%% Image selected per Image Pickin conversation: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1406590799011115700
%% Do not change or remove without starting a new thread.
%%
[[quoteright:350:[[Comicstrip/{{Garfield}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/garfield_lazy.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Eh, we can put off writing a caption for this image until tomorrow, right?]]

->'''Joe:''' I could do a lot of things if it was necessary.\\
'''Queenie:''' Then why don't you?\\
'''Joe:''' It ain't necessary.
-->-- ''Theatre/{{Showboat}}'' (1936)

A Lazy Bum is very rare. Just ask anybody if they're lazy. They may be BrilliantButLazy, or BookDumb, or shrewdly saving their energy, but they're not just plain lazy. They work hard, really, or at least [[TheSlacker they could if it was worth the effort to do it]], but they're not lazy. The only people who think they aren't working are their fascist bosses. Got it? In fact, if you asked these hard-working people about their co-workers, you'd realize that [[HypocriticalHumor they're the only ones who do any work around here]].

Of course, every now and then you get a Lazy Bum who is more self-aware. These tend to be {{Smug Snake}}s who think it's hilarious that other people bother to do work instead of just leeching. Then there are the ones who are ''really'' self-aware, and almost [[TheHedonist philosophically devoted]] to being lazy. They [[{{Dismotivation}} scheme so hard at getting out of work]] that it's [[LaboriousLaziness actually harder work than just doing the work]]. Usually their boss is a humorless ControlFreak who is so annoying that we root for the worthless slacker instead.

A more metaphorical example of this trope would be moral laziness. Usually seen in villains, anti-heroes and anti-villains this type of laziness applies to those who "take the easy way out" in a psychological sense. Usually, this includes murder, being an ExtremeDoormat, allowing oneself to be easily manipulated, [[LackOfEmpathy lacking empathy]] [[TheSociopath toward others]] or just lacking the drive and willpower to say "no".

Then there are the ones who are supposed to be sympathetic, because they're [[ThisLoserIsYou just like you]]. These may be the most common type of all, [[SelfDemonstratingArticle and there's probably others, but it's too much work to write about them]]. No doubt [[Administrivia/TVTropesGlossary Wiki Magic]] will take care of it.

Being a Lazy Bum -- whether in the traditional sense or the metaphorical one of moral laziness -- is also known as '''Sloth''', which is one of the SevenDeadlySins. Not to be confused with the South American mammal, which is named "sloth" because it sleeps a lot and moves very slowly even when it's awake. For the trope about lazy sloths, see SluggishSloths. Also compare TheSlacker.

Subtropes include AmbitiousButLazy, BeautyBreedsLaziness, CatsAreLazy, LaidBackKoala, LazyDragon, and SluggishSeal. If someone's laziness gets someone harmed or killed, it is a case a LethalNegligence.

[[noreallife]]
----
!!Examples:

[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
%%%
%%% Please put your choices in alphabetical order.
%%%

* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': Tama Nekonari would love nothing more than to be a [[CatsAreLazy cat, and laze around without working]], but she has just enough scruples that she doesn't want to be a burden on anybody. Even as Rentarou becomes her boyfriend-slash-owner, she's prepared to get a part-time job to not overburden him, and when she accepts Hahari's offer to live in the Hanazono manor as exactly the kind of lazy cat she's always wanted to be, she's wracked with guilt at being a Lazy Bum when the rest of the Rentarou Family are busily working towards their goals. A push by Hahari lands her a job that accepts her despite her lack of desire to actually work.
* Europa [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Lazy]] from ''{{Manga/Claymore}}''. In her Claymore days she was a single digit who might have been #1 if she tried harder and her special technique (all single digits at lest were apparently expected to come up with a unique fighting style) was PlayingPossum. In her current EldritchAbomination form she initially struggles against a being of similar power but vastly less experience, skill and intelligence before she bothers to get serious.
* A defining trait for En Yufuin of ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'', who prefers to hang out at the hot spring rather than get anything done.
* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'': Nobita is a very lazy person who normally wakes up late for school, often dozes off in class, and naps almost every day after school, making him unable to sleep at night and wake up late the next morning. This creates an endless cycle of laziness.
* Shizuo Heiwajima from ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'', [[WorldsStrongestMan of all people]], appears to be this. In his official character profile his only hobby is listed as "basking in the sun", and he tells Celty in his "Special Voice" on the character CD that he likes days where there's "just nothing to do".
* ''Manga/EbisuSanAndHoteiSan'': PlayedForDrama with Ebisu's sister. Her constant slacking off and neglect of her daughter is a heavy burden on Ebisu, and other characters call her out for her {{Jerkass}} behavior.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** The Homunculus Sloth. It's in his name, but if you get him going, he becomes a LightningBruiser. He represents wasted potential; he has immense physical strength and moves like lightning, yet is too lazy to develop the skill necessary and reach his full potential.
** Interestingly, ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' double subverts this. Sloth is portrayed as a beautiful woman who can turn herself into water. In her human disguise as [[{{Pride}} King Bradley's]] secretary she's a very hard worker, but when in combat, she appears to be rather lazy, as it's been shown at least once that she can actually [[MakingASplash turn her entire body into water and drown anyone and everyone around her]], but she usually just uses a small amount of her power (usually in her arms) and kind of just stands there in one spot while trying to hit her target.
** Both Sloths are also morally lazy. Manga Sloth tends to use his SuperStrength to go through objects rather than around them, and commits crimes because he simply lacks the willpower and drive to say no. In his case it's justified as he's the literal embodiment of the sin he's named for. The 2003 anime's Sloth, in a similar vein, tries to take the easy way out, killing the Elric brothers rather than psychologically coming to terms with the fact that she is [[spoiler:the reincarnation of their mother]].
* ''Manga/GakuenBabysitters'': Outside of the occasional moments where he shows insight or rare signs of actually being responsible, Usaida Yoshihito is like this almost all the time while on the job, sleeping whenever he gets the chance.
* [[ExactlyWhatitSaysOnTheTin Lazy-Sensei]] from ''Anime/HareGuu'', who enforces "siesta" time on his class purely to get himself more shut-eye. Nevermind that his students range in age from 9 to late teens, and are all past the need for naptimes.
* ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan'': The titular Umaru is this in her Umaru-chan/UMR form; a lazy, selfish video game addict who only does chores when forced to. She hides this side of her from her friends and classmates, instead being the [[TheAce pretty, polite, good-at-everything Umaru]].
* ''Manga/KOn'': Before she joined the Light Music Club, Yui was part of the Going Home Club (AKA, she always went home after class). Her time was spent reading manga, eating snacks, and just lazing around while Ui took care of the house. She's gotten better since joining the club; she spends a lot of time practicing with Giita, but her laziness still shows from time to time.
* ''A Lazy Guy Woke Up as a Girl One Morning'' naturally has [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the title character, Yasuda]]. He's not all that bothered by inexplicably turning into a girl one morning, since he thinks it would be too much work to find a way to turn back, but [[GenderBenderAngst hates all the work he has to do to adjust]]. For example, he insists on continuing to stay with his roommate [[SupportingProtagonist Hayasaka]] in the boys' dorms and use the boys' bathrooms, claiming that because he's a boy at heart. His actual reason is that it'd be a hassle to move, and he probably couldn't mooch off his new roommate as much as he does off Hayasaka.
* Ryner Lute from ''Literature/TheLegendOfTheLegendaryHeroes'', who much prefers taking afternoon naps to fighting evil.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': {{Downplayed|Trope}} with [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaShotaAizawa Shota Aizawa]]. He can be a force to be reckoned with in battle and is a competent, if extremely stern, teacher, but he is also well known for handing off his class to another teacher and going to sleep in his sleeping bag instead of spending time on subjects he thinks are irrelevant.
* ''Manga/OnePiece:'' The very first thing we learn about Admiral Ryokugyu is that he's such a fundamentally lazy man he finds ''eating'' to be too much effort and doesn't bother. The fact he's still an admiral despite that and it's been ''three years'' since he had a meal speaks volumes.
* Genma Saotome of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' is downplayed. In the series itself, he almost never bothers to do anything besides loaf around, eat, and play shogi, leaving his son to handle any problem that pops up. [[SinsOfOurFathers Even if Genma caused that problem in the first place.]] However, prior to the series, Genma willingly left his SupremeChef wife and the comfort of his home to travel the highways and byways of Japan and China for over a decade, in order to help his son become a powerful martial artist, and in fact designed two schools of techniques (the Yamasenken and Umisenken) that are amongst the most powerful in the series, with near-perfect invisibility, [[RazorWind vacuum blades that can cut through steel like runny butter]], spine-snapping bearhugs, and more. He has also displayed mental sloth in regards teaching Ranma- for example, failing to read the [[UselessUsefulSpell Nekoken]] training scroll [[NowYouTellMe all the way through]], or taking his son to [[TransformationRay Jusenkyo]] simply on the virtue that it sounded impressive, without bothering to find out ''why'' it was called "The Valley of Cursed Springs".
* ''Manga/PandoraHearts'': Played with. Vincent Nightray. Often found asleep in hallways, rarely seems more than half awake, will never do for himself anything his servant Echo could possibly do instead, ''including'' getting to a chair or bed before going to sleep, lacks the slightest empathy for anyone other than his brother Gilbert, and simply sits there waiting when death is coming for him, rather than even try to find a way out.
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': [[Characters/SailorMoonUsagiTsukino Usagi Tsukino]] would rather play video games and eat than study for tests. She even lampshades this when she's bewitched by [[MonsterOfTheWeek Ramua]] in the 9th episode of Season 1.
-->'''Usagi''': I have a lot of things to accomplish today. First off, I have to get home. Then, eat a pork bun. After that, finish playing my video game, take a bath, and then -- [[MotorMouth OHNO, LOOKWHATTIMEITISALREADY]]!
* ''Manga/{{Servamp}}'': Kuro is the living embodiment of this trope -- unsurprisingly, as he's the vampire that represents Sloth. He'd rather spend his days eating ramen and potato chips and playing video games, but the world won't let him.
* The titular character's shtick in ''Manga/TanakaKunIsAlwaysListless''. He's worse than a sloth most days, as imagining him doing something as strenuous as clinging to a tree is almost impossible. His close friend Ohta seems the main reason he seems to live a manageable every day life -- it's to the point Ohta will sling him over his shoulder to make him go to the dentist when he needs to.
* Played with in ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry''. [[MeaningfulName Belphegor]] represents the sin of Sloth, but is a very hard worker. It's just that if she's the only one doing the work, it advances her vice. Still, when [[spoiler:Rudolf tricks her into a DuelToTheDeath in the third arc, she doesn't notice that her master, Eva-Beatrice, is in the line of fire until she only has time to [[TakingTheBullet take the bullet]] (he apologizes to her, at least).]] As she puts it, ''"I was lazy ?!"''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Comic Books]]
* From ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'', Gladstone Gander. His perpetual good luck has given him a very warped set of morals, including such a disdain for work that he sees the one coin he made on one unlucky day where he ''had'' to work as MyGreatestFailure and hides it in a safe out of shame.
* Lupo from ''Minimonsters'', a narcoleptic werewolf and also a BigEater.
* Lazy Smurf from ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'', both in the comic books and the cartoon show.
* The titular character of Franco-Belgian Comic ''ComicBook/{{Philemon}}'' spends his days idly wandering the countryside with his donkey Anatole, dodging his chores and dad.
* Maya from ComicBook/EmilkaSza is a lazy, spoiled girl who mooches of her blind roomate and is to busy sleeping or chasing boys to pay her part of the rent.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* Wally from ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' is also an example of {{Dismotivation}}, and one of the ones who [[LaboriousLaziness puts more work into avoiding work than it would ever take to do the work itself.]] He was based off of a co-worker of Scott Adams's who was trying to get fired in a SpringtimeForHitler situation.
* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}, pictured above, embodies both sloth and gluttony. Case in point, in one strip he mounted a television to the ceiling so he could sleep and watch TV at the same time.
-->'''Jon''': Have you ever seen someone work so hard at being so lazy?\\
'''Garfield''': And you say I never do anything around here.
* ComicStrip/BeetleBailey's primary characteristic is his laziness; if you see him work hard at anything, it's usually a scheme for shirking work.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fan Works]]
* In the ''Fanfic/AvantasiaProtagAU'' series, the demon Acedia is a recurring character. He is literally the embodiment of sloth and never manages to get anything truly evil done because he deems it too much work. He's only effective when manipulating his victims into harming themselves.
* ''Webcomic/CutieMarkCrusaders10k'': As a side effect of taking a dip in the Chaos pit, Rainbow Dash can't be bothered to do so much as lift a finger to help anyone unless they offer something of interest to her. She's content to just lie around, take naps, and eat snacks, though she's still capable of using SuperSpeed to avoid people.
* ''Fanfic/MiraculousThePhoenixRises'' gives readers Maximillian, the father of Max and Haley who spends most of his time in bed watching a childish sitcom, even when at threat of being evicted.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* The hyenas in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', followed Scar supposedly because they wanted food. What that meant ''in practice'' was 'forcing other carnivores to hunt food for them and having Scar beat them up if they object'. At no point do they do anything but sit around and wait for others to enable their survival. ''In a wilderness.'' How they're not already dead boggles the mind.
-->'''Banzai:''' It's dinner time, and we ain't got no stinkin' entrees!
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' spinoff confirms that the Outlands are perfectly capable of sustaining a hyena population- in fact, most hyenas feel very fond of the place. Shenzi and her gang were just lazy.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* The lovable slackers from the works of Creator/JuddApatow.
* The Dude from ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
-->'''The Cowboy:''' "Even if he was a lazy man-- and The Dude was most certainly that. Quite possibly the laziest man in all of Los Angeles, which'd place him high in the runnin' for ''laziest worldwide''."
* See Film/TheHobbit under "literature" for the slothful Smaug.
* ''Film/TheDisappointmentsRoom'': David. At one point, he says that he plays Xbox and takes naps while he watches his wife Dana work, when he's asked what he does for a living.
* Baloo in Disney's adaptations of ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967''. His song "The Bare Necessities" is all about taking whatever life brings his way rather than working for it. Although there is wisdom in being content with what you have, he definitely takes it to the point of outright laziness. In the live-action version he's somewhat manipulative as well, getting Mowgli to work for him.
* In ''Film/TheComedyOfTerrors'', Trumbull would frequently have Gillie do all of the dirty work for him while he sits back and waits ([[TheAlcoholic usually in his bottle]]). This is illustrated when they try to break into Mr. Black's home to kill him, Trumbull verbally abusing Gillie for his lack of climbing skills despite almost being twice as tall as him. Trumbull could have easily scaled the wall himself, but couldn't not be bothered.
* ''Film/WildRiver:'' Hamilton and Cal Garth (and possibly Joe John, although he's absent during that conversation) are old enough to be great-uncles but openly admit that they don't do any work on the Garth farm and just mildly supervise the black farmhands, and have been that way since childhood. Knowing that the relocation would force them to get jobs causes them to resist for a while.
* ''Film/{{Shoes}}'': Eva is supporting a family of six from her meager salary as a shopgirl, and she is so broke that she has to use cardboard to repair her crumbling shoes--and then the shoes and the cardboard get soaked in the rain. Her perfectly able-bodied father sits around the house all day reading books.
* In ''Film/SantaClausConquersTheMartians'', the annoying comic relief character Dropo is referred to as "the laziest man on Mars". His problem isn't really that he's lazy so much as it is that he hasn't found the right job for him.
* Grimsdyke from ''Film/DoctorInTheHouse1954'' is content to stay as a medical student for as long as possible as he continues to receive an allowance of £1,000 a year as long as he remains studying at St. Swithin's. Unluckily for him, Stella is having none of this and wants to marry a proper doctor:
-->'''Grimsdyke''': But do you realise what this means? I shall have to qualify.
-->'''Stella''': Yes.
-->'''Grimsdyke''': Well, if I qualify, my grandmother's allowance will stop.
-->'''Stella''': Yes.
-->'''Grimsdyke''': Well, if Granny's allowance stops, we won't have... Good heavens, woman. I shall have to ''work!''
-->'''Stella''': Yes!
-->'''Grimsdyke''': And you say you're in love with me?
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Literature]]
* Victor Tugelbend is the hero of the Literature/{{Discworld}} novel ''Literature/MovingPictures'', who puts an extraordinary amount of thought and effort into being lazy. He finds the student life at [[WizardingSchool Unseen University]] very cushy so he studies extra extra hard to get exactly 84% on all his exams. 88% is the minimum passing grade for UU, and he has to get at least 80% to keep his trust fund. He's also in very good shape, so he doesn't have to waste energy hauling around excess body mass.
* Each of the villains in the ''Literature/KeysToTheKingdom'' series represents a [[SevenDeadlySins deadly sin]], with Mister Monday representing sloth. He has servants carry him around at all time and the waiting line for people seeking his approval to do something stretches into the hundreds of thousands. Seeing as he keeps an important part of the CelestialBureaucracy running... Let's just say that in the ten thousand years of his reign, even some people remain unaccounted for.
* OlderThanFeudalism: The Grasshopper in ''Literature/TheAntAndTheGrasshopper'', one of Literature/AesopsFables.
* Mrs Ablewhite in ''Literature/TheMoonstone''.
--> My Aunt Ablewhite is a large, silent, fair-complexioned woman, with one noteworthy point in her character. From the hour of her birth she has never been known to do anything for herself. She has gone through life, accepting everybody's help, and adopting everybody's opinions.
* The protagonist in the [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Heinlein]] story ''Literature/TheManWhoWasTooLazyToFail''.
* In ''Literature/TobaccoRoad'', Jeeter Lester believes himself to be a hard-working farmer who's not to blame if other people won't give him credit to buy seed cotton and fertilizer. His actions, or rather his inactivity, suggests otherwise.
* Bertie from ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'', who has [[UpperClassTwit more than enough money to support his lazy lifestyle]] and dreads nothing more than losing [[TheJeeves his valet]], [[LivingEmotionalCrutch who runs his life]] [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense and sees to it that he doesn't have to do a thing himself]]. While Bertie loves travel, sports, and helping out his friends, he also loves lounging around with a cigarette and a cheap mystery novel.
* Sol in the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' series. He's charismatic enough to convince other cats to do what he wants, but somehow always ends up letting them fight in his place, or having them bring him food. Barley's brothers are also freeloaders that insist they need Ravenpaw to "show" them how to hunt and prepare sleeping areas.
* In Creator/JohnMilton's ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', Belial urges lying low and not provoking more wrath -- they are already better off than they were in the act of falling:
-->''Thus BELIAL with words cloath'd in reasons garb\\
Counsel'd ignoble ease, and peaceful sloath,''
* ''Literature/TheHobbit'' has a rare example of an antagonist who is extremely slothful yet legitimately dangerous. [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Smaug]] [[TheDreaded "the chiefest and greatest calamity of our age"]] spends decades just sleeping on his DragonHoard, and doesn't bother anyone unless his {{Greed}} needs sating or his {{Pride}} needs salving. If anyone does provoke [[PersonOfMassDestruction him]], [[KillItWithFire however... ]]
** [[Film/TheHobbit The film]] makes him a more active threat by factoring in [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron's return]], and Gandalf's thoughts about how much trouble they'd all be in if Sauron were able to shake Smaug out of his sloth and persuade him to take an active role in Middle Earth's destruction. This concern was also present in some of Tolkien's (posthumously published) writings, although for various reasons the film had to separately reason it out based purely on ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' (including appendices).
* In ''Literature/{{Metaltown}}'' Otto Hampton spends his time drinking and being with women instead of doing his job, which is at least partially responsible for the deplorable conditions in Metaltown.
* The fireflies from ''Literature/TheUnderlandChronicles''. Mareth describes how he once saw two fireflies try to fight to the death over a piece of cake, only to accuse the other of cheating and resort to sulking.
* ''Literature/{{Ratburger}}'': Zoe's mean stepmother Sheila is so lazy that it takes effort for her to use the TV remote.
* The Bogeys from ''Literature/FungusTheBogeyman'' are a whole species of Lazy Bums. Their posters advertise past events so no one has to bother going to the events, they [[LaboriousLaziness try their best to be slow]], and they often fall asleep while sailing.
* In Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith's fantasy stories, the [[JerkassGods jerkass god]] known as [[Characters/CthulhuMythos Tsathoggua]] is basically this on a divine scale. He's described as moving with "divine slothfulness", and pretty much only wakes up when it's time for a HumanSacrifice to be fed to him, or to deliver a [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] bon mot.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* In an episode of ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'', Morticia and Uncle Fester mistakenly overhear Gomez say the family is broke. Fester turns to Morticia: "What will we do for money? I'm too proud to beg and too lazy to work!"
* Basi from the Nigerian TV show ''Series/BasiAndCompany'' is a man whose goal in life is to become a millionaire without ever doing work. In the pilot episode, he tells an unemployed friend to try throwing himself off a bridge instead of job hunting... because some good Samaritan will save him and get him a job, just like happened to one of the current cabinet ministers.
%%* Hank on ''Series/CornerGas'', though he is also TheFool.
* ''Series/FortBoyard'': Pr. Kevin challenges the candidates' knowledge in the Boyard Academy... while doing the absolute minimum of effort himself. And usually taking a little nap right afterward. Or before. Or both. When outside the watchtower, he moves around on a motorized bed.
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': Daphne's brother Simon is a massive slob who won't do anything for himself if there's a possibility he can get someone else to do it for him. A large part of the reason Daphne doesn't like him is because he expects her to wait on him hand and foot.
* Lui from Creator/Studio100's ''Series/KabouterPlop'' series is constantly drowsy, and is always seen sleeping. His catchphrase is "Ik Word Daar Zoe Moe Van" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVyDQu-Bp0Y and a song about his sleeping habit.]]
* ''Series/LawAndOrder:'' [=McCoy=] says of an opposing lawyer, "Dean's not a bad sort, just morally opposed to hard work."
* Subverted in ''Series/LazyTown'' with Robbie Rotten, whose efforts to get everyone else to stop doing things (or just ruin their day) actually take a lot of work; this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] at least once.
* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Malva Meadowgrass is a lazy Harfoot woman who would order other people around than do the job herself.
* Maynard G. Krebbs from ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis''. The mere mention of work was enough to scare him.
* Peg Bundy, female lead of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Early on]], she was portrayed as a jaded but competent homemaker, but [[{{Flanderization}} exaggeration]] set in until Peg is so lazy that basic tasks like grocery shopping and feeding her children are foreign (and repulsive) to her.
* Nathan from ''Series/{{Misfits}}''. Not quite smart enough to be BrilliantButLazy, not nearly dumb enough to qualify as TheDitz. He's capable, but ''oh so'' lazy.
* Harvey Micklethwaite from ''Series/OnTheHouse'' was a long-haired layabout, a character similar to the one that Creator/RobinAskwith would later play in the ''Film/ConfessionsOfASeries''.
* Lister from ''Series/RedDwarf'' is one of the ones we root for. He never does any work whatsoever, but it's not like a giant empty spaceship with no crew needs a lot of work, and he's more fun than his ControlFreak nemesis. He's also self-aware of it. When asked to state his "occupation" under formal oath, he outright says that it's "bum".
%%* George from ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
* ''Series/TheSopranos'': Tony Soprano has the hardest time getting his spoiled son A.J. to do any work whatsoever, and almost never without a ton of whining beforehand.
* Almost every season of ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' has at least one contestant who makes a show of not doing work, gloats about how funny it is that other people do work instead of them, and then has no clue why the other contestants (and the audience) hate them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Music]]
* ''Music/EvilliousChronicles'': "[[http://youtu.be/Ey6sSjLOy8Y Gift from the Princess Who Brought Sleep]]" represents Sloth, sung by Hatsune Miku. Unlike most examples, this one is rather metaphorical. Margarita (who is a very BrokenBird) grows discontent with everyone's unhappiness, and starting with her unfaithful husband, gives everyone her "gift" ([[BilingualBonus "poison" in German]]). The metaphor is: life is a struggle to gain happiness, Margarita is too "lazy" to work for her and everyone else's happiness, so she took the "lazy way out" by granting everyone eternal sleep.
* And then there's Bruno Mars' ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Lazy Song]]''. "''Today I don't feel like doing anything...''"
* [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Mandatory Fun]] has a parody called "Inactive" that has someone who epitomizes sloth.
-->''My muscle's gone, I'm atrophied\\
Always lose my fight with gravity\\
I rest my bones, and just chillax\\
My [=NordicTrack=]'s collecting dust\\
And my Stair-Master's a pile of rust\\
This is it, The Inertia''
* The Tin Pan Alley standard "Lazybones", with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Hoagy Carmichael, is all about this. Mercer's lyrics were written to tease Carmichael.
* The narrator of Lene Alexandra's satirical "My Boobs Are OK" is a DumbBlonde who freely admits that she's too lazy to work, and gets away with it because of her looks, especially her boobs.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
* The Literature/BookOfProverbs from Literature/TheBible contains several warnings against slothfulness, such as the following verse about a guy who is so lazy that he won't even ''eat food''.
--> The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth (26:15).
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
* Wrestling/KevinNash developed this reputation in Wrestling/{{WCW}}, specifically of getting paid a lot to do comparatively little work. In Wrestling/{{TNA}} it [[AdamWesting became]] his [[TheGimmick gimmick]] outright, with very little motivating him to move anything other than his lips for a paycheck. (Attacking Wrestling/ScottHall, as Wrestling/JeffJarrett did accidentally or Wrestling/SamoaJoe did verbally was one thing, pursuit of pretty women such as Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople was another).
* This is how Wrestling/JimmyJacobs treated Milo Beasley in [[PowerStable The Age Of The Fall]]'s Full Impact Pro branch. On an Wrestling/RingOfHonor show Jacobs refused to admit Beasley was even an Age Of The Fall Member, insisting he was a "homeless man" whom he had bought a ticket for.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Theatre]]
* ''Theatre/LaNona'': Chicho contributes exactly nothing to the household. He doesn't help with the chores, spends all day lazing around in his bed composing tangos, and is allergic to the idea of seeking a job. When the family's finances start tightening due to the crisis, he still makes excuse after excuse and plans harebrained schemes to avoid working. It's PlayedForDrama because his reluctance forces his relatives to make great sacrifices, [[spoiler:which ultimately leads to their demise.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Radio]]
* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': The hobo calling himself "The Earl of Peoria" in "Miss Brooks Writes About a Hobo".
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Atelier Annie|Alchemists of Sera Island}}'''s protagonist Annie Eilenberg puts much more effort into [[HeavySleeper sleeping]] than she does in her alchemy.
* Merak from ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'' complains once you enter his boss room because you didn't have the decency to die on the way there and spare him from having to fight you. When you do fight him, he spends the entire battle in his flying throne, and his ultimate attack is called "Lazy Laser". [[spoiler:Once he dies and is resurrected, he complains that he has to keep fighting instead of relaxing]].
* ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine:'' In the joint recording between Thomas Connor and Wally Franks in Chapter 3, Wally is implied to be one. Thomas keeps explaining how the pipes and valves work asks Wally to keep an eye on a valve, but Wally seems annoyed that Thomas seems to be trying to get him to do his job.
* ''VideoGame/CrescentPrism'': Although Lunita is expected to succeed her mother as the Oracle of Merryday Village, she'd rather sleep in on the weekends and skip on festival duties.
* Subverted with Python in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]''. Forsyth seems to ''think'' that Python is this trope. However, Python's definitely capable of getting stuff done; it's just that, as he points out to Clive, Python is very aware of classism issues going on, even in The Deliverance, and is convinced that HardWorkHardlyWorks since he (Python) is a commoner, while the commanders are pretty much exclusively nobility.
* Hilda in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' is BrilliantButLazy with an emphasis on the latter, often trying to push responsibilities she doesn't like onto someone else, or coming up with excuses to avoid activities she doesn't want to do. In truth, she is quite smart and capable in many areas and often steps up to perform a task well if the person she tried to push it onto isn't doing a good job. She admits to Byleth that she doesn't like doing most work because she's scared of disappointing others, reasoning that if nobody expects anything of her, she can't fall short of those expectations.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** Sora is a bit like this in the beginning (Kairi actually ''calls'' him one after he wakes up), but he's slowly growing out of it. Saving the universe does that to a guy.
** Demyx is this among Organization XIII. He prefers kicking back and writing songs to actual work, and isn't above bribing Roxas to do his missions for him.
* Relaxed villagers in ''[[VideoGame/KittyPowersMatchmaker Love Life]]'' like to relax by lounging around or watching paint dry. Also, Carefree villagers hate doing the chores and sometimes skip them to do other things, upsetting their partners.
* Link is heavily implied to be this prior to the game events and during the prolougues in many games of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''. All before his heroic upgrade status, he is usually having to be forcibly woken up by a close friend or important circumstance.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Plantasia}}'', flytraps are described as lazy plants that take a while to grow.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' introduces Slakoth and it's final evolution, Slaking, the 2 laziest Pokémon in the game. Their ability, Truant, means they only make a move every other turn. According to their Pokédex entries, Slakoth moves so little, it only requires to eat 3 leaves a day. Meanwhile, Slaking eats grass within it's reach, and reluctantly moves to another spot when there's no more grass.
*** Slakoth's first evolved form, Vigoroth, averts this, as it has to constantly move to burn off energy to sleep at night.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' brings us Tapu Bulu, who is believed to be this as opposed to its rather docile nature.
* ''VideoGame/{{Rengoku}}'': In the second game's backstory Briareos was [[spoiler:a mercenary who never did much, to not "do anything wrong". He end ends up being shot after trying to flee from Gryphus]]. As a boss, he uses ranged laser weapons to attack and conveyer belts to move around.
* Akashi Kuniyuki from ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'', who considers his laziness so much a part of his character that he ''apologizes'' when he gets MVP status during a battle.
-->''Sorry about that. My selling point is my lack of motivation, but I ended up giving it my all.''
* Sans from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' never does anything except lounge around the house whenever his younger brother Papyrus is trying to get actual work done. Though given that Sans actually puts a lot of thought and intricacy into his pranks, the "lazy" attitude is partly just a front to [[TheGadfly make Papyrus mad]]. [[spoiler:The fact that he's constantly on the borderline of [[SadClown utter despair]] might also be a contributing factor. Sans muses about this if you can survive his [[ThatOneBoss boss fight]], wondering aloud if it's just an excuse to be lazy.]]
-->'''Papyrus:''' SANS! PLEASE PICK UP YOUR SOCK!\\
'''Sans:''' ok.\\
'''Papyrus:''' DON'T PUT IT BACK DOWN! MOVE IT!\\
'''Sans:''' [[ExactWords ok]].\\
'''Papyrus:''' YOU MOVED IT TWO INCHES! MOVE IT TO YOUR ROOM!\\
'''Sans:''' ok.\\
'''Papyrus:''' AND DON'T BRING IT BACK!\\
'''Sans:''' ok.\\
'''Papyrus:''' IT'S STILL HERE!\\
'''Sans:''' didn't you just say not to bring it back to my room?\\
'''Papyrus:''' FORGET IT!
* ''VideoGame/TrillionGodOfDestruction'': Fegor, the older sister of Zeabolos, is the holder of the Crest of Sloth, and also proves to be quite the SleepyHead. [[spoiler: This is deliberate, as her powers far surpass that of her older brother, and in a prior War against Heaven, she racked up the ''single highest body count!'' She was given the crest to keep her docile during more peaceful times. When it comes time for her to fight Trillion, her Crest being released is treated as a severe GodzillaThreshold.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* Henry from ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' is excited about the website Dennis is setting up for him and the protagonist... unless the protagonist tells him that making it succeed requires hard work. He also is happy about postponing his graduation by accident, because it will delay his entry into the working world for another year.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/AsukasRevenge'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3z7AcCla80 Kotomi's brother-in-law]] keeps showing up at her house to slack off without doing anything, his brother defends him and even gives him a spare key to gain access to house.
* ''WebAnimation/EtraChanSawIt'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3s-xgtYt0Y Akamatsu]] quits his job in an attempt to become a pro gamer; however, he does nothing but lazing around at Tsutsuji's house. Annoyed by Akamatsu's behavior, Tsutsuji challenges Akamatsu in a fighting game. After winning several matches against Akamatsu, Tsutsuji calls him out for his laziness and decides to end their relationship. Several years after the breakup, Akamatsu takes Tsutsuji's advice and now works as a truck driver.
* ''WebAnimation/ETUAnimatedStories'': Milton's adoptive dad was extremely lazy and lounged around the house, which eventually caused his business to fail.
* Dexter Grif from ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' is pathologically lazy, making an effort to avoid doing anything, whenever possible.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/SquidRow'': Grace. Let special orders accumulate for months -- and then when Randie cleared up them, [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Grace got more hours for it]].
%%* In ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=766 the prospect of working to pay the rent can cause fainting.]]
%%* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'':
%%** [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2008-04-10 Seymour accused a snail of sloth.]]
%%** [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2004-04-08 God accuses Satan of it after he says he's still retired.]]
%%** [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2004-09-25 Slacker power.]]
* ''Webcomic/BiterComics'': A man contemplates getting up to answer the phone but decides instead to let it ring several more times at least to make sure that it is, [[http://www.bitercomics.com/comic/your-call-is-very-important-to-us/ or was]], important.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Godslave}}'', Edith was doing pretty much nothing ever since she left school. When Alma asks her what her plans for the evening are, she points at her laptop and says "you're looking at them".
* In ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'', the Demiurge Jadis [[SevenDeadlySins of the Seven]] is associated with the Sin of Sloth, being mostly immobile, completely uninvolved in the running of her empire and the least proactive of the Seven. She [[AndIMustScream is currently sealed inside a coffin of glass]] due to [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow having seen the universe from the outside]] and coming to understand everything about Creation. All of it, at once. As a result, she's become a MadOracle StrawNihilist who lacks the motivation to do ''anything'', because her perfect knowledge means she already knows what she's going to do. Furthermore, having perfect knowledge of everything means she's currently trapped in all her worst moments of trauma: She cannot 'move on' from [[AbusiveParents the tortures of her abusive father]], or [[GreatOffscreenWar the hell of the Multiversal War]], or [[BodyHorror the moment seeing the True Shape flayed her alive, boiled her eyes and ruined her mind]], because due to perfect omniscience she's ''constantly'' reliving it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Western Animation]]
%%%
%%% Please put your choices in alphabetical order.
%%%

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Richard Watterson, Gumball's dad, who's an over grown {{Manchild}} who sits in the couch all day. "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS2E8TheJob The Job]]" reveals that the idea of him actually getting a job is so alien that it results in a RealityBreakingParadox.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'':
** Hayley only seems to work her hardest when attempting to screw over her family. For example, in "[[Recap/AmericanDadS2E14HelpingHandis Helping Handis]]", she makes a video about how worthless Francine's life as a homemaker is for class, despite the fact that she keeps dropping out of college; the show openly acknowledges that she will never move out of the house. In "[[Recap/AmericanDadS8E15LessMoneyMoProblems Less Money, Mo' Problems]]", it's revealed that Jeff is the only one working full time; Hayley would rather remain a community college student and blame the low minimum wage for them mooching off Stan and Francine instead of getting a job herself to bring in more income so they can move out.
** [[Characters/AmericanDadRogerSmith Roger]] prefers to drink, eat, do drugs, or watch TV over doing anything productive [[BrilliantButLazy unless he actually feels like it]].
* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'': Master Shake spends all day lazing around the house, and actively refuses to get a job or do any task at all, even when said task is something he decided to do. On one of the few occasions he had a job, he refused to work and eventually liquefied his uniform and tried to steal from the register so he could go play games at the arcade.
* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': [[Characters/BeavisAndButtHeadTitularCharacters Beavis and Butt-Head]] would rather eat and watch TV than do their homework or chores. They are more than willing to cut class or ditch work whenever they feel like it.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brickleberry}}'': Malloy slouches around munching on junk food, watching TV, and playing video games.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'': Robert, Donna's ex-husband, spends his free-time watching TV in his filthy apartment, getting drunk and/or stoned, occasionally visiting his children -- [[DamnedByFaintPraise and even "occasionally" is too much of a stretch]] -- going to strip clubs, and generally supporting himself, with only Donna's alimony.
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'': Trent spends most of his time sleeping; he is also heavily implied to be a pothead.
* The ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' animated series had the EthnicScrappy Go-Go-Gomez, a lazy Mexican detective who solved crimes from his hammock.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Timmy Turner; the MadeForTVMovie movie "Fairy Idol" opened with him being so lazy he relied on Cosmo and Wanda to ''get dressed''. By the end of it, however, he learns to stop taking advantage of them.
* Peter and Chris Griffin from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy.''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': [[Characters/FuturamaPhilipJFry Fry]] often slacks off, takes naps, and refuses to get off the couch. He even says, in one comic, "I take my laziness seriously".
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Wendy Corduroy has no work ethic and spends most of her time lazing out around the Mystery Shack.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': Oskar NeverLearnedToRead English despite having lived in America for several years until Arnold taught him how. He was so lazy he initially tried to cheat his way out of it.
* Beezy on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' literally schedules his sloth.
* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'': Experiment 625 is every bit as powerful as Stitch... but he has no interest in using his abilities, and would rather make sandwiches. He does get to work to help Lilo a few times, though, and in the GrandFinale movie, ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'', in addition to finally getting his own name, Reuben, he gets a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome when he successfully repairs Gantu's crashed ship, something that Gantu had been unable to do in the series.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'': WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck is WesternAnimation/BugsBunny's lazy roommate who mooches off his fortune [[TheStraightMan and patience]]. Funnily enough, through his CloudCuckoolander shenanigans, he managed to get several jobs [[StatusQuoIsGod he couldn't hold down]], including briefly being the ''CEO'' of EccentricMillionaire WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn's company. When he tries to get a normal office job after this, the astonished manager tells him he's overqualified. When he falsely believed Bugs was kicking him out, he [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass immediately joined the Marines]].
* Mr. Lazy from ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow''.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSpike Spike]] would rather sleep than do anything else, despite his job as Twilight Sparkle's assistant.
* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': Both Mordecai and Rigby fit the bill, but Rigby moreso. He would rather play video games and goof around than do his chores. "First Day" reveals he was too lazy to fill out his work application; Mordecai had to do so for him. At least up until his CharacterDevelopment, this generally reaches to the point of him becoming TheMillstone.
* Homer Simpson from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* Bird from ''WesternAnimation/SkunkFu'' fits this trope rather well. He also induces this on Ox as well.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsSquidwardTentacles Squidward Tentacles]], especially when it comes to his job at the Krusty Krab. He's a [[ApatheticClerk sloppy employee]], either reading magazines (even in front of [[UnsatisfiableCustomer waiting]] [[HatesEveryoneEqually customers]]), outright sleeping on the job ([[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS8E1AccidentsWillHappenTheOtherPatty one time]], he [[ObfuscatingDisability faked an injury from that]]), occasionally PlayingSick, or hoisting his workload on [[{{Workaholic}} [=SpongeBob=]]]. It's to the extent that in "Bubble Buddy," he only wanted to pop Bubble Buddy because he "made [him] provide excellent service."
** [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsPatrickStar Patrick Star]] also qualifies as one too. In contrast to the hard-working [=SpongeBob=], he tends to be unwilling and uninterested in doing any physical labour.
** While normally a hard worker, [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsTitularCharacter [=SpongeBob=] himself]] was this in "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E14WelcomeToTheChumBucketFrankendoodle Welcome to the Chum Bucket]]", where he ended up going to work at the Chum Bucket after [[GoKartingWithBowser Mr. Krabs bet his contract in a poker game with Plankton]] and [[LostHimInACardGame lost]]. Plankton believed that having [=SpongeBob=] work for him would result in his success at getting the Krabby Patty formula and putting the Krusty Krab out of business, but the scheme backfires when [=SpongeBob=] drives him crazy with his rebellious attitude and refused to do his job, even after [[BrainTheft Plankton steals his brain and implants it in the robot chef]]. Plankton, as a result, admitted to having [[CheatersNeverProsper cheated in the poker game]], put [=SpongeBob's=] brain back in his body and allowed him to return to his original workplace. In spite of having his brain stolen by Plankton, [=SpongeBob's=] loyalty to the Krusty Krab remains tried and true.
* Dodsworth the cat in a couple of Robert [=McKimson=]'s [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Warners shorts]] (''Kiddin' the Kitten'' and ''A Peck o' Trouble'') in TheFifties.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}'': Despite [[InformedAttribute proclaiming how she has to work diligently]] to get anything that Fred has instantly handed to him, [[Characters/VelmaTitularCharacter Velma]] in practice tends to pawn off work to other people and reap the rewards of it. She frequently comments how she doesn't try to do any chores around the house, mooches off of Norville for homework answers, relies on others to give her the clues to the mystery, and when she had to pretend to be Amanda's mother she often tried to pawn her off to others to take care of her.
* Crock, the [[HarmlessVillain nominal]] BigBad of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheWuzzles'', is characterised first and foremost by his laziness. He finds work offensive to the point that, in "Bulls of a Feather", despite having been reduced to ripping out pictures of food from magazines and eating them due to having nothing else, he reacts to Flizard saying he's hungry enough to look for work as if the other Wuzzle had said something profane. He literally asks where Flizard heard that "disgusting word", suggests he picked it up in the streets, and threatens to [[SoapPunishment wash his mouth out with soap]] as if he were a kid spouting vulgarities. Meanwhile, the whole plot of "Crock Around The Clock" is kicked off by Crock's laziness (refusing to prepare for the well-predicted tropical fruit-storm until it actually happens) and further driven by it (he feigns being injured to mooch off of Butterbear's kindness until the other Wuzzles get suspicious and trick him into revealing himself).
[[/folder]]
----