Not every character is a fan favorite.
The Walking Dead
- Lori is easily the least popular character in early seasons mainly for being whiny, indecisive, hypocritical, and creating more problems than she solves, but her Stay in the Kitchen philosophy and first appearance cheating on Rick (even if she thought he was dead) don't help at all. Honest Trailers sums up fan reactions quite well by calling her
"the most hated character on a show full of flesh-eating monsters." Some viewers feel she gets better after admitting her flaws in Season 3, just in time to be killed off. - Andrea became this after the events of "Chupacabra" when, after doing little but Wangsting about suicide and wanting to be a lookout, her Reckless Gun Usage nearly killed Daryl. While she somewhat redeemed herself later by taking a level in badass, she became a Base-Breaking Character once again in Season 3 by becoming an oblivious Governor supporter. She also gains extra hate from fans of the comic, due to being a complete Adaptational Wimp who's practically Andrea In Name Only, especially since her comic counterpart is actually one of the most popular characters in the entire series.
- Allen and Ben are widely hated for being ungrateful jerkasses who are nothing like their comic counterparts, Hate Sink qualities aside. Ben also gets hate for conveniently walking into a bullet meant for the Governor.
- Noah didn't endear himself to fans by becoming The Load who frequently breaks down and constantly needs saving. The fact that Beth died to free him only for Noah to play an indirect role in Tyreese's death in the very next episode just sealed the deal. His eventual graphic death only earns him more hate for rendering Beth's Heroic Sacrifice even more pointless.
- Father Gabriel in Season 5 was a Dirty Coward and The Load whose most significant contributions were leading a zombie horde to overrun the church and telling Deanna not to trust Rick or his group. His negligence in leaving the front gate open also allows a few walkers to infiltrate the town. Thankfully, he improved big time.
- Nicholas was a total Hate Sink in Season 5 for being an arrogant jerkass and Dirty Coward who gets Noah killed and tries to murder Glenn purely out of spite. It also doesn't help that his ultimate act of suicide nearly gets Glenn killed.
- Ron and Sam, the former for trying to kill Carl and getting the house the group was hiding out in overrun by walkers and the latter for threatening to blow the group's cover during their desperate bid to blend with the horde.
- Eugene has received a considerable amount of hate especially in Season 7 after betraying Rick and his group by joining the Saviors and once again becoming the same coward he was before, despite taking a level in badass in Season 6. While fans prayed it was some sort of ploy, his reception only got worse when time and time again he admitted it was a genuine Face–Heel Turn. The hate for his character increased to insane amounts, to the point that his actor started to receive death threats. Thankfully, reception has become much warmer since the events of the Season 8 finale, in which Eugene saved the day by rigging the Saviors' guns to explode.
- As one of the show's many famously unpopular child characters, Henry had an uphill battle to become sympathetic almost by default, but many viewers lost patience with him in Season 8 when he becomes a remorseless Creepy Child who pulled off a display of staggering stupidity by opening the door to the prison to threaten the captive Saviors, which naturally allows every single one of them to bum-rush him and escape. His actions during the Whisperer arc in Season 9 didn't exactly fare much better. What especially didn’t help Henry's case was that the producers intended for him to act as Carl's replacement after they killed Carl off.
- Hilltop teens Gage and Rodney, introduced shortly after Henry’s teen self, were mostly Too Dumb to Live bullies and were added to the pile of unpopular child characters.
- Even for a character we’re supposed to hate, Pope is regarded as one of the worst villains of the franchise due to being too much of a retread of past villains (Alpha’s crazed cultist ways, Negan burning one of his own people alive, and The Governor being willing to slaughter his own men for failure) and lacking any nuanced or humanizing character traits, or anything to make him a unique antagonist. The fact that he’s only around for four episodes and accomplishes nothing in them (in an arc that was already accused of Trapped by Mountain Lions) has also made many fans eager to leave him behind in the history books. He also never gets too much calling out for his crazed, nonsensical ways despite being killed by Leah, with no explanation for why he decided to make Maggie his enemy, making his death not as satisfying as people had hoped.
