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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:peanutsbuttmonkey.jpg\|link=Peanuts\|~~right~~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]]''}} Line 12: If the audience sympathizes with them, they become [[The Woobie]]. If, however, the character's suffering is [[Played for Laughs]] and the reason the audience loves them is ''because'' of all the crap they get put through, they're generally [[The Chew Toy]]. On the other hand, if the audience begins to resent the "unfair" treatment of the character, they can become the [[Designated Monkey]]. The joke can also be dragged too far in other ways - to make a character a Butt Monkey of fate is one thing; to have them constantly taking the punishment for the misdeeds of an unsympathetic cast is another. 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 Inin Badass\|Take a Level in Badass]], its almost invariably the [['''Butt Monkey]]''' who does it. In [[Yiddish as a Second Language\|Yiddish]], this character type is called a ''Schlimazel''. 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]].▼ {{examples\|Examples go in subpages:}}▼ 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]]. * [[Butt Monkey/Anime and Manga\|Anime and Manga]] * [[Butt Monkey/Comic Books\|Comic Books]] ▲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]]. * [[Butt Monkey/Fan Works\|Fan Works]] * [[Butt Monkey/Animated Films\|Animated Films]] * [[Butt Monkey/Live Action Films\|Live Action Films]] * [[Butt Monkey/Literature\|Literature]] * [[Butt Monkey/Live Action TV\|Live Action TV]] * [[Butt Monkey/Music\|Music]] * [[Butt Monkey/New Media\|New Media]] * [[Butt Monkey/Print Media\|Print Media]] * [[Butt Monkey/Pro Wrestling\|Pro Wrestling]] * [[Butt Monkey/Radio\|Radio]] * [[Butt Monkey/Religion\|Religion]] * [[Butt Monkey/Sports\|Sports]] * [[Butt Monkey/Tabletop Games\|Tabletop Games]] * [[Butt Monkey/Theatre\|Theatre]] * [[Butt Monkey/Video Games\|Video Games]] * [[Butt Monkey/Web Animation\|Web Animation]] * [[Butt Monkey/Web Comics\|Web Comics]] * [[Butt Monkey/Web Original\|Web Original]] * [[Butt Monkey/Western Animation\|Western Animation]] {{noreallife\|we'd be here all day. However, sports ''teams'' are [[Acceptable Targets]].}} ▲{{examples~~\|Examples~~ ~~go in~~on subpages:}} {{reflist}} [[Category:~~No Real Life Examples Please~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Tropes of Legend]] [[Category:Loser Archetype]] ~~[[Category:Turn of the Millennium]]~~ ~~[[Category:Useful Notes/Fighting Game]]~~ [[Category:Dead Herring]] ~~[[Category:Orphaned/Sandbox/Depressing Tropes]]~~ [[Category:Plot Magnet]] [[Category:Older Than Feudalism]] [[Category:~~Butt~~Depressing ~~Monkey~~Tropes]]