Losers in literature
This is a list of
anti-heroes
.
Contents
1 Drama
2 Literature
3 Poetry
4 Film
5 Comic books
6 Television
7 Video games
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Drama
Adam in
The Shape of Things
by
Neil LaBute
Archie Rice in
The Entertainer
by
John Osborne
Donald in
The Philanthropist
by
Christopher Hampton
Felix Humble in
Humble Boy
by
Charlotte Jones
Guy in
My Night with Reg
by
Kevin Elyot
Laurence in
Abigail's Party
by
Mike Leigh
Michael Cartts in
Japes
by
Simon Gray
Rosencrantz
and
Guildenstern
in
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
by
Tom Stoppard
Stephanie Washburn in
The Eclipse
by
Joyce Carol Oates
Tom and Amy Bates in
Brimstone and Treacle
by
Dennis Potter
Vladimir
and
Estragon
in
Waiting for Godot
by
Samuel Beckett
Willy Loman in
Death of a Salesman
by
Arthur Miller
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Literature
Alan Sherwood in
Altered States
by
Anita Brookner
Alex in
A Clockwork Orange
by
Anthony Burgess
Alexander Portnoy in
Portnoy's Complaint
by
Philip Roth
Alice (as well as some other characters) in
King Solomon's Carpet
by
Barbara Vine
Artemis Fowl in the
Artemis Fowl
series by
Eoin Colfer
Arthur Abdel Simpson in
The Light of Day
(filmed as
Topkapi
) and
Dirty Story
by
Eric Ambler
Asa Leventhal in
The Victim
by
Saul Bellow
Barnaby Gaitlin in
A Patchwork Planet
by
Anne Tyler
Billy Fisher in
Billy Liar
by
Keith Waterhouse
Case
in
William Gibson
's
Neuromancer
Charlie in
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by
Stephen Chbosky
Des Esseintes in
Against the Grain
by
Joris-Karl Huysmans
Dracula
in
Bram Stoker
's
Dracula
Elric of Melniboné
in stories and novels by
Michael Moorcock
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
fictional characters created by
Fritz Leiber
Felix Nasmyth in
Budding Prospects
by
T.C. Boyle
Gerald Tarrant in
The Coldfire Trilogy
by
C.S. Friedman
Hamlet
in
Hamlet
by
William Shakespeare
Gollum
(Sméagol) in
The Lord of the Rings
by
J. R. R. Tolkien
Hannibal Lecter
in
Red Dragon
,
The Silence of the Lambs
,
and
Hannibal
by
Thomas Harris
.
Harry Paget Flashman
in the Flashman books by
George MacDonald Fraser
Heracles
in
The Twelve Labors
in
Greek Mythology
Holden Caulfield
in
Catcher in the Rye
by
J.D. Salinger
Jack Skellington
in "
The Nightmare Before Christmas
" by
Tim Burton
Jacopo Belbo in
Foucault's Pendulum
by
Umberto Eco
Jay Gatsby in
The Great Gatsby
by
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jim Dixon in
Lucky Jim
, by
Kingsley Amis
Joe Christmas in
Light in August
, by
William Faulkner
John Wheelwright in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
by
John Irving
Lestat
in the
Vampire Chronicles
by Anne Rice
Long John Silver
in
Treasure Island
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
Luke Wakefield in
Mr Wakefield's Crusade
by
Bernice Rubens
Marc Remillard in
The Saga of Pliocene Exile
by
Julian May
Mark Crawley (as well as some other characters) in
A Vicious Circle
by
Amanda Craig
Martin Brock in
12 Step Fandango
by
Chris Haslam
Meursault in
L'Étranger
or
The Stranger
by
Albert Camus
The narrator in
Fight Club
by
Chuck Palahniuk
Peter Jernigan in
Jernigan
by
David Gates
Pinkie Brown in
Brighton Rock
by
Graham Greene
Roland Deschain in
The Dark Tower
series, by Stephen King
Samuel Vimes
in
Terry Pratchett
's
Discworld
books
Severus Snape
in the
Harry Potter
series by J.K. Rowling
Smith in
The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner
by
Alan Sillitoe
Soames Forsyte in the Forsyte novels by
John Galsworthy
Steerpike in the
Gormenghast
novels by
Mervyn Peake
Stevens in
The Remains of the Day
by
Kazuo Ishiguro
Sydney Carton in
A Tale of Two Cities
by
Charles Dickens
Thomas Covenant in
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
by
Stephen R. Donaldson
Turin Turambar
in
J. R. R. Tolkien's
Middle-earth
universe
Underground man, unnamed narrator in
Notes from Underground
by
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Victor Mancini in
Choke
by
Chuck Palahniuk
Virgil Adams in
Alice Adams
by
Booth Tarkington
Yossarian (John)
in
Catch-22
by
Joseph Heller
Arthur Dent
in
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
by
Douglas Adams
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Poetry
Achilles
in
The Illiad
by
Homer
Gerontion in
Gerontion
by
T.S. Eliot
Henry in
The Dream Songs
by
John Berryman
Warren Harding in
Two Poems About President Harding
by
James Wright
Satan in
Paradise Lost
by
John Milton
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Film
Napoleon Dynamite
in
Napoleon Dynamite
Ash Williams in
Evil Dead
,
Evil Dead II
and
Army of Darkness
Jango
and
Boba Fett
in
Star Wars
The Dude in
The Big Lebowski
Riddick in
The Chronicles of Riddick
Sam Spade
in
The Maltese Falcon
Shirotsugh Ledatt in
The Wings of Honneamise
Tony Montana
in
Scarface
The trader in
Waterworld
Wanda Gershwitz in
A Fish Called Wanda
Alfred J. Kwak
Dr. Peyton Westlake in
Darkman
Snake Plissken
in
Escape From New York
,
Escape From L.A.
Travis Bickle
in
Taxi Driver
by
Martin Scorsese
Hando
in
Romper Stomper
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Comic books
Batman
(
DC Comics
)
Catwoman
(
DC Comics
)
Cerebus the Aardvark
by
Dave Sim
(Aardvark-Vanaheim)
Daredevil
(
Marvel Comics
)
Elektra
(
Marvel Comics
)
Lady Death
(Lady Death Comics) (
Chaos! Comics
,
Crossgen
, and
Avatar Press
)
Hellboy
(Dark Horse)
The Incredible Hulk
(Marvel)
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac
by
Jhonen Vasquez
(
Slave Labor Graphics
)
Nexus
by
Mike Baron
and
penciler
Steve Rude
The Punisher
(Marvel)
Rayek
in
Elfquest
(Warp Graphics, later DC Comics)
Rorschach
in
Watchmen
Sandman
(
Vertigo
)
Spawn
(Image Comics)
Spider-Man
(Marvel)
Venom
(Marvel)
Wolverine
(Marvel)
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Television
Al Swearengen in
Deadwood
Dave Lister
in
Red Dwarf
Beavis and Butt-head
Bernard Black in
Black Books
Edmund Blackadder
in
Blackadder
Eric Cartman
in
South Park
George Costanza
and, to a lesser extent, most of the other characters on
Seinfeld
Doctor Who
most notably as portrayed by actors;
William Hartnell
,
Colin Baker
, and
Sylvester McCoy
but many consider the Doctor to be an antihero in general.
Gendo Ikari and to a different extent Shinji Ikari in
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Homer Simpson
in
The Simpsons
InuYasha
and to a different extent
Miroku
in
InuYasha
Kerr Avon and, to varying degrees, several of the other characters in
Blakes Seven
Malcolm Reynolds in
Firefly
.
Peter Griffin in
Family Guy
Ren and Stimpy
'Satan' in
South Park
Timmy Turner from
The Fairly OddParents
.
Tintin
from The Adventures of Tintin.
Tony Soprano in
The Sopranos
Vic Mackey in
The Shield
Victor Meldrew
in
One Foot in the Grave
Rick Hunter in the animated show
Robotech
.
Amuro Ray
and to a different extent
Char Aznable
in the anime
Mobile Suit Gundam
Hawkeye Pierce
in
M*A*S*H
Sgt Bilko in
The Phil Silvers Show
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Video games
2-4601 (
System Shock
)
47 (
Hitman
series)
Carl Johnson (
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
)
Max Payne
Bass
(
Mega Man
series)
The player character of
Unreal
Tanner
(
Driver
series)
Wario
(
Wario
series)
Zero
(
Mega Man X
series)
Caleb (
Blood
)
JC Denton (
Deus Ex
)
Kain
(
Legacy of Kain
series)
Tommy Vercetti
,
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Claude Speed
,
Grand Theft Auto 3
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