History TheScrappy / TheDCU

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': General Zod. The main reason for this is that [[AdaptationDisplacement his appearance]] in ''Film/SupermanII'' means that he keeps showing up far more often than his scant decent stories would warrant, and without Terrence Stamp's [[LargeHam hammy performance]] backing him up, he rarely attains any characterization beyond "is evil space general." This was particularly comical for a period when editorial mandated that [[ExiledFromContinuity no new Kryptonian characters be introduced;]] the result was that the writers introduced a new, non-Kryptonian Zod, who proved to be unpopular and quickly faded from existence, only for the writers to introduce another Zod and repeat the process. This happened four times, and when the period ended, they brought in a fifth Zod who ''was'' Kryptonian.

* ''ComicBook/{{Titans}}'': Almost no one could stand the [=DEOrphans=] for a number of understandable reasons. They were [[CousinOliver basically forced into the book because editorial wanted to introduce a new team of younger kid heroes]]. As a result, Jay Faerber had to rewrite and cut short multiple planned arcs, such as the Epsilon story and Arsenal's relationship with Dakota Jamison. Faerber's last issue involved the Orphans being written out of the series and they were never mentioned again. It doesn't help matters that one of them had been controlling Epsilon's body the whole time and practically tricked Argent into a relationship, while Lian Harper ''really'' disliked them.

** Terry Long, for being considerably older than ComicBook/DonnaTroy, coming off as creepy, and his tendency to make blatant passes at her friends. (Bonus points: he [[AuthorAvatar looks an awful lot]] like Marv Wolfman.) He actually became even more of a JerkAss in the '90s, before he was killed off in Creator/JohnByrne's run of ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1987}}''.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}:''

* ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} in the New 52 Justice League series is one for many fans of ComicBook/MartianManhunter due to him replacing J'onn as a founding member. Ironically, this also counts for his Franchise/TeenTitans fans, as Vic went from having a support network in his team to just having a business-like relationship with them.

* ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica:'' ComicBook/{{Vibe}}, a member during its [[SeasonalRot "Detroit" era]], was widely hated for being a "hip", slang-spouting caricature of Puerto Rican youth whose power was basically super-breakdancing. His inevitable death, though, is one of [[AlasPoorScrappy the saddest moments]] in the League's history. Ironically enough, in the New 52 continuity, he's been given a big push by the company and is already enjoying [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap more popularity than his original ever did]].

* The post-Flashpoint design of ComicBook/{{Lobo}} has proved incredibly unpopular, on account of missing every single aspect of Lobo his fans like and being a ridiculous "pretty-boy" look. The fact that the comic that introduces him goes on to say the Lobo fans have known for decades now is a "fake" ''really'' doesn't help. Seemingly it's been restored in ''Comicbook/DCRebirth'', with the new "real" Lobo sealed away by the Franchise/GreenLantern corps.

* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': Cir-El, the "daughter" of Franchise/{{Superman}} and Comicbook/LoisLane from the future where Comicbook/{{Brainiac}} 13 existed. She showed up during the time the Matrix Supergirl was phased out and was not very well liked for a number of reasons, including being a kid from the future. Thankfully for fans, she retconned herself out just in time for Kara Zor-El to return. However, if you were to look up Cir-El on tumblr, you'd be surprised to find that she has a large number of fans with emphasis put towards the less convoluted aspects of her backstory. Said fans like to view her as the daughter Superman and Lois Lane ''could'' have had, enjoying her bubbly personality, her desire to follow Superman's example, a really neat and distinctive costume and appearance, and her short-lived team with Traci 13 and Natasha Irons.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': General Zod. The main reason for this is that [[AdaptationDisplacement his appearance]] in ''Film/SupermanII'' means that he keeps showing up far more often than his scant decent stories would warrant, and without Terrence Stamp's [[LargeHam hammy performance]] backing him up, he rarely attains any characterization beyond "is evil space general." This was particularly comical for a period when editorial mandated that [[ExiledFromContinuity no new Kryptonian characters be introduced;]] the result was that the writers introduced a new, non-Kryptonian Zod, who proved to be unpopular and quickly faded from existence, only for the writers to introduce another Zod and repeat the process. This happened four times, and when the period ended, they brought in a fifth Zod who ''was'' Kryptonian.
* Franchise/TeenTitans:

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': Jason, the brother of Diana introduced in James Robinson's run. Disliked from the start due to being the artifact of the New 52 era (after the past year had been spent largely erasing the N52 version of Wonder Woman from existence), his hatedom only increased when he actually debuted. Much of the hatred includes his extremely bland design that amounted to basically a male version of Diana in a shirt and pants, his only notable personality traits being that of an unlikable frat boy who trashes his own sister's house just days after finally meeting her, then complains about having to clean up, a nonsensical backstory that he keeps framing as a DarkAndTroubledPast despite [[{{Wangst}} the only remotely bad thing being that his adopted father left him after he was old enough to take care of himself]], being stupid enough to take ''[[ObviouslyEvil Grail]]'' at her word, and, despite being completely uninteresting, he quickly turned into a major SpotlightStealingSquad who constantly applied NewPowersAsThePlotDemands. By the time the "Children of the Gods" arc was done, fans were clamoring for him to be killed off.

* Post-Crisis Dr. Light when ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'' rewrote him into being a SerialRapist. While it was meant to reverse a long trend of VillainDecay that was happening to him for decades, all it did was make him an even bigger joke, but one that creeped out everyone. Later comics that featured him didn't help by giving him a literal rape fetish.

* Superboy-Prime since his FaceHeelTurn in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', mainly because he became DC's StrawFan, mouthing common fan complaints while committing villainous acts. Although most of his most infamous moments were rendered non-canon (no one got out of ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'' unscathed), people still haven't forgotten them OR the stuff that ''is'' canon. It certainly didn't help that DC kept ramping up his powers and refusing to kill him off, or that he usually escaped his crimes (which included beating the Golden Age Superman to death) without significant comeuppance. There was a rather awful period in DC where writers kept coming up with progressively more extensive ways to remove him from canon, each time swearing it would be the last one, only to then have him return two or three months later. Only time will tell if [[spoiler:his HeelFaceTurn and RedemptionEqualsDeath moment]] in ''ComicBook/DarkKnightsDeathMetal'' will pull him out of the heap.

* Superboy-Prime since his FaceHeelTurn in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', mainly because he became DC's StrawFan, mouthing common fan complaints while committing villainous acts. Although most of his most infamous moments were rendered non-canon (no one got out of ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'' unscathed), people still haven't forgotten them OR the stuff that ''is'' canon. It certainly didn't help that DC kept ramping up his powers and refusing to kill him off, or that he usually escaped his crimes (which included beating the Golden Age Superman to death) without significant comeuppance. There was a rather awful period in DC where writers kept coming up with progressively more extensive ways to remove him from canon, each time swearing it would be the last one, only to then have him return two or three months later. Only time will tell if [[spoiler:his HeelFaceTurn and RedemptionEqualsDeath in ''ComicBook/DarkKnightsDeathMetal'']] will pull him out of the heap.

!!Franchise/TheDCU

** Bernard Dowd, Tim's new boyfriend has reached this status. Many dislike how he was chosen of all people to be paired with Tim despite appearing for 6 issues almost twenty years ago and was never a close friend of Tim with Tim's last mention of him being he views him as an idiot yet the story keeps portrayin him as someone who was as such. Fans dislike how he is being portayed as the greatest thing to happen to Tim and better than all his previous relationships even Stephane which has angered the Tim/Stephanie portion of the fanbase greatly especially in light of how they were broken up off panel to pave way for Bernard. It is also dislike how he is being shilled by even Stephanie upon meeting him for the first time, despite his lack of screentime and generic personality besides nice BF. He is viewed by many as creator's pet and a Gary Stu who just exists to be the perfect BF.

** Terry Long, for being considerably older than ContinuitySnarl/DonnaTroy, coming off as creepy, and his tendency to make blatant passes at her friends. (Bonus points: he [[AuthorAvatar looks an awful lot]] like Marv Wolfman.) He actually became even more of a JerkAss in the '90s, before he was killed off in Creator/JohnByrne's run of ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1987}}''.

* Post-Crisis Dr. Light when ''Comic/IdentityCrisis'' rewrote him into being a SerialRapist. While it was meant to reverse a long trend of VillainDecay that was happening to him for decades, all it did was make him an even bigger joke, but one that creeped out everyone. Later comics that featured him didn't help by giving him a literal rape fetish.

** Minion from Wolfman's ''New Titans'' is either hated or ignored by most fans due to the fact that he came in during a DorkAge, and that he seemed to be pushed in as a cool new teenage character but lacked interesting traits.

** ComicBook/TheRiddler. Not as bad as most others, but is generally labeled as the lamest of the big name rogues, with a mental disorder (OCD) that many find dull in comparison to the others. Emphasizing him as a "technically legal" villain has since quieted some of them down. Though back in UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|of Comic Books}} and [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], he actually ''was'' one of the most popular villains, mainly from Frank Gorshin's manic portrayal on ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}''.

* ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom'' villain Major Force developed quite the hatedom over the 2000s. It'd be one thing for him to just be a boring villain with an ugly outfit, but Major Force took it further by being a complete JerkAss with no redeeming qualities, including being the cause of multiple cases of StuffedIntoTheFridge (even being the {{Trope Namer|s}}). Worse, for a good chunk of the 2000s, he just kept showing up - whenever a writer wanted to have the government do something morally ambiguous, they'd bring in Major Force. From then on, the following plotline would play out: Major Force acts like an asshole to his more reasonable government buddies, Major Force loses his temper and brutalizes somebody, the hero fights Major Force and seemingly kills him, Major Force comes back in a few months to do it all over again in another book because he's an {{Energy Being|s}} and can't die. Fans are irritated enough by JokerImmunity when it applies to villains who they ''like.''

** Danny Chase. Not only did he actually look like CousinOliver, but ''everyone'' hated him. He mocked Jason Todd's death (in front of Dick Grayson, Jason's adopted brother) and his sole Crowning Moment of Anything was his own death.

* The post-Flashpoint design of SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}} has proved incredibly unpopular, on account of missing every single aspect of Lobo his fans like and being a ridiculous "pretty-boy" look. The fact that the comic that introduces him goes on to say the Lobo fans have known for decades now is a "fake" ''really'' doesn't help. Seemingly it's been restored in ''Comicbook/DCRebirth'', with the new "real" Lobo sealed away by the Franchise/GreenLantern corps.

** The character Magog was hated by a lot, partially because he's a massive JerkAss who got a lot of time on screen. A LOT of people also cite him [[KickTheDog hitting]] [[GenkiGirl Maxine]] [[TheWoobie 'Cyclone']] [[EnsembleDarkhorse Hunkel]] when she was flying overhead because 'she came at him from his blindspot.' Magog has also been accused of being a [[AuthorAvatar mouthpiece]] for writer Bill Willingham's right-wing views; fans were quick to call UnfortunateImplications when Magog took center stage in an arc that also featured Obsidian (who is gay) being [[AndIMustScream turned into an egg]] and ComicBook/MisterTerrific (who is black and atheist) being shanked in the back like a street thug (both eventually got better). The fact that he was originally created as a ''direct criticism'' of the "jerkass superhero" archetype in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' (where, ironically, his perception was [[EnsembleDarkhorse quite the opposite]]) has only made fans more pissed at what they've done to the character. Eventually, Magog's luck ran out. He got kicked off the Justice Society, and his series was canceled after less than twelve issues. The next time Magog appeared it was in order to be brainwashed by Max Lord, fatally poisoned, then [[PsychicAssistedSuicide made to kill himself by Max]].

** ComicBook/TheRiddler. Not as bad as most others, but is generally labelled as the lamest of the big name rogues, with a mental disorder (OCD) that many find dull in comparison to the others. Emphasizing him as a "technically legal" villain has since quieted some of them down. Though back in UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|of Comic Books}} and [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], he actually ''was'' one of the most popular villains, mainly from Frank Gorshin's manic portrayal on ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}''.

** The character Magog was hated by a lot, partially because he's a massive JerkAss who got a lot of time on screen. A LOT of people also cite him [[KickTheDog hitting]] [[GenkiGirl Maxine]] [[TheWoobie 'Cyclone']] [[EnsembleDarkhorse Hunkel]] when she was flying overhead because 'she came at him from his blindspot.' Magog has also been accused of being a [[AuthorAvatar mouthpiece]] for writer Bill Willingham's right-wing views; fans were quick to call UnfortunateImplications when Magog took center stage in an arc that also featured Obsidian (who is gay) being [[AndIMustScream turned into an egg]] and ComicBook/MisterTerrific (who is black and atheist) being shanked in the back like a street thug (both eventually got better). The fact that he was originally created as a ''direct criticism'' of the "jerkass superhero" archetype in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' (where, ironically, his perception was [[EnsembleDarkhorse quite the opposite]]) has only made fans more pissed at what they've done to the character. Eventually, Magog's luck ran out. He got kicked off the Justice Society, and his series was cancelled after less than twelve issues. The next time Magog appeared it was in order to be brainwashed by Max Lord, fatally poisoned, then [[PsychicAssistedSuicide made to kill himself by Max]].

** The 1994 reboot versions of Princess Projectra and Wildfire got this due to their radically different origins. Projectra went from being a princess to a giant talking snake, while Wildfire became the result of a FusionDance between two minor supporting characters. The later never recovered though the former did garner a level of popularity.

* The post-flashpoint design of SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}} has proved incredibly unpopular, on account of missing every single aspect of Lobo his fans like, and being a ridiculous "pretty-boy" look. The fact that the comic that introduces him goes on to say the Lobo fans have known for decades now is a "fake" ''really'' doesn't help. Seemingly it's been restored in ''Comicbook/DCRebirth'', with the new "real" Lobo sealed away by the Franchise/GreenLantern corps.