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* Sakura Haruno gets it the worst, having the dual misfortune of being a girl that hangs around [[Slash Fic|boys shipped together]] (Naruto/Sasuke) ''and'' standing in the way of the major [[Fan-Preferred Couple]] (Naruto/Hinata). It didn't help that for the first half of Naruto, she was a [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] to Sasuke, which makes fans ''[[Accentuate the Negative|deliberately]]'' ignore her subsequent [[Character Development]] -- ''which started while she was still a [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]''. It doesn't matter to the fanbutts that [[Plucky Girl|Sakura's]] [[Sorry I Fell Onon Your Fist|will to stop being]] [[The Load]] gave her [[Heroic Resolve|motivation]], or that she came to care for Sasuke as the utterly damaged person he is/was instead of just [[Loving a Shadow|mooning for "Sasuke-kun"]], or that [[Took a Level In Badass|she]] ''[[Took a Level In Badass|did]]'' [[Took a Level In Badass|toughen up]] to become an true [[Action Girl]], or that she shows ''realistic'' reactions to all the shit that befalls her and Naruto: she's ''still'' "The Pink Roach" to them. And even if she ''was'' designed to (initially) invoke [[This Loser Is You]], she still does ''not'' deserve the shit that fangirls give her. Unfortunately, the bashing has spread to ''this very wiki'', particularly in the light of Chapter 469, which is apparently a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Sakura-bashers and "fandom feminists" who enjoy bashing '''every''' [[Naruto]] female except for Temari or Kushina.
* An even more extreme case is [[Dark Chick|Karin]], Sasuke's team mate, who gets bashed from both SasuSaku ''and'' [[Slash Fic|SasuNaru]] fans, although the former are more virulent about it. Fans often make Karin into an [[Village Bicycle|oversexed nympho with constantly opened legs]] (when she's [[Single-Target Sexuality|almost the exact opposite]]) who tries so hard to ''"steal Sasuke from his rightful lover Sakura and/or Naruto"'', especially if the fic's setting is [[High School AU|High School.]] True, Karin's infatuation with Sasuke ''was'' [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|unhealthy and obsessive]] -- she did plan to drug his teammates and rape him. But the shippers' attitude towards her still carries a whiff of this trope, since they ignore that most of her antics are [[Played for Laughs]] and as more of a character flaw than a marker of being "a bad person", that Sasuke ''knew'' about all this when he recruited her for his team, and that beyond this she does ''genuinely'' care for him.
** All of which is ultimately rendered moot by later events in canon, like {{spoiler|Sasuke crossing the [[Moral Event Horizon]] by trying to kill Karin and Karin being saved only by Sakura's intervention - which is followed by Sasuke stabbing her [[In the Back]]}}. There's probably something to be learned from all this.
* There's a fair amount regarding the Ino/Shikamaru/Temari triangle. Shika/Tema fans often turn Ino into a [[Alpha Bitch|shallow and shrill bimbo]] who only thinks of her looks and is [[Brainless Beauty|way too stupid for Shikamaru]]. Shika/Ino fans often bash Temari by making her a domineering and cruel [[Yandere]]-bitch who stops at nothing to make Shikamaru hers. Now, a new girl named [[Nerd Glasses|Shiho]] has taken a romantic interest in Shikamaru, becoming the triangle's [[Third Option Love Interest]]; ''both'' Shikamaru/Temari and Shikamaru/Ino fans want her to die in a fire.
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* Even minor characters get it. [[Satellite Character|Matsuri]] appeared as one of two Gaara fangirls in the manga. In a [[Filler]] arc of the anime, she had the misfortune of being introduced as the only one willing to accept Gaara as her teacher during a training session. Raging fangirls hate her guts because of the possible [[Hot for Student]]-like [[Ship Tease]] moments she had with Gaara, something NO other girl on the show ever had. [http://hatematsurifc.deviantart.com This page] shows just how far [[Fan Dumb]] can go...
** Then there are the [[Unfortunate Implications]] that these Gaara "fans" want the only person (besides his siblings, Naruto, and maybe his mentor) that would give him a chance to die. Apparently, they want Gaara to have more reasons to morbidly depressed, lonely, and suicidal. Let the guy have a companion, people. He really needs it.
* Sai not only gets criticism from Shika/Ino shippers, but also gets lots of flak {{spoiler|from Naru/Hina shippers for telling Sakura how much Naruto loves her}}, even though it's shown later that he's no [[Shipper Onon Deck]], in fact suggesting that {{spoiler|Naruto's promise to bring back Sasuke for Sakura's sake is causing him no small amount of pain}}. This is partly because Sakura {{spoiler|initially assumes that if she offers Naruto her love (sincerely or falsely), he will give up on Sasuke, although this most likely was not what Sai had in mind}}.
** It doesn't help that he was emotionally repressed and he feel into total stoic mode because the only person he cared for like a brother died. He reads books on relationships and love because he can't understand it by himself. In the real world, he would have to undergo intense therapy (actually [[There Are No Therapists|a lot of characters need to]]). Then there are the fan fics that depict him reading porn that makes him decide to capture a female cast member and try it out on top of the fact he doesn't know sexual assault is wrong, effectively calling him an ignorant rapist. This is despite the fact that he must already know what sex is because we see him insult Naruto by stating that his "package" must be small. That just indicates that he probably knows what "packages" are for and why it is an [[Fridge Logic|insult in the first place]].
* Asuma, one half of the few '''offical''' couples in the series, gets treated poorly in some fics that pairs Kurenai with Kakashi.
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