History TheScrappy / WesternAnimation

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!!''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
* In the ShowWithinAShow, ''JustForFun/TheItchyAndScratchyShow'', Poochie is viewed as such [[InUniverse by the characters in the show.]] His debut is universally panned for being excessively pretentious, obnoxious, and painfully unfunny. Eventually, the creators lazily get rid of him via a BusCrash.
* Dr. Marvin Monroe with his very raspy annoying voice; it even did damage to voice actor Creator/HarryShearer's real voice (Shearer wanted Monroe removed). He doubles as a CreatorsPest, because even Matt Groening hated Monroe simply because his voice annoyed him, and thus he was dropped.
* The Crazy Cat Lady gets a lot of heat for having one joke [[FlatCharacter (it's in the name)]] that keeps getting used long after it stopped being funny.
* Rich Texan as well, for the same reason - his one joke is that he's a tired Texan cowboy stereotype.
* The Yes Guy is a similar one-joke character. His entire shtick consists of an exaggerated "Yeeeeeeeees" pronunciation a la comedian Frank Nelson. He was introduced in season 10 and his (admittedly infrequent) appearances quickly lost their humor.
* Gil Gunderson. He was introduced in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E9RealtyBites Realty Bites]]" as a parody of Creator/JackLemmon in ''Theatre/GlengarryGlenRoss'', but soon became a recurring character. While occasionally amusing, Gil's never developed beyond being a StrawLoser despite receiving several [[ADayInTheLimelight focus episodes]]. It doesn't help that he occasionally works as an incompetent attorney, which led many to label him a ReplacementScrappy for [[Creator/PhilHartman Lionel Hutz]] (notably, Gil's first appearance was also Hutz's final voiced appearance).
* Herb Powell, due to him blaming Homer for ruining his company and [[NeverMyFault refusing to acknowledge his own responsibility]]. Those not fond of Herb view his later reconciliation episode with Homer as undeserved, and his subsequently becoming broke again as LaserGuidedKarma.
* Luann Van Houten was made UnintentionallyUnsympathetic following her divorce from Kirk. Before that happened, Luann had [[FlatCharacter little characterization beyond being Milhouse's mom]]. When tensions between Luann and Kirk come to a head and they start throwing out how mutually unhappy they are with each other, Luann's the one to propose a divorce. But after that, she reinvents herself by becoming a complete bitch who [[NeverMyFault acts like her marriage failed all because of Kirk]], alternates between trying to [[ParentalAbandonment foist Milhouse on Kirk]] and [[TakingTheKids trying to get sole custody of Milhouse out of spite]], demands all of Kirk's money for alimony, and then cheats on her numerous boyfriends. Even getting remarried to Kirk did little to improve Luann's horrible attitude, since she treats Kirk like trash when she finds out he dated while they were divorced. While one could argue she might have some right to be mad if Kirk hid it from her, that he felt he had lied to her makes her a giant {{Hypocrite}}, since she made it clear she dated multiple men while they were separated. So why she'd have a right to be mad about Kirk's exes is baffling. Add all this up and you get a character who provides no entertainment for viewers and exists just to make Kirk and Milhouse more pathetic by treating them like garbage.
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** Then there's Chloe Carmichael, a MarySue type character that was introduced in Season 10 to share Timmy's fairies, who many fans found annoying, and her inclusion would ultimately lead to the show's cancellation in 2017.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Sparky, Timmy's fairy dog from Season 9. After his first episode, he became immediately despised for his reckless, irresponsible, clueless, selfish, and downright obnoxious behavior. His addition also [[SeriesContinuityError violated basic continuity (his previous owners were adults, even though only kids can have fairies)]] and was considered superfluous as the show already had Cosmo as the LethallyStupid ditz. He was so unpopular (not only by fans, [[CreatorsPest but by most of the staff and even the Nickelodeon executives]]) that he [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome suddenly vanished after Season 9]] and has not been seen since.

** Not helped at all by what immediately follows. At first, we're led to assume that she'll change her mind and realize she's misjudged Doug. But nope, she's ''still'' convinced he's a rotten little troublemaker...she just thinks he's a rotten little troublemaker with a HiddenHeartOfGold. Despite ultimately warming up to him, the fact that she still thinks Doug's bad and Roger's good ends up cementing her as an irredeemably HorribleJudgeOfCharacter to the point that e/ven Doug decides that there's no possible way to get her to see reason. The only consolation is that [[LaserGuidedKarma Roger gets some karmic retribution in the end]] with Ms. Newberry not being seen in the series again after that.

* LoveInterest Amber in ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' was overwhelmingly disliked by both new and [[ComicBook/{{Invincible}} returning]] fans for her AdaptationalJerkass behavior towards Mark. As one commentator put it, "You know it's bad when people on Website/FourChan, Website/{{Reddit}}, and Website/{{Twitter}} all collectively agree that Amber was in the wrong." She frequently held Mark's [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife time management issues]] against him before revealing she knew his SecretIdentity all along and was hurt he didn't tell her [[ItsAllAboutMe despite the fact they had only been dating a couple of months]], [[TheUnfairSex with the other characters in the narrative laying all the blame at Mark's feet as well]]. While there are some outliers in the fanbase who don't outright hate her, even within that subset of fans most seem to agree that her storyline was poorly handled and her characterization suffered as a result (even Creator/RobertKirkman mused on WebVideo/HonestTrailers Amber's SecretSecretKeeper attitude might've been a mistake). And on the other side of the spectrum, you have fans cheering the scene where her comic equivalent [[DomesticAbuse received a black eye]] [[MisBlamed despite being a different person altogether]]. Come Season 2 and the showrunners responded to the hatedom regarding her character by -- ''not addressing Amber's faults at all'' and [[TookALevelInKindness simply having her be nicer and more patient to Mark]]. Though Mark's "You're too good for me" line to Amber still wrangled fans, since for a lot viewers that sentiment is definitely the other way around in their relationship.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' has the GreatGazoo, who was hated by fans for being an annoying reality-warping alien in a series about a modern stone-age family. Outside clashing with the tone of the show, Gazoo came across as smug and condescending to Fred and Barney, referring to them as "dumb-dumbs" and generally making their lives more difficult. His introduction was a contributing factor to the show's eventual cancellation.

** Vole. "We smaller animals have to got to stand up for ourselves." Vole, that would mean a lot more if "ourselves" didn't mean "myself".

* ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'': Dodie is probably in the theoretical top ten most hated Franchise/{{Nicktoon|s}} characters list. She's a part of the PowerTrio but fans absolutely hate her. She's gossipy, obsessed with Ginger, easily jealous, and has done many backstabbing and generally inappropriate things over the series. At least Miranda is an antagonist, Dodie is [[DesignatedHero treated like a good character]] yet comes off more like a TokenEvilTeammate. It got worse as time went on, as fans think she became a mini version of her mother.

* WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}:
** In a handful of theatrical cartoons [[WartimeCartoon when Popeye joined the Navy]], he was given a buddy named Shorty who would frequently screw things up, making Popeye miserable. In one cartoon, Popeye got so annoyed with him, [[TakeThatScrappy he hauled off and shot him in the end]]. 
** Popeye's four nephews, who are generally considered to be annoying and shrill, and don't have any real personality going for them other than being Popeye's bratty wards. Fortunately, their appearances are mostly exclusive to the Famous shorts (and still rather sporadic in that case) and a handful of the later Fleischer Popeyes.

* WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}: In a handful of theatrical cartoons [[WartimeCartoon when Popeye joined the Navy]], he was given a buddy named Shorty who would frequently screw things up, making Popeye miserable. In one cartoon, Popeye got so annoyed with him, [[TakeThatScrappy he hauled off and shot him in the end]]. 

** Special mention should go to Snarfer, who was regarded as even more annoying than Snarf.

* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': Admiral Sanda is not well-liked by fans, as she is an ObstructiveBureaucrat who stymies Sam Holt at every opportunity, leading to many pointless deaths at the hands of the Galra including Adam, Shiro's ex-boyfriend. Worse, she's a turncoat actively selling Earth out to the Galra. Even if she was genuinely motivated by a desire to protect what's left of Earth, audiences didn't believe her RedemptionEqualsDeath deserved the sympathy and grand funeral the heroes gave her.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
** Sparky, Timmy's fairy dog from Season 9. After his first episode, he became immediately despised for his reckless, irresponsible, clueless, selfish, and downright obnoxious behavior. His addition also [[SeriesContinuityError violated basic continuity (his previous owners were adults, even though only kids can have fairies)]] and was considered superfluous as the show already had Cosmo as the LethallyStupid ditz. He was so unpopular (not only by fans, [[CreatorsPest but by most of the staff and even the Nickelodeon executives]]) that he [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome suddenly vanished after Season 9]] and has not been seen since.
** Chloe is despised by the fanbase for being a "perfect" character [[CharacterShilling who everyone loves]] and Timmy has to share his fairies with. Fairies are only given to miserable kids, but Chloe's life is consistently shown to be perfect and there's no reason for her to have them. Not helping is that Chloe is a major or supporting character in ''every episode'' this season, has a shrill voice, and many of her lines are unnecessarily loud. She also tends to have disproportionate freak outs over incredibly minor problems.

** Both Irving and his brother Albert are this to many fans due to their personalities and overexposure. Many are alright with Irving but believe he was better off as a one-episode character.

** The Member Berries from season 20. What should have been a one-episode gag got beaten into the ground throughout the entire season. Their constant utterance of "Member (insert nostalgic pop culture reference here)?" and numerous {{Big Lipped Alligator Moment}}s just screamed "ForcedMeme." Their story [[AbortedArc abruptly ended]] after the 2016 presidential election, and their story will likely stay that way. Their status as scrappies was briefly lampshaded in the Season 21 episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS21E7DoublingDown Doubling Down]]," when Garrison [[TakeThatScrappy tells them to shut up.]]

** Slappy, a recurring character. He's a creepy NightmareFetishist who [[StalkerWithACrush has a stalkerish crush on Patrick]] and shows up way too often for no reason, despite not really being funny. However, he gets RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap in "Home ECCH!"; he is genuinely supportive of Squidina and actually helps her cook a recipe that she can't get right, and thus ends up saving her grade in her home ec class. Much of his creepiness is then dialed down after that point.
** [[LethallyStupid Pat-Tron]] and [[MilesGloriosus Captain Doug Quasar]]. They mainly show up for time-consuming filler segments where the only punchline is Quasar repeatedly suffering from Pat-Tron's stupidity, with the latter often [[TheMillstone making things worse than if he wasn't there]]. None of their bits have any relevance to the story at hand, either, solely existing as {{Padding}}. Quasar gets a deserved TakeThatScrappy in "The Patrick Show Sells Out", where Plankton takes control of Pat-Tron and proceeds to blast him with a laser and beat him into the ground. However, the episode "Blorpsgiving" would give Quasar and Pat-Tron ADayInTheLimelight, [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap redeeming them in many fans' eyes]].

* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'':
** Hannibal Roy Bean [[InformedAbility is made up to be the ultimate villain, but he never succeeds in showing that]]. Also, [[{{Gonk}} he's very unattractive]] compared to the other main villains. Because of his unpopularity, he is the only major villain who doesn't appear in ''Xiaolin Chronicles'' and Chase Young's backstory was retconned as a result.
** Take Omi, ratchet his voice up even higher than normal, slap on a pair of dumb green glasses and some {{fanboy}} traits, and presto! You have ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinChronicles''' derided Ping-Pong.

** Dr. Lipschitz tends to be disliked because, while many parents rely on him for parenting advice, it is shown that [[KnowNothingKnowItAll he himself knows nothing about how to raise children, despite claiming otherwise]].