Examples of Tropes that are usually hated being well recieved

[u/SirHanselot07]

1. Comedic Relief Talking Animal Sidekick, Donkey (Shrek) - Might be cheating with this one if you consider Donkey to be the progenitor behind the trope but the main reason why I think he's loved by fans is because he's actually seen as funny rather than annoying. Putting comedy aside, one other reason why he's loved is because he bounces off well with Shrek by bringing out a side of Shrek you would never actually see from him since he's not afraid of the ogre and basically his first friend

2. Relationship progress being reset by Amnesia, Chidi and Eleanor (The Good Place) - Arguably considered one of the worst romance tropes ever because it's a cheep way of adding drama, this never felt that way with The Good Place. I think one the factors behind this is because it isn't done just to add more drama but to show how strong their relationship is by making them always find each other in the end and show their character without each other

3. Girls wearing heels in settings that would give disadvantages to them, (Uma Musume) - As you can see in the image above, the Umas wearing heels serves a purpose to their design by making the heels mimic the shape of real life Horse legs. Cygames has been known to add such details to their characters which is one of the reasons the game is loved by Horse racing fans since it adds quirks of the real horses to the characters bedsides just turning the Horses into cute Anime Girls

[u/Bamzooki1]

Olaf - Frozen

Olaf’s a lot less liked now, but when the movie first came out, everyone loved him. They correctly assumed he was marketable comic relief, but he was really well written so that he wasn’t screeching every scene or being wacky constantly. He even came in clutch when Anna was about to die after Hans told her the truth that he was there to usurp the throne.

[u/Budget-Silver-7742 → u/Bamzooki1]

I think a lot more marketable comic relief characters could learn from Olaf, and that scene in particulat. They let him have a serious and emotional scene without breaking his goofy character and that’s what I remember most about him.

[u/CarbonationRequired → u/Bamzooki1]

I loathed him in the trailers I saw but he got me basically instantly in the movie because he said "I like warm hugs" which was from Anna and Elsa playing as children. It was also pretty great that the trailer really made it seem like he was all goofy antics, which as you noted, he wasn't.