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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 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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** 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]]''.
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* 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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