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== Anime and Manga ==

* The title character of ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'' gets terrible grades, constantly screws up spells, is an athletic failure, is greedy and self-centered, and just is an all-around [[The Ditz|Ditz]]. So naturally the Queen entrusts her with ''the newborn next heir to the witch kingdom''. In contrast, her five-year-old sister is [[Wise Beyond Their Years|prodigiously competent and mature]], and her friends include a [[Yamato Nadeshiko|lovable]], [[The Ojou|rich]] [[The Smart Guy|genius]], an [[Action Girl|athletic prodigy]], and an [[Idol Singer]].

* This is the entire point of ''[[Doraemon]]''. Doraemon is sent back in time to change Nobita's life—namely, he turns out to be such a loser that his entire family tree is ruined because of it. Contrast with his good friend Shizuka, [[Yamato Nadeshiko|who is a smart and kind young girl]]; Takeshi, while a bully, never hesitates to help Nobita out when he's in trouble; and Suneo, who while overly proud of himself, is a genuinely talented artist and designer, as well as being fairly good at science. And then there's Dekisugi, who is really good at science (for his age) and is the future husband of Shizuka—if [[Time Travel]] isn't included in the equation.

** While [[Spider-Man]] is considered an archetypal Everyman superhero, he was originally not an example of this trope (having above-average intelligence and just enough luck with girls to get caught in [[Love Triangle]]s). [[It Got Worse|But that emphasis is on]] ''[[It Got Worse|was]]''. The ''[[One More Day]]'' storyline infamously tried to make him more appealing to a younger audience by having his marriage magically annulled and [[Basement Dweller|moving him back into Aunt May's basement]], even though he's no longer the fifteen-year-old he was when he started. Editor [[Joe Quesada]] even said an ideal Spidey story would involve him trying to download porn without Aunt May finding out.

*** Of course, he said this while noting that it ''was something a comic fan could relate to doing''. Cue massive [[Internet Backdraft]] from offended fans.

** Sums up the paltry zero sum that is the whole of the [[Humans Are Morons|Human Race]] in a nutshell. Undeserving, unimportant and for all intents and purposes unreliable for much of anything besides betrayal, greed, racism, hypocrisy and catastrophic incompetence; makes you wonder why those who give so much to save they're undignified asses bother. Mankind's poor choices in a [[Democracy Is Bad|reviled unilateral election]] leads them down the road to self-destruction every time, makes you think they literally ask for it.

*** As if pinging "Was it worth it?" territory, Agamotto of the Avengers 1000000000 B.C. The prehistoric forebearers of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, questioned if they were saving a [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|bigger problem]] than the first Celestial host descending on the newly-formed Earth.

== Professional Wrestling ==

* Former [[Ring of Honor]] World Champion Nigel McGuinness invoked this trope, making "acne-riddled fat boy" Kevin Steen the audience surrogate en route to Steen's three title shots against McGuinness.

* Dusty Rhodes was always a far more positive portrayal of the archetype.

* WWE has also in the past had background characters who were supposed to represent the average wrestling fan, ranging from the irksome Charlie Minn (hyperactive excitable fanboy) to the loathsome Jameson (greasy, repugnant, socially inept nerd)

** Generally speaking, though, passing up optional characters and taking only the cream of the required ones (using the rest as cannon fodder) will spare you the replacements.

* ''[[Forum Warz]]'' [[Zig-Zagging Trope|can't quite make up its mind]]. On the one hand, you're fat and living in a basement, and you spend most of your time either [[Troll]]ing message boards or masturbating to bizarre pornography. On the other hand, you're the [[Only Sane Man]] in a [[Crapsack World|spectacularly messed-up world]].

{{quote|'''Paul:''' It is refreshing, though. This is the game ''literally'' explaining the combat mechanics to you as if you were a child.}}

* Possibly the oldest examples of this in video gaming are [[Space Quest|Roger Wilco]] and [[Leisure Suit Larry|Larry Laffer]].