20 Legitimately Troubled Characters (Hollywood Thinks Are Funny)
Sometimes slapstick crosses the line into deeply depressing.
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If a piece of pop culture is in need of some levity, there's often a character for that. Whether they're constantly down on their luck, accident prone, or just completely slapstick, these characters are always good for a laugh.
That is, of course, until you look past all that, and realize the dark reality. For example ...
![Hans Moleman is an old man, nearly blind from cataracts, who ften getS Into crashes or other slapstick accidents due to his impaired vision and it's a](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/7/5/619375.jpg?v=2)
![BASIL Although The antics FAWLTY of Fawlty Towers' curmudgeonly owner are ridiculous & hilarious, Basil Fawlty has many signs of a person with a serio](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/9/2/619392.jpg?v=2)
![OfficeSpace In Office Space, Milton is an underappreciated and neglected individual who is driven to a breaking point by constant bullying and his ina](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/8/6/619386.jpg?v=2)
![ROBERT BARONE ON EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND SUFFERS FROM SERIOUS SELF-ESTEEM ISSUES. I'm on a steady diet of human suffering. He is constantly overshadow](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/8/4/619384.jpg?v=2)
![KIng of the Hill This show frequently uses Cotton Hill's height and bizarre behavior as comic relief. The truth is, he's a severely injured and mental](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/8/3/619383.jpg?v=2)
![Filch, in the Harry Potter films, has no magic powers, his only friend is a cat and he's solely in charge of keeping Hogwarts clean. We're supposed to](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/7/4/619374.jpg?v=2)
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![Suicide Squad portrays Harley Quinn as an eccentric character whose goofy actions always draw a laugh from the crowd. AND THAT'S TOTALY F'ED UP. She w](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/6/5/619365.jpg?v=2)
![123 SESAME STREET Forgetful Jones often appears as a comedic character because he makes a lot of silly mistakes due to his forgetfulness. And little d](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/5/0/619350.jpg?v=2)
![IOUMOeRTELN HS twiiomr On Friendsree's Gunther hais been'a running joke for years due to his forever unrequited love for findina out tnan yours tnar's](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/4/7/619347.jpg?v=2)
![If you really think about it, you would be hard pressed to find a character who's more heartbreaking than Good grief. good ol' Charlie Brown. PSYCHIAT](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/5/2/619352.jpg?v=2)
![Vector is an eccentric geek with no social skills and a bad case of affluenza. He is so ridiculous and unlikeable that even other villains don't take](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/5/4/619354.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKED COM COLT AND ROOSTER ON THE RANCH ARE ALCOHOLICS. orets Y SAN JOSE While their other problems are shown in a more dramatic light, their consta](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/4/5/619345.jpg?v=2)
![MARY-POPPINS Admiral BOOM The retired British Navy officer clearly suffers from either dementia or senility. We're being Home is an exact attacked by](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/5/3/619353.jpg?v=2)
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![Me, CRACKEDOON Myself If&irene At the beginning of the movie Charlie develops a second personality as a way to deal with everyday troubles. The movie](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/5/6/619356.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKED Alan Harper from TWO anda half MEN is living a mediocre life. Alan was made to be homeless, joboless, broke, sexually ambiguous, unlucky male](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/6/6/619366.jpg?v=2)
![Eeyore's DEPRESSION is our ENPERPAINMENP! >irde FML](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/8/9/619389.jpg?v=2)
![STEVE URKEL IS THE AWKWARD NERD WHO CONSTANTLY PESTERED THE WINSLOWS IN FAMILY MATTERS. Side jokes and throwaway lines revealed that Urkel's parents d](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/9/5/619395.jpg?v=2)
![FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF Cameron is a real knee slapper. He arguably has clinical depression and anxiety. On top of that, his best friend constantly m](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/5/9/619359.jpg?v=2)