass in the beginning of the story; when he barters with the Nazi guards using the cigarettes he won from a bet involving a botched escape attempt, he is suspected of being an agent planted by the Germans.
* Moe from [[The Three Stooges]]. ''And then some''.
** In ''Pop Goes The Easel'', his [[Jerkass]] attitude gets cranked [[Up to Eleven]] when, following a clay fight, Moe demands to know who started it, someone says "YOU did!", Moe responds by angrily yelling "Oh YEAH?!", and then promptly spins around with his hand extended, [[Hair-Trigger Temper|slapping Larry, Curly and three or four other guys with one continuous slap]].
* Jason in ''[[Mystery Team]]'' is on the road to becoming this before Kelly sets him straight.
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* Practically every cop and gangster character in [[The Departed]]: Billy, Sullivan, Costello, Dignam, Mr. French, Ellerby, and etc. And to a lesser extent, Queenan, Brown and Madolyn came close to this territory too.
* Let's face it, [[Godzilla]] can be a serious asshole if he wants to. One highlight is ''Ghidorah, the Three Headed Dragon'' where he seems to auidibly ''laughs'' at Rodan when Rodan gets attacked by Mothra. According to Mothra and her fairies, who can understand the kaiju, he is quite foul-mouthed as well.
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