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Weekend Discussion Thread: Most Annoying Movie CharacterThe title says it all. Which MSTed movie character was the most annoying?
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Adam Chance from “Agent for H.A.R.M.”
He had enough smarmy smugness for five John Agars.
Pretty much any child characters that were featured. But the two Earth brats from Santa Claus Conquers the Martians particularly come to mind.
Anyone played by Jonathan Haze.
The imp from “The Undead.”
For sheer annoyingness, I have to pick the assistant guy from #515, THE WILD WORLD OF BATWOMAN (“Heathcliff,” I believe). His whole part is just a set-up for a really lame joke at the end of the film. Until then, he’s just a nuisance to have on the screen.
Damn near anybody in “Giant Spider Invasion” with Dan ‘backbrace forgetter’ Kester topping them all. And, let’s not forget: MITCHELL!
My my my my Mitchell.
The ‘lost boys’ in BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS.
Either I completely missed it scrolling down or no one has mentioned the “I’M COMING!!!” guy from Delta Knights. Shame on youse. :wink:
Oh, snap. Actually Cabbage Patch Elvis got it in the first post. I like that guy…he knows where its at.
Are we talking delightfully annoying or genuine hatred for the character?
I adore Droppo and he wins if we’re talking about the former. I would also throw Sid Melton from Lost Continent into the ring.
If we’re talking about truly hating the character…”Doctor” Whatley probably gets the nod.
Just about everyone in JACK FROST annoys the hell out of me. Even the little squarehead with the three feet of pony tail makes me gag. That is perhaps the hardest episode to watch that I will actually watch. Hamlet is the hardest to watch that I cannot watch, excepting the host segments.
Randy
Rod from Wild Rebels takes smarm to a whole new level.
John Agar annoys. Also the actor who added ‘Hi Keeba!’ to the lexicon- sorry for not knowing his name, but he bugs me.
This is another list that could be endless!!
I’m sure someone else has already said it but that stupid robot from Robot Holocaust.
Has anyone mentioned Mikey? He is kind of likable in a sick way, I suppose.
However, the same can not be said for Fingers O’Toole, the “comic relief” private eye in Catalina Caper. I’m grinding my teeth just thinking about that guy.
T
Everyone, except the alien mummy, in Being from Another Planet. I wanted them to die!
The singing guy in The Giant Gila Monster. I was so sick of hearing that “Mushroom Song”, plus he killed my favorite character – the gila monster.
Just about everyone in Ring of Terror.
The little girl in Tormented.
The alien women in Gamera vs. Guiron. They were more annoying than the kids, and that’s pretty bad.
The blonde woman from Space Mutiny. I never been so memorably repulsed from a character in a Mystery Science Theater 3000 movie … the fact that she was supposed to be sexy enough to seduce a guard was UNIMAGINABLE. Was there some factor in that I neither liked the movie NOR the riffing of the movie? Perhaps, but she stands out.
Mikey from “Teenage Strangler”. The parody that Mike did of him,when he put on the “glasses”, was pretty funny.
I think I’ve mentioned this before but Kathy Ireland in “Alien from L.A.” That voice, that hideous, painful, nasty voice.
The “undercover” comedy relief guy in “Catalina Caper” is right there also. He’s not one bit funny, just irritating.
I agree with oh so many of the characters already mentioned. But I have to add one that personally bugged me: the Cindy Williams-esque sister from Squirm.
The biker gang from “Wild Rebels”. I can’t even watch that movie because they’re so cliched and unlikeable.
Max Keller from the Master Ninja shows. Subtitles are necessary are nessesary to understand his “hepped up” lines.
I have to go with the blonde daughter in Jack Frost. Kind of goes beyond annoying to vomitous, though, at times.
Ohhhh, Mikey…I just wanted to smash him in the face with a 2×4. Annoying and creepy. And Mike’s parody, I wet my pants!
Lay off Mikey. He’s the only thing worth watching in Teenage Stragler. He’s the glue that holds that film together. And he didn’t steal no bike, neither!
IVAN from jack frost! there was nothing likeable about him at all and he was supposed to be the hero! I think about him and his red booties and girly makeup, I think im gonna be sick sooooo anyoing.
lets not forget about the mouth breathing bear mask.
“that was a girl? I thought I was a girl.”
That squarehead butler from She Creature was annoying but I found myself more distracted by the unsettling void that was Lance Fuller.
From Angel’s Revenge, the “top model” whose photo shoots take place in mall parking lots. The stupid lines she’s given, and the smarmy, nasally voice she utters them with… whenever she’s in a scene it’s like fingernails screeching on a chalkboard.
(in unsuccessfully ‘sexy’ voice): “I LIKE this! This is really nice!”
servo: “Sometimes a bazooka is just a bazooka.”
I agree with all of the above and I’d like the add the smarmy agent from Agent From Harm, Jimmy from I Accuse my Parents and the guy with the frosted hair in Zombie Nightmare.
Alan Hale’s character in Giant Spider Invasion really got on my nerves for some reason.
Is it all his crappy one-liners, or when he acts with his tongue?
Mrs. March from “Atomic Brain.” Even by MST3K standards, she’s a burden for the viewer. I’ve only watched the movie three or four times just because I can’t stand her!
the IM COOMMMMMING guy from Delta Knights and the little sea gull voice munchkin from Tormented
So many, so many.
Neptune and wife in Sinbad. “He does NOT look like your stupid cousin…” WTF?
Tor Johnson of Beast of Yucca Flats. (And every other movie he’s in).
All the Not-Beatniks in Beatniks.
“Roxanne” from Godzilla vs. Megalon
Everyone in Pod People. Just two people doing all those voices, really?
Billy and Winky from the Rocky Jones movies.
Nightgown guy in Attack of the Eye Creatures.
Einstein, and Paper Chase Guy from Warrior of the Lost World.
Eddie Deezen – Laserblast.
Max Keller – Masters Ninja.
Explosion kid from Escape 2000.
Everyone in Catalina Caper.
The wife in Manos: *sobbing* “Mike, Mike where are you Mike…”
Dropo.
Mikey.
The cast of City Limits.
Everyone in Santa Claus.
Those twins in Magic Sword.
All the Racket Girls. (et al.)
Kathy Ireland.
Arch Hall, Jr.
Everyone in Wild World of Batwoman, and Angels’ Revenge.
Mr. B Natural.
Whatney from Outlaw.
The list will go on and on….
I think “Whatley” from Outlaw was actually called Whatney. Small point, and it doesn’t make him any less irritating.
I’ve mentioned before how indescribably disturbing the Humanoid Woman from the same named episode is. If she won’t ditch the upsetting shock-white micro-thin afro, or share the drugs she’s obviously stoned out of her mind on, I wish she’d lower her eyelids a titch. Maybe then her face wouldn’t look like a lidless skull her eyeballs are desperately trying to eject themselves from in search of another host.
If the category is expanded to include MST related projects, Jar Jar wins hands down in what is a really unfair fight.
What about the stupid gardener from Mad Monster? I thoguht he was pretty annoying. I mean, not as annoying as anyone in Hobgoblins, but that’s the one I haven’t seen yet. Also, the Maltese police chief in Final Justice.
Whatney from Outlaw & several characters from Hobgoblins are all way up there. For me however, it’s the children in some of these movies that make my ears spontaneously fold in to protect my brain.
1 – The awful kid from the Undersea Kingdom shorts. I think his name is Billy. Try not to let your eyes bleed as he screeches out “Diana!”
2 – Ichy from Gamera vs Gaos. Kenny was bad, but this kid managed to actually come up with all the counter-monster plans, whereas Kenny was lucky to crash the party. Gamera does not have a good heart!
3 – Sean, the annoying British Kenny. Why is he necessary, unless you just wanted to use a kid to waste 20 minutes. “I’ve got to go save our child that we hate.”
4 – And most annoying of all – Gamera vs Guiron – the entire cast! Basically everyone who speaks in the film is like nails on a chalkboard plus styrofoam blocks rubbing together. The annoying boys, the ancient whiny girl, the oddly southern-accented alien women, Cornjohn, and the two horrible mothers. Everyone in this movie seems designed to make your eyes crossed.
On my above post (#85), #3 Sean is from Gorgo. I know most of you reading know this but hey, omissions are omissions.
Lots of good nominations here. I would like to add the girl with no nose from Clonus and the witch girl from A Touch of Satan. “Joooodeeee!”
Oh, I almost hate to type this, because I have a different take on the question. All of the characters mentioned so far are appropriately annoying in an amusing way, because they are part of the awful movies been mocked. But for pure annoyance, I’m afraid to say the worst character in a MST3K episode was the ‘giant baby’.
This was an embarrassing skit. It was pointless and weird. A full-grown man in a diaper acting like a baby while two talented comedians who should know better prance around him?
The most annoying character in a MST3K show, hands down.
The woman-hating scientist from Giant Spider Invasion. Enough with the damn plants.
The oversexed guy from Hobgoblins.
And of course Droppo.
I’m gonna echo #59-Droppo, and others, in support of the tear-out-your-hair annoying Dr. Watney Smith from Outlaw of Gor. At least many of the other “annoying” characters (Mikey, Krankor, Buffalo, Einstein, etc) added to the train-wreck appeal of their respective films, as well as providing great fodder for riffing. Watney inspires only one emotion: cold, primal hate. Kind of makes you wonder what he could possibly be professor of. There should be some sort of counseling available for female students that survived his course.
Kathy Ireland. Her squeaky, extremely irritating voice makes me want to put a bullet in my head!
The kid with the perpetually pained expression in San Francisco International Airport. “Suddenly, I am Starbuck!”
Women of the Prehistoric Planet: comic relief man
The Slime People: goat man
The whiny, conplaining wife in The Space Children and The Screaming Skull. Same actress, pretty much the same character. Watching her is like having a root canal while being waterboarded by nancy pelosi.
Wow, lol. Tough category. My picks are, in no particular order:
Wattney Smith from Outlaw.
All the Atlanteans from Alien From LA.
Cap’n Joe from the Fugitive Alien movies.
Both Dr. Ted Nelson, his wife and for good measure the Sheriff from Incredible Melting Man.
The sleazy diamond merchant from Giant Spider Invasion.
Mitchell from Mitchell.
The teacher/Plain Unremarkable One from Angels’ Revenge.
The android second bananas from Human Duplicators.
And finally, everyone from Hobgoblins and Manos.
To paraphrase Kevin Murphy, man they did some awful movies, lol.
RH
Wow, not nearly enough rage against Arch Hall, Jr. He sings crappy rock songs, acts like an idiot around his girlfriend her father and is generally whiny and useless at doing anything to advance the plot. That and the hair. Oh, the hair.
The guy in the onesie in “Attack of the the Creatures” gets a close second.
The “Dead End Kids” junkie from The Unearthly?…
I’ve got to break this one down by season.
1. Lt. “Hi-keeba” Bradley of Women of the Prehistoric Planet
2. The guy from Ring of Terror who J&tB say to “KILL HIM!” whenever he’s on screen.
3. Acronus “Dull, old guy” from Cave Dwellers.
4. EVERY MALE CHARACTER in Fire Maidens of Outer Space
5. Arch “Cabbage Patch Elvis/Bat From Ferngully” Hall Jr., hands down. (At least Kathy Ireland is nice to look at)
6. The Bible thumper guy from The Dead Talk Back.
7. Johnny (a.k.a. Steve) from Night of the Blood Beast since he doesn’t let the other Steves kill Steve the Blood Beast without hesitation or remorse and drags the movie on for 4 extra hours with his philosophical ramblings.
8. The children. THE CHILDREN! (Invasion of the Neptune Men)
9. Leonardo da Wetpants of Quest of the Delta Knights.
10. Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III (a.k.a. Joe Don Baker) of Final Justice.
Suggestion for a future thread: Movie characters who may not be annoying but are just such repulsive slimeballs otherwise you can’t help but hate ’em. (J.C. anyone?)