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{{quote|"''She's going to pull through this. We need her to pull through. Each weekly sadistic mishap helped me through some tough times, and this is just another one of those sadistic mishaps. Right? The monitor on her life support system will sound an alarm, and some nurse or other will rush in and save her. Right? Wrong. No one saves PMMS. Alleged York manages to kill her with this completely expressionless look on his face. Damn you, [[
|'''Gustave''', ''[[Television Without Pity]]''}}
The [[Real Life]], TV-applied version of [[We Want Our Jerk Back]].
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So, [[The Scrappy|that character that nobody likes]] is finally going to be killed off! This is the moment you thought you'd be rejoicing. Yet... the death scene is so well done that you actually find yourself feeling sad! Expect to read a lot of messageboard posts saying "I never thought I'd cry at X's death, but I was bawling so loud I woke the neighbors."
Keep in mind that this is obviously [[Truth in Television]]. No matter how many times that [[Jerkass]] [[Jerk Jock]] stuffed you in a locker and gave you a wedgie, if he is hit by a drunk driver on the way to prom, your remembrances will almost certainly be favorably tinged. Unless you're just ''that'' evil or mentally/emotionally unsound.
Contrast [[And There Was Much Rejoicing]]. See Also: [[Never Speak Ill of the Dead]]; [[A Death in
Compare [[Death Equals Redemption]].
{{noreallife|Calling real-life people "unlikable" [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|
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== Anime and Manga ==
* From the ''[[
** Not a lot of people liked [[Ordinary High School Student|Louise Halevy]] from ''[[
*** Nena Trinity, the very person who committed the aforementioned murder, ''might'' also count upon her death, particularly for [[Americans Hate Tingle|Eastern audiences]], but [[Broken Base|this is eternally up to debate.]]
*** Andrei Smirnov drew ire for killing [[Cool Old Guy|his father]]; [[The Movie]] goes on to give him a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] [[Tear Jerker]] [[Heroic Sacrifice]] that mixed this with [[Rescued
** Flay Allster in ''[[
** Yuna Roma Seiran in ''[[
*** Also, Meer Campbell perishes by [[Taking the Bullet]] meant for Lacus Clyne, the woman she's impersonated for months, and a good part of the hate she got for [[Die for Our Ship|being a membress of Athrun Zala]]'s [[Unwanted Harem]] *poofed*. It doesn't help that her death scene was ''[[Dying Moment of Awesome|very]]'' [[Tear Jerker|well-done]].
** On the subject of Gundam Scrappies, Hathaway Noah's situation [[It Got Worse|got worse]] as time went on after Quess bit it in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam:
*** It should be noted that ''Hathaway's Flash'' plays off of the ''Char's Counterattack'' novelization "Beltorchika's Children" rather than the anime movie.<ref>The main difference being that in the novel, Hathaway kills Quess; in the movie, Hathaway goes nuts and kills Chein after she kills Quess</ref>
** For some, Ghinias Saharin from [[Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team]]. [[Base Breaker|It REALLY depends on who you're talking to, however.]]
* The death of Hinaichigo in the second season of ''[[Rozen Maiden]]''. There was a whole episode dedicated to her winding down to her eventual 'death' where she spent the day with her old owner, complete with stuttered movement and speech during her last moments.
** Her death in the manga, however, was still horrifying: Kirakishou used her rose vines to destroy and consume her from the inside out. Still sad.
* Envy's death in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* Mikaila's death in ''[[Count Cain
** A case of [[Fridge Brilliance]], considering she got nothing close to a healthy upbringing. All she ever was encouraged to do was "obsess over Cain" and look pretty.
* Shirley Fennette in ''[[
** And later? The murderer, Rolo, died too... and lots of fans mourned him instead of cheering because he sacrificed his life for Lelouch, even after Lelouch confessed his hatred toward Rolo, as the first and last thing he truly did of his own will. ''Lelouch himself'' ended up mourning him when all was said and done.
** [[Ensemble Darkhorse|The only reason why Shirley didn't die in the first season was because she was unexpectedly popular with fans.]]
* Makoto Isshki of ''[[
* In ''[[
** Misa's Scrappyhood, and her ending, which got past many people. In the close credits, she mirrors [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|in dress]] and demeanor an earlier scene when she sings about her trust and devotion to Light. She follows the same route, ending at a veranda where she sadly and wistfully looks off into the sky, only this time she's standing ''outside'' the railing...
* Quite a few viewers of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' did not like Asuka very much at all and spent most of the series wishing bad things on the character. Then she was horrendously [[Mind Rape|mind raped]], revealing her [[Tear Jerker|tragic]] [[Freudian Excuse]], fired from the Eva project, disappeared, and [[Heroic BSOD|was found later as a catatonic broken mess laying in a bathtub in a ruined building]]. And that's just in the original series.
** In ''End of Evangelion'', she's still in a [[Dude, She's Like, in
** At the very least, she somehow comes back to life in the epilogue [[Bandage Babe|mostly]] unharmed.
* An in-universe example (that is not [[We Want Our Jerk Back]]) happens in ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]''. San's [[Overprotective Dad]] is initially overjoyed when her fiance ends up in a [[Shotgun Wedding]] with another girl, only to realize that Nagasumi was actually a genuinely [[Nice Guy]]. Naturally, when things [[Status Quo Is God|go back to normal]], he goes right back to trying to kill the guy.
* Kaname Tousen from ''[[Bleach]]'' betrays the Soul Society for a hypocritical reason (going the path with least bloodshed by joining the [[Big Bad]]). After being beaten by his vice captain and being reminded of his error by his best friend, Tousen seems to repent and wants to have one tender moment with his vice captain...then Aizen blows him up.
** Not a death, but what befalls Momo Hinamori soon after this is this, [[Americans Hate Tingle|at least in the western fanbase.]] She's not only impaled and nearly killed because of Aizen again, but this time, it's her childhood best friend and effective adoptive brother who's holding the sword, after Aizen uses his illusions to make him (and everyone else) see Momo as him.
* Not a straight-up death example, but it happens in ''[[Pokémon (
* ''[[
** It doesn't help that even Akiha's good endings are pretty screwed up.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl|Meilin]] in ''[[
* For all his annoying tendancies, ineptness in reading his crew, responsibility in killing one of the more popular characters from the show, and overall nature, [[Martian Successor Nadesico|Nadesico's]] Admiral Munetake gets a pretty heart tugging send off. It doesn't hurt that much of the episode was spent humanizing him again.
** To put more detail into this, Munetake was demoted due to the Nadesico's role in uncovering a [[Government Conspiracy]] (the enemies who were aliens are actually humans). Between the conspiracy itself, his demotion, and guilt over Gai's death, he falls over the [[Despair Event Horizon]] extremely quickly, expressing that he used to believe in notions such as truth and justice. His subsequent death/suicide (depending on how much you believe his rational mind still exists at that time) hits that much harder after all that.
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== Comic Books ==
* Doug Ramsey, a.k.a. Cypher, from the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' family comic ''New Mutants'' was considered to be [[The Scrappy]] (due to his fact that his mutant power was the ability to speak every language, which sort of paled next to eye-beams and weather-control and the like), and fans repeatedly demanded he be killed off. Once he died, everyone missed him and wanted him back.
** There's some question, however, whether or not the writers themselves over-exaggerated the sympathetic response while downplaying the hate, as a sort of manufactured [[Take That]] towards the fans. It's been suggested that the actual fan response was much more mixed, and the negative responses were simply ignored and brushed under the carpet. In a time before the Internet gave people the opportunity to publicly voice their opinions of such things, it's hard to say.
*** Cypher was also a perfect example of [[Idiot Ball]] . Not him - everyone else in the X-Men and New Mutants. Because he had a non-combat power, he wasn't given
* [[Ethnic Scrappy|Vibe's]] death in the '80s ''[[Justice League of America]]'' comics: Reviled in life, a hero in death. He asphyxiated so graphically you couldn't help but feel bad for the guy just that one time.
** Steel, who died at the same time, is less remembered, probably because he was less annoying in the first place.
*** Perhaps what made Vibe's death stand out more was the fact that the skinny jerk, for the first time in thirty issues suddenly showed a glimmer of true heroism. A desire to help others because it's the right thing to do. A sudden desire to be a better man. Even the dullest stone sparkles a little, if polished right. It's something J.M. De Matteis is very good at...finding the inner light in ''any'' character, no matter how rotten. Then, just to twist the knife, Vibe's murdered within moments of his epiphany! He learned his lesson...but died anyway, alone. The end! Powerful, powerful stuff. On the other hand, the only thing most people can remember about Steel's issue is the nightmarish panel where he cries out "Help-Me-Help-Me-Help-Me-Help-Me" after being shattered.
* ''[[
* Jason Todd, of ''[[Batman]]'' fame, was so hated, in issue 428 [[Dead Sidekick|fans (by a slim margin) voted to have him killed off by the Joker]]. [[The Joker]]'s murder of Jason was so brutal and cruel, not only did fans immediately stop hating him, the Joker was seen by many as crossing the [[Moral Event Horizon]].
** And when he came back, the circumstances of his death were so traumatic that they [[Face Heel Turn|drove him to become a supervillain]]. Then an [[Anti-Hero]]. Then an [[Anti-Villain]], and now back to an [[Anti-Hero]].
* The fate of Marvin and Wendy from ''[[
* In [[Archie Comics]]' ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (
** This is also a [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: he was infected by nanites from the evil AI A.D.A.M. He was able to resist the mind control just enough to fly to his death.
== Film ==
* Rachel Dawes from ''[[The Dark Knight Saga|Batman Begins]]'' and ''[[Dark Knight Trilogy|The Dark Knight]]'' was a bit annoying in some respects (though with [[Maggie Gyllenhaal|the new actress]] well on the path to being [[Rescued
** Made even worse by the fact that [[The Joker]] doesn't even brag [[But for Me It Was Tuesday|or make a big deal out of it]]; [[For the Evulz|it was just something he felt like doing.]]
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* The death of Snails in ''[[Dungeons
* Despite the crazy amount of hate leveled his way back when ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' was new, news of {{spoiler|Mutt's death}} during the Vietnam War in ''The Dial of Destiny'' was met with this kind of response. Part of it comes from people beginning to warm up to him as the years went by, but the main sticking point is that it's viewed as a cheap way of heaping tragedy onto Indy so he can be shown as an old sadsack.
== Literature ==
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** Not to mention Lord Asriel (and maybe, just ''maybe'', Mrs. Coulter).
* [[Those Two Bad Guys|Tom and Ty]], Michael Point's disposable backup in ''Contract'' by Simon Spurrier:
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"Let's hear it for the Disposables."
"I've got to say, I'm sort of proud."
"I've got to say, I'm sort of sad."
"Is this how farmers feel when they eat their prize-winning cattle?" }}
* Christopher Drawlight, the obnoxious, lying, mooching gentleman idiot, gets a sad death in ''[[Jonathan Strange
* Quite a bit of the ''[[Harry Potter (
** Colin Creevy and Lavender Brown (in the film) are two other characters that most fans either found annoying or didn't care either way for, but their deaths were still pretty sad.
** Also Severus Snape, for fans that didn't like him much. Made even worse with The Prince's Tale.
* Some fans never liked Ozzie from ''[[Avalon: Web of Magic]]'', because he was just the useless cute mascot comic relief. And then in ''Dark Mage'', he acknowledges his uselessness, becomes less useless, and is the [[Only Sane Man]]. And then he's killed by his best friend while trying to save her.
* Inverse example from [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Emma]]'' after Frank Churchill's manipulative, hypochondriac Aunt dies of a stoke Austen says this:
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* In ''[[X Wing Series|Iron Fist]]'', Castin Donn is the least sympathetic Wraith. He's kind of annoying, doesn't respect [[Reasonable Authority Figure|Wedge]]'s judgments enough, and suffers from a kind of [[Fantastic Racism]] which we don't see very often - he's had so little contact with nonhumans that he's awkward and uneasy around the aliens in the squadron, and never makes the effort to desensitize himself to them. When Wedge vetos his plan he goes ahead with it anyway, sneaking into enemy territory on his own. He might have gotten away after being seen if he hadn't been distracted by the sight of a lab where really rather gruesome experiments were being performed on nonhuman species - he went in and freed a subject, and was killed. No one on his side ever knew that his speciesist views were changing at the end.
** In ''[[New Jedi Order|Star By Star]]'', Borsk Fey'lya, who's been a terrible [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]], [[Smug Snake]], and [[President Evil]] to the protagonists up until this point, manages to die so epicly as to gain the respect of even the ''Yuuzhan Vong''.
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== Live
* The ''[[True Blood]]'' fandom had a massive load of hate for Sam Merlotte's [[Long-Lost Relative|troubled younger brother Tommy]], an illiterate, dumb, well-intended [[Designated Villain]] who was generally thought of as annoying, a nuisance and a filler character. In the end, though, he sacrificed himself, transforming into Sam and settling a debt with the ex-husband of Sam's girlfriend, which ended up with him being bludgeoned to death. Not before he could deliver the following line, which had tons of fans that hated him crying desperately:
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* ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' may have problems with annoying characters taking over the plotlines, but it has a knack for a good [[Montage Out]], thus giving us the following examples:
** It's been said that nobody cared about Bradford Meade until he was killed off.
** Even the infamous Walter, though he didn't die, got a respectful and melancholy send off when he was [[Put
** Daniel's love interest of the 3rd season, Molly, was generally considered pretty boring even when we knew she was terminally ill but the actual moment of her death ''was'' beautiful.
* Tracey from the ''[[
* The extremely despised Nora went out with a bang on ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''. Even though it was expected and hoped for, the episode managed to make it a tragic and shocking.
** Throughout the series, Edie Britt was a [[Love It or Hate It|Love Her Or Hate Her]]
* In ''[[
** Chapelle is a particularly great case because Jack asks if there's anyone he wants to contact before he dies. Chapelle says no, his only friends are at ''work''. Considering that we've only seen him at work where he seems to be something of an in-universe Scrappy... ouch.
** Lynn McGill in Season 5. Starts out as a douche, but after his sister is killed, he has a change of heart, and you can't help but feel sad for his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] (the fact that he's played by [[The Lord of the Rings (
** The page quote is about an example from Season 1, when Janet York is killed by a man pretending to be her father. That episode is when ''24'', a show that had been somewhat motoring along to that point, became seriously good.
** The evil, vain, manipulative Sherry Palmer, who died in Season 3.
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** It wasn't so much the actual death scene in that case, but the [[Silent Credits]] over a picture of his broken star. Beautifully touching.
*** And don't forget his tearjerking last words: "Now I'll never know if I was right..."
** Donna Noble. She was ''deliberately'' written as a Scrappy in her first appearance, but she [[Character Development|developed]], some of the fandom grew to like her and got really annoyed after she got [[Dropped a Bridge
*** Annoyed? Grew to like her? I loved Donna! She's probably my favorite companion yet. I would not call her a Scrappy.
** It seems that few readers of the ''[[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]]'' [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] like [[Soapbox Sadie|Sam Jones]]. But when it was revealed she'd died... well. It didn't hurt that a more likable character had been legitimately fond of her and was grief-stricken over it.
** An in-universe example: Miss Evangelista in "Silence in the Library." After establishing that no one else on the expedition likes her, she winds up being the first to get chewed up by the Vashta Nerada. In her final "ghosting" moments, she asks to talk to Donna, the only person who was nice to her, instead of any of her teammates and their remorse shows on ''all'' of their faces.
* Agent Jeffrey Spender from ''[[The X-Files]]'', shot at point-blank range at the end of the first episode in which he developed any character beyond that of being an annoying, weasely foil to Mulder and Scully. He was eventually revealed to be [[Not Quite Dead]], but at the time, some people were stunned he'd gone into a two-parter practically chanting "Kill the Twerp" and came out of it really upset that they'd killed the noble Spender.
* ''[[Television Without Pity]]'' frequenters are often split on the death of Lucy Knight on ''[[ER]]'', who, though annoying, got an incredibly good sendoff. Some were ecstatic that she was gone, under any circumstances. This story arc also had John Carter almost killed, and, since many fans were on the fence with him at that point, he garnered huge sympathy points.
* Owen's death (deaths?) in ''[[
* Cally's death on new ''[[Battlestar Galactica
** A lot of this has to do with the way she was offed. She was nearly [[Driven to Suicide]], talked down from it, immediately knocked unconscious by the same person who talked her down, and woke up in time to see said person holding ''Cally's own infant son'' in a maternal-looking manner. She then met Cally's gaze and ''gave a tiny smile'' before pushing the button that [[Thrown Out the Airlock|threw Cally out the airlock]]. Even for the haters, that was [[Disproportionate Retribution|a bit much.]]
*** So much, in fact, that the murderer than [[You Kill It, You Bought It|became a scrappy herself.]] She got no Alas when ''she'' was offed by the [[Laser-Guided Karma|man she made a widower]] [[Neck Snap|breaking her neck]].
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** And as of the Season 4 finale, Rita.
*** Though for many, she wasn't a scrappy until the very season they killed her off. Makes you wonder if her shift in personality was done in order to annoy the audience on purpose.
* Isaac of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' had been stagnating as a character for quite a while before Sylar killed him, but his death and the scenes leading up to it were handled well enough that many viewers who had been complaining about Isaac were touched by his exit.
** This likely applies to Tracy now as well. Unless she's not really dead...
** This very much applied to Elle. With all the stupid writing going on in that time, she got the brunt of the blows. However, many were displeased when she was killed by Sylar. The fact that her death was rather pointless and she died as a shell of her former self might've had something to do with it though.
*** Elle was never hated and still remains part of the big 4 of Heroes Fanfiction (Along with Sylar, Claire, and Peter). Sure the writing was bad but she couldn't be classified as [[The Scrappy]] especially considering the high number [[Fix Fic
* A lot of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' fans who couldn't stand Bela. Many of them felt a staggering amount of sympathy for her in the episode where the hellhounds come to get her. It might have helped that the actress got better and less annoying in her absence.
** And then there's Jo and Ellen Harvelle, the former of whom was positively reviled during her S2 days and the latter of whom was perceived to overstep her boundaries with the boys later on, and they were given one of the [[Senseless Sacrifice|saddest send-offs in the show]].
* Amber, aka "Cutthroat Bitch," in ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''. Most of the pathos comes from Wilson's reaction, though. Really, considering his [[The Woobie|Woobie]] quotient, it was to be expected eventually.
** Lampshaded by the team.
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'''Kutner:''' Well, we liked her.
'''Taub:''' Did we?
'''Foreman:''' We do now. }}
** Actually, while the other characters may not have liked her, many fans did. Not surprising given that she was in many ways a female version of the show's eponymous protagonist.
** As an example of when this ''doesn't'' work, [[House (TV series)|Thirteen]] is considered the [[Creator's Pet]] by most of the fandom. She also has Huntington's Disease. This means that in addition to the time she spends on-screen as a doctor, she's also appearing as a patient, [[Sympathetic Sue|slowly dying with nothing that can be done about it]]. This has so far failed to gain her much sympathy.
* Kendra in Season 2 of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Sure she was an annoying character with more than a little shade of the [[Ethnic Scrappy]], but it was still a bit of a shock to see Drusilla take her out so ''easily''.
* Just when it looked like she was about to be [[Rescued
** While we're on the subject of ''Lost'', how about Shannon, Shannon, and more Shannon. Just when she ''starts'' becoming a compelling character and not the vapid [[Rich Bitch]], as well as we get to learn how much her [[Evil Matriarch]] stepmother crashed her dreams... boom, shot in the stomach.
** Also, Charlie, while not necessarily a Scrappy, had strong dislike from many fans, especially after his bizarre actions in the episode "Fire and Water". However, he was highly redeemed in the episode "Greatest Hits", and died very heroically in the next episode.
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* Joxer from ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' made a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] for the woman he loved, which made many fans rethink their hatred of him. However, [[Senseless Sacrifice|his sacrifice was in vain and achieved nothing]]. And Gabrielle, the woman he '''died''' for, didn't even seem that upset!
* Jessica Wallace on ''[[Neighbours]]'', hated by many viewers and most of the other characters for breaking up Ringo and Rachel, had such a realistic and tragic death scene that producers deemed it "too convincing" and had to edit some of the most upsetting parts out.
** Moody rich girl Serena Bishop suffered through attempted-rape, finding out her boyfriend was really her half-brother and a plane crash. She was eventually lost at sea.
** Bridget Parker received much negative backlash from both the public and the media when she first joined the show, and many viewers called for her death. Ironically, just as fans had warmed up to her character, she was killed off in a freak car accident.
* Riley from ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' went from becoming [[The Scrappy]] in record time to getting [[Rescued
* [[Ethnic Scrappy|Alexandra Borgia]] of ''[[Law
* Fat guy Malcom Ross of ''[[
** From the same show, violent townie Shane was probably the least likable character on the entire series. So how does he go out? Mortally wounded, single-handedly taking on the serial killer to give the heroes enough time to escape.
* The ending scene of ''[[
* The October 17, 2007 episode of ''[[The
* Jool on ''[[
* Bosco of ''[[The Mentalist]]'' was ''not'' popular, mainly because he kept calling Jane out on his crap and was in love with Lisbon, which pissed off the Jisbon shippers. His death, though? Genuinely moving. Made so by Lisbon.
* The death of Norton Drake during the second season of ''[[War of the Worlds (TV series)|War of the Worlds]]''. For the first season, Norton was a near-insufferable genius whose main job was to roll around a lab in his wheelchair and provide scientific technobabble to the main characters - and this was ''after'' the actor who played him stopped using a ridiculous Jamaican accent for the first few episodes of the series (the character did get one episode of much-needed character development in the latter half of the first season, though). In the second-season premiere, however, just as it looked like he might take on more of an active role with the Blackwood Project, Norton gets shot by a clone version of one of the main characters, gets enough strength to crawl over to a panic button and press it, then gets shot again off-screen...and then his body is blown to smithereens when the house he worked in explodes, and almost all of the characters promptly forgot about him. Norton's death is one of the main reasons why the second season is [[Fanon Discontinuity]] in the eyes of many fans.
== Video Games ==
* Oswald from ''[[Odin Sphere]]''. He wasn't universally considered [[The Scrappy]], but got this reaction from a fair chunk of the fanbase (Mind you, he turns out to be [[Only Mostly Dead]]).
* [[Subverted Trope]] in ''[[
** His death is an interesting case. They deliberately made it pointless to try to make [[Death Is Cheap|the idea of a character dying no big deal to the audience]], so that when [[Killed Off for Real|Aeris/th dies for real,]] it's all that much more tragic.
* Raiden in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'', as his death scene is played ''very well'', with the noble [[Heroic Sacrifice]] and the revelation that he's not lost his humanity as he claims. And then ''he comes back anyway''. Nuh?
* Liane's death in ''[[Jeanne D
* In-Universe example: Kinshiro Morooka was never very well-liked among the cast of ''[[
** ... Or more cursing. "Damn it, King Moron! Why must you torture us beyond your grave!?"
* ''[[
** [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|Then it got uncanceled and got a release date.]]
** [[Tainted
* Xion from ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' can fit this. Not only is she [[The Scrappy]] second to even the likes of [[Die for Our Ship|Kairi]] (or maybe even [[Broken Base|MORE hated]]), but her actual
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
** {{spoiler|Oddly enough, you can still visit her in the same area. Apparently, she didn't die.}}
*** {{spoiler|Even stranger is not even Luvbi herself knows why she is still alive}}
* ''[[Resident Evil]]'': Code Veronica fans are divided into two camps; those who found Steve Burnside obnoxious but sympathetic, and those who found Steve Burnside obnoxious and grating. Even so, the scene in which he painfully mutates into a Tyrant, attacks Claire, resists the virus to save her and then dies in her arms is [[Tear Jerker|surprisingly sad]]. [[Narm Charm|For a Resident Evil game, I mean.]]
* Adi and Cort in ''[[
* Chatot from ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers
* A huge portion of the ''[[Splinter Cell]]'' fanbase has an extreme love-hate relationship with [[Mission Control|Colonel Irving Lambert]], known for his banter and his frequent decisions on when to end the mission. So when Double Agent came along and included the dilemma of whether or not to shoot Lambert as one of its selling points, [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]] broke out, with more than a few stating their over-the-top-desire to finally do him in. THEN Ubisoft made Essentials, which makes shooting him necessary to complete the game, and the enthusiasm dropped like a rock. THEN Conviction came out which CONFIRMED it. [[Torches and Pitchforks|God help whoever decided THAT.]]
* ''[[The King of Fighters
** This overlaps with [[Rescued
* Erika in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* Grobnar of ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]''. He is mostly the annoying comic relief, but ''Mask of The Betrayer'' reveals that he had a stupidly awesome death: Attempting to save a 7 foot tall construct of solid metal by putting his squishy gnome body between it and a falling pillar.
* In ''[[Mass Effect
** The survivor, gets even more hate [[Broken Base|from some people]] for refusing to work with Shepard for being affiliated with Cerberus. In Mass Effect 3, it's possible (and depending on your choices) necessary to kill the survivor, and his/her last words are [[Tear Jerker|quite sad]].
** As much as people disliked Miranda in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', a lot of people [[Tear Jerker|were upset]] about her possible death in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' provided you didn't take steps to prevent it.
** {{spoiler|Udina}}, of all people, in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''. Sure, he was an obnoxious ass in the first two, but here he becomes quite a bit more sympathetic in his desperation to get aid for his homeworld. Even {{spoiler|the attempted coup}} seems more sad than anything. [[Tear Jerker|He did it for Earth]].
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]'' has Fi, who, while not universally hated, is still something of a [[Base Breaker]] due to her tendency towards being [[Captain Obvious]]. Even if you hate her, her "death", which is basically a heroic sacrifice that will take centuries, and which she prefaces by admitting feelings for Link that she was incapable of admitting until the end due to programming, is still a tear-jerker.
* Alister in ''[[Tomb Raider]]: Legend'' was considered to be extremely whiny and annoying while always quipping in at the most inappropriate times (lampshaded by Lara when she tells him to shut up as she tries to make some tricky acrobatics). In ''Underworld'', Alister gets shot and killed by Lara's doppelganger, dying in Lara's arms. For an annoying sidekick, it's still damn sad to see him get killed when he isn't a fighter like Lara.
== Webcomics ==
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0464.html Miko's] death in ''[[
## She deserved to die because she capped off her role as [[The Scrappy]] by [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]], killing the [[Cool Old Guy]], weakening the fabric of the universe, and ensuring that the villains won the battle for Azure City, all while thinking she was still doing the right thing.
## She becomes sympathetic in the eyes of the audience because her last actions were made under the belief that she was saving everyone instead of dooming her side to exile, and then after being mortally wounded as a result, the spirit of the founder of her order explains to her just how she screwed up and tells her that she won't get a chance at true redemption, but that her celestial horse will still get to visit her in the afterlife. [[Tear Jerker|* Sniff*
** Not to drive the point home, but another aspect of the death that turns it into a touching moment is her last words. Miko was, above all else, uncompromising. She would never accept anything but the most pristine of Lawful Good, would go over the top with her expectations and would scream and cry whenever she did not get her way. Yet here, in her last moments, she was denied the thing she wanted the most, being a paladin. When that happens, she shows a final bit of character development when instead of crying about it, she instead just asks if she will see her only real companion again. And when given just that small favor, instead of screaming about what she really wanted, showed maturity in compromising for that one little bit, by saying "I can live with that." In her last moments she learns to compromise what she wants.
*** Of course some think she might just have been driven a tiny bit insane by the revelation that said cool old guy mentor and father figure who personally recruited her into the order of paladins had been lying and manipulating her (for the great good but still that has to be like finding out your prudish judgmental grand mother has a hot 18 year old boy toy.) resulting in her paranoid delusions but this party is just less vocal about their opinion.
**** Also the fact that the party magnificent bastard (Belkar) was deliberately pushing all her buttons the moment she arrested the entire party.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120808082013/http://blipcomic.com/752/ Terry's death] in ''[[Blip]]''. Up until then, most of the fans had hated her for breaking up K and Bishop, but when she died, they lost it. It helps that her death scene was a straight-up [[Tear Jerker]].
* ''[[
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* The outpouring of grief that followed the sudden death of ''[[Wrestlecrap]] Radio's'' robot sidekick Johnny 6 during the April 25th. Podcast, after Crappers had been clamouring for his destruction for weeks.
* The death of Liam Black in ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' version 3 was considered by some members to be well-written, and genuinely saddening, in spite of the fact that the character was extremely unpopular whilst alive.
* [[Pokémon Red and Blue
* Spencer D. Bum in ''[[
** In-universe example: Ma-Ti's tragic death at the end of ''[[Suburban Knights]]''.
** Some fans reacted this way to the death of [[That Guy With
* In [[The Flash Tub]] cartoon ''Platform Hero'', Green Dinosaur, hitherto [[The Load]], has a tearful death scene in Dark Dragon's castle [[Taking the Bullet]]...er, sword for [[The Hero]].
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** Subverted, though, by the fact that Daria herself was completely unaffected by his death, instead having to deal with the fact that half of the cast opted to talk to her about it due to the misconception that she's perennially depressed and morbid (as opposed to just being overly sardonic).
** In her own words: "People aren't upset because Tommy Sherman died. They're upset because ''they're'' going to die."
* The Magus in the ''[[
** And he finally overcame his [[Fantastic Racism]] long enough to pull a [[Heroic Sacrifice]].
*** He overcame his racism years ago since he spent his life raising the gargoyle children.
* In ''[[
** [[Loony Fan|Sierra]] too to a degree, she got caught in a plane explosion (which was kinda her fault), lost her hair, all because she made a cake for Cody's birthday
* Played with in an episode of ''[[Project
* Invoked, but ultimately subverted in-universe in ''[[The Spectacular Spider
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