Creators' Pet: Characters that TPTB like too much

[QuinnFillory]

Ever see characters that are just ok for the most part, but the movie, tv show and/or book they're in seems to love them so much that they just take it over? This is not new and it happens a lot.It also comes at the expense of other characters that need development. Here are some pages that explain what I mean: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.p...racterShilling, https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.p...eatorsFavorite, and https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CreatorsPet.

Some more examples include Rachel from Glee, and Betty Cooper from Riverdale

[Kirby101]

Urkel would be a top contender. I also have a problem with villains that never go away on Superhero shows, like Tobias on BL or Alice on Batwoman.

[PCN24454]

Urkel would be a top contender. I also have a problem with villains that never go away on Superhero shows, like Tobias on BL or Alice on Batwoman.

Oh god I hate that. Reverse Flash is another example. He's just not allowed to lose.

I also feel like Power Rangers is guilty of it with their villains. Almost none of the Zordon Era main antagonists were defeated by the Rangers, and spoilers:

Venjix and Sledge were shown to survive their seasons.

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[PCN24454]

Thanos, Doctor Doom and Kingpin also count as this.

Trunks is a heroic example of this.

[DrNewGod]

I have occasionally felt that Marvel has done this with Magneto, and DC with Darkseid.

Even tho Claremont wasn't Maggy's creator, I think it still fits because Claremont so thoroughly remade the character. I'll grant you, Claremont did some really magnificent work on turning a mustache-twirling cliche into a compelling character that you could buy as the hero of his own internal story. Then, he got popular and it got out of hand.

As for Darkseid, well, to be fair, I don't know if he really fits the role of creator's pet. Kirby had a dirt-nap planned for him from issue 1. However, seems like ever since the 1990s Timm-verse toons that DC has forgotten that they have several other equally compelling villains in old rock-face's power category, like Brainiac and Mongul.

[foxley]

I think you'd really struggle to find anyone who is a fan of Danny Chase whose first name isn't Marv and whose surname isn't Wolfman.

[foxley]

As for Darkseid, well, to be fair, I don't know if he really fits the role of creator's pet. Kirby had a dirt-nap planned for him from issue 1. However, seems like ever since the 1990s Timm-verse toons that DC has forgotten that they have several other equally compelling villains in old rock-face's power category, like Brainiac and Mongul.

But Mongul is just Starlin creating yet another carbon copy of Thanos, and Thanos was just Starlin's ripoff of Darkseid in the first place.