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* Mark Twain's essay ''[[Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences]]'' touches upon this concept (if not so explicitly by name) a century before Dorothy Heydt, making this trope [[Older Than Radio]] and [[Older Than You Think]].
{{quote|10. They require that the author shall make the reader feel a deep interest in the personages of his tale and in their fate; and that he shall make the reader love the good people in the tale and hate the bad ones. But the reader of the "Deerslayer" tale dislikes the good people in it, is indifferent to the others, and wishes they would all get drowned together.}}
== [[Musical]] ==▼
* ''[[The Musical of Musicals]]'', a play that parodies various... well, musicals, registers this complaint about the works of [[Stephen Sondheim]] ("Unlikable people with lives that are hollow / It's all food for thought, but a bit hard to swallow...")▼
* All of the characters in ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' an example of this. [[Kurt Weill]] and [[Bertolt Brecht]] did this intentionally, as not a single character is sympathetic in their motives, actions, or expressions. This was in part because it was a political commentary on capitalism and corruption. An example of [[Tropes Are Not Bad]].▼
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* Quite possibly the worst possible thing to happen to a pro wrestler outside of injuries is to get this sort of reaction. The entire [[Kayfabe|point]] of wrestling is to get the crowds to [[Face|cheer]] or [[Heel|boo]] you. Not getting ''either'' is almost considered to be worse than getting [[X-Pac Heat]], and is practically guaranteed to put you on the fast track to getting fired.
* This is the general outcome of a heel vs. heel feud. Face vs. Face feuds (case in point, Austin/Rock heading into [[Wrestlemania|Wrestlemania 19]] and/or Cena/HBK heading into [[Wrestlemania|Wrestlemania 23]]) can generally work on the fact that the crowd likes, to some extent or another, both participants and thus interest can be gained in seeing these two wrestlers, who respect each other immensely, square off in the ring. Heel/Heel feuds, meanwhile, pit two villains against one another. While this dynamic may work in literature, video games, or even film, to some extent, in wrestling, where the crowd controls a lot of the show, a match with two villains squaring off is more than likely going to drain interest in the show, considering that these are two characters the crowd ''hates''.
▲* ''[[The Musical of Musicals]]'', a play that parodies various... well, musicals, registers this complaint about the works of [[Stephen Sondheim]] ("Unlikable people with lives that are hollow / It's all food for thought, but a bit hard to swallow...")
▲* All of the characters in ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' an example of this. [[Kurt Weill]] and [[Bertolt Brecht]] did this intentionally, as not a single character is sympathetic in their motives, actions, or expressions. This was in part because it was a political commentary on capitalism and corruption...
== [[Video Games]] ==
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