History Main / TheBore

* Colm of ''Series/DerryGirls'' is borderline TheDreaded for his monotonous voice and never ending, rambling stories. Everyone does their best to avoid him, or at least foist him off on someone else. When Sister Michael is stuck with him, she briefly wonders if she has actually died and gone to hell.

** Molly. She's so boring, in fact, that the universe ''retconned her out of existence'' for being ''too'' boring.

** Quagmire delivered a brutal TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Brian to explain why he doesn't like the dog. After going through his list of Brian's faults, Glen admits he would easily look past all of that if he wasn't such a bore.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Hank Hill is the ''king'' of this trope. He literally has no life outside of his work at the propane business. He talks about propane and propane accessories as if they're something to be worshipped by the world. The show mostly revolves around Hank trying to understand normal people since he can't understand why no one cares to listen to what he has to say. This may also apply to his wife, Peggy, and friends since their stories revolve around them trying to do something crazy so they don't become this trope.

** Marge Simpson's incredibly bland taste in everything is a frequent source of humor. For example; looking for some adrenaline in her life, Marge decides to stop buying regular ham, and go instead for deviled ham. Contrast this with Homer's RenaissanceMan qualities, music, language, etc. only some of which are played as one off jokes.

-->''Finnemore'': You can't have the biscuit until I've told my story. Oh, you no longer want the biscuit? Too late now, you've started me off!

* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': Amy's [[RomanticFalseLead temporary boyfriend]] Teddy is described as being "the most boring man in America." His only topic of conversation is how much he loves drinking and bottling pilsners, and his idea of a wild time is vacationing in San Diego, or going to "jazz brunch." (As in, brunch where there's background jazz music... about brunch. He even does ''adult coloring books'' at them!) Even Amy, an extremely nerdy woman with some very pedantic interests, [[EveryoneHasStandards finds him insufferably boring and dumps him for it]]. Even when he becomes a StalkerWithACrush towards her after the breakup, his defining trait is how dull he is.

** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' gives this trait to Ultra Magnus. To recruit Tailgate into the Autobots, he teaches him the entire 10,000 page Autobot Code (and doesn't tell him there's an abridged version). To bring some bots who have been out of commission for a while up to speed, he prepares an 851 slide presentation. He also CannotTellAJoke to save his life, has smiled a single-digit number of times in his millions of years of existence, and is so obsessively organized that he keeps his desk tidies in a desk tidy.

* "Slow Roger" from ''Series/MyNameIsEarl''. He seems to have some kind of AmbiguousDisorder, and he goes on long rambles, listing stuff from movies (and in one case, all the car parts Earl stole, instead of simply saying that Earl stole his car and slept with Roger's sister.)

* In ''VideoGame/HogwartsLegacy'', the PlayerCharacter attends the class of OldWindbag Professor Binns and simply staying awake requires a [[PressXToNotDie quicktime event]]

This is a person whose conversation is so dull, you would rather watch paint dry for an hour than listen to them for a minute. The Bore may not be talkative--perhaps they just have the charisma of a wooden plank, saying nothing and doing nothing of interest. They're probably an enthusiast for IncrediblyLameFun and take a keen interest in, say, the history of toothpaste caps. Perhaps they do have interesting stories but tell them so often or in such a way as to suck all interest out of them. Perhaps whenever they join a conversation, no matter what the subject, they can only talk about how it affects or relates to ''them''. Whichever it is, The Bore is unutterably, interminably ''dull''.

* Franchise/{{Batman}} is sometimes portrayed this way when the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}} wants to have some downtime and hang out, especially in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational''. This despite the fact that Bruce regularly engages in playboy activities in order [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob to keep his identity under wraps]].

* In ''Manga/ChainsawMan'', Asa Mitaka tries to date Denji in an attempt to set up her power (which requires her to emotionally connect with potential victims). The problem is that Asa is a socially inept loner. In her mind, "going to an aquarium" means standing in front of each exhibit for 30 minutes while Asa rattles off trivia about fish species. Even the manga layout illustrates this, with repeating layouts and large bubbles full of text letting readers grow as bored as Denji is in the story.

* In ''Manga/ChainsawMan'', Asa Mitaka tries to date Denji in an attempt set up her power (which requires her to emotionally connect with potential victims). The problem is that Asa is a socially inept loner. In her mind, "going to an aquarium" means standing in front of each exhibit for 30 minutes while Asa rattles off trivia about fish species. Even the manga layout illustrates this, with repeating layouts and large bubbles full of text letting readers grow as bored as Denji is in the story.

* In ''Manga/ChainsawMan'', Asa Mitaka tries to date Denji in an attempt set up her power (which requires her emotionally connect with potential victims). The problem is that Asa is a socially inept loner. In her mind, "going to an aquarium" means standing in front of each exhibit for 30 minutes while Asa rattles off trivia about fish species. Even the manga layout illustrates this, with repeating layouts and large bubbles full of text letting readers grow as bored as Denji is in the story.

* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Ferdinand is quite the {{Workaholic}} and any attendant that manages to last more than a year under his employ tend to end up with that character trait, as well. Sylvester, a fun-loving ManChild, considers all of Ferdiand's attendants to be among the most boring people he knows and his head attendant Arno to be the most boring person he ever met.

* Toby from ''Series/TheOffice'' fits the role. His dull voice and adherence to professionalism contrasts the usual shenanigans in the show. This is the main reason why Michael hates Toby. Could be viewed as TruthInTelevision, because in real life, offices aren't as exciting.

* In ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'', Colin Robinson is a rare example who's fully aware of what he's doing. As an [[EmotionEater energy vampire]] he can feed off boredom or anger, so he works in an office and constantly drops by other employees' cubicles to tell them inane trivia or interminable anecdotes. His powers work on regular bloodsucking vampires, so he's near as aggravating to his housemates too.

* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'': Vernon Tripe, one of Raz's fellow campers at Whispering Rocks, is prone to telling long, rambling stories in a nasal monotone.