The Eeyore: Difference between revisions

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Shinji Ikari from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', though he has the excuse of genuinely [[Butt Monkey|not having much to be happy about.]]

** Ironically, the one time he's in a relatively good mood and tries to cheer Asuka up, this ends up being exactly the ''last'' thing Asuka needs, as her confidence and sense of superiority has been broken and having the unconfident Shinji trying to cheer her up pushes her to the brink.

** Sasuke as well.

* Lucy from ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' (in a virulently homicidal sort of way [[Distaff Counterpart|but also a girl]]).

* Kohza from ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''.

** [[Played for Laughs]]. It doesn't help that his name, written in a certain way, literally translates as "zetsubou-sensei", or "Mr. Despair".

* [[Suzumiya Haruhi|Haruhi Suzumiya]]'s inner workings appear to be quite this at or before the beginning and episode 6 particularly. Being fed up with the boring world, just wishing for something interesting to happen when it just doesn't seem to happen, despite her efforts. In the end (or rather [[Anachronic Order|in the middle]]), she's so frustrated she subconsciously {{spoiler|begins to destroy the universe and create a new one}}. Of course, most of the time she's a genuine [[Genki Girl]].

* Enma Kozato of ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''.

* Hatsumi Narita of ''[[Hot Gimmick]]''.

* In a way, Chrona from ''[[Soul Eater]]''

** When Chrona shows off [[Ambiguous Gender|his/her]] poetry to the other cast members, it turns out to be so depressing that it makes everyone who reads it sit in the [[Corner of Woe]] and wish they were never born.

* Nazuna from ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]''

* The Waddle Dees from [[Kirby of the Stars]].

 

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Cassie from ''[[Hack Slash]]'', in a virulently homicidal sort of way. The one and only time she was genuinely happy was when someone got her drunk at springbreak.

* Bertrand Labévue from ''[[Gaston Lagaffe]]''.

 

 

Eeyore: *Glares at Pooh*<br />

Pooh: I'm so sorry! It just slipped out! }}

** Not to mention the [[Jerkass]] [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|dwarfs]] in the last book.

* Dolorous Edd from ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' pretends to be this way, but he's really just a [[Deadpan Snarker]].

* Marvin the Paranoid Android from ''[[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'' is perhaps the Eeyore-iest Eeyore in existence. He's very depressed, he feels under-utilized (''"Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and..."''), and due to a series of circumstances involving time travel {{spoiler|he eventually gets to be thirty-seven times as old as the universe itself}} and throughout his entire existence he's had this terrible pain in all the diodes down his left side. His outlook on the universe is so depressing that he {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide|drives a computer to suicide]] when he tries to share it with the poor thing. He later does the same thing with a bridge.}}

* Worvil in Jennifer Trafton's novel ''The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic.'' {{spoiler|At one point, "Worvil's upside-down stomach turned inside out, split into a dozen pieces, and started a civil war."}}

{{quote| "Damned if I wasn't certain sure we'd all get blowed up, being so close," Billy Jack wailed and, in expression of his delight, continued, "I dropped on to a rock 'n' must've caved my ribs in. Likely I'll be dead from my hurts come morning."}}

 

** In one episode it's shown that his father is the same way so it might be a racial trait.

* Seaman "Doom & Gloom" Broom from ''[[Operation Petticoat]]''.

* [[The Shield|Detective Ronnie Gardocki]]

* Ted, the completely unsuccessful, miserable, and suicidal ([[Gallows Humor|in a humorous way]]) lawyer from ''[[Scrubs]]'', who serves as the show's [[Butt Monkey]]. Even [[The Woobie]] Elliot casually acknowledges that she is nowhere ''near'' as miserable as Ted.

 

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==

 

 

== [[Radio]] ==

{{quote| "Life! Don't talk to me about life!"}}

** According to the biography of Douglas Adams written by Neil Gaiman, Marvin was originally based on a friend of his, a manic-depressive named Marshall who could only ever be cheered up by his long-suffering wife; he changed the name from "Marshall" to "Marvin" out of kindness.

*** Adams also said that the story he based Marvin on Andrew Marshall was one he'd told so often he no longer remembered if it was true or not. Marshall, he claimed, really was like that, but this proved nothing because ''all'' [[Sad Clown|comedy writers are Eeyores]].

* Red Symons, former guitarist for the Skyhooks, cultivated this persona for his radio and television career.

 

 

* [[Older Than Steam]]: Jacques in ''[[As You Like It]]''. The [[Zeroth Law of Trope Examples]] strikes again!

* Henrik in ''[[A Little Night Music]]''.

* This is one interpretation of the title character in ''[[Hamlet]]''. That is, when he's not being the [[Deadpan Snarker]].

 

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Vincent Valentine from ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' could be seen as one. Though he may be more of a brooding [[Deadpan Snarker]].

* Nearly every non-player elf character in the add-on ''[[Dungeon Siege]] 2: Broken World'' is morbidly depressed, especially Amren, who whines about the loss of his clairvoyant powers ''every time'' you talk to him, no matter what topic you wanted to discuss. Considering what [[Crapsack World|crappy state]] the world is in due to the [[Downer Ending|cataclysm after the end of the second game]], they may have a point, but it quickly gets annoying.

** The dryads... well, most of the dryads have just gone nuts, but ''they'' have to cope with the loss of their forest and most of their population, so their destructive mood is at least justified.

* In ''[[Star Control]] 2'' the Utwig, after losing the Ultron, their source of motivation, are an entire ''species'' of Eeyores, to the point that they ponder whether to commit mass suicide with a giant bomb, but decide not to because they deserve to suffer. They get better once you fix the thing. In the mythical third game, they go Eeyore again when they lose the Ultron; one of the few good ideas the game has is that when you return it to them, they become audibly happier.

{{quote| Ugh. I suppose, as a courtesy, I should extend an appropriate greeting. On behalf of the Utwig Proctors I truly hope, for your sake, that your day has been better than ours, although this really isn't saying that much.}}

* Despite the fact that he's the [[Big Bad|main villain]] in the ''Mario Series'', Bowser sometimes makes a good example of this trope.

* Clive Handforth from ''[[Little Big Planet|Little Big Planet 2]].''

* [[Meaningful Name|Schwer-Muta]] Casasola Merkle <ref>the German word "Schwermut" means "gloom"</ref> of ''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]'' fits this trope. Basically, she always carries a depressed look on her face, she's reclusive and distrusts everyone she meets, and not to mention she's also very shy. She thinks her only friend is her pet squid, Zeppy.

* The Waddle Dees from the [[Kirby]] series.

* The Crestfallen Warrior of ''[[Dark Souls]]'' is content to rest at Firelink Shrine and regale you with his pessimism.

** He eventually gets over it after you ring both bells of Awakening, being inspired and trying to make something of himself. {{spoiler|He promptly goes Hollow in the ruins of New Londo.}}

 

 

== [[Web Animation]] ==

** However, some [[Character Development]] has turned him from what the fans call "Depressing Strong Sad" into "Whiney Strong Sad", and is [http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14704 now liked more by the fandom] than when he had his old personality.

** ''I don't like food anymore!''

* Toot from ''[[Drawn Together]]'' is an example, though she is so bitter and repulsive that she really garners no sympathy whatsoever.

* Twinkle the Marvel Horse in ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]''.

** Mentioned or at least implied to be a cultural trait common to ''all'' Merbians. Terra Merb is so riddled with dangerous creatures, dangerous terrain, dangerous weather, and dangerous combinations of all three that Merbians have simply come to expect the worst out of everything, since it usually happens to them. It's so bad that when something nice happens to the Hawks, Stork can't enjoy it because he's too busy waiting for the punchline. Unfortunately, since Merbians developed their pessimism as a survival mechanism, he has a distressing habit of being right.

* TV viewers of a certain age may (vaguely) remember Hanna-Barbera's ''Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har''; the latter was a "laughing" hyena who never smiled, much less laughed.

** [[Catch Phrase|"We're dooooommmmmed."]] (Note lack of exclamation mark. That's just the way Glum rolls.)

* Misery from ''[[Ruby Gloom]]''.

* [[Toy Story 3|Chuckles the Clown]] is a subversion: [[Expy|he acts much like Eeyore]], [[Hey, It's That Voice!|to the point of sharing a voice actor]], but then you hear his [[Start of Darkness|backstory]].

* A lot of [[Transformers]] have elements of the [[Sour Supporter]] or being real complainers, but Dead End of the Stunticons is known for almost never smiling (lack of a mouth aside) and constantly believing and declaring that their collective doom was at hand. The end result is a character who handily combines fatalism, vanity, and the ability to merge with [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork|four other belligerent, hardly-cooperative maniacs]] into [[Combining Mecha|one particularly large maniac.]]

* Mr. Ten from ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' is eternally depressed. It's eventually revealed that {{spoiler|it's Heloise's fault}}.

* Tina from [[Bob's Burgers]] always has a sad look on her face.

* Bill Dauterive from ''[[King of the Hill]]'', who fell from being a handsome star linebacker to being a fat, balding, divorced sad sack. In particular the Christmas episode "Pretty Pretty Dresses" where he's fixating on his divorce and spends the first half of the episode reminding everyone of their own failed relationships.

* Shady from ''[[My Little Pony]] and Friends'', not helped by the fact that she was apparently [[Born Unlucky]].

* Fans have viewed [[The Mr. Men Show|Mr. Grumpy]] as this as well.

* Karl Pilkington from [[The Ricky Gervais Show]].