![]() ![]() A new line of DirecTV commercials starring Rob Lowe as both himself and some sort of Acceptable Target stereotype go pretty deep into this, as they actually do seem more intended to directly insult customers of the competing companies than to win them over to this brand.Also is rarely justified with a "The Reason You Suck" Speech, despite what you might think. For that, see You Bastard!, Viewers Are Morons, and/or Take That, Audience!. Also, this trope is not about hostility toward the audience. This isn't about, say, a work outright saying that the audience or viewer sucks. This trope pops up a lot in Magical Girl shows where the protagonist is described as having been an ordinary girl prior to getting powers and is thus lazy, childish, selfish, etc. ![]() This is usually intended to make them endearing. In short, this is where the everyman character or Audience Surrogate is a "typical" loser like half the audience is imagined to be. See also I Just Want to Be Special when the character tries to change. An extreme and rather cynical version is Humans Are Morons. Also not to be confused with A Winner Is You, which is something else entirely.Ĭould lead to Fridge Logic when the protagonist wins and the enemies don't suck. Not to be confused with Take That!, when someone openly expresses his hatred for something, often in a witty manner. A partial sub-trope of Audience Surrogate. This Loser Is You may lead to Good Is Dumb when the morality of this sort of main character is portrayed as inversely proportional to their capability (especially on an intellectual level). After all, no one likes it when you imply (or outright state) that he's a loser. Paradoxically, applying This Loser Is You too accurately or too inaccurately can make the fandom riot to a far greater degree than anything you actually put in the storyline. As far as they're concerned, Viewers Are Morons. At least, that's what the network executives seem to think. Which is supposed to make you identify with him even more. Why such an implausible situation? It's because, while the protagonist sucks just like a lot of people watching should, at least he has friends that are just the kind of people they wish they or maybe you knew. Note that this same person's friends are all clever, athletic, highly competent, and, above all, cool. Both of these could be true at the same time. ![]() This also makes it easier for writers to come up with the Idiot Plot of the week.Īn alternate theory is that the protagonist is made so dumb so that you feel superior to him, no matter how dumb you might be. This also allows for more room for Character Development, a lot of Character Development. This is supposed to allow the audience (i.e., you) - say for insecurities or arrogance in the face of one's flaws either way - to identify with the character or protagonist. In many shows, mostly comedies and children's programs, a protagonist or another major character is an ugly, incompetent, lazy, and near illiterate ditz. You can't spell sympathetic without pathetic! Daimonji, Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple ![]()
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