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** Lenore ultimately came off as this for some viewers. She's treated as the TokenGoodTeammate among the four vampire sisters and is meant to be seen as the most sympathetic for the compassion she gives to Hector as well as briefly mentioning a tragic past where her parents were murdered. But her actions in Season 3 i.e manipulating Hector while he's imprisoned, giving him a DisproportionateRetribution for trying to escape and then tricking Hector by slipping a soul binding ring on him while having sex with him so he'll obey, comes off as too much of a MoralEventHorizon. In the Season 4 ending, having genuinely bonded with Hector (off-screen) she gives a token apology and is EasilyForgiven by the guy who needed to cut his own finger off to be free of her power. [[spoiler: Some even found Lenore's suicide viva [[WeakenedByLight sunlight]] unsympathetic since said she hates feeling trapped, yet was perfectly okay with her LoveInterest being held captive by her for months.]]
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** Lenore ultimately came off as this for some viewers. She's treated as the TokenGoodTeammate among the four vampire sisters and is meant to be seen as the most sympathetic for the compassion she gives to Hector as well as briefly mentioning a tragic past where her parents were murdered. But her actions in Season 3 i.e manipulating Hector while he's imprisoned, giving him a DisproportionateRetribution for trying to escape and then tricking Hector by slipping a soul binding ring on him while having sex with him so he'll obey, comes off as too much of a MoralEventHorizon. In the Season 4 ending, having genuinely bonded with Hector (off-screen) she gives a token apology and is EasilyForgiven by the guy who needed to cut his own finger off to be free of her power. [[spoiler: Some even found Lenore's suicide viva [[WeakenedByLight sunlight]] unsympathetic since said she hates feeling trapped, yet was perfectly okay with her LoveInterest {{Love Interest|s}} being held captive by her for months.]]
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** According to Chuck Jones, Wile E. Coyote is always meant to be an IneffectualSympatheticVillain. Too bad there are numbers of people who don't feel that way.
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** According to Chuck Jones, Wile E. Coyote is always meant to be an IneffectualSympatheticVillain. Too bad that there are numbers is a number of people who don't feel that way.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'':
** The penguins see absolutely no issue with stealing food from humans, which isn't a big issue, except that sometimes they go overboard and steal full food carts with no consideration that this would mean those persons would lose their jobs or chances on making money.
** The Penguins at the end of "Operation: Neighbor Swap" where they ditch Roger for spending too much time in their habitat... because they were the ones that put him without asking in a habitat that's not accommodated to his needs.
** The penguins see absolutely no issue with stealing food from humans, which isn't a big issue, except that sometimes they go overboard and steal full food carts with no consideration that this would mean those persons would lose their jobs or chances on making money.
** The Penguins at the end of "Operation: Neighbor Swap" where they ditch Roger for spending too much time in their habitat... because they were the ones that put him without asking in a habitat that's not accommodated to his needs.
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** [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]] is narratively depicted as an AllLovingHero and NiceGirl, but she's had enough InnocentlyInsensitive and AllTakeAndNoGive moments that some viewers questioned her kindness. The latter is brought into the spotlight in "Sock Opera", where Bill exploits Dipper's determination and gives Mabel a JerkassRealization that [[AesopAmnesia didn't quite stick]]. This left some fans feeling that her later unknowing DealWithTheDevil in "Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future" to [[spoiler: freeze Gravity Falls in time to prevent people and situations around her from changing in ways that upset her]] was a continuation of the flaws she never grew out of as opposed to a MomentOfWeakness. After getting put in a [[LotusEaterMachine magic bubble prison]] designed to mimic her idea of a perfect world, which shielded her and only her from the horrifying consequences of her actions, she only leaves once Dipper [[spoiler:promises to rescind his acceptance of Ford's apprenticeship in order to stay with her as she wishes]]. From critics' perspective, this writing choice to appease Mabel's selfishness at Dipper's expense, rather than confront and address the underlying character flaws that caused the conflict, further cast into doubt whether Mabel actually earned the resolution she was given or even truly cared about the effect of her flaws on others enough to change. ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends'' addresses the latter with an AuthorsSavingThrow, where after Weirdmageddon, she [[spoiler:nearly gets stuck on a planet with other lost Mabels, admits to them that she "caused an entire apocalypse just to get one more day of summer" and promises to never be selfish again if she can get back to her dimension, and apologizes to Dipper for being self-centered during their summer vacation]]. However, this fell flat to some fans on the basis that she otherwise [[KarmaHoudini faced no consequences for doing so]] and still got what she wanted [[spoiler:(Dipper going home with her)]] in the end.
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** [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]] Pines is narratively depicted as an AllLovingHero and NiceGirl, but she's had enough InnocentlyInsensitive and AllTakeAndNoGive moments that some viewers questioned her kindness. The latter is brought into the spotlight in "Sock Opera", where Bill exploits Dipper's determination and gives Mabel a JerkassRealization that [[AesopAmnesia didn't quite stick]]. This left some fans feeling that her later unknowing DealWithTheDevil in "Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future" to [[spoiler: freeze Gravity Falls in time to prevent people and situations around her from changing in ways that upset her]] was a continuation of the flaws she never grew out of as opposed to a MomentOfWeakness. After getting put in a [[LotusEaterMachine magic bubble prison]] designed to mimic her idea of a perfect world, which shielded her and only her from the horrifying consequences of her actions, she only leaves once Dipper [[spoiler:promises to rescind his acceptance of Ford's apprenticeship in order to stay with her as she wishes]]. From critics' perspective, this writing choice to appease Mabel's selfishness at Dipper's expense, rather than confront and address the underlying character flaws that caused the conflict, further cast into doubt whether Mabel actually earned the resolution she was given or even truly cared about the effect of her flaws on others enough to change. ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends'' addresses the latter with an AuthorsSavingThrow, where after Weirdmageddon, she [[spoiler:nearly gets stuck on a planet with other lost Mabels, admits to them that she "caused an entire apocalypse just to get one more day of summer" and promises to never be selfish again if she can get back to her dimension, and apologizes to Dipper for being self-centered during their summer vacation]]. However, this fell flat to some fans on the basis that she otherwise [[KarmaHoudini faced no consequences for doing so]] and still got what she wanted [[spoiler:(Dipper going home with her)]] in the end.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BloodOfZeus'': The series tries to portray Zeus as a flawed but sympathetic character who while not immune to hypocrisy, later attempts to atone for his mistakes and actions. However, many fans see him as getting off too easily for being a Jerkass instead. A lot of it boils down to feeling that Zeus did not really do much to make up for his mistakes, in addition to his constant infidelity toward Hera while also gaslighting her. It also doesn't help that fans who are familiar with the Greek myths couldn't separate this depiction of Zeus from the original where he's morally worse, something that the show glossed over.
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** Kevin was this in "This Won't Hurt an Ed". The viewer is supposed to feel sorry for him because Eddy keeps exploiting his fear of needles. However, when you consider Kevin's constant and often unwarranted antagonizing of Eddy in previous episodes (including one of his most infamous KickTheDog moments in "Your Ed Here"), it seems more like a well-deserved KickTheSonOfABitch moment on Eddy's part.
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** Kevin was this in "This Won't Hurt an Ed". The viewer is supposed to feel sorry for him because Eddy keeps exploiting his fear of needles. However, when you consider Kevin's constant and often unwarranted antagonizing of Eddy in previous episodes (including one of his most infamous KickTheDog moments in "Your Ed Here"), it seems more like a well-deserved KickTheSonOfABitch moment revenge on Eddy's part.
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Last parts argue not unintentional.
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** Hekapoo as of "The Butterfly Trap". Compared to the rest of the High Commission, she and Moon appear to be the most reasonable members. Even when she was arbitrarily punishing Marco by goading him into chasing her for decades, it seemed okay when Marco's aging reverted him back to his teenage self, if unsettling on Marco's part. Then we learn that [[spoiler:she and the Council imprisoned Eclipsa so that her daughter Meteora wouldn't inherit the throne, not wanting a monster hybrid. Keep in mind that Hekapoo, along with the other members of the MHC, are essentially monsters created from magic.]] This makes her rigid approach to rule-breaking much less sympathetic. It also doesn't help that she'd previously condemned Moon & Marco for keeping information hidden from her (the disappearance of Glossaryck and the source of the rogue inter-dimensional portals, respectively) [[{{Hypocrite}} while she herself played a part in the biggest cover-up in Mewni history]].
*** Then again, [[spoiler:Star calls her and along with the other Commission members out on their hypocrisy in the same episode. In the episode "Divide", Star does not forgive and forget any of them, and said "no liars allowed"; ordering them out of the council room. So apparently, Hekapoo is most likely not to be seen in a sympathetic light.]]
*** This comes to a head in the series finale where [[spoiler: Hekapoo pulls a HeelFaceTurn based not on [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regret for her actions]] but because Mina is AxeCrazy.]]
*** Then again, [[spoiler:Star calls her and along with the other Commission members out on their hypocrisy in the same episode. In the episode "Divide", Star does not forgive and forget any of them, and said "no liars allowed"; ordering them out of the council room. So apparently, Hekapoo is most likely not to be seen in a sympathetic light.]]
*** This comes to a head in the series finale where [[spoiler: Hekapoo pulls a HeelFaceTurn based not on [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regret for her actions]] but because Mina is AxeCrazy.]]
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* Towards the end of the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' episode, "Mickey Vs. Shelby", Donald glues Baby Shelby to the stage so he can't run away from him or Mickey anymore. As it is time for him to perform, Shelby gets [[PerformanceAnxiety stage fright]] in front of the guests at the House of Mouse. The audience is expected to feel sorry for Shelby and see the following moment, wherein Mickey performs with him, as a heartwarming moment. The problem is, Shelby has done nothing other than run away from, tease, and torture Mickey and especially Donald throughout the episode; not just in the wraparounds, but also both the ''Mouse Works'' shorts.
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* Towards the end of the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' episode, "Mickey Vs. Shelby", Donald glues Baby Shelby to the stage so he can't run away from him or Mickey anymore. As it is time for him to perform, Shelby gets [[PerformanceAnxiety stage fright]] in front of the guests at the House of Mouse. The audience is expected to feel sorry for Shelby and see the following moment, wherein Mickey performs with him, as a heartwarming moment. The problem is, Shelby has done nothing other than run away from, tease, and torture Mickey and especially Donald throughout the episode; not just in the wraparounds, but also both the ''Mouse Works'' ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseWorks'' shorts.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tutenstein}}'': Cleo falls under this in "Keep Your Wandering Eye To Yourself". Yes, it was wrong for Tut to spy on her out of jealousy of her hanging out with other friends, but denouncing their friendship was a bit harsh considering he's done a lot worse than that over the course of the series and they've still stuck together and cleaned up his messes.
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Explaining some of those adjectives. Also, insecurity isn't inherently unsympathetic.
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** Our title character, [[Characters/VelmaTitularCharacter Velma Dinkley]], is meant to be the most intelligent person in the series as well as unapologetically lacking any sort of filter but instead comes across as a judgmental, cynical, selfish, manipulative, racist, sexist, insecure, self-hating, disgusting hypocrite who has an incredibly misanthropic, NeverMyFault view of the world. This only increases as the show goes on, as while the show does start calling her out for her behavior and flaws, her learning to better herself and accept her role in things such as ruining her friendship with Daphne comes across as exasperating rather than satisfying character growth due to how much other characters need to drag her kicking and screaming into each JerkassRealization.
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** Our title character, [[Characters/VelmaTitularCharacter Velma Dinkley]], is meant to be the most intelligent person in the series as well as unapologetically lacking any sort of filter but instead comes across as a judgmental, cynical, selfish, manipulative, racist, sexist, insecure, self-hating, racist (she frequently insults Fred for being white), sexist (she berates prettier girls), disgusting (she once [[ShakingTheRump twerks]] over someone's dead body) hypocrite who has an incredibly misanthropic, NeverMyFault view of the world.world, which makes her insecurities come across as {{Wangst}}. This only increases as the show goes on, as while the show does start calling her out for her behavior and flaws, her learning to better herself and accept her role in things such as ruining her friendship with Daphne comes across as exasperating rather than satisfying character growth due to how much other characters need to drag her kicking and screaming into each JerkassRealization.
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** According to Chuck Jones, Wile E. Coyote is always ment to be IneffectualSympatheticVillain, to bad there are numbers of people who don't feel that way.
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* Porky Pig in the ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' episode "French Fries". Yes, Daffy is being an asshole by making a big deal over Porky eating some of his fries (just after Porky had invited them to watch a football game no less), and Porky is rightfully angry at Daffy when he takes it too far, but he also begins snapping at Bugs for supposedly taking Daffy's side when he's the one trying to keep the peace. Eventually, Bugs buys the two gift baskets to convince them to make up. However, the truth comes out and Porky rips up all three of the football tickets out of pure spite, even though Bugs had done nothing wrong.
* Porky Pig in the ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' episode "French Fries". Yes, Daffy is being an asshole by making a big deal over Porky eating some of his fries (just after Porky had invited them to watch a football game no less), and Porky is rightfully angry at Daffy when he takes it too far, but he also begins snapping at Bugs for supposedly taking Daffy's side when he's the one trying to keep the peace. Eventually, Bugs buys the two gift baskets to convince them to make up. However, the truth comes out and Porky rips up all three of the football tickets out of pure spite, even though Bugs had done nothing wrong.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'':
** Chilli in "The Sleepover" -- while she was in the right for trying to put Muffin to bed, she comes across as a bit rude for blaming Bluey for Muffin not being in bed, since while Bluey was trying to keep Muffin awake, she's still only a kid.
** Some viewers saw Bandit as unsympathetic in "Movies", since he didn't teach Bingo (who was [[DisruptingTheTheater being loud and later running around at the movies]]) how to be polite at the movies.
** Chilli in "Omelette" making Bandit eat a poorly-made omelette that [[LethalChef Bingo]] helped to make, after taking a better omelette away from him and making him wait no less. While she did it because she felt bad for not letting Bingo help make the first omelette, it seems pretty cruel, especially since it happened on his birthday.
** "Ragdoll" has one for both Bandit and Wendy -- Bandit takes back some money his daughters found lying around, which is fair enough since the money was actually his, but then he breaks his promise to take them for ice cream. Then, Wendy takes them for ice cream instead of Bandit, but the way she does so is by taking his keys and driving his car without permission.
** Calypso taking the typewriter from Bluey in "Typewriter" was meant to be just encouraging her imagination, but comes across as unsympathetic, since Calypso had no real reason to take the typewriter away, and learning to type is good for a kid Bluey's age since it promotes hand-eye coordination. Add that to the fact that Bluey can't read, so the typewriter might help her learn to read.
** Chilli in "The Sleepover" -- while she was in the right for trying to put Muffin to bed, she comes across as a bit rude for blaming Bluey for Muffin not being in bed, since while Bluey was trying to keep Muffin awake, she's still only a kid.
** Some viewers saw Bandit as unsympathetic in "Movies", since he didn't teach Bingo (who was [[DisruptingTheTheater being loud and later running around at the movies]]) how to be polite at the movies.
** Chilli in "Omelette" making Bandit eat a poorly-made omelette that [[LethalChef Bingo]] helped to make, after taking a better omelette away from him and making him wait no less. While she did it because she felt bad for not letting Bingo help make the first omelette, it seems pretty cruel, especially since it happened on his birthday.
** "Ragdoll" has one for both Bandit and Wendy -- Bandit takes back some money his daughters found lying around, which is fair enough since the money was actually his, but then he breaks his promise to take them for ice cream. Then, Wendy takes them for ice cream instead of Bandit, but the way she does so is by taking his keys and driving his car without permission.
** Calypso taking the typewriter from Bluey in "Typewriter" was meant to be just encouraging her imagination, but comes across as unsympathetic, since Calypso had no real reason to take the typewriter away, and learning to type is good for a kid Bluey's age since it promotes hand-eye coordination. Add that to the fact that Bluey can't read, so the typewriter might help her learn to read.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': Jeremy, the villain of "Ragnarok and Roll", is meant to be an AntiVillain because he [[HeelFaceTurn sees the error of his ways]] and he did evil because he was sad. Yet the reason for his sadness was just because his girlfriend turned down his proposal (and didn't even say she never wanted to marry him; just that she was unready) and the thing he wanted to do was cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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** Jeremy, the villain of "Ragnarok and Roll", is meant to be an AntiVillain because he [[HeelFaceTurn sees the error of his ways]] and he did evil because he was sad. Yet the reason for his sadness was just because his girlfriend turned down his proposal (and didn't even say she never wanted to marry him; just that she was unready) and the thing he wanted to do was causeTheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
** Peter, Ray, and Winston in "'Til Death Do Us Part" were among the protagonists of the episode, and they do later do good when they help save Egon, but initially they come across as sexist (for hiring an attractive DumbBlonde as temporary secretary instead of a frumpy, but competent, woman) and ageist (since it's implied part of the reason they turned down Mrs. Attlemeyer, the other woman they interviewed, was because she was old).
** Jeremy, the villain of "Ragnarok and Roll", is meant to be an AntiVillain because he [[HeelFaceTurn sees the error of his ways]] and he did evil because he was sad. Yet the reason for his sadness was just because his girlfriend turned down his proposal (and didn't even say she never wanted to marry him; just that she was unready) and the thing he wanted to do was cause
** Peter, Ray, and Winston in "'Til Death Do Us Part" were among the protagonists of the episode, and they do later do good when they help save Egon, but initially they come across as sexist (for hiring an attractive DumbBlonde as temporary secretary instead of a frumpy, but competent, woman) and ageist (since it's implied part of the reason they turned down Mrs. Attlemeyer, the other woman they interviewed, was because she was old).
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* ''WesternAnimation/ZekesPad'': Some may find Zeke too selfish/reckless to root for, especially when several episodes' conflicts are his own fault (either because he was acting petty or lazy).
