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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.
* Boss from ''[[
* Nanako Shichigusa from ''Amazing Nurse Nanako''.
* In ''[[
** That gimmick was still pretty funny for a while... until it turned into all kinds of horrifying and disturbing, though [[Black Comedy|some people say it was still funny, even then.]]
** 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.
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* Every diclonius and even some humans suffer extreme Butt Monkey effects on the anime ''[[Elfen Lied]]''.
** But nobody does it better than our Nana, though Manga-version Yuka is competitive, often placing herself in ecchi situations, to the point she even stops hitting Kouta for them. Even a primal Tsundere can hit this point, it seems.
* The title character of the anime ''[[
* Taniguchi (to a minor extent) in ''[[
** Then there's [[Ridiculously Average Guy|Kyon]], who is surrounded by various supernatural events every day, and [[I Just Want to Be Normal|just wants to be left alone]]. Oh, and if he starts dating anyone, [[The End of the World
* Taniguchi's voice actor Shiraishi "Sebastian" Minoru in ''[[
** Don't forget Tsukasa from the main part of the show.
* Yoki from the original manga version of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' is fired soon after he appears after Ed tricked him into selling the coal mines he was in charge of. After he sells out the Ishvalans, they force him to become Scar's slave, he gets attacked by a midget panda, and everyone thinks he's worthless (he is). Envy soon learns that he can't even use him as a hostage as the rest of the cast just say their goodbyes to him (they were bluffing). Of course he totally deserves it as he's an [[Jerkass|obnoxious loser]].
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** Don't forget Kageto, who is ignored by everyone in the series, despite keeping the store going while everyone jaunts off to the next [[Tournament Arc]].
*** 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 ''[[
{{quote| '''Tomoyo''': [[Straw Loser|You]] really ''are'' useful for gags.<br />
'''Tomoyo''': [[Lampshade Hanging|You exist for that.]] }}
** He gets redeemed a bit in the ''~After Story~'' when his little sister worried about his future -- only to be smacked down hard in the following episodes. Literally.
* Yamcha from [[
** Even in [[
** Episode 202 of [[
** 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.
** Hell, [[The Abridged Series]] even has the ''Krillin Owned Count'' (a running gag where anytime Krillin is beaten up, disrespected <ref> in episode 2, Master Roshi told him to shut up after Krillin blamed him for letting Piccolo escape with Gohan</ref>, or acts like a loser <ref>[in episode 13 from season 2, Krillin gets owned after failing to come up with a witty one-liner</ref>], a little counter appears featuring a silhouette of Krillin with a Band-Aid on his head and the words: "Krillin Owned Count" followed by the number of times he's been owned. As of this writing, Krillin has been owned 26 times -- the most recent one being Krilling snapping his own neck while trying to be cool like Piccolo. Also, in the first episode, Goku compares Radditz's power level as stronger than "Krillin's losing streak" (to which Krillin replies: "You know, you guys are the reason I go to therapy").
** 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 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.
*** It's just as true even in the series proper. The only reason this is played up in the Abridged is based on the actual treatment of the real character from then on. That is to say, Raditz may as well have never existed. Despite being related, Goku never spares so much as a thought about him until the end of forever. Vegeta dismisses him from memory outright (albiet the same happens with Nappa, at least Vegeta and Nappa share scenes together.) And worst (and most telling) of all, Raditz disapears from even the AFTERLIFE, never to so much as be heard from again.
** Raditz is shown as one of the villains escaping Hell in GT. Although, it's a very tiny cameo, he was still actually there.
* Keiichi from ''[[Ah!
** On the other hand, he gets better digs (the temple), a job he likes (Whirlwind), a woman's love (Belldandy), and probably a life more interesting and enjoyable than he would have otherwise had. Not an easy one, but worth it perhaps?
*** Now, if only he could just [[Cannot Spit It Out|spit it out]] already...
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* ''[[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.
* Natsuki in both ''[[
* Han-Kyul from [[
* Jonathan Joestar from ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure
* The ''[[Claymore|Claymores]]'' in the series titled after them are infused with the blood of Yoma, the monsters they are trained to fight and will eventually become them if they exert themselves too much; plus, if they start asking too many questions, the organization will send them on suicide missions to shut them up. The main character, Clare, generally has it the worst, since she started out as a human who was a companion to the most powerful Claymore, only to have her killed before her eyes. Her body is then used to turn Clare into a Claymore herself, except since she's only a quarter Yoma, she's the lowest ranked Claymore and everyone looks down on her.
* Tamaki from ''[[
** 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.
** What about the main character? Lelouch "One the universe hates" vi Brittania? Everything Lelouch does just gets messed up, even if it's all treated deadly seriously. Save his best friend? Short-term, friend gets court-martialled for insubordination, long-term {{spoiler|Tokyo gets wiped out because of the Geass command he uses to do it.}} Everything eventually comes back to bite him in the ass. The only one that actually goes off without a hitch or a [[Butterfly of Doom]] chain of cause-and-effect is the plan where {{spoiler|he [[Zero-Approval Gambit|makes everyone hate him]], then ''[[Thanatos Gambit|dies]]''.}}
** 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 ''[[
** 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]].
* The title character in ''[[Ode to Kirihito]]'', pretty much from the minute he leaves the hospital. He is inevitably exposed to disease, human cruelty, murder, rape, imprisonment, pretty much everything possible that would destroy a person's faith in mankind. {{spoiler|He doesn't even know about what his best friend is capable of as his mental fortitude disintegrates in Kirihito's absence}}. Here it's played for drama -- Kirihito is a good person at heart, but hardens considerably as a result of his experiences.
** {{spoiler|In the end, it's implied that his final visit to Japan led Kirihito to dare to hope again.}}
* [[Weasel Mascot|Chamo]] of ''[[
** 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...]]
** [[Ax Crazy|Secundum]] seems to have a habit of being [[Megaton Punch|Megaton Punched]] [[Punched Across the Room|Across The Room]] in a very undignified way. So far it happened three times (by Nagi, Takamichi and Rakan) in seven chapters.
** 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>
* Keiichi from ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* 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.
* Dallas Genoard from ''[[
* Pedro from the ''[[Excel Saga (
* Patrick Colasaur and Saji Crossroads from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' have had ''[[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|very]]'' [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|embarrassing]] and ''[[Break the Cutie|very]] [[Break the Cutie|soul-crippling]]'' things done onto them, respectively. Patrick bounces back effortlessly every time; Saji [[Earn Your Happy Ending|has to work at it]].
* Mullin Shetland from ''[[Last Exile]]'' becomes the series' Butt Monkey when he joins the Silvana crew as a mechanic. Basically, he sucks at it, no-one bothers teaching him anything and every woman he falls for rejects him. A former rifleman who survived 19 battles (where riflemen have a 33% survival rate) he's remarkably [[Badass]] at other times of the series- after leaving the crew he ends up single-handedly saving the Anatoray flagship with his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] {{spoiler|(he gets better)}}.
* ''[[Hayate X Blade]]'': Tatewaki does not get any respect whatsoever. Even her profile page consists of a single phrase: "Whatever, really." ''OUCH''.
* Hanai of ''[[School Rumble]]'' is usually the first target for pranks. In fact, when he tried to play the recorder to remind Mikoto of when they were kids, Mikoto laughed at how bad he was and had forgotten completely.
* Matsuda of ''[[
** 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.
*** They didn't call L out on it because he didn't ''say'' they should allow Matsuda to die; he suggested a wait-and-see course of action ''right'' after dispassionately noting that his death would prove Kira's identity. There's an obvious connection to be drawn, but it'd been pointed out before that L's willingness to see the upside of an otherwise grisly scenario didn't necessarily mean he was advocating it. They didn't know what to make of it, but they didn't see an alternative either, so they gave L the benefit of the doubt -- and for what it's worth, he ''did'' launch a rescue mission.
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*** Zastin gets it even worse. Especially in the Anime.
*** Motemitsu essentially exists solely to show up at random times, fail horribly at whatever it is he's doing, and have [[Phrase Catcher|everyone around comment on how they expected it.]]
* Partially, Dante in the ''[[
* Shungo of ''[[Goshuushou
* 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.
* Nami from ''[[Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo]]'' gets this treatment from her sisters--with [[Face Heel Turn|rather nasty consequences]].
* 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.
* ''[[
* ''[[Medabots]]'' gives us Iwanoi (or "Spike" in the dub); while he first enters the series as part of the gang of delinquents and bullies that make the main protagonist's life a misery, he is soon revealed to be a fairly good soul who is more or less bullied into being part of the gang, gets kicked out of it in one episode, and who is so terrible at meda-fighting that he is ranked among the worst players in the '''world'''. And the latter isn't just because he's lacking in skill, no, the problem is as much because of his Medabot, the only real friend he has. The Cyandog model of Medabot is a Dog Type Shooting Model, designed to attack from a distance with built-in guns, as is the Crosserdog model he eventually upgrades to. But his Medabot's Medal is a Monkey Type Medal- even without the reference to Japanese mythology of dogs and monkeys being enemies, the Monkey Type Medal is intended for ''melee'' models of Medabots, mainly wrestlers. Needless to say, it's no wonder that his Medabot can't fight.
* The blue ogre from ''[[
* Kenichi of ''[[Kenichi:
* Mousse and Kuno, from ''[[Ranma One Half|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.
* Carrot in ''[[Sorcerer Hunters]]'' is the ultimate Butt Monkey -- for basically everyone.
* ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'': Poor Gilbert Nightray. Even the mangaka goes out of her way to abuse him for everyone's amusement.
* While Yokoshima Tadao from ''[[
* When reading ''~Yotsuba&!~'', one will think "Poor Fuuka!" at least once every few pages.
** 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 ''[[
*** Well, it's lucky then that during [[CP 9]]'s cover story, {{spoiler|Spandam decides to frame [[CP 9]] for the disaster at Enies Lobby. This backfires spectacularly when the Marine force sent to capture [[CP 9]] are brutally curbstomped, and now Spandam has six of the most dangerous assassins in the world out for his head. Nice work idiot.}}
** Buggy also qualifies, after his initial defeat by Luffy he suffers long in putting his body back together, trying to execute Luffy only to have the universe intervene on Luffy's behalf, get captured and put in Impel Down, gets abused countless times in aiding Luffy's escape attempt, and is frozen solid and used as a human shield at Marineford, all played for laughs. {{spoiler|There's a high chance he's becoming a new Shichibukai, which might make up for it, or lead to yet more hilarious abuse.}}
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** Not to mention the Team Rocket trio in the anime, who have sad back stories, are poor, incompetent, hated by their boss, and, oh yeah: they get blasted off at the end of almost every episode.
*** However, this is slowly changing as the trio is becoming more competent.
** Bill in ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' was this for a little while. He seems to become less and less of this as the series goes on (and seems to have gotten Daisy Oak as a [[Throw the Dog
* Nagasumi of ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]'' is one of these, when he isn't being [[Badass]].
** His father has it even worse, as the only time in the entire show anybody treats him nicely is in the first episode, and even then...
* Keima's father of ''[[The World Only God Knows]]'' is this, despite the fact that he has yet to actually appear. When Elsee needs a place to stay, she convinces Keima's mother (using a forged note) that she is the husband's illegitimate daughter. Dear Ms Katsuragi then picks up the phone, dials up her husband and screams that if he ever shows up again, she'll kill him. Keima explains to Elsee that she used to run in a street gang.
** His position's not helped when Hakua later claims, jokingly, she's another illegitimate daughter.
* ''[[
** Also, [[Tsundere|England]] in [[Fanon]]. Fans make use of his magical powers by making him fail in order to create a plot, while implying that England does ''every'' spell wrong. They also endlessly poke fun at his [[Big Ol' Eyebrows|eyebrows]], [[Lethal Chef|cooking skills]], eyebrows, [[Can't Hold His Liquor|alcoholistic tendencies]]...did I mention eyebrows?
* {{spoiler|Mao, who's [[Not Quite Dead]],}} spends most of the second season of ''[[
* Vincent in ''[[Bizenghast]]'' tends to be treated like this. He has been shot at, [[Burn the Witch|hung for witchcraft]], infected with plague, slammed against a wall while airbourne, enslaved, eaten by a giant Venus Flytrap, stuck up a tree, and finally {{spoiler|stabbed in the chest with a rigging pin and killed}}. Edrear has taken over now (knocked out twice in a row).
* Insector Haga and Dinosaur Ryuzaki in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''. They were considered to be the top two duelists in Japan, until the main characters showed up, at least. They never quite make it back to their former glory, even after ulitizing an [[Artifact of Doom]]. They end up constantly humilated by the main characters, and even Filler villians.
** As well as Joey, who is constantly at the mercy of [[Jerkass|Kaiba's]] cruelty, ruthlessly humiliating him whenever he has the chance.
** What about Ryou? He isn't even in control of his body most of the time. Said body is being controlled by an evil spirit trying to kill his friends.
* Tsuna and Kozato Enma of ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''.
** Among the Arcobaleno, Skull definitely counts. He doesn't exactly have it easy in the manga, but the anime's Arcobaleno filler arcs abuse him beyond belief.
* Yukinari of ''[[
* ''[[
* After his [[Character Development]] from [[Jerk Jock]], Jun Manjoume in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' tends to have ridiculosly bad luck, from his [[All Love Is Unrequited|unrequited crush]] on Asuka to [[The Worf Effect|being the first of the main cast to lose to the new villian]]. Occasionlly, he'll return to his [[Badass]] self, but it always falls apart in the end, until his final steps of [[Character Development]] in Season 4.
* [[Ordinary High School Student|Touma]] [[Japanese Delinquents|Kamijou]] from ''[[
** [[Catch Phrase|FUKO DA]]!!! (Such misfortune!)
** The only thing he's lucky on, however, is that his life is a [[Dating Sim]] where he gets an [[Unwanted Harem]], which is pretty much a good reason why many of his male classmates are ''jealous'' of him.
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* Agari Yamato from ''[[Karakuridouji Ultimo]]''. In the time span of '''ONE DAY''', he had events ranging from having the girl he loves mistake him for a child molester, to being blamed for the earth's destruction. Seriously. Not one chapter can be made without something happening to Yamato.
** And then even after he hits the [[Reset Button]] (because of said earth's destruction), [[It Got Worse]]. So far, he has had a gun pointed to his head just because he's the master of the greatest good doji, got stabbed almost numerous times by one of the evil doji, got one of his comrades into a comatose state, failed to prevent his best friend from turning to [[The Dark Side]] ''again'', who later [[Attempted Rape|attempts to rape him]], before Yamato convinces him to come to the Good Side. We later learn that this [[Heel Face Revolving Door|fails too]]. And this took place in the matter of about ''five hours''.
* Before it [[Took a Level In Badass]], Ash's Chimchar ([[Incredibly Lame Pun|haha]]) in the ''[[Pokémon (
** Ash has become more of this in the recent series, ''Best Wishes'', though even he looks good in comparasion to Cilan's [[Unknown Rival]] Cabernet, who has bad things happen to her every other minute or so.
* Kelly of [[Transformers Robots in Disguise]] is a rare female comedic Butt Monkey. She's not clumsy or unintelligent, just really, ''really'' unlucky. She's gone through more fancy cars an episode than some people do in a ''series'' (Yet still has enough money to buy more...), and always seems to become involved to the various antics of the Transformers. [[Failure Is the Only Option|Even running away into the middle of the Sahara Desert gets her caught up in Autobot/Predacon combat!]] She's trying to get out of the way, honest!!
* One could argue Simon of [[
* Chuck and Brief share this role on ''[[Panty
* [[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 ''[[
* Nobita Nobi from ''[[Doraemon]]'', [[This Loser Is You|so much]] that his ancestor has to send him his robot to help dealing with that. Not that it's getting any better unless [[Non-Serial Movie|when they're going on an adventure.]]
* Meiling from ''[[
* Did I have to mention [[Catch Phrase|the genius]] [[Idiot Hero|Sakuragi Hanamichi]] from ''[[Slam Dunk]]''?? He even got a nickname "Red-headed monkey"!!
* Watanuki Kimihiro of ''[[
* 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
* 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...
** Princess Amelia herself is this trope in the [[Non-Serial Movie|''Slayers Premium'']] movie; when the movie ends, the others are moving along, while she's stuck on some remote island unable to speak.
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* 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]].
* While Kotetsu experiences his fair share of being put through the wringer, the true Butt Monkey of ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' is Antonio Lopez (Rock Bison). He winds up in last place in the Hero rankings, gets told off by his boss almost every day, has to put up with being shot out of a cannon (as a part of his grand entrance) despite being acrophobic, has a crush on a woman who barely acknowledges his existence, basically serves as a platonic [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] to Kotetsu (who ignores him in favor of [[Heterosexual Life Partner|Barnaby]]), is regularly sexually harassed by his other friend [[Camp Gay|Nathan]], and is the only HeroTV superhero who doesn't get so much as a single [[Day in The Limelight]] episode. [[Word of God|The writers say]] they actually like him quite a bit -- which is why they torture him so much.
* Not played for laughs at all with the protagonist of ''[[Life (
* Sasazuka from ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]''. His teachers love to pick on him, and force him to [[Standing in
* Anyone who has blue hair in ''[[
* Akihisa from [[Baka to Test
** And to a lesser extent, Yuuji
* The Producer in ''[[The Idolmaster (
{{quote| '''Mami:''' This place is boring without you to play around with.}}
* [[
* Akari Akaza from ''[[Yuru
* Furuichi from ''[[
** An arguably bigger example is the [[Goldfish Poop Gang|MK5]], what with their "talent" of being beaten in the space of one page by protagonists and antagonists alike (Even in volleyball, no less!).
* In ''[[Saint Beast]]'', Shiva's a less-than-stellar example of angelic goodness but he gets a ''lot'' of flak from the other characters and rarely gets anything he wants including a coveted position as a Saint Beast. Some fans see him more as [[The Woobie]] because he is so unlucky he's empathetic.
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