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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11264339/1/Iced-Engagement Iced Engagement]]'': The story's take on Ami/Mercury is strongly disliked by readers, for being a GodModeSue and SpotlightStealingSquad to the [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Galaxy Rangers]]

* '''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]], 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, they're 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]], 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, they're 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]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]], 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, they're 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]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]], 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:Examples]][[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 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.

Contrast EnsembleDarkhorse (an unexpectedly popular (usually minor or secondary) character) and UnpopularPopularCharacter (a character hated or disliked InUniverse but loved by the fandom), compare CreatorsPet (a character loved InUniverse but hated or disliked by the fandom), and compare and contrast BaseBreakingCharacter (where one part of the fandom thinks a character is the Scrappy but at least a sizable chunk like them). If the Scrappy dies or suffers in some painful way where the audience actually starts to sympathize with the character, then it becomes AlasPoorScrappy. Not to be confused with CuteBruiser which is the original meaning of the word scrappy.

* '''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, they're 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]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]], [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]], 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:Examples]][[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 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, they're 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/RedSkull]], [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]], 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:Examples]][[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 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, they're 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]], [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]], 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:Examples]][[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 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, they're 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]], [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]], 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:Examples]][[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 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.

Contrast EnsembleDarkhorse (an unexpectedly popular (minor or secondary) character) and UnpopularPopularCharacter (a character hated or disliked InUniverse but loved by the fandom), compare CreatorsPet (a character loved InUniverse but hated or disliked by the fandom), and compare and contrast BaseBreakingCharacter (where one part of the fandom thinks a character is the Scrappy but at least a sizable chunk like them). If the Scrappy dies or suffers in some painful way where the audience actually starts to sympathize with the character, then it becomes AlasPoorScrappy. Not to be confused with CuteBruiser which is the original meaning of the word scrappy.

Contrast EnsembleDarkhorse (an unexpectedly popular (minor or secondary) character), UnpopularPopularCharacter (a character hated or disliked InUniverse but loved by the fandom) and compare and contrast BaseBreakingCharacter (where one part of the fandom thinks a character is the Scrappy but at least a sizable chunk like them). If the Scrappy dies or suffers in some painful way where the audience actually starts to sympathize with the character, then it becomes AlasPoorScrappy. Not to be confused with CuteBruiser which is the original meaning of the word scrappy.

* If you're a kid in the northeast US in gym class, you're probably going to be subjected to lacrosse at some point. Lacrosse has a much, much steeper learning curve than any other sport introduced at the elementary/middle school level, and the majority of any gym class lacrosse game will be spent trying and failing to just ''pick the damn ball up.'' The sticks and balls used in gym class are designed for people who don't know how to play lacrosse and are weighted differently from competition quality lacrosse equipment[[note]]Real lacrosse sticks have netting attached to a frame, gym class lacrosse sticks are plastic with a bar to keep the ball from falling out of the stick[[/note]]. For added aggravation, there will often be a kid who actually plays lacrosse, and finds the low quality of the class equipment and the incompetence of their classmates intensely irritating.

* '''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, they're 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]], [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]], 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 e.g. being depicted as a good person InUniverse when they're seen as the complete opposite by the general audience.[[labelnote:Examples]][[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 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}}, they're 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]], [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]], 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:Examples]][[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 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.

* ''Fanfic/{{Turtles}}'': The student council, especially Kawashima. Most reviewers who express an opinion on them dislike them and virtually no one is defending them, despite the author pointing out that they aren't meant to be hated. Part of the reason is that as of this writing, the fic is at the point in the story in which the student council is almost completely unlikeable(i.e. before the semifinals match with Pravda roughly two thirds of the way through). It doesn't help that the fic going into more detail about the effort needed to get the tankery team up and running again makes the student council [[AdaptationalDumbass come off as less competent than in canon]]. Kawashima gets the worst of it, as while her terrible aim was regarded as an amusing RunningGag in the anime, people are hoping Koume will replace her with a gunner who can actually hit what she's shooting at.

[[quoteright:350:[[Franchise/ScoobyDoo https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0ec835e622fd39d465b1c6785f81d878.png]]]]
[[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.]]

* 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 has its own Decommissioning log, where they are [[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.

* The "[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/decommissioned-scps-arc Decommissioned]]" objects of the ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', most of which are blatant {{Self Insert}}s and WishFulfillment fantasies right out of a bad FanFic. They are so reviled by Foundation staff that most of them has its own Decommissioning log, where they are [[DroppedABridgeOnHim destroyed]] in the most over-the-top way [[TakeThatScrappy just to rub it in]].

* Hope Harcourt from ''Theatre/AnythingGoes'' has often been criticized as a wet blanket. In a show where every other main character gets to indulge in a fair bit of comedic hijinks, Hope's role is almost entirely devoid of humor. Making matters worse is she's a major source of {{Wangst}}. Depending on the scene, she's either whining about how Billy is harassing her, or how she wishes she could be with him. While not widely hated, this combination of being a buzzkill and being unable to make up her mind concerning the show's love triangle has caused many to say Hope is the most thankless principle role.

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* Little Red from ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods''. She doesn't get any noteworthy songs, her character is fairly one-dimensional and boring, and she's far less important to the plot than the other principals. In fact, you could probably remove her from the musical entirely without affecting too much, save one scene where she dares Jack to climb the beanstalk again.