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* The [[Tier -Induced Scrappy]], a video game character hated for gameplay reasons instead of story ones.

* Scrappy-Doo from ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' was hated by many of the show's longtime fans, with some of the [[Mis Blamed|hate coming from his introduction]] timed with major [[Retool|retools]] to the show (specifically, [[Put Onon 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. 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 (Filmfilm)|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 is revealed to have been the [[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 [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.