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* Back during the heyday of Gen 4, Bidoof was considered to be ''the'' Scrappy of ''[[Pokémon]]'' thanks to its goofy appearance, perceived uselessness, and its omnipresence on ''so many routes''. Funnily, time would be kinder to the little beaver, with fans coming to love its [[Ugly Cute]] demeanor. It's also not too shabby of a battler, compared to other early-route rodent [[Com Mons]] of its ilk.

* The Spiky-Eared Pichu and the Pikachu-Colored Pichu in HeartGold & SoulSilver definitely fall under this trope. Not only does the former ''replace [[Olympus Mons|Celebi]]'' in an event, there's pretty much NOTHING special about them except for their appearance. Oh, and the Spiky-Eared Pichu can't evolve and can't be transferred to the fifth generation, meaning there's absolutely no reason to even bother with it. (The Pikachu-colored Pichu is at least a "shiny" Pokémon, which are normally rare in the games, but still kind of a waste of an event; shiny Pokémon ''do'' appear randomly on their own.)

* Jynx was widely hated when she made her debut not just being a creepy [[Gonk|gonkish]]-looking Pokémon, but for being a creepy [[Gonk|gonkish]]-looking Pokémon that looked like she was wearing blackface. While the intention was for her to resemble a mix between an obscure mountain yokai, the ganguro subculture, and an [[Ultraman]] creature, saying that it didn't translate well overseas would be one ''hell'' of an understatement.

* Jynx was widely hated when she made her debut not just being a creepy [[Gonk|gonkish]]-looking Pokémon, but for being a creepy [[Gonk|gonkish]]-looking Pokémon that looked like she was wearing blackface. (Truthfully, it was based on a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganguro Ganguro], a Japanese counterculture fashion that was popular in the 90s.) While the intention was for her to resemble a mix between an obscure mountain yokai, the ganguro subculture, and an [[Ultraman]] creature, saying that it didn't translate well overseas would be one ''hell'' of an understatement. With that being said, years after having her skin turned purple and her [[Gonk]] traits being dialed down a bit, [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap|Jynx has slowly, but surely been attracting fans who now understand what Gamefreak was going for.]]

** With that being said, years after having her skin turned purple and her [[Gonk]] traits being dialed down a bit, [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap|Jynx has slowly, but surely been attracting fans who now understand what Gamefreak was going for.]]

* Cresselia is this in ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]: Explorers of Darkness/Time/Sky'' as well as a [[Tier-Induced Scrappy]]. Not only do you have to [[Escort Mission|escort her to the end of the dungeon (A frustrating task already with regular Pokémon, and she's a Legendary)]], but she also has the habit of wandering over lava (Which burns her and ends up wasting your Reviver/Heal Seeds), but she's also involved in the final battle against {{spoiler|Darkrai}}... and she's USELESS in said battle due to her being a Psychic type being pitted against a Dark type.

** From the same PMD games, we have Chatot. Why? For one thing, he's a [[Jerkass]], and then there's the Perfect Apples incident. To summarize: after Team Skull takes the Perfect Apples during your mission to get them, Chatot berates you and your partner for failing. Instead of taking some time to listen to you, he immediately punishes you for going without dinner and forces you to face the Guildmaster. During that scene, even though Team Skull gives Wigglytuff one of the Perfect Apples to rub salt into your wounds, Chatot ''rubs the failure in your face the next day, telling you to give up on being included for the expedition.'' While he does manage to have what some people consider his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] near the end of the main storyline, it is the Perfect Apples incident that lands him in here.