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* [[The Ace]], when used for the wrong situation.
* An [[Annoying Younger Sibling]], a [[Bratty Half-Pint]], a [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]], an [[Alpha Bitch]], a [[Spoiled Brat]] or a [[Royal Brat]], ''especially'' if they don't grow out of it.
* A [[Cousin Oliver]] is very likely to irritate the fans by upsetting the [[Status Quo Is God|standard character dynamic]]. Even worse if it is also a [[Kid Appeal Character]] inserted in a work not initially directed towards younger viewers.
* A [[Complete Monster]], though that character may be designed to be hated.
* A [[Dirty Coward]] and ''especially'' if it makes them an [[Action Survivor]].
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* An [[Ungrateful Bastard]].
* A [[Nice Guy]] / [[Nice Guy|Nice Girl]] when not given any interesting personality traits other than being nice to everyone.
* An [[Entitled Bastard]].
* In video games, [[That One Boss]] when it's especially frustrating.
* A character with too much [[Angst Dissonance]].
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* An [[Insufferable Genius]].
* Someone who torments [[The Woobie]] willingly.
* A [[Villain Protagonist]], especially if [[Complete Monster|heinous]], as well as that most are [[Karma Houdini]]s.
* A poorly-written [[Only Sane Man]] or [[Straight Man]], ''especially'' in situations that don't call for one.
* A [[Straw Loser]], especially if the person they're the straw loser to isn't much better.
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Strangely, at the other end of the spectrum lies another common scrappy, the [[Author Avatar]]. Unlike a [[Butt Monkey]], they lack any sort of shame on principle; instead serving as the voice of reason, or whatever contrived argument the writer ''thinks'' is reason. If bad things happen to this character, it will be to prove that everyone else is allegedly stupider.
Some people conflates [[Hate Sink]] characters with '''The Scrappy''', on the fact that both types are hated by fans; but the difference is that in a high percent of cases the Hate Sink is ''intentionally'' written that way -- usually to give fans a character on whom project their irritation if the nominal villain is [[Orcus on His Throne|inactive]] or [[Rooting for the Empire|relateable]]. As the trope namer proves, a Scrappy could have been written with the initial intention of being relateable and sympathetic (and maybe was, at the beginning), but their gimmick overstayed its welcome and the fans become increasingly irritated by its existence instead.
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* Scrappy-Doo from ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' was hated by many of the show's longtime fans, with some of the [[Misblamed|hate coming from his introduction]] timed with major [[retool]]s to the show (specifically, [[Put on a Bus|dumping half the original cast]], switching to a [[Three Shorts|Two Shorts]] format, and the franchise's first clumsy attempts to lose the [[Scooby-Doo Hoax]]), but a great deal also being earned by his thoroughly obnoxious behavior of vainly boasting about picking a fight with villains he couldn't hope to harm.
:Ironically, despite how much Scrappy has been loathed and [[Creator Backlash|how hard the franchise has distanced themselves from the character]], at the time of his introduction, Scrappy was extremely popular. The show was already on the verge of cancellation due to low ratings, leading the writers to create the character in a last ditch attempt to save it. [[Kid Appeal Character|Kids loved him]] and the ratings sky-rocketed, leading to the various format changes that happened later to give more prominence to Scrappy. ▼
:[[Scooby-Doo (film)
: It's gotten so bad that Scrappy is [[Orwellian Editor|all but edited out of any series or movies he appeared in when they're released on DVD]]. Sure the content itself is unchanged, but the trailers, cover art, and descriptions on DVD covers for ''Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo'', ''Scooby and the Ghoul School'', and ''13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo'' reduce Scrappy's presence to a bare minimum if it doesn't make it nonexistent. Cartoon Network's official website [[Lampshade Hanging|makes reference]] to the character's hatedom with the Shockwave game [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104120449/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/games/scooby/scrappystinks/index.html Scrappy Stinks]. It's one of the oldest games on the site, having been up since at least 2000.
▲Ironically, despite how much Scrappy has been loathed and [[Creator Backlash|how hard the franchise has distanced themselves from the character]], at the time of his introduction, Scrappy was extremely popular. The show was already on the verge of cancellation due to low ratings, leading the writers to create the character in a last ditch attempt to save it. [[Kid Appeal Character|Kids loved him]] and the ratings sky-rocketed, leading to the various format changes that happened later to give more prominence to Scrappy.
▲[[Scooby-Doo (film)||The 2002 movie]], meanwhile, parodies this nicely: the gang are revealed to have kicked Scrappy out several years beforehand for attempting to take over Mystery Inc, going as far as leaving him in the middle of a deserted road (in the same box Scooby found him!) while they drive off. {{spoiler|He then turns out to be the movie's [[Big Bad]], becomes a hulking monstrosity bent on destroying Scooby and tries to kill the main characters, even going so far as to suck the souls out of Velma, Fred and Daphne. Following his defeat, Scooby PUNCHES HIM.}} Is anyone else seeing a massive subtext about Scrappy's negative influence on the show here? It's gotten so bad that Scrappy is [[Orwellian Editor|all but edited out of any series or movies he appeared in when they're released on DVD]]. Sure the content itself is unchanged, but the trailers, cover art, and descriptions on DVD covers for ''Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo'', ''Scooby and the Ghoul School'', and ''13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo'' reduce Scrappy's presence to a bare minimum if it doesn't make it nonexistent. Cartoon Network's official website [[Lampshade Hanging|makes reference]] to the character's hatedom with the Shockwave game [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104120449/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/games/scooby/scrappystinks/index.html Scrappy Stinks]. It's one of the oldest games on the site, having been up since at least 2000.
* It should be noted that there are some fans who support Scrappy-Doo. For more info, please see ''[http://www.erictb.info/scrappy.html The Facts on Scrappy]''. Also read [[Mark Evanier]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20090924143700/http://www.povonline.com/scrappydays/scrappy01.htm "Scrappy Days" articles.]
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