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* Pretty much everyone from [[Avenue Q]]. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in "It Sucks to be Me" and "Schadenfreude". |
* Pretty much everyone from [[Avenue Q]]. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in "It Sucks to be Me" and "Schadenfreude". |
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* Olive from [[The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee]]. Her mother lives in India and Olive never hears from her and she rarely hears anything from her dad, either. |
* Olive from [[The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee]]. Her mother lives in India and Olive never hears from her and she rarely hears anything from her dad, either. |
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* Patrice from [[ |
* Patrice from [[13]]. My God. |
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** Once Archie stops acting like a [[Jerkass]], he becomes this, too. |
** Once Archie stops acting like a [[Jerkass]], he becomes this, too. |
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* Carmen from ''Fame'', though she'd probably deny it. |
* Carmen from ''Fame'', though she'd probably deny it. |
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To tell my story. }} |
To tell my story. }} |
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* [[Girl Next Door|Gertrude McFuzz]] from [[Seussical]]. She's in love with her next door neighbor, Horton, although he never notices her. Plus, she is really self conscious about her one-feathered tail. |
* [[Girl Next Door|Gertrude McFuzz]] from [[Seussical]]. She's in love with her next door neighbor, Horton, although he never notices her. Plus, she is really self conscious about her one-feathered tail. |
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* Blanche Dubois from [[A Streetcar Named Desire]]. First of all, she fell in love only to discover that her Husband was gay. Then said Husband killed himself, partially over something Blanche herself said. Blanche becomes slightly unhinged after that, turning to promiscuity because it's the only thing that makes her feel validated and living in a fantasy world because she hates her real life so much. It was her Brother in law who finished her off, though- firstly, by telling her new partner, Mitch, about her past, resulting in Mitch leaving her; and then, finally, by raping her, which caused her yet more emotional damage. When Blanche tried to tell her sister about the rape, her sister chose to disbelieve her and pack her off a mental institution. |
* Blanche Dubois from [[A Streetcar Named Desire]]. First of all, she fell in love only to discover that her Husband was gay. Then said Husband killed himself, partially over something Blanche herself said. Blanche becomes slightly unhinged after that, turning to promiscuity because it's the only thing that makes her feel validated and living in a fantasy world because she hates her real life so much. It was her Brother in law who finished her off, though- firstly, by telling her new partner, Mitch, about her past, resulting in Mitch leaving her; and then, finally, by raping her, which caused her yet more emotional damage. When Blanche tried to tell her sister about the rape, her sister chose to disbelieve her and pack her off a mental institution. |
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* Stanhope from R.C Sherrif's play 'Journey's End'. Set in a trench in [[WW 1]], the play teems with Woobie's, but Stanhope stands out mostly because the poor thing is so young and so damaged. When he gets drunk and finally breaks down you just want to get a huge orange shock blanket and cuddle him to death. |
* Stanhope from R.C Sherrif's play 'Journey's End'. Set in a trench in [[WW 1]], the play teems with Woobie's, but Stanhope stands out mostly because the poor thing is so young and so damaged. When he gets drunk and finally breaks down you just want to get a huge orange shock blanket and cuddle him to death. |
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* Audrey from [[Little Shop of Horrors]]. She's trapped in a relationship with the most [[Depraved Dentist]] in New York-and a [[Domestic Abuser]], at that. {{spoiler|He dies, but Audrey's next, more promising, relationship, with Seymour, proves to be fatal, when the carnivorous plant that he leaves lying around kills her. [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Her dying words cause the extinction of the human race, as she asks Seymour to feed her to the plant.]]}} |
* Audrey from [[Little Shop of Horrors]]. She's trapped in a relationship with the most [[Depraved Dentist]] in New York-and a [[Domestic Abuser]], at that. {{spoiler|He dies, but Audrey's next, more promising, relationship, with Seymour, proves to be fatal, when the carnivorous plant that he leaves lying around kills her. [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Her dying words cause the extinction of the human race, as she asks Seymour to feed her to the plant.]]}} |
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* [[Handsome Lech|Robert]] in [[Company]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taKy678J_jI You don't even have to see the whole show to think "Awwww!"] |
* [[Handsome Lech|Robert]] in [[Company]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taKy678J_jI You don't even have to see the whole show to think "Awwww!"] |
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* [[The Drowsy Chaperone]]: He doesn't look it, but {{spoiler|Man in Chair}} has a ''complicated'' past. |
* [[The Drowsy Chaperone]]: He doesn't look it, but {{spoiler|Man in Chair}} has a ''complicated'' past. |
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{{quote|{{spoiler|Love is not always lovely in the end. Often, in the end, there are lawyers.}}}} |
{{quote|{{spoiler|Love is not always lovely in the end. Often, in the end, there are lawyers.}}}} |
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* Beth from [[Little Women]] does everything for her family, and {{spoiler|dies before they can repay her}}. Well, except Jo. |
* Beth from [[Little Women]] does everything for her family, and {{spoiler|dies before they can repay her}}. Well, except Jo. |
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