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[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. In a group of otherwise good friends, there is one character who is an unrepentant [[Jerkass]] to everyone else. Or, if they aren't downright mean or cruel, just may be so [[The Ditz|stupid]] or [[Cloudcuckoolander|just plain weird]] that it's embarrassing to be seen with them. In either case, someone asking "Why are they even friends?" is a perfectly legitimate question. One that is usually answered by one of several reasons:
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It's not even that their friends aren't aware of their behavior, either. They're perfectly well aware the person is a jerk, or a geek, or a ditz, and will frequently treat them as such based on their behavior. They still get included in the group nonetheless.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Tomo Takino of ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' hangs around with Yomi because they've been friends since grade school. The rest of her friends are classmates, and nine times out of ten her antics piss everyone else off. It's the same thing with Yukari and Nyamo. In this case, however, it's easy to see why the others hang out with them - they're likeable enough.
** Also by Kiyohiko Azuma: Yanda from ''[[
* Miu Matsuoka in ''[[Strawberry Marshmallow]]''. She's usually included because she's Chika's oldest friend and next door neighbor.
* Chiri in ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'' is a lot like Cartman. She's a very extreme [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]] and everyone is afraid of her [[Ax Crazy]] streak, but she's still part of the group. It probably helps that everyone else is pretty crazy/borderline sociopathic.
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== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Minimonsters]]'' has [[Small Name, Big Ego|colossal]] [[Vegetarian Vampire|vampire]] [[Spoiled Brat|prick]] [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|Victor Von Piro]] to
** In the first album, Piruja was portrayed as this to the gang due to her clingy behavior. The gang [[Took a Level in Kindness|taking levels in kindness]] via [[Characterisation Marches On]] and some [[Fridge Brilliance]] (Piruja, for all her clinginess, is
▲** In the first album, Piruja was portrayed as this to the gang due to her clingy behavior. The gang [[Took a Level in Kindness|taking levels in kindness]] via [[Characterisation Marches On]] and some [[Fridge Brilliance]] (Piruja, for all her clinginess, is leagues nicer and more tolerable than Victor) led to her walking away from this trope in the next albums, this role being transferred to the more deserving [[Jerkass|Victor]].
** [[Gang of Bullies|Morty's Gang]], meanwhile, has [[Invisible Man|Mienai]], the gang's [[Butt Monkey]]. In an ironic twist, Mienai is the [[Token Good Teammate]] of the group, which serves to highlight the assholery of the other members (''especially'' the leader, [[The Sociopath|Morty]])
** Played with [[The Pig Pen|Billy Rotten]]. He's often avoided due to his smell, but he's not quite disliked (mostly because he's a [[Nice Guy]]), with Frank's Gang considering him [[The Reliable One]] in certain situations. Those who do insult him are clearly meant to be [[Jerkass|assholes]].
== [[Film]] ==
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* 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.}}
* In ''[[
* ''[[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.
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** 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.
* Francis and Nick appear to fulfill this role in ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' and ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]'' respectively.
* While all the mercs in''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' are [[Vitriolic Best Buds]], there are
** [[Pyromaniac|The Pyro]]
** [[Colonel Kilgore|The Soldier]] has earned quite a bit of this, due to him being a violent, jingoistic idiot who thinks of himself as the leader. Not to mention he's the member most prone to [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|fuck things up]] for his team.
** Due to being an '''[[Up to Eleven|extremely]]''' [[Annoying Younger Sibling|annoying]] [[Bratty Half-Pint]], no one is really fond of [[Brooklyn Rage|The Scout]] save for the aforementioned [[Ax Crazy|Soldier]], though [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|the team]] [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other|will still come to his aid when he needs it]] (like in ''Expiration Date'').
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
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** Lizzie, Numbuh One's girlfriend, is this towards the rest of Sector V, with the exception of Numbuh Three. Numbuhs Two and Four can't stand her, with Two even showing fear towards her, while Numbuh Five is tolerant of her ''at best''.
** Numbuh 86 is the [[Jerkass]] [[Alpha Bitch]] decommissioning officer, so understandably no one can stand her, except for Numbuh Three and sometimes Numbuh 362.
** The king of this trope is Numbuh 363. His sister is '''literally''' the only person who has any kind of tolerance towards him, with even [[Up to Eleven|Numbuh 86]] being seen as tolerable by comparison. In the series finale, the now-adult Numbuh Four describes him as "200% bananas", while Numbuh Five claims that when she became the Supreme Leader of the organization, the first thing she did was fire him.
** As for the villains, there's Toiletnator, due to him being a [[Harmless Villain]] [[The Millstone|who constantly fucks up the villains' plans]].
* As of ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'', Jar Jar Binks. Even the people who like him are aware he's a clumsy idiot who is probably going to mess things up. This portrayal is actually [[Rescued from the Scrappy Heap|a step up for him]], letting him be an actual character instead of just a punchline.
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