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Replacement Scrappy
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A popular character is killed off or otherwise written out and replaced with a new character who fills their previous role. Regardless of what this new character is like, they're likely to end up with a Hatedom directed at them, just because they're not the old favourite. If they'd been there from the start, maybe the fans could have loved this new character, or at least respected them. But no — they're a replacement. They're not even a Suspiciously Similar Substitute who at least shared some character traits with the other one, they're a totally different character, and so every flaw — every trait that makes them not like the character the fans want them to be — drives them crazy with longing and disgust, and all they can do is get angrier and angrier.note (Or, even worse, they are a Suspiciously Similar Substitute, trying to ape everything that made the old character popular, who the fans hate for being a "bad copy" of their favorite.) Pointing out the fact that the creators sometimes had no choice but to abandon the old character or also make a replacement may still not calm fans down. See Exiled from Continuity, The Character Died with Him, and Actor Leaves, Character Dies. Sometimes this is understandable: the fans mourn the loss of the old character, whom they have come to know and love, and suddenly they are forced to get to know a new character all over again, and inevitable comparisons will ensue. However, if the new character is poorly written, interacts awkwardly with the old characters, derails the show or, worst of all, becomes a Creator's Pet, fans will often go to war over their outrage. Expect the use of flamethrowers where these characters are discussed, especially if the new character gains a dissenting fandom - Broken Bases because of these characters are not unknown phenomena. Investing in fire-proof armor or a bunker deep underground may help if all-encompassing forum warfare breaks out. In short, They Changed It, Now It Sucks!, but with a main character. If lucky, they may be Rescued from the Scrappy Heap. This becomes a lot more likely if the character they initially replaced ever returns. (Most likely because they no longer have the "replacement" stigma hanging over their head, and as such are more likely to be judged on their own merits.) Attempting this in-universe can be risky because it can backfire when the audience actually likes the replacement character who ends up becoming a fan favorite. However, Tropes Are Not Bad, this can actually be a technique to make the replacement character more sympathetic or can be satisfying when it turns out they ARE a Replacement Scrappy after all. Contrast More Popular Replacement. Compare and contrast Temporary Scrappy, which is a purposefully dislikable character that enters and goes in a short span. (Of course, being a Replacement Scrappy does not preclude also being a regular Scrappy. It is entirely possible that the audience would have hated the character anyway.) noreallife |
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What had been Sarah's early morning show - cut in length and pushed back to a far earlier starting time to accommodate Evans - is currently being presented by her successor, Vanessa Feltz, a woman who had an embarrassingly public Creator Breakdown on Celebrity Big Brother. Fans of Sarah Kennedy tend to consider Vanessa is pretty much a Replacement Scrappy. When Chris Evans announced he would leave the breakfast show (in September 2018), it was feared that his fan-base would regard the eventual successor as a Replacement Scrappy and that person was going to have a tough time. This ended up being more or less averted, however; said successor turned out to be Zoe Ball, who got some flak, but not as much as was anticipated. |
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Despite Sunset Shimmer hailing from a separate series, many criticized Starlight Glimmer for being an inferior replacement rather than having Sunset appear in the show. Besides Sunset's redemption arc being a Tough Act to Follow, Starlight was far more Easily Forgiven for far worse with everyone praising her despite continued bad habits and her redeeming moments requiring everyone else look bad with her getting far too much time in the spotlight (many fans even disparagingly refer to Season 6 as "The Starlight Glimmer show"). This died down during Season 7 which showed she got a different story direction, distinct personality, own characters dynamics, and far less time in the spotlight, but if it redeemed her is contentious. | |
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Many old school fans of Cinnamon Toast Crunch adored Cool Old Guy Chef Wendell, so when he got replaced with the Crazy Squares they weren't pleased. Chef Wendell was a little loony at times during the 90's as he was written in similar way like other General Mills mascots at the time (he was more civilized in his earlier appearances), but he was generally entertaining for many and famous for his catch phrase "Can you see the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch?" Meanwhile the Crazy Squares are rather infamous for being seen as cannibals since the advertisements often show them eating each other, and has turned some old fans away from buying the cereal unless it's one of the rare "old retro covers" that has Chef Wendell on it. | |
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Rodimus Prime, formerly Hot Rod, who took over as leader after Optimus died in The Movie. Rodimus was not only not accepted because he wasn't Optimus, but he was partly responsible for the death of his predecessor (his attempt to help Optimus during his climactic battle with Megatron just gave Megatron a chance to fatally wound him). Worse, he was sometimes insecure over his leadership abilities, when he wasn't also being sharply sarcastic. However, Rodimus Prime also has a share of fans who like him better than Optimus, for the very same qualities he's hated for. To a lesser degree, the rest of the 1986 Transformers cast brought in after the movie suffered from this, as many of the beloved older characters had been killed off to sell toys or just weren't shown anymore. | |
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Rey in general for the Sequel Series was intended to replace Luke (the biggest hero in the franchise) which is a tall order for anyone and predictably did not go over well with a large section of fans when The Last Jedi killed Luke off and The Rise of Skywalker had Rey taking his surname as well. This was further not helped by The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett featuring a Luke in his prime being awesome, which only made particular fans bemoan the Hijacked Destiny even more. Time will tell whether Rey’s upcoming solo film will rescue her from heavy dislike, like Clone Wars (2008) did with Ahsoka. | |
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Disneyland's most well-known example is Light Magic, a rather underwhelming replacement for the world famous Long Runner Main Street Electrical Parade. Being stripped of the Electrical Parade has haunted Disneyland fans for years.note This is a very good example of why sometimes the They Changed It, Now It Sucks! folks are actually right. The differences can partially be summarized by saying that MSEP was a parade (so all viewers got approximately the same show), while LM was essentially a mobile theatrical performance (so viewers where the floats stopped got the actual show, and viewers in between stops got to watch the floats roll past). | |
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The 2007 Chips Ahoy! commercials were beloved for their Black Comedy and their comedic song covers, but unfortunately didn't last very long. In 2021, Nabisco attempted to make a Spiritual Successor to the commercials, but these new commercials were absolutely detested by viewers for their obnoxious Totally Radical tone. | |
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The Scrappy | |
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Although she's not really The Scrappy, some lonelygirl15 fans have complained that Emma "replaced Bree." | |
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Abandoned Mascot | |
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In 2014, McDonald's began phasing out their long-time mascot Ronald McDonald for their new one: Happy, a living Happy Meal box. While Ronald still exists within the company, in advertising he's been replaced. The new mascot was disliked from the get-go not only for replacing Ronald but because it was creepy looking. Happy is also goofy and nonverbal similar to the Minions, which are controversial in their own right. This has made Happy an unpopular mascot. | |
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Beaver is often unfavourably compared to Gopher, who was Adapted Out, due to both being small, industrious animals. | |
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Milestone Celebration | |
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Upon the arrival of Disney's Enchantment in Magic Kingdom, an overwhelming amount of fans were split on whether it was a good firework spectacular. Several fans of the previous show Happily Ever After were very underwhelmed and demanded they bring it back following the 50th anniversary celebrations. Others however, thought it was something among the likes of, "not as good as its predecessor but still a very impressive and well made show." | |
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Story Arc | |
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The Cutie Mark Crusaders' Story Arc had effectively concluded by Season 7, so in Season 8 they were Demoted to Extra in favor of the Young Six Gallus, Silverstream, Smolder, Yona, Sandbar, and Ocellus. While they had fans and were liked for Worldbuilding their respective species cultures, many found them comparatively Flat Characters who never got the chance to endear themselves like the Crusaders did. | |
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Parodied when Kenny died "permanently" (he came back after one season), the three remaining boys took a previously minor character, Butters, as his replacement. They then proceeded to manipulate and torture him, constantly comparing him to their sadly missed Kenny to try to force him to do things their way. After a few episodes they "fired" him for not being good enough, and replaced him with another minor character, Tweek. Interestingly, the boys warm up to him a lot quicker (aside from Cartman), even though he also vanished after a few episodes. Meanwhile Butters, despite being officially "demoted", actually wound up being a subversion both in and out universe – even after Kenny's resurrection he continues to be a major character on par with the others, as well as quite the Ensemble Dark Horse, his relationship with the other boys is also developed somewhat (only a season later it is made clear the others at least like him a lot more than Cartman). Also parodied much earlier in "Succubus" when Chef quits his job as the school chef and is replaced with a skinny white Cloudcuckoolander named Mr. Derp, who has No Fourth Wall and believes that the viewers will love him as much as Chef. Within the fanbase, both Butters and Tweek had actually received backlash from fans that missed Kenny. When Butters had been replaced with Tweek (although it too wouldn't last long), his fans also cried foul and directed their anger at the other character. In the end after all was said and done, Butters' role continued to grow in the series while Tweek's appearances decreased, culminating in him vanishing from the classroom scenes in season 15, though he did begin to regain a role as a supporting character outside the main boys after the show became serialised. |
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They Changed It, Now It Sucks! | |
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There's a fair amount of people who didn't take kindly to Hasbro's decision to redesign the Generation 3 line of My Little Pony toys. Originally looking like traditional ponies, the characters all got a Super-Deformed design that some felt was creepy. The negative reaction to these Generation 3.5 ponies may well have reached Hasbro, as the toys ran for only around one and a half years before they released Generation 4, which have proportions much closer to those of the original toys. The official talking Princess Celestia doll is effectively a replacement scrappy for the actual character. Not only has Hasbro admitted that they made her pink instead of white because apparently pink ponies sell better to girls (and making it worse, there's a picture of the actual, white character on the toy's box art), but they replaced her TV show voice actress and her original wise personality with a bunch of vacuous, vain phrases spouted by another actor who sounds more like a Valley Girl than a princess. |
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For the prequels in general, Padmé is considered this compared to her iconic daughter Leia, who is more charismatic and sassier. Padmé getting unfortunate Chickification in Revenge of the Sith (infamously having Death by Despair) wasn’t a point in her favour either. | |
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He's Just Hiding | |
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Roy's fate was sealed from the moment the fandom's infamous Nabu fangirls first discovered his existence, thinking it would ruin any chance of the latter just hiding. It also didn't help that he was a massive Flat Character with no personality. | |
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Time Skip | |
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Also, in a bizarre case of meta-trope, certain Bootniks hated Matrix for "replacing" Enzo, despite him being the older version of Enzo. The abrupt transformation was just too much for some oldschoolers to parse. | |
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Token Romance | |
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Several fans of the series have complained about the love interests in The Temple of Doom (Willie) and The Last Crusade (Elsa) in comparison to Marion in Raiders of the Lost Ark. In Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, this is given a Lampshade Hanging that produces a heartwarming moment. | |
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Darby basically takes over Christopher Robin's role as the Token Human, which led to her gaining a few detractors. Later episodes feature Christopher Robin as well, which warmed her up to some viewers, but others still think of her as his inferior replacement. | |
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Invoked Trope | |
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Invoked with LANOS in Green Lantern: The Animated Series. Partway into the series, the Science Director decides to decommission Aya (over the objections of her crewmates) and foists a new, non-sapient AI called LANOS on them as a replacement. The Green Lanterns all immediately hate him, dismissing him as an annoying, Literal-Minded moron with no real value. Getting Aya back quickly becomes their first priority. And yet, in the end, he ends up being Rescued from the Scrappy Heap, in-universe and out; when the Anti-Monitor-corrupted Aya is threatening to destroy the heroes, LANOS bravely gives his life to save his crew and afterwards you can tell everyone feels kinda bad for not giving him a chance to prove himself until it was too late. | |
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The main character, Brendan French, isn't a complete replacement for Peter Venkman, since Venkman still exists in the story, but Brendan does steal a few of Venkman's lines and scenes, which made him unpopular with the readers, in addition to his being made the leader of the team too quickly and not held accountable for being responsible for the Ghostbusters being put in jail. | |
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Star Wars (Franchise) | |
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Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: Count Dooku is a very cool character in his own right, but at the time many fans dismissed him for not being Darth Maul. Who was himself very cool, but no Darth Vader. For the prequels in general, Padmé is considered this compared to her iconic daughter Leia, who is more charismatic and sassier. Padmé getting unfortunate Chickification in Revenge of the Sith (infamously having Death by Despair) wasn’t a point in her favour either. The Force Awakens: Does this again with Kylo Ren, the successor to Darth Vader. There's a section of fans that do like him but many find him not as cool or intimidating or badass. (Even In-Universe, he struggles to live up Vader's legacy and reputation). Kylo is also considered this by some Legends fans since he effectively takes Jacen, Jaina and Anakin II’s existence. As a galactic conqueror, Snoke isn't exactly as popular as Emperor Palpatine and fans weren't impressed by how he got killed in the second installment of the trilogy. It's eventually revealed in The Rise of Skywalker that Snoke is a literal clone of Palpatine. Rey in general for the Sequel Series was intended to replace Luke (the biggest hero in the franchise) which is a tall order for anyone and predictably did not go over well with a large section of fans when The Last Jedi killed Luke off and The Rise of Skywalker had Rey taking his surname as well. This was further not helped by The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett featuring a Luke in his prime being awesome, which only made particular fans bemoan the Hijacked Destiny even more. Time will tell whether Rey’s upcoming solo film will rescue her from heavy dislike, like Clone Wars (2008) did with Ahsoka. Fans of the old Legends continuity were annoyed at the creation of entire planets which seemed to serve no purpose other than distance the new trilogy from the old continuity. Of particular note, the Hosnian system serves no purpose that couldn't be filled by Coruscant or Chandrila (whether it's made better or worse by the system being blown up immediately after its introduction depends on who you ask), and Ahch To replaces the beloved Legends planet Tython. Exegol is hit especially hard by this, as it seemingly combines elements of no less than three planets from Legends, without adding anything new that couldn't be done by Dromund Kaas, Korriban (which was already canon) or Byss. The Ahch To complaint was alleviated somewhat by the reveal that Ahch To was considered a possibility for the origin of the Jedi Temple, with Tython being another, and Tython receiving both a short cameo in Star Wars: Doctor Aphra and its first ever live-action appearance in The Mandalorian. |
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An Author's Saving Throw has now been given to Groove as well, who got a Deluxe toy of his own in Japan, and later in America. And he even got to keep his name, too. | |
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Michelle Jones being set up as Peter Parker's Love Interest annoyed fans who were holding out for Mary Jane Watson's potential appearance in the MCU down the line. The fact that Michelle goes by MJ, which is Mary Jane's nickname, is a subject of contention among fans, which is further complicated when Spider-Man: No Way Home reveals her last name is actually Watson all along and that she simply goes by Jones due to her issues with her father. Nonetheless, it's still not hard to find fans wanting a traditional MJ (especially since Kirsten Dunst wasn’t particularly accurate personality-wise to the comics either). | |
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King Sombra pulled this on himself in Season 9, his return decanonizing their widely-praised Tragic Villain portrayal from the comics in lieu of generic villainy note Though some fans consider this also decanonizing the controversial follow-up where he was redeemed and turned into a Suspiciously Similar Substitute for the King Sombra from the also controversial Reflections arc to be Worth It.. While a Love to Hate character by his own merits, this new take on Sombra also lacked the ruthlessness or competency of his debut that made fans want him to return. | |
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This also happens a lot in the Brazilian dub, as the studio constantly replaces the voice actors for any reason. The most emblematic case was in 2007, when Homer's voice actor Waldyr Sant'Anna was withdrawn from the series due to a lawsuit he had moved against Fox, due to the unauthorized use of his voice in The Simpsons DVD box sets. Shortly before the movie, he was replaced by Carlos Alberto, who inevitably received heavy backlash from the Brazilian fans. | |
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Emily was considered to be this by some fans for a while, as her role of the eighth Steam Team member left Duck Demoted to Extra. The "Emily replaced Duck!" issue was acknowledged in a rather cruel light in Season 18's "Duck and the Slip Coaches", where Emily comes to the sheds twice and finds them full due to Duck taking residence for those nights. | |
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Most of the Season 3 cast developed strong followings, mostly thanks to getting a lot more Character Focus compared to the Cast Herd of earlier seasons. However, very few defenders exist for Daniel and Wheelie, who filled the "younger robot and Tagalong Kid" slot previously filled by Spike and Bumblebee. Spike and Bumblebee are considered by a lot of fans to be how to do a Kid-Appeal Character right, with their understated roles, genuine competence, and charming eagerness. On the other hand, Daniel and Wheelie are considered to be how to do it wrong - Daniel, for being too young, constantly crying, and acting like an idiot, Wheelie, for his dorky design, constantly rhyming, and having the tracker/survivalist elements of his character constantly downplayed in favor of making him Robot Dennis the Menace. | |
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Nine years later, in 2004, Kasem took his second (and final) bow from the program (which had been Un-Canceled in 1998), to be replaced by the current host, American Idol's Ryan Seacrest. There was a lot less said about the changeover this time around, probably because Kasem retired instead of leaving over a contract dispute; still, many longtime fans still don't hold Seacrest (or the current iteration of the show, for that matter) in nearly as high a regard. | |
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Due to a syndicate merger, two rival shows focusing on classic Country Music were subject to this. Country Gold replaced longtime host Rowdy Yates with Alabama lead singer Randy Owen in mid-2012, while Rick Jackson's Country Hall of Fame was ended entirely due to the syndicate not wanting two similar shows. Under Owen's watch, Country Gold was cut from 5 hours to 4, and listener requests were voicemailed instead of taken live. Randy was criticized both for his sleepy delivery (a far cry from Rowdy's more boisterous tones) and for focusing the show more on ass-kissing stories about fellow artists instead of the historical tidbits that Rowdy offered. Once rights issues were settled, both Rowdy and Rick started new shows, The Original Country Gold and Rick Jackson's Country Classics respectively, both of which were identical to their predecessors. As a result, many affiliates who had been stuck with Randy Owen switched back to Rowdy and/or Rick once their new shows got off the ground. Randy's show struggled to find affiliates, to the point that many doubted that it was even airing anywhere, until a March 2016 announcement that Canadian country singer Terri Clark would take his place and the show would begin focusing more on 90's material. | |
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The official talking Princess Celestia doll is effectively a replacement scrappy for the actual character. Not only has Hasbro admitted that they made her pink instead of white because apparently pink ponies sell better to girls (and making it worse, there's a picture of the actual, white character on the toy's box art), but they replaced her TV show voice actress and her original wise personality with a bunch of vacuous, vain phrases spouted by another actor who sounds more like a Valley Girl than a princess. | |
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Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" | |
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Also parodied much earlier in "Succubus" when Chef quits his job as the school chef and is replaced with a skinny white Cloudcuckoolander named Mr. Derp, who has No Fourth Wall and believes that the viewers will love him as much as Chef. | |
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In 1998, Birdseye decided to retool their mascot Captain Birdseye, who is generally depicted as a clean living, older sailor with a white beard, dressed in merchant naval uniform and a white polo neck sweater and with a seafaring accent into a Younger and Hipper Action Hero version, who is depicted as a much younger, rugged, dark-haired man with designer stubble and a miniature submarine, who indulged in far more action-packed adventures accompanied by his pet pelican named Jess. Fans reacted unfavourable towards the new incarnation and the classic incarnation was brought back in 2002. | |
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Ronnie Anne was Ship Teased with Lincoln initially, but "L is for Love" showed him crushing on a girl named Paige, which sparked debate over whether Lincoln should be with Ronnie Anne or Paige (or neither). | |
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Unavoidably since Ripley is so beloved and iconic her expies in Prometheus and Alien: Covenant Shaw and Daniels respectively are regarded as this compared to her. In fairness both women were supposed harken back to Ripley’s portrayal in the first film where she was a vulnerable Final Girl who just managed to survive by the skin of her teeth, but Ripley’s badass status in the much loved second film made this a losing battle for the female protagonists who came after her. | |
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Ironically enough, the Excelsior would become one of the most popular starships in the ST fandom, both due to its unique design (at the time) and for being captained by Sulu (replacing the original captain Styles) in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. One supposes this was partly due to not becoming the Replacement Scrappy as everyone feared, instead establishing itself as its own "character" from the Enterprise. Almost burning out her engines to get to Enterprise in time to have her back, in the latter's final mission, against a cutting-edge prototype stealth warship probably didn't hurt either. | |
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Detective Yates gets this treatment for replacing the much funnier Officer Barbrady. Being an unmitigated Jerkass Idiot Houdini who's a Rabid Cop at best and a Killer Cop at worst doesn't help either. | |
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In 1989, Hershey's released its Christmas Bells commercial where the Hershey's Kisses, arranged in a Christmas tree, rang in bell tones to "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". It got an upgrade from stop-motion to CGI in 2012 while keeping the audio the same. Then in 2020, a new commercial was introduced where the Kisses start ringing normally until a little girl's hand swoops in and grabs one of them. The scene then changes to the girl baking cookies with her father set to an almost painfully "hip" remix of the song, with her putting the Kiss in one of them. Hershey's received immediate backlash, especially from people who noticed that the abducted Kiss was the same one that concluded the song. Within a month, Hershey's began to air the original commercial again, though they still aired the new commercial indiscriminately. This didn't stop both commercials from being used in the following years, however. In addition, another new commercial was released on December 2020 involving the song without the one red Kiss. As the song was nearing its end, however, the red Kiss enters from the right and gets into its position, allowing it to play the final note, which makes its fellow Kisses delighted that the red Kiss was back. | |
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First is Riri Williams aka Ironheart, who was considered this compared to the late Iron Man. Now in all fairness Tony Stark was always gonna be a Tough Act to Follow after an eleven movie saga and incredible Character Development, but poor Riri still got harsh flak for stepping into his shoes (even the Iron Man fans that didn’t mind Riri still wished Rhodey would take the mantle instead). This was also conflated by the fact the movie isn’t about her and she has a smaller role in it, so her Superhero Origin into becoming Ironheart feels squeezed in and doesn’t have the narrative weight that Tony’s did. This was not helped by the special effects and design of Riri’s Powered Armor not holding up as well as Tony’s. | |
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