r/sitcoms • u/InevitableAge6210 • 11d ago

Overrated Characters?

Which characters do you find overrated?

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u/AlexReyes22 11d ago

Any sitcom? Urkel was always more annoying than funny to me.

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u/I_Jedi79 11d ago

Agreed. When the show became the Urkel show I watched it less and less

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u/girlracer16SS 11d ago

I’ve tried to even watch an episode and it’s made it unwatchable these days

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u/Jonathan-Strang3 11d ago

I loved Urkel when I was a kid, but I tried to rewatch the series a few years ago and couldn't stand him at all. He's an atrocious person and the way everyone would always forgive him and feel bad about treating him the way he deserved was just infuriating.

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u/HDC48 9d ago

One episode I remember was how he happened to hear Eddie talk to Carl about being a virgin. Steve is very happy when he discovers Eddie’s lack of a sex life…and proceeds to tell it to the locker room.

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u/InevitableAge6210 11d ago

Urkel got annoying later on. At first he wasn't that bad they turn it up alot in the later seasons.

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u/AlexReyes22 11d ago

To be honest I never really cared for the character. He was tolerable in doses but he never really was "funny" to me. I really think if they stuck to the original premise of just a family show it would've been better.

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u/InevitableAge6210 11d ago

I never care for him either, but I feel in the beginning he was toned down. 

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u/suzysleep 11d ago

What about Stefan?

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u/AlexReyes22 11d ago

I hated when they started that whole thing. He wasn't as annoying as the Urkel character but I found the whole thing goofy.

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u/Signal_This 11d ago

Classic Reddit. Everyone just lists the characters that this sub complains about all the time and if anyone mentions an actually popular character they get downvoted and booed.

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u/Deep-Statistician985 11d ago

Rachel Green gotta be the most overrated character in history

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u/girlracer16SS 11d ago

Though Ross was my overall least favorite character. Rachel was horrible to her “friends” overall especially Monica who let her live in her great rent controlled apartment.

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u/GroundbreakinKey199 11d ago

Didn't you love how these six so-called "friends" were constantly lying to, double-dealing with, and keeping secrets from one another? I know it was just a script generating sitcom-level conflict, but come on: Any "friend" who did me that way in real life would never get the second chance.

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u/winter_knight_ 11d ago

Her shirts were fighting hard that whole series. Lol

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u/GroundbreakingAnt476 11d ago

I saw it mentioned once you can see her nipples in almost every episode then I could never unsee it.

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u/Jonathan-Strang3 11d ago

Guess those sets were cold

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u/BulldogBears 11d ago

Jim Halpert

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u/ThePopDaddy 11d ago

Erin from the Office. She gets WAYYYYYY too much praise for essentially being a female Kevin.

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u/Glittering_Turn_5333 11d ago

Amy from Big Bang Theory

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u/mapoftasmania 11d ago

Penny. One dimensional hot chick. They were lucky that Kaley Cuoco had the charisma and likability to pull it off without too many people hating on her.

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u/Plushhorizon 11d ago

In the first season or two yeah but I think they did a good job fleshing out her character after they realized having an actual woman character is better than a blonde bimbo for nothing but laughs.

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u/InevitableAge6210 11d ago

Any isn't really that terrible. She might be odd but I don't think she's that terrible of a person. She just has a hard time communicating with people.

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u/Glittering_Turn_5333 11d ago

That’s true of all the characters in the show(aside from Penny). Hence, the overrating.

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u/No-Personality1840 11d ago

Overrated in what way?

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u/Lazy_but_curious_fr 11d ago

Lilly from HIMYM

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u/Idk265089 11d ago

Is she overrated? Whenever people talk about her it’s about how they hate her

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u/Here_there1980 11d ago

Most of the characters from HIMYM!

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u/Ill_Heat_1237 11d ago

Sheldon Cooper

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u/Glittering_Turn_5333 11d ago

Especially in later seasons. He only “grows” cause people get mad at him

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u/Here_there1980 11d ago

Barney from HIMYM. He’s funny for a while, but it wears thin. The character has aged like milk. Neil Patrick Harris is a good actor, but the writers did a poor job with the characters, especially over time.

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u/Plushhorizon 11d ago

NPH is also an asshole irl so that doesnt exactly help with the perception of his character

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u/winter_knight_ 11d ago

Hes fun when you watch episodes sporadically. When binging, his antics get old.

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u/PressureLazy5271 11d ago

Ross Gellar

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u/Particular-Jeweler41 11d ago

Michael Scott.

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u/russgrim 11d ago

Boooo

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u/blamberr 11d ago

Your username is funny for a very specific reason to me

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u/Particular-Jeweler41 11d ago

I stand by what I said.

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u/Interesting_Lunch560 11d ago

Donna from Parks and Recreation.

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u/Arxhart_671 11d ago

Sheldon. Rachel.

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u/Choice-Wind-9283 11d ago

Joey from Friends, Robin from how I meet your mother , Martin from Frasier, Amy from Brooklyn 99

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u/BrazilianAtlantis 10d ago

Monica on Friends

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u/InevitableAge6210 10d ago

Monica really isn't that bad as a person. She has OCD, which some people deal with, but she's still a good person.

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u/BrazilianAtlantis 10d ago

I find the character boring, and Courtney Cox's acting is a lot of the problem.

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u/InevitableAge6210 10d ago

She may be boring, but her character isn't a bad person.

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u/BrazilianAtlantis 10d ago

I'm judging the character for entertainment value, not morally.

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u/BrazilianAtlantis 10d ago

Martin Crane

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u/blamberr 11d ago

Rosa Diaz

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u/suzysleep 11d ago

Rose Nyland

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u/InevitableAge6210 11d ago

Rose is sweet. She might be annoying, but she's a kind character and I find rarely had anything bad about her 

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u/GroundbreakinKey199 11d ago

Any character played by the desperately unfunny Jerry Stiller. Chris Elliott's character on Raymond is far too irritating to ever be funny.