History TheScrappy / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' examples:
** Orihime Inoue, though not originally in this field, became disliked by a huge percentage of the fanbase after the series entered the Hueco Mundo arc. This has to do with several factors.

** Before Orihime, there was Momo Hinamori, Aizen's [[NiceGirl sweet and cheerful]] but naive and obsessive [[TheWoobie Woobie]] of a lieutenant. She was [[MoreThanMindControl brainwashed]] into unquestioned obedience by Aizen for decades, leading her to attack her best friend/adoptive brother Toshiro Hitsugaya[[hottip:*: She scored a lot of hate there too, Hitsugaya is so popular that he got his own movie.]] because of some very shaky information in a letter Aizen wrote her before his apparent death. It became even worse when [[spoiler: after she came back after being stabbed to almost certain death as part of Aizen's plan, Momo was in such heavy denial and so damaged that she still thought he was partially innocent (and that Gin Ichimaru was the one actually responsible), begging for Aizen to be saved]]. This earned her even more hatred from fans.
** Some people hate Soi Fong, a.k.a. "Captain Bitchninja" because of her extremely harsh attitude toward everyone except Yoruichi.
** [[BigBad Aizen]] drifted into this trope after a while. While initially very popular for his looks and his suave villainy, he wore thin for a lot of fans as the Hueco Mundo/Fake Karakura Arcs went on. He receives virtually no backstory, his powers are vastly [[StoryBreakerPower Story Breaking]], and many of his tactical decisions and plans turned out to be very stupid. Behind the good looks and god complex, he just wasn't much of a character.
** Kaname Tousen during his time as a Gotei 13 captain and Aizen's right-hand man, he's easily disliked by nearly everyone of the fanbase due to being blind, [[UnfortunateImplications being a black man]], and joining the bad guys for a stupid and hypocritical reason ([[spoiler:although it turns out that he isn't as noble as he claims, and only wants revenge]]). Not to mention when he gained his sight back, he calls Komamura (remember, Tousen was the first person not to treat Komamura as an outcast) [[KickTheDog ugly]].[[hottip:*:This is in contrast to Rangiku and Hisagi, who briefly comment on how they like him better without the mask, since he is no longer hiding anything]]
** Kon: gets this for being a flat character and his complaining.
** Anime-only characters especially get flak from fans:
*** The Modsouls were reviled during their debut, but it softened a bit afterward. By the end of the Bount arc, once they were reduced to comic relief, they quickly got hated again.
*** Hardly ''anyone'' likes the Bounts, the filler shinigami, and the filler arrancars.
*** Lurichiyo Kasumioji is notorious amongst the fandom for her SpoiledBrat demeanor as a princess.
*** Shu Kannogi's got a particularly grating voice in ''both'' English and Japanese, and he's such a wimp that it's hard to take him seriously.
*** Nozomi Kujo, being a CreatorsPet and a FlatCharacter with ThirtySuePileup.
** Surprisingly enough, Kenpachi Zaraki, once firmly in the EnsembleDarkhorse camp, drifted briefly into here following an [[ExpandedUniverse ambiguously-canon novel by someone other than Kubo]] portraying him as a GodModeSue, to the point where, when he got beaten to a pulp by the new BigBad[[spoiler:'s [[ActuallyADoombot Doombot]]]] in the actual manga, the fans were ''happy'' (not because they disliked him ''per se'', but because that proves Kubo himself does not believe Zaraki is as powerful as he was portrayed in the novel).
*** His [[spoiler:killing of Unohana due to Kyoraku's orders for her to [[TrainingFromHell train him]] in a DuelToTheDeath]] hasn't done the man any wonders either. It struck many as not only terrible character shilling on Kenpachi's part, but [[spoiler:a waste of Unohana's merits after ''finally'' averting the "informed" part of her InformedAbility]] and [[WhatAnIdiot/{{Bleach}} a monumentally idiotic moment]] in light of [[spoiler:Vandenreich recently turning the Soul Society into a slaughterhouse.]]
** The Xcution as a whole are [[SmugSnake smug]] [[ReplacementScrappy replacements]] to the Arrancar. Unlike the arrancar which had their own sympathetic backstories and interesting powers, the former on the other hand seems to be introduced solely to provide a means to restore Ichigo's powers and an enemy group, despite being very low on the SortingAlgorithmOfEvil to fight to fill in the time before the Vandenreich arc.

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** Suzaku first and foremost, on both sides of the Pacific no less. Being TheQuisling was bad enough, but his blatant [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]] on virtually every subject combined with a [[SmugSnake smug]] HolierThanThou attitude (namely toward Lelouch) and being something of a CreatorsPet have only made him less endearing. Such was his hatedom that the series director actually tried (and in certain opinions, failed) to defend him and his cause in an interview.
** Nina. Her racism ([[AllThereInTheManual caused by bad experiences in a Japanese ghetto]]), her [[PsychoLesbian affection for Euphemia]], and [[MadScientist her role in creating the Geass-world equivalent of a nuclear bomb]] [[spoiler: resulting in the death of millions]] earned her the hatred of the fanbase. The [[FanDisservice Table-kun]] [[ADateWithRosiePalms incident]] didn't help. Though unlike other cases, she actually [[CharacterDevelopment learned her lesson and wised up]]... but tell that to the fanbase, which REFUSES to see her change.
** Rolo and Shirley have also been hated on and considered as Scrappies, though it seems to be mostly by fans of one that hate the other. Rolo's hated for [[spoiler:killing Shirley]] and considered a DepravedHomosexual (with all the homophobia it brings), Shirley is hated and blamed for various problems in the series (whether she ''did'' cause them or not is something else) and her detractors feel she deserved that fate.
** Typically, by the end of the series, all the fan hatred has, in an interesting meta-contrast to the ending, been shifted towards Kaname Ohgi. While he was initially a voice of reason in the Black Knights, his status as TheGenericGuy in an otherwise vividly colorful cast and his increasingly stupid and hypocritical behavior in R2 (including backstabbing Lelouch based on VillainsNeverLie and functionally surrendering the ''entire world'' to Britannia in an under-the-table deal to free Japan) quickly rocketed him to Scrappy status. Not only he does ''not'' suffer in any way, shape, or form for his mistakes and ends up both a [[KarmaHoudini Karma]] AND an IdiotHoudini, but at the end of the series, he gets one of the happiest endings out of all of the cast by being HappilyMarried and he even became ''Prime Minister of Japan'' while two of the main characters get the worst endings, which made him even more hated by fans of the show. This was amplified by the knowledge that [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Ohgi's betrayal basically led to the final arc and the characters' bad ends]], which have been equally rejected by various fans, [[DespairEventHorizon but]] [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans for]] [[InferredHolocaust different]] [[SenselessSacrifice reasons]].
** Ougi's newlywed wife, Villetta, also shares in the hate for [[LoveMakesYouDumb arguably leading him astray in the first place]] and screwing Lelouch over in the most inopportune moments, culminating in her being trusted over Lelouch leading to the betrayal when she has no right to be, as an agent against him on behalf of Britannia (re:the geass and him being AWOL following the Black Rebellion, even though she was the one watching over Lelouch for geass, meaning she may have very well misled them, and keeping him under surveillance during that year, making her partly responsible for the latter), and also that she was the one who incapacitated Ohgi in the first place partly due to the latter's carelessness, and Ohgi [[NeverMyFault still completely blames Lelouch for being treated as an expendable during that moment]]). And yet, she too shares in Ohgi's happy ending for her convenient [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor team switch]], even though she undergoes no redemptive character development nor actually does anything for the peace. Meanwhile, each of the main leads had already [[spoiler:lost a love interest they both cared about, one of which started falling deeper into despair after being used by Villetta]]. It's not too strange to find fans who wished they didn't survive the waterfall incident.
** Tianzi of the Chinese Federation because of her complaining.
** Gino Weinberg, and arguably the entire Knights of the Round, as they really don't get much screentime (except for Anya), and when they do get screentime, they don't really contribute anything (though Lucanio is a peculiar one in that the little screentime he has manages to be the biggest asshole in the entire series.) Gino's entire character is essentially "Hit on Girls and act buddy-buddy with Suzaku", and he doesn't do much else than that the entire series, all 20 or so times he shows up and wastes precious time just being there.
** The Knights (barring Anya & Luciano) are considered a perfect example of TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter - given their potential as a QuirkyMinibossSquad of EliteMooks and what little characterisation some of them got, you'd expect them to be compelling player. Alas, the series may as well have not had them at all for the good they did (especially the ones who were reduced to RedShirt). This may be a partial result of the ExecutiveMeddling which afflicted Season 2, but it doesn't change what we got on-screen.

* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'':
*** Katz Kobayashi is hated for being gullible and stubborn as well as obsessed with enemy pilot Sarah Zaviaroff. It is no surprise that the fandom squealed with joy when he [[spoiler: died by his own stupidity when he crashed into an asteroid]].
*** Reccoa Londe, for betraying the AEUG for "using her" despite the fact that they never thought of her as anything less then a great friend and ally, and that she defected over to Scirocco, a womanizer of the highest order. And also, she indirectly caused the death of fan-favorite Emma. Many fans snidely remark that if Char had just slept with her once, all this could have been avoided.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack CharsCounterattack]]''
*** Both Quess Paraya and Hathaway Noa could also be considered Scrappies. Hathaway was partially RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap because of how things go wrong in the sequel novel ''Hathaway's Flash''.
*** Chan Agi from the same film also takes some heat, mostly due to the fact that fans felt her role should have been filled by the conspicuously absent Sayla Mass.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'':
*** [[RebelliousPrincess Relena]], who is often seen as a TooDumbToLive StalkerWithACrush [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses Pink Menace]] regardless of her significant CharacterDevelopment and BadassPacifist moments--and this is before you get into the [[YaoiFangirl Yaoi Fangirls]] screaming "DieForOurShip!" in some cases, quite literally. [[AmericansHateTingle At least in America]]. In Japan, Relena often appears in ''Gundam Ace'''s "Top 30 Females" list, and, as of 2010, is the only female ''Gundam Wing'' character to appear on said list.
*** Wufei, an ArrogantKungFuGuy who is [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] in fanfiction as a [[HeManWomanHater misogynist bastard]] who only knows four words: "Justice", "Evil", "Nataku", and "[[HeyYou ONNA!]]". The fact that he is a blatant {{Hypocrite}} by [[NeverLiveItDown spouting off about honour and then killing soldiers in their sleep]] hardly helps his case, either.
*** In an interview with the creators, Quatre was referred to as the "Space Heart Jerk" by the Japanese fans of the show, though [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff he is popular overseas]].

** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'' and its sequel ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'':
*** Flay Allster because [[spoiler: she used sex to lure Kira Yamato to his death, as punishment for failing to save her father from an horrible death in space...]], Yuna Roma Seiran for being the RomanticFalseLead, Shinn Asuka for being the ReplacementScrappy, Meyrin Hawke for [[DieForOurShip standing in between Athrun and Cagalli]], and, to a lesser degree, Lunamaria Hawke for being a FauxActionGirl, Lacus Clyne for being PuritySue (but like Momo from ''Bleach'', [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Japan loves her]] [[AmericansHateTingle for that exact reason]]), and Kira Yamato for being the ultimate one-man SpotlightStealingSquad in ''Destiny'' (but see Lacus's note). Basically, these two series are a perfect example of how completely different characters can be the Scrappy in the eyes of different segments of the fandom.
*** The trio of DOM Trooper pilots, who do nothing other than act as attack dogs while berating people who dare disagree with Lacus-sama; even those on Kira's side of the fan-war find them irritating and one-dimensional.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]''
*** [[spoiler:Lyle Dylandy]], apart from bordering on an InUniverse example of ReplacementScrappy, can't catch a break from fans. He's either not enough like his brother or too much like his brother, then he gets together with Anew Returner during a four-month timeskip (which was not the ''best'' writing decision). Then [[spoiler:when she turned out to be a ManchurianAgent and Setsuna had to kill her, Lyle was very upset [[SarcasmMode for some reason]] and beat him up]].
*** Andrei Smirnov wasn't popular due to hating his [[ColonelBadass father]], [[EnsembleDarkhorse Sergei]], for some reasons that were rather tenuous and could have been solved if they'd sat down and talked things out, as well as [[DieForOurShip having feelings for Louise]]. [[spoiler:When he ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVFgWqFWLBU kills]]'' Sergei, calling him a traitor when Sergei was actually acting as a negotiator for A-LAWS and trying to ''save lives'' after a not-ColonyDrop, nobody could forgive him. He even had the gall to say that it was a "difficult choice" when he was basically taking a very flimsy pretext to commit patricide]].

*** Wang Liu Mei for being too secretive, a SmugSnake in training, and her plan to "destroy the world she hates, through change" without ever saying ''why'' she hates the way it is now so vehemently. Her mistreatment of her [[UndyingLoyalty insanely loyal]] brother and [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered attitude]] cements it.
*** Saji Crossroad heads on his way back to scrappydom in season 2 for being selfish and practically ignorant of Celestial Being's efforts to pay for their sins, even after Tieria already told him that the world conflict cannot be resolved with simple pacifism, and to see the world through his own eyes. To be fair for the kid, though, [[CharacterDevelopment he's gotten better]].
*** But the same cannot be said for Louise who went from being pitiful into despicable for some people when [[spoiler: she joins A-LAWS to get revenge on Celestial Being and deeming the latter an UltimateEvil despite A-LAWS' atrocities. Even though she was heavily damaged mentally and physically, some couldn't excuse her attitude or trying to kill Saji]] [[spoiler: And even when Loise kills fellow scrappy, Nena, it didn't help. For some, it even made it worse.]]
*** There were already complaints about [[spoiler: Billy Katagiri]]'s [[DemotedToExtra reduced role]], but after he [[spoiler: apparently tried to shoot his ex-girlfriend Sumeragi Lee Noriega]] in episode 23, the fandom was ''screaming'' for his blood. The revelation that joining [[spoiler:Ribbons was solely due to the fact that [[CannotSpitItOut he can't say I love you]] didn't help]].
*** RebelliousPrincess Marina is hated due to the fact that she seems to have no use other than hanging out with the orphaned Azhadistan children. It was an attempt to show how the war effects people who have nothing to do with it, but way too much time was spent on it, and Marina comes off as basically an {{Expy}} of Relena, without Relena's CharacterDevelopment or BadassPacifist tendencies. Her season one portrayal doesn't help this image, in which she spent the entire season effectively doing nothing but going on a pointless trip to the UN (in which she ended up a pawn of season one BigBad Alejandro Corner) and being [[GeneralFailure completely indecisive]] when Azadistan ended up collapsing into civil war[[note]]Many saw the latter as a repeat of Cagalli's CharacterDerailment in ''Destiny''[[/note]].
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE Gundam AGE]]''
*** Flit Asuno during the second season on was hated by a fair amount of fans over his near single-minded obsession toward wiping out the Vagan. Some had even compared him to [[OmnicidalManiac Gihren Zabi, Patrick Zala and the Blue Cosmos people]], despite the fact Flit had otherwise [[FreudianExcuse legitimate reasons]] to want Vagan destroyed[[note]]albeit not to the extent of killing its civilians as well[[/note]]. Fortunately this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in-series, [[spoiler:and Flit eventually develops past his hatred]].
*** Kio Asuno wasn't exactly well liked at the beginning of his arc (some saw him as a [[ReplacementScrappy poor replacement]] for Flit and Asemu), but he definitely made no friends when he switched to TechnicalPacifism. Viewers who had hated SEED quickly drew parallels between him and Kira Yamato, but even those who like Kira or have no opinion on him were annoyed by Kio's actions. Bad enough that the reasons behind Kio's shift were extremely dubious[[note]]He basically made friends with the BigBad (even though the latter was an insane OmnicidalManiac), his wife and two random street kids, and then went through a PetTheDog side-plot that turned him overly sympathetic toward the Vagans[[/note]], but his portrayal as a TechnicalPacifist was even less endearing: badmouthing his grandfather (who had already lost much to the Vagans' wanton genocide) and anyone else who didn't see the Vagans as warm wholesome people, insisting on pleading with enemy pilots to "understand" no matter how many times it didn't work (i.e. it ''never'' worked), and overall seemed far more concerned with Vagan deaths than his own wingmates.
*** Zeheart Galette. Being a Char Clone is often a BaseBreaker enough[[note]]Unless you're the original Char, then chances are you're going to be hated by some segment of the ''Gundam'' fanbase for being a clone, no matter how distinguished or well developed a character you are[[/note]], but Zeheart only compounded that status by being the most ineffectual Char Clone to date; despite his continually getting promoted up the ranks, Zeheart was at best an indecisive commander who repeatedly botched the Vagans' chances of victory. Even worse is the fact none of the characters ever saw Zeheart as a GeneralFailure; throughout the series he's reputed as one of Vagans' top generals, ([[spoiler:one who eventually became Ezelcant's successor as Vagan supreme commander]]), while the only character that ever saw Zeheart in any type of negative light, [[FatBastard Zanald Beihart]], was dismissed as a self-serving glory seeker (which he was) who demeaned Zeheart for personal gain (which he did) and otherwise had no basis to his claims (which was quite the contrary). Combine that with the the Third Generation's inconsistent writing, which caused Zeheart to alternate between a FatherToHisMen and WorthyOpponent to a pure GeneralRipper with a WeHaveReserves attitude in the span of a single episode, and you have one of the most poorly received ''Gundam'' villains since [[MobileSuitZetaGundam Jerid Messa]].
*** The faction of Vagan as a whole, due to inconsistent writing. They were given a sympathetic and plausible reason for going to war, but most of the named characters who served as Vagan's face were JerkAss [[BloodKnight Blood Knights]] with few redeeming qualities. The writers threw in a pair of {{Anvilicious}} episodes to remind people that Vagan still had a good reason to fight (and [[AuthorsSavingThrow explained]] the [[JerkAss jerkassery]] as being a consequence of bad living conditions)... then they gave the BigBad a [[VoodooShark nonsensical]] secret plan that tore down the sympathy that had been built up and returned the job of representing Vagan to the Jerkass [[BloodKnight Blood Knights]] as soon as they left Second Moon. Not surprising that many fans were ''rooting'' for Flit to carry out his genocidal dreams.

** Out of the main cast, Max gets the most hate. Certainly being an [[BrattyHalfPint insufferable know-it-all]] and his apparent pointlessness qualify him as prime Scrappy material. However, strangely enough, he didn't make it to the point of being the CreatorsPet even though he had all the potential to become one of these. Plus he did have some decently-done [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Moments Of Heartwarming]]. One of Max's problems is that he's a borderline BrattyHalfPint and TagalongKid to levels near being TheLoad. Whenever an episode stars him, it gives you the indication that he's going to start catching Pokémon for himself, but he never does. He promises one Ralts that he would come back and train it one day. He never actually does anything truly important to the story aside from [[SatelliteCharacter being a character that May can interact with.]]

** Despite all the hatred, Hinamori still places in the top 10 in ''Shonen Jump'' popularity polls (reaching as high as sixth place at one point), for the same reason [[AmericansHateTingle Western fans]] [[ValuesDissonance dislike]] [[RealWomenDontWearDresses her]]. Orihime is in the top 10 as well, it's very much the VocalMinority when it comes to these two.

*** The Knights (barring Anya & Luciano) are considered a perfect example of TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter - given their potential as a QuirkyMinibossSquad of EliteMooks and what little characterisation some of them got, you'd expect them to be compelling player. Alas, the series may as well have not had them at all for the good they did (especially the ones who were reduced to RedShirt). This may be a partial result of the ExecutiveMeddling which afflicted Season 2, but it doesn't change what we got on-screen.

** ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]'':
*** Try to find a fan of Olba, the younger of the Frost brothers. "Whiny, flamboyant male {{Yandere}} with a brother complex" doesn't even cover it, although he only has [[NeverLiveItDown one instance]] of freaking out over his brother getting hit. [[spoiler:His brother is also the only other Category F Newtype, which are useless in the eyes of basically everyone]]. Still, even his own [[NozomuSasaki voice actor]] hated him. Even gave him a word aversion to "Nii-san".

**** RebelliousPrincess Marina is hated due to the fact that she seems to have no use other than hanging out with the orphaned Azhadistan children. It was an attempt to show how the war effects people who have nothing to do with it, but way too much time was spent on it, and Marina comes off as basically an {{Expy}} of Relena, without Relena's CharacterDevelopment or BadassPacifist tendencies. Her season one portrayal doesn't help this image, in which she spent the entire season effectively doing nothing but going on a pointless trip to the UN (in which she ended up a pawn of season one BigBad Alejandro Corner) and being [[GeneralFailure completely indecisive]] when Azadistan ended up collapsing into civil war[[note]]Many saw the latter as a repeat of Cagalli's CharacterDerailment in ''Destiny''[[/note]].

*** Max can't train Pokémon because he's ineligible for a Trainer's license -- he hasn't turned ten yet. [[NotAllowedToGrowUp He never will either, the way things are going]].

** Togepi is blamed for Misty losing her personality in Johto. It didn't help that it just sat in her arms and did nothing of any interest for four years (except the odd episode or moment). When her character was restored on leaving the regular cast, Togepi was swiftly [[PutOnABus put on a more permanent bus]] -- ''finally'' evolving into Togetic and staying behind to guard the Mirage Kingdom Togepi.
*** Togepi's the ''only'' Egg-hatched Mon to get this, too - most likely because all the others receive CharacterDevelopment and something to do (in fact, Larvitar, who only appeared in about seven episodes, is an EnsembleDarkhorse). This also leads to Misty being criticised for limiting Togepi's potential, which isn't easy to defend against. Ash's [[TheBusCameBack Phanpy]], another egg-hatched Pokémon, actually got to hang out with him in the Battle Frontier when Ash usually pulls BagOfSpilling by [[PutOnABus leaving his Pokémon]] with Oak for a fresh start (which is just a paper-thin excuse for the series producers to introduce new Pokémon from the current new generation that Ash raises with him) And what a surprise- it TookALevelInBadass and evolved into Donphan!

** Brock during late ''Advanced Generation'' and ''Diamond & Pearl'', before he was PutOnABus for good. Although arguably, it's mostly due to EricStuart being replaced in the dub.
*** Being CaptainObvious during those seasons did not help him in any way. While he was always a CombatCommentator with a flair of CaptainObvious, it became much more apparent and overused in later seasons.
** Tracey, though a large reason for hatred of this character is due to his unsatisfying replacement of Brock in the Orange Islands arc, he contributed so little to the group dynamic that he's seen as pointless. Example: ''Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}}''. The only thing he did the entire movie was pull Misty and Ash back to dry land.
*** Making matters worse, his role in the 2nd movie? It was ''decreased'' from the Japanese-USA transition, due to a deletion of several scenes, meaning even the guys in ''charge'' have it out for him (at least in the US).

** Cameron. Introduced at the end of the Junior Cup arc, he displayed far greater traits of an IdiotHero than Ash ever did. Not only did he miss the tournament, but he ''[[EpicFail thought the Unova League took place in Ecruteak City in Johto]]''. He also got Ash lost in the woods, and even his own Riolu is disappointed with him; affectionately giving a FacePalm at his actions. It doesn't help that one, [[spoiler:he defeated fan favorite Bianca in what many perceived to be a cheap win,]] and two, the kid has scary-ass evolved Pokemon that prove to be a huge threat, like a damned '''Hydreigon''' and his little Riolu which seems to have gotten through TrainingFromHell like one would expect from Ash's Pikachu. To add further insult to the injury, he brings only 5 Pokemon to an ''official Unova League match of 6-on-6 against Ash''.
*** Worse yet, Cameron's Riolu has received a lot of hate due to how he mimics his trainer's hyperactive attitude. The worst of all is Riolu evolving to Lucario as a last ditch attempt to defeat Ash's Snivy and Pikachu in the league. [[spoiler:And then it happened: Lucario defeated Pikachu, and Cameron won the battle against Ash, meaning Ash has yet again lost a major league, this time to such an air-headed trainer, and adding insult to injury in that Cameron was handicapped by having one less Pokemon than Ash.]] But as a bit of small consolation, Cameron [[spoiler:lost to Virgil, who then went on to win the league.]]

*** Depends on where you stand, really. While Virgil ''was'' a last-minute addition, he wasn't unlikeable as a character, he won fans for [[spoiler:defeating Cameron so handily]], and some thought that his Eevee might be seen as a counterpart to Pikachu in terms of power. He's more of a BaseBreaker than anything really.

** Takuro Nakai. Initially well-received by the fanbase because of his continuing determination to get serialized despite consistent failure in the past, Nakai lost any love from the majority of the readers when a little success went to his head and he began behaving like a complete JerkAss towards his former friend Aoki Ko, trying to pressure her into being his girlfriend when she needed his help. After leaving for a while, he's come back in an even harder to like position, as an assistant to the SmugSnake Nanamine who is extremely rude to the other assistants unless they're cute girls and doesn't seem to care about much except for the free space and pizza Nanamine is providing him with. There are still little glimmers of the nicer guy he used to be underneath the self-pitying JerkAss, especially when he gets back on the road to working toward his dream as [[spoiler:Hiramaru's assistant]].
*** Until the mandatory redemption, this was probably an IntendedAudienceReaction, but said redemption did in the end not waver many.

*** This is a possible IntendedAudienceReaction, since Mashiro points out early on that editors vary in quality, and a bad one's advice can be worse than not having one at all. Much of the characters' conflict with him has to do with how their instincts and the people they trust most disagree with Miura, but they have to listen to his advice. Over time, however, they accept that it's ultimately up to them to write a good story, prompting them to decide to end the series they created with Miura and establish the much more popular Perfect Crime Party with his and Hattori's help, and Miura undergoes CharacterDevelopment that enables him to get better at being an editor. Then again, whether the readers warm up to Miura as the main characters do is another matter.

** Chi-Chi. Or more precisely, what she became in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' (In the Saiyan - Cell Arc); a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] EducationMama. She ignores her husband's death (and even [[{{Misblamed}} blames him for Piccolo taking Gohan]]), and when he's nearly crippled by Vegeta, she shows {{no sympathy}} for her husband's injuries. Basically no one can get through to her, not even her own father (who was once the Ox King in his prime) who makes the most passionate speech about Gohan's growth during the Cell Games. Though some fans view her as, while obsessive and a tad crazy, a wife with a frequently absentee and somewhat selfish husband who constantly watches her young children being put in mortal peril.
*** The anime turns her EducationMama tendencies UpToEleven, and the dub takes it further. The part with Goten is twisted from the original: she calls him a "delinquent", referring to Japanese punks who [[DelinquentHair dye their hair blond]]. This is corrected in [[AdaptationDistillation video game bio menus where Chichi is the presenting character]].

** Yuka, due to the fact that she is in love with her cousin and physically beats him up for no reason.
*** Plus the fact that she goes into {{Wangst}} over things which are [[AngstDissonance comparatively minor]], in contrast to almost everyone else on the show - even when you have positive traits, being selfish in contrast to the other members of the cast is ''not'' the way to go with a character... Though odds are that her more unreasonable haters can probably find ''some'' way [[InsaneTrollLogic to blame her]] for Lucy's MoralEventHorizon crossing (which ''wasn't her fault at all'').

** The gold-toothed doctor is also not well liked, often being referred to as a "bastard." This is because he [[spoiler:almost kills Riza by having his goons slit her throat to get Roy to open the Gate.]]
*** It's to be pointed out that they both lack the EvilIsCool and EvilIsSexy aura that many of the other villains have, which only serves to make them more unlikeable.

*** Actually 2003 anime Wrath was rather popular with mostly fangirls, but still a Scrappy to much of the fanbase at large.

* ''Manga/InuYasha'' fans hate Shippo for being a [[MouthyKid smart-mouthed]], whiney, [[TheLoad useless]] BrattyHalfPint.

* ''Manga/{{Kotoura-san}}'': Hiyori and both of Haruka's parents are all nearly universally hated by fans due to their (mis)treatment of Haruka; though you're ''supposed'' to hate her parents, since they have no redeeming qualities. (Hiyori is Manabe's HopelessSuitor, since he and Haruka are the OfficialCouple.)

*** Arguably, this is somewhat justified in the anime, as she never gets that development, mostly due to the fact that it hadn't ''happened'' yet at the time the anime was made. She's still hated by a lot of people who read the manga, but most of this seems to come from [[DieForOurShip angry Sebastian/Ciel fans]] rather than her actually being a bad character, since she's slowly but surely [[CharacterDevelopment becoming deeper as the manga goes on]].

* ''Anime/LuckyStar'':
** [[OccidentalOtaku Patricia Martin]], for several reasons:

*** Sakura actually treats Naruto quite well in Part II... in the manga, that is. The anime writing team's idea of {{Filler}} (and AdaptationExpansion) often involves ''heavy'' CharacterDerailment on poor Sakura's part. Discounting this, she's actually been one of the people who most strongly backs Naruto since the TimeSkip (even lashing out at Sasuke for disregarding Naruto's feelings and faith in him), but this is easy to forget because of the slapstick that pops up at times (especially in the anime). It doesn't help that the anime team might just be making her look better because they prefer Hinata as Naruto's LoveInterest (which whether you agree or not, canon or not, is no excuse for poor writing).

*** Itachi is a definite case of AmericansHateTingle, as he is wildly popular in Japan for the reasons behind his Scrappy status. For what it's worth though, Itachi himself [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] that he is unworthy of the praise he received during and after his lifetime, highlighting upon the very things (Western) fans hate about him.

* A large number of ''RanmaOneHalf'' fans have a serious dislike for Happosai, some even going so far as to avoid watching episodes/reading chapters in which he plays a prominent role. The reason generally stems from the fact he is the MiniatureSeniorCitizens equivalent of a DirtyOldMan and a PantyThief, while also being a [[EvilMentor evil]] FairWeatherMentor OldMaster, notable as being childish, selfish and immature, even compared to [[ComedicSociopathy everyone else]] in the [[SadistShow series]]. Generally, if Happosai shows up, he's going to either be groping and harrassing every female (born or [[GenderBender made]]) in sight, causing trouble because he's a {{Jerkass}}, trying to get revenge on Ranma for interfering with him being a nuisance, or some combination of the aforementioned.
** It should be noted, however, that Happosai is hated ''in universe'' as well by most of the main characters, making him a nearly invoked scrappy of some sorts.
** It certainly doesn't help matters that most episodes with Happosai end up as a KarmaHoudini for him. Most of the terrible things he does either goes unpunished because Genma and Soun are too cowardly to stand up to him without Ranma, or ''Ranma'' gets the blame when it's more obviously Happosai's fault.
** Not to mention that Happosai is one of, if not the definite cause of the series having a BittersweetEnding. [[spoiler: Mistaking the Jusenkyo water sent to the Saotome household for sake, and drinking it all up before any of the other characters can use it to cure their respective curses]].

** One name: Lynn Kaifun. Whereas Minmay's actions can be seen as those of a confused, emotionally needy NaiveEverygirl attempting to survive in a ruthless world of adults, Kaifun comes off as less sympathetic and much more of a straight-up, abusive JerkAss. Not to mention that he kept railing on the military for being warlike murderers. [[TooDumbToLive While giant aliens are actively trying to kill the lot of them]]. He gets even worse in the final arc of ''Macross'', when the Earth is trying to rebuild after being decimated, turning into a spiteful drunk who emotionally (and sometimes physically) abuses Minmei because she isn't in too big of a demand (and can only pay in paultry gifts for her singing), and just leaves without any real retribution for ''any'' of his crap. Also for a self-proclaimed pacifist, he sure does know how to do spinkicks, something lampshaded in the Robotech novel adaptations.
*** Also, he was trying to get together with Minmei... his cousin. For many, this was quite squick-worthy.

** Chibiusa, especially [[AmericansHateTingle her English dub counterpart, Rini]]. While she was designed to have ''some'' [[BrattyHalfPint intentionally annoying qualities]], she was also shown to be a genuinely scared little girl away from home ''and'' caught in a convoluted plot of people trying to control or even kill her. The real trouble, however, started as she began to get much more screen time in the fourth season. Since [[SeasonalRot that season]] was also associated with strange [[MoodWhiplash mood shifts]] and an extensive {{retool}}ing of the original plot and a subsequent dip in the ratings, fans usually associate her with or even blame her for it.
*** Part of the problem were the changes made in the American Dub in the second season. Chibi-Usa was frequently punished in the Japanese version for being bratty. But since they couldn't show the heroine of the series spanking the bratty kid on American TV, Rini turned out to be far more of a KarmaHoudini. She became much more tolerable in seasons 3 and 4, but it would be years before Americans even got the last third of season 2. The damage was done.

* ''Anime/TransformersEnergon'': Kicker. The kids from ''Cybertron'' were a bit better, mostly because they replaced Kicker.

* ''ZoidsChaoticCentury'':
** Thomas Shubaltz. He was kind of a jerk when he was first introduced, acting condecendingly towards Van and openly flirting with Fiona. Thomas later got a lot of character development that revealed him to be TheUnfavourite living in his [[TheAce older brother]]'s shadow, turning him into something of a woobie, and he reconciled with Van while getting over his crush on Fiona. Unfortunately his earlier behavior became a case of NeverLiveItDown, and he's often [[RonTheDeathEater villified]] by Van/Fiona shippers.

* ''HayateTheCombatButler'' has Hayate's AbusiveParents. Even though their abuse is played for laughs, they make [[TheFairlyOddParents Mr. and Mrs. Turner]] look like Parents of the Year. You know their abuse is so bad, they get listed under the CompleteMonster page, despite being PlayedForLaughs.

* ''{{Kiddy Girl-and}}'': Ascoeur draws a lot of flak for her high-pitched screaming and childish waysthroughout the series. She barely gets her act together as the show progresses, which many viewers regard as way too late.

** Isidro isn't well-liked either. Like Puck, some fans find his ComicRelief antics more annoying then funny, and his WrongGenreSavvy traits (he thinks he's the hero of a Shonen manga) grate on some people's nerves too.

** Isidro isn't well-liked either.

** Kon: [[FlatCharacter He serves no purpose but]] [[PluckyComicRelief comedy]], his constant [[{{Wangst}} whining]] and every utterance of [[MostAnnoyingSound "Nee-san"]] gets annoying (even more annoying than "Kurosaki-kun"), and he tries to make Ichigo's life a living hell, [[UngratefulBastard despite giving him a mobile body and a roof over his head instead of getting killed like the rest of the recalled mod souls]].

** Tianzi of the Chinese Federation, her entire role can be summed up as this: CRY CRY CRY, its not cute the first time and it's continually more annoying as she does it for most of her role.

** Mizuki Himeji. Receives the most attention from the main character, but is generic and mildly annoying at her best and [[{{Yandere}} terrifyingly psychotic]] at her worst. There's something wrong when her most prominent role is to routinely put people on the edge of death with her [[LethalChef attempts at cooking]].

** Isidro isn't well-liked either. Like Puck, he is a very uneffective ComicRelief and even more useless ally, but what makes him truly annoying is that [[WrongGenreSavvy he keeps acting as if he was a Shonen hero]].

** Chi-Chi. Or more precisely, what she became in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' (In the Saiyan - Cell Arc); a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] EducationMama. She brushes off her husband's death (and even [[{{Misblamed}} blames him for Piccolo taking Gohan]]), and when he's nearly crippled by Vegeta, she shows {{no sympathy}} for her husband's injuries. Basically no one can get through to her, not even her own father (who was once the Ox King in his prime) who makes the most passionate speech about Gohan's growth during the Cell Games. As a result, he is no safer from her [[HairTriggerTemper selfish rage]] than anyone else. Though some fans view her as, while obsessive and a tad crazy, a wife with a frequently absentee and somewhat selfish husband who constantly watches her young children being put in mortal peril.

** Babidi also counts. Although you're supposed to hate him because he's evil, a lot of fans found him annoying because ofhis frequent outbursts and a "bad" villain because he got other villains to do his work for him.

* ''EurekaSeven'': Eureka's adopted "children": Link, Mayter, and Maurice, or as most fans will say "[[BrattyHalfPint the annoying brats]]". In their first centered episode (Ep. 6), they seemed to have learned their lesson and started to become changed characters. Only to go back to their usual selves by the next episode. Not only are their voices extremely grating whenever they open their mouths, but they serve ''no real purpose'' other than to provide [[DudeNotFunny "comedy"]] in the form of torturing [[TheWoobie Renton]], and to get Holland, Eureka, and the others in trouble (see episode 40). Even worse, during The Great Wall Arc (from about episode 40 up until the end of the series) they become '''important''' semi-major characters.

** Rounding out the Uchihca Trifecta is none other than Sasuke, like Itachi he is rather popular in Japan but loathed in [[AmericansHateTingle Western Countries]] Tried to kill Kakashi, Sakura, and Naruto and threatened to kill everyone else in Konoha as well cause they lived while the rest of his clan died. Before in part 1 he was rather likable while cold started to care for others but in part 2 he devoled into ItsAllAboutMe and left people who helped him for dead and even tried to kill them. Also that he never gets to look bad and pulls new [[AssPull Jutsus]] everytime he's about to be defeated as well as being EasilyForgiven. Not even his piss poor HeelFaceTurn works as there are parts of the fanbase who hate him and some who wish he had died back in the fight against Haku in the beginning.

** Sasuke is hated by a vast and vocal part of the fanbase ([[AmericansHateTingle especially in the West]]) for his inconsistent mindset, his {{Wangst}}, and his ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, and particularly because Naruto is [[CharacterShilling so willing to forgive him]] and still just wants to be his friend.

* {{Clannad}}: During the first season of the show, Nagisa was absolutely ''hated'' by a number of hardcore Kyou/Ryou/Kotomi/Tomoyo fans who could not accept the idea of her and Tomoya as the OfficialCouple.

** One name: Lynn Kaifun. Whereas Minmay's actions can be seen as those of a confused, emotionally needy NaiveEverygirl attempting to survive in a ruthless world of adults, Kaifun comes off as less sympathetic and much more of a straight-up, abusive JerkAss. Not to mention that he kept railing on the military for being warlike murderers. [[TooDumbToLive While giant aliens are actively trying to kill the lot of them]]. Also for a self-proclaimed pacifist, he sure does know how to do spinkicks, something lampshaded in the Robotech novel adaptations.

** Sasuke is hated by a vast and vocal part of the fanbase ([[AmericansHateTingle especially in the West]]) for his inconsistent mindset, his {{Wangst}}, and his ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, and particularly because Naruto is so willing to forgive him and still just wants to be his friend.

** Sasuke is hated by a vast and vocal part of the fanbase ([[AmericansHateTingle especially in the West]]) for his inconsistent mindset, his {{Wangst}}, and his ChronicBackstabingDisorder, and particularly because Naruto is so willing to forgive him and still just wants to be his friend.

## Her being the necessitation of another RescueArc, a [[ArcFatigue long]], ''long'' rescue arc.

*** YMMV, as some people thought her existence was worth it to give [[TakeThatScrappy Naru what]] [[MegatonPunch she deserves]].

** To say that [[{{Tsundere}} Naru Narusegawa]] is hated by most of the fandom would be an understatement. Her unfair abuse of [[ButtMonkey Keitaro Urashima]] had left a bad taste in most fans' mouths and the fact that she's never called out on it had instantly pissed off a lot of fans, who have come to believe that Naru is nothing more than a JerkSue KarmaHoudini. [[spoiler: The fact that she ends up marrying Keitaro in the end didn't help matters either]].

** To say that [[{{Tsundere}} Naru Narusegawa]] is hated by a huge majority of the fandom would be an understatement. Her unfair abuse of [[ButtMonkey Keitaro Urashima]] had left a bad taste in most fans' mouths and the fact that she's never called out on it had instantly pissed off a lot of fans, who have come to believe that Naru is nothing more than a JerkSue KarmaHoudini. [[spoiler: The fact that she ends up marrying Keitaro in the end didn't help matters either]].

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** Virgil also has notable hate for apparently having 5 Eevee evolutions and an Eevee itself , for the sake of making him "unique" as a trainer, but he was rather bland and not that incredibly developed. To make matters worse, he spontaneously got to be in the tournament (by coincidentally getting all the badges), had almost no interaction with the main cast (at least Cameron shared tons of scenes with Ash), pretty much zero build-up (only appeared once previously, only a few episodes), and [[spoiler: wins the tournament when his Eevee knocked out Cameron's Lucario with a rather overpowered move.]] Personally, it seemed like he was a grown-up Ritchie.

* ''TokyoMewMew'':
** Masaya, Ichigo's love interest, is a [[DieForOurShip victim of crazy shippers]], but a generally nice guy all around. Berry, on the other hand, is a MarySue who [[CreatorsPet completely stole]] [[SpotlightStealingSquad the spotlight]] from ''all'' of the main characters in the ''A La Mode'' manga. (Unsurprisingly, a lot of fans [[Discontinuity/{{Anime}} want to forget that ever happened]], which is easy because Reiko Yoshida, the author, was not involved with ''A La Mode'' anyway.)