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The following analysis is tongue-in-cheek and rooted in pop psychology. Do not mistake this for a psychological analysis proper.
Fandom being Serious Business, it is not at all uncommon for fans to become emotionally attached to fictional characters. As such, when a character departs from the show, whether cruel, abrupt, or even with proper closure, it can cause strong feelings of emptiness akin to a break-up. The process of a new character entering fans' lives can thus be explained through the popular Five Stages of Grief. Actual level of emotional response may vary from person to person. This is a representation of particularly extreme cases (because it's more fun that way).
Caveat (reposted from the main page): Of course, being a Replacement Scrappy does not preclude also being a regular Scrappy. It is entirely possible that the audience would have hated the character anyway.
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