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** He takes it UpToEleven in his guest appearance on TNG.
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* The dirt farmer in ''TheOrderOfTheStick''.

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* The dirt farmer in ''TheOrderOfTheStick''.''TheOrderOfTheStick'' - and [[TheHero Roy Greenhilt's]] ill-tempered ghost dad, Eugene.
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*** 32 is old in anime/JRPG character years.
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** ''Everyone'' is a kid to him and even when he does fight he speaks to his opponents as though they're naughty children he has to punish.
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* [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] with Carl Frederickson from ''{{Up}}''. He's grumpy and crotchety because of the overwhelming guilt from an unfulfilled promise he made to his late wife.
** Plus, his [[HappilyMarried beloved wife]] is, ya know, ''dead''. That might have had something to do with it.

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* [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] with Carl Frederickson from ''{{Up}}''. He's grumpy and crotchety because of the his beloved wife is dead, and because he feels overwhelming guilt from an unfulfilled promise he made to his late wife.
** Plus, his [[HappilyMarried beloved wife]] is, ya know, ''dead''. That might have had something to do with it.
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* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] started off like this. Given his emotional maturity level and relative youth in comparison to the life span of his species, he may be the only character to be both a GrumpyOldMan and an obnoxious teenager at the same time.
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** Captain Picard of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' started out as this, yelling at ''TheWesley'' for coming onto ''his bridge''. Becoming more of a ''CoolOldGuy'' when the series took off, though he still held onto some of the traits of grumpyness.
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* The "Old Man" of ''PawnStars'' often reminiscence about the "good old days". Never seen even cracking a smile.

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* The "Old Man" of ''PawnStars'' often of ten reminiscence about the "good old days". Never seen even cracking a smile.
* WilliamShatner's character on ''S... My Dad Says''.
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* The "Old Man" of ''PawnStars'' often reminiscence about the "good old days". Never seen even cracking a smile.
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* [[BigGood Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto]] from ''{{Bleach}}'', a shinigami pushing at least several thousand years, who constantly complains about the younger generation of shinigami when he is forced into battle. Counteracted by the fact that he is arguably the MostTriumphantExample of a BadassGrandpa.

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* [[BigGood Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto]] from ''{{Bleach}}'', a shinigami pushing at least several thousand years, who constantly complains about the younger generation of shinigami when he is forced into battle. Counteracted by the fact that he is arguably the MostTriumphantExample of a BadassGrandpa.
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** From the looks of this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDtLybu1A9c video]] JohnCleese has become this in RealLife, which is '''awesome'''.
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* Mr. Macafee in ''ByeByeBirdie''.
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->'''Yugi:'''No, Gramps. It's just the end of the trope.
->'''Grandpa:'''Oh, [[GoshDangItToHeck fiddlesticks]]!

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->'''Yugi:'''No, ->'''Yugi: '''No, Gramps. It's just the end of the trope.
->'''Grandpa:'''Oh, ->'''Grandpa: '''Oh, [[GoshDangItToHeck fiddlesticks]]!
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->'''Yugi:'''No, Gramps. It's just the end of the trope.
->'''Grandpa:'''Oh, [[GoshDangItToHeck fiddlesticks]]!
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You know all those old folks we\'ve seen on comedy shows back in late 1970\'s, 1980\'s towards the 1990\'s & the 2000\'s? In the 2002 movie The Master of Disguise, From my eyes Grandfather Disguisey was the worst one.



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* Grandfather Disguisey from ''TheMasterOfDisguise''

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'''Grandpa:''' Hey, I'm not finished ranting![[hottip:*:[...]...[[TheLongList your Blu-Ray Discs, and your pierced scrotums, and your bull frogs, and your telekinesis, and your Marvel Comics, and your You Tube Dot Com, and your nuclear physics, and your ingrowing toenails, and your Gears Of War, and your Quentin Tarantino, and your power steering, and your elevators, and your illegitimate offspring, and your]] - hey, why did it fade to black?]]

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'''Grandpa:''' Hey, I'm not finished ranting![[hottip:*:[...]...[[TheLongList your Blu-Ray Discs, and your pierced scrotums, and your bull frogs, and your telekinesis, and your Marvel Comics, and your You Tube Dot Com, and your nuclear physics, and your ingrowing toenails, and your Gears Of War, and your Quentin Tarantino, and your power steering, and your elevators, and your illegitimate offspring, and your]] - hey, why did it fade to black?]] ranting!



->''...your Blu-Ray Discs and your pierced scrotums and your bull frogs and your telekinesis and your MarvelComics and your {{YouTube}}.com and your nuclear physics and your ingrowing toenails and your GearsOfWar and your QuentinTarantino and your power steering and your elevators and your six-person space capsules and your illegitimate offspring and your - hey, why did it fade to black? Am I dead?''

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->''...->'''Grandpa:'''...your Blu-Ray Discs and your pierced scrotums and your bull frogs and your telekinesis and your MarvelComics and your {{YouTube}}.com and your nuclear physics and your ingrowing toenails and your GearsOfWar and your QuentinTarantino and your power steering and your elevators and your six-person space capsules and your illegitimate offspring and your - hey, why did it fade to black? Am I dead?''
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* Grandpa Phil from ''Hey Arnold''

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* Grandpa Phil from ''Hey Arnold''''HeyArnold''
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My gandfather is always grumpy, that\'s just how old folks are.

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* Grandpa Phil from ''Hey Arnold''
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Ed Bighead like Heffers adoptive grandpa are indeed grumpy old men


* Heffer's Grandpa from ''RockosModernLife''

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* Heffer's Grandpa & Ed Bighead from ''RockosModernLife''
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The entire 1980s must have been a cruel decade for senior citizens



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* Judge Smails from ''{{Caddyshack}}''

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Such a long miserable history of old men being exploited all for the sake of humor. Tim Burtons film 9 rocked the house.



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* Howard Beale from ''{{Network}}''
* R.J. Fletcher from ''{{UHF}}''



* Eustace from ''CourageTheCowardlyDog''.

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* Eustace Bagge from ''CourageTheCowardlyDog''.
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* Cranky Kong, of course. "His day" being the original ''DonkeyKong'' game...

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* Cranky Kong, Kong from ''DonkeyKongCountry'', of course. "His day" being the original ''DonkeyKong'' game...
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** Despite only being 32.
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* The ''BobAndGeorge'' comic strip tried to do this with [[MegaMan Skull Man]] as seen in [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=030215 this strip]]

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* The ''BobAndGeorge'' comic strip tried to do this with [[MegaMan [[Game/MegaMan Skull Man]] as seen in [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=030215 this strip]]
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* Yugi's grandpa in ''YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''. He frequently fantasies about dying as he hates his life so much, is increasingly senile and seems to find nothing in life enjoyable. Except of course, for his rendevous with the poster of the Black Lustre Soldier...

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* Yugi's grandpa in ''YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''. He frequently fantasies about dying as he hates his life so much, is increasingly senile and seems to find nothing in life enjoyable. Except of course, for his rendevous with the poster of the Black Lustre Luster Soldier...
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'''Grandpa:''' Hey, I'm not finished ranting!

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'''Grandpa:''' Hey, I'm not finished ranting!ranting![[hottip:*:[...]...[[TheLongList your Blu-Ray Discs, and your pierced scrotums, and your bull frogs, and your telekinesis, and your Marvel Comics, and your You Tube Dot Com, and your nuclear physics, and your ingrowing toenails, and your Gears Of War, and your Quentin Tarantino, and your power steering, and your elevators, and your illegitimate offspring, and your]] - hey, why did it fade to black?]]
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* LewisBlack, full stop.

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