The Friend Nobody Likes: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''I've had an epiphany, and here it is right here: There is one person in every group of friends that nobody likes. You basically keep them there to hate their guts. When that person is not around the rest of your little base camp, your hobby is cutting that person down. Example: Karen is always a douchebag. Every group has a Karen and she's always a bag of douche. And when she's not around, you just look at each other and go "God, Karen, she's such a douchebag!" until she walks up and then you're like "Hey, what's up, Kare?"''|'''Dane Cook'''}}

 

 

#Seniority -- They've known this person the longest. They may be the [[Cloudcuckoolander's Minder]].

 

== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

** Also by Kiyohiko Azuma: Yanda from ''[[Yotsubato|Yotsuba&!]]''. It doesn't help that the person he will pick on most is five years old.

* Miu Matsuoka in ''[[Strawberry Marshmallow]]''. She's usually included because she's Chika's oldest friend and next door neighbor.

* Harou Niijima from ''[[Historys Strongest Disciple Kenichi]]''. He's a self-proclaimed evil genius, and is cowardly and manipulative. Even his "friends" often wonder why the heck they tolerate his presence. The only person who seems to geniunely like having him around is the resident [[Cloudcuckoolander]] Siegfried, everyone else was bullied, blackmailed, or otherwise manipulated into joining him... but at least he's good with information, so he does make himself quite useful.

 

== [[Film]] ==

{{quote| '''Nick''': You know how every group of friends has that one asshole? He's our asshole.}}

* While Stiffler is more of an outright antagonist in the first ''[[American Pie]]'', he becomes this in the second since they're staying at his place in the summer, and works to redeem himself in the third.

* In the backstory of ''[[Harry Potter]]'', Peter Petigrew. He was the least able and respected of his group of friends. {{spoiler|He eventually turned on them to serve Voldemort.}}

** While he was the least liked outside his group of friends, its clear that the Marauders themselves loved him, to the point where the Potters trusted him with their lives over Remus and Sirius. {{spoiler|It just makes his betrayal all the worst.}}

* ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'' has an unusual example in Lieutenant/Major Toren Divas. An odd example since he also manages to be Cain's [[Vitriolic Best Buds|best friend]] (or as close as he gets to one). Cain hates him for [[Leeroy Jenkins|constantly putting him in danger]], being an idiot (and thus putting him in danger) and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|being the only one who calls him "Cai"]]. On the other hand he's reliable, not bad company, terrible at playing poker and usually knows the best gossip and drinking spots.

* Francis Begbie in ''[[Trainspotting]]''. Renton and the rest of the gang basically pretend to be Begbie's friend because they're scared of him. Renton details a list of lies that one must pretend to believe in order to hang out with Begbie and not get beaten up.

* In ''[[That 70s Show]]'', Jackie, at first, was only in the group because she was the girlfriend of one member, Kelso. Later though she became a regular friend.

* Trina Vega on ''[[Victorious]]''. She tends to be [[Butt Monkey|the butt of all the jokes.]] Jade in two different episodes even tells her "No one likes you!".

* Pierce in ''[[Community]]''. His necessity is revealed when, in his absence, the study group begins to fight amongst itself for incredibly petty reasons just because they no longer have Pierce to kick around.

* Sheldon Cooper in ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''.

*** And yet, he cares enough about what they think of him to ask Mal to make up a different account of his death when Mal is about to throw him out of the airlock for secretly trying to turn in River and Simon for their bounties. It's implied that this request is the only reason Mal gave Jayne another chance.

*** Although its hinted throughout the series that as time goes by he comes to respect Mal and the rest of the crew more and more, its also implied that his friendship with Book is turning him into more of a better person.

* Bob from ''[[Becker]]''.

 

== [[Stand Up Comedy]] ==

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

** Well, except the dog, but he likes everyone. And the Warden can have a romance with her.

** Oghren, Sten and Shale seem to be okay with her as well, but no one else likes ''them'', either. (And Oghren obviously just thinks she's hot.)

** Carver also serves as this in the first act. He's antagonistic to '''every''' party member not named Merrill. Everyone only tolerates him because he's Hawke's younger brother.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Mike from the ''[[Walkyverse]]'' is a bizarre example - his relationship with other characters is so strong ''because'' he's a major [[Jerkass]]. Hell, he may be ''marrying'' a character who loves him for who he is.

* Seth from ''[[Sorcery 101]]'' more or less the characters put up with him because one of them is bonded to him and he's pretty good at manipulating people in a way that's beneficial (though usually very messy, and in poor taste as he is almost always the last resort).

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* Bladez in ''[[The Guild]]''

** She's a deviation from the trope because there's nothing particularly wrong with her personality, she's actually the nicest of the four. This is why the other three look mean when they interact with her; it's because they are.

* The crew in [[Binder of Shame]] is a group made entirely out of these people. Since they're the protagonist's only social contact, though, he actually goes into denial for a time and convinces himself that this is what friendship is (he gets better).

* Puddy in ''[[Tales of MU]]'' is this to Mack for as long as she's Mack's roommate.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

** Also summed up in "The Death of Eric Cartman," where the other boys declare that he's not their friend and that they will ignore him from now on:

{{quote| '''Token:''' Ignoring him? How come?<br />

'''Token:''' Oh yeah. }}

** {{spoiler|Stan's}} diagnosis of cynicism causes him to become this in "You're Getting Old."

** Craig points out that the whole group are seen like that by the rest of the 4th Graders. Technically, they are still friends, but their [[Weirdness Magnet]] antics are getting old in the eyes of the rest.

* [[Daffy Duck]].

 

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