Today, I want to know who is a TV character that you love that everyone else seems to hate.
Pop Culture Theme Time is a feature where I put a question to you to see what you think about a particular theme. I might later revisit the theme for a future Drawing Crazy Patterns or Top Five.
Last week, I asked what character on a TV show that you hate that the show clearly intended for you to like. A reader wanted me to do the opposite, but that’s tricky, since the charming villain thing is a common situation. There’s lots of charming villains that people love to hate, so I thought I’d take it a step further – who is a TV character that everyone seems to hate that you can’t help but love?
Basically, who is a prototypical Poochie from The Simpsons that you just dig.
I, no lie, can’t seem to think of one, but I know you people out there have lots of these sorts of things – the ones where you almost take joy in defying the masses, so I didn’t want to pass this theme up, so go crazy and let me know your pick!
And feel free to suggest future Pop Culture Theme Time topics to me at brian@popculturereferences.com!
I liked Skye/Daisy/Quake in Agents of Shield. But people often complained about the character. Kinda liked that her boyfriend turned out to be an evil terrorist, but she was fooled.
I’ve known quite a few “Married…With Children” fans who never accepted Ted McGinley’s Jefferson D’Aracy officially replacing David Garrison’s Steve Rhodes in Season 5 and consider that moment when the show “Jumped the Shark” (especially due to McGinley’s history with “Happy Days”). I’ve always disagreed and while I do feel the show lasted a few seasons longer than it should have, it still had some prime material left with Jefferson and McGinley did add something unique to the comedy. I still never liked Shane Sweet’s Seven (from Season 7), though.
Alex, I’ll second you here. I never really took to Steve Rhodes and actually preferred Jefferson.
I loved Ellen Foley as Billy in the second season of Night Court. Marky Post’s Christine could be too much of a fluffy bunny for tastes.
I get what you mean about liking characters that fly under the radar or draw mixed reactions. Sometimes the most interesting stuff isn’t in the mainstream, whether it’s old sitcoms or indie browser games like PvZ Sex Lawn Online where you just appreciate the niche design.