History Jerkass / WesternAnimation

* Most people tend to Call {{Cyclops}} one, especially the XMenEvolution FanDumb, however he's more of a stoic with Bad writing caused by crapily done ExecutiveMeddling, the real contender for Biggest Jerkass in any Animated X-Men Adaption is Evolution's version of Quicksilver, he steals from his best friend, frames said best friend, joins the badguys to get out of jail, regularly abuses them, betrays them When they seperate from Magneto's thumb, allows Magneto to MindRape his mentally unstable Twin sister Wanda so that she'll be out of the way, triggers said Mentally unstable sister into accidentally dirailing a train, which their escape attempt ends up painting them in positive light & getting their house rebuilt, then has the Brotherhood cause events that make them into heroes in the public for money, further manipulates Wanda's state of Mind to attack the X-Men & incriminate them, then sets a train crash so they can stop it [[MoralEventHorizon & abandons it when they realize that it's going to colide with a another train & cause an explosion which could level the entire city]], & worse of all he [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking went to a dance with four dates]]. and yet, he's also one of the most popular character's in the eyes of the Female fanbase, which also doubles as a Majority of the FanDumb of Evolution, causing most fanfictions to be about him & some female character, usually MarySue or PossessionSue, with the nicer character's such as Cyclops, Jean, hell sometimes even the entire X-Men. And why? Because He's 'Hot', you know, [[SarcasmMode because animated characters, especially skinny ones with no sense of fashion can be hot.]]

*** Given they make the point it is almost inevitable that Flanderization (not by that name obviously) will occur, it can sound like a bit of an unfair statement for them to make when you hear them praising themselves for keeping Homer like an ordinary guy or whatever, clearly implying others have failed, despite acknowledging it was already occurring more than a decade before the latest episodes. NO need to pat yourselves on the back fellas, the current ones just have nowhere to go with such a LongRunner.

* Both [[SpeechImpairedAnimal Scooby]] and [[{{Tsundere}} Velma]] of ScoobyDooMysteryInc have become repulsively oafish owing to their being in a FriendVersusLover triangle with [[DirtyCoward Shaggy]] as the apex.

* Cyclops from the ''{{X-Men}}'', the walking, talking encouragement ''against'' joining the X-Men. Technically this entry could go in either of the Western Animation, Film or Comic Books categories, as Cyclops is a jerkass in the comics, movies and various animated series, including ''[[XMenEvolution X-Men: Evolution]]''.
** From the first movie, after {{Wolverine}}'s fight with Mystique:
-->'''Wolverine''': Hey, hey! It's me.
-->'''Cyclops''': Prove it.
-->'''Wolverine''': You're a dick.
-->'''Cyclops''': Okay.
** {{Wolverine}} can be quite the jerkass as well. But fans LOVE him for being a jerkass.
*** He is usually more {{badass}} than jerkass. Although he is that, usually, too. It is also notable that he was way more jerkass in the first years after he joined the X-Men.
*** However, Cyclops is way more often shown being jerkass in his private life (stick in the ass, wife betrayal, being generally an ass to his family and other people, control freak) as he is shown to kick ass people he should be ass kicking like... I don't know, maybe {{villain}}s?
*** That's only because, X-Men being the soap opera it is, writers like to harp on the problems of his personal life. In combat he usually proves to be the most tactically brilliant member of the team.
*** To be completely honest, Cyclops's Jerkness is usually FanDumb RunningTheAsylum, originally he was just a by the book fearless leader in the comics, but when Logan came onto the scenes & the latter's popularity grew people tended to see every time Cyclops objected to Wolverine as a personal attack against him so the fans hated him for it. XMenEvolution is an example as Cyclops was never a jerk, except in one episode due to Avalanche, AKA Scott's polar opposite who only a few episodes ago tried to reveal Mutants to the world & a Few Episodes later kept quiet about Mystique kidnapping the professor & tricking everyone so she could blow up the mansion & Kill them all for [[ForTheEvulz NO REASON AT ALL]], & after realizing he was a jerk Scott apologized, Scott's latter Jerkness in the Comics is mostly down to Grant Morrison's run & random bits thrown around, But in the Animated series, which this section is on, he's usually level headed. Also as a finishing Note, Cyclops wasn't a jerk in the movies, he was a respected Leader who clashed with Logan's morals, as the film was centred around Logan people would usually be on his side, but really looking back, Logan was the Jerkass to Scott, trying to Steal his girl, refuse to shake hands, insult, call a dick (Which the above quote is more to show that Logan was a jerk, not Cyclops), with the Most Cyclops did was get angry after Jean Died because Logan acted as if they both lost her when Scott was the one about to marry her.

*** In terms of consistancy however Bender can at least have redeeming moments and lean into JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory, it's just a case of DependingOnTheWriter. Zapp on the other hand is rather consistantly a [[EvillyAffable borderline]] CompleteMonster who will sacrifice millions of innocent beings for his own self gain.
*** Due to the increased use of ComedicSociopathy, nearly the entire cast have their moments.
*** Nibbler, [[FridgeHorror keeping track of some of the things he done in his supposedly innocent pet alias]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation counts as a]] [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] gluttonous, perverted BitchInSheepsClothing.

** Roger is arguably the worst of the lot, given his frequently displayed tendency to enact plans to severely traumatize people or destroy their lives, for the most trivial reasons or infractions, only occasionally being punished for it. In fact he is so bad that when he first cared for someone more than himself the trauma caused [[FunnySchizophrenia a split personality to develop]] (said personality being far more sympathetic than his own).

** Stan and Kyle were present as more obnoxious, low-scale bullies in earlier seasons, often joining in with Cartman's scams and being equally dismissive and callous to their fourth friend, be it Kenny, Butters or Tweek. There are also subtle suggestions that it was Stan and Kyle's excessive bullying of Cartman's weight that [[HeWhoFightsMonsters evolved him into the anti-semitic sociopath he is today]]. In later seasons the two are far more sympathetic and intelligent characters, though can lean back into this trope on odd occasions.

* Kuzco starts out as one of these in ''TheEmperorsNewGroove'', but gradually gets better. He suffers something of a relapse in the spin-off TV series, ''TheEmperorsNewSchool''.

* Named, of course, for the controversial accusation that Homer Simpson's [[TheDitz lovable goofiness]] was exaggerated into him becoming a selfish, arrogant, callous, deceitful, over-impulsive, obnoxious, moronic, greedy, alcoholic jerk who treated his wife like a slave, emotionally bullied his children when he wasn't deliberately avoiding them, and regularly broke the law and endangered lives, particularly during seasons 9-12, when Mike Scully was showrunner. (It should be noted that the word ''jerkass'' was first used in the show in the Season 9 episode "The Joy of Sect," in which Homer shouts "Outta my way, Jerkass!" at two different points.) To quote ''TheSimpsons'' "Treehouse of Horror XIII":

*** I say, I say, what's the meaning of this?

* Named, of course, for the controversial accusation that Homer Simpson's [[TheDitz lovable goofiness]] was exaggerated into him becoming a selfish, arrogant, callous, deceitful, over-impulsive, obnoxious, moronic, greedy, alcoholic jerk who treated his wife like a slave, emotionally bullied his children when he wasn't deliberately avoiding them, and reguarly broke the law and endangered lives, particularly during seasons 9-12, when Mike Scully was showrunner. (It should be noted that the word ''jerkass'' was first used in the show in the Season 9 episode "The Joy of Sect," in which Homer shouts "Outta my way, Jerkass!" at two different points.) To quote ''TheSimpsons'' "Treehouse of Horror XIII":

* In a similar way, ''[=~SpongeBob SquarePants~=]'' sometimes crosses the line from "lovable idiot" to what could only be described as "insane idiot", such as whipping the entire town into a mad panic over a butterfly, or (twice!) collecting every single citizen in town and locking them up. One episode has the town throw a "Avoid Spongebob Day", where everyone except Spongbob burns a giant wooden Spongbob and dances around the ashs.

*** I'd consider Mr. Krabs a bigger jerkass than Spongebob. He's wrecked Spongebob's house, eaten him when he was shipped back home after a failed attempt to infiltrate Pearl's slumber party, stole a $1.25 secret ingredient and tried to frame Spongebob for it, and even sold Spongebob's soul to the Flying Dutchman for 62 cents after Spongebob stood up for him. Even Squidward called him out on the last one, not believing that Mr. Krabs could be THAT big of a jerkass.

**** To be fair, as long as the episodes don't focuse on his greed or his rivalry with Plankton, he's pretty fine for a character.
**** For the most part, the callousness of Mr Krabs' character (along with most of the rest of the cast, Spongebob and Patrick arguably being the biggest offenders) is a case of DependingOnTheWriter, they can shift back to their more likeable early characterizations at times, though when they play this trope, they play it ''very straight''.

*** To be completely honest, Cyclops' Jerkness is ussually FanDumb RunningTheAsylum, originally he was just a by the book fearless leader in the comics, but when Logan came onto the scenes & the latter's popularity grew people tended to see every time Cyclops objected to Wolverine as a personal attack against him so the fans hated him for it. XMenEvolution is an example as Cyclops was never a jerk, except in one episode due to Avalanche, AKA Scott's polar oposite who only a few episodes ago tried to reveal Mutants to the world & a Few Episodes later kept quiet about Mystique kidnapping the proffesor & tricking everyone so she could blow up the mansion & Kill them all for [[ForTheEvulz NO REASON AT ALL]], & after realizing he was a jerk Scott apologized, Scott's latter Jerkness in the Comics is mostly down to Grant Morrison's run & random bits thrown around, But in the Animated series, which this section is on, he's usually level headed. Also as a finishing Note, Cyclops wasn't a jerk in the movies, he was a respected Leader who clashed with Logan's morals, as the film was centred around Logan people would usually be on his side, but really looking back, Logan was the Jerkass to Scott, trying to Steal his girl, refuse to shake hands, insult, call a dick (Which the above quote is more to show that Logan was a jerk, not Cyclops), with the Most Cyclops did was get angry after Jean Died because Logan acted as if they both lost her when Scott was the one about to marry her.

** [[TheLibby Heather]]. The Island's backstabbing, manipulative [[TheLibby Libby]] who mocks, insults and hates every camper on the island, inculding her [[MinionWithAnFInEvil minions]].

** Stewie had his Crowning Moment Of Jerkassery in the episode "No Chris Left Behind" when the family went to see the Nutcracker and Stewie turned to Meg and said "You know Meg, female ballet dancers are famous for anorexia and bulimia, and uh... seems to work out for them. So, hintidy hint hint."

* Both [[SpeechImpairedAnimal Scooby]] and [[{Tsundere} Velma]] of ScoobyDooMysteryInc have become repulsively oafish owing to their being in a FriendVersusLover triangle with [[DirtyCoward Shaggy]] as the apex.

* Both [[SpeechImpairedAnimal Scooby]] and [[Tsundere Velma]] of ScoobyDooMysteryInc have become repulsively oafish owing to their being in a FriendVersusLover triangle with [[DirtyCoward Shaggy]] as the apex.

** Kyle's dad Gerald has done this ''twice'' in the series so far, both instances where he ''doesn't'' give a damn about his own son. The first time was when he bought a Hybrid and got overly smug, so much so that [[spoiler: he moves to San Francisco and brought his family with him, much to Stan's dismay and to Cartman's joy-turned-boredom.]] It happens again in "Major Boobage" when [[spoiler: he freaks out about the cats having their urine used as a drug for "cheesing". At some point, Trey and Matt were stupid enough to let poor Kyle hold the IdiotBall and take one of the cats home. Guess what happens next?]]

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** Bullock was more of a JerkAssWithAHeartOfGold and he is Loyal to Gordon and would do anything to protect him.

** Connie, a [[TheLibby Libby]] character from Meg's school is an absolute bitch to Meg, and continues to bully her even after Meg showed her the cuts she deliberately gave herself as a result of Connie's cruel mistreatment towards her.

**** It only gets worse as the seasons go on where Krabs does anything in his power to get money even if it involves causing extreme misfortune for others (The Krabby Kronicle and The Krusty Sponge are prime examples of this) and let's not even get started on what Krabs does to Plankton in the later seasons.

** Roger is arguably the worst of the lot, given his frequently displayed tendency to enact plans to severely traumatize people or destroy their lives, for the most trivial reasons or infractions, only occasionally being punished for it. In fact he is so bad that when he first cared for someone more than himself the trauma caused a split personality to develop.

*** In the episode "Frannie 911" it's revealed that it actually would ''kill'' him to be nice. His species has to be jerks, otherwise they die.

* Bender from ''{{Futurama}}''. Although he is seen to sometimes be a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, much more often he is just a jerk (He keeps pawning the Heart of Gold). In one particularly nasty episode, "A Pharaoh to Remember", Bender, Leela and Fry are trapped on a ancient Egyptian planet where Bender encourages the overseers to whip the slaves (which include Leela and Fry) more and work them harder. This goes on to where he starts ordering people worked to death to construct a monument to himself.

*Named, of course, for the controversial accusation that Homer Simpson's [[TheDitz lovable goofiness]] was exaggerated into him becoming a selfish, arrogant, callous, deceitful, over-impulsive, obnoxious, moronic, alcoholic jerk who treated his wife like a slave, emotionally bullied his children when he wasn't deliberately avoiding them, and reguarly broke the law and endangered lives, particularly during seasons 9-12, when Mike Scully was showrunner. (It should be noted that the word ''jerkass'' was first used in the show in the Season 9 episode "The Joy of Sect," in which Homer shouts "Outta my way, Jerkass!" at two different points.) To quote ''TheSimpsons'' "Treehouse of Horror XIII":