History Main / JerkSue

** And by the way, Sloan [[Understatement wasn't really a nice guy]].

* ''{{World of Warcraft}}'' characters Varian Wrynn and Garrosh are hotly contested examples. Let's keep the natter in the myriad of arguments taking place on the official forums.
** Then again, Garrosh himself is often seen as this. It's usually him to screw up the peace treaties, meanwhile, Thrall, one of the people who works hardest to set up said treaties, usually won't respond with more than a half-hearted "Garrosh..."

** Actually this seems to be something of a recurring character type in ''{{Nickelodeon}}'' shows, [[DrakeAndJosh Megan Parker]], [[ICarly Sam Puckett]], [[TheBrothersGarcia Lorena Garcia]], [[{{Rugrats}} Angelica Pickles]], all obnoxious [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] [[BrattyHalfPint little brats]] that often get away with [[ItAmusedMe treating the rest of the cast as garbage for fun]]. Granted the extent of how much they lean into this trope varies for each character (especially Angelica who often borders as a ButtMonkey) but it is at least obvious you are meant to see some of [[JerkAss their despicable acts]] in [[MagnificentBastard a somewhat glorious light]].

** Spider-Man 2 is where she TookALevelInJerkAss. even without knowing he's Spider-Man, she treats Peter as if he's a mass rapist because he missed her play, having NoSympathy for the fact that working two jobs to keep up his rent and struggling to keep his grades up, he doesn't have as much free time as say Harry, who's been to see it multiple times. When she finds out that Peter is Spider-Man [[RunawayBride she leaves her fiance' a note to say that he's been dumped]], so she can be with a super hero, despite the fact that the poor guy was never portrayed as anything but an ideal husband-to-be. The movie treats her leaving him at the altar as ''a good thing'' and it's never even brought up in the third film, even though the groom was the son of [[BadBoss J. Jonah Jameson]].

** After she TookALevelInJerkAss, even without knowing he's Spider-Man, she treats Peter as if he's a mass rapist because he missed her play, having NoSympathy for the fact that working two jobs to keep up his rent and struggling to keep his grades up, he doesn't have as much free time as say Harry, who's been to see it multiple times. When she finds out that Peter is Spider-Man [[RunawayBride she leaves her fiance' a note to say that he's been dumped]], so she can be with a super hero, despite the fact that the poor guy was never portrayed as anything but an ideal husband-to-be. The movie treats her leaving him at the altar as ''a good thing'', and it's never even brought up in the third film, even though the groom was Jameson's son and could have made Peter's life even worse.
** In Spider-Man 3, it's a little more subtle, but she still has some lingering traits of a JerkSue. Getting mad at Peter for sharing "[[MemeticMutation Our Kiss!]]" with Gwen may have been justified[[hottip:*: kissing Gwen may not have been Peter's idea but it didn't stop him from milking the situation for all it was worth]], it's worth noting that when they had "[[MemeticMutation That kiss]]", [[YourCheatingHeart she was dating Harry at the time]], so [[{{Hypocrite}} she gets mad at Peter for doing the exact same thing that she did]]. She treated both Peter and Harry pretty badly throughout the course of the movie series, (examples include making out with Spider-Man behind Harry's back in the first movie and then rubbing how amazing Spidey is in Harry's face over the phone, dumping him for another guy etc) and they're still fighting over her. Peter doesn't bat an eye when he blows Harry up with a grenade, yet when he accidently slaps MJ, [[BarBrawl who was trying to pull him off a bouncer]], it's treated as Peter's MoralEventHorizon and triggers a massive MyGodWhatHaveIDone. So when the black costume causes you to almost kill your best friend, it's nothing to worry about, but when your cheating ex gets hurt, the suit has to go? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking There's also]] a little [[ShillingTheWesley shilling]] from other women who show interest in Peter. Ursula is basically a ShipperOnDeck and Gwen is quick to appologise to Mary-Jane for Peter's behaviour.

** In Spider-Man 3, it's a little more subtle, but she still has some lingering traits of a JerkSue. Getting mad at Peter for sharing "[[MemeticMutation Our Kiss!]]" with Gwen may have been justified[[hottip:*: kissing Gwen may not have been Peter's idea but it didn't stop him from milking the situation for all it was worth]], it's worth noting that when they had "[[MemeticMutation That kiss]]", [[YourCheatingHeart she was dating Harry at the time]], so [[{{Hypocrite}} she gets mad at Peter for doing the exact same thing that she did]]. She treated both Peter and Harry pretty badly throughout the course of the movie series, (examples include making out with Spider-Man behind Harry's back in the first movie and then rubbing how amazing Spidey is in Harry's face over the phone, dumping him for another guy etc) and they're still fighting over her. Peter doesn't bat an eye when he blows Harry up with a grenade, yet when he accidently slaps MJ, [[BarBrawl who was trying to pull him off a bouncer]], it treated as Peter's MoralEventHorizon and triggers a massive MyGodWhatHaveIDone. So when the black costume causes you to almost kill your best friend, it's nothing to worry about, but when your cheating ex gets hurt, the suit has to go? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking There's also]] a little [[ShillingTheWesley shilling]] from other women who show interest in Peter. Ursula is basically a ShipperOnDeck and Gwen is quick to appologise to Mary-Jane for Peter's behaviour.

** In Spider-Man 3, it's a little more subtle, but she still has some lingering traits of a JerkSue. Getting mad at Peter for sharing "[[MemeticMutation Our Kiss!]]" with Gwen may have been justified[[hottip:*: kissing Gwen may not have been Peter's idea but it doesn't excuse him from milking the situation for all it was worth]], it's worth noting that when they had "[[MemeticMutation That kiss]]", [[YourCheatingHeart she was dating Harry at the time]], so [[{{Hypocrite}} she gets mad at Peter for doing the exact same thing that she did]]. She treated both Peter and Harry pretty badly throughout the course of the movie series, (examples include making out with Spider-Man behind Harry's back in the first movie and then rubbing how amazing Spidey is in Harry's face over the phone, dumping him for another guy etc) and they're still fighting over her. Peter doesn't bat an eye when he blows Harry up with a grenade, yet when he accidently slaps MJ, [[BarBrawl who was trying to pull him off a bouncer]], it treated as Peter's MoralEventHorizon and triggers a massive MyGodWhatHaveIDone. So when the black costume causes you to almost kill your best friend, it's nothing to worry about, but when your cheating ex gets hurt, the suit has to go? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking There's also]] a little [[ShillingTheWesley shilling]] from other women who show interest in Peter. Ursula is basically a ShipperOnDeck and Gwen is quick to appologise to Mary-Jane for Peter's behaviour.

** In Spider-Man 3, it's a little more subtle, but she still has some lingering traits of a JerkSue. Getting mad at Peter for sharing "[[MemeticMutation Our Kiss!]]" with Gwen may have been justified[[hottip:*: kissing Gwen may not have been Peter's idea but it doesn't excuse him from milking the situation for all it was worth]], it's worth noting that when they had "[[MemeticMutation That kiss]]", [[YourCheatingHeart she was dating Harry at the time]], so [[{{Hypocrite}} she gets mad at Peter for doing the exact same thing that she did]]. She treated both Peter and Harry pretty badly throughout the course of the movie series, (examples include making out with Spider-Man behind Harry's back in the first movie and then rubbing how amazing Spidey is in Harry's face over the phone, dumping him for another guy etc) and they're still fighting over her. Peter doesn't bat an eye when he blows Harry up with a grenade, yet when he accidently slaps MJ, [[BarBrawl who was trying to pull him off a bouncer]], it treated as Peter's MoralEventHorizon triggers a massive MyGodWhatHaveIDone. So when the black costume causes you to almost kill your best friend, it's nothing to worry about, but when your cheating ex gets hurt, the suit has to go? There's also a little [[ShillingTheWesley shilling]] from other women who show interest in Peter. Ursula is basically a ShipperOnDeck and Gwen is quick to appologise to Mary-Jane for Peter's behaviour.

** In Spider-Man 3, it's a little more subtle, but she still has some lingering traits of a JerkSue. Getting mad at Peter for sharing "[[MemeticMutation Our Kiss!]]" with Gwen may have been justified[[hottip:*: kissing Gwen may not have been Peter's idea but it doesn't excuse him from milking the situation for all it was worth]], it's worth noting that when they had "[[MemeticMutation That kiss]]", [[YourCheatingHeart she was dating Harry at the time]], so [[{{Hypocrite}} she gets mad at Peter for doing the exact same thing that she did]]. She treated both Peter and Harry pretty badly throughout the course of the movie series, (examples include making out with Spider-Man behind Harry's back in the first movie and then rubbing how amazing Spidey is in Harry's face over the phone, dumping him for another guy etc) and they're still fighting over her. Peter doesn't bat an eye when he blows Harry up with a grenade, yet when he accidently slaps MJ, [[BarBrawl who was trying to pull him off a bouncer]], it triggers a massive MyGodWhatHaveIDone. So when the black costume causes you to almost kill your best friend, it's nothing to worry about, but when your cheating ex gets hurt, the suit has to go? There's also a little [[ShillingTheWesley shilling]] from other women who show interested in Peter. Ursula is basically a ShipperOnDeck and Gwen is quick to appologise to Mary-Jane for Peter's behaviour.

** In Spider-Man 3, getting mad at Peter for sharing "[[MemeticMutation Our Kiss!]]" with Gwen may have been justified[[hottip:*: kissing Gwen may not have been Peter's idea but it doesn't excuse him from milking the situation for all it was worth]], it's worth noting that when they had "[[MemeticMutation That kiss]]", [[YourCheatingHeart she was dating Harry at the time]], so [[{{Hypocrite}} she gets mad at Peter for doing the exact same thing that she did]]. She treated both Peter and Harry pretty badly throughout the course of the movie series, (examples include making out with Spider-Man behind Harry's back in the first movie and then rubbing how amazing Spidey is in Harry's face over the phone, dumping him for another guy etc) and they're still fighting over her. Peter doesn't bat an eye when he blows Harry up with a grenade, yet when he accidently slaps MJ, [[BarBrawl who was trying to pull him off a bouncer]], it triggers a massive MyGodWhatHaveIDone. So when the black costume causes you to almost kill your best friend, it's nothing to worry about, but when your cheating ex gets a hurt, the suit has to go? There's also a little [[ShillingTheWesley shilling]] from other women who show interested in Peter. Ursula is basically a ShipperOnDeck and Gwen is quick to appologise to Mary-Jane for Peter's behaviour.

** In Spider-Man 3, getting mad at Peter for sharing "[[MemeticMutation Our Kiss!]]" with Gwen may have been justified[[hottip:*: kissing Gwen may not have been Peter's idea but it doesn't excuse from milking the situation for all it was worth]], it's worth noting that when they had "[[MemeticMutation That kiss]]", [[YourCheatingHeart she was dating Harry at the time]], so [[{{Hypocrite}} She gets mad at Peter for doing the exact same thing that she did]]. She treated both Peter and Harry pretty badly throughout the course of the movie series, (examples include making out with Spider-Man behind Harry's back in the first movie and rubbing how amazing Spidey is in Harry's face over the phone, dumping him another guy etc) and they're still fighting over her. Peter doesn't bat an eye when he blows Harry up with a grenade, yet when he accidently slaps MJ, [[BarBrawl who was trying to pull him off a bouncer]], it triggers a massive MyGodWhatHaveIDone. So when the black costume causes you to almost kill your best friend, it's nothing to worry about, but when Mary-Jane gets a hit, it has to go? There's also a little [[ShillingTheWesley shilling]] from other women who show interested in Peter. Ursula is basically a ShipperOnDeck and Gwen is quick to appologise to Mary-Jane for Peter's behaviour.

* Mary Jane from the second [[Film/SpiderMan Spider-Man]] film. After she TookALevelInJerkAss, even without knowing he's Spider-Man, she treats Peter as if he's a mass rapist because he missed her play, having NoSympathy for the fact that working two jobs to keep up his rent and struggling to keep his grades up, he doesn't have as much free time as say Harry, who's been to see it multiple times. When she finds out that Peter is Spider-Man [[RunawayBride she leaves her fiance' a note to say that he's been dumped]], so she can be with a super hero, despite the fact that the poor guy was never portrayed as anything but an ideal husband-to-be. The movie treats her leaving him at the altar as ''a good thing'', and it's never even brought up in the third film, even though the groom was Jameson's son and could have made Peter's life even worse.

* Mary Jane from the second [[Film/SpiderMan Spider-Man]] film:
** After she TookALevelInJerkAss, even without knowing he's Spider-Man, she treats Peter as if he's a mass rapist because he missed her play, having NoSympathy for the fact that working two jobs to keep up his rent and struggling to keep his grades up, he doesn't have as much free time as say Harry, who's been to see it multiple times. When she finds out that Peter is Spider-Man [[RunawayBride she leaves her fiance' a note to say that he's been dumped]], so she can be with a super hero, despite the fact that the poor guy was never portrayed as anything but an ideal husband-to-be. The movie treats her leaving him at the altar as ''a good thing'', and it's never even brought up in the third film, even though the groom was Jameson's son and could have made Peter's life even worse.
** [[YourMileageMayVary Mileages]] [[BrokenBase vary]] as to whether she was any better or worse in the third and final film, and [[InternetBackdraft that's all there is to say about that.]]

** In 2nd movie after she TookALevelInJerkAss, even without knowing he's Spider-Man, she treats Peter as if he's a mass rapist because he missed her play, having NoSympathy for the fact that working two jobs to keep up his rent and struggling to keep his grades up, he doesn't have as much free time as say Harry, who's been to see it multiple times. When she finds out that Peter is Spider-Man [[RunawayBride she leaves her fiance' a note to say that he's been dumped]], so she can be with a super hero, despite the fact that the poor guy was never portrayed as anything but an ideal husband-to-be. The movie treats her leaving him at the altar as ''a good thing'', and it's never even brought up in the third film, even though the groom was Jameson's son and could have made Peter's life even worse.

* Mary Jane from the second [[Film/SpiderMan Spider-Man]] films:

* Mary Jane from the second and third 2000's [[Film/SpiderMan Spider-Man]] films.

** In the third film, most of her scenes revolve around her throwing borderline tantrums and treating Peter like dirt, just for trying to make her feel better, when a theater review said she was a bad actress, by explaining that he'd had worse with the Daily Bugle. While getting mad at Peter for sharing "[[MemeticMutation Our Kiss!]]" with Gwen may have been justified, it's worth noting that when they had "[[MemeticMutation That kiss]]", [[DoubleStandard she was dating Harry at the time]], so [[{{Hypocrite}} She gets mad at Peter for doing the exact same thing that she did]]. [[GreenEyedMonster She also gets jealous]] [[AttentionWhore of how popular Spider-Man has become]] for actually doing good in the city. And yet for all this jerkassery, Peter still worships the ground she walks on, she's treated like the perfect girlfriend.

** Some Russia/China fanworks combine this trope with SympatheticSue for China, portraying him as having turned into an embittered, self-centered jerk who constantly bitches to and rags on Russia and everyone around him because of his siblings' abandonment of him and the European nations' constant attempts to take territory from him when he was weakened. Russia, of course, finds this China to be cute and endearing and tells him that he [[YouGotSpunk loves his fiestiness]] instead of going into PsychopathicManchild mode on him. Granted, these writers probably wanted to avoid the common trap of [[{{Ukefication}} ukeifying]] China, but this is just going from one extreme to another like the aforementioned Canada case does and ignores that China is for the most part shown to be a cheerful, if somewhat motherly and nagging, guy in canon who's more depressed than angry or bitter about the matter involving his siblings and only comes anywhere close to being 'bitchy'/'{{tsundere}}' when he's with [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Korea]].

* Tsuki W.'s Paola Wakabayashi, from the Spanish CaptainTsubasa fandom. She's also a RelationshipSue since she mostly exists to be Ken Wakashimazu's one true love from childhood, but Paola also doubles as this because in Tsuki's own words she's "[[GirlsNeedRoleModels the strong and feminist woman that every CT girl should've been]]"... but technically she's just a petty, classist, shallow and victimised {{Libby}} from Hell who treats the people around her like shit (and specially all the females not named Sanae Nakazawa), but is still unconditionally adored and loved by everyone around her (and those who don't are turned into pretty much Complete Monsters, like Kumi and Schneider's sister Marie). Some specially bad examples of her JerkSue nature are:

** The Nankatsu team decides out of the blue to have a stylish party to celebrate the JH championship. Paola not only throws bratty hissy fits when [[SheCleansUpnicely she has to clean up nicely]], but when she [[spoiler:gets a ForcefulKiss from an inexplicably drunk Tsubasa (ignoring [[DidnotDoTheResearch the very strict Japanese drinking laws]])]] and Sanae is upset about it, Paola plays victim to the nth degree ''and makes Sanae look like the bad guy'', when the whole drama was ''her'' and Tsubasa's fault (with more Kumi bashing sprinkled into it.)
** When Paola's MissingMom tries to get the kid's custody, which was given to Genzo's parents because of TeenPregnancy reasons, the judge gives it back to the Wakabayashis solely because Paola ''seemed'' to be happier with them. [[YouFailLawForever Apparently, he can decide such things without even ordering psychological exams.]], and Paola is shown as a poor little victim despite all the years we saw her as a SpoiledBrat.
** When [[spoiler: Paola [[TeenPregnancy gets pregnant]] with Ken's child out of wedlock and ''obviously'' after TheirFirstTime]], the formerly kind and gentle uncle and aunt [[TookALevelInJerkass become controlling assholes]] and the much abused MissingMom is shown as an all-knowing and kind PuritySue who pretty much pats her daughter on the back for what she's done. Paola also is a '''huge''' bitch to Ken, via [[spoiler: first hiding her pregnancy from him, then revealing it to him ''only'' via a passive-aggressive letter, ''and'' finally playing victim and blaming him for everything when confronts her]]. But instead of calling Paola out on [[KickTheDog her brutal and repeated puppy-kicking]], Ken just takes her abuse and cowers in front of the JerkSue, [[spoiler: and they end up "HappilyMarried".]]

** In the anime continity, this is made worse by how, for a long time, she didn't have the advantage that the similarly violent Motoko had over her: a FreudianExcuse that explained her [[{{Tsundere}} huge mood swings]]. We knew since the beginning that Motoko [[spoiler: was struggling with any feminine goals and expectations ever since her sister and idol Tsuruko got married and left her with the mission of being the HeirToTheDojo]], so we were aware that she didn't hit Keitarou just for the lulz; Naru's own explanation ([[spoiler: she's been depressed and conflicted ever since her divorced mother re-married, feeling she doesn't fit into her family anymore]], which is ''far'' from her more sympathetic manga reasons [[spoiler: in which she struggled with her self esteem for several years, due to being extremely BookDumb and having several crushes rejected]]) didn't come off until ''the end of the TV series''. The emotional impact on the viewers is '''not'' enough to make them try understanding her motives, which sound more like [[AuthorsSavingThrow hastily-penned excuses]] rather than genuine HiddenDepths. Had it been presented somewhat earlier and not just come up out of nowhere when [[spoiler: Naru's stepsister Mei]] showed up, there would be far ''less'' JerkSue accusations.
** It has to be noted, however, that the manga version of Naru is definitely ''not'' this trope, and that her anime version was subject to gross CharacterExaggeration. Not to mention, in the manga not only Naru ''is'' more sympathetic and much less of a violent jerk, but she [[CharacterDevelopment genuinely tries to change her bad attitude, overcome her flaws, and grow as a person.]] The anime, as seen above, doesn't use this, so we're stuck with a Naru that simply does not grow until the end.

** Temari, Tsunade, Anko Mitarashi, Kurenai Yuuhi, Ino Yamanaka, Tayuya, and post-{{timeskip}}! Sakura Haruno, Ayame. Male examples are: Sasuke Uchiha, Sai, Hyuuga Neji and {{Naruto}} as a ''[[GodModeSue true ninja]]''.

*** Well, Paul wasn't completely unchanged. At the end, he was shown being at least slightly nicer than usual. The problem is that all of this happened with no build up to indicate that he would change (the one event that theoretically ''could'', losing to Brandon, was ''followed'' by him callously curb-stomping Ash and breaking his spirit temporarily), so it [[CharacterDerailment came across as forced, sudden and in-genuine.]]

*** Well, Paul wasn't completely unchanged. At the end, he was shown being at least slightly nicer than usual. The problem is that all of this happened with no build up to indicate that he would change (the one event that theoretically could, losing to Brandon, was followed by him callously curb-stomping Ash and breaking his spirit temporarily), so it [[CharacterDerailment came across as forced, sudden and in-genuine.]]

** Also, his final defeat in the Sinnoh League Tournament, which robs him of his dream of being a champion, ''still'' fails to really affect him at all. After he loses, he just smirks smugly as Infernape tries to challenge him directly, and walks away from the tournament acting just as cold-hearted as before, with little indication other than the show's word that he'll change his ways. And Ash ''still'' considers him a friend, with Cynthia changed in this show to give him the canon DracoInLeatherPants treatment and everyone else [[ShillingTheWesley complimenting him on being a powerful trainer.]] KarmaHoudini, indeed. In a way they sort of justified the [[StopHavingFunGuy StopHavingFunGuys]]
*** Well, Paul wasn't completely unchanged. At the end, he was shown being at least slightly nicer than usual. The problem is that all of this happened with no build up to indicate that he would change, so it came across as forced and in-genuine.

* Ben Chatham of TheBenChathamAdventures, a 'spin-off' from ''DoctorWho'' which may or may not be StealthParody, is a completely unlikeable asshole who is nevertheless adored by absolutely everyone around him, has numerous people (including several canon characters) fall in love with him despite him treating them largely with disdain and contempt, and who is inevitably given full credit for saving the day when the absolute most he'll actually contribute to proceedings is a telephone call to someone more competent so that they can solve the problem instead.

** The series also develops Kurt understanding of a balance between his freedom and his awareness of a unreceptive society. Especially in the episode [[spoiler when Kurt is cruelly voted as "Prom Queen"]] that slams down Kurt's ego yet give him a chance to reconstruct himself.

**** Burt, still weak from awaking from a coma, calls out on his son's actions eventually.

* Say hello to [[http://www.fanfiction.net/~Chrissysan Carrie]] [[http://chrissykouhai.deviantart.com/art/Danny-and-Carrie-hugging-85570974 Angel]]. {{Danny Phantom}}'s girlfriend, and very sarcastic. She has some badass (and pink) ghost powers. Her author and her friends argue that because Carrie has attitude, she does not qualify as a [[MarySue Sue]]. The author has a lot of enemies, but also a lot of friends who support Danny x Carrie. Funnily enough, the author's blatant [[AuthorAvatar self-insert]] is ''less'' of a Sue than this character. Guess Chrissy didn't idealize herself that much.

* Mary Jane from [[Film/SpiderMan Spider-Man 2]] onwards.After she TookALevelInJerkAss she treats Peter as if he's a mass rapist because he missed her play, having NoSympathy for the fact that working two jobs to keep up his rent and struggling to keep his grades up, he doesn't have as much free time as say Harry, who's been to see it multiple times. When she finds out that Peter is Spider-Man [[RunawayBride she leaves her fiance' a note to say that he's been dumped]], so she can be with a super hero, despite the fact that the poor guy was never portrayed as anything but an ideal husband-to-be. The movie treats her leaving him at the altar as ''a good thing'', and it's never even brought up in the third film, even though the groom was Jameson's son and could have made Peter's life even worse. In the following film, most of her scenes revolve around her throwing borderline tantrums and treating Peter like dirt, just for trying to make her feel better, when a theater review said she was a bad actress, by explaining that he'd had worse with the Daily Bugle. While getting mad at Peter for sharing "[[MemeticMutation Our Kiss!]]" with Gwen may have been justified, it's worth noting that when they had "[[MemeticMutation That kiss]]", [[DoubleStandard she was dating Harry at the time]], so [[{{Hypocrite}} She gets mad at Peter for doing the exact same thing that she did]]. [[GreenEyedMonster She also gets jealous]] [[AttentionWhore of how popular Spider-Man has become]] for actually doing good in the city. And yet for all this jerkassery, Peter still worships the ground she walks on, she's treated like the perfect girlfriend.