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{{trope}}
Amongst all of the drama in [[Anime|anime and manga]], [[The Woobie|there are some characters that you would really want to comfort.]]
* Belldandy from ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'', perfectly fits this trope when she starts crying, usually because she sees Keiichi being in any way physical with another girl...
* Misuzu from ''[[AIR]]'' obtains a certain level of woobie-ness in the last few episodes of the series, when she finally {{spoiler|gets overcome by her curse and, after a lot of pain, [[Go Out with a Smile|dies beautifully]] in the arms of her adoptive mother}}.
* Tetsuo from ''[[Akira]]'' is considered one. He largely wants revenge on the city after years of being subjected to [[Parental Abandonment]] and [[Kids Are Cruel]], and looked down upon by everyone else in his gang including his best friend. The scenes from his backstory really make you feel for the guy, in part because he made a ''very cute'' kid.
* Kanou Taisuke of ''[[Alive the Final Evolution]]'' is a prime example. A happy-go-lucky individual, it turns out the reason he has superpowers is because {{spoiler|He feels guilt over his parents' death. They died in a car accident, apparently caused by a drink can under the brakes. Before he left the car, he was drinking orange juice, left it on the divider between seats, and only saw it later in a plastic bag being taken away by police. Being a grade schooler, he attributed this to be entirely his fault.}}
* ''[[Angel Beats!]]'' has Angel. [http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/2111/angelbulliesepisodeguid.png She is nothing short of tortured by the protagonists for upholding the rules.] As an anonymous forum poster said:
{{quote|I didn't think Angel Beats was supposed to be taken literally. }}
** [[Tear Jerker|And then you find out why she's always alone.]]
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** Latvia is pretty much on his own and the universe seems out to get him... he was even {{spoiler|eaten by a sheep!}} Come on!
** Poor Romano, who was an inferiority-complex stricken kid [[Parental Abandonment|whose grandfather abandoned]] [[Parental Favoritism|him in favor of his younger brother]], who was deathly worried that Spain and France only wanted him for his grandfather's inheritance and that he had nothing to offer, [[The Unfavorite|and is often disliked in favor of his much-loved younger brother]]. Too bad Romano fangirls take it the other way [[Ron the Death Eater|and bash Veneziano to make him "look better"]].
** Ukraine. The girl is a crybaby who was forced to leave her younger brother Russia, who she cares for and who [[Pet the Dog|genuinely cares for her too]], to join the EU and try to become stronger... but none of the other countries will be friends with her. Plus she's incredibly poor and had to raise her younger siblings by herself, and her sister [[Yandere
** Japan has his moment of woobieness when [[Fridge Horror]] sets in about his terrified reaction to Italy hugging him. This man is two thousand years old, and his reaction implies that he's NEVER been hugged. No wonder he's emotionally repressed.
* ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'':
** Chiyo-chan [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Wanla9UK8 most definitely qualifies]. Fans don't want to admit it, but they enjoy cooing over her being tortured by Yukari's driving, getting abused relentlessly in gym class, and being teased for her youth by most of her friends. Osaka also has elements of this, though most of her distress comes from her own [[Cloudcuckoolander|spaciness]].
** Osaka was tricked into eating extremely spicy food by Yomi (in a moment of uncharacteristic [[
** Sakaki also counts, thanks to her social awkwardness and constant bad luck with the cats she obsesses over. The only problem in her case is that most other characters think she's an aloof and cool badass, even though she's really just shy.
** Kaorin may also count, due to her unrequited crush on Sakaki, who is totally oblivious. Then [[Dirty Old Man|Kimura]] gets fixated on ''Kaorin'', and the poor girl's life ''really'' becomes an emotional roller-coaster.
* Czeslaw Meyer from ''[[Baccano!]]''. He is {{spoiler|tortured to death several times throughout his life, including by his trusted guardian, and Vino}}. He seems to suffer the most out of any character in the series, {{spoiler|without much of a happy ending}}.
* The ''[[Berserk]]'' universe is rough on pretty much everyone.
** Guts and Casca, the [[Star-Crossed Lovers]] of the series have it especially bad. While Guts has shades of [[Jerkass Woobie]], his lover is more of a [[The Woobie|a complete woobie.]] Casca was sold by her parents to a noble who wanted a new serving girl, only for her to learn that he wanted her for sex, not cooking and cleaning. She was saved from being raped only by the arrival of Griffith. The two had it relatively easy during their time with the Band of the Hawk and things take a rare, optimistic turn for them when they admit their love for each other...[[It Got Worse|until the Eclipse went down, and it all went to hell.]] {{spoiler|Griffith sacrificed the Hawks, leaving them to get slaughtered by countless monsters. Casca lost everyone under her command, and was ultimately raped when Griffith, who had become the fifth member of the Godhand, Femto, [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|got his hands on her]]. Guts took down a multitude of demons and even chiseled off his own left arm in a furious bid to save her, but in the end, [[Senseless Sacrifice|it was all for nothing]]}}. And things only got worse for them after the Eclipse, with Casca {{spoiler|miscarrying and giving birth to a corrupted child as a result of Femto's rape tainting the child that she and Guts conceived}} and her [[Go Mad
* Hinako Aikawa suffered excessive sexual abuse from her stepfather that had gotten her pregnant ''twice'' before the age of 15. This troper was hooked on ''[[Bitter Virgin]]'' primarily because he wanted to see her be happy at the end. And even then, the main characters' [[Emo|hyper negativity]] makes them skeptical that they'll {{spoiler|be able to stay together forever}}, so it's hard to determine if the ending was really that happy...
* ''[[Black Butler]]'':
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** [[The Medic|Poor Hanataro]], who just gets dragged around by the more powerful shinigami to help them out when they're about to fall over.
* Arguably, Tamaki from [[Ouran High School Host Club]]. He's forced to leave France to go live with his father because his [[Ill Girl]] mother is dying. His grandmother ''hates'' him ''and'' the rest of the club. AND he {{spoiler|gets stuck in an arranged marriage, though the girl ultimately calls it off.}} For a rich kid, he's had it pretty rough.
* [[Blood
* Sabato-chan from ''[[Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan|Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan]]'' is a parody of [[The Woobie]] in that every scene involving her usually ends with her being ridiculously destitute and suffering enormous injury (though, this is NOTHING compared to what the main character/[[Butt Monkey]]/[[Chew Toy]] Sakura has to go through on a regular basis).
* Chrono in ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' goes through hardship after hardship, both emotional and physical, including {{spoiler|the death of one love interest}} and the impending death of his
* Several ''[[CLAMP]]'' characters have risen to Woobie status within their own series, most notably Subaru Sumeragi of ''[[Tokyo Babylon]]'' and later ''[[X 1999]]'', and more recently Fay from ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'', who shares [[The Multiverse]] with just about every other Woobie CLAMP has created.
** Kohane of ''[[
** Even the extremely up-beat and idealistic ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' has its Woobies. Most prominent is Yukito/Yue, the former due to the lead-up and [[Tomato in the Mirror]] reveal of the latter's existence as a [[Split Personality]], and the latter because of how broken up he was when Clow died.
* [[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]], ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'', '''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'''. If you appear in Clannad and have so much as a ''name'', you qualify for this trope. Everybody either has a tragically lost relative(s)/loved ones, health problems, social problems, broken dreams or any combination of them.
* Life sucks if you have a name in ''[[Code Geass]]''. Examples include:
** Nunnally Lamperouge. At the age of six or seven or so, she's crippled when her home is attacked by supposed terrorists. She is struck by forty-odd pieces of shrapnel, costing her the use of her legs, and witnesses the death of her mother, who then collapses on top of her. This psychological trauma renders her blind. She and her brother Lelouch (who is about nine at this point) are then sent to Japan to be political hostages, where they are both frequently bullied for being Britannian. They are then abandoned and left to die when Britannia declares war on Japan. [[It Got Worse|It gets worse]] once we move on from the backstory to the actual series. Despite all this, Nunnally maintains to cheerfully smile for those around her, seemingly willfully ignoring her brother's slow descent into darkness. {{spoiler|Until Season 2, that is...}}
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* ''[[D.Gray-man]]'':
** Allen Walker has his parents abandon him because of his freakish left arm, his adoptive father dies ''twice'', once by his own hand, his [[Trickster Mentor|teacher]] racks up debts of astronomical proportions and forces him to work to pay off said debts (keep in mind he's about elementary school age around that time); yet he still manages to stay [[The Messiah|one of the nicest characters in the entire series]].
** [[Action Girl|Lenalee's]] [[The Pollyanna|sunny disposition]] and the [[Training
** Lavi could possibly qualify for this. He was exposed to so much death and violence that by the age of sixteen he's emotionally barren and considers all humans to be mindless war-mongering idiots. Then after finally getting somewhat attached to the other Exorcists, his best bud Allen "dies". Then, even later, due to [[Mind Rape]] from [[Little Miss Badass|Road]], the embodiment of his sixteen-year-old self takes over Lavi's body and going on a murderous rampage to get rid of all Lavi's distractions, i.e friends.
** Also Krory ([[Spell My Name with an "S"|Or however you spell his frakking name]]). Spent years shunned by the local villagers, felt his only purpose in life was to protect his grandfathers posessions, had his teeth suddenly fall out and teeth made of Innocence instantly grow in, killed the woman he loved, found out that his loved one was an Akuma, and genuinely belived that he was a monster, but really didn't want to be. Seriously, how 'bout we label the entire Black Order as a [[Dysfunction Junction]]?
** Miranda grew up [[All of the Other Reindeer|relentlessly mocked by everyone she knew]], got fired from 100 jobs even though she kept trying her best, developed a severe inferiority complex, wanted nothing more than to be helpful to others but didn't think she could, got stuck in a [[Groundhog Day Loop]] after [[Be Careful What You Wish For|wishing "tomorrow would never come" in the presence of an Innocence]]... and even after becoming an exorcist, she's no less of a woobie. Her Innocence lets her heal any recently-inflicted wounds and repair broken objects, but as soon as she deactivates it, the damage returns... not to mention using it puts a massive strain on her. She constantly pushes herself to her limit, cries whenever she has to return somebody's injuries, and blames herself for everything that goes wrong. As if that wasn't bad enough, when she's too tired to use her full recovery power, she can ''feel when her comrades die''.
* Aoi Hidaka from ''[[Dancougar Nova]]'' is quite a Woobie under her [[Badass Driver]] [[Fiery Redhead]] exterior. Heavily implied to be {{spoiler|a test tube baby with no parents}}, she has believed herself to be alone and unwanted for all of her life. Her fellow Dancougar pilots (Johnny, Sakuya and Kurara) were the first true friends she ever had, after getting past their differences. {{spoiler|And just when she has finally found a place where she can feel accepted, the evil alien computer Moon Will totals the Dragon's Hive, apparently killing everyone. Luckily, it later turns out to be a [[Disney Death]], and she gets an happy ending after literally [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|punching out Cthulhu]]...}}
* ''[[Darker
* Although ''[[Death Note]]'' edges toward the cynical end of the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]], it does contain a few genuine woobies:
** The entire Yagami family of suffers from Light's actions. Ryuk even ''says'' at one point that they are the unluckiest family in the world - and yet their whole purpose was to add a little innocence into what is otherwise a dark, mayhem-and-murder-filled series. In the [[Live Action Adaptation]], Soichiro is made the Woobie even more in it simply by ''[[Spared by the Adaptation|surviving]]''.
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** Ikuto, from ''[[Digimon Savers]]'', also is given some of the woobie treatment. First, his foster mother is killed right in front of him. Then his friend, Gotsumon, deems him a traitor (because he's human) and tries to kill him. Next, he meets his real father, who ''wants no part of him at first'' as he might bring back some serious emotional issues his mother suffered from. Once he does meet his mother, she's arrested. Then an entire fleet of digimon, headed by Gotsumon, declares war on Earth unless he's turned over to be executed. After that, his foster father is killed right in front of him, and suffers quite a bit while it happens. Hell, that's not even taking in his whole identity complex either.
** There's also Touma from ''[[Digimon Savers|Savers]]''. First, his mom was hit by a truck and died on their way to a festival, so he was sent to live with his rich Austrian father. Touma's dad is a good guy, but spineless, so he did nothing when Touma's grandmother basically refused to acknowledge him either for being half-Japanese or [[Heroic Bastard|illegitimate]]. ''Then'', we find out he has a younger sister who's very ill, and that the reason he's been working himself so hard that he's a licensed doctor at age 14 is to cure her. And that's not to mention the {{spoiler|[[Fake Defector]] bit he pulled, which involved him nearly killing Ikuto and Yatagaramon, and indirectly killing Agumon.}}
* Touma Kamijo from ''[[
* Some fans of ''[[D.N.Angel]]'' feel this way towards Satoshi, and the series does seem to set him up this way
* Future Trunks from ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', what with being the only hope left in an apocalyptic hellhole of a [[Bad Future]] where the villains could kill him at most any time and just leave him alive to toy with him for roughly twenty years {{spoiler|until he finally turns the tables and it was awesome}}.
* Saki from ''[[Eden of the East]]''. From constantly being ditched by Akira (whether at the airport for five minutes or during a movie) to {{spoiler|being told in a job interview that her opinions are not interesting because they coincide with the status quo, leading to her getting a bowl of ramen dumped on her by her prospective employer and being made fun of for it when she was in the bathroom}} to {{spoiler|being so disappointed in herself not getting a job that Ryosuke, the man she loves, set up an interview for}} along with much more that she deals with because of Akira...every time Saki cries, you just want to give her a hug.
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** Yoko Littner. Let's just say this woman's attempts at a love life are tragic as hell (especially the first time). After spending the first part of the series being in love and later part dealing with the death of said loved one, she then witnesses the death of {{spoiler|Kittan}} who admits his crush on her beforehand.
* Oh, Hayate from ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]''. [[Abusive Parents|Poor]], [[Cosmic Plaything|poor]] [[Moe Moe|Hayate]]... Okay, so we're usually [[The Chew Toy|laughing at his pain]], but sometimes it's just impossible to get through the episode without developing the overwhelming urge to hug him and coo that it'll all be okay. Episode 14, for example...
* ''[[Hellsing]]'s'' Seras Victoria, at least up through the seventh volume of the manga, just goes through one bad day after another. You know a girl's going to have it rough when she ''dies'' before the first chapter is even finished. By the end of the seventh volume, she's been repeatedly berated by Alucard for her weaknesses, repeatedly impaled with holy bayonets, {{spoiler|been dismembered and blinded, was [[Mind Rape|mindraped]] (in which she relived the murder of her parents and getting shot by the killers) ''and'' was forced to drink the blood of one of the only decent people she knew.}} Fortunately, that last bit had some... [[Took a Level
* Marie Moriya, the main character of ''[[Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni]]'', who is bullied by her classmates and her homeroom teacher.
* Anyone who is even remotely sympathetic in ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]''. Special mentions go to:
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** Fate Testarossa. She unconditionally loves her mother/creator who neglected and abused her for not having a personality like her dead daughter that Fate was cloned from. Also, she suffers [[The Final Temptation]] despite not being the main character of the series. Even when she's visibly angry, her voice stays huggably soft(of course, she still has to yell her attacks). Many of the most popular [[Moe Moe]] characters of the series are Woobies.
** And the [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|third season]] give to us little [[Fiery Redhead]] Agito. A sentinent [[Fun Size|Unison Device]] whose rude behavior is more or less the result of her {{spoiler|having lost her original master(her kind feel despair without a master), being used as a guinea pig by scientist FOR YEARS without any kind of consideration for her, found some little happiness by finding a new master but living worried for him cause he was working for a [[Mad Scientist]] of dubious relliance, got the knowledge that her beloved master was actually a clone dying of genetic degeneration, saw him die IN FRONT OF HER EYES but the killer is an honorable [[Lady of War]] that did it in fair combat and took Agito under her wing, giving her a warm place to belong and a new purpouse in life}}. After that Agito seems to be recovered and even her rude attitude becomes more playful and happier ...and then comes the [[Nanoha Force|fourth season]] where {{spoiler|she saw her current master, whom she has developed really strong and heartwarming bonds whith during the [[Time Skip]], being near killed right in front of her AGAIN, suffered seeing her in recovering and is now constantly worried since her master isn't fully recovered yet and the enemy who near killed them is still free and wreacking havoc}}. This trope wanted to give this poor little creature a big hug several times.
* Minawa from ''[[Mahoromatic]]'' is a clear Woobie with her perpetual failures for which she always feels
* There are a few characters in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' who fall into this:
** Ako Izumi's character arc is based around it. First, as a bit of setup, she was apparently rejected by the boy she liked before the beginning of the story and is enormously self-conscious about the scar on her back. She has a minor breakdown during her first [[Day in The Limelight]] chapter, which Negi helps her recover from in the guise of Nagi, his imaginary cousin, gaining a crush on him at that time. After she and her friends accidentally get dragged into the magic world with Negi, she contracts a nasty disease, forcing her and her two friends to sell themselves into slavery to buy a cure. Nagi shows up to rescue her and unwittingly charms her to an extreme extent, making her grow extremely emotionally reliant on him. Everyone around her knows Nagi's real identity while they scramble for a way to resolve the issue, she finds out and goes through a [[Shower of Angst]], though in the end she does a fairly decent job of accepting the truth.
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** Yuri, Sayaka's cousin, was an annnoying, cranky, demanding [[Bratty Half-Pint]]. She acted like that because her parents were too [[Married to the Job]] to take care properly of her and they never were in home. Also, she is a disabled [[Ill Girl]] needs to use a wheelchair, and she refuses to undergo therapy to walk again because she is afraid of everyone will leave her alone again.
** Mitsuo, a child attended Shiro's school was a fat, shy kid wore glasses. Needless to say, bullies targeted him, and he hardly had friends. Shiro scared the bullies away once, but he told Mitsuo he could not help him and be his friend if he did not learn to stand up for himself. All that piled-up abuse was the reason that he pulled a [[Too Dumb to Live]] stunt.
* Yukki from ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'' could be considered this. At the start he is a shy and introverted young boy, and then he gets shoved into a [[There Can Be Only One|duel to the death]] with a bunch of psychopaths. His only consistant ally is the craziest of them all, the ''biggest'' [[Stalker with a Crush]] [[Yandere
* While the protagonists of the ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' franchise seldom get off easy, usually as an illustration why it's a ''bad idea'' to put a teenager in the middle of a war zone, ''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Victory Gundam]]'' stands out by going out of its way to make the lead character Uso's life a living hell. Forced to pilot the eponymous Gundam against his will by leaders who honestly only value him for his skill, Uso and the Gundam develop a repuation by the enemy as an unholy terror that needs to be destroyed as quickly as possible. Uso does not take it well. "Stay away! You won't be killed if you stay away!" quickly becomes his... er... battle cry".
* ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' has a few:
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* Misao, Rumiya and Sasami from ''[[Pretty Sammy]]''.
** Sasami even more in ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]''. Imagine going 700+ years thinking that {{spoiler|you're not the real thing, that the real Sasami died when she was four and that all you are now is just a vessel for a powerful goddess and, if the others found out about it, they might turn against you and shun you.}} It's no wonder she was such a [[Stepford Smiler]] there.
* The main cast of ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' has elements of this. Fakir might be the most tragic example, considering he's fated to die unable to protect Mytho, not to mention the fact that {{spoiler|his powers lead to the accidental death of his parents, and the girl he loves is really a duck--and unable to return to her girl form at the end of the series}}. Rue has a dark, sad backstory as well but she's often not as popular with
* ''[[RahXephon]]'' has a few, but the one that stands out most is Hiroko Asahina. The episode that focuses on her is some kind of deluxe [[Tear Jerker]] supreme, with a side order of [[Dramatic Irony]].
* Depending on both versions and your own opinions, any of the main teen characters from [[Ranma
** Ranma: [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|a deep psychological trauma that makes him afraid of a common pet]], [[Abusive Parents|abusive parental figures]] (not only his mother and father, but both potential fathers-in-law, the grandmaster of his style, and his potential great-grandmother-in-law), a [[Unwanted Harem|quartet]] of [[Clingy Jealous Girl
** Ryoga: [[No Sense of Direction|he literally can't go to the bathroom without getting lost]], he turns into a small and delicious-looking piglet, the girl he loves is not only engaged to his worst enemy but completely unaware of his feelings, said girl would also likely tear him apart if she discovers he's been masquerading as her pet, he has almost no friends except for the aforementioned girl and [[Friendly Enemy|enemy]], and one of his most powerful attacks is fueled by ''how unbelievably depressed he is'' about all of the above. The only true bright spot in the miserable darkness that is his life is a quasi-[[Relationship Sue]] who not only ''adores'' his piglet form ('cause she raises pigs in her farm), she tried to make herself ''hate pigs'' when she realized he hated his curse.
*** The reason why some argue that anime!Ryoga may be more sympathetic than manga!Ryoga? In the manga, Ryoga at least ''gets'' the aforementioned girl. In the anime, the character who Akari Unryu (the girl in question) was [[Expy|inspired by]] showed up in a [[Filler]] episode... and Ryoga left her. He admitted to himself that she loved him and he loved her back, he commented that he had never felt so happy or at peace as he did while he was on her farm, he noted that he might not ever find the place or be so happy again if he left... and he ''still'' couldn't seperate himself enough from his quest to defeat Ranma Saotome or get Akane Tendo's heart to accept this relief.
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*** In the manga she did give him a pity date, but he ruined it by [[What an Idiot!|bringing her to a gore filled horror flick on a date]].
** Shampoo: she is constantly pursued by an obnoxious childhood friend who refuses to accept her blatant dislike for his efforts at wooing her, she never even got the chance to enjoy becoming the winner of the tournament before being disgraced, she has been effectively exiled from her homeland until she manages to get her fiance to accept their engagement, she has no friends beyond said aforementioned reluctant fiance and annoying would-be suitor.
*** All of these characters may actually be more accurately described as [[Jerkass Woobie
**** Ryoga is the closest thing to being pure hearted of them and even he has his jerkass moments (despite only contemplating them and never coming close to going through with them).
* Although with the possible exception of when he has a very short breakdown in the final battle, Lucia from ''[[Rave Master]]'' is mostly just a homicidal maniac... but in any flashback remotly related to him you want nothing more than to rescue him from the universe that exists to screw him over. Admit it, even if he's racked up a high enough death count to rival Hitler, you still have to be upset that the government forced him to witness a masacre that included his mothers murder then threw him in a high security prison 66 floors underground for no other reason than being the wrong guy's son WHEN HE WAS 5!
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** And Sekai had it almost as bad. Whichever one you like better will probably be the Woobie for you.
* Lain of ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'', who decides that the thing most wrong with the world is that {{spoiler|she was ever born/created in the first place}}.
** She qualifies for [[Woobie
* Sylphiel in ''[[The Slayers]]''. When we first meet her, it's clear she's infatuated with Gourry, whose density can outmatch lead and thus doesn't notice it at all. She's also a [[Proper Lady|delicate, shy young woman who seems incapable of raising her voice]], in stark contrast to Lina. By the end of the series, her hometown has been wiped off the map ''unintentionally'' by the [[Big Bad]], and her beloved father killed. She reappears in ''Slayers NEXT'' when the group returns to her hometown of Sairagg, which has been rebuilt and repopulated by the imprisoned souls of its dead population via the new [[Big Bad]]'s power. She ''does'' get a brief reunion with her father, before the entire town is, again, killed off (or returned to being dead, whichever). Furthermore, [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|any hopes of a romance with Gourry]] are smashed by his last second realization of love for Lina.
** There's also a bit of this attached to Amelia, though in a far more disturbing, [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]] sort of way; due to the fact that she's energetic, optimistic, cute, chaste, and all around endearing, the production staff use her quite a bit in order to convince us that [[Kick the Dog|the villains are indeed villainous]]. A particularly chilling example is The Hellmaster ripping out her soul while she writhes in pain in her friend's arms. Rather than just [[Squick|be revolting]], however, it makes you want to [[Moe Moe|leap to her defense and give her a big protective hug]], or that's the intention anyway. When this is done twice in three episodes, it feels a little forced.
** Zelgadiss. Apart from his curse angst, social troubles, self confidence seesaw etc., he also suffers from the Worf
* Tails gets a few of these moments during ''[[Sonic X]]'', not least when he spends roughly [[Ten-Minute Retirement|twenty minutes or so]] angsting about letting Sonic and Knuckles get hurt during a pretty awful attack.
** While the ''Sonic X'' ball is in play, Cosmo has to be the most woobified Sonic character to ever exist in any medium, having gone through so much (death of her entire family and destruction of her home leaving her the last remaining member of her species, spending months trying to deal with the ever complex bonds of [[Defeat Means Friendship]] in the Sonic crew, plus the fact that {{spoiler|she later discovers she's been used as a spy for the Metarex all along and the only solution is to either kick Metarex butt -a nigh impossible task- or destroy her vision and hearing}}) it's no wonder she has so many tearing up scenes.
** {{spoiler|And then, as if things couldn't possibly get any worse, Tails, who had developed an immense crush on Cosmo, is forced to [[Shoot the Dog|kill her]] in order to save the world. The scene in which he struggles to pull the trigger is an infamous [[Tear Jerker]]}}.
* Crona from ''[[Soul Eater]]'' is practically the living definition of this trope. Has a horrific backstory (it starts with having [[Ambiguous Gender|his/her]] [[Jerkass]] [[Equippable Ally]] implanted in his/her body and [[Training
** Eruka Frog could also be one, considering that she is working for Medusa ONLY because of snakes inside her body, and more recently {{spoiler|she is now capture by shibusen, and an explosive collar on her neck to enfore her help. One is worried what will happen considering [[It Got Worse|Medusa can see everything Eruka sees]], and [[Dead Man Walking|Medusa could kill her to ruin Shibusen's plans]].}}
* Kagura Tennouzou from ''[[Speed Grapher]]''. In her introductory episode we learn that Kagura's mother Shinsen, the wealthiest woman in the city, starves her own daughter out of jealousy. [[It Got Worse|It gets worse]].
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*** Never mind that. I can't have been the only one who got huge [[Woobie]] vibes from [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Bakura Ryou.]] [[Bishonen|A sweet-tempered, kind, pacifistic, brave teenager]] who's been 'enslaved by an evil spirit' since he was eight years old? [[Estrogen Brigade|No wonder he has such a huge following!]]
*** Oh my DEAR god. ''Nobody's mentioned MOKUBA yet??'' Mokuba, who has had his soul stolen, been possessed and manipulated by a virtual version of his dead adopted brother, and (in the original series) watched his brother's steady descent into total lunacy (not to mention deal with his egotistical attitude all the way throughout the series)?
*** Though he's a self centered asshole with [[Misaimed Fandom]], it's hard not to feel for Kaiba with his backstory (which explains a lot about why he is the way he is, though it doesn't excuse it) and his devotion to his little brother. He did get put through a lot of abuse and he forced himself through it mostly for his
*** Then, he should go into either [[Stoic Woobie]] or [[Jerkass Woobie]].
** For that matter, why has nobody mentioned YUGI? Who's had his soul stolen, his friends and family messed with, the skin probably all but burned off his hands, had his life threatened more times than can be counted all for the sake of [[Serious Business|a children's card game]], been used as a punching bag by ''everyone in Japan''...
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'''Nothing:''' [[Big No|NOOOOO!]] *makes the steps around Sakura vanish, stranding her* I've been alone all this time! Sealed away, trapped forever in a cold, dark place...I was so lonely! And now I have all my friends back, so why are you coming between us?!<br />
'''Sakura:''' ''They're not your friends the way you took them!'' Forcefully making someone yours isn't even ''close'' to making friends -- it's not right at all! [[And That's Terrible|It's totally wrong!]]<br />
*all the cards move away from Nothing, circling her*
'''Nothing:''' You all...why are you all abandoning me? [[Villainous Breakdown|Is it that you hate me? Am I no longer a friend to you all? Please tell me why you're doing this!]] *the cards return to Sakura, leaving Nothing to fall to her knees and ''bawl.''* }}
* Poor Kirika from ''[[Noir (anime)|Noir]]'': "I can kill people so easily. Why then don't I feel sad?" Awwww.
* [[Fragile Flower|Nazuna]] in ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'' is an ''in-universe'' example; it has been explicitly stated that she has a [[Dude Magnet]] ''because'' she invokes the instinct to be cared of.
** Yuno can also be one when she's low on self-confidence.
** Natsume. Her painful [[Unrequited Love]]-turned-[[Tsundere]] attitude makes the word "woobie" consistently [[
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]].'' Whilst we could just go blanket and say "[[World of Woobie|everyone]]," special mention goes to {{spoiler|Sayaka}}. Starts off with the best intentions, apparently succeeds... falls ''hard''. With {{spoiler|Kyouko}}, this has already happened, though she recovered. {{spoiler|Sayaka? '''[[Despair Event Horizon|Not]] [[And Then John Was a Zombie|so]] [[Mercy Kill|much]].'''}} Other examples:
** Mami. [[Badass]] mentor figure, has been completely alone {{spoiler|since her parents died in the same accident that forced her to make a contract to save her life}}, and is doomed to fight and die unloved and unremembered. {{spoiler|Which she does.}}
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** Even compared to those two, Tsuzuki takes the cake. Ostracized from everyone as a child because of his [[Purple Eyes]] (believed to be a sign of the devil), he lived practically comatose in a hospital for 6 years before finally killing himself... only to get resurrected and gain a [[Stalker with a Crush]] who constantly tries to kill/rape him. He also keeps accidentally killing people, and feels [[My God, What Have I Done?|absolutley awful]] about it, the guilt leading him to try commiting suicide again, only to fail repeatedly as he is now effecivley immortal. It doesn't help that he's this cute, hyperactive, slightly tragic, adorkable little thing that needs cuddles.
* Both Serge and Gilbert are these in ''[[Kaze to Ki no Uta]]''. Mostly Gilbert, though, because his life has seriously ''sucked''.
* Aoshika Akiko from [[Wolf Guy Wolfen Crest]]. DEAR. LORD. [[Cooldown Hug|This woman needs a hug]]. BADLY. From her preteen years, her life sucked, having been the victim of sexual assault [[So Beautiful It's a Curse|because of her body.]] She married early because she was convinced that [[Defiled Forever|no other man would want her,]] but the marriage broke apart. She's now an under-appreciated middle school teacher, but she still cares about her students, especially Inugami. However, since Inugami is a [[Doom Magnet]], things do not get any better for Aoshika. What do we mean by that? Well, {{spoiler|Inugami has a attracted the attention of [[Foe Yay|class sociopath Haguro,]] who [[Attention Whore|tries to get Inugami's attention]] to no end and gets [[Yandere
* Ganta from [[Deadman Wonderland]] is quite a major woobie. Having his life turned upside down after everyone with the exception of himself killed and framed for the real perpetrator, the "Red Man," and sent to the madhouse known as Deadman Wonderland. Shiro counts too, ''especially'' in chapters 45 and 46.
* Sawako from ''[[Kimi ni Todoke]]''. It's practically the central premise of the series.
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* ''[[Oniisama e...]]'' has a lot of them, specially Nanako, Rei and Mariko. Several characters (such as Kaoru and [[Rich Bitch|Aya]]) and minor characters like Junko has their woobie moments.
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