History UnintentionallyUnsympathetic / TotalDrama

* Emma. We're supposed to feel sorry for her because her ex-boyfriend, Chase, won't leave her alone. However, her obsessive JerkassToOne attitude towards Chase (who, [[AssholeVictim while deserving of it]] regardless of any care he might have, [[HeroWithAnFInGood his worst actions]] are [[InnocentlyInsensitive a result of idiocy rather than malice]]) makes her come off as petty and childish, making her come off as unsympathetic. This is compounded by how it's revealed in "The Truth, The Pole Truth and Nothing But the Truth" that he tried to legally have her name changed to "[[ItsAllAboutMe Chase's Girlfriend]]" and that he ''crippled her mother'', yet she chose to stay with him until he cut her brakes. This is not helped by the fact that in "Tortoise Rigamortis", she actively sabotages Bowie throughout the challenge simply because he voted to have Chase eliminated, even blaming him for agreeing with her whenever she ranted about Chase, despite the fact that Bowie is right about Chase being a terrible person who Emma should have never gone back to in the first place. However, it may not have been unintentional as many characters, including [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Chris and Julia]], are disgusted with Emma's decision to get back with Chase.

* Caleb in the second season. He's intended to be seen as a NiceGuy who, like Priya but to a lesser extent, has parents that push him to be his best. For some, this falls flat when he initially talked to Priya just to form an alliance and only then in episode 6 did he fall for her (although to his credit Caleb seemed obvious about Priya's crush on him). Him claiming that he's honest and doesn't want to go against his grandmother comes off as hypocritical when he's worked with Julia in the votes and once again, only wanted to form an alliance with Priya from the start. And he's presented as a pushover every time Priya acts vindictive and irrational. As a result, him making the finale comes off as unearned to some.

* Priya, while she is certainly TheWoobie and was in some ways correct to feel used by Caleb and Millie even though they weren't acting maliciously, some fans pointed out that a lot of Priya's problems could be solved if she just talked to people instead of just yelling and physically attacking people (some who didn't even hurt her in the first place). She was also supposed to be a positive friend influence for Millie, except that Priya herself admitted to having intentionally tried to kill Caleb and used him for her own goals, making many of her (otherwise valid) criticisms seem hypocritical.

* Caleb in the second season. He's intended to be seen as a NiceGuy who, like Priya but to a lesser extent, has parents that push him to be his best. For some, this falls flat when he initially talked to Priya just to form an alliance and only then in episode 6 did he fall for her (although to his credit Caleb seemed obvious about Priya's crush on him). Him claiming that he's honest and doesn't want to go against his grandmother comes off as hypocritical when he's worked with Julia in the votes and once again, only wanted to form an alliance with Priya from the start. And he's presented as a pushover everytime Priya acts vindictive and irrational. As a result, him making the finale comes off as unearned to some.
* Priya, while she is certainly TheWoobie and was in some ways correct to feel used by Calleb and Millie even though they weren't acting maliciously, some fans pointed out that a lot of Priya's problems could be solved if she just talked to people instead of just yelling and physically attacking people (some who didn't even hurt her in the first place). She was also supposed to be a positive friend influence for Millie, except that Priya herself admitted to having intentionally tried to kill Calleb and used him for her own goals, making many of her (otherwise valid) criticisms seem hypocritical.

* Priya, while she is certainly TheWoobie and was in some ways correct to feel used by Calleb and Millie even though they weren't acting maliciously, some fans pointed out that a lot of Priya's problems could be solved if she just talked to people instead of just yelling and physically attacking people (some who didn't even hurt her in the first place). She was also supposed to be a positive friend influence for Millie, except that Priya herself admitted to having intentionally tried to kill Calleb and used him for her own goals, making many of her criticisms seem hypocritical.

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* Emma. We're supposed to feel sorry for her because her ex-boyfriend, Chase, won't leave her alone. However, her obsessive JerkassToOne attitude towards Chase (who, [[AssholeVictim while deserving of it]] regardless of any care he might have, [[HeroWithAnFInGood his worst actions]] are [[InnocentlyInsensitive a result of idiocy rather than malice]]) makes her come off as petty and childish, making her come off as unsympathetic. This is compounded by how it's revealed in "The Truth, The Pole Truth and Nothing But the Truth" that he tried to legally have her name changed to "[[ItsAllAboutMe Chase's Girlfriend]]" and that he ''crippled her mother'', yet she chose to stay with him until he cut her brakes. This is not helped by the fact that in "Tortoise Rigamortis", she actively sabotages Bowie throughout the challenge simply because he voted to have Chase eliminated, even blaming him for agreeing with her whenever she ranted about Chase, despite the fact that Bowie is right about Chase being a terrible person who Emma should have never gone back to in the first place. However, it may not have been unintentional as many characters, including Chris and Julia, are disgusted with Emma's decision to get back with Chase.

* Caleb in the second season. He's intended to be seen as a NiceGuy who, like Priya but to a lesser extent, has parents that push him to be his best. For some, this falls flat when he initially talked to Priya just to form an alliance and only then in episode 6 did he fall for her. Him claiming that he's honest and doesn't want to go against his grandmother comes off as hypocritical when he's worked with Julia in the votes and once again, only wanted to form an alliance with Priya from the start. And he's presented as a pushover everytime Priya acts vindictive and irrational. As a result, him making the finale comes off as unearned to some.

* Caleb in the second season. He's intended to be seen as a NiceGuy who, like Priya but to a lesser extent, has parents that push him to be his best. For some, this falls flat when he initially talked to Priya just to form an alliance and only then in episode 6 did he fall for her. Him claiming that he's honest and doesn't want to go against his grandmother comes off as hypocritical when he's worked with Julia in the votes and once again, only wanted to form an alliance with Priya from the start. As such, him making the finale comes off as unearned to some.

* Caleb in the second season. He's intended to be seen as a NiceGuy who, like Priya but to a lesser extent, has parents that push him to be his best. For some, this falls flat when he initially talked to Priya just to form an alliance and only then in episode 6 did he fall for her. Him claiming that he's honest and doesn't want to go against his grandmother comes off as hypocritical when he's worked with Julia in the votes.

* The remaining members of the Killer Grips in "The Chefshank Redemption" (Justin, Beth, Owen, and Lindsay). As already mentioned, them forcing blackmail upon a completely innocent person for something that they didn't have any knowledge or part of (Gwen because of how Trent kept throwing challenges for his team in order to keep her safe) ultimately paints them in a pretty negative light in spite of how the show portrays them as the ones who are right. The fact that they score their first of three wins of the season as a result of this doesn't do them much favors either.

* On the other side of that, Courtney. While the narrative showed her ramping up her controlling behavior of Duncan, it also treated her very sympathetically in the wake of her being cheated on. Gwen was booted off with no foreshadowing to her allergy. Courtney was comforted by Heather, had Sierra's backing, and overall showed to be heartbroken and in the right for her reaction. Her abusiveness towards Duncan during their relationship was never brought up by anyone, [[NeverMyFault nor did she ever apologize for it]] in any episodes in ''any'' seasons. She was also never called a hypocrite for flirting with Tyler (who was dating Lindsay) soon after, nor was she ever called out for going after Heather's crush Alejandro (who she knew Heather had feelings for) despite Heather treating her sympathetically for being cheated on. The narrative treats her sympathetically, rightfully, for being cheated on, but for many of her viewers, that sympathy does not extend to how she mistreats other characters.

* Cameron is this in ''All-Stars'' due to getting hit by the IdiotBall, and failing to notice anything off about Mike until it is much too late. His status as an EliminationHoudini, where he evaded elimination several times only added more fuel to the fire.

* Dave does little to nothing to help his team out and instead spends most of his time creeping on Sky or whining about getting dirty. When Sky rejects him in "Hurl and Go Seek!" it's supposed to be a sad moment, but most viewers felt the rejection was justified and that Dave was being {{Wangst}}y. And when he [[spoiler:votes himself off, it's solely because he was rejected by Sky, and we're still supposed to sympathize with him the whole time]]. However, [[spoiler: it may not have been as unintentional as expected, considering his [[FaceHeelTurn actions]] in the finale.]]