16 Movie Characters That Are Good but Make Viewers Grit Their Teeth in Irritation

Have you ever looked at a movie character and wondered why he/she exists? Who thinks they were funny or adorable? Like fingernails on a chalkboard, some characters are so annoying that make viewers switch the channel to avoid them.

Things like blind stubbornness can make a movie characters an inherently annoying one. Silliness is also the reason that makes one irksome though it might be fun, once it is overdone, it just gets on the audience’s nerves. These good movie characters but make viewers angry might be found here. 

Roles are introduced to provide comic relief or are supposed to be loved but often end up being poorly written and irritating. In other cases, the “good guy” lead characters are just trying too hard to appeal to a wide audience, resulting in them repelling almost everyone. These are the most annoying good characters.

We’ve wandered on Reddit to gather comments from viewers discussing “good” characters who actually irritate them.

#1 Miriam “Midge” Maisel — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Source: © The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel / Amazon Studios and co-producers

Miriam Maisel, from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. That people like that character at all is entirely a testament to Rachel Brosnahan's brilliant acting. When judged by her actions alone, Midge is a privileged, sheltered, borderline alcoholic, who destroys lives on the regular and suffers no consequences; never learns from her mistakes; never grows or changes in any noticeable way, and has no self-awareness nor awareness in general of how her life choices affect and hurt those around her. (Timuu-kun)

#2 Amy March — Little Women

Source: © Little Women / Columbia Pictures and co-producers

I have hated her since I first read Little Women when I was 11 years old! How the fuck can the most recent adaptation try and make her the feminist? Giving her all those dialogues that the real Amy would never even dream of! She is supposed to be a feminist? The girl who only ever focussed on clothes and ribbons and laces? The one who destroyed her sister's writing? The girl who got to run off and enjoy Europe while Beth died and Jo suffered? The one who got the emotional support of Laurie? And then got to live like a rich lady, while one of her sisters lost her husband? She was the weakest of them all, and she got the very best of everything. (sekhmet0108)

#3 Dobby — Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Source: © Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / Warner Bros. and co-producers

When he intercepted all those letters for Harry, I was so annoyed at him for that. (Kamiiruruma)

Dobby is just a manipulative control freak. ( asgphotography)

He is not at all as kind as he seems at first glance. When I first saw the movies, I liked it. And now I have reviewed it and I understand that his acquaintance with Harry was terrible. And meaningless. (ceepculm)

#4 Carrie Bradshaw — Sex and the City

Source: © Sex and the City / Home Box Office (HBO) and co-producers

Carrie Bradshaw is self-absorbed, not a good friend and just the worst. (magnifiquechaos)

After the episode where she cheated on Aiden, I stopped watching. I was so done with Carrie. She became such a villain to me. (No-Head-9669)

#5 Serena van der Woodsen — Gossip Girl

Source: © Gossip Girl / Warner Bros. Television and co-producers

This girl has no self-control. She's always hooking up with someone even if they are married, Nate's cousin and Nate himself, like he was just like her for cheating on Blair. She has the style and the look for the stan factor.. and that's it. (stellaspeacegh)

#6 Meredith Grey — Grey’s Anatomy

Source: © Grey's Anatomy / Shondaland and co-producers

She’s sulky, self-absorbed, and petulantly self-righteous. I don’t think I’ve ever hated a character more. (ForsakenGarlic904)

#7 Rory Gilmore — Gilmore Girls

Source: © Gilmore Girls / Warner Bros. Television and co-producers

Rory is the worst, most selfish person on the planet who has made the lives of everyone around her worse. She has learned absolutely nothing, she hasn’t grown up at all, and she can’t fathom why the world won’t just give her what she thinks she deserves. (GuestCartographer)

#8 Ross Geller — Friends

Source: © Friends / Warner Bros. Television and co-producers

I was okay with Ross up until the moment when he arrives at Rachel’s office with a picnic. He completely ignores everything she says. It’s as if he doesn’t see her, but only the idea of her. I was incensed. (Herself99900)

#9 Piper Chapman — Orange Is the New Black

Source: © Orange Is the New Black / Lionsgate Television and co-producers

I fucking hated Piper in Orange is the New Black. To be honest, that whole show was a shitshow and I don't know why it was such a zeitgeist when it was coming out. (Ritka94)

#10 Elena Gilbert — The Vampire Diaries

Source: © The Vampire Diaries / Warner Bros. Television and co-producers

She made everything about her. She was always the victim in her mind. She fell in love with Damon even though he essentially raped Caroline in season 1. (anonymoustrashpandas)

#11 Sheldon Cooper — The Big Bang Theory

Source: © The Big Bang Theory / Warner Bros. Television and co-producers

The worst part of Sheldon isn't that he's an obnoxious, over-sensitive, enabled twat. The worst part of Sheldon is that if you watch "Young Sheldon", you understand that none of the lessons he was taught in early life about humility, maturity, and being a good person stuck. (AlmightyRuler)

#12 Lily Aldrin — How I Met Your Mother

Source: © How I Met Your Mother / 20th Century Fox Television and co-producers

She was such a toxic character. She made a life changing decision behind Marshall's back and left him, then wanted him back as if she totally didn't just betray him. Then when called out she leaves and makes him feel guilty. Could not stand her. There's more but this is the big one. (NotSoGreatOldOne)

#13 John “J.D.” Dorian — Scrubs

Source: © Scrubs / Towers Productions and co-producers

Dr. John Dorian (JD) on Scrubs. Love the show, love each character, but JD's imagination and immaturity becomes super annoying the more you watch the show. (DaveDavidsen)

#14 Eleven — Stranger Things

Source: © Stranger Things / Netflix and co-producers

Her character was interesting in season 1, but after that it became very repetitive. She just screams once in a while and cries a lot lol. (all_names__weretaken)

#15 Amy Pond — Doctor Who

Source: © Doctor Who / BBC Studios and co-producers

She’s awful to her boyfriend-then-husband, tries to cheat on him, is dismissive and rude and only improved as a character much later, right before she leaves the show. I don’t understand why people love her. (silvermoon11931)

#16 Tony Stark — Avengers: Age of Ultron

Source: © Avengers: Age of Ultron / Marvel Studios and co-producers

I was done with Tony by the third Iron Man movie. Watching him constantly fuck up while not learning his lesson got irritating real fast. It always seemed like his character arc was on repeat in each movie he appeared in. (Fluid-Butterfly7694)