I vote for him too.
In praise of TV's assholes
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It has to be House.
My runner-ups would be the second and third Edmund Blackadders along with Arnold J. Rimmer (what other asshole would make a copy of himself to be his best friend and become his own worst enemy
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My runner-ups would be the second and third Edmund Blackadders along with Arnold J. Rimmer (what other asshole would make a copy of himself to be his best friend and become his own worst enemy
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It would probably be much easier and quicker to list all the nuBSG characters who *aren't* assholes.
Okay, there's Admiral Adama, and...
*pause*
Sorry, that's it.
Sawyer is rapidly morphing into becoming a non-asshole, sadly.
But for Jack, assholery is not optional. The difference is that Sawyer knows he's an asshole and Jack doesn't.
LOL, true.
And who could forget the late, great Ted Knight as the fabulous, clueless asshole Ted Baxter on the "Mary Tyler Moore" show?
^ What's even more interesting is that nobody has mentioned dr. House.
Thank God someone said it, I was beginning to wonder how far I'd have to go down the list.
But like the OP, I'd say Eric Cartman takes the cake. King Asshole, and proud of it, you bunch of sneaky Jews!
Dr. House.
He's a misanthropic jerk, he'll call you an idiot, he'll treat you from his office several floors away, but he's got a hot fellow and although you may get sicker at some point he'll eventually save your life from a mysterious malady you contracted through a random series of seemingly unrelated and irrelevant events.
He's a misanthropic jerk, he'll call you an idiot, he'll treat you from his office several floors away, but he's got a hot fellow and although you may get sicker at some point he'll eventually save your life from a mysterious malady you contracted through a random series of seemingly unrelated and irrelevant events.
Azazel, Supernatural
Lilith, Supernatural
Archie Bunker, All in the Family
Cy Tolliver, Deadwood
Jack McCall, Deadwood
Francis Wolcott, Deadwood
George Hearst, Deadwood
John Goetz, Jericho
Charles Widmore, Lost
Martin Keamy, Lost
Simon Adebisi, Oz
Martin Querns, Oz
Vernon Schillinger, Oz
CGB Spender, The X-Files
Nate Fisher, Six Feet Under
Dennis Ryland, The 4400
Lucius Belyakov, Carnivale
Baal, Stargate SG-1
Lucy Butler, MillenniuM
Amanda Waller, Justice League Unlimited
Brother Cavil, Battlestar Galactica
Lex Luthor, Smallville
Lilith, Supernatural
Archie Bunker, All in the Family
Cy Tolliver, Deadwood
Jack McCall, Deadwood
Francis Wolcott, Deadwood
George Hearst, Deadwood
John Goetz, Jericho
Charles Widmore, Lost
Martin Keamy, Lost
Simon Adebisi, Oz
Martin Querns, Oz
Vernon Schillinger, Oz
CGB Spender, The X-Files
Nate Fisher, Six Feet Under
Dennis Ryland, The 4400
Lucius Belyakov, Carnivale
Baal, Stargate SG-1
Lucy Butler, MillenniuM
Amanda Waller, Justice League Unlimited
Brother Cavil, Battlestar Galactica
Lex Luthor, Smallville
Cotton Hill - King of the HIll
Dale Gribble - King of the Hill
Rusty Venture - Ventrue Brothers
Peter Griffin - Family Guy
Frank Burns - M*A*S*H
Pete - Mad Men
Joan - Mad Men
Roger Sterling - Mad Men
Tobias Funke - Arrested Development
Dr. Cox - Scrubs
Jack Shepherd - LOST
Eric Cartman -South Park
Dale Gribble - King of the Hill
Rusty Venture - Ventrue Brothers
Peter Griffin - Family Guy
Frank Burns - M*A*S*H
Pete - Mad Men
Joan - Mad Men
Roger Sterling - Mad Men
Tobias Funke - Arrested Development
Dr. Cox - Scrubs
Jack Shepherd - LOST
Eric Cartman -South Park
01 Boxer from Charlie Jade.
Sylar isn't petty enough to be an asshole. He's just a psycho serial killer.
No. There's also Sam Anders, Chief Tyrol, Cally, Billy.
Apollo isn't an asshole. He's just a pussy.
It would probably be much easier and quicker to list all the nuBSG characters who *aren't* assholes.
Okay, there's Admiral Adama, and...
*pause*
Sorry, that's it.
No. There's also Sam Anders, Chief Tyrol, Cally, Billy.
Apollo isn't an asshole. He's just a pussy.
Anders? He's a Cylon. Need I say more?
Tyrol?
Listen to the rant he unloaded against Adama, and *then* try to tell me he's not an asshole.Cally? *Maybe*.
And as for Billy? We hardly knew the guy. Maybe the proper word would be 'doormat' in his case.
Absolutely.
I'll give the nod to two I think should have been mentioned but don't believe they have:
Rygel from Farscape.
Zapp Brannigan from Futurama.
Although after having seen what happened to him in the latest episode (Betrayal), I am absolutely confused, 100%. What the hell is this guy doing in Gammaverse with a wife and family and all that?
He's a whining druggie spoiled brat most of the time, *except* there? What, does interuniversal travel alter his personality or something?
And speaking of Charlie Jade: Nobody better call Julius Galt an asshole. 
But I actually *like* those characters. I only call 'em names if I hate 'em. Isn't that the point?
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