History Main / AlasPoorScrappy

* Doug Ramsey, a.k.a. Cypher, from the ''Comicbook/XMen'' family comic ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' was considered to be TheScrappy (due to the fact that his mutant power was [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway the ability to speak every language]], [[OvershadowedByAwesome which sort of paled]] next to eye-beams and weather-control and the like), and fans repeatedly demanded he be killed off. Once he died, a lot of people missed him and wanted him back. Thankfully, the wonders of technological advances vindicated him when he did come BackFromTheDead as [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower they expanded his language speaking powers]] to include programming languages (making him an expert hacker), arcane languages (allowing him to cast powerful spells), and body language, among others.
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* Harad from ''ComicBook/TheMiceTemplar'' was very unlikable for being a {{Jerkass}} and a DirtyCoward in Volume 2 who let innocent mice die for the sake of his own survival. Then Boris the Torturer removes [[EyeScream his only eye]] and leaves him for dead. After Leito rescues him, he TookALevelInKindness in Volume 3 and repeatedly tried to warn Leito not to trust Pilot. Just when he starts redeeming himself, Pilot kills him and makes it look like rats killed him. Leito, understandably, is brought to tears when he finds Harad's body.
* Jason Todd, of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' fame, was so hated that in the original publishing of ''ComicBook/BatmanADeathInTheFamily'' fans (by a slim margin) [[DeadSidekick voted to have him killed off by the Joker]]. ComicBook/TheJoker's murder of Jason was so brutal and cruel, not only did fans immediately stop hating him (with some [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor saying they regretted voting the way they did]]), but the Joker was seen by many as crossing the MoralEventHorizon. And when he came back, the circumstances of his death were so traumatic that they [[FaceHeelTurn drove him to become a supervillain]]. Then an AntiHero. Then an AntiVillain and now back to an AntiHero.
* The fate of Marvin and Wendy from ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' in ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' #62. Yes, they were annoying. No, they did '''not''' deserve to be ''brutalized'' by Wonder Dog, who kills Marvin and leaves Wendy comatose.
* In ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'', occasional character Tommy Turtle was finally put out of his misery and killed off (for the second [[WordOfGod and final time]]) in issue #169 when he was blasted to dust by Dr. Eggman's latest weapon. They ended up erecting a tombstone (even though there was nothing left to bury; his ashes got lost in the wind) and naming a hospital after him. This is also a HeroicSacrifice: he was infected by nanites that carried the evil AI A.D.A.M. He was able to resist the mind control just enough to fly to his death.
* The New 52 Franchise/{{Superman}} was not particularly liked because fans felt that he didn't ''act'' like a Superman should. However, with the events of ''ComicBook/TheFinalDaysOfSuperman'' happening and Superman [[FaceDeathWithDignity facing his impending death with dignity]], many of the fans who were against him are starting to feel this way towards him.
* An example that is so successful that people have forgotten she was ever a scrappy to start with, but ''ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied'' and its reputation and fame as a classic comics story and one of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan's'' greatest made Gwen Stacy into a comics' icon as ''the'' Character's Death that made everyone think that AnyoneCanDie and TheLostLenore with many seeing her as Spider-Man's true love cruelly taken away from him. In fact, when she was still a regular supporting character, Gwen was fairly unpopular among Spidey fans. She frequently underwent a number of bizarre personality shifts as Lee and Romita tried to make her the heroine of the books and came off as a DesignatedLoveInterest whose main characteristics were being a whiny DaddysGirl who hated Spider-Man (and quoted Jameson approvingly) while loving Peter, and then blaming Spider-Man for her father's death. None of the fans were convinced by the so-called "great love" Peter had for as he kept insisting in his thought bubbles. But thanks to that iconic story and its powerful images, Gwen overnight became a comics' icon and martyr of the Silver Age, with the brutality of her death so shocking and upsetting that it caused the first major backlash and divide among Spider-Man fans.
* Pandora, the face of ComicBook/TheNew52, spent her last moments in ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' being DefiantToTheEnd as she screamed at [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]] for being a cold and unfeeling monster and that the heroes of this world will find the hope that he took away earned her a few fans in the end.
* The teenage ComicBook/JeanGrey was not very liked by fans because she TookALevelInJerkass since arriving in our time/universe. Then, in the lead-up to ''ComicBook/PhoenixResurrection'', she prepares herself to fight the Phoenix to stop it from bonding with her, only to learn too late it wanted to ''kill her'' and does so by bonding with her and effectively blowing her up. This sudden action caught people off-guard and made those who didn't like her feel sorry for her.
* Proto-Damian Wayne [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Danny Chase]] had a HeroicSacrifice to save the world.

* Osiris, the counterpart to Captain Marvel Jr. in [[Characters/ShazamBlackMarvelFamily the Black Marvel Family]], was generally scorned by fans [[CreatorsPest and writers]] alike as an annoying, unlikable brat that cramped Black Adam's style. Then in ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'', [[spoiler:he gets betrayed and murdered by [[FalseFriend his best and only friend Sobek]] (really [[FourHorsemenOfTheApocolypse Famine]]) in a manner so shocking and brutal]] that even his biggest haters felt sorry for him and mourned his tragic fate. It helped that he died just as he was starting to show some real CharacterDevelopment and become a better person.

* Even those who otherwise hate Adachi from ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'', felt sorry for him at [[spoiler: the aftermath of the Mock Calvary Battle where he falls under the realization of how much of a HopelessSuitor to Yamada he truly is, and to top it all he can't bring himself to hate her because he knows Ichikawa is a good option, you can see on his face how devasted the realization has left him]]. As Kugenuma lampshades "It's a good thing that it was raining".

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** Following up after him in Chapter 3 is Hiyoko Saionji, Hiyoko is a base-breaking character as she's the resident bitch of the group who spends most of her time picking on others in particular [[NiceGirl Mikan]] [[ShrinkingViolet Tsumiki]], eventually she walks in on a brainwashed Mikan killing Ibuki which results in Mikan slicing the poor girl's throat to silence her forever. Her death is very tragic because she was beginning to improve her behaviour, and was only at the music venue because she wanted to tie her kimono in order to honour Mahiru, her best friend who was beaten to death in the prior chapter leaving her. Unlike a lot of AssholeVictims Hiyoko's death was a result of her HiddenHeartOfGold, for all of her flaws, it's genuinely haunting that Hiyoko died alone and scared without anyone to save her all because she tried to do the right thing. [[MisaimedFandom While some in the fanbase consider her death to be karma because she was killed by her main target despite Hiyoko never doing anything remotely as cruel as what Mikan did to her]], most consider her death to be undeserved and unnecessary because she died before her arc was completed and physically couldn't fight back.