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Basic Trope: A character that villains target significantly more than anyone else

Straight: Cherry finds herself being targeted by the Monster of the Week more so than any other member of her Five-Man Band.
Exaggerated: Cherry is literally the only person the Monster of the Week ever goes after.
Justified:
- Cherry is considered to be the biggest threat out of all the main protagonists, and thus getting rid of her would be more worthwhile.
- Cherry is The Heart of the group, and the villains believe that, without her, the Five-Man Band will fall apart.
Inverted: Cherry is never targeted by the Monster of the Week, in contrast to everyone else in the Five-Man Band.
Subverted: Cherry appears to be frequently kidnapped by the Big Bad, but it turns out that this is so they can meet in private and carry out their passionate love affair
Double Subverted: It turns out that Cherry was being brainwashed into this affair, and thus the Big Bad is effectively raping her.
Parodied: The villains form a "We All Hate Cherry" alliance, and explicitly ignore everyone else in their attempts to capture her.
Deconstructed: Cherry is so sick of being targeted all the time that she grows tired of being good and does a Face Heel Turn.
Reconstructed: Even after her Face Heel Turn she's targeted just as much as ever, so she decides to return to being good once again.
Zig Zagged: Cherry's Designated Victim status varies drastically at the writer's whim.
Averted: Cherry is targeted more or less the same amount as everyone else.
Enforced: ???
Lampshaded: "Why do they always go after me?"
Invoked: Cherry is always going out of her way to get captured by the Monster of the Week, either to protect the others, or to provoke the heroes into action.
Defied: Cherry takes self defense classes, and suddenly, the villains don't want to approach her anymore.
Discussed: ???
Conversed: ???

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 '''Basic Trope''': A character that villains target significantly more than anyone else
-* '''Straight''': [[Designated Victim|Cherry]] finds herself being targeted by the [[Monster of the Week]] more so than any other member of her [[Five Man Band]].
+* '''Straight''': [[Designated Victim|Cherry]] finds herself being targeted by the [[Monster of the Week]] more so than any other member of her [[Five-Man Band]].
 * '''Exaggerated''': Cherry is literally the ''only'' person the [[Monster of the Week]] ever goes after.
 * '''Justified''':
 ** Cherry is considered to be the biggest threat out of all the main protagonists, and thus getting rid of her would be more worthwhile.
-** Cherry is [[The Heart]] of the group, and the villains believe that, without her, the [[Five Man Band]] will fall apart.
+** Cherry is [[The Heart]] of the group, and the villains believe that, without her, the [[Five-Man Band]] will fall apart.
-* '''Inverted''': Cherry is never targeted by the [[Monster of the Week]], in contrast to everyone else in the [[Five Man Band]].
+* '''Inverted''': Cherry is never targeted by the [[Monster of the Week]], in contrast to everyone else in the [[Five-Man Band]].
 * '''Subverted''': Cherry appears to be frequently kidnapped by the [[Big Bad]], but it turns out that this is so they can meet in private and carry out [[Foe Yay|their passionate love affair]]
 * '''Double Subverted''': It turns out that Cherry was being brainwashed into this affair, and thus the [[Big Bad]] is effectively [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|raping her]].