What fictional character is portrayed as lovable but would be fired, arrested or unfriended irl?

[theemii]

reddit user @peppersteak_headshot asked "What fictional character is portrayed as a lovable scamp, but would be fired, arrested or unfriended in real life?" and here are some of the answers, you can read the whole thing at the source.

- Willy Wonka basically fired all his employees out of fear of his secrets being discovered and brought slaves to

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[sandstorm]

- The man in the yellow hat. Don’t be bringing your goddam curious monkey with you everywhere. He’s always causing chaos and a shit
ton of damage. Do you even have a real job? Nobody likes you.

CACKLING

[itsme_eloise]

to paraphrase on of the commenters on this post, the man in the yellow hat is deeply unsettling and "distilled a fundamental truth about the nature of Men"

Children’s Stories Made Horrific: Curious George
https://the-toast.net/2015/11/02/childrens-stories-made-horrific-curious-george/

[complisult]

And Curious George is always touching food with his bare monkey hands. This is how diseases are spread, George.

[turi]

Carrie Bradshaw

[pikapika217]

it's worrisome just HOW MANY (white) women relate to her and her selfishness and flagrant disregard for boundaries. Not just the big stuff but the AUDACITY to take a bus to your friend's apartment she won in her divorce and be MAD that she didn't offer you money that 'you weren't going to take anyway' and/or offer up her ring as collateral. Like GIRL WHAT?! It's not her fault you were so irresponsible and spent ALL your money on shoes in the first place.

[sweetwaterlane]

Ok see, I don't get that take because I like seeing a flawed protagonist. I also think it's understandable for a person financially struggling to feel a certain way about their very rich friend (Charlotte came from a rich family and was just biding her time searching for a WASP husband) who is intentionally unemployed, living in a Park Avenue apartment, still wearing her 40k engagement ring, not offering a loan when you're desperate. Not that Carrie deserved a loan! But come on, being poor around rich friends can suck unless you're a saint. I like seeing shows about people who aren't saints. It'd be boring if all protagonists were perfect.

I like SATC because I like flawed characters the way irl friend groups are flawed. I don't have to relate to everything a character does to be captivated by a show. Like Carrie cheating on her boyfriend still pisses me off, i'd never cheat on someone, but it was a great storyline.

[automaticpeople]

When was Carrie ever poor? Wasn’t she just irresponsible with her money?

[januarysix]

lol agree on Pete Mitchell. he's a pretty unlikable character if you think about it.

Also is Rory Gilmore on this list? I'm not reading per ONTD rules.

[tralexora]

Omg the desire to shake Lorelai Gilmore like an etch a sketch out of exasperation

But yea, Rory too

[partyonyourhead]

Everyone on How I Met Your Mother.

[weighty_ghost]

Barney definitely should be in jail

[ty]

I was scrolling too fast and thought you meant the dinosaur

[calliope1975]

He knows what he did.

[wapiko]

I hate the cement prank episode of Gina’s. The writers ruined her character near the end of her run.

I’ll always want to know about this sort of “mutual decision” behind Chelsea Peretti leaving because the interviews she gave made it sound not entirely mutual.

[deeohaytch]

Do people think she actually put cement in people's drinks?