Top 21 Worst Cartoon Characters Of All Time

By David Schwartz on Monday, March 9, 2009 at 2:00pm85 Comments


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Nothing beat Saturday morning cartoons when you were growing up.

That feeling of waking up stupidly early so you could sit cross-legged and transfixed on the TV for hours on end is hard to beat.

Sure, as adults, we have sex, sleep-ins and cars to entertain us during the weekends – but are they really as good? OK, yes, they are, so we won’t labour the point.

Anyway, cartoons are great. But, let’s face it, some of the cartoons and cartoon characters they used to inflict on us were just terrible. They were tantamount to child abuse, seriously. You know which ones we mean – and we can only assume the people who created them had miserable childhoods.

They hated children and wanted to get back at us for some hideous playground incident back when they were nine. How else do you explain Lisa Simpson? Or even Scrappy Doo? We can only live in hope that the person responsible for Scrappy Doo will spend their after-life in the ninth level of Hell – alongside Hitler, Stalin and the guy who played Jar Jar Binks.

Anyway, here are the cartoon characters which annoyed us the most – please feel free to suggest your own,
Enjoy!

21. Tweety Bird
From: Various cartoons


How cute: a little canary with a New Jersey accent.  Please eat him Sylvester and floss with his birdie bones.

20. Pebbles and Bam-Bam (especially when they grew up)
From: The Flintstones


Seriously, what was the point?

19. Teddy Ruxpin
From: The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin


Could he be more earnest and annoying? You’re a bear for God’s sake, go nick some picnic baskets or kill something!

18. Porky Pig
From: Various cartoons


A pig with a stutter – just great! Genius! What next? A hare with a harelip? A monkey with a drug habit? A hedgehog who fantasises about having sex with rhinos? Actually…

17. Pepe Le Pew
From: Les Adventures de Pepe Le Pew or something


A French skunk who smells and is a bit of a sex pest. Now, we are no fans of our neighbours over the Channel, but that’s some serious stereotyping going on there. He should have been lazy, eat anything that isn’t tied down and carried a white flag with ‘strike’ on it too. Wait a minute!

16. Olive Oyl
From: Popeye


So why were they fighting over her again?

15. Luigi
From: The Super Mario Brothers Super Show


Luigi was the halfwit brother of videogame icon and fellow plumber Mario. He also was one of the main reasons Mario Bros the cartoon sucked.

14. Gazoo
From: The Flintstones


Whatever the Flintstones creators were on when they came up with a snotty, tiny green alien who only Fred could see should be banned immediately.

13. C-3PO
From: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO


George Lucas – you are going to Hell

12. Rubik
From: Rubik, The Amazing Cube


Even more annoying than a Rubik’s Cube. Do you know anyone who has actually solved one without cheating? Geek.

11. Angelica Charlotte Pickles
From: Rugrats


Whoever unleashed Rugrats on an unsuspecting world deserves being tortured by Jack Bauer.

10. Dungeon Master
From: Dungeons and Dragons


Can anyone be more smug? Or have worse hair? Put it this way: would you trust someone with that hair who calls himself ‘Dungeon Master’?

9. Uni
From: Dungeons and Dragons


While we are on the subject of Dungeons and Dragons, were we the only ones who wished that bloody unicorn and that annoying noise it made would die a horrible death?

8. David the Gnome
From: David the Gnome


A gnome. Named David. Thanks for this one, continental Europe.

7. Roadrunner
From: Roadrunner or something like that


Were we the only ones rooting for the coyote?

6. He-Man
From: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe


Stupid and stupid voice – some hero.

5. Bonkers D. Bobcat
From: Bonkers


Highly annoying Roger Rabbit rip-off – without Jessica Rabbit.

4. Snarf
From: Thundercats

Cursed with the most annoying voice on the planet, this alien cat nursemaid (now that is just odd) was simply a pointless character.

3. Orko
From: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe


We all wished He-man’s court jester would make himself disappear.

2. Lisa Simpson
From: The Simpsons


Yes, we know she plays an important role in the show, but did they really have to make her so annoying?

1. Scrappy -Doo
From: Scooby-Doo


Whoever came up with idea of Scrappy-Doo was a lonely, bitter person. He brought misery to millions of children. We hope you are happy.

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85 Comments »

  • Mick says:

    To Stabby McGee – Do you really think that Mickey Mouse is one of the worst characters of all time? Why? Aren’t you two-years old anymore?
    And my sister is really mad that Tweety is on your list David – she loves the “Tweet” little thing… Too bad you aren’t a girl, or a teenaged Teeny Bopper! Maybe then you would have a different opinion.
    (Relax dudes.. I’m just funning you).

  • Mystic Dave says:

    Perhaps someone can help me find a cartoon character that I saw only once. It was a little duck in the shape of the human mid brain. I think he was supposed to be a duck or a chicken. Angry little guy that always had bad things happening to him. I have no idea where I saw this other then it was late night television. It may or may not have been on some cable station.

    This is driving me nuts because nobody else has seen this cartoon. I hope someone on this site saw and remembers what this was.

    Thanks in advance

    Procedamus in pace
    (proceed in peace)
    Cum Angelis et Pueris
    (In the company of Angels and Children)
    Dave

  • bianca says:

    Lisa Simpson is not a bad character. Neither is bam bam and pebbles.Neither does Angelica. and Luigui rocks. u suck. so does this list.

  • Ryan says:

    i think you guys forgot to put jabberjaw on here

  • kaypasah says:

    I know someone else mentioned the Wonder twins, but everyone forgot the most annoying cartoon character of all time: the Wonder Twins mutant pet monkey, Gleek! At least I think that’s what it’s name was. As bad of a cartoon as “the Super Friends” was, this “shoddy attempt at comic relief” monkey made it even worse! Superman should have drop-kicked Gleek, along with those half vulcan, half moron Wonder Twins, into a raging volcano!

  • Doc says:

    Don’t forget:

    7-Zark-7: Two words – Sandy Frank

    Cobra Commander: Nobody, but nobody, can be that breathtakingly stupid a military “commander.”

    Wendy & Marvin: I wanted to smother Marvin with his own cape.

    The Smurfs: The whole Smurfing bunch of them. Add the Snorks while you’re at it.

  • Geo says:

    The Carebears, Strawberry Shortcake, Rainbow Bright — and all those other stomach-churners…

  • Smiley says:

    This is so rude! I don’t get why u even have this website! It is your opinion. It is NOT right. I love scrappy :) (You could have put better ones on there anyway)

  • Kelly says:

    Characters that should not be on the list:

    Tweety
    Pebbles and Bam Bam
    Porky Pig
    Pepe Le Pew
    Luigi
    David the Gnome
    Roadrunner
    Bonkers D. Bobcat
    Snarf
    Scappy Doo

    Seriously, what the hell were you thinking when you wrote this? These were some of my favorite characters of all time. I also loved Sylvester, Daffy and Wiley. I agree about the rest though, they sucked.

  • The LULZ Sayer says:

    This was not lulz worthy.
    ?_?

  • brooke says:

    Some of those things like Twetty bird and Scrappy do wernt bad! I loved Scrappy and Tweety!

  • tigerlilli says:

    great list those characters where so deserving of their place in worst list but god i miss some cartoons of my youth …. captain caveman legend!! godzilla but only with godzuki and finally topcat, am i really turning into my old people when i say cartoons were better in my day???

  • john says:

    what about Hong Kong Fooy

  • Chellers says:

    Oh yes. They all deserve to be on there.

    Lisa Simpsons only redeeming factor is that she plays a mean saxophone solo.

    But what about The Carebears? They were bad.

    You need to do a list of the best cartoon characters ever, and it better include Count Duckula.

  • Shawn says:

    Hmmm…I detect a conspiracy. No Disney characters? True, they weren’t on Saturday morning but still…

    I was always creeped out by those large cat/dog things that kind of looked like Goofy.

    Donald Duck was also a turn-off. His WB counterpart Daffy managed to pull off the manic duck character but Donald – with his Navy cap, shirt and no pants – was just annoying. Plus he’s spawned a couple million annoying Donald Duck imitations over the years.

  • I saw that you put Teddy Ruxpin a nice Illiop. You will say to you. “Be nice.”

    I pick to worst cartoons.

    1. Drack Pak
    2. Powerpoof Girls
    3. Johny Brovo

  • adrian says:

    ” my little ponies”
    -.-

  • Kavgaci says:

    Mystic Dave, I think you are talking about DarkWing Duck.

  • skybluepink says:

    I HATED Teddy Ruxpin!!! When we were little, my cousin had the talking doll (cassette tapes went in the back) and it freaked me out so badly that I taped the mouth shut before hiding it. I didn’t understand how the thing worked… so it just seemed demonically possessed, and I couldn’t sleep anywhere near it!
    Never liked Porky Pig. Tweety especially annoys me because his likeness is on lots of ugly apparel that people buy in box stores! In my opinion, nothing says “I don’t care about looking attractive OR being taken seriously” like a frumpy Tweety bird sweatsuit.
    Angelica Pickles was a great character! An only child with a yuppie dad and corporate executive mom (always shown talking on her cell phone and too busy to pay attention to her), Angelica is a flawed character prone to envy and selfishness, is mischievous, but overall has a good heart. Feeling valued and accepted does not come as easily for her as it does the other characters, and she seems very lonely at times. I think that many could relate to her, or knew a kid like her.
    Luigi is a loveable character, Lisa Simpson is the voice of reason in her world, and David the Gnome is a great, beautifully animated series. :)

  • Jerry says:

    I agree with you about Bonkers, Scrappy-Doo, and Olive Oyl. I really don’t think Olive is worth fighting for. I don’t know why Popeye even stays with her, because she always falls in love with Bluto and other men. I’d dump her if she were my girl. As for Scrappy, I think he’s the worst thing to ever happen to Scooby-Doo. He’s so annoying, and oftentimes, it’s hard to tell whose side he’s really on. He should be put to sleep.

    I beg to differ, though, about the Warner Bros. characters, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, and the Great Gazoo. I like Gazoo, and I think he was funny.

    You know who I really can’t stand? 1) Lucy of the Peanuts cartoon. I think she’s an absolute b****, and I don’t know why Charlie Brown hangs around her. I’d avoid her like the plague. 2) Helen Lovejoy on the Simpsons. If you ask me, they should’ve killed her off instead of Maude Flanders. She calls herself a preacher’s wife, yet she’s the queen of gossip and judgement.

  • Jerry says:

    Oh, yeah, I agree about Angelica Pickles, too. Not only is she so mean and annoying, she’s so badly drawn.

  • PERSON says:

    What about Jem/Jerrica? HUH?
    you know in jen and the holograms.

  • euclid says:

    What about Marvin from Office Space you dismal twats?

  • Ron The Marine says:

    You lack any historical knowledge of the cultural and entertainment impact of many of these characters. You’re like a drive-by shooting with a keyboard. You seem to have anti-white malice and classic American animation feature-phobia. Are you even an American? I mean, really?

  • asdasdas says:

    Lisa Simpson is annoying. Especially in when someone beats her, gets too overworked.

  • PD Man says:

    Good Characters on this list
    Bam-Bam/Pebbles
    Scrappy Doo
    He-Man Characters
    Luigi
    Tweety
    Porky Pig
    Olive Oil
    Roadrunner
    Pepe Le Pew
    Angelica Pickles
    C-3PO
    and Gazoo you Bitchin Dum-Dum!

  • Some Guy says:

    rofl I almost peed my self when I saw that scrappy doo was number 1

  • nathalie says:

    i’m so glad scrappy is #1 – god he gave me the shits as a kid

  • brian the dark says:

    are you kidding me????? >:-I NO loony tune character should be on this list, ESPECIALLY porky. porky MADE loony tunes, not bugs. you want bad cartoon characters, i’ll give you bad cartoon characters.

    BIRDMAN- lame ass 1960’s superhero who shouts his name every 5 minutes, and is THE only superhero whose weakness is SHADE.

    MA’ TI from captain planet. all the planeteers have rings with cool powers: wheeler can shoot laser beams and burn stuff. gi can create tsunamis. linka can create hurricanes and tornadoes. kwami, the coolest one, can cause earthquakes, avalanches, landslides and volcanoes. ma’ ti, what’s his power. EMPATHY! he can calm the emotions of people and animals and communicate telepathically through his ring! LAME!!!!!!

    PATRICK- dumbass starfish from SPONGEBOB and very bad fat stereotype. it’s because of this retard spongebob gets into so much trouble and constantly drives poor squidward nuts. spongie’s gullible as hell, but at least he has some common sense. patrick’s so stupid it hurts.

    INDIAN CHIEF- super friends’ token native american superhero. what’s his power? when he shouts “ENUK-CHUK!!” he can make himself really big. aaaaand… that’s it.

    BIKER MICE FROM MARS: ALL THREE- muscle bound alien mice from mars who ride harleys and sports bikes. uh, no.

    GRAPE APE- big stupid purple ape who keeps repeating “grape ape grape ape!” every time he completes a sentence, and has a talking dog master.

    CARE BEARS- cringe-inducing cute, er, “bears” who live in the sky, drive cloud cars, and fight evil by shooting rainbows from their chests. and why are they called BEARS when there’s a bunny, a sheep, a pig, an elephant, a racoon, and a lion, who’s the leader, amongst them? that’s prejudice.

    ROGER RAMJET- secret agent fighter pilot who fight rogue agents. before each fight, he takes a proton energy pill, which gives him the strength of 20 atomic bombs for 20 seconds! um, isn’t that steroids?

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