History TheScrappy / YuGiOh

** Professor Leo Akaba (in the anime, at least; his manga incarnation is a wholly different character) is the most widely hated main antagonist in the entire franchise. Though initial response to him was lukewarm, he fell into this when the series finally revealed his motivation in the concluding arc: [[spoiler:his daughter had made a HeroicSacrifice sealing Zarc, and he wanted to bring her back.]] The intended idea was to make him [[spoiler:a grieving father who went too far out of love for his child]]--the problem is, not only is this motivation ''far'' out of proportion with his actual actions, which included dimension-scale genocide, training ChildSoldiers, and killing off four innocent girls, as well as tolerating or encouraging the acts of all his supporters, but it fails to land because Leo also abused and neglected his two surviving kids [[spoiler:[[ParentalFavoritism in the name of bringing back his daughter]]]]. What's more, Leo's actions directly lead to [[spoiler:the resurrection of the being his daughter sacrificed herself to stop, with him blatantly ignoring every single sign that this was happening]], even though he could have resolved the whole problem by simply carding Yuri the moment it became apparent what he was. Unlike most main villains, he doesn't get the benefit of EvilIsCool, either, since he spends most of the series as an OrcusOnHisThrone, and his two duels (a brief match against Yuya and Reiji that he was about to lose before it was cancelled, and [[CurbStompBattle an outright blowout where he didn't even survive his first turn]]) don't exactly give the impression of a force to be reckoned with. And to cap it all off, [[spoiler:he ends up EasilyForgiven, with the one character who demands he face justice or consequences for his actions (Shun, who lost his home, his best friend, and his sister as a direct result of Leo's plan) being treated as irrational and "learning a lesson" about needing to move on]]. In short, he causes all the problems in the series, gets away with everything apart from failing to get what he wanted, and isn't even entertaining to watch.

** Siegfried von Schroeder, the BigBad of the Grand Prix FillerArc, is widely regarded as a forgettable FillerVillain who recycles the traits of established characters (Pegasus being the most obvious). While he is meant to be [[SmugSnake shown to not be as clever as he thinks]], the fact that the audience sees [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption his plans were going to fail no matter what]] due to his [[DidntThinkThisThrough lack of foresight]] causes him to be criticized as [[PlotIrrelevantVillain unnecessary for the plot]]. He is also hated for his overpowered deck and for knocking Jonouchi out of the tournament (which ended up being the latter's final Duel in the series), meaning audiences never got to see a rematch with him and Yugi, while also contributing to the arc's {{Flanderization}} of Jonouchi into a StrawLoser.

** Dartz, the BigBad of the Doma FillerArc, is one of the most disliked villains in the ''Duel Monsters'' anime due to having one of the most broken decks in the entire franchise, with his Duel against Yami Yugi and Kaiba only being resolved with a DeusExMachina. It doesn't help that his [[CoDragons three subordinates]] are generally considered by fans to be more interesting than he is, since their motivations are explored better throughout the entire StoryArc. When he explains his actions and motivations, the plot holes he creates are so huge, it would surpass the infinite attack points his Divine Serpent had. It says something that ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescued him from the scrappy heap]] by rewriting his character entirely as a {{cloudcuckoolander}} with a [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent wacky accent]].

** Despite being the BigBad of the Shadow Riders arc, Kagemaru gets a lot of heat for being a GenericDoomsdayVillain and a KarmaHoudini compared to the more likable villains of that arc such as Tania, Camula, or even [[spoiler:Daitokuji/Banner]].

** Professor Leo Akaba (in the anime, at least; his manga incarnation is a wholly different character) is the most widely hated main antagonist in the entire franchise. Though initial response to him was lukewarm, he fell into this when the series finally revealed his motivation in the concluding arc: [[spoiler:his daughter had made a HeroicSacrifice sealing Zarc, and he wanted to bring her back.]] The intended idea was to make him [[spoiler:a grieving father who went too far out of love for his child]]--the problem is, not only is this motivation ''far'' out of proportion with his actual actions, which included dimension-scale genocide, training ChildSoldiers, and killing off four innocent girls, as well as tolerating or encouraging the acts of all his supporters, but it fails to land because Leo also abused and neglected his two surviving kids [[spoiler:[[ParentalFavoritism in the name of bringing back his daughter]]]]. What's more, Leo's actions directly lead to [[spoiler:the resurrection of the being his daughter sacrificed herself to stop, with him blatantly ignoring every single sign that this was happening]], even though he could have resolved the whole problem by simply carding Yuri the moment it became apparent what he was. Unlike most main villains, he doesn't get the benefit of EvilIsCool, either, since he spends most of the series as an OrcusOnHisThrone, and his two duels (a brief match against Yuya and Reiji that he was about to lose before it was cancelled, and [[CurbStompBattle an outright blowout where he didn't even survive his first turn]]) don't exactly give the impression of a force to be reckoned with. And to cap it all off, [[spoiler:he ends up EasilyForgiven, with the one character who demands he face justice or consequences for his actions (Shun, who lost his home, his best friend, and his sister as a direct result of Leo's actions) being treated as irrational and "learning a lesson" about needing to move on]]. In short, he causes all the problems in the series, gets away with everything apart from failing to get what he wanted, and isn't even entertaining to watch.

** Professor Leo Akaba (in the anime, at least; his manga incarnation is a wholly different character) is the most widely hated main antagonist in the entire franchise. Though initial response to him was lukewarm, he fell into this when the series finally revealed his motivation in the concluding arc: [[spoiler:his daughter had made a HeroicSacrifice sealing Zarc, and he wanted to bring her back.]] The intended idea was to make him [[spoiler:a grieving father who went too far out of love for his child]]--the problem is, not only is this motivation ''far'' out of proportion with his actual actions, which included dimension-scale genocide, training ChildSoldiers, and killing off four innocent girls, as well as tolerating or encouraging the acts of all his supporters, but it fails to land because Leo also abused and neglected his two surviving kids [[spoiler:[[ParentalFavoritism in the name of bringing back his daughter]]]]. What's more, Leo's actions directly lead to [[spoiler:the resurrection of the being his daughter sacrificed to stop, with him blatantly ignoring every single sign that this was happening]], even though he could have resolved the whole problem by simply carding Yuri the moment it became apparent what he was. Unlike most main villains, he doesn't get the benefit of EvilIsCool, either, since he spends most of the series as an OrcusOnHisThrone, and his two duels (a brief match against Yuya and Reiji that he was about to lose before it was cancelled, and [[CurbStompBattle an outright blowout where he didn't even survive his first turn]]) don't exactly give the impression of a force to be reckoned with. And to cap it all off, [[spoiler:he ends up EasilyForgiven, with the one character who demands he face justice or consequences for his actions (Shun, who lost his home, his best friend, and his sister as a direct result of Leo's actions) being treated as irrational and "learning a lesson" about needing to move on]]. In short, he causes all the problems in the series, gets away with everything apart from failing to get what he wanted, and isn't even entertaining to watch.

** Professor Leo Akaba (in the anime, at least; his manga incarnation is a wholly different character) is the most widely hated main antagonist in the entire franchise. Though initial response to him was lukewarm, he fell into this when the series finally revealed his motivation in the concluding arc: [[spoiler:his daughter had made a HeroicSacrifice sealing Zarc, and he wanted to bring her back.]] The intended idea was to make him [[spoiler:a grieving father who went too far out of love for his child]]--the problem is, not only is this motivation ''far'' out of proportion with his actual actions, which included dimension-scale genocide, training ChildSoldiers, and killing off four innocent girls, as well as tolerating or encouraging the acts of all his supporters, but it fails to land because Leo also abused and neglected his two surviving kids [[spoiler:[[ParentalFavoritism in the name of bringing back his daughter]]]]. What's more, Leo's actions directly lead to [[spoiler:the resurrection of the being his daughter sacrificed to stop, with him blatantly ignoring every single sign that this was happening]], even though he could have resolved the whole problem by simply carding Yuri the moment it became apparent what he was. Unlike most main villains, he doesn't get the benefit of EvilIsCool, either, since he spends most of the series as an OrcusOnHisThrone, and his two duels (a brief match against Yuya and Reiji that he was about to lose before it was cancelled, and [[CurbStompBattle an outright blowout where he didn't even survive his first turn]]) don't exactly give the impression of a force to be reckoned with. And to cap it all off, [[spoiler:he ends up EasilyForgiven, with the one character who demands he face justice or consequences for his actions (Shun, who lost his home, his best friend, and his sister as a direct result of Leo's actions) being treated as irrational and "learning a lesson" about needing to move on]]. In short, he causes all the problems in the series, faces no real consequences apart from failing to get what he wanted, and isn't even entertaining to watch.

** Leo Akaba (in the anime, at least; his manga incarnation is a wholly different character) is the most widely hated main antagonist in the entire franchise. Though initial response to him was lukewarm, he fell into this when the series finally revealed his motivation in the concluding arc: [[spoiler:his daughter had made a HeroicSacrifice sealing Zarc, and he wanted to bring her back.]] The intended idea was to make him [[spoiler:a grieving father who went too far out of love for his child]]--the problem is, not only is this motivation ''far'' out of proportion with his actual actions, which included dimension-scale genocide, training ChildSoldiers, and killing off four innocent girls, as well as tolerating or encouraging the acts of all his supporters, but it fails to land because Leo also abused and neglected his two surviving kids [[spoiler:[[ParentalFavoritism in the name of bringing back his daughter]]]]. What's more, Leo's actions directly lead to [[spoiler:the resurrection of the being his daughter sacrificed to stop, with him blatantly ignoring every single sign that this was happening]], even though he could have resolved the whole problem by simply carding Yuri the moment it became apparent what he was. Unlike most main villains, he doesn't get the benefit of EvilIsCool, either, since he spends most of the series as an OrcusOnHisThrone, and his two duels (a brief and inconclusive match against Yuya and Reiji, and [[CurbStompBattle an outright blowout where he didn't even survive his first turn]]) don't exactly give the impression of a force to be reckoned with. And to cap it all off, [[spoiler:he ends up EasilyForgiven, with the one character who demands he face justice or consequences for his actions (Shun, who lost his home, his best friend, and his sister as a direct result of Leo's actions) being treated as irrational and "learning a lesson" about needing to move on]]. In short, he causes all the problems in the series, faces no real consequences apart from failing to get what he wanted, and isn't even entertaining to watch.

** Leo's anime incarnation was initially criticized for being a bland villain who [[OrcusOnHisThrone did nothing but sit on his throne]], but when he got off it, he revealed that his big plan, the one meant to drive the entire series and the reason he raised massive armies, conquered worlds, tortured and mindslaved innocents, and stole the souls of millions, was essentially an act of mass dimension-scale genocide with a vague ''possibility'' of restoring his daughter after her HeroicSacrifice - a plan that not only didn't work in the end, but ''[[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom resurrected the very being she was trying to stop in the first place]].'' The attempt at giving him a sympathetic motive failed to come even close to justifying the horrid acts committed by himself or his supporters, and he ends up receiving [[KarmaHoudini basically no repercussions besides saying he felt bad about it]]. However, his manga incarnation is [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap spared from the heap]], mainly for his AdaptationalHeroism, being [[GoodParents less neglectful]] towards Reiji/Declan, and lacking any ParentalFavoritism involving his daughter.

* ''Manga/YuGiOh'': Johji, Honda's baby nephew who tags along for part of Death-T, is the most universally disliked character in the entire manga. Comedy pervert characters are always a big gamble, especially in a series that's pretty low on that kind of humor, but when you add in a comedy pervert character who's ''[[DirtyKid a baby]]'', and then make that character a BrattyHalfPint, then you have a recipe for an unusually repellant presence in what's otherwise considered a GrowingTheBeard arc. That one of his few instances of being helpful consists of ''[[ToiletHumor pooping on]]'' a villain really doesn't help matters. Tellingly, halfway through the arc, Takahashi [[ShooOutTheNewGuy had him fall asleep and stay that way for most of the rest of it]], he never appeared again after the arc ended, and the Toei adaptation [[AdaptedOut removed him entirely]], meaning that his sole appearance in any media since the conclusion of that arc in the manga is as a random opponent in the ''Dungeon Dice Monsters'' video game.

''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' is considered one of the best anime and manga of all time, mainly for it's characters, monsters, cards and stories. However, it does not mean that every character is liked or well-received by the fandom. While villains like Weevil Underwood (Insector Haga) and Keith Howard (Bandit Keith) are {{Hate Sink}}s, they, at least, are well-received by the fanbase because of their entertaining traits that make them villains that we all {{Love To Hate}}. This list has characters [[TheScrappy that are outright hated for all the wrong reasons]].

** Dartz, the BigBad of the Doma FillerArc, is one of the most disliked villains in the ''Duel Monsters'' anime due to having one of the most broken decks in the entire franchise, with his Duel against Yami Yugi and Kaiba only being resolved with a DeusExMachina. It doesn't help that his [[CoDragons three subordinates]] are generally considered by fans to be more interesting than he is, since their motivations are explored better throughout the entire StoryArc. When he explains his actions and motivations, the plot holes he creates are so huge, it would surpass the infinite attack points his monster had. It says something that ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescued him from the scrappy heap]] by rewriting his character entirely as a {{cloudcuckoolander}} with a [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent wacky accent]].
** Siegfried von Schroeder, the BigBad of the Grand Prix FillerArc, is widely regarded as a forgettable FillerVillain who recycles the traits of established characters (Pegasus being the most obvious). While he is meant to be [[SmugSnake shown to not be as clever as he thinks]], the fact that the audience sees [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption his plans were going to fail no matter what]] due to his lack of foresight causes him to be criticized as [[PlotIrrelevantVillain unnecessary for the plot]]. He is also hated for his overpowered deck and for knocking Jonouchi out of the tournament (which ended up being the latter's final Duel in the series), meaning audiences never got to see a rematch with him and Yugi, while also contributing to the arc's {{Flanderization}} of Jonouchi into a StrawLoser.

''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' is considered one of the best anime and manga of all time mainly for it's characters, monsters, cards and stories, However it does not mean that every character is liked or well-received by the fandom, While villains like Weevil Underwood (Insector Haga) and Keith Howard (Bandit Keith) are {{Hate Sink}}s. They at very least are well-received by the fanbase because of their entertaining traits that makes them villains that we all {{Love To Hate}}. This list has characters [[TheScrappy that are outright hated for all the wrong reasons]].

** While most "legacy characters" are controversial, this Edo/Aster has the least defenders: He's "Edo InNameOnly" relative to his ''GX'' counterpart (the only thing they have in common is using Destiny [=HEROes=], and even then, the aesthetics and playstyle are completely off), he has an abysmal win-loss record (the closest thing to a victory he gets is forcing a draw when he was about to lose), and his characterization even on its own is [[EasilyForgiven abruptly written]] and unintentionally hilarious (most notably the "ripped Smile World" plot point). He's considered so lackluster and underwhelming as a character, a good number of fans saw him as an ''outright insult'' to ''GX'' and his original incarnation, not helped by the fact that his post-HeelFaceTurn ace monster is heavily designed after ''[[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds 5D's]]''.

** Kotori/Tori is one of the most disliked characters in the franchise for being NeutralFemale, her [[MandatoryLine constant presence,]] [[FlatCharacter bland personality]], nonexistent development, and [[SpotlightStealingSquad taking the role of the female lead and the main character's love interest]] while the better received Anna and Rio were [[OutOfFocus seriously underused]], not to mention she fulfills a [[MsFanservice specific role in the show]] with unfortunate implications. It's gotten to the point that she caused Anzu/Téa to be [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap re-evaluated in a more positive light]] in some circles.

Yu Gi Oh! is considered one of the best anime and manga of all time mainly for it's characters, monsters, cards and stories, However it does not mean that every character is liked or well received by the fandom, While villains like Weevil Underwood (Insector Haga) and Keith Howard (Bandit Keith) are {{Hate Sink}}s. They at very least are well received by the fanbase because of their entertaining traits that makes them villains that we all {{Love To Hate}}. This list has characters [[TheScrappy that are outright hated for all the wrong reasons]].

Yu Gi Oh! is considered one of the best anime and manga of all time mainly for it's characters, monsters, cards and stories, However it does not mean that every character is liked or well received by the fandom, While villains like Weevil Underwood (Insector Haga) and Keith Howard (Bandit Keith) are {{Hate Sink}}s. They at very least are well received by the fanbase because of their entertaining traits that makes them villains that we all {{Love To Hate}}. This list has characters [[TheScrappy that are hated for all the wrong reasons]].

Yu Gi Oh! is considered one of the best anime and manga of all time mainly for it's characters, monsters, cards and stories, However it does not mean that every character is liked or well received by the fandom, While villains like Weevil Underwood (Insector Haga) and Keith Howard (Bandit Keith) are {{Hate Sink}}s. They at very least are well received by the fanbase because of their entertaining traits that makes them villains who are all {{Love To Hate}}. This list has characters [[TheScrappy that are hated for all the wrong reasons]].

Yu Gi Oh! is considered one of the best anime and manga of all time mainly for it's characters and story, However it does not mean that every character is liked or well received by the fandom, While villains like Weevil Underwood (Insector Haga) and Keith Howard (Bandit Keith) are {{Hate Sink}}s. They at very least are well received by the fanbase because of their entertaining traits that makes them villains who are all {{Love To Hate}}. This list has characters [[TheScrappy that are hated for all the wrong reasons]].

Yu Gi Oh! is considered one of the best anime and manga of all time mainly for it's characters and story, However it does not mean that every character is liked or well received by the fandom, While villains like Weevil Underwood (Insector Haga) and Keith Howard (Bandit Keith) are {{Hate Sink}}s. They at very least are well received by the fanbase because of their entertaining traits that makes them villains who are all {{Love To Hate}}. This list has characters[[TheScrappy that are hated for all the wrong reasons]].

Yu Gi Oh! is considered one of the best anime and manga of all time mainly for it's characters and story, However it does not mean that every character is liked or well received by the fandom, While villains like Weevil Underwood (Insector Haga) and Keith Howard (Bandit Keith) are {{Hate Sink}}s. They at very least are well received by the fanbase because of their entertaining traits makes villains who are {{LoveToHate}}

* ''Anime/YugiohGoRush'': Epoch Kamijou is a young girl who Yuudias is hired to tutor in Rush Dueling. Her design is ridiculous, walking around inside a cardboard box with her legs and a megaphone sticking out. She's supremely annoying, screaming nearly all of her lines, is throwing tantrums constantly, and can't seem to go five seconds without calling whoever she's talking to an idiot. Then there's the fact that in her debut duel against Yuuhi she not only cheated in the least subtle way possible, she was also a KarmaHoudini in doing so. The Tournament Organizers who were all watching the duel just allowed the duel to keep going in spite of Yuuhi's protests, and Yuudias doesn't do anything to admonish his pupil for her blatantly obvious cheating.

** Siegfried von / Zigfried Von Schroeder, the BigBad of the Grand Prix FillerArc, is widely regarded as a forgettable FillerVillain who recycles the traits of established characters (Pegasus being the most obvious). While he is meant to be [[SmugSnake shown to not be as clever as he thinks]], the fact that the audience sees [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption his plans were going to fail no matter what]] due to his lack of foresight causes him to be criticized as [[PlotIrrelevantVillain unnecessary for the plot]]. He is also hated for his overpowered deck and for knocking Jonouchi / Joey out of the tournament, meaning audiences never got to see a rematch with him and Yugi, while also contributing to the arc's {{Flanderization}} of Jonouchi / Joey into a StrawLoser.

** The Doktor. While he was [[HateSink intended to be despised by the audience]] for his [[{{Sadist}} sadism]] and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing]] of Yuzu and her counterparts with Parasite Fusioners, his actions resulted in Yuzu and co. being DemotedToExtra despite their popularity and heavy buildup, his design is ''hideous'', and [[TheUnfought he didn't even get a chance to Duel Yuya, Yusho, or the Lancers]] due to [[DroppedABridgeOnHim being unceremoniously sealed off in a card by Leo]], ironically because Leo had come to hate him not unlike the viewer. Quite a number of people have declared that he feels more like a character from a R-18+ manga than a ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' villain.

** While most "legacy characters" are controversial, this Edo/Aster has the least defenders: He's "Edo InNameOnly" relative to his ''GX'' counterpart (the only thing they have in common is using Destiny [=HEROes=], and even then, the aesthetics and playstyle are completely off), he has an abysmal win-loss record (the closest thing to a victory he gets is a draw), and his characterization even on its own is [[EasilyForgiven abruptly written]] and unintentionally hilarious (most notably the "ripped Smile World" plot point). He's considered so lackluster and underwhelming as a character, a good number of fans saw him as an ''outright insult'' to ''GX'' and his original incarnation, not helped by the fact that his post-HeelFaceTurn ace monster is heavily designed after ''[[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds 5D's]]''.