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* The title character of ''[[The Intrepid Girlbot]]'' is a big ball of woobie-ness, but be careful not to hug her too long or [http://www.intrepidgirlbot.com/2009/03/25/hello-hug/ you might get zapped].

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* ''[[Alien Dice]]'' has Lexx as a main character who grows up in an uncaring orphanage and is forced to fight as a pokemon/gladiator (really). Lisaan, supporting character, gets rejected for being a half-blood and then sold into slavery. Cue much angsting which contrasts nicely with most of the other cast's cheerful attitude and grand stand in society.

* Sy, from the Alchemist Muse's webcomic ''Asylum- Blacklight'' is a woobie to an extreme (has even been declared so by word of god, when Muse listed the tropes Blacklight follows and subverts. [http://The-Alchemists-Muse.deviantart.com/art/The-Cure-OCT-Audition-pg1-99060222 In the OC tournament "The Cure"], Sy demonstrates his ability to fight and kill opponents, and yet end up still being the one you feel sorry for in the end.

* [[Archipelago]] has Blitz. The poor guy has [[Trauma Induced Amnesia]], [[Ocean Madness]] (though there were a few other factors), [[Eye Scream|is missing an eye]] (which he took out by himself, by the way), and mind is broken completely beyond repair. It's even stated that even if he was 'fixable', he may not like what he finds. Add the fact that he's a total sweetheart who just wants to be helpful, and you can't help but want to give him a hug.

* [[Archipelago]] has Blitz. The poor guy has [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia]], [[Ocean Madness]] (though there were a few other factors), [[Eye Scream|is missing an eye]] (which he took out by himself, by the way), and mind is broken completely beyond repair. It's even stated that even if he was 'fixable', he may not like what he finds. Add the fact that he's a total sweetheart who just wants to be helpful, and you can't help but want to give him a hug.

* ''[[Bob and George]]'' [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020120 take your pick]

* The Sorrow, in the ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' fancomic ''[[The Cobra Days]]''. Partly due to the abuse he takes from his [[Heroic Sociopath]] comrades, partly because his spirit-medium powers have a distinct element of [[Blessed With Suck]] [http://thecobradays.net/view.php?date=2006-02-06 at times].

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** Junko has recently been hit with the Woobie stick really hard with {{spoiler|her father being revealed to be an alcoholic and coming to her school to quite openly leech money from her}}. Seeing what up till now was a strong, spunky female character looking like she's about to burst into tears combined with the implication that {{spoiler|Junko was practicing [[Enjo Kosai]] to sustain this guy}} has made many people ''[[Moral Event Horizon|ANGRY]]''.

** It is worth noting that Nanasawa Kimiko crosses into Woobie territory in universe as well as out. Not only does one of her senior colleagues ask their boss if [http://megatokyo.com/strip/813 a hug would be appropriate], she is later horrified to find she has attracted an army of sympathetic minor characters, calling themselves the [[Fun With Acronyms|Nanasawa Protection Coalition]].

* Rumisiel in ''[[Misfile]]'' is at first glance an [[Our Angels Are Different|apathetic, alcoholic, drugged up, loser]] who couldn't even manage to put [[Celestial Bureaucracy|files back in the right cabinet]], since then however he's gained an emotionally distant father, a screwed up overachieving (and formerly mass murdering) brother, [[Psycho Ex Girlfriend|an Ex from hell]] (almost literally), but on occasion shown a surprisingly intelligent, loyal and tender side and has become a textbook woobie.

* Rumisiel in ''[[Misfile]]'' is at first glance an [[Our Angels Are Different|apathetic, alcoholic, drugged up, loser]] who couldn't even manage to put [[Celestial Bureaucracy|files back in the right cabinet]], since then however he's gained an emotionally distant father, a screwed up overachieving (and formerly mass murdering) brother, [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend|an Ex from hell]] (almost literally), but on occasion shown a surprisingly intelligent, loyal and tender side and has become a textbook woobie.

** ...or [[Your Mileage May Vary|not]]. A better case can be made for Ash being the [[Woobie]], considering that the condition that has caused [[Gender Bender|so much]] [[Wangst|angst]] also makes the impulsive to give a hug both stronger and… [[Fan Service|appealing]].

* Mika of ''[[Mob Ties]]''. Cute little goth waif? Check. {{spoiler|Victim of a violent rape so traumatic that it left her in a coma for more than a year?}} Big check. Hates everything because of all the trauma she has been through? Double check. She will make you want to hug your monitor to death.

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* ''[[Opey the Warhead]]'' is about a boy named [http://www.drunkduck.com/Opey_the_Warhead Opey]... who also happens to (at least appear to) be a nuclear warhead. When the class realizes he doesn't explode on impact, he immediately becomes the victim of the entire classroom (well, three kids, but it's [[After the End]]) of bullies. Despite not having a face, Opey is amazingly expressionate and totally woobie material being a generally sweet-natured kid.

* Therkla in ''[[Order of the Stick]]''. She's sweet, likable, and a fan favorite from almost her introduction. Then she falls head over heels in love with [[In Love With the Mark|the guy she's been told to kill]], only to have him go "Sorry, already spoken for". She then risks her life for him, and ends up {{spoiler|being killed by her own boss for [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|not being a reliable tool to him anymore,]] and dies in the arms of the man she loves.}} Ouch.

** Even much-hated [[Knight Templar]] paladin Miko got a Woobie moment... {{spoiler|just before [[Alas Poor Scrappy|she died]].}}

** Even much-hated [[Knight Templar]] paladin Miko got a Woobie moment... {{spoiler|just before [[Alas, Poor Scrappy|she died]].}}

** In [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0641.html this strip] Vaarsuvius manages to go from near-genocidal maniac to woobie in three panels.

*** Vaarsuvius's woobie status had already been established [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0623.html in this strip], though [[It Got Worse]] after that.

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* The whole basis for ''[[Warbot in Accounting (Webcomic)|Warbot in Accounting]]'' is how much it sucks to be the titular death robot. In just a single comic, he {{spoiler|sat silently in the corner pretending to eat lunch while his co-workers talked about their families, tried to fill out a profile on a dating site but failed due to his giant claw/gun hands, failed three dates by being unable to perform basic activities, tried to build a robotic child only to have it cry in agony and die, and sat in the corner alone ''again'' on "bring you daughter to work day."}}

* There is also Ashton from ''[[Winters in Lavelle (Webcomic)|Winters in Lavelle]]''. It doesn't matter what he tries to do, he still looks like a beaten puppy, either that or in [http://wintersinlavelle.com/?p=535 some cases] a "sad lil praying mantis".

* The [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Spirit_rover~~ Spirit rover] from [http://xkcd.com/695/ this] ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]'' comic.

* The [[wikipedia:Spirit rover|Spirit rover]] from [http://xkcd.com/695/ this] ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]'' comic.

* Jone White-Eye, from ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]''. She successfully became the woobie in her [http://yafgc.net/?id=1212 first page]. [http://yafgc.net/?id=1213 All the] [http://yafgc.net/?id=1213 others were] [http://yafgc.net/?id=1215 just icing] [http://yafgc.net/?id=1216 on the] [http://yafgc.net/?id=1221 cake].

* ''[[Yu Me Dream]]'' has pretty much all the humans end up in woobie positions: Fiona, Lia, even [[Big Bad|Sadako]] in her viewpoint chapter.