It's incredible how nice Charlie is to Alan
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RaimeyD — 10 years ago(January 02, 2016 12:42 PM)
Alan is a creep. He steals money from Charlie, he filches Charlie's credit cards for his own personal use, and even goes after Charlie's Viagra without asking. He also siphoned gas out of Charlie's car.
He harasses and harangues Charlie about his lifestyle when he would love to have it himself. He was rude from day one when he busted in Charlie's room on the night he was thrown out by Judith. He didn't apologize and only made a seepy overture to the chick Charlie had in his beda weak apology for blocking her car.
He's always being a jerk to Charlie aboutwell, about everything Charlie does. Some times he instigates it.
But my biggest problem with Alan is that he is a perverted creep. He was jerking off on the sofa in the living room to Internet porn right where he was caught by Charlie with a friend. He jerked off at the kitchen table. He was so desperate that he went out in the garage to jerk off in his carwhich is kinda' sorta' okay. The creepiest of the creep was when he jerked off in the theatre during a movie. Kids saw himKIDS~!he's jerking off in front of kids and their mom turned him in and he got arrested and thrown in jail.
That's just one of my takes on Alan. Some others is his cheapness, he is spineless, and mostly talks in a nasally whine. After Charlie left the show he became conniving and deceitful. Now his cheapness and weasel-ness became an occupation.
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BulletHeadedSaxonMothersSon — 10 years ago(January 10, 2016 10:16 PM)
Alan was an okay guy in the first season or two, if very nerdy, effeminate and uptight. But like Charlie, Jake, and most characters on long-running sitcoms, his annoying traits were gradually exaggerated. By season eight he had become a total weasel.
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wqxyzcj — 10 years ago(February 22, 2016 05:59 AM)
How is the person who bullied his brother all the time when they were kids, and later cheated on his "girlfriends" multiple times, a better person?
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hammerofthehouse — 10 years ago(February 22, 2016 09:42 PM)
That is how you know a show is greatthe characters are so convincing in their personalities that it gets the viewer to feel actual emotions about the characters' behaviors! Charlie Sheen pretty much just plays himself in almost every episode, and he's amazingAlan Harper is actually acting and he's fabulous as well. Calling him a "weasel" is like calling Mo a violent felon for hitting Curly with an axe, trying to cut his head off with a saw, burning his butt with a blow torch, etc. Its all showbiz folks!
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RaimeyD — 10 years ago(February 27, 2016 11:39 PM)
Jon Cryer is a very good actor.
Alan Harper is a disgusting creep. The one episode where he was jacking off at every place imaginable just sent me over the edge. Jerking off in the front room where anyone walking in CHARLIE'S house could see him. Then jerking off at the moviekids saw himthe mom told the Keeper of the FlashlightAlan went to jail. The writers just kissed this off as "business as usual"simply disgusting. And I can't write the exact words I'd like to describe Alanthe moderators don't like it.
But it's their field so we play by their rules.
And the tighty-whiteysarghhhh!!! NASTY! I kept wincing that we could see some skid marks on those thingsthey did everything elsethe pink puke was one for the Awards people.
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mattiasflgrtll6 — 10 years ago(March 02, 2016 10:49 AM)
I think season 5 is where Alan starts turning into a real beep That episode where both he and Charlie tried to take each other girlfriends Pretty disturbing.
And yeah, that episode where he wanked everywhere was really gross, but I found it very funny. Especially how he would always play that Mariachi music
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BulletHeadedSaxonMothersSon — 10 years ago(March 04, 2016 11:59 PM)
That episode where both he and Charlie tried to take each other girlfriends Pretty disturbing.
Which episode was that? Are you thinking of the one with the French lady and Alan's high school crush("Kind of Like Necrophilia")? If so, I think that was from season 3 or 4. -
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Bluecher — 10 years ago(March 29, 2016 02:35 PM)
Alan would have gladly paid Charlie a rent if he didn't already have to spend his income for Judith's alimony. Actually he tried to get rid of that issue by hiring a laywer who however fell victim to Charlie's playboy antics. So at the end it was Charlie's fault that he still had to support his brother. Also in the early seasons Alan was actually quite self-sufficient as far as houshold chores were concerned. He even tried to convince Charlie to be more frugal and independent.
But over time being exposed to Charlie's lifestyle Alan's enthusiasm and moral standards began to wane, eventually getting the worst of him.
Death solves all problems.- Stalin
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zeostinger — 9 years ago(December 17, 2016 10:01 AM)
In season 7, Alan inherits a clock worth a very large amount of money. He suggests he could use the money to pay back a bit of what he owes or put it into jakes college fund, but even jake knows Alan plans to spend the money on himself. Plus we find out in season 4 he has a nice amount of money put away that he takes off the books at his office, i doubt he just stopped that. He steals from Charlie and Walden without a thought, and even steals from his ex wife.
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VirtualSide — 9 years ago(August 02, 2016 07:55 PM)
You're pretty much right. Alan never seemed to take any initiative to be on his way to moving out of Charlie's house. Charlie even called off his marriage to Mia when he realized that Alan would have to move out. And Alan continued the same behavior when Walden bought the house.
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DaytonaBob — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 01:15 AM)
Well then ya gotta hand it to Jon Cryer as a great actor that he was hardly likable. The writers made a leech and Jon went with it and it paid off for the show.
BUT yeah after awhile the character gets a little old.
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