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{{quote|''What's up with my neighbor''

''What's it gonna take to get a break''

''She's got us tiptoeing around in fear''

''Church mice at St. Leo's down my street''

''Have moved so far away''

''She has sent them packing and running scared''

''How much more does she think we will take?''|Smash Mouth, "Heave Ho"}}

The '''Cranky Neighbor''' - Not to be confused with [[Nosy Neighbor]], though the two tropes can overlap. This neighbor is never happy, and usually acts as an antagonist to the neighbors sharing the block with them, particularly the main characters. The cranky neighbor character is usually an old man, such as Mr. Wilson onin ''[[Dennis the Menace (US comic strip)|Dennis the Menace]]''. Some cranky neighbors want simply to be left alone, while others take a more aggressive role in making the others who live around them miserable. Cranky Neighbors often do not recognize their own crankiness or choose to [[For the Evulz|indulge in it anyway]], if they do.

** And "The Man Upstairs" (which is NOT''not'' a [[Religion Rant Song]]) has Voltaire himself as one of these in an apartment complex—and given who he has to deal with, one can hardly blame him.

* Mr. Wilson from the American comic ''[[Dennis the Menace (US comic strip)|Dennis the Menace]]'' is possibly an [[Ur Example]].

* ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'' has cranky apartment building neighbours who clash with Micheal and Deanna