they amuse us upset us and sometimes
anger us but that’s why we love them
there is nothing more precious than a
baby’s laughter welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten controversial TV
characters for this list we’ve chosen
characters that were received negatively
by some facet of society these
personalities run the gamut of
offensiveness and are ranked by their
cultural footprint in terms of
popularity notoriety and influence I
think those two have 30 years between
them polka dots looks like a lot of fun
we’re only including fictional
characters on this list so Hitler from
the exceptionally short-lived Heil honey
I’m home will not make an appearance
what are you afraid of
number 10 Jack Bauer 24
an anti-terrorist agent who’s worked for
various intelligence organizations
notably CTU Jack Bauer is often thrown
into life-and-death situations
that’s probably people like you George
you want results but you never want to
get your hands dirty I’d start rolling
up your sleeves what’s more many of the
tasks he performs in the line of duty
are of questionable morality including
murder and torture considering 24 aired
during the Abu Ghraib prison torture
controversy and counterterrorism was an
ongoing issue at the time as well the
ethics of interrogation was a
contentious issue something not helped
by Bauer’s nationally-televised
atrocities she died which exactly but
I’m gonna make you them unless you tell
me what many people especially human
rights activists chided these segments
of the show calling Bauer a torturer
propagandist while his methods were
questionable Bauer saw them as a means
to an end and the only way to save the
day what I want to know tick inside your
government mmm think easier number 9
beavis and butt-head
beavis and butt-head become one of those
stand-up chameleons and make a lot of
money yeah money rule beavis and
butthead were the victims of youth
emulation and media reproach the
characters in all their irreverent glory
were delinquent misanthropic and
borderline sociopathic making sure they
were hated by parents and loved by
children a dangerous combination
oh you bagged a jumbo jet I get to keep
it one child allegedly imitating the
duo’s fascination with fire burn down
his home with his sister inside thank
that carpet will burn another child
after hearing Butthead mentioned
sticking a firecracker inside a cat did
the exact same thing go for it baby
they’re gonna be cool however the
legitimacy of claims that the characters
were to blame has
been debated whatever the case maybe
controversy followed beavis and butthead
like a shadow not everybody can be cool
like us yeah number eight Tom and Helen
Willis The Jeffersons Oh more bad news
as a white man married to a black woman
Tom and Helen Willis were among TV’s
first interracial couples
considering the Jeffersons premiered
less than a decade after anti race
mixing laws were abolished some people
were not receptive to that level of
integration on national television with
Louise Jefferson often voicing the
antiquated views of such a demographic
what a fancy hongki’s only party you
call me a lot of things George but
you’ve never called me a honky before
are you going to oh you just a Toki
it speaks to the likeability of the show
that this controversy was not
long-standing as The Jeffersons was
beloved for its racial honesty and humor
and the Willises became fan favorites
let me tell you one thing oh let me tell
you one thing go ahead one of your
eyelashes is coming off humor is one of
the best devices for quelling racial
tension and this couple certainly helped
break down barriers on TV got me Apple
Tom oh use that we’re in my band oh he
said don’t you same number seven Don
Draper Mad Men I don’t know if have
enough food Bertie what do you put in
that freezer about you frozen food when
you want me to say as an advertising
executive in the 1960s Don Draper is the
epitome of masculinity for better or
worse such a standard is impossible to
hold without collateral damage however
as Draper’s lifestyle is fraught with
adultery alcoholism and grossly
inappropriate conduct towards women
speaking of which who’s your little
friend here she’s a new girl for this
reason Mad Men has been on the receiving
end of controversy for its alleged
misogynistic overtones
sexist treatment of female characters
it’s your job I give you money you give
me ideas you never say thank you that’s
what the money is for while he’s by no
means a good role model Don Draper is
true to his time period and his
character and as the saying goes those
who cannot remember the past are
condemned to repeat it
advertising is based on one thing
happiness
number 6 Murphy Brown Murphy Brown I
think I’m pregnant what I said I fired
you the first time what’s wrong with you
it’s fairly shocking in hindsight but
Murphy Brown was the subject of
significant controversy in her day
specifically because she was a single
mother are you out of your mind
running around with two guys having
unprotected sex in the 90s Wow a little
credit here I was not running around
with two guys I was with one man one man
one time during 1992 s presidential
campaign then US Vice President Dan
Quayle delivered a speech about Family
Values wherein he singled out Murphy
Brown a career woman who carried and
raised a child without a man for
contributing to the decay of society
doesn’t help matters when primetime TV
has Murphy Brown a character who
supposedly epitomizes today’s
intelligent highly paid professional
woman
mocking the importance of fathers by
varying a child and
I’m calling just another lifestyle
choice in the 90s television landscape
and beyond Murphy Brown was considered a
pillar of feminism partly for her
independent lifestyle and this rubbed
some people even major politicians the
wrong way but did Murphy and her
creators take this lying down
no way they tackled quails comments
head-on perhaps it’s time for the vice
president to expand his definition and
recognize that whether by choice or
circumstance families come in all shapes
and sizes and ultimately what really
defines a family is commitment
caring and love number 5 Al Bundy
married with children I don’t know what
to get your mother maybe you’re being a
girl I’ll come in handy for once married
with children was a spoof on the
traditional sitcom every standard rule
was abolished in exchange for satirical
freedom which ruffled the feathers of
many a situation comedy viewer see the
Japanese build a better one of those but
no character was freer in their
debauchery than the head of the Bundy
household al an exaggerated male
stereotype full of lust beer and
crudité an anti obscenity advocate
launched a campaign to boycott the show
which ultimately worked for a time
what’s her cup size Oh like uh-oh miss
excuse me could you help us out here
mitt in the end the Fox series sponsors
ended up paying much closer attention to
the content leaving an episode entitled
I’ll see you in court on aired due to
scandalous content I want to have sex on
the kitchen table
I want to have a meal in the kitchen
take the bad press ended up working in
the show’s favor however without winning
the war and married with children
returning to its trademark irreverence
once again I finished first number four
Ren and Stimpy the Ren and Stimpy show
let’s see what you got in there one cute
hmm when a kids series is so dirty that
an adult version of the show has to be
created just to facilitate the jokes
then you’ve got one untamable beast on
your hands the indecent acts of the
eponymous Ren & Stimpy are the stuff of
legend my chicken in my best friend
Gawker’s in the dark the Nickelodeon
series is full of adult jokes sexual
innuendos and incredibly dark subject
matter with no educational value
whatsoever and the creator’s knew that
from the get-go it don’t stop it’s
working
as you can imagine the censors were
perpetually tested by the content
combine all that with the characters
ambiguous sexuality and you can only
loosely call this a kid show or probably
not at all
number three Dexter Morgan Dexter
tonight’s the night and it’s going to
happen again and again
has to happen Dexter Morgan’s brand of
justice is morally gray at best
seemingly a normal man on the outside
Dexter has murderous tendencies on the
inside I’m gonna have to let you go
because of this he lives by a code only
killing those who deserve it mostly see
I can’t help myself either children I
could never do that not like you never
unlike the other characters on this list
that are only superficially
controversial Dexter’s controversy has
real-life implications the serial killer
character has spawned copycats in the
real world in fact seven murder victims
can be connected to Dexter including a
mother who was killed by her Dexter
obsessed son an oilfield worker who was
killed in a Dexter inspired murder room
and a girl who was dismembered by her
boyfriend in a Dexter imitation
unfortunately it seems like Dexter is
too spree killers what the Catcher in
the Rye is two assassins I did her how
in a movie it’s not film but I’m not
sorry horse not no I’m not sorry either
number two Eric Cartman South Park what
kind of costume is that it hit a costume
hey hey though Bart Simpson was the
original obscene cartoon child by agra
at $5 a pill
whatever it is it’s going in Skinner’s
coffee when Eric Cartman stepped onto
the scene everyone had a new authority
to respect
there aren’t enough terms of bigotry to
describe Cartman’s personality so we’ll
just let him speak for himself no when I
say it’s night Susan I’ll write you I’ll
chat back we are moose indeed juden
ausrotten an adult character spouting
the same hateful rhetoric would be bad
enough but coming from an eight-year-old
child
it’s almost demonic it’s common
knowledge that South Park has received
opposition from decency groups for
possibly inciting prejudice then Cartman
is almost always the catalyst don’t
cross this bad boy or else he’ll make
you eat your parents
yeah yahng yahng yahng yahng
I made you eat your parents Yong Yong
Yong Yong Jesus Christ dude before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions you will hear the
word fruit out of him by bird look the
part of me really wants to have the baby
and part of me say that weird that guy’s
fire
I’d say race it’s a no quitter if I
thought you knew what it meant
hey if siddhis you pissy little bitch
number one Archie Bunker all in the
family Raj if there’s no personal
contact there’s no danger of further
infection oh that’s what regular change
and pull up fuck see when looking
through today’s politically correct lens
it it’d be easy to see Archie Bunker as
an abominable character he’s a staunch
conservative whose views on social
issues are archaic
even for the time period in which he
lives ever since that fight your father
and more than one Christmas when she
caught him drawing horns and a mustache
on a picture of President Roosevelt
quick with a racist or misogynistic quip
the patriarch of 704 Hauser Street is
flat-out abrasive originally designed by
creator Norman Lear to be hated by
audiences last night I’ve done maybe the
dumbest thing in my whole life are you
sure you’ve lived a long time but hated
he was not because of Archie’s sincerity
and his apparent though often repressed
heart of gold
viewers were able to look past his
bigotry helping him to inspire future
controversial characters like Eric
Cartman and become one of the best-loved
TV characters of all time there’s
something to be said for honest
convictions I’m against all the right
things
welfare fussing the women’s lib I think
sex education should be took out of the
schools and put right back where I
learned it in the space do you agree
with our list who’s your favorite
controversial TV character Louis Louis
don’t move Stewie’s loving this see if
she’s got any cash on it for more
shocking top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com I
feel so much better about being Jewish
now that I see that Mel Gibson is just a
big whacko douche
anger us but that’s why we love them
there is nothing more precious than a
baby’s laughter welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten controversial TV
characters for this list we’ve chosen
characters that were received negatively
by some facet of society these
personalities run the gamut of
offensiveness and are ranked by their
cultural footprint in terms of
popularity notoriety and influence I
think those two have 30 years between
them polka dots looks like a lot of fun
we’re only including fictional
characters on this list so Hitler from
the exceptionally short-lived Heil honey
I’m home will not make an appearance
what are you afraid of
number 10 Jack Bauer 24
an anti-terrorist agent who’s worked for
various intelligence organizations
notably CTU Jack Bauer is often thrown
into life-and-death situations
that’s probably people like you George
you want results but you never want to
get your hands dirty I’d start rolling
up your sleeves what’s more many of the
tasks he performs in the line of duty
are of questionable morality including
murder and torture considering 24 aired
during the Abu Ghraib prison torture
controversy and counterterrorism was an
ongoing issue at the time as well the
ethics of interrogation was a
contentious issue something not helped
by Bauer’s nationally-televised
atrocities she died which exactly but
I’m gonna make you them unless you tell
me what many people especially human
rights activists chided these segments
of the show calling Bauer a torturer
propagandist while his methods were
questionable Bauer saw them as a means
to an end and the only way to save the
day what I want to know tick inside your
government mmm think easier number 9
beavis and butt-head
beavis and butt-head become one of those
stand-up chameleons and make a lot of
money yeah money rule beavis and
butthead were the victims of youth
emulation and media reproach the
characters in all their irreverent glory
were delinquent misanthropic and
borderline sociopathic making sure they
were hated by parents and loved by
children a dangerous combination
oh you bagged a jumbo jet I get to keep
it one child allegedly imitating the
duo’s fascination with fire burn down
his home with his sister inside thank
that carpet will burn another child
after hearing Butthead mentioned
sticking a firecracker inside a cat did
the exact same thing go for it baby
they’re gonna be cool however the
legitimacy of claims that the characters
were to blame has
been debated whatever the case maybe
controversy followed beavis and butthead
like a shadow not everybody can be cool
like us yeah number eight Tom and Helen
Willis The Jeffersons Oh more bad news
as a white man married to a black woman
Tom and Helen Willis were among TV’s
first interracial couples
considering the Jeffersons premiered
less than a decade after anti race
mixing laws were abolished some people
were not receptive to that level of
integration on national television with
Louise Jefferson often voicing the
antiquated views of such a demographic
what a fancy hongki’s only party you
call me a lot of things George but
you’ve never called me a honky before
are you going to oh you just a Toki
it speaks to the likeability of the show
that this controversy was not
long-standing as The Jeffersons was
beloved for its racial honesty and humor
and the Willises became fan favorites
let me tell you one thing oh let me tell
you one thing go ahead one of your
eyelashes is coming off humor is one of
the best devices for quelling racial
tension and this couple certainly helped
break down barriers on TV got me Apple
Tom oh use that we’re in my band oh he
said don’t you same number seven Don
Draper Mad Men I don’t know if have
enough food Bertie what do you put in
that freezer about you frozen food when
you want me to say as an advertising
executive in the 1960s Don Draper is the
epitome of masculinity for better or
worse such a standard is impossible to
hold without collateral damage however
as Draper’s lifestyle is fraught with
adultery alcoholism and grossly
inappropriate conduct towards women
speaking of which who’s your little
friend here she’s a new girl for this
reason Mad Men has been on the receiving
end of controversy for its alleged
misogynistic overtones
sexist treatment of female characters
it’s your job I give you money you give
me ideas you never say thank you that’s
what the money is for while he’s by no
means a good role model Don Draper is
true to his time period and his
character and as the saying goes those
who cannot remember the past are
condemned to repeat it
advertising is based on one thing
happiness
number 6 Murphy Brown Murphy Brown I
think I’m pregnant what I said I fired
you the first time what’s wrong with you
it’s fairly shocking in hindsight but
Murphy Brown was the subject of
significant controversy in her day
specifically because she was a single
mother are you out of your mind
running around with two guys having
unprotected sex in the 90s Wow a little
credit here I was not running around
with two guys I was with one man one man
one time during 1992 s presidential
campaign then US Vice President Dan
Quayle delivered a speech about Family
Values wherein he singled out Murphy
Brown a career woman who carried and
raised a child without a man for
contributing to the decay of society
doesn’t help matters when primetime TV
has Murphy Brown a character who
supposedly epitomizes today’s
intelligent highly paid professional
woman
mocking the importance of fathers by
varying a child and
I’m calling just another lifestyle
choice in the 90s television landscape
and beyond Murphy Brown was considered a
pillar of feminism partly for her
independent lifestyle and this rubbed
some people even major politicians the
wrong way but did Murphy and her
creators take this lying down
no way they tackled quails comments
head-on perhaps it’s time for the vice
president to expand his definition and
recognize that whether by choice or
circumstance families come in all shapes
and sizes and ultimately what really
defines a family is commitment
caring and love number 5 Al Bundy
married with children I don’t know what
to get your mother maybe you’re being a
girl I’ll come in handy for once married
with children was a spoof on the
traditional sitcom every standard rule
was abolished in exchange for satirical
freedom which ruffled the feathers of
many a situation comedy viewer see the
Japanese build a better one of those but
no character was freer in their
debauchery than the head of the Bundy
household al an exaggerated male
stereotype full of lust beer and
crudité an anti obscenity advocate
launched a campaign to boycott the show
which ultimately worked for a time
what’s her cup size Oh like uh-oh miss
excuse me could you help us out here
mitt in the end the Fox series sponsors
ended up paying much closer attention to
the content leaving an episode entitled
I’ll see you in court on aired due to
scandalous content I want to have sex on
the kitchen table
I want to have a meal in the kitchen
take the bad press ended up working in
the show’s favor however without winning
the war and married with children
returning to its trademark irreverence
once again I finished first number four
Ren and Stimpy the Ren and Stimpy show
let’s see what you got in there one cute
hmm when a kids series is so dirty that
an adult version of the show has to be
created just to facilitate the jokes
then you’ve got one untamable beast on
your hands the indecent acts of the
eponymous Ren & Stimpy are the stuff of
legend my chicken in my best friend
Gawker’s in the dark the Nickelodeon
series is full of adult jokes sexual
innuendos and incredibly dark subject
matter with no educational value
whatsoever and the creator’s knew that
from the get-go it don’t stop it’s
working
as you can imagine the censors were
perpetually tested by the content
combine all that with the characters
ambiguous sexuality and you can only
loosely call this a kid show or probably
not at all
number three Dexter Morgan Dexter
tonight’s the night and it’s going to
happen again and again
has to happen Dexter Morgan’s brand of
justice is morally gray at best
seemingly a normal man on the outside
Dexter has murderous tendencies on the
inside I’m gonna have to let you go
because of this he lives by a code only
killing those who deserve it mostly see
I can’t help myself either children I
could never do that not like you never
unlike the other characters on this list
that are only superficially
controversial Dexter’s controversy has
real-life implications the serial killer
character has spawned copycats in the
real world in fact seven murder victims
can be connected to Dexter including a
mother who was killed by her Dexter
obsessed son an oilfield worker who was
killed in a Dexter inspired murder room
and a girl who was dismembered by her
boyfriend in a Dexter imitation
unfortunately it seems like Dexter is
too spree killers what the Catcher in
the Rye is two assassins I did her how
in a movie it’s not film but I’m not
sorry horse not no I’m not sorry either
number two Eric Cartman South Park what
kind of costume is that it hit a costume
hey hey though Bart Simpson was the
original obscene cartoon child by agra
at $5 a pill
whatever it is it’s going in Skinner’s
coffee when Eric Cartman stepped onto
the scene everyone had a new authority
to respect
there aren’t enough terms of bigotry to
describe Cartman’s personality so we’ll
just let him speak for himself no when I
say it’s night Susan I’ll write you I’ll
chat back we are moose indeed juden
ausrotten an adult character spouting
the same hateful rhetoric would be bad
enough but coming from an eight-year-old
child
it’s almost demonic it’s common
knowledge that South Park has received
opposition from decency groups for
possibly inciting prejudice then Cartman
is almost always the catalyst don’t
cross this bad boy or else he’ll make
you eat your parents
yeah yahng yahng yahng yahng
I made you eat your parents Yong Yong
Yong Yong Jesus Christ dude before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions you will hear the
word fruit out of him by bird look the
part of me really wants to have the baby
and part of me say that weird that guy’s
fire
I’d say race it’s a no quitter if I
thought you knew what it meant
hey if siddhis you pissy little bitch
number one Archie Bunker all in the
family Raj if there’s no personal
contact there’s no danger of further
infection oh that’s what regular change
and pull up fuck see when looking
through today’s politically correct lens
it it’d be easy to see Archie Bunker as
an abominable character he’s a staunch
conservative whose views on social
issues are archaic
even for the time period in which he
lives ever since that fight your father
and more than one Christmas when she
caught him drawing horns and a mustache
on a picture of President Roosevelt
quick with a racist or misogynistic quip
the patriarch of 704 Hauser Street is
flat-out abrasive originally designed by
creator Norman Lear to be hated by
audiences last night I’ve done maybe the
dumbest thing in my whole life are you
sure you’ve lived a long time but hated
he was not because of Archie’s sincerity
and his apparent though often repressed
heart of gold
viewers were able to look past his
bigotry helping him to inspire future
controversial characters like Eric
Cartman and become one of the best-loved
TV characters of all time there’s
something to be said for honest
convictions I’m against all the right
things
welfare fussing the women’s lib I think
sex education should be took out of the
schools and put right back where I
learned it in the space do you agree
with our list who’s your favorite
controversial TV character Louis Louis
don’t move Stewie’s loving this see if
she’s got any cash on it for more
shocking top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com I
feel so much better about being Jewish
now that I see that Mel Gibson is just a
big whacko douche
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