syntheticgerbil Posted May 2, 2014 This is a great topic. Post main characters that are jerks. I would say I'm doing research for my amazing thesis, but I've got nothing. I will start with Mario. He's always yelling, "Hey paisanos!" That translates to "peasants" in Italian. It's incredibly rude to call every fan a peasant, like we are so below the great and super Mario. He thinks he is king, but the princess has never agreed to marry him, so he's really just like everyone else in the Mushroom Kingdom. Plus he doesn't even own a crown like King Koopa, who only seems to be king of his castle and the inhabitants within. At least that guy is realistic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart Posted May 2, 2014 I feel that this was a case of of people behind the show being even more dumb, since "paisanos" means "countrymen" or, colloquially, "pal" in Spanish. They might've confused their Spanish with their Italian. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted May 2, 2014 I refuse to understand what you are saying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart Posted May 2, 2014 Shadup, paisano. Also, if we're going with TV versions of video game characters, then... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badfinger Posted May 2, 2014 Nathan Drake Simon Belmont Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeusthecat Posted May 2, 2014 Guybrush Threepwood is clearly the biggest jerk. Couldn't he have at least shown some remorse for stealing Wally's monocle? Not to mention all the other people he's fucked over and left stranded. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHorrorshow Posted May 2, 2014 Francis York Morgan, the universal contempt he applies to those around him and his total absence of tack make him truly a jerk for the ages. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ucantalas Posted May 2, 2014 Pretty much every RPG character ever made.All of them barge into peoples homes, demanding information, rifling through their cabinets and shelves and trash cans, taking anything they think might be even mildly useful. (And even if its not useful, they'll take it anyways and sell it at the general store just down the street.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted May 2, 2014 Also, if we're going with TV versions of video game characters, then... He was also a murderer in the official comics: I almost wanted to cry when I first saw him ruin his stamp collection, even if it was disappearing ink. Guybrush Threepwood is clearly the biggest jerk. Couldn't he have at least shown some remorse for stealing Wally's monocle? Not to mention all the other people he's fucked over and left stranded. The guys at Lucas Arts must have been bullies growing up. Pretty much every RPG character ever made. All of them barge into peoples homes, demanding information, rifling through their cabinets and shelves and trash cans, taking anything they think might be even mildly useful. (And even if its not useful, they'll take it anyways and sell it at the general store just down the street.) That always makes me think of this great Mario RPG comic where Mario, Geno, and possibly Mallow walk in and ransack the place, but I can't find it anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Berzee Posted May 2, 2014 I like "RUMMAGE" as a sound effect in that Mario comic. I submit as a candidate, Mike Thorton. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaputt Posted May 2, 2014 Cole Phelps from L.A. Noire. The "doubt" and "lie" options activated his total jerk side. I remember he screamed at a little girl that had just lost her mother only because she was afraid of telling some stuff about her father. Zero common sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrik Posted May 2, 2014 Kratos. Seriously, sometimes it's just so unnecessary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted May 3, 2014 Rufus from Deponia springs to mind. He does some reeeally jerky things. (Adventure game characters in general tend to be jerky, moreso than RPG characters I feel, since in RPG's violence and destruction is among their main verbs of interaction. It's a natural extension of the gameplay, whereas an adventure game goes out of its way to plan, program and animate asshole behavior. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anym Posted May 3, 2014 For me, it's this guy: I still find the ending of Wing Commander III where (spoiler) you pull the trigger to blow up the Kilrathi homeworld with billions of people on and above it to be one of the most despicable things I ever did in a game and it's exacerbated by the fact that when he's being captured by some of the survivors afterwards, he acts like a total jerk about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gamemore Posted May 3, 2014 Car people deserve to die! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trip Hazard Posted May 3, 2014 Lara Croft. How many endangered animals have to die to slake such a powerful bloodlust? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ifthenstatements Posted May 3, 2014 I'll go with the Player in Crusader Kings II. I'm pretty sure that's the only context in which I've *chosen* to murder half my family. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonCole Posted May 3, 2014 I think it's my Fallout character. When I want to kill a very tough enemy, I put about 20 bullets into their right calf until it's mutilated, 20 bullets into their left arm until its mutilated, set the dude on fire, and then expose him to a radioactive bomb. No killing is as jerky as that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted May 3, 2014 Any given Metroid game is 99% Samus just murdering local wildlife and then blowing up a planet afterward. Everyone saves the Etecoons and the Dachora in Super Metroid, but that's four animals from a planet of billions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted May 3, 2014 - Simon the Sorcerer - Roger Wilco Adventure game heroes are often jerks. I think the biggest jerk is Link. Instead of just stealing people's stuff, he's also destroying their pots and barrels. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted May 3, 2014 Syphon filter dude. Anyone who will taser someone until they catch fire is kind of a jerk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted May 3, 2014 I have such a terrible memory for video games, or is it that all video games are terrible. Um, James Bond = Jerk. Shooting Robbie Coltrane in the knee or the hand. Good times Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nappi Posted May 4, 2014 I'll go with the Player in Crusader Kings II. I'm pretty sure that's the only context in which I've *chosen* to murder half my family. This. I once assassinated a king I was in good terms with because I thought I would gain his territory. Of course, I only had a Breckonian level of understanding of succession and it turned out that my daughter inherited the grown. So I had to kill her. She was like eight years old for Christ's sake. And that kingdom was Norway. And I was Ireland. Also, Guybrush Threepwood. And the great pottery and shrubbery destroyer Link. Edit: Correct term used. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites