History TakeThatScrappy / Film

** Sam Witwicky was [[PutOnABus written out]] in the fourth film and [[BusCrash implied to have died]] in the fifth met [[TakeThatScrappy almost no fanfare or outrage whatsoever]]. More than a few readings of the films have suggested that even Bay doesn't seem to like him, as he's consistently framed with a contempt normally reserved for a HateSink.

** * Sam Witwicky was [[PutOnABus written out]] in the fourth film and [[BusCrash implied to have died]] in the fifth met [[TakeThatScrappy almost no fanfare or outrage whatsoever]]. More than a few readings of the films have suggested that even Bay doesn't seem to like him, as he's consistently framed with a contempt normally reserved for a HateSink.

* ''Film/BlackAdam2022'': Ishmael/SABBAC isn't the most compelling BigBad the DCEU has come up with, but the sight of Black Adam [[spoiler:splitting his head open followed with desecrating Ishmael's heritage by destroying the throne of Kahndaq]] feels very satisfying.

** They also [[StylisticSuck intentionally depicted Zilla with poor CGI]]. And yes, they took the "God" part out of his name.

* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny'': Mutt, a very controversial character from Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, ends up being killed offscreen during the Vietnam War. However, his death devastating both Indy and Marion to the point where they separated and almost divorced makes this less satisfying.

* Kyubey suffers from a realization that he shouldn't have toyed with human emotions and a BSOD in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion''.
* Most fans of the LEGO toys hate the DUPLO toys sold by LEGO, so DUPLO got insulted in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' when the DUPLO toys [[spoiler: come to Bricksburg and announce that they're going to destroy all of the characters on the good side]].[[note]][[spoiler:Then [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart the resulting sequel]] actually gives a bigger focus on the DUPLO, and shows them in a far more positive light in the end.]][[/note]]
* Many fans of Ride/DisneyThemeParks feel ''It's A Small World'' [[SweetnessAversion is too sweet for its own good]]. Disney itself has acknowledged this, throwing in a joke about in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''.
-->'''Scar''': Don't be so glum, Zazu. Sing something with a little more ''bounce'' to it.\\
'''Zazu''': ♪It's a small world after all♪\\
'''Scar''': NO! No. AnythingButThat
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoVsTeenTitans'': "Go" Robin, possibly the most disliked character in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', gets his backside kicked the fastest, everyone on ''both'' teams thinks he's a loser, and there's a BrickJoke of people speculating on whether he's a human or some sort of wombat.[[note]]He was a ButtMonkey in ''Teen Titans Go!'' to begin with, however.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/Injustice2021'': Detractors of Damian Wayne will be thrilled at how the boy wonder is treated in this movie as he takes a lesson in humility. Fan favorite Dick Grayson is constantly praised as the superior sidekick over him, Batman disowns him once he joins up with Superman's Regime, and even Ra's al Ghul brands the kid as a failure over his weakness. Needless to say, it's a bit satisfying.
* ''WesternAnimation/ReturnToNeverLand'':
** Jane's telling Peter Pan and the Lost Boys off can induce this feeling for those who got fed up at their childish, selfish (or perhaps insensitive), and even DoubleStandard behavior to Wendy in the original movie and to Jane in this movie.
** Jane's yelling at Tinker Bell that she doesn't believe in fairies will also induce this feeling for those who think that jealousy-driven fairy deserves it, for her attempt to kill Wendy in the original movie, and Jane in this movie (to the point that even Jane realizes this), and other general rudeness to Jane. It does result in a TearJerker, though. Thankfully, Tink [[DeathEqualsRedemption gets]] [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap better]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', an AlternateUniverse version of Scarlet Spider from the much-maligned ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'' appears and acts like a {{wangst}}y EmoTeen as a parody of the NinetiesAntiHero. [[spoiler:Near the end of the movie he's easily dispatched by Spider-Gwen.]] However, the ''original'' Scarlet Spider was later RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap.

* ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurAdventure'':
-->'''Kree:''' Shut up, Peek! You're a freak!

* In the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] version of ''Film/DeathstalkerAndTheWarriorsFromHell'', when Deathstalker is repeatedly knocked out, Mike and bots cheer loud and repeatedly. Crow says it best when the guy has barely spoken two lines and asks, "Is it too early to hate this guy?"
* A scene from ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' features a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome truly epic]] TakeThat against the much maligned [[Film/{{Godzilla 1998}} American Godzilla]]. [[CurbStompBattle He's taken down in just twenty seconds; the shortest fight scene in the entire film.]] After an initial VillainousBreakdown, the Xilian General [[WeHaveReserves doesn't care much]] and decides [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness it has outlived its usefulness]].
-->'''Xilian General''': I knew that tuna-eating monster was useless.
** They also [[StylisticSuck intentionally depicted Zilla with poor CGI]]. And yes, they took the "God" part out of his name.
** Ironically this played a pivotal role in [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescuing him from the Scrappy Heap]]: by canonizing him as a separate kaiju altogether and depicting him as something of a VillainousUnderdog, fans were actually able to judge the creature by its own merits instead of just a lame rip-off and actually warmed up to him. As of ''ComicBook/GodzillaRulersOfEarth'' where he's depicted as intelligent and resourceful, quickly thinking to burrow to avoid Godzilla's atomic breath, pulling Godzilla into the military's line of fire to use him as a meat shield and weaken him while they grapple, and pulling a ScrewThisImOuttaHere when he realizes he simply can't win this fight, he's actually gained some serious fans.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** After the massive vitriol directed at Jar Jar Binks in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', his only action in the rest of the sequel films is [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom positioning Palpatine to rise to totalitarian power]] and form TheEmpire. Not only that, but there was also meant to be a scene in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' where he basically gets shown just how much he screwed up and is left devastated.
** In [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends the old EU]], the New Republic tends to be an inept government that barely does anything useful in its run, and its members tend to be {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s that hamper the heroes who are trying to stop the latest threat in the galaxy. In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' the New Republic ignores the Resistance warnings of the First Order's military build up, and its capital world gets destroyed when the First Order uses its Starkiller superweapon.

* MTV created the ''Film/MySuperPsychoSweet16'' series for one reason: to provide everyone who hated the [[AlphaBitch girls]] featured on the reality TV show ''Series/MySuperSweetSixteen'' with some sweet, ''sweet'' CatharsisFactor.
* ''Film/ThePumaman'', when Vadinho punches Tony, knocking him out.
-->'''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Tom Servo]]:''' Yes! The Aztec speaks for all of us!
* Love or hate the ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'', one can't deny that Wesker bringing Alice back to normal and killing off the clone Alices in ''Film/ResidentEvilAfterlife'' brought a smile to the faces of those who hated the way Alice became over powered in the previous films. She still has the [[ImprobableAimingSkills standard]] action hero [[MadeOfIron powers]], but at least no more psychic nonsense.
** Writer/director Creator/PaulWSAnderson may have even slipped in a stealth admission of his own writing screwup with Alice, in the form of what Wesker says to her while he [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown kicks her ass.]] "I'm what you used to be, only better."
** Sadly, the film still refuses to allow anybody but her to do anything cool and depicts the rest of the cast as helpless. And the end of the next film, Wesker gives her back her powers.
* A lot of people did not like Detective Hoffman [[ReplacementScrappy replacing Jigsaw]] late in the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' series, so [[spoiler:having him chained to a wall in ''Film/Saw3D'' with no means of escape by Dr. Gordon made it oh so sweet for some of the fans]].
* In ''[[Film/ScoobyDoo2002 Scooby-Doo]]'', Scrappy-Doo is [[spoiler:the villain and Scooby actually punches him]]. Earlier on the gang have a fond flashback to how horrible having Scrappy around was, along with how glad they are he isn't around anymore. [[UnintentionallySympathetic This actually went too far for some, though]], since the flashback involved Scooby, who was described as being Scrappy's guardian, agreeing to ''abandon him in the middle of a desert highway'', despite Velma stating that Scrappy had a glandular disorder that prevented him from growing, and therefore he was not actually a child.
* In ''Film/SuperheroMovie'' the parody of J. Jonah Jameson looked like he was in charge of a newspaper who starts shouting that he knows everything, then he gets dragged out by a pair of orderlies, and the real guy in charge says that they share the building with a mental ward.
* In ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'', Creator/MichaelCera (playing himself) gets slapped by {{Music/Rihanna}}. Later on, he dies a horrible death by being impaled by a lightpost and falling into a hole leading down to the Earth's core.
* Narrowly averted in ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', which was going to contain a scene where [[EthnicScrappy Mudflap and Skids]] were killed off [[spoiler: during Sentinel Prime raiding NEST]]. The scene, and their presence in the movie was cut for pacing. The scene does appear in IDW's comic book adaptation of the movie, playing the trope straight, though it makes them more sympathetic compared to their previous appearance.
* A subtle example in ''Film/JurassicWorld''; ''Spinosaurus'', the [[Film/JurassicParkIII previous film's antagonist]] was [[ReplacementScrappy not very well-liked]] to say the least. In ''Jurassic World'', not only is she left off of the list of attractions, but the only sign of existence of her species anywhere is a skeleton propped up in Jurassic World's Main Street. To add insult to injury, [[spoiler:that skeleton is ''destroyed'' near the end of the film, by ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' herself]].
** The Dinosaur Protection Group tie-in website for ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' reveals that some of the dinosaurs that were first seen in the sequels have gone extinct (again). Among them is ''Spinosaurus''.
* [[spoiler:Alfrid's death]] in the extended cut for ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' via suffocation by troll was met with fan-rejoicing everywhere. Never has a death [[KarmicDeath been so satisfying]] and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments ridiculous]].
* Norwegian disaster Movie ''Film/TheQuake'', released in 2018, manages this on behalf of a ''place''. The "Barcode" section of Oslo was completed only recently (as built over the last 20 years close to the old eastern Harbor of the town). In the movie, some screen time is used to show the collapse of this rather new part of town - but this Project was contested from the start, and huge public campaigns were launched to get the project cancelled. The section of new blocks were built anyway, but some resentful Norwegians claimed they would rather see "the entire structure slide into the fjord". Well, the movie shows this section collapse good and proper, and the sentiments towards it makes the movie sequence unintentionally hilarious.
* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'': Snails may be one of the most obnoxious and inexcusable [[EthnicScrappy Ethnic Scrappies]] in the history of fiction, but the film makes it up to the viewer by having TheDragon brutally murder him on-screen. Some who saw the film in theaters reported that audiences ''cheered'' during his death scene, while even the movie itself seems happy that he dies, [[SoundtrackDissonance playing a bizarrely triumphant and happy score over his murder]].

* ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'': Tessa and Shane, the two least liked characters of the last film, are nowhere to seen. Tessa is studying somewhere, and is implied to have broken up with Shane (as Cade mentions he would instruct Tessa to stay away from guys in a band). Considering the fandom's reaction to Shane carrying a piece of paper he uses to justify dating a 17-year girl, it's also a FandomNod.
* ''Film/IStillKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'': When Tyrell is getting too unbearable, Nancy attacks him thinking he's the killer. And then he gets hooked through his throat shortly after that.
* ''Film/{{Orphan}}'': Katie does give up on trying to convince John that there is something wrong with Esther and say if he wants her to leave that's fine but only on one condition that Esther goes too which is pretty much satisfying.
* ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'': Scarlett's slap and constant berating of EthnicScrappy Prissy.

* ''Film/BlackAdam2022'': Ishmael/SABBAC isn't the most compelling BigBad the DCEU has come up with, but the sight of Black Adam [[spoiler:splitting his head open followed with desecrating Ishmael's heritage by destroying the throne of Kahndaq]] feels very satisfying.

** After the massive vitriol directed at Jar Jar Binks in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', his only action in the rest of the sequel films is [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom positioning Palpatine to rise to totalitarian power]] and form TheEmpire. Not only that, but there was also meant to be a scene in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' where he basically gets shown just how much he screwed up and is left devastated. By the time of the Empire's final defeat at the Battle of Jakku, he's a street performer on Naboo who's been ostracized by society for his contribution to the rise of the Empire, with some RealitySubtext towards his status as a KidAppealCharacter, as only children like his performance.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', an AlternateUniverse version of Scarlet Spider from the much-maligned ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'' appears and acts like a {{wangst}}y EmoTeen as a parody of the NinetiesAntiHero. [[spoiler:Near the end of the movie he's easily dispatched by Spider-Gwen.]]