Board 8 > Best of the Trope Day 28: Rescued from the Scrappy Heap

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Yesterday's Results:
Inspector Gadget - 4
Forrest Gump - 3
Andy Dwyer - 3
Elan - 3
Fighter - 3
Bill & Ted - 2
Ron Stoppable - 2
Charlie Kelly - 1
Marty Mikalski - 1
Shaun - 1
The Dude - 1
Isaac & Miria - 1
Kronk - 1
Mr. Satan - 1
Chauncey Gardener - 1
Winnie the Pooh - 1
Yu Narukami - 1
Jason Stackhouse - 1
Feste - 1
Meatwad - 1
The Sultan/Caliph - 1
Maxwell Smart - 1
Pinky - 1
Puck - 1

Vote for UP TO THREE CHARACTERS you think best embody the trope of the day (or just for your favorite characters that fit the trope). Feel free to change your vote, but if you do just specify who you're changing from and changing to. Try to include the source the character's from.

Feel free to nominate tropes for future days, preferably ones that have TV Tropes pages to make it easier. Day will end in 24 hours or so.

Full Results
Fat Best Friend - Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)
Creepy Child - Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family)
Genre Savvy - Abed Nadir (Community)
Wrong Genre Savvy - Don Quixote (Don Quixote)
Enemy Outside - Piccolo (Dragonball Z)
Ascended Extra - Harley Quinn (Batman)
Final Girl - Ellen Ripley (Aliens)
The Adjectival Man - The Illusive Man (Mass Effect)
Adaptational Hero - Bigby Wolf (The Wolf Among Us)
Adaptational Villain - The Monster (Frankenstein)
Superpowered Evil Side - Yami Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Mad Bomber - Norman Osbourne/Green Goblin (Spider-Man)
Regretful Traitor - Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender) / Boromir (Lord of the Rings)
Bare-Fisted Monk - Captain Falcon (Smash Bros.)
Sexy Priest - Kirei Kotomine (Fate series)
Butt Monkey - Jerry Gergich (Parks & Rec) / Luigi (Mario Bros.) / Toby Flenderson (The Office)
Eldritch Abomination - Cthuhlu (The Call of Cthuhlu) / Giygas (Earthbound)
Scapegoat - Sirius Black (Harry Potter)
Heavy - Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Gentle Giant - Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter) / John Coffey (The Green Mile) / Iron Giant (The Iron Giant)
Older Than They Look - Eli (Let the Right One In)
Messianic Archetype - Aslan (Chronicles of Narnia)
Invincible Hero - Saitama (One-Punch Man)
Your Size May Vary - Bowser (Mario Bros.)
Mad Artist - The Phantom (The Phantom of the Opera)
Gentleman Thief - Joker (Persona 5)
Brilliant but Lazy - Sans (Undertale)
Monster Clown - Pennywise the Dancing Clown (IT)
The Fool - Inspector Gadget (Inspector Gadget)

Nominations
The Fool
Monster Clown
Tomboy & Girly Girl
Ensemble Dark Horse
Iconic Sequel Character
Unexpected Character
Mix and Match Critters
Nerd
Big Bad
The Dragon
The Beserker
The Pint-Sized Powerhouse
Innocent Flower Girl
Heterosexual Life Partners
Broken Ace
The Rival
Beware the Nice Ones
Eyes always closed

Today's trope is the Rescued from the Scrappy Heap
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap

A hated character becoming a much less hated character. A reinterpretation of the character or idea, be it in the form of Character Development, a Retool, a Time Skip making the character mature a bit, or giving the actor acting lessons. In any event, they get fleshed out in a way that wins over bitter fans and breathes new life into the series.
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Matt Hardy (WWE)
Kurtis Stryker (Mortal Kombat)
Wendy (Gravity Falls)

HM
Quicksilver (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Franziska von Karma (Ace Attorney)
Skyler White (Breaking Bad)
Andy Dwyer (Parks & Rec)
Carl (The Walking Dead)
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Carnage (Marvel Comics)
Kyle Rayner (DC Comics)
Raiden (Metal Gear)

HMs:
Thea Queen (Arrow)
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Dwayne "Rocky Maivia" Johnson (Pro Wrestling)
Chloe O'Brian (24)
Wesley Wyndham-Price (Buffy & Angel)

Also, thanks to this trope, I just watched a ton of Dragonball Super with Copy Vegeta.
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@NFUN

it's finally happening!
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Dil Pickles (All Grown Up)
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up
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Luke fon Fabre (Tales of the Abyss)
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What is going on with nominations? It looks like there are some at the top that we've already done.
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Underleveled posted...

What is going on with nominations? It looks like there are some at the top that we've already done.

a super unreliable form recovery application
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Wesley Wyndam Pryce (Angel/Buffy)
Luke Fon Fabre (Tales of the Abyss)
Caroline Forbes (Vampire Diaries)
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Pacifica Northwest
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Matt Hardy (WWE)
Chloe O'Brian (24)
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up
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Daphne(Scooby-Doo)
Aquaman
Raiden (Metal Gear)
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Wesley (Buffy / Angel)

Went from an annoying, sniveling, buzzkill to an actual badass.
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change Wendy to Aquaman (DCEU & Injustice)
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Mat (Wheel of Time)
Donna Noble (Doctor Who)
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Raiden (Metal Gear)
Aquaman (DC)
Jar Jar (Darths and Droids)

Wesley Wyndam Pryce (Angel/Buffy)
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Johnbobb posted...

up

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Luke fon Fabre
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Sixth Doctor (Doctor Who)
Clara Oswald (Doctor Who)
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Wesley Wyndham-Price (Buffy & Angel)
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