History Analysis / TheScrappy

* A [[MrFanservice Mr.]] or MsFanservice who has no other personality traits besides being attractive.

* A particularly blatant [[CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying]] or ObviouslyEvil villain, especially if other villains among the cast [[GreyAndGrayMorality have more complex personalities and motivations]].

* A FatSlob (or, by extension, ThePigPen) if they do ''really'' [[JabbaTableManners disgusting things]] that [[NauseaFuel legitimately gross out]] the audience.

* A GenericDoomsdayVillain without notable personality or understandable motivation for their evil.

* A character who [[AccuserOfTheBrethren refuses to forgive a remorseful perpetrator for their past actions]].

* A character who [[AccuserOfTheBrethren refuses to let a remorseful perpetrator forgive themselves for their past actions]].

* A character with a [[HairTriggerTemper Hair-Trigger Tempered character]] who flies into rages at the slightest provocation, especially if they then inflict punishment in ways that the audience considers to be DisproportionateRetribution or don't have CharacterDevelopment that calms them down.

* An [[HairTriggerTemper easily angered]] character who flies into rages at the slightest provocation, especially if they then inflict punishment in ways that the audience considers to be DisproportionateRetribution.

* The TeamMom[=/=]TeamDad who is too abrasive; who becomes exceeding bossy or butts into disputes that do not concern them and doesn't give their team members the freedom to settle their own hash.

* A character who [[AccuserOfTheBrethren refuses to let a remorseful perpetrator forgive themselves for their past actions]].

* A character who seeks {{Revenge}} against another for a transgression the audience doesn't think is worth becoming so hateful over, but the narrative treats as justified. This becomes especially so if the revenge-seeker [[RevengeByProxy targets their victim's innocent loved ones]] and/or [[{{Sadist}} takes pleasure in tormenting their victim]].
* [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking A character who has an annoying voice and/or makes other annoying sounds.]]

* A character who has an annoying voice and/or makes other annoying sounds.

* A character who is [[ProneToTears constantly crying]], panicking, not knowing how to act, or is prone to making [[TooDumbToLive fatally stupid decisions]] in the face of immediate danger in a way that's supposed to make them seem realistic, but it makes the audience go WhatAnIdiot instead.

* An easily angered character who flues into rage at the slightest HairTriggerTemper.

* {{Tier Induced Scrapp|y}}ies, low-tier, high-tier or both, will get this reactions, especially if their character happened to met the criteria on this page.

* A VillainProtagonist if they are extremely heinous and don't have [[EvilIsSexy any]] [[EvilIsCool positive]] and[=/=]or [[CryForTheDevil sympathetic]] [[MagnificentBastard trait]] (and even then, the audience supposedly have to sympathize for them), as well as that most are {{Karma Houdini}}s.

* A character who quickly forgives their abuser(s) or readily [[WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack goes back to someone who was nothing but a dick to them]] especially when forgiveness in these situations is treated as a great virtue and there's no convincing [[JustifiedTrope justification]] for why the character chose so.

Scrappies also often fall under a {{Double Standard}}, when popular characters are more likely to be whitewashed and get away with actions that fans would slander an unpopular character for doing. For example, some audiences may dislike David for, say, [[LackOfEmpathy making fun of people's trauma]], but brush off Tyler doing the same thing because, well, "Tyler looked good doing it!" or "[[{{Hypocrite}} Tyler is funny while David is just annoying and insensitive]]." Or, a horrible-looking pedophile could be hated for their pedophilia, but another pedophile who happens to have good looks in the same story might be liked because, in this case, EvilIsSexy and even if the other is immoral too, at least they are attractive.

* A character who [[TheUnapologetic doesn't apologize for their actions.]]

* A MarySue, including common official varieties such as InvincibleHero and the SpotlightStealingSquad. Note that a MartyStu [[DoubleStandard has a tendency to get away scot-free.]]

* An InspectorJavert or InspectorLestrade who ''constantly'' gets in the hero's way while the real villain escapes. Bonus Scrappy points if they are particularly rude or abusive to the heroes.