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* Victor Meldrew from ''[[One Foot in The Grave]]''. Though he does fall in the "at least pitiable" category sometimes, after all he does end up in [[Weirdness Magnet|the oddest predicaments]] which does go some way explain his eternal grumpiness.
* [[Sarah Silverman]] of ''[[The Sarah Silverman Program]]''.
* Grace from ''[[Will and Grace]]''. Just barely has enough morals to not be a [[Jerkass]], but still [[Minor Flaw, Major Breakup|broke up with someone for having an extra toe]], admitted that it was because she was shallow, then ''asked for sympathy''.
* The title character from ''[[Father Ted]]''. "JUST PLAY THE F*** ING NOTE!" Although in fairness, it's his interaction with Father Jack and Father Dougal that really bring it out of him, as he's portray as fairly normal, although still a bit of jerk, when he doesn't have to deal with them.
** He also stole money meant for sick children which is how he wound up banished to Craggy Island. Although as he's always quick to claim the money was "Just resting in his account".
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* Belkar Bitterleaf of ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'' is an excellent example. He's outright ''evil'', a murderous sociopath with no redeeming qualities. He still remains hilarious to read, staying on just this side of the [[Complete Monster]] line for two main reasons. First, his teammates (who are actual heroes) have learned how to use him like a weapon; they point him in the direction of their good intentions and let him off the leash, because Belkar doesn't care who he's killing so long as he's killing ''somebody''. Secondly, because he's the guy who doesn't care about anyone or anything, he's in position to get a lot of the funniest jokes.
** It's even Lampshaded when Belkar under the influence of the [[Restraining Bolt|Mark of Justice]] and it's curse. Lord Shojo appears to him and basically tells him that if he keeps going like this he is heading into Scrappy territory and that the only cure is [[Character Development]] or at least to fake it.
* Peter from ''[[Fansadox (Franchise)/Birthday Gift (Webcomic)|Birthday Gift]]'', and similarly, Roy from ''[[Webcomic/Confiscated Twins|Confiscated Twins]]''.
* Rayne from ''[[Least I Could Do]]'', in spades. The character is incredibly rude, selfish and arrogant, yet is held up to be the object of admiration for men and a sex god for women. The typical storyline is 90% Rayne trying to bed hot girls, live out his [[Gary Stu]] fantasies, and/or insulting his friends, and 10% him "being awesome", which usually involves getting the cast out of sticky situations that he got them into in the first place. In fairness, he does have some redeeming traits (like unconditional love for his niece Ashley), but these only tend to crop up in [[Author's Saving Throw]] moments just when the audience is wondering why nobody's shot the asshole yet.
* Black Hat Guy in ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]'' who is a complete sociopath fond of [[Disproportionate Retribution]].
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