The 50 Most Annoying Characters In Video Games

We love video games, but that love has nothing to do with any of these fools. Nothing.

May 24, 2011

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We love video games, but you have to admit that every so often you run across a character that makes you grit your teeth and breathe in a faintly strangled manner until they're gone again. Maybe it's a ridiculous boss character, maybe it's a sidekick, maybe it's a generic NPC that rubs you in more wrong ways than a blind masseuse with hangnails and epilepsy. Gaming obviously wouldn't be what it was without these guys—after all, not every character can be a home run—so we've taken it upon ourselves to get all the rancor out of our system before Memorial Day and run down the 50 most annoying characters you'll ever meet in a video game. Unwarranted bravado, douchebaggery, and sheer saccharine cuteness are all mortal offenses around here, and we're naming names. Shots fired!

By Elton R. Jones, Rich Knight, Peter Rubin, and Ryan Woo

50. Announcer

GAME:Mortal Kombat

49. Dr. Wily

GAME:Mega Man
Mega Man

48. Zero

GAME:Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

47. The Bailey Twins

GAME:Dead Rising 2

46. Baby Mario

GAME:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
that

45. Birds

GAME:Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden

44. Harley Quinn

GAME:Batman: Arkham Asylum
Arkham City

43. Medusa Heads

GAME:Castlevania
still

42. Eddy Gordo

GAME:Tekken
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

41. Hero

GAME:Fable III

40. Zeke

GAME:inFamous
shit

39. Voldo

GAME:SoulCalibur

38. Bubsy

GAME:Bubsy

37. Hallmonsters

GAME:Venture
oldwasn'tVentureAdventure

36. Irish

GAME:Red Dead Redemption

35. Terror Mask

GAME:Splatterhouse
Splatterhouse

34. Major Burrows

GAME:Super Mario Galaxy
way

33. Palace Guards

GAME:Assassin's Creed II
Assassin's Creed II

32. The Noid

GAME:Yo Noid!
beforeCool Spot

31. Gex the Gecko

GAME:Gex

30. Scorpions

GAME:Pitfall
pixel

29. Cookie Masterson

GAME:You Don't Know Jack

28. Amy

GAME:Sonic CD
no one

27. Vanille

GAME:Final Fantasy XIII
ooh desu desu

26. Cheap Cheap the Cooking Chicken

GAME:Parappa the Rapper
isn't

25. Jar Jar Binks

GAME:LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
Star WarsLego Star Wars

24. Enzo

GAME:Bayonetta
Bayonetta

23. Natalya Simonova

GAME:GoldenEye 007
watch it

22. Nemesis

GAME:Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

21. Kefka Palazzo

GAME:Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VI

20. Big the Cat

GAME:Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventureforced

19. Viewtiful Joe

GAME:Viewtiful Joe

18. Soda Popinski

GAME:Punch-Out!!
Punch-Out!!

17. Guilty Spark

GAME:Halo 3
Portal 2

16. Dan

GAME:Street Fighter
be

15. Mr. Big

GAME:Michael Jackson's Moonwalker

14. Rival

GAME:Pokemon
Pokemon

13. Michael Vick

GAME:Madden NFL 04

12. Goldeen

GAME:PokemonSuper Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii, 2008)
Useless. Absolutely useless. In the Pokemon games she's bad, but in SSBB, forget it. You get all happy that you just snagged a Pokeball, and what pops out of it? Goldeen, just flopping around like a real fish. What a waste. An annoying, stupid waste. Pass.