Take That, Scrappy!: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Girls Bravo (Manga)|Girls Bravo]]'': [[Tsundere|Kirie]] haters were quite pleased how she got a few humiliation moments here and there, getting close to [[Butt Monkey]] status when [[Psycho Lesbian|Kosame]] is around.

* ''[[Sonic X]]'' had [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|quite a good one]] when Dr. Eggman gives Chris a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|verbal smackdown]] on how he's acting like a whiny brat because if Sonic goes away he'll be back to being normal.<br /><br />Some fans find an earlier scene in which Chris is thrown about by [[Anti-Hero|Shadow]] a lot less entertaining than Eggman's quite understandable verbal smackdown. This seems to be due to the fact that, like Chris or loathe him, Shadow is essentially ''[[Moral Event Horizon|beating up a twelve year old child]]''.

* Naru Narusegawa from ''[[Love Hina]]'' is a [[Tsundere]] towards Keitarou, and more than once reaches [[Domestic Abuser]] ''and'' [[Jerkass]] levels (and especially [[Character Exaggeration|in the anime]], where she reaches borderline [[Jerk Sue]] status). Well, at some point {{spoiler|Keitarou's [[Yandere]] adopted sister Kanako}} gets fed up and ''[[Punched Across the Room|punches]]'' [[Punched Across the Room|Naru across a hot spring]] because of that... and a good part of the fandom ''cheers''. That's more of an [[Americans Hate Tingle]] case though, since Naru is first in popularity polls in Japan.

* In the ''[[Heidi Girl of the Alps (Anime)|Heidi Girl of the Alps]]'' anime series (part of the [[World Masterpiece Theater]]), Fraulein Rottenmeier treats Heidi so severely that she becomes abusive to the little girl. Then the last episodes of the series focus on Klara's visits to Heidi and her grandpa in the mountains, and Rottenmeiter is such a [[Fish Out of Water]] that she becomes [[The Chew Toy]]. It was not only hilarious, but ''cathartic''.

* ''[[Mega Man NT Warrior]]'' had the episode titled "The Purloined Princess" which brought back [[Rich Bitch|Yai]] in the show, only for the main cast to show that they are just as sick of her as the fandom.

* Possible example: Chizuru Kawanami and her dream demon, Leon, of the [[Yumekui Merry]] anime adaptation. {{spoiler|When a dream demon who's possessing a person gets killed, the person loses their dreams, which seems to equate to them basically becoming depressed, unmotivated, and almost doll-like, with very little personality. Leon gets killed in the final battle after being completely ineffectual. Kawanami spends the rest of the fight sitting there with soulless eyes, and then is shown wandering aimlessly after the battle, having not recovered at all. [[Hand Wave|Its mentioned that she MIGHT recover on her own someday.]]}} Of course, [[Adaptation Decay|given the quality of writing of the final episodes]], there's a very real possibility that it might just be bad writing at work.

 

 

** The fact that Jar Jar is also [[Attack of the Clones (Film)|directly responsible]] for enabling Palpatine to rise to totalitarian power and form [[The Empire]] is also very likely this trope in spectacular action.

* Love or hate the ''[[Resident Evil (Film)|Resident Evil]]'' films, one can't deny that Wesker bringing Alice back to normal and killing off the clone Alices in ''[[Resident Evil Afterlife (Film)|Resident Evil Afterlife]]'' brought a smile to the faces of those who hated the way Alice became a [[God Mode Sue]] in the previous films. She still has the [[Improbable Aiming Skills|standard]] action hero [[Made of Iron|powers]], but at least no more psychic nonsense.

* A scene from ''[[Godzilla Final Wars (Film)|Godzilla Final Wars]]'' features a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|truly epic]] [[Take That]] against the much maligned American Godzilla. [[Curb Stomp Battle|He's taken down in just twenty seconds; the shortest fight scene in the entire film.]] After an initial temper tantrum, the Xilian General [[We Have Reserves|doesn't care much]].

* ''[[Puma Man (Film)|Puma Man]]'', when Vadinho punches Tony, knocking him out.

* The same applies in ''Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell'' when Deathstalker is repeatedly knocked out. In the [[MST3K]] version Mike and bots cheer loud and repeatedly. Crow says it best when the guy has barely spoken two lines and asks, "Is it too early to hate this guy?"

* ''[[Saw]]'' - A lot of people did not like Detective Hoffman [[Replacement Scrappy|replacing Jigsaw]] late in the series, so {{spoiler|having him chained to a wall with no means of escape by Dr. Gordon made it oh so sweet for some of the fans}}.

** Not really. They each get a [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]. Skids & Mudflap go out in style against {{spoiler|Sentinel Prime}} in the novelization, the former [[Taking the Bullet|giving his life]] to save Bumblebee and the latter charging the villain in a rage and trying to beat him to death, giving the others time to escape, and continuing to attack the Big Bad Bot even as he's literally ''disintegrating.''

 

* Vanessa of ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' gets a lot of this from Blair, who hates her.

** Dan used to get his share of this too, mainly from Chuck and Blair. By season five he's become too much of a Mary Sue for this to happen more than rarely.

{{quote| '''Fifth Doctor:''' Now listen to me, you young idiot, you're not so much gullible as idealistic. I suppose it comes from your deprived delinquent background.}}

** And earlier in the same story, ''Nyssa'' tells him to shut up.

 

== Software ==

** It also features the line "Next to Microsoft Bob, you are the most annoying thing in computer history!"

 

** There's also Khalisah al-Jilani, the reporter, who tries to make Shepard look bad in pursuit of ratings. In ''[[Mass Effect 1]]'', you can crack her jaw. In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' Shepard can crack her jaw again, or s/he can give her an [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|an equally awesome]] [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|verbal beatdown]]. [[DLC|Lair of the Shadow Broker]] also includes videos of her getting punched out by a krogan... and kicked in the shin by a volus<ref>an entire species of [[Chew Toy|Chew Toys]]</ref>. If you try to punch her again in the third game, she's finally wised up enough to dodge...but then ''another'' interrupt appears that lets you ''headbutt her''.

** In a case of the scrappy being a vehicle / game mechanic rather than a person, James and Steve can be heard bickering over the flaws / merits of the Mako and Hammerhead. Steve thinks the Mako handles like a drunk rhino, James thinks the Hammerhead's made of tissue paper.

** Not to mention that you can {{spoiler|optionally kill him as part of a quest in ''[[Fable (Video Game)|The Lost Chapters]]'' edition of the first game.}} The rumor could be referring to that.

* ''[[Wipeout (Video Game)|Wipeout Fusion]]'' was [[Oddball in The Series|was heavily different from the rest of the series]] and [[Love It or Hate It|divisive]] among the fanbase. ''Wipeout Pure'' returned to the style of the original series and the backstory indicated that ''Fusion'''s F9000 league was corrupt and riddled with scandal, and almost killed anti-gravity racing as a legitimate sport.

** In the "The Best Place for Cartoons" promo, Scrappy was ranting on how the [[Cartoon Cartoons]] characters are more popular than him, despite his being there longer than them. (Ironically, [[YouTube]] posts of this clip have comments from people saying they agree with what Scrappy is saying.)

** There was also a game on Cartoon Network's site at one point where the point was to throw tomatoes at Scrappy. The very first game on the site, no less.

** Even Warner Home Video is in on the act, [[Orwellian Editor|starting with minimizing Scrappy's presence in clips in the trailer]] for ''The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show'' and not mentioning him at all on the descriptions for the DVDs of the late-'80s Scooby movies. Seeing as only Scooby and Shaggy appear on the cover of the ''13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo'' set, one can imagine that this trend is going to continue. This is presumably due to the fact that [[Warner Bros]] is aware of the backlash Scrappy-Doo had received.

** In ''Scooby Doo and the Goblin King'' the living Mystery Machine runs down a stand with Scrappy dolls as prizes.

* One sketch of ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' had the Scooby Doobies team planning retribution for the Really Rottens attack on Laff-A-Munich. The Blue Falcon wanted to partner with a "more subtle talking dog" and had the choice between [[Dynomutt Dog Wonder]] and Scrappy-Doo. Guess who he immediately kicks out (literally).

** The very same sketch also has terrorists blow Booboo Bear's head off with a shotgun, and blows up Scooby-Dum for [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog|literally no reason.]] It's almost a masterpiece made for killing off [[Hanna-Barbera]] Scrappies.

*** A later [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ovO7lmFYCc sketch] involving Jar Jar strongly indicates that his status may [[Batman Gambit|not have been]] [[Bigger Bad|unjustified.]]

* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' has the Murderous Moppets, two creepy and unpleasant dwarf henchmen that The Monarch inherited through marriage, to his (and the fans') displeasure. When Mrs. The Monarch orders the Moppets to distract him, they try to get in his face, only for the Monarch to coldly and plainly tell them that he doesn't like them and that if they ever try to give him an order he will kill them and feed them to the neighborhood dogs.<br /><br />In the final episode of Season Four, Dr. Girlfriend finally tells them off and admits that they're starting to creep even her out. The Monarch's reaction is similar to that of the fanbase's.

* One episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'' had Quagmire rant at Brian [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdbnssEZ_Xk&feature=related for a good minute and a half], [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|pointing out pretty much every criticism fans had been making about the character recently]], including his anti-religious views, his sponging off Peter, his moral superiority, his manipulative ways of attracting dumb women (with Quagmire adding that even though he does the same thing, he's at least honest about it), and so forth. Especially odd as [[Talking to Himself|both characters are voiced by]] [[Seth Macfarlane]], and [[Self-Deprecation|even odder]] since Brian is [[Mis Blamed|the writing staff]]'s [[Author Filibuster]] mouthpiece.

*** The secondary mouthpiece, Stewie, has barely two appearances on the episode mostly to say that Brian shouldn't obsess over being liked by everybody as long as he likes himself, and that he (Stewie) likes him no matter what.

** Less ambiguous is the next episode, "Dog Gone": Brian learns that his writing style is only enjoyable to the mentally retarded, and starts a crusade to get dogs recognized as having the same rights as humans after he accidentally killed another dog and nobody cared, which starts out looking like his usual political [[Gary Stu]] behavior, but in a total reverse of events, Brian fails to make everybody realize his beliefs.

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