Creator's Pet/Live-Action TV: Difference between revisions

** Rose Tyler was a very strange and [[Base Breaker|base-breaking]] case of this. During Series 1, most people liked and accepted her, but throughout the second, third and fourth the writers started putting her on a pedestal. Gradually, the writers [[Flanderization|changed]] her from a flawed and believable character to an [[Canon Sue|infallible saint who was The Doctor's one true love]], even continuing after she'd ceased appearing as a regular. Basically, the shilling was what ''turned'' her into the Creators' Pet.

** Then there's River Song. Despite the Doctor's [[Technical Pacifist|dislike of violence]], he approves of her use of guns and rarely complains about her threatening people. However, River was quite a good example of an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]], until the end of Series 6 where she destroyed time itself. The Doctor was ''furious'' with her, but married her anyway (and continues to act as her husband). River was sent to prison... but she is revealed to break out it of anytime she wants. Like Rose, she's an example of a character who was popular until being shilled (her arc in Series 6 alone ended up [[Broken Base|breaking the base]]).

* Irish drama ''[[The Clinic]]'' has this with Dr. Dan. He started off as a corrupt third-string cast member, then got found out and left. A year or so later he came back, began going out with the lead character. Then when she died he became the lead. Through all this he never reformed, constantly seemed to be lying for no good reason, trying to scam people, and generally being a total douche and never reforming, even after a bout of life-threatening illness. The character has no depth, they stop him being an outright hero by making him do bad things, stop him from being an outright villain by making him seem joyless. The end result is he's a boring would-be anti-hero who gets all the plot lumped at his feet.

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