History TheScrappy / LiveActionTv

** Cass, from "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor The Night of the Doctor]]", is loathed by a significant portion of the fanbase (especially of the Eighth Doctor) for having [[FlatCharacter precious little personality]] beyond her [[{{Jerkass}} nasty attitude]] and being very UnintentionallyUnsympathetic in her hatred of Time Lords, and being directly responsible for the Eighth Doctor's death in [[TheFarmerAndTheViper a particularly cruel manner]]. She refuses to listen to the Eighth Doctor despite him trying to rescue her from her crashing spaceship -- despite it being clear as day that he's ''The Doctor'' instead of literally any other Time Lord -- and him refusing to leave without her. Cass takes full advantage of his willingness to stay and talk things out to ensure he dies with her in the crash, and outright calls said circumstances [[UngratefulBitch "The best news I've heard all day"]]. Given that Cass only appeared for about five minutes in one episode and perished before she got any chance at CharacterDevelopment beyond that, it can be said that the sole reason for her existence was so she could throw her own life away to send the Eighth Doctor through the DespairEventHorizon and get him killed.

** Third time wasn't the charm for "boyfriends left behind". Ex-soldier/maths teacher Danny Pink, Clara Oswald's love interest in Series 8, not only brought back bad memories of both Mickey and Rory's early tenures but became part of a RomanticPlotTumor that not only wasn't well-written but also performed so poorly that Clara and the Twelfth Doctor had significantly more romantic chemistry in the LoveTriangle that was established, even though that relationship was almost all subtext. And RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap was virtually ruled out by design -- he never became a companion and his and the Doctor's relationship hardly thawed by the end of Danny's one season, which ended with him [[spoiler: dying, becoming a Cyberman, and making a Heroic Sacrifice]]. (Also, it became clear midway through Series 8 that showrunner Steven Moffat had in fact pivoted from plans to move the Doctor and Clara into JustFriends, resulting in Danny being swiftly downgraded to RomanticRunnerUp.)

** [=LaGuerta=] is easily the most hated character in the main cast, and it's hard to find fans who actually like her. She has little to no redeeming qualities and only gets worse over the years, even losing her few likable traits from the early seasons. Even if she's portrayed as a HeroAntagonist in her last season and Debra killing her is considered Debra's MoralEventHorizon, many see [=LaGuerta=]'s death as a TakeThatScrappy.

** Dr. Pulaski. Pulaski replaced Wesley's mother as the ship's doctor for a single season before fan outcry got them to bring Dr. Crusher back. As often happens in life, first impressions are everything. Not only was she a ReplacementScrappy, but the writers made a major miscalculation in their attempt to make her a DistaffCounterpart of [[TheMcCoy Dr. McCoy]] from the original series. Since [=McCoy's=] arguments with Spock were such a fan favorite aspect of the character, the writers tried to duplicate it by having Pulaski take a dislike to [[TheSpock Data]] and toss him similar insults about being so logical all the time. Unfortunately, unlike Spock, Data couldn't even really understand that he was being insulted and could not respond in kind -- they missed that at least half of what made the Bones/Spock relationship so great was that Spock would zing [=McCoy=] right back, Vulcan-style. Also, Data is very rarely wrong, so Pulaski's mockery of Data's aping of human traits makes her seem like a bigot bullying a mentally disabled person. Other than Pulaski, every TNG character who has expressed doubt in Data's sentience has been labeled a villain. Ironically, the ''real'' [=McCoy=] had already met Data in the first episode of the series and was nicer to him than Pulaski! Worse, Pulaski behaved boorishly to Captain Picard in her very first scene. If an incoming department head tried that in a Naval ship, she'd probably be tossed overboard. The character mellowed out by her second episode, but the damage was done. Diana Muldaur left the show on less-than-harmonious terms; a mess all around. However, some fans at least acknowledge that she was a competent and intelligent doctor. (And a good actress, as her two parts in classic ''Trek'' show.)

** Ruby was hated before she even debuted, thanks to [[TrollingCreator inflammatory press releases claiming that she was a new hunter being introduced who was better than Sam and Dean]]. Fan-hate only grew when she started to come between the brothers and seemed to be encouraging Sam's dark side, which made the brothers have their first real rift in their relationship (and made fans take sides with their preferred brother, [[BrokenBase breaking the fanbase]] for the first--but not last--time). It doesn't help that the two actresses who play her most of the time (Katie Cassidy and Genevieve Cortese) aren't well-liked.

** Jack, the show's main character, is intensely disliked by many fans who view him as a DesignatedHero. It doesn't help that practically every other character on the show is more interesting than him. He finally [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap gets better]] in Season 6, but for many fans this was too little, too late.

** Kate could also qualify. Her constant flip-flopping between Jack and Sawyer did her no favors whatsoever. Not to mention [[DamselInDistress she got captured so often]] and was rather useless in any situation, that it made [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]] look competent.

** Deena and Pearl, especially the former, due to their sketches being nothing more than than [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks a cheap attempt to copy the formula of the much more memorable Ernie and Bert sketches]], at least in the eyes of the show's PeripheryDemographic. Many of their sketches have become [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes lost media]].

** Some people saw [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9zHGzE0_iI Rodeo Rosie]] as this back in TheSeventies.

** In its last season, the series introduced a [[{{Jerkass}} mean]], [[BigBeautifulWoman chubby]] blonde girl inmate named Madison "Badison" Murphy. Presumably, ''OITNB'' was attempting to cash-in on the recent success of Creator/AmySchumer, who showed how hilarious it was to hear from a [[NoIndoorVoice loudmouthed]] fat blonde girl, full of uncensored [[StrawFeminist feminisms]]. Unfortunately, Badison as a character, was almost completely hateful and not charming or compelling in any way. To make matters worse, Amanda Fuller as Badison, also spoke with a really overcooked [[HollywoodNewEngland Boston accent]]. Other female characters on that show had been felonious, rough and mean, sure, but always retained an air of being somehow [[UnintentionallySympathetic sympathetic]]… or at least [[TooFunnyToBeEvil funny]]. Badison's scenes consequently, proved to be [[{{Padding}} tedious]].

* ''Series/BreakingBad'':
** Marie. She never shuts up, and what she says is usually [[ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife irrelevant and self-centered]]. One of Skyler's most popular moments was channeling the audience and yelling "SHUT UP, MARIE!"
** Skyler herself received her fair share of the fandom's disdain, as she starts out a shrill WetBlanketWife and much of the conflict in the first couple seasons comes from her inability to allow Walt any privacy. Her taking up smoking while pregnant and cheating on Walt out of spite towards him trying to provide for their family [[ShouldntYouStopStealing (in the beginning, at least)]] certainly didn't help either.
** While both examples above at least have their fans and sympathy from some viewers, Ted Beneke, [[spoiler:Skyler’s misteress]] gets almost no sympathy from anyone. Between being an idiot who makes things worse for his company and others, has in the past been mentioned as a sexual predator who harassed his employees, [[spoiler:having sex with a then still married woman, and having no regrets whatsoever about it, gets a free check to absolve him from any trouble from the IRS but instead uses it to buy a new car, and is unappreciative when Skyler reveals she did it for him]], and being a DirtyCoward about all the above, barely anyone showed a shred of sympathy towards him [[spoiler:when he gets paralyzed]].

* ''Series/NightCourt'': Lisette Hocheiser. The final two seasons introduced this [[TheDitz ditzy]], [[GenkiGirl bubbly]] court stenographer. While the show desperately wanted her [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} quirky]] and [[NaiveNewcomer naïve]] character to be a jovially fresh presence in almost the same vein as Georgette Baxter was on ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', Lisette simply isn't endearing enough to be shoehorned into a series this late into its run. Not only that, but Lisette as a character, was only crafted around the kind of humor she'll bring instead of anything well-built or honest. Everything about Lisette was annoying, from her [[CuteButCacophonic grating voice]] to the way she gasped every time she started talking. Ultimately, such a [[TooDumbToLive dumb]], vacuous, and pointless character like her did nothing for the show other than distract from the arguably more [[SeasonalRot atrocious storytelling]] that was going on.

* ''Series/NightCourt'': Lisette Hocheiser. The final two seasons introduced this [[TheDitz ditzy]], [[GenkiGirl bubbly]] court stenographer. While the show desperately wanted her [[Cloudcuckoolander quirky]] and [[NaiveNewcomer naïve]] character to be a jovially fresh presence in almost the same vein as Georgette Baxter was on ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', Lisette simply isn't endearing enough to be shoehorned into a series this late into its run. Not only that, but Lisette as a character, was only crafted around the kind of humor she'll bring instead of anything well-built or honest. Everything about Lisette was annoying, from her [[CuteButCacophonic grating voice]] to the way she gasped every time she started talking. Ultimately, such a [[TooDumbToLive dumb]], vacuous, and pointless character like her did nothing for the show other than distract from the arguably more atrocious storytelling that was going on.

** Amane Kurihara was an unpopular character, due to being a ClingyJealousGirl for Hajime, to the point that she absolutely cannot function without him around, making her attachment to him just creepy. There's also the fact that she's incredibly disrespectful to adults, including her own mother, and especially to her uncle. [[spoiler:This [[TakeThatScrappy bites her]] in the end when she returns and turned into Another Blade in ''Series/KamenRiderZiO''.]]

* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Introduced in the 5th season, which many fans consider to be [[DorkAge inferior to the other four]], Byron is a Fabio-haired rogue telepath [[spoiler: and former Psi-Cop]] who dreams of founding a colony of telepaths. He's broody, introspective, a devout pacifist to the point of looking Christ-like, and managed to rub the fans in entirely the wrong way. He and his telepaths are just plain creepy, the way they dress like Creator/AnneRice characters and never speak (one character {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this by saying they look like a flock of crows). Most fans prefer to pretend that his brief character arc never occurred. Fortunately, [[spoiler:his messianic fiery death]] cheered up viewers immensely.

** While both examples above at least have their fans and sympathy from some viewers, Ted Beneke, [[spoiler:Skyler’s misteress]] gets almost no sympathy from anyone. Between being an idiot who makes things worse for his company and others, has in the past been mentioned as a sexual predator who harassed his employees, [[spoiler:having sex with a then still married woman, and having no regrets whatsoever about it]], and being a DirtyCoward about all the above, barely anyone showed a shred of sympathy towards him [[spoiler:when he gets paralyzed]].

* ''Series/TeenWolf'': Thanks to the extremely [[BrokenBase fractured nature of the fandom]], almost everyone takes a turn at this, including Scott, the eponymous teen wolf himself. By far the likeliest victims are love interests of [[BreakoutCharacter fan favourite]] Stiles, which eventually let to a backlash, but every *newer* cast member - i.e. everyone who came in after the first half of Season 3 - is viewed by someone in the fandom to be this.

** Many female characters, such as Jane, Lydia, and Gretchen often received this sort of treatment by the fandom. The exception might be Andrea, but she is largely OutOfFocus.

** [[CousinOliver April]] is despised for being a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Rory, and essentially a brainy know-it-all. The only reason she existed was to get on the nerves of [[GrumpyBear Luke]] and depict how bad he is with children.

** Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher. A classic case of a (and [[Administrivia/RenamedTropes former]] {{Trope Namer|s}} of) CreatorsPet. He could have been a fun character, embodying a dream of many a fan. A geeky teen genius who's allowed to be a part of the crew and explore the universe. He could have provided insights and solve some problems, but no. He had to meddle in everything, he had to be shamelessly praised by everybody and he solved virtually every major problem or crisis. Of course, [[IdiotPlot everyone around him had to take a sharp drop in IQ]] for this to work, which did not help his popularity with viewers. As with Muldaur, Wesley's reputation as a Scrappy can be traced back to his first appearances: As early as Season Two, Wesley was portrayed as fallible and prone to self-doubt, and in later seasons, he was written out of the main cast and reduced to a guest character, whom even gets a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Picard himself. Referenced in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' when Sheldon referred to [[AdamWesting actor]] Creator/WilWheaton as "the [[TheScrappy/{{Film}} Jar-Jar Binks]] of the ''Star Trek'' fandom".[[note]]Which is kind of odd, as the now-adult Wheaton is actually ''quite'' popular with ... people who identify with the core Big Bang cast, even those who ''hated'' Wesley.[[/note]] [[CreatorBacklash Wil Wheaton himself]] wrote in his Next Generation episode reviews that he frequently yells "Shut up Wesley!" at his younger self. His initial demotion to a guest character was eventually met with a more permanent PutOnABus when he joined the Travelers in the final season, and he disappeared from the franchise for a long time until [[spoiler:a surprise guest appearance on ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' where he shows none of the negative qualities he possessed as a kid]].

* ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'': Rafael, he was for the longest time a NiceGuy, come season 2 however, after overhearing Jane admit she has fallen back in love with Michael, his BitchInSheepsClothing comes forward, and he begins to [[ManipulativeBastard pull all sorts of strings]] to keep the two of them apart, [[spoiler: such as turning in Michael to his boss, for actions he did to save Rafael's son,]] to which [[WhatTheHellHero Jane is understandably upset]] but when those cease to work, and Jane makes it clear she's in love [[spoiler: and engaged]] with Michael, he becomes increasingly selfish with Mateo, [[EveryoneHasStandards which even Petra begins to call him out on.]] Thankfully by season 3 [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap he's back to his old self.]]
* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'':
** Since the 1997-98 season, any clue or ''whole categories'' of clues read by a celebrity, or worse, given by casts of TV shows where the clues are given in-character. Almost all of them tend to involve very long clues read '''very''' slowly, which gets worse when a Daily Double is hidden there. Many contestants have caught onto these, which is why they almost always get picked last. These are hated for dragging down the game and creating a greater risk of leaving clues on the board.
** Since the 2001-02 season, the [[LovelyAssistant "Clue Crew"]], who present even more video clues. Many dislike the fact that their video clues tend to be overlong and distracting, causing them to become so long-winded that the contestants and viewers both lose track of the clue, or simply because they chew up so much airtime, leaving more potential for clues going unrevealed at the end of the round.
** Since the early 2000s, "Kids Week" or "Back to School Week" games, which not only make the Teen Tournament feel redundant, but include [[ItsEasySoItSucks questions that are too easy, even for that demographic]], or too focused on child-appropriate topics (such as contemporary cartoons, children's literature, tweenage pop music, etc.) to allow older generations to play along. The last such games were in Season 31 (2014-15), likely [[OvershadowedByControversy due to the Sony hacks]], [[OldShame and the series has all but distanced itself from them]].
** The Teachers Tournament has been seen as this. It has supporters who like tournament play and the respect and praise shown to teachers with the event, but others see the competition as being weaker in general than regular games (even though players are picked from regular play applications), and it takes away a TOC spot from a regular contestant, especially considering that teachers are historically not dominant in regular games or in tournaments. Only Colby Burnett has ever made the semifinals of a TOC (let alone win it, or qualify for the Battle of the Decades), and only ''one'' Teachers Tournament player (2011 semifinalist Charley Tinkham) has ever had a Coryat score of at least $25,000 in that event.
** Similar opinions followed the former Seniors Tournament to some viewers, as contestants over 50 years of age have never been barred from regular play, the competition could be slower-paced, and of the 10 winners of that event, ''none'' ever won a TOC quarterfinal game (though two did advance to the finals[[note]]Lou Pryor (1991) and Marilyn Kneeland (1993); both finished third[[/note]], and another three advanced as wildcard semifinalists[[note]]Peggy Kennedy (1988), Ouida Rellstab (1989), and Leonard Schmidt (1992)[[/note]].) Its 1995 demotion from July to ''December'' (outside of a sweeps period) seems to have been a move to ultimately kill it off.
** Celebrity games usually have this reputation too-- stereotypically, the celebrity games are constantly dragged down by the players not taking the game seriously, thus leading to constant smartass remarks, ringing in with an "Ooh, I know this, what is it?"-type quip, ego-stroking categories/clues, elongated introductions and interviews to promote the charities being played for, and general buffoonery. The 2006 episodes from Radio City Music Hall made this even worse by having singers perform during Daily Doubles, thus eating up even ''more'' time to the point that as many as '''fifteen''' clues were unplayed in each round. At least these episodes inspired a great recurring skit on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
*** ''Jeopardy!'''s Power Players Weeks are maligned by some fans even more than regular Celebrity Jeopardy! games, due to what some perceive as generally weaker competition and a relative lack of "star power" (as contestants are usually journalists, pundits, news anchors, and politicians.) There are also fans who dislike Power Players games due to the inclusion of left-leaning and/or right-leaning political figures, on what is otherwise a bipartisan/nonpartisan series.

** Since the early 2000s, "Kids Week" or "Back to School Week" games, which not only make the Teen Tournament feel redundant, but include [[ItsEasySoItSucks questions that are too easy, even for that demographic]], or [[WereStillRelevantDammit too focused on child-appropriate topics (such as contemporary cartoons, children's literature, tweenage pop music, etc.)]] to allow older generations to play along. The last such games were in Season 31 (2014-15), likely [[OvershadowedByControversy due to the Sony hacks]], [[OldShame and the series has all but distanced itself from them]].

** The sixth season brought along Allison Sugarbaker and Carlene Dobber (played by Julia Duffy and Creator/JanHooks respectively) to fill the voids left by Suzanne Sugarbaker (Delta Burke) and Charlene Stillfield (Creator/JeanSmart). Among the two [[ReplacementScrappy replacements]], only Hooks was brought back for the following season. The fundamental problem with Allison right from the start was that she was written poorly as a [[CharacterDepth one-dimensional]] [[FishOutOfWater "outsider"]]. They already started her character off on the wrong note, by having her storm in being a complete [[{{Jerkass}} shrew]]. They introduced such a nasty character and in the process, made some of the [[ForcedIntoEvil existing characters nasty]] (especially [[Creator/AnniePotts Mary Jo]]), since they were always [[VolleyingInsults getting in the mud]] with Allison. Plus, the one-note joke about Allison and Anthony battling over Suzanne's house went on [[OverusedRunningGag far too long]]. It bordered on being [[UnfortunateImplications racist]]. Whereas, Suzanne could also say and do terrible things she unlike Allison, had a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold sweetness and an innocence]] about her. To make matters worse, by this time, Dixie Carter's Julia had to be [[BlackAndWhiteMorality right about everything]], and Duffy's character was written simply to [[StrawCharacter show how superior]] Julia was. In reality, Julia Sugarbaker was getting [[InsufferableGenius insufferable]] and [[WriterOnBoard preachy]] and she needed a strongly written [[{{Foil}} foil]]. Ultimately, they also never [[DefrostingIceQueen softened]] Allison's character up a bit. And with all due respect to Julia Duffy, she was a very [[TheStoic low-key]] actress. She couldn't display a way [[LargeHam over-the-top]] persona very well. Dixie Carter, Jean Smart, Annie Potts, and Delta Burke all just seemed larger than life in contrast. The lower-key Duffy never really registered and as a result, it offset the dynamic of the show. Duffy was in essence, [[{{Expy}} again playing]] her [[RichBitch snobby]] character from ''Series/{{Newhart}}'' but without Stephanie's [[ControlFreak flakiness]].

** As season 3 came around, Manny. She became an AttentionWhore, wearing lowrider jeans and a thong to get attention from all the Degrassi guys. She then flirted with JT, only to decide on Sully, then dated and had sex with Craig even though she knew he was with Ashley, and pressured Emma to do the same with Chris.

** Elgar too. While his Sentai counterpart is also a comedic buffoon, he's still a capable combatant and has a much better voice courtesy of Creator/KyouseiTsukui. As for Elgar, he's widely despised for being obnoxious and not remotely threatening, face and voice included.

** Kite is a whiny little brat who completely disparages the Rangers' efforts and sacrifices, rants on and on about how HumansAreBastards, is perfectly willing to abandon them and Shayla to die, hammers in the GreenAesop in the most annoying, tedious and {{Anvilicious}} way possible, is of little help when actually needed, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and has an annoying, whiny voice]]. He was Animus (which makes him a scrappy by proxy), who because of his hatred for humanity who even after revealing that him taking the Zords and the rangers' powers away, and him putting Shayla in a coma was a SecretTestOfCharacter, still didn't take back any of the things he said about humanity. Some fans even noted what while his Futaro/[=GaoGod=] had a similar role in ''Gaoranger'', he's not ''that'' annoying.