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* Reaver returns in ''[[Fable III (Video Game)|Fable III]]'', and he still can't be killed. However, pretty much EVERY character hates Reaver with a bloody passion, and it's hard to find someone in the game who doesn't want him dead. Doesn't help much though, considering in Fable III, you have no choice but to rely on him as king/queen even though he tried to kill you earlier in the game. You're either forced to agree with his evil ideas or use his company to have your morally sound decisions reach fruition.
* The ''[[Super Mario Bros]]'' games have two such characters, both of whom were introduced in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'':
** FLUDD from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine (Video Game)|Super Mario Sunshine]]'' seemed to have garnered a lot of hate because of the fact that you can't move on in the game without using it. Even worse, because of the controls having to be remapped to account for FLUDD's presence, Mario loses one of his most useful moves, the long jump, and this also caused many players to not be aware that the backflip was still present<ref>Press and hold R down all the way, not just with slight pressure and press A</ref>. The hate [[Up to Eleven|escalated]] when it replaced Mario's B-Down move in ''[[Super Smash Bros (Video Game)|Super Smash Bros]]. Brawl'' as fans greatly preferred his old B-down move in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''. The old B-Down move is still there (As his Aerial Down attack), but [[Damn You, Muscle Memory!]] still means lots of accidentally pumping up FLUDD.
** The biggest Creator's Pet is Bowser Jr. In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine (Video Game)|Super Mario Sunshine]]'', he was merely a [[Replacement Scrappy]] (for the [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Koopalings]]) who was far from alone in being annoying, but despite overwhelmingly negative fan reaction (particularly in the West), he has since reappeared in ''four subsequent installments of the main series'' (both ''[[New Super Mario Bros (Video Game)|New Super Mario Bros]].'' games, and both ''[[Super Mario Galaxy (Video Game)|Super Mario Galaxy]]'' games), something not even true of beloved characters like Yoshi. He always has a very prominent role in the plot. Fans hate him, but the developers are in love with him. Since the Koopalings are back in ''[[New Super Mario Bros Wii (Video Game)|New Super Mario Bros Wii]]'', it seems at least one of the issues has been resolved.
* For several years, the creative team of ''[[The King of Fighters]]'' foisted the paradox that is Ash Crimson onto the world. [[Ambiguously Gay]], overpowered, [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|a strange, androgynous appearance]], and storywise is one of the strongest characters and is responsible for at least three characters [[Brought Down to Normal|losing their moves]]. The dev team absolutely loved him, but players (non tournament players, story obsessed nerds) wished he would he would step aside so that more orthodox characters could get a chance to shine. SNK acknowledged these complaints in ''KOF XIII''...by having him ''[[Ret
* ''[[Pokémon]]'':
** The fans got their Creator's Pet with the form of Pichu, a second-generation Pokémon promoted heavily ''two generations later''. It's known that Pichu is one of the creator's favorite Pokémon, but in the height of rumors about the fifth generation and with a new movie on the way (that would make all Generation IV Pokémon featured at least once in the anime), Spiky-eared Pichu (a female Pichu with a spike/notch-ended ear) made her first appearance. She was basically promoted as one of the main stars of the twelfth movie, that featured the ''God of Pokémon''. She made her way into merchandising, got an anime ending, and even got an appearance as a very special event-only Pokémon in ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver (Video Game)|HeartGold and SoulSilver]]''. They also got as far as featuring a Pichu ''with AN UKULELE'' as a big surprise for [[Pokémon Ranger|an upcoming game]] (a spin-off, fortunately).
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