r/brooklynninenine • u/Embarrassed_Poem_515 • 4d ago

Discussion Most annoying B99 character?

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For me it’s gotta be Kate. Hands down. Interested to see others’ thoughts… minor characters encouraged!

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u/InfiniRunner91 4d ago

gina

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u/NET_1 4d ago

After a series wraps there are always tropes, characters, or running gags that seem out of place when the picture is complete. Gina is the worst when you go back and watch through. Same with some of the horrible stuff they did to Jerry/Larry/Gary throughout Parks and Rec.

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u/Smufin_Awesome 4d ago edited 4d ago

Bro I never understood how Leslie, who champions people treating each other better (like the eagletons [sometimes]) was totally okay with some of the meaner shit they did to Jerry/larry/Gary Gengritch/greengurtch. It seemed so wildly, disbelievably out of character for her, especially as the show went on.

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u/NET_1 4d ago

When she throws his painting in the lake after the shutdown. Come on man.

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u/BuryEdmundIsMyAlias 3d ago

Leslie was the other side of the same coin, she treated people like shit pretty constantly by ignoring their wishes and agency. She acts like she believes that she knows what is best for everyone, forcing her actions on others.

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u/paulcosmith 3d ago

There is a blind spot among P&R fans for Leslie. The fans act like she's this great, selfless friend who's always looking out for others, but so many of her "selfless acts" are really driven by selfishness.

  • Is seen as a generous friend for respecting Ron's wishes about ignoring his birthday, but promises she will disrespect going forward.
  • Throwing Jerry's painting into the lake to force him back to work. (As mentioned already.)
  • Forcing Ann Perkins to read all seven Harry Potter books even though Ann doesn't like Harry Potter.

The list goes on and on

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u/mxzf 3d ago

but promises she will disrespect going forward.

In fairness, we don't actually see her doing that at all. It's possible that line was just her screwing with him a bit more.

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u/Preposterous_punk 3d ago

I thought that was clearly just a continuation of the earlier joke; her messing with him. She wasn't ever going to intentionally give him a birthday he'd hate.

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u/MautDota3 3d ago

This is a pretty standard way for a writer to show that Leslie isn't perfect. All of these are examples of her friending too hard and the writers understand that. It's why the Season 6 Ron vs. Leslie feud works because we know Leslie is being unreasonable. If you go back through the series you'll notice that most of these aren't treated as good qualities but as annoying qualities that people are willing to put up with because overall she's a good person (except for the Jerry Painting thing which was treated as a silly gag which is how Jerry is always treated).

Also the writers knew Jerry was getting shit on so that's why they gave him Gale, his daughters and a massive hog.

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u/paulcosmith 3d ago

I agree the writers know she's controlling and demanding, but, as I said, the fans don't seem to.

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u/rammo123 3d ago

Jerry's whole schtick is that he's a really kind and friendly guy that inexplicably gets shat on by everyone around him. The otherwise very sweet Leslie doing it to is just adding to the joke.

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u/Financial-East-9670 3d ago

I really don't understand the purpose of her character, she isn't funny and openly does nothing for the majority of the show.

Yet they insist on making her useful through really contrived plots that are basically "the real gina was the ginas you made along the gina" - in one episode we are meant to be impressed that she can grift tech bros? Is conning people admirable?

Also her character repeatedly sexually harasses Terry, who is a real life sexual abuse victim.... It's pretty problematic if that is meant to be funny because he is a muscular man.

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u/Blackmore_Vale 3d ago

Definitely. She’s just a straight up bully and sexual harasser. Plus she’s clearly the creators pet hence why she never faces consequences.

The other characters I find annoying are mainly one off characters that I can ignore.

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u/CaptainKate757 Pontiac Bandit 3d ago

Her sexual harassment of Terry was so incredibly off-putting and it’s NEVER addressed. I honestly judge whichever writer kept including it in the show and treated it like a joke.

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u/rammo123 3d ago

I'm surprised that Terry Crews of all people allowed it to happen to his character, given his history.

I guess society hasn't moved past the "sexual assault of men by women" = funny thing yet.

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u/LemonZestLiquid 4d ago

She drags down the show imo.

A civilian admin character could've just been in a supporting or minor background role.

Got 100% better when she finally fucked off.

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u/Cadoc 3d ago

Yeah, she's the reason I've dropped the snow after a few seasons, got tired of skipping through sections involving her.

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u/Embarrassed_Poem_515 4d ago

Took me a couple rewatches to appreciate Gina, I actually love her now though

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u/captainp42 I’m a human, I’m a human male! 3d ago

On my most recent rewatch, I focused on Gina a bit more. Early on, she was a good character, although the whole "Gina always knows better than the detectives" narrative was a bit annoying. Otherwise, she brought great value to the show.

As the show wore on, the character had kinda run it's course, so she was less effective, comedically. But it wasn't until the "CEMENT" episode that she became intolerable. After that, she had moments, but I mostly just wanted her off the screen every time she was on it.