Basically this is the opposite of the Biggest Badass ever thread. Who is the biggest failure as a protagonist has no special abilities(or regular human one they have are sub-bar)are stupid and basically make you feel like you could do thier job better.

!NOTE! do not say Master Chief because the only way you find major flaws with him is using the legendary version of him(the Difficulty setting) or nitpicking

I'm not tagging a poll to this because I can't think of enough options at the moment.

Weakest. I would say Abe because he's as thin as a stick and uses his mind powers and farts to kill people, but the amount of damage he's substained in his lifetime is enough to make him pretty hardcore.

The Bionic Commando. One hit, he dies, atleast the Contra dudes were ripped.

That little girl from Clock Tower

The midget in Ghosts n' Goblins.

What the fuck type of plate armor takes one hit, then comes off?
And why isn't he at least wearing something UNDER it??

Guybrush Threapwood? He's rubbish on almost every level, apart from the ability to combine ridiculous objects with other ridiculous objects.

Contra characters. That enormous body and you fall flat from one shot/touch? Sheesh.

Raz. But I would never call him a failure.

Okay, Billy Hatcher.

MrCrun:
Guybrush Threapwood? He's rubbish on almost every level, apart from the ability to combine ridiculous objects with other ridiculous objects.

Guybrush Threepwood is invincible! He's been drowned, blown up, shot out of a cannon, been tied to a mast in the middle of a huge gunfight and still he survives!

As for abilities, psssh. He has a way with the ladies, a hilarious sense of humor and really big pockets!

/end MI fanboy rant

Raiden in MGS2. Brutal.

The kid from "A Boy and His Blob". His special abilities include feeding jellybeans to an imaginary friend, and... well, that's it.

Pokemon trainers don't seem very badass to me.

Khell_Sennet:
The kid from "A Boy and His Blob". His special abilities include feeding jellybeans to an imaginary friend, and... well, that's it.

Damn, I was gonna say that one. Kudos for being old like me!

Also for honorable mention: Any protagonist in a Silent Hill game, except Origins. That dude can indeed wander around with handfuls of TVs.

And the Princess from SMB2.

I'd say its Tidus from FFX. I don't think I need to explain why, right?

The guy from Burger Time. I win.

Mario. You'd think that after Bowser has kidnapped the princess so many times, he'd finally kill the dude, but noooo.

L4Y Duke:
I'd say its Tidus from FFX. I don't think I need to explain why, right?

So weak he singlehandidly ruined a potentialy good game.

Effing Polka from Eternal Sonata. Towards the end of the game, when I had constant access to all characters, I enjoyed using everyone in my party, from Chopin and his stick to Beat and his rapid-fire shotgun. Except Polka. She attacks really slowly, does mediocre damage, gets hit a lot and has some terrible special attacks. I just levelled her up so that if the game forced me to play her, I'd be ready.

Effing Polka...

Copter400:
Effing Polka from Eternal Sonata. Towards the end of the game, when I had constant access to all characters, I enjoyed using everyone in my party, from Chopin and his stick to Beat and his rapid-fire shotgun. Except Polka. She attacks really slowly, does mediocre damage, gets hit a lot and has some terrible special attacks. I just levelled her up so that if the game forced me to play her, I'd be ready.

Effing Polka...

True, she's supposed to be the healer type, but her healing skills are rubbish as well compared to Viola's Heal Arrow.

Truth be told though, I still prefer her to Beat, because Beat has such a long animation reset after firing at range and can't go straight into a special move after firing for at least a second or so, and his melee attacks are just as weak and slow as Polka's.

The cake. Let's face it, it was the character that drove the story along. Yet in the end, it was a lie. Weak. I definately could have done a better job than it, as you said potato, by actually EXISTING. Total failure.

Well, that or master chief. For the supposed bad ass he's thought to be, he barely saved earth. (you can't exclude characters because you're afraid people will pick him/her!)

But seriously, i may have to agree with khell_sennet. Jellybeans? lol. Now had they been all flavor beans, with most being, say, cyanide flavor......but I digress.

Commander Keyes from Halo: Combat Evolved... no one else got pwned by the Flood

Damn it, everyone always beats me to it, I was too late to rant in favour of Guybrush being able to hold his breath for 10 minutes, and I didn't get to vote first for Raiden from MGS 2.

Biggest rip off game ever, why would you need to play as anyone but Snake?

Kage Mishima from Daikatana.
"I will need my two friends to beat mosquitos and frogs!"

The L-shaped block in Tetris. Most other blocks allow you to plan ahead and prepare terrain for whatever comes next, but with the L-shaped block you are lucky if you can squeeze it anywhere without making holes or a downright mess. And there's two of them!

Jack Carver from Far Cry.
"You'd better have a really good reason for not telling me about the apeshit circus freak with the giant fucking arm!"

Heather from SH3. No special powers or weapons.

LisaB1138:
Heather from SH3. No special powers or weapons.

Except when you get the right costume, at which point she can shoot laserbeams from her eyes.

Bernard from Day of the Tentacle

LisaB1138:
Heather from SH3. No special powers or weapons.

Except once you get the Katana she's basically able to destroy anything she comes across. I'd say all the other Silent Hill Protagonists (have yet to play origins but I hear its rubbish) fit the bill, but their supposed to be weak and flawed, it makes the games more interesting and scary. Especially James from Silent Hill 2, he's definately the 'weakest' protagonist, especially if you get the games darker endings.

Oh and am I the only one here who kinda liked Tidus and how he actualyl grew up and became less of a putz as the game went on? The characters that I hated from Final Fantasy's were Vaan and Squall. Behold the adventures of "Useless Kid" and "Emo Boy" now in their very own game without an interesting overarching plot or a stronger cast of supporting characters to hold them up.

Everyone in your team in COD4. Don't get me wrong, I like the game and the characters, but what's the point of having an officer in command that doesn't do much, especially if he's invulnerable (except scripted scenes)?

The Potato Lord:
(or regular human one they have are sub-bar)are stupid and basically make you feel like you could do thier job better.

It's "subpar."

I'm not sure I understand this thread. Maybe it's because I feel that people who aren't cut like Rambo have redeeming qualities that make them in their own right "badass." That's kind of the point of fantasy and games in general right? Giving someone the tools to do something they couldn't normally do. In this respect perhaps you could have been clearer in your original statement as to what "weak" means to you.

Like someone said above, Gordon Freeman pretty much topples an alien empire with a crowbar and his wits. In my opinion that makes him pretty fucking badass. of course he is just a scientist, not exactly the kind of guy you expect to be in a drinking beer with The Undertaker while driving monster trucks over pools of alligators and piranha.

I personally feel that the characters like Duke Nukem who run into places guns blazing without care for strategy are simply ineffective. Not just as iconic story figures but how they represent tactics as well. To me, that equates as "weak."

Raphael in the nes turtles game you knew you were in trouble when you had to use him.

wilsonscrazybed:

The Potato Lord:
(or regular human one they have are sub-bar)are stupid and basically make you feel like you could do thier job better.

It's "subpar."

I'm not sure I understand this thread. Maybe it's because I feel that people who aren't cut like Rambo have redeeming qualities that make them in their own right "badass." That's kind of the point of fantasy and games in general right? Giving someone the tools to do something they couldn't normally do. In this respect perhaps you could have been clearer in your original statement as to what "weak" means to you.

Like someone said above, Gordon Freeman pretty much topples an alien empire with a crowbar and his wits. In my opinion that makes him pretty fucking badass. of course he is just a scientist, not exactly the kind of guy you expect to be in a drinking beer with The Undertaker while driving monster trucks over pools of alligators and piranha.

I personally feel that the characters like Duke Nukem who run into places guns blazing without care for strategy are simply ineffective. Not just as iconic story figures but how they represent tactics as well. To me, that equates as "weak."

Absolutely well said. Exactly how I've always felt.

Also, i may have to change my choice from earlier to Commander Keen. I mean, for the love of god, he's already wearing the stupid helmet and he uses a pogo-stick.