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* Similarly, Tails from the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' franchise is often a "victim" of this, especially in ''[[Sonic the Comic]]''.

** Knuckles seems to be leaning into this area as well due to recent Flanderization. He's bitterly jealous of Sonic and his [[Dumb Muscle|dopiness]] and [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong|lack of "team ethics"]] has even [[Moe|Cream the Rabbit]] making snide remarks at him at times, neverless he has a fanbase nearly as big as the hedgehog himself (granted however, Knuckles was an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] even before his transition into a [[Butt Monkey]]).

* Yosuke from ''[[Persona 4]]'' is liked enough amongst most fans. It's not uncommon for him to end up as the butt of a joke. It's a different story when [[The Woobie|the laughter stops]]: See any scene involving Saki.

* Raven from ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]''. At best, everyone tolerates him. Usually, the party members are disgusted by his antics, mostly because he's a [[Dirty Old Man]] and refuses to act his age. Most of the time they don't even call him Raven; they just call him, "old man".

* Fukushima Masanori is one of the better known historical Japanese generals, leader of the ''Seven Spears of Shizugatake'', and one of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]'s finest (and wasn't reported to be as brutal as his fellow general Katou Kiyomasa, who takes anti-Christianiy [[Up to Eleven]]). However, whenever he makes appearance in KOEI games (''[[Samurai Warriors]]'', [[Ace Attorney]]-like game ''Saihai no Yukue''), he is usually portrayed as a bumbling fool nearing [[The Scrappy]] level to possibly make Ishida Mitsunari (main protagonist of the latter game) look good. Koei truly hates Masanori.

* Norman Jayden from ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' ''definitely'' qualifies. The poor guy is abused by every police officer in the game, {{spoiler|constantly getting the shit beaten out of him, and ''doesn't have a single happy ending''}} But he's easily the most popular character outside of the game.

* From the ''[[Punch-Out!!]]'' series:

** Glass Joe. He may be the ultimate [[Jobber]] with more defeats than most champions have victories, but he will always be the champion in players' hearts.

** Aran Ryan (at least in the Wii version) is a complete psycho who breaks all the rules and is greeted with a chorus of boos from the in-game audience. He also happens to be one of the most popular characters.

 

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