History Quotes / TookALevelInJerkAss

->"You used to be sweeter than honey! Now you're getting all kinds of nasty!"
-->--'''[=LeShawna,=]''' to [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism Geoff]], ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Action''

-->-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/06/why-are-earth-people-so-parochial.html El Sandifer]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators}} "The Dominators"]]

->"I think this leads into the biggest point of contention between [[ComicBook/DanSlottSpiderMan Slott]] and fans about Peter's characterization. Dan Slott hates Peter Parker. He thinks Peter Parker is his own worst enemy and incredibly self-destructive and toxic to the people around him. That...that's not ''ComicBook/SpiderMan.''"

-->--'''[=LeShawna,=]''' to Geoff, ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Action''

->''"Let’s say that, years ago you named someone in your comic 'ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean,' to denote the happy-go-lucky nature of the character and the strip. It was [[UsefulNotes/TheSeventies the ’70s]], so maybe drugs were involved. I’m not gonna judge! And then say that over the decades your strip [[CerebusSyndrome became a charnel house of sadness]] and your character became [[GrumpyOldMan a bloated, angry jerk.]] I think it’d probably be a bad idea to have anyone in the strip refer to him by a nickname like, for instance, 'The Funk Man.[='=]''

->''Even [[Creator/PatrickTroughton Troughton]] seems to be fed up with the story. At one point he's forced to argue that the problem the Dulcians are having with the Dominators is that they're not realizing that the Dominators are completely alien... The Dulcian points out that [[BoomerangBigot the Doctor is an alien too]]. Now, in the episode Troughton responds laughing and saying "you got me there." But fire up the episode and listen to his delivery. It's an incredibly fast response -- the only moment I've ever seen Troughton flagrantly step on someone's dialogue. What I'm implying here is that the line sounds improvised -- like Troughton [[ThrowItIn snuck it in]] because he was horrified at his own dialogue and desperate to undercut the idea that the Doctor could be such a xenophobic prick."''

!!!Fiction
->''"You used to be [[NiceGuy sweeter than honey]]! Now you're getting all kinds of nasty!"''
-->--'''[=LeShawna,=]''' referring to Geoff, ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Action''

->''"Oh, for goodness' sake! You've been kind for far too long, my dear! [[HatePlague Time to be cruel]]! ''Arrivederci!''"''
-->--'''Discord,''' ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic,'' "The Return of Harmony, Part 1"

->''"My heart and I remember when there was a time when things were much simpler. When the world was younger, kinder, and full of love... We remember what love was. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold You were still your arrogant, prideful, ambitious self, but you were not as worldly then; you were... forgiving]]."''

->'''Ikki:''' Remember when he [Meelo] used to be so nice and sweet?
->'''Jinora:''' No.
-->--''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''

!!!On works
->''"Let’s say that, years ago you named someone in your comic 'ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean,' to denote the happy-go-lucky nature of the character and the strip. It was the ’70s, so maybe drugs were involved. I’m not gonna judge! And then say that over the decades your strip [[CerebusSyndrome became a charnel house of sadness]] and your character became [[GrumpyOldMan a bloated, angry jerk.]] I think it’d probably be a bad idea to have anyone in the strip refer to him by a nickname like, for instance, 'The Funk Man.'"''
-->--'''''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''''', [[http://joshreads.com/?p=23778 "Chekov’s soap opera strip"]]

->''"So, thus far this has been [[{{Sequelitis}} pretty much the same as the first movie]], only with a lot more [[{{Padding}} filler]], and Bandit is now sporting a racing jacket with his name on it. On the trip, we get a good sense of just how egotistical Bandit has become, as he drones on about how everyone knows him and {{blah blah blah}}. Sure, the average ''[Burt]'' Reynolds character has a pretty big ego, but generally it’s tempered by... Well, [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk something!]]"''

->''"It’s worth noting here how downright thuggish Bond over the course of the movie. He threatens the gun-maker for information, warning him that the gun “[[GroinAttack directly at your groin]]” – even Mulder in ''Series/TheXFiles'' has a more sophisticated way of making that particular threat. Similarly, Moore’s Bond is incredibly brutal in interrogating Scaramanga’s lady friend, pinning her by her arm and pressing her for information. “I’ll break it unless you tell me where those bullets go,” he warns her, before smacking her around a bit. Then walks in with champagne and two glasses… there’s a classy fellow. During the movie’s big boat chase, he tosses a kid off his boat -- after the kid had fixed the engine for him."''
-->--'''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2011/01/13/non-review-review-the-man-with-the-golden-gun/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''

->''"{{Jerkass}} [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer]] is the one who, in 'Maximum Homerdrive', is so boastful of his stomach capacity that he gets into an eating contest with a perfect stranger, accidentally kills him, takes over his trucking route, and acts like such an asshole that the other truckers try to kill him before the end of the episode. Jerkass Homer [[IronButtMonkey is invincible]] and [[IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance totally self confident,]] the evil doppelganger of the Homer that had originally been on the show. Jerkass Homer does ugly things like use the sleeper hold he learned in bodyguard training on Marge and Lisa."''

->''"Sure, in the beginning, [[{{Series/Seinfeld}} Jerry]] was the likeable struggling comedian -- the underdog, if you will -- and his love of Superman conveyed a sense of innocence and whimsy. But when you spend as long a time with a character as we spent with Jerry, you get to know what he's really like. Simply put, Jerry was a jerk. He was smug, petty, lazy, dishonest, picky, and he generally did not like people unless they were [[YesMan laughing at his jokes]]. Which is why the series ended with him in jail, and everyone [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing was mostly okay with that.]]"''

'''Chris''': I keep trying to think of something to add, but you basically nailed it. My pal Chad once summed up Franchise/{{Superman}}’s morality by saying that he’s a guy with XRayVision who never uses it to look at girls, but with the ''Smallville'' version, [[PowerPerversionPotential who knows]]? I’m willing to bet that there’s an entire episode where Clark does just that, shortly before [[WalkingDisasterArea melting the wall of the girls’ locker room]] with his heat vision.

->''"Even [[Creator/PatrickTroughton Troughton]] seems to be fed up with the story. At one point he's forced to argue that the problem the Dulcians are having with the Dominators is that they're not realizing that the Dominators are completely alien... The Dulcian points out that [[BoomerangBigot the Doctor is an alien too]]. Now, in the episode Troughton responds laughing and saying 'you got me there.' But fire up the episode and listen to his delivery. It's an incredibly fast response -- the only moment I've ever seen Troughton flagrantly step on someone's dialogue. What I'm implying here is that the line sounds improvised -- like Troughton [[ThrowItIn snuck it in]] because he was horrified at his own dialogue and desperate to undercut the idea that the Doctor could be such a xenophobic prick."''
-->-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/06/why-are-earth-people-so-parochial.html El Sandifer]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators}} "The Dominators"]]

->''"Rule one: when the shit hits the fan you need to try and whip your team into as effective a unit as possible to deal with the crisis and not [[BreakingSpeech prey on their insecurities]] and [[TheNeidermeyer start pointing the finger]]. To top off this glorious example of retarded middle management Jack declares that [[DesignatedHero he cannot stop this threat]] and publicly humiliates Owen in front of all of his colleagues. Is Jack going for the ‘boss of the year’ award? ...All the in-fighting comes to a head when the Mickey Mouse Torchwood team are sick of Jack standing around posturing impotently and decide to take matters into their own hands. They have basically come to the same conclusion as me, that he is a terrible boss and needs to be put down like Old Yeller. When he can’t get his own way he [[TakingYouWithMe pulls a gun on his staff and threatens to murder them all]] and starts dissecting all their personality faults. (As you do.)"''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/end-of-days-written-by-chris-chibnall.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E13EndOfDays "End of Days"]]

-->--'''[=LeShawna,=]''' referring to Geoff, ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland Total Drama Action]]''

-->-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/06/why-are-earth-people-so-parochial.html Phil Sandifer]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators}} "The Dominators"]]

-->--'''[[BrokenBird Lady Lianne]]''' to '''[[VillainProtagonist Lord Shen]]''', ''FanFic/TheVow''

-->-- '''[=LeShawna,=]''' referring to Geoff, ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland Total Drama Action]]''

-->-- '''Discord,''' ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic,'' "The Return of Harmony, Part 1"

-->-- '''[[BrokenBird Lady Lianne]]''' to '''[[VillainProtagonist Lord Shen]]''', ''FanFic/TheVow''

-->-- ''[[Fanfic/LowridersPhineasAndFerbVerse Love the One You're With]]''

-->-- ''[[Fanfic/LowridersPhineasAndFerbVerse Love the One You're With]]

->''"Rule one: when the shit hits the fan you need to try and whip your team into as effective a unit as possible to deal with the crisis and not [[BreakingSpeech prey on their insecurities]] and [[TheNeidermeyer start pointing the finger]]. To top off this glorious example of retarded middle management Jack declares that [[DesignatedHero he cannot stop this threat]] and publicly humiliates Owen in front of all of his colleagues. Is Jack going for the ‘[[BadBoss boss of the year]]’ award? ...All the in-fighting comes to a head when the Mickey Mouse Torchwood team are sick of Jack standing around posturing impotently and decide to take matters into their own hands. They have basically come to the same conclusion as me, that he is a terrible boss and needs to be put down like Old Yeller. When he can’t get his own way he [[TakingYouWithMe pulls a gun on his staff and threatens to murder them all]] and starts dissecting all their personality faults. (As you do.) ...Jack has been so neutered and perverted as a character it was going to take a massive intervention to try and get him back on track again so the final scene where we hear the TARDIS materialising nearby (tying in with the series three episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]]) it offers a glimmer of hope for the guy."''

->''"Rule one: when the shit hits the fan you need to try and whip your team into as effective a unit as possible to deal with the crisis and not [[BreakingSpeech prey on their insecurities]] and [[TheNeidermeyer start pointing the finger]]. To top off this glorious example of retarded middle management Jack declares that [[DesignatedHero he cannot stop this threat]] and publicly humiliates Owen in front of all of his colleagues. Is Jack going for the ‘[[BadBoss boss of the year]]’ award? ...All the in-fighting comes to a head when the Mickey Mouse Torchwood team are sick of Jack standing around posturing impotently and decide to take matters into their own hands. They have basically come to the same conclusion as me, that he is a terrible boss and needs to be put down like Old Yeller. When he can’t get his own way he [[TakingYouWithMe pulls a gun on his staff and threatens to murder them all]] and starts dissecting all their personality faults. (As you do.) ...Jack has been so neutered and perverted as a character it was going to take a massive intervention to try and get him back on track again so the final scene where we hear the TARDIS materialising nearby (tying in with the series three episode ''[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E11Utopia}} Utopia]]'') it offers a glimmer of hope for the guy."''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/end-of-days-written-by-chris-chibnall.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS1E13EndOfDays}} End of Days]]"

->''"Even [[Creator/PatrickTroughton Troughton]] seems to be fed up with the story. At one point he's forced to argue that the problem the Dulcians are having with the Dominators is that they're not realizing that the Dominators are completely alien... The Dulcian points out that [[BoomerangBigot the Doctor is an alien too]]. Now, in the episode Troughton responds laughing and saying 'you got me there.' But fire up the episode and listen to his delivery. It's an incredibly fast response -- the only moment I've ever seen Troughton flagrantly step on someone's dialogue. What I'm implying here is that the line sounds improvised -- like Troughton [[HypocrisyNod snuck it in]] because he was horrified at his own dialogue and desperate to undercut the idea that the Doctor could be such a xenophobic prick."''

->''"They’ve taken a charming, roguish character from ''Doctor Who'' and turned him into an arrogant, one dimensional bully. I’d hardly say that is a step in the right direction. ... Rule one – when the shit hits the fan you need to try and whip your team into as effective a unit as possible to deal with the crisis and not [[BreakingSpeech prey on their insecurities]] and [[TheNeidermeyer start pointing the finger]]. To top off this glorious example of retarded middle management Jack declares that he cannot stop this threat and publicly humiliates Owen in front of all of his colleagues. Is Jack going for the ‘boss of the year’ award? ...All the in-fighting comes to a head when the Mickey Mouse Torchwood team are sick of Jack standing around posturing impotently and decide to take matters into their own hands. They have basically come to the same conclusion as me, that he is a terrible boss and needs to be put down like Old Yeller. When he can’t get his own way he [[TakingYouWithMe pulls a gun on his staff and threatens to murder them all]] and starts dissecting all their personality faults. As you do."''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/they-keep-killing-suzie-written-bypaul.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS1E12CaptainJackHarkness}} Captain Jack Harkness]]"

-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2011/10/torchwood.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS1E12CaptainJackHarkness}} Captain Jack Harkness]]"

->"Oh, for goodness' sake! You've been kind for far too long, my dear! [[HatePlague Time to be cruel]]! ''Arrivederci!''"

->Let’s say that, years ago you named someone in your comic 'ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean,' to denote the happy-go-lucky nature of the character and the strip. It was the ’70s, so maybe drugs were involved. I’m not gonna judge! And then say that over the decades your strip [[CerebusSyndrome became a charnel house of sadness]] and your character became [[GrumpyOldMan a bloated, angry jerk.]] I think it’d probably be a bad idea to have anyone in the strip refer to him by a nickname like, for instance, 'The Funk Man.'

->So, thus far this has been [[{{Sequelitis}} pretty much the same as the first movie]], only with a lot more [[{{Padding}} filler]], and Bandit is now sporting a racing jacket with his name on it. On the trip, we get a good sense of just how egotistical Bandit has become, as he drones on about how everyone knows him and {{blah blah blah}}. Sure, the average [Burt] Reynolds character has a pretty big ego, but generally it’s tempered by... Well, [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk something!]]

->Jerkass [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer]] is the one who, in 'Maximum Homerdrive', is so boastful of his stomach capacity that he gets into an eating contest with a perfect stranger, accidentally kills him, takes over his trucking route, and acts like such an asshole that the other truckers try to kill him before the end of the episode. Jerkass Homer [[IronButtMonkey is invincible]] and [[IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance totally self confident,]] the evil doppelganger of the Homer that had originally been on the show. Jerkass Homer does ugly things like use the sleeper hold he learned in bodyguard training on Marge and Lisa.

->Sure, in the beginning, [[{{Series/Seinfeld}} Jerry]] was the likeable struggling comedian -- the underdog, if you will -- and his love of Superman conveyed a sense of innocence and whimsy. But when you spend as long a time with a character as we spent with Jerry, you get to know what he's really like. Simply put, Jerry was a jerk. He was smug, petty, lazy, dishonest, picky, and he generally did not like people unless they were [[YesMan laughing at his jokes]]. Which is why the series ended with him in jail, and everyone [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing was mostly okay with that.]]
-->--'''''Topless Robot''''', [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2012/11/10_tv_geeks_that_give_geeks_a_bad_name.php "10 TV Geeks That Give Geeks a Bad Name"]]

->Even [[Creator/PatrickTroughton Troughton]] seems to be fed up with the story. At one point he's forced to argue that the problem the Dulcians are having with the Dominators is that they're not realizing that the Dominators are completely alien... The Dulcian points out that [[BoomerangBigot the Doctor is an alien too]]. Now, in the episode Troughton responds laughing and saying 'you got me there.' But fire up the episode and listen to his delivery. It's an incredibly fast response -- the only moment I've ever seen Troughton flagrantly step on someone's dialogue. What I'm implying here is that the line sounds improvised -- like Troughton [[HypocrisyNod snuck it in]] because he was horrified at his own dialogue and desperate to undercut the idea that the Doctor could be such a xenophobic prick.

->They’ve taken a charming, roguish character from ''Doctor Who'' and turned him into an arrogant, one dimensional bully. I’d hardly say that is a step in the right direction.... Rule one – when the shit hits the fan you need to try and whip your team into as effective a unit as possible to deal with the crisis and not [[BreakingSpeech prey on their insecurities]] and [[TheNeidermeyer start pointing the finger]]. To top off this glorious example of retarded middle management Jack declares that he cannot stop this threat and publicly humiliates Owen in front of all of his colleagues. Is Jack going for the ‘boss of the year’ award? ...All the in-fighting comes to a head when the Mickey Mouse Torchwood team are sick of Jack standing around posturing impotently and decide to take matters into their own hands. They have basically come to the same conclusion as me, that he is a terrible boss and needs to be put down like Old Yeller. When he can’t get his own way he [[TakingYouWithMe pulls a gun on his staff and threatens to murder them all]] and starts dissecting all their personality faults. As you do.

->Let’s say that, years ago you named someone in your comic 'ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean,' to denote the happy-go-lucky nature of the character and the strip. It was the ’70s, so maybe drugs were involved. I’m not gonna judge! And then say that over the decades your strip [[CerebusSyndrome became a charnel house of sadness]] and your character became [[FatBastard a bloated, angry jerk.]] I think it’d probably be a bad idea to have anyone in the strip refer to him by a nickname like, for instance, 'The Funk Man.'

->''"Let’s say that, years ago you named someone in your comic 'ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean,' to denote the happy-go-lucky nature of the character and the strip. It was the ’70s, so maybe drugs were involved. I’m not gonna judge! And then say that over the decades your strip [[CerebusSyndrome became a charnel house of sadness]] and your character became [[FatBastard a bloated, angry jerk.]] I think it’d probably be a bad idea to have anyone in the strip refer to him by a nickname like, for instance, 'The Funk Man.'"''

->''"So, thus far this has been [[{{Sequelitis}} pretty much the same as the first movie]], only with a lot more [[{{Padding}} filler]], and Bandit is now sporting a racing jacket with his name on it. On the trip, we get a good sense of just how egotistical Bandit has become, as he drones on about how everyone knows him and {{blah blah blah}}. Sure, the average ''[Burt]'' Reynolds character has a pretty big ego, but generally it’s tempered by... Well, [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk something!]]"''

->''"Jerkass [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer]] is the one who, in 'Maximum Homerdrive', is so boastful of his stomach capacity that he gets into an eating contest with a perfect stranger, accidentally kills him, takes over his trucking route, and acts like such an asshole that the other truckers try to kill him before the end of the episode. Jerkass Homer [[IronButtMonkey is invincible]] and [[IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance totally self confident,]] the evil doppelganger of the Homer that had originally been on the show. Jerkass Homer does ugly things like use the sleeper hold he learned in bodyguard training on Marge and Lisa."''

->''"Sure, in the beginning, [[{{Series/Seinfeld}} Jerry]] was the likeable struggling comedian -- the underdog, if you will -- and his love of Superman conveyed a sense of innocence and whimsy. But when you spend as long a time with a character as we spent with Jerry, you get to know what he's really like. Simply put, Jerry was a jerk. He was smug, petty, lazy, dishonest, picky, and he generally did not like people unless they were [[YesMan laughing at his jokes]]. Which is why the series ended with him in jail, and everyone [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing was mostly okay with that.]]"''

->'''David''': Important College Scout is visiting town to watch Clark be a football star and presumably [[SuperDickery cheat a number of hardworking human athletes]] out of glory and recognition they would get were it not for the gloryhounding alien.
->'''Chris''': I keep trying to think of something to add, but you basically nailed it. My pal Chad once summed up Franchise/{{Superman}}’s morality by saying that he’s a guy with XRayVision who never uses it to look at girls, but with the ''Smallville'' version, [[PowerPerversionPotential who knows]]? I’m willing to bet that there’s an entire episode where Clark does just that, shortly before [[WalkingDisasterArea melting the wall of the girls’ locker room]] with his heat vision.
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-4-6-transference/ on]] ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', "Transference"

->''"Even [[Creator/PatrickTroughton Troughton]] seems to be fed up with the story. At one point he's forced to argue that the problem the Dulcians are having with the Dominators is that they're not realizing that the Dominators are completely alien... The Dulcian points out that [[BoomerangBigot the Doctor is an alien too]]. Now, in the episode Troughton responds laughing and saying 'you got me there.' But fire up the episode and listen to his delivery. It's an incredibly fast response -- the only moment I've ever seen Troughton flagrantly step on someone's dialogue. What I'm implying here is that the line sounds improvised -- like Troughton snuck it in because he was horrified at his own dialogue and desperate to undercut the idea that the Doctor could be such a xenophobic prick."''
-->-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/06/why-are-earth-people-so-parochial.html Phil Sandifer]]''' on [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators}} "The Dominators"]]

->''"They’ve taken a charming, roguish character from ''Doctor Who'' and turned him into an arrogant, one dimensional bully. I’d hardly say that is a step in the right direction.... Rule one – when the shit hits the fan you need to try and whip your team into as effective a unit as possible to deal with the crisis and not [[BreakingSpeech prey on their insecurities]] and [[TheNeidermeyer start pointing the finger]]. To top off this glorious example of retarded middle management Jack declares that he cannot stop this threat and publicly humiliates Owen in front of all of his colleagues. Is Jack going for the ‘boss of the year’ award? ...All the in-fighting comes to a head when the Mickey Mouse Torchwood team are sick of Jack standing around posturing impotently and decide to take matters into their own hands. They have basically come to the same conclusion as me, that he is a terrible boss and needs to be put down like Old Yeller. When he can’t get his own way he [[TakingYouWithMe pulls a gun on his staff and threatens to murder them all]] and starts dissecting all their personality faults. As you do."''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2011/10/torchwood.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS1E12CaptainJackHarkness}} Captain Jack Harkness]]"

->'''David''': Important College Scout About the Future is visiting town to watch Clark be a football star and presumably [[SuperDickery cheat a number of hardworking human athletes]] out of glory and recognition they would get were it not for the gloryhounding alien.

->''"They’ve taken a charming, roguish character from ''Doctor Who'' and turned him into an arrogant, one dimensional bully. I’d hardly say that is a step in the right direction.... Rule one – when the shit hits the fan you need to try and whip your team into as effective a unit as possible to deal with the crisis and not [[BreakingSpeech prey on their insecurities]] and [[TheNeidermeyer start pointing the finger]]. To top off this glorious example of retarded middle management Jack declares that he cannot stop this threat and publicly humiliates Owen in front of all of his colleagues. Is Jack going for the ‘boss of the year’ award? ...All the in-fighting comes to a head when the Mickey Mouse Torchwood team are sick of Jack standing around posturing impotently and decide to take matters into their own hands. They have basically come to the same conclusion as me that he is a terrible boss and needs to be put down like Old Yeller. When he can’t get his own way he [[TakingYouWithMe pulls a gun on his staff and threatens to murder them all]] and starts dissecting all their personality faults. As you do."''

->''"They’ve taken a charming, roguish character from ''Series/DoctorWho'' and turned him into an arrogant, one dimensional bully. I’d hardly say that is a step in the right direction.... Rule one – when the shit hits the fan you need to try and whip your team into as effective a unit as possible to deal with the crisis and not [[BreakingSpeech prey on their insecurities]] and [[TheNeidermeyer start pointing the finger]]. To top off this glorious example of retarded middle management Jack declares that he cannot stop this threat and publicly humiliates Owen in front of all of his colleagues. Is Jack going for the ‘boss of the year’ award? ...All the in-fighting comes to a head when the Mickey Mouse Torchwood team are sick of Jack standing around posturing impotently and decide to take matters into their own hands. They have basically come to the same conclusion as me that he is a terrible boss and needs to be put down like Old Yeller. When he can’t get his own way he [[TakingYouWithMe pulls a gun on his staff and threatens to murder them all]] and starts dissecting all their personality faults. As you do."''

->''"They’ve taken a charming, roguish character from ''Series/DoctorWho'' and turned him into an arrogant, one dimensional bully. I’d hardly say that is a step in the right direction.... Rule one – when the shit hits the fan you need to try and whip your team into as effective a unit as possible to deal with the crisis and not [[BreakingSpeech prey on their insecurities]] and [[TheNeidermeyer start pointing the finger]]. To top off this glorious example of retarded middle management Jack declares that he cannot stop this threat and publicly humiliates Owen in front of all of his colleagues. Is Jack going for the ‘boss of the year’ award? ...All the in-fighting comes to a head when the Mickey Mouse Torchwood team are sick of Jack standing around posturing impotently and decide to take matters into their own hands. They have basically come to the same conclusion as me that he is a terrible boss and needs to be put down like Old Yeller. When he can’t get his own way he [[TakingYouWithMe pulls a gun on his staff and threatens to murder them all]] and starts dissecting all their personality faults. As you do... Jack has been so neutered and perverted as a character it was going to take a massive intervention to try and get him back on track again, so the final scene where we hear the TARDIS materialising nearby (tying in with the series three episode [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E11Utopia}} Utopia]]) it offers a glimmer of hope for the guy."''

->''"They’ve taken a charming, roguish character from ''Series/DoctorWho'' and turned him into an arrogant, one dimensional bully. I’d hardly say that is a step in the right direction.... Rule one – when the shit hits the fan you need to try and whip your team into as effective a unit as possible to deal with the crisis and not [[BreakingSpeech prey on their insecurities]] and [[TheNeidermeyer start pointing the finger]]. To top off this glorious example of retarded middle management Jack declares that he cannot stop this threat and publicly humiliates Owen in front of all of his colleagues. Is Jack going for the ‘[[MeanBoss boss of the year]]’ award? ...All the in-fighting comes to a head when the Mickey Mouse Torchwood team are sick of Jack standing around posturing impotently and decide to take matters into their own hands. They have basically come to the same conclusion as me that he is a terrible boss and needs to be put down like Old Yeller. When he can’t get his own way he [[TakingYouWithMe pulls a gun on his staff and threatens to murder them all]] and starts dissecting all their personality faults. As you do... Jack has been [[CharacterDerailment so neutered and perverted as a character]] it was going to take a massive intervention to try and get him back on track again, so the final scene where we hear the TARDIS materialising nearby (tying in with the series three episode [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E11Utopia}} Utopia]]) it offers a glimmer of hope for the guy."''

->''"Let’s say that, years ago you named someone in your comic 'ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean,' to denote the happy-go-lucky nature of the character and the strip. It was the ’70s, so [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs maybe drugs were involved.]] I’m not gonna judge! And then say that over the decades your strip [[CerebusSyndrome became a charnel house of sadness]] and your character became a bloated, angry jerk. I think it’d probably be a bad idea to have anyone in the strip refer to him by a nickname like, for instance, 'The Funk Man.'"''