Butt Monkey/Western Animation: Difference between revisions

** To be fair, a lot of what Timon goes through is karmic retribution for some recent act of Jerkassery, usually by being overly rude, selfish, or proud. When using his powers for good such as {{spoiler|dressing in drag and doing the hula to distract hungry, bi-curious hyenas}}, he's untouchable.

*** Zazu was the original Buttmonkey for [[The Lion King]] such as almost being eaten by Scar, being pounced on and having his tail bitten by Simba, being swatted away by an elephant after he blew his nose on the elephant's ear, being stepped on by ostriches, being shoved up a rhino's ass, being pooped on by zebras, having a crowd of animals trample him, having monkeys touch him, being forced to go into his [[Primal Fear|childhood horror, the Birdie Boiler]], being swatted by Scar into passing out and being locked up in a cage! See when Disney means when he adds the comic relief!?!?!?!

* Greasepit from ''[[Biker Mice From Mars]]''.

* Mr. Luntz in ''[[Veggie Tales]]''. He is often cast as the villain's sidekick, and occasionally as an incompetent villain himself. When cast in a positive role, Mr. Luntz is infallibly the Butt Monkey. On at least two occasions he cross-dresses, once portrayed Gollum (Middle-Earth's butt monkey), and once lamented the fact that his entire life only included one half hour of happiness. The only story in which Mr. Luntz has ''not'' been the Butt Monkey was in the Don Quixote story.

* The script writers for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' never seem to run out of new afflictions to plague Milhouse with. Perhaps the greatest insult to Milhouse comes from behind the scenes. In the movie's DVD commentary, the writers stated that originally Milhouse was going to be portrayed as "finally getting a break" with Lisa, even [[Took a Level in Badass|getting to the point]] where he would help save Lisa and the rest from the angry mob and generally being all around useful in the second half. However, due to fear that Milhouse' long, long-time infatuation with Lisa would go over viewers' heads... this story was toned down and Milhouse was replaced with [[Marty Stu|Colin]]... now making the subplot seem tacked on. It just really isn't ever coming up for poor Milhouse, is it?

** No, the worst insult to Milhouse is in a [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] episode where Lisa is getting married, and discusses her wedding plans with Marge:

** Lisa might enter this trope soon. Her family is a bunch of idiots, she gets insulted for her gifted status, she is a loner and an outcast, and in an episode where Lisa finds out one of her ancestors helped a black slave become free, she tries to use that. However, Milhouse, who had loved Lisa, and married her in the future(if the latest episode on the future counted) said that her ancestor didn't do that, called the story a fairy tale and a fake, and basically betrayed her. The only redeeming part is that it wasn't her ancestor Eliza, but Mabel who freed the slave and coincidentally helped make the Simpson family 1/64th black.

** Speaking of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', need we mention Hans Moleman?