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== [[Comic Books]] ==

* When [[Batman]] had his back broken in the 90's, his temporary replacement was [[Azrael|Jean-Paul Valley]]. This portrayal of Batman was an [[Ax Crazy]] [[Darker and Edgier]] [[Nineties Anti Hero]] that sent most fans into a rage. His entire purpose was to show why the ''real'' Batman isn't an [[Ax Crazy]] vigilante.

* When [[Batman]] had his back broken in the 90's, his temporary replacement was [[Azrael|Jean-Paul Valley]]. This portrayal of Batman was an [[Ax Crazy]] [[Darker and Edgier]] [[Nineties Anti-Hero]] that sent most fans into a rage. His entire purpose was to show why the ''real'' Batman isn't an [[Ax Crazy]] vigilante.

** The whole storyline was a response to fans complaining that Batman wasn't "hardcore" enough for the [[Grimdark]] 90's because he didn't kill or brutalize his enemies. So DC called the readers' bluff by giving them exactly what they wanted. As the writers expected, fans hated it. The storyline ended with the real Batman beating down his replacement and taking back the mantle, which had been planned from the start... Please note though, that had Azbats proved lucrative, they totally would have stuck with him.

* This also happened when [[Captain America]] was replaced by his [[Anti Hero Substitute]], the former enemy Superpatriot. The new Cap was shown as a tool of the government first and an uncontrollable violent man later, while good ol' Steve Rogers took a black suit to remain playing hero.

* This also happened when [[Captain America]] was replaced by his [[Anti-Hero Substitute]], the former enemy Superpatriot. The new Cap was shown as a tool of the government first and an uncontrollable violent man later, while good ol' Steve Rogers took a black suit to remain playing hero.

* This is often done in ''[[The Beano]]'', with the [[Temporary Scrappy]] being [[Always Someone Better]] for an attribute that defines one of the regular characters.

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* An episode of ''[[Lost in Space]]'' had The Robotoid, played by Robby the Robot, being better than the Robinsons' own Robot at nearly everything. It was, of course, evil, and The Robot had to save the day.

** Interestingly, Robby the Robot was used in a similar manner on ''[[The Addams Family (TV)|The Addams Family]]'', where he was doing the same thing to Lurch.

* Donna came across to many as a Scrappy in her first appearance on the new ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]''. She improved; to some fans she was better than Rose or Martha.

* Donna came across to many as a Scrappy in her first appearance on the new ''[[Doctor Who]]''. She improved; to some fans she was better than Rose or Martha.

** Adam Mitchell joins the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler at the end of 'Dalek.' He is promptly ejected from the TARDIS at the end of the next episode, 'The Long Game,' after trying to bring future technology to himself in the past (which is, y'know, really bad, according to the meddlesome, time-travelling alien whose sum total of instructions to you about time travel were "run around and do crazy, stupid stuff."). Russell T. Davies explained in an interview that he "always wanted to do a show with someone who was a rubbish companion."

* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Wesley Windham Pryce was intended to be a [[Temporary Scrappy]] (he was even named [[Creator's Pet|Wesley]]) and killed off in the Graduation episode. However, he accidentally became popular, joined the cast of spin-off ''[[Angel]]'', [[Took a Level In Badass]], and stayed on the show until the final episode.

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