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Basic Trope: A character who is a gigantic asshole.

• Straight: Report Siht is an asshole to Alice and Bob and their friends.
• Exaggerated:
  • ...and to Bob's cat, and Satan, and God.....
  • He takes his arseholery so far he crosses the Moral Event Horizon.
  • Report is an outright Villain with no redeeming qualities.
  • Complete Monster
• Downplayed:
  • Jerkass Ball
  • Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
  • Hidden Heart of Gold
• Justified:
  • He's Surrounded by Idiots.
  • He's just grumpy.
  • He has a disorder that affects his impulse control.
  • He's the Butt Monkey
• Inverted:
  • Nice Guy
• Subverted:
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold
  • Jerkass Facade
  • Type A Tsundere
  • Took a Level In Kindness
  • Report Siht actually didn't even realize he was being a jerk, either due to having No Social Skills or the other person not being indicative enough. Once he realizes what he did wrong, he tries to make amends for it.
• Double Subverted:
  • Jerk with a Heart of Jerk
  • Took a Level in Jerkass
• Parodied:
  • He's an asshole to everyone and everything in the known universe.
  • "Watch out for Scott! He's a dick!"
  • He makes an enemy of everyone in the universe as a way to deal with Who Wants to Live Forever?.
  • He's a literal butthole.
• Deconstructed:
  • Putting a lot of effort into being an asshole drives away everyone.
  • Or, he's an asshole, but doesn't mean to be, causing grief for everyone.
• Reconstructed: He can't care less.
  • He also can't care less, or is using it as a crutch to insult people even more.
• Zig Zagged: He's only like this when grumpy.
• Averted: None of the characters are jerks to the point where it defines their character.
• Enforced:
  • Took a Level in Jerkass
  • "Let's make a character extremely unpleasant - it'll give the fandom a punching bag. That'll be fun."
  • "He's a bad guy - we need to make him even more evil to the audience."
  • "We need an anti-hero - this is one of the more obvious routes."
  • "This is a comedy series based off insulting people."
• Lampshaded: "He's one of those House-wannabes."
  • "Everyone's got emotional armor. Some have it thick, some have it thin. His has spikes."
• Invoked: Jerkass Facade
• Exploited: A villain diverts attention from his plans by directing everyone's antipathies to a resident asshole.
  • A hero tricks a villain into thinking it's the jerk who's been causing him so much trouble.
• Defied: The character makes a conscious effort to be likable.
• Discussed: "Why is he such a fucking asshole?"
• Conversed: "You probably wouldn't like him." "Let me guess - an asshole, or a snarky asshole?"
• Played For Laughs: Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist
• Played For Drama: Jerkass Woobie

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Hey, dipshit, drag your ass back to Jerkass. It's just as terrible as you.