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Compare [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] and [[With Friends Like These]], where this kind of attitude is usually limited to one or two select members of the group as opposed to being the opinion of the group as a whole. Can be the group's [[Butt Monkey]]. If The Friend Nobody Likes is a protagonist or otherwise portrayed sympathetically, he may instead become [[The Woobie]]. The Friend may also be [[The Gadfly]] if they aren't an up-and-out [[Jerkass]]. See also [[My Friends and Zoidberg]], where Zoidberg is usually [[The Friend Nobody Likes]], [[No Accounting for Taste]], when the "Why are they together" question is asked of a romantic couple and [[Token Evil Teammate]], which is this trope with the Jerkass taken up to outright evil.
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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
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* 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.
* Cameron in ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'' -- the others only hang out with him because he's part of the study group. {{spoiler|In the end he's the one to betray them and Keating.}}
* Begbie in ''[[Trainspotting]]'' clearly terrifies his "friends" with his [[Hair
* Alan in ''[[The Hangover]]''.
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** 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 ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'' Andy Shank is described as having friends solely because it's marginally safer than being his enemy.
* ''[[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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** 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 />
'''Kyle:''' Because he's a [[Fat Bastard|fat]], [[Politically
'''Token:''' Oh yeah. }}
** {{spoiler|Stan's}} diagnosis of cynicism causes him to become this in "You're Getting Old."
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