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* MacDuff from ''[[Macbeth]]'', who has lost his whole family to the title character's paranoia. And in the scene where he learns of this, it is revealed that Scotland is ''full'' of woobies.

* This troper would like to put forward a case for Horatio from ''[[Hamlet]]'' as Woobie. He turns up in Denmark for the King's funeral (presumably partly for his friend Hamlet's benefit, though it appears that he didn't actually get a chance to see Hamlet until Gertrude and Claudius' wedding). Then he gets his whole worldview blown out of the water by the appearance of the Ghost, watches Hamlet's emotional issues (or outright insanity, depending on the interpretation) take him over and can do nothing about it. And at the very end, most of the cast suddenly drops dead around him and Hamlet dies in his arms. No wonder he tries to kill himself.

To tell my story. }}

* [[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.

* [[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!"]

* [[The Drowsy Chaperone]]: He doesn't look it, but {{spoiler|Man in Chair}} has a ''complicated'' past.

* Beth from [[Little Women]] does everything for her family, and {{spoiler|dies before they can repay her}}. Well, except Jo.