Line #29 TheScrappy/WebComics


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10	* ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'' fans have found their Scrappy in Showbiz, Roast Beef's scuzzy, trailer-trash twin brother. Before, he was simply a thickheaded, vulgar {{Jerkass}} in way too much debt, but he then degraded into a man who was not above plotting to force his brother into sex with a stripper, only to ''photograph the affair'' and then show the resulting photos to Molly ''at their wedding ceremony''. Thankfully, his plans were derailed when Beef lured him into a trap that would have him serve jail time for the duration of the wedding, and he hasn't been seen since.
11	* There's no real Scrappy in ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'' from the reader's viewpoint, but the ''in-universe'' example would be the replacement cast Ansem used when the main cast went missing. Only Red XIII got RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap, and that was because Darth Maul turned him to the Dark Side.
12	* ''Webcomic/{{Boyfriends}}'': Nerd BF's teacher drew an [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/slice-of-life/boyfriends/episode-35/viewer?title_no=2616&episode_no=35 enraged reaction from readers]] for being harsh towards him over his tardiness and falling behind on assignments going as far as to suggest he drop out. Even those [[JerkassHasAPoint who don't think he was wrong to reprimand him for such things]] don't appreciate the way he talked to him. While he clearly wasn't designed to be well-liked, the sheer vitriol was likely unintentional and him praising Nerd several chapters later did little to salvage him for most readers.
13	* ''Webcomic/CinemaSnobReviewsFrozen'' (a fan comic where ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'' reviews ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'') parodies this InUniverse with Snob being really disappointed that Olaf is not this. "We were going to have so much fun hating you!"
14	* ''Webcomic/DragonBallMultiverse'': Son Bra from U16, an alternate reality where she is the daughter of Vegito as opposed to Vegeta like in canon. Initially, she started off as a BaseBreakingCharacter with fans either liking her for being a powerful female character in a franchise that had few such examples or disliking her because of her {{Jerkass}} personality. However, in later chapters, she starts [[SpotlightStealingSquad receiving more spotlight over other characters]], which marked the start where the vitriol for her grew exponentially. Readers even accused her of being either a Mary Sue or a CreatorsPet due to the focus and CharacterShilling that she tends to receive. Although she briefly became RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap when she [[spoiler:became a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Majin]] where fans hope they could enjoy her in a LoveToHate way, she turned back into The Scrappy due to [[ArcFatigue her fight being dragged out]], her PlotArmor making her an InvincibleVillain where she actually beats the heroes -- ''the people we're supposed to root for'', and her [[AntiClimaxBoss anticlimactic defeat]] that many readers found absolutely unsatisfying, all followed by a hefty dose of EasilyForgiven.]]
15	* Gregory from ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' after he [[spoiler: lost his white magic]] and [[TookALevelInJerkAss took a major level in jerkass]] while setting up his new career as the leader of a metal band. Readers were left with a ManChild, SmugSnake who was never allowed to be wrong and had many KickTheDog moments just to exacerbate things further.
16	* ''Webcomic/{{Forever16}}'''s Vince had gotten a lot of backlash after his first appearance [[http://jbwarner86.deviantart.com/art/F16-Quiet-Riot-322290843 here]] where he punches out [[CasanovaWannabe Aaron]] for flirting with his girlfriend.
17	* ''Webcomic/FiveNightsAtFreddysLostSouls'': Kelly. Readers weren't too sweet on her to begin with, as her first appearance had her acting bossy and rude toward Freddy, Bonnie, Foxy and Chica and forbidding Cody and Bridget from seeing them again. Then she ''really'' dropped the ball by continually invoking ItIsDehumanizing when talking about the Fazbears and then deliberately traumatizing Bridget, a small child, to ruin her friendships with the animatronics once and for all.
18	* [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Yoshi]] of ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault'', according to the author, annoyed quite a few readers in his inception. It also helps that his somewhat arrogant and obnoxious personality results in him not getting along with much of the rest of the cast.
19	* ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' fans once did a survey as to which character they liked the least. [[http://www.patternspider.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=6575 Almost 50% of the votes went to...]] [[ScheduleSlip the placeholder]]. Some of the comments:
20	--> "At first, it was the Immaculate Mastah! Then I remembered how often I curse the name and descendants of Placeholder..."
21	--> "I almost voted the Lover Clad in Nothing of Consequence, not because I dislike the Lover, but rather because the name there is hilarious. But yeah, the place holder is one of the most damnable things to ever exist in this universe, whose evil outstrips that of the Yozis or the Neverborn. May it burn in the purging fire of the Unconquered Sun himself! (In other words, [[MemeticBadass Ten Winds]].)"
22	* ''Webcomic/LasLindas'':
23	** Mora herself is commonly despised due to a heaping dose of ProtagonistCenteredMorality, doing nasty things to others [[DesignatedHero but at the same time being made out a hero]], particularly in the early days of the comic. She does manage to improve herself somewhat with time, but is still a BaseBreakingCharacter ''at best''.
24	** Rachael receives a disproportionate amount of hatred on the forum. Amusingly, she's one of the more popular characters outside the forum, making her a sort of GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff in an internet context.
25	** Din and Jin for never getting [[KarmaHoudini any real commeupance]] and barely bringing anything interesting to the table in terms of character or conflict after their initial plan to kill Digit.
26	* ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'': Rayne. That's right, ''the main character'' is the Scrappy.
27	** Mostly results from the inconsistent tone that often gives the viewer very few hints as to when the character is supposed to be comedic and when he's supposed to be taken seriously, with this taken up to eleven by Sohmer's tendency to [[AuthorOnBoard put political rants in his characters' mouths]] that are non-sequiturs in the context of the character's normal behavior even when they aren't a bit absurd or [[StrawmanPolitical intentionally offensive]] in themselves.
28	** Additionally, many of Rayne's redeeming qualities are never shown on-screen or even at all, leaving a character the narrative treats as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold BunnyEarsLawyer as more of a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk and GeneralFailure.
29	* ''Webcomic/LeftoverSoup'': Lily has few fans, what with being a [[DoesNotLikeMen rabid man-hater]] who the audience is still expected to sympathise with. It doesn't help that her actual beliefs aren't entirely coherent, as she seems to despise Jamie for being a potential rapist ''and'' for not being man enough to be able to rape anyone. Oh, and despite sincerely wanting men to [[GenderCide go extinct]], she manages to be a HeteroNormativeCrusader who thinks lesbianism is a genetic illness to be eliminated (the solution is that everyone should [[{{Robosexual}} have sex with robots,]] apparently).
30	** Also, while she averts AuthorTract by being the 'loser' in arguments...she never really hits major character growth in 1000 strips...and her growth is shown in a MONTAGE.
31	* ''Webcomic/TheLegendOfSpyroZonoyasRevenge'': ''Ash'', the DesignatedLoveInterest of Nina, spends a greater part of the comic just acting like an asshat to [[TheWoobie Frijir]] and [[KarmaHoudini never gets any commupance]] for it.
32	* ''Webcomic/LivingWithHipstergirlAndGamergirl'': Megan ''(a character who had appeared in several strips since #176)'' did not win people over with her attitude towards Artur [[http://www.jagodibuja.com/2016/09/some-time-ago/ here]], and it really doesn't help that she comes across as a GreenEyedMonster once she sees how happy [[MagneticGirlfriend Erika and Sophie]] are around him. She's also widely considered less funny than [[LoveToHate Clara]].
33	* ''Webcomic/LoreOlympus'': Hestia is hated by a fair number of people, thanks to how she engages in SlutShaming against Persephone and how [[SadlyMythcharacterized radically different]] this makes her from her kind, motherly mythological self.
34	* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'':
35	** A good number of people hate Missi Fuller, both for being the RomanticFalseLead in the [[FanPreferredCouple Ash/Emily relationship]] and for being such an incredible JerkAss towards Emily (who is, on the other hand, more dismissive of her than outright abusive). It doesn't help that despite being a WrenchWench and (presumably) a practicing car racer, she's yet to take an active participation in the story besides her [[StalkerWithACrush obsessiveness over Ash]], not to mention having NoSenseOfPersonalSpace where Ash is concerned and even refusing to accept that Ash has broken up with her. Granted, she's also something of a Woobie, a Chinese-American girl who's adopted yet her parents always pay more attention to her older step-brother, leaving her with attention-seeking issues. Recent [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Moments of Awesome]] have gone some way to [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescue her though]], as well as amp up the Woobie factor. For the most part, author Chris Hazelton has made her more likeable as a result, though her continuing [[JerkAss jerkassery]] towards Emily--which, BTW, she almost ''never'' gets called out on--is still quite grating.
36	** A note on the Missi hatedom: Despite being a main character, she's [[IncrediblyLamePun incredibly]] [[ACupAngst flat]]. Her crowning moments are few and far between, she has barely any redeeming qualities and her big moment of possible character development, finding out her parents neglect her emotionally, was over pretty quickly and has been ignored since it was mentioned. If she could just get a little more screen time that's used to redeem her further, there wouldn't be a problem.
37	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
38	%%** Eugene Greenhilt. Passed down a Blood Oath to his son, Roy, forcing him to either kill an epic lich sorcerer or be BarredFromTheAfterlife when he dies -- and it was later confirmed he barely ''tried'' to fulfil it. On top of that, he pointlessly antagonizes Roy, who's actively working on fulfilling the oath, because he disapproves of his class selection -- and because he knows he can get away with it, since Roy will try and stop Xykon because it's the right thing to do. It's also offhandedly mentioned that he's responsible for Roy's little brother Eric's death, caused by one of his botched experiments. And unlike the actual villains, he's not powerful, a complex character, or entertaining -- he's just a bitter old prick.
39	** Roy's LoveInterest Celia was quite popular at first being a funny and competent lawyer in the setting and a pretty neat romantic foil to Roy. When she was made into a major character many soured on her because of her sudden reversal to StupidGood tendencies. WordOfGod was that he tried to pit Celia's Naive yet good nature against Haley and Belkar's more pragmatic and darker natures to try and show a contrast in ideals, something the comic has done many times before. Unfortunately nearly all of Celia's points just ended up failing and a number of fans who liked her smarter moments felt she fell hard into TooDumbToLive.
40	* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'''s Tycho Brahe is starting to become this, thanks to his role in ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory''. However, he's pretty well-liked amongst the female readers.
41	* ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'': Darren Danforth. Nearly every reader on the forum disliked him for his lack of discernible traits other than clumsiness, and for his perceived role as a plot device meant to help Aggie get over Marshall.
42	* ''Webcomic/{{PVP}}'' has two available for your choosing, both of which having been noted by Scott Kurtz as having a strong hatedom: Scratch Fury, destroyer of worlds, and Shecky, Skull's annoying cousin. There are some who would argue that the comic's cast is made up entirely of Scrappies of different kinds forced to work in an office together.
43	* In ''Webcomic/RedString,'' Kazuo rather quickly morphed into this when he broke up with Miharu rather than stand up for both her and himself - right after finally consummating their relationship and promising to never let her go. Then he blamed ''her'' for his problems literally the next day, breaking his red string in front of her . . . and did we mention she'd just bought him a present? His continued nasty behavior, then absolute rejection of her in favor of his JerkAss father (leaving even ''Miharu'' calling him a wussy) hasn't redeemed him either. Since then, every story involving Kazuo has only reinforced his character as a spineless loser, to the point where other characters call him this to his face. A number of people are even raring to call it StrangledByTheRedString if he and Miharu were ever to get back together again. If this guy can ''ever'' be RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap, it would take an act of God. Though recent events may have transferred him over to {{Woobie}} status when it has be become apparent just how ''much'' of a [[AbusiveParents Jerk Ass Father]] he actually has. [[spoiler: Kazuo's recent suicide attempt has brought out a mixture of reactions in the fandom, though mostly concern and the hope that he will survive.]]
44	* One of the two known[[note]](The other is more or less DeathByOriginStory)[[/note]] ways for a character [[DeaderThanDead NOT to come back]] in the verse of the {{Fan Webcomic\|s}} ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' is being a Scrappy. This is why Jamie's mother is a widow.
45	* [[FishPeople Des]] from ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'' is apparently one of these, [[http://sgrblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/yore-questiens-answerd.html according to John Allison.]] Because of this, his backstory was never properly revealed, and it looks doubtful that it ever will be. John has now stated that [[http://sgrblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/state-of-onion-2010.html Des "is retired from webcomics."]] [[BlatantLies Until he reappeared briefly in October 2015.]]
46	* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'':
47	** Seymour gained a considerable hatedom after the September 14th, 2010 block of strips, especially after a DespairEventHorizon. The hatedom seems to have diminished after he TookALevelInKindness
48	** Xanthe, due to being the herald to an infamously polarizing change in the overall nature of the comic.
49	*** While most of the Sisterhood (except Nana and "Mercy") are generally disliked, the most hatred (besides Xanthe) is directed at Violet due to her more sociopathic attitude.
50	** The rogue Fembot, nicknamed "Maverick" as [[TakeThat an insult]] to both her and the Sisterhood's lack of respect for ThreeLawsCompliant is hated mainly due to her violent approach being depicted as right despite the lack of adequate threshold for Zeroth Law behaviour.
51	* ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' parodies this character type with a bizarre blue creature named Fluffmodeus. It was first introduced in a set of self-contained strips centered around the author, his girlfriend, and "Rippy the Razor", where it annoyed Rippy to the point of running away in terror (and the author already considered Rippy the most annoying thing ever). The caption of the comic threatened to introduce the character into the strip "if demands are not met". It eventually did get introduced into the main comic, but as the manifestation of Kharisma's mental breakdown (maybe... [[ShrugOfGod even the author isn't sure]]) that was self-aware of how utterly obnoxious it was.
52	* Zillion from ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}''. The main point of the character was to serve as a parody''/''TakeThat to ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', in particular the show's use of FutureSlang, the strip's author's main peeve with the show. He accomplished this by having Zillion speak almost entirely in "Deep Slang", a dialect that, amongst other things, replaces words with bizarre synonyms and dropping the ending off sentences. Unfortunately, said slang became increasingly heavy, making Zillion borderline [[TheUnintelligible Unintelligible]]...''even to the other characters in the strip.'' The fact that he had virtually zero personality also contributed to people tiring of him very quickly. Eventually, he suffered an apparent [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Bridge Drop]] along with another minor character in [[http://www.starslip.com/archive/20070316.shtml this strip]] (in a storyline called "The Fate Of Zillion" no less) only to eventually return and suffer ''yet another'' [[http://www.starslip.com/2008/09/05/tcourse/ apparent (and hilarious) demise]], hinting at future plans of making him TheChewToy (though the strip's revamp seems to have shifted this role to Officer Quine).
53	* You wouldn't expect a SoBadItsGood comic to have one character singled out for hatred in particular, but ''Webcomic/TailsGetsTrolled'' has WildCard supporting villain Demaro, who is perceived as [[SmugSnake full of himself]] and over-reliant on DeusExMachina to succeed at his goals, whereas the other villains tend to ''[[ShowDontTell show]]'' how badass they are.
54	* ''Webcomic/VeganArtbook'': Sterk is the worst of all the main cast since he goes one step further and kills those who don't agree with him. It's rather telling who exactly the target audience is that they regard him as an EnsembleDarkhorse.
55	** Raziel is a very close second. She might actually be worse, while Sterk is supposed to be a psychopath who wants an excuse to murder, Raziel is an actual fundamentalist vegan and her attitude isn't handwaved, unlike Sterk's. At least she has a smaller body count.

Context TheScrappy / WebComics