Rufus (Monica and Friends)

Rúfius is a dog character from the Brazilian comic book series Turma da Mônica. He was introduced sometime during the 2000s and has since become a recurring character in the comics.

Why He Sucks

 * 1) He is nothing but a blatant rip-off of Spike from Tom & Jerry.
 * 2) He always acts mean and aggressive to children in the Lemon Tree Street and even other dogs.
 * 3) His design is really ugly and lazy, even for Turma da Monica standards. Even though it is supposed to be a pitbull, it looks more like a bulldog, and the shape of his mouth is very uncanny.
 * 4) Speaking of his design, it doesn't look like a character from Mauricio de Sousa's art style. Instead, it looks more like a rejected character from The Powerpuff Girls or Dexter's Laboratory than a character from Turma da Mônica.
 * 5) He is a totally pointless character who only exists to cause trouble with his rude and aggressive behavior.
 * 6) He NEVER receives punishment for his mean deeds against the children on the street.
 * 7) He is also one of the most one-dimensional characters ever created in the comics, mainly due to the fact that, unlike Bidu and Mingau, he doesn't even know how to speak (just growl and bark) or appear with his owner.
 * 8) In a story entitled "É Rúfius!!" published in 2007, it is revealed that the reason for Rúfius' anger is due to the employees that were responsible for writing the text of the comic books for Mauricio de Sousa often misspelling his name as Ruflos or Rufus. But even after this story, Rúfius continued to be aggressive and mean-spirited to the other characters.

The Only Redeeming Quality

 * 1) Fortunately, he was one of the few characters from the comics that didn't appear in the cartoon.