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* Most of the fantastic denizens of ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' are unusually obnoxious creatures that threaten to harm or kill Alice with little to no reason. Even Alice can be an asshole sometimes. There is a part where she steals a slate pencil from somebody because she didn't like the squeaking sound it was making. In court. And he was a member of the jury, taking notes on the case.
* Moral philosopher Aaron James [[SophisticatedAsHell devotes an entire book to this character type]] called ''Assholes: A Theory.'' He defines the term as "A person, who is almost AlwaysMale, who considers himself of much greater moral or social importance than everyone else; who allows himself to enjoy special advantages and does so systematically; who does this out of an entrenched sense of entitlement; and who is immunized by his sense of entitlement against the complaints of other people. He feels he is not to be questioned, and he is the one who is chiefly wronged."
* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'':
** Porteous Glaves is a rich, pompous asshole whom everyone hates.
** After joining the 109th Dragon Squadron, Gryff is initially a bully who picks on others for little to no reason. He grows out of it, though.
* Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, the father of ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov'', is a Jerkass through and through. He even tells his youngest son that he knows he is wicked and is openly wicked, but goes on to say that [[HumansAreBastards everyone is wicked]], only he tells the truth about his nefariousness. He managed to drive two wives to premature deaths through sheer force of personality, [[DysfunctionJunction almost completely abandoned his children shortly thereafter]], indulged in prostitution in front of one wife and continued to after her death, and would borrow money from people all over and dine at others' expense, among other things. Before he is murdered, he planned to continue living this way for another twenty years or so. The judgmental reader couldn't really be sad to see him go, but the old bastard was [[RuleOfFunny rather hilarious.]] He somewhat resembled Peter Griffin of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' fame for how outlandish and blunt he could be. The lawyer in the book uses as his legal defense that murdering him cannot be treated as murdering someone's father, because he ''is not'' a father to his children.
* ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'': Holden Caulfield is a lazy prick, who never blames himself for anything, never gives any consideration to anyone but Phoebe (which could put him on JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory), acts like every adult but him is an asshole, goes to movies just to call them bad, the list goes on.
* Although the ''Literature/ChaletSchool'' is one of the more pleasant fictional schools, it still has its fair share of bullies, usually girls who are [[ClingyJealousGirl jealous]] of whoever the titular new girl is (such as Mary Woodley and Barbara Chester), but special mention goes to Thekla von Stift for her extreme snobbery and habit of alienating the other girls, and trying to get Joyce Linton expelled; Betty Wynne-Davies, for being willing to give away a chart containing military secrets to a Nazi spy, [[DisproportionateRetribution just because the owner of said chart trapped her fingers and answered her back]]; and Jack Lambert, for bullying Jane Carew for the simple crime of replacing her in Len's dormitory, although she at least gets better. To a lesser extent, there's [[BrokenBird Grizel Cochrane]] - although she is more of a JerkassWoobie due to her uncaring parents - and [[HotBlooded Margot Maynard]], though Margot at least recognises how screwed up she is and tries to change.
* ''Literature/DarkShores'': High Lord Hacken Calorian. Very handsome, rich and powerful, he is also greedy, full of contempt, does not care a whit about common people and often makes life miserable for his youngest brother Killian. Also, at one point he simply steps on the body of a girl who has just died while protecting his life because he cannot be bothered to go around (or maybe he just does not care).
* Everybody in ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' has their moments, but here are some characters that stand out:
** Manny is spoiled, whines a lot to get his way (it always works too), [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling enjoys frustrating his older brothers]], and [[KickTheDog nearly killed his entire family]] [[DisproportionateRetribution simply because they didn't teach him to tie his shoes.]]
** Rodrick is probably the prime offender for this, since he abuses Greg all the time, even when the latter did nothing to bother him.
** Greg is not a good friend at all to Rowley, and is okay with letting Rowley take the blame for things he did.
** Frank makes his kids (except for Manny) do activities they hate.
** Heather Hills is selfish, doesn't like to help anyone, and [[BigSisterBully is mean to her younger sister Holly.]]
** Mr. Jefferson is rude, usually instantly assumes Greg is the culprit whenever something bad happens, and is even more strict than Frank. (Though, to be fair, [[JerkassHasAPoint Greg isn't exactly the best of friends to his son Rowley, as mentioned above.]])
* ''Literature/{{Digitesque}}'': Ada is curt and haughty, always looking down on everyone else. And that's how she is with her friends. She's even worse with people she actually considers beneath her, such as the "peasants" she is now forced to live among.
* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'':
** Porteous Glaves is a rich, pompous asshole whom everyone hates.
** After joining the 109th Dragon Squadron, Gryff is initially a bully who picks on others for little to no reason. He grows out of it, though.
* Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, the father of ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov'', is a Jerkass through and through. He even tells his youngest son that he knows he is wicked and is openly wicked, but goes on to say that [[HumansAreBastards everyone is wicked]], only he tells the truth about his nefariousness. He managed to drive two wives to premature deaths through sheer force of personality, [[DysfunctionJunction almost completely abandoned his children shortly thereafter]], indulged in prostitution in front of one wife and continued to after her death, and would borrow money from people all over and dine at others' expense, among other things. Before he is murdered, he planned to continue living this way for another twenty years or so. The judgmental reader couldn't really be sad to see him go, but the old bastard was [[RuleOfFunny rather hilarious.]] He somewhat resembled Peter Griffin of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' fame for how outlandish and blunt he could be. The lawyer in the book uses as his legal defense that murdering him cannot be treated as murdering someone's father, because he ''is not'' a father to his children.
* ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'': Holden Caulfield is a lazy prick, who never blames himself for anything, never gives any consideration to anyone but Phoebe (which could put him on JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory), acts like every adult but him is an asshole, goes to movies just to call them bad, the list goes on.
* Although the ''Literature/ChaletSchool'' is one of the more pleasant fictional schools, it still has its fair share of bullies, usually girls who are [[ClingyJealousGirl jealous]] of whoever the titular new girl is (such as Mary Woodley and Barbara Chester), but special mention goes to Thekla von Stift for her extreme snobbery and habit of alienating the other girls, and trying to get Joyce Linton expelled; Betty Wynne-Davies, for being willing to give away a chart containing military secrets to a Nazi spy, [[DisproportionateRetribution just because the owner of said chart trapped her fingers and answered her back]]; and Jack Lambert, for bullying Jane Carew for the simple crime of replacing her in Len's dormitory, although she at least gets better. To a lesser extent, there's [[BrokenBird Grizel Cochrane]] - although she is more of a JerkassWoobie due to her uncaring parents - and [[HotBlooded Margot Maynard]], though Margot at least recognises how screwed up she is and tries to change.
* ''Literature/DarkShores'': High Lord Hacken Calorian. Very handsome, rich and powerful, he is also greedy, full of contempt, does not care a whit about common people and often makes life miserable for his youngest brother Killian. Also, at one point he simply steps on the body of a girl who has just died while protecting his life because he cannot be bothered to go around (or maybe he just does not care).
* Everybody in ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' has their moments, but here are some characters that stand out:
** Manny is spoiled, whines a lot to get his way (it always works too), [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling enjoys frustrating his older brothers]], and [[KickTheDog nearly killed his entire family]] [[DisproportionateRetribution simply because they didn't teach him to tie his shoes.]]
** Rodrick is probably the prime offender for this, since he abuses Greg all the time, even when the latter did nothing to bother him.
** Greg is not a good friend at all to Rowley, and is okay with letting Rowley take the blame for things he did.
** Frank makes his kids (except for Manny) do activities they hate.
** Heather Hills is selfish, doesn't like to help anyone, and [[BigSisterBully is mean to her younger sister Holly.]]
** Mr. Jefferson is rude, usually instantly assumes Greg is the culprit whenever something bad happens, and is even more strict than Frank. (Though, to be fair, [[JerkassHasAPoint Greg isn't exactly the best of friends to his son Rowley, as mentioned above.]])
* ''Literature/{{Digitesque}}'': Ada is curt and haughty, always looking down on everyone else. And that's how she is with her friends. She's even worse with people she actually considers beneath her, such as the "peasants" she is now forced to live among.
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%% * Caine from Michael Grant's ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' series in ''Plague''. Drake all the time. Penny in ''Fear''.
* Max and Moritz in Creator/WilhelmBusch's ''Literature/MaxAndMoritz''. Two unruly malicious boys who arrange pranks and practical jokes, and finally push their jerkassery too far.
%% * Mr. Krupp (when not in Captain Underpants mode) and Melvin Sneedly from ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants''.
* Max and Moritz in Creator/WilhelmBusch's ''Literature/MaxAndMoritz''. Two unruly malicious boys who arrange pranks and practical jokes, and finally push their jerkassery too far.
%% * Mr. Krupp (when not in Captain Underpants mode) and Melvin Sneedly from ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants''.
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** Peter. He goes out of his way to make Tris's life miserable, from
** Molly. To get back at Tris for wounding her pride, she [[spoiler:feeds lies to the
* Max
%% * Mr. Krupp (when not in Captain Underpants mode) and Melvin Sneedly from ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants''.
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* Satan in ''Literature/TheBible'' and ''Literature/TheGreatControversy''. He fooled Adam and Eve into eating the Forbidden Fruit in Genesis. Due to this the human race is still suffering. Furthermore, he won't get what he deserves till after the Great Tribulation in The Book of Revelation. He also murdered Christ by getting the Pharisees and Romans to do his dirty work. Likewise, he probably possessed Manasseh when he killed many of Israel's prophets and Nero while he was persecuting Christians throughout the Roman Empire. If this isn't bad enough, because of papal resurgence he'll lead efforts to harrass anyone who keeps God's commandments and has Christ's testimony.
* Also in ''Literature/TheBible'':
** Adam and Eve hypocritically cried crocodile tears after God caught them eating the forbidden fruit which caused the whole human race to fall.
** Cain who killed his brother Abel was probably this at his worst too.
** What about the people who mocked Noah when he urged them to repent before the Great Flood?
** Abraham, who deceived some OT king telling him Sarah, his wife, was his sister.
** King David, who murdered a guy called Uriah so that he could have sex with his wife Bathsheba.
** Solomon, his son, who disobeyed God during his middle age.
** The Israelites who allegedly gave Moses a hard time in the wilderness.
** Moses too! He disobeyed God when the Lord told him to talk with a rock instead of smashing it with his staff.
** My word, how many jerkasses are there in this book? Judah's last king who IIRC was Hezekiah disobeyed God which caused Judah to get smashed by the Babylonians.
** Nebuchadnezzer and his soldiers. They threw three Jews - Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - into a fiery furnace just because they wouldn't worship the emperor. They suffered heavily when they died but for Nebuchadnezzar and the Jews survived.
** King Saul, who persecuted David since he didn't want to abdicate.
* Kristy's dad in ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' series is portrayed this way in the ''Forever Friends'' book where he remarries, and even moreso in TheMovie. It's also hinted at in ''Claudia's Book'', where she notes that as a little girl she seriously disliked Mr. Thomas.
* Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, the father of ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov'', is a Jerkass through and through. He even tells his youngest son that he knows he is wicked and is openly wicked, but goes on to say that [[HumansAreBastards everyone is wicked]], only he tells the truth about his nefariousness. He managed to drive two wives to premature deaths through sheer force of personality, [[DysfunctionJunction almost completely abandoned his children shortly thereafter]], indulged in prostitution in front of one wife and continued to after her death, and would borrow money from people all over and dine at others' expense, among other things. Before he is murdered, he planned to continue living this way for another twenty years or so. The judgmental reader couldn't really be sad to see him go, but the old bastard was [[RuleOfFunny rather hilarious.]] He somewhat resembled Peter Griffin of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' fame for how outlandish and blunt he could be. The lawyer in the book uses as his legal defense that murdering him cannot be treated as murdering someone's father, because he ''is not'' a father to his children.
* In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'':
** Thingol sends Beren, his daughter's fiancé, to a fate he considers certain death.
** Fëanor and his seven sons. Fëanor attacks the Teleri, steals their ships, then burns them, abandoning his half-brother to cross the Helcaraxë. His sons commit two more Kinslayings, and [[TokenEvilTeammate Celegorm and Curufin]] get their cousin Finrod killed and abduct Lúthien.
** Eöl and his son Maeglin. Eöl abducts Aredhel and marries her, keeps her prisoner in his forest and murders her when she escapes. Maeglin [[KissingCousins lusts after his cousin]] Idril, betrays Gondolin to Morgoth, and [[WouldHurtAChild tries to murder Idril's son Eärendil]].
** [[JerkassGods The Vala]] Morgoth. He's responsible for all the misery the characters suffer.
** Ar-Pharazôn The Golden of Númenor, who is jerkass enough to establish a ReligionOfEvil and to strive nothing less than overlordship of the whole world.
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'':
** Nynaeve al'Meara and especially Elayne Trakand, they have all the negatives of Aes Sedai, (aloof, egotistical, and rude), and none of the positives (wisdom). They frequently get captured due to not having backup, and when they are saved they never thank anyone. The ultimate example is when they are captured by members of the Black Ajah, and are taken to the Stone of Tear, a fortress that has never been captured, and is only fated to be captured when the Dragon is reborn. Mat Cauthon learns this, he and Juilin Sandar go into the Stone of Tear, defeat several highly trained guards, duel a High Lord of Tear, and rescue them, and they respond by storming off. It's not until they are told to apologize by Elayne's best friend, Aviendha, and her Warder Birgitte that they do apologize. Then Elayne mocks Mat for being raped multiple times by a woman, after having first annulled her promise to treat him with respect when she thought that he was the criminal and not the victim.
** Elaida comes off as borderline insane, and by the ''Knife Of Dreams'' the Tower Aes Sedai have turned the White Tower into a war zone beause they are so egotistical.
** Cadsuane Melaidhrin actually uses being a Jerkass as a strategy by just being a complete jerk to everyone. She is such a jackass that everyone just does as she says so she will leave them alone.
* In later volumes of Creator/TerryGoodkind's Literature/SwordOfTruth series, after he became a rabid Objectivist, he had a tendency to write his views into his books in the most blatant way possible; by having his "good" characters stop the story for pages and pages at a time, so that they can speechify to those around them (and thus, the reader), expounding upon Goodkind's views in a ham-fisted fashion that left no doubt in anyone's minds that this was just Goodkind preaching at us. Anyone who was shown disagreeing with this was portrayed not only as wrong, but irredeemably evil, and those nay-sayers who were important to the plot would ultimately prove themselves to be rapists and child molesters. This had the undesired but very present effect of making it seem like all of Goodkind's "heroes" were total jerkasses, unable to accept any viewpoint but their own. After all, this is the series that had its ''hero'' kick a little girl in the face with such force that she went into a coma and her healers weren't sure if she would ever wake up! In fairness, she turns out to be an AssholeVictim and an EnfantTerrible.
* Also in ''Literature/TheBible'':
** Adam and Eve hypocritically cried crocodile tears after God caught them eating the forbidden fruit which caused the whole human race to fall.
** Cain who killed his brother Abel was probably this at his worst too.
** What about the people who mocked Noah when he urged them to repent before the Great Flood?
** Abraham, who deceived some OT king telling him Sarah, his wife, was his sister.
** King David, who murdered a guy called Uriah so that he could have sex with his wife Bathsheba.
** Solomon, his son, who disobeyed God during his middle age.
** The Israelites who allegedly gave Moses a hard time in the wilderness.
** Moses too! He disobeyed God when the Lord told him to talk with a rock instead of smashing it with his staff.
** My word, how many jerkasses are there in this book? Judah's last king who IIRC was Hezekiah disobeyed God which caused Judah to get smashed by the Babylonians.
** Nebuchadnezzer and his soldiers. They threw three Jews - Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - into a fiery furnace just because they wouldn't worship the emperor. They suffered heavily when they died but for Nebuchadnezzar and the Jews survived.
** King Saul, who persecuted David since he didn't want to abdicate.
* Kristy's dad in ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' series is portrayed this way in the ''Forever Friends'' book where he remarries, and even moreso in TheMovie. It's also hinted at in ''Claudia's Book'', where she notes that as a little girl she seriously disliked Mr. Thomas.
* Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, the father of ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov'', is a Jerkass through and through. He even tells his youngest son that he knows he is wicked and is openly wicked, but goes on to say that [[HumansAreBastards everyone is wicked]], only he tells the truth about his nefariousness. He managed to drive two wives to premature deaths through sheer force of personality, [[DysfunctionJunction almost completely abandoned his children shortly thereafter]], indulged in prostitution in front of one wife and continued to after her death, and would borrow money from people all over and dine at others' expense, among other things. Before he is murdered, he planned to continue living this way for another twenty years or so. The judgmental reader couldn't really be sad to see him go, but the old bastard was [[RuleOfFunny rather hilarious.]] He somewhat resembled Peter Griffin of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' fame for how outlandish and blunt he could be. The lawyer in the book uses as his legal defense that murdering him cannot be treated as murdering someone's father, because he ''is not'' a father to his children.
* In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'':
** Thingol sends Beren, his daughter's fiancé, to a fate he considers certain death.
** Fëanor and his seven sons. Fëanor attacks the Teleri, steals their ships, then burns them, abandoning his half-brother to cross the Helcaraxë. His sons commit two more Kinslayings, and [[TokenEvilTeammate Celegorm and Curufin]] get their cousin Finrod killed and abduct Lúthien.
** Eöl and his son Maeglin. Eöl abducts Aredhel and marries her, keeps her prisoner in his forest and murders her when she escapes. Maeglin [[KissingCousins lusts after his cousin]] Idril, betrays Gondolin to Morgoth, and [[WouldHurtAChild tries to murder Idril's son Eärendil]].
** [[JerkassGods The Vala]] Morgoth. He's responsible for all the misery the characters suffer.
** Ar-Pharazôn The Golden of Númenor, who is jerkass enough to establish a ReligionOfEvil and to strive nothing less than overlordship of the whole world.
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'':
** Nynaeve al'Meara and especially Elayne Trakand, they have all the negatives of Aes Sedai, (aloof, egotistical, and rude), and none of the positives (wisdom). They frequently get captured due to not having backup, and when they are saved they never thank anyone. The ultimate example is when they are captured by members of the Black Ajah, and are taken to the Stone of Tear, a fortress that has never been captured, and is only fated to be captured when the Dragon is reborn. Mat Cauthon learns this, he and Juilin Sandar go into the Stone of Tear, defeat several highly trained guards, duel a High Lord of Tear, and rescue them, and they respond by storming off. It's not until they are told to apologize by Elayne's best friend, Aviendha, and her Warder Birgitte that they do apologize. Then Elayne mocks Mat for being raped multiple times by a woman, after having first annulled her promise to treat him with respect when she thought that he was the criminal and not the victim.
** Elaida comes off as borderline insane, and by the ''Knife Of Dreams'' the Tower Aes Sedai have turned the White Tower into a war zone beause they are so egotistical.
** Cadsuane Melaidhrin actually uses being a Jerkass as a strategy by just being a complete jerk to everyone. She is such a jackass that everyone just does as she says so she will leave them alone.
* In later volumes of Creator/TerryGoodkind's Literature/SwordOfTruth series, after he became a rabid Objectivist, he had a tendency to write his views into his books in the most blatant way possible; by having his "good" characters stop the story for pages and pages at a time, so that they can speechify to those around them (and thus, the reader), expounding upon Goodkind's views in a ham-fisted fashion that left no doubt in anyone's minds that this was just Goodkind preaching at us. Anyone who was shown disagreeing with this was portrayed not only as wrong, but irredeemably evil, and those nay-sayers who were important to the plot would ultimately prove themselves to be rapists and child molesters. This had the undesired but very present effect of making it seem like all of Goodkind's "heroes" were total jerkasses, unable to accept any viewpoint but their own. After all, this is the series that had its ''hero'' kick a little girl in the face with such force that she went into a coma and her healers weren't sure if she would ever wake up! In fairness, she turns out to be an AssholeVictim and an EnfantTerrible.
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* The unnamed Seeker, main antagonist of Stephenie Meyer's ''Literature/TheHost'', is like this. Especially notable in that, in a species that is biologically predisposed to being Messiah, she ''still'' manages an attitude that would make Series/{{House}} cringe. Her freed host turns out to be even ''worse''.
* Heathcliff of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'', a tyrannical, joyless creep who systematically sets out to destroy the lives of practically every single person he knows in the aid of some nebulous plan of vengeance for having been separated from his soul-mate, Catherine Earnshaw - whom he never really seemed to get along with, either, come to think of it. Amazingly, despite this, only one person in the ''entire novel'' seems to consider just moving away from the miserable bastard's Yorkshire stomping grounds to be a valid option - and that one person dies a short while later. Oh, and if he can't actually torment his enemies (because they're, you know, ''dead''), he's quite happy to visit his wrath on their undeserving children instead. The main reason that no one moves is because that's actually ''their'' turf; ''Heathcliff'' is technically the interloper, and most of the novel is Heathcliff conniving to swindle his enemies' homes and possessions away from them.
* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' has a proliferation of these characters in pretty much every book, which should be expected given what the series is known for. However, the character who takes this UpToEleven is undoubtedly Michael Webster's [[BrattyHalfPint bratty]] [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling little sister]] [[EnfanteTerrible Tara]] from ''The Cuckoo Clock of Doom'', who does a list of horrible things to Michael to make him as miserable as possible, like making him step on a huge wad of gum, deliberately ruining his bike, wrecking his birthday party, exposing him in his underwear to his crush, and framing him for theft so he could get beaten up by a bigger kid. The worst part? [[AbusiveParents His parents actually condone it all and even rebukes him for lying]].
* Heathcliff of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'', a tyrannical, joyless creep who systematically sets out to destroy the lives of practically every single person he knows in the aid of some nebulous plan of vengeance for having been separated from his soul-mate, Catherine Earnshaw - whom he never really seemed to get along with, either, come to think of it. Amazingly, despite this, only one person in the ''entire novel'' seems to consider just moving away from the miserable bastard's Yorkshire stomping grounds to be a valid option - and that one person dies a short while later. Oh, and if he can't actually torment his enemies (because they're, you know, ''dead''), he's quite happy to visit his wrath on their undeserving children instead. The main reason that no one moves is because that's actually ''their'' turf; ''Heathcliff'' is technically the interloper, and most of the novel is Heathcliff conniving to swindle his enemies' homes and possessions away from them.
* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' has a proliferation of these characters in pretty much every book, which should be expected given what the series is known for. However, the character who takes this UpToEleven is undoubtedly Michael Webster's [[BrattyHalfPint bratty]] [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling little sister]] [[EnfanteTerrible Tara]] from ''The Cuckoo Clock of Doom'', who does a list of horrible things to Michael to make him as miserable as possible, like making him step on a huge wad of gum, deliberately ruining his bike, wrecking his birthday party, exposing him in his underwear to his crush, and framing him for theft so he could get beaten up by a bigger kid. The worst part? [[AbusiveParents His parents actually condone it all and even rebukes him for lying]].
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* The unnamed Seeker, main antagonist of Stephenie Meyer's ''Literature/TheHost'', ''Literature/EarthsChildren'':
** Broud is a sadistic, arrogant, out-of-control, all around unbearable character. He doesn't likethis. Especially notable in that, in a species that is biologically predisposed to Ayla from the beginning for being Messiah, different, and being adopted into his family. After she ''still'' manages an attitude that would make Series/{{House}} cringe. Her freed host turns out was permitted to be hunt, something women are not ordinarily allowed, he comes to hate her. Upon growing up, he begins raping her, with Ayla forced to submit as a result of their Clan's custom. By the end of the first book, even ''worse''.
* Heathcliff of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'',his father almost disowns him. He doesn't though-as a tyrannical, joyless creep who systematically sets out to destroy result, he's made the lives leader by inheritance, and promptly has Ayla banished.
** Frebec ofpractically every single the Mamutoi Lion Camp is not a nice person -- he's neglectful to his mate, bickers constantly with his mother-in-law, riles up everyone else and is very judgmental of Ayla and Rydag, but it's implied that a lot of this stems from feelings of inferiority, he knows genuinely loves Fralie and he [[spoiler: turns into a NiceGuy by the end of the book]].
** Laramar, a loutish Zelandonii man who does nothing but drink the alcohol he brews, neglects his kids and eventually [[spoiler: disowns them]].
** Brukeval, a short-fused BoomerangBigot with a rather creepy love-hate obsession with Ayla, though he's almost certainly in JerkassWoobie territory due his FreudianExcuse.
** Even Jondalar can be a bit of a Jerkass at times, [[TookALevelInJerkass especially in theaid third book]]. However, it's usually only when he's under a great deal of some nebulous plan of vengeance stress and he's mostly a decent guy. He also regrets and tries to amends for having been separated his Jerkass behavior.
* ''Literature/EllenAndOtis'': Otis Spofford, the class troublemaker who's always looking for ways to tease and make mischief for people. Played straight in ''Ellen Tebbits'' and deconstructed in his own book.
* In Shanna Swendson's ''Literature/EnchantedInc'', on a girls' night out, they go to kiss frogs. Katie is warned this is not the way to catch PrinceCharming, because they were [[BalefulPolymorph "frogged" for a reason]].
* Erian from ''Literature/TheFallenMoon'' series certainly counts. He's a racist bastard (quite literally) who threatens enslave the main character Arenadd's parents, does it anyway once he finally gives in, calls Arenadd evil for being a northerner, acts like an ass to hissoul-mate, sister, and, even when he dies, insults his niece in front of the ghost of her mother, and tells said niece to kill Arenadd, who she doesn't know is her father. To make things even worse, ''he'' knows that Arenadd is her father.
* In ''[[Literature/FirebirdLackey Firebird]]'', everyone in Ilya's family, with the exception of Ilya himself.
* ''Literature/{{Flipped}}:''
** Bryce, his father, and his friend Garret. Bryce for self-assertion, Garret and Mr. Loski just for the sake of being it. Naturally, the former grows out of it by the end while the latter two don't (Mrs. Loski is on the verge of getting a divorce by the end of the novel).
** The Loskis' daughter seems to be this too. Really tells you how great of a parent the father is.
* The Franchise/HannibalLecter series has a few outside of the {{Serial Killer}}s:
** Freddy Lounds, who took pictures of Graham in the hospital after getting stabbed by Lecter for his paper, and had no qualms about writing pure lies just to sell copies.
** Paul Krendler. He not only makes Starling's life a living hell for grandslamming the Buffalo Bill case, but also makes a pass at Clarice which she rejected. Twice. He's also a CorruptCop, working for Verger Mason and framing Starling.
** Frederick Chilton. There's his making a sleazy pass at Clarice, frequent taunting of Lecter, illicitly recording Clarice's conversations with Lecter, leaking the FBI's deal with Lecter, hogging the spotlight as the plan's brainchild, putting both Clarice and CatherineEarnshaw - whom he never really seemed to get along with, either, come to think Martin at the mercy of it. Amazingly, despite this, only one person Buffalo Bill in the ''entire novel'' seems to consider just moving away from the miserable bastard's Yorkshire stomping grounds to be a valid option - and that one person dies a short while later. Oh, and if process.
* A minor character in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: The Doomsday Ship''. In line for an EscapePod hecan't actually torment his enemies (because they're, you know, ''dead''), he's quite happy to visit his wrath on their undeserving saw two children instead. The main reason trying to get ahead of him, so he grabbed them, left the line with them, and locked them in a closet with the full knowledge that no one moves is because that's actually ''their'' turf; ''Heathcliff'' is technically when the interloper, and most of the novel is Heathcliff conniving to swindle his enemies' homes and possessions away from them.
ship was destroyed, they'd go with it. [[spoiler: It ''wasn't'' destroyed, but he couldn't have known that.]]
* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' has a proliferation of these characters in pretty much every book, which should be expected given what the series is known for. However, the character who takes this UpToEleven is undoubtedly Michael Webster's [[BrattyHalfPint bratty]] [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling little sister]] [[EnfanteTerrible Tara]] from''The Cuckoo Clock of Doom'', ''Literature/TheCuckooClockOfDoom'', who does a list of horrible things to Michael to make him as miserable as possible, like making him step on a huge wad of gum, deliberately ruining his bike, wrecking his birthday party, exposing him in his underwear to his crush, and framing him for theft so he could get beaten up by a bigger kid. The worst part? [[AbusiveParents His parents actually condone it all and even rebukes him for lying]].
** Broud is a sadistic, arrogant, out-of-control, all around unbearable character. He doesn't like
* Heathcliff of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'',
** Frebec of
** Laramar, a loutish Zelandonii man who does nothing but drink the alcohol he brews, neglects his kids and eventually [[spoiler: disowns them]].
** Brukeval, a short-fused BoomerangBigot with a rather creepy love-hate obsession with Ayla, though he's almost certainly in JerkassWoobie territory due his FreudianExcuse.
** Even Jondalar can be a bit of a Jerkass at times, [[TookALevelInJerkass especially in the
* ''Literature/EllenAndOtis'': Otis Spofford, the class troublemaker who's always looking for ways to tease and make mischief for people. Played straight in ''Ellen Tebbits'' and deconstructed in his own book.
* In Shanna Swendson's ''Literature/EnchantedInc'', on a girls' night out, they go to kiss frogs. Katie is warned this is not the way to catch PrinceCharming, because they were [[BalefulPolymorph "frogged" for a reason]].
* Erian from ''Literature/TheFallenMoon'' series certainly counts. He's a racist bastard (quite literally) who threatens enslave the main character Arenadd's parents, does it anyway once he finally gives in, calls Arenadd evil for being a northerner, acts like an ass to his
* In ''[[Literature/FirebirdLackey Firebird]]'', everyone in Ilya's family, with the exception of Ilya himself.
* ''Literature/{{Flipped}}:''
** Bryce, his father, and his friend Garret. Bryce for self-assertion, Garret and Mr. Loski just for the sake of being it. Naturally, the former grows out of it by the end while the latter two don't (Mrs. Loski is on the verge of getting a divorce by the end of the novel).
** The Loskis' daughter seems to be this too. Really tells you how great of a parent the father is.
* The Franchise/HannibalLecter series has a few outside of the {{Serial Killer}}s:
** Freddy Lounds, who took pictures of Graham in the hospital after getting stabbed by Lecter for his paper, and had no qualms about writing pure lies just to sell copies.
** Paul Krendler. He not only makes Starling's life a living hell for grandslamming the Buffalo Bill case, but also makes a pass at Clarice which she rejected. Twice. He's also a CorruptCop, working for Verger Mason and framing Starling.
** Frederick Chilton. There's his making a sleazy pass at Clarice, frequent taunting of Lecter, illicitly recording Clarice's conversations with Lecter, leaking the FBI's deal with Lecter, hogging the spotlight as the plan's brainchild, putting both Clarice and Catherine
* A minor character in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: The Doomsday Ship''. In line for an EscapePod he
* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' has a proliferation of these characters in pretty much every book, which should be expected given what the series is known for. However, the character who takes this UpToEleven is undoubtedly Michael Webster's [[BrattyHalfPint bratty]] [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling little sister]] [[EnfanteTerrible Tara]] from
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%% He probably gets overlooked for being such a relatively minor character, but Blaise Zabini ([[AscendedExtra after he finally appears]]) turns out to be a real asshole.
%% * ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'':
%%** Edmund Pevensie can be a jerkass in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', at least to Lucy.
%% ** Eustace Clarence Scrubb in ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader''.
%% * Walt Comeau of Richard Russo's novel ''Empire Falls'' is a grade-A Jerkass.
* ''[[http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=118769&highlight= Armageddon:]] Literature/TheSalvationWar'':
** {{God}}. First off, even though he closed the gates of Heaven ''1000 years ago'', the reason that He threw ALL of humanity on Earth to Satan NOW is [[spoiler: He's pissed that humans have started questioning His teachings and that they're not all constantly singing his praises. He even has a Chorus in Heaven which is forced to constantly sing his praises. He actually gets pissed when, after throwing them ALL to Satan, the Catholic Church excommunicates him and denounces him as an usurper of a one true God. When the reason that he flipped off humanity was that they were questioning his teachings in the first place, you'd think he would see that one coming.]]
** Karl Rove is also depicted as being quite a jerkass, commenting after the [[spoiler: destruction of Detroit]] that [[spoiler: Detroit]] was a Democratic stronghold in the state and maybe the Republicans would win the state easily in the next election.
%% * ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'':
%%** Edmund Pevensie can be a jerkass in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', at least to Lucy.
%% ** Eustace Clarence Scrubb in ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader''.
%% * Walt Comeau of Richard Russo's novel ''Empire Falls'' is a grade-A Jerkass.
* ''[[http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=118769&highlight= Armageddon:]] Literature/TheSalvationWar'':
** {{God}}. First off, even though he closed the gates of Heaven ''1000 years ago'', the reason that He threw ALL of humanity on Earth to Satan NOW is [[spoiler: He's pissed that humans have started questioning His teachings and that they're not all constantly singing his praises. He even has a Chorus in Heaven which is forced to constantly sing his praises. He actually gets pissed when, after throwing them ALL to Satan, the Catholic Church excommunicates him and denounces him as an usurper of a one true God. When the reason that he flipped off humanity was that they were questioning his teachings in the first place, you'd think he would see that one coming.]]
** Karl Rove is also depicted as being quite a jerkass, commenting after the [[spoiler: destruction of Detroit]] that [[spoiler: Detroit]] was a Democratic stronghold in the state and maybe the Republicans would win the state easily in the next election.
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%% * In Daniel Suarez's ''Literature/{{Daemon}}'', Loki. He's also doubtlessly [[JerkassDissonance the coolest character in the book]], especially after [[spoiler:he gets his cyborg makeover]] in the second one.
* Matthew Luzon in the second Literature/{{Petaybee}} book is extraordinarily intelligent, though the main characters wouldn't like to admit it, and manipulates the Petaybeans with such skill that one can't understand why he doesn't end up winning.
* Everybody in ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' has their moments, but here are some characters that stand out:
** Manny is spoiled, whines a lot to get his way (it always works too), [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling enjoys frustrating his older brothers]], and [[KickTheDog nearly killed his entire family]] [[DisproportionateRetribution simply because they didn't teach him to tie his shoes.]]
** Rodrick is probably the prime offender for this, since he abuses Greg all the time, even when the latter did nothing to bother him.
** Greg is not a good friend at all to Rowley, and is okay with letting Rowley take the blame for things he did.
** Frank makes his kids (except for Manny) do activities they hate.
** Heather Hills is selfish, doesn't like to help anyone, and [[BigSisterBully is mean to her younger sister Holly.]]
** Mr. Jefferson is rude, usually instantly assumes Greg is the culprit whenever something bad happens, and is even more strict than Frank. (Though, to be fair, [[JerkassHasAPoint Greg isn't exactly the best of friends to his son Rowley, as mentioned above.]])
* In Shanna Swendson's ''Literature/EnchantedInc'', on a girls' night out, they go to kiss frogs. Katie is warned this is not the way to catch PrinceCharming, because they were [[BalefulPolymorph "frogged" for a reason]].
* ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'': Holden Caulfield is a lazy prick, who never blames himself for anything, never gives any consideration to anyone but Phoebe (which could put him on JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory), acts like every adult but him is an asshole, goes to movies just to call them bad, the list goes on.
* Smokey in ''Literature/TheTalisman'' is an all too realistic incredible asshole. He and the town of Oatley are just inherently wrong somehow.
* Most of the fantastic denizens of ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' are unusually obnoxious creatures that threaten to harm or kill Alice with little to no reason.
** Even Alice can be an asshole sometimes. There is a part where she steals a slate pencil from somebody because she didn't like the squeaking sound it was making. In court. And he was a member of the jury, taking notes on the case.
* Lyschko in ''Literature/{{Krabat}}''. Even the miller (their evil wizard master) claims he doesn't like him. Also, some soldiers who visit the mill (when the master is absent) and demand that the boys become their servants.
* Matthew Luzon in the second Literature/{{Petaybee}} book is extraordinarily intelligent, though the main characters wouldn't like to admit it, and manipulates the Petaybeans with such skill that one can't understand why he doesn't end up winning.
* Everybody in ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' has their moments, but here are some characters that stand out:
** Manny is spoiled, whines a lot to get his way (it always works too), [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling enjoys frustrating his older brothers]], and [[KickTheDog nearly killed his entire family]] [[DisproportionateRetribution simply because they didn't teach him to tie his shoes.]]
** Rodrick is probably the prime offender for this, since he abuses Greg all the time, even when the latter did nothing to bother him.
** Greg is not a good friend at all to Rowley, and is okay with letting Rowley take the blame for things he did.
** Frank makes his kids (except for Manny) do activities they hate.
** Heather Hills is selfish, doesn't like to help anyone, and [[BigSisterBully is mean to her younger sister Holly.]]
** Mr. Jefferson is rude, usually instantly assumes Greg is the culprit whenever something bad happens, and is even more strict than Frank. (Though, to be fair, [[JerkassHasAPoint Greg isn't exactly the best of friends to his son Rowley, as mentioned above.]])
* In Shanna Swendson's ''Literature/EnchantedInc'', on a girls' night out, they go to kiss frogs. Katie is warned this is not the way to catch PrinceCharming, because they were [[BalefulPolymorph "frogged" for a reason]].
* ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'': Holden Caulfield is a lazy prick, who never blames himself for anything, never gives any consideration to anyone but Phoebe (which could put him on JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory), acts like every adult but him is an asshole, goes to movies just to call them bad, the list goes on.
* Smokey in ''Literature/TheTalisman'' is an all too realistic incredible asshole. He and the town of Oatley are just inherently wrong somehow.
* Most of the fantastic denizens of ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' are unusually obnoxious creatures that threaten to harm or kill Alice with little to no reason.
** Even Alice can be an asshole sometimes. There is a part where she steals a slate pencil from somebody because she didn't like the squeaking sound it was making. In court. And he was a member of the jury, taking notes on the case.
* Lyschko in ''Literature/{{Krabat}}''. Even the miller (their evil wizard master) claims he doesn't like him. Also, some soldiers who visit the mill (when the master is absent) and demand that the boys become their servants.
to:
* ''Literature/InDeath'' series: Some of the
* Matthew Luzon in the second Literature/{{Petaybee}} book is extraordinarily intelligent, though the main characters wouldn't
* Everybody in ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' has their moments, but here are some characters that stand out:
** Manny is spoiled, whines a lot to get his way (it always works too), [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling enjoys frustrating his older brothers]], and [[KickTheDog nearly killed his entire family]] [[DisproportionateRetribution simply because they didn't teach him to tie his shoes.]]
** Rodrick is probably the prime offender for this, since he abuses Greg all the time, even when the latter did nothing to bother him.
** Greg is not a good friend at all to Rowley, and is okay with letting Rowley take the blame for things he did.
** Frank makes his kids (except for Manny) do activities they hate.
** Heather Hills is selfish, doesn't like to help anyone, and [[BigSisterBully is mean to her younger sister Holly.]]
** Mr. Jefferson is rude, usually instantly assumes Greg is the culprit whenever something bad happens, and is even more strict than Frank. (Though, to be fair, [[JerkassHasAPoint Greg isn't exactly the best of friends to his son Rowley, as mentioned above.]])
* In Shanna Swendson's ''Literature/EnchantedInc'', on a girls' night out, they go to kiss frogs. Katie is warned
* ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'': Holden Caulfield is a lazy prick, who never blames himself for anything, never gives any consideration to anyone
* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'': Will. He very occasionally strays into JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* Smokey in ''Literature/TheTalisman'' is
* Most of the fantastic denizens of ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' are unusually
** Even Alice can be an asshole sometimes. There is a part where she steals a slate pencil
* Nick from
* High King Kallor from the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' is not a friendly fellow by any stretch of the
* Lyschko in ''Literature/{{Krabat}}''. Even the miller (their evil wizard master) claims he doesn't like him. Also, some soldiers who visit the mill (when the master is absent) and demand
* Max and Moritz in Creator/WilhelmBusch's ''Literature/MaxAndMoritz''. Two unruly malicious boys
* Fang was veering dangerously close to this territory earlier on in the ''Literature/MaximumRide'' series. He flirted blatantly with several girls other than Max over the course of the series, but when ''she'' dated someone else, of course he became [[GreenEyedEpiphany jealous]]. Not to mention the fact that when she finally complained to him about it for real, he acted as though nothing had happened and basically disregarded what she said.
* Han Solo's cousin Thrackan Sal-Solo in ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' and ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce''. He beat up Han when they were kids and generally made things hard for him. As an adult, he declared himself ruler of Corellia, started an anti-alien group,captured the Solo kids,later put out a bounty on his own family and sold out Boba Fett's daughter. That last one led to Boba going PapaWolf and aiding in his death (although Jacen actually killed him)
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* Literature/InDeath series: Some of the murderers behave as this. Some of the people Eve Dallas meets from the [[FBIAgent FBI]] and other police divisions will make you want to punch them in the face. Eve Dallas herself acts like this a lot, but then again, she is SurroundedByIdiots at times.
* Literature/SisterhoodSeries by Creator/FernMichaels: A number of the villains are certainly this. Mitch Riley in the book ''Hide And Seek'' stands out as a particular example, due to him being racist, sexist, likely misogynistic, and it is stated quite clearly that nobody likes this guy. Even the good guys have gone into Jerkass behaviour a time or two.
* Although the ''Literature/ChaletSchool'' is one of the more pleasant fictional schools, it still has its fair share of bullies, usually girls who are [[ClingyJealousGirl jealous]] of whoever the titular new girl is (such as Mary Woodley and Barbara Chester), but special mention goes to Thekla von Stift for her extreme snobbery and habit of alienating the other girls, and trying to get Joyce Linton expelled; Betty Wynne-Davies, for being willing to give away a chart containing military secrets to a Nazi spy, [[DisproportionateRetribution just because the owner of said chart trapped her fingers and answered her back]]; and Jack Lambert, for bullying Jane Carew for the simple crime of replacing her in Len's dormitory, although she at least gets better. To a lesser extent, there's [[BrokenBird Grizel Cochrane]] - although she is more of a JerkassWoobie due to her uncaring parents - and [[HotBlooded Margot Maynard]], though Margot at least recognises how screwed up she is and tries to change.
%% * ''Literature/WarriorCats'': Introducing Spiderleg, [=ThunderClan's=] resident jerk!
%% Introducing the concept of commenting-out no-context examples!
%%
* Kalak from Literature/TrappedOnDraconica is rude, insenstive, and downright mean. He just pretends to be like that to compensate for inner toughness. He's actually an adorable, dorky, self-depricating MommasBoy.
* A minor character in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: The Doomsday Ship''. In line for an EscapePod he saw two children trying to get ahead of him, so he grabbed them, left the line with them, and locked them in a closet with the full knowledge that when the ship was destroyed, they'd go with it. [[spoiler: It ''wasn't'' destroyed, but he couldn't have known that.]]
* Erian from ''Literature/TheFallenMoon'' series certainly counts. He's a racist bastard (quite literally) who threatens enslave the main character Arenadd's parents, does it anyway once he finally gives in, calls Arenadd evil for being a northerner, acts like an ass to his sister, and, even when he dies, insults his niece in front of the ghost of her mother, and tells said niece to kill Arenadd, who she doesn't know is her father. To make things even worse, ''he'' knows that Arenadd is her father.
* In ''[[Literature/FirebirdLackey Firebird]]'', everyone in Ilya's family, with the exception of Ilya himself.
* The gamebook ''[[Literature/TimeMachineSeries Sail with Pirates]]'': Jim Teal, an obnoxious teenage seaman, who bullies the protagonist who has the misfortune to be his crewmate. Later on, it's revealed that the time travelling protagonist earned his emnity in the past--through either refusing to fall for Teal's swindle, or calling Teal out after falling for his fraud.
* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'': Will. He very occasionally strays into JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory and sometimes it looks it might be just an act, but shows his jerkass and obnoxious side more often. He's distant, though, but that's just his personality.
%% ** Benedict Lightwood
%% ** Gabriel Lightwood. Quite blatantly.
%% ** It's possible that Gideon Lightwood used to be this, but in ''The Clockwork Prince'', it appears he got better while he was in Spain.
* Nick from ''Literature/TheLeonardRegime'' is regularly shouting at his own friends and arguing about everything. The warden from the Los Angeles DERSO Correctional Facility also possesses a jerkass personality.
%% * Zanna from ''Literature/TheLastDragonChronicles'' at times.
%% * Literature/TheRavenCycle has several.
%% ** Barrington Whelk, the Aglionby Latin teacher. Even his name just screams {{JerkAss}}.
%% ** Greenmantle, the other Aglionby Latin teacher and also the person who [[spoiler: hired a hitman to kill Niall Lynch.]]
%% ** Declan Lynch. Not villainous like the others, however. Just an asshole.
%% ** Ronan Lynch starts out as this before he gets upgraded to JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
%% ** Kavinvky has issues.
* Henry isn't the worst example in ''Literature/TheUnderlandChronicles'', but he makes fun of both Gregor and the cockroaches, [[FantasticRacism particularly the latter]].
* In his few appearances in ''Literature/WhyWeTookTheCar'', André is portraied as this, making fun of Maik.
* Lucifer murders three of the people who help him on his quest in ''Literature/TheVaginaAssOfLuciferNiggerbastard''.
** Sack teabags the corpse of one of the aforementioned three victims.
* ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'':
** Peter. He goes out of his way to make Tris's life miserable, from throwing petty insults to outright [[spoiler:sexually assaulting her and [[DisproportionateRetribution trying to kill her]]]].
** Molly. To get back at Tris for wounding her pride, she [[spoiler:feeds lies to the Erudite about Tris's father and Abnegation]].
%% ** With his extreme teaching methods [[spoiler:and betrayal]] Eric is this.
%% ** Jeanine.
* The Franchise/HannibalLecter series has a few outside of the {{Serial Killer}}s:
** Freddy Lounds, who took pictures of Graham in the hospital after getting stabbed by Lecter for his paper, and had no qualms about writing pure lies just to sell copies.
** Paul Krendler. He not only makes Starling's life a living hell for grandslamming the Buffalo Bill case, but also makes a pass at Clarice which she rejected. Twice. He's also a CorruptCop, working for Verger Mason and framing Starling.
** Frederick Chilton. There's his making a sleazy pass at Clarice, frequent taunting of Lecter, illicitly recording Clarice's conversations with Lecter, leaking the FBI's deal with Lecter, hogging the spotlight as the plan's brainchild, putting both Clarice and Catherine Martin at the mercy of Buffalo Bill in the process.
* Fang was veering dangerously close to this territory earlier on in the ''Literature/MaximumRide'' series. He flirted blatantly with several girls other than Max over the course of the series, but when ''she'' dated someone else, of course he became [[GreenEyedEpiphany jealous]]. Not to mention the fact that when she finally complained to him about it for real, he acted as though nothing had happened and basically disregarded what she said.
* Han Solo's cousin Thrackan Sal-Solo in ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' and ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce''. He beat up Han when they were kids and generally made things hard for him. As an adult, he declared himself ruler of Corellia, started an anti-alien group,captured the Solo kids,later put out a bounty on his own family and sold out Boba Fett's daughter. That last one led to Boba going PapaWolf and aiding in his death (although Jacen actually killed him)
* ''Literature/{{Flipped}}:''
** Bryce, his father, and his friend Garret. Bryce for self-assertion, Garret and Mr. Loski just for the sake of being it. Naturally, the former grows out of it by the end while the latter two don't (Mrs. Loski is on the verge of getting a divorce by the end of the novel).
** The Loskis' daughter seems to be this too. Really tells you how great of a parent the father is.
* Mitch, Glenn, and Terry of ''Literature/SpellsSwordsAndStealth''. The trio are tabletop gamers more concerned with killing and looting instead of "dumb shit like role-playing." When their first party dies at the beginning of the series, they force TokenGoodTeammate Tim to make a knight instead of the paladin he'd prefer because a paladin would be obliged to stop their antics. By the time of the third book, ''Going Rogue'', they have to make an hour commute to meet a potential GM because nobody else will tolerate them.
* High King Kallor from the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' is not a friendly fellow by any stretch of the word and of the opinion that bastardry is inherent in human nature, and as such every nasty thing he does and says is justified.
* Much of the characters in ''Literature/Sideways Stories from Wayside School'' and other media in that series.
* Literature/SisterhoodSeries by Creator/FernMichaels: A number of the villains are certainly this. Mitch Riley in the book ''Hide And Seek'' stands out as a particular example, due to him being racist, sexist, likely misogynistic, and it is stated quite clearly that nobody likes this guy. Even the good guys have gone into Jerkass behaviour a time or two.
* Although the ''Literature/ChaletSchool'' is one of the more pleasant fictional schools, it still has its fair share of bullies, usually girls who are [[ClingyJealousGirl jealous]] of whoever the titular new girl is (such as Mary Woodley and Barbara Chester), but special mention goes to Thekla von Stift for her extreme snobbery and habit of alienating the other girls, and trying to get Joyce Linton expelled; Betty Wynne-Davies, for being willing to give away a chart containing military secrets to a Nazi spy, [[DisproportionateRetribution just because the owner of said chart trapped her fingers and answered her back]]; and Jack Lambert, for bullying Jane Carew for the simple crime of replacing her in Len's dormitory, although she at least gets better. To a lesser extent, there's [[BrokenBird Grizel Cochrane]] - although she is more of a JerkassWoobie due to her uncaring parents - and [[HotBlooded Margot Maynard]], though Margot at least recognises how screwed up she is and tries to change.
%% * ''Literature/WarriorCats'': Introducing Spiderleg, [=ThunderClan's=] resident jerk!
%% Introducing the concept of commenting-out no-context examples!
%%
* Kalak from Literature/TrappedOnDraconica is rude, insenstive, and downright mean. He just pretends to be like that to compensate for inner toughness. He's actually an adorable, dorky, self-depricating MommasBoy.
* A minor character in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: The Doomsday Ship''. In line for an EscapePod he saw two children trying to get ahead of him, so he grabbed them, left the line with them, and locked them in a closet with the full knowledge that when the ship was destroyed, they'd go with it. [[spoiler: It ''wasn't'' destroyed, but he couldn't have known that.]]
* Erian from ''Literature/TheFallenMoon'' series certainly counts. He's a racist bastard (quite literally) who threatens enslave the main character Arenadd's parents, does it anyway once he finally gives in, calls Arenadd evil for being a northerner, acts like an ass to his sister, and, even when he dies, insults his niece in front of the ghost of her mother, and tells said niece to kill Arenadd, who she doesn't know is her father. To make things even worse, ''he'' knows that Arenadd is her father.
* In ''[[Literature/FirebirdLackey Firebird]]'', everyone in Ilya's family, with the exception of Ilya himself.
* The gamebook ''[[Literature/TimeMachineSeries Sail with Pirates]]'': Jim Teal, an obnoxious teenage seaman, who bullies the protagonist who has the misfortune to be his crewmate. Later on, it's revealed that the time travelling protagonist earned his emnity in the past--through either refusing to fall for Teal's swindle, or calling Teal out after falling for his fraud.
* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'': Will. He very occasionally strays into JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory and sometimes it looks it might be just an act, but shows his jerkass and obnoxious side more often. He's distant, though, but that's just his personality.
%% ** Benedict Lightwood
%% ** Gabriel Lightwood. Quite blatantly.
%% ** It's possible that Gideon Lightwood used to be this, but in ''The Clockwork Prince'', it appears he got better while he was in Spain.
* Nick from ''Literature/TheLeonardRegime'' is regularly shouting at his own friends and arguing about everything. The warden from the Los Angeles DERSO Correctional Facility also possesses a jerkass personality.
%% * Zanna from ''Literature/TheLastDragonChronicles'' at times.
%% * Literature/TheRavenCycle has several.
%% ** Barrington Whelk, the Aglionby Latin teacher. Even his name just screams {{JerkAss}}.
%% ** Greenmantle, the other Aglionby Latin teacher and also the person who [[spoiler: hired a hitman to kill Niall Lynch.]]
%% ** Declan Lynch. Not villainous like the others, however. Just an asshole.
%% ** Ronan Lynch starts out as this before he gets upgraded to JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
%% ** Kavinvky has issues.
* Henry isn't the worst example in ''Literature/TheUnderlandChronicles'', but he makes fun of both Gregor and the cockroaches, [[FantasticRacism particularly the latter]].
* In his few appearances in ''Literature/WhyWeTookTheCar'', André is portraied as this, making fun of Maik.
* Lucifer murders three of the people who help him on his quest in ''Literature/TheVaginaAssOfLuciferNiggerbastard''.
** Sack teabags the corpse of one of the aforementioned three victims.
* ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'':
** Peter. He goes out of his way to make Tris's life miserable, from throwing petty insults to outright [[spoiler:sexually assaulting her and [[DisproportionateRetribution trying to kill her]]]].
** Molly. To get back at Tris for wounding her pride, she [[spoiler:feeds lies to the Erudite about Tris's father and Abnegation]].
%% ** With his extreme teaching methods [[spoiler:and betrayal]] Eric is this.
%% ** Jeanine.
* The Franchise/HannibalLecter series has a few outside of the {{Serial Killer}}s:
** Freddy Lounds, who took pictures of Graham in the hospital after getting stabbed by Lecter for his paper, and had no qualms about writing pure lies just to sell copies.
** Paul Krendler. He not only makes Starling's life a living hell for grandslamming the Buffalo Bill case, but also makes a pass at Clarice which she rejected. Twice. He's also a CorruptCop, working for Verger Mason and framing Starling.
** Frederick Chilton. There's his making a sleazy pass at Clarice, frequent taunting of Lecter, illicitly recording Clarice's conversations with Lecter, leaking the FBI's deal with Lecter, hogging the spotlight as the plan's brainchild, putting both Clarice and Catherine Martin at the mercy of Buffalo Bill in the process.
* Fang was veering dangerously close to this territory earlier on in the ''Literature/MaximumRide'' series. He flirted blatantly with several girls other than Max over the course of the series, but when ''she'' dated someone else, of course he became [[GreenEyedEpiphany jealous]]. Not to mention the fact that when she finally complained to him about it for real, he acted as though nothing had happened and basically disregarded what she said.
* Han Solo's cousin Thrackan Sal-Solo in ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' and ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce''. He beat up Han when they were kids and generally made things hard for him. As an adult, he declared himself ruler of Corellia, started an anti-alien group,captured the Solo kids,later put out a bounty on his own family and sold out Boba Fett's daughter. That last one led to Boba going PapaWolf and aiding in his death (although Jacen actually killed him)
* ''Literature/{{Flipped}}:''
** Bryce, his father, and his friend Garret. Bryce for self-assertion, Garret and Mr. Loski just for the sake of being it. Naturally, the former grows out of it by the end while the latter two don't (Mrs. Loski is on the verge of getting a divorce by the end of the novel).
** The Loskis' daughter seems to be this too. Really tells you how great of a parent the father is.
* Mitch, Glenn, and Terry of ''Literature/SpellsSwordsAndStealth''. The trio are tabletop gamers more concerned with killing and looting instead of "dumb shit like role-playing." When their first party dies at the beginning of the series, they force TokenGoodTeammate Tim to make a knight instead of the paladin he'd prefer because a paladin would be obliged to stop their antics. By the time of the third book, ''Going Rogue'', they have to make an hour commute to meet a potential GM because nobody else will tolerate them.
* High King Kallor from the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' is not a friendly fellow by any stretch of the word and of the opinion that bastardry is inherent in human nature, and as such every nasty thing he does and says is justified.
* Much of the characters in ''Literature/Sideways Stories from Wayside School'' and other media in that series.
* ''[[http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=118769&highlight= Armageddon:]] Literature/TheSalvationWar'':
** {{God}}. First off, even though he closed the gates of Heaven ''1000 years ago'', the reason that He threw ALL of humanity on Earth to Satan NOW is [[spoiler: He's pissed that humans have started questioning His teachings and that they're not all constantly singing his praises. He even has a Chorus in Heaven which is forced to constantly sing his praises. He actually gets pissed when, after throwing them ALL to Satan, the Catholic Church excommunicates him and denounces him as an usurper of a one true God. When the reason that he flipped off humanity was that they were questioning his teachings in the first place, you'd think he would see that one coming.]]
** Karl Rove is also depicted as being quite a jerkass, commenting after the [[spoiler: destruction of Detroit]] that [[spoiler: Detroit]] was a Democratic stronghold in the state and maybe the Republicans would win the state easily in the next election.
* Matthew Luzon in the second ''Literature/{{Petaybee}}'' book is extraordinarily intelligent, though the main characters wouldn't like to admit it, and manipulates the Petaybeans with such skill that one can't understand why he doesn't end up winning.
* In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'':
** Thingol sends Beren, his daughter's fiancé, to a fate he considers certain death.
** Fëanor and his seven sons. Fëanor attacks the Teleri, steals their ships, then burns them, abandoning his half-brother to cross the Helcaraxë. His sons commit two more Kinslayings, and [[TokenEvilTeammate Celegorm and Curufin]] get their cousin Finrod killed and abduct Lúthien.
** Eöl and his son Maeglin. Eöl abducts Aredhel and marries her, keeps her prisoner in his forest and murders her when she escapes. Maeglin [[KissingCousins lusts after his cousin]] Idril, betrays Gondolin to Morgoth, and [[WouldHurtAChild tries to murder Idril's son Eärendil]].
** [[JerkassGods The Vala]] Morgoth. He's responsible for all the misery the characters suffer.
** Ar-Pharazôn The Golden of Númenor, who is jerkass enough to establish a ReligionOfEvil and to strive nothing less than overlordship of the whole world.
* ''Literature/SisterhoodSeries'' by Creator/FernMichaels: A number of the villains are certainly this. Mitch Riley in the book ''Hide And Seek'' stands out as a particular example, due to him being racist, sexist, likely misogynistic, and it is stated quite clearly that nobody likes this guy. Even the good guys have gone into Jerkass behaviour a time or two.
* Mitch, Glenn, and Terry of ''Literature/SpellsSwordsAndStealth''. The trio are tabletop gamers more concerned with killing and looting instead of "dumb shit like role-playing." When their first party dies at the beginning of the series, they force TokenGoodTeammate Tim to make a knight instead of the paladin he'd prefer because a paladin would be obliged to stop their antics. By the time of the third book, ''Going Rogue'', they have to make an hour commute to meet a potential GM because nobody else will tolerate them.
* In later volumes of Creator/TerryGoodkind's ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' series, after he became a rabid Objectivist, he had a tendency to write his views into his books in the most blatant way possible; by having his "good" characters stop the story for pages and pages at a time, so that they can speechify to those around them (and thus, the reader), expounding upon Goodkind's views in a ham-fisted fashion that left no doubt in anyone's minds that this was just Goodkind preaching at us. Anyone who was shown disagreeing with this was portrayed not only as wrong, but irredeemably evil, and those nay-sayers who were important to the plot would ultimately prove themselves to be rapists and child molesters. This had the undesired but very present effect of making it seem like all of Goodkind's "heroes" were total jerkasses, unable to accept any viewpoint but their own. After all, this is the series that had its ''hero'' kick a little girl in the face with such force that she went into a coma and her healers weren't sure if she would ever wake up! In fairness, she turns out to be an AssholeVictim and an EnfantTerrible.
* Smokey in ''Literature/TheTalisman'' is an all too realistic incredible asshole. He and the town of Oatley are just inherently wrong somehow.
* The gamebook ''Literature/TimeMachineSeries''' ''Sail with Pirates'': Jim Teal, an obnoxious teenage seaman, who bullies the protagonist who has the misfortune to be his crewmate. Later on, it's revealed that the time travelling protagonist earned his emnity in the past--through either refusing to fall for Teal's swindle, or calling Teal out after falling for his fraud.
* Kalak from ''Literature/TrappedOnDraconica'' is rude, insenstive, and downright mean. He just pretends to be like that to compensate for inner toughness. He's actually an adorable, dorky, self-depricating MommasBoy.
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'':
** Nynaeve al'Meara and especially Elayne Trakand, they have all the negatives of Aes Sedai, (aloof, egotistical, and rude), and none of the positives (wisdom). They frequently get captured due to not having backup, and when they are saved they never thank anyone. The ultimate example is when they are captured by members of the Black Ajah, and are taken to the Stone of Tear, a fortress that has never been captured, and is only fated to be captured when the Dragon is reborn. Mat Cauthon learns this, he and Juilin Sandar go into the Stone of Tear, defeat several highly trained guards, duel a High Lord of Tear, and rescue them, and they respond by storming off. It's not until they are told to apologize by Elayne's best friend, Aviendha, and her Warder Birgitte that they do apologize. Then Elayne mocks Mat for being raped multiple times by a woman, after having first annulled her promise to treat him with respect when she thought that he was the criminal and not the victim.
** Elaida comes off as borderline insane, and by the ''Knife Of Dreams'' the Tower Aes Sedai have turned the White Tower into a war zone beause they are so egotistical.
** Cadsuane Melaidhrin actually uses being a Jerkass as a strategy by just being a complete jerk to everyone. She is such a jackass that everyone just does as she says so she will leave them alone.
* Jimmy in ''Literature/WhenYouReachMe'' makes fun of Chinese people and kicks Julia out of his store because he believes she will steal (based on the fact that she's black) despite the fact she's rich.
** {{God}}. First off, even though he closed the gates of Heaven ''1000 years ago'', the reason that He threw ALL of humanity on Earth to Satan NOW is [[spoiler: He's pissed that humans have started questioning His teachings and that they're not all constantly singing his praises. He even has a Chorus in Heaven which is forced to constantly sing his praises. He actually gets pissed when, after throwing them ALL to Satan, the Catholic Church excommunicates him and denounces him as an usurper of a one true God. When the reason that he flipped off humanity was that they were questioning his teachings in the first place, you'd think he would see that one coming.]]
** Karl Rove is also depicted as being quite a jerkass, commenting after the [[spoiler: destruction of Detroit]] that [[spoiler: Detroit]] was a Democratic stronghold in the state and maybe the Republicans would win the state easily in the next election.
* Matthew Luzon in the second ''Literature/{{Petaybee}}'' book is extraordinarily intelligent, though the main characters wouldn't like to admit it, and manipulates the Petaybeans with such skill that one can't understand why he doesn't end up winning.
* In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'':
** Thingol sends Beren, his daughter's fiancé, to a fate he considers certain death.
** Fëanor and his seven sons. Fëanor attacks the Teleri, steals their ships, then burns them, abandoning his half-brother to cross the Helcaraxë. His sons commit two more Kinslayings, and [[TokenEvilTeammate Celegorm and Curufin]] get their cousin Finrod killed and abduct Lúthien.
** Eöl and his son Maeglin. Eöl abducts Aredhel and marries her, keeps her prisoner in his forest and murders her when she escapes. Maeglin [[KissingCousins lusts after his cousin]] Idril, betrays Gondolin to Morgoth, and [[WouldHurtAChild tries to murder Idril's son Eärendil]].
** [[JerkassGods The Vala]] Morgoth. He's responsible for all the misery the characters suffer.
** Ar-Pharazôn The Golden of Númenor, who is jerkass enough to establish a ReligionOfEvil and to strive nothing less than overlordship of the whole world.
* ''Literature/SisterhoodSeries'' by Creator/FernMichaels: A number of the villains are certainly this. Mitch Riley in the book ''Hide And Seek'' stands out as a particular example, due to him being racist, sexist, likely misogynistic, and it is stated quite clearly that nobody likes this guy. Even the good guys have gone into Jerkass behaviour a time or two.
* Mitch, Glenn, and Terry of ''Literature/SpellsSwordsAndStealth''. The trio are tabletop gamers more concerned with killing and looting instead of "dumb shit like role-playing." When their first party dies at the beginning of the series, they force TokenGoodTeammate Tim to make a knight instead of the paladin he'd prefer because a paladin would be obliged to stop their antics. By the time of the third book, ''Going Rogue'', they have to make an hour commute to meet a potential GM because nobody else will tolerate them.
* In later volumes of Creator/TerryGoodkind's ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' series, after he became a rabid Objectivist, he had a tendency to write his views into his books in the most blatant way possible; by having his "good" characters stop the story for pages and pages at a time, so that they can speechify to those around them (and thus, the reader), expounding upon Goodkind's views in a ham-fisted fashion that left no doubt in anyone's minds that this was just Goodkind preaching at us. Anyone who was shown disagreeing with this was portrayed not only as wrong, but irredeemably evil, and those nay-sayers who were important to the plot would ultimately prove themselves to be rapists and child molesters. This had the undesired but very present effect of making it seem like all of Goodkind's "heroes" were total jerkasses, unable to accept any viewpoint but their own. After all, this is the series that had its ''hero'' kick a little girl in the face with such force that she went into a coma and her healers weren't sure if she would ever wake up! In fairness, she turns out to be an AssholeVictim and an EnfantTerrible.
* Smokey in ''Literature/TheTalisman'' is an all too realistic incredible asshole. He and the town of Oatley are just inherently wrong somehow.
* The gamebook ''Literature/TimeMachineSeries''' ''Sail with Pirates'': Jim Teal, an obnoxious teenage seaman, who bullies the protagonist who has the misfortune to be his crewmate. Later on, it's revealed that the time travelling protagonist earned his emnity in the past--through either refusing to fall for Teal's swindle, or calling Teal out after falling for his fraud.
* Kalak from ''Literature/TrappedOnDraconica'' is rude, insenstive, and downright mean. He just pretends to be like that to compensate for inner toughness. He's actually an adorable, dorky, self-depricating MommasBoy.
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'':
** Nynaeve al'Meara and especially Elayne Trakand, they have all the negatives of Aes Sedai, (aloof, egotistical, and rude), and none of the positives (wisdom). They frequently get captured due to not having backup, and when they are saved they never thank anyone. The ultimate example is when they are captured by members of the Black Ajah, and are taken to the Stone of Tear, a fortress that has never been captured, and is only fated to be captured when the Dragon is reborn. Mat Cauthon learns this, he and Juilin Sandar go into the Stone of Tear, defeat several highly trained guards, duel a High Lord of Tear, and rescue them, and they respond by storming off. It's not until they are told to apologize by Elayne's best friend, Aviendha, and her Warder Birgitte that they do apologize. Then Elayne mocks Mat for being raped multiple times by a woman, after having first annulled her promise to treat him with respect when she thought that he was the criminal and not the victim.
** Elaida comes off as borderline insane, and by the ''Knife Of Dreams'' the Tower Aes Sedai have turned the White Tower into a war zone beause they are so egotistical.
** Cadsuane Melaidhrin actually uses being a Jerkass as a strategy by just being a complete jerk to everyone. She is such a jackass that everyone just does as she says so she will leave them alone.
* Jimmy in ''Literature/WhenYouReachMe'' makes fun of Chinese people and kicks Julia out of his store because he believes she will steal (based on the fact that she's black) despite the fact she's rich.
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* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'':
** Broud is a sadistic, arrogant, out-of-control, all around unbearable character. He doesn't like Ayla from the beginning for being different, and being adopted into his family. After she was permitted to hunt, something women are not ordinarily allowed, he comes to hate her. Upon growing up, he begins raping her, with Ayla forced to submit as a result of their Clan's custom. By the end of the first book, even his father almost disowns him. He doesn't though-as a result, he's made the leader by inheritance, and promptly has Ayla banished.
** Frebec of the Mamutoi Lion Camp is not a nice person -- he's neglectful to his mate, bickers constantly with his mother-in-law, riles up everyone else and is very judgmental of Ayla and Rydag, but it's implied that a lot of this stems from feelings of inferiority, he genuinely loves Fralie and he [[spoiler: turns into a NiceGuy by the end of the book]].
** Laramar, a loutish Zelandonii man who does nothing but drink the alcohol he brews, neglects his kids and eventually [[spoiler: disowns them]].
** Brukeval, a short-fused BoomerangBigot with a rather creepy love-hate obsession with Ayla, though he's almost certainly in JerkassWoobie territory due his FreudianExcuse.
** Even Jondalar can be a bit of a Jerkass at times, [[TookALevelInJerkass especially in the third book]]. However, it's usually only when he's under a great deal of stress and he's mostly a decent guy. He also regrets and tries to amends for his Jerkass behavior.
* ''Literature/{{Digitesque}}'': Ada is curt and haughty, always looking down on everyone else. And that's how she is with her friends. She's even worse with people she actually considers beneath her, such as the "peasants" she is now forced to live among.
* ''Literature/DarkShores'': High Lord Hacken Calorian. Very handsome, rich and powerful, he is also greedy, full of contempt, does not care a whit about common people and often makes life miserable for his youngest brother Killian. Also, at one point he simply steps on the body of a girl who has just died while protecting his life because he cannot be bothered to go around (or maybe he just does not care).
* Jimmy in ''Literature/WhenYouReachMe'' makes fun of Chinese people and kicks Julia out of his store because he believes she will steal (based on the fact that she's black) despite the fact she's rich.
* Moral philosopher Aaron James [[SophisticatedAsHell devotes an entire book to this character type]] called ''Assholes: A Theory.'' He defines the term as "A person, who is almost AlwaysMale, who considers himself of much greater moral or social importance than everyone else; who allows himself to enjoy special advantages and does so systematically; who does this out of an entrenched sense of entitlement; and who is immunized by his sense of entitlement against the complaints of other people. He feels he is not to be questioned, and he is the one who is chiefly wronged."
* ''Literature/EllenAndOtis'': Otis Spofford, the class troublemaker who's always looking for ways to tease and make mischief for people. Played straight in ''Ellen Tebbits'' and deconstructed in his own book.
* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'':
** Vlok acts like one at first. He grows out of it quickly, though.
** Porteous Glaves is a rich, pompous asshole whom everyone hates.
** After joining the 109th Dragon Squadron, Gryff is initially a bully who picks on others for little to no reason. He grows out of it, though.
* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'':
** Broud is a sadistic, arrogant, out-of-control, all around unbearable character. He doesn't like Ayla from the beginning for being different, and being adopted into his family. After she was permitted to hunt, something women are not ordinarily allowed, he comes to hate her. Upon growing up, he begins raping her, with Ayla forced to submit as a result of their Clan's custom. By the end of the first book, even his father almost disowns him. He doesn't though-as a result, he's made the leader by inheritance, and promptly has Ayla banished.
** Frebec of the Mamutoi Lion Camp is not a nice person -- he's neglectful to his mate, bickers constantly with his mother-in-law, riles up everyone else and is very judgmental of Ayla and Rydag, but it's implied that a lot of this stems from feelings of inferiority, he genuinely loves Fralie and he [[spoiler: turns into a NiceGuy by the end of the book]].
** Laramar, a loutish Zelandonii man who does nothing but drink the alcohol he brews, neglects his kids and eventually [[spoiler: disowns them]].
** Brukeval, a short-fused BoomerangBigot with a rather creepy love-hate obsession with Ayla, though he's almost certainly in JerkassWoobie territory due his FreudianExcuse.
** Even Jondalar can be a bit of a Jerkass at times, [[TookALevelInJerkass especially in the third book]]. However, it's usually only when he's under a great deal of stress and he's mostly a decent guy. He also regrets and tries to amends for his Jerkass behavior.
* ''Literature/{{Digitesque}}'': Ada is curt and haughty, always looking down on everyone else. And that's how she is with her friends. She's even worse with people she actually considers beneath her, such as the "peasants" she is now forced to live among.
* ''Literature/DarkShores'': High Lord Hacken Calorian. Very handsome, rich and powerful, he is also greedy, full of contempt, does not care a whit about common people and often makes life miserable for his youngest brother Killian. Also, at one point he simply steps on the body of a girl who has just died while protecting his life because he cannot be bothered to go around (or maybe he just does not care).
* Jimmy in ''Literature/WhenYouReachMe'' makes fun of Chinese people and kicks Julia out of his store because he believes she will steal (based on the fact that she's black) despite the fact she's rich.
* Moral philosopher Aaron James [[SophisticatedAsHell devotes an entire book to this character type]] called ''Assholes: A Theory.'' He defines the term as "A person, who is almost AlwaysMale, who considers himself of much greater moral or social importance than everyone else; who allows himself to enjoy special advantages and does so systematically; who does this out of an entrenched sense of entitlement; and who is immunized by his sense of entitlement against the complaints of other people. He feels he is not to be questioned, and he is the one who is chiefly wronged."
* ''Literature/EllenAndOtis'': Otis Spofford, the class troublemaker who's always looking for ways to tease and make mischief for people. Played straight in ''Ellen Tebbits'' and deconstructed in his own book.
* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'':
** Vlok acts like one at first. He grows out of it quickly, though.
** Porteous Glaves is a rich, pompous asshole whom everyone hates.
** After joining the 109th Dragon Squadron, Gryff is initially a bully who picks on others for little to no reason. He grows out of it, though.
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* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'':
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** Frebec of the Mamutoi Lion Camp is not a nice person -- he's neglectful
** Laramar, a loutish Zelandonii man who does nothing but drink the alcohol he brews, neglects his kids and eventually [[spoiler: disowns them]].
** Brukeval, a short-fused BoomerangBigot with a rather creepy love-hate obsession with Ayla, though he's almost certainly in JerkassWoobie territory due his FreudianExcuse.
** Even Jondalar can be a bit of a Jerkass at times, [[TookALevelInJerkass especially in the third book]]. However, it's usually only when he's under a great deal of stress and he's mostly a decent guy. He also regrets and tries to amends for his Jerkass behavior.
* ''Literature/{{Digitesque}}'': Ada
* ''Literature/DarkShores'': High Lord Hacken Calorian. Very handsome, rich
* Jimmy in ''Literature/WhenYouReachMe'' makes fun of Chinese people and kicks Julia out of his store because he believes she will steal (based on the fact that she's black) despite the fact she's rich.
* Moral philosopher Aaron James [[SophisticatedAsHell devotes an entire book to this character type]] called ''Assholes: A Theory.'' He defines the term as "A person, who is almost AlwaysMale, who considers himself of much greater moral or social importance than everyone else; who allows himself to enjoy special advantages and does so systematically; who does this out of an entrenched sense of entitlement; and who is immunized by his sense of entitlement against the complaints of other people. He feels he is not to be questioned, and he is the one who is chiefly wronged."
* ''Literature/EllenAndOtis'': Otis Spofford, the class troublemaker who's always looking for ways to tease and make mischief for people. Played straight in ''Ellen Tebbits'' and deconstructed in his own book.
* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'':
** Vlok acts like one at first. He grows out of it quickly, though.
** Porteous Glaves is a rich, pompous asshole whom everyone hates.
** After joining the 109th Dragon Squadron, Gryff is initially a bully who picks on others for little to no reason. He grows out of it, though.
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* ''Literature/MyWeirdSchool''
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** Vlok acts like one at first. He grows out of it quickly, though.
** After joining the 109th Dragon Squadron, Gryff is initially a bully who picks on others for little to no reason. He grows out of it, though.
** Vlok acts like one at first. He grows out of it quickly, though.
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** Peter. He lied to Christ and told him he'd never betray him. What happened when Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane? Peter denied knowing Christ, of course.
** The other apostles. They all deserted Christ in his time of need!
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* Moral philosopher Aaron James [[SophisticatedAsHell devotes an entire book to this character type]] called ''Assholes: A Theory.'' He defines the term as "A person, who is almost AlwaysMale, who considers himself of much greater moral or social importance than everyone else; who allows himself to enjoy special advantages and does so systematically; who does this out of an entrenched sense of entitlement; and who is immunized by his sense of entitlement against the complaints of other people. He feels he is not to be questioned, and he is the one who is chiefly wronged."
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* Also in ''Literature/TheBible'':
** Adam and Eve hypocritically cried crocodile tears after God caught them eating the forbidden fruit which caused the whole human race to fall.
** Cain who killed his brother Abel was probably this at his worst too.
** What about the people who mocked Noah when he urged them to repent before the Great Flood?
** Abraham, who deceived some OT king telling him Sarah, his wife, was his sister.
** King David, who murdered a guy called Uriah so that he could have sex with his wife Bathsheba.
** Solomon, his son, who disobeyed God during his middle age.
** The Israelites who allegedly gave Moses a hard time in the wilderness.
** Moses too! He disobeyed God when the Lord told him to talk with a rock instead of smashing it with his staff.
** My word, how many jerkasses are there in this book? Judah's last king who IIRC was Hezekiah disobeyed God which caused Judah to get smashed by the Babylonians.
** Nebuchadnezzer and his soldiers. They threw three Jews - Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - into a fiery furnace just because they wouldn't worship the emperor. They suffered heavily when they died but for Nebuchadnezzar and the Jews survived.
** Paul, who persecuted the Christians when he was still a Jew.
** King Saul, who persecuted David since he didn't want to abdicate.
** Peter. He lied to Christ and told him he'd never betray him. What happened when Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane? Peter denied knowing Christ, of course.
** The other apostles. They all deserted Christ in his time of need!
** Adam and Eve hypocritically cried crocodile tears after God caught them eating the forbidden fruit which caused the whole human race to fall.
** Cain who killed his brother Abel was probably this at his worst too.
** What about the people who mocked Noah when he urged them to repent before the Great Flood?
** Abraham, who deceived some OT king telling him Sarah, his wife, was his sister.
** King David, who murdered a guy called Uriah so that he could have sex with his wife Bathsheba.
** Solomon, his son, who disobeyed God during his middle age.
** The Israelites who allegedly gave Moses a hard time in the wilderness.
** Moses too! He disobeyed God when the Lord told him to talk with a rock instead of smashing it with his staff.
** My word, how many jerkasses are there in this book? Judah's last king who IIRC was Hezekiah disobeyed God which caused Judah to get smashed by the Babylonians.
** Nebuchadnezzer and his soldiers. They threw three Jews - Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - into a fiery furnace just because they wouldn't worship the emperor. They suffered heavily when they died but for Nebuchadnezzar and the Jews survived.
** Paul, who persecuted the Christians when he was still a Jew.
** King Saul, who persecuted David since he didn't want to abdicate.
** Peter. He lied to Christ and told him he'd never betray him. What happened when Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane? Peter denied knowing Christ, of course.
** The other apostles. They all deserted Christ in his time of need!
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* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' has a proliferation of these characters in pretty much every book, which should be expected given what the series is known for. However, the character who takes this UpToEleven is undoubtedly Michael Webster's [[BrattyHalfPint bratty]] [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Tara]] from ''The Cuckoo Clock of Doom'', who does a list of horrible things to Michael to make him as miserable as possible, like making him step on a huge wad of gum, deliberately ruining his bike, wrecking his birthday party, exposing him in his underwear to his crush, and framing him for theft so he could get beaten up by a bigger kid. The worst part? [[AbusiveParents His parents actually condone it all and even rebukes him for lying]].
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* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' has a proliferation of these characters in pretty much every book, which should be expected given what the series is known for. However, the character who takes this UpToEleven is undoubtedly Michael Webster's [[BrattyHalfPint bratty]] [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling little sister]] [[EnfanteTerrible Tara]] from ''The Cuckoo Clock of Doom'', who does a list of horrible things to Michael to make him as miserable as possible, like making him step on a huge wad of gum, deliberately ruining his bike, wrecking his birthday party, exposing him in his underwear to his crush, and framing him for theft so he could get beaten up by a bigger kid. The worst part? [[AbusiveParents His parents actually condone it all and even rebukes him for lying]].
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* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}} ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' has a proliferation of these characters in pretty much every book, which should be expected given what the series is known for. However, the character who takes this UpToEleven is undoubtedly Michael Webster's [[BrattyHalfPint bratty]] [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Tara]], Tara]] from ''The Cuckoo Clock of Doom'', who does a list of horrible things to Michael to make him as miserable as possible, like making him step on a huge wad of gum, deliberately ruining his bike, wrecking his birthday party, exposing him in his underwear to his crush, and framing him for theft so he could get beaten up by a bigger kid. The worst part? [[AbusiveParents His parents actually condone it all and even rebukes him for lying]].
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* Jimmy in ''Literature/WhenYouReachMe'' makes fun of Chinese people and kicks Julia out of his store because he believes she will steal (based on the fact that she's black) despite the fact she's rich.
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* Satan in ''Literature/TheBible''. He fooled Adam and Eve into eating the Forbidden Fruit in Genesis. Due to this the human race is still suffering. Furthermore, he won't get what he deserves till after the Great Tribulation in The Book of Revelation. He also murdered Christ by getting the Pharisees and Romans to do his dirty work. Likewise, he probably possessed Manasseh when he killed many of Israel's prophets and Nero while he was persecuting Christians throughout the Roman Empire.
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* Satan in ''Literature/TheBible''.''Literature/TheBible'' and ''Literature/TheGreatControversy''. He fooled Adam and Eve into eating the Forbidden Fruit in Genesis. Due to this the human race is still suffering. Furthermore, he won't get what he deserves till after the Great Tribulation in The Book of Revelation. He also murdered Christ by getting the Pharisees and Romans to do his dirty work. Likewise, he probably possessed Manasseh when he killed many of Israel's prophets and Nero while he was persecuting Christians throughout the Roman Empire. If this isn't bad enough, because of papal resurgence he'll lead efforts to harrass anyone who keeps God's commandments and has Christ's testimony.
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* Satan in the Bible. He fooled Adam and Eve into eating the Forbidden Fruit in Genesis. Due to this the human race is still suffering. Furthermore, he won't get what he deserves till after the Great Tribulation in The Book of Revelation. He also murdered Christ by getting the Pharisees and Romans to do his dirty work. Likewise, he probably possessed Manasseh when he killed many of Israel's prophets and Nero while he was persecuting Christians throughout the Roman Empire.
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* Satan in the Bible.''Literature/TheBible''. He fooled Adam and Eve into eating the Forbidden Fruit in Genesis. Due to this the human race is still suffering. Furthermore, he won't get what he deserves till after the Great Tribulation in The Book of Revelation. He also murdered Christ by getting the Pharisees and Romans to do his dirty work. Likewise, he probably possessed Manasseh when he killed many of Israel's prophets and Nero while he was persecuting Christians throughout the Roman Empire.
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*Satan in the Bible. He fooled Adam and Eve into eating the Forbidden Fruit in Genesis. Due to this the human race is still suffering. Furthermore, he won't get what he deserves till after the Great Tribulation in The Book of Revelation. He also murdered Christ by getting the Pharisees and Romans to do his dirty work. Likewise, he probably possessed Manasseh when he killed many of Israel's prophets and Nero while he was persecuting Christians throughout the Roman Empire.
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Look up the Japanese golfer joke, it’s not bigoted. It’s dirty
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** Dudley's parents, especially his father Vernon. Vernon is fond of making racist or bigoted remarks, like having a "Japanese golfer joke" for social occasions. He regularly mistreats Harry, hoping to stomp the magic out of him, by forcing him to live in a cupboard under the stairs and punishing him for any perceived transgression. Vernon's wife, Harry's Aunt Petunia, blatantly favors Dudley over Harry, treats Harry much the same as Vernon, and is generally presented as the neighborhood busybody. She proves sympathetic when it's revealed she forced Vernon to take Harry in [[spoiler:because it was the only way to protect his life]] and a lot of her animosity stemmed from [[spoiler:bitter jealousy that Lily had magic and she did not]].
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** Dudley's parents, especially his father Vernon. Vernon is fond of making racist or bigoted remarks, like having saying he doesn’t want a "Japanese golfer joke" “Nancy” for social occasions.a son. He regularly mistreats Harry, hoping to stomp the magic out of him, by forcing him to live in a cupboard under the stairs and punishing him for any perceived transgression. Vernon's wife, Harry's Aunt Petunia, blatantly favors Dudley over Harry, treats Harry much the same as Vernon, and is generally presented as the neighborhood busybody. She proves sympathetic when it's revealed she forced Vernon to take Harry in [[spoiler:because it was the only way to protect his life]] and a lot of her animosity stemmed from [[spoiler:bitter jealousy that Lily had magic and she did not]].
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* ''Literature/DarkShores'': High Lord Hacken Calorian. Very handsome, rich and powerful, he is also greedy, full of contempt, does not care a whit about common people and often makes life miserable for his youngest brother Killian. Also, at one point he simply steps on the body of a girl who has just died while protecting his life because he cannot be bothered to go around (or maybe he just does not care).
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Turin wasn't emo and most of the things that happened weren't when he was in his teens. A lot of unpleasant things and while some were his fault they were more due to his stubborness and pride rather than any entitled attitude. He wasn't a bastard to nearly half the people he met, the ones who weren't bastards to him first, the accidental murder was part of the tragedy that was his life and while Nargothrond did fall because of his mistakes it had nothing to do with obnoxious behaviour. Tolkien would roll in his grave if he saw any of his characters referred to as an emo teen and as a jerkass (though he might have been accepting with the sentiment towards some of them if not with the language)
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** Turin Turambar, a rare example of EmoTeen in heroic fantasy. He boasts such great accomplishments as: murdering his friend (granted, he mistook him for an Orc), indirectly causing the destruction of Nargothrond, and being a right bastard to everyone.
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* ''Literature/{{Digitesque}}'': Ada is curt and haughty, always looking down on everyone else. And that's how she is with her friends. She's even worse with people she actually considers beneath her, such as the "peasants" she is now forced to live among.
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* In later volumes of Creator/TerryGoodkind's Literature/SwordOfTruth series, after he became a rabid objectivist, he had a tendency to write his views into his books in the most blatant way possible; by having his "good" characters stop the story for pages and pages at a time, so that they can speechify to those around them (and thus, the reader), expounding upon Goodkind's views in a ham-fisted fashion that left no doubt in anyone's minds that this was just Goodkind preaching at us. Anyone who was shown disagreeing with this was portrayed not only as wrong, but irredeemably evil, and those nay-sayers who were important to the plot would ultimately prove themselves to be rapists and child molesters. This had the undesired but very present effect of making it seem like all of Goodkind's "heroes" were total jerkasses, unable to accept any viewpoint but their own. After all, this is the series that had its ''hero'' kick a little girl in the face with such force that she went into a coma and her healers weren't sure if she would ever wake up! (In fairness, she turns out to be an AssholeVictim and an EnfantTerrible.)
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* In later volumes of Creator/TerryGoodkind's Literature/SwordOfTruth series, after he became a rabid objectivist, Objectivist, he had a tendency to write his views into his books in the most blatant way possible; by having his "good" characters stop the story for pages and pages at a time, so that they can speechify to those around them (and thus, the reader), expounding upon Goodkind's views in a ham-fisted fashion that left no doubt in anyone's minds that this was just Goodkind preaching at us. Anyone who was shown disagreeing with this was portrayed not only as wrong, but irredeemably evil, and those nay-sayers who were important to the plot would ultimately prove themselves to be rapists and child molesters. This had the undesired but very present effect of making it seem like all of Goodkind's "heroes" were total jerkasses, unable to accept any viewpoint but their own. After all, this is the series that had its ''hero'' kick a little girl in the face with such force that she went into a coma and her healers weren't sure if she would ever wake up! (In In fairness, she turns out to be an AssholeVictim and an EnfantTerrible.)
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* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'':
** Broud is a sadistic, arrogant, out-of-control, all around unbearable character. He doesn't like Ayla from the beginning for being different, and being adopted into his family. After she was permitted to hunt, something women are not ordinarily allowed, he comes to hate her. Upon growing up, he begins raping her, with Ayla forced to submit as a result of their Clan's custom. By the end of the first book, even his father almost disowns him. He doesn't though-as a result, he's made the leader by inheritance, and promptly has Ayla banished.
** Frebec of the Mamutoi Lion Camp is not a nice person -- he's neglectful to his mate, bickers constantly with his mother-in-law, riles up everyone else and is very judgmental of Ayla and Rydag, but it's implied that a lot of this stems from feelings of inferiority, he genuinely loves Fralie and he [[spoiler: turns into a NiceGuy by the end of the book]].
** Laramar, a loutish Zelandonii man who does nothing but drink the alcohol he brews, neglects his kids and eventually [[spoiler: disowns them]].
** Brukeval, a short-fused BoomerangBigot with a rather creepy love-hate obsession with Ayla, though he's almost certainly in JerkassWoobie territory due his FreudianExcuse.
** Even Jondalar can be a bit of a Jerkass at times, [[TookALevelInJerkass especially in the third book]]. However, it's usually only when he's under a great deal of stress and he's mostly a decent guy. He also regrets and tries to amends for his Jerkass behavior.
** Broud is a sadistic, arrogant, out-of-control, all around unbearable character. He doesn't like Ayla from the beginning for being different, and being adopted into his family. After she was permitted to hunt, something women are not ordinarily allowed, he comes to hate her. Upon growing up, he begins raping her, with Ayla forced to submit as a result of their Clan's custom. By the end of the first book, even his father almost disowns him. He doesn't though-as a result, he's made the leader by inheritance, and promptly has Ayla banished.
** Frebec of the Mamutoi Lion Camp is not a nice person -- he's neglectful to his mate, bickers constantly with his mother-in-law, riles up everyone else and is very judgmental of Ayla and Rydag, but it's implied that a lot of this stems from feelings of inferiority, he genuinely loves Fralie and he [[spoiler: turns into a NiceGuy by the end of the book]].
** Laramar, a loutish Zelandonii man who does nothing but drink the alcohol he brews, neglects his kids and eventually [[spoiler: disowns them]].
** Brukeval, a short-fused BoomerangBigot with a rather creepy love-hate obsession with Ayla, though he's almost certainly in JerkassWoobie territory due his FreudianExcuse.
** Even Jondalar can be a bit of a Jerkass at times, [[TookALevelInJerkass especially in the third book]]. However, it's usually only when he's under a great deal of stress and he's mostly a decent guy. He also regrets and tries to amends for his Jerkass behavior.
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** Dudley Dursley starts out as a mean bully and spoiled brat. One of the first times Harry used magic unconsciously was due to Dudley and his gang chasing Harry with intent to hurt him, prompting Harry to fly onto the roof. When Harry saved him from Dementors in Book 5, WordOfGod says that when he was having his soul sucked out, he saw [[spoiler:every memory of himself objectively, causing a massive MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment for him]]. From then, he starts becoming better with Harry and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming in the last book, the two finally patch up.]] WordOfGod says they're on Christmas card relations.
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** Dudley Dursley starts out as a mean bully and spoiled brat. One of the first times Harry used magic unconsciously was due to Dudley and his gang chasing Harry with intent to hurt him, prompting Harry to fly onto the roof. When Harry saved him from Dementors in Book 5, WordOfGod says that when he was having his soul sucked out, he saw [[spoiler:every memory of himself objectively, causing a massive MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment for him]]. From then, he starts becoming better with Harry and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming in the last book, the two finally patch up.]] up. WordOfGod says they're on Christmas card relations.
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* Marco and David in the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series, though Marco's generally regarded as more likable about it.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}:''
** The city guard of Ankh-Morpork tend to be this for reasons of intimidation and respect. Most of the Watch use psychologically brutal interrogation methods and tend to have a hit-or-miss approach to the whole "catching the right guy" thing, which is ironic since their commander, Sam Vimes, is known for being a strong proponent of judicial ideals, even if he is cynical as sin. They are arguably justified in their methods, given how outnumbered they are by the criminal element, and how entrenched into the city structure the said criminals are. However, the officers' sense of responsibility and respect for Vimes, coupled with their propensity for frightening retribution against those who have harmed their own, or committed high crimes, tend to manage crime with some measure of efficiency..
** Interestingly, the books that ''center'' on the guard tend to downplay their jerkassery, since most of the people exposed to it are of the AssholeVictim variety or otherwise deserve it, and the watch members themselves are fairly charismatic and fun to read. In other books, however, it is usually the ''protagonist'' who comes afoul of the watch, in which case they come across as overly paranoid, unintelligent, and needlessly antagonistic. The dissonance between the books can be jarring, to say the least.
* Caine from Michael Grant's ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' series in ''Plague''. Drake all the time. Penny in ''Fear''.
* Name a Creator/RoaldDahl work that ''doesn't'' have at least one Jerkass in it. It ain't easy!
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** The city guard of Ankh-Morpork tend to be this for reasons of intimidation and respect. Most of the Watch use psychologically brutal interrogation methods and tend to have a hit-or-miss approach to the whole "catching the right guy" thing, which is ironic since their commander, Sam Vimes, is known for being a strong proponent of judicial ideals, even if he is cynical as sin. They are arguably justified in their methods, given how outnumbered they are by the criminal element, and how entrenched into the city structure the said criminals are. However, the officers' sense of responsibility and respect for Vimes, coupled with their propensity for frightening retribution against those who have harmed their own, or committed high crimes, tend to manage crime with some measure of efficiency..
** Interestingly, the books that ''center'' on the guard tend to downplay their jerkassery, since most of the people exposed to it are of the AssholeVictim variety or otherwise deserve it, and the watch members themselves are fairly charismatic and fun to read. In other books, however, it is usually the ''protagonist'' who comes afoul of the watch, in which case they come across as overly paranoid, unintelligent, and needlessly antagonistic. The dissonance between the books can be jarring, to say the least.
* Caine from Michael Grant's ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' series in ''Plague''. Drake all the time. Penny in ''Fear''.
* Name a Creator/RoaldDahl work that ''doesn't'' have at least one Jerkass in it. It ain't easy!
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**''Literature/{{Discworld}}:'' The city guard of Ankh-Morpork tend to be this for reasons of intimidation and respect. Most of the Watch use psychologically brutal interrogation methods and tend to have a hit-or-miss approach to the whole "catching the right guy" thing, which is ironic since their commander, Sam Vimes, is known for being a strong proponent of judicial ideals, even if he is cynical as sin. They are arguably justified in their methods, given how outnumbered they are by the criminal element, and how entrenched into the city structure the said criminals are. However, the officers' sense of responsibility and respect for Vimes, coupled with their propensity for frightening retribution against those who have harmed their own, or committed high crimes, tend to manage crime with some measure of efficiency..
** Interestingly, the books that ''center'' on the guard tend to downplay their jerkassery, since most of the people exposed to it are of the AssholeVictim variety or otherwise deserve it, and the watch members themselves are fairly charismatic and fun to read. In other books, however, it is usually the ''protagonist'' who comes afoul of the watch, in which case they come across as overly paranoid, unintelligent, and needlessly antagonistic. The dissonance between the books can be jarring, to say the least.
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%% * Caine from Michael Grant's ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' series in ''Plague''. Drake all the time. Penny in''Fear''.
* Name a Creator/RoaldDahl work that ''doesn't'' have at least one Jerkass in it. It ain't easy!''Fear''.
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** Interestingly, the books that ''center'' on the guard tend to downplay their jerkassery, since most of the people exposed to it are of the AssholeVictim variety or otherwise deserve it, and the watch members themselves are fairly charismatic and fun to read. In other books, however, it is usually the ''protagonist'' who comes afoul of the watch, in which case they come across as overly paranoid, unintelligent, and needlessly antagonistic. The dissonance between the books can be jarring, to say the least.
%% * Caine from Michael Grant's ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' series in ''Plague''. Drake all the time. Penny in
* Name a Creator/RoaldDahl work that ''doesn't'' have at least one Jerkass in it. It ain't easy!
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* Mr. Krupp (when not in Captain Underpants mode) and Melvin Sneedly from ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants''.
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* Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, the father of ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov'', is a Jerkass through and through. He even tells his youngest son that he knows he is wicked and is openly wicked, but goes on to say that [[HumansAreBastards everyone is wicked]], only he tells the truth about his nefariousness. He managed to drive two wives to premature deaths through sheer force of personality, [[DysfunctionJunction almost completely abandoned his children shortly thereafter]], indulged in prostitution in front of one wife and continued to after her death, and would borrow money from people all over and dine at others' expense, among other things. Before he is murdered, he planned to continue living this way for another twenty years or so. The judgmental reader couldn't really be sad to see him go, but the old bastard was [[RuleOfFunny rather hilarious.]] He somewhat resembled Peter Griffin of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' fame for how outlandish and blunt he could be.
** The lawyer in the book uses as his legal defense that murdering him cannot be treated as murdering someone's father, because he ''is not'' a father to his children.
** The lawyer in the book uses as his legal defense that murdering him cannot be treated as murdering someone's father, because he ''is not'' a father to his children.
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* Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, the father of ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov'', is a Jerkass through and through. He even tells his youngest son that he knows he is wicked and is openly wicked, but goes on to say that [[HumansAreBastards everyone is wicked]], only he tells the truth about his nefariousness. He managed to drive two wives to premature deaths through sheer force of personality, [[DysfunctionJunction almost completely abandoned his children shortly thereafter]], indulged in prostitution in front of one wife and continued to after her death, and would borrow money from people all over and dine at others' expense, among other things. Before he is murdered, he planned to continue living this way for another twenty years or so. The judgmental reader couldn't really be sad to see him go, but the old bastard was [[RuleOfFunny rather hilarious.]] He somewhat resembled Peter Griffin of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' fame for how outlandish and blunt he could be.
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* Nynaeve al'Meara and especially Elayne Trakand from ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''; they have all the negatives of Aes Sedai, (aloof, egotistical, and rude), and none of the positives (wisdom). They frequently get captured due to not having backup, and when they are saved they never thank anyone. The ultimate example is when they are captured by members of the Black Ajah, and are taken to the Stone of Tear, a fortress that has never been captured, and is only fated to be captured when the Dragon is reborn. Mat Cauthon learns this, he and Juilin Sandar go into the Stone of Tear, defeat several highly trained guards, duel a High Lord of Tear, and rescue them, and they respond by storming off. It's not until they are told to apologize by Elayne's best friend, Aviendha, and her Warder Birgitte that they do apologize. Then Elayne mocks Mat for being raped multiple times by a woman, after having first annulled her promise to treat him with respect when she thought that he was the criminal and not the victim.
** The rest of the Aes Sedai seem to suffer from this; Elaida comes off as borderline insane, and by the ''Knife Of Dreams'' the Tower Aes Sedai have turned the White Tower into a war zone beause they are so egotistical. Cadsuane Melaidhrin actually uses being a Jerkass as a strategy by just being a complete jerk to everyone. She is such a jackass that everyone just does as she says so she will leave them alone.
** The rest of the Aes Sedai seem to suffer from this; Elaida comes off as borderline insane, and by the ''Knife Of Dreams'' the Tower Aes Sedai have turned the White Tower into a war zone beause they are so egotistical. Cadsuane Melaidhrin actually uses being a Jerkass as a strategy by just being a complete jerk to everyone. She is such a jackass that everyone just does as she says so she will leave them alone.
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** Nynaeve al'Meara and especially ElayneTrakand from ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''; Trakand, they have all the negatives of Aes Sedai, (aloof, egotistical, and rude), and none of the positives (wisdom). They frequently get captured due to not having backup, and when they are saved they never thank anyone. The ultimate example is when they are captured by members of the Black Ajah, and are taken to the Stone of Tear, a fortress that has never been captured, and is only fated to be captured when the Dragon is reborn. Mat Cauthon learns this, he and Juilin Sandar go into the Stone of Tear, defeat several highly trained guards, duel a High Lord of Tear, and rescue them, and they respond by storming off. It's not until they are told to apologize by Elayne's best friend, Aviendha, and her Warder Birgitte that they do apologize. Then Elayne mocks Mat for being raped multiple times by a woman, after having first annulled her promise to treat him with respect when she thought that he was the criminal and not the victim.
**The rest of the Aes Sedai seem to suffer from this; Elaida comes off as borderline insane, and by the ''Knife Of Dreams'' the Tower Aes Sedai have turned the White Tower into a war zone beause they are so egotistical. egotistical.
** Cadsuane Melaidhrin actually uses being a Jerkass as a strategy by just being a complete jerk to everyone. She is such a jackass that everyone just does as she says so she will leave them alone.
** Nynaeve al'Meara and especially Elayne
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** James Potter and Sirius Black were often this in their boyhood, though with James, mainly toward his mutual hatred toward Snape. This peaked into DudeNotFunny territory when Sirius discovered Snape had been spying on them in attempts to learn what they've been doing during certain nights (accompanying their werewolf friend, Remus Lupin during his transformations). Sirius let slip how to get past the Whomping Willow so Snape could sneak in and he ends up running into a werewolf Lupin, James was very horrified by this before saving Snape. We're told James outgrew this with James becoming Head Boy in his final year.
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** James Potter and Sirius Black were often this in their boyhood, though with James, mainly toward his mutual hatred toward Snape. This peaked into DudeNotFunny territory when Sirius discovered Snape had been spying on them in attempts to learn what they've been doing during certain nights (accompanying their werewolf friend, Remus Lupin during his transformations). Sirius let slip how to get past the Whomping Willow so Snape could sneak in and he ends up running into a werewolf Lupin, James was very horrified by this before saving Snape. We're told James outgrew this with James becoming Head Boy in his final year.
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* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'':
** Eustace Clarence Scrubb in ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader''.
** Edmund Pevensie can be a jerkass in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', at least to Lucy.
* Walt Comeau of Richard Russo's novel ''Empire Falls'' is a grade-A Jerkass.
* {{God}} in ''[[http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=118769&highlight= Armageddon:]] Literature/TheSalvationWar''. First off, even though he closed the gates of Heaven ''1000 years ago'', the reason that He threw ALL of humanity on Earth to Satan NOW is [[spoiler: He's pissed that humans have started questioning His teachings and that they're not all constantly singing his praises. He even has a Chorus in Heaven which is forced to constantly sing his praises. He actually gets pissed when, after throwing them ALL to Satan, the Catholic Church excommunicates him and denounces him as an usurper of a one true God. When the reason that he flipped off humanity was that they were questioning his teachings in the first place, you'd think he would see that one coming.]]
** Eustace Clarence Scrubb in ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader''.
** Edmund Pevensie can be a jerkass in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', at least to Lucy.
* Walt Comeau of Richard Russo's novel ''Empire Falls'' is a grade-A Jerkass.
* {{God}} in ''[[http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=118769&highlight= Armageddon:]] Literature/TheSalvationWar''. First off, even though he closed the gates of Heaven ''1000 years ago'', the reason that He threw ALL of humanity on Earth to Satan NOW is [[spoiler: He's pissed that humans have started questioning His teachings and that they're not all constantly singing his praises. He even has a Chorus in Heaven which is forced to constantly sing his praises. He actually gets pissed when, after throwing them ALL to Satan, the Catholic Church excommunicates him and denounces him as an usurper of a one true God. When the reason that he flipped off humanity was that they were questioning his teachings in the first place, you'd think he would see that one coming.]]
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%% * ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'':
** Eustace Clarence Scrubb in ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader''.
**%%** Edmund Pevensie can be a jerkass in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', at least to Lucy.
%% ** Eustace Clarence Scrubb in ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader''.
%% * Walt Comeau of Richard Russo's novel ''Empire Falls'' is a grade-A Jerkass.
*{{God}} in ''[[http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=118769&highlight= Armageddon:]] Literature/TheSalvationWar''.Literature/TheSalvationWar'':
** {{God}}. First off, even though he closed the gates of Heaven ''1000 years ago'', the reason that He threw ALL of humanity on Earth to Satan NOW is [[spoiler: He's pissed that humans have started questioning His teachings and that they're not all constantly singing his praises. He even has a Chorus in Heaven which is forced to constantly sing his praises. He actually gets pissed when, after throwing them ALL to Satan, the Catholic Church excommunicates him and denounces him as an usurper of a one true God. When the reason that he flipped off humanity was that they were questioning his teachings in the first place, you'd think he would see that one coming.]]
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%% ** Eustace Clarence Scrubb in ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader''.
%% * Walt Comeau of Richard Russo's novel ''Empire Falls'' is a grade-A Jerkass.
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** {{God}}. First off, even though he closed the gates of Heaven ''1000 years ago'', the reason that He threw ALL of humanity on Earth to Satan NOW is [[spoiler: He's pissed that humans have started questioning His teachings and that they're not all constantly singing his praises. He even has a Chorus in Heaven which is forced to constantly sing his praises. He actually gets pissed when, after throwing them ALL to Satan, the Catholic Church excommunicates him and denounces him as an usurper of a one true God. When the reason that he flipped off humanity was that they were questioning his teachings in the first place, you'd think he would see that one coming.]]
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* In ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1'', the Vogons make up a collective example of this. The entire race seems to consist soley of jerkasses.
** Zaphod Beeblebrox, mainly because he is so self-absorbed it's amazing his ego doesn't implode and form a black hole.
*** Actually, he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Both literally and in the context of the trope itself, just with a huge focus on the "jerk" part.
** [[DeadpanSnarker Ford Prefect]] doesn't show any sympathy towards his [[HeterosexualLifePartners best mate]] [[UnfazedEveryman Arthur Dent]] about [[EarthShatteringKaboom the Earth getting blown up]] and all he really cares about is getting drunk and dancing with girls. But you have to remember that Ford was the one who saved Arthur from Earth's demolition in the first place, and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold deep down Ford really cares about him.]]
* In Daniel Suarez's Literature/{{Daemon}}, Loki certainly qualifies. He's also doubtlessly [[JerkassDissonance the coolest character in the book]], especially after [[spoiler:he gets his cyborg makeover]] in the second one.
** Zaphod Beeblebrox, mainly because he is so self-absorbed it's amazing his ego doesn't implode and form a black hole.
*** Actually, he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Both literally and in the context of the trope itself, just with a huge focus on the "jerk" part.
** [[DeadpanSnarker Ford Prefect]] doesn't show any sympathy towards his [[HeterosexualLifePartners best mate]] [[UnfazedEveryman Arthur Dent]] about [[EarthShatteringKaboom the Earth getting blown up]] and all he really cares about is getting drunk and dancing with girls. But you have to remember that Ford was the one who saved Arthur from Earth's demolition in the first place, and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold deep down Ford really cares about him.]]
* In Daniel Suarez's Literature/{{Daemon}}, Loki certainly qualifies. He's also doubtlessly [[JerkassDissonance the coolest character in the book]], especially after [[spoiler:he gets his cyborg makeover]] in the second one.
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* In ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1'', the ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'':
** The Vogons make up a collective example of this. The entire race seems to consist soley of jerkasses.
**Zaphod Beeblebrox, mainly because he is so self-absorbed it's amazing his ego doesn't implode and form a black hole.
*** Actually, he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Both literally and in the context of the trope itself, just with a huge focus on the "jerk" part.
** [[DeadpanSnarkerFord Prefect]] Prefect doesn't show any sympathy towards his [[HeterosexualLifePartners best mate]] [[UnfazedEveryman mate Arthur Dent]] Dent about [[EarthShatteringKaboom the Earth getting blown up]] and all he really cares about is getting drunk and dancing with girls. But you have to remember that Ford was the one who saved Arthur from Earth's demolition in the first place, and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold deep down Ford really cares about him.]]
%% * In Daniel Suarez'sLiterature/{{Daemon}}, Loki certainly qualifies.''Literature/{{Daemon}}'', Loki. He's also doubtlessly [[JerkassDissonance the coolest character in the book]], especially after [[spoiler:he gets his cyborg makeover]] in the second one.
** The Vogons make up a collective example of this. The entire race seems to consist soley of jerkasses.
**
*** Actually, he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Both literally and in the context of the trope itself, just with a huge focus on the "jerk" part.
** [[DeadpanSnarker
%% * In Daniel Suarez's
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* ''Tales of the Frog Princess'' gives us the TallDarkAndSnarky [[HandsomeLech Prince Garrid]]. [[LoveRedeems At]] [[LadykillerInLove first.]]
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* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': Introducing Spiderleg, [=ThunderClan's=] resident jerk!
* Kalak from Literature/TrappedOnDraconica is rude, insenstive, and downright mean. [[spoiler: This is a JerkassFacade to compensate for inner toughness. He's actually an {{Adorkable}} self-depricating MommasBoy.]]
* Kalak from Literature/TrappedOnDraconica is rude, insenstive, and downright mean. [[spoiler: This is a JerkassFacade to compensate for inner toughness. He's actually an {{Adorkable}} self-depricating MommasBoy.]]
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%% * ''Literature/WarriorCats'': Introducing Spiderleg, [=ThunderClan's=] resident jerk!
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* Kalak from Literature/TrappedOnDraconica is rude, insenstive, and downright mean.[[spoiler: This is a JerkassFacade He just pretends to be like that to compensate for inner toughness. He's actually an {{Adorkable}} adorable, dorky, self-depricating MommasBoy.]]
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* Kalak from Literature/TrappedOnDraconica is rude, insenstive, and downright mean.
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* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'':
** Will. He very occasionally strays into JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory, but he really isn't. However, [[spoiler: he does shift into {{Jerkass Facade}} territory after the discovery that he ''literally'' kills everyone he loves. Until it turns out that he doesn't. He's still distant, though, but that's just his personality.]]
** Will. He very occasionally strays into JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory, but he really isn't. However, [[spoiler: he does shift into {{Jerkass Facade}} territory after the discovery that he ''literally'' kills everyone he loves. Until it turns out that he doesn't. He's still distant, though, but that's just his personality.]]
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* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'':
**''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'': Will. He very occasionally strays into JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory, but he really isn't. However, [[spoiler: he does shift into {{Jerkass Facade}} territory after the discovery that he ''literally'' kills everyone he loves. Until and sometimes it turns out that he doesn't. looks it might be just an act, but shows his jerkass and obnoxious side more often. He's still distant, though, but that's just his personality.]]
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** It's possible that Gideon Lightwood used to be this, but in ''The Clockwork Prince'', it appears he got better while he was in Spain.
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* Zanna from [[Literature/{{Dragons}} The Last Dragon Chronicles]] at times.
* Literature/TheRavenCycle has several.
** Barrington Whelk, the Aglionby Latin teacher. Even his name just screams {{JerkAss}}.
** Greenmantle, the other Aglionby Latin teacher and also the person who [[spoiler: hired a hitman to kill Niall Lynch.]]
** Declan Lynch, full stop. Not villainous like the others, however. Just an asshole.
** Ronan Lynch starts out as this before he gets upgraded to {{JerkWithAHeartOfGold}}.
** Let's just say Kavinvky has issues and leave it at that.
* Literature/TheRavenCycle has several.
** Barrington Whelk, the Aglionby Latin teacher. Even his name just screams {{JerkAss}}.
** Greenmantle, the other Aglionby Latin teacher and also the person who [[spoiler: hired a hitman to kill Niall Lynch.]]
** Declan Lynch, full stop. Not villainous like the others, however. Just an asshole.
** Ronan Lynch starts out as this before he gets upgraded to {{JerkWithAHeartOfGold}}.
** Let's just say Kavinvky has issues and leave it at that.
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%% * Zanna from [[Literature/{{Dragons}} The Last Dragon Chronicles]] at times.
%% * Literature/TheRavenCycle has several.
%% ** Barrington Whelk, the Aglionby Latin teacher. Even his name just screams {{JerkAss}}.
%% ** Greenmantle, the other Aglionby Latin teacher and also the person who [[spoiler: hired a hitman to kill Niall Lynch.]]
%% ** DeclanLynch, full stop.Lynch. Not villainous like the others, however. Just an asshole.
%% ** Ronan Lynch starts out as this before he gets upgraded to{{JerkWithAHeartOfGold}}.
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%% **Let's just say Kavinvky has issues and leave it at that.issues.
%% * Literature/TheRavenCycle has several.
%% ** Barrington Whelk, the Aglionby Latin teacher. Even his name just screams {{JerkAss}}.
%% ** Greenmantle, the other Aglionby Latin teacher and also the person who [[spoiler: hired a hitman to kill Niall Lynch.]]
%% ** Declan
%% ** Ronan Lynch starts out as this before he gets upgraded to
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* ''Literature/TheMagicPudding'': Albert.
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%% * ''Literature/TheMagicPudding'': Albert.
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** Mr. Jefferson is rude, usually instantly assumes Greg is the culprit whenever something bad happens, and is even more strict than Frank.
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** Mr. Jefferson is rude, usually instantly assumes Greg is the culprit whenever something bad happens, and is even more strict than Frank. (Though, to be fair, [[JerkassHasAPoint Greg isn't exactly the best of friends to his son Rowley, as mentioned above.]])
