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* FaceOfTheBand: Hara, who was officially the "face" of the group and the most well-known.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Youngji. At first she was deemed an unwelcome interloper, but netizens soon changed their tune to say she was "saving" the group... Which became HarsherInHindsight with the news of the group's disbanding.



* NeverLiveItDown: Seungyeon stole Nicole's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgl_34itVVI/ solo time]] to show off, ruining the group's choreography and causing Gyuri to give her an epic DeathGlare. Fans have not forgiven her for the questionable behavior. While I-fans are more generally forgiving than K-fans, they don't make an exception for her. This is always brought up whenever there's an article about her and it's getting worse now that she keeps landing lead roles in tv dramas, but her acting skills are nonexistent.
* {{Tearjerker}}:
** ''Gyuri'', of all people, felt insecure about her weight and [[http://www.asianjunkie.com/2014/08/karas-gyuri-admits-on-quiz-to-change-the-world-that-she-was-bulimic/ wound up becoming bulimic for a time]].
** The death of Sojin, who was viewed as possibly being the next Nicole. After three years of training her, DSP decided to suddenly end her contract (due to her apparently being too old for their upcoming girl group), and a month later she [[http://onehallyu.com/topic/144915-baby-karas-sojin-committed-suicide-confirmed-by-multiple-sources/ seemingly committed suicide]] by jumping from the balcony of her tenth floor apartment building. It's even more heartbreaking when you realize that even if she ''had'' joined, it wouldn't have been for very long anyways.
** [[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/arts/goo-hara-dead.html Hara's suicide]], the [[https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/goo-hara-suicide-late-k-pop-stars-ex-boyfriend-jailed-for-sex-video-blackmail events leading up to it]], and the events after it.
* TheWoobie: Youngji. She worked ''so'' hard to get into the group... and it disbands less than two years later.
** ''Hara'' - being put through hell and back by netizens and victim blamed by the authorities, resulting in her taking her own life.
%%** [[http://jungnicole.blogspot.ca/2014/01/reasons-why-nicole-left-kara.html Nicole]].

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* NeverLiveItDown: Seungyeon stole Nicole's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgl_34itVVI/ solo time]] to show off, ruining the group's choreography and causing Gyuri to give her an epic DeathGlare. Fans have not forgiven her for the questionable behavior. While I-fans are more generally forgiving than K-fans, they don't make an exception for her. This is always brought up whenever there's an article about her and it's getting worse now that she keeps landing lead roles in tv dramas, but her acting skills are nonexistent.
* {{Tearjerker}}:
** ''Gyuri'', of all people, felt insecure about her weight and [[http://www.asianjunkie.com/2014/08/karas-gyuri-admits-on-quiz-to-change-the-world-that-she-was-bulimic/ wound up becoming bulimic for a time]].
** The death of Sojin, who was viewed as possibly being the next Nicole. After three years of training her, DSP decided to suddenly end her contract (due to her apparently being too old for their upcoming girl group), and a month later she [[http://onehallyu.com/topic/144915-baby-karas-sojin-committed-suicide-confirmed-by-multiple-sources/ seemingly committed suicide]] by jumping from the balcony of her tenth floor apartment building. It's even more heartbreaking when you realize that even if she ''had'' joined, it wouldn't have been for very long anyways.
** [[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/arts/goo-hara-dead.html Hara's suicide]], the [[https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/goo-hara-suicide-late-k-pop-stars-ex-boyfriend-jailed-for-sex-video-blackmail events leading up to it]], and the events after it.
* TheWoobie: Youngji. She worked ''so'' hard to get into the group... and it disbands less than two years later.
** ''Hara'' - being put through hell and back by netizens and victim blamed by the authorities, resulting in her taking her own life.
%%** [[http://jungnicole.blogspot.ca/2014/01/reasons-why-nicole-left-kara.html Nicole]].
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* ReplacementScrappy:
** Averted with Goo Hara who was in fact one of the most if not the most popular member of the group, despite taking Sunghee's place. She was still very popular with netizens, but did have a few [[http://popdust.com/2013/09/06/netizens-label-kara-the-new-t-ara-following-controversial-radio-star-appearance/ scandals]] which resulted in backlash.
** The new member [=YoungJi=] was set to be this with a rather [[http://netizenbuzz.blogspot.ca/2014/07/kara-calmly-accept-youngji-as-their-new.html cynical welcome]] amid allegations of the competition being rigged. However she managed to avert it and became very well-liked amongst both the public and fandom.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Youngji. At first she was deemed an unwelcome interloper, but netizens soon changed their tune to say she was "saving" the group... Which became a FunnyAneurysmMoment with the news of the group's disbanding.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Youngji. At first she was deemed an unwelcome interloper, but netizens soon changed their tune to say she was "saving" the group... Which became a FunnyAneurysmMoment HarsherInHindsight with the news of the group's disbanding.



** The new member [=YoungJi=] was set to be this with a rather [[http://netizenbuzz.blogspot.ca/2014/07/kara-calmly-accept-youngji-as-their-new.html cynical welcome]] amid allegations of the competition being rigged, however she managed to avert it and became very well-liked amongst both the public and fandom.

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** The new member [=YoungJi=] was set to be this with a rather [[http://netizenbuzz.blogspot.ca/2014/07/kara-calmly-accept-youngji-as-their-new.html cynical welcome]] amid allegations of the competition being rigged, however rigged. However she managed to avert it and became very well-liked amongst both the public and fandom.

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