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* In [[The DCU]], [[Animal Man]] is a combination of this and the [[Meta Guy]]; he realizes that he's a fictional character, at the whims of his writers. However, this awareness decreases and increases over time (naturally, due to the aforementioned whims).

* Charles Brigman from ''[[PS238]]'' has [http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php?date=2008-07-16 officially] [http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php?date=2008-07-30 become] a Cosmic Plaything.

** That [[Affirmative Action Legacy|Miles Morales]] doesn't inherit this (indeed is regularly subject to [[Character Shilling]] instead) is regularly held against him.

* [[Deadpool]] doesn't really mind being a Cosmic Plaything so much when its Death wanting to use him as a boytoy. He's not so happy when its Thanos making him immortal so that he wouldn't steal the Mad Titan's girlfriend.

== Tabletop Games ==

 

** The Lamenters chapter. The only Space Marine chapter formed during the so-called Cursed Founding to not display obvious mutations or other defects, they nevertheless suffered distrust and prejudice - to the extent that during their debut campaign protecting a world from the forces of Chaos, an allied chapter actually abandoned them, leaving the Lamenters to suffer 80% losses before being rescued by the [[Ultramarines (novel)|Ultramarines]] and [[White Scars]]. The surviving Lamenters were then lost in [[Hyperspace Is a Scary Place|the Warp]] and presumed dead for two thousand years. After rebuilding their strength, the Lamenters were redeployed to the other side of the galaxy as part of a brotherhood of chapters guarding another warp storm. Unfortunately one of their allied chapters went renegade and dragged the Lamenters onto the wrong side of a civil war, where the Lamenters once again suffered crippling casualties. After the revolt was put down, it was decided that the Lamenters had acted out of misguided honor, and were given the chance to atone through a century-long penitent crusade... right into the oncoming [[Horde of Alien Locusts|Hive Fleet Kraken]]. Their last report before further contact was lost mentioned that they were down to three heavily-wounded companies.

** Commissar [[Ciaphas Cain]] has repeatedly stated in his private memoirs that if the Emperor is truly watching over him, He has a twisted sense of humor.

== Webcomics ==

 

* ''[[8-Bit Theater]]'' has Black Mage. Some of the other [[Butt Monkey]]s have also noted their cursed lives of suck:

{{quote|'''Onion Kid''': "[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/01/29/episode-1088-misfire/ Guess I ran out of parents.]"}}

* K from ''[[Blip]]''. It's outright stated that, since [[Immune to Fate|Heaven can't foresee her actions]], they're "censoring" her to insure that she has as little impact as possible on the world.

** Worse still - the forces of Hell ''want'' her to stir things up and will always make sure that ''interesting things'' happen in her life which Heaven will have to squash down, ensuring that she gets her chain yanked ''her entire life''. She will never be allowed the benefit of dull boredom, always standing on the brink of hope and getting denied before achieving anything remotely fulfilling.

* In [[SSDD]] the [[Master Computer|Oracle]] ruins certain people's lives for fun. [[Space Marine|Tessa]] [[Action Girl|Edwards]] being a favorite.

* Bob from ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' is a ''proven'' weirdness magnet. He can attract monsters and such ''just by standing there.'' He has no idea why.

* The four main characters in ''[[South Park]]''. Cartman had been anal probed for starters, Kenny has been killed many times, and Stan and Kyle would sometimes get ridiculously short ends of the stick, especially Kyle for some reason.

** Episodes like "Cartmanland" and "HUMANCENTiPAD" seem to imply that Cartman is ''literally'' God's plaything, receiving what he loves and then having it taken away just to mess with him. ''Definitely'' a case of [[Call It Karma]], though--"Cartmanland" largely focused on the idea that a universe where Cartman actually got what he wanted would not be just.

* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'''s sister Candace. Her relentless quest to "bust" her brothers and prove their outlandish activities to their parents means she gets dragged through the wringer and usually gets within a whisker of succeeding, only to have it all snatched away at the last moment, leaving her looking crazy. Like [[Looney Tunes|Wil E. Coyote]], it's only her own obsession that keeps the pain coming, but it does seem that fate has it in for her: even if ''the entire universe'' has to expand to rob her of validation, it'll happen.

* In ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'', Egon once commented, "Sometimes I think the universe just waits for me to get cocky."

* Squidward from [[SpongeBob SquarePants]], it seems that the whole universe is out to make him miserable, whether it be his dreams being shattered like glass (no doubt by Spongebob and Patrick, or just being [[Yank the Dog's Chain|yanked away by pretty much anything]]), or just being hurt for no reason, it's little wonder that fans of the show have declared him [[The Woobie]].

* [[The Amazing World of Gumball|Gumball Watterson]] in the episode "The Curse" where he finds himself under a plague of bad luck for no explained reason.