History Main / GrumpyOldMan

* Mr. Ages from ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIHM''; he's a abrasive misanthrope, and seems constantly irritated by everything. Auntie Shrew refers to Ages as an "Old flim-flam". That said, he gives Mrs. Brisby the medicine her sick son Timothy needs without hesitation and helps the lady mouse go visit the rats.

%%* ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries'' has the Third Hokage, Gladas the Village Elder and Bob the Other Village Elder (who still can't be Hokage).

* Sam Baines from ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' seemed to be that sort of person. It's unlikely that kids would routinely jump in front of his car, and that he was just grumbling about "damn kids" in general.

* Pryce in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''. Averted in the games, where he is considerably nicer.

** Granny Weatherwax may be a [[NeverMessWithGranny badass]] and the greatest witch in the world, but she is ''also'', and admits herself to be, a very grouchy old lady, usually because she thinks she knows better than everyone else. "I can't be having with this" is her CatchPhrase, and one of the things she can't be having with is Nanny Ogg, who [[VitriolicBestBuds is her best friend]].

* There was a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' character, played by Dana Carvey, who was actually ''called'' "Grumpy Old Man". Every time he appeared on the show, he would make a rant against modern-day society, starting off with his CatchPhrase ("I'm old and I'm not happy!"), contrasting how things were in his day. He skipped the part about scolding young folk for being dissatisfied with what they had now; his point, if he had one, appeared to be that he was unhappy ''because'' things were better nowadays. ("In my day we didn't have ''hair dryers''! If you wanted to blow dry your hair you stood outside during a hurricane. Your hair was dry, but you had a sharp piece of wood driven clear through your skull! And that's the way it was and you liked it! You loved it! Whoopee, I'm a human head-kabob!")

* Hector from ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'' hates just about everything and is often cited as one of the oldest lemurs living in the kingdom. He has a low tolerance for the kinds of hijinks that go on in the kingdom and is often the first to bail out with a [[CatchPhrase "Nope, we're not doing this."]]

-->-- '''Creator/DrSeuss'''

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': Absalom the Chaos Space Marine from Da Real Wurld 40K. Makes sense, he's pretty much the oldest character in the comic who doesn't look like a hot chick. His hobbies include gardening, which was suggested by his therapist to curb his anger issues. For God's sake, don't mess up his garden.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Mr. Robinson and Marvin. For the former, it’s because he has [[DysfunctionalFamily the Watersons]] as neighbors, who always make his life a living hell. Not to mention that his wife is a CompleteMonster. As for Marvin, [[IdiotHero Gumball and Darwin]] often try to bother him and the [[EldritchLocation bizarre town that they call home]] always seems to be out to get him.

* In ''Film/AntMan1'' and ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', Hank Pym is a grumpy, irritable, egotistical and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] old man. He loves his daughter dearly and regrets how their relationship ended up (she thinks he doesn't trust her to wear the Ant-Man suit. As Scott points out to her, the reason it's him, not her, is because he's expendable and Hank is an OverprotectiveDad - though [[CharacterDevelopment he grows out of that]]), a genuine love for his wife, and something of a grudging soft spot for Scott. But yeah, he's not exactly Mr Congeniality, even after his wife reappears, or even before he lost her, according to one of his old colleagues.

* Uncle, ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', will complain about anything. His first scene is berating Jackie for not brewing coffee earlier because "coffee is only thing keeping Uncle's ancient heart beating. You want dead Uncle? No? THEN YOU MAKE COFEE!"

%% * ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Mr. Robinson and Marvin.

* Rick Sanchez in ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' takes this [[ExaggeratedTrope trope to the extreme]]. He is extremely apathetic towards just about everyone that he meets and his first instinct is to always use violence to solve his problems.

%%* Rick Sanchez in ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''.

* Peo Persson from ''Series/{{Vintergatan}}'', every installment -- though he lightens up off-work, and with his wife. Of course, his wife is [[DistressedDamsel frequently kidnapped]], so this isn't often. He has become less of this later, though, instead becoming more of a jaunty old man.

* ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'': The Old ''Spinosaurus'' complains about things a lot and withholds information just because he wants to.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Mr. Robinson and Marvin.

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': Martin Crane is introduced as this - a cranky, snarky, UngratefulBastard who often wants to avoid having to make conversation with his son. It's stated that this is due to his wife dying and becoming crippled from being shot in the hip, and as the series goes on he lightens up considerably.

* Godzilla in the ''Film/MonsterVerse'' is portrayed like this. Having lived several eons with open eyes rather than hibernating like his other peers, Godzilla is not only very very old but also appears to display irritation rather than with anger when humans shoot at him with military-grade weapons. After fighting the two MUTO, he even takes a nap in the middle of the city, with the citizens believing he was dead.