History Creator / BillBurr

** He also contends that women who financially destroy men during divorces are the female equivalent of wife-beaters.

* DomesticAbuse: Something he hates - "There's lots of reasons to hit a woman, you just don't do it."

He also is a co-creator, producer, writer, and voice actor on ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'', his original animated comedy series on Creator/{{Netflix}}; he plays the main protagonist Frank Murphy. He also guest-starred on ([[PlayingAgainstType of all things]]) ''Series/TheMandalorian'' as the short-tempered bounty hunter Mayfield.

He also is a co-creator, producer, writer, and voice actor on ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'', his original animated comedy series on Creator/{{Netflix}}; he plays the main protagonist Frank Murphy. He also guest-starred on ([[PlayingAgainstType of all things]]) the sixth episode of ''Series/TheMandalorian'' as the short-tempered bounty hunter Mayfield.

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[[caption-width-right:305: [[{{Catchphrase}} Hey, what's going on?]] I'm Bill Burr and it's the [[http://www.billburr.com/podcast Monday Morning Podcast]].]]

* PaperTiger: Self-admitted. For all of his anger issues and outwardly furious persona, Bill loses most of the times he actually fights anyone. ''Paper Tiger'' was even the name of his 2019 Netflix special.

** PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad. While Bill thinks some of it is okay -- Bill notes that catching some of the worst creeps in Hollywood was a good move -- he mostly laments that he feels like trying to be PC has gone too far. He's dedicated time to mocking feminists and the [=#MeToo=] movement in his specials and his podcasts.
* BlackComedy: A master of the craft. One particularly dark bit had him asking the crowd if any of them has ever ''also'' fantasized about steering their car onto a crowded sidewalk:

He also is a co-creator, producer, writer, and voice actor on ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'', his original animated comedy series on Creator/{{Netflix}}; he plays the main protagonist Frank Murphy.

[[caption-width-right:305: [[{{CatchPhrase}} Hey, what's going on?]] I'm Bill Burr and it's the [[http://www.billburr.com/podcast Monday Morning Podcast]].]]

--> '''Burr''': ''Seven!'' Seven minutes left, and I'm doing every last goddamn one of them! Fuck you!

** In ''Paper Tiger'', he mentions how he was sexually harassed "to the letter of the law" by a woman, but he didn't tell anyone because nobody would have cared. In an uncharacteristically calm move, Bill meditated on it and just forgave her.

---> '''Burr''': Why don't you just break up with him?

* RefugeInAudacity: In 2006, he did a Philadelphia performance where he spends his entire set ripping into the audience and the city for mistreating the previous comics by booing them, complete with a countdown of how much time is left until the end of his act. Anyone familiar with the mechanics of stand up comedy know that dealing with a ToughRoom is extremely difficult, and the previous comics just ended their set early and walked off. Burr used that anger and stayed on stage so long weathering all the boo's that, by the end, there was a portion of the crowd cheering him on and gave him a standing ovation.

* SelfDeprecation: [[invoked]] He has called himself "crazy" or "maniac", often referring to his-own anger issues. In his podcast, he calls himself out on his own hypocrisies seconds after making them, and follows-up his own exaggerations with "I'm full of shit" or similar.
* SelfImposedChallenge: He tends to do these, particularly in regards to fitness or abstinence from alcohol, just to get down to a certain weight, or to see if he can actually do it.

* HairTriggerTemper: It takes very little to set him off.

* SelfDeprecation: He has called himself "crazy" or "maniac", often referring to his-own anger issues. In his podcast, he calls himself out on his own hypocrisies seconds after making them, and follows-up his own exaggerations with "I'm full of shit" or similar.

* BerserkButton: {{GoldDigger}}s and unjust divorces.
** Hecklers booing comedians. Just ask [[ItMakesSenseInContext the entire city of Philadelphia.]]

* ConspiracyTheorist: He used to be 'deep in the rabbit hole' but he isn't so far down anymore.

* HairTriggerTemper: It takes very little to set him off. He once did an entire routine about getting angry over someone slightly perturbing him at a Saturday market, suggesting he should destroy someone's merchandise just for the look on their face.

* MenDontCry: When he had to give away his dog Cleo for the sake of his new daughter, Bill went into the bathroom and "cried for 0.8 seconds before I put the lid back on it." Bill openly admits this isn't healthy, wondering who he's going to explode at once he hits a RageBreakingPoint.

--> '''Burr''': ''Seven! Seven minutes left, and I'm doing every last goddamn one of them! Fuck you!''
* TheUnfairSex: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKkEowjdNa0 Discussed in a podcast]] about Carrie Underwood's song "Before He Cheats." Bill repeatedly talks about how much he hates the song because the narrator of the song never actually says definitively that her man is cheating. And yet, she feels the need to destroy his personal property based on this assumption.
--> '''Burr''': Why don't you just break up with him?
* TheUnfettered: To a degree, in his professional life. He doesn't have a show, or other ways for Professional Offendees to latch onto if he says or does something offensive on stage or on his podcast. He ''does'' have a show now, but has explained that he gets complainers to back off simply by refusing to play their game and publicly apologize, knowing that the vindictive social media outrage mob would treat such a concession as a "guilty" plea, and go after him even harder.
* TrueCompanions: The tailgate crew from the Rose Bowl (Jason Lawhead, Paul Virzi, etc.) and Lil' Jimmy Norton and Opie and Anthony from their self-named show.

* WomenAreWiser: Has called pop culture on this trope several times. For example, attacking the statement made by Creator/OprahWinfrey that [[PanderingToTheBase being a mother was the hardest job in the world]]. "Oprah's not even a mother, how the fuck would she know!?"

* EvilLaugh: He loves to give off a self-aware, comically sinister chuckle whenever he says something on his podcast that knows just pissed somebody off.

William Frederic Burr (born June 10, 1968) is a short tempered, pasty, alabaster-skinned, freckled, orange-haired stand up comedian from the (safe suburbs of) Boston. His comedy is frequently concerned with the rigid standards imposed on men by the masculine ideal via social conditioning and peer pressure and shows open contempt for the notion that WomenAreWiser. A lot of his material plays on {{Double Standard}}s tropes, distaste of stupid/fat/lazy people. In spite of his words, he is a nice guy, deep down.

** "Zip...........RECRUITER!!"

* HeteroSexualLifePartners: Paul Virzi is often mentioned and a sometimes guest on his podcast and seems like Bill's best friend, as they've done a few comedy tours together as well.

** Crosses with MasterOfNone but his personality tends to have him be 'into shit for a minute'. Aside from that, Bill is a licensed helicopter pilot and (amateur) baker, guitarist, drummer, and seems to pick up another hobby every other week.
** To people who take his stand up at face value, if they listen to the podcast long enough most people would realize Bill is empathetic, sensitive, doesn't take himself too seriously and in general is a helluva nice guy, deep down.

* MistakenForPedophile / PaedoHunt: Despises the rise of these tropes as a result of ''Series/ToCatchAPredator'', since he loves making children laugh while in public, but this results in the parents getting creeped out.

** Patient: "I don't understand why I keep getting cavities. I brush my teeth almost everyday."
** Burr: "Oh yeah? Do you wipe your ass almost every time you take a shit?"

** A whole routine goes on about how people are too hard on old people who say racist things, because what did everyone ''think'' their thoughts were on the subject? In particular, he commends Donald Sterling on not using the N-word once in his recorded statements despite being an 80 year old white man who spent his formative years watching completely accepted all-white baseball leagues (plus, if his statements there actually do represent the views he's had all his life, he was probably considered a flaming hippie back in the day).

* RealMenHateAffection: He has a theory that men have a lower average life expectancy than women because of all the stress that builds up from their {{Jerkass}} "Dude Bro" friends challenging their sexuality any time they show any signs of caring, kindness or sensitivity, or even intelligence (the umbrella bit).
--> (Imitating said friends) ''What are you, a faaaaaag?''

* RefugeInAudacity: In 2006 he did a Philadelphia performance where he spends his entire set ripping into the audience and the city for mistreating the previous comics by booing them, complete with a countdown of how much time is left until the end of his act. Anyone familiar with the mechanics of stand up comedy know that dealing with a ToughRoom is extremely difficult, and the previous comics just ended their set early and walked off. Burr used that anger and stayed on stage so long weathering all the boo's that by the end there was a portion of the crowd cheering him on and gave him a standing ovation. In some circles it's considered [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments one of the greatest moments in stand up comedy]].
-->"Alright, that's my time. You guys... [[DamnedByFaintPraise you guys were here, man.]]"

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* BerserkButton: [[GoldDigger Gold Diggers]] and unjust divorces.

* RealMenHateAffection: He has a theory that men have a lower average life expectancy than women because of all the stress that builds up from their JerkAss "Dude Bro" friends challenging their sexuality any time they show any signs of caring, kindness or sensitivity, or even intelligence (the umbrella bit).

[[caption-width-right:305: [[{{CatchPhrase}} Hey, what's going on?]] I'm Bill Burr and it's the [[http://www.billburr.com/podcast Monday Morning Podcast]] ]]

Did we mention he's been involved with some amazing shows, like Series/BreakingBad and Series/ChappellesShow?

He also is a co-creator, producer, writer, and voice actor on ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'', his original animated comedy series on {{Creator/Netflix}}; he plays the main protagonist Frank Murphy.

-->"I mean, I keep my hand right here [12:00 position on the steering wheel], nobody knows who I am. I move the wheel just three inches to the right, I'm on the cover of Newsweek!"

* WomenAreWiser: Has called pop culture on this trope several times. For example, attacking the statement made by Creator/OprahWinfrey that [[PanderingToTheBase being a mother was the hardest job in the world]]. "She's not even a mother, how would she know?"

** Patrice O'Neal - to the point that Bill [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming helps organize a fundraiser for the people Patrice left behind after his death]] every year.

* GuiltyPleasure: Has mentioned loving cigars, mint-chocolate ice cream, drinking and "eating like an animal." when he's "off the wagon."

** He liked the episodes he saw of ''WebComic/OnePunchMan'', seeing a lot of himself in protagonist Saitama as a guy who was completely and utterly bored with life.

He also is a co-creator, producer, writer and voice actor on ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'', his original animated comedy series on Netflix