Most annoying regular character

[Saito S]

Harry Kim, Trek's answer to Kenny McCormick....and they got rid of Kes to keep this guy?

Word is, the plan was to get rid of Harry, that's why he was infected by Species 8472 in part 1 of Scorpion. But a magazine (People?) named Garrett Wang one of televisions best looking actors, so Harry got to stay because of that. Someone had to leave the cast with a new character joining, so that ended up being Kes.

Meh, and we get to keep a character who's got the personality of a clam.

Hey, I think that's a bit harsh.

There are some mighty engaging clams in the world.

Anyway, as boring as Mr. Clam was, I actually found him less outright annoying than the likes of both Chakotay and (especially) Neelix. Sure, season 1 Wesley was just as bad, but at least he actually improved later.

I also have to mention Enterprise's magnificent three - Archer, T'Pol, and Trip. That I found all three of the main characters to be completely insufferable no doubt contributed to my decision to give up on the show after less than a season.

 

[Starbreaker]

Neelix... although I think he was meant to be annoying.

 

[Alienesse]

Neelix... although I think he was meant to be annoying.

I get the same impression, which brings me to the question: why would somebody intentionally create an annoying character?

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I don't find Neelix annoying at all.

I do find Kes annoying and it took me several run throughs of VOY to even warm slightly to her. Any time there is a character who is soooooo sweet and also incredibly wise I just wanna smack 'em.

Annoying is pretty mild though, as a complaint. I have a few other, bigger complaints LOL.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Most Annoying Top 10

1. Neelix - Something about him just grated upon me ever since he first appeared on the viewscreen and it only got worse as time went on. His relationship with Kes was deeply disturbing (was he grooming her for weeks before "rescuing" her?), then after they went beyond the limit of his knowledge he became an even more useless character.
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[Neelix is just that far ahead of everyone else on the annoying scale]
7. Wesley Crusher - Child genius who knows more than the trained officers and saves the ship every week? Please!
8. Harry Kim - Dull, dull, dull. Also because he was apparantly "sexy" (who the hell voted on that poll?) they got rid of Kes instead!
9. Jonathan Archer - There is no bigger bumbling uncharismatic fool in the galaxy.
10. Seven of Nine - An annoyingly cold and impersonal deus ex machima. But hopefully the enormous boobs in the catsuit will distract everyone!

Characters such as Mayweather I didn't find annoying, more than pointless. He was a glorified extra thrown in to give the ship some diversity, though without any real thought to his character or future development. He was pretty to look at though!

 

[Relayer1]

Seven of Nine - hopefully the enormous boobs in the catsuit will distract everyone!

Distract us from what ? What else was there ? Did I miss something ?

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Seven of Nine - hopefully the enormous boobs in the catsuit will distract everyone!

Distract us from what ? What else was there ? Did I miss something ?

Interesting...all someone needs to say is "Seven's boobs" and people get distracted, they don't even need to see them.

This warrants further investigation

 

[The Castellan]

Neelix... although I think he was meant to be annoying.

I get the same impression, which brings me to the question: why would somebody intentionally create an annoying character?

Ask anyone who made cartoons in the 1980's and 1990's, there's always that one irritating character in 90% of them, and the creators thought said characters would be awesome and well liked.

I do find Kes annoying and it took me several run throughs of VOY to even warm slightly to her. Any time there is a character who is soooooo sweet and also incredibly wise I just wanna smack 'em.

I'd prefer to see some more of those, really. And given the fact of the situation the crew was in, I'd rather have someone like that as a crew mate than "Oh my god! They killed Harry! You bastards!"

 

[Sandoval]

Garrett Wang was voted one of the most beautiful people on TV?

How bad were the people who didn't make the list?

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

^ He's not ugly, but I wouldn't say beautiful/sexy. Really he's kinda 'meh'.

 

[Sandoval]

Still, making the decision based on looks and you keep Wang and drop Jennifer Lien!?

What kind of fucked up logic is that?

 

[bullethead]

Still, making the decision based on looks and you keep Wang and drop Jennifer Lien!?

What kind of fucked up logic is that?

I don't get why they kept Neelix when killing Harry was taken off the table. AFAIK, practically no one liked Neelix.

 

[Sandoval]

Neelix at the very least had a few unique traits and some personality.

Kim/Wang was so generic it was painful - characters like Rollins and Hogan who were essentially extras had more presence and charisma.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Still, making the decision based on looks and you keep Wang and drop Jennifer Lien!?

What kind of fucked up logic is that?

Some very serious extreme S&M fucked up logic I would suggest.

Maybe there's an unwritten law in the development of Trek in that no series can have more than four female characters. I mean gods forbid they get fair representation in sci-fi

 

[Sandoval]

The irony is that with a couple of obvious exceptions like Picardo and perhaps Russ, Voyager's female cast was far stronger than its male cast.

Beltran and Wang were exceedingly mediocre, McNeil was somewhere between those two and the ones mentioned above, but I'd say that Janeway, Kes, B'Elanna and Seven were all strong.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Neelix at the very least had a few unique traits and some personality.

He was spotty and painfully annoying. Not exactly positive traits, but there definately was more to him than Kim. But then again that wasn't exactly difficult.

Also I loved Hogan! Why kill him off? It was one thing VOY did with annoying regularity, building up some likeable/interesting supporting characters and then killing them off needlessly: Hogan, Jonas, Suder, Seska, Carey.

 

[Sandoval]

I don't think Carey had much mileage to be honest beyond being the straight-laced 'company man' to B'Elanna's volatile Maquis engineer.

Hogan was eminently likeable I'll grant you, but Jonas was a means to an end for that storyline and I see no reason to have kept him once he'd served that purpose.

Seska would have been difficult to keep seeing due to the limitations of the storyline unless the Kazon were prepared to chase Voyager all the way home across the Delta Quadrant - plus who knows if Martha Hackett was prepared to commit to being a full-time cast member for whatever reason.

Even if you got her back onboard you'd have to keep her locked up, just like you need to with Suder. He killed a man for kicks so you have to keep him under house arrest as well - can you make a character work when they're locked up 24/7?

I suppose it's possible...

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

I'd say that Janeway, Kes, B'Elanna and Seven were all strong.

Janeway (as the first female Trek lead) had to be a strong character, if they had had more continuity with her personality I would have been happier, but I liked her as a character and a Captain (by no means a match to Sisko or Picard, she was still a good leader).

Kes was instantly likeable (her line in 'Caretaker' about how she saw the sunlight is delivered brilliantly, and really made me feel that she was awe struck by that moment) and though so sweet you could feel your back teeth rotting, she was very endearing and sweet and just downright nice.

B'Elanna just kicked ass. She was and still is my favourite character on VOY and had a pretty decent arc (for Voyager that is)--though she lost much of what she got to do when Seven came onboard and I never bought her relationship with Paris--she was a passionate and fiery character who took no crap.

And Seven, her 'journey back to humanity' was interesting, but she was overused and was often either the problem or solution (or both) every week after she arrived--and stole time away from other characters (which a major part of the reason she is on my annoying list).

 

[Sandoval]

I'll concede that Seven's constant use of Borg knowledge/technology became tiresome as time went on - tapping three buttons and saying 'I've enhanced the shields with Borg algorithms' in order to save the day doesn't make for particularly riveting television.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Granted you would only really need one man locked up for his crimes (Sudar for murder or Jonas for treason), but it could have been an interesting look on how when things got really bad onboard would they set him free to do his part?

Carey was B'Elanna's straight man, but making him a major element of the first season then hiding him away for six more only to kill him off when he reappears? If it had been one of the main cast it would have held more impact--especially so close to home.

As for Seska, I think Voyager would have been far more interesting if she stayed onboard, where her Cardassian viewpoint could butt heads with the Starfleeters, whilst the Maquis would be looking to string her up. I never got why she joined the Kazon, what would that arrangement have gotten her?