39,327
edits
The Scrappy/Live-Action TV: Difference between revisions
m
update links
m (update links) |
m (update links) |
||
Line 22:
** Let's be honest...the REAL reason [[Ron the Death Eater|Leonard]] and [[Yoko Oh No|Amy]] are hated, just look at what part of that fandom stems from...go on look. That's RIGHT! [[Sarcasm Mode|Big shock!]] [[Die for Our Ship|The]] [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Sheldon/Penny]] [[Die for Our Ship|fandom!]]
* ''[[Big Brother]] 11'':
** Natalie. Where people merely dislike her for playing the game a different style. <ref>For example, there are people who think Dr. Will has a deplorable playstyle while others think he really knows the game.</ref> Natalie meanwhile is one of the few almost ''universally'' hated/disliked players simply ''because'' of her play style. Natalie was just bad on many levels...Not only did she lie like a rug throughout the entire game (She said she was 18 at the start, she was really 24!), but went off on personal tangents against Lydia <ref>Not a good idea since she was in her alliance!</ref>, had Kevin and Jessie fight all her battles for her (An egregious head of household shows her not even ''trying'' to beat Michelle and Jordan!), backstabbed Kevin with Pandora's Box, acted ''incredibly'' entitled and egotistic when she ''finally'' won a Head of Household by herself, then threw even ''more'' responsibility on him at the end with Pandora's box, all the while insisting she was the master manipulator and had the most integrity in the house. Even her former allies in the Jury House deserted her and decided that Jordan and Kevin were the lesser evils and better players.
** From the same season, we also have Ronnie, who is ''still'' a popular target of hatred on ''[[Jokers Updates]]''.
* ''[[Big Wolf on Campus]]'':
** Stacy Hansen is hated by several fans simply for being a [[Damsel in Distress]] for hero Tommy Dawkins to save [[Once an Episode|at least once a week]]. It also doesn't help that she's essentially the Lois Lane of the series and that the ONLY time she ever finds out he's a werewolf ended up being annoyingly [[Status Quo Is God|reset via time travel so that she ended up never finding out Tommy's secret anyway.]]
Line 32:
** And to a lesser extent, Dr. Sweets. Which made it all the more infuriating when the [[Pair the Spares|spares were paired]]...
** Dr Sweets was disliked because he replaced {{spoiler|Zach}}, but after some character development {{spoiler|specifically giving him the backstory of being a foster kid who's real father used to whip him}}, he is seen by some as more of a [[Woobie]].
*** Dr. Sweets is a bit hard to like when the writers use his spectacular lack of professional ethics (he's constantly manipulating his patients to achieve his desired outcome for their personal lives to fulfill his own emotional needs) as the main mechanism for keeping Booth and Brennan apart. Bizarrely, it just makes everybody love him more, and Dr. Gordon Gordon, himself an FBI psychiatrist, actually suggests to Booth and Brennan that Sweets' emotional instability is a reason for them to keep the kid around.
** Earlier, Agent Sullivan. So much so that after he sailed off on his boat, fans kept coming up with cruel and painful deaths for him. In that case, it was totally a shipper thing; they were Booth/Brennan shippers who saw him as getting in the way.
* ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'''s [[Cousin Oliver]]. Nuff said.
Line 38:
* With Dawn from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', the writers insisted on sticking her into various spin offs that take place before season 5 despite the fact that she didn't exist yet in-canon.
** Willow's new girlfriend Kennedy is this, and not just because of her replacing [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Tara,]] although introducing a new love interest for Willow so soon after her death was questionable. Not only did she seem a major case of [[Token Minority Couple|tokenism]] - there ''had'' to be another lesbian on the show - but she came across as bratty, egotistical, selfish (she lied to get Willow to date her, never behaved sensitively re: the Tara issue, [[Shallow Love Interest|talked about nothing other than herself and being gay]], etc), and indirectly caused the suicide of one of the Potentials with her [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] act (It was the [[Big Bad|First Evil]] that actually caused it, but Kennedy at least scores an assist). In the Season 8 comics, the writers finally wised up and had Willow break up with her as she just wasn't over Tara.
** Riley receives a good deal of hate from ''Buffy'' fans, whether they belong to the BuffyxAngel or BuffyxSpike camps. It's not too surprising - Riley was introduced during a season considered to be one of the show's weakest, never had much of an identity established and was an integral part of the loathed Initiative.
* ''[[Charmed]]'':
** An especially obvious example in its eighth and last season with Billie "[[Mary Sue|Sue]]" Jenkins, the main reason why the large majority of fans dislike the last season of the show.
Line 48:
* ''[[Criminal Minds]]'':
** Elle Greenaway is fairly unpopular with most people, for varying reasons. David Rossi started out as an example of this (and probably is still counted as [[The Scrappy]] by some people) due to [[Replacement Scrappy|replacing]] Jason Gideon, and occasionally coming off as uptight ass.
** Ashley Seaver is now the most hated character in the entire show's history. She prompted a mixed reception in her debut episode (some liked her, some didn't, with a leaning toward the negative), but after her 3-episode arc was complete, the hatred solidified. When the news came out that Seaver would become a regular cast member, the fans were not happy. It didn't help matters that Seaver [[Replacement Scrappy|was brought in place of TWO fan favorite characters]] that were [[Executive Meddling|supposedly let go because the show couldn't afford their salaries anymore]]. And considering that this was really done to free up funds for a spinoff, it may end up with a whole Scrappy SERIES. How much did the fanbase hate Seaver? During "Lauren" when Prentiss was forced between choosing Rossi or Seaver for Doyle's sniper to kill, the fans watching the episode wanted Prentiss to choose Seaver (which didn't happen). When a fanbase calls for the death of a Scrappy like Seaver, you know something's wrong. Luckily, she's [[Put on a Bus]] now since season 7.
* ''[[CSI]]'':
** Sara Sidle. So much so that when she finally left the show, people who disliked the character couldn't resist taking parting shots at the actress for "turning her back" on the rest of the cast.
Line 54:
** Actually, Sara probably qualifies more along the lines of love or hate or a [[Base Breaker]]. She has a rather large fandom that probably eclipses her hatedom.
* ''[[CSI New York]]'':
** For some reason, the writers decided that what season 3 really needed was Reed; an annoying, [[Too Dumb to Live]] internet journalist who was the son of Mac's dead wife. A wife who was dead before the series begun. That's right. They thought viewers would embrace this character because he was related to a character we'd never actually met. A collective cheer went up when he was kidnapped by the Cabbie Killer at the end of season 4. A collective groan went out when he was rescued the next episode.
** Lindsay Monroe/Messer gets a lot of this treatment as well from a portion of the fandom. There's a big [[Base Breaker]] element, but she gets a lot of hate for pairing up with Danny, altering his character too much and restricting his development as his own character. Unfortunately, it often extends to the actress and her abilities as well.
** Mac's girlfriends, almost certainly ship-related. Peyton was extremely disliked, Audrey didn't fare well, and now Christine is already starting to get disliked by a portion of the fans. Most likely, it's due to the three most popular Mac ships: Fans want him to hook up with Jo, go off to New Orleans and marry Stella, or stay forever alone because Claire was his soul mate and no one can be like her.
Line 73:
** Adric. Apparently, the purpose was to create a character who reflected their prime fan base, so the production team came up with [[This Loser Is You|a snotty, pompous, whining, arrogant and almost entirely unbearable maths geek]], and then gave the part to a [[Promoted Fanboy]] who had only acted in television once and (to speak generously) failed to distinguish himself in the role. It doesn't help that, despite being incredibly arrogant about his intelligence, he has a tendency to either screw up the Doctor's plans or, as in one notable case, gets suckered into helping the bad guy's [[Evil Scheme]], despite it being very transparently evil, thus making his reported intelligence something of an [[Informed Ability]].
** To a lesser extent (in that no one appears to have [[Revenge Fic|written fiction actively killing her]]), Mel also suffered from this, largely due to perceived miscasting, as the actress playing the character (Bonnie Langford) was known primarily from on-stage pantomime and her acting style (and character) was seen as contrary to the show's strengths. It didn't help her case that the two seasons she appeared in are generally considered [[Seasonal Rot|the worst in the show's history]], either. To be fair though most fans agree that she was [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]] in the recent Big Finish audio plays where her character received some much needed [[Character Development]].
** Donna especially got a lot of heat for being a scrappy at first. Her first appearance was composed of her mostly shouting and slapping the Doctor, and her abrasive personality was a major turn-off for a lot of people. She was also played by [[Catherine Tate]], and people who didn't like her comedy show felt they'd dislike her on principle. When she returned as the official companion in series 4, people were not happy. However, she soon became a crowning example of [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]]; writers mellowed her personality, put her through some major character development, and Tate showed of her acting prowess, being both very emotional and also comedic gold with [[David Tennant]]. Also, her controversial fate of {{spoiler|having her memory wiped}} boosted her popularity magnificently.
** The Doctor himself hasn't escaped Scrappy-dom, either; the Sixth Doctor (as played by Colin Baker) is considered a Scrappy by certain parts of fandom. These fans find him to be obnoxious, abrasive, and an empty attempt by the producers to make the show [[Darker and Edgier]]... not to mention his costume. This mainly applies to his television portrayal, however, which debuted in a particularly difficult era of the show's history which affected the way he was introduced and presented. It's widely agreed that the various [[Expanded Universe]] media featuring Six (along with a less gaudy suit) has largely contributed to him being [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]].
* ''[[Drake and Josh]]'':
** [[Bratty Half-Pint|Megan]] is hated by pretty much everyone. She's a [[Villain Sue]] in a show without any heroes, so all her schemes target her two brothers, Drake and [[Butt Monkey|Josh]]. Megan never gets caught, never gets punished, and there are quite a few examples of her benefiting from her schemes, just plain coming out on top in an episode she's barely in. The writers tried to balance this out by giving Drake and Josh a few [[Kick the Dog]] moments towards her, making her schemes more [[Disproportionate Retribution]] than anything, but by then Drake and Josh's pranks were seen as [[Pay Evil Unto Evil|justified revenge]] for everything she had done to them so far.
** Sam in the [[Spiritual Sequel]] ''[[iCarly]]'' is a very [[Base Breaker|base breaking]] version of this. Half the fans hate her, and wish she'd either get more of a comeuppance, or she'd get some [[Character Development]] and stop being such a huge bitch to everyone. The other half love her and think she's the greatest character ever.
** In addition to Sam, there's Guppy, when he got added to the show along with his brother Gibby. That whole upgrade has been horribly done, with boring sub-plots, and a complete lack of funny. How is saying "Happy Birthday" at random events funny?
Line 91:
** [[Cousin Oliver|Nicky]], who was a complete annoying idiot, even for a kid.
** Some fans have this with Carlton.
* 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.
** Michelle IS punished or at least given a lecture when she usually does something wrong most of the time, though. And she IS basically a good kid. And she does have at least a few fans.
Line 105:
* ''[[Gossip Girl]]'':
** Vanessa Abrams was/is thoroughly despised by a vast, and vocal, majority of the show's viewers. Although just as shallow, manipulative and self-serving as Blair Waldorf, she kept putting herself up on high horses, lecturing and mastering others, in addition to being the [[Distaff Counterpart]] to Dan and thus serving no real purpose on her own. The showrunners seemed to be quite aware of how unpopular she was - despite being credited as a main character Vanessa was missing from several episodes each season (including the season three finale), and hardly ever got any storylines of her own - and she was eventually [[Put on a Bus]] in the season four finale (called, ironically for Vanessa haters, "The Wrong Goodbye").
** Jenny Humphrey is either [[Love It or Hate It|this or well liked]].
** Dan Humphrey is slipping into Scrappy territory as well.
* Lizzi from ''[[Greek]]''. The attempt was to create a sorority consultant so markedly different from the sorority she's consulting. And it worked: the super-hyper, passive-aggressive, rule-enforcing, and overall annoying Lizzi went from zero to borderline [[X
* Holly from ''[[Green Wing]]'' definitely has some Scrappy elements, mostly by {{spoiler|deliberately splitting up Mac and Caroline by lying and saying her four-year-old son Mackenzie was the child she had previously told Mac she aborted, ([[I Lied]] he wasn't) plus making subtley undermining remarks to Caroline and then being totally unapologetic about it when found out.}}
* ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'':
Line 130:
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'':
** Tritter. While House was his normal assy self in the clinic, tripping up a crippled man wasn't exactly the best way to get sympathy or likeability points with the audience. And let's not even get into his behaviour after the thermometer incident...
** Speaking of House, Thirteen certainly fits this by now. She started out as a [[Mary Sue]] already but her involvement in season five's [[Romantic Plot Tumor]] pushed her right into Scrappy territory.
** House himself to some. His [[Jerkass|jerkassness]] and [[Karma Houdini|karmic immunity]] [[Flanderization|gradually grew]] less [[Dude, Not Funny|amusing and more reprehensible]]. The writers seem aware of this and trying to correct this by highlighting his dependency issues and mental instability.
** Cameron. She was supposed to be a sort of [[Morality Pet]] for House, but instead she comes across merely as a whiny, stuck up, holier than thou hypocrite.
* ''[[Human Target]]'''s Ames. Basically, she's supposed to be a thief that can steal anything. Or at least that's what they introduced her as, oh, and she has no concept of fighting or weapons while working for a team that has two assassins and a retired cop. The most useful thing she did in season 2 was translate for Guerrero. The dumbest thing she's done was sneak a kid out to a party whose house was just attacked a few hours previous. And while that's stupid enough on it's own, she can't even protect him when he's nearly kidnapped. Had she been used sparingly, then it might've been okay. However, the writer's attempts to shoehorn her into most episodes without serving a real purpose only served to highlight how useless she really was.
* ''[[Jeopardy!]]'''s "Clue Crew", first introduced in 2001, has been this trope and a [[Creator's Pet]] to many fans, criticized for being an completely unnecessary addition to the show, slowing down the actual game and distracting people from it.
Line 150:
* Seven on ''[[Married... with Children]]'' became one of these quickly, just like good old [[Cousin Oliver]]. What made it especially galling was how Peg actually tried to be a responsible mother to the little snot by giving him food, instead of the lazy, self-centered [[Jerkass]] the fans all knew and loved.
* ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'':
** Agravaine ended up being this, especially as he was already something of a [[Replacement Scrappy]] to King Uther ''and'' a [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] to Morgana (being the smirky new [[The Mole|Mole]] within Camelot's walls). It didn't start out that way; he was initially presented as a cunning, enigmatic villain, and the audience took it on faith that the writers would eventually explain his motivation and his long-term plans for Morgana and Arthur (his quasi-niece and nephew, respectively). Except...they didn't. Although a '''huge''' [[Character Focus|amount of screen-time]] was spent on this character, there was [[Hidden Agenda Villain|never any clear understanding of who he was or why he allied himself with Morgana]]<ref>A deleted scene suggested that he was in love with Morgana, though this was never clarified in the actual show, and the fact that there was no background on how they met or why he was so devoted to a woman that treated him like dirt (over his own nephew who accorded him respect and a powerful position in Camelot) only opened up more questions concerning what the heck he was trying to achieve</ref> and he was [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|unceremoniously killed off]] without really achieving anything or affecting the long-term [[Story Arc]] in any way.
** Furthermore, his presence turned Arthur into [[What an Idiot!|an idiot]] who took his advice despite his [[Obviously Evil|obvious role as a villain]], basing his trust on the fact that Agravaine was his uncle that he had known all his life, even though he'd [[Remember the New Guy?|never been seen or mentioned before series four]]. It was grating to see Arthur take consistently bad advice from an obvious creep over that of Merlin and Guinevere, his best friend and future wife.
** Tristan and Isolde weren't very popular either, on account of the former being a [[Jerkass]], the latter being a [[Faux Action Girl]], and the both of them being fairly pointless. They had nothing whatsoever to do with the legendary [[Tristan and Iseult]] and took up valuable screentime in the series four finale that could have been better spent on characters the audience actually ''knew''. However, since they were only around for two episodes, they were gone before they could rile the audience into anything beyond mild apathy.
* Guido from ''[[My Parents Are Aliens]]'' who was introduced in Series 8 (the last series, perhaps not surprisingly).
Line 168:
** Norg is also seen as a Scrappy by the majority of the fanbase, but for a [[Periphery Hatedom|different reason]].
* ''[[Power Rangers SPD]]'' has Sam, the Omega Ranger, because he was just a ball of light and we really don't know anything about him. And when he finally appeared out of costume for all of three seconds -- in the ''finale'', no less -- it was seen as a huge insult to the fanbase.
** [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] has alerted us of another scrappy: Piggy. He was ugly, disgusting, and could not remain on one side for long: He started out as a friend to Z, but he gave a device that Z gave him to [[Big Bad|Grumm]] in the first episode. Yes: A character first seen as a friend to one of the Rangers turned traitor ''in the very first episode!''
* ''[[Power Rangers Turbo]]'':
** Justin, the quintessential example of a [[Ascended Fanboy|kid's dream]] gone horribly, horribly wrong.
** Alpha 6, also of ''Turbo'', could qualify. While Alpha 5 was dorky-but-lovable, Alpha 6 was an attempt to make Alpha cool by using [[Jive Turkey|forced-hip slang]] ("Yo, Rangers!"). It's <s>likely</s> no coincidence that as ''Turbo'' ended, he was damaged, and his voice chip needed to be [[The Other Darrin|replaced with one of Alpha 5's]].
** Dimitria completed the trifecta for the series. Her insistence on asking questions really grinded on fans' nerves. Plus, [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|she's just no Zordon]].
** Divatox is this due to the fact she replaced The Machine Empire and whining all the time when she loses. She also likes to set explosions all over the place and ALWAYS setting them for an hour, enough time for the Rangers to get rid of them! She is also seen as Rita-lite most of the time!
** Tommy Oliver has a bit of a hatedom. This appears to be in hindsight, though, since if you ask anybody who grew up in [[The Nineties]] their favorite Power Ranger, only those who still watch the show will most likely not say Tommy. Those who insist he is [[The Scrappy]] say so for all the usual reasons: [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]], [[Mary Sue]], [[Creator's Pet]]...
* ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]'':
Line 182:
* Alternate Kochanski from Series VII of ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' is one of these. For starters, she [[Replacement Scrappy|replaced Rimmer]], second, she [[The Other Darrin|was played by a different actress]] than the original Kochanski, and third, while the original Kochanski seemed to be a fun, down-to-earth gal who was perfect for Lister (if still sufficiently out of his league to make his initially unrequited pining for her realistic), the new Kochanski was a cold, stuck-up snob whom it was difficult to see an easy-going slob like Lister being attracted to.
* ''BBC's'' ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'':
** Kate was brought into the show in order to replace Maid Marian {{spoiler|(killed at the end of season two)}}. It's astonishing that nobody on the writing staff realized that trying to replace an iconic [[Love Interest]] with an [[Original Character]] was a ''terrible'' idea, and that it would have taken a screenwriting ''miracle'' to pull it off. Already pegged as a [[Replacement Scrappy]] to a beloved central character, [[It Got Worse]] when Kate was introduced as a [[Clingy Jealous Girl|Clingy Jealous]] [[Jerkass Sue|Jerkass]], [[Faux Action Girl|Faux Action]] [[The Load|Load]] and [[Too Dumb to Live]] [[Damsel Scrappy|Damsel]]. Not only an egregious [[Canon Foreigner]] into the mythos of [[Robin Hood]], [[Trapped by Mountain Lions|completely irrelevant]] to the [[Story Arc]], and the [[Designated Victim]] that [[Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like|complained every time someone rescued her from her own stupidity]], the real problem stemmed from the fact that she was ''completely and utterly'' '''useless'''. Her pre-outlaw occupation was to sell hideous pots to a village that was undoubtedly more concerned about where their next meal was coming from, her attempts to “save” her brother from enforced conscription [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|lead directly to his death]], and she never did anything to justify her place amongst the outlaws (at best she stood and watched, [[The Millstone|at worst she got captured and criticised them on how they handled her rescue]]). Everything that could go wrong, ''did'' go wrong with the writing of this character, to the point where you wonder if it was done on purpose.
** Tuck wasn't that popular either. Though he had least had the advantage over Kate of actually ''being'' in the legends upon which the show was based, it was abundantly clear that the writers introduced him without really knowing what they planned to do with him. After the first episode of the third series (in which he convinces Robin to return to the fight against injustice) he really doesn't do anything substantial. It might not have been so bad except that the writers would often focus on Kate and Tuck at the expense of the other outlaws (Much, Allan, John) who had been around since the beginning of the show and were now being [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|shoved aside in order to accomodate the newcomers]]. Thus Kate and Tuck not only got two character-centric episodes revolving around them, but were made out to be the two most important and trusted members of Robin's gang (Tuck taking John's place as [[The Lancer]], and Kate nudging out Much as Robin's [[Sidekick]], as well as his new [[Love Interest]]) with no justification whatsoever.
* [[Fat Bastard|Alberto]] [[Jerkass|Vermicelli]] from the Belgian kiddie show ''[[Series/Samson And Gert|Samson And Gert]]'', a very popular show in Belgium (and the Netherlands partially). The blame is on the creators themselves for actually Flanderizing the character. In the very first seasons (1990-1993), Alberto was simply a [[Small Name, Big Ego|Ted Baxter]]-looking barber-opera singer who only liked to [[Big Eater|eat very much]], yet he never hurt anyone with it. In fact, he even helped the others many times. But then came the Flanderization in 1994, which ran all the way until the series' end in 2005. He became an very dumb (if not retarded) [[Adult Child]] Eric Cartman-like [[Jerkass]] with almost no respect for his friends, or other civilians from the same fictional town. His [[Small Name, Big Ego]] became over the top and now he thinks he is God, demanding everything he wants, and then rants like a child if the others refuse to do it. His Big Eating also became exgarrating, he constantly talks about food, even during a discussion to help one of the characters who has problems (a typical plot in the show). Many episodes shows him plotting jerkish schemes to snatch food from others. Some episodes even portrays him as a complete Jerkass who delights in causing misschief and madness and bullying people; and on top of that [[Karma Houdini|he gets away with most of it]], mostly because the others just stupidly let him go. It's very hard to think of why the titular characters and the other friends are still friends of him while he's abusing them, or the creators/writers didn't put him on a bus yet, or at least have the main cast break up with him and demote him to a recurring villain, so he still would be in the show.
** From the same show: [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|The Minister's]] [[No Name Given|Assistant/Delegate]] (in original Dutch he's called "de afgevaardigde van de minister"), an goverment inspector checking out status in the fictional town. He used to be a normal, neutral recurring character, but after too many actors left the show, the writers (rather than creating new characters or hiring other Darrins) Flanderized into a main character for the last five seasons. He also became the [[Creator's Pet]], since many of these season's episodes went directly about him. And the man has almost never contact with the other characters, or screen-time. His only appearance is to snarl at the main cast for not doing his job properly. And keep in mind that only two of the cast (excluding the Minister's Assistant) are goverment workers (The Mayor and his assistant Eugene), so this guy comes off as a dictator to his people.
Line 189:
* On ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'', Riley has attained this status in almost ''record'' time. The fandom does ''not'' like her, especially the perception that she [[Die for Our Ship|gets in the way]] of the popular John/Cameron [[Shipping|ship]].
* Tori Scott from ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'' is widely despised for jumping into the series, [[Replacement Scrappy|replacing Kelly and Jessie out of nowhere]], and being a general [[Mary Sue]] by besting everything anybody does, and ends up with the rather popular Lisa begging to be her friend. {{spoiler|Oh yeah, and did I mention she and Zack become a couple later in?}}
** It should be noted that the only reason for the introduction of Tori is that at the last minute NBC ordered more episodes to be filmed for the final season, just as the series was wrapping up and all the cast's contracts had expired. Cast members Elizabeth Berkley and Tiffani Amber-Thiessen (Who played Jessie Spano and Kelly Kapowski, respectively) simply wanted to move on and refused to resign. As a result, the character of Tori was hastily created to fill in the roles left by the absence of the two aforementioned characters, and especially in the case of Kaposwki's absence, {{spoiler|serve as a love interest for Zack Morris.}}
** The Tori episodes were filmed after the series finale and the made-for-TV movie that were supposed to wrap up the plot of the series, but were inserted into the middle of the season, as their storylines take place at the high school, in the usual canon of the series. This has lead to a series of gigantic plot holes that fans call the "Tori Paradox": Out of nowhere, Jessie and Kelly unexplainably disappear; Tori starts as a new student at the school and instantly befriends the main cast, who are carrying on as if Jessie and Kelly never existed; She is established as some kind of hybrid of Jessie and Kelly, thus she is beautiful and athletic while being smart, snarky and feminist; {{spoiler|Zack begins a romantic relationship with her with absolutely no mention of his relationship with Kelly and showing no remorse for the fact that he is potentially cheating on her with Tori}}; {{spoiler|Zack and Tori break up}} and all of a sudden, she is gone with no explanation of her fate; Jessie and Kelly reappear and everything reverts back to how it was before Tori appeared, {{spoiler|Zack and Kelly get engaged and everyone graduates}} with no mention of Tori whatsoever, as if she was never there in the first place.
** It has been noted that Tori Scott both resembles and shares personality traits (most notably her strong feminist attitude) with singer/pianist [[Tori Amos]], who had come to fame around the time the "Tori" episodes were filmed and aired. However, no evidence exists that the character is based off the singer, and thus any similarities between the two are simply a hilarious coincidence.
Line 199:
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' had Ezri Dax, the seventh season's [[Replacement Scrappy]], who filled in after Jadzia was killed.
* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'': Dr. Pulaski:
** She replaced Wesley's mother as the ship's doctor for a single season before fan outcry got them to bring Dr. Crusher back. Not only was she a [[Replacement Scrappy]], but the writers made a major miscalculation in their attempt to make her a [[Distaff Counterpart]] of [[The McCoy|Dr. McCoy]] from the original series. Since McCoy's arguments with Spock were such a fan favorite aspect of the character, the writers tried to duplicate it by having Pulaski take a dislike to [[The Spock|Data]] and toss him similar insults about being so logical all the time. Unfortunately, unlike Spock, Data couldn't even really understand that he was being insulted and never responded in kind, so Pulaski came off as a bully who kept picking on Data because he couldn't fight back.
** Further, it's okay for McCoy to insult Spock because Vulcans have a high amount of political power and nobody would cite Spock's being a Vulcan as a reason to remove him from command. Data on the other hand goes through ''genuine'' prejudice over his status as an android, with officers questioning if Data can do things like make command decisions or care for small children. At the time in which Pulaski was on the ship, Data wasn't even being recognized as a sentient being, and thus had none of the rights that would entail. Keeping all this in mind, Pulaski's slamming of Data's cold logic making him inferior to humans just makes her look like a bigot.
** [[Creator's Pet|Pulaski was also regularly cited by other characters as having a very kind and compassionate personality]]. Her treatment of Data says otherwise. On that note, it should be mentioned that she didn't only insult him directly; in her earlier appearances, she repeatedly talked about him in the third person while he was in the room and ran a scanner over him the same way one would run a scanner over an indistinct object, chemical, or other substance. [[It Is Dehumanizing|Oh, and she called him "it."]] This is basically the most rotten and degrading thing you can do to someone without actually resorting to physical violence; her implication was that she considered him to be no more worthy of respect than the matter replicator.
** Not even getting into the political status/power argument, Vulcans are ''capable'' of emotions, though they control/suppress them, and can be a bit haughty about it. ''Data,'' however, was ''physically incapable of feeling emotion'', and not only didn't have any issue with others feeling emotion, often wished that he ''could'' experience it himself. So Pulaski was basically ''tormenting a disabled person for her own amusement.'' Maybe she should have been on [[Villain Protagonist|Voyager]].
Line 209:
** Neelix.
*** It's no surprise that {{spoiler|when Tuvok is struggling with homicidal impulses, his means of testing his self control is trying, (and failing), to keep himself from strangling Neelix-- sadly, it turned out to be a holodeck simulation}}. No jury in the world would've convicted him, either. Type in "Tuvok" into a Youtube search and let the auto-fill menu come up - the number one recommendation is {{spoiler|"Tuvok kills Neelix"}}
*** A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMHzOjggHoA youtube] clip on how Neelix should have been handled in the series.
** Seven of Nine, for the usual [[Die for Our Ship]] reasons and for being [[Ms. Fanservice]].
** Chakotay has this among American Indian Trekkies for [[Ethnic Scrappy]] [[Magical Native American|reasons]].
Line 217:
** Ruby is fast becoming this for a lot of fans. Think about it: She's supposedly a demon who's good, she's manipulating Sam into using his demonic powers more, there are plenty of consent issues with the bodies she possesses and, more often than not, her meatsuit is usually a crappy actress. However, Ruby's exact motives are still vague, so whether her lack of positive qualities is intentional is yet to be confirmed. There have also been some issues with [[The Other Darrin]]. Season 3 Ruby is considered by some to be more tolerated than Season 4 Ruby. Also complicating things is the fact that Jared Padalecki married S4 Ruby's actress.
*** {{spoiler|The Season 4 finale reveals that Ruby was working for Lucifer the whole time, and was manipulating Sam into using his demon powers to kill Lilith, thus breaking the final seal and setting Lucifer free.}}
** [[Unfortunate Implications|Unfortunately]] this seems par for the course for any [[Die for Our Ship|major female characters]] introduced on the show. The [[Fan Hypocrisy]] is legendary for this.
** Lisa and Ben. For [[Die for Our Ship]] reasons (since Lisa interferes with the [[Incest Subtext]]), as Dean's [[Morality Pet]] (On this show, the heroes need one.), and because most fans saw the beginning of their relationship as unrealistic. [[Alas, Poor Scrappy]] is averted, though; at the end of season 6, despite everything that happens in the finale, Lisa's still alive. {{spoiler|Oddly, the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] just became the new [[Big Bad]]. Go figure.}}
** The problem with Lisa and Ben was that they were only brought back as a way to give Dean a semi-happy ending when season 5 was planned to be the end of the show... And then, when [[Post Script Season|season 6]] was greenlighted, they brought them back anyway. Most fans expected them to be [[Put on a Bus]] or [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]] early in the season, but for some reason the writers kept them around even though they didn't have anything to contribute to the plot.
Line 226:
** On the part of the original creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird... Peter Laird took the stance that Venus never existed in the first place to such a degree that nobody could even make jokes about her around him, while Kevin Eastman is quite willing to discuss the character.
** The detail that the creators hated her so much that there has never been a recurring female mutant since. Apparently the ''only'' reason writers can think of to have a female mutant would be to get romantic with the turtles, rather than say, adding a new personality or a new skill to the team.
* Randy Pearson in ''[[That '70s Show|That 70's Show]]'', for being Eric's [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] and a [[Replacement Scrappy]] while trying to replace Kelso at the same time.
* If [[YouTube]] comments are anything to go by, Tommy's first girlfriend August is really, really hated by fans of ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]''. Basically, it's because she is shallow and manipulative while acting like she is ''so'' far above that kind of thing. This is played for [[Hypocritical Humor]] and [[Comedic Sociopathy]], but it still makes her [[The Obstructive Love Interest]].
* ''[[Torchwood]]'':
| |||