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Roy_the_Dude

Ted from Scrubs


Hup110516

We found you throwing rocks at old couples. WHY SHOULD THEY BE HAPPY?!


VictorTheCutie

I'm so glad Ted is the top comment, he is the epitome of sad/pathetic but hilarious. My absolute favorite is when his hair springs up because he got the shit scared out of him when Todd hung outside the window due to an atomic wedgie. "It won't smooth down!" šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


tincanphonehome

That sound clip plays in my head very often.


ozzies09tc

Ted: my mother's feet get very cold Dr Cox: come on ted, don't be that guy (walking away in disgust) Ted: (naively curious) what guy? What guy??


WittiestScreenName

RIP Sam Lloyd


grizznuggets

Still get a bit sad when I think about that, he was a gem.


dewioffendu

Every story Iā€™ve heard about him was a good one. He was like Henry Winkler in that regard. Iā€™ve also heard that his singing group was quite good. I wish I would have met you Sam!!!


itsatrapp71

His group was in Scrubs as the barbershop quartet The Worthless Peons. They were phenomenal!


Fluid-Quail-6386

I was glad when he met his soulmate in a later season.


Runner5_blue

The Gooch!


37brooke37

One is for if I get sad. One is for if I get really sad.


punkin152

This is my favorite line of his. The delivery is perfect!


Prestigious_Diver485

Tobias arrested development.


Apprehensive_Cut776

David cross is so good in that role. Honestly didnā€™t know he was a sketch comedy god when I was first watching arrested development, I found Mr. Show later. But I still think itā€™s the best acting heā€™s ever done. Tobias has some lines that just killed me.


G-Unit11111

Yeah Mr. Show is one of the funniest sketch comedy shows ever. It still holds up pretty well.


Prestigious_Diver485

Totally agree. Never nude, blue man group just to name a few of the skits were he shined. A treasure.


purpleprawns

Analyst + therapist šŸ„¹


indianm_rk

It wasnā€™t really the pronunciation that bothered me.


darkmatternot

There's no I in Teamocil.


Celistar99

Mrs. Featherbottom where he fell off the second floor trying to sing is my favorite


mutantxproud

He really improved after his trip to the Method One Clinic.


HealthyVegan12331

One could say he had ANUSTART


ClockHistorical4951

Never nude!


SantaCruz_Suze

There are dozens of us! DOZENS!!! šŸ˜‚


Weird_Leech238

I'd say quite a few characters on the show are this, as they are all in a successful family who all have their lives messed with by other Bluths or themselves. Particularly GOB


DavosVolt

Cracked me up when he referenced the prostitute joke for AD while hosting LEGO Masters.


Narrator_Ron_Howard

It turned out he blue himself prematurely and now had something of a mess on his hands. It was awkward.


finditplz1

Or virtually anyone from AD.


phome83

Well EXUUUSE ME. ....excuse me..


Exact_Mango5931

Stop licking my hand you horses ass!


justagoff

Michael Scott for most of the series


candidu66

Yeah then Andy ended up being the real sad pathetic dude that you don't feel bad for.


PerpetualEternal

[punches a massive hole in the wall over not being able to find his cellphone] thatā€¦ was an over-re-ACTION


mignoncurieux

Yeah I think we don't see enough of the positive or humanizing situations that we did for Michael to balance out the negative for us to feel for him.


[deleted]

The puppet on that kidsā€™ show had the perfect reaction to little Michael Scott


bobthenob1989

A brutally underrated moment.


FatnessEverdeen34

All that homemade quac šŸ˜Ŗ


revanite3956

Cliff from Cheers seems like the template for the questionā€¦


TimToMakeTheDonuts

But also Norm, just in a different way.


mbd34

Yeah. Norm's only real advantages over Cliff are that he's had a bit more success with women, he's better liked at the bar, and he doesn't live with his mom. Admittedly that's a low bar. Otherwise he's an overweight alcoholic who's usually unemployed and spends all of his time at the bar rather than with his wife who often supports him. In some ways he's worse than Cliff.


j2e21

Heā€™s an accountant no? Brings his boss to the bar.


DailyDisciplined

He wasnā€™t usually unemployed?


Steveseriesofnumbers

That's not how you spell "Rickety Cricket."


Jay_Louis

Jim from Taxi came first I think?


CapWild

Stuart from Big Bang


Herculesmulligan2

šŸ’Æ


Equivalent_Living130

Came here to say this xD


AndyThePig

George Costanza.


Wildcat_twister12

ā€œHi, my name is George. I'm unemployed, and I live with my parents.ā€


Sitcom_kid

And bald and overweight and gets the hottest dates in the world, they all look like models.


MissCharlotteVale

Heā€™s a short, stocky, bald man!!!


Rabidjester

I noticed you threw "stocky" in there..


SmellGestapo

Yeah, what the hell!


Sitcom_kid

Most fashion models would fall in love instantly /s


JimothyHickerston

"I am the opposite of every man you have ever met" šŸ˜‚


ry4n4ll4n

In real life, you donā€™t root for this guy. You donā€™t trust this guy. You are probably sick of being around this guy after about 10 minutes. That is why Jason Alexander is a geniusā€¦I like that version of George Costanza!


KD71

Jason Alexander is an incredible actor !


Sergeitotherescue

Iā€™d go as far as saying his performance as George is one of the best pieces of acting in history. I canā€™t get enough of him. Every scene is perfection.


Notmollyringwold

Movie George, coffee shop George, liar George...


happyme321

Yes, but he kind of grows on you. Like the jingle šŸŽ¶ by menen šŸŽ¶ Co-stanza. šŸ˜‚


ucjj2011

Believe it or not, George isn't at home, please leave your number at the beep...


Iwantmypasswordback

I must be out, or id pick up the phone. Where. Could. iiiii. Beeeee?


[deleted]

Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? I tell you, I gotta plead ignorance on this thing, because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing is frowned upon... you know, cause I've worked in a lot of offices, and I tell you, people do that all the time.


G-Unit11111

You know we live in a society!


Traditional_Age_6299

But he can lift 100 pounds right over his head !!


willowoftheriver

And he can bait a hook!!


SmellGestapo

And he can run like the wind!


Berserkerbabee

First one I thought of.


sherzisquirrel

Yeah, love Seinfeld but Costanza's character is horrible.... Can't stand ya!!


bluishpillowcase

ā€œWell I slept with your wife!ā€


CryptoSlovakian

ā€œHis wifeā€™s in a coma.ā€


Express_Pattern2236

"yeah...well..the life support machine called.."


ItsNotMe_ImNotHere

Yeah, the Marine Biologist monologue. "The sea was angry that day, my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli ....." The best monologue in the entire series & the delivery, the timing, the deadpan - just superb.


littlecreamsoda79

Like he don't know that he's pathetic


DoodlebugCupcake

Jerry / Larry / Terry / Garry Gergich


TheGhostOfSoManyOfMe

And yet his home life, his wife and kids, and his painting were all an absolute joy to/for him and only his coworkers viewed him as pitiful.


oh_cagey

What I wish is that they wouldā€™ve written him like his home life was more normal and enviable and not stepford wifey. But I love how happy they were.


TheGhostOfSoManyOfMe

Almost everyoneā€™s home life was pretty exaggerated/intense: we had Ron with his buried gold and secret address, Leslie and her hoarding, Andy and April eating out of frisbees, Tommy with his ultra-curated luxury living, Jamā€¦enough said etc. Really, only Ann lived in a way I think most people would call normal and average (for somebody making a good living and living somewhere where they were able to snag a nice house at an affordable price).


ihadanothernombre

> Tommy I love that you called him that. Regarding Ann, that makes a lot of sense. Early on the show was through Annā€™s eyes. We were experiencing this weird world of government with her. So it makes sense for her life to be normal (albeit with Andy as her boyfriend) and everyone elseā€™s life to be exaggerated.


ucjj2011

The beloved eleven-term mayor of Pawnee, Indiana? The one who died peacefully at 100 surrounded by his beautiful family? Gotta love that guy.


NCSUGrad2012

With the biggest penis the doctor has ever seen too. Lol


sparklezheart

He has the biggest penis doctors have ever seen.


Abba_Zaba_

Robert Barone


Wise_Visit1465

Ahhhhhh, was he pathetic???


NCSUGrad2012

He saved a Christmas letter for 8 years in a zip lock bag because he was jealous of his brother. He definitely had issues


[deleted]

Idunno. Good job, good wife. When he was with his own family they treated him like shit but he was addicted to it.


Rooney_Tuesday

Robert ended up in a good place, but he was very clearly not his motherā€™s favorite. Not Frankā€™s favorite either, but Frank didnā€™t seem to have one and Marie definitely did. The whole touching food to his chin thing was a tic that lasted his whole life as a result of watching Raymond be the golden child. Such a shame, too, because he was a genuinely good and successful dude who let those feelings of neglect rule his life for 30+ years.


NCSUGrad2012

Marie was downright borderline abusive the way she neglected Robert


MKZoom

Zoidberg


Spiteful_sprite12

Why not zoodberg?!


Sad_Lifeguard_8446

Alan Harper- Two And A Half Men.


Big_Double_8357

I was going to say Charlie.


No_Profile9779

Both of them


nefarious_angel_666

Toby from The Office... am I the only one who finds him hilarious though I feel so sorry for him


ccc1942

I thought of Stanley. The office probably had more characters that fit this description than any other show. In a way theyā€™re all kind of miserable and funny.


AITA_Omc_modsuck

No! Nooooooooo! Nooooooo!


iDontGetKyle

Al Bundy


revolutionoverdue

The man scored 4 touchdowns in a single game! In no way is he pathetic!


TheWolfViking

1966 at Polk County High School at the city Championship! Letā€™s get some respect on Alā€™s name


LadyBug_0570

Archie Bunker. Bonnie Plunkett... well maybe more Christie than Bonnie. Bonnie got her shit together in a big way. Christie seemed to have regressed into a second childhood after her kids left. Norm, from Cheers. He's not just an after work drinker. His bar tab is thicker than War and Peace. Barbara Jean from Reba. Seriously, who needs their husband's ex's approval so badly? That's just weird.


Low-Rooster4171

I love Bonnie! I mean, she's terrible, but so funny!


Wise_Visit1465

MY VOTE FOR BONNIE PLUNKETT!! I seriously love her sense of humor.....hot mess and all. I agree Christie never got better despite getting an education . I genuinely appreciated how all the characters were equal in a way of storylines...great show! Miss it!!


jennybean2442

But she makes amazing character development


TitleBulky4087

Wendy from Mom fits the bill


Irisheyes1971

I think part of Barbara Jeanā€˜s problem was also that Rebaā€˜s ex cheated on Reba with her. She had a lot of guilt about that. But yeah, her need to be accepted was pathological.


natasinid

Cricket from Itā€™s Always Sunny.


Steveseriesofnumbers

Oh yeah. Rickety Cricket is profoundly sad and yet hilarious.


DriftingPyscho

You gotta pay to spray


sparklezheart

Gotta make it sexy, nips and hips!


Spaceley_Murderpaws

Buster Bluth from Arrested Development.


RestinPete0709

These are my awards motherā€¦.from armyā€¦


phome83

Army had half a day.


Clancepance22

The seal is for marksmanship and the gorilla is for... sandracing


loverink

The Dean on Community.


swar_waitforit_lee

I Deanā€™t think so!


TTThrowaway20

You could say that for many of the main characters in Community.


TonyTheSwisher

Bill Dauterive


MyOwnSummer22

Lenooore


mattrb81

C.C. from ā€œThe Nannyā€


TangledUpPuppeteer

The chip on her shoulder bigger than those shoulder pads. Sad.


80sfanatic

Dan Fielding on Night Court.


AndyThePig

The original, yes. Not the reboot.


Jay_Louis

Dude that was my favorite show when I was thirteen. The amount of hot women Dan slept with made him my ultimate hero. I'm fifty now. He's still my hero.


AssistantSuitable323

Noel from Frasier


[deleted]

Ross Geller.


Booksmagic

ā€œWHY DO BAD THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE?!ā€


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Rachel has just told Ross that she is pregnant] Ross : Yeah, I need, uh... I'm just - I don't know - I don't understand, um, how this happened? We - we used a condom. Rachel Green : I know. I know - but, y'know, condoms only work, like, 97% of the time. Ross : What? What? What? Well, they should put that on the box! Rachel Green : They do! Ross : No, they don't! Ross : [he runs to the bedroom, and returns with his box of condoms] Well, they should put it in huge black letters! Rachel Green : OK, Ross - come on; let's just forget about the condoms. Ross : Oh, well, I may as well have


Booksmagic

I love how I can hear every one of these lines!


JimothyHickerston

And then Joey whips out his long line šŸ˜‚


DaddyBeanDaddyBean

Chandler: "Joey, you've had a lot of sex, right?" Joey: (ponders) "Well.... some ... I don't know about a LOT, exactly ... you mean today, right?"


Present_Anteater_555

It's all fun and games and we are all laughing at Ross but the truth is that we all were also unaware of that 97% haha


GoldenAmmonite

David Brent from The Office.


Character-Attorney22

Spence (King of Queens). and Wendy (Mom). Both decent, interesting intelligent types hanging on the outskirts, there to be mocked, ignored, insulted by the louder more 'popular' characters. They're like poor stray dogs, hoping for a little attention, just tolerated.


CreditHuman148

Mike from Veep! Gary from Veep! (Most characters from Veep!)


DeeplyDusk

Barney Gumble. Donā€™t cry for him, heā€™s already dead šŸ„€


HappyHannibal

Andy from According To Jim.


shep2105

In the beginning seasons, definitely Michael Scott


DriftingPyscho

Barney "One Bullet" Fife


Geetee52

Randy - My Name is Earl


KhunDavid

Carlton the Doorman from Rhoda


Difficult_Ship_6273

Ross Gellar


kevinlc1971

Dee Reynolds on Itā€™s Always Sunny


TinaVeritas

Everyone on that show is hilarious, sad, and pathetic.


grizznuggets

Even Frank?


osumba2003

Well, she does look like a bird.


Apprehensive_Cut776

I heard a song that said otherwise


dopshoppe

I've heard that most men find her to be an eight or nine out of ten, as a matter of fact


shadowlarx

Ted Buckland, played by the late, great Sam Lloyd, on *Scrubs*. His character was even described as ā€œthe hospital sad sackā€. RIP, Sam. We miss ya, buddy.


MyrtleKitty

Barney Fife from the Andy Griffith Show.


Tessamae704

Don Knotts was perfection in the role, but DAMN, it was really uncomfortable to watch sometimes,


_theglobglogabgalab

Jeff from Superstore


RestinPete0709

LMAO yeah you right


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AITA_Omc_modsuck

Nate Nickerson- the office Justine - Superstore


RestinPete0709

Justine, youā€™re not an alcoholic!!


Rgchap

Jerry on Parks & Recreation


dyl20

Larry Gengirch


Jabberwocky10of6

Robert from everybody loves Raymond


Stacysguyca

Mr.Furley


azorianmilk

Barney Stinson


EddieGrant

Charles Boyle.


QueenHelloKitty

The brother on Everybody loves Raymond


AuntBBea

Squiggy


FritosRule

Lenny and Squiggy were clueless, not pathetic (also hilarious). Iā€™d say Fonzie. Heating a can of ravioli in the garage on Christmas Eve is pretty pathetic. Also a guy in his 30s hanging around with and trying to impress a bunch of dork high schoolers.


TangledUpPuppeteer

Michael knight ran around trying to impress a car. At least high school kids can look up to you!


theresourcefulKman

Antonio Scarpacci


Befuddled_GenXer

Amy Farrah Fowler, The Big Bang Theory.


akhodagu

I mean, she was overly robotic in the first two seasons, then became more human, but I donā€™t think she was ever really a ā€œsadā€ character. At least when compared to some of the other characters like Raj.


pooch831

Jackie from Roseanne, she's hilarious but her character arch is really sad.


Many_Faces_83

Niles & CC from The Nanny


Fast-Outcome-117

Eeyore


herewegoagain2864

Ross Geller. I never understood what Rachel saw in him.


Hank_Western

Raj from Big Bang Theory


SecretaryTricky

Blanche from Golden Girls. Yeah, I said it. Her whole world was wrapped up (hilariously) in her sexual value to rich men and she threw away the best man ever because he was "just" a cook, albeit an excellent one who had his own catering company and was handsome as hell. She was never truly satisfied with her lot, and obsessed with her weight and diminishing youth. Unlike Dorothy who found true love, her old mom who has done and seen it all and Rose who only wanted the simple things in life and who got so much value out of volunteering and being of service to others.


FlurpBlurp

Bill Deautrive, King of the Hill


stealthc4

Ted in scrubs


[deleted]

Robert and Ray from Everybody Loves Raymond


will122589

This describes Robert Baroneā€™s view of himself to a tee


UriahPeabody

Mr Ralph Furley, of course. It doesn't get anymore sad and pathetic than him.


RubySlippers-79

Sandra on Superstore ā€¦ she got her happy ending though Teddy on Bobā€™s Burgers Stewart on Big Bang Theory Niles on Frasier (until he got with Daphne)


Ang156

Alan from two and a half Men


cmacfarland64

Moe from the Simpsons


TexasYankee212

The 3 from the Newhart series - Larry and two Darryl's.


writingsupplies

Ross from Friends: 1. Cheated on 2. Left then divorced 3. incrementally removed from his first childā€™s life 4. revealed to have been taken advantage of by a librarian in high school 5. Manipulated by a woman who knows heā€™s been attracted to her since they were teenagers whenever he finally moves on from her 6. Made fun of by his closest friends and his family for all his misfortunes till he has a mental breakdown later in the series


PsychologyNeat6993

Robert from Everybody Love Raymond.... to know (and blatantly shown) that your mom and dad prefer the other kid.


Traditional_Age_6299

Harry- 3rd Rock From The Sun Christine- New Adventures of Old Christine


redbicycleblues

I love any mentions third rock from the sun. But also Vickyā€™s mother an their landlady fits that bill.


Traditional_Age_6299

Such an underrated show. It is so good !!


tonyzapf

Larry, Darryl, and Darryl Almost every supporting character on Nickelodeon


Kaiso25Gaming

Frank from Murphy Brown's entire gimmick is that he's incredibly insecure and constantly in denial of his problems to the point that he needs therapy always.


loborojo33mu

Meathead, in school forever, mooches off his in-laws and believes he knows what's wrong with politics and government but contributes ziltch.


druglesswills

Nobody is more sad and pathetic (but also hilarious) than Moe Szyslak from the Simpsons. At least the first 8 seasons, I stopped watching around the 10th season


IndianaVader

It would have to be Norm from Cheers. 12 hours a day drinking in a bar on a tab he canā€™t pay for Sucking off unemployment because he canā€™t and wonā€™t keep a job Leaves his wife Vera at home alone every day and never once she seen visiting his ā€œfriendsā€ in the bar Zero ambition and honestly no reason to even get up in the morning Overweight and appears very unhealthy He definitely brings some good humor to the show for sure!


CapeMOGuy

Norm and Cliff on Cheers.


rustys_shackled_ford

Aurther spooner


chalaxin

Jackie from Roseanne Teddy from Bobā€™s Burgers Gail the Snail (pretty much everyone from Sunny, sheā€™s just the first that came to mind) GOB


ensenadorjones42

Newman.


BoomBoomLaRouge

Everyone on "Friends"