History Main / SketchySuccessor

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': In the ''TurnBackThePendulum'' Gaiden, it's shown that [[PosthumousCharacter Gosuke Kiganjo]], the 10th Kenpachi, was seen as this compared to previous [[LegacyCharacter Kenpachis]]. Shinji in particular greatly disliked him, wondering how someone like him could have ever made it as a captain, and nobody seemed to grieve much at all after Zaraki killed him for a KlingonPromotion.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': In flashback scenes, it's shown that [[PosthumousCharacter Gosuke Kiganjo]], the 10th Kenpachi, was seen as this compared to previous [[LegacyCharacter Kenpachis]]. Shinji in particular greatly disliked him, wondering how someone like him could have ever made it as a captain, and nobody seemed to grieve much at all after Zaraki killed him for a KlingonPromotion.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': After killing Mufasa, Scar takes over as king of Pride Rock, and the Pridelands promptly turn into a [[{{Mordor}} literal hellhole]] under his reign, mainly because of his incompetence and laziness. As he wasn't properly raised to be king, Scar [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome doesn't realize]] that openly threatening others whenever they complain about his reign won't get him around. Because of this, he [[NeverMyFault refuses to accept responsibility]] and earns a ZeroPercentApprovalRating from all animals for his tyranny.

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': While the Rahul Lama did try to get his grandson more involved in all aspects of the ancient martial and healing art he was the last true master of and keep him involved in training their students after his death his grandson runs the school into the ground. By the time Tim is in Paris again long enough to revisit their martial arts school it has been replaced with a fast food joint and all of Shen's remaining "students" are thugs.

* An Aversion: Nobody expected [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Edward VII]] to be any good as a King: as Prince of Wales, he was a dissolute playboy who drank and smoked a lot, got caught up in a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_baccarat_scandal gambling scandal]], had more mistresses than you can shake a stick at, and was seen as unhealthily fond of France, French manners, French food, and above all of French prostitutes (he famously had a "love chair" at one of Paris' most notorious high-class brothels for the express purpose of supporting himself while he took two prostitutes at once). [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, he was a gourmand]] and was [[AdiposeRex tremendously fat]]. He once appeared as a witness in a divorce trial in which the husband alleged the wife had cheated on him with the Prince (triply scandalous on its own--the Prince is not only accused of having an affair with a married woman, but then he has to ''testify'' about it, ''and'' it's a divorce trial to boot--made quadruple so by the fact that the husband was an MP and the Prince apparently visited the wife during sittings of Parliament). He also had several mistresses in succession. So, when after decades of [[UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria Queen Vicky]]'s rule, Edward became King, everyone looked at him with a skewed eye...and proceeded to thank God when he showed he knew his place as King and actually became of great help to the Government, particularly in foreign affairs (his great love of all things French and extensive network of contacts in France set the groundwork for the ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entente_cordiale entente cordiale]]''--he had been authorised to talk to the French about an alliance against Germany as early as ''twenty years'' before his accession, and he kept at it until the agreements were signed). None of this kept him from continuing to have as much fun as he could manage throughout his nine-year reign (down to continuing to fairly openly live with his mistress, Alice Keppel), but nobody really minded because he was such a good monarch otherwise.