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** Something interesting about ''[[Family Guy]]'', though, is that the writers actually seem to care what the [[Vocal Minority]] thinks. At the peak of the fan base's frustration over Meg's [[Comedic Sociopathy]] treatment, they [[Throw the Dog a Bone|Threw The Dog A Bone]] with [[A Day in the Limelight|"Dial Meg for Murder"]], a definite [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. When we were facepalming over Brian's [[Author Filibuster]] [[Only Sane Man]] treatment as seen in ''Not All Dogs Go To Heaven'' and ''I Dream of Jesus'', Quagmire (of all people) put Brian in his place in ''Jerome is the New Black'', delivering an epic [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] about how greedy, narcissistic, hypocritical, shallow, selfish, and boring Brian is/has become. Both episodes are [[Pandering to the Base]] done right.
** And then, afterwards, fans began to complain that Brian's own [[Butt Monkey]] treatment was taken too far instead.
*** It should be noted that Quagmire's [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] was the only time he has antagonized Brian for [[Take That Scrappy|valid, stated reasons]], rather than something formed from [[Kafka Komedy]] or [[Comedic Sociopathy]] (eg. his disturbingly graphic [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] for accidentally sleeping with his male-to-female transsexual father). Brain's treatment from the other characters is on similar grounds, especially since, even with his own flaws considered, they are far more [[Jerkass|callous characters]] than he is ([[Karma Houdini|and get away with it]] [[Jerk Sue|much more in addition]]). Similar to Meg's [[Butt Monkey]] treatment, after being considered a boring character, writers can't seem to make a character sympathetic without [[Took a Level
*** However, in the recent season 9 episodes, Brian pretty much [[Took a Level
* Tommy Pickles from [[All Grown Up]] becomes this in his preteen years, whenever his friends make him the scapegoat of their fury, whenever they're in a tight situation. This is done episodes like "Truth or Consequences", "Dude, Where's My Horse?", "All Broke Up", and "Brothers Grimm"
** In "All Broke Up", Tommy especially gets the bitter end of this where not only are his friends mad at him for lying to them, but when both Rachel (his girlfriend who had just moved away) and Anita (a girl who Tommy met a few days ago) shows at the same time, both of them reject Tommy, publicly humiliating him in front of everyone and breaking his heart.
* Henry of ''[[Ka Blam!|Ka Blam]]!'' fits this trope to a T. He's often getting hurt for no apparent reason, though only two people in the show seem to care about him (his over-doting mom and his best friend/secret admirer June on some occasions).
* [[Meaningful Name|Mr. Bump]] from ''The [[Mr. Men]] Show'' is pretty much this.
* Plankton from ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' is becoming one of these, largely due to his increasingly pitiful malice and his adversary Mr. Krabs [[Took a Level
** He and Squidward both, ever since [[The Movie]]. At first they were [[Jerkass|Jerkasses]] that often [[Laser-Guided Karma|brought their bad luck on themselves]], now it seems that [[Comedic Sociopathy|the world is genuinely out to get them]].
* Pete in ''[[Goof Troop]]''. His character has always been a villiain or an antagonist, but the more "mundane" setting of the show means that he's more of a petty [[Jerkass]] than truly evil, which makes the usually over-the-top abuse he receives seem a little out of proportion a lot of the time. And then there are the times when he ''[[Chew Toy|didn't do anything]]''.
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