History TheScrappy / YuGiOh

* ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'':
** Go Onizuka was initially seen as a BaseBreakingCharacter, but his actions in Season 2 have landed him on most viewers hated characters list. [[spoiler:Performing a FaceHeelTurn for very weak reasons, in that he is angry Playmaker is more popular than him, and the lengths he'll go just to try and one up him, going as far as to implant an AI in his brain. It doesn't help that he trivializes the Lost Incident as the reason for Playmaker and Soulburner's strength rather than see it as a tragedy, is the catalyst for [[EnsembleDarkhorse Earth's]] CruelAndUnusualDeath, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking switching from the popular Gouki deck to the less popular Dinowrestlers]].]] Primarily though, he's hated for seemingly being completely superfluous to the narrative.
** Naoki can be seen as "Teppei 2.0" by many fans for three reasons: 1) His annoying ego, 2) he's a {{Gonk}}, and 3) he's an overly petty {{Jerkass}} to the point of mocking Yusaku's Duel Disk and fake deck. It doesn't help that he doesn't fit with the CyberPunk themes of the series, and that his appearances do nothing to further the narrative outside of being kidnapped by Faust once.

** The Doktor. Aside from shoving Parasite Fusioners on Yuzu and her counterparts (resulting in them being DemotedToExtra despite their popularity and heavy buildup), his design is ''hideous'' and [[TheUnfought he didn't even get a chance to Duel Yuya, Yusho, or the Lancers]] due to being unceremoniously sealed off in a card by Leo.

** Chancellor Samejima is this for combining AdultsAreUseless, UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom, and HorribleJudgeOfCharacter multiple times over the course of the series, to the point of being directly responsible for the villain's plot multiple times over. To whit: making the arrangements that allowed Kagemaru's plan to work, leaving the school in the hands of Chronos and Napoleon who were out of their depth and allowed the Light to get a foothold, making a plan to redeem Ryo that failed miserably, organizing a tournament that didn't accomplish any of its goals and gave Saiou access to a KillSat, giving the ObviouslyEvil Professor Cobra free reign of the school, and then ''taking a vacation'' when things started going wrong. To make matters worse, he is treated as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure and [[IdiotHoudini he never receives any comeuppance for all the trouble he caused]]. Even Napoleon, who was a HateSink for the entire second season, has more fans than he does.

** Yuzu is generally a BaseBreakingCharacter and even more so in the anime but her manga incarnation gets a lot of flak for being [[AdaptationalWimp yet another useless female lead]] and [[AdaptationPersonalityChange her unhealthy obsession with pretty boys and money]] aren't even amusing at all. To be fair, many fans are quick to blame Shin Yoshida for the ''very same reason'' he treated Kotori in ''[[Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL ZEXAL]]'' and they're relieved that he'll be less involved with Aoi in the ''[[Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS VRAINS]]'' anime[[note]]Mainly because he's not the head writer of that series[[/note]].

** Anzu/Tea is this for DieForOurShip reasons, for disputes involving her LoveTriangle with Yugi and Atem, or because of several memorable "friendship speeches." Kaiba fans tend to dislike her the most, as she has some of the most hostile interactions with him, especially in the anime where he saved her life (but you really can't blame her for it in the manga, where he tried to kill her). At least [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap she's fairly useful to some extent]], unlike [[Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL Kotori]], who is even ''worse'' than her.

** Anzu is this for DieForOurShip reasons, for disputes involving her LoveTriangle with Yugi and Atem, or because of several memorable "friendship speeches." Kaiba fans tend to dislike her the most, as she has some of the most hostile interactions with him, especially in the anime where he saved her life (but you really can't blame her for it in the manga, where he tried to kill her). At least [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap she's fairly useful to some extent]], unlike [[Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL Kotori]], who is even ''worse'' than her.

** Aki became this in the second half of the series, owing to her suffering a triple-threat of DemotedToExtra, {{Chickification}}, and RedemptionDemotion where once she had been one of the show's most popular characters. No longer a formidable and intriguing threat who finally broke the FauxActionGirl mold, she served as a second-rate copy of [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Asuka]] and a complete wimp with no purpose other than to be Yusei's SatelliteLoveInterest, whom even the series labelled a benchwarmer. Unlike a lot of cases of this trope, though, this one is [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter generally pointed more at the writers than Aki herself.]]

** Dartz due to having one of, if not ''the'' most broken Deck in the entire franchise. The final Duel of the [[{{Filler}} Doma arc]] against him is only resolved with a DeusExMachina. His {{Mooks}} are generally considered more interesting than he is, and his revelation that he was responsible for the deaths of Amelda and Raphael's loved ones (just to make Raphael angry) didn't help his cause.

** Naoki, prior to [[ADayInTheLimelight his spotlight]] [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap episode]], can be seen as "Teppei 2.0" by many fans for three reasons: 1) His annoying ego, 2) he's a {{Gonk}}, and 3) he's an overly petty {{Jerkass}} to the point of mocking Yusaku's Duel Disk and fake deck. It doesn't help that he doesn't fit with the CyberPunk themes of the series.

** This series' version of Edo, a character who'd ironically been fairly popular in ''[[Anime/YuGiOhGX GX]]'', gets a lot of heat. The main thing that rubbed fans the wrong way is that [[InNameOnly he has almost no resemblance to the original Edo]], going from a fairly grey, frightfully competent, and serious-minded AntiHero to an evil stooge with a rather {{Narm}}-y motivation, who goes through an incredibly easy HeelFaceTurn [[DefeatMeansFriendship after losing without much ceremony]] and never wins onscreen. Plenty of fans claimed that Edo's existence suggested the writers outright hated ''GX,'' and even his cards are seen as pathetic compared to the original Destiny [=HERO=]es.

** Yuma's anime incarnation gets a lot of flak [[AmericansHateTingle in the west]] for being an IdiotHero UpTo11, an intentional cheater via [[TheMagicPokerEquation Shining]] [[AssPull Draws]] (even if it's self defense), and a stubborn {{Hypocrite}} whose Dueling style is [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer spamming Utopia]] to the point of SelfParody. To be fair, he ''did'' get some decent CharacterDevelopment and BreakTheCutie moments, which would've [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap saved him from the heap]] if Yuma had completely learned his lesson and lessened his idiocy.

** Shingetsu was originally this for his quick introduction, his annoying antics, and his relationships with Yuma and his pals. Turns out that he was [[EnsembleDarkhorse Vector]] in disguise.

** Crow for initially being a huge [[SpotlightStealingSquad screentime-sink]] despite having been introduced much later than all of the central characters. Solidified when he became a Signer at the end of the second season, despite at the time not owning a dragon, one of the central qualifications for Signer-dom. The major {{Retcon}}s and contortions required to make him fit into the established mythos led to many accusations of him being a CreatorsPet and [[MerchandiseDriven a walking Blackwing ad]] (which turned out to be true), not helped by the fact that [[InvincibleHero it took over ninety episodes from his introduction onward for someone to finally hand him an actual defeat]].

** Aki too. Since the two characters are largely competing for the same "position", there's two major groups of opinions on the matter: group 1, consisting of people who love Aki and hate Crow and group 2, consisting people who love Crow and hate Aki. Group 1 loves the {{Backstory}} of Aki and her CharacterDevelopment. Group 1, obviously, hates Crow for the reasons listed above, but also because he pushed Aki out of [[SpotlightStealingSquad spotlight]]. Group 2 hates Aki's {{Backstory}}, her {{Wangst}}, and didn't like the direction that her CharacterDevelopment took her. Group 2 doesn't mind Crow [[SpotlightStealingSquad stealing Aki's screentime]] because they hated her in the first place, and largely agree that the story was improved by having him instead of Aki. People in group 2 generally see Crow as a lovable LargeHam. Obviously this is a case of BrokenBase, though Group 2 seems to be distantly smaller.

** Yuzu is generally a BaseBreakingCharacter and even more so in the anime but her manga incarnation gets a lot of flak for being a [[AdaptationalWimp Non-]]ActionGirl and [[AdaptationPersonalityChange her unhealthy obsession with pretty boys and money]] aren't even amusing at all. To be fair, many fans are quick to blame Shin Yoshida for the ''very same reason'' he treated Kotori in ''[[Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL ZEXAL]]'' and they're relieved that he'll be less involved with Aoi in the ''[[Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS VRAINS]]'' anime[[note]]Mainly because he's not the head writer of that series[[/note]].

** Yuma's anime incarnation gets a lot of flak [[AmericansHateTingle in the west]] for being an IdiotHero UpTo11, an intentional cheater via Shining Draws (even if it's self defense), and a stubborn {{Hypocrite}} whose Dueling style is [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer spamming Utopia]] to the point of SelfParody. To be fair, he ''did'' get some decent CharacterDevelopment and BreakTheCutie moments, which would've [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap saved him from the heap]] if Yuma had completely learned his lesson and lessened his idiocy.

** Yuma's anime incarnation gets a lot of flak in the [[AmericansHateTingle west]] for being an IdiotHero UpTo11, an intentional cheater via Shining Draws (even if it's self defense), and a stubborn {{Hypocrite}} whose Dueling style is [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer spamming Utopia]] to the point of SelfParody. To be fair, he ''did'' get some decent CharacterDevelopment and BreakTheCutie moments, which would've [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap saved him from the heap]] if Yuma had completely learned his lesson and lessened his idiocy.

** Yuma's anime incarnation gets a lot of flak for being an IdiotHero UpTo11, an intentional cheater via Shining Draws (even if it's self defense), and a stubborn {{Hypocrite}} whose Dueling style is [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer spamming Utopia]] to the point of SelfParody. To be fair, he ''did'' get some decent CharacterDevelopment and BreakTheCutie moments, which would've [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap saved him from the heap]] if Yuma had completely learned his lesson and lessened his idiocy.
** The Numbers Club in general aren't too popular among the fans, being widely regarded as useless, irritating, and bland. The only ones with any kind of fandom are Tetsuo (for having done something useful at one point in the form of defeating Black Mist), and Cathy (for being a CatGirl):
*** Kotori might well be the most loathed female character in the ENTIRE franchise, for being NeutralFemale, her [[MandatoryLine constant presence,]] bland personality, nonexistent development, status as {{Lolicon|AndShotacon}} {{Fanservice}}, and [[SpotlightStealingSquad taking the role of the female lead and the main characters's (questionable) love interest]] while the much cooler, more interesting, and more likeable Anna and Rio were [[OutOfFocus seriously underused]]. She tends to receive the nickname of "Yuma.wav", after [[SayMyName the majority of her dialogue]]. It's gotten to the point that she's caused Anzu to be [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap re-evaluated in a more positive light]] in some circles, as if to say "THIS is what a useless character looks like!".
*** Tokunosuke is violently notorious for being a [[CheatersNeverProsper cheating]] DirtyCoward and a KarmaHoudini who [[EasilyForgiven gets pardoned quickly]] after [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making a big mess]] multiple times. One must wonder why they decided to make an {{Expy}} of [[HateSink Insector]] [[SmugSnake Haga]], then treat him as a hero while changing almost nothing about him.
*** Takashi to a lesser degree, mainly for being LawfulStupid and acting like a stereotypical mix between a nerd and a ClassRepresentative with a scratchy VerbalTic.

** Eita Kyuando is largely disliked for being a {{smug|Snake}} {{Jerkass}} and an InsufferableGenius who claims that he's good at everything. [[HateSink He's outright designed to be this]], and even his classmates prefer the much more entertaining Yuya over him.

** Naoki, prior to [[ADayInTheLimelight his spotlight]] [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap episode]], can be seen as "Teppei 2.0" by many fans for three reasons: 1) His annoying ego, 2) he's a {{Gonk}}, and 3) he's an overly petty {{Jerkass}} to the point of mocking Yusaku's Duel Disk and fake deck. It doesn't help that he doesn't fit with the CyberPunk themes of the series.

*** Kotori might well be the most loathed female character in the ENTIRE franchise, for being NeutralFemale, her [[MandatoryLine constant presence,]] bland personality, nonexistent development, status as {{Lolicon}} {{Fanservice}}, and [[SpotlightStealingSquad taking the role of the female lead and the main characters's (questionable) love interest]] while the much cooler, more interesting, and more likeable Anna and Rio were [[OutOfFocus seriously underused]]. She tends to receive the nickname of "Yuma.wav", after [[SayMyName the majority of her dialogue]]. It's gotten to the point that she's caused Anzu to be [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap re-evaluated in a more positive light]] in some circles, as if to say "THIS is what a useless character looks like!".

** Naoki, prior to [[ADayInTheLimelight his spotlight]] [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap episode]], can be seen as "Teppei 2.0" by many fans for three reasons: 1) His annoying ego, 2) he's a {{Gonk}}, and 3) he's an overly petty {{Jerkass}} to the point of mocking Yusaku's Duel Disk and fake deck. It doesn't help that he doesn't fit with the CyberPunk themes of the series.
** Spectre is a HateSink variation of this trope, as his [[DirtyCoward cowardice]], [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] ColdBloodedTorture and subsequent PlayerKilling of Aoi[=/=]Blue Angel, and his reasons for doing so is ''[[ForTheEvulz because]] [[KickTheDog he can]]'' makes a lot of fans wanted to have a piece of him.

** Yuma's anime incarnation gets a lot of flak for being an IdiotHero UpTo11, an intentional cheater via Shining Draws (even if it's self defense), and a stubborn {{Hypocrite}} whose Dueling style is [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer spamming Utopia]] to the point of SelfParody. To be fair, he ''did'' get some decent CharacterDevelopment and BreakTheCutie moments, which would've [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap saved him from the heap]] if Yuma has completely learned his lesson and lessened his idiocy.

** Spectre is a HateSink variation of this trope, as his [[DirtyCoward cowardice]], [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] ColdBloodedTorture and subsequent PlayerKilling of Aoi[=/=]Blue Angel, and his reasons for doing so is ''because he can'' makes a lot of fans wanted to have a piece of him.

** Yuma's anime incarnation gets a lot of flak for being an IdiotHero UpTo11, an intentional cheater via Shining Draws (even if it's self defense), and a stubborn {{Hypocrite}} whose Dueling style is [[WhenAllYouHaveIsHammer spamming Utopia]] to the point of SelfParody. To be fair, he ''did'' get some decent CharacterDevelopment and BreakTheCutie moments, which would've [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap saved him from the heap]] if Yuma has completely learned his lesson and lessened his idiocy.

** Yuma's anime incarnation gets a lot of flak for being a total goofball, an intentional cheater via Shining Draws (even if it's self defense), and a stubborn {{Hypocrite}} whose Dueling style is spamming Utopia to the point of self-parody. To be fair, he ''did'' get some decent CharacterDevelopment and BreakTheCutie moments, which would've [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap saved him from the heap]] if Yuma has completely learned his lesson and lessened his idiocy.

** Yuma's anime incarnation gets a lot of flak for being a total goofball, an intentional cheater via Shining Draws (even if it's self defense), and a stubborn {{Hypocrite}} whose Dueling style is spamming Utopia to the point of self-parody. To be fair, he ''did'' get some decent CharacterDevelopment and BreakTheCutie moments, which would've [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap saved him from the heap]] if Yuma smartened up, which he did in the manga.

*** Kotori might well be the most loathed female character in the franchise, for being NeutralFemale, her [[MandatoryLine constant presence,]] bland personality, nonexistent development, status as {{Lolicon}} {{Fanservice}}, and [[SpotlightStealingSquad taking the role of the female lead and the main characters's (questionable) love interest]] while the much cooler, more interesting, and more likeable Anna and Rio were [[OutOfFocus seriously underused]]. She tends to receive the nickname of "Yuma.wav", after [[SayMyName the majority of her dialogue]]. It's gotten to the point that she's caused Anzu to be [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap re-evaluated in a more positive light]] in some circles, as if to say "THIS is what a useless character looks like!".

** Spectre, for two reasons: 1) his condescending attitude towards Blue Angel during their duel, and 2) beating her.

** Mokuba in the anime, since he keeps getting kidnapped. While he does rescue himself on occasion, it's very rare that he affects the plot at all besides giving Kaiba something to do.

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