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2012-06-28 09:23:22 PM
No Al Bundy? FOUL!!!
 
2012-06-28 09:29:37 PM
Eeyore: I'd be sad with an umbrella stuck up my ass too.
 
2012-06-28 09:38:01 PM
List fails without this one:

1.bp.blogspot.com

"wowzy wowzy wooo wooo!"
 
2012-06-28 09:39:05 PM
Anyone know how to kill that damn Meebo bar at the bottom of the page?

Difficulty: Already tried killing it with Ad Block Plus. Keeps coming back.
 
2012-06-28 09:40:54 PM
Tobias Fünke, Arrested Development

One of the funniest characters written. Laugh at funny -not laugh with funny.

Analrapist....hilarious!
 
2012-06-28 09:47:54 PM
 
2012-06-28 09:49:12 PM
Some good choices, but I'd add Bill Dauterive.
 
2012-06-28 09:51:23 PM
Whar Fark TV?
 
2012-06-28 10:10:52 PM
Moe over Gill? Psshhtt...

s13.postimage.org
 
2012-06-28 10:42:41 PM
loveblondieo: Some good choices, but I'd add Bill Dauterive.

You can replace him with Toby. Toby wasn't down in the dumps, he just hated everyone for being stupid. That's not the same thing.
 
2012-06-29 12:01:10 AM
Is Slideshow Joe on that list?
 
2012-06-29 12:01:11 AM
good choice in including Ted.
 
2012-06-29 12:05:50 AM
You know what?

animatedviews.com

They ignored me, which makes me even more sad.
 
2012-06-29 12:20:11 AM
A major difference between Dr. Zoidberg (link contains NSFW language) is that Zoidberg *actually* lives in the dump(s)...
www.tu-pc.com
 
2012-06-29 12:30:41 AM
bob_ross: Moe over Gill? Psshhtt...

[s13.postimage.org image 300x300]


Came here to post this.

Also, GIS for Gil + Simpsons gives rule 34 in the first 8 images. Which is ... just amazing.
 
2012-06-29 12:31:53 AM
Never saw a lot of the shows on that list. But as soon I read the headline I was just looking for Ted from Scrubs.
 
2012-06-29 12:32:03 AM
List fails without every last one of these people:
www.wildsound-filmmaking-feedback-events.com
 
2012-06-29 12:39:39 AM
Oscar the Grouch.

/get it together Grouch!
 
2012-06-29 12:43:57 AM
2.bp.blogspot.com
 
2012-06-29 12:44:42 AM
images2.wikia.nocookie.net
 
2012-06-29 12:45:56 AM
Hell, that list made me sad.
 
2012-06-29 12:48:15 AM
List fails by omitting Louise Fitzer (played by Yeardley Smith) from "Herman's Head".
 
2012-06-29 12:48:37 AM
You people aren't even trying guy should have been the most obvious

encrypted-tbn2.google.com

Now see kids the reason he is so grouchy is because he lives in a farking trash can
 
2012-06-29 12:49:39 AM
Burn_The_Plows: "Herman's Head".

That was a great show!
 
2012-06-29 01:02:53 AM
i1101.photobucket.com
Poor Grimey
 
2012-06-29 01:02:56 AM
List fails without:

Leonard on "Boston Common".
 
2012-06-29 01:07:27 AM
Laura Palmer.
 
2012-06-29 01:08:00 AM
Dookie
 
2012-06-29 01:11:28 AM
Came for Badluck Shleprock, leaving happy.
 
2012-06-29 01:13:54 AM
Loucifer: Laura Palmer.

To be fair, Laura Palmer wasn't really down in the dumps.

She was down in the river.

/Dead
//Wrapped in plastic
 
2012-06-29 01:14:27 AM
knbber2: No Al Bundy? FOUL!!!


That was my first thought too wtf?
 
2012-06-29 01:20:41 AM
Glad to see Ted.

"Hey... Home come all you have in there is a smiley face button and a revolver?"
"Well one's in case I get sad, and the other is in case I get really sad."
 
2012-06-29 01:30:14 AM
Here I am, brain the size of a planet and I can't even get on a list of depressed characters.
 
2012-06-29 01:32:23 AM
SCTV's Johnny La Rue and Earl Camembert.
 
2012-06-29 01:32:28 AM
3.bp.blogspot.com
 
2012-06-29 01:48:23 AM
Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har.

Yes, I know you don't know what I'm talking about.
 
2012-06-29 01:51:13 AM
i.imgur.com
 
2012-06-29 01:58:26 AM
Glad someone remembered Glum...
 
2012-06-29 01:59:28 AM
loveblondieo
List deslided.


Now with working/better slide titles:

i.imgur.com
 
2012-06-29 02:04:28 AM
Paris1127: A major difference between Dr. Zoidberg (link contains NSFW language) is that Zoidberg *actually* lives in the dump(s)...
[www.tu-pc.com image 300x225]


www.showcase.ca

That's how she goes.
 
2012-06-29 02:07:45 AM
sleeper2995: You people aren't even trying guy should have been the most obvious

[encrypted-tbn2.google.com image 193x261]

Now see kids the reason he is so grouchy is because he lives in a farking trash can


Oscar: No, no, no. For the Grouch Anthem, you stay sitting down. Down in front there! Now brace yourself, I'm gonna sing:

Grouches of the world unite! Stand up for your grouchly rights! Don't let the sunshine spoil the rain Just stand up and complain (heheheh)

Let this be the grouches' cause: Point out everybody's flaws! Something is wrong with everything Except the way I sing!

You know what's right with this world? Nuttin! You know what gets me hot under the collar? You name it! And the next time some goody-two-shoes smiles and tells you to have a nice day, just remember:

Don't let the sunshine spoil the rain, Just stand up and complain! Just stand up and complain!

/grouch
/this thread sux
 
2012-06-29 02:09:00 AM
i366.photobucket.com

It's okay they left me off the list, their are a lot of important people on there. Maybe they'll remember me next time
 
2012-06-29 02:11:34 AM
I'd also argue that Mr. Lahey, from TPB, should be on there
 
2012-06-29 02:17:53 AM
No Daria?
 
2012-06-29 02:19:42 AM
cato113: I'd also argue that Mr. Lahey, from TPB, should be on there

Right, Randy.
 
2012-06-29 02:20:32 AM
Failing to take over the world every episode has to take its toll, right Brain?
 
2012-06-29 02:20:52 AM
knbber2: No Al Bundy? FOUL!!!

He at least had his high school football career and his many run-ins with hot chicks to keep him going
 
2012-06-29 02:20:59 AM
knbber2: No Al Bundy? FOUL!!!

THIS!
 
2012-06-29 02:22:50 AM
cato113: [i366.photobucket.com image 200x203]

It's okay they left me off the list, their are a lot of important people on there. Maybe they'll remember me next time


Costanza had sex with many more hot women than you would dream of, of course when given a choice, it was trying not to have incest. But then Bill, you were just playing in the garden.
 
2012-06-29 02:22:52 AM
sleeper2995: You people aren't even trying guy should have been the most obvious

Gonna toot my own horn and point out that I already said him upthread.
 
2012-06-29 02:22:56 AM
Smeggy Smurf: No Daria?

Cha cha cha
 
2012-06-29 02:25:52 AM
sleeper2995: You people aren't even trying guy should have been the most obvious

[encrypted-tbn2.google.com image 193x261]

Now see kids the reason he is so grouchy is because he lives in a farking trash can


Even grouchier he can't punch clueless hipsters in the head that create lists that don't acknowledge his obvious inclusion.
 
2012-06-29 02:35:29 AM
SavageWombat: Here I am, brain the size of a planet and I can't even get on a list of depressed characters.

That's 'cause you're not on a tv show. Now get back on the ship.
 
2012-06-29 02:45:20 AM
www.tvparty.com
 
das
2012-06-29 02:48:44 AM
Lionel Mandrake: [3.bp.blogspot.com image 320x235]

The guy is even NAMED Glum!!!

////We're all gonna die!!!!
 
2012-06-29 03:04:49 AM
upload.wikimedia.org
 
2012-06-29 03:12:09 AM
Mr. Bates is not down in the dumps, he's just pondering a lot of things.
 
2012-06-29 03:15:49 AM
bob_ross: Moe over Gill? Psshhtt...

Thank you
 
2012-06-29 03:20:39 AM
Texas Gabe: [images2.wikia.nocookie.net image 394x360]

THIS, he's like a human Eeoyre
 
2012-06-29 03:21:57 AM
ontariolightning: Texas Gabe: [images2.wikia.nocookie.net image 394x360]

THIS, he's like a human Eeoyre


That is a picture of Robert Barone
 
2012-06-29 03:35:18 AM
4.bp.blogspot.com

Hi, guys.
 
2012-06-29 03:45:31 AM
No Mr. Carlin?

img2.bdbphotos.com
 
2012-06-29 03:48:36 AM
How is this list even possible without...

blogs.smh.com.au
 
2012-06-29 03:55:57 AM
How about Bubbles? shiat was always going bad for him.

i.ytimg.com
 
2012-06-29 05:38:07 AM
came for Al Bundy & Frank Burns, leaving with smug satisfaction
 
2012-06-29 05:39:08 AM
No Hurley from Lost?

Fark I am disappoint
 
2012-06-29 05:45:17 AM
studman 69: How about Bubbles? shiat was always going bad for him.

[i.ytimg.com image 480x360]


Yeah, but Bubbles persevered.
 
2012-06-29 06:07:22 AM
cman: No Hurley from Lost?

He did end up being the new Jack in the end of the show.
 
2012-06-29 06:37:27 AM
No Carlton your doorman?
 
2012-06-29 07:16:11 AM
TheJoe03: cman: No Hurley from Lost?

He did end up being the new Jack in the end of the show.


queenkelley.com

Hey guys, whats going on in this thread?
 
2012-06-29 07:17:10 AM
Happy to see Ted from Scrubs on there.
 
2012-06-29 07:26:35 AM
www.comedy.co.uk
 
2012-06-29 07:43:16 AM
Strongbeerrules: Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har.

Yes, I know you don't know what I'm talking about.


Oooooooh dear, ooooooooooh my.
 
2012-06-29 07:53:28 AM
Serpoltas: [i.imgur.com image 640x311]

He should win, hands down.

Spiritually fufilled priest happy with his life and trying to do good to crippled homeless drug addict.


Also Tobias Fünke IIRC was fairly upbeat and thought he was doing pretty well.
 
2012-06-29 08:11:12 AM
liam76:

Also Tobias Fünke IIRC was fairly upbeat and thought he was doing pretty well.


Not all the time...
 
2012-06-29 08:14:50 AM
For your consideration... the clone of Dean Venture. Dude just wanted to be part of the family, but even the voices in his own head were against him.
 
2012-06-29 08:32:08 AM
media.tumblr.com
 
2012-06-29 09:51:23 AM
bob_ross: Moe over Gill? Psshhtt...

[s13.postimage.org image 300x300]


[Eddie and Lou interrogate Moe with a lie detector.]

Eddie: Do you hold a grudge against Montgomery Burns?
Moe: No. [buzz, red light] All right, maybe I did. But I didn't shoot him! [ding, green light]
Eddie: Checks out. Okay, sir, you're free to go.
Moe: Good, 'cause I got a hot date tonight. [buzz] A date. [buzz] Dinner with friends. [buzz] Dinner alone. [buzz] Watching TV alone. [buzz] All right! I'm going to sit at home and ogle the ladies in the Victoria's Secret catalog! [buzz] Sears catalog. [ding] Now, would you unhook this already, please?! I don't deserve this kind of shabby treatment! [buzz]
 
2012-06-29 09:58:06 AM
GAT_00: loveblondieo: Some good choices, but I'd add Bill Dauterive.

You can replace him with Toby. Toby wasn't down in the dumps, he just hated everyone for being stupid. That's not the same thing.


Idk, at Pam and Jim's kid's christening he had a little moment with God in the church.

Great little moment there.
 
2012-06-29 10:03:09 AM
How about Mel Cooley?

melcooley.com
 
2012-06-29 10:06:07 AM
The Voice of Doom: loveblondieo
List deslided.

Now with working/better slide titles:

[i.imgur.com image 640x1096]


Now with Electrolytes!

i.imgur.com
 
2012-06-29 10:08:58 AM
List is missing Bill Dauterive, Al Bundy, hell even Bud Bundy, the entire cast of SG:SGU, and I would have said Fargo from Eureka, but the last two seasons have cured that one. Could go with Wil Wheaton's character from Eureka though.

At least Eeyore was on there. That's one whiny downtrodden emo biatch there.
 
2012-06-29 10:10:36 AM
www.dvdtalk.com
 
2012-06-29 10:46:09 AM
www.thehollywoodnews.com
 
2012-06-29 10:52:31 AM
Utter tripe without Al "The King" Bundy.
 
2012-06-29 11:10:01 AM
screencrave.com

"Oh right, cry! Baste your chubby cheeks in tears of gravy!"
 
2012-06-29 11:28:11 AM
Can't believe they left out Glum from The Adventures of Gulliver.

Catchphrase: "It'll never work."
 
2012-06-29 11:32:07 AM
Gobias Industries: Go Buy Us Some Coffee
 
2012-06-29 11:36:49 AM
No Don Draper or Walter White?
 
2012-06-29 12:52:12 PM
i.huffpost.com
 
2012-06-29 01:00:34 PM
Miller2226: No Mr. Carlin?

[img2.bdbphotos.com image 225x260]


Came here for Mr. Carlin, Bill Dauterive, & Al Bundy. Leaving mildly satisfied.
 
2012-06-29 01:12:44 PM
Maud Dib: [i.huffpost.com image 260x190]

Ok, that made me lol.
 
2012-06-29 01:31:20 PM
gim from record of lodoss wars
 
2012-06-29 01:33:35 PM
vash the stampede keeps getting blamed for things he never has done or could control.-trie gun

elric brothers

me got many more
 
2012-06-29 01:43:24 PM
Shinji Ikari for sure.
 
2012-06-29 01:43:52 PM
May I nominate?

3.bp.blogspot.com
 
2012-06-29 01:45:11 PM
southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com
 
2012-06-29 01:50:39 PM
Slideshow is utter shiat since it neglected Matt Foley, maybe because they couldn't reach him because he lives in a van... down by the river

home.mchsi.com
 
2012-06-29 01:53:11 PM
List fails without Dennis Leary's character Tommy Gavin from Rescue Me.
 
2012-06-29 02:44:55 PM
Frederick: Tobias Fünke, Arrested Development

One of the funniest characters written. Laugh at funny -not laugh with funny.

Analrapist....hilarious!


How about "Best Character on Best Show in TV History"?

P.S. I think they have the "Jerry" (P&R) character entirely mis-read...as well as Butters - both stay pretty self-satisfied. Also Tobias - eternally oblivious Tobias. I mean...he killed White Power Bill!
 
2012-06-29 03:31:18 PM
I'm going to give everyone a hint here: The summer's coming and the weather gets better, and you all think you're happy because of it. Wrong.
It's because you're not watching Ted Moseby wallow through his whiny little biatch life once per week. He sucks. He friggin' sucks. Ted Moseby is a stupid shiatty downer and he sucks and he takes the life right out of every room he's ever been in. The sorrow must end. Someone's going to have to off that guy and I'm glad it's not me who has to do it.

/True Story - 9 out of 10 people who watch How I Met Your Mother reruns every night will kill themselves. I swear.
 
2012-06-29 04:14:53 PM
Ahem.

TOBY ZIEGLER AND CLIFF CLAVEN WERE NOT DOWN-IN-THE-DUMPS.

Thank you.
 
2012-06-29 06:15:04 PM
No Gregory House?
 
2012-06-29 06:20:33 PM
Any character from "Eastenders" - miserable farkers.
 
2012-06-29 07:23:12 PM
fusillade762: No Gregory House?

House seems quite happy being discontent.
 
2012-06-29 09:11:57 PM
I would say that Al Bundy was not really down in the dumps. He was more or less resigned to his fate, however there were plenty of times he was able to rise above the mediocrity and be a total badass
 
2012-06-29 09:24:28 PM
"Grouchy" is not the same as "down in the dumps".

///tickled that the article picked up on "Skipper" from SATC.

///Ted from "Scrubs" wins, hands down.
 
2012-06-29 11:06:30 PM
Would Charlie from It's Always Sunny... qualify? Because nothing has ever seemed to go right for that kid.
 
2012-06-30 12:54:40 AM
Mr. Breeze: List fails without Dennis Leary's character Tommy Gavin from Rescue Me.

Englebert Slaptyback: Ahem.

TOBY ZIEGLER AND CLIFF CLAVEN WERE NOT DOWN-IN-THE-DUMPS.

Thank you.


Yes to Tommy and I agree Toby and Cliff were not.
 
2012-06-30 01:15:42 AM
i.ytimg.com

No love for Happy Kyne?
 
2012-06-30 12:40:59 PM
What about the always drunk and agitated Calamity Jane in Deadwood

literarytype.files.wordpress.com
 
2012-06-30 03:27:35 PM
A few losers down in the dumps in Britain:

24.media.tumblr.com
Neil on The Young Ones

www.wearysloth.com
DS Ray Carling on Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes

media.screened.com
Marvin the paranoid android, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

i23.photobucket.com
Baldric from Blackadder

1.bp.blogspot.com
Vincent van Gogh on Doctor Who
(OK, van Gogh was Dutch and the scene was set in France, but the actor is Scottish and it was filmed in Wales for a predominantly British audience)
 
2012-07-01 05:05:50 AM
featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com

Watching this frakking show makes you want to put a bullet in your head.

/show's a sci-fi Funky CancerCancer
 
2012-07-01 08:50:18 AM
peterthx: [featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com image 360x270]
Watching this frakking show makes you want to put a bullet in your head.


i177.photobucket.com
Dee sees what you did there.
 
2012-07-01 12:04:03 PM
HopScotchNSoda: peterthx: [featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com image 360x270]
Watching this frakking show makes you want to put a bullet in your head.

[i177.photobucket.com image 400x602]
Dee sees what you did there.


I had totally forgotten how gorgeous that woman was. Never did understand why they had her character do what she did.
 
2012-07-01 02:17:59 PM
rickycal78: HopScotchNSoda: peterthx: [featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com image 360x270]
Watching this frakking show makes you want to put a bullet in your head.

[i177.photobucket.com image 400x602]
Dee sees what you did there.

I had totally forgotten how gorgeous that woman was. Never did understand why they had her character do what she did.


If you had been married to continually sad sack Lee "Apollo" Adama...
 
2012-07-01 08:29:13 PM
peterthx: rickycal78: HopScotchNSoda: peterthx: [featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com image 360x270]
Watching this frakking show makes you want to put a bullet in your head.

[i177.photobucket.com image 400x602]
Dee sees what you did there.

I had totally forgotten how gorgeous that woman was. Never did understand why they had her character do what she did.

If you had been married to continually sad sack Lee "Apollo" Adama...


It also referred back to the scene with Lee in a raptor flying from New Caprica to orbit when she accepted his proposal of marriage. She knew it wouldn't last and intended to enjoy it to the fullest while she could. Implicitly, she decided before her final dinner out with Lee after finding Old Earth that she was going to blow her brains out, and wanted to enjoy the evening to its fullest before doing so.
 
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