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It might be worth pointing out that the term "Woobie" perhaps was first used in the 1980's Michael Keaton movie ''Mr. Mom''. And incidentally, Kenny, the boy who owned the blanket he called "Woobie", was played by Taliesin Jaffe, who eventually grew up to write and direct numerous [[Superlative Dubbing|Superlative Anime Dubs]], including both TV and OVA versions of ''[[Hellsing]]''. Which means, yes, the boy with the Woobie wrote [[Cluster F-Bomb|Jan Valentine's dialogue]].

* ''[[King Kong]]'' may well be the tropesetter in film. In production, they literally cut out less flattering footage of the monster's monstrosity when preview audiences cheered Kong's swatting a plane down on the Empire State pinnacle. It's rare to see attention to public opinion that strong, so not only is the mythic megagorilla possibly film's first Woobie, he's likely the first ''official'' Woobie.

** In the [[Peter Jackson|2005 film]], we can also add Ann Darrow onto the list. To paraphrase Carl Denham, she's the saddest girl ever.

** And there's Frodo, who in the book was less woobieish than Sam, but when combined with Elijah Wood's enormous blue eyes becomes angst incarnate.

* Balian from ''[[Kingdom of Heaven]].'' {{spoiler|his son was stillborn, his wife committed suicide, he kills his brother which forces him to flee his home and his father dies mere days after they met for the first time}}. As the movie progresses he becomes de-woobiefied, though.

* Monty from ''[[Daddy's Little Girls]]''. His ex is a [[Complete Monster]] who gets custody of the kids simply because the've never been able to prove her boyfriend is a drug dealer. Her boyfriend {{spoiler|beats the youngest one because she has [[Age Apropriate Angst]].}} Not only that, but {{spoiler|he was falsely imprisoned for rape when he was 18 because the girl lied about her age and cried "rape" her dad caught them.}} All he wants is to take care of his daughters and protect them from their mother and her boyfriend! Poor guy.

* Billy Bibbit in ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''. Poor dude.

* Seymour from ''[[Ghost World]]''. Unusual in that he has an aggressive trait (road rage), but his self-loathing and romance woes easily makes up for it in Woobifying him. They filmed two separate versions of the fight scene in the convenience store -- one in which he wins, and one in which {{spoiler|he ends up in the hospital.}} Guess which one made it to the finished version?

* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' fans seem to either accept [[Romantic Runner-Up|James Norrington]] or [[Unlucky Everydude|Ragetti]] as their Woobie. Except, of course, if they are [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Jack Sparrow]] fangirls.