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1	Not everyone in fiction can be an IdealHero or a BreakoutCharacter. Stories generally have someone to dislike, most characters require flaws, and stories usually have moral leanings.
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3	These are tropes creators use to ensure the audience knows who and what ''not'' to sympathize with. If used on accident, they might lead a character into UnintentionallyUnsympathetic or TheScrappy territory.
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5	This list is ''not'' an IndexOfHatedCharacters, which is about characters' reputation in-universe.
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12	'''Subcategory'''
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15	!!Tropes:
16	* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: An authority figure who everyone in the work hates.
17	* AbusiveParents: Parents who abuse their children.
18	* AliensAreBastards: Sentient aliens who all seem to be {{Jerkass}}es.
19	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: A race that is evil to the core.
20	* AndYourLittleDogToo: Threatening something innocent to hurt someone else.
21	* AxesAtSchool: A school is a good place to kidnap or kill a lot of kids at once.
22	* BadBoss: When the workers are treated as slaves or receive unjust corporate punishment.
23	* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Animal cruelty is typically a quick way to invoke audiences' wrath.
24	* BelatedChildDiscipline: A SpoiledBrat finally getting punished for their obnoxiousness.
25	* BeyondRedemption: A hero gives up on redeeming someone.
26	* BrattyHalfPint: A child is an annoying brat.
27	* TheBully: A character who bullies others.
28	* BullyingTheDisabled: Bully someone with a disability.
29	* BurnTheOrphanage: Burning down an orphanage.
30	* ChildAbuseIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Child abuse is used as a MoralEventHorizon.
31	* ChildEater: Someone eats children.
32	* ChildHater: Someone hates children.
33	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Character repeatedly betrays people.
34	* CompleteMonster: A purely evil character with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
35	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: A villain who runs a company.
36	* CruellaToAnimals: Someone who delights in the suffering of animals.
37	* CrueltyByFeet: Violence or humiliation via stomping is seen as reprehensible.
38	* EatsBabies: A villain so evil they literally eat babies.
39	* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: A character who is known for their love hates someone? Bad news.
40	* EvilGloating: Characters who rub in their evil deeds.
41	* EvilIsPetty: When a villain engages in minor, pointless acts of cruelty in addition to their grander crimes.
42	* ForTheEvulz: When their given excuse is explicitly because they like doing bad things.
43	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: If the antagonist is the queen, they're likely to be the most abusive ruler ever.
44	* HateCrimesAreASpecialKindOfEvil: Crimes motivated by bigotry are much more horrific than garden-variety crimes.
45	* HatedByAll: A characters who is hated by every single person in the setting.
46	* IfICantHaveYou: A rejected suitor trying to try to murder the object of their affections out of jealousy.
47	* ItsAllAboutMe: Excessive self-absorbtion
48	* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Threatening an underling's loved ones.
49	* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Being mean is less likeable than being evil.
50	* KickTheDog: Actions designed to show character flaws.
51	* KickTheMoralityPet: Hurting the one person they were established to be kind to.
52	* KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Killing a family member is is the one of the worst things you can do.
53	* LackOfEmpathy: A person who is apathetic toward the suffering of others.
54	* MadeOfEvil: Villains that are literally composed of evil.
55	* MoralEventHorizon: The point at which the audience can no longer justify a character's actions.
56	* {{Narcissist}}: A self-absorbed character who demands appreciation from others.
57	* NoSympathy: A character is not showing sympathy towards someone.
58	* NoSympathyForGrudgeholders: A character rebuked for refusing to forgive another character.
59	* ObviouslyEvil: Evil is entirely unsubtle in design.
60	* PaedoHunt: The bad guy is a pedophile.
61	* ParentalIncest: Sex between a parent and their child.
62	* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Something only functions if an innocent pays the price.
63	* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Rape is one of the worst things you can do.
64	* {{Sadist}}: A character enjoys the pain of others.
65	* SadistTeacher: A teacher who bullies their student.
66	* SapientFurTrade: An entire sapient race is routinely murdered because their dead bodies are useful.
67	* SinisterSuffocation: Suffocating someone is one of the worst ways to kill or torture them.
68	* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Enslaving people is the one of the worst things you can do.
69	* TheSociopath: A social predator with a LackOfEmpathy.
70	* SpoiledBrat: A child who is entitled and obnoxious.
71	* SuperHumanTrafficking: Human trafficking of super-powered individuals.
72	* TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Betraying someone is the one of the worst things you can do.
73	* TrialRunCrime: Committing a crime against an innocent bystander to see how well the plan works.
74	* VeryPunchableMan: A side character designed only to be punched by the main characters.
75	* TheVillainMustBePunished: Simply defeating this villain's plan isn't enough -- they have to ''pay'' for what they've done.
76	* WifeHusbandry: A parent raises a child (or children) to be their lovers.
77	* WouldHurtAChild: A character is willing to hurt even children.
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