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{{trope}}
[[File:peanutsbuttmonkey.jpg|link=Peanuts|thumb|350px|Rinse and repeat ''ad nauseam''.]]
{{quote|''You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's [[Trope Namer|butt-monkey]]!''|'''Xander Harris''', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''}}
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If a female '''Butt Monkey''' is regularly used for slapstick and it is [[Played for Laughs]] she is probably also a case of [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]. If every conceivable misfortune happens to the Butt Monkey, regardless of its logic or lack thereof, you've got yourself a [[Cosmic Plaything]].
If someone is [[Giving the Sword to A Noob]], nine times out of ten this person is the noob. On the other hand, if someone in the cast other than [[The Hero]] is going to [[Took a Level
In [[Yiddish as a Second Language|Yiddish]], this character type is called a ''
If a Butt Monkey gets [[Cosmic Plaything|pushed]] [[Break the Cutie|too]] [[Despair Event Horizon|far]], [[Rage Breaking Point|until]] (s)he [[Freak Out|snaps]] and goes on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], that's an example of a [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]].
See also: [[Bumbling Sidekick]], [[The Unfavourite]], [[Guilt by Association Gag]], [[Humiliation Conga]], [[Iron Butt Monkey]]. Is nearly always on the receiving end of [[Comedic Sociopathy]].▼
▲See also: [[Bumbling Sidekick]], [[The Unfavourite]], [[Guilt by Association Gag]], [[Humiliation Conga]], [[Iron Butt Monkey]]. Is nearly always on the receiving end of [[Comedic Sociopathy]].
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{{noreallife|we'd be here all day. However, sports ''teams'' are [[Acceptable Targets]].}}
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[[Category:Tropes of Legend]]
[[Category:Loser Archetype]]
[[Category:Dead Herring]]
[[Category:Plot Magnet]]
[[Category:Older Than Feudalism]]
▲[[Category:Butt Monkey]]
[[Category:Depressing Tropes]]
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