History RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap / TalesSeries

With the Tales games often being [[DeconstructorFleet Deconstruction Fleets]], any character that may come across as a [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] will generally find themselves being [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap improved]] over the course of the game or spin-off.

* Woodrow was a TierInducedScrappy in the original game due to joining your party woefully underleveled[[note]]He starts as a CrutchCharacter early on in the game but never gains levels as you progress after he leaves[[/note]], requiring you waste time to grind him to a proper level if you wanted to ever use him. To make matters worse, he had a unique mechanic where he could equip either swords or bows, but this mechanic meant he was locked out of half of his abilities at any given time due to those abilities being either exclusive to swords or exclusive to bows. He also replaced Mary, a beloved character who'd only return to the party if specific conditions were fulfilled very late on. The remake of the game reworked his skills extensively, allowing him to use both his sword and bow artes and making him join the party at the same level the rest of your teammates were at. Furthermore, Mary rejoins the party more easily now, mitigating the feeling of her being replaced.

* Chester was a Scrappy for some people because of his almost non-existent personality, beyond being a hot-head who was intent on killing Dhaos for murdering his little sister and barely being in the game at all, despite being the [[TheHero Hero]]'s best friend. His lack of any skills made him an unfit party member in the game, too. Eventually, [[UpdatedRerelease further versions]] of the game gave him a handful of skills, put the spotlight on him a bit more and his personality was expanded upon, making him less of a one-note character.

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** Once people realized Cheria was one of the best fighters in the game players were more forgiving towards her. the real scrappy was Asbel and Huberts father whose abusive actions and poor decisions towards his children caused the very scenario he was trying to avoid. and died before he could be redeemed for his actions

* Colette was seen as a PuritySue and nothing but a lame [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]], whose biggest personality was being a [[NiceGuy nice and sweet girl]]. As the game went on, [[spoiler: her being identified as the Chosen One has caused her to see herself as nothing but the Chosen One and her extent of being willing to sacrifice herself for the world's good was quite impressive]].

** Natalia first appears as nothing but a snobbish, arrogant princess and casually lords her position over Guy and only got into the party, because she basically blackmailed Luke into letting her join. [[spoiler: Then she's revealed to be the soft-touch to King Ingobert's rule, as she was in charge of most of the projects that involved social institutions, like hospitals, and is loved by most of her kingdom's people. And when she gets knocked down a peg by the revelation that she is not the biological daughter of the King, her behavior became less arrogant. It also helps that she quickly proves herself not to be [[TheLoad a typical Princess damsel]] by doing such things as bringing a bow to a gun fight with Legretta and ''winning'' until reinforcements arrived]], [[spoiler: [[BigDamnHeroes sniping Largo out of a tree the moment she's made aware of his presence, saving Luke and Guy's lives,]] [[PoliticallyActivePrincess rallying her people behind her through her kind acts alone, effectively winning a popularity battle with the king to the point that his entire country would have rioted if he didn't take her back (and making him realize how horrible he was to her in his moment of weakness)]] and finally, [[BadassPrincess shooting her villainous father in the back to finish him off, impressing him beyond all belief.]] She may still use Asch as a bit of an emotional crutch, but unlike typical RPG romances, he does as well, and her character is ''far'' from just 'Asch's love interest.' She broke so many negative Princess, Female, and combat stereotypes she's effectively a fandom-loved walking deconstruction. And when Asch dies? It takes one slap from Jade to wake her up and make her get serious, gunning for Van.]]

* Chester was a Scrappy for some people because of his almost non-existent personality, beyond being a hot-head who was intent on killing Dhaos for [[DeadLittleSister murdering his little sister]] and barely being in the game at all, despite being the [[TheHero Hero]]'s best friend. His lack of any skills made him an unfit party member in the game, too. Eventually, [[UpdatedRerelease further versions]] of the game gave him a handful of skills, put the spotlight on him a bit more and his personality was expanded upon, making him less of a one-note character.

** Natalia first appears as nothing but a snobbish, arrogant princess and casually lords her position over Guy and only got into the party, because she basically blackmailed Luke into letting her join. [[spoiler: Then she's revealed to be the soft-touch to King Ingobert's rule, as she was in charge of most of the projects that involved social institutions, like hospitals, and is loved by most of her kingdom's people. And when she gets knocked down a peg by the revelation that she is not the biological daughter of the King, her behavior became less arrogant. It also helps that she quickly proves herself not to be [[TheLoad a typical Princess damsel]] by doing such things as [[{{Badass}} bringing a bow to a gun fight with Legretta and ''winning'']] until reinforcements arrived]], [[spoiler: [[BigDamnHeroes sniping Largo out of a tree the moment she's made aware of his presence, saving Luke and Guy's lives,]] [[PoliticallyActivePrincess rallying her people behind her through her kind acts alone, effectively winning a popularity battle with the king to the point that his entire country would have rioted if he didn't take her back (and making him realize how horrible he was to her in his moment of weakness)]] and finally, [[BadassPrincess shooting her villainous father in the back to finish him off, impressing him beyond all belief.]] She may still use Asch as a bit of an emotional crutch, but unlike typical RPG romances, he does as well, and her character is ''far'' from just 'Asch's love interest.' She broke so many negative Princess, Female, and combat stereotypes she's effectively a fandom-loved walking deconstruction. And when Asch dies? It takes one slap from Jade to wake her up and make her get serious, gunning for Van.]]

** Natalia first appears as nothing but a snobbish, arrogant princess and casually lords her position over Guy and only got into the party, because she basically blackmailed Luke into letting her join. [[spoiler: Then she's revealed to be the soft-touch to King Ingobert's rule, as she was in charge of most of the projects that involved social institutions, like hospitals, and is loved by most of her kingdom's people. And when she gets knocked down a peg by the revelation that she is not the biological daughter of the King, her behavior became less arrogant. It also helps that she quickly proves herself not to be [[TheLoad a typical Princess damsel]] by doing such things as [[Badass bringing a bow to a gun fight with Legretta and ''winning'']] until reinforcements arrived]], [[spoiler: [[BigDamnHeroes sniping Largo out of a tree the moment she's made aware of his presence, saving Luke and Guy's lives,]] [[PoliticallyActivePrincess rallying her people behind her through her kind acts alone, effectively winning a popularity battle with the king to the point that his entire country would have rioted if he didn't take her back (and making him realize how horrible he was to her in his moment of weakness)]] and finally, [[BadassPrincess shooting her villainous father in the back to finish him off, impressing him beyond all belief.]] She may still use Asch as a bit of an emotional crutch, but unlike typical RPG romances, he does as well, and her character is ''far'' from just 'Asch's love interest.' She broke so many negative Princess, Female, and combat stereotypes she's effectively a fandom-loved walking deconstruction. And when Asch dies? It takes one slap from Jade to wake her up and make her get serious, gunning for Van.]]

** Natalia first appears as nothing but a snobbish, arrogant princess and casually lords her position over Guy and only got into the party, because she basically blackmailed Luke into letting her join. [[spoiler: Then she's revealed to be the soft-touch to King Ingobert's rule, as she was in charge of most of the projects that involved social institutions, like hospitals, and is loved by most of her kingdom's people. And when she gets knocked down a peg by the revelation that she is not the biological daughter of the King, her behavior became less arrogant. It also helps that she quickly proves herself not to be [[TheLoad a typical Princess damsel]] by doing such things as [[Badass bringing a bow to a gun fight with Legretta and ''winning'' until reinforcements arrived]],]] [[spoiler: [[BigDamnHeroes sniping Largo out of a tree the moment she's made aware of his presence, saving Luke and Guy's lives,]] [[PoliticallyActivePrincess rallying her people behind her through her kind acts alone, effectively winning a popularity battle with the king to the point that his entire country would have rioted if he didn't take her back (and making him realize how horrible he was to her in his moment of weakness)]] and finally, [[BadassPrincess shooting her villainous father in the back to finish him off, impressing him beyond all belief.]] She may still use Asch as a bit of an emotional crutch, but unlike typical RPG romances, he does as well, and her character is ''far'' from just 'Asch's love interest.' She broke so many negative Princess, Female, and combat stereotypes she's effectively a fandom-loved walking deconstruction. And when Asch dies? It takes one slap from Jade to wake her up and make her get serious, gunning for Van.]]

** Natalia first appears as nothing but a snobbish, arrogant princess and casually lords her position over Guy and only got into the party, because she basically blackmailed Luke into letting her join. [[spoiler: Then she's revealed to be the soft-touch to King Ingobert's rule, as she was in charge of most of the projects that involved social institutions, like hospitals, and is loved by most of her kingdom's people. And when she gets knocked down a peg by the revelation that she is not the biological daughter of the King, her behavior became less arrogant. It also helps that she quickly proves herself not to be [[TheLoad a typical Princess damsel]] by doing such things as [[Badass bringing a bow to a gun fight with Legretta and ''winning'' until reinforcements arrived]], [[spoiler: [[BigDamnHeroes sniping Largo out of a tree the moment she's made aware of his presence, saving Luke and Guy's lives,]] [[PoliticallyActivePrincess rallying her people behind her through her kind acts alone, effectively winning a popularity battle with the king to the point that his entire country would have rioted if he didn't take her back (and making him realize how horrible he was to her in his moment of weakness)]] and finally, [[BadassPrincess shooting her villainous father in the back to finish him off, impressing him beyond all belief.]] She may still use Asch as a bit of an emotional crutch, but unlike typical RPG romances, he does as well, and her character is ''far'' from just 'Asch's love interest.' She broke so many negative Princess, Female, and combat stereotypes she's effectively a fandom-loved walking deconstruction. And when Asch dies? It takes one slap from Jade to wake her up and make her get serious, gunning for Van.]]

** Natalia first appears as nothing but a snobbish, arrogant princess and casually lords her position over Guy and only got into the party, because she basically blackmailed Luke into letting her join. [[spoiler: Then she's revealed to be the soft-touch to King Ingobert's rule, as she was in charge of most of the projects that involved social institutions, like hospitals, and is loved by most of her kingdom's people. And when she gets knocked down a peg by the revelation that she is not the biological daughter of the King, her behavior became less arrogant. It also helps that she quickly proves herself not to be [[TheLoad a typical Princess damsel]] by doing such things as [[Badass bringing a bow to a gun fight with Legretta and ''winning'' until reinforcements arrived,]] [[spoiler: [[BigDamnHeroes sniping Largo out of a tree the moment she's made aware of his presence, saving Luke and Guy's lives,]] [[PoliticallyActivePrincess rallying her people behind her through her kind acts alone, effectively winning a popularity battle with the king to the point that his entire country would have rioted if he didn't take her back (and making him realize how horrible he was to her in his moment of weakness)]] and finally, [[BadassPrincess shooting her villainous father in the back to finish him off, impressing him beyond all belief.]] She may still use Asch as a bit of an emotional crutch, but unlike typical RPG romances, he does as well, and her character is ''far'' from just 'Asch's love interest.' She broke so many negative Princess, Female, and combat stereotypes she's effectively a fandom-loved walking deconstruction. And when Asch dies? It takes one slap from Jade to wake her up and make her get serious, gunning for Van.]]

** Natalia first appears as nothing but a snobbish, arrogant princess and casually lords her position over Guy and only got into the party, because she basically blackmailed Luke into letting her join. [[spoiler: Then she's revealed to be the soft-touch to King Ingobert's rule, as she was in charge of most of the projects that involved social institutions, like hospitals, and is loved by most of her kingdom's people. And when she gets knocked down a peg by the revelation that she is not the biological daughter of the King, her behavior became less arrogant. It also helps that she quickly proves herself not to be [[TheLoad a typical Princess damsel]] by doing such things as [[Badass bringing a bow to a gun fight with Legretta and ''winning'' until reinforcements arrived,]] [[BigDamnHeroes sniping Largo out of a tree the moment she's made aware of his presence, saving Luke and Guy's lives,]] [[PoliticallyActivePrincess rallying her people behind her through her kind acts alone, effectively winning a popularity battle with the king to the point that his entire country would have rioted if he didn't take her back (and making him realize how horrible he was to her in his moment of weakness)]] and finally, [[BadassPrincess shooting her villainous father in the back to finish him off, impressing him beyond all belief.]] She may still use Asch as a bit of an emotional crutch, but unlike typical RPG romances, he does as well, and her character is ''far'' from just 'Asch's love interest.' She broke so many negative Princess, Female, and combat stereotypes she's effectively a fandom-loved walking deconstruction. And when Asch dies? It takes one slap from Jade to wake her up and make her get serious, gunning for Van.]]

** Natalia first appears as nothing but a snobbish, arrogant princess and casually lords her position over Guy and only got into the party, because she basically blackmailed Luke into letting her join. [[spoiler: Then she's revealed to be the soft-touch to King Ingobert's rule, as she was in charge of most of the projects that involved social institutions, like hospitals, and is loved by most of her kingdom's people. And when she gets knocked down a peg by the revelation that she is not the biological daughter of the King, her behavior became less arrogant.]]

** Gaius and Muzét have both taken [[TookALevelInKindness a level in kindness]] and gained more character depth to them, now that both are playable, with Gaius actually having a surprisingly [[TheComicallySerious funny]] side to his personality, while Muzet actually faces consequences for her actions in ''Xillia'' and work to gain the rest of the party's trust.

* The game has done this for majority of the Xillia cast. If one of the Xillia cast bugged you in the previous game, they likely became much more tolerable in this game.

** Gaius and Muzét have both taken [[TookALevelInKindness a level in kindness]] and gained more character depth to them, now that both are playable, with Gaius actually having a surprisingly [[TheComicallySerious funny]] side to his personality.

* Elize got similar flak to Sophie above, being the youngest of the party. And then she turned out to be one of the few kid characters in the Tales series that actually ''acts'' her age, is overall well-written, is adorable and is an amazingly good party member to boot; she's become a fandom favorite. Instead, some hatred shifted over to Jude and Milla, for overall being [[SatelliteCharacter arbitrary to the main plot]] and lacking empathy, respectively.
* [[GenkiGirl Leia]] was first written off as nothing but a happy-go-lucky Childhoodfriend and nothing more, even considering her TheLoad of the party. She showed a lot more depth when [[spoiler: she took care of Jude during his HeroicBSOD, even protecting him from Alvin. The fact that she was aware that she might be TheLoad, and was scared of being considered one, was what drove her to prove herself to the party, too]].

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* Elize got similer flak to Sophie above, being the youngest of the party. And then she turned out to be one of the few kid characters in the Tales series that actually ''acts'' her age, is overall well-written, is adorable and is an amazingly good party member to boot; she's become a fandom favorite. Instead, some hatred shifted over to Jude and Milla, for overall being [[SatelliteCharacter arbitrary to the main plot]] and lacking empathy, respectively.

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** Gaius and Muzét have both taken [[TookALevelInKindness a level in kindness]] and gained more character depth to them, now that both are playable, with Gaius actually having a surprisingly [[TheComicallySerious funny]] side to his personality.