History TheScrappy / LiveActionTV

* The final three episodes of ''Series/ThreesCompany'' basically served as a means to set up its [[SpinOff spin-off]] ''Three's a Crowd'', in which the entire cast save for Creator/JohnRitter's [[Characters/ThreesCompany Jack Tripper]] would be [[FromTheAshes cast aside]]. These episodes introduced Jack's love interest for ''Three's a Crowd'', Vicky Bradford (played by Mary Cadorette) and her father James (played by Robert Mandan). The fundamental problems with Vicky was due to how she was both written and how she was played. On ''Three's Company'', the audience had spent all of these years watching Jack date all of these sexually mature women with decent heads on their shoulders. But by the very end of the series, he all of a sudden, hooks up with this [[VanillaProtagonist drip]] of a woman who almost seems like a [[{{Manchild}} little girl]]. Vicky is [[SpoiledBrat still relying on her parents]] and acting like she's never been in a relationship before. Meanwhile, it simply wasn't fun nor funny to see a [[NiceGuy nice guy]] like Jack constantly have to put up with and [[AintTooProudToBeg grovel for the approval]] of a [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] like James. You never really understood getting why the friction between Jack and James was warranted since Jack never really gave James a justifiable reason for him to be angry with him in the first place.

** ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'': Giff, the BigBad of the series, is hated by viewers for being a GenericDoomsdayVillain who does very little in the story. His servants do everything and have more presence, while he, due to being an obelisk for most of the show, literally just sits there. When he finally gets something to do, it's just as a big wall for the heroes to crash against, and his sudden focus on demons and humans co-existing comes out of nowhere for him and is underdeveloped, before he's swiftly defeated.

** Clayton Hughes and his rapid slide into insanity was poorly received, mainly because of how rushed his character arc was.

* ''Series/TheCosbyShow'': [[CousinOliver Olivia]] was introduced in the 6th season, just so they could have a new "cute child" and she was a CreatorsPet and SpotlightStealingSquad, and she often acted as if she was much older than she was.

** ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'': Kyosuke Kiriya. He was part of an unpopular ReTool of the show and seemed to exist primarily to pursue a tiresome and one-sided rivalry with the likable Asumu. His fate in fandom was sealed forever when, in the show's finale, [[spoiler:Kiriya becomes an Oni and Asumu does not - the production team later confirmed that they were both supposed to have become Oni, but it was ultimately decided that Asumu would not, and his suit was scrapped for parts to enhance Kiriya's]]. His actor, Yuichi Nakamura, later redeemed himself by going on to play the more popular Yuto in ''Series/KamenRiderDenO''.

*** The worst part: Iska's first episode has her as ''much'' more sympathetic, complex and likable--and even ends with the implication that she and Quark are on their way to repairing their past animosity. Her very next episode, however, arguably began the {{Flanderization}} process. It doesn't help that [[TheOtherDarrin she's played by a different actress from that point on.]]

** Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher. A classic case of a (and [[Administrivia/RenamedTropes former]] {{Trope Namer|s}} of) CreatorsPet. He could have been a fun character, embodying a dream of many a fan. A geeky teen genius who's allowed to be a part of the crew and explore the universe. He could have provided insights and solve some problems, but no. He had to meddle in everything, he had to be shamelessly praised by everybody and he solved virtually every major problem or crisis. Of course, [[IdiotBall everyone around him had to take a sharp drop in IQ]] for this to work, which did not help his popularity with viewers. As with Muldaur, Wesley's reputation as a Scrappy can be traced back to his first appearances: As early as Season Two, Wesley was portrayed as fallible and prone to self-doubt, and in later seasons, he was written out of the main cast and reduced to a guest character, whom even gets a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Picard himself. Referenced in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' when Sheldon referred to [[AdamWesting actor]] Creator/WilWheaton as "the [[TheScrappy/{{Film}} Jar-Jar Binks]] of the ''Star Trek'' fandom".[[note]]Which is kind of odd, as the now-adult Wheaton is actually ''quite'' popular with ... people who identify with the core Big Bang cast, even those who ''hated'' Wesley.[[/note]] [[CreatorBacklash Wil Wheaton himself]] wrote in his Next Generation episode reviews that he frequently yells "Shut up Wesley!" at his younger self. His initial demotion to a guest character was eventually met with a more permanent PutOnABus when he joined the Travelers in the final season, and he disappeared from the franchise for a long time until [[spoiler:a surprise guest appearance on ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' where he shows none of the negative qualities he possessed as a kid]].

* ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'':
** Mara seemed to be hated for a little while until the ending of Season 3 for her treatment of both [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerome]] and Joy. However, then she moved on to Fabian and ends up with her in Touchstone of Ra, essentially killing all hopes for an reunion for the OfficialCouple barring Nathalia returning for Season 4---if there was one. This has led to many criticizing Mabian for being a textbook example of PairTheSpares and StrangledByTheRedString and throwing more hate at her character. While some do support the new pairing, they're a minority. It doesn't help that Fabian and Mara almost ''never'' interacted in the series up till then. Adding to this is that a portion of the fanbase view her as a KarmaHoudini, thanks to never once being called out on anything she did to Joy or Jerome during the third season. These fans see her quick redemption as not being good enough, causing the bad taste to linger.
** There aren't many fans fond of Sophia, Erin, or Cassie from The Touchstone of Ra. Sophia is hated for flirting with Eddie (despite being a freshman) and then turning out as the BigBad, while Cassie and Erin were just seen as annoying and pointless characters by fans. Dexter, the other new character in the movie, avoids this by having an actual role in the plot and being seen as a mixture of all the boys in the House, making him a bit of an EnsembleDarkhorse.

** ''Series/PowerRangers