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* ''Series/MakoMermaidsAnH2OAdventure'': The main reason the Mako gang tolerates Erik is because he's the only other merman they know. While Erik would like to think they don't like him because he's a merman (a gender war divided mermaids and mermen in the ancient past), that only accounts for Mimmi, Sirena, and Rita's initial wariness of him. He's patronizing, nosy, constantly tries to muscle his way into their good graces, and acts like he knows better than they do, despite the fact that his goal in life is to resolve the mermaids' culturally ingrained fear of mermen. Him and Zac ''almost'' become friends, until Erik nearly kills Evie's dad for driving his boat too close to Mako Island in an attempt to prove to the mermaids that he can protect them from humans. The only one who likes Erik is Ondina, and he manages to blow even that [[spoiler:by nearly getting her killed in a power-grabbing stunt that everyone, especially her, told him was a bad idea.]]
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* ''Series/CornerGas'': There are times when each of the main characters exhibit this trope, but it's a small town, and most of them have known the others for most of their lives. However, there are two characters that rise above the others:
** Hank is often mooching off the others, and seems to rarely repay debts. He misunderstands basic instructions and conversations, and has half baked, at best, ideas. But he grew up with Brent and Wanda.
** Oscar personifies [[GrumpyOldMan "old man yells at clouds"]], he sees conspiracy and collusion everywhere, and calls everyone [[CharacterCatchPhrase "Jackass"]], when they disagree or try to correct him. But he has lived in Dog River all his life, and while he frustrates her greatly, his wife Emma does love him. And he is Brent's dad.



* Phil Tandy Miller in early episodes of ''Series/TheLastManOnEarth'' is tolerated as best by the group. And no one is hesitant to tell him just how completely insufferable he is, and that none of them would spend a second with him if the world hadn't ended. As the show progresses, Phil experiences some CharacterDevelopment and becomes the de facto leader of the group.

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* Phil Tandy Miller in early episodes of ''Series/TheLastManOnEarth'' is tolerated as at best by the group. And no one is hesitant to tell him just how completely insufferable he is, and that none of them would spend a second with him if the world hadn't ended. As the show progresses, Phil experiences some CharacterDevelopment and becomes the de facto leader of the group.
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* Penelope from ''Series/NoAppointmentNecessary1977'' seems to have problems with everyone working at Hair a Go-Go, as her efforts to raise business gets on their nerves.
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* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'':
** Season 3 has Malcolm Merlyn, a former BigBad who's still pretty obnoxious (and an unrepentant mass murderer). The fact that he's openly using them to serve his own ends just makes it worse. The only reason anyone puts up with him is that he's Thea's father and he knows the most about the League of Assassins. Laurel actually consistently argues in favor of just killing him (even in Season 4), but Oliver repeatedly refuses frequently simply because he is Thea's father ([[{{Hypocrite}} despite his willingness to kill other people's fathers, and willingness to (try to) kill Malcolm when he was only known as Tommy's father]]).
** It's never addressed, but it is made clear that Diggle, Roy, and Oliver don't particularly like Laurel in Season 3. Certainly they don't respect her and resist her attempts to join the team. This may partly be due to her desire to succeed her sister Sara whose death everyone is reeling from, her initial tendency to interfere in their missions, and their focus on their conflict with the League of Assassins and Ra's al Ghul. Even after she joins, she's treated like an outsider, with [[TheHeart Felicity]] being the only one to offer her any encouragement. Diggle and Roy eventually soften their stance, Oliver... [[WithFriendsLikeThese doesn't particularly]] for much longer.
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* ''Series/HenryDanger'': Piper becomes this to Narlee and her gang toward the beginning of "JAM Session". The girls flee for a weekend ski trip without Piper, and Narlee sends Piper a videochat reminding her that while they are friends, they don't like being around her because of her bad temper and anger issues. This causes Piper to break down in tears and Henry decides to sign her up for Junior Anger Management to help control her temper.
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* ''Series/ItsAwfullyBadForYourEyesDarling'': Samantha, Pudding, and Clover aren't too fond of Virginia, finding her bossy, demanding, and just not fun to be around:
-->'''Virginia''': But you know we're not allowed pets or other nuisances here. It's in the lease, "No pets or other nuisances".
-->'''Clover''': Can't think why they let you live here, then.
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* ''Series/RoomAtTheBottom1967'': Mr. Powell is one at Titan Products to both the workers and executives; The workers see right through his act of trying to relate to him, whereas the bosses don't think much of him at all.

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* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': Season 3 has Malcolm Merlyn, a former BigBad who's still pretty obnoxious (and an unrepentant mass murderer). The fact that he's openly using them to serve his own ends just makes it worse. The only reason anyone puts up with him is that he's Thea's father and he knows the most about the League of Assassins. Laurel actually consistently argues in favor of just killing him (even in Season 4), but Oliver repeatedly refuses frequently simply because he is Thea's father ([[{{Hypocrite}} despite his willingness to kill other people's fathers, and willingness to (try to) kill Malcolm when he was only known as Tommy's father]]).

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Season 3 has Malcolm Merlyn, a former BigBad who's still pretty obnoxious (and an unrepentant mass murderer). The fact that he's openly using them to serve his own ends just makes it worse. The only reason anyone puts up with him is that he's Thea's father and he knows the most about the League of Assassins. Laurel actually consistently argues in favor of just killing him (even in Season 4), but Oliver repeatedly refuses frequently simply because he is Thea's father ([[{{Hypocrite}} despite his willingness to kill other people's fathers, and willingness to (try to) kill Malcolm when he was only known as Tommy's father]]).
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** Stefan becomes this in Season 3. At first it's because of his lack of humanity and even after he gets that back, he becomes so obsessed with killing Klaus that he drives people away from him. They do forgive him though.
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** No one seems to like Jesse, other than Rachel, when he joins New Directions since most people think he's a spy. This carries over to when he becomes an advisor despite him having legitimate constructive criticism for them.
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** Mona is also this to the Liars. Even before she was revealed as A, only Hanna liked hanging out with her. After she is revealed to be A, she's generally kept around because she's useful and Hanna still likes her a little.

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** Mona is also this to the Liars. Even before she was revealed as A, only Hanna liked hanging out with her. After she is revealed to be A, she's generally kept around because she's useful and Hanna still likes her a little. This carries over to The Perfectionists, where the new group doesn't really trust her, mostly because Alison has told them about her.
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** Deconstructed with Stuckley. He’s competent, but he has little quirks which really gets to the others and they show their disdain for him. When he ends up blowing an open and shut case due to how he labeled evidence, they rip into him and he ultimately snaps, becoming a VigilanteMan.

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** Deconstructed with Stuckley. He’s competent, but he has little quirks which really gets to the others and they show their disdain for him. When he ends up blowing an open and shut case OpenAndShutCase due to how he labeled evidence, they rip into him and he ultimately snaps, becoming a VigilanteMan.
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* ''Series/KaitouSentaiLupinrangerVsKeisatsuSentaiPatranger'' has Noel Takao, AKA: Lupin X ''and'' Patren X, the series's resident SixthRanger for ''both'' rival sentai teams. While he acts friendly and chummy with both teams, neither one fully trusts him due to his nature as a WildCard: the Lupinrangers can't abide a potential rival thief who knows their secret identities, and the Patrangers suspect him of being a mole but cannot act on that suspicion due to his undercover work.
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* In Season 3 of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', Merle was this for the short time he was with the group. Nobody liked him, and he was best remembered as a racist and unpleasant {{Jerkass}}. Most people tolerated him because he was Daryl's brother, but even Daryl started to get fed up.

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* In Season 3 of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'', Merle was is this for the short time he was he's with the group. Nobody liked likes him, and he was he's best remembered as a racist and unpleasant {{Jerkass}}. Most people tolerated tolerate him because he was he's Daryl's brother, but even Daryl started starts to get fed up.
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* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'':
** Gordon Brittas is a PointyHairedBoss who has a nasty habit of offending people and causing chaos, albeit unintentionally. As such, the only members of staff who even respect him are Colin, Linda, and Laura, with the latter two still having their moments of exasperation with him. Tellingly, when he is thought dead in "Back from the Dead", not even Colin seemed that bothered that he's seemingly gone. That said, this aspect is downplayed as the show goes on as the staff comes to understand that he's never truly malicious with his actions, and his actual (albeit temporary) death in the later "The Last Day" is treated with sadness by everyone.
** Penny, the new sauna/solarium manager introduced in Series 6, is a rather arrogant blonde who frequently clashes with the staff over Brittas' decisions. As such, the only person who liked her in any capacity by the end of her only series was Helen - even Colin, one of the kinder members of staff, once hoped that she would be arrested after an incident involving a marker pen in "A Walk on the Wildside" and Brittas would frequently show exasperation with her.
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* ''Series/{{Soap}}'': Bob is liked by none of the other members of the Campbell family except for Chuck due to his snarky comments about everything, inability to take anything seriously, seeming hatred of everyone around him, and for simply being a ventroliquist doll that everyone had to pretend was real for Chuck's sake. He was so disliked that "shut up, Bob" became something of a {{Catchphrase}} in the Campbell household (even Chuck would tell Bob to shut up when he said something particularly offensive) and barely anyone tried to stop Burt when he tried to choke Bob once (and only stopped after realizing how ridiculous it was to try to choke a wooden doll). They only tolerate him because he's Chuck's CompanionCube and therefore have to keep him around.
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** Deconstructed with Stuckley. He’s competent, but he has little quirks which really gets to the others and they show their disdain for him. When he ends up blowing an open and shut case due to how he labeled evidence, they rip into him and he ultimately snaps, becoming a VigilanteMan.

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** Depending on the episode each member of the group has had this particular moment. In fact, one episode had the group (temporarily) break up because they couldn't stand a particular quirk that each member has.
** Each member of the Gang has had at least one episode where they are kicked out of, quit, or are replaced with someone else in the Gang. Reactions range from apathy to outright cheering when it occurs.

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** Depending on the episode Overall, each member of the group Gang has had fallen under this particular moment. In fact, one episode had the group (temporarily) break up because they couldn't stand a particular quirk that each member has.
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at some point. Each member of the Gang them has had at least one episode where they are kicked out of, quit, or are replaced with someone else in the Gang. Reactions range from apathy to outright cheering when it occurs.

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