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{{quote|''"Thanks for noticing me."''|'''[[Trope Namers|Eeyore]]''', ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]''}}
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{{quote|''"I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed."''|'''Marvin the Paranoid Android''''s first line in every incarnation of ''[[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy]]''}}
This character exists solely to bring everybody down, but not in the [[Deadpan Snarker]] sense; they are defined entirely by their complete inability to be happy for more than a few seconds at a time, an emotional state that usually arises from their only-[[Wangst|occasionally]]-[[Dark and Troubled Past|justified]] suspicion that they are the [[Butt Monkey]] of the [[Cosmic Plaything|entire universe]]. They are the walking [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of clinical depression. However, the few moments that they ''are'' [[OOC Is Serious Business|happy]] can be a [[
Sometimes overlaps with [[Sour Supporter]], but not often; they are generally too unhappy to be effective or active.
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When upset, the Eeyore may as well become [[Cute and Psycho]]. A stereotypical [[Goth]] will probably fit under this. An Eeyore with artistic talent will use it to [[True Art Is Angsty|express his overwhelming angst]].
If written a certain way,
Compare [[Grumpy Bear]]. [[The Pollyanna]] is the polar opposite of this trope.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Mesousa from ''[[Pani Poni Dash!]]''.
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** Sasuke as well.
* Lucy from ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' (in a virulently homicidal sort of way [[Distaff Counterpart|but also a girl]]).
* Sugata from [[Star Driver]] definitely fits this, going as far as inadvertently hurting Wako with with his downer behavior. However, considering that {{spoiler|he can't leave Southern Cross Island due to being the bearer of Samekh (if he does, his [[Ninja Maid
* Kohza from ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''.
* [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei|Nozomu Itoshiki]], or, as he is better known as, "Mr. Despair".
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** When Chrona shows off [[Ambiguous Gender|his/her]] poetry to the other cast members, it turns out to be so depressing that it makes everyone who reads it sit in the [[Corner of Woe]] and wish they were never born.
* Nazuna from ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]''
* The Waddle Dees from [[Kirby:
* Due to being a headstrong, [[Loners Are Freaks|individualistic]] [[Butt Monkey]] and [[Yandere]] with an [[Stalker with a Crush|obsessive unrequited crush]], Shiva rains on most people's parades in ''[[Saint Beast]]''.
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* Neil, the depressive hippy in ''[[The Young Ones]]'', who has made it his life's mission to inform everyone about how depressed he is.
* ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' has Boober Fraggle; who is not only depressive and fearful, but is also an obsessive expert on [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|diseases, superstitions, and laundry.]] This actually proves very useful to the other Fraggles, as Boober is always the first to sense impending disaster.
* Howard Moon from [[The Mighty Boosh]]. He's self-described as "dark, fractured, broken, paranoid" and has always been the [[Stop Having Fun Guy]] in all of the show's incarnations. Somewhat justified as the
* Fisher, one of the interns on ''[[Bones]]''. [[Running Gag|Most of his lines involve death, misery, and dying]] and he states that he is jealous of the corpses they work with. After the timeskip between seasons 5 and 6 it is revealed that he spent a year in a mental hospital for being too depressed to do anything but sleep 20 hours a day. Even Cam goes out of her way to try to get him to smile.
* The Reverand Giles Shawcross in the ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' episode "The Sword of Guillaume".
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* Hope from the internet comedy podcast ''Hope Is Emo'' is an example.
* There's a ''color'' dedicated to this trope in [[Neopets]], and it's gray. The Gray Faerie usually is portrayed with a cloud over her head, and never, ever says anything cheerful. Fandom has determined that both the faerie, pets and items are just all emo, as there's no reason to do so in such utopic setting.
* Despair from ''[[Descendant of a Demon Lord]]''. Despair isn't just mopey in her day to day behavior. She also captures it in depressing poetry, play scripts, ect...
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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** Also played straight in the ''[[Wing Commander (novel)|Wing Commander]]'' [[Expanded Universe]]. Notably, he survives the entire war, including several campaigns that had single digit survival rates for everybody involved.
* Despite the fact that he's the [[Big Bad|main villain]] in the ''Mario Series'', Bowser sometimes makes a good example of this trope.
* Clive Handforth from ''[[
* [[Meaningful Name|Negative Man]] from ''[[Mother 3]]''.
* [[Meaningful Name|Schwer-Muta]] Casasola Merkle <ref>the German word "Schwermut" means "gloom"</ref> of ''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]'' fits this trope. Basically, she always carries a depressed look on her face, she's reclusive and distrusts everyone she meets, and not to mention she's also very shy. She thinks her only friend is her pet squid, Zeppy.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Davan from ''[[Something
** Considering that he is too, the sympathy usually doesn't stay for long.
* Jeriah from the webcomic ''[[Men in Hats]]''.
* Petitus from ''[[
* Aradia of ''[[Homestuck]]'' is [[Catch Phrase|okay with a lot of things]], including the Trolls' unavoidable failure and the destruction of their universe. Which she likes to remind the others of ''constantly''. The sheer depressing nature of her conversations is probably one of the reasons why she's not very popular in the fandom at large.
** {{spoiler|Until she resurrected into the [[Came Back Strong|God Tiers]] and lost the Eeyore-ness.}}
* [http://www.explosm.net/comics/2296/ Dan the Downer] from ''[[Cyanide
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