Soap characters we hated that we were supposed to like

[quartermainefan]

GH

Sonny, Carly, Brenda, Jason, Emily II, Ned II, Franco II, Kiki, Lorenzo,

[reallyhateskateonlost]

AMC Carey Ho's Lavery's

GH Purina, Emily (Natalia Livingston)

OLTL-Fords

DOOL DanielJennifer

[greens_dupres]

Oh my god Grace on Passions was the WORST.

[gtru1981]

JJ Needs to run them over and add Abby as well, she annoys me like nothing else. While he is running them over, JJ should scream "long live My father Jack" lol

[Dee41]

Y&R- Phyllis, Nick, AH's Victoria, Billy (with Victoria), Neil (only tolerable with Dru), Victor (these last few years)

B&B- Hope, Brooke, Bill (went from $1 Bill to .02 cent Bill), Liam, Rick, Maya

ATWT- Janet Ciccone, Chris Hughes (final year), Allison, Lily, Holden

OLTL- Antonio, Fords, Rex, Gigi, Jen Rappaport, Will Rappaport, Marcie McBain, John McBain, Starr, Cole, Tomas

AMC- Celia, Miranda

[Mathewson]

Jessica - OLTL

Will - DAYS

[katie_9918]

I'm not sure if we've always been meant to like EJ DiMera, but I've hated his ass for a long time.

I know RC wants everyone to love Sabrina, but she's such a useless, passive-aggressive, hypocritical twit. And I'm pretty sure we're supposed to like whoever this guy claiming to be Franco is, but he's not even worth straight up hate. He just annoys me.

Showkiller Guza sure wanted his audience to love his pet serial killer Jason Morgan.

I think we were supposed to like ATWT's Carly, but I could never stand her either.

[NothinButAttitude]

Lord you about made me go into cardiac arrest when I saw this. I could not STAND Janet Ciccone. When Jean Passanantate said in one of interviews in SOD that the character was based on herself, I knew we were stuck with this b-tch till the end of the show. I too hated how they implanted Janet into Emma's kitchen and loathed her even more for implanting herself into Carly's life. When this skank married Jack, after much coaxing for that trick, Katie, I blew a gasket. She knew that Jack still loved Carly yet she still clung to him as much as possible. Love Julie Pinson. Hated Janet. They should've cast her in another like Nikki Munson or Ellie Snyder. Not that dullard ass Janet

On Another World:

Joe Carlino. We were supposed to "love" him because he was there when Paulina was grieving for Jake when he was presumed dead; however, I hated Joe. He was a hot-headed, chauvinistic pig that killed Paulina (spiritually) in the long haul. When he became police captain, I hated how he scolded and belittled the other characters; he was clearly drunk on power. The writers really tried to shove this character down our throats but I didn't buy it. I still won't buy it. IMO, he domesticated the once free-spirited, adventurous character that fans loved. I hated that Paulina ended with this loser instead of Jake. Joseph Barbara (the portrayer) was hot though.

Sofia Carlino. She was just TOO syrupy sweet for me and like her brother Joe, the writers did their best to force feed her to fans. I don't mind "Mary-Sue" characters when they have depth to them because some of my favorite characters are Mary-Sues (i.e. Viki, OLTL/Georgie, GH/Michelle, GL/Lily, ATWT/Amanda & Sharlene, AW/Belle--minus CR's abysmal interpretation, DOOL). All I can remember Sofia doing is whining constantly and being a pain in the side of my Maggie Cory. I was over the sweet, virginal Italian girl lusting after the bad boy (Nick Terry). Everyone pitied Sofia and I grew tired of her.

One Life:

John McBain. Even though OLTL was Frons least fave soap, McBain was his favorite character on this show, and he made sure this character stuck. I hated how we were supposed to pity him when he went into his "box of pain" (a la Jasebot on GH) and pity him when he was down on his luck. I didn't. We were supposed to root for him when he got one over on VictorTodd. I didn't. We were supposed to root for him when he saved the day. I didn't. Every year I wanted this character to die, and the one time I thought he did (during that bad car crash where they mistook him for Paige & Spencer's son), he came back to life. Ugh.

AMC:

Krystal, Marisa, & Babe. Didn't care for either one of grifters from the trailer park. Never thought that anything they did was with good intentions. Babe was not "love" for me (stupidest line ever). Hated when the writers tied David Hayward to them. Loathed when the town started to prop them after all the mess they called. Hated it when they'd turn on David at the flip of a dime. So glad that there aren't any traces of these money hungry h-es on the nuAMC.

I did. Carly Tenney is one of my favorite characters on soaps EVER.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Julie Pinson is one of the least charismatic, dull, and uninteresting actresses I've ever seen on daytime. I'm always amazed that she has any fans who still want to see her somewhere on daytime.

[NothinButAttitude]

Really? LMAO. I liked Julie on PC as Eve and on DAYS as Billie. I just didn't care for Janet from day one. I felt that she was written as a stereotypical Italian woman, both young and old. She loved to cook and give out advice when not warranted like the older Italian woman, yet she was loose (and IMO was a nod to Jersey Shore, which was becoming immensely popular) like a stereotypical younger Italian woman. I think that Julie shines when she plays the role of a vixen.

Janet was made too "salt of the earth-esque" too soon. I didn't want to hear her character offer advice to other characters b/c that was Lisa, Kim, Nancy, & Emma's job. I didn't want to watch her be the lead heroine either because that was Lily's role. Janet as a character just overstepped boundaries for me. She was too forced too soon.

[detroitpiston]

I will always hate Tad sanctimonious Martin. Him not being on the online version is such a plus for me. Its honestly hard for me to come up with a Martin I have like

Same goes for Jackson. If only Jessie wasn't around.

[Days22]

+1000000000000000000000000

But most of the current Days characters quite frankly.

[You're Soaking in it]

OLTL -

Antonio Vega the second he was inexplicably paired with Jessica... they made each other intolerable, and the fact that two characters are single does not equal "instant chemistry" (AMC's Ryan & Greenlee, anyone?) - I know, that was Frons logic.

With the exception of Eddie Ford, a creepy villain I liked torturing people, and his "secret bitch" ex-wife, I couldn't stand the Ford invasion. The sons were irritating. But nothing was worse than James Ford. Selling him & Starr as a couple? Nic Robuck just could not play it straight. Many can (see John Wesley Shipp as Eddie), but not him. And those bumper promos of a greased up James working under a car's hood? About as believable as the porn storyline it resembled.

Other Fast-forward worthy mentions: Melanie MacIver, Vanessa Montez, Tico Santi, the third Paige, Donn Jeffcoat's Joey, and Krista Tesreau's woefully miscast (but thankfully short-lived) version of Tina.

AMC -

The second-coming of Ryan Lavery. AMC just kept trying everything, all the while insisting to viewers that everything he did was popular and that we just weren't seeing it - no exception was his chemistry-free pairing with Greenlee. From amnesia to milfs, from fight clubs to thongs, nothing ever, ever really worked.

Also FFW material: Ava Benton, Juan Pablo / Juan Carlos / Jean Luc, etc, Greg Madden, Josh Madden (the insulting plot being the major reason), Krystal Carey - moreso after her pairing with Adam, Raquel Santos #1, Camille Hawkins, Lee Hawkins, Jim Thomason #2,

Finally, I'm surprised to not see her already mentioned here: "TKFP" - Kit Fischer, aka Christine Montgomery, as played by the astonishingly devoid of any personality Paige Rowland.

[P.J.]

I think my brain actually melted when that skank demanded Jack impregnate her cheating ass because Liberty was sick and could at some point need a bone marrow donor.

I couldn't believe how fast some people embraced her when JPiss reworked the character to throw her under Jack. I could never decide what offended me more---the boring clichés that constituted Janet's Italian heritage or how hard TIIC worked to assure us Carly and Janet were "really" the same kind of woman. Janet was just better 'cause she didn't lie. Even when she did.

IA---I think anyone could have played that loud, obnoxious harpy. I would have much rather seen Judi Evans stick around and be a third wheel to Lilden than spend the last two years with her stuck in Carjack's orbit.

[titan1978]

Jackson on AMC was always a bore to me and dragged everything to a halt when he came on screen.

OLTL- Sam Rappaport. Hated him and most of his horrible family.

Y&R- Danny. True definition of a character we are supposed to like but I never did.

Days- I can't remember her name anymore but she was blonde and paired with Michael Easton and a drip.

GH- Angel, Chloe, Terri Brock, Tony Jones, Noah Drake, Jimmy Lee Holt, Dekker (except for his storyline with Felicia), Anne Logan. Lots of shitty 2 year characters have been on GH.