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17	[[quoteright:350:[[Franchise/ScoobyDoo https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0ec835e622fd39d465b1c6785f81d878.png]]]]
18	[[caption-width-right:350: The [[TropeNamers original]] Scrappy in his native environment.\
19	Are Scooby-Doo and Shaggy shivering in fear of a monster appearing off-screen or in fear of Scrappy? You make the call.]]
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21	->''"The more astute readers among you may have noticed that I haven't yet gone so far as to give anything an actual 'F'. That's not out of any kind-heartedness on my part, it's just that every time I got ready to give one out, I would ask myself, 'Is it really that bad, compared to the verminous, soul-tainting badness of Scrappy-Doo?'"''
22	-->-- '''Lore Fitzgerald Sjoberg''', ''[[http://web.archive.org/web/20100822101040/http://www.bookofratings.com/scooby.html The Book of Ratings]]''
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24	There are popular characters that have {{fandom}}s. But sometimes, there is a character who instead has a ''{{hatedom}}''. We call this guy [[TitleDrop The Scrappy]]: a character that the audience hates to see.
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26	It's not enough that the character be hated, however. For any character to truly solidify themselves as a Scrappy in the eyes of the audience, ''all'' of the following criteria have to be met.
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28	!!A Scrappy has to be:
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30	* '''Unintentionally hated by the audience''': If [[IntendedAudienceReaction this character is supposed to be hated]] due to being a villain or {{Jerkass}}, and their cruel actions are treated as such by the narrative, that's a HateSink. They [[LoveToHate can be well-received]] by adding to the enjoyability of the work, if only for the satisfaction of them getting karma.[[labelnote:Examples]]Villains such as [[Series/GameOfThrones Ramsay Bolton]], [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]] and [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2 Micah Bell]] are not generally thought of as detracting from the works in which they appear, and were supposed to be horribly loathsome people that the audience would despise. Thus they do not qualify as Scrappies. Similarly, [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld Chica's Magic Rainbow]] is an extremely obnoxious jerk that ''did'' detract from her work, but as she's written to be annoying and mean on purpose, she doesn’t qualify either.[[/labelnote]] While such characters [[XPacHeat can overlap with The Scrappy]], they have to be hated for different reasons than intended that detract from the work's enjoyability.[[labelnote:Example]][[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Bendy]] was meant to be a HateSink due to his obnoxious actions. However, due to becoming a KarmaHoudini, he ended up being hated for reasons other than the creators intended, to the point they publicly apologized for it and [[ShooOutTheNewGuy wrote Bendy out of the show afterwards]].[[/labelnote]] A character's story should be concluded, seeing if they were supposed to be hated or get due karma, before judging them as a Scrappy or not.
31	* '''Hated by the majority of the audience''': If they have about as many fans as detractors, even if the latter [[VocalMinority are more obvious]], that's a BaseBreakingCharacter.[[labelnote:Example]][[WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}} Muffin Heeler]] has a few haters due to being a BrattyHalfPint, but she has just as many fans due to her famous quotes, so she doesn't count.[[/labelnote]] Examples of AmericansHateTingle and GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff similarly don't count, as they have fans somewhere. [[labelnote:Example]][[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Hiyoko Saionji]] is incredibly hated by English-speaking fans due to being a cruel bully whose actions are too mean-spirited to be entertaining, to the point that someone only familiar with that part of the fandom could easily assume she's an example, but she's well-liked in the franchise's native Japan, which disqualifies her.[[/labelnote]] Someone not personally liking a character is not this (unless it's a ShowWithinAShow example). For a character to truly be considered a Scrappy, even the SilentMajority has to dislike this character.
32	* '''A single hated character''': The Scrappy, as an {{Audience Reaction\|s}}, only applies to individual characters. Hated works, products, or real people do not count. Groups don't count either as they are not characters, and each character could vary in individual popularity (unless said group is small enough that all of its members can feasibly be judged Scrappies on their own). [[labelnote:Example]] The [[Franchise/DespicableMe Minions]] seem to be quite hated for being annoying comic relief characters who are constantly shoehorned into everything related to Creator/{{Illumination}}, but since they are an entire race of beings, they cannot be considered Scrappies because it isn’t fair to judge every single one of them.[[/labelnote]] Things like vehicles, weapons, or locations aren't characters either, so they cannot be Scrappies unless [[AnimateInanimateObject they're portrayed as sentient and have some characterization]].[[labelnote:Example]][[Website/{{Neopets}} Neopia Central]] has a reputation for being boring among players, due to having neither a theme like the other places nor many games. However, it is a place, not a character, and therefore doesn't count.[[/labelnote]]
33	* '''Hated for narrative reasons''': They're hated for the perception of being poorly written or detracting from the narrative. If the character is hated for gameplay reasons as opposed to narrative or character writing, that's a HighTierScrappy or LowTierLetdown (if they're a playable character), ThatOneBoss or GoddamnedBoss (if they're an enemy), or other Audience Reactions such as ScrappyMechanic or ThatOneSidequest.[[labelnote:Example]][[VideoGame/BanjoTooie Canary Mary]] is widely reviled by the fandom, but most of the hate is due to [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard the unfair difficulty of her races]] rather than how she is written, so she doesn't qualify as a Scrappy.[[/labelnote]] However, if the character is hated for story ''and'' gameplay reasons, then they’re still fair game.[[labelnote:Example]]Although [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Lorithia]] is hated for being ThatOneBoss, players also hate her for [[spoiler:being a bland and ineffective villain]], so she still counts.[[/labelnote]] If the character is hated because people hate the actor portraying the character, that's XPacHeat.
34	* '''Hated by the fans of the work''': They have to be hated by people who [[BileFascination unironically]] enjoy the work otherwise. Characters hated by [[{{Hatedom}} those who dislike the work to begin with]], or [[PeripheryHatedom whom the work wasn't meant to appeal to]] don't count.[[labelnote:Examples]][[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney]] and WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}} are definitely still hated, but the works they hail from are [[PeripheryHatedom clearly meant for a different audience]], and aren't hated by those young enough to enjoy those works; thus, they cannot be considered Scrappies. [[WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie Hi-5]] is widely hated for being TheMillstone and having selfish motivations, but the movie he's from is generally considered horrible as a whole, so he's just another reason to hate it rather than a low point in an otherwise good movie, disqualifying him from Scrappy status. WesternAnimation/{{Velma}} is infamously hated for being a DesignatedHero, but those who hate her hate the entire show to begin with, disqualifying her and the others from being a Scrappy. [[/labelnote]]
35	* '''Consistently hated''': If an otherwise well-received character [[NeverLiveItDown does something objectionable that's temporary or minor compared to their liked portrayals]], or is [[DependingOnTheWriter likable depending on who's writing them]], they normally have enough fans not to count as Scrappies. [[labelnote:Example]] [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Patrick Star]] has been incredibly hated due to [[LethallyStupid his stupidity]] and/or {{Jerkass}} behaviours being the causes of several of the show's most hated episodes, but there have been plenty of moments that make people think that he’s the show’s best character. Thus, he cannot be considered a Scrappy. [[/labelnote]]
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37	Not all Scrappies are doomed to their status. If the writers notice what's happening, they may [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap change the character in order to make sure they are no longer hated]], give them a [[AlasPoorScrappy tragic death scene]], simply [[ShooOutTheNewGuy send them away]], [[AdaptationalVillainy turn them into a villain in a reboot or adaptation and have the more popular characters beat them up]], or at the very least [[TakeThatScrappy show that the other characters are as annoyed by them as the fans are]]. In a few rare cases, a Scrappy will be replaced with a ReplacementScrappy; in this case, fans may be [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks so irritated by the new character]] that they will [[CharacterPerceptionEvolution retroactively find virtues to the old Scrappy]].
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39	This is an {{Audience Reaction\|s}}, more based on the fandom than the character itself. The visceral response to The Scrappy can baffle other fans who don't take the character as {{serious\|Business}}ly, or even sympathize with him or her.
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41	As a result, dear reader, tread carefully: fans aren't necessarily always right. The catharsis from violently cutting into a character with a grating voice or an irritating tic may be cathartic for some, and extremely disturbing for others. This is a place to document a phenomenon, not to argue a character's merits, lack thereof, or vent.
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43	Please only post examples of the fandom hating a character; posting Personal Scrappies could get messy, especially if the Scrappy is in at the center of a FandomRivalry. DieForOurShip entries should also be placed on that page only, though someone could be a Scrappy because of that reason.
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45	If the majority of the characters are scrappies (especially the main characters) then expect the audience to utter the EightDeadlyWords.
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47	Contrast EnsembleDarkhorse (an unexpectedly popular (usually minor or secondary) character) and UnpopularPopularCharacter (a character hated or disliked InUniverse but loved by the fandom), compare CreatorsPet (a character loved InUniverse but hated or disliked by the fandom), and compare and contrast BaseBreakingCharacter (where one part of the fandom thinks a character is the Scrappy but at least a sizable chunk like them). A protagonist who becomes unpopular despite the author's intentions is RonTheDeathEater, which is an example of MisaimedFandom. If the Scrappy dies or suffers in some painful way where the audience actually starts to sympathize with the character, then it becomes AlasPoorScrappy. Not to be confused with CuteBruiser which is the original meaning of the word scrappy.
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49	'''Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease''' The real world isn’t a story with characters that could potentially make it worse. [[Administrivia/NoRecentExamplesPlease We also ask that you wait 6 months]] after a character is introduced or becomes hated before adding a character as an entry, to cut down on kneejerk reactions.
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51	'''As this trope applies to the character, not the performer, RealityShow contestants are a [[Administrivia/RealLifeTroping special case]].''' Many of these shows deliberately mix reality with fiction, creating a narrative and presenting contestants as characters. However, as the contestants have a real life outside the show, audience reactions are also influenced by factors outside the work, such as social media and news stories. As a consequence, contestants must only be listed as a Scrappy if that status is acknowledged within the work itself - and even then, they still need to meet all of the criteria mentioned above.
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53	''Although this applies to individual characters, as a YMMV item, it should not be listed on character pages. This seems counterintuitive, but character pages are meant to list tropes audience members can see in the work in question, not fan opinion expressed outside of the work.''
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57	!!Examples subpages:
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59	[[index]]
60	* TheScrappy/{{Advertising}}
61	* TheScrappy/AnimeAndManga
62	** ''TheScrappy/{{Gundam}}''
63	** ''TheScrappy/{{Pokemon}}''
64	** ''TheScrappy/SonicTheHedgehog''
65	** ''TheScrappy/SuperMarioBros''
66	** ''TheScrappy/YuGiOh''
67	* TheScrappy/ComicBooks
68	** TheScrappy/TheDCU
69	** TheScrappy/MarvelUniverse
70	** ''TheScrappy/SonicTheHedgehog''
71	* [[TheScrappy/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]]
72	* [[TheScrappy/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
73	** ''TheScrappy/JamesBond''
74	** ''TheScrappy/SonicTheHedgehog''
75	** ''TheScrappy/StarWars''
76	** ''TheScrappy/{{Transformers\|FilmSeries}}''
77	* TheScrappy/{{Literature}}
78	* TheScrappy/LiveActionTV
79	** ''TheScrappy/GameOfThrones''
80	** ''TheScrappy/TheWalkingDeadTelevisionUniverse''
81	* TheScrappy/ProfessionalWrestling
82	* TheScrappy/{{Roleplay}}
83	* TheScrappy/VideoGames
84	** ''TheScrappy/BaldursGate''
85	** ''TheScrappy/DragonAge''
86	** ''TheScrappy/FinalFantasy''
87	** ''TheScrappy/MassEffect''
88	** ''TheScrappy/MetalGear''
89	** ''TheScrappy/MortalKombat''
90	** ''TheScrappy/{{Pokemon}}''
91	** ''TheScrappy/SonicTheHedgehog''
92	** ''TheScrappy/SuperMarioBros''
93	** ''TheScrappy/TalesSeries''
94	** ''TheScrappy/WorldOfWarcraft''
95	* TheScrappy/VisualNovels
96	** ''TheScrappy/AceAttorney''
97	** ''TheScrappy/{{Danganronpa}}''
98	* TheScrappy/WebAnimation
99	** ''TheScrappy/BattleForDreamIsland''
100	* TheScrappy/{{Webcomics}}
101	* TheScrappy/WebVideos
102	** ''TheScrappy/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''
103	* TheScrappy/WesternAnimation
104	** ''TheScrappy/SonicTheHedgehog''
105	** ''TheScrappy/SuperMarioBros''
106	[[/index]]
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108	!!Other examples:
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111	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
112	* ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'': Of the five main family members, Zoe is the most disliked for her bullying Hammie (and sometimes teaching Wren to do the same), and for frequently acting like a whiny tattletale.
113	* Barry from ''ComicStrip/{{Curtis}}''. The author clearly intended his antics to just be normal kid-brother grade asshattery, but they're usually incredibly mean-spirited and deliberately designed to provoke Curtis, so that Barry can then sob to his mother that big mean ol' Curtis is trying to hit him for no reason at all, whereupon she will give Curtis chores to do for trying to hit his sweet, innocent brother, and [[KarmaHoudini Barry ice cream for being a]] ManipulativeBastard. Diane lacks the pattern recognition to notice that Curtis always has a very detailed description of the transgressions she doesn't believe Barry committed.
114	* ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'':
115	** Susie Zonn, more well known as Wingy Plenty is a particularly disliked character. While she started out sympathetic as the daughter of Odds Zonn, her traits of "glows in the dark under stress" and "has worse baby talk than characters much younger than her" both didn't really mesh well into any storyline, and came off as more annoying than anything. The fact that she was always with at least one of the popular Plenty family at any given time resulted in her being overshadowed at every given moment and she was eventually PutOnABus.
116	---> '''Wingy''': "He no like we, we no like he!"
117	** Moon Maid is the biggest example this for most people who despise the space era.
118	*** Her father, even for people who don't. He constantly shifts back and forth from shaking hands with Tracy to trying to wage war on mankind (In fact, he does ''exactly that'' in his very first appearance). He's a KarmaHoudini thanks to his position of literal and political power (in a comic that usually kills off people as corrupt as he). He has a HumansAreBastards vendetta at all the most inopportune times. He essentially kidnaps his daughter in a moment of weakness on her part and sneers at Tracy's "violent nature" when they object. Later when his daughter starts having a baby on a trip to Earth, he tries to force the controls to take them back to the moon (against the wishes of everyone) and ends up stranding them in space. His reaction to the aforementioned event is pure horror at [[ItsAllAboutMe his granddaughter not being born on the moon, until he realizes it happens to be a pretty baby, and is also the first baby to ever be born in space.]] All in all he's the least enjoyable part of anything he appears in.
119	** Pig E. Bank for being an utter KarmaHoudini in a strip that notoriously adverts JokerImmunity.
120	** 3D Magee, for [[GenericDoomsdayVillain utterly lacking any personality]] outside of "evil", and having a storyline that dragged on for ''SEVEN MONTHS''. Throw in that he's super creepy around both his hired maid and the Plenty children, and we have a character more hated than the rest of 'em. [[FadSuper The 3D glasses also seem a bit random.]]
121	** And then there's Morin Plenty. Suffice it to say that this is generally regarded as Gould's absolute worst attempt to create a "funny" character. Among the many "quirks" we are supposed to find funny about this guy include the fact that despite being 80, his wife is 20.
122	** Among creators, Dick Locher is generally regarded as the worst, due to his art errors, out-of-character cast, ludicrous plots and horrifically slow storylines.
123	* ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'': Anthony back together with Elizabeth after years of him mooning after her while married to another woman and his outrageously inappropriate behavior during [[AttemptedRape the Going After]], and then ending the strip with their wedding. Words cannot describe how much these things (among [[FlatCharacter other]] [[{{Wangst}} aspects]] of his character) made the comic's readerbase despise him even more than they did before then. How bad is the hate for Anthony, you might ask: Eric blatantly cheated on Elizabeth multiple times while they were living together and was completely smarmy and unapologetic after they broke up; when she went to pick up the last of her things from his place, he acted like ''he'' should be forgiving ''her'' for the failed relationship. And even still, it seems most of the fans would have rather seen her get back with Eric than with Anthony.
124	* Most ''ComicStrip/{{Foxtrot}}'' readers tend to point towards [[GranolaGirl Andrea]] when asked who their least favorite character in the strip is. Most of this is due to how overbearing she often is towards her kids (going into MoralGuardian freak mode over the slightest things), her being very hypocritical at times and falling into the same pitfalls she criticizes everyone else for, and seldom acknowledging her own personal flaws, which wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that she is almost always treated as though she is right about everything (even when she is clearly not) and always getting the last word/laugh.
125	* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'':
126	** Some readers of the magazine ''hated'' Creator/NoahAntwiler's column "A Gamer's Rant on the Movies". It drew a number of complaints, largely from readers who seemed to be [[PoesLaw taking the column seriously]]. For a while, its page was printed with a dotted line down the side, with instructions to readers on how to cut out the page if they did not like it. Despite the support of Jolly Blackburn, who thought Noah's rants about bad sci-fi and fantasy movies were funny, the column was canceled after an on-line poll on the Kenzerco forums declared it the most hated part of the magazine.
127	** The replacement column, ''Gaming The Movies'', qualifies as well. Ignoring the fans of Creator/NoahAntwiler's original column who are still petitioning for his return, there is a vocal portion of the fan base who claim that the column is little more than an instruction manual on how to rip-off things you saw in a movie and use them in your game.
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130	[[folder:Fan Works]]
131	* ''Fanfic/TheAssassinationOfTwilightSparkle'': [[TheManBehindTheMan Amadeus Blueblood]], while [[HateSink very much supposed to be hated]], was disliked as the source of the HappyEndingOverride and GenreShift that made the later stories so unpopular they had only 1/10th the likes. He's seen as only having been successful due to the heroes being inept and the setting having so much corruption [[TooBleakStoppedCaring fans saw things as hopeless]]. Even karma catching up to him was undercut by [[NiceJobBreakingItHero the heroes mistakes]] allowing him to posthumously set up the conflict that would [[FromBadToWorse further darken things]] and completely move the story away from what made the original fic well received.
132	* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Of all the characters in the story who were meant to be hated or accidentally became unlikeable, no one is as hated as [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailParkerCerise Parker Cerise]]. While he started as a fairly typically divisive character who had his defenders and detractors, he truly fell into the pool of the hated during the Cyan Desert Arc and especially afterwards where his act of villainy and ''especially'' how he was handled after that left him a character that many saw as lacking remorse, subject to needless soft-handedness and shilling, and otherwise the one villainous character in the story to not get proper punishment for their actions. Even after he was written out, any mention of Parker draws in anger from the readership who request a desire to see him hurt and his focus chapter in Branching Paths got far fewer responses than Chloe's, Ash's, or Goh's.
133	* BC from ''Fanfic/EigaSentaiScanranger'', for being [[HumorDissonance painfully unfunny]] and making multiple bad situations much worse.
134	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11264339/1/Iced-Engagement Iced Engagement]]'': The story's take on Ami/Mercury is strongly disliked by readers, for being overpowered and a SpotlightStealingSquad to the [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Galaxy Rangers]]
135	* ''Fanfic/NewHopeUniversityMajorInMurder'': JP Laettner, the Ultimate Fraternity Brother, received several dislikes and no likes in a poll conducted in Chapter 5. Possible reasons for this include [[spoiler:having a weak motive for murder as the culprit of the second case, since his desire to have sex with Juliet ended up resulting in her luring him in and manipulating him into committing murder for her, as well as the fact that his victim was [[NiceGirl Emily]].]]
136	* ''Fanfic/{{Turtles}}'': The student council, especially Kawashima. Most reviewers who express an opinion on them dislike them and virtually no one is defending them, despite the author pointing out that they aren't meant to be hated. Part of the reason is that as of this writing, the fic is at the point in the story in which the student council is almost completely unlikeable(i.e. before the semifinals match with Pravda roughly two thirds of the way through). It doesn't help that the fic going into more detail about the effort needed to get the tankery team up and running again makes the student council, which started up the tankery team without much of a plan in mind, [[AdaptationalDumbass come off as less competent than in canon]]. Kawashima gets the worst of it, as while her terrible aim was regarded as an amusing RunningGag in the anime, people are hoping Koume will replace her with a gunner who can actually hit what she's shooting at.
137	* The Hell's Kitchen RP, much like the show, has had several.
138	** Season 1 had Lifedollars, for his SoreLoser attitude and being an EliminationHoudini, Daisy for attempting to make an all-woman alliance, and Civ for his demeaning attitude towards [[EnsembleDarkhorse Jake]].
139	** Season 2 had Chris for his SmugSnake attitude, attempt to sabotage [[EnsembleDarkhorse Ewan]] in the Cook For Your Life challenge, and his weird crush on Mehgan. Shorter lived ones were Marcy for her AxCrazy and NeverMyFault attitude, and Smelly for his arrogant and disrespectful attitude. Of the staff replacements, Sous Chef Kazuki was the most hated, as many disliked his Ax-Crazy tendencies, which many felt were overexaggerated and not fitting of a Sous Chef. It's telling that when he was silently removed from the position, almost no one missed him.
140	** Season 3 had Abby for being an EliminationHoudini and Hugh for being a massive JerkAss. However they could not compare to Terrence, who is widely considered the most hated chef to compete due to his DirtyOldMan personality. It's telling even the other people who work on the RP ''hate'' talking about him.
141	** Season 4 (All-Stars) had initial Base-Breaker [[JerkAss Jangue]] come back with far less skill and more attitude, Carol for her annoying personality, Lydia for lacking passion, and Bobby for his NeverMyFault attitude and attempting to nominate Ewan out of spite. Dee initially got hatred for his attitude, but eventually [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap got better]], but ended up returning to it when he tried to throw Kelly under the bus during his elimination night.
142	** Season 5 (Rookies Vs. Veterans) had Quandale for his unpleasant behavior and attempting to fight Gordon Ramsay, Betsy for her crass attitude, and S for his arrogant attitude.
143	** Season 6 (Rough Road To Victory) has quite a few. Bob for his NeverMyFault tendencies, Abigail for having NoIndoorVoice, Jared for his obnoxious behavior, Ashley for being an InsufferableImbecile, and Mac for being a JerkAss EliminationHoudini.
144	** The Spinoff is no exception as well.
145	*** Season 1 had [[HeManWomanHater Nobert]] for his sexist attitude, [[AbsoluteXenophobe Billy]] for his incompetence and borderline racist behavior, and [[TheLoad Olivia]] for her JerkAss behavior towards the red team, as well as her attempt to sabotage [[EnsembleDarkhorse Heather]] in the finale.
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148	[[folder:Music]]
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151	%% This is about characters or other mentions in songs, not the musicians. They are real people, and this trope doesn't allow those.
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154	* Person Man in Music/TheyMightBeGiants' song "Particle Man" is clearly intended to be the Scrappy of the comic book the song is about.
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157	[[folder:Radio]]
158	* Ralph Cirella on ''Radio/TheHowardSternShow''. Howard once responded that Ralph gets more hate mail than a Ku Klux Klansman who is a frequent caller to the show.
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161	[[folder:Software]]
162	* UsefulNotes/{{Clippy\|ThePaperclip}}, the UsefulNotes/MicrosoftOfficeAssistant animated paperclip assistant, has become the Scrappy of business software history. In some versions of Office, as soon as you wrote the word "Dear", he would pop up and ask if you needed help writing a letter, complete with tapping sound effects. And if you actually did ask him for help, you found out that he was nothing more than a glorified search function.
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165	[[folder:Sports]]
166	* Izzy of the 1996 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames is considered one of the least popular Olympics mascots ever. His design is obnoxious and baffling; most people simply passed him off as a "giant blue sperm with legs." His video game wasn't even any good and played like a bad [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] clone. Not enough? The character was unpopular enough that ''Izzy's Quest for Olympic Gold'', a 30-minute-long animated special that stars Izzy as the main character and aired on TNT, was never rerun after its initial airing and was lost until a VHS copy transfer resurfaced online December 2020. That's right, nobody liked him enough to bother preserving the special until then!
167	* Digger, the mascot for NASCAR on Fox coverage from 2008 to 2012. He was greatly criticized for the ways in which he was used. Though it was at one time commonplace for networks to create mascots for sports coverage to incorporate an educational and entertaining element into their coverage, which was the case with Peter Puck, Digger was created purely to add entertainment to the NASCAR on Fox broadcast and reach out to a younger audience. Some NASCAR fans accused Fox of dumbing down and fluffing its coverage in order to gain revenue from Digger merchandise sales. Despite continuous outrage from the NASCAR fan community, as well as talk from the NASCAR community that the Fan Council was not pleased with the situation, Fox did not announce any plans to drop the usage of the characters, and even had posted pictures of holiday-themed versions of the Digger die-cast in 2009 and 2010. In response to the comments, in 2010, the Digger cartoon was not shown during pre-race shows and Digger appeared less often at the bottom of the screen. Throughout the 2011 season as well as the 2012 Budweiser Shootout and Daytona 500, Digger appeared very sparingly, usually only during commercial bumpers. Starting with the 2012 Subway Fresh Fit 500 all appearances and references to Digger were removed from the broadcast completely. However, nods to it occasionally came up (for example, at the Talladega race in 2014, when a track-level camera had a car drive over it, Darrell Waltrip commented that he hoped that nothing had happened to Digger, to which Mike Joy responded, "Digger's retired").
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170	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
171	* In the ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' fandom, the Scarlet Empress is often viewed as somebody who is given too many victories for too little effort, and who makes other characters look stupid for having failed to get rid of or otherwise deal with her (alternatively, there are those who view her as portrayed as having displayed too many incompetencies and having too many failures for her extended centrality to make sense).
172	* Jace Beleran in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', in part because in the flavor text of cards he comes off as condescending and arrogant, in part because he is printed on many different cards (many of which are powerful, and a couple of which have been {{Game Breaker}}s) over and above other blue planeswalkers who are arguably more interesting (he is the only mono-blue planeswalker to regularly get depicted in cards), and because of a perceived story bias.
173	** This despite attempts to [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rehabilitate the character]] which were actually working...until a new creative team came in, tossed out his new characterization, and [[ShipSinking torpedoed a generally well-received ship]], among various other [[BaitandSwitchLesbians highly disliked changes]] and overall atrocious writing occuring around the same time.
174	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
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176	** The Ultramarines Second Company Captain, Cato Sicarus, is disliked as the most [[CharacterShilling shilled member]] of the faction already contentious for being shilled as greatest Space Marines in the entire galaxy. In the codex, he had no characterization whatsoever outside of being [[InvincibleHero The Best Captain Evarrr, with him being described defeating technologically-equal armies that outnumbered his own a hundred (or even a thousand) to one]]. Fanon [[RonTheDeathEater turned him into a conceited, smug glory-hound with a likely-fabricated list of victories]]. He's so disliked that, while Games Workshop has made a deliberate effort to [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap Rescue]] Ultramarines like Marneus Calgar and Roboute Guilliman, when Sicarus started making proper appearances, [[TakeThatScrappy they bordered]] on AscendedFanon.
177	** The Grey Knights Supreme Grand Master Kaldor Draigo, in particular during and after 5th edition. The Grey Knights were already divisive because of their HolierThanThou attitude, vast arsenal of rare and exotic weapons, and psychic powers. But Draigo was so full of IncorruptiblePurePureness that he could waltz around the Warp for ''centuries'' without being subjected to MindRape and single-handedly beat down Daemon Primarchs (in previous fluff, one Primarch required an entire crusade and one hundred Grey Knights to stop, and he killed them all to a man before falling).
178	* Samuel Haight from ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness''. His original concept (kinfolk who wanted to kill werewolves to become one himself) wasn't too bad, but then more adventures were written with him and he ended up getting powers from ''all'' the major gamelines (Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, Changeling) with Paradox immunity and the ability to VillainExitStageLeft. [=GMs=] were ''encouraged'' to always let him escape at the end. Eventually, the writers caught on and he was [[TakeThatScrappy killed by a Paradox blast, and his soul was forged into an ashtray]] in [[TabletopGame/WraithTheOblivion the Underworld]].
179	* ''TabletopGame/{{Symbaroum}}'': "The Chronicle of the Throne of Thorns" introduces Aluin, [[spoiler:child of a priest and a nature spirit. Aluin is a playful being of "pure creative power", a god in the immortal form of a human boy. He exists beyond the rules of the game, and can do [[RealityWarper almost anything]] he wishes. "Mother of Darkness" confirms that he could probably purge all corruption from the cursed forest of Davokar, ending the whole saga three books early, but he won't. As written, the player characters can persuade him to do small things, such as providing food and drink, but Aluin won't do anything more until the final chapter. Additionally, his presence as a living deity is largely ignored by the organised religions (devoted to far more distant, less powerful gods) and other power blocs]], so doesn't impact the political scheming. The end result is that players and [=GMs=] seem to consider him an awkward, needless presence who adds little to the six-volume saga and disrupts the DarkFantasy tone of the setting.
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183	* Hope Harcourt from ''Theatre/AnythingGoes'' has often been criticized as [[StopHavingFunGuys a major wet blanket]]. In a show where every other main character gets to indulge in quite a bit of comedic hijinks, Hope's role is almost entirely devoid of humor, barely even qualifying as TheStraightMan. Making matters that, Hope is a huge source of {{Wangst}}. Even worse, her whining is horribly indecisive, with her frequently alternating between crying about how she wants to marry Billy and crying about how she doesn't want to see Billy again.
184	* While not the case in other versions of ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', Cosette is not very liked in the musical. This is due to many perceiving her as underdeveloped despite her pivotal role, as most of her original characterization is cut out of the stage adaptation. Making matters worse is the musical made her romantic rival Eponine far more popular than she ever was before, thus causing many of Eponine's fans to say that Cosette doesn't deserve Marius.
185	* Productions of ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'' have to be very careful when it comes to how they present Portia due to the ValuesDissonance making a lot of her actions age horribly. Modern interpretations view her as something of an AlphaBitch - especially with her unfortunate line about not wanting to marry the Prince of Morocco because of his skin colour. And once she does marry Bassanio, she tricks him into giving up his ring and tries to paint it as him being unfaithful.
186	* Opera has quite a few of these; ''BBC Music'' recently did an article about it, in fact. They tend to be one-dimensional stock villains, especially ones who are [[EthnicScrappy ethnic stereotypes]] (such as Monostatos from ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute'' or [[SpaceJews Mime]] from ''Theatre/DerRingDesNibelungen'') or [[PuritySue Purity Sues/Stus]] (for example, Don Ottavio from ''Theatre/DonGiovanni'').
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190	* ''Toys/{{Bionicle 2015}}'':
191	** The Skull Scorpio is generally regarded as the weakest sets of the toyline due to its big and clunky, gimmick-based tail clashing strongly with its otherwise sleek and slender design, as well as for its legs being immobile. As well, it shares many of the frowned-upon aspects of its entire wave, such as a reused mask and somewhat garish colors.
192	** Ketar from the series' second year for his awkward build and function, as well as his mess of a color scheme. However, in some fans' eyes, he has been RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap by the AnimatedAdaptation, and because many feel that uniting him with that year's Pohatu, another figure with a shaky reputation, improves both toys.
193	* Fans of ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' ''despise'' Hoo-Dude for his annoying personality (basically a male PluckyComicRelief version of Frankie Stein without any of her charm or likability), irritating voice, and stupid, bizarre character concept (even for a franchise that ''thrives'' on them). The fact that ''Frights Camera Action!'' gave him a ''very'' forced prominent role (mostly consisting of him doing stupid [[Franchise/StarWars Jar Jar]]-esque things and shouting the obvious) did not help and only deepened the hate. It's even believed that his first official doll was bundled with a limited edition of EnsembleDarkhorse Scarah because nobody would want to buy him on his own.
194	* Kennedy from ''Toys/{{My Scene}}'' gets a lot of negative reception from fans for being made as an obvious replacement for Barbie. The fact that both characters were paired up with River as well as sharing similar personality traits only adds fuel to the fire.
195	* The vast majority of the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' fanbase seems to loathe Bumblebee for his SpotlightStealingSquad tendencies in the toyline. It's more likely these days for a line to have at least two Bumblebees than to have any kind of Megatron, and they're often shipped as the majority of a case assortment. At first this was acceptable because he was [[KidAppealCharacter popular enough among the kids]] that 'Bee toys vanished from shelves quickly, but sometime around 2010, Bumblebees became so saturated that every kid who wanted one owned one, leaving countless Bumblebees sitting on shelves and leaving no space for later waves that might carry more interesting figures. Of the bunch, the movieverse Bumblebee gets the most hate. He's the mascot of the base-breaking films, he's a pretty FlatCharacter, he receives nearly as many toys as the venerable G1 Optimus, and most of those toys just 'Bee with a slightly different pattern of yellow and black paint. Worst of all, he also pretty much forever locked in Bumblebee's design as "yellow and black muscle car" and ensured that Bumblebee toys from ''other lines'' now have to look the same as the dozens of Movie 'Bee toys already out there. Even the Masterpiece release of G1 Bumblebee got some scoffs.
196	** Hasbro appears to have eventually noticed this, and the ''Generations'' toyline, which is aimed mostly at adult fans of G1, has been entirely devoid of Bumblebee figures for years.
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200	* While many of the NPC characters from ''Website/GaiaOnline'' will always have Scrappy status among some users because of ShipToShipCombat, one of the universally loathed characters is Diedrich, a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter sapient, talking grunny]]. Apart from his [[MilesGloriosus rather]] [[KnowNothingKnowItAll annoying]] and SickeninglySweet personality, he's disliked for being a CreatorsPet and SpotlightStealingSquad that appears far too frequently in big roles during events. Many haters agree he would be a likable enough character if he came in smaller doses, though.
201	* Gamespot uses an "Annoying Characters" stamp in their video game reviews to mark the presence of these characters in their opinions.
202	* The "Decommissioned" objects of the ''Website/SCPFoundation'', most of which were blatant {{Self Insert}}s and WishFulfillment fantasies right out of a bad FanFic. They were so reviled by Foundation staff that most of them had their own Decommissioning log, where they were [[DroppedABridgeOnHim destroyed]] in the most over-the-top way [[TakeThatScrappy just to rub it in]]. Sadly replaced by the [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14045677/deletions-72:we-ve-had-one-yes-what-about-second-breakfast Deletion thread]] in the forum, which isn't nearly so funny; some writers started deliberately aiming for bottom-tier trash SCP objects for the {{Troll}}ing value and get more Decomissioning stories, defeating the entire point of quality control.
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