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%% * OlderThanSteam: Jacques in ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt''. The ZerothLawOfTropeExamples strikes again!

* ''TheBoondocks'': One strip has Huey asserting his "right to be hostile" due to racism. Granddad wonders aloud how making himself miserable will, in any way, help the cause:
---> "I ''hate'' wisdom."

* In the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII movie ''A Walk in the Sun'', a soldier gripes constantly (right up to his FamousLastWords) that they're stuck in a ForeverWar and will be fighting all the way to Tibet.

* In the WorldWarII movie ''A Walk in the Sun'', a soldier gripes constantly (right up to his FamousLastWords) that they're stuck in a ForeverWar and will be fighting all the way to Tibet.

** Andrew Marshall co-wrote ''Radio/TheBurkissWay'', the big radio rival to [=h2g2=]. His persona as "Marvin" was part of a running rivalry between the two hit shows, although people who met him in pubs could confirm he really ''was'' a gloomy pessimist hovering on the brink of depression. He responded by writing an impenetrably boring genius called ''Different Adams'' into his radio show. He went on to write ''2point4Children'' and the TV series, later movie, about WW3, ''WhoopsApocalypse''

* Piro of ''Webcomic/Megatokyo'' could be accused of being this when he's not caught up in the middle of somebody else's drama, though never so much as AuthorAvatar source Fred Gallagher himself.

* Piro of ''Webcomic/Megatokyo'' could be accused of being this when he's not caught up in the middle of somebody else's drama, though never so much as AuthorAvatar source Fred Gallagher himself.

---> "I ''hate'' wisdom.

* ''TheBoondocks'': One strip has Huey asserting his "right to be hostile" due to racism. Granddad wonders aloud how making himself miserable willanyway helps the cause:

* There's a ''color'' dedicated to this trope in Franchise/NeoPets, and it's gray. The Gray Faerie usually is portrayed with a cloud over her head, and never, ever says anything cheerful. Fandom has determined that both the faerie, pets and items are just all emo, as there's no reason to do so in such utopic setting.

* "Sad Larry" of CyanideAndHappiness is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

This character exists solely to bring everybody down, but not in the DeadpanSnarker sense; they are defined entirely by their complete inability to be happy for more than a few seconds at a time, an emotional state that usually arises from their only --[[{{Wangst}} occasionally]] --[[DarkAndTroubledPast justified]] suspicion that they are the ButtMonkey of the [[CosmicPlaything entire universe]]. They are the walking AnthropomorphicPersonification of clinical depression. However, the few moments that they ''are'' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness happy]] can be a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.

%% * Hope from the internet comedy podcast ''Hope Is Emo'' is an example.

** Andrew Marshall co-wrote ''TheBurkissWay'', the big radio rival to [=h2g2=]. His persona as "Marvin" was part of a running rivalry between the two hit shows, although people who met him in pubs could confirm he really ''was'' a gloomy pessimist hovering on the brink of depression. He responded by writing an impenetrably boring genius called ''Different Adams'' into his radio show. He went on to write ''2point4Children'' and the TV series, later movie, about WW3, ''WhoopsApocalypse''

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* In VideoGame/{{MARDEK}}, Miserable Old Martin, one of Legion's four souls, constantly grumbles about everything.
%% * The titular character from VideoGame/{{Omori}} is a big one.
* Xan from ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' is a clinically depressed elven mage, and ironically, an EnsembleDarkhorse for his almost comically pessimistic outlook on life. Every time you click him, he's likely to say something like "Oh, what is the point?" The first game's characters tend to be simple archetypes, so you could say Xan just ''is'' this trope.
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* Xan from ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' is a clinically depressed elven mage, and ironically, an EnsembleDarkhorse for his almost comically pessimistic outlook on life. Every time you click him, he's likely to say something like "Oh, what is the point?"

* Xan from ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' is a clinically depressed elven mage, and ironically, an EnsembleDarkhorse for his almost comically pessimistic outlook on life.

This character exists solely to bring everybody down, but not in the DeadpanSnarker sense; they are defined entirely by their complete inability to be happy for more than a few seconds at a time, an emotional state that usually arises from their only-[[{{Wangst}} occasionally]]-[[DarkAndTroubledPast justified]] suspicion that they are the ButtMonkey of the [[CosmicPlaything entire universe]]. They are the walking AnthropomorphicPersonification of clinical depression. However, the few moments that they ''are'' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness happy]] can be a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.

* Sadness from ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' definitely qualifies. Every memory she touches turns sad too(though it's noted that this is a recent development). When Joy asks her to think of something happy, Sadness thinks of rain and [[DownerEnding the ending to]] ''Film/OldYeller''.[[spoiler: Eventually the other emotions learn how to use her in positive ways though.]]

* Sadness from ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' definitely qualifies. Everything she touches turns sad too. When Joy asks her to think of something happy, Sadness thinks of rain and [[DownerEnding the ending to]] ''Film/OldYeller''.[[spoiler: Eventually the other emotions learn how to use her in positive ways though.]]

%% * ''KarlPilkington'' is known for this.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': Chuckles the Clown is a subversion: [[{{Expy}} he acts much like Eeyore]], to the point of sharing a voice actor]], but then you hear his [[StartOfDarkness backstory]]...

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': Chuckles the Clown is a subversion: [[{{Expy}} he acts much like Eeyore]], [[HeyItsThatVoice to the point of sharing a voice actor]], but then you hear his [[StartOfDarkness backstory]]...