Many times I dislike or hate protagonists or main characters in tv shows and movies. They are supposed to be liked and I just can't like them.
I'll use a few examples and I'll obviously cover the spoilers for your convenience.
The Walking Dead - I hate Rick. He makes stupid ass decisions. I don't know why everyone allows him to be the leader. In season 1 or 2, he put the group at risk (some even died iirc) just because a girl got lost. They spent days if not weeks looking for her and she ended up being dead just because Rick felt personally responsible. Everyone had assumed she was dead anyways. Another example is letting the Governor escape or giving him a chance. I forgot the details tbh. But we all know how that turned out. Anyways, I usually want the bad guys to kick his ass or kill him or whatever. This also applies to most of Rick's group too. I end up loving the bad guys usually.
Jane the Virgin - Jane can be really annoying and unlikable. She ends up doing stupid ass stuff that gets her in trouble just to make other people happy. She also gives bad people so many chances. People that lied to her, manipulated her, tried to kill her grandma, etc.
How I Met Your Mother - While Barney isn't exactly the MAIN character (technically no one really is I suppose), he sure got treated like it and he had the most screentime sometimes and memorable moments. He got annoying after a couple of seasons and became so unbearable later on. He ended up doing stupid jokes that were just too stupid to be funny. And got like 2 seasons just for his character.
Fast & Furious movies - Dom is fucking op af! He can't be beat and he keeps overcoming impossible obstacles in every single movie. No one stop him at all. Not assassins, not the military, not experienced assassins, not drug dealers, no one! It's unbelievable. He has no fucking experience at all; he's just a racer and mechanic. We know heroes and main characters in other movies won't end up dying and will end up winning (in most cases for both), but with F&F, he is never in any real danger and overcomes situations in the most bs ways possible.
Rush Hour movies - James Carter was funny in the first one. But it went downhill fast. He's just annoying as hell and makes the movies unwatchable. I recently tried watching Rush Hour 3 again but I had to stop. Chris Tucker's character was so damn annoying and unfunny. And by annoying I mean the kind of annoying person that you just want to get away from irl if you ever met someone like that. Besides, Rush Hour 3 was a bad movie no matter what.
Avengers/MCU - I dislike some characters like Captain America. He's just annoying, thinks he's always right, and makes bad decisions. I haven't watched Spider-Man Homecoming and I don't care about watching it, but he was annoying af in the Civil War movie. I had watched him in the trailers and felt the same way but gave it a chance and I was not wrong. I can't imagine what he's like in SM Homecoming. I would not like it. I'll probably watch that movie if I'm extremely bored and if it pops up on HBO or something. Otherwise I don't give a damn at all and honestly don't want to waste my time getting annoyed by shit characters with shit jokes and dialogue.
WWE - Many of the good guys are cookie cutter good guys and are boring as hell. They usually only lose when the bad guy cheats. The bad guys are more entertaining, but they are also cookie cutter nowadays in modern WWE.
I had more recent examples in mind last night but this was all I was able to come up with today. :/
If you guys and gals can help me out that would be great. Especially if its from recent tv shows and movies. ---
