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* Tamaki from ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|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.

** And Shirley... Oh my gosh, Shirley... That poor girl ''cannot'' catch a break. Her butt monkeyness is both [[Played for Laughs]] ''and'' [[Played for Drama]].

* Kaidoh from ''[[The Prince of Tennis (Manga)|The Prince of Tennis]]'' can be counted as Seigaku's Butt Monkey in some [[Slice of Life]]-like anime chapters. Just see episode 22 [[Lampshade Hanging|named "Kaoru's Misfortune"]]: Can't finish his morning lap? Check. Is run over by his rival on a bike? Check. Is ''stepped on'' by another guy? Check. Is mistaken for a thief? Check...

** 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.

** In one of ''the other'' alternate universes ''Negiho (Ito) Bun'' otherwise known as ''Mahora Little Girls'', Konoka of all people takes this place for Asuna, usually saying or doing silly, childish things which annoy Asuna, who promptly reprimand her for it<ref>This could be a consequence of her proximity to a wacky girl like Asuna, and her scheming. Admittedly she brings some ([[Disproportionate Retribution|only some]]) of it on herself</ref>. Even her bodyguard Setsuna, due to her lack of experience can find herself inflicting this on the girl by accident (attempting to save her from minor incidents but making things much worse)<ref>Her track record includes a bop on the head, being scaffolded, tied to a RTS package, being [[Face Doodling|drawn-on]]/[[Tickle Torture|tickle tortured]]/forcibly dressed up all at once, dropped into a lake, having ruined cookies left over her desk and being sucked into a vacuum cleaner in the space of 4 chapters.</ref>

* Flute, from ''[[Violinist of Hameln]]'' (manga continuity only). Despite being the story's heroine, she's constantly bullied around by Hamel -- dressed in embarrassing costumes, forced to dance for change, ignored in favor of more attractive characters and even used as a weapon with some frequency. Luckily for her, when things get desperate or when Hamel gets ''too'' mean, she usually triumphs thanks to the Divine Cross of Retribution.

* ''[[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.

* [[Inuyasha]] himself has a bad habit of falling into butt-monkey territory, especially if it involves Kikyo. Any time he goes off to see Kikyo, his first love, and having trouble deciding between her and Kagome, everyone will treat him like he's been cheating on Kagome. Kagome herself does nothing to help this, often hitting him with a sit.

* The list of Butt Monkeys in ''[[Bobobo Bobobobo]]'' is quite long. Really, really long. More than anyone else, Jelly Jiggler is the main Butt Monkey, although Don Patch and Dengaku Man are great examples of this trope, too. Hell, even Bobobo is!

* Meiling from ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]''. She exists primarily to be the overactive idiot.

* Did I have to mention [[Catch Phrase|the genius]] [[Idiot Hero|Sakuragi Hanamichi]] from ''[[Slam Dunk]]''?? He even got a nickname "Red-headed monkey"!!

* Fate Testarossa-Harlaown of ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' gets this sometimes, being socially awkward and easily embarrassed into adulthood. She gets teasing from Signum about their new relationship (in which Fate is reluctantly Signum's superior officer in [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S (Anime)|StrikerS]]), is not told about a final mock battle between the captains and forwards that includes her or her daughter Vivio's ability to turn into her [[Older Alter Ego]] at will, and occasionally gets subject to loving teasing by Vivio, particularly in the "[[Has Two Mommies|2nd Mother's Day]]" one shot.

* Due to his status as [[The Comically Serious]] and as [[I Just Want to Be Normal|a chimera who desperately seeks a cure for his appearance]], [[I Work Alone|which often makes him try to ignore or belie his comrades]], [[Slayers|Zelgadis]] is this in multiple filler episodes. One memorable episode from the second season had him being used as an ''anchor'', nearly get killed twice by a [[Our Dragons Are Different|Lake Dragon]], and almost drown. In the latter scenario, he winds up getting [[Squick|CPR from the elderly (male) captain]] of the boat they were on instead of [[Genki Girl|Amelia]], whom he secretly hoped would do it...

* Bucky from ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]''.

* Zakuro from ''[[Saiyuki]]'' and sometimes Gojyo as well.