History YMMV / TheAnnotatedSeries

*** In Season 1, Rotor and Bunnie are generally competent characters who possess mad gadgetry skills and super-strength, respectively. Unfortunately, they're completely overshadowed in Season 2 by the unholy quartet of [[SmallAnnoyingCreature Sonic]], [[PositiveDiscrimination Sally]], [[RememberTheNewGuy Dulcy]], and [[DirtyCoward Antoine]].

* BizarroEpisode: Many of the intermissions come and go, but "Attack of the Giant Vulture" stands out in this regard; even ignoring the bizarre nature of the short, the video is only about two minutes long, so it just kind of... ''happens''. [[LampshadeHanging Even the Annotators themselves are confused by it]].

** In episode 11 of ''The Super Mario Bots. Super Show'', an annotation starts calling side character Butterfingers with the names of other characters [[ActorAllusion sharing]] [[Creator/TaraStrong her same voice actress]], including [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Starfire]]. Tara Strong voices Raven, not Starfire.

* DesignatedMonkey: Lampshaded with Donkey Kong. The Annotators note how the writers of ''Donkey Kong Country'' seem to hate him for no clear reason, with the result that he's constantly suffering undeserved punishments.

* FanPreferredCouple: King Hippo/Eggplant Wizard.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the "Mario Bros. Ice Capades" special the Spiny in Koopa's army gets the annotation "I am the S.T.M. (Master of Theology) of Spinning!" as a nod towards fan-favorite Cheatsy Koopa. Towards the end, the Annotators notice Spiny is the only antagonist who escapes Luigi's onslaught, slipping by while everyone else surrounds King Koopa.

* HarsherInHindsight: One of the Annotators, Bry, had put on an annotation over the Script Writer credit with “STOP WRITING YOU HACK” in reference to Erika Strobel writing an episode about a baby in ''Donkey Kong Country''[[labelnote:*]]specifically, the "Babygate" episode where K.Rool takes in Baby Kong as his own and Donkey Kong has to try and get him back[[/labelnote]] in 2014. In less than three years, Erika Strobel would commit suicide. This retroactively made the joke tasteless, especially among ''WesternAnimation/BlazingDragons'' fans (as Strobel was the first staff member to take notice of it's cult following).
* HilariousInHindsight: In ''Street Fighter'' episode 3, "Deadpool" says he's gettin' out of this series because there's no yellow boxes he can speak into. This was before yellow became an available color for annotations.

* MemeticLoser: The [=SWATbots=] and Queen Aleena from ''Sonic Underground''.

* MemeticPsychopath: Dr. Rabbit, largely because of [[{{WebAnimation/Walrusguy}} Walrusguy's]] depiction of him as a racist, pedophiliac sociopath.

* NarmCharm: Some of the shows manage to actually be enjoyable and fun despite their lax quality. In particular ''Captain N'' and ''Sonic Underground'' both are looked upon fondly for the simple fact they're stupid in a ''fun'' way, in stark contrast to stuff like ''Ctrl+Alt+Dlt'' or ''Nutshack''.

** Unlike King Hippo and the Eggplant Wizard, the relationship between King Dedede and Escargoon in KirbyRightBackAtYa can come across as that between abusive (Dedede) and abused (Escargoon) lovers. Episode 35 is especially bad in that the entire episode is pretty much a parody of such a dynamic.

* SacredCow: ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' has no possibility of being annotated despite a number of commentators suggesting it and Long John Baldry's portrayal of Robotnik is widely considered the best. CurtDogg himself said this show knew that it wanted to be goofy and succeeded, and thus he would not have it annotated. The first episode was eventually annotated, with a disclaimer claiming that it was simply an exception and the full series still won't be annotated in its entirety.

** From ''WesternAnimation/TheRapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'', there's Smithy with his odd obsession with his sandwich and the blue hair kid named Zeke for his inability to sound like he gives a fuck.

* HarsherInHindsight: One of the Annotators, Bry, had put on an annotation over the Script Writer credit with “STOP WRITING YOU HACK” in reference to Erika Strobel writing an episode about a baby in ''Donkey Kong Country''[[labelnote:*]]specifically, the "Babygate" episode where K.Rool takes in Baby Kong as his own and Donkey Kong has to try and get him back[[/labelnote]] in 2014. In less than three years, Erika Strobel would commit suicide. This retroactively made the joke tasteless.

*** The man in the black and red jumpsuit from episode 3 is SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}.

** The Annotators experienced this in regards to ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'', with the dull stories and Sonic's obnoxious characterization being particular turn-offs. This resulted in the [[AbortedArc early end]] of the show's run on the channel and the second season's abandonment due to a lack of enthusiasm and interest for the show. [[SubvertedTrope Then they went and did season two anyways]].

** In ''Archie's Weird Mysteries'', Principal Weatherbee and one-off supervillain Dr. Arachnid are the same person, based on the fact that they share a voice actor and Weatherbee coincidentally not appearing in the episode Dr. Arachnid appears in. Also BettyAndVeronica [[BiTheWay are secretly in love with each other]].

* AcceptableTargets: Aka "the shit list" of things the Annotators openly mock in the series:
** Overly zealous or swarmy Christians, though riffs mocking pretentious atheists have appeared in recent years to keep up the neutral nonpartisan balance.
** Creators/animators/writers/actors of any particularly bad work -- or the works themselves. In particular:
*** Tim B⌃Uckley of ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel''
*** Creator/DougWalker, especially after the [=#ChangeTheChannel=] debacle, and, thanks to said debacle, Creator/JewWario and the rest of Website/ChannelAwesome.
*** ''Bouchedags''
*** Ryan Sohmer of ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo''
*** Don Oriolo, the former owner of WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat
*** ''Creator/HannaBarbera''
*** Creator/DiCEntertainment, to the point that the Annotators have actually blamed them for shows they had nothing to do with.
*** Creator/JohnKricfalusi after the revival.
*** Jeffery Scott, a reoccurring writer responsible for a good amount of the stuff the Annotators riff on.
*** Terry Saltaman, responsible for some of the episodes of ''Donkey Kong Country'' that they consider the worst.
*** Larry Kasanoff of ''WesternAnimation/{{Foodfight}}''
*** Creator/DingoPictures
*** The Music/InsaneClownPosse and Juggalo culture in general.
*** In the Fat Albert intermission, Creator/BillCosby. Also an example of BrokenPedestal, as several of the annotators loved his work before the allegations were known.
*** Hari Kondobolu during their riff of ''The Simpsons''' {{Music/Kesha}} opening
*** WebVideo/ProJared as soon as allegations about him were leaked online
*** Creator/GaijinGoombah in the "Goomba got Back" riff.
*** Creator/VicMignogna
** The monkeys in charge of Website/YouTube
** ''The Nutshack'' led to some non-malicious ribbing of Filipinos in general.
** Similarly [=HurpDurpManBry=] picks on Canadians often.
** They like to make fun of Music/MilliVanilli a lot.

*** Dr. Stinger is definitely the most admired villain of Bad Inc., due to his PunchingBag status and his authentic and child-like zeal for his work, his monsters, and for all animals, regardless of whether or not they're popularly considered cute or not.

** Creator/VicMignona

* EarWorm:
** The "surf music".
** The ''Backside To The Future'' theme was even lampshaded by the Annotators.
** The fusion of "I'll Be A Movie Star" and the ''Jay's Life'' theme, featured in the second episode of ''Donkey Kong Country'' season 2.
** The ''Spectreman'' theme is ''absurdly'' easy to get stuck in your head.

** SatAM Robotnik was this as well.

** Based on the "Emperor of Eavesdropping" line in the ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'' cartoon, Cheatsy Koopa received many "I am the [Title] of [Alliterative action]" jokes. These came before the [[https://youtu.be/Neb3082iJpg?t=655 April 30, 2014 Mario Kart 8 Presentation]], where Larry was called the "Authority of Acceleration."

* MostAnnoyingSound: Oh God there are ''so many'':
** "WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong". Bubsy's voice in general made the Annotators want to gut him. Kootie Pie and Sonia's voices got similar reactions.
** Kid Icarus from ''Captain N'' adding "-icus" at the end of his sentences got old '''fast'''.
** The surf music started out as this, but by the time of ''Captain N'' most people [[SubvertedTrope had warmed up to it]].
** Peak's constant rhyming in ''Dinosaur Adventure''.
** Almost all of the techno music in ''Defenders Of The Realm''.
** "THE SHADOW FAAALLLS!!". This probably wouldn't be so bad if the Shadow Warriors didn't seem to insist on shouting it ''every'' time they attack someone.
** [[{{Series/Spectreman}} King Satan's]] roar (which is just a generic "car brakes" sound effect) got on the Annotators' nerves quickly.
** Felix the Cat has a ''horribly'' AnnoyingLaugh. Thankfully he doesn't laugh out loud that often.

*** WebVideo/ProJared as soon as aligations about him were leaked

* TheScrappy: Due to the large amount of material riffed, there have been plenty of characters that have gotten on the annotators' nerves.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap:
** Bully Koopa saw some love after bullying (what else?) Kootie Pie and Big Mouth in one episode.
** The "Surf Music" counts, too. The Annotators hated it in ''[=SMB3=]'', but warmed up to it in ''Captain N''.
** Jeffrey Scott, writer for ''Captain N'' season 1. He wrote some pretty bad episodes (the one with Simon's IdentityAmnesia being a particularly hated one), but he also wrote the episode with Kevin's rival Mike and seemed to maintain some very minor consistency throughout the series. Some season 2 episodes were so bad that some people wished Scott had come back -- though not all of the fan-favorite episodes are his.
*** [[TheScrappy This eventually reversed]] after ''Captain N'' and the mocking increased as time went on. ''Legend of the Hawaiian Slammers'' poked fun at his incompetence with a string of annotations done up like a school report.
---> "English Language: Jeffrey regularly confuses nouns and adjectives, and overuses verbs of which he doesn't entirely know the meaning."
** General Klump of ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'' was initially hated for [[{{Padding}} dragging out episodes]] by talking and being an [[TooDumbToLive idiotic]] GeneralFailure. Season 2 nuanced the character a bit more, emphasized his FriendlyEnemy attributes, and [[TheWoobie made the character more outright pitiable]], which resulted in people being less hostile toward him.
** The Swatbots were derided as stupid and ineffective in ''Underground'', but come ''[=SatAM=]'' they TookALevelInBadass and were much better received.
** Willy Dewitt started out as the most hated character in ''Bucky O'Hare'', but towards the end of the show the Annotators warmed up to him a bit for actually contributing something to the team rather than just being a TagAlongKid. Helped a bit by most of the cast otherwise being bland or just poorly written.

* TheScrappy:
** In General:
*** Given that the series so far consists primarily of animated adaptations of works full of already established characters that are already recognisable, most {{original character}}s get a lot of hate. Exceptions to the rule take the other extreme; see the EnsembleDarkHorse entry above. And a few managed to get themselves RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap; again, see above.
*** [[BigEater Characters whose jokes center around them being big eaters]] or [[TotallyRadical Totally Radical]] fools usually end up being the most despised characters in the material.
*** Any character voiced by John Stocker, Terry Klassen, Andrew Sabiston or Doug Parker usually gets hate because of them usually sliding to having high-pitched annoying voices, the fact [[NeverLiveItDown they voiced some of the more infamous scrappies]], or generally not having a good voice range.
*** While Creator/JimCummings, Creator/GaryChalk, Creator/KathSoucie and Creator/FrankWelker aren't really considered to be scrappy voice actors, their inclusion on some material's voice cast is usually faced with general apathy due to them being so overused in their era and for rarely being the show's saving grace, unlike most characters voiced by Creator/RichardNewman or Creator/ScottMcNeil.
** Ethan from ''Ctrl+Alt+Del''. As an AuthorAvatar of Tim Buckley, one might extend this to him as well.
** ''Super Mario World'' had Oogtar, Yoshi and Kootie Pie. Any appearance by the latter brought in a running gag of her tolerance meter showing up on screen. It was always quick to max out, and the very last time it literally went off the scale, let out an AtomicFBomb and exploded.
--->''Kootie Pie Tolerance Level: Exceeded''
** Oogtar and Yoshi were frequently compared to Toad, yet when the Annotators got to ''[=SMB3=]'' they went easy on him. Maybe they realized he could've been much worse. Although, by ''Super Show'', Toad was getting even more hate than the other two.
** Also in ''[=SMB3=]'', the Annotators got sick of Big Mouth and Bully Koopa too. As mentioned above, Bully did redeem himself.
** ''Street Fighter'' had Ken, mostly for being [[JerkAss an asshole]] who [[AesopAmnesia frequently forgot lessons]], along with getting a lot of CharacterFocus episodes.
** Nearly everyone from ''The Nutshack'', with a little less hate for Dickman.
** Pretty much all of the good guys except Raiden and Nightwolf in ''Mortal Kombat'', for either being total assholes (Jax, Sonya, Stryker) or having little to no personality (Liu Kang, Kitana, Sub-Zero). Stryker and Sonya got the worst of it by far.
** [[CrossingTheLineTwice Every]][[{{Jerkass}} one]] in ''Bouchedags''.
** While the cast of the ''Bubsy'' pilot was generally disliked, Bubsy's nephews Terri and Terry got the worst of it for their annoying voices and personalities.
** Everyone from ''Animation/{{Ratatoing}}'' [[IdiotPlot had no good ideas throughout the film]], even the villains (whom the Annotators usually favor).
** Everyone from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePandaFighter'' sans Polaris -- especially Beth, a shallow, worthless LoveInterest ([[StrangledByTheRedString if you could even call her that]]) who obsessed over Teddy Thunders for most of the film.
** Quite a few from ''Captain N'':
*** Kid Icarus and (to a lesser extent) Mega Man, due to their voices and verbal tics.
*** Puff, a OneShotCharacter baby dragon who only knows how to say "Mama!" and scream.
*** Game Boy was played up to be this, but ended up ignored (and sometimes even appreciated) for the most part.
** The pause annotation became this when it got overused for any facial expression that seemed even slightly off-model. Reaction was mixed when [=YouTube=] nixed the feature.
*** ASCII Penises are considered a fossil from a [[OldShame more embarrassing era]] and outside of few annotators they're rarely used by anyone in [=TheAnnotationStation=] era. The CAD section of Five Years Special was even dedicated to mocking them.
** Owandt, an annotator from the "beeupyou" channel, had a habit of forcing anti-Republican and technology-related jokes while annotating episodes of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. A lot of other viewers found it irritating, to say the least.
*** [=GoseiGreen=] was a forum user who frequently suggested preschool shows despite repeated rejections and believed that the Annotators owed her something. It got to the point where the April Fools 2015 special was dedicated to her.
** None of the main trio of ''Sonic Underground'' is particularly liked, but the Annotators' vitriol for Sonia is so strong that she once exceeded her "Tolerance Meter" just by showing up, while Sonic has obnoxious characterization and seems to [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands get new abilities just for the sake of the plot]].
** The Wacky Protester/Rotten Guy from the ''Bibleman'' episode ''A Fight for Faith'' for being a rather obnoxious villain with a subplot revolving around his mid-life crisis. It doesn't help that he planned to [[UnfortunateImplications kidnap children, trap them in a surreal world and brainwash them into becoming Atheists]], which the Annotators considered in bad taste. His second[[note]]technically first[[/note]] appearance in ''A Light in The Darkness'' didn't alleviate the annotators' dislike with him either; as his behavior became even more obnoxious than the previous installment they riffed. That he broke into a musical number during the episode only made things worse.
** A number of characters in ''Foodfight!'':
*** Many of the supporting characters, including Polar Penguin for his annoying voice and Lord Flushington the [[{{Gasshole}} farting]] frog. Their limited screen time was seen as a blessing to the Annotators.
*** Daredevil Dan never shut up and spouted a lot of the movie's worst puns and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "parental humor"]].
*** Cheasel for his drawn-out scenes and uncomfortable appearance. He redeemed himself to some when he defeated a Brand X general through one of the film's running gags, but then some of those viewers took it back when they found out Cheasel was voiced by the "director" who added a lot of the more vulgar gags.
** Tommy Treehugger and Co-MC of ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow Club]] [[TotallyRadical Mario]]'' for their TotallyRadical dialogue, being {{Replacement Scrapp|y}}ies for Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano and Danny Wells, and abysmal brand of humor. Fortunately, their appearance is a one-off.
** From ''Savage Dragon'':
*** Out of all the members of Dragon's RoguesGallery, Horde has a habit of annoying the Annotators whenever he gets an appearance.
*** Mako, due to being a boring character and his incompetence at working for Overlord.
** From ''Darkstalkers'':
*** Harry and Felicia for their terrible voice acting and annoying personalities. The disturbing AlternateCharacterInterpretation of them and Morrigan [[{{Squick}} didn't help at all]].
*** The show's version of ''[[BreakoutCharacter Morrigan]]'' was seen as this, mainly for not being nearly as likable as her game counterpart, having an badly done Scottish accent, and lacking the [[{{Fanservice}} sexy]] traits that made her popular in the first place.
*** Despite having the same voice as M. Bison, this version of Pyron and his bratty, self-entitled behavior didn't go over so well with the annotators. Though compared to the others, he wasn't treated ''as'' bad.
*** Bigfoot's nephew Hairball, a rare intentional example, is often compared to Puff (see Captain N above).
** ''Mega Man'':
*** Rush for being an obnoxious PluckyComicRelief character in a show that has absolutely no need for one. It didn't help that his "antics" were not only grievously {{Padding}} and unfunny, but also blatantly ripped off from ''Scooby-Doo''.
*** Roll wavered in and out of this trope, mostly because she was increasingly seen as TheLoad who was wasting all of her legitimately good tools in favor of stupid ones like her vacuum cleaner.
*** Mega himself occasionally fell into this as well when making a sexist remark towards Roll or just for whenever he acted like an [[{{Jerkass}} asshole]].
*** Bright Man was often considered the worst of the reoccurring Robot Masters due to his dopey voice, uselessness, and for somehow making puns that were worse than the others.
** From ''Donkey Kong Country'':
*** Diddy Kong for his obnoxious singing voice and asshole attitude to his "big buddy" DK.
*** Candy Kong acted like a bitch to everyone (especially towards Donkey Kong and Bluster) while lacking any of the traits that make the other characters likable. Not to mention [[CreatorsPet appearing constantly even though she rarely does anything important to the plot]].
*** General Klump started out as this due to talking a lot to pad out episodes, but the Annotators warmed up to him over the course of Season 2.
*** Cranky fell into this towards the end of season two between his criticizing DK over locking up the Crystal Coconut in "It's a Wonderful Life" and the [[IncrediblyLamePun head puns]] in "The Big Switch-a-roo".
*** Writer Terry Saltsman. While most of the other writers[[note]]most noticeably, Erika Strobel, Nadine van der Velde, and Creator/IanJamesCorlett[[/note]] weren't all that great either. Saltsman went out of his way to portray Donkey Kong in a negative light despite it [[DesignatedMonkey often being undeserved]]. It didn't help that he wrote the series finale.
** The Music/InsaneClownPosse and their obnoxious behavior, terrible rapping and constant mugging to the camera drew annoyance with the annotators ''very'' quickly. Their fans were also seen as [[AcceptableTargets punching bags]] during the "Juggalo Island" video.
** Rayne in the ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'' pilot was an annoying character, much like in the source material.
** J. Wellington Wimpy from the ''WesternAnimation/PopeyeAndSon'', for his usual antics as TheLoad.
*** The show itself, as its plots were boring and had a terribly low amount of slapstick that ''Popeye'' is known for.
** Peak from ''[[Creator/DingoPictures Dinosaur Adventure]]'' due to his dopey personality, annoying rhymes and snitching on the other characters. Many characters were praised for [[TakeThatScrappy poking fun at him]], [[EnsembleDarkhorse Kree]] in particular.
** Everyone from ''Felix Saves Christmas'' got torn apart for their inability to act, their stilted dialogue reading, annoying voices, and [[BerserkButton outrageously terrible puns]]. The special itself was chewed on for it's ungodly slow pacing, spontaneous music segments, and terrible writing. All of this was attributed to one Don Oriolo, who wrote, directed, and produced the entire special.
** From Let's Jab of ''[[VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures Star Fox Adventures]]'':
*** Prince Tricky because of his annoying personality, voice and forced sidekick status. The Annotators had fun by making every character wish death on him.
*** Krystal qualifies as a mild one because of her annoying voice and UsefulNotes/FurryFandom.
** ''WesternAnimation/ProStars''
*** Wayne Gretzky for his constant hunger and jackass attitude. His real-life counterpart isn't well received either, looking and talking like a complete stoner.
*** Mom, for her shrill voice and what the Annotators perceived as an uncomfortable Jewish stereotype.
** Creator/DougWalker (both [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic in]] ''and'' out of character) for being an unfunny, overrated hack with something to answer for with his large fandom and did nothing when Mike Michaud ran his company in the ground. Both ''The Review Must Go On'' and ''Melvin, Brother of the Joker''[[note]]Melvin himself being a '''''huge''''' Scrappy due to his voice, rambling, attempts to kill his own mother and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking annoying behavior]]. That the bit goes on for 8 minutes didn't ease matters.[[/note]] helped seal his fate with the annotators.
** ''Double Dragon''
*** Billy Lee gets called out as a [[GoodIsBoring boring]] hypocrite a lot (such as chastising others for using violence and weapons despite using them himself, and never trying to help others onto the right path).
*** Season 2 original Daj, mostly for being a CreatorsPet and derailing the show from its typical elements. His ridiculous [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower animal-control powers]] and falsetto Jamaican accent didn't help.
** ''Sonic OVA''
*** Sara, due to her annoying voice, whiny personality, and her design. As per tradition, she maxed out her own "Tolerance Meter".
*** Tails, to a lesser extent, for having a perpetual cold and frequently stating the obvious.
*** Old Man Owl, while an intentional case, was still berated for contributing nothing to the story. Some Annotators wished Metal Sonic killed him in one scene.
** Most characters from ''Our Friend, Martin'' were seen as either bland or unlikable, but Maria was considered the worst. She's a DeadpanSnarker with terrible lines and an [[SmallNameBigEgo irritatingly huge ego]] (she even compares herself to Madame Curie). It's bad when her BadFuture immigrant worker counterpart is considered an improvement.
*** Miles, to a lesser extent, for being a proud ignoramus and unintentionally creating a parallel timeline where minorities still faced overt and legally-systematized discrimination well into the present.
** ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'':
*** Dulcy received unanimous hatred for her uselessness, prominence and constant "crash-land & spout a non-sequitur about her ma" running gag. When she got [[ADayInTheLimelight an episode focused on her]], the immediate response was one of [[ThisIsGoingToSuck dread.]]
*** Sonic's portrayal didn't fare much better, as a BigEater TotallyRadical [[DesignatedHero Designated]] IdiotHero.
*** Sally Acorn was disliked, while Antoine was despised for being an annoying DirtyCoward and TheLoad whose antics are generally more obnoxious than endearing. The fact that they take up more screen-time in season 2 made the Annotators hate them even more.
** [[Anime/SpeedRacer Spritle and Chim-Chim]] didn't have the best introductions: the first episode had them whining for cookies, nearly getting Speed killed and telling Pops something Speed explicitly told them not to tell him. They were instantly hated, with a little less hate for Chim-Chim as the series went on (as he constantly trolls Spritle).
** ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'':
*** The titular character, due to his super-serious, sanctimonious personality and the annoying love-triangle that was carried over from the comics. This seemed to be lessening as the show went on, but than the latter half of season 2 came around and escalated his worst traits, making him more hated than ever.
*** Veronica for her constant whining and severe AesopAmnesia. She became even more hated in season two as the Annotators began to notice that [[EnsembleDarkhorse Reggie]] is always given shit for being a jerk, but [[KarmaHoudini everyone seems to just shrug it off]] [[DoubleStandard when Veronica does far worse things than Reggie]].
*** Dilton, who is widely seen as being either pointless or a contrived excuse for some of the show's more science-related episodes.
** The titular clown in the ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?' episode "The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner" became one between his getup, annoying personality and for not being all that intimidating.
** The main characters of ''WesternAnimation/TheRapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'', sans Smithy. But this was especially directed towards Ricky (mostly due to him rapping every line he has in the special) and Nicole, due to her bitchy attitude towards the other characters and for randomly bursting into a song number during part 2.
*** The special itself ultimately became one as well due to the aforementioned characters; its [[SpecialEffectsFailure terrible excuse for animation]], and contrived plot.
** While the whole cast was disliked by the annotators, Momoka, Touka and Ukyou from ''Chichi Miko'' (itself ''heavily'' reviled by the annotators) received the harshest of their vitriol.
*** Momoka for generally being a selfish dick who decides the best things to do with Ukyou are to [[MarshmallowHell force his head into her tits]] as a greeting, and later, for thinking that forcing tomatoes down his throat is a [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment suitable punishment]] for not eating his own.
*** Touka for being Main/GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave taken too far; for making Ukyou have sex with her not once, but '''''TWICE'''''; and serving as the instigator for the game's later events. Her outfit in part three of the riff didn't alleviate matters.
*** Ukyou meanwhile got this from performing the game's incestuous acts, especially towards the end when [[spoiler: he decided to have sex with his daughters[[note]]which was mercifully censored visually, but the audio and text makes it pretty obvious[[/note]]]].
** ''ComicBook/BuckyOHareAndTheToadWars'':
*** Willy Dewitt was initially loathed for coming off as a self-insert and indirectly bringing real-world scenes into the mix. This lessened later on; see RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap above.
*** Bucky is considered the most boring member of the Righteous crew, not helped by his voice actor having a bad case of DullSurprise.
*** KOMPLEX is generally regarded as one of the worst [[BigBad Big Bads]] in annotated history, lacking both funniness or coolness and [[AntiClimaxBoss being defeated laughably easily]]. He also didn't get as much screen-time and characterization as the other villains on the show, making him come off as boring and cliched in comparison.
** King Satan in ''Series/{{Spectreman}}'' due to his [[MostAnnoyingSound annoying tire screech of a roar]] and his blatant {{Notzilla}} design.
** ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa''
*** Meta example: Bugzzy's [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation re-imagining]] into [[WebComic/NeglectedMarioCharacters Fred the Spanyard]] ended up as such. As the latter character was relatively obscure, this annoyed some of the annotators, who had no idea what the joke was about. It didn't help that the episode he appeared in was only chosen to make those jokes.
*** Tiff, who's seen as a pretentious nag and SoapboxSadie who steals the spotlight from Kirby. Then "Un-Reality TV" escalated these traits, by having her deal out the ([[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]]) moral of the episode.
*** Kine is the most hated guest character, due to his dopey-sounding voice and creepy obsessiveness towards Tiff.
*** Tokkori, due to his dickish behavior, shrill voice, and [[MostAnnoyingSound terrible]] {{Leitmotif}}.
** Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. [[{{UsefulNotes/Columbine}} Obvious reasons notwithstanding]], the two were criticized and heavily mocked for their poor acting skills and incompetent filmmaking. Some even claiming that the extras in their film were better than they were.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTheAmericanRabbit'':
*** Rob due to doing nothing for most of the film.
*** Teddy due to coming off as [[FantasticRacism racist]] towards the Jackals.
*** Vultor was considered more of an arrogant whiner than a threat, whose plots revolved around InsaneTrollLogic.
** The adults in ''Revenge of The Red Baron'' were largely treated with disdain for making the setting a [[{{Jerkass}} world of jackasses]]. To the point where they were '''''[[RootingForTheEmpire rooting]]''''' for the Baron to kill them.
** The annotators didn't take too kindly to Donkey Ollie's special brand of [[ItsAllAboutMe specialness]] when they riffed ''The Adventures of Donkey Ollie''. This only intensified once they got further into the show.
*** Rupert the Raven elicited this response when he first opened his mouth in episode 4. Not helping was his arrogant behavior towards Ollie and Jehu, or his [[VocalDissonance off-putting singing voice]].
*** The Dolphins from episode 5 didn't get much love either thanks to how their scenes came from nowhere and their voices sounding more like aliens than anything.
** ''He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special''
*** Played with. Similarly to Gameboy, Orko was built up to be incredibly annoying, but while he was mocked quite a bit, a number of the Annotators noted that he wasn't nearly as bad as they expected him to be.
*** Played straight with Alicia and Miguel, due to their TagalongKid nature and being [[TheLoad almost completely useless]] throughout the special.
** Naturally, Most of the cast in "[[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} Arthur's Big Hit]]" was treated with disdain over Arthur's behavior toward [=DW=] breaking his plane.
** Mr. Cool in the ''Fonz and The Happy Days Gang'' riff earned the annotators' ire ''very'' quickly for just how often, and how badly, he screws things up for the gang, though this would eventually cool off later in the show's run. Cupcake has also received a similar reaction from the group.
** Dodger Dare from his self-titled short in ''WesternAnimation/ShortyMcShortsShorts'' was absolutely reviled by the annotators for his [[{{Jerkass}} asshole personality]], awful treatment of his best friend, and the fact what he was willing to ''kill'' his own clones [[DisproportionateRetribution just to keep them from upstaging him to the girl he likes.]] By the end of the riff, he was declared the main reason as to why his short was the worst of the lot.
** Wild Woody from the game of the same name did not receive a warm welcome between his bad jokes, his constant yelling and CameraAbuse and generally unsettling appearance.
** Cousin Mel from the ''Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer'' riff got this status due to her one-note, [[GoldDigger money-hungry]] personality.

* {{They Wasted A Perfectly Good Character}}: Some annotators saw the more cunning and dastardly Krusha seen in the DKC episode ''Speed'' as this from how he spiced up the dynamic among the cast by being {{Eviler Than Thou}} than K. Rool and Klump. To the point of wishing the episode didn't [[StatusQuoIsGod end with Krusha going back to his old self]] and instead he continued to be present for at least a few more episodes.