History Main / LazyBum

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': [[Characters/SailorMoobUsagiTsukino Usagi Tsukino]] would rather play video games and eat than study for tests. She even lampshades this when she's bewitched by [[MonsterOfTheWeek Ramua]] in the 9th episode of Season 1.

Being a Lazy Bum -- whether in the traditional sense or the metaphorical one of moral laziness -- is also known as '''Sloth''', which is one of the SevenDeadlySins. Not to be confused with the South American mammal, which is named "sloth" because it sleeps a lot and moves very slowly even when it's awake. Compare TheSlacker.

** [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsSquidwardTentacles Squidward Tentacles]], especially when it comes to his job at the Krusty Krab. He's a [[ApatheticClerk sloppy employee]], either reading magazines (even in front of [[UnsatisfiableCustomer waiting]] [[HatesEveryoneEqually customers]]), outright sleeping on the job ([[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS8E1AccidentsWillHappenTheOtherPatty one time]], he [[ObfuscatingDisability faked an injury from that]]), occasionally PlayingSick or hoisting his workload on [[{{Workaholic}} [=SpongeBob=]]]. It's to the extent that in "Bubble Buddy," he only wanted to pop Bubble Buddy because he "made [him] provide excellent service."

* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': Both Mordecai and Rigby fit the bill, but Rigby moreso, to the point of becoming TheMillstone, at least up until his CharacterDevelopment. Rigby would rather play video games and goof off than do his chores. "First Day" reveals he was too lazy to fill out his work application; Mordecai had to do so for him.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Shota Aizawa. He can be a force to be reckoned with in battle and is a competent, if extremely stern, teacher, but he is also well known for handing off his class to another teacher and going to sleep in his sleeping bag instead of spending time on subjects he thinks are irrelevant.

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Usagi would rather play video games and eat than study for tests. She even lampshades this when she's bewitched by [[MonsterOfTheWeek Ramua]] in the 9th episode of Season 1.

** Roger prefers to drink, eat, do drugs, or watch TV over doing anything productive [[BrilliantButLazy unless he actually feels like it]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Fry often slacks off, takes naps, and refuses to get off the couch. He even says, in one comic, "I take my laziness seriously".

* Spike from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' would rather sleep than do anything else, despite his job as Twilight Sparkle's assistant.

** Squidward Tentacles, especially when it comes to his job at the Krusty Krab. He's a [[ApatheticClerk sloppy employee]], either reading magazines (even in front of [[UnsatisfiableCustomer waiting]] [[HatesEveryoneEqually customers]]), outright sleeping on the job ([[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS8E1AccidentsWillHappenTheOtherPatty one time]], he [[ObfuscatingDisability faked an injury from that]]), occasionally PlayingSick or hoisting his workload on [[{{Workaholic}} [=SpongeBob=]]]. It's to the extent that in "Bubble Buddy," he only wanted to pop Bubble Buddy because he "made [him] provide excellent service."
** Patrick Star also qualifies as one too. In contrast to the hard-working [=SpongeBob=], he tends to be unwilling and uninterested in doing any physical labour.
** While normally a hard worker, [=SpongeBob=] himself was this in "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E14WelcomeToTheChumBucketFrankendoodle Welcome to the Chum Bucket]]", where he ended up going to work at the Chum Bucket after [[GoKartingWithBowser Mr. Krabs bet his contract in a poker game with Plankton]] and [[LostHimInACardGame lost]]. Plankton believed that having [=SpongeBob=] work for him would result in his success at getting the Krabby Patty formula and putting the Krusty Krab out of business, but the scheme backfires when [=SpongeBob=] drives him crazy with his rebellious attitude and refused to do his job, even after [[BrainTheft Plankton steals his brain and implants it in the robot chef]]. Plankton, as a result, admitted to having [[CheatersNeverProsper cheated in the poker game]], put [=SpongeBob's=] brain back in his body and allowed him to return to his original workplace. In spite of having his brain stolen by Plankton, [=SpongeBob's=] loyalty to the Krusty Krab remains tried and true.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}'': Despite [[InformedAttribute proclaiming how she has to work diligently]] to get anything that Fred has instantly handed to him, Velma in practice tends to pawn off work to other people and reap the rewards of it. She frequently comments how she doesn't try to do any chores around the house, mooches off of Norville for homework answers, relies on others to give her the clues to the mystery, and when she had to pretend to be Amanda's mother she often tried to pawn her off to others to take care of her.

* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': Beavis and Butt-Head would rather eat and watch TV than do their homework or chores. They are more than willing to cut class or ditch work whenever they feel like it.

* Oskar from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', who NeverLearnedToRead English despite having lived in America for several years until Arnold taught him how, and was so lazy he initially tried to cheat his way out of it.

* In an episode of ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' Morticia and Uncle Fester mistakenly overhear Gomez say the family is broke. Fester turns to Morticia "What will we do for money? I'm too proud to beg and too lazy to work!"
* ''Series/TheSopranos'': Tony Soprano has the hardest time getting his spoiled son A.J. to do any work whatsoever, and almost never without a ton of whining beforehand.

* Basi from the Nigerian TV show ''Series/BasiAndCompany'' was a man whose goal in life was to become a millionaire without ever doing work. In the pilot episode, he tells an unemployed friend to try throwing himself off a bridge instead of job hunting...because some good Samaritan will save him and get him a job, just like happened to one of the current cabinet ministers.
* George from ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
* Maynard G. Krebbs from ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis''. The mere mention of work was enough to scare him.
* Hank on ''Series/CornerGas'', though he is also TheFool.
* Subverted in ''Series/LazyTown'' with Robbie Rotten, whose efforts to get everyone else to stop doing things (or just ruin their day) actually take a lot of work; this was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] at least once.
* Nathan from ''Series/{{Misfits}}''. Not quite smart enough to be BrilliantButLazy, not nearly dumb enough to qualify as TheDitz. He's capable, but ''oh so'' lazy.
* Peg Bundy, female lead of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Early on]], she was portrayed as a jaded but competent homemaker, but [[{{Flanderization}} exaggeration]] set in until Peg was so lazy that basic tasks like grocery shopping and feeding her children were foreign (and repulsive) to her.
* Lui from Creator/Studio100's ''Series/KabouterPlop'' series is constantly drowsy, and is always seen sleeping. His catchphrase is "Ik Word Daar Zoe Moe Van" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVyDQu-Bp0Y and a song about his sleeping habit.]]
* ''Series/FortBoyard'': Pr. Kevin challenges the candidates' knowledge in the Boyard Academy... while doing the absolute minimum of effort himself. And usually taking a little nap right afterward. When outside the watchtower, he moves around on a motorized bed.
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': Daphne's brother Simon is a massive slob who won't do anything for himself if there's a possibility he can get someone else to do it for him. A large part of the reason Daphne doesn't like him is because he expects her to wait on him hand and foot.
* ''Series/LawAndOrder:'' [=McCoy=] says of an opposing lawyer, "Dean's not a bad sort, just morally opposed to hard work."
* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Malva Meadowgrass is a lazy Harfoot woman who would order other people around than do the job herself.

* ''Manga/KOn'': Before she joined the Light Music Club, Yui was part of the Going Home Club (AKA she always went home after class). Her time was spent reading manga, eating snacks, and just lazing around while Ui took care of the house. She's gotten better, since after joining the club she spends a lot of time practicing with Giita, but her laziness still shows from time to time.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Dowbplayed with Shota Aizawa. He can be a force to be reckoned with in battle, and is a competent if extremely stern teacher,but is also well known for handing off his class to another teacher and going to sleep in his sleeping bag instead of spending time on subjects he thinks are irrelevant.

* The titular character's shtick in ''Manga/TanakaKunIsAlwaysListless''. He's worse than a sloth most days, as imagining him doing something as strenuous as clinging to a tree is almost impossible. His close friend Ohta seems the main reason he seems to live a manageable every day life--it's to the point Ohta will sling him over his shoulder to make him go to the dentist when he needs to.

* Played with in ''Manga/PandoraHearts''. Vincent Nightray. Often found asleep in hallways, rarely seems more than half awake, will never do for himself anything his servant Echo could possibly do instead, ''including'' getting to a chair or bed before going to sleep, lacks the slightest empathy for anyone other than his brother Gilbert, and simply sits there waiting when death is coming for him, rather than even try to find a way out.
** He is also thoroughly intelligent, secretly TheChessmaster -- one of them anyway -- ''will'' go out of his way to help his brother, even if he don't like the work involved, obeyed his brother's request to not kill the victims of MindControl, even though that would have been the easy thing to do, and is quite active in social circles, gaining political influence to further his ends, while seeming harmless doe to the aforementioned laziness.
* Played with in ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry''. [[MeaningfulName Belphegor]] represents the sin of Sloth, but is a very hard worker. It's just that if she's the only one doing the work, it advances her vice. Still, when [[spoiler:Rudolf tricks her into a DuelToTheDeath in the third arc, she doesn't notice that her master, Eva-Beatrice, is in the line of fire until she only has time to [[TakingTheBullet take the bullet]] (He apologizes to her, at least).]] As she puts it, ''"I was lazy ?!"''
* Ryner Lute from ''Literature/TheLegendOfTheLegendaryHeroes'', who much prefers taking afternoon naps to fighting evil.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** The Homunculus Sloth. It's in his name, but if you get him going, he becomes a LightningBruiser. He represents wasted potential; he has immense physical strength and moves like lightning, yet is too lazy to develop the skill necessary and reach his full potential.
** Interestingly, ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' double subverts this. Sloth is portrayed as a beautiful woman who can turn herself into water. In her human disguise as [[{{Pride}} King Bradley's]] secretary she's a very hard worker, but when in combat, she appears to be rather lazy, as it's been shown at least once that she can actually [[MakingASplash turn her entire body into water and drown anyone and everyone around her]], but she usually just uses a small amount of her power (usually in her arms) and kind of just stands there in one spot while trying to hit her target.
** Both Sloths are also morally lazy. Manga Sloth tends to use his SuperStrength to go through objects rather than around them, and commits crimes because he simply lacks the willpower and drive to say no. In his case it's justified as he's the literal embodiment of the sin he's named for. The 2003 anime's Sloth, in a similar vein, tries to take the easy way out, killing the Elric brothers rather than psychologically coming to terms with the fact that she is [[spoiler:the reincarnation of their mother]].
* Shizuo Heiwajima from ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'', [[WorldsStrongestMan of all people]], appears to be this. In his official character profile his only hobby is listed as "basking in the sun", and he tells Celty in his "Special Voice" on the character CD that he likes days where there's "just nothing to do".
* Outside of the occasional moments where he shows insight or rare signs of actually being responsible, Usaida Yoshihito from ''Manga/GakuenBabysitters'' is like this almost all the time while on the job, sleeping whenever he gets the chance.
* PlayedForDrama in ''Manga/EbisuSanAndHoteiSan'' with Ebisu's sister. Her constant slacking off and neglect of her daughter is a heavy burden on Ebisu, and other characters call her out for her {{Jerkass}} behavior.
* Europa [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Lazy]] from ''{{Manga/Claymore}}''. In her Claymore days she was a single digit who might have been #1 if she tried harder and her special technique (all single digits at lest were apparently expected to come up with a unique fighting style) was PlayingPossum. In her current EldritchAbomination form she initially struggles against a being of similar power but vastly less experience, skill and intelligence before she bothers to get serious.
* A defining trait for En Yufuin of ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'', who prefers to hang out at the hot spring rather than get anything done.
* ''Manga/KOn'': Before she joined the Light Music Club, Yui was part of the Going Home Club (AKA she always went home after class). Her time was spent reading manga, eating snacks, and just lazing around while Ui took care of the house. She's gotten better, since after joining the club she spends a lot of time practicing with Giita, but her laziness still shows from time to time.
* Kuro from ''Manga/{{Servamp}}'' is the living embodiment of this trope -- unsurprisingly, as he's the vampire that represents Sloth. He'd rather spend his days eating ramen and potato chips and playing video games, but the world won't let him.
* Nobita from ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''. Nobita is a very lazy person. He normally wakes up late for school and often dozes off in class. He naps almost every day after school, making him unable to sleep at night and wake up late the next morning. This creates an endless cycle of laziness.

* The titular Umaru of ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan'' is this in her Umaru-chan/UMR form; a lazy, selfish video game addict who only does chores when forced to. She hides this side of her from her friends and classmates, instead being the [[TheAce pretty, polite, good-at-everything Umaru.]]
* Downplayed example in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia’s'' Shota Aizawa. He can be a force to be reckoned with in battle, and is a competent if extremely stern teacher,but is also well known for handing off his class to another teacher and going to sleep in his sleeping bag instead of spending time on subjects he thinks are irrelevant.
* ''Manga/OnePiece:'' The very first thing we learn about Admiral Ryokugyu is that he's such a fundamentally lazy man he finds ''eating'' to be too much effort and doesn't bother. The fact he's still an admiral despite that and it's been ''three years'' since he had a meal speaks volumes.
* ''A Lazy Guy Woke Up as a Girl One Morning'' naturally has [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the title character, Yasuda]]. He's not all that bothered by inexplicably turning into a girl one morning, since he thinks it would be too much work to find a way to turn back, but [[GenderBenderAngst hates all the work he has to do to adjust]]. For example, he insists on continuing to stay with his roommate [[SupportingProtagonist Hayasaka]] in the boys' dorms and use the boys' bathrooms, claiming that because he's a boy at heart. His actual reason is that it'd be a hassle to move, and he probably couldn't mooch off his new roommate as much as he does off Hayasaka.
* Usagi from ''Anime/SailorMoon'' would rather play video games and eat than study for tests. She even lampshades this when she's bewitched by [[MonsterOfTheWeek Ramua]] in the 9th episode of Season 1.
-->'''Usagi''': I have a lot of things to accomplish today. First off, I have to get home. Then, eat a pork bun. After that, finish playing my video game, take a bath, and then -- [[MotorMouth OHNO, LOOKWHATTIMEITISALREADY]]!

* ''Theatre/LaNona'': Tito contributes exactly nothing to the household. He doesn't help with the chores, spends all day lazing around in his bed composing tangos, and is allergic to the idea of seeking a job. When the family's finances start tightening due to the crisis, he still makes excuse after excuse and plans harebrained schemes to avoid working. It's PlayedForDrama because his reluctance forces his relatives to make great sacrifices, [[spoiler:which ultimately leads to their demise.]]

* ''WebAnimation/AskasRevenge'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3z7AcCla80 Kotomi's brother-in-law]] keeps showing up at her house to slack off without doing anything, his brother defends him and even gives him a spare key to gain access to house.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'': Robert, Donna's ex-husband, spends his free-time watching TV in his filthy apartment, getting drunk and/or stoned, occasionally visiting his children-[[DamnedByFaintPraise and even "occasionally" is too much of a stretch]]-going to strip clubs, and generally supporting himself, with only Donna's alimony.

* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': Both Mordecai and Rigby fit the bill, but Rigby moreso, to the point of him being TheMillstone early on (before his CharacterDevelopment). He would rather play video games and goof off than do his chores, frequently dragging Mordecai down with him. "First Day" reveals he was too lazy to fill out his job application; Mordecai had to do so for him.

Subtropes include AmbitiousButLazy, BeautyBreedsLaziness, CatsAreLazy, LaidBackKoala, LazyDragon, and SluggishSeal.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Hayley only seems to work her hardest when attempting to screw over her family. For example, in "Helping Handis", she makes a video about how worthless Francine’s life as a homemaker is for class, despite the fact that she keeps dropping out of college; the show openly acknowledges that she will never move out of the house. In "Less Money Mo’ Problems", it's revealed that Jeff is the only one working full time; Hayley would rather remain a community college student and blame the low minimum wage for them mooching off Stan and Francine instead of getting a job herself to bring in more income so they can move out.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Richard Watterson, Gumball's dad, who's an over grown ManChild who sits in the couch all day. [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS2E8TheJob "The Job"]] reveals that the idea of him actually getting a job is so alien that it results in a RealityBreakingParadox.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Hayley only seems to work her hardest when attempting to screw over her family. For example in "Helping Handis" she makes a video about how worthless Francine’s life as a homemaker is for class despite the fact that she keeps dropping out of college and the show openly acknowledging that she will never move out of the house. In "Less Money Mo’ Problems", it's revealed that Jeff is the only one working full time and Hayley would rather remain a community college student and blame the low minimum wage for them mooching off Stan and Francine instead of getting a job herself to bring in more income so they can move out.
* Master Shake from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' spends all day lazing around the house, and actively refuses to get a job or do any task at all, even when said task is something he decided to do. On one of the few occasions he had a job, he refused to work and eventually liquefied his uniform and tried to steal from the register so he could go play games at the arcade.
* Robert, Donna's ex-husband in ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow''. He spends his free-time watching TV in his filthy apartment, getting drunk and/or stoned, occasionally visiting his children-[[DamnedByFaintPraise and even "occasionally" is too much of a stretch]]-going to strip clubs, and generally supporting himself, with only Donna's alimony.

* Trent from ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', who spends most of the show sleeping and is heavily implied to be a pothead.

* Timmy Turner from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', as the MadeForTVMovie movie "Fairy Idol" opened with him being so lazy he relied on Cosmo & Wanda to ''get dressed''. By the end of it he learns to stop taking advantage of them, however.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'', WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck was WesternAnimation/BugsBunny's lazy roommate who mooched off his fortune [[TheStraightMan and patience]]. Funnily enough, through his CloudCuckoolander shenanigans he managed to get several jobs [[StatusQuoIsGod he couldn't hold down]], including briefly being the ''CEO'' of EccentricMillionaire WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn's company. When he tries to get a normal office job after this, the astonished manager tells him he's overqualified. When he falsely believed Bugs was kicking him out, he [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass immediately joined the Marines]].

* Timmy Turner from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents.''

* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': Both Mordecai and Rigby fit the bill, but Rigby moreso. He would rather play video games and goof off than do his chores. "First Day" reveals he was too lazy to fill out his work application; Mordecai had to do so for him.