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* Radek Zelenka, from ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', is a gifted scientist, but never got much respect from Rodney McKay, and by the fourth season, is not getting respect from ''anyone''. Fans, however, like his capacity for comedy... and his ability to curse violently in Czech.
* Xander Harris, [[Butt Monkey]] (and trope namer at that!) of [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]].
** Not ''quite'' this trope - Xander has never been disliked by more than half the cast at any one time, and has always had a minimum of at least one cast regular who loved or admired him unconditionally. It's just that they kept changing ''which half''.
* To a certain extent, Lucy of ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' by way of [[Values Dissonance]]. The viewers at home know that Lucy is immensely talented, and certainly worthy of being in Ricky's show... but is usually humiliated at the end of every [[Zany Scheme]] and is told to [[Stay in the Kitchen]].
** Just to clarify, it wasn't that (in-universe) a woman couldn't be a big star; it was that a woman couldn't be a big star ''and'' be a wife and mother at the same time. Contrast that with Ricky, who effortlessly juggled show business with the business of being a husband and father.
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* [[Red Dwarf|Arnold Judas Rimmer]].
* Sheldon from the [[Big Bang Theory]] is seen as the weirdest nerd out of the whole group by far, which is really saying something, but he is also very popular with the fans, much more so than the creators intended.
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