History CreatorsPet / WesternAnimation

* The Cutie Mark Crusaders from WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic. While it wasn't bad in the first season, they slowly evolved into a SpotlightStealingSquad. How bad was it? Fluttershy had only two episodes of focus while they (including the solo episodes) had five.

* The Cutie Mark Crusaders from MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic. While it wasn't bad in the first season, they slowly evolved into a SpotlightStealingSquad. How bad was it? Fluttershy had only two episodes of focus while they (including the solo episodes) had five.

* Many fans of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' think Elmyra is one of the most annoying animated characters ever created. Too bad the executives at Warner Bros loved her, and kept trying to get her her own show. Eventually, they had her co-star in a ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' spinoff, ''PinkyElmyraAndTheBrain'', which earned her the wrath of ''more'' angry fans. It's even {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by the theme song: [[BitingTheHandHumour "It's what the network wants, why bother to complain?"]] Even the writers hated her.
** Making this even more bewildering is the fact that Elmyra's ''entire joke as a character'' is that she's unbearably obnoxious.
* Dulcy the Dragon in ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehog'' (the "''[=SatAM=]''" version). Apart from [[RememberTheNewGuy just being there in season two without a proper introduction]], getting a [[SpotlightStealingSquad bigger part than most of the other freedom fighters]], the writers try and squeeze her into as many scenes as possible, thus [[OutOfFocus reducing Bunnie and Rotor to minor characters]], and she gets the whole 'magic powers in a techno environment' deal (though that aspect was first established by the evil wizard Lazzar). There's also the questionable logic of [[TeamMom Princess]] [[TeenGenius Sally]] trusting her safety (not to mention the safety of any other passengers) to riding a dragon who can't land without crashing, and falls asleep during flight.
** Princess Sally herself also qualifies to a varied amount of the fanbase, due to her overwhelming utility in most missions (it was arguably her that rendered Rotor redundant due to her increased tech skills) and sometimes exaggerated use as a {{foil}} and {{Romantic Interest}} for Sonic that rendered other characters needless extras (eg. Tails who in other portrayals was often Sonic's closest friend and ally). In the second season, aside from Dulcy and Antoine as comic relief, the show was near entirely revolved around Sonic and Sally's chemistry. Granted there is [[BaseBreaker a lot more positive reception of Sally than Dulcy at times]] but she has rubbed off a lot of fans the wrong way. Sally and Dulcy were both stated to be favorites of Ben Hurst, who wrote the majority of Season Two.
*** Sally's much more of an obvious Creator's Pet in [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog the comics]]. Read the first few pages of [[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=11&ved=0CDYQtwIwADgK&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DNaqxgT64JZU&ei=ulQ0T8asNs_RiAL-nMjKCg&usg=AFQjCNG48eTae4C1OJBZ43cJHHhay3NF8g&sig2=iuTMMfkGR0J2JS6cc8silg this]], and try to ''NOT'' feel the MarySue vibes.
* ''TheVentureBrothers'': Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick have stated that they will be intentionally invoking this trope by giving the widely-despised Murderous Moppets more screentime in the next season to spite the fans who hate them. Considering they're writing a SadistShow, this could potentially [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap redeem them as entertaining characters.]]
** Dr. Girlfriend gave the Moppets a bit of a TakeThatScrappy dismissal in the season four episode "''Pinstripes Versus Poltergeists''", mentioning that [[LampshadeHanging she found them increasingly annoying]]. The Monarch was [[FetishFuel extremely aroused]] by this display of hate...
** Even before that, the Weslification of the Moppets paid off when they tried to threaten The Monarch due to orders from Dr. Mrs. The Monarch to keep him from leaving. It was ''very'' satisfying for him to remind them that, no matter how many henchmen they have crapping their pants, they have no business trying to intimidate a guy who picks fights with the likes of Phantom Limb and '''Brock Freakin' Samson''' as a form of entertainment.
*** What's really strange is that Doc Hammer hated the Moppets too, because he kept forgetting to write them into scripts. He only vowed to keep using the characters when he found out people hated them.
* Herbert the elderly gay pedophile from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. He's a one-joke character (we get it, he wants to have sex with little boys) and is openly hated by much of the fanbase, yet he still gets to appear in a lot of episodes, and sometimes even get a really long musical number.
** He also has one of the most annoying voices ever conceived on television.
** Herbert even appears regularly in ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow''. It's specially bad when such a bad character appears in not one but ''two'' shows.
** He only really showed ''any'' depth outside of his one joke in just one episode, "German Guy", in which he's revealed to be a WWII veteran and genuinely wanted to protect Chris from a former Nazi. Afterwards though, he's returned to being pointless.
** This reached it's theoretical apex in the Star Wars parody movie, when he played the Obi-Wan to Chris' Luke Skywalker. You know you have a Creator's Pet on your hands when an ancient joke that's been done to death in the show results in (what should have been) a [[OneShotCharacter one-joke character]] becoming not only one of the most important people to the Star Wars universe, but one of the three or four characters to appear, in some capacity, in all six Star Wars movies.
* Owen from the ''TotalDrama'' series has become an increasingly blatant example, with a lot of focus put on him, his fart humor, and AnnoyingLaugh throughout all three seasons. He wound up [[spoiler:winning the first season]] despite having won few challenges and being up against the very competent and fan favourite [[PerkyGoth Gwen]]. In ''TotalDramaAction'', he was conveniently brought back onto the show after being eliminated halfway through, to the joy of all the other "good" characters, and even after that he is in the third season and made it to the merge, getting [[SpotlightStealingSquad an unhealthy amount of focus]] before. On the whole, fans have not been pleased.
** Some fans felt he was [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap better]] in the third season, where he was given an OddFriendship with EnsembleDarkhorse Noah; the latter is a major DeadpanSnarker, so they made good foils for each other. He also got an AlasPoorScrappy moment when [[CloudCuckooLander Izzy]] broke up with him.
* Cheese and Goo from ''FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' ended up becoming this for much of the [[PeripheryDemographic older fans.]] They both eventually [[OutOfFocus faded into the background]] however.

** In Japan, however, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Lisa is quite popular among viewers]], so much that the show was re-marketed to make Lisa appear as the main character, rather than Homer or Bart. Instead, the Simpsons males are seen as Creator's Pets there, particularly Bart, who flies against the Japanese virtues of working hard and fitting in. Because of this, Bart is considered somewhat of a villain who always wins.
* To dust off a very old example, there's Pudgy, BettyBoop's pet dog. In the later episodes, after the HaysCode cracked down on Betty's sexual nature, there was an increasing focus on Pudgy, and audiences were treated to [[SarcasmMode heartwarming]] episodes all about Pudgy chasing his tail or something. Even [[ClassicDisneyShorts Pluto]] was funnier than Pudgy ever was.
* But [[PlutoThePup Pluto]] was a Creator's Pet, too. MickeyMouse may not have been the ''funniest'' Disney star, but he's still unmatched as a star of funny ''adventure'' cartoons—which makes it disconcerting that from about 1934, numerous "Mickey" shorts shunt him aside to give Pluto the spotlight. The most amazing thing is that from 1937, Pluto ''had his own series'', yet he was still allowed to dominate Mickey's, too. It's gotten better nowadays, with Pluto and Mickey being kept more separate in their adventures (y'know, since there's more of an effort to ''give'' Mickey adventures these days?)
* In ''KingOfTheHill'' we have Elroy, a.k.a. "Lucky". Lucky is a stereotypically ugly, middle-aged hill-billy with a drolling monotonous voice and no high-school education. His main source of income is filing lawsuits (regardless of their justification), as he practically refuses to get a job. He started off as a one shot character, but returns a season later, only this time he's become a ''regular character'' after Luanne falls in love with him. And he's still a homely, unemployed hillbilly who ends up [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave living with the Hill family]]. There are times when the show [[LampshadeHanging hangs lampshades]] on his obnoxiousness, but, in general, the main cast just puts up with him (and the audience is expected to as well, since he ends up marrying Luanne).

* Mr. Krabs of ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', despite arguably being an EnsembleDarkhorse early in the show's run, is slowly grating on fans of the show, due to his Flanderization into [[FauxAffablyEvil an even bigger jerk]] than his [[DesignatedVillain "evil" rival Plankton]].
** It helps if you just imagine his behavior as an {{actor allusion}}, as his voice actor (ClancyBrown)'s most famous role was as [[Film/{{Highlander}} The Kurgan]], meaning the rivalry between the two restaurants becomes an analogue to the fight between the Kurgan and Macleod. In other words, the hatred may be justified.
*** On the other hand his JerkAss behavior is not just limited [[KnightTemplar to Plankton]]; he now mistreats or shows a severe LackOfEmpathy to most of the other, usually less-deserving cast members as well, such as Spongebob and Pearl, who were originally his {{Morality Pet}}s in earlier episodes.
* Ahsoka Tano on ''TheCloneWars'' full stop in the first season. The second season [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap started to rectify this]] ...only to risk fan wrath with the third season, which started off with several Ahsoka-centric episodes.

** Really, most characters introduced in the second movie and onward are Creator's Pets. Kimi joined the group of babies that had mostly stayed constant throughout the series, and practically took control of the group, taking over Tommy's role of taking them on adventures and being the leader. Fans never really warmed up to her, but she pretty much became the most prominent baby on the show.
** Actually, Kimi has a pretty sizable fanbase that her detractors like to ignore.
* Cubert from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' [[TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste was actually]] ''[[TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste created]]'' [[TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste to be one of these]], apparently in direct reference to the former TropeNamer, and he was originally intended to be a sort of TheAce character, except he would still be hated and mistreated by the other characters. Really only the last part became true.
** It helps that the writers were more in-tune than others in their profession. Originally Cubert was supposed to be the character who [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] all the ludicrous aspects of the series, which he does in his debut episode. However, the writers realized how terribly annoying this was and transformed him into a standard BrattyHalfPint TVGenius. And only used him in a couple of episodes there after.
*** Plus, in his debut episode, the rest of the cast takes an instant dislike to him and manage to get in a few good insults.
*** He is also downgraded from a genius to an insufferable brat who thinks he's smarter than he is. And still acts like a typical twelve year old.
* Many fans and, according to [[WordOfGod Derric Wyatt]], several Cartoon Network executives, felt that Gwen and Kevin (and their [[StrangledByTheRedString forced]] [[RomanticPlotTumor romance]]) were the Creators Pets of ''Ben10AlienForce'' and ''Ben10UltimateAlien'', often sidelining Ben or constantly making him look bad in comparision to them. Because of this, they were both PutOnABus for ''Ben10Omniverse''.
* She-Hulk in the '96 ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk'' cartoon. No one really had a problem with her in Season 1, where she only appeared in two well-received episodes. Unfortunately, when the series was renewed for Season 2, ExecutiveMeddling forced her on as a regular (with her name slapped onto the intro, no less) as part of their effort to make the series LighterAndSofter. Of course, her AscendedExtra status led to less screentime for others. (''Rick Jones'' was outright dropped after the Season 2 premiere!) She-Hulk was also subjected to TheOtherDarrin, with Lisa Zane replaced by Cree Summer (the voice behind other Creator's Pets, Elmyra and Dulcy). All of this arguably could've been forgiven if not for her horrendous characterization. She consistently proclaimed how much she loved having Gamma power in front of ''Bruce Banner'', ya know, the guy that wanted to cure his transformation. That was just ''one'' example of how obnoxious she could be. And let's not forget how she revealed the Hulk's identity to the world to clear Bruce of suspicion of attacking General Ross. (Considering there were no witnesses, any half-decent lawyer could've found some way - ''any'' way to get Bruce off the hook than that.)

* Randy Marsh from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' is arguably becoming one of these. More plots are starting to revolve about him and/or utilize his SeriousBusiness stance on trivial matters to the point where semi-main characters are now OutOfFocus.
** Trey Parker has explicitly said in the commentaries that he loves the character of Jimmy, which is probably why he gets an episode about OnceASeason. Subverted, as fans seem pretty neutral towards him.
* Reginald The Koala of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''. He's annoying (he's basically written like somebody's bad fan character), very few fans tolerate him, and yet he got an ''entire'' StoryArc (in a show which tries its hardest to avoid these) where he tried to hook up with a very OOC Hayley.
* Some fans of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' absolutely hate the characters of Cheryl and Pam. The two are constantly brought into episodes and situations where they don't belong and really serve no purpose other than to make jokes that Archer could have made on his own.
** The latest season even ups the ante by making [[KavorkaMan Pam]] [[GuiltyPleasure apparently so incredible in bed that Archer smuggled her onboard a space station just as go-to pussy]] ...and Cheryl's just there to tagalong and be [[CloudCuckoolander herself]] so even an ''Aliens''-esque space episode comes off like just another day at the office.

** Brian Griffin also goes in this direction, thanks to his being a perceived AuthorAvatar who [[AuthorTract preaches at length]] about his liberal views and the show's universe often bends to accommodate his beliefs, as seen in one episode where Jesus Christ himself calls all religions "pretty much crap", prompting an off-screen Brian to say "Thank you!". This isn't helped by his obliviousness to his own flaws (such as the fact that if he gets a hard-on for a woman he'll say or do anything to bed her). However, the writers seem to have recognized this, and more recent episodes portray Brian as a pathetic figure whose only real friend is Stewie, the creator's other favored character.
*** He gets a TakeThatScrappy TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Quagmire (ALSO voiced by SethMacFarlane) in what many consider a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

** This reached it's theoretical apex in the Star Wars parody movie, when he played the Obi-Wan to Chris' Luke Skywalker. You know you have a Creator's Pet on your hands when an ancient joke that's been done to death in the show results in (what should have been) a [[OneShotCharacter]] becoming not only one of the most important people to the Star Wars universe, but one of the three or four characters to appear, in some capacity, in all six Star Wars movies.

* MickeyMouse became a Creator's Pet to the Disney animation studio after Walt Disney decided to make the character his AuthorAvatar. At Walt's instructions, all the faults that made Mickey popular were removed, and his positive attributes were played up. The writers had very little freedom to do anything with the character, so they turned him into a StraightMan and paired him with [[DonaldDuck other]], [[{{Goofy}} funnier]] characters. (who at times push Mickey OutOfFocus)

* She-Hulk in the '96 ''IncredibleHulk'' cartoon. No one really had a problem with her in Season 1, where she only appeared in two well-received episodes. Unfortunately, when the series was renewed for Season 2, ExecutiveMeddling forced her on as a regular (with her name slapped onto the intro, no less) as part of their effort to make the series LighterAndSofter. Of course, her AscendedExtra status led to less screentime for others. (''Rick Jones'' was outright dropped after the Season 2 premiere!) She-Hulk was also subjected to TheOtherDarrin, with Lisa Zane replaced by Cree Summer (the voice behind other Creator's Pets, Elmyra and Dulcy). All of this arguably could've been forgiven if not for her horrendous characterization. She consistently proclaimed how much she loved having Gamma power in front of ''Bruce Banner'', ya know, the guy that wanted to cure his transformation. That was just ''one'' example of how obnoxious she could be. And let's not forget how she revealed the Hulk's identity to the world to clear Bruce of suspicion of attacking General Ross. (Considering there were no witnesses, any half-decent lawyer could've found some way - ''any'' way to get Bruce off the hook than that.)

* Reginald The Koala of WesternAnimation/AmericanDad. He's annoying, very few fans tolerate him, and yet he got an ''entire'' StoryArc (in a show which tries its hardest to avoid these) where he tried to hook up with a very OOC Hayley.

* Reginald The Koala of AmericanDad. He's annoying, very few fans tolerate him, and yet he got an ''entire'' StoryArc (in a show which tries its hardest to avoid these) where he tried to hook up with a very OOC Hayley.
* Some fans of ''{{Archer}}'' absolutely hate the characters of Cheryl and Pam. The two are constantly brought into episodes and situations where they don't belong and really serve no purpose other than to make jokes that Archer could have made on his own.

* She-Hulk in the '96 ''IncredibleHulk'' cartoon. No one really had a problem with her in Season 1, where she only appeared in two well-received episodes. Unfortunately, when the series was renewed for Season 2, ExecutiveMeddling forced her on as a regular (with her name slapped onto the intro, no less) as part of their effort to make the series LighterAndSofter. Of course, her AscendedExtra status led to less screentime for others. (''Rick Jones'' was outright dropped after the Season 2 premiere!) She-Hulk was also subjected to TheOtherDarrin, with Lisa Zane replaced by Cree Summer (the voice behind other Creator's Pet, Elmyra and Dulcy). All of this arguably could've been forgiven if not for her horrendous characterization. She consistently proclaimed how much she loved having Gamma power in front of ''Bruce Banner'', ya know, the guy that wanted to cure his transformation. That was just ''one'' example of how obnoxious she could be. And let's not forget how she revealed the Hulk's identity to the world to clear Bruce of suspicion of attacking General Ross. (Considering there were no witnesses, any half-decent lawyer could've found some way - ''any'' way to get Bruce off the hook than that.)

* Some fans are starting to consider Mako from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendofKorra'' this. An incredibly good looking young man who is so good at bending he's the only person to hit [[spoiler: Amon]] and is even complimented for his skill. He has the beautiful daughter of the city's richest man as a girlfriend and the Avatar longing for him. Mako's emotional distance causes him to be incredibly rude to others [[KarmaHoudini but is never reprimanded for his behavior]]: he once threatened to end his friendship with Korra- accusing her of being jealous too- because she was essentially doing her job as the Avatar and it happened to conflict with him. Keep in mind that Korra [[UngratefulBastard got him to the championship when he had given up, found and saved Bolin, and offered him and Bolin a place to stay]]. He ignores Asami and blindly focuses on Korra to the point it starts hurting Asami all the while denying anything deeper between him and Korra. When he's confronted with the kiss he shared with Korra his first impulse is to blame his brother for telling Asami and [[TheDitherer try to avoid discussing his relationship troubles more]]. To top it off, the creators couldn't believe the overwhelming hate Mako received.

* Many fans of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' think Elmyra is one of the most annoying animated characters ever created. Her capturing [[EnsembleDarkhorse Fifi LaFume]] didn't exactly help, either. Too bad the executives at Warner Bros loved her, and kept trying to get her her own show. Eventually, they had her co-star in a ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' spinoff, ''PinkyElmyraAndTheBrain'', which earned her the wrath of ''more'' angry fans. It's even {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by the theme song: [[BitingTheHandHumour "It's what the network wants, why bother to complain?"]] Even the writers hated her.

* Some fans are starting to consider Mako from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendofKorra'' this. An incredibly good looking young man who is so good at bending he's the only person to hit [[spoiler: Amon]] and is even complimented for his skill. He has the beautiful daughter of the city's richest man as a girlfriend and the Avatar longing for him. Mako's emotional distance causes him to be incredibly rude to others [[KarmaHoudini but is never reprimanded for his behavior]]: he once threatened to end his friendship with Korra- accusing her of being jealous too- because she was essentially doing her job as the Avatar and it happened to conflict with him. Keep in mind that Korra [[UngratefulBastard got him to the championships when he had given up, found and saved Bolin, and offered him and Bolin a place to stay]]. He ignores Asami and blindly focuses on Korra to the point it starts hurting Asami all the while denying anything deeper between him and Korra. When he's confronted with the kiss he shared with Korra his first impulse is to blame his brother for telling Asami. To top it off, the creators couldn't believe the overwhelming hate Mako received.

* Some fans are starting to consider Mako from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendofKorra'' this. An incredibly good looking young man who is so good at bending he's the only person to hit [[spoiler: Amon]] and is even compliment for his skill. He has the beautiful daughter of the city's richest man as a girlfriend and the Avatar longing for him. Mako's emotional distance causes him to be incredibly rude to others [[KarmaHoudini but is never reprimanded for his behavior]]: he once threatened to end his friendship with Korra- accusing her of being jealous too- because she was essentially doing her job as the Avatar and it happened to conflict with him. Keep in mind that Korra [[UngratefulBastard got him to the championships when he had given up, found and saved Bolin, and offered him and Bolin a place to stay]]. He ignores Asami and blindly focuses on Korra to the point it starts hurting Asami all the while denying anything deeper between him and Korra. When he's confronted with the kiss he shared with Korra his first impulse is to blame his brother for telling Asami. To top it off, the creators couldn't believe the overwhelming hate Mako received.

* Some fans are starting to consider Mako from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendofKorra'' this. An incredibly good looking young man who is so good at bending he's the only person to hit [[spoiler: Amon]] and is even compliment for his skill. He has the beautiful daughter of the city's richest man as a girlfriend and the Avatar longing for him. Mako's emotional distance causes him to be incredibly rude to others but is never reprimanded for his behavior: he once threatened to end his friendship with Korra- accusing her of being jealous too- because she was essentially doing her job as the Avatar and it happened to conflict with him. Keep in mind that Korra got him to the championships when he had given up, found and saved Bolin, and offered him and Bolin a place to stay. He ignores Asami and blindly focuses on Korra to the point it starts hurting Asami all the while denying anything deeper between him and Korra. When he's confronted with the kiss he shared with Korra his first impulse is to blame his brother for telling Asami. To top it off, the creators couldn't believe the overwhelming hate Mako received.

* Some fans are starting to consider Mako from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendofKorra'' this. An incredibly good looking young man who is so good at bending he's the only person to hit [[spoiler: Amon]] and is even compliment for his skill. He has the beautiful daughter of the city's richest man as a girlfriend and the Avatar longing for him. Mako's emotional distance causes him to be incredibly rude to others but is never reprimanded for his behavior: he once threatened to end his friendship with Korra- accusing her of being jealous too- because she was essentially doing her job as the Avatar and it happened to conflict with him. Keep in mind that Korra got him to the championships when he had given up, found and saved Bolin, and offered him and Bolin a place to stay. He ignores Asami and blindly focuses on Korra to the point it starts hurting Asami all the while denying anything deeper between him and Korra. When he's confronted with the kiss he shared with Korra his fist impulse is to blame his brother for telling Asami. Mako can be an incredible jerkass and is never called out, yelled at, or punished by the universe. To top it off, the creators couldn't believe the overwhelming hate Mako received.

* Roger from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''. His sociopathy is played for laughs, he has no regard for human life and he keeps getting the family in trouble for selfish reasons yet there would be whole episodes dedicated to assuring him that he is a valuable member of the Smiths.
** He does have a ''huge'' fanbase though.
** Reginald The Koala. He's annoying, very few fans tolerate him, and yet he got an ''entire'' StoryArc (in a show which tries its hardest to avoid these) where he tried to hook up with a very OOC Hayley.

* The concept of the Creator's Pet was parodied brilliantly in ''RobotChicken''. It was done in a sketch featuring the producers of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' discussing how to make the fans love Wesley Crusher, after the fandom has paid for a billboard threatening to ass rape WilWheaton to death. So, they decide to include a character so annoying Wesley would look better in comparison. When one writer suggests they try to make Wesley a better character, he gets thrown out of the room. The resulting episode has an annoying GreatGazoo rip-off called "Snirkles", who proceeds to bother Wesley by playing a "space banjo song" and then disappearing. The fans then change the billboard to say "Kill Wesley. Keep Snirkles."

** Reginald The Koala. He's annoying, very few fans tolerate him, and yet he got an ''entire'' StoryArc (in a show which tries its hardest to avoid these) where he tried to hook up with Hayley.

** [[YourMileageMayVary Some fans]] felt he was [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap better]] in the third season, where he was given an OddFriendship with EnsembleDarkhorse Noah; the latter is a major DeadpanSnarker, so they made good foils for each other. He also got an AlasPoorScrappy moment when [[CloudCuckooLander Izzy]] broke up with him.

** Really, most characters introduced in the second movie and onward are Creator's Pets. Kimmie joined the group of babies that had mostly stayed constant throughout the series, and practically took control of the group, taking over Tommy's role of taking them on adventures and being the leader. Fans never really warmed up to her, but she pretty much became the most prominent baby on the show.
** Actually, Kimmie has a pretty sizable fanbase that her detractors like to ignore.