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* '''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 either a HighTierScrappy or LowTierLetdown. If the character is hated because people hate the actor portraying the character, that's XPacHeat.

* '''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]][[Series/GameOfThrones Ramsay Bolton]], [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]] and [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2 Micah Bell]] are universally hated characters, but they're 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.[[/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.

* '''A single hated character''': The Scrappy, as an AudienceReaction, 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, but since they are an entire race of beings, they cannot be considered Scrappies since it isn’t fair to judge every single one of them. [[/labelnote]]

* '''A single hated character''': The Scrappy, as an AudienceReaction, 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).

* '''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]][[Series/GameOfThrones Ramsay Bolton]], [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]], and [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2 Micah Bell]] are universally hated characters, but they're 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.[[/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.

* '''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]][[Series/GameOfThrones Ramsay Bolton]], [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]], and [[Film/SchindlersList Amon Goeth]] are universally hated characters, but they're 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.[[/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.

* '''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]][[Series/GameOfThrones Ramsay Bolton]], [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]], and [[Film/SchindlersList Amon Goeth]] are all universally hated characters, but they're 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.[[/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.

* '''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]][[Series/GameOfThrones Joffrey Baratheon]], [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]], [[Film/CannibalHolocaust Alan Yates]], [[Franchise/StarWars Wilhuff Tarkin]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Red Skull]], [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Zouken Matou]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]], [[Literature/UncleTomsCabin Simon Legree]], [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird Bob Ewell]] and [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Dr. Weil]] are all universally hated characters. However, they're 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.[[/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.

* The "Decommissioned" objects of the ''Wiki/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.

* The "Decommissioned" objects of the ''Wiki/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.

* '''Unintentionally hated by the audience''': If [[IntendedAudienceReaction this character is supposed to be hated]] due to being a villain, idiot, 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]][[Series/GameOfThrones Joffrey Baratheon]], [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]], [[Film/CannibalHolocaust Alan Yates]], [[Franchise/StarWars Wilhuff Tarkin]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Red Skull]], [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Zouken Matou]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]], [[Literature/UncleTomsCabin Simon Legree]], [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird Bob Ewell]] and [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Dr. Weil]] are all universally hated characters. However, they're 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.[[/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.

* '''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 TierInducedScrappy. If the character is hated because people hate the actor portraying the character, that's XPacHeat.

** 'TheScrappy/TheDCU

** ''TheScrappy/TheDCU''
** ''TheScrappy/MarvelUniverse''

->''"The key element is how this character drives some formerly rational fans to the lowest levels of foaming loonydom in their hatred."''
-->-- '''Tropers/AndyZero''' [[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011041645/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheScrappyDiscussion discussing the basic idea for a new trope idea they have]]

[[caption-width-right:350: The [[TropeNamer original]] Scrappy in his native environment.\\
We would say "Accept no substitutes", but asking you to accept him is perhaps asking too much.]]

* ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'':
** Kender are intended to be Dragonlance's PluckyComicRelief, but instead have turned into one of ''the'' most hated races out there. Mostly it's because their racial personality traits ([[CuriousAsAMonkey childlike innocence and curiosity]], [[FearlessFool fearlessness]], [[KleptomaniacHero chronic kleptomania]], [[NeverMyFault denying having stolen anything when confronted about it]]) are just begging to be played as ChaoticStupid, to the point where it would take a very creative player to play a Kender character who ''wasn't'' ChaoticStupid.
*** In canon, the dragon lord Malystryx attempted genocide on the Kender race, which was considered to be an extreme MoralEventHorizon. This is in contrast to most tabletop groups, which often don't even consider killing Kender as a violation of the Paladin Code.
*** A chief reason for why Kender are so hated is the sheer ProtagonistCenteredMorality involved in their creation. There are other "thief" races out there, including halflings, goblins, and boggles, but none of them are anywhere nearly as hated as Kender because all of them are treated realistically for their thieving, mostly doing it to survive or because they're jerks, and are appropriately considered mostly Neutral or Evil - it's up to the player if they think the thieving of those races is justifiable. Kender, on the other hand, are treated as a Good race, and the books play their kleptomania as innocent, childlike curiosity. One infamous page claims that the AlwaysChaoticEvil races are the only ones to hate Kender, and declares that the "truly wise" understand that the world would be worse off without a rabble of thieving, brain-damaged little shits with no functional society. So basically, if you resent your fellow player for pocketing your magic items, then you are objectively wrong. Is it any wonder that most groups consider "I want to play a Kender!" to be a ban-on-sight deal? One problem is that the Kender are supposed to be endearing in part by genuinely not understanding what they are doing, which works in a novel -- [[{{Griefer}} but the ''player'' on the other side of the table definitely knows what he's doing]].
*** Another creepy element about the kender is the fact that one of the HalfHumanHybrid races of Krynn is the Half-Kender. This wouldn't normally be egregious -- the personality of the typical kender lends itself well to InterspeciesRomance (at least of the "exotic one-night stand" variety) -- but the problem is that most half-kender are stated to be the result of human men impregnating kender women without realizing their lover's race first. Remember that kender are by and large stated to be visually hard to distinguish from ''human children'' and then let the FridgeHorror sink in.
** Gully dwarves are the other highly problematic race of the setting. Like kender, they're comic relief characters, but unlike kender there's only one real joke about gully dwarves and it's that they're dwarves, but with severe Down's Syndrome. They're smaller than other types of dwarves, and also extremely stupid- they speak in broken common, they don't know how to practice proper hygiene so they always smell bad, they have no society of their own, and all they can really do to survive is scavenge the refuse left by other races. There's almost nothing about them that ''isn't'' loaded with UnfortunateImplications.
** The world of Krynn is also home to Tinker Gnomes, a race of [[OurGnomesAreWeirder gnomes]] who were intended to be PluckyComicRelief (sensing a pattern, yet?) but are largely regarded with varying levels of disdain and annoyance by readers. Whilst not as loathed as kender or gully gnomes, tinker gnomes are slapped with the hat of being {{Bungling Inventor}}s -- and specifically, Bungling Inventors whose bungling results in their being completely unable to build anything that works, usually because it's [[RubeGoldbergDevice absurdly overcomplicated]]. As with the gully dwarves, they're a one-joke race that very quickly wears out the joke. Third edition in particular made things worse by expanding upon the lore that they were cursed into this state by adding a new element to the curse: they literally ''prefer'' failure to success, and look down on those gnomes who build anything that works.

-->--Tropers/AndyZero [[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011041645/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheScrappyDiscussion discussing the basic idea for a new trope idea they have]]

* '''Hated by the fans of the work''': They have to be hated by people who [[BileFascination unironically]] enjoy the work otherwise. Hated by [[PeripheryHatedom those who dislike the work to begin with]] don't count.[[labelnote:Examples]][[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney]] and WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}} are definitely still hated, but the works they hail from are reviled enough as is and [[PeripheryHatedom clearly meant for a different audience]]; thus, they cannot be considered Scrappies.[[/labelnote]]

* 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 [[TastesLikeDiabetes sickeningly sweet]] 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.

* '''Unintentionally hated by the audience''': If [[IntendedAudienceReaction this character is supposed to be hated]] due to being a villain, idiot, 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]][[Series/GameOfThrones Joffrey Baratheon]], [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]], [[Film/CannibalHolocaust Alan Yates]], [[Franchise/StarWars Wilhuff Tarkin]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Red Skull]], [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Zouken Matou]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]], [[Literature/UncleTomsCabin Simon Legree]], and [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Dr. Weil]] are all universally hated characters. However, they're 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.[[/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.

* '''Unintentionally hated by the audience''': If [[IntendedAudienceReaction this character is supposed to be hated]] due to being a villain, idiot, 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]][[Series/GameOfThrones Joffrey Baratheon]], [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]], [[Film/CannibalHolocaust Alan Yates]], [[Franchise/StarWars Wilhuff Tarkin]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Red Skull]], [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Zouken Matou]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]], [[Literature/UncleTomsCabin Simon Legree]], and [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Dr. Weil]] are all universally hated characters. However, they're 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.[[/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.

* '''Unintentionally hated by the audience''': If [[IntendedAudienceReaction this character is supposed to be hated]] due to being a villain, idiot, or {{Jerkass}}, and their cruel actions are treated as such InUniverse, 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]][[Series/GameOfThrones Joffrey Baratheon]], [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]], [[Film/CannibalHolocaust Alan Yates]], [[Franchise/StarWars Wilhuff Tarkin]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Red Skull]], [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Zouken Matou]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]], [[Literature/UncleTomsCabin Simon Legree]], and [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Dr. Weil]] are all universally hated characters. However, they're 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.[[/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.

* '''A single hated character''': The Scrappy, as an AudienceReaction, only applies to individual characters. Hated works or products 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).

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