Name your favorite fictional cad

@BumbleBeeBoogie,

This cad made a lot of money writing about being a cad:
Entertainment journalist Rick Marin, the author of Cad, a nonfiction adventure tracking his exploits as a half-Latin (and half-Canadian) lover and full-time ladies' man.

BBB

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Hmmm. Besides Humbert Humbert?

Nozdryov of Dead Souls? Or Captain Grimes from Waugh's Decline and Fall.

I have a fondness for the mischievous scoundrel kind of fictional cad, as opposed to the utterly ruthless kind.

Just a few off the top of my head.

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@Gargamel,

Fernand Mondego in "The Count of Monte Cristo"

He frames his best friend for a crime that he didn't commit, sends him to life in prison and steals the girl.

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It's a toss up between the Big Bad Wolf and the Troll under the bridge.

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@Gargamel,

See, that's why I asked for a definition of "cad." Are we talking here about the more-or-less loveable mischievous kind, the kiss-and-run kind, or are we talking about true villains? A monster isn't a cad. He's a, well, monster.

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@Merry Andrew,

Robert's thread about a current day Artful Dodger made me realize who my favorite cad is....

It's Fagin my dearies.

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@chai2,

Fagin was my first favorite, when I was very young. He still ranks high, like Long John Silver.

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eddy haskil

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@dyslexia,

Could you consider The Fonz a kind of a cad?

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@dyslexia,

dyslexia wrote:

eddy haskil

Good one!

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@dyslexia,

that's a lovely hat you're wearing mr. dyslexia

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@chai2,

Eddie Haskell (I looked up correct spelling on imdb) was a real hoot!

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@eoe,

He gave a bad name to white boys.

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@Bi-Polar Bear,

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Another absolute cad-Alan Rickman's Sheriff of Nottingham.

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@BumbleBeeBoogie,

Jason, whose unfaithfulness caused the Greek tragedy of Medea, who becomes enraged at Jason's infidelity and slaughters their children.

oh yeah.....him too.

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I feel its my duty to informyou that the greatest cad ever was Dick Dastardly.

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EXCUSE ME!!

I have about six of the best in one snarling avatar.....

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http://www.gameweb.gr/lordoftherings/photos/images/saruman.jpg

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@Green Witch,

Quote:

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Praised for her historical fiction by critics and devoted fans alike, author Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles took the romance world by storm some 30 years ago, firmly fixing Dunnett's reputation as a master of the historical romance. The Game of Kings, the first story in The Lymond Chronicles, sets the stage for what will be a sweeping saga filled with passion, courage, and the endless fight for freedom. The setting is 1547, in Edinborough, Scotland. Francis Crawford of Lymond returns to the country despite the charge of treason hanging over his head. Set on redeeming his reputation, He leads a company of outlaws against England as he fights for the country he loves so dearly. Dangerous, quick-witted, and utterly irresistible, Lymond is pure pleasure to watch as he traverses 16th-century Scotland in search of freedom. The Game of Kings is a must-have for the historical romance connoisseur.

Well, thank you for posting this. He sounds like a winner--especially the part about dangerous , quick witted and utterly irresistible.

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@Merry Andrew,

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Please define "cad."

My definition of cad is a careless man who uses people for his own advancement and doesn't consider their feelings.

In the case of the fictional character Thomas H. Chippering, he has the poorest social skills but for some reason is able to latch on to a very competant, smart and loving woman who tolerates his obsessing about his ex-wife who's dumped him. The book is a compendium on his trying to get her back but seeking revenge even though she's remarried.

Green Witch posted something about Lymonds, which defines a different sort of cad-- someone who's pretty smooth, dangerous.

I consider JR Ewing, Rhett Butler to come under the category too.

So post away, Merry one.

I'd say the a man who wouldn't come under the cad heading would be Fred McCmurray (sp?) in My Three Sons.

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