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14 Teen TV Characters Who Infuriate Us to No End

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January 22, 2017 - 1 min read
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Teens in real life can be pretty troublesome at times, but the ones we watch on television can be downright insufferable. Here are the 15 TV teens who make us yell at our television screens every time we see them.

Dawson Leery From 'Dawson's Creek'

Dawson's cry face sums up how we feel about him. Most teenagers are self-centered, but Dawson hits a level almost unreachable by most humans. Plus, his movies suck.

Henry Mills From 'Once Upon a Time'

Henry started as a cute little boy, but then he hit puberty and just became kind of useless and annoying. You have two awesome moms, grow up and get it together.

JD McCoy From 'Friday Night Lights'

"Friday Night Lights" had its fair share of annoying teenagers, but JD McCoy was the absolute worst. He went from being a nice guy who just wanted to play football to the ultimate douche-y jock. 

Dana Brody From 'Homeland'

Dana Brody may be television's most hated teenager. If you look up angst in the dictionary, you'll see a picture of Dana Brody next to it. Like, we get it, teenagers want to rebel -- but you don't have to go to such annoying extremes.

Marissa Cooper From 'The OC'

It's amazing that viewers were able to stand three whole seasons of Marissa Cooper. She had everything handed to her and still found a way to whine and scream about everything. And some rich teens struggle because of actual problems, but Marissa just really hated not getting her way and turned into a very-low-functioning alcoholic because of it. RIP, we hope you learned something after you died.

Lucas Scott From 'One Tree Hill'

We know it isn't permanent, but having a Chinese symbol on your body is ... a choice. Not a good one. Lucas mastered the art of brooding, and, honestly, we just don't have time for that.

Dean Forester From 'Gilmore Girls'

Ughhhhh. Let's be honest: Most of Rory's love interests sucked -- including Jess, sorry, not sorry -- but Dean was the worst. When he wasn't stomping around demanding things of Rory, he was building cars and expecting to get exactly what he wanted in return. Listen up, boys: If you build a lady a car and tell her you love her and she doesn't feel ready to say it back, you're not allowed to get mad. 

Jenny Humphrey From 'Gossip Girl'

Oh, Jenny Humphrey, you started off so promising. She was just a normal teenage girl who wanted to be liked, which is completely OK -- but it all went to her head and she went a bit overboard. She started rebelling in a major and dangerous way. When she (finally) left New York City, it was great.

Screech From 'Saved By the Bell'

Do we even need to explain? It's Screech.

Rory Gilmore From 'Gilmore Girls'

Before you yell, just listen. We know people love Rory, but when you really think about it, she's kind of the worst. And the sad part? She only got worse as an adult. 

Connor From 'Angel'

Connor had a lot working against him -- including being half-demon -- but he tried to murder his own dad!

Carl Grimes From 'The Walking Dead'

Does anyone like Carl? Honestly, we don't even think his own dad likes him half of the time.

Jill Garvey From 'The Leftovers'

She's written as such a clichéd teenage girl that we couldn't even make it through the first season.

Dawn Summers From 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'

Dawn gets a pretty bad rep, but she 100% deserves it. Now, we get it, when you find out that you were created purely as a key to another dimension, you're going to have a reaction. But she was the worst before that even happened! She's a brat and she knows it.

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