I actually got the idea for this post from my comments on another thread pertainging to The Black Mirror. My anser to this question hands down is Samuel Gordon, the character you have the misfortune to play in the game. In reality do you really think if you've been away from somewhere for 12 years and then you tell a long time worker there that he'll be fired if he doesn't react to your every whim that you'd be around much longer???

NOT A SPOILER <g>...
I think I know how this game ends - Samuel winds up face down on the floor with a knife in his back, and forty seven wounds, as everyone in the game takes a stab at him!!

The character Brink in The Dig was a very annoying know-it-all! I gladly would have thrown him off the cliff.

Lady K.

Without a doubt...in my mind the most obnoxious, irritating character in gamedome is Henry Stauf.
Cynch

To me, Samuel can't even come close to the ones that set my teeth on edge.

Numero Uno - Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun - ARRRRRRRR That voice - that voice! *Just the memory drives Laura beyond madness, she gives up gaming and moves to a cave in Tibet*

Weird, I am drawing a blank. Bad guys are supposed to be annoying, arent they? <img border="0" alt="" title="" src="graemlins/woozy.gif" />

Which games are these other characters from?

Macalyclpse from Discworld Noir. Never has a character talked so much and presented so much true information without any apparent value. The man's obviously a genius.

Hi Salar...
Sorry...I should have mentioned that Henry Stauf is from 7TH GUEST.
Cynch

The little guy in the plane voiced by Jim Belushi in Nine: The Last Resort.

The little sidekick robot in one of the Journeyman games! ...was it 'Arthur'? He interrupted me every few minutes and I finally had to shut him down to get anywhere! Ack! I know he was trying to be helpful, but it was as if he thought that I was some kind of a blind dummy that couldn't see any of the clues without his help!

I agree with the others so far, too!

Yvonne

The parrot in Starship Titanic.
The little guy in the airplane in Nine: Last Resort (is that the same as who you meant, Fongo?)

Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun, Laura? What game is this one from?? Loved that reply, LOL

Wasn't that from Toonstruck?

Yep - the constantly weeping, hysterical, big eyed, ear sucking character from Toonstruck.

I didn't like the annoying airplane guy in Nine either.

Just curious Yvonne but isn't that the character that many thought was either their favorite/most hilarious character in other threads?

Could be! I'd have to reread the threads to see. That pretty much goes for all sidekicks, other than the one in Tony Tough, whom you didn't really see much of......... and when you did, he was hysterical! <G>

I like them to speak only when spoken to.

It helps a little if you realize that I'm kind of crazy to begin with. I have a verrrrry warped sense of humor! ;-)

Yeah, arthur...that was one of my favorite characters. I thought his input was great.

No offense, Porthos, I'm sure that there others out there who liked him, as well. I just always felt that he was interrupting my thoughts.

Yvonne

Arthur has a very interesting effect on Journeyman 3. The first time I played the game, I thought ARthur was a hints mechanism or something and turned him off. The game played very seriously to me. Which at the time - I really enjoyed.

A few years later - I replayed the game and forgot to "turn off" Arthur's comments. What a difference in the game atmosphere! With Arthur it plays very funny, has a campy atmosphere and is just a totally different experience. Some very funny lines as you get deeper into it. I recommend trying it both ways. You'll get two games for the price of one.

I too think Arthur is the funniest character in a game. And besides being cute and funny, he really gives a lot of interesting historical information, esp. in JP 2.

I don't know about who the most annoying character is though, I'll have to think about it more.

I didnt like Arthur at first because his voice didnt run well for me so I turned him off when I first played and enjoyed Journeyman sans sidekick. Back then I'd have agreed with you, Lady Kestrel.

After we got a better setup, his presence was more pleasing because his comments didn't make my game just about freeze anymore and he sounded warm instead of just weird. Then I could finally concentrate on what he was saying & enjoy the jokes. Laura is right, Arthur's presence or absence changes the feel of the game (esp J3) tremendously. (Course Laura generally *is* right heh)

Susan

Oh yeah

Hmmmmmmm... I may have to replay J3! I didn't care for him in one of the first two so I just played without him in J3. If he's cracking jokes, then that I don't want to miss! <G>

Okkkkkkkkkkkkkk... I know! Worst character was that stupid gorilla in Full Moon!!! I turned that one 'off', too, after a while.... only I didn't pick the gorilla! I picked ? ......something else. hahaha Ahhhhhhhh, YES, I remember it well! hehehe

Yvonne

<chuckle! These short naps are great!>

Well, it's debatable whether it really qualifies as an adventure game, but

Hey! Listen!!!

that little winged annoyance who keeps chiming in

Hey! Listen!!!

every three seconds is Navi, your fairy/guide in

Hey! Listen!!!

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Talk about

Hey! Listen!!!

annoying.... <img border="0" alt="" title="" src="graemlins/cry.gif" />

Don't want to start a riot but there was a certain oversized hamster sidekick in Grim Fandango who prompted me to turn down the sound whenever his annoyanceship was within earshot. Killed an otherwise splendid game dead for me.