10 Annoying Cartoon Characters From the 80s and 90s
Just because there are a ton of great cartoon series from the 1980s and 1990s that we enjoyed watching, doesn't mean they didn't have annoying characters that we didn't like. Some of these characters range from being completely meaningless to having voices that are like nails screeching across a chalkboard.
Recently, my kids were watching some kind of cartoon on the Disney Channel that was full of irritating characters. It got me to thinking about what characters I found annoying in animated shows I watched when I was growing up. So I came up with a list of ten of them that bugged the hell out of me. Look over my list and then let us know about any other character you found annoying.
Prince Adam and Cringer - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
He-Man and Battle Cat were freakin’ badasses in Masters of the Universe. But it was pretty awful when they walking around in the series as Prince Adam and Cringer. I couldn’t wait for them to transform into He-Man and Battle Cat. Cringer was just such a cowardly comic relief with a terribly annoying voice, and Prince Adam was just insanely uninteresting. They should have just stayed He-Man and Battle Cat the whole time. Why would they even want to change back if they could be He-Man and Battle Cat?!
Kid Icarus - Captain N: The Game Master
This show was already pretty lame, but Kid Icarus took it to an even more obnoxious level. The character sounded like he was going through puberty, as his voice was constantly cracking. He also would end words and sentences with “-icus” all the time, which got really annoying, really fast. For example if he were to say my name he’d say “Joeyikus is Dopeius Maximus.”
Elmyra Duff - Tiny Toons Adventures/ Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain
She just had the kind of personality that’d you love to smack the shit out of. Whenever she popped up in an episode of Tiny Toons Adventures, I would have to leave the room. Even the rest of the characters in the series didn’t like her! After all, she was always squeezing the life out of them. I know they were trying to make her funny, but I didn’t find her funny at all. This is just one of those characters I could have gone without.
Scooter - Challenge of the GoBots
This was such an insignificant character, who really did nothing for the GoBots. He was a weak and cowardly character that hardly contributed his team. He had a human friend Nick that always had to coax him into action when they found themselves in a tight situation because Scooter was too scared. I wasn’t a big fan of his voice either. He was all around completely worthless.
Angelica Pickles - Rugrats
I didn’t watch Rugrats that much, mostly because I thought the entire show was kind of irritating. If I had to pick one character from that show that stood out above the rest as being aggravating, though, it would have to be Angelica. She’s just a nasty, bossy, manipulative brat. As Garfield the cat put it best, she’s the kind of cartoon character that should be “drug out into the street and shot.”
Snarf and Snarfer - Thundercats
Even though I loved ThunderCats doesn’t mean I liked all of the characters in it. Snarf was one of those character I always cringed at when he came up on screen. He was just a terribly obnoxious character. You know who was even worse than Snarf though? His nephew, Snarfer. This character was always screwing up, and I don’t know how you make a voice more annoying than Snarf had, but they managed to pull it off with Snarfer.
Gary Oak - Pokémon
This bastard was a vindictive and conceited asshole. There’s nothing wrong with a little friendly rivalry, but this douche would drive around in his sports car filled with cheerleaders tearing down Ash’s self-esteem. What in the hell was his problem!? On top of that, his voice was annoying as hell.
Daniel Witwicky - The Transformers
Daniel was the son of the Autobots' human friend Spike. The kid was just annoying and a huge liability to the robots in disguise. He was always running off on his own and getting himself into trouble. So the Autobots would always have to abort whatever mission they were on to save his stupid ass from whatever mess he got himself into. Hey! He sounds a lot like Carl from The Walking Dead! Sorry, I couldn't find a clip featuring him.
Jubilee - X-Men
Not only was she a nuisance always getting in the way, but her mutant power was ridiculous. She could generate bright bursts of multi-colored energy from her fingertips that looked like fireworks. The effects of the power were pretty pointless as well. For some reason she also got some of the worst one-liners in the series. She was a very 80s character in a 90s show. She was my least favorite X-Men character.
Starscream - Transformers
As much as I loved Transformers when I was growing up, I never could understand how an imbecile like Starscream was Megatron's right hand man. All he did was whine all of the freakin’ time, and he did it with that bloodcurdling screeching voice from hell. Yeah, he turned into a radical jet, but he was always trying Megatron’s patience and the patience of the viewers. Thankfully he eventually met his demise in Transformers: The Movie.