Characters hated by those who dislike the work to begin with, or whom the work wasn't meant to appeal to don't count. Hated by the fans of the work: They have to be hated by people who unironically enjoy the work otherwise.If the character is hated because people hate the actor portraying the character, that's X-Pac Heat. Example Although Lorithia is hated for being That One Boss, players also hate her for being a bland and ineffective villain, so she still counts. However, if the character is hated for story and gameplay reasons, then they’re still fair game. Example Canary Mary is widely reviled by the fandom, but most of the hate is due to the unfair difficulty of her races rather than how she is written, so she doesn't qualify as a Scrappy. If the character is hated for gameplay reasons as opposed to narrative or character writing, that's a High-Tier Scrappy or Low-Tier Letdown (if they're a playable character), That One Boss or Goddamned Boss (if they're an enemy), or other Audience Reactions such as Scrappy Mechanic or That One Sidequest. Hated for narrative reasons: They're hated for the perception of being poorly written or detracting from the narrative.Things like vehicles, weapons, or locations aren't characters either, so they cannot be Scrappies unless they're portrayed as sentient and have some characterization. Example The Minions seem to be quite hated for being annoying comic relief characters who are constantly shoehorned into everything related to Illumination, but since they are an entire race of beings, they cannot be considered Scrappies because it isn’t fair to judge every single one of them. Groups don't count either as they are not characters, and each character could vary in individual popularity (unless said group is small enough that all of its members can feasibly be judged Scrappies on their own). Hated works, products, or real people do not count. A single hated character: The Scrappy, as an Audience Reaction, only applies to individual characters.For a character to truly be considered a Scrappy, even the Silent Majority has to dislike this character. Someone not personally liking a character is not this (unless it's a Show Within a Show example). Example Hiyoko Saionji is incredibly hated by English-speaking fans due to being a cruel bully whose actions are too mean-spirited to be entertaining, to the point that someone only familiar with that part of the fandom could easily assume she's an example, but she's well-liked in the franchise's native Japan, which disqualifies her. Examples of Americans Hate Tingle and Germans Love David Hasselhoff similarly don't count, as they have fans somewhere. Hated by the majority of the audience: If they have about as many fans as detractors, even if the latter are more obvious, that's a Base-Breaking Character.A character's story should be concluded, seeing if they were supposed to be hated or get due karma, before judging them as a Scrappy or not. However, due to becoming a Karma Houdini, he ended up being hated for reasons other than the creators intended, to the point they publicly apologized for it and wrote Bendy out of the show afterwards. Example Bendy was meant to be a Hate Sink due to his obnoxious actions. While such characters can overlap with The Scrappy, they have to be hated for different reasons than intended that detract from the work's enjoyability. Examples Villains such as Ramsay Bolton, Dolores Umbridge and Micah Bell are not generally thought of as detracting from the works in which they appear, and were supposed to be horribly loathsome people that the audience would despise. They can be well-received by adding to the enjoyability of the work, if only for the satisfaction of them getting karma.
Unintentionally hated by the audience: If this character is supposed to be hated due to being a villain or Jerkass, and their cruel actions are treated as such by the narrative, that's a Hate Sink.For any character to truly solidify themselves as a Scrappy in the eyes of the audience, all of the following criteria have to be met. It's not enough that the character be hated, however. We call this guy The Scrappy: a character that the audience hates to see. But sometimes, there is a character who instead has a hatedom. There are popular characters that have fandoms. Lore Fitzgerald Sjoberg, The Book of Ratings
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