History TheScrappy / Pokemon

With up to 719 Pokemon as well as having a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters metric crapton of characters]], don't be surprised that there will always be a character that fans want to check on their cartridges and release them from their game.

** Honedge, a sword Pokemon from generation 6 was recieved pretty well by fans despite being a floating sword. It's evolution however - which is two crossed swords linked together - got immediately dumped on the scrappy heap for being an inanimate object Pokemon that adds another like Magneton and Klinklang. In fact, ''a lot'' of people thought it was nothing but a bad Photoshopped Honedge when they first saw it.

* Jynx is widely hated in the fandom, primarily due to her [[UnfortunateImplications controversial appearance]]. Editing their regular color from black to purple after Gen II quieted down the controversy, [[HateDumb though there are occasionally those who choose to ignore the change and continue to bring it up.]]

** Interestingly, Venusaur also seems unpopular in some circles, having hit the bottom place in a 2012 Japanese [[http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rayquaza_wins_15th_anniversary_poll Version Mascot popularity poll]] (below even the [[BaseBreaker divisive]] Creation Trio). While it was never ''hated'' per se, even in the early days there were people who found it ugly and unappealing compared to Charizard and Blastoise. The fact that it was a GameBreaker in Gen I didn't help all that much.
** Until Generation VI, Charizard was this among competitive battlers, due to its overuse in a metagame where it had no right to be. (Smogon classified Charizard as "Never Used", its lowest tier.) Charizard sucked in competitive battling for a lot of reasons, such as its frailty and terrible typing that saw it lose half its health every time it switched into Stealth Rock, and the fact that it was just plain outclassed by many other Fire types. Despite this, many people chose to use it anyway, leading to a lot of ire. It ended up being RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap in Generation VI, where it gained two new Mega Evolutions that are both quite useful in the metagame (Charizard X has a good typing and better attacking stats, while Charizard Y has a great ability and hits like a nuke).

* Rotom-Wash is loathed for being a near-GameBreaker, to the point of receiving the nickname of "Smogon Wash" for its ubiquity in competitive battling. Putting aside this, it also gets hate for looking really stupid - a washing machine with a stupid face being more common than many OlympusMons'll do that.

* Luvdisc, who is considered by many fans to be the most useless waste of life out of all 718 (thus far) Mons. This is not helped by the fact that water type pokemon are some of the most commonly found pokemon in all of the games. Out of them there are definitely lots of better pokemon than this one (or, in the case of Magikarp and Feebas, [[MagikarpPower at least evolve into something cool and competent]]) and the one thing it was good for ([[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire having Heart Scales so your team can relearn moves]]) got dropped in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' thanks to the Underground. It was so ''very nearly'' RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap when fans saw [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Alomomola]], but when it was revealed to be a stand-alone (ie non-evolutionary) mon, the fans went straight back to beating Luvdisc with merciless abandon.

** Pikachu clones (Plusle, Minum, Pachirisu, Emolga, and Dedenne) are something that many fans are severely sick of, since they appear to serve no purpose other than to appeal to little kids with their saccharine TastesLikeDiabetes nature and to remind people of [[SeriesMascot Pikachu]], who has become a ''huge'' BaseBreaker due to its undeniable SpotlightStealingSquad WolverinePublicity reputation. To make matters worse, Pikaclones have horrible stats and do not evolve, which deems them almost completely useless in battle.

* Whitney herself is also hated since she throws a tantrum when she loses instead of giving you the Plain Badge you earned. Not helped by the fact that she is often seen as ThatOneBoss.

* [[ThatOneBoss Whitney's Miltank]] in HG/SS. It was already a pain to fight in the originals, but in the remakes, which now had the ability system from Gen III, it gained the ability to damage Ghosts (which are normally immune to Normal-type moves). Said ability is appropriately titled Scrappy, [[ShoutOut which may have been a reference to the infamous puppy himself]].

* Whitney herself is also hated since she throws a tantrum when she loses instead of giving you the Plain Badge you earned.

** Alomomola isn't treated much better, as it is just a slightly better {Expy}} of Luvdisc.

** Alomomola isn't treated much better, as it is just a slightly better [[Expy]] of Luvdisc.

* Fennekin was the [[EnsembleDarkhorse most popular]] Kalos starter when it was first revealed. When its second evolution, Braixen, was revealed, it still had the best reception of the trio. Come the leaks of the final evolutions and Delphox immediately received the most ire from the fandom due to its UncannyValley appearance.

* The character in the pokemon series that however mostly lands on ''Top 10 most hated characters'' lists (even voted ones) is Ghetsis from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''. This is mainly due to the fact that he was very abusive to N and that at the end it was revealed that he wanted everyone to let their pokemon free so that Team Plasma would be able to conquer the world, probably the most cliché motive in all of video games.

With up to 719 Pokemon as well as having a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters metric crapton of characters]], dont be surprised that there will always be a character that fans want to check on their cartridges and release them from their game.

** Pikachu clones (Plusle, Minum, Pachirisu, Emolga, and Dedenne) are something that many fans are severely sick of, since they appear to serve no purpose other than to appeal to little kids with their saccharine TastesLikeDiabetes nature and to remind people of [[SeriesMascot Pikachu]], who has become a ''huge'' BaseBreaker due to its undeniable SpotlightStealingSquad WolverinePublicity CreatorsPet reputation. To make matters worse, Pikaclones have horrible stats and do not evolve, which deems them almost completely useless in battle.

** Pikachu clones (Plusle, Minum, Pachirisu, Emolga, and Dedenne) are something that many fans are severely sick of, since they appear to serve no purpose other than to appeal to little kids with their saccharine TastesLikeDiabetes nature and to remind people of [[SeriesMascot Pikachu]], who has become a ''huge'' BaseBreaker due to its undeniable SpotlightStealingSquad WolverinePublicity reputation. To make matters worse, Pikaclones have horrible stats and do not evolve, which deems them almost completely useless in battle.

* Bianca and Cheren from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''; the former is resented by those who find her naive and airheaded personality intolerable, whereas the latter is often loathed for coming off as a shallow StopHavingFunGuy throughout the middle of the games' storyline. Notably, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' mostly avert this issue by reducing their roles from actual rivals to helpful supporting characters who retain their CharacterDevelopment from the previous games.
** However, Bianca still gets flak for her StopHelpingMe tutorial and usually appearing out of the blue for little to no reason other than to reminisce about her journey two years ago (which, as stated above, many felt irritated by in the first place).
** Bianca's hatedom is nothing compared to the hatedom of her father, who is widely hated for trying to interfere with his daughter's journey. Some fans even go as far as to portray him ''[[AbusiveParents abusing]]'' Bianca.

* There seems to be a lot of hate for Youngster Joey from the Johto games.
** To the point that, as of HG/SS, he's a common meme in most parts of the internet. "It's like my [[EpicFail RATTATA]] is in the top percentage of [[EpicFail RATTATA]]."
** The Youngster and Lass Trainer classes are disliked in general - Youngsters for usually having weak Pokemon and Lasses for being stereotypically ditzy and girly.

* [[ThatOneBoss Whitney's Miltank]] in HG/SS. It was already a pain to fight in the originals, but in the remakes, which now had the ability system from Gen III, it gained the ability to damage Ghosts (which are normally immune to Normal-type moves). Said ability is appropriately titled Scrappy, [[ShoutOut which may have been a reference to the infamous puppy himself]].
** Whitney herself is also hated since she throws a tantrum when she loses instead of giving you the Plain Badge you earned.
** Clair also counts because she refuses to give the Rising Badge after you defeat her. She's not as widely hated as Whitney, though.

* Fennel has been getting this from other players ever since the Global Link opened. What doesn't help is her taunting expression and her [[StopHelpingMe constantly helping out when you only have an hour to spare on the Dream World]].
* The protagonists are prone to this, to varying degrees. If you're not the MemeticBadass's that are Red, Leaf, Hilbert or Hilda you have probably been a scrappy at least once. Dawn especially got hit with this due to [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses her feminine appearance]] (her anime counterpart didn't help her game counterpart's reputation either), and Lyra stands out [[ReplacementScrappy for her design entirely replacing Kris']], [[FirstInstallmentWins who was widely respected as the first optional female character in the franchise]].
** Lyra and Ethan (which one depends on which gender the player picked) can be this to any player who has no patience for the ExpositionFairy. Plus the tendency to call you constantly and at random if you keep your Pokegear on.
** [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Nate and Rosa]] got this treatment when they were revealed, due to their appearing more childish and immature than Hilbert and Hilda (despite being around the same age).
*** [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap And then came the Black 2 and White 2 animated trailer]], which went as far as to make several people consider Nate to be the biggest BadAss since Red himself. As for Rosa, her HotBlooded personality was also very well-received.
** Even Leaf is a bit of a Scrappy in some circles, primarily among [[FirstInstallmentWins Red's]] [[NostalgiaFilter more]] [[FanDumb die-hard fans]].

* The baby Pokemon (also introduced in Gen II) come off as this for being largely inferior to their evolutions stat-wise, as well as having evolution requirements that range from difficult (raising one all the way to level 30) to needlessly situational (friendship evolution during a certain time of day).
** Furthermore, the baby Pokémon will simply evolve into a Pokémon that you likely had to obtain to breed for the baby in the first place. While a few learn moves that are inaccessible to their evolved forms (i.e. Pichu learning [[StatusBuff Nasty Plot]]), most are simply for filling the Pokedex.

* Bidoof is widely considered to be the Scrappy of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''; in addition to being a generic regional early-game {{Mon}} that appears in nearly every feasible location, their design lands them into being one of the goofiest-looking Pokemon in the series, although it's ridiculous design have actually turned it into a MemeticBadass among certain parts of the fandom and it does make a good HM slave after all.
** It became a TierInducedScrappy when it gained the ability "Moody," which gave random stat increases/ decreases, including evasion. If Bidoof stalls for long enough, it can a super speedy monster that is nearly impossible to hit yet attacks like a truck.