Herman (Herman and Katnip)

Herman is the main protagonist of the 1940s to 50 show Herman and Katnip. He is the mortal enemy and archnemesis to the more clownishly dim-witted Katnip, and the leader of his four loyal cousins. He is voiced by Arnold Stang.

Why He Sucks

 * 1) He is a Gary-Stu, one of the most sadistic Gary-Stu's ever made.
 * 2) He rarely ever gets his comeuppance for his cruel actions against Katnip, who is an ineffectual villain.
 * 3) Speaking of which, Herman is someone we are supposed to root for. But is barely well-intentioned and always comes off as more of a villain than the titular Katnip.
 * 4) * This is especially evident where Katnip in an episode is simply doing his job while Hermana and his cousins are causing trouble around wherever he goes.
 * 5) He is also manipulative towards his ineffectual enemy, much to the point that it always comes off as unreasonably sadistic and harsh, especially where the attacks he pulls on Katnip are way too violent and underhanded to come off as morally righteous.
 * 6) Because of this, he isn't at all likable in any way.
 * 7) His weird voice that has a Brooklyn accent sounds uncomfortable.
 * 8) * His attempts at humor or witty lines always fail because of lacking any real comedic touches with his sayings (e.g "There is more than one way to skin cat" from the episode "From Mad to Worse", which comes off as extremely murderous).
 * 9) With that said, he never gives his feline rival any mercy and always has him suffering most of the time.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Despite being the biggest Gary-Stu around, he can be rational towards Katnip's stupidity.
 * 2) He was shown to be likable in shorts that either doesn't revolve him being against Katnip or not.

Trivia

 * 1) Itchy from Itchy & Scratchy is based on Herman because of Herman's sadism and cruel & manipulative tendencies towards Katnip.