History TheScrappy / VideoGames

** Also from ''Saints Row the Third'', the former wrestler Angel De La Muerte is widely hated by the fanbase. First he deems the player character (the Boss) too weak to take on his former tag team partner Killbane and his gang of armed luchadores, ignoring that the Boss has already wiped out 6 similarly strong gangs and a paramilitary security force in previous games, mostly [[OneManArmy alone]]. This is in addition to their long list of impressive feats, along with regularly taking on an entire police force. Second, he makes a big deal out of having to "earn" his wrestling mask back in the ring instead of stealing it... only to shoot up the casino it is in and actually steal it after wasting your time with other missions. Third, he convinces the player character to agree on helping him to have a rematch with Killbane instead of just killing him as the player character suggest, with his reasoning being that him humiliating Killbane on live television is worse than just killing him, only for the player character to finish the fight for him, then Angel calling him/her later saying that they have to kill Killbane. Overall, he appears as a massive cowardly hypocrite in addition to having an overinflated ego. Being [[WTHCastingAgency voiced by]] Wrestling/HulkHogan of all people also likely doesn't help.

* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'': The Mayor of Scuttle Town, [[MayorPain Mayor Scuttlebutt]] is loathed by the fanbase. This is mostly due to his habit of repeatedly firing Shantae on the stupidest imaginable pretexts. It doesn't help that at one point he sells the entire town to the Ammo Baron, just so he doesn't have to deal with the Baron's forces and Risky at the same time, [[KarmaHoudini and gets away with it]].

** In a series with many, many characters, Balloon Boy from ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' stands out as almost universally the least favorite character in the franchise thanks to his annoying laugh, his ScrappyMechanic being a huge 10/20 killer, and the fact that in a series heavy in lore, he's a FlatCharacter that contributes little to the story at all.

** In a series with many, many characters, Balloon Boy from ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' stands out as almost universally the least favorite character in the franchise thanks to his annoying laugh, ScrappyMechanics being a huge 10/20 killer, and the fact that in a series heavy in lore, he's a FlatCharacter that contributes little to the story at all.

* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank''
** Until Insomniac Games [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap saved him]] in the sequels by toning down his attitude, Ratchet was this to many reviewers, who claimed that only Clank's presence in the game kept them putting up with Ratchet's JerkAss tendencies; some even said that the sequels should have focused solely on Clank, leaving the poor Lombax out entirely.
** Helga. She says she can do better than Ratchet on fitness courses, though we don't see her do anything but yap all the time.
** The villains of ''Size Matters'', Otto Destruct and Luna, are considered forgettable villains. The former is a narmy rehash of Chairman Drek with some elements of Gleeman Vox, and the latter is infamous for being ThatOneBoss and a PlotTwist gone wrong.
** The Y.E.T.I.s from ''Going Commando'', due to having enough health that even a lot of the strongest guns in the game take a while to kill them, being absurdly strong, and spawning constantly. Even the developer, Insomniac, admitted they were one of the worst elements of the game, and give a "[[MedalOfDishonor Snowbeast Award]]" named after the creature to the person who made the worst feature of a game after release.
** Also from ''Going Commando'' is the New Age Mystic for being generally unhelpful and requiring the hard-to-get Moonstones just to do something.

** From ''Going Commando'', the New Age Mystic for being generally unhelpful and requiring the hard-to-get Moonstones just to do something.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'':
*** Delphine is a rude abrasive {{Jerkass}} who, despite claiming that Blades are created to serve the Dragonborn, constantly orders the latter around. But the biggest source of the fandom's ire comes from the ''Paarthurnax'' quest, where she orders the Dragonborn to slay Paarthurnax (who is shown to be nothing but helpful towards the PlayerCharacter throughout the whole game and is the reason humanity is free from the Dragon's oppression), completely refusing to help them otherwise unless they do what she ordered ([[UngratefulBastard in spite of everything the player did to help her rebuild the Blades]]). To add insult to the injury, the game does not give the PlayerCharacter the opportunity to call her out on this or even murder her instead as she is marked as essential the whole game, with no other way of resolving the quest unless you murdered someone who did more than she did for you. As a result, many of the game's most popular mods involve either adding an alternate resolution to the quest (usually involving the Dragonborn intimidating her to back down) or simply removing her and Esbern's essential status once the quest has started.
%%*** Slightly zigzagging this trope is Mjoll the Lioness. Actually one of the few more fleshed out characters and quest givers, plus a very capable (and immortal) follower to boot. Also quite good looking [[AmazonChaser if that is your thing]]. But she talks. And talks. And won't. shut. ''up''. ''Even when there is plot relevant talk going on'', she will muse about some totally unrelated stuff which you only heard a hundred seventy nine times and counting, thus making it nigh impossible to get the info you need for the quest. So you drop her - and start to miss her.%%
%%*** The children of Whiterun (particularly Braith and Nelkir) are generally despised due to being annoying brats who belittle you whenever you get near them. They're probably the reason why the mods that let you kill children have become so popular.%%

** The Y.E.T.I.s from ''Going Commando'', due to having enough health that even a lot of the strongest guns in the game take a while to kill them, being absurdly strong, and spawning constantly. Even the developer, Insomniac, admitted they were one of the worst elements of the game, and give a "[[MedalOfDishonor Snowbeast Award]]" named after the creature to the person who made the worst feature of a game after release.
** Also from ''Going Commando'' is the New Age Mystic for being generally unhelpful and requiring the hard-to-get Moonstones just to do something.

** The Rabbids are hated for their screaming, [[FlatCharacter lack of variety]] and shifting the series' focus from platformers to party games. The series eventually went back to platformers and gave the Rabbids their own games, but fans remain indifferent at best.

* Until Insomniac Games [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap saved him]] in the sequels by toning down his attitude, Ratchet of ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' was this to many reviewers, who claimed that only Clank's presence in the game kept them putting up with Ratchet's JerkAss tendencies; some even said that the sequels should have focused solely on Clank, leaving the poor Lombax out entirely.

** ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'''s [[VillainousHarlequin Clown Man]], for [[MemeticMolester coming off as a creepy child molester]] with an annoying voice.
** ''VideoGame/MegaManX7'':

** ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp'' has Oil Man. The reason he's wildly hated among the fanbase is his obnoxious JiveTurkey personality, as well as the fact that he [[EthnicScrappy looks like a blackface]][[note]]The international versions of the game changed his skin from black to blue, and his lips from pink to yellow, but that didn't help much.[[/note]] and gives you a [[ScrappyWeapon completely useless weapon]] upon defeating him. That said the [[ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics comics]] [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescued him from the scrappy heap]] by covering his mouth with a ScarfOfAsskicking, making his design less racist-looking. That said, his JiveTurkey personality remains.

** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'': Lorithia is supposed to be a HateSink, but many fans flat-out dislike her character, deriding her as a bland villain who suddenly turned her back on the heroes out of nowhere and did not have any backstory or motivation to make her interesting. She also happens to [[ThatOneBoss have the most notorious boss fight in the game]] where she constantly spams [[BrokenRecord "You’ll pay for your insolence"]].

** Ash Crimson has been hovering somewhere between this and CreatorsPet for a large part of the fandom. Although he does have his own following, and some fans seem to be [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap slowly warming up to him]].

** In his time, [[DarkerAndEdgier replacement protagonist]] K' was seen as a ReplacementScrappy to some.
** To some extent, Li Xiangfei also applied: Annoying {{Transplant}} from another series. Check. Grating personality. Check. Cheap super move. Check.

** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'': Lorithia, who many fans think of as being [[spoiler:a bland twist villain who suddenly turned her back on the heroes out of nowhere and did not have any backstory or motivation to make her interesting]]. She also happens to [[ThatOneBoss have the most notorious boss fight in the game]], making players dislike her even more. Not to mention, [[BrokenRecord "You’ll pay for your insolence."]]

* Marumaro in ''VideoGame/BlueDragon''. He's got an annoying, grating voice, and is a particularly dumb character in an story with enough idiots it's no small feat.

** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' has Ashley Graham, the President's hapless daughter and unfortunate kidnapee. She's defenseless, whiny, and in [[DamselScrappy constant need of rescue]]. Not to mention her constant cries of, "Heeelp! Leooon!" began to grate on many gamers' nerves.

** Without a doubt though, the number one scrappy of ''Resident Evil'' is Steve Burnside of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica.'' Alternating between whiny EmoTeen and arrogant {{Jerkass}}, sending Claire on fetch quests to get him CoolGuns that he promptly wastes all the ammo for, wrecking the crane you've just finished fixing because he was [[DistractedByTheSexy staring at Claire's ass,]] and trying to justify it all with some truly wangsty cutscenes, you won't find a lot of Steve fans out there. The devs seem to know this as the game ends with the implication that he'll be BackFromTheDead...in 2000, and he hasn't been seen since.
** Claire likes to collect them apparently, as in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' she had Sherry, a 12-year-old girl who would whine in almost every scene she was in, run off like a brat at the drop of a hat, and didn't have any means of protecting herself when the game forced you to play as her. To top it off, she would curl up into a ball in the sections where she accompanied Claire if you ran too far ahead of her, too far ahead being about ten feet away.

* From ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld'', you have Chica's Magic Rainbow. This character was designed to be an obnoxious {{Jerkass}}, but she accomplishes it a bit too well. Not only is her minigame designed to be a PlatformHell, but she mocks the player every time they die, attacks them at certain points of the game, and kills them and ends the game if they die too much. Not even trying to silence her with the voices off button works, as she kills the player if they try to shut her up. Things get far worse when she decides to replace the indented TrueFinalBoss and carries over the aggravating nature of her game into her fight, having a ZergRush of clones and a three minute time limit before she overkills your party. The only good thing about the Rainbow is finally beating her, upon which she, while dying, accuses the player of cheating and threatens to go after them, too.

For characters that have a decent personality but are hated for being too weak, see LowTierLetdown. If the character is hated for being too strong, see HighTierScrappy. For hated enemies see GoddamnedBats or DemonicSpiders. For hated bosses see ThatOneBoss or GoddamnedBoss. For hated aspects of gameplay, see ScrappyMechanic.

** Nozomi Suemitsu, the "Gourmet King", in ''VideoGame/Persona3'''s Moon Social Link is widely considered the worst Social Link in the entire series, and not entirely without reason. He's disliked for having one of the weakest backstories in the series, as while the impact his brother's death had on him is genuinely sad, the fact that it's only revealed in the final event means it's too little, too late for many. He's an [[{{Jerkass}} abrasive]], [[{{Gonk}} ugly]] [[BigEater glutton]] who's revealed to be scamming people out of their money for a ChurchOfHappyology, and he makes little to no attempt to [[CharacterDevelopment better himself after befriending the player]] as the entirety of the Link just has him stuffing his face while wallowing in his (mostly self-inflicted) misery. As if Creator/{{Atlus}} was made well-aware of this, both he, Mamoru and Saori are the only Social Link characters who don't appear in ''any'' of the Drama [=CDs=], and while Saori is both well-liked and has the excuse of being the only completely new character as the [=FeMC's=] Hermit social link, while Mamoru is decently-liked as a character and is universally-regarded as an essential Social Link for [[GameBreaker Helel alone]], Nozomi has no such excuse.

*** Even by the standards of AmericansHateTingle, the [[CampGay Shinjuku Creatures]] NPC duo that the player encounters in Shinjuku and the beach are utterly reviled. While the jokes about Kanji's sexuality in ''VideoGame/Persona4'' were [[BrokenBase polarizing]], many players loathed the pair for being [[AllGaysArePedophiles unfunny stereotypes]] who [[{{Squick}} prey on minors]], especially in their beach scene. It's even more jarring due to Atlus' previous experiences with non-stereotypical LGBT portrayal ([[AmbiguouslyBi Kanji]] and ''VideoGame/Persona2'''s Jun, an openly gay party member who was also a romance option, as well as [[VideoGame/{{Catherine}} Erica]], a non-stereotypical trans woman), the pair come across as a glaring step back. The hatred for these two even extended outside of the game's fanbase, and they were considered ''so'' offensive that when ''[[UpdatedReRelease Royal]]'' came around, [[AuthorsSavingThrow they were practically removed for western localizations]]. What truly pushes them to this trope is that even in Japan, [[ValuesDissonance a country that doesn't even bat an eye at media making teasing jokes at LGBTQ+ people]], they aren't seen as all that great, with [[EveryoneHasStandards some LGBTQ+ people and even standard Japanese gamers]] there there even voicing their open dislike for the pair.

** Nozomi Suemitsu, the "Gourmet King", in ''VideoGame/Persona3'''s Moon Social Link is widely considered the worst Social Link in the entire series, and not entirely without reason. He's disliked for having one of the weakest backstories in the series, as while the impact his brother's death had on him is genuinely sad, the fact that it's only revealed in the final event means it's too little, too late for many. He's an [[{{Jerkass}} abrasive]], [[{{Gonk}} ugly]] [[BigEater glutton]] who's revealed to be scamming people out of their money for a ChurchOfHappyology, and he makes little to no attempt to [[CharacterDevelopment better himself after befriending the player]] as the entirety of the Link just has him stuffing his face while wallowing in his (mostly self-inflicted) misery. As if Creator/{{Atlus}} was made well-aware of this, both he, Mamoru and Saori are the only Social Link characters who don't appear in ''any'' of the Drama [=CDs=], and while the former is is both well-liked and has the excuse of being the only completely new character as the [=FeMC's=] Hermit social link, while Mamoru is decently-liked as a character and is universally-regarded as an essential Social Link for [[GameBreaker Helel alone]], Nozomi has no such excuse.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'': While the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series always has a massive share of controversial characters, this is usually offset due to the series' design around favoritism, support conversations inducing CharacterDevelopment and bias that even the controversial ones would tend to be a BaseBreakingCharacter at worst. Ótr of Book V, meanwhile, [[SarcasmMode accomplishes the impressive task]] of [[EpicFail having]] ''[[EpicFail nothing]]'' [[EpicFail going for him in story, character, gameplay or design]]. He’s inconsistently written throughout Book V, ranging from seeming like an AxCrazy HateSink who hates Reginn, to a TragicVillain who [[IJustWantToBeLoved just wants loved ones]], and then flips between these portrayals so often it makes it seem like the writers don’t know what to do with him. Beyond that, his shallow motivation of not wanting to “lose” Fáfnir, his willingness to kill Reginn out of sheer jealousy, and his manipulation of Nótt via fake feelings of love, didn’t help depict him as a likable character. This might've been fine, if the game didn’t frame him as a tragic villain, rather than being a HateSink like it seems to be trying at first to paint him as. Combined with his gameplay value being mediocre, and he’s widely seen as the worst ''Heroes'' OriginalGeneration character in the game's history, to the point that his first appearance in Choose Your Legends resulted in the single lowest rated ''Heroes'' OC during their first CYL appearance period. To drive this even further, his banner was estimated to be the [[https://www.reddit.com/r/FireEmblemHeroes/comments/q4bbg4/according_to_sensortower_rankings_the_mythic_otr/ single worst selling banner in the game's history at the time of its release]], and unlike later banners that sold even worse, he doesn't have the excuse of just bad timing from a sales angle[[note]]For example; Legendary Xander sold worse than his banner, but it was released right after a joint ''Radiant Dawn'' and ''Three Houses'' banner, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/FireEmblemHeroes/comments/10blpga/banner_performance_top_5_bestworst_of_us_jp_book/ which was estimated to be the single best selling banner of the year]], which played a major role in the banner selling so poorly. [[/note]].

* ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'':
** Farleen, both for having an annoying voice and for mostly being a plot device who, along with [[ThoseTwoGirls her partner Tynave]], gets [[DistressedDamsel held captive]] and [[KickTheDog beaten up]] in order to give Nel all the more reason to hate Airyglyph. At least she's just an NPC.
** Roger is disliked for being a BrattyHalfPint and being completely useless in battles. His only saving grace is once you're forced to choose who you want to permanently join your final party, he's usually the first and easiest choice to leave out.
** Adray is considered by many to be an unnecessary addition to the ''Director's Cut''/overseas versions. This is due to him being shoehorned into the plot and is forced into your party, which prevents you from recruiting all of the characters that you want. His subpar and overall awkward combat performance also earns him a lot of hate. The fact that he joins you instead of the actually-important fan favorite Clair or the similarly-liked Nel and Albel only makes things worse.[[note]]While Nel and Albel can be recruited, they are both optional characters.[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'':

** Another example: Autarch Kayleth from ''Dawn of War II: Retribution'', the main protagonist of the Eldar campaign. An arrogant [[{{Jerkass}} bitch]] who's [[CantArgueWithElves continuous mouthfuls of condescending snark]] caused many players to cry "[[ScrewYouElves Screw You, Eldar!]]" The other Eldar characters, [[ColdSniper Ron]][[DeadpanSnarker ahn]] and [[BadassBaritone Veld]][[MagicKnight oran]] were much more well-received, and Kayleth gets ''very slightly'' better after a BreakTheHaughty moment via [[spoiler:Azariah Kyras]].