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*** Kageto practically defines this trope. He is so full of suck that he actually gets Yukino, the show's psychopathic Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, to pity him.

* Sunohara Youhei of ''[[Clannad]]''. Even his cute little sister treats him poorly.

'''Tomoyo''': [[Lampshade Hanging|You exist for that.]] }}

* Yamcha from [[Dragon Ball]] Z is one of the most extreme examples. He died from a single Saibaman. From then on Yamcha suffers permanent [[Can't Catch Up]], loses his girlfriend of 15 years to the biggest jerk(who was responsible for Yamcha's saibaman death) in their entire circle of acquaintances as the [[Plot Induced Stupidity|plot]] demanded another [[Kid From the Future|Saiyan baby]]., almost entirely stops training, and essentially pretty much all but gives up on life. At this point Yamcha, however, almost might as well cease to be. Except, that is, at the moment he does finally decide to do something helpful, he's the first to instantly suffer a near-fatal Dr. Gero salute through the chest. From this point on in the series, if he's ever shown, he's often commenting on the situation or lamenting about his life, having self-admitted later on to have completely given up ever trying to ever even spar again. Even his [[True Companions]] aren't really shown to be empathetic to him by this point in the series.

** Even in [[Dragon Ball]], Yamcha wasn't exactly lucky. He smashed crotchfirst onto his opponent's head once. [[Groin Attack|CROTCHFIRST]]. Which was made even worse by the fact that his opponent was a nerdy guy in glasses and a pocket protector ''possessed by God''. Hitting below the belt is usually against the rules in that particular tournament, but Kami was [[Obfuscating Stupidity|acting like it was an accident]] and he was a ''nerd in glasses'' at the freakin' World Martial Arts Tournament. The [[Combat Commentator|announcer]] let it slide.

* ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'': Poor Gilbert Nightray. Even the mangaka goes out of her way to abuse him for everyone's amusement.

* While Yokoshima Tadao from ''[[Ghost Sweeper Mikami]]'' can be said to deserve a fair amount of the abuse Mikami sends after him (we're talking [[Lovable Sex Maniac|lust incarnate here...]]), it seems that misfortune makes a concerted effort to seek him out, ''even when he's not being that lustful''.

** One will also wish Yanda got ''more'' crap than he already gets.

* A rare example of a villainous [[Butt Monkey]] who nonetheless remains an effective and dangerous villain: Spandam from the Enies Lobby arc of ''[[One Piece]]''. Constantly abused by his subordinates, his enemies, and his teammates, his suffering evokes not a bit of sympathy or pity from the audience. Probably because his [[Establishing Character Moment]] involves him merrily skipping over the [[Moral Event Horizon]], and he [[Kick the Dog|kicks dogs]] [[Evil Is Petty|at every possible opportunity.]] {{spoiler|Snapping his spine in two was letting him off too easy, if you ask me.}}

** And to a lesser extent, Yuuji

* The Producer in ''[[The Idolmaster (anime)|THE iDOLM@STER]]'', although watered down a little. It's even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in the final episode by the Futami Twins.

* [[Lupin III]] has Inspector Zenigata, especially in the second series. This comes from trying to explain why Lupin is never caught, despite all the chances he gets. He tends to switch between "incompetent [[Idiot Hero]]" and plain "[[Overshadowed by Awesome]]". Most of the post-2000 Lupin films have him learning Lupin's old tricks (showing him to be competent) and Lupin ''still'' making a fool out of him by being [[I Know You Know I Know|one more step ahead.]]

* Akari Akaza from ''[[Yuru-Yuri]]''. Poor girl.