What Are The Worst Character Designs You Have Ever Seen?

I've seen this character pop up a lot, but I don't know anything about her. What exactly is her appeal, aside from the two obvious reasons? I'm not a fan of the short hair or the fang, and her eyes creep me out.
Those 2 are the only reasons really, coomers have godawful taste and will masturbate to literally anything with big boobs slapped on.
 
Zun is there to remind us that a bad artstyle or low-quality art does not translate into a bad design.

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The games are fun as hell, please play them if you haven't already. This franchise though largely lives off of the strength of its character design. They're distinct and likable, it shines through the otherwise amateurish art.
 
Angela Anaconda


So they use black and white photographs of people's faces on top of bodies for their character designs and it looks horrible. I'll take CalArts any day of the week over this.

I think it came on ABC family back in the day. I don't remember too much about it. It is about this bland girl and her school drama. There was an annoying rich French girl that the teacher fawned over all the time.
 
Angela Anaconda


So they use black and white photographs of people's faces on top of bodies for their character designs and it looks horrible. I'll take CalArts any day of the week over this.

I think it came on ABC family back in the day. I don't remember too much about it. It is about this bland girl and her school drama. There was an annoying rich French girl that the teacher fawned over all the time.
Don't forget about this abomination
 
There was a Batman show in the mid-2000s called "The Batman". This show had the misfortune of coming after the critically acclaimed animated series from the 90s, and had massive shoes to fill. It never really stood a chance. While the show had its moments, it's often just seen as a poor man's TAS. One of the most infamous things about the show were the character redesigns, most of which were fucking ugly. The Joker's design is probably the most well known, just because of how weird it is. However, the Riddler is probably the worst offender, he looks like an anorexic goth. Joker at least had the excuse of being in a very action oriented show, so him being a weird monkey/jester/demon thing at least makes sense, but I have no idea who approved of the Riddler design.
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However, the Riddler is probably the worst offender, he looks like an anorexic goth. Joker at least had the excuse of being in a very action oriented show, so him being a weird monkey/jester/demon thing at least makes sense, but I have no idea who approved of the Riddler design.
Nah. I'll take that Riddler over the Live-action Jim Carry design. That Riddler is fucking ugly and stupid as hell.

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There was a Batman show in the mid-2000s called "The Batman". This show had the misfortune of coming after the critically acclaimed animated series from the 90s, and had massive shoes to fill. It never really stood a chance. While the show had its moments, it's often just seen as a poor man's TAS. One of the most infamous things about the show were the character redesigns, most of which were fucking ugly. The Joker's design is probably the most well known, just because of how weird it is. However, the Riddler is probably the worst offender, he looks like an anorexic goth. Joker at least had the excuse of being in a very action oriented show, so him being a weird monkey/jester/demon thing at least makes sense, but I have no idea who approved of the Riddler design.
That Riddler gets some cool points cause he was voiced by Robert Englund
 
There is a reason they almost never have him fight with the hood on.
And yes I understand the reason it looks this way, still doesn't mean it's good.
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To be fair the design is bad on purpose to serve the story due to Midoriya obsessive reverence towards All Might, it is even mentioned in-world how obvious and on-the-nose the inspiration for the design is the way it is. The "smile" accessory design was abandoned nearly overnight as to further highlight how much it was a visual joke.
 
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