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** Rhaenyra started off seen as "the Realm's Delight". After taking King's Landing back from her usurping brother Aegon II, she needed to refill her coffers quickly (Aegon's supporters having stashed the money elsewhere). Her Master of Coin's taxes proved so unpopular it ruined her standing with the smallfolk, who thereafter referred to her as "Maegor with teats". Things did not get better when the beloved Princess Helaena died under 'suspicious' circumstances, kicking off a mass riot that tore apart King's Landing.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' does this a ''lot'' with different incarnations of Dr. Robotnik/Eggman:
** ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': By the time the comic started, the original Robotnik had burnt all of his bridges. He became the de facto enemy of Mobian kind and the [[HumansByAnyOtherName Overlanders]] saw him as a war criminal and traitor (even before he joined the Mobians in the Great War). Robotnik tended to surround himself with non-sentient allies and warriors, recognizing he could only count on them as support. All of Robotnik's allies capable of thought, ala Crocbot or Snively, hated and plotted against him, with Snively ultimately being the one to [[BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork kill him]].
*** Like Robotnik Prime before him, Eggman is universally despised by everyone on Mobius, both on his side and against him. All of his allies who are capable of thought and free will, such as Lien-Da and Snively, only work for him to further their own personal ambitions while hating and plotting to usurp him constantly. Eggman is well aware that all of his sub-bosses and minions hate him, and in fact relishes it, openly admitting that he views their attempts at overthrowing him as a game. Sonic himself lampshades it in issue 200, asking how Eggman can really claim to control Mobius if everyone hates his guts and he's fighting for it constantly. Averted post-CosmicRetcon, where some of his minions are genuinely loyal, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood much to his surprise]].
** ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'': During his time as the ruler of Mobius; Robotnik is well-aware that everyone on Mobius hates him, and [[ReputationApathy doesn't care]]. It became more pronounced near the end of his reign as he lost his grip of terror over the citizens, with them doing such things as destroying his statues, holding demonstrations and protests, mocking him on national television, and even fighting back against his Badniks. After he's overthrown, however, a {{cult}} called D.R.A.T. surfaced, all of them supporting Robotnik and desiring to bring him back to power. Despite this, even they acknowledge in their oath that Robotnik did horrible things and made their lives miserable.
** ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'': Par for the course, nobody likes Eggman. He's a tyrant, BadBoss, and all around danger to anyone on his side or against him. Most of the planet hates and fears him and he tends to employ mindless automatons because they are less likely to betray him. Only Metal Sonic seems to actually like him and even then he had to have that loyalty programmed into him after [[VideoGame/SonicHeroes a previous betrayal]]. As much as he respects Eggman, Starline is frustrated at Eggman's methods and lackadaisical attitude [[spoiler:which ultimately results in him turning on the evil doctor]]. Even Orbot and Cubot, who were built to be loyal to Eggman, only follow him out of fear.
* EVERYONE both in and out of the Marvel universe hates the ComicBook/RedSkull. EVERYONE! Even supervillains such as Magneto, Joker, and Doctor Doom have tried to kill or harm him on different occasions. Not because he got in their way, but just because they wanted him dead due to how horrible of a human being he was. (Of course, Magneto being Jewish and Doom being Romani was likely also a factor) Considering the guy is one of the most feared Nazi supervillains, it's hard to find even one person willing to work with him, and even mentioning his name is a good way to end any supervillain deals. His cruelty was also said to be so despicable that even Hitler, who wanted to make him into a Nazi in the first place, became afraid of him. [[SubvertedTrope However]], the people who serve under him tend to have UndyingLoyalty to him...in large part because they are nearly as evil as him.
** This is so bad that when Captain America is [[spoiler:[[MoreThanMindControl turned into a hydra agent by a cosmic cube]]]] one of the first things he does is murder Red Skull for preferring 'being evil' to 'forwarding the goals of Hydra.' That's right, even other Nazis hate him. There's a reason he's the image for [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Evil Has Standards]].
* Speaking of which, ComicBook/TheJoker tends to be this as well. It's been clear most villains want nothing to do with him, mostly because of his utter insanity and also because ''they're flat fucking terrified'' of him. The rare times he's let into a "Legion of Doom" style gathering is mostly because the other villains are worried that if they snub him, the Joker will just mess things up out of his bruised ego. Nonetheless, like the Red Skull above, he manages to find loyal underlings since he either enables their own madness and/or sometimes rewards them generously (or kills them -- being a henchman of the Joker is very much RussianRoulette).

* ComicBook/{{Ultron}} of Marvel Comics infamy is feared and hated by everyone. The reason? He is an omnicidal maniac and deranged robot who cruelly kills or roboticizes organic life. It takes being brainwashed by Ultron to avoid hating him, and even then, his own creations outright hate or fear him. It 'helps' that he rarely actually needs to work with any other sapient beings, being both immensely personally powerful and capable of manufacturing MechaMooks of varying sophistication, so being likeable simply isn't a relevant priority for him.
* ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jason Wynn]] is utterly despised by anyone who knows him personally; in fact, the only reason he hasn't been assassinated is that he's spent his career gathering incriminating evidence on various governments and organizations throughout his career, preventing him from being terminated and providing him with a bargaining chip to regain his authority if lost.
* Marvel's Doctor Doom has been on both sides of this trope. Sometimes, the Latverians hate him, but other times, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity they're okay with him]] -- especially since alternative rulers like [[EvilPrince Prince Zorba]] are usually even worse. It doesn't hurt that he turned a backwater {{Ruritania}} into an industrial and military force to be reckoned with, strong enough to (before the SlidingTimeScale [[TimeMarchesOn messed it up]]) stand neutral ''directly between'' Western Europe and the Soviet bloc. If he didn't have a terrifying and capricious temper, he'd stay out of this trope entirely.
** Most people who live under Dr. Doom's rule seem to be doing okay. Except for [[RedShirt the poor guys]] [[BadBoss who work for him directly]].
* ''ComicBook/PlanetHulk'': The Red King of Sakaar indulges in delusions of godhood and mass genocide and, judging by a flashback to Caiera the Oldstrong's origins, has been irredeemable since childhood, all the way to his death (where he tries to ''destroy the planet'' rather than not rule it). Really, the Mini-Marvels parody of this story arc summed it up:

* ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'' comments on this in the last chapter, showing a newspaper headline when Scrooge decides to retire: ''Cantankerous tycoon will be missed by few.'' Followed by a smaller headline later on the same page: ... ''if any...''.
* As much as the various members of the ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' may dislike each other, they all agree that they absolutely ''loathe'' Amanda Waller. Even the Squad members who aren't so bad (Rick Flagg, Bronze Tiger, Vixen) despise Waller's tendency to use the Squad and play around with people's lives. Also, the Justice League aren't fans given Waller is using super-villains to do the government's dirty work.

* The ''entire world'' hates Superman's Regime in ''ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' due to its severe authoritarian nature and global scope, though most are too afraid to stand up to it. Even some of the Regime's own high-ranking members start to question its level of power, and some start hating Superman himself since he treats them so disrespectfully.
* Dracula in ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight'' has every major faction in [[{{Hell}} Résurrection]] gunning for him: The [[OurGhostsAreDifferent lamias]] despise him for good reason since they are oppressed by his authoritarian rule; the [[GhostPirate Ghouls]] and the [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Dystopians]] are his greatest political rivals who would like to replace him as dominant power; a secret vampire group headed by one of his [[TheStarscream top lieutenants]] [[TheChessmaster Black Sabbat]] is secretly plotting to overthrow Dracula and rule the world through a figurehead leader. It doesn't help that Dracula doesn't try to endear himself to possible allies since the [[MadScientist Archaeologists]] decided to side with Sabbat after Dracula had their high priest mutilated out of spite in his EstablishingCharacterMoment. Ironically, the main protagonist himself would like to keep his distance from him, but he is dragged into the feud after his girlfriend is forced to become Dracula's bride.
* ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'':
** In "Chop and Change", Iznogoud actually manages to become the Caliph by changing bodies with him. However, due to his tyranny, he's overthrown by the people of Baghdad, who think that "everything's been worse since he threw the Grand Vizier in jail". After overthrowing him, the "Grand Vizier" (really the imprisoned Caliph in Iznogoud's body) becomes the new Caliph, thus restoring everything to normal (except the two now have swapped bodies and Iznogoud is in jail, together with Wa'at Alahf, who now has the body of the Caliph's food taster).
** In ''Iznogoud Finally Caliph'', a conspiracy is formed by the inhabitants of Baghdad to get rid of him. When asked who is in this conspiracy, Wa'at replies to Iznogoud that everyone in Baghdad is, since except for the Caliph, they all hate him.
** In "Mirror Image", the vizier travels to a MirrorUniverse (literally on the other side of a mirror where everything is reversed) and is delighted that every single citizen wants the Caliph's head... except that in the Mirror Universe ''he'' is the Caliph.
* When [[TeamRocketWins Dick Dastardly wins the race]] in "Trek To Tanzania" (''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' #1, Archie Comics series), he is loudly booed. Dick thanks the crowd.
* ''ComicBook/AchilleTalon'': In "Le Roi des Zôtres", Achille is found to be the closest living relative of Zôtrland's king Abzurd (there is another vaguely-related cousin, but he's currently a hippie somewhere in India), who wishes to abdicate. Achille goes under protest but learns there's a plot to turn the next king into a figurehead and rule the (already severely factionalized) country through him. Achille (with Abzurd's help) immediately becomes a mishmash of every tinpot dictator the 20th century has to offer in order to unite the country against him and put the cousin (who's been found) on the throne, declaring war on every surrounding country at once, putting the youth to work for the nation seven days a week for no pay, and making medals smaller and replacing beer with wine to get the army to revolt. The plotters are taken aback by how quickly he does it, as they can tell the revolution is about to happen without them.

* Franchise/{{Superman}}: Because Superboy-Prime killed so many of his fellow heroes and his whiny attitude about how much he suffers, he is pretty much despised by all of the DC superheroes.
* When Galvatron led the Decepticons in ''ComicBook/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'', he swiftly fell into this, much like his cartoon counterpart. Though not a gibbering loon, he has no real respect for the Decepticon cause or ideals, and only sees the faction as a vehicle to use for his own ambitions of conquest. He nakedly despises both his fellow Decepticons and their human allies, and many of his plans show a great disregard for life, meaning only the most battle-hungry troops are okay with him. For the most part, [[HypercompetentSidekick Soundwave]] is the one who's ''actually'' keeping the army together.
* ''ComicBook/XMen:'' During an issue of ''Astonishing X-Men'' Sydren tells Abigail Brand that if he were to strangle her then and there, two-thirds of S.W.O.R.D. would applaud him. Abigail's reaction? Dryly note her approval rating's gone up.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOnTheRun'': It turns out [[spoiler: everyone in Atlantic City dislikes Poseidon, including his own administrator (whose been a long-suffering BeleagueredAssistant), and that his subjects only pretended to like him because they were afraid of his power]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOnTheRun'': It turns out [[spoiler: everyone in Atlantic City dislikes him, including his own administrator (whose been a long-suffering BeleagueredAssistant), and that his subjects only pretended to like him because they were afraid of his power]].

* OlderThanFeudalism (at the very least), as it is simpler to make, say, the biblical pharaoh, King Saul of Israel, or Prince John of England universally unpopular so as to make Moses, David, and Robin Hood heroic in an uncomplicated way. In the novels of Sir Creator/WalterScott (''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}''), Creator/AlexandreDumas (''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers''), and Creator/RafaelSabatini (''Literature/CaptainBloodHisOdyssey'', ''Literature/TheSeaHawk''), the characters are universally liked, or at least accepted, by the populace, who favor them over their legal rulers. The hundreds of Hollywood movies made from or imitating these novels follow that lead and usually exaggerate it.
** The book version of ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' hardly counts as it's much more of a realistic setting with no clear villain and opinions among the populace (and in the course of the story even the main characters!) vary a lot. The film versions do, though, since they love to [[{{Flanderization}} simplify the story]].

* ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere'': King Hamdo rules over the Hellywood battleship, where he's amassed a cult like worship of himself as the savior of humanity. In reality, almost all of his soldiers(particularly the ChildSoldiers) realize what a fanatical monster he is and only carry out his depraved whims so they can end the war and go home. Tabool even admits this and states he [[TheStarscream plans to overthrow Hamdo for control of Hellywood.]] It's even moreso outside Hellywood, where many factions are willing to risk their people's safety just to kill Hamdo, as he's a tyrant who pillages lands and conscripts children into his army. When he finally bites it, left to drown by his own right hand, everyone, ''fucking'' everyone, is happy the bastard's dead.

* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'': Abis Mal's men get so sick of Abis Mal that they actually try to kill him, and would have succeeded had Abis not found Jafar's lamp at that precise moment.
* ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'': Prince John's TheVillainSucksSong, "The Phony King of England," was so successful that everyone starts singing it, even Prince John's allies Sir Hiss and the Sheriff of Nottingham.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheKingAndTheMockingbird'': According to the titular Mockingbird, the titular King "detested everyone, and everyone in the kingdom detested him". Given his [[TheCaligula personality]], it's not hard to see why.