The Scrappy/Puppet Shows

Examples of in  include:


 * Some fans of The Muppets see recent addition Pepe the Prawn as this (those who don't see him as an Ensemble Darkhorse, that is). A big part of that is that they see Pepe as taking the focus away from the classic characters, and that his basic shtick is flirting with women and making pop cultural references.
 * Same problem with all the new characters in Muppets Tonight, like Seymore, Johnny Fiama, and Bobo. Don't even get us started on Spamela Hamderson, who seemed to be the unholy offspring of Miss Piggy and David Hasselhoff. The big mistake the show made (and the biggest reason it failed) was putting far too much emphasis on them and demoting the old favorites to extras. In the fans minds, all of them were Muppet wanna-bes trying - and failing - to steal the spotlight.
 * Elmo of Sesame Street. Again, Your Mileage May Vary; most of the target audience (little kids) has always loved him, but a lot of adults who grew up with Sesame Street dislike the fact that Elmo has gotten so popular that the last fifteen minutes of every show is devoted to him (at the old Jump the Shark website, reviewers almost unanimously agreed that his introduction caused the show to Jump the Shark).