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== Shin Megami Tensei Series ==
* To start with the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' series, the Scrappy of ''[[Persona 3]]'' seems to depend largely on personal taste.
** Ken haters maintain that his only purpose in the game was to enable {{spoiler|the death of [[Ensemble Darkhorse|fan favourite]] [[Badass]] Shinjiro Aragaki}}, then proceed to have absolutely no effect on the rest of the plot (including The Answer) while his lines could have been given to other party members with minimal changes made. It did not help he had Mona Marshall's scratchy, and rather inconsistent voice-acting as another reason (Ken will swing wildly from almost screechy high-pitched to 'sounds too much like a grown woman' in battle), as well as the fact that he is [[Master of None|eventually outclassed in everything he does by at least one character]]. Later spin-offs and re-releases have made more of an effort at [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap|rescuing him from the scrappy heap]], largerly succeeding (though with [[Fan Dumb|some people]] ''still'' [[Never Live It Down|never living down]] October 4th).
** Yukari's attitude and actions often make her come off as the party's personal [[Alpha Bitch]], as well as her actions during The Answer ( {{spoiler|choosing not to respect the protagonist's decision to make a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] at the end of The Journey, [[Protagonist-Centered Morality|being willing to risk the damnation of the entire world to undo said sacrifice]], [[Insane Troll Logic|calling everyone who doesn't agree with her a coward who is afraid to die]], and causing the party to have a completely avoidable internal battle}}) earned her a sizable [[Hatedom]]. Note that while Mitsuru sided with Yukari, she only did so because she promised to stand by her, and so hasn't received the [[Hatedom]] Yukari has.
* The trend continues in ''[[Persona 4]]'' with Teddie, who thankfully is replaced by the much better-voiced Rise 1/3 the way through the game.
** Possibly the
▲** Possibly the biggist [[Scrappy]] in the game is Mitsuo who is not only a sterotypical geeky and lonely gamer, but he also killed three people just for the attention. As a result, fans weren't too happy with him. {{spoiler|Actually one, but who's counting?}}
* Yuzu of ''[[Devil Survivor]]'' gets a lot of flack for being [[The Chick]], [[The Watson]], and [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong|The Complainer]] rolled into one [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy|pink-wrapped]] package. Despite dealing with tons of [[Break the Cutie|cutie-breaking horrors]] packed into ''a single week'', she's bashed for being weak, whiny, and [[I Just Want to Be Normal|wanting to return to her normal life]]. The fact that she [[Expy|could pass for]] [[Persona 3|another MegaTen might-be-Scrappy]] doesn't help. Nor does the fact that her entire ''world'' seems geared against her, to the point that {{spoiler|her [[Multiple Endings|ending path]] is the worst of the lot.}} Of course, the fact that the heroes are warned repeatedly that running away is a bad idea and she chooses to do so anyway {{spoiler|despite knowing that the lockdown was meant to keep [[The End of the World as We Know It|demons from invading the world]], [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|which they end up causing to happen when they go ahead and choose to break the lockdown]].}} are probably not points in her favor.
** Then there's Midori, who [[Unpleasable Fanbase|ironically has the opposite problem]]. Where Yuzu [[Refusal of the Call|wants to refuse the call]], Midori [[Jumped At the Call|leaps at it]], turning into a [[Cosplay Otaku Girl]] version of [[Leeroy Jenkins]] with a death grip on the [[Idiot Ball]]. While she [[Character Development|can get better]], her [[In the Name of the Moon]] speeches might as well be a [[Magical Girl]] version of "''P-p-p-p-puppy power!''"
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** ''[[Devil Survivor 2]]'' has Daichi, who, while he does get some badass points and can be a damn good physical attacker with great speed, is still a scrappy for being a male Yuzu expy (he whines even MORE than she did and sometimes has even less excuse). Ironically, the actual female character who takes Yuzu's role in a gameplay sense is rather liked.
* Anyone on the Law alignment in games with a [[Order Versus Chaos|Law-Neutral-Chaos]] mechanic is gonna get a LOT of shit for being [[Knight Templar]] asshats, '''especially''' the angels; contrast those in Chaos, who don't get as much flak for wanting to achieve anarchy-level freedom, and especially Neutral, who like to promote balance rather than one extremity. You'll see quite a few fans enjoying the Neutral and Chaos routes, but rarely ever someone who finds the Law route to be their favorite one.
== Sonic the Hedgehog ==
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