Character Flaw Index

Tropes:

• Abusive Parents: Habitually violent and cruel to their own children, often because that's how they themselves were raised.
• Acquainted with Emergency Services: Emergency Services already knows you from multiple previous incidents you caused.
• Afraid of Blood: Extreme fear of blood.
• Afraid of Doctors: Extreme fear of doctors.
• Afraid of Needles: Extreme fear of hypodermic needles, receiving an injection, etc.
• Aggressive Categorism: Judges people too quickly and/or according to criteria which have no bearing on their personal character, such as gender, ethnic background, or hairstyle.
• The Alcoholic: Drinks way too much and may not be aware that s/he is behaving like an addict.
• Allergic to Routine: Gets bored easily, needs to be entertained at all times.
• All Men Are Perverts: Men primarily think with their sexual organs.
• All Women Are Lustful: Women will do anything for sex and damn the consequences.
• Ambiguous Disorder: Behaves with near-complete disregard for the social norm.
• The Anti-Grinch: Loves Christmas so much, they end up destroying it trying to contribute to it.
• Anything That Moves: A character who will have sex with almost anyone.
• Apologises a Lot: Apologizes all the time, even when not at fault.
• Attack! Attack! Attack!: Incapable of realizing when a fight is unwinnable.
• Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Has no attention span and is easily distracted.
• Attention Whore: Will do anything to be the center of attention, good or bad.
• Ax-Crazy: Psychologically unstable and presents a clear danger to others.
• Bad Boss: Treats their employees or underlings extremely badly.
• Bad Liar: Unable to lie in a convincing way and comes up with really silly lies that fool no one.
• Because I'm Good at It: Does job because he or she can do it well, regardless of whether the job is ethical.
• Believing Their Own Lies: Self-deluded and blind to the way things really are.
• Berserk Button: This character will get extremely angry at one particular provocation.
• The Berserker: Throws themselves into battle with complete disregard for danger or consequences.
• Big Eater: Habitual excess in eating, a.k.a. gluttony.
• Black and White Insanity: Sees the world in black and white to the point of being not mentally well.
• Blind Obedience: Blindly follows those in authority without regard to the authority's fallibility or morality.
• Blood Knight: Loves to fight and by extension, hurt others.
• Blood Lust: Is gratified by the sight of someone else bleeding.
• Boomerang Bigot: Hates members of a group, even though s/he's a member of the group.
• The Bore: An incredibly dull person who's almost impossible to get rid of or get away from.
• Bratty Half-Pint: A youngster who's bratty and self-important.
• Bratty Teenage Daughter: A whiny self-involved adolescent girl.
• Bridezilla: Wedding planning brings out the worst in a bride-to-be.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: Has talent, but no drive to apply himself/herself.
• Brutal Honesty: Will tell you the truth even if it hurts your feelings.
• Bystander Syndrome: Thinks that any given crisis isn't important and doesn't require their help because they're not personally involved and have no desire to get involved.
• Cannot Convey Sarcasm: Doesn't understand how to properly use sarcasm.
• Cannot Keep a Secret: Will reveal to others what you tell him/her in confidence.
• Cannot Spit It Out: Unable to voice his or her true feelings.
• Cannot Talk to Women: Is there a woman present? This person is now a gibbering wreck.
• Cannot Tell a Lie: Is completely truthful at all times, even when it would be better not to be.
• Can't Hold His Liquor: Is intoxicated very easily.
• Can't Take Criticism: Can't stand being criticized for his wrongs.
• Captain Obvious: Tends to point out the obvious.
• Chaotic Stupid: Deprived of common sense and abidance to any code of conduct.
• Child Hater: Possesses an inexplicable hatred for all children.
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Constantly betrays others.
• Chronic Hero Syndrome: Wants to save everyone and right every wrong, even when it's not the wisest course.
• Chuunibyou: A teenager absent of real world who acts as a know-it-all adult, or thinks they have special powers no one else has.
• Claustrophobia: Extreme fear of small enclosed spaces.
• Clingy Jealous Girl: Very possessive of her significant other.
• The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes: A professional in a certain field can help everyone — except those s/he loves most.
• Combat Sadomasochist: Loves to feel pain and inflict it, too.
• Commitment Issues: Doesn't wanna to settle down in a relationship.
• Competition Freak: Treats every contest as Serious Business.
• Complexity Addiction: Never uses a simple plan when a multidimensional one will do.
• Compressed Abstinence: Making an effort to reduce the use of some indulgence without quitting it entirely.
• Compressed Vice: A flaw developed by a character out of nowhere for the sake of An Aesop.
• Condescending Compassion: Feels sorry for someone who's not themselves and looks down on them with mercy.
• Conditioned to Accept Horror: Desensitized to the horrific or traumatic things in his/her everyday life.
• Conspiracy Theorist: Sees ancient conspiracies behind everything.
• Control Freak: Obsessed with control over themselves, other people and their environment.
• Cordon Bleugh Chef: Has good cooking skills, but often creates recipes that sound and/or taste disgusting.
• The Corrupter: Enjoys bringing out the worst in everyone around them.
• The Corruptible: Prone to being corrupted easily.
• Crazy Cat Lady: Possessing an extreme need to collect animals.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: Lets jealousy poison his relationships.
• Crime Magnet: Unusually attractive to wrongdoers.
• Cultural Posturing: My culture is better than yours!
• Culture Justifies Anything: Uses their culture to justify their own vicious deeds.
• Cute and Psycho: Hides a scheming and unstable demeanor that can resurface at any time.
• The Cynic: Believes that people are exclusively motivated by self-interest.
• Dandere: Shyness, sometimes to a fault.
• Deadpan Snarker: Prone to sarcastic and snide remarks.
• Deaf Composer: Inability to enjoy their own creation.
• Delinquents: School kid who breaks rules to the extreme.
• Desperately Craves Affection: Excessive desire to be loved.
• Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Still doesn't know what to do with his/her life.
• Determinator: Excessive persistence in a course of action, even when it would be better to give up.
• Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Prone to be Thinking Out Loud even though it's something they don't want others to hear.
• Dirty Coward: Shameless, selfish, and all too willing to put others in danger to save their own skin.
• Disability as an Excuse for Jerkassery: Uses their disability as an excuse to be a Jerkass.
• Dismotivation: Wants to keep things as they are and actively avoids doing anything that might change their life for the better.
• The Ditherer: Can't make decisions or make up their mind to save their life.
• The Ditz: Is an idiot.
  • Ditzy Secretary: A secretary who is too stupid to have the job.
  • Lethally Stupid: Stupid enough to endanger everyone around them.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Puts own life and limb at risk by doing things that no sane person would do.
• Does Not Know His Own Strength: Has trouble gauging just how much of his or her considerable strength to apply to a specific task.
• Does Not Know How to Say "Thanks": Doesn't know how to express gratitude.
• Does Not Like Spam: Possesses an immense dislike for a particular food.
• Does Not Like Men: Dislikes men as a whole.
• Dogged Nice Guy: Doesn't know when to take a hint that their Love Interest is not interested.
• Domestic Abuse: Inclined to abuse their partners either mentally, sexually, verbally, physically, or emotionally.
• Don't Look at Me!: Extreme dislike of being looked at.
• Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Too proud to appreciate sympathy and/or help.
• Drama Queen: Responds to situations in a melodramatic way.
• Dreadful Musician: Displays little talent for music, often to comical extremes.
• Drives Like Crazy: A danger to pretty much everyone on the road when behind the wheel.
• Drowning My Sorrows: Deals with sorrow by getting drunk.
• Drunk with Power: When given power, they abuse their underlings.
• Dumbass Teenage Son: A teenage boy who's a dumbass.
• The Eeyore: Perpetually depressed; perpetually depressing.
• Embodiment of Vice: Exemplifies a certain moral deficiency to such an extent as to become a symbol of it.
• Emotionally Tongue-Tied: Has trouble uttering specific words or phrases, like "I love you" or "I'm sorry."
• Entitled Bastard: Treats people like crap, but still expects them to serve their interests.
• Entitled to Have You: Believes that he or she is entitled to the affections of their Love Interest simply for being part of a certain group, doing or not doing something, or simply for existing.
• Enraged by Idiocy: Can't cope with idiots.
• Etiquette Nazi: Obsessed with enforcing manners on everyone.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Inability to comprehend good altruistic behavior because of an incredibly selfish and evil nature.
• Extreme Doormat: Unmotivated and has no drive, but freely bends to the will of others.
• Extreme Libido: A high libido can't be satisfied easily, mostly called as Nymphomania or Satyriasis.
• Extreme Omnisexual: They'll have sex with anything and everything.
• Fair Weather Friend: Has a tendency to flake out when their "friends" need help.
• Fatal Flaw: A flaw which the character wrestles with on a consistent basis.
• Fearless Fool: Not scared of anything, even if it's dangerous.
• Fear of Thunder: Inordinate fear of thunderstorms.
• Felony Misdemeanor: Their reaction to a minor offense is ridiculously excessive.
• The Finicky One: An incredibly nitpicky and uptight character.
• Flaw Exploitation: Exploiting someone's flaws for profit.
• Fool for Love: Can't help but to fall in love, even if their lives and past experiences have taught them better.
• Forgetful Jones: Incredibly forgetful.
• Forgets to Eat: Notorious for ignoring their body's need for nutrition and has to be reminded to eat.
• Fragile Flower: A character who's overly sensitive.
• The Fundamentalist: Their beliefs are right and anyone who doesn't believe as they do is stupid, crazy, evil or all three.
• The Gambling Addict: Likes gambling, to the extent where it starts to cause problems.
• General Failure: An incompetent leader.
• Glory Hound: Desire for glory at any cost.
• Glory Seeker: Driven by the need for glory.
• Glurge Addict: Extreme love for sickeningly sweet things.
• God Is Flawed: Not even supreme beings are perfect.
• Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: Inability to comprehend what motivates villains to commit evil deeds.
• Good Is Not Nice: Terribly rude even when doing heroic deeds.
• Graceful in Their Element: Nimble in their field, awkward outside it.
• Grammar Nazi: An obsessive stickler about proper grammar.
• The Grinch: Hates Christmas.
• Grumpy Bear: Has a grim and gritty point of view even though they live in a rose-colored world.
• Guilt Complex: Blames themselves for everything.
• Guilty Pleasure: Ashamed of what brings them pleasure because they think it's of low-quality.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: This character will get extremely angry for many particular provocations — or has never learned how to control his/her temper.
• Hates Baths: Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
• Hates Being Alone: Possess an extensive fear of being left alone.
• Hates Being Touched: Dislikes physical contact.
• Hates Everyone Equally: Hates everyone.
• Hates Small Talk: Dislikes making small talk with others.
• Heavy Sleeper: Almost impossible to wake up.
• He-Man Woman Hater: Dislikes women as a whole.
• Heroic Comedic Sociopath: Loves to fight evil because it enables them to dispense pain.
• Heroic Self-Deprecation: No matter how amazing his/her accomplishments are, the hero thinks s/he is useless.
• High Hopes, Zero Talent: They have the ambition, but not the skill.
• He Who Fights Monsters: Lets their hatred for an evil enemy possess them, to the point of becoming more and more like that enemy over time.
• Hikikomori: Locks themselves away from the outside world as a result of intense social anxiety.
• His Own Worst Enemy: Self-sabotages his own doings.
• Hormone-Addled Teenager: Over-sexualized behavior of adolescents.
• Horrible Judge of Character: Trusts people who really shouldn't be trusted.
• Honor Before Reason: Does what they feel is right, even if it's foolish.
• Humans Are Bastards: Humanity is prone to acts of cruelty.
• Humans Are Flawed: No one's perfect.
• Humans Are the Real Monsters: Humans are among the most cruel of all sapient species.
• Hypocrite: Claims a belief even though they don't live up to it.
• In Love with Love: In love with the idea of being in a romantic relationship, which often leads to Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places.
• I'm a Man; I Can't Help It: Uses his biological urges as an excuse for his behavior.
• Implausible Deniability: Denies something even in front of unquestionable evidence.
• In Harm's Way: Thinks life is boring unless they put themselves in danger.
• Inadequate Inheritor: When the character is unfit to fulfill heritage expectations.
• Ineffectual Loner: A loner whose capacity is reduced to the point of not being able to fulfill their goal because of their solitary nature.
• Inferiority Superiority Complex: Uses arrogance to mask low self-esteem.
• Informed Flaw: Flaws not really shown or followed up on.
• Innocent Bigot: Unknowingly offensive to strangers.
• Innocently Insensitive: Unknowingly offensive.
• Insecure Love Interest: Firmly believes they're not good enough as a Love Interest.
• Inspector Javert: Firmly believes that someone is pure evil and aggressively pursues them in order to punish them.
• Insufferable Genius: Arrogant about their own impressive skills.
• Internalized Categorism: Possesses a nondestructive trait that causes self-hatred, which makes it destructive.
• Irrational Hatred: Hates someone for irrational reasons.
• I Work Alone: Inclined to do things by themselves and is dismissive of others' assistance.
• Jabba Table Manners: Has no or poor table manners.
• Jaded Washout: A cynical, washed-up loser.
• Jerkass: Treats other people like crap.
• Kids Are Cruel: Child prone to acts of cruelty.
• The Kindnapper: Someone who means to display benevolence by kidnapping those they intend to be nice to.
• The Klutz: Excessive clumsiness.
  • Lethal Klutz: Dangerously excessive clumsiness.
• Knight Templar: Vicious, but convinced of their own righteousness.
• Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Acts like a genius, but is anything but.
• Laborious Laziness: Working only to be lazy.
• Lack of Empathy: Doesn't have the ability to understand and share the feelings of others.
• Last Second Showoff: Waiting because of skill.
• Lawful Stupid: Impractically pushes rules at the expense of reason.
• Lazy Bum: Profound laziness.
• Leeroy Jenkins: Rushes into dangerous situations without thinking, often getting themselves or others hurt or worse.
• Lethal Chef: Has poor cooking skills, often to comical extremes.
• Literal-Minded: Doesn't understand figurative language.
• The Load: Contributes nothing to a group except weighing it down.
• Loony Fan: Follows someone everywhere out of obsessive admiration, either causing trouble or just creeping them out.
• Loser Protagonist: Whether it's because of circumstances within their control, or outside of it, they are considered a "loser" by the standards of the society and culture in which they live.
• Love Hungry: Tries to force others to like or love them, not understanding that it doesn't work that way.
• Love Martyr: Willingly endures misery and abuse for love.
• Loves Only Gold: Obsessed with a particular form of wealth.
• Loving a Shadow: In love with the ideal of a person, rather than loving someone for who they actually are.
• Lust: Driven by one's sex drives.
• Madonna–Whore Complex: Thinks all women are either promiscuous, immoral seductresses or sweet, naive ingenues. Also, that smart, capable, good women who enjoy sex don't exist.
• Maternally Challenged: Not very good with kids.
• Manchild: An adult who possesses a very childlike or childish demeanor.
• Manipulative Bastard: Not above using and toying with others to get what he/she wants.
• Married to the Job: Is so devoted to their career that it seriously affects their ability to hold any kind of relationship outside of it.
• Martyr Without a Cause: Will insist on making a Heroic Sacrifice even if it's unnecessary.
• Miles Gloriosus: Makes themselves out to be the ultimate badass, but proves to be a coward when faced with a real fight.
• The Millstone: The cause of most, if not all, of a group's failures.
• Minor Flaw, Major Breakup: Inability to accept partner's minor flaws.
• Misanthrope Supreme: A human character who hates the human race.
• Misplaced Sorrow: Prone to miss another character for shallow, selfish reasons, such as money.
• Moral Myopia: Regularly does horrible things to other people, but gets offended when it's them who gets wronged.
• Moral Pragmatist: A character ignorantly does evil, until it's pointed out that doing good would help their cause much better.
• Mood-Swinger: Has unstable emotions and acts unpredictably.
• Motor Mouth: Speaks constantly or so quickly that it's hard to make out individual words.
• Mouthy Kid: Overly talkative, insolent, and loud child.
• Ms. Red Ink: A spendthrift, squandering money on self-satisfactory goods.
• Muse Abuse: Exploits their real life and the people around them for the sake of their art, with harmful results.
• My Beloved Smother: Thinks that she's being a good mom, but is actually holding her children back as people.
• Naïve Animal Lover: Wants to help animals, not realizing how dangerous some of them are.
• The Napoleon: Hot-blooded, aggressive, and extremely sensitive about their height.
• Narcissist: Extreme love and admiration for oneself.
• Neat Freak: Obsessed with cleanliness.
• Nervous Wreck: Panics over the slightest thing.
• Never My Fault: Blames others for their own mistakes or misdeeds.
• Nobody Calls Me "Chicken"!: Can't turn down a challenge .
• No Object Permanence: Inability to recognize that an object continues to exist even when you can't see, hear, or touch it.
• No Place for a Warrior: So used to being part of a military and leading a life of combat that they can't adjust to peacetime anymore.
• No Sense of Humor: Doesn't get jokes.
• No Sense of Direction: Gets lost easily.
• No Sense of Personal Space: Gets way too close for comfort around others.
• No Social Skills: Ignorant of and confused by social customs.
• Nostalgia Filter: Believes that things of the past are better than things of the modern equivalents.
• No Sympathy: Doesn't feel pity or sorrow for others' misfortune.
• Not a Game: Doesn't take serious matters seriously.
• Not a Morning Person: Is unusually cranky and snippy when just woken up.
• Obliviously Evil: Can't comprehend that they're doing anything wrong.
• Oblivious to His Own Description: Unable to recognize a perfect definition of themselves.
• Oblivious to Love: Inability to notice any romantic intentions.
• Obsessed with Food: They pay more attention to food than anything else.
• Old Windbag: Known for being an insufferable bore.
• Only in It for the Money: Doesn't care about anything except getting paid.
• Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Prone to vocal stupidity or self-incrimination.
• Opinion Flipflop: Always agreeing with a flipflopper instead of thinking for themselves.
• Opinion Myopia: Doesn't seem too keen on other peoples' opinions and shoves their own on others' throats.
• Overprotective Dad: Tendency to protect one's child excessively, especially in the romantic department.
• Paper Tiger: Looks and acts threatening and tough, but is anything but.
• Paralyzing Fear of Sexuality: Desires romance and/or sex, but is too afraid of sexuality.
• The Paranoiac: Pathological cynicism and mistrust of people and situations.
• Passive-Aggressive Kombat: Uses passive-aggressive tactics to get what he/she wants.
• Paste Eater: Eats things that are not intended to be food, often poisoning themselves in the process.
• The Perfectionist: Has to be perfect at what they do or at everything they do.
• Picky Eater: Distaste of a certain type of food.
• The Pig Pen: Someone whose hygiene is lacking.
• Poisonous Friend: Loyal but hazardous companion that secretly commit nasty deeds for their friend that said friend wouldn't approve of.
• The Pollyanna: Endlessly optimistic, sometimes to the point of insanity.
• Post-Stress Overeating: Excess in eating as a coping mechanism.
• The Prankster: Very fond of playing pranks on others.
• Pride: Excessive self-regard, to the point that it negatively affects a character's judgement.
• The Primadonna: Vain, self-centered and very egotistical, always expecting others to bow to her demands.
• Principles Zealot: Blindly clings to principles and refuses to see the big picture.
• Psychological Projection: Sees their own flaws in other people, often while denying those flaws in themselves.
• Psychopathic Manchild: A lunatic with all the strength/intellect of an adult and the innocence of a child.
• Pushover Parents: Parents who are too submissive to their children and refuse to discipline them.
• The Quiet One: A person who isn't very talkative.
• Rebellious Spirit: Possesses a immense desire to resist authority, control, or convention.
• The Resenter: Feels bitterness or indignation for a person.
• Revenge Before Reason: Putting revenge over sensible actions.
• Rich Bitch: Rich, snobby and haughty.
• Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: Has little understanding of things that people without money take for granted.
• Ridiculous Procrastinator: Puts something off until the last minute.
• Rightly Self-Righteous: Virtuous and morally upright, but is condescending and arrogant about it.
• Royal Brat: Arrogance, power, pettiness, and a huge sense of entitlement.
• Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training: Grown up without learning a very basic skill.
• Sadist: A character who enjoys the pain and suffering of other characters.
• Sarcasm-Blind: Doesn't understand sarcasm.
• Schemer: Constantly uses zany schemes to get what they want.
• Schedule Fanatic: Has to do everything according to precise schedule, every day of their lives.
• The Scrooge: Values his wealth more than anything else, and will minimize spending it, even if this hurts others.
• Secretly Selfish: Hides a selfish motive underneath an altrustic exterior.
• Selective Obliviousness: Refuses to comprehend a particular fact.
• Serial Romeo: Keeps insisting their newest Love Interest is their one true love, completely forgetting about previous Love Interests who rejected them.
• Serial Spouse: Just can't keep a marriage together
• Serious Business: Treats an activity as though it had much more importance than most people would give it.
• Seriously Scruffy: Can't strike a balance between work and looking after themselves.
• Sex Is Evil and I Am Horny: Believes that Sex Is Evil, but can't escape their own sexuality.
• Shameless Fanservice Girl: Has no nudity taboo nor idea of modesty.
• Shipping Goggles: Sees every interaction between certain characters as signs of Ship Tease, even when there's no such thing involved.
• Shrinking Violet: Painfully shy.
• The Shut-In: Virtually never leaves their house for any number of reasons, involuntary reasons included.
• Sir Swears-a-Lot: Seriously foulmouthed.
• Skilled, but Naïve: Lacks the experience needed to accomplish their goal.
• Skewed Priorities: Their order of things by importance defies sensibility.
• The Slacker: Just plain lazy.
• Slave to PR: Obsessed with upholding one's reputation, no matter what.
• Sleepyhead: Chronically drowsy.
• Slimeball: Unsophisticated, manipulative, and selfish.
• Small Name, Big Ego: Thinks they're all that when they aren't.
• Smug Snake: A sleazy person with delusions of grandeur and inflated sense of pride.
• Smug Super: Knows they're powerful and has the ego to show.
• Smitten Teenage Girl: Gets crushes with serious intensity.
• Social Climber: Tries to better themselves in the eyes of society, often at the expense of others.
• The Social Darwinist: Enforces "survival of the fittest" with an iron fist.
• Socially-Awkward Hero: Is more afraid of social situations than of actual dangers to life and limb.
• The Sociopath: Completely self-centered and manipulative with no sense of right or wrong.
• Sociopathic Hero: A "hero" who lacks empathy for others and acts in villainish ways when fighting villains.
• Sore Loser: Can't take a loss, even if it was fair and square.
• Sour Outside, Sad Inside: Forces people away with their abrasive attitude while really feeling depressed because they can't get close to anybody.
• Sour Prudes: Tries too hard to make themselves look good at the expense of others, claiming superiority on the ground that they doesn't have as much sex as others do, doesn't dress as scandalously as they do, or something like that.
• Spoiled Brat: Arrogant, selfish and disrespectful kid who demands to be given everything.
• Stalker With a Crush: Expresses their love for someone by stalking them.
• Stopped Caring: Believes nothing really matters and only does what has to be done.
• Straw Nihilist: Considers life and existence to be meaningless, and uses this as a justification for evil acts.
• Stupid Good: A character who's too nice for his own good.
• Sugar and Ice Personality: Acts aloof and apathetic despite really being sweet and kind.
• Super Gullible: Believes anything you tell them.
• Super OCD: Obsessed with order, symmetry and following certain patterns of behavior.
• Taking Advantage of Generosity: Demanding more of others who're being generous.
• Tall Poppy Syndrome: Holds contempt (or worse) for peers who are affluent, ambitious, talented or who otherwise stand out.
• The Tease: Prone to tempt someone sexually with no intention of satisfying the desire aroused.
• Teens Are Monsters: Teenagers who act very cruel towards others.
• Too Clever by Half: Is incredibly smart, irritatingly aware of it, and driven to go beyond themselves, which often leads to spectacular failures.
• Too Hungry to Be Polite: The character has atrocious table manners because they're too hungry or don't know any better.
• Toxic Friend Influence: Gets friends into serious trouble or takes leave of their common sense when around a particular friend.
• Trash of the Titans: Extremely messy.
• Trash Talk: Prone to uttering insults intended to demoralize or intimidate someone.
• Trauma Button: Prone to breaking down when exposed to certain stimuli.
• Tsundere: Can't express their feelings properly.
• The Unapologetic: A character who doesn't apologize for their misdeeds.
• The Unfettered: Will do anything to win.
• Unfit for Greatness: Wants to do good, but lacks the willpower, insight, and virtue to direct the power they've been given.
• Ungrateful Bastard: Doesn't show appropriate gratitude.
• Unstoppable Rage: Don't make them angry. You won't like them when they're angry.
• Wangst: A character who laments on relatively minor things.
• Wardrobe Flaw of Characterization: Tries to dress well, but can't quite pull it off.
• Wants a Prize for Basic Decency: Demands praise for behaving in a situation like a decent human, disregarding that basic humanity is expected of others by default, rather than something above-and-beyond to be rewarded for.
• Weak-Willed: Easy to convince or brainwash.
• Weasel Co-Worker: Doesn't do his job and palms off the blame on others.
• Weight Woe: Obsessed with dieting.
• "Well Done, Dad!" Guy: Emotionally distant to someone who desperately wants their approval as a child or student.
• "Well Done, Son!" Guy: Emotionally distant to someone who desperately wants their approval as a parent or a role model.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Someone who uses good ends to justify evil means.
• What You Are in the Dark: Fails to live up to their principles when no one is watching.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Crippling and extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something, not necessarily snakes.
• Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Can't help but to destroy the greater things in their life.
• Wide-Eyed Idealist: Has a naive, rose-colored outlook in a world that's anything but.
• Wild Card: Unreliable, untrustworthy and traitorous.
• Workaholic: Compulsively works hard and long hours.
• Would Harm a Senior: No qualms about using violence against the elderly.
• Would Hurt a Child: No qualms about using violence against children.
• Yandere: Is obsessed with the one they love (or just have a crush on) to the point of doing horrible things for that love.
• You Need to Get Laid: Too ill-tempered for their own good.