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7	->'''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue Donut]]:''' Why is everyone so freakin' rude in this canyon?\
8	'''[[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Weiss]]:''' BECAUSE THEY'RE STUPID FUCKING ASSHOLES SPENDING EVERY FUCKING HOUR PROTECTING A STUPID FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT, YOU FUCKING CUNT!
9	-->-- ''Fanfic/ReactWatchBelieveYikes''
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11	So, you want to create a story where terrible things regularly happen to people, but [[AssholeVictim without the audience feeling too sad about their fates]]? Simple: make everyone a jerk!
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13	All the [[ApatheticCitizens citizens are apathetic]] and stupid, most of the humor is [[SadistShow sadism-based]], and your average Joe [[KickTheDog punts a few puppies]] before breakfast. In the more extreme examples, AxCrazy killers are allowed to roam free, {{Blood Sport}}s are common, and no one even notices atrocities because they're too selfish to care. Expect ItsAllAboutMe to be the modus operandi of virtually everyone who lives there. And in worst cases, JerkassGods are almost always present as they're jerks to each other as well.
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15	This trope becomes more likely the closer you get to the cynical end of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism. It's also more often than not PlayedForLaughs and used to facilitate BlackComedy. After all, it's much easier to laugh at the dogs being kicked if [[KarmicButtMonkey they all had it coming.]] {{Satir\|e}}ists are also fond of it, especially when they can use different types of jerkassery to represent social problems. It's very frequently used to justify [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential video games' cruelty potentials]].
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17	Played straight, it's often the signature of a very cynical, maybe even [[StrawNihilist nihilistic]] writer. In cases where it is expected from the audience to root for the characters despite it all, it also runs a high risk of falling into TooBleakStoppedCaring or causing viewers to utter the EightDeadlyWords if there are ''no'' nicer characters to make the world seem worth caring about.
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19	A SisterTrope to the CrapsackWorld and they can overlap, but are differentiated by the fact that the only thing that definitely makes it a bad place is that the author's written an unusual number of bad people into it -- there's nothing necessarily wrong with the environment, the government, or the living conditions. In fact, it can look perfectly lovely from the outside. Also related to HumansAreBastards, except that that trope refers to stories where the message is that humans in general are inherently bad or evil, where this one simply describes any plot or setting containing a disproportionate number of {{jerkass}}es ... and they don't have to be humans, either.
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21	Also worth noting that not ''every single'' character has to be a jerk, just the overwhelming majority. Those characters who ''aren't'' jerkasses will often be [[GoodIsDumb idiots]] because their lack of understanding would be the only reason that they get along with the others, losers, or [[FailureHero fail at everything they try]] in order to add to the cynicism of the setting. It can show how bad the rest of the cast is if they mistreat them and also that only losers would want to hang out with them.
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23	May overlap with the WorldOfDumbass if a disproportionate number of characters are ignorant or lacking in common sense -- in this case, it would be a world full of {{Insufferable Imbecile}}s where a KindheartedSimpleton would be out of place.
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25	Contrast WorldOfBadass, WorldOfSnark (where half of the cast are jerks but the rest are capable of decency). Also compare DysfunctionJunction, JerkWithAHeartOfJerk, and UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist.
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27	This trope is often used in BlackAndGrayMorality setting and a PointAndLaughShow.
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29	Definitely ''not'' TruthInTelevision, so Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly!
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32	!!Examples:
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34	* WorldOfJerkass/LiveActionFilms
35	* WorldOfJerkass/VideoGames
36	* WorldOfJerkass/WesternAnimation
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41	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
42	* All of the main characters of ''Manga/AsobiAsobase'' are jerks of one kind or another, and the few characters who don't qualify tend to have other crippling flaws.
43	* Magic is everything in ''Manga/BlackClover''. Many of the most powerful wizards are high nobles and royalty, while those with very low magic are commoners and peasants who are banished to the slums. Royals and nobles see no problems with insulting or even killing commoners and peasants. Hell, there are even some nobles who see no problem with turning on their own just to get their hands on more money and power, [[spoiler:something that guys like Gauche and Finral know all too well about]].
44	* ''Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack'' is essentially a JerkassWoobie world, and for a damn good reason. All the characters are stressed, tired, cranky, and have absolutely no time for pleasantries. Nobody laughs, nobody smiles -- all of the cells just do as they are told and push everyone out of the way. The reason why everything is so grim compared to the [[Manga/CellsAtWork origin series]] is because the body is in poor condition due to smoking, stress, and other bad habits which lead to germs infiltrating faster than normal. As such, the cells have no choice but to keep their heads down and [[ExpositoryThemeTune work]], [[IronicEcho and work]], [[MadnessMantra and work]].
45	* At first the World of Mana in ''Anime/CrossAnge'' seems like a pretty nice place to live... except that most of the population is absurdly racist towards those without Mana (known as "Norma"), and the Norma themselves [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil tend to devolve into vengeful misanthropes as a result]]. It's later explained that [[spoiler:Mana users were engineered by the BigBad with a subconscious urge to condemn and isolate anyone who didn't match his idea of a SuperiorSpecies]]. In the end, the Norma [[spoiler:collectively undergo ''some'' CharacterDevelopment and get whisked off to a different world while the prideful and slothful Mana users watch their world decay around them]].
46	* In the world of ''Manga/DesertPunk'' this is basically the law given the setting is a Post-Apocalyptic Japan turned desert hellhole. A world where [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids idealism over survival instinct will get you killed]]; where [[EnfantTerrible even children can be cold-blooded murderers]]. The few people who aren’t assholes [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth aren't long for this world]]. Even the "decent people" harassed by roaming territory claiming bandits are far from innocent themselves. Halfway through the anime, it becomes clear that our VillainProtagonist and his rival don't have a HiddenHeartOfGold, as they end up becoming full-fledged villains by the end of it. The final episode hammers it home with the LemonyNarrator saying something to the effect of, "With people like this, it doesn’t matter if humanity goes extinct."
47	* ''Manga/ElfenLied'' takes place in a CrapsackWorld consisting of bigotry, sadism, and slavery, with [[CuteMonsterGirl Lucy]] on the receiving end of this, shaping her into the troubled, misanthropic VillainProtagonist she is today. The only exceptions to this trope are the people in Maple House (especially Kouta and Nana), although they are shown to be troubled as well.
48	%%* Just how bad is the world of ''Manga/FrankenFran''? Really bad if the nicest, most morally outstanding character out of everyone else is an ''assassin''.
49	* When ''Anime/GhostStories'' got its [[GagDub famous dub]], some liberties were taken to make the series sell. And by "liberties", we mean "make the characters act like absolute dicks to one another". Absolutely none of the characters have a kind bone in them, not even Momoko who went from a [[NiceGuy sweet young lady]] to a [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist who says that everyone is going to burn in Hell because they're all heathens]]. Hell, even the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Ghosts of the Week]] come off as even more dickish than they were in the Japanese subs. On the plus side, [[RuleOfFunny it makes the show all the funnier]].
50	* ''Anime/{{Hellsing}}'': Seras, Walter, and Integra are the only characters who aren't AxCrazy, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]], mass-murdering {{jerkass}}es. Pretty much every other named character, from hero to villain, are assholes who crave bloodlust. This somehow gets exaggerated in ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'' in which Alucard goes from a silent professional to an out-and-out douchebag who enjoys fucking with '''''everyone'''''.
51	* ''Manga/{{Inuyashiki}}'': Aside from Inuyashiki himself, only a handful of characters are likable; everyone else is [[ApatheticCitizens apathetic]], mean-spirited, and unsympathetic. From a [[TeensAreMonsters group of teenagers that take pleasure in beating up a homeless man]] to the vicious {{Yakuza}} Samejima and the internet {{troll}}s who mocked Hiro's mother not long after she killed herself. Even Inuyashiki's family are all such jerks to him. [[spoiler:Luckily they start to treat him a lot better after they learn that he saved Mari.]]
52	%%* ''Manga/KillingBites'': Most characters are violent, selfish, power-hungry, greedy, sadistic, sexually deviant, or some combination of the above, and they are put in a fight where they can indulge in their bloodlust. There are very few genuinely benevolent characters in the setting and most of the time they live under the thumb of the evil characters.
53	* ''Anime/KillLaKill'' is set in Honnouji Academy, where most of the students and faculty are either bloodthirsty, perverted, unhinged, or all of them together. [[spoiler:However, this trope becomes {{subverted\|Trope}} when it turns out Honnouji was only like this because it was taken over by [[BigBad Ragyo Kiryuin]] as ruler. Once she's out of the picture, the people become much more tolerant and outgoing.]]
54	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is a CosmicHorrorStory where the majority of the cast is corrupt, dysfunctional, or irritable, with [[NoRespectGuy Shinji]] on the receiving end. The only people who consistently treat him with respect are Rei and Misato.
55	* ''Manga/NyanKoi'': The world seems to really have it out for Junpei. His family treats his cat allergies as pathetic whining and even keeps a cat around, even though his allergies are so bad that they can be fatal to him if he stays around cats for too long. He is subject to various UnprovokedPervertPayback attacks; one girl is a StalkerWithACrush who enjoys watching him struggle and suffer; the list goes on. Not to mention that he is cursed by a JerkassGod to do 100 good deeds for cats or else be [[KarmicTransformation turned into one]] and die from said allergies.
56	* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'': Aside from several {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s among civilians, there are only a few legitimate heroes that you can count on your hands. The others are egotistical jerks who are slaves to their public image, another top-ranked hero who is willing to kill any monster even if they surrender, and the second strongest hero who is a BrattyHalfPint who uses her PsychicPowers to bully and intimidate anyone she views as weak and/or annoying.
57	* ''Anime/OruchubanEbichu'': Pretty much almost every character in this series is either a depraved asshole (such as O.L., in which it's a miracle she hasn't been investigated by animal activists from the amount of abuse she dishes out towards her own pet hamster), a depraved dimwit (such as the titular Ebichu, who knows absolutely no boundaries), or both (such as Kaishonachi, who's all too happy to get drunk and cheat on his girlfriend).
58	* ''Manga/PrisonSchool'' is this in spades, due to having very few characters who are remotely likable. From Kiyoshi's selfishness to Mari's sadistic hatred of boys, there isn't much to root for. It all reaches the apex in the final arc when it hits its logical conclusion: [[spoiler:no one gets their happy ending]].
59	* ''Anime/RedoOfHealer'': With a few notable exceptions, ''every single'' elite in the Kingdom of Jioral, regardless of how nice they looked and how big their knockers are, are a bunch of vicious HateSink {{Sadist}}s who go out of their way to be as horrible as possible that it stops being revolting and becomes borderline BlackComedy instead. There are {{Serial Rapist}}s, {{Fetishized Abuser}}s, conquerors and strike troops masquerading as "heroes" and "adventurers", and an insane, tyrannical king who wants to become God through the Philosopher's Stone. Our protagonist Keyaru is literally no better and does similarly horrible things as his abusers, if not worse.
60	%%* ''Anime/QueensBlade'': Almost everyone you see in the show is some sort of a jerk. Chances are they'll never get reprimanded for their attitude.
61	* The ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' anime dials up Makoto's unfaithful {{Jerkass}} qualities, while making every other character pretty horrible (''violent'', even) as well.
62	* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' has nearly every character being a selfish dickwad who are all out for their own self-interest, and the ones who aren't selfish are instead often violent and impulsive. [[MagicalGirlfriend Lum]], who is stated in-series to be too good for Ataru Moroboshi who is indeed a horny scumbag, has several jerkass moments of her own.
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65	[[folder:Comic Books]]
66	* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko'' is famous for its UnbuiltTrope, namely that aside from Peter and his aunt and a few others like Betty Brant, most of the supporting cast and villains are total jerks, including future LoveInterest Gwen Stacy and future bestie Harry Osborn, among many others. Frederick Foswell is one of the nicer guys but he's a journalist-turned-gangster-turned ReformedCriminal.
67	** This is so bad that that even extends to other superheroes when they make cameo appearances in Ditko's run. Like the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man not getting along at all in their first meeting.
68	* ''ComicBook/BeautifulDarkness'': Literally all of the fairies except Aurora are idiots, self-centered {{Jerkass}}es, and bullies. Not one of them seems to care as they [[CharactersDroppingLikeFlies die one-by-one]] in various horrible ways, either by dying of their own stupidity or killing each other over petty shit. The audience feels no sympathy for the victims of the plot.
69	* There is hardly a single character in ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' who is not a rapist, torturer, and/or murderer. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking As if that wasn't enough]], everyone swears like a sailor.
70	* The ''Franchise/{{DCU}}'' has a MirrorUniverse in the form of Earth-3/Antimatter Universe, where post-ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths until the ComicBook/InfiniteFrontier is depicted as a place where basic moral values are inverted as well, creating a horribly screwed-up place where cruelty and puppy-kicking are the norm.
71	* ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'', especially for the first volume or so. Emp is a FailureHero surrounded by jerkass "heroes" who are usually just as unpleasant as the villains they fight. They treat her as a ButtMonkey of the group and admit they only let her in for diversity. The citizens are apathetic and tend to stand around and laugh when Emp gets defeated by a villain. Eventually, Emp meets Thugboy and Ninjette, who are fairly likable, and some of the other heroes [[TookALevelInKindness get more sympathetic]].
72	* ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn2021'': A reoccurring theme in both the event and the tie-in issues is driving home how disconnected the Squadron is from the negative impact they have on their rogues and civilians alike, all because of their [[PatrioticFervor jingoist might-makes-right mentalities]].
73	* ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'': Baghdad, especially from the Tabary era onwards, but already in the Goscinny era. Not only is it governed by the oblivious Caliph and the evil Iznogoud, but HumansAreBastards in that city, and most citizens are {{hypocrite}}s who complain all the time about Iznogoud's ruthlessness but are willing to help him for a few bucks, despite knowing the consequences if he's ever successful. In "Chop and Change", after Iznogoud becomes the Caliph for a short time by changing bodies with him and starts unleashing his tyranny, one guy [[WhatTheHellHero berates]] the wizard who helped him, but the latter doesn't seem to regret it.
74	* Discussed in ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers''. When both teams are swapped in the universe of the other, the Justice League see firsthand how the denizens hate, bully, and smear their heroes. Franchise/{{Superman}} was appalled by all this, not because the people are just that dickish, but because he thinks the Avengers ''are not doing enough to help the people''. In contrast, the Avengers see how much positive attention and praise the heroes of that world get. ComicBook/CaptainAmerica comes to the conclusion that the JLA are power-hungry tyrants who are subjecting citizens and demanding worship. While both have the wrong idea about the other, it paints a convincing picture of how idealized the DC Universe is compared to the Marvel Universe when it comes to how people react to superheroes.
75	* ''ComicBook/RogueSun'' has the majority of its main cast like this. Everyone is manipulative, rude, or outright hostile, and the main character, Dylan Siegel, is easily the worst with how he goes out of his way to insult his father's new family and disrespect his memory. Even Dylan's stepsister, Aurie Bell, who tries to be helpful to him, becomes an ass who endangers everyone when she has enough of his shit. The sole exception is Juliette Bell, who at no point does anything manipulative, antagonises someone, or shows immense disrespect, and is welcoming to Gwen and Dylan, and is the one person to trust in Dylan and show him compassion and patience. As has been noted by readers, the character they expected to be a homewrecking WickedStepmother RichBitch turned out to be the only nice member of the cast.
76	* The ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' universe has almost every known superhero turned into an AdaptationalJerkass in one way or another. Spider-Man is one of the few heroes who was still a NiceGuy, so much so that he was almost the BigGood of that universe and he spends most of his time {{Lampshading}} how everyone is a total asshole:
77	--> '''Peter Parker:''' I mean, '''this''' is what I have to look forward to when I grow up? People being just...jerks.
78	* ''ComicBook/TheWickedAndTheDivine'' has elements of this. Many of the characters tend to be rude, selfish, and occasionally inconsiderate, [[spoiler:and there are even some murderers among them]]. Even the author has said the book stars ''problematic people doing problematic things." Only exceptions are Dionysus and Minerva, who count as TokenGoodTeammate. [[spoiler:And it turns out even Minerva can't be trusted.]]
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82	* ''Fanfic/MeanRabbit'' repaints the world of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' this way. Midoriya remains Quirkless while still vying to become a hero, dealing with the blatant FantasticAbleism he faces through bitter snarkery and stubborn resistance. Aizawa becomes a full-on SadistTeacher who goes out of his way to make Midoriya's time at U.A. as miserable as possible, turning the bulk of his classmates against him when they blame him for how ''Aizawa'' handled him standing up for himself. The three nicest members of Class 1-A [[PointOfDivergence ended up in Class 1-B instead]], leaving the class without [[TheHeart a heart]] to help mitigate Aizawa's cruelty. And during the Sports Festival, U.A. does nothing about the crowd turning on Midoriya -- save for Present Mic, who openly ''encourages it'' by painting him as a heel.
83	* ''Underfell'' is an ''VideoGame/UnderTale'' AlternateUniverse where everyone will try to kill the protagonist the moment they fall down into the underground. The characters have sociopathic tendencies such as Toriel with the intent of burning them beneath that maternal appearance, Papyrus constantly bullying Sans, and Alphys as a MadScientist with a homicidal robot in her room. The only good monster who can help you get out is Flowey. It's up to the protagonist to befriend the monsters or kill them like in the base game with a twist: killing them all has a gameplay akin to the Pacifist route, and befriending has the other way around.
84	* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness'' has this ''bad'', especially during the first three acts. As frequently lampshaded, just about everyone at Yokai Academy is a bully and/or pervert; it reaches a head in Act III, where the entire student body, disbelieving that Tsukune and his friends actually did fight Fairy Tale and believing them to just be fakers claiming as such for attention, take virtually every possible opportunity to harass, bully, and mistreat them, climaxing in [[StalkerWithACrush Kano]] blackmailing the girls into letting him take dirty pictures of them and nearly raping them outright; it reaches a point where [[RefuseToRescueTheDisliked Felucia asks the others in earnest]] ''[[RefuseToRescueTheDisliked why]]'' [[RefuseToRescueTheDisliked they should bother saving such assholes from Kuyou's upcoming attack]]. While they suffer a JerkassRealization when they see the truth for themselves and it levels off significantly afterward, some aspects remain, with several people being stupid or jerkish enough to try to hit on Moka and the other girls despite full knowledge of who they're dating.
85	* Almost everyone on ''Fanfic/ThePokemonSquad'' is a {{Jerkass}}. RM himself is an InsufferableGenius, [[WesternAnimation/KaBlam June]] is an [[HairTriggerTemper ill-tempered]] [[TheAlcoholic drunk]], Series/{{Barney\|And Friends}} is a [[PedoHunt pedophile]], Delia Ketchum is a textbook example of MyBelovedSmother with an added dose of BitchInSheepsClothing, Pikachu is a megalomaniac hellbent on world domination, etc. The few genuinely nice characters (Ash, Henry, WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}) make up for it by being {{Butt Monkey}}s.
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89	* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'': Because of a false alarm that was issued a year ago, everyone is a terrible jerk to Chicken Little. Even his [[ParentalNeglect father]] is open about how far away he is from him. The only characters who support him during the entire movie are Abby Maellard, Runt of the Litter, and Fish Out of Water.
90	* ''Franchise/DespicableMe'', as indicated by the title, features a lot of unpleasant characters -- the villainous Gru, his apathetic mother, the cute but troublesome Minions, the corrupt Miss Hattie, the obnoxious carny, etc. The notable exceptions to this trope are Lucy Wilde and the girls (Margo, Edith, and Agnes).
91	* ''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'' is a BlackComedy that takes a more satirical approach to traditional animation, with an entire cast made up of sex-crazed, bigoted assholes. The only real exception is Duke the Crow, who ends up [[spoiler:[[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth getting killed as a result of Fritz's actions]]]].
92	* The adult StopMotion film ''Hell and Back'' has everyone being complete assholes with very little to no redeeming qualities. {{Justified\|Trope}} since it ''is'' set in {{Hell}}.
93	* The Hungarian animated film ''Animation/{{Hofeher}}'' is a FracturedFairyTale spoofing the Literature/SnowWhite story, set in a world where everyone is either incredibly mean (often downright sociopathic) or a total {{Cloudcuckoolander}} -- if not both.
94	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'': Everyone at Canterlot High except for the Rainbooms, Sunset Shimmer, Spike, and Vinyl Scratch/DJ Pon-3 become this due to [[BigBad the Dazzlings]] HatePlague.
95	* ''WesternAnimation/TheNutJob'': Just about everyone is a self-serving, disloyal {{Jerkass}}. The only perfectly likable character is Buddy, the ButtMonkey to Surly.
96	* ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'' takes place in a CrapsackWorld where most people treat Norman badly simply because he believes in the supernatural. This trope also relates to the past; [[spoiler:[[WouldHurtAChild the Puritans hanged 11-year-old Agatha Prenderghast]] for the same reason, and her ghost turns them into zombies and forces them to suffer at the hands of the townsfolk]]. However, everyone, including [[spoiler:the zombies]], is redeemed in the end.
97	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rumble}}'' has almost every single citizen from Stoker and Slitherpoole act like a bunch of selfish, spoiled, and entitled jerks who look down on and ridicule anybody who expresses interest in things apart from wrestling, like salsa dancing. They also go as far as to pelt any monster who does not represent Stoker with food and treat Rayburn and his coach Jimbo like literal gods. Even the protagonist, Winnie, acts very bossy towards her friend Steve.
98	* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'' is filled with characters who are either foul-mouthed jerks, offensive stereotypes, or a mixture of both.
99	* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'': Oscar is an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist who makes callous decisions to get famous, but the other characters besides Angie and Lenny aren't much better. Ironically, the shark mafia (except Lola) is AffablyEvil.
100	* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': The inhabitants of both ''Fix-It-Felix Jr.'' (save for Felix himself) and ''Sugar Rush'' are complete {{Jerkass}}es who treat Ralph and Vanellope like crap, respectively. [[spoiler:In the latter's case, though, this is due to [[BigBad Turbo]] brainwashing the inhabitants into behaving that way; they immediately have a HeelFaceTurn upon being reprogrammed.]]
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103	[[folder:Literature]]
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108	* ''Literature/AmericanPsycho'': The [[VillainProtagonist protagonist]] is an inhumanly cruel SerialKiller (slash serial rapist slash [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]]) and most of the other characters are puddle-shallow {{Rich Bitch}}es (and bastards) too focused on luxuries and status to notice anything's wrong. Even some of the murder victims show jerk tendencies. This is a common thread in author Creator/BretEastonEllis's works. He's said in interviews that in the case of ''American Psycho'', at least, it reflected his disillusionment with the high society he was running in after the wild success of his previous book.
109	* In ''Literature/ApathyAndOtherSmallVictories'', protagonist Shane is an unrepentant asshole, but he's the only one who's honest about it. It soon becomes apparent that almost everyone else in the novel is a jerk as well.
110	* There are exceedingly few nice people in the world of ''Literature/TheCandidatesBasedOnATrueCountry'', and they don't tend to fare particularly well, with all the sociopaths looking to exploit them.
111	* ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'': With the exception of Carrie, Sue, (eventually) Tommy, and a few minor characters, everyone is unpleasant in one way or another. Even Ms. Desjardin turns out to be more of a BitchInSheepsClothing than the CoolTeacher she seems to be.
112	* ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'': The children in Willy Wonka's tour group (save for Charlie himself) are rude and disrespectful; even Willy Wonka himself is a callous jerk[[note]]especially Creator/JohnnyDepp's [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory portrayal]][[/note]]. The children's parents are either blatant doormats (Mr. Salt and Mr. Teavee) or directly responsible for their misbehavior (Mrs. Gloop and Mrs. Beauregarde).
113	* ''Literature/ClassroomOfTheElite'' has this on both an overall scale and a more personal scale. On the overall scale, the series' CentralTheme is that equality is an illusion and that the world is vastly unfair. On the personal scale, the central setting of Class 1-F is home to the [[DysfunctionJunction most "defective"]] students in the school, who all have some sort of FatalFlaw that makes them broken human beings. Part of the show's intrigue lies both in figuring out what is wrong with each character (even [[BitchInSheepsClothing the ones who seem perfectly nice]]) and in seeing how they overcome the discrimination from the other classes for being the "worst" in the school.
114	* In ''Literature/DemonSwordMaiden'', being "too kind" can get you killed. Kagami Lily learns this ''repeatedly'' through the school of hard knocks, because she is from modern Earth, and is a good, morally upstanding individual who finds it hard to fully take on the MightMakesRight mindset of an alternate world Heian era Japan.
115	* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': Greg is a borderline sociopath, Roderick is a BigBrotherBully, Manny is an [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling annoying]] SpoiledBrat, Frank is a killjoy, and Susan is a ControlFreak despite her good intentions. Other characters tend to be [[ButtMonkey hapless losers]] at best and sadistic bullies at worst.
116	* ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'' was written for a more mature audience than author Creator/KAApplegate's previous hit series ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', so all the main characters are more adult and flawed. How flawed? David is a DumbJock whose IWantToBeARealMan motivation can make him come across as something of a {{Manchild}} to modern-day readers, April is a SoapboxSadie like previous ''Animorphs'' character Cassie whose aggrandizing self-righteousness makes her just as divisive, Christopher is TheAlcoholic and a racist who only starts getting better towards the very end of the series, and even Jalil, probably the most sympathetic of the main four, is still so committed to being TheStoic that he can sometimes come across as emotionless and cold-hearted. And those are our ''protagonists'', never mind all the JerkassGods and {{Smug Snake}}s running around.
117	* Every ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' book has at least one {{Jerkass}} character (with some of them even acting as the main conflict of a number of the novels' plots), but the one that fits this trope the most is ''Literature/CallingAllCreeps'', where every character, except [[TheProtagonist Ricky]] and Iris, are all jerks.
118	* ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'': Tom is a [[DumbJock Dumb]] JerkJock, an adulterer, and a racist, Nick is HolierThanThou while being NotSoAboveItAll, Daisy's TheTease, a DumbBlonde, and a [[StepfordSmiler stepford-smiling]] DirtyCoward, Jordan's a liar and a cheat, George is a disgusting loser, Myrtle's a homewrecking adulterer, and Gatsby himself, while being the most gentle-mannered of the lot, is [[spoiler:an epic-scale liar, adulterer, smuggler, and financial frauder]]. We're still supposed to root for him because [[ScrewDestiny he was proactive in seeking upward mobility and couldn't let go of his teenage crush]], or ''something.''
119	* ''Literature/TheHeroLaughsWhileWalkingThePathOfVengeanceASecondTime'': The main character is betrayed and murdered by the very people he saved, the princess who summoned him to begin with goes into painstaking detail on why he can never go back home, and betrayal is in abundance. After the main character is resurrected in a new timeline, he makes it his mission to get vengeance on everyone who betrayed him, everyone being his former party members, and cares little if he carves his way through innocent people in the process. It really does say a lot when the nicest and most likable character in the story is the original ''BigBad!''
120	* ''Literature/HighSchoolProdigiesHaveItEasyEvenInAnotherWorld'': The Freyjagard Empire's core belief is MightMakesRight, where the strong make and dictate the rules and the weak have no say and must follow the orders of the strong or be exterminated. Thus, explaining the evil behavior of the nobles like Oslo El Gustav who treat their subjects like crap, believing it's his right to kill them should they try to fight back.
121	* ''Literature/HorridHenry'': Henry is a borderline [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who regularly engages in TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior, Perfect Peter [[WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency expects praise for his good behavior]], their parents [[AbusiveParents favor Peter over Henry]], Margaret is no better than Henry... the list goes on. In fact, the number of characters who ''aren't'' unpleasant in some way or other can be counted on one hand.
122	%%* While ''Literature/HowNotToSummonADemonLord'' has no shortage of nicer characters, pretty much every conflict that goes on is instigated by a {{Jerkass}} in some way who is either an EntitledBastard, a racist prick, or somewhere in-between. In fact [[spoiler:this is the reason why Alicia is so messed up]].
123	* ''Literature/LastExitToBrooklyn'': In this and most of the other novels of Creator/HubertSelbyJr, there are no likable or particularly sympathetic characters. Most of them are either brutal thugs or mindless slaves to their drug addictions and sex drives.
124	* In ''Literature/NightOfTheAssholes'', the world is undergoing a ZombieApocalypse where instead of everyone becoming [[OurZombiesAreDifferent mindless, flesh-eating reanimated corpses]], they become over-the-top stereotypes of every type of {{Jerkass}} -- or "assholes" as they are collectively called -- you can imagine. They act this way both out of a sadistic desire to provoke others and because forcing non-assholes to fight back is how they create more of their kind.
125	* ''Literature/{{Oresuki}}'' subverts this. Nearly every conflict is driven by the main characters being selfish jerks who are very willing to manipulate and use each other to come out on top of the LoveDodecahedron they're in. However, the consequences of being assholes to each other soon bite everyone, and they decide that if they TookALevelInKindness and make amends, they can repair their friendships with each other, which they do legitimately value. TeensAreMonsters, but they aren't irredeemable monsters.
126	* In ''Literature/ReincarnatedAsAVirus'', everyone and '''everything''', is a raging jerk, with only two exceptions, the protagonist Moss who tried to protest his innocence, until his pleas fell on deaf ears a few times too many resulting in him being DrivenToVillainy, and the God of Life, who ''literally gets torn apart'' by the rest of the FantasyPantheon, who are all his blood relatives, because they wanted his vial of elixir. Heck, ''even the viruses'' are sentient and act with deliberate premeditation and malice, concerned only with their own best interests.
127	* ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'': The moment Naofumi is summoned into Melromarc, there's a sense that [[SnubByOmission something isn't quite right]] when he is treated somewhat differently compared to the other three heroes. It soon escalates when he is accused of [[FalseRapeAccusation trying to rape Malty]] and almost everyone treats him with fear or scorn.
128	* Most of Creator/KurtVonnegut's novels fit this trope, being populated by characters who are gratuitously cruel, selfish, moronic, or all of the above. Most of the people Billy Pilgrim interacts with in ''Literature/SlaughterhouseFive'' - from his fellow soldiers in World War II to his own family members and neighbors after the war, are thoroughly unpleasant individuals. One of the only {{Nice Guy}}s he encounters proves to be TooDumbToLive.
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136	* In ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', the characters aren't exactly jerkasses, but they definitely are insensitive. Every character is incredibly self-centered, which is great for the convoluted intersecting plotlines the show is known for but isn't too good for treating your fellows like the human beings they are. Even the [[StraightMan straight men]], such as Michael, George Michael, and more minor characters like Ann Veal and Wayne Jarvis, show more signs of jerkassery the more the bar is lowered.
137	* ''Series/BreakingBad''
138	** We have meth cooks and a sleazy, money-grubbing lawyer as its lead protagonists who go up against armed and violent criminals and their henchmen. Even Hank, the primary law enforcement officer tracking down their efforts, also comes off as an obnoxious FatBastard bully who doesn't really care as much for the law (breaking and entering into an RV on private property without a warrant) so much as he does just busting criminals and getting promoted and building up on his résumé.
139	** Again in the following series ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' where the lawyer Saul Goodman gets constantly conned and swindled by the residents of Albuquerque (including his own brother Chuck) though he resorts to doing crimes himself for monetary gain. Even when he tries generating an income on a perfectly legal route such as shooting commercials, he has to put up with shortchanging clients and a snarky [[TeensAreMonsters mean teen]] intern.
140	* This is something of a signature for creator Creator/ChrisMorris. In three of his works (''Series/{{Jam}}'', ''Series/TheDayToday'' and ''Series/BrassEye''), everyone who isn't a jerk -- or outright AxCrazy -- will be [[ApatheticCitizens painfully apathetic to others' suffering]], TooDumbToLive, or [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder a remorseless backstabber]].
141	* ''Series/CobraKai'' is a pretty strong contender. The very first guy who's not a main character calls Johnny a "pendejo" simply because he wants a plate and the gangs of bullies led by Kyler beats up nerds unchecked just for kicks. People openly mock Johnny for offering karate lessons, a guy calls him insults for wanting to change the channel at a sports bar, and there are tons of other examples.
142	* ''Series/CrankYankers'' is all about Hollywood actors (and two children) harassing a bunch of Nevada residents who run businesses with publicly available and open telephone numbers through cruel prank calls, and just about every one of them uses abrasive language and is (proudly) politically incorrect. Many of the prank call victims aren't much different either, as the victims also attack their callers with aggressive or even sexist language.
143	* Pick any show by Creator/DanSchneider (namely ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', ''Series/ICarly'', ''Series/{{Victorious}}'', ''Series/SamAndCat'', ''Series/HenryDanger'', and ''Series/GameShakers''), and more often than not, they end up revolving around this trope. [[AdultsAreUseless Adults]] are either unscrupulous, mean-spirited, spineless, or downright stupid. [[KidsAreCruel Children]] tend to be [[BrattyHalfPint bratty and insufferable]] at best and [[EnfantTerrible cruel and sadistic]] at worst. Even [[TeensAreMonsters teenagers]] can be rather selfish and nasty in one way or another. Oftentimes, these characters are {{Karma Houdini}}s. Any of the few [[OnlySaneMan reasonable]] {{Nice Guy}}s either serve as {{Butt Monkey}}s or have their own JerkassBall moments.
144	* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'' is an exaggerated retelling of Creator/ChrisRock's middle school years. And by exaggerated, we mean that nothing goes right for him and he gets treated like crap by ''everyone''.
145	* ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' is quite infamous for its dysfunctional cast of very flawed characters. It's believed that the show's mean-spiritedness was what got it canceled after a measly 18 episodes.
146	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' has one golden rule. If you are a character with strong morals, that has more likable traits than unlikeable ones, that's highly sympathetic, and is all around a decent human being, [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth you]] ''[[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth will]]'' '''''[[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth die]]'''''. It is ''[[AnyoneCanDie that]]'' kind of series after all.
147	* In ''Series/TheInbetweeners'', the main characters are rather selfish and insensitive as befits teenage boys. Their personality flaws are realistic and relatable due to their age, but they are nevertheless frequently awful to bystanders, all played for CringeComedy. On the other hand, they're surrounded by cruel teachers, bullies, and social hierarchies that all conspire to punish them for their ways, making the main characters TheChewToy.
148	* The main appeal of ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': the main characters are routinely getting themselves into ridiculous, stupid schemes that backfire on them horribly, but the humor works because the main characters are all such jerks and the misfortunes are typically a direct result of their terrible personalities.
149	* In [[Creator/EugenioDerbez Eugenio Derbez]]' ''Series/LaFamiliaPeluche'', every single citizen of Ciudad Peluche is a greedy, self-centered, vindictive and overall unpleasant idiot. The [[AllWomenAreLustful women are promiscuous]], [[GossipyHens gossip about everyone]] and are all too willing to leave their husbands at the first opportunity, with the men being [[AllMenArePerverts barely any better]]. The eponymous family is a completely DysfunctionalFamily in shambles. [[HenpeckedHusband Ludovico]], the patriarch, is TooDumbToLive, Federica is a domineering EvilMatriarch who constantly demeans and disparages her husband, Ludoviquito is an EnfantTerrible, Junior is a clueless {{Manchild}}, and even Maradonio, the smartest and most recent member of the family, seems to agree with their negative ideologies. Bibi, the daughter, is instead a [[TokenGoodTeammate compassionate, caring]] and [[NiceGirl kind soul]], but unfortunately, the rest of the family treats her as the "Weird one" for her more moral point of view. Being the OnlySaneWoman in a WorldOfJerkass is [[BeingGoodSucks worse than it seems]].
150	* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', as it's a DeconstructiveParody of family sitcoms. The Bundy family are incredibly crass people: the patriarch Al is misogynistic and ridicules overweight or obese women at any given opportunity [[note]]not helped that they are Al's usual clientele at the shoe store he works at[[/note]], his wife Peg is a lazy nag who would rather spend as much money they have on beauty products than cook a decent meal, the daughter Kelly is often ditzy to the point of having the IQ of a 4-year-old, the son Bud is a HormoneAddledTeenager who has no positive male role model, and the dog Buck (yes, really) feels like he's SurroundedByIdiots. Everyone else around them aren't much better, such as their neighbor Marcy who is justified in her disgust towards Al, but sometimes is NotSoAboveItAll.
151	* The Netflix shows in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse are DarkerAndEdgier than the norm in general, but ''[[Series/JessicaJones2015 Jessica Jones]]'' takes the cake (particularly in Season 2), with every character from the titular heroine on down being deeply flawed to a disturbing and frequently unlikable degree. The only exception is Luke Cage.
152	* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' is a downplayed example -- most of the cast are [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks With A Heart Of Gold]], but a lot of the comedy comes from them being jerks to each other. This extends to the world around the characters as well; Creator/JerrySeinfeld has commented that his favorite comedic feature of the show is "inexplicable malevolence." For example, one episode features Elaine trying to order takeout from a restaurant whose delivery radius ends across the street from her apartment; when she gives the address of a nearby building and meets the delivery guy outside, he figures out what's going on and takes the bag back while coldly returning her payment. It's hard to tell whether their entire universe is like this or if it's just that they live in [[TheBigRottenApple Manhattan]].
153	* ''Series/SexEducation'' is pretty cruel to anyone who's different and not popular. This serves a function as a lot of the characters see Otis in private because they don't want to be humiliated publicly.
154	* ''Series/TheSopranos'' centers around the New Jersey mafia, so most of the characters are greedy, misogynist, racist, homophobic, and violent murderers, with delusions of honor, right off the bat, including [[VillainProtagonist the main character]], and are at best, AffablyEvil. Even many of the non-mob characters tend to be hard to like due to numerous selfish vices, including the main character's [[BigScrewedUpFamily family]] and the FBI agents assigned to catch the mobsters, often being only marginally better than the mobsters; even background extras with more than one line of dialogue tend to act like bastards for no real reason. Indeed, a large number of conflicts arise simply because the characters throw around their criminal status [[ConflictBall by openly antagonizing others through insults and/or violence]].
155	* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'': Most of the characters are massive jerks (especially Alan, Charlie, Judith, and Evelyn). They started out with some redeeming qualities but were {{flanderiz\|ation}}ed into being 100% jerks with no redeeming qualities; characters who weren't originally jerks (such as Jake) eventually became one.
156	* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'': Virtually anyone is a potential sociopathic killer who doesn't care about other people's lives; even the "good guys" feel absurd admiration, sympathy, and sexual desire for the show's most irredeemable villains just because they have a FreudianExcuse. The few characters who are genuinely moral and good people, if not truly heroic, are treated with contempt, indifference, and MoralMyopia by literally every character in the universe.
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160	* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Pretty much everyone who visibly appears or doesn't is either a hapless loser (i.e., [[CosmicPlaything Charlie Brown]]), a massive jerk who takes glee in tormenting said losers (i.e., Lucy van Pelt and many of the [[KidsAreCruel unnamed kids]]), or just outright useless (i.e., most of [[AdultsAreUseless the adults]] when they aren't outright acting as jerks themselves).
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164	* ''Podcast/HowDidThisGetMade'': Discussed in some of the movies they review. In particular, their episode on ''Film/DeepBlueSea'' had the hosts regard the movie as such a World of Jerkass that they legitimately could not determine who the film's protagonist was intended to be. They are shocked to learn that in the original draft, it was meant to be the scientist Susan, who they regarded as the ''villain''. They make a particular, horrified note of her talking about having to watch her Alzheimer's-afflicted father react to being told his wife was dead ''on a daily basis'' whenever he asked about her, instead of simply lying or dodging the question.
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168	* Due to its name and the DarkerAndEdgier content it presents, the Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s Wrestling/AttitudeEra was full of this. A majority of wrestlers, [[BlackAndGrayMorality whether face or heel]], are conveyed as either abrasive, egotistical, or brutal. They always engage in TrashTalk, they beat up those who piss them off the slightest, and they even harass and intimidate non-wrestlers (interviewers, commentators, etc.)
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172	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''. The closest thing to "good guys" among the factions are the fringe factions of the Imperium of Man who "only" want to kill ''billions'' rather than trillions of their own people and only want to ''subjugate'' rather than exterminate all aliens, the [[SpaceElves Craftworld Eldar]] who "only" use other races as pawns rather than going out of their way to kill them, and the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Scary Dogmatic Space Communists]] Tau Empire, which should tell you something. The setting runs of EvilVersusEvil, which ensures that every faction has a logical reason to fight any other ([[CivilWarcraft including itself]]), and so you won't feel bad when their troops die in droves on the tabletop.
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176	* With the exception of Cates and a small handful of people who like him (Rachel, his students, the parents of the boy he tutored), most of the townspeople of Hillsboro in ''Theatre/InheritTheWind'' are invariably portrayed as ignorant, hate-filled rubes and ranting religious zealots.
177	* Everyone on and beneath Olympus in ''Theatre/OrpheusInTheUnderworld'' is a self-absorbed, hedonistic jerk, with almost no exceptions. Being a comedy, this is played for laughs.
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181	* At the start of ''[[VisualNovel/MurderByNumbers2020 Murder By Numbers]]'', no one except K.C. and SCOUT are on Honor's side, and a big part of the first three cases revolves around Honor either proving herself or cutting toxic people out of her life.
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185	* ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'': Glitch's [[https://www.glitchprod.com/digital-circus official website]] describes the show as "What if it was ''Franchise/ToyStory'', but everyone was a jerk?"
186	* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'': Pretty much almost every character in this show is either an asshole, an idiot, or both; to start with, our protagonists consist of two {{Alpha Bitch}}es who will stop at nothing to get their revenge on whatever other jerks have inflicted upon them, with one of their only friends being a moronic InnocentBetaBitch who can't even spell to save her own life.
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190	* ''Webcomic/TwoGuysAndGuy'': the main trio is an AxCrazy mad scientist, a sociopath, and a {{Jerkass}} loser. It seems the closer you get to the heroes the worse of a person you are -- there are a few normal-to-nice one-off characters, but most of the regulars are sociopaths at best.
191	* ''Webcomic/SuicideForHire'': Our protagonists are psychotic murderers who will never be punished, their clients are usually monsters who have no chance to be redeemed because they always die, and the rest of the planet is full of assholes.
192	* In ''Webcomic/GodOfMartialArts'': 99% of the noble/martial artist population is made of sociopathic jerks who don't give a damn at killing other people simply because they annoy them or are weak, which is one of the reasons (albeit not a major one) the hero decided early to not go gentle.
193	* ''Webcomic/DoesNotPlayWellWithOthers'' combines this trope with DysfunctionJunction. ''Everyone'' who can be deemed a protagonist is a selfish, often sexually messed up, asshole of some flavor. Our "heroes" are socially awkward BlackMagicianGirl Francesca, who spends most of her time either dreaming about bizarre sexual fanfiction, dreaming about blowing things up, or actually blowing things up; Nikki, a vampire who routinely drains people to death to feed herself; Falchion, a superhero with the personality of a FratBoy mixed with a JerkJock; Tekmage, a literal supervillain; and Naga... who is so stunningly awful that [[TheFriendNobodyLikes everyone else loathes her]] and she actually manages to be a VillainProtagonist, ''even by this universe's standards''. To put things in proper perspective, Naga once [[OffingTheOffspring ate her own unhatched egg]], and reminisces about it by smiling, licking her lips, and calling "Little Anna" the best omelet that she literally ever made -- [[EveryoneHasStandards much to the horror of Francesca]]. Murder, mutilation, vulgar sexual behavior, and cannibalism are all recurring running jokes.
194	* ''Webcomic/NineteenNinetySomething'' consists of a [[RebelliousSpirit disrespectful]] [[DeadpanSnarker snarker]], a [[CasanovaWannabe perverted]] [[TheDitz idiot]], an [[{{Tomboy}} abrasive]] RiotGrrrl, and a [[TheStoic stoic]] [[ThePrankster prankster]]... and they're ''still'' far more nicer (and saner) than pretty much everyone else in the comic.
195	* ''Webcomic/{{SSDD}}'' deconstructs this. It's people's very jerkassery that gets those characters screwed over (in one case, one person's refusal to help another ''open a door'' ForTheLulz gets them ''both'' killed) and lets the biggest jerk of them all, [[BigBad The Oracle]] to rise to power. For example, one of the characters is constantly LockedOutOfTheLoop and treated like a ButtMonkey by those trying to stop the Oracle--and then an offhand remark reveals he was the only one of them who actually knew The Oracle's origins, even though--thanks to them--he didn't know what the Oracle was. Their following exchange provides the quote for ItSeemedTrivial.
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203	* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evrWLYUv0R0 the fifth episode]] of ''WebVideo/AceAttorneyAccordingToAnAI'', the trial is made up of some of the most evil characters in ''Franchise/AceAttorney''. The only two people who haven't crossed the MoralEventHorizon in canon are the witnesses- Diego Albane (played by [[NiceGuy Will Powers]]) and Maggey Byrde. The defendant is perhaps the worst of all, as he brazenly admits that he [[DisproportionateRetribution murdered his friend, an actor working for him, over the latter using expensive cooking oil]], then proceeded to [[RobbingTheDead steal his money after he was dead]], which almost seems like something his canon self would consider doing. Even worse, the judge [[KarmaHoudini gives the defendant a Not Guilty verdict]].
204	* ''WebAnimation/TheAnnoyingOrange'': The titular Orange is an abrasive, ill-mannered PsychopathicManchild who specializes in making cruel remarks to those around him. The other characters are also unpleasant and irritable. [[AllLovingHero Marshmallow]] is the sole exception, always spreading kindness to others even when they don't reciprocate.
205	* ''WebAnimation/BattleOfTheMultiverse'': This absurd {{Crossover}} has {{flanderized}} every single character into a psychopathic killer who goes on rampages. Even the more helpless victims who tend to be the short end of the stick have their moments of homicide.
206	* ''WebVideo/DrJekyllAndMrHydeTheGameTheMovie'': Dr. Jekyll is portrayed as nothing but a NiceGuy, but everyone seems to take his politeness as a personal insult to the point of absurdity. Over the course of the video, Jekyll is [[CosmicPlaything beaten-down by everyone and everything]] as he is slowly driven to the brink. It gets so bad that he takes obscene pleasure when he manages to kill a bee that tried stinging him with his cane.
207	* ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'':
208	** {{Justified\|Trope}}, given that the series takes place in {{Hell}}. Turf wars occur between people fighting for territory, the news media includes people who are only superficially nice in front of the camera (and that's more like a MaskOfSanity than actually being nice), and Charlie's earnest attempt to redeem sinners gets vicious mockery from nearly everybody.
209	** Its spin-off ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' is a similar case, but the main characters are the members of an [[MurderInc assassination company]] led by a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who frequently belittles the OnlySaneMan.
210	* ''Series/KamenRiderAmazons'', due to being the [[DarkerAndEdgier bleakest entry]] in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' franchise, is this. Everyone who isn't a jerk or incompetent is getting led around by someone who is.
211	* The page quote refers to ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', where the main characters are Sarge (TheNeidermeyer) Grif (lazy), Simmons (a kiss-ass), Tucker (a lecher), Church (bitter jerk), Caboose, and Donut (both dumb). Best discussed in ''FanFic/ReactWatchBelieveYikes'' as Team WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} is very put off by their attitudes, and even the resident JerkWithAHeartOfGold Weiss can't help but feel appalled by how horribly the characters treat each other. They do eventually get CharacterDevelopment.
212	* ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan''. It’s easier to count the number of characters who ''aren't'' jerks. While there are a few nice characters (such as Mario), even they are frequently thrown the JerkassBall.
213	* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': Earth Bet has very, very few parahumans willing to engage in genuinely selfless and magnanimous acts, and every character is a petty, power-hungry asshole to some degree (with the tentative exception of Dragon, who is not human). Justified to an extent as Wildbow is a self-proclaimed misanthrope and doesn't believe in the existence of altruistic people.
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