History NeverLiveItDown / WesternAnimation

** Both Marinette and Adrien have indulged in various negative behaviors in canon (largely relating to their respective crushes on each other), but remain relatively nice characters overall. The way their detractors talk about them, you'd be forgiven for assuming thew former is a hypocritical, hyper-controlling, obsessive StalkerWithACrush and the latter is a hypocritical, hyper-controlling, entitled ExtremeDoormat.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': No matter what [[TheLancer Adrien]] does, it's unlikely that the fandom will ever forget his insistence that [[TheHero Marinette]] is "[[ObliviousToLove just a friend]]".

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'':
** No matter what [[TheLancer Adrien]] does, it's unlikely that the fandom will ever forget his insistence that [[TheHero Marinette]] is "[[ObliviousToLove just a friend]]".
** Certain parts of the fandom refuse to let both Marinette and Adrien live down their more [[EntitledToHaveYou possessive moments]] in regards to their crushes on each other; on top of that, Marinette's detractors refuse to let her live down any moment when she's rude to Cat Noir, while Adrien's detractors refuse to let him live down any moment where he acts like an Extreme Doormat.

** Star [[spoiler:destroying magic dooming countless beings and civilizations]] in the SeriesFinale is practically the only thing fans talk about her or the series since. Star alone is the target of backlash, [[BlackComedy or genocide jokes]], ignoring the objectionable {{OOC}} actions of other characters this season thwarting peaceful alternatives leaving Star [[no clear other option to save her people.

** While he's not liked by the fans for being a supervillain AbusiveParent to begin with, Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth gets even more hatred by them after akumatizing his own son in "Chat Blanc", despite the fact it happens in a BadFuture scenario, where each SecretIdentity of the heroes and villain are discovered, while he still has the Butterfly Miraculous.

*** After TheReveal that [[spoiler: she's bisexual]], this has rapidly begun to overshadow every other aspect of her character and even the entire series, despite only occurring in the final episode and not being made explicit except through WordOfGod. Even on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, you can easily find entries where someone has tried to shoehorn in a mention that [[spoiler: she and Asami totally hooked up]], regardless of whether or not it's relevant to the trope at hand.

** Despite The Fat Controller mostly being a [[AFatherToHisMen kind yet strict parental figure towards the engines]], a lot of fans as well as some critics tend associate to him with many of the episodes where [[BlamingTheVictim he blames]] the engines for [[MisplacedRetribution accidents beyond their control.]]

** Despite The Fat Controller mostly being a [[AFatherToHisMen kind yet strict parental figure towards the engines]], a lot of fans as well as some critics tend associate him with many of the episodes where [[BlamingTheVictim he blames]] the engines for [[MisplacedRetribution accidents beyond their control.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'': Despite the common belief that Pinky causes most of Brain's plans to fail, this is rather overblown. While both Pinky and Brain have caused plans to fail, Pinky admittedly more so, the majority of the time it is usually something that was more or less unrelated to the scheme that caused their failures, or else it was a plan that never got off the ground in the first place. Pinky was often quite helpful, either by doing the leg work, pointing out holes with the plan, or using his superior people skills. There were plenty of instances where they would have succeeded if Brain had listened to Pinky.

* Tygra in ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' is known as a weak-willed junkie, despite being addicted twice, only one of which was actually presented as a drug.
* Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} is commonly haunted by his portrayal in the ''{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}}'' cartoons; as a guy whose only real powers are swimming and talking to fish he was ([[ThisLooksLikeAJobFOrAquaman almost]]) always useless, to the point of MemeticMutation. This has actually worked out for him a little, as [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague later]] [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold iterations]] of the character usually go to great (and awesome) lengths to subvert this image.
-->'''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Aquaman:]]''' [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman King of the seas,]] [[ShootingSuperman remember?]]
** Unfortunately for Aquaman, this image of him continues to perpetuate via parodies of him in other works, most notably Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''.
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' is the three-season-long story of a wacky scientist who [[Memes/RickAndMorty turns himself into a pickle.]] He also sometimes gets drunk and belches. And maybe there were some other episodes in there too?
** The schezwan sauce incident is one of the most well known things about the series. The fanbase took a joke Rick made about an old McDonald's dipping sauce so seriously that they rioted at the restaurants when there wasn't enough to go around.
** Both in-universe and out, the Smith family of Rick C-137 has achieved this trope courtesy of the massive mishap that consisted of underground horse people fighting giant mutated sperm and which resulted in a giant "incest baby" born of Morty's mutated sperm mixing with Summer's artificially-enlarged egg, giving birth to "Naruto". It's become such an infamous event for them that at least one Rick of another universe, "Hothead Rick" has heard about it and demonizes them for it.
--> '''Hothead Rick:''' You got a lot of nerve acting better than us. ''(turns to his fellow Ricks)'' This is the family that made a giant incest baby! Had the government launch it into space! It's still floating around out there somewhere!
--> '''Rick C-137:''' "[[LampshadeHanging Are we ever going to live that down?]]"

-->'''Bebe:''' Wendy broke up.
-->'''Stan:''' Wait what did I do wrong? [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I haven't talked to her for weeks!]]

* On ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', [[ClingyJealousGirl Lizzie]] used a "[[LovePotion Boyfriend Helmet]]" on Numbuh 1, and ordered him to destroy his teammates. In several future appearances, she was [[CharacterDevelopment developed more]], given her relationship more depth...but people's minds were already set. She became the single biggest target of DieForOurShip in the fandom. While she has remained clingy, she's nowhere close to that level.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
** Ezekiel made ''one'' sexist comment during his short time on the island. Two seasons later, even though others have shown far more sexist tendencies, Zeke was pretty much labelled a StrawMisogynist, and is still hounded for it -- even after he devolved into a feral subhuman monster.
** Gwen -- both in-universe and out -- will never live down being kissed by another girl's boyfriend. That one scene led to Gwen getting voted out and all her allies abandoning her, (Sierra even referring to her as the 'New [[AlphaBitch Heather]]) even though she'd been a good friend and strong competitor up till then. In ''All-Stars'', she is placed on the villain team entirely because of this, and becomes their TokenGoodTeammate.
** Noah and Cody seem to be mostly remembered by a good chunk of the fandom for that one time [[HoYay they kissed each other while sleeping]] all the way back in the early part of the first season. Even despite Noah eventually getting a girlfriend (and Cody being a firmly established CasanovaWannabe), many fans still remain adherent to the idea of the two being gay for each other.
** Beth, despite being a NiceGirl, will forever be remembered as the "cookie eater". This move was what strained her relationship with her friends, even [=LeShawna=] and Owen. A lot of fans disgrace Beth just for that one scene.
** Bridgette getting her tongue stuck to a pole when she tried to kiss Alejandro. A lot of people in-universe (especially [[SmugSnake Blaineley]]) and in the fandom love to ridicule her for it or are angry at her for her actions, even despite the fact Bridgette herself showed immense guilt and shame for what she did and was ultimately forgiven by Geoff, and how the couple moved on from it to happily continue their relationship.
** Geoff's AcquiredSituationalNarcissism as host of the Aftermath and nonstop make-out sessions with Bridgette during ''Action''. He stopped with both after the season, but many fans will still never forgive him for either actions and often use them as an excuse to demonize his character.
** Any actions a season's villain performs will forever leave them a pariah amongst the other contestants (and for some fans as well), no matter how much of a HeelFaceTurn they make in their later appearances. [[AlphaBitch Heather]] for instance is still hated by the other 21 competitors from ''Island'', even though she started becoming more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold during ''Action'' and ''World Tour''.
* Starfire of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' was shown drinking mustard once. It's common for it to be referenced in fan works. She is, however, shown at several points later with a bottle of mustard with a straw in it in the background, even if she's not actually in the process of drinking it.

* Many characters in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' are constantly lampshaded by the things they did in the past (especially the secondary characters). Some character ''only'' become known by the things that happened to them.
** Meanwhile, more prominent characters in the series have past status quo changes lampshaded around them. For instance, there is Apu, who is now currently defined by [[ArrangedMarriage his marriage to Manjula]], [[TooManyBabies his eight children]], and his affair.
** Thanks to an unexpectedly widespread MemeticMutation, many people will remember Groundskeeper Willie solely for calling a group of French students at Springfield Elementary "ya CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys!" It's the one thing he has ''ever'' said about French people, derogatory or otherwise, and longtime fans of the show will tell you that Willie has contempt for people of many different nationalities, including his own. [[BoomerangBigot ("Damned Scots! They ruined Scotland!")]]
** As for Lisa, occasional references have been made towards her vegetarianism and Buddhism, both of which were made permanent into order to get celebrities Paul & Linda [=McCartney=] (3F03) and Richard Gere ([=DABF02=]) to make their one-time appearances in the respective episodes.
*** Lisa is also well-known for her profile quote "Embrace nothingness!" from the arcade game despite her saying this [[BeamMeUpScotty only once in the actual show]].
*** She'll never be forgiven for any of her holds of the JerkassBall either, and that's a main reason on why people see her as a CreatorsPet and hate her.
** Then there's Seymour Skinner, who has been referenced by his false identity, as well as his relationship and break-up with Edna Krabappel.
** The town of Springfield as a whole will probably be never forgiven for driving Bart to try to kill himself in "The Boys of Bummer" (among other things).
** Maude Flanders is known for how she died-- being hit by a T-shirt gun. Also, her last words being part of a dirty joke about how foot-long hot dogs make Ned "uncomfortable" because he thinks they're phallic.
** Ned himself is known for being the TropeNamer for {{Flanderization}} and StupidSexyFlanders, for [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl screaming like a little girl]] because he likes purple drapes, and for being [[CantHoldHisLiquor a lightweight]].
** Homer is known for strangling Bart, which causes a BrokenBase among the viewers.
** Maggie shooting Mr. Burns, even though (barring the spooky closeup of her we get at the end, which was played as a joke) all evidence points to it being an accident. On a sweeter note, her saying, "Daddy" to Homer.
* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'':
** Benson's actions in the episode, "Best Burger in the World". [[KickTheDog From mocking Mordecai and Rigby to eating their burgers]], that episode turned him into TheScrappy for some fans. At first, Benson was seen as just a strict boss with low patience, but now, people see Benson as a {{Jerkass}} BadBoss that makes Mordecai and Rigby's lives hell, despite past, present, and future PetTheDog moments.
** Also, fans find it difficult to forgive Rigby for his actions in "Do Me a Solid", in which he puts Mordecai through a ''huge'' HumiliationConga. Even though he goes through CharacterDevelopment starting with Season 6, fans will still consider him to be one of the biggest assholes in the entire show.

* No matter what Brian from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' does that might redeem himself, certain fans will never forgive him for vocally espousing his ultra-liberal viewpoints, particularly in the episode "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven".
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'':
** Despite showing some CharacterDevelopment, albeit smug and a follower, Jimmy will always be known for framing the Eds in the episode "If It Smells Like An Ed". Granted, he did frame all three Eds when it was only Eddy who humiliated him while the other two Eds did absolutely ''nothing'' to deserve such retribution.
** There's also Kevin's actions in the episode "[[Recap/EdEddnEddyS4E13YourEdHere Your Ed Here]]". Normally only beating up the Eds if they truly deserved it, and ''has'' been kind (or at least passive neutral) to them in the past, this episode had Kevin find out Eddy's EmbarrassingMiddleName and proceed to go out of his way to humiliate Eddy in order to keep it secret. After Eddy goes through a HumiliationConga to keep it secret, Kevin ''proceeds to tell everyone anyways''. Needless to say, fans were '''''[[{{Understatement}} not]]''''' [[{{Understatement}} happy about this]], and though Kevin quickly reverted to his original characterization ([[{{Flanderization}} for a while, anyways]]) the {{Fandom}} '''still''' portrays him as a raging {{Jerkass}} with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
* Similar to the Mixmaster example above, Roadblock from ''Franchise/GIJoe'' is known (and frequently mocked) for his RhymesOnADime dialogue; while he did talk like that, he didn't do it all the time. However, most parodies of the character make him say every sentence in rhyme, as if he always did.
* One season 2 episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' depicted the Twins as cannibalistic, insect-like, and also consuming bleach and other toxins. Even though some of the alien traits depicted in it were not referred to again in the following season, the episode definitely left a mark on fans' minds and fanart and comments will mention them in some way. For some, the episode seemed to ruin the characters and exaggerate the alien nature a little too much. And then you have the fans who claim the characters should never have ''any'' fans that like them [[OffingTheOffspring over the actions they pulled in the episode]].
** Alice, er, "assisting" the Mistress in the season 3 premiere goes down this way for other fans. Never mind whatever else Alice did before or after that episode, there are some that give her the reputation of "[[ShipSinking Ruined Warden/Mistress forever]] [[DieForOurShip and is in the way]]".
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'':
** Iggy forcing Arnold to wear bunny pajamas in public in "Arnold Betrays Iggy". Even though he realized his mistake after hearing Sid and Stinky admit to pulling the secret out of Arnold's mouth, Arnold never forgave him, nor did the fans. Even Craig Bartlett himself was ashamed of the episode, and Iggy never made another major appearance again. Sid and Stinky can qualify too, since they were the ones that randomly guessed Arnold's secret about Iggy, and also that they broke the promise they made with Arnold not to give away Iggy's secret. Unlike Iggy, this didn't get the two of them removed from the series.
** While Helga is known to have HiddenDepths in spite of being a bully, some fans won't move on from her more cruel actions, such in "Girl Trouble", where she ruthlessly humiliates Arnold and [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass gets him into trouble when he retaliates]].
* The latter character of ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' frequently gets flak with fans due to the handful of episodes in which he is a DesignatedHero who [[KarmaHoudini defeats Tom despite starting the feud]]. This disregards that Jerry was usually genuinely benevolent (or at least more so than Tom) and one of the ''most'' vulnerable heroes to the loss of KarmicProtection in Western Animation, not to mention a similar number of occasions [[TheBadGuyWins Tom got the last laugh despite still being the instigator]]. This is best illustrated in ''JustForFun/TheItchyAndScratchyShow'', where the two main characters are blatant {{Expy}}s of Jerry and Tom respectively. The show's portrayal of the Jerry-like mouse character is that of a sadist with a penchant for murdering not only [[TheWoobie Scratchy]] but any other cat or sometimes even any other animal that happens to appear in the episode.
** Itchy And Scratchy were in fact stated by WordOfGod to be based more on the far more violent ''WesternAnimation/HermanAndKatnip'' shorts, yet another FollowTheLeader to ''Tom And Jerry'' that helped Flanderize the one sided sadism of the cat and mouse dynamic.
** To a lesser degree, nearly ''all'' slapstick animation associated with the KarmicTrickster formula (especially in the Golden Age era) is believed to be revolved around a tall order DisproportionateRetribution method, with the protagonist being a self righteous little masochist who heckles, brutalises and just acts ten times crueller than the "villain" throughout the entire cartoon over a very minor slight at the beginning of the story. This is despite the fact that many series (the better written ones at least) actively tried to ensure their heroes look provoked. Warner Bros in particular were rather wary of WesternAnimation/BugsBunny turning from a mischievous trickster into a bully, going through an endless number of increasingly malicious antagonists that could look repugnant enough against him, and even having Bugs ''lose'' odd shorts he acted up to completely debunk the DoubleStandard.
* Dana Tan, Terry's girlfriend in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', is best known for constantly breaking up with Terry and is also often called a DamselInDistress who's constantly getting rescued by Terry/Batman. In fact, while she's often mad at Terry, she only broke up with him ''once''; except for that one episode, they're always still a couple, not in an on-and-off relationship. On the DamselInDistress front, she only has to get rescued in one episode and is briefly in danger in [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker the movie]], and neither time does she passively wait for rescue.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'':
** Marco's princess disguise from "St. Olga's Reform School for Wayward Princesses", which ended up being so popular that it gave birth to one of the show's most well-known theories (that Marco is a closet trans girl).
** Despite his genuine attempts to improve in Season 3, Tom still has plenty of detractors who haven't forgot some of his more violent and manipulative actions in the first two seasons.
** Star [[spoiler:destroying magic dooming countless beings and civilizations]] in the SeriesFinale is practically the only thing fans talk about her or the series since. Star alone is the target of backlash, [[BlackComedy or genocide jokes]], ignoring the objectionable {{OOC}} actions of other characters this season thwarting peaceful alternatives leaving Star [[no clear other option to save her people.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** [[CreepyChild Onion]] is seen as evil by a lot of fans. This is due in no small part to the episode "Onion Trade", which has him wreaking havoc and nearly destroying Beach City with Pearl's replicator, which Steven traded him for a toy that it turned out he stole from Steven in the first place. When the show offers any kind of explanation for Onion's behavior, the explanation is that he's [[AmbiguousDisorder strange]], he's acting out because he's lonely and bored, and his mother openly does absolutely nothing about said behavior (insofar as she's even aware of it; it's unclear whether she knows about any of his actual crimes, which range from theft to ''attempted arson''). He does have some positive traits, but these are often ignored by fans.
** Pearl saying she "likes pie" in the episode "So Many Birthdays", which she seemingly counters in "Fusion Cuisine", [[TheNeedless being repulsed by all food]] and the concept of eating and digestion. Writer Matt Burnett laments this as a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness that fans wouldn't stop discussing, with an argument with a fan concerning an offhand retcon statement he made about it ("She likes the process of making pie") being one of the things that [[WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings led to him ceasing interaction with the fanbase]].
** Many people love to portray Lapis as somebody who really, ''really'' loves to do fart noises, or sometimes just being a general prankster, despite only doing it in two episodes. Rather more seriously, many fans will never forgive her for [[spoiler:destroying Peridot's tape recorder, despite Peridot herself seemingly forgiving her for it by her next appearance]]. There's also some people who won't forgive her for trying to steal the ocean, almost drowning Connie and Steven, and breaking Greg's leg.
** Amethyst also hasn't lived down her shapeshifting into Rose in "Maximum Capacity" for a lot of people. This is despite this incident happening before her CharacterDevelopment started to take off, and her and Greg resolving the issue.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'': Website/{{Tumblr}} was quick to latch on to a brief scene in the episode "Clarence Gets a Girlfriend" where Jeff expresses resentment over not being able to get a girlfriend because he's a nice guy, sounding a lot like [[EntitledToHaveYou self-described "nice guys" who only act nice to girls because they expect to get something out of it in return, not because they actually care about the girl in question]].
* The legacy of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' will forever include how they shilled cigarettes in their early days, despite the fact that those TV spots have been censored for as long as almost anyone can remember, so ''no one'' under retirement age would know about them if people didn't keep referencing them on [=YouTube=] or on trivia clip shows purely for schadenfreude.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Zapp Brannigan will constantly remind an annoyed Leela how he managed to trick her into sleeping with him.
* The Aardvark in ''WesternAnimation/TheAntAndTheAardvark'' after one of his schemes to catch the ant fails:
-->'''Aardvark:''' I hope none of the other anteaters saw that. Ooh, I'd never live it down!
* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' tends to get flak from many fans over odd episodes that display FantasticRacism towards the diesels (particularly in ''Misty Island Rescue'', a feature length episode which is generally considered poor in every other quality anyway).
** While Edward's CharacterRerailment is a well appreciated blessing to many fans, the phrase "new fangled nonsense" will forever make them cringe in despair.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** Mr. Krabs selling [=SpongeBob=]'s soul for 62 cents, despite it being more out of thoughtlessness than malice, and Krabs is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone guilt ridden]] after Squidward [[WhatTheHellHero calls him out on it]]. It's [[MemeticMutation commonly brought up]] in [=YouTube=] comments even when it's irrelevant to the video.
** [=SpongeBob=] has been seen as an abusive caretaker for Gary since "A Pal for Gary", where he mistreated the snail for "bothering" Puffy Fluffy, even though the latter was clearly tormenting the former. This is despite [=SpongeBob=] having shown nothing but love for Gary before and since that episode.
** Patrick in general is constantly [[RonTheDeathEater demonized]] for his JerkassBall moments, despite the fact that there are just as many episodes where he's his usual incredibly stupid but well-meaning self. In particular, he gets flack for torturing Gary in "Pet Sitter Pat", stealing [=SpongeBob=]'s Krabby Patty toy in "Yours, Mine, and Mine", and gluing [=SpongeBob=] in a wringer in "Stuck in the Wringer". He also gets a lot of heat for "The Card" over a ''single joke''.
** Mrs. Puff trying to ''murder'' [=SpongeBob=] in "Demolition Doofus".
* Buttercup of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' has been shown to be a decent person even though she is often rude and aggressive, but a VocalMinority outright despise her due to making Bubbles cry by breaking her chalk in "All Chalked Up" and smiling while her sister cried over it, or when she threw glue at Elmer in "Paste Makes Waste", although she did apologize for that (despite being forced to by Blossom and Bubbles).
** Even though Blossom and Bubbles are both kind and friendly people, some fans never let their hypocrisy of making Buttercup give up her blanket in "Cover Up" despite Bubbles having her own security blanket slide.
** Mitch Mitchelson, despite being a recurring character, seems to always be remembered solely for torturing the class pet in "Gettin' Twiggy with It".
** While Professor Utonium is, for the most part, a loving and reasonable dad towards the girls, some fans find it to look past him [[SkewedPriorities forcing the girls into a curfew, causing Townsville to descend into chaos just so the girls wouldn't fall asleep in class]] in "Daylight Savings" as well as his NoSympathy reaction to Buttercup having her teeth knocked out by the villains in "Moral Decay".
* The cowardly Scooter from ''WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGobots'' actually does more than just whine about the danger he has to face, manages to save the day all by himself on occasion, and even gradually grows out of his cowardice as the series progresses, but fans will always remember him as a complaining coward who'd rather surrender than put up a fight with the Renegades.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' has a number of really bad cases of this, especially when they involve one character treating main character [[ButtMonkey Lincoln]] in a rude or cruel way. Some notable examples:
** Lynn Jr. has yet to live down her actions in "No Such Luck". When Lynn Jr. blamed Lincoln for costing her a baseball game, she convinced the entire family that Lincoln is a jinx, leading to Mr. and Mrs. Loud [[JerkassBall locking Lincoln out of the house, selling his furniture, and eventually only allowing Lincoln to participate in family events if he is wearing an uncomfortable mascot costume]].
** Lori calling Lincoln a twerp really only happened in early episodes, yet in fanfiction, it's practically her nickname for him. Also, people act as though threatening to turn someone into a "human pretzel" is a "thing" she does, but she only said it in one episode!
** Bring up Lucy, and you're pretty much bound to get someone mentioning how she likes a comic called ''Princess Pony'' and clogged the toilet with one of the comics. Though it is an impactful twist in her character, it was just a one-episode thing.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'': The main character will forever be remembered for throwing a tantrum because he found out that the circus wasn't on the day he thought it was on.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In the episode [[CourtroomEpisode "Let's Play Courtroom Drama"]], Kaeloo pulls a cruel trick on Mr. Cat by emotionally manipulating him. After that episode, a lot of fans consider her to be a ManipulativeBitch and feel sorry for Mr. Cat, despite Kaeloo mostly being nice to him in other episodes until he pushes her past RageBreakingPoint, and Mr. Cat himself has done worse things before.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersFlub'''s theme song is infamous for generally being considered very obnoxious, even by bad theme song standards, and it's ''very'' unlikely that consensus will change anytime soon. In fact, almost everyone who has heard of this otherwise obscure cartoon only knows about it because of the theme song.
* Even though Mr. Uppity of ''Literature/MrMen'' fame is well known throughout the fandom for being a {{Jerkass}}, one moment that stuck out to a lot of people was when he drove [[ShrinkingViolet Little Miss Shy]] to tears in the [[WesternAnimation/MrMenAndLittleMiss 90s cartoon]] episode "Mr. Impossible's Lesson", to the point where they overlooked if not outright ignored how he later thanked her, along with Mr. Bump and Mr. Clumsy for saving his house from burning down.
** Some fans never forgave Little Miss Somersault for her JerkJock characterization in certain episodes. (E.G."A Rival For Little Miss Somersault" [[note]] Where she called Little Miss Splendid, Little Miss Greedy "hopeless" for not being able to somersault as well she can and scared [[ShrinkingViolet Little Miss Shy]] by jumping over her in a queue before giving her a backhanded apology [[/note]] and "Little Miss Wise Has A Crazy day" [[note]] In which she [[SoreLoser acted like a bitch]] because Little Miss Wise (Who mind you, didn't intentionally take part) beat her and Mr. Busy in a skating race. [[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'':
** No matter what [[TheLancer Adrien]] does, it's unlikely that the fandom will ever forget his insistence that [[TheHero Marinette]] is "[[ObliviousToLove just a friend]]".
** While he's not liked by the fans for being a supervillain AbusiveParent to begin with, Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth gets even more hatred by them after akumatizing his own son in "Chat Blanc", despite the fact it happens in a BadFuture scenario, where each SecretIdentity of the heroes and villain are discovered, while he still has the Butterfly Miraculous.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
** Despite Didi Pickles being a well-meaning and loving if not somewhat [[ParentalObliviousness inattentive]] mother, many fans have not forgiven her for replacing Tommy's Reptar merchandise with Goober The Gopher merchandise as well as not calling out a man dressed as Goober for rudely snatching Tommy's Reptar toy away and making Tommy cry in the episode "The Big Showdown"
** [[WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie In the movie,]] Many people consider Tommy practically psychopathic for nearly pouring banana baby food on Dil and leaving him in the rain to be taken by the monkeys, even though he quickly becomes remorseful and embraces Dil when he starts crying. It doesn't help that some people state Tommy wanted to murder Dil, even though it's never implied the monkeys would kill him to get the food ''and'' that was not Tommy's intent at all, he just wanted them to adopt Dil.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
** "Just the Two of Us!" had Trixie going insane and attempting to kill Timmy when the two were the last humans on Earth and she believed that Timmy wasn't paying enough attention to her. Understandably, this caused many viewers to hate her for turning into a psycho, and they refused to like her after the episode no matter what the writers did with her afterward. While they did attempt to give her some CharacterDevelopment, it would never be enough to redeem her.
** "Homewrecker" had Tootie admitting, through SuspiciouslySpecificDenial, that she tapped Timmy's phones. This, coupled with all her other moments of [[StalkerWithACrush creepy obsession with Timmy]], caused the fans to view her as TheScrappy. Much like Trixie, the writers did give her moments of sympathy later on in the series, but some fans still refused to forgive her for her outright illegal actions from earlier in the series.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': Because of the RuleOfFunny, Adora will forever be remembered for the events of "System Failure" and "White Out", where she basically got drunk because a magical virus infected her sword.
* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'': Mr. Nezzer has become a MemeticPsychopath thanks to a truly memorable debut appearance in which he tried to murder Bob, Junior, and Larry for not appreciating him sufficiently. He's had a few villainous roles since then (most notably as a corrupt toymaker named Wally P. in "The Toy That Saved Christmas"), but none so psychotic and memorable as in "Rack, Shack and Benny".

** In "Arthur's Big Hit", some viewers [[RonTheDeathEater demonize Arthur's parents]] due to them never punishing [[BrattyHalfPint D.W.]] for breaking his model plane and provoking Arthur into hitting her, despite being pretty reasonable parents most of the time. While they were massive {{hypocrite}}s in that episode and [[BrokenAesop contradict the episode's moral]] by showing little sympathy to Arthur after he is punched by Binky despite the episode stating that violence is never justified, there is no reason to exaggerate them by presenting them as downright AbusiveParents like some like to portray them as.
** D.W. will never live down breaking Arthur's toy plane despite being told not to touch it in "Arthur's Big Hit", and throwing a tantrum over not being invited to a party in "D.W.'s Very Bad Mood", or for her tantrum from "Arthur’s Perfect Christmas".

** The fandom has yet to let ''any'' character live down the events of "Chameleon", especially Adrien, Alya, Lila, and Ms. Bustier. It's the springboard for many of the fandom's [[RevengeFic "Salt Fics"]] for a reason.

** "Bad Heir Day" and "Lights Out" had Wanda (and Cosmo in the latter episode) putting Timmy in an endangering situation, [[MamaBear all because]] [[DisproportionateRetribution of Timmy leaving Poof missing and reading him a scary story]] respectively. She [[KarmaHoudini never received any sort of comeuppance for these actions]], and several fans found it really hard to forgive her for abusing her godchild, especially since it's against Da Rules.

** An odd example with Cartman. His getting Scott tenorman's parents killed and making Scott eat their remains ''is'' treated as a MoralEventHorizon crossing in the episode in which it occurs. However, after that episode, there are still episodes where he is meant to be seen as pitiable or in a sympathetic light, such as when he got all his internet devices broken because he was mistaken for an internet troll, and after it was revealed that he was [[NotMeThisTime innocent of that particular crime]], he was portrayed in a sympathetic light. There are also still episodes that try to give him CharacterDevelopment and have him PetTheDog. Understandably, there are viewers who refuse to ever see him in a sympathetic light after his previously mentioned actions no matter what he does in any other episode or how he is portrayed in it, [[ThisIsUnforgivable as no amount of development, good deeds, tribulations, or time passed since the incident without doing anything else bad will ever be enough to redeem him in their eyes]].

** [[WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie In the movie,]] Many people consider Tommy practically psychopathic for nearly pouring banana baby food on Dil and leaving him in the rain to be taken by the monkeys, even though he quickly becomes remorseful and embraces Dil when he starts crying. It doesn't help that some people state Tommy wanted to murder Dil, even though it's never even implied the monkeys would kill him to get the food.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' -- whole show, for the censorship issue. Yes, they couldn't say [[NeverSayDie "die" or "kill"]], have Morbius suck blood, or have Spidey full-on punch anyone. But it seems that's ''all anyone says about it'' lately. In fact, it was an ambitious arc-based series with a lot of depth, emotion, surprises, and the portrayal of Venom that has impacted every adaptation since. Interviews with showrunner John Semper reveal that as it was on {{Creator/FOX}} -- [[ScrewedByTheNetwork yeah]], [[TheFireflyEffect that]] [[ExecutiveMeddling Fox]] -- it was a 24/7 battle to keep it that way. And just because they couldn't say "die" doesn't mean no one ever did die.

* The latter character of ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' frequently gets flak with fans due to the handful of episodes in which he is a DesignatedHero who [[KarmaHoudini defeats Tom despite starting the feud]]. This disregards that Jerry was usually genuinely benevolent (or at least more so than Tom) and one of the ''most'' vulnerable heroes to the loss of KarmicProtection in Western Animation, not to mention a similar number of occasions [[TheBadGuyWins Tom got the last laugh despite still being the instigator]]. This is best illustrated in ''WesternAnimation/TheItchyAndScratchyShow'', where the two main characters are blatant {{Expy}}s of Jerry and Tom respectively. The show's portrayal of the Jerry-like mouse character is that of a sadist with a penchant for murdering not only [[TheWoobie Scratchy]] but any other cat or sometimes even any other animal that happens to appear in the episode.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Futurama'', Zapp Brannigan will constantly remind an annoyed Leela how he managed to trick her into sleeping with him.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Despite Didi Pickles being a well-meaning and loving if not somewhat [[ParentalObliviousness inattentive]] mother, many fans have not forgiven her for replacing Tommy's Reptar merchandise with Goober The Gopher merchandise as well as not calling out a man dressed as Goober for rudely snatching Tommy's Reptar toy away and making Tommy cry in the episode "The Big Showdown"

* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'': Mr. Nezzar has become a MemeticPsychopath thanks to a truly memorable debut appearance in which he tried to murder Bob, Junior, and Larry for not appreciating him sufficiently. He's had a few villainous roles since then (most notably as a corrupt toymaker named Wally P. in "The Toy That Saved Christmas"), but none so psychotic and memorable as in "Rack, Shack and Benny".

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' -- whole show, for the censorship issue. Yes, they couldn't say [[NeverSayDie "die" or "kill,"]] have Morbius suck blood, or have Spidey full-on punch anyone. But it seems that's ''all anyone says about it'' lately. In fact, it was an ambitious arc-based series with a lot of depth, emotion, surprises, and the portrayal of Venom that has impacted every adaptation since. Interviews with showrunner John Semper reveal that as it was on {{Creator/FOX}} -- [[ScrewedByTheNetwork yeah]], [[TheFireflyEffect that]] [[ExecutiveMeddling Fox]] -- it was a 24/7 battle to keep it that way. And just because they couldn't say "die" doesn't mean no one ever did die.

* No matter what Brian from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' does that might redeem himself, certain fans will never forgive him for vocally espousing his ultra-liberal viewpoints, particularly in the episode "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven."

** Despite showing some CharacterDevelopment, albeit smug and a follower, Jimmy will always be known for framing the Eds in the episode "If It Smells Like An Ed." Granted, he did frame all three Eds when it was only Eddy who humiliated him while the other two Eds did absolutely ''nothing'' to deserve such retribution.

** No matter what [[TheLancer Adrien]] does, it's unlikely that the fandom will ever forget his insistence that [[TheHero Marinette]] is "[[ObliviousToLove just a friend]]."

** Azula's breakdown in the finale. Up until that point, Azula had always been presented as the most cool and composed villain of the series, in stark contrast to her hotheaded brother Zuko. Towards the end of the series, she begins to unravel mentally due to being betrayed by her family and friends, and the pressure of becoming Firelord, resulting in her going mad. This has forever painted her as having always been a violent psychopath in many viewers' minds.
** In the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Mako will forever be the guy who heartlessly strung Asami along, and then made out with Korra without bothering to break up with her (there actually ''was'' a breakup scene, but it was quick and done without dialogue, so that's how it looked). It's helped by his portrayal in season 2, as a big part of the problem was the show not properly acknowledging what a huge jerk he was to Asami, so when he does the same thing again, he ends up humbled and admitting he was wrong. And then in season 4 he's well and truly called out on it by Prince Wu ([[DumbassHasAPoint of all people]]) and his own family. When the GrandFinale ended with Korra and Asami [[spoiler:getting a RelationshipUpgrade with each other]], many fans -- and, InUniverse as of ''Turf Wars'', his own brother -- can't resist jokes at his expense, even though it's clear that he's moved on and now only views his ex-girlfriends platonically. Most damning of all, that incident where he made out with Korra? No one seems to remember that ''she initiated it'' knowing full well he already had a girlfriend and had been actively trying to convince him to leave or at least cheat on her. Besides the facts that while Mako never initiates such moments, he certainly ''[[ConflictBall exacerbates]]'' them by [[BadLiar lying]], [[NeverMyFault denying]] and generally [[TheDitherer dithering]]; Mako Never Lives It Down precisely because his [[InNameOnly character]] was ''defined'' by it due to the [[TrollingCreator writers]] wanting to [[PokeThePoodle mess with the shippers]]. Not only is it telling that his role diminishes from Book 3 onwards when the LoveTriangle is over to [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rehab]] his character, it's essentially a [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall meta]] when he states in Book 4 that he needed to find out who he is without a lady in his life.