For my pick, three words: “Cabot! Cabot? Cabot!”
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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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So many good choices by so many people, but I must single out one, and I do so with but a lone phrase:
“Don’t hurt my red shorts!”
In a cast of loathsome, repulsive characters, he stands out as the worst of all.
I like it very much.
The entire cast of Sidehackers.
Any of the so-called Beatniks from the movie “Beatniks”
I think both Whatney and Heathcliff are incredibly annoying, but to me no character is more annoying than one who is incredibly smug. Therefore I have to give John Allen “Deathstalker” Relson my number one spot for most annoying character.
Eddie Deezen in Laserblast. “Eddie looks like a meerkat!”
Wanda from Alien From LA. >< Geez, that voice!
Any body in hobgoblins or Werewolf (Warwilf).
Vi from Tormented, possibly the most annoying ghost in the world.
That’s all I got…
I’d have to say Critter from The Girl In Gold Boots. Speaking or singing(shudder), he makes my skin crawl.
Gee, I must have a really high tolerance for annoying people, as only Hi-Keeba Man annoys me. I refuse to say his name. He doesn’t even deserve this amount of attention from me.
Must be a mass group trauma, but I can’t believe no one has mentioned little Billy from the “Undersea Kingdom” shorts.
“RUN, CRASH!!”
One sentence. “I am Grimwald Warrior!”
That was annoying.
Most annoying characters?
EVERYONE in Space Mutiny.
EVERYONE EVERYONE in Hobgoblins
EVERYONE EVERYONE EVERYONE! in Manos Hands of Fate
Ken, Ken and Ken from Fugitive Alien (was everyone named Ken in that movie?)
The Cigarette Hag from Deadly Bees
Kenny, Itchie, and EVERY OBNOXIOUS “CUTE” KID in every Gamera film, EVER!
Oh man and I forgot, one word.
MITCHELL!
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“The sleazy diamond merchant from Giant Spider Invasion.”
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Excellent one I’d forgotten about. I believe’ he’s “cousin Billy.” Really an icky character.
Eddie Deezen in Laserblast and Droppo from Santa Claus Conquers The Martians.
The problem with coming so late to these parties, so many truly annoying characters have already been singled out. For me, it just might be Tim, from Boggy Creek II. I mean, why the constant shirtlessness, who’s gonna find that attractive? Was it merely a device intended to distract form his inability to act? If so, it failed miserably, mush like the rest of the film.
Jimmy from ‘Teenage Strangler’ and the two ridiculously old “students” from ‘Ring of Terror’. Terrible.
As Crow or Tom would say: “SHUT UP!”
Dirk McLargeHuge from Space Mutiny and the hick sheriff in Squirm.
I already posted my choice, but I would like to support the voting for Eddie Deezen in Laserblast. He really is the ideal choice when thinking of this discussion topic.
Earth versus Spider. (It’s been a while since I’ve watched this episode.) The insensitive boyfriend who keeps mentioning his girlfriend’s recently deceased father, may qualify as annoying, certainly jerkish and insensitive. The girlfriend who endangers everyone while searching for the piece of jewelry her father gave her is not the sharpest pencil in the cup, but annoying? I agree with most of the suggestions so far, but I absolutely detest the school teacher from Angels’ Revenge. The whole searching her purse for the map routinue enrages me to the point that I want to hurt that movie the way it’s hurt me.
Everybody says Krankor but how about Prince of Space and his continual “Your weapons are useless against me”. Another one I didn’t see was the 50 yr daughter? of the frog legs guy in Red Zone Cuba. Singing Ave Maria as Dad is thrown into a well. Creepy on so many levels.
1)Cabot and Professor Whatney from Outlaw. 2)Droppo from Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. 3)I can’t think of the guy’s name,but he had the Farrah Fawcett-type hair in Zombie Nightmare. 4)Moonie from The Beatniks. 5)Kenny from Time of the Apes..”I don’t care! I don’t care! I don’t care!” There’s more,I know,but those stick in my mind the most..How about the little boy in every one of those Gamera movies?? Wasn’t Timmy his name???
So many to choose from but for me it’s Whatney from Outlaw. When Cabot and Whatney are stumbling through the desert and Whatney’s chattering “Cabot, slow down! Cabot, where are we! Cabot…” Servo said exactly what I was thinking the first time I saw this scene: “Cabot, nobody will know if you kill him right now”.
arch hall jr in eegah
every little kid in the gamera movies
the guy from the sidehackers who told the really incredibly terrible joke that took like 15 or 20 minutes to be told. i think he got killed shortly after that (vengeance!) but i’m not sure.
I have to cast my vote for Arch Hall, Jr. in “Eegah”. Not only is he responsible for writing, directing, and starring in that epic, but he also thought he was really on to a great cinematic career. His vapid pop tunes, Donald Trump-like hair and whining “Roxey!” make my gorge rise. He’s also guilty of nepotism for casting his father as Roxey’s dad. He’s not just responsible for “Eeagah!”, but also stink burger called “Wild Guitar”, which should have been on MST3K. He has a lot to answer for.
The winner is whatney from outlaw. he is the king of annoying. Bobby from manhunt in space is the most annoying kid. Thank you all for playing.
I think angels’ revenge has the most annoying characters because it has the worst acted movie they ever did.
Tony Cardoza, if you’re listening– everything you ever did that involved film in any way was utter crap. And I hope the coffee guy is drinking Sanka in Hell.
the cooing female ensemble in the horrors of spider island
#123 Little Johnny – You just resent Arch Hall Jr’s dune buggy!!! :wink:
#118 reminded me of something. I want to nominate the spider from Earth vs. the Spider as the most annoying monster. All because of the awful screeching noises it made CONSTANTLY! Did they really need some guy to do ADR for the spider? Was that really necessary? I couldn’t wait till it was dead so it would just shut up!
Tim Van Patton from the Master Ninja movies. All of his lines should have been subtitled, I couldn’t understand what the heck he was saying!
#123 you actually got it backwards. Arch Hall Sr. wrote and directed Eegah. That and a few of his other movies were an attempt to jump start a teen idol career for Arch Hall Jr. and turn him into the next Elvis. Thank God it flopped.
Could you ask an easier question? Seriously, I’m being pulled eight different directions in making a decision and it’s not FAIR.
You know what? Forget it, I’m going to do the EXACT opposite. Who do I think is the BEST character? Ross Effing Hagen.
Rugged, smooth operator, biker man.
That’s our Ross Hagen.
On a side note, anyone notice that the guy painting the picture in Hellcats is the beloved Tony Cardoza from Sky Divers/BOYF/Red Zone Cuba? IT IS! Guy, credits himself as ANTHONY Cardoza, but that’s are man. Must have been strange for him to be in a movie that had SOME semblance of a plot.
Well Ross was a magnificent bastard (as strategist) in that one movie. Just consider his “no guns” plan to take out J. C.
Oh, and there’s that joke one of his gang tells…
Jim Conrad (Pernell Roberts) in San Francisco International. Smug city. Thank god for Clu Gulager’s appearence with him to smooth things a bit.
Davey in the same movie…dumber than a bag of hammers. His parents are just as annoying too.
I can’t believe it. 133 answers and nobody mentions the learned men of King Dinosaur. One is a hopeless sexist, and abuser and the other is a whiny adventurer who only wants to go home. They are both disgraces to not only their sex but also to mankind in general. Could they have sent two less adventurous men into space?
My wife adds the constantly crying baby in the Crash of the Moons. Kind of makes you wish that they had left him on Poseta for the collision. Cleolanta gets a honorable mention, but the baby takes it.
Whitey from the short “Out of this World” and the chick who said, “we will take you to the room of questions…”
I clearly don’t need to repeat “everyone in Hobgoblins.” (But I did anyway…)
The wife AND sheriff in “IT Lives by Night” are two of the most annoying characters I can think of that haven’t already been mentioned.
Incidentally, the above sheriff was also “J.C.” in “Sidehackers.” So, doesn’t he deserve extra credit for being irritating all the time?
Also, anything with Coleman Francis is a ripe slice of hell.
Lisa Hansen, the K-Car driving reporter from Time Chasers. Even the plaid and stripes outfits couldn’t distract from the high level of annoying.
Here are my top three –
Heathcliff – Wild World of Batwoman – I seriously want to smack him every time he’s on screen. And the finale “joke” is just horrible.
Droppo – Santa Claus Conquers the Martians – He’s not funny. He’s not endearing. He’s just painfully annoying. And when he dresses like Santa and gads about… I want to launch a rabid wolverine at him.
The Annoying Teacher – Angel’s Revenge – From the moment her crappy naration starts, your trigger finger starts to itch. Then comes the purse searching moment and you start looking though your junk drawer muttering “Where did I put my gun?”
@ #131.
Hellcats had a plot??
Well, compared to Cardoza’s Francis films, Hellcats was Citizen Kane.
RH
Talk about shooting fish in a barrel! So many choices.
How about the scientist from Riding With Death who wanted to, “LEAVE ROBERT DENBY ALONE!”
Davis Davis Davis from Devil Fish.
I’m surprised that nobody has mentioned Peter Graves yet. “He learned too late that man is a feeling creature…”
Since shorts have already been mentioned how about the kids from the Century 21 Calling short.
Sorry one more.
Troxartis from the Deathstalker movie.
#137 – okay, since you’ve brought up Time Chasers, it’s got me thinking of how irritating so many of the characters are in that film. Let’s see. We have:
1.Nick – our floppy disk eating “hero”
2.Lisa – his plaid lovin’ leading lady
3-.J.K. Robertson – “I’ve got a whole building full of people here…”
4.Pink Boy – “I’ll walk back to the past!”
5.The taxi driver from Nuh Yowk Nuh Yowk
6.The rat-faced urchin from the future trying to take our hero hostage
7.That damn kid in the future who’s taking a phone call while speed walking(I’m just jealous of his neon yellow running pants)
and last but not least –
8.Nick’s old lady friend from the grocery store(you need a young lady…)
Did I leave anyone out? Per capita, this film might just have the most annoying cast of all time!
p.s. – SEE YOU AT COMMUNITY THEATER PRACTICE! :mrgreen:
Tony Cardoza’s perfomance in Hellcat’s was uncharacteristicly animated. He must have been on or off his meds that day. His performance wasn’t that good, but it wasn’t his usual affectless, “I woke up without a soul today”, look of near lethal boredom.
Toberlone
Unlike a lot of the people mentioned here, for me he isn’t even funny.
The wild-haired “punk” kid in “Zombie Nightmare,” followed closely by the dorkie sidekick in “Outlaw.”
For me, it’s a toss-up between Whatney from “Outlaw” and the pasta-flinging, frosted perm guy from “Zombie Nightmare” (Jim?). Just the thought of either one of these characters makes me cringe. Queen “Bitch-In-Heat” Laura from “Outlaw” is excrutiatingly loathesome as well.
For me, it’s all down to Arch Hall, Jr. He’s genuinely hideous to look upon, he’s unbelievably whiny, he has the brains of drywall, he thinks he can sing, and most of all, no matter how hard I wish it, there is no scene in the movie in which Richard Kiel bashes his skull in. If they’d only had that, I would have been willing to forgive most of the rest of the movie.
For a leading charactor in a movie, it’s Captain Frank Chapman from The Phantom Planet. His screen time was more stiff than an ironing board.
Great topic, although I would argue that Cabot/Whatney should be “most annoying screen couple.”
It’s amazing that the field here is so strong that the kid from Pod People has not received a single vote. Until now, anyway.
If we expand the field to include CT and Rifftrax, I’d pit Creedence Leonore Gielgud against anyone.