History YMMV / SurvivalOfTheFittest

** [[AxeCrazy Liam Brooks]], full stop. Same reasoning as above [[FaceHeelTurn post-breakdown.]] He's either seen as an effective WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds or an over the top villain running on a {{Gimmick}}. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Let's just leave it at that]].

** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "CRAIG HOYLE IS GOING TO]] [[{{Series/Firefly}} RAPE YOU AND WEAR YOUR SKIN AS A COAT!"]]
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Most characters will get one at some point. Some of the better examples can be found on [[Awesome/SurvivalOfTheFittest the relevant page]].

* HypeBacklash: A lot of older characters that used to be rather well-regarded have not held up very well upon being re-read years later.

* NightmareFuel: ...some scenes use gore in a skilled enough manner to give the reader a serious case of the willies. A classic example would have to be Damien Carter-Madison's death scene, where his [[DyingDream dying hallucination]] sees his former classmates drag him into the gates of what is ''heavily'' implied to be {{Hell}}. It's... unnerving and frightening, to say the least. [[NightmareFuel/SurvivalOfTheFittest Now has its own page.]]

* MarySue: Plenty of them show up in the application process. Some make it onto the island, but far less than there used to be. As of the more recent seasons, the general rule is that they try to screen out obvious "players" who seem like they were written specifically to succeed in the arena (e.g. a [[DarkAndTroubledPast violent upbringing]], gritty working-class background, antisocial attitude, experience with weapons and/or fighting), in favor of more {{Ordinary High School Student}}s who may only hold some of those traits.

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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Anastasia Arcadia in [=TV2=], who was already divisive with her over-the-top quirky hedonist persona, and either won readers over or lost them completely when she went off the deep end.
* CargoShip: As an officially canonical example from Virtua, no less: Sycanus Appletin and her teddy bear are... rather close. At one point she is shown making out with it.
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Second Chances.
** Evo can easily invoke this. The characters have no friends, some people get permanently and horribly mutilated before the game even starts and even if they win, there's a chance if their change was too great they'd never let them go home and they'd be an experiment forever.
** ''SOTF-TV'' is an inversion, in that the LighterAndSofter comedic elements caused some handlers to feel less concern for the characters.
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Second Chances, again, as reusing old characters who were mostly handled by the same writers, combined with the same basic plotline as SOTF Main, limited its novelty value for a lot of readers. It wasn't helped by most of the characters coming from V4, the version that took place just before Second Chances, which meant that most of the characters had just been seen in action a few months ago.
** Second Chances 2, on the other hand, has subverted this trope magnificently, with a more diverse cast and vastly improved activity. The fact that most of the returning characters are covering ground that was unexplored by their previous incarnations combined with the very high bar for quality has made it one of the most praised minis in recent years.
* MemeticBadass: From SOTF-TV you have [[MemeticMutation Jared Fuckin' Clayton]], a previous winner who was enlisted as a mentor for one of the teams. He serves as this in-universe as well.
* MemeticMutation: "Put Blaine back in the barrel", coined after Blaine Eno got stuffed in a barrel early in [=SC2=], only to escape and go on to do [[NightmareFuel very bad things]].
** [[Webcomic/HiimDaisy "YOU SAYIN' JAY LIKES DUDES?!"]] tends to get shouted out whenever there's any hint that [[ArmoredClosetGay Jay Harland]] may not be straight.
* MoralEventHorizon: Blaine Eno's [[ColdBloodedTorture horrific torture]] of Michael Crowe.
* PortmanteauCoupleName: In [=TV2=], the couple Vahka Basayev and Regina Aston is referred to OOC as [[{{IncrediblyLamePun}} Vagina]].
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Second Chances and Virtua both seem to have gotten some of this treatment as overall versions; Second Chances 2 has been much more active and well-received than [=SC1=], and Virtua's epilogue provided closure and some striking FridgeHorror regarding the setting, which elevated it somewhat.
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The original Second Chances was plagued with severe activity issues and had a fairly poor reception, throwing the idea of a sequel into question. When Second Chances 2 came around, it was an instant success, with an incredibly active cast and a lot of action and interesting character concepts right out of the gate. Within one in-game day, [=SC2=] had almost as many total posts as the ''entirety'' of [=SC1=]!

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Jerry Fury as a parody of early SOTF can either be seen as a hilarious take on old character tropes and attitudes or an unfunny character that falls into the trappings of those very same tropes.
** [[AxCrazy Iasbel Ramirez]] tends to be considered either a great homage to killers from the earlier versions, or making the same mistakes that made those characters less than interesting in the first place.

** [[AxCrazy IasbelRamirez]] tends to be considered either a great homage to killers from the earlier versions, or making the same mistakes that made those characters less than interesting in the first place.

** Nicole Carter-Madison, the mother of Damien Carter-Madison, has also received a resurgence in popularity. See UnintentionallySympathetic for the reasons why.
* TheScrappy: Sam Sorenson is unanimously despised by the handlers for his [[{{Squick}} absolutely disgusting]] antics, as well as the fact that he seems to exist solely to shock and horrify readers rather than actually tell a story.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Damien Carter-Madison's story seems to want the reader to hate his mother Nicole as much as Damien himself does. However, Nicole only ever comes off as a particularly overprotective mom at worst, making Damien come off as an UngratefulBastard.

* TheScrappy: Blood Boy, who did almost nothing but kill people in over-the-top [[{{Squick}} disgusting]] and [[NightmareFuel horrifying]] ways, making for a very unpleasant read.

* MemeticMutation: Nick LeMonde's Hunga Munga went on to become one of the most mentioned weapons in SOTF, due to its silly name and bizarre appearance. It lead to it being reused in future versions.

* ObviousJudas: When the phrase "pre-made player" is used, this trope is what handlers are referring to. Generally it means that a character is obviously going to play just from a casual read-through of their profile. Generally it means any mixture of DarkAndTroubledPast, [[ManipulativeBastard excellent manipulation skills]], prior experience with weapons and/or martial arts, mental instability, or outright [[TheSociopath sociopathy]]. While more common in earlier versions, the site's staff has made an effort to avert this during profile submissions by asking characters with these traits to be rewritten, if not denied outright.

* FoeYay: Georgia Lee Day and Fiyori Senay are antagonistic towards each other throughout pregame and the main game itself, but they also have several intimate interactions. [[spoilers:Georgia Lee even dies in Fiyori's arms moments after Fiyori declares her hatred of her.]]