Gus (A Troll in Central Park)

Gus is the deuteragonist of the critically-panned film A Troll in Central Park. He is a young 7-year-old boy whose parents are busy, and who is big on having his way (as he's been looking forward to floating his boat). He also doesn't believe in dreams and thinks they're silly. He is voiced by then 12-year-old Phillip Glasser, who was also known for voicing Fievel Mouskewitz in the first two An American Tail films and its short-lived TV series adaptation Fievel's American Tails.

Why He Sucks

 * 1) He is a spoiled brat who always wants to have his way, as shown by his quote above.
 * 2) He doesn’t seem to care about his parents' jobs and just wants to float his boat at the park.
 * 3) He receives little to no character development (see WHS #10 for more information)
 * 4) He disobeys his parents and left with Rosie to the park to float his boat just because they're both too busy to accompany him due to their work, potentially causing his family maid Maria to worry about them off-screen.
 * 5) Just like the other protagonists, he is very annoying and won’t shut up whenever he's on screen.
 * 6) He is also a bad brother to Rosie, as he doesn’t seem to keep a good eye on her. He even made Rosie cry in one scene.
 * 7) He is also a bad speller since he misspelled "Private" as "Privit".
 * 8) Most of his dialogue is very mediocre.
 * 9) His screaming can get annoying at times.
 * 10) By the end of the film, while it seemed at first that he has learned to put aside his own bratty, selfish desires in favor of protecting Rosie from Gnorga, once he asks his father "Dad, do you think today maybe we could do what I want to do?", it practically undoes most of the character development he had throughout the entire film, making the entire events of the film extremely redundant. Not only that, but he even conveys a bad message to kids which is "if you don't get what you want, demand it more", which just prompts spoiled people to demand more by getting what stupid thing they want.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Phillip Glasser did an okay job voicing him.
 * 2) He did call out on Stanley for not going to save Rosie from Gnorga by calling him a coward.
 * 3) Deep down, he does care about Rosie.
 * 4) He did redeem himself near the end of the film by saving Rosie (in spite of most of his development being undone by the end as mentioned in WHS# 10).
 * 5) To be fair, he does have to deal with parental neglection issues (It's just his behavior that makes him unlikable).
 * 6) His design is cute or okay, depending on your view.

Trivia

 * Gus is one of the final child characters in animation to be voiced by Phillip Glasser before he gets too old to do these child character roles.