History Main / AlasPoorScrappy

* Regarding the original [[TropeNamer Scrappy]] in Film/ScoobyDoo, a lot of people (both detractors and fans of the movie alike) feel that Mystery Inc's treatment of him was cruel and unwarranted, especially considering Scooby is his uncle.

* According to Ira Steven Behr and the other Powers That Be of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', fan response to [[GoodShepherd Bareil Antos]] was lukewarm at best. After his death in "Life Support", however, the fan mail came in, complaining about his death and clamoring for him to come back.

* Not a death but a meta example; after it was announced that ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' would be getting a reboot, Creator/CreeSummer revealed that Elmyra Duff, whom she played on the original series, would not be part of it. While Elmyra is disliked for [[SpotlightStealingSquad a number]] [[WesternAnimation/PinkyElmyraAndTheBrain of reasons]] some fans were still upset over that news, feeling that she was at least tolerable in small doses and that it doesn't feel like ''Tiny Toons'' without her.

* [[invoked]] Since [[FallenHero Adam Taurus]] on ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has spent most of his screen time being an utterly loathsome HateSink (it really says something where the fact that he's a {{Domestic Abuse}}r is one of the ''least'' horrible aspects of his personality), his final fight with [[MasterOfIllusion Blake]] and [[AttackReflector Yang]] was expected by the fans to be quite the CatharsisFactor since it would see him '''finally''' get what's coming to him. However, the battle instead had him revealing the face he's been hiding behind his mask for so many years like a wounded animal - [[WhamShot Namely, a brand that has been burned over his left eye with the SDC logo]]. It's then revealed that both the FantasticRacism and corrupt business practices of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jacques Schnee]] of the [[NGOSuperpower Schnee Dust Company]] are (partly) responsible for helping turn Taurus into the monster he ultimately became. So, while it certainly doesn't excuse ''all'' of his horrible acts, one can't help but sympathize with Taurus to a certain extent in how he was essentially shoved down the road to becoming a monster without any choice on his part.]] This was even lampshaded in how Creator/RoosterTeeth stated that they wanted the audience to feel at least ''some'' sympathy for a character that should never normally receive it.

* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': [[ClingyJealousGirl Meiling]] isn't a terrible example of TheScrappy, but she can be quite annoying at the beginning with her [[JerkAss attitude]] for [[BadassAdorable the loveable heroine, Sakura]]. But, later, after Meiling [[DefrostingIceQueen becomes more friendly]] and [[PutOnABus moves back to Hong Kong]], she visits Sakura and Syaoran for a couple of days. When she finds out Syaoran's true feelings for Sakura, she spends the night [[CryCute crying]] in Tomoyo's arms.

* The outpouring of grief that followed the sudden death of ''Website/{{WrestleCrap}} Radio's'' robot sidekick Johnny 6 during the April 25th Podcast, after Crappers had been clamouring for his destruction for weeks.

* Remember [[TheScrappy Clippy]], that obnoxious little paperclip in Microsoft Word that [[AnnoyingVideoGameHelper frequently pestered you]]? Get ready to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooP49OR8q0U Cry for Clippy]].

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** In ''End of Evangelion'', she's still in a coma and Shinji comes to her hospital room and [[ADateWithRosiePalms wanks]] over her in that state. Then she comes back into action after realizing her mother's soul is in her Eva, protecting her. She defeats nine Mass Produced Evas, each with the best weapon of the series and unlimited power, only to have her Eva stabbed in the eye, utterly mangled, eaten alive, and its organs ripped out. She somehow survives and makes [[DyingMomentOfAwesome one last attempt]] to fight back. She fails, and dies by being impaled about 12 times. This tended to make the fans more sympathetic. She felt all of this happen because of the neural link. At the very least, she somehow comes back to life in the epilogue [[BandageBabe mostly unharmed]]. But considering the fact that the first thing [[BrokenBird Shinji]] does after waking up with her the only other human currently left is making an attempt to choke her to death, followed by her exclaiming sickness (which, according to Creator/TiffanyGrant was morning sickness, has... interesting implications)... oh, and let us not forget that the reason she's a BandageBabe at the end is due to the injuries her Evangelion suffered (again, which she felt through the neural link) - in particular, her eye is covered up -- and the last thing anyone saw of her (and, for the record, the thing that finished setting Shinji off) was her Evangelion being eaten by the MP Evas...

* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' has [[AcademicAlphaBitch Berdly]], the self-proclaimed smartest student in Kris' class and a NerdyBully towards them. While he is one of the most hated characters [[TheFriendNobodyLikes in]] and [[TheScrappy out of]] universe in a normal run, many players were traumatized after having to kill him during the Weird Route for two reasons: his concern about the safety and mental state of Noelle (whom [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential the player]] [[CorruptTheCutie forces to kill enemies against her will]]) was the only time he genuinely acted like a friend towards her, and when you come back to the real world, [[PleaseWakeUp he doesn't wake up]].

** Cally. She had her fans, but more than her share of detractors, as well. It was so affecting that Jacob, the Website/TelevisionWithoutPity recapper who made a regular running gag of her, devoted most of his recap of that episode to a deep psychological analysis of her (then again, Jacob writes deep psychological treatises about his breakfast muffin, so take this with a grain of salt). A good summary of the fan reaction would be [[http://frakkingtoasters.com//index.cgi?date=20080421 this]]. A lot of this has to do with the way she was offed. She was nearly DrivenToSuicide, talked down from it, immediately knocked unconscious by the same person who talked her down, and woke up in time to see said person holding ''Cally's own infant son'' in a maternal-looking manner. She then met Cally's gaze and ''gave a tiny smile'' before pushing the button that [[ThrownOutTheAirlock threw Cally out the airlock]]. Even for the haters, that was [[DisproportionateRetribution a bit much.]]

* Yanagi from ''Manga/SevenSeeds'' is not well liked and his misogynistic ways and even trying to ''rape'' one of the girls makes it very easy to hate him. But not only does he redeem himself by dying a HeroicSacrifice, giving him the dignity that he actually possesses, but one cannot help but feel terrible for him because an insect stung him and laid its egg within him, making him a breeding ground for its young... and their hatching is [[BodyHorror unpleasant]].
* The death of Hinaichigo in the second season of ''Manga/RozenMaiden''. There was a whole episode dedicated to her winding down to her eventual 'death' where she spent the day with her old owner, complete with stuttered movement and speech during her last moments.

* Mikaila's death in ''Manga/CountCain: God Child'' qualifies. Also a case of RedemptionEqualsDeath.
** A case of FridgeBrilliance, considering she got nothing close to a healthy upbringing. All she ever was encouraged to do was "obsess over Cain" and look pretty.
* Shirley Fennette in ''Anime/CodeGeass''. For the crimes of being [[NaiveEverygirl "whiny", "stupid"]], "[[DamselInDistress powerless]]" and "[[DieForOurShip in love with the main character]]", she quickly earned her [[TheScrappy Scrappydom]] in the first season. Yet the reaction from the fanbase following her death scene in the second was one of sheer and absolute ''outrage'' towards her murderer. Who would have thought? Some are probably relieved that [[SparedByTheAdaptation this didn't happen again]] in the CompilationMovie version.
** And later? The murderer, Rolo, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vrhIyYrJ4k died too]]... and lots of fans mourned him instead of cheering because he [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed his life for Lelouch]], even after Lelouch confessed his hatred toward Rolo, as the first and last thing he truly did of his own will. ''Lelouch himself'' ended up mourning him when all was said and done, [[LetThemDieHappy letting him believe he was lying about what he said about him]] (since he really did take back parts of it).
* Makoto Isshki of ''Anime/RahXephon'' is an unlikeable {{jerkass}} when first introduced and [[ManipulativeBastard sinks to new lows]] [[SmugSnake as the series progresses]]. Only until the mid point of the series do we see his [[StartOfDarkness upbringing]]. During the last episode, his [[VillainousBreakdown undignified mental breakdown]] and [[DroppedABridgeOnHim unceremonious death]] come like a slap in the face when his best friend tearfully runs to his side, to hear his last words.
* ''Manga/DeathNote'':
** Kira Supporter Kiyomi Takada ends up getting kidnapped by Mello as a part of his BatmanGambit to reveal Light as Kira. She's stripped naked by him and then kills him with a death note scrap she hid in her bra. Genuinely frightened and trapped inside a truck, she wraps herself in a bedsheet and then takes his phone and calls Light, asking him to come rescue her. Instead, he writes her name in the Death Note so that she commits suicide by setting herself on fire, by far his coldest and most heartless kill.
** Misa's Scrappyhood, and her ending, which got past many people. In the close credits, she mirrors [[ElegantGothicLolita in dress]] and demeanor an earlier scene when she sings about her trust and devotion to Light. She follows the same route, ending at a veranda where she sadly and wistfully looks off into the sky, only this time she's standing ''outside'' the railing...
* Quite a few viewers of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' did not like Asuka very much at all and spent most of the series wishing bad things on the character. Then she was horrendously {{mind rape}}d (revealing her downright depressing FreudianExcuse in the process), rendered unable to pilot (something she loved to do) due to her sync ratio dropping too low, fired from the Eva project, disappeared, and was found later as a suicidal broken mess laying in a bathtub in a ruined building. And that's just in the original series.
** In ''End of Evangelion'', she's still in a coma and Shinji comes to her hospital room and [[ADateWithRosiePalms wanks]] over her in that state. Then she comes back into action after realizing her mother's soul is in her Eva, protecting her. She defeats nine Mass Produced Evas, each with the best weapon of the series and unlimited power, only to have her Eva stabbed in the eye, utterly mangled, eaten alive, and its organs ripped out. She somehow survives and makes [[DyingMomentOfAwesome one last attempt]] to fight back. She fails, and dies by being impaled about 12 times. This tended to make the fans more sympathetic. She felt all of this happen because of the neural link. At the very least, she somehow comes back to life in the epilogue [[BandageBabe mostly unharmed]]. But considering the fact that the first thing [[BrokenBird Shinji]] does after waking up with her the only other human currently left is making an attempt to choke her to death, followed by her exclaiming sickness (which, according to Creator/TiffanyGrant was morning sickness, has... interesting implications)... oh, and let us not forget that the reason she's a BandageBabe at the end is due to the injuries her Evangelion suffered (again, which she felt through the neural link) - in particular, her eye is covered up -- and the last thing anyone saw of her (and, for the record, the thing that finished setting Shinji off) was her Evangelion being eaten by the MP Evas...
*** It should also be noted that due to her high sync rate at the time, she didn't merely ''feel'' the pain, the damage ''transfers to her own body''.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' Tousen earned a great deal of dislike during his fight with Kenpachi; he removes Kenpachi's senses then lectures a deaf, defenseless Kenpachi toying with him instead of ending it. It gives Kenpachi a chance to adapt and turn the tables. Once his motives for siding with Aizen against Soul Society came out, the dislike worsened. He is motivated by a desire for peace and a decision to find the path of least bloodshed[[note]]Although later on, he reveals that he wanted {{revenge}} for his friend's murder, since her husband, the man who'd killed her, had never been punished.[[/note]] towards achieving that peace... by supporting a man that incites civil war within Soul Society and who follows up that civil war with a war between Shinigami and Hollows. His reasoning was therefore viewed as stupid and hypocritical by fans and was cemented further when the first thing he did upon regaining his sight was insult his oldest and most noble friend, Komamura. However, when he's thoroughly defeated, barely able to talk and finally confronted by his former lieutenant Hisagi and Komamura, he admits that he was in the wrong. The trio start to have a surprisingly tender reconciliation... and Tousen blows up in the middle of it, leaving Komamura screaming at Aizen for revenge and the fans feeling sorrier for Tousen than they had expected to.
* [[ClingyJealousGirl Meilin]] in ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' isn't a terrible example of TheScrappy, but she can be quite annoying at the beginning with her [[JerkAss attitude]] for [[BadassAdorable the loveable heroine, Sakura]]. But, later, after Meilin [[DefrostingIceQueen becomes more friendly]] and [[PutOnABus moves back to Hong Kong]], she visits Sakura and Xiaolang for a couple of days. When she finds out Xiaolang's true feelings for Sakura, she spends the night [[CryCute crying]] in Tomoyo's arms.
* For all his annoying tendencies, ineptness in reading his crew, responsibility in killing one of the more popular characters from the show, and overall nature, [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Nadesico's]] Admiral Munetake gets a pretty emotional send off. It doesn't hurt that much of the episode was spent humanizing him again.
** To put more detail into this, Munetake was demoted due to the Nadesico's role in uncovering a GovernmentConspiracy (the enemies who were aliens are actually humans). Between the conspiracy itself, his demotion, and guilt over Gai's death, he falls over the DespairEventHorizon extremely quickly, expressing that he used to believe in notions such as truth and justice. His subsequent death/suicide (depending on how much you believe his rational mind still exists at that time) hits that much harder after all that.
* In ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'' Masao Murasako got a lot of ire for being an annoying JerkAss, but then got an incredibly-sad death scene: he's so desperate for shelter from the vampire-hunters trying to kill him that he goes up to the house of his sister-in-law (whom he previously hated) and ''[[AintTooProudToBeg begs]]'' [[AintTooProudToBeg her]] in a small child's voice to let him in and not kill him. Instead, she takes advantage of the opportunity to beat him over the head with a pole and stake him through the heart. Even people who didn't like him thought the scene was very sad.
** Made worse by the fact that he never could bring him self to actually drink blood from a person.
** Also, Megumi, who had been an unsympathetic AxCrazy {{Yandere}} through most of the series, gets a CruelAndUnusualDeath in the midst of finally remembering her humanity and dreams and having a psychotic break as a result. The anime's version is particularly gut-wrenching due to the increased violence, music, and voice work, making many viewers who previously hated Megumi teary-eyed.

* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', Shigekyo "Shigechi" Yangu was generally disliked, both because of his [[{{Jerkass}} nasty attitude]] and his [[{{Gonk}} ugly design]]. However, many felt bad when he was killed by Yoshikage Kira in a futile attempt to contact and warn Josuke and Okuyasu. Okuyasu is rather shaken after hearing the news of his death, and while Josuke admits that Shigechi "was a {{greed}}y, irritating punk," he adds that Shigechi was the type that they couldn't leave alone.

* In ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'', [[JerkassWoobie Ruruka]] [[TheParanoiac Andou]] was not well-liked thanks to her BitchInSheepsClothing attitude and her mistreatment of Seiko Kimura, amongst other things. However, just before her death we see her crying and alone, having killed off her devoted boyfriend Izayoi because she was that paranoid and terrified he'd somehow betray her and activate her NG code, which would kill her, she clearly feels terrible about this as she makes pitiful attempts to construct a barrier to keep herself safe, repeating to herself she'll make new friends once she gets out. Then the next episode shows her utter mangled, ''brutalised'' corpse. And as if that wasn't bad enough, it's revealed the victim is brainwashed into suicide, meaning Ruruka felt so awful about her actions she repeatedly mutilated herself and choked herself with her own candy until she died out of guilt. Selfish or not, she got one of the most fucked-up deaths in the anime and a lot of fans eased up on her after that.
* ''Anime/CrossAnge'':
** Although Sylvia Ikaruga Misurugi doesn't die by the end of the series, a lot of viewers felt sorry for her when it turns out that she also witnessed the deaths of her parents, was tricked by Liza and Julio into hurting Ange, and eventually regretting her actions in crossing the MoralEventHorizon with her biological sister to the point that she'll never see the latter again.
** Quite a few fans also felt sympathetic to Jill after being used and ultimately killed by Embryo. Not only did she lose her comrades, but her RoaringRampageOfRevenge turns out to be AllForNothing.
* ''Anime/HunterXHunter'': Uvogin could be an example depending on how much people hated him in his short screen time. He didn’t do much besides kill people enthusiastically without mercy, but in his final battle with Kurapica he is tied up and tortured but doesn’t reveal information about his friends. As Kurapica hits him, Uvogin keeps saying “kill me” in a tone that indicates he knows he isn’t leaving alive. After Kurapica puts a curse on Uvogin in which he must tell the truth Uvogin still refuses to say anything about his allies. This is when Uvogin dies and most people who were waiting for him to die agree this was way more sad than satisfying.

** Another example from the Halloween franchise is Cameron Elam in ''Film/HalloweenKills.'' He's reviled in ''Film/Halloween2018'' for being a BastardBoyfriend who cheats on Allyson and wrecks her cell phone, leaving her to walk home when Michael is beginning his latest killing spree. In Kills, his genuine remorse coupled with the brutality of his death results in him falling into this trope.

* Shirley Fennette in ''Anime/CodeGeass''. [[NaiveEverygirl "Whiny", "stupid"]], "[[DamselInDistress powerless]]" and "[[DieForOurShip in love with the main character]]", she quickly earned her [[TheScrappy Scrappydom]] in the first season. Yet the reaction from the fanbase following her death scene in the second was one of sheer and absolute ''outrage'' towards her murderer. Who would have thought? Some are probably relieved that [[SparedByTheAdaptation this didn't happen again]] in the CompilationMovie version.

* Quite a few viewers of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' did not like Asuka very much at all and spent most of the series wishing bad things on the character. Then she was horrendously {{mind rape}}d, revealing her FreudianExcuse, fired from the Eva project, disappeared, and was found later as a suicidal broken mess laying in a bathtub in a ruined building. And that's just in the original series.

* Doug Ramsey, a.k.a. Cypher, from the ''Comicbook/XMen'' family comic ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' was considered to be TheScrappy (due to the fact that his mutant power was [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway the ability to speak every language]], [[OvershadowedByAwesome which sort of paled]] next to eye-beams and weather-control and the like), and fans repeatedly demanded he be killed off. Once he died, a lot of people missed him and wanted him back. Thankfully, the wonders of TechnologyMarchesOn vindicated him when he did come BackFromTheDead as [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower they expanded his language speaking powers]] to include programming languages (making him an expert hacker), arcane languages (allowing him to cast powerful spells), and body language, among others.

* Jason Todd, of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' fame, was so hated that in the original publishing of ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'' fans (by a slim margin) [[DeadSidekick voted to have him killed off by the Joker]]. ComicBook/TheJoker's murder of Jason was so brutal and cruel, not only did fans immediately stop hating him but the Joker was seen by many as crossing the MoralEventHorizon. And when he came back, the circumstances of his death were so traumatic that they [[FaceHeelTurn drove him to become a supervillain]]. Then an AntiHero. Then an AntiVillain and now back to an AntiHero.

* [[UncleTomFoolery "Gangsta" twins]] Skids and Mudflap from ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' were widely hated for UnfortunateImplications with African Americans galore and just being annoying. They were [[WhatCouldHaveBeen initially going to be]] in ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', but were carefully edited out of the finished product. The comic book and novelization of the movie includes their scenes that involves their death. After Sentinel Prime kills Ironhide, Skids [[TakingTheBullet sacrifices himself to protect]] Bumblebee, while Mudflap futilely attacks Sentinel in revenge (buying time for others to escape), Sentinel describes the act as worthy of a hero's death. Many fans regard it respectfully and even express regret it wasn't realized in the film.

** [[CameraFiend Colin Creevy]] and [[SmittenTeenageGirl Lavender Brown]] ([[DeathByAdaptation in the film]]) are two other characters that most fans either found annoying or didn't care either way for, but their deaths were still pretty sad.

So, [[TheScrappy that character that nobody likes]] is finally going to be killed off! This is the moment you thought you'd be rejoicing. Yet... the death scene is so well done that you actually find yourself feeling [[TearJerker sad]] or so brutal that you find yourself [[NightmareFuel horrified]]! Expect to read a lot of messageboard posts saying "I never thought I'd cry at X's death, but I was bawling so loud I woke the neighbors." May even lead to the character who died being RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap if the fans feel bad enough for them.

* Backfired in flashbacks of ''GO-GO VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}!'' with Smartotchi while played straight in all other types of scenes.

* Khalid from ''VideoGame/BaldursGate''. Many players found him a rather whiny coward who got on his nerves, not to mention a less than stellar fighter. However, at the start of the sequel, he suffers a rather tragic fate when [[BigBadIrenicus captures the party]]. Irenicus kills Khalid offscreen, resulting in his wife Jaheira being utterly distraught when she finds his body mutilated(the mutilation happened postmortem, but that's still an awful fate), and many of his haters feeling bad for him.

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* In ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', it's revealed that Luvbi is the last Pure Heart. Nobody was really fond of her before this, but the scene is still very moving and the characters are sorry to see her go.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' has Fi, who, while not universally hated, is still something of a BaseBreakingCharacter due to her tendency towards being CaptainObvious. Even if you hate her, her "death", which is a HeroicSacrifice that will take centuries, and which she prefaces by admitting feelings for Link that she was incapable of admitting until the end due to programming, is still a tear-jerker.

* Teruteru Hanamura, the first murderer in ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', is often hated by new players due to being a crazed sex pervert who makes smutty comments all the time and is always hitting on everyone, male or female... then you learn his motive for killing: he wanted to escape the island to see his sick mother. He then gets [[CruelAndUnusualDeath one of the most brutal executions in the game]] while he begs to at least know if his mom is OK, a request that is completely ignored by Monokuma. Even some of his biggest haters were moved to tears by this. It doesn't help that he was actually trying to kill Komaeda once he realized he was out of his gourd and a huge danger to everyone else, but accidentally wound up killing the Imposter, who was also trying to stop Komaeda.

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* In ''Literature/TidesOfWar'', Archmage Rhonin, generally regarded as a MarySue from one of the most hated licensed authors in the Franchise/WarcraftExpandedUniverse, was given a tragic and poignant HeroicSacrifice expending all of his magic to prevent the mana bomb's destruction from destroying most of the world, localizing it to just Theramore city.

** Tsukiko [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0830.html gets her own]] one later on. After parodying the MarySue a bit too closely (polychromatic eyes, dark, mysterious, and misunderstood, yet beautiful, etc), her death scene when she crosses Redcloak is actually pretty touching. She has the life drained out of her by the very undead that she so cared for (magically controlled by Redcloak), whispering "[[TragicDream Why don't... you love... me]]?" with her last words.

* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' has [[AcademicAlphaBitch Berdly]], the self-proclaimed smartest student in Kris' class and a NerdyBully towards them. While he is one of the most hated characters [[TheFriendNobodyLikes in]] and [[TheScrappy out of]] universe in a normal run, many players were traumatized after having to kill him during the Weird Route for two reasons: his concern about the safety and mental state of Noelle (whom [[VillainProtagonist Kris]] [[CorruptTheCutie forces to kill enemies against her will]]) was the only time he genuinely acted like a friend towards her, and when you come back to the real world, [[PleaseWakeUp he doesn't wake up]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' has [[AcademicAlphaBitch Berdly]], the self-proclaimed smartest student in Kris' class and a NerdyBully towards them. While he is one of the most hated characters [[TheFriendNobodyLikes in]] and [[TheScrappy out of]] universe in a normal run, many players were traumatized after having to kill him during the Weird Route for two reasons: his concern about Noelle's safety (whom Kris (and by extension, [[YouBastard the player]]) [[CorruptTheCutie forces to kill enemies against her will]]) was the first (and only) time he genuinely acted like a friend towards her, and when you come back to the real world, [[PleaseWakeUp he doesn't wake up]].