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** When Daphne's brother Simon and her mother started appearing quite frequently, the terms 'annoying', 'obnoxious' and, most critically, 'not very funny' began to be heard applied to them very quickly.
** Also, Lana's son Kirby was introduced as a young, everyman character and totally upset the show's character dynamic.
* ''[[Fresh Prince of Bel Air]]'': [[Cousin Oliver|Nicky]], who was a complete annoying idiot, even for a kid. Some fans also believe Carlton to be an example.
* Michelle Tanner from ''[[Full House]]'', mainly in the later seasons when she is a mouthy, spoiled brat who faces no consequence whatsoever for her actions, is as definitive of a Scrappy as the trope namer himself. Fans of the series universally hate her and feel that she makes the later seasons all but unwatchable.
** This is reconigized by the writers of the series, who made one episodes subplot about D.J. and Stephanie trying to convince Danny to be tougher on Michelle, who they feel is given much more leniency then them.
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*** McCoy also leavened his moments of abrasiveness with moments of strong friendship and emotional support -- both to Kirk ''and'' to Spock. In McCoy's case, being compassionate and empathetic was not an [[Informed Attribute]]. In Pulaski's case... see above.
** Reginald Barclay was a character designed to be a [[Black Sheep]] who didn’t fit in with the rest of the crew. Unfortunately, the writers did that far too well. His character orchestrated a lot of great moments, mostly via the Holo-Deck (seeing the main cast as swashbuckling characters was a great scene) but in every great scene he was a part of, he only succeeded in making everyone else look great. Barclay himself was… lame. Still, he did much better on Voyager.
** And, of course, there's Wesley Crusher. See the [[Creator's Pet]] page for more. Interestingly, many fans have grown to like him ''because'' he's such a Scrappy.
** Lwaxana Troi has a few fans and had a few good moments, like the the episode “Dark Page”, but others like “The Muse”, “Manhunt”, and “Fascination” presented her as simply annoying. Most of the time she was simply Deanna’s [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parent|Amazingly Embarrassing Mother]] (often embarrassing Captain Picard in the process), and an [[Attention Whore]]. Overbearing and brash, loud to the point of obnoxious, with little concern for anyone but herself, there was little that made her appeal to fans.
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'':
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