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** Every time a Vocaloid comes out, according to the [[Fan Dumb]], it's unoriginal, its voice sucks, or the design is unoriginal/bland/horrible. Or all of the above.
** There are people out there who still think that only the Crypton Vocaloids are the "official" ones (and for some reason throw in Teto as being "official"). So all of the others are "unofficial"?
** And don't get started on Hatsune Miku's portrayals in the Toyota Corolla commercials and print ads (especially her art drawing there at Toyota's [https://web.archive.org/web/20120614172416/http://www.alvinleeart.com/2011/06/toyota-corolla-s-hatsune-miku-outdoor-billboard-ad/ 2011 Corolla website]), which got lots of [[Internet Backdraft]].<ref>The art is by Alvin Lee, who also does artwork for ''[[Street Fighter]]'', of all things, which should tell you how decidedly ''un-feminine'' the artwork has been deemed.</ref> Perhaps more recently the allegetions of [[Cultural Translation]], including a rectangular image on her necktie which is said to have been turned into something that bears resemblance to the [[Wearing a Flag on Your Head|American Flag]].
*** Though it seems Toyota caved in on the backlash on the Toyota Corolla Website design, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130129055940/http://www.toyota.com/corollamiku/ changed Hatsune Miku's appearance] to something resembling more traditional fanart.
**** The newest point of contention? Her declaring her love of ''bacon wrapped hot dogs'' in another Toyota commercial. Never mind that her appearance hasn't been changed, and [[Bilingual Dialogue|she's saying it in Japanese]], in her original voice, ''[[Sarcasm Mode|Miku declaring her love for a decidedly non-Japanese non-leek food is pure heresy]]''.
** Fangirls of male vocaloids can be from pretty bad to nightmarish. General consensus says that Len fangirls are usually the worst; it's fairly common for them to bash the heck out of Rin (or any other Vocaloid) in such songs as ''Servant of Evil'' and other songs where Len dies, and freak out whenever he does ([[Chronically-Killed Actor|which]] [[They Killed Kenny|happens]] [[Butt Monkey|often]]), even if the song has nothing to do with Len to begin with.
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*** Megpoid is now going through this again, due to the...er...[[Stripperific|visibility of certain assets]] in her Extend boxart.
** Hell, take ANY new Vocaloid when it's first released. The [[Internet Backdraft|Backdraft]] is inevitable. It'll eventually cool down though. People will complain that "X's design sucks/is so unoriginal!" or "X's voice sounds like Y!". This will go on until another Vocaloid comes out, and all previously hated Vocaloids will become beloved. [[Fan Dumb|Then again, that's the fandom for ya]].
*** Surprisingly averted with future Vocaloid Lily. Most people praised her unique [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100515131622/vocaloid/images/5/5a/C20090721_move_02_cs1w1_512x640.jpg design]{{Dead link}} and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7RlFlgAUqo voice].
**** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPblsg--ix4 Try telling that to Lily].
*** Aoki Lapis got backlashed early during her development stages due to her resemblance to [[Hentai]] video game characters (and as it turns out, the designer is herself an [[Eroge]] artist), and especially her rather strange headgear (a huge diamond on a headband, resembling a giant diamond ring, and for some, looks more like a [[Cranial Eruption]]). It slowly died down, though, like most Vocaloids before her, and she is now mostly liked for being [[Moe]].
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** On April 1, 2011, [[Power FX]] site went down as they were planning to transfer to a new server space. On the 6th it returned and on their Vocaloid page was a display of what appeared to be new designs for Big Al and Sweet Ann's. The fandom on both sides (West and Japanese) exploded with mixed reactions. Due to [[Power FX]] site having no explanation as to why the designs were there, it took about 48 hours(plus) until an employee informed the fanbase that the design were for the Taiwanese market.
** And now there's the [[Character Celebrity Endorsement|Toyota Corolla commercials starring Hatsune Miku]] fiasco, if the comments on the respective [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2euG5tt1D7k YouTube] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E15PE7iGT0U&feature=related videos] (and some of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l3vt196PCE&feature=related response] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBnw4R9v12w&feature=related videos]) are of any indication.
** According to MasterVocaloid (a Spanish producer), Voctro Labs has [http://vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/23824-first-spanish-voices-vocaloid-3/page__view__findpost__p__620798 received death threats]{{Dead link}} over Bruno and Clara's artwork. Not to mention the fandumb reactions over the latest Vocaloids not being Japanese or English.
** After the initial success of demos from Korean Vocaloid SeeU, it seemed she was going to be accepted by the generally [[No Koreans in Japan|not-quite-receptive-to-Korea]] Japanese Vocaloid fans - until a series of comparatively lackluster demos led to a large amount of negativity directed towards her, including jeers to "get off of Nico". This has gotten to the point where previously-accepted Korean-speaking UTAU are starting to take insults.
* [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks]]: Some Vocaloid fans dislike Miku simply because she's the most popular.
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** Overlaps into [[Memetic Mutation]] with Kaito, whose covers of other songs typically have the lyrics changed to reflect... ice cream. In particular, songs once written to describe romantic love (SPICE!, Love is War, Melt...) are redone to reflect Kaito's equivalent love for "aisu"; taken to an extreme with a version of "For the Longest Time" with all the lyrics replaced by Engrish-y ice cream flavors.
** And now a new contender, Big Al and Sweet Ann's Taiwanese designs, though fans seem a bit divided on Sweet Ann's.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20150105153216/http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?showtopic=17499
*** For example, a [[media:Vocaloid RingasRingu 5112.jpg|Japanese anon recolored Ring as Ringu]].
* [[They Copied It, So It Sucks]]: The opinion of some of the Fandom is that Hiyama Kiyoteru is just a rehash of Kaito because they sound so similar.
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