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* Chitose & her rival Yurika from ''[[Goldfish Warning]]''; every episode, several times an episode. It would be the whole premise of the show if Wapiko didn't share the spotlight.

* Nanako Shichigusa from ''Amazing Nurse Nanako''.

* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' Shinji Ikari is constantly bullied and ignored ([["Well Done, Son" Guy|even by his father]]), even though he ''saves the world.'' Multiple times. And in the more light-hearted [[Sitcom]] scenes in the first half of the series, guess who is the butt of every humiliating joke? Imagine [[Peanuts|Charlie Brown]] with a [[Humongous Mecha|giant robot]].

** To be fair, Misato Katsuragi has her [[Butt Monkey]] moments, too. Mainly when she's on the receiving end of Ristuko or Shinji's snarky remarks.

* Nearly the entire [[Four Is Death|Fourth Division]] (the Captain is the only one who is spared, because [[Beware the Nice Ones|the bullies are afraid of her]]) from ''[[Bleach]]'', especially Hanataro Yamada, are frequently looked down upon by the Eleventh Division and are given grunt duties because their specialty is healing, not fighting. P.S. [[Spike Spencer|Guess who he's voiced by?]]

*** Though {{spoiler|recent manga events, including his being the first to regain consciousness in Karakura Town, his ability to withstand Aizen's reiatsu without being paralyzed, AND his ability to just pick up someone's zanpakutou and apparently be able to use the thing may be pushing him towards [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] territory.}}

** Among the Espada, Yammy. In all his fights with the good guys, he has made a fool of himself. To be fair, the two first times he ended up fighting [[Magnificent Bastard|Urahara Kiskue]], and when Uryu attacked him he was prepared, but still.

{{quote|'''Tomoyo''': [[Straw Loser|You]] really ''are'' useful for gags.<br />

'''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.

** Episode 202 of [[Gintama]] lampshades Yamcha's miserable existence.

** To a lesser extent Krillin is one too. The man's died four times, he [[Can't Catch Up]] and his signature attack, likely the most deadly in the manga, just can't score a critical hit. However unlike Yamcha, Krillin continues to receive screentime, and plot importance, and he actually comes through with the occasional cool moment at several critical points.

** Actually both Krillin and Yamcha are in the same boat. The real [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours|cut off]] is between Krillin/Yamcha and Tien. Three years before the arrival of the Androids Piccolo lampshades that both Yamcha and Krillin [[Can't Catch Up]] and points out that [[This Loser Is You|acting cool wouldn't protect him from the Androids]].

** And in the [[Abridged Series]], Raditz is treated as a butt monkey for Vegeta and Nappa. They constantly mention how weak he is, and at one point, Nappa compares Krillin to Raditz, saying "He's like the Raditz of their group!" But eventually, Krillin shows he's stronger than Raditz, amusing Nappa.

* ''[[Eureka 7]]'' starts main lead Renton Thurston as a Butt Monkey, particularly in episode 7, where he's given a completely bogus and embarrassing mission as a joke. (Namely, find an informant in the sauna that wears a toupee and has a legendary animal tattoo while wearing a fake mustache and a helmet.) People thought [[Dude, Not Funny|the comedy died]] when Renton ''starts crying from happiness'' that they trusted him to complete his mission, and gives a ''2 minute speech'' about how much he wants to protect everyone, even if the world turns on him, how he needs to become better to save innocent people, etc. And then ''they laugh at him.'' And put an embarrassing picture on a popular magazine. While his girlfriend was present.

* Geraba, Fatman, and occasionally Blume from ''[[Xabungle]]''. Geraba usually does nothing to incite Horra's wrath other than question his orders, but he still gets the crap kicked out of him on a regular basis. Fatman is Elche's loyal bodyguard and mute, but he usually gets shoved aside in times of need and constantly suffers physical abuse without striking back or saying a word. Blume is a much less extreme example, but he still manages to take the occasional bullet or strike without necessarily deserving it, while most of the others remain unharmed.

* Han-Kyul from [[Need a Girl]], the guy is nice at heart, is seen as handsome by his classmates, then he became acquainted with a group of perverts, he himself did not change, but his repultation in the other hand. Now Han-Kyul is the Butt of all Punishments for his friends actions: peeping on girls and harassing them, even when he had nothing to do with with, or was outright trying to prevent it; there are some who even credits him as being the group's leader and greatest prevert, the guy's repultation went downhill from thyat point on.

* Tamaki from ''[[Code Geass]]''. He's not the butt of every joke, but he's disliked by the cast, and can't pilot a Knightmare to save his life, yet [[The Fool|never comes close to dying]].

** Jeremiah "Orange-kun" Gottwald started out as one: he starts with a few losses, once to Lelouch, loses face when Lelouch kills Clovis, loses even ''more'' face when Lelouch geasses him into aiding in an escape, gets betrayed, then nearly gets killed by Kallen. All of this resulted in [[Ensemble Darkhorse|an unexpected amount of viewer sympathy]], so the writers naturally {{spoiler|brought him back as a superpowered cyborg who winds up piloting the most powerful mech in the whole show.}} And then on top of that he [[Took a Level In Badass|Takes a Level in Badass]] in Season 2. Or several.

** As the story advances, his [[Big Brother Mentor]] Inui is the one who becomes a Butt Monkey. How many times the guy has been punished for trying to sneak out of something and/or has lost his pants? Specially in the OAV, where the punishments he suffers are ''even more'' embarrassing [[Crowning Moment of Funny|and funny]]

* Sakuya from ''[[Candy Boy]]'' gets treated as such, only for being in love with one of [[Twincest|a very close pair of twin sisters]].

** {{spoiler|In the end, it's implied that his final visit to Japan led Kirihito to dare to hope again.}}

* [[Weasel Mascot|Chamo]] of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' is a mild case; he's constantly abused (punched, stepped on, squashed, etc.) by everyone (mostly Asuna), although [[Panty Thief|he probably]] [[Dirty Old Man|deserves it.]] A more recent battle has an opponent [http://www.mangafox.com/page/manga/read/71/mahou_sensei_negima/chapter.64515/page.16/ impale him on her horn], where he hangs for a while. He's [[Amusing Injuries|perfectly fine afterward, of course.]]

** Also, Chisame seems to be the person most likely to get put into humiliating situations; she's always the first to get caught by Nitta for breaking school rules and seems to always suffer her portion of [[Clothing Damage]] in front of the whole class or on stage at a cosplay contest. Not to mention that incident with the [[Clothing Damage|clothes eating]] [[Naughty Tentacles|octopus...]]

** In the alternate universe series ''Negima!?'', Makie is given the role of the Butt Monkey, especially when it comes to the [[Super Sentai|Baka Rangers]] segments that appear at the end of a number of episodes.

* Keiichi from ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' seems to be a Butt Monkey sometimes. Though it may be due to [[Hot-Blooded|his]] [[Accidental Pervert|behavior]]. It may also have to do with the club's general creativity with their punishment games.

* ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]'' has arguably a cast of them as there is probably none who doesn't get at least a [[Kick the Dog]] moment. Though the most suffering is probably Katou Yue, who is not only a drug addict in real life because his father hates him. He gets killed no less than four times throughout the series.

* Dallas Genoard from ''[[Baccano!]]!'' seems to exist for the sole purpose of getting smacked around by every other character he comes in contact with in increasingly painful and embarrassing ways, starting with Firo effortlessly handing him his ass and ending with {{spoiler|the Gandor brothers dumping him off to be [[And I Must Scream|perpetually]] [[Cement Shoes|drowned]] at the bottom of the Hudson River}}. Though, given that he tends to be a [[Jerkass|grade-A asshole]] most of the time, it's hard to feel sorry for him.

* Matsuda of ''[[Death Note]]''. Everyone on the investigative team doesn't hesitate to point out what an idiot he is. L especially treats him like crap. Of course, he does get his hero moments, particularly at the end.

** Not to mention when he was kidnapped, they kept talking about his belt, never him. And at one point, L says that Matsuda's death would prove the kidnappers to be the second Kira, and so, they should just wait to see how it plays out. Unlike all the other times L gets yelled at for being so casual about human life, no one yells. Even though, y'know, Matsuda, for all his faults, has repeatedly proven his bravery (despite several chances to honourably walk away, he risks his life every day trying to find and capture a supernatural serial killer) and ''is one of their own''. What The Hello Heroes.

* Rito of ''[[To Love Ru]]''. [[Unlucky Everydude|Poor guy.]]

** Kotegawa too.

* Shungo of ''[[Goshuushou Sama Ninomiya Kun]]''.

* Officer Kuhou of ''[[Franken Fran]]''. A perfectly normal cop who managed to be a recurring character in a horror comedy manga. Poor girl had to be temporarily committed to the hospital for psychological analysis after witnessing [[Body Horror]], then later subjected to [[Cloning Blues]] by Fran. Each chance meeting with Fran after the first one has her going in sheer hysterics thanks to all her past experiences with her.

* All the Dinoforce in ''[[Transformers Victory]]'' suffer considerable humiliation, but Kakuryu takes the cake. It's a rare episode where he isn't embarrassed or hurt at least twice.

* ''[[Angel Densetsu]]'''s Kuroda ''seems'' one, but his [[Idiot Ball]] propels too much of the plot to count. Ogisu on the other hand...

* Mousse and Kuno, from ''[[Ranma ½]]'', are always knocked around or be played as the fool for laughs. Yes, Kuno is an idiot and sometimes that idiocy is the cause of it, but it doesn't mean that he deserves it.

* Aoki of ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'' gets no respect. He's Takamura's number 1 target of bullying (which means you [[Jerkass|won't live a good life]]) and he's the worst boxer of the gym. He is however, the only character in the story who has a girlfriend.

* ''[[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''.

* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Jun Aoi]] gets this status in ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]''. Between (multiple!) failed attempts at [[Heroic Sacrifice|trying to protect the Nadesico]], getting eternally friend zoned by his romantic target, being the only male member [[Bridge Bunny]] in the ship, and getting almost no screen time (which may be because the writers themselves forgot about him at some point), it's a wonder he hasn't broken down yet. At the same time, he [[Took a Level In Badass|became a ship captain with a promising future]] in [[The Movie]], so maybe the weirdness around him just screws him up.

* Ignoring the fact that all of [[Keroro Gunsou]]'s invasion plans never work, he is constantly put through tons of abuse, usually from Natsume, even when he [[Disproportionate Retribution|doesn't actually deserve it]].

* Not played for laughs at all with the protagonist of ''[[Life (manga)|Life]]''; nothing can seem to go her way. Ayumu's middle school best friend broke ties with her after she got into the high school she was aiming for instead of her and Ayumu started cutting herself due to that. Her first friend in high school, Manami, turned out to be a manipulative bitch. Manami's boyfriend [[Mind Rape]]'s Ayumu and sexually abuses her, she's the target of bullies due to them thinking she tried to take Manami's boyfriend, her mother doesn't trust her, and that's not even half of her problems.

* Sasazuka from ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]''. His teachers love to pick on him, and force him to [[Standing in the Hall|stand in the hall]] at the slightest provocation, even before he's even said anything.

* Anyone who has blue hair in ''[[Carnival Phantasm]]'' is a butt monkey but Lancer takes the prize followed by Shinji and then Ciel.

** 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.

 

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