Butt-Monkey

A butt-monkey (aka "Megward the Wizard", a term coined by TheMysteriousMrEnter; "punching bag", "torture victim", "outcast", "chew toy", or "laughing stock") is a character who is always the butt of a demeaning joke, "put them through hell" plotline, and/or the only character who endures all the slapstick inflicted onto them. For whatever reason, butt-monkeys seem to walk through life with a permanent "Kick Me" sign attached to their backs, invisible to them, but all too visible to the rest of the world. They are the polar opposite of karma houdinis. But sometimes getting bullied and abused can also lead to a trope.

Pretty much nothing ever goes right for this character, and if something bad happens, chances are it happens to them, or somebody else (as a twist shock), to add another schlemiel/schlimazel to the mix.

To basically sum up this trope, it's a character who goes through hell, physically or mentally, or both.

Keep in mind that some of them became popular because of this (e.g. Butters from South Park).

Notable "Butt-Monkeys"

 * (SpongeBob SquarePants); one of the three trope namers of "Megward the Wizard". He is especially a Butt-Monkey in Seasons 6-8.
 * (Family Guy); one of the three trope namers of "Megward the Wizard"
 * (The Simpsons/''The Itchy and Scratchy Show)
 * Homer Simpson (Modern) (The Simpsons; one of the trope codifiers)
 * (Tom and Jerry; one of the trope codifiers)
 * (Looney Tunes; one of the trope codifiers)
 * (Bluey)
 * (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * Van Houten (The Simpsons)
 * (South Park; Seasons 1-5, usually from the “They killed Kenny!” running gag)
 * (South Park; Season 6 onward, one example of a Megward The Wizard that is well-written)
 * (Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends; is commonly treated like shit by Mr. Herriman)
 * (Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends; he is commonly abused and bullied by his older brother, Terrence, barely gets support from his workaholic mother, becomes unpopular in school with no friends and gets bullied there, gets sometimes manipulated and mistreated by his imaginary friend Bloo as well as putting up with his annoying and arrogant behavior and his shenanigans, and is often mistreated by many of the other characters and residents of the titular mansion)
 * (The Loud House; is occasionally mistreated or automaticity blamed upon by most of his sisters, even when he's innocent. He is also frequently subjected to Luan's Pranks and Lynn Jr's bullying. He especially became a butt monkey since season 4.)
 * ("The Filthy Frank Show"; bad things happen to him for the sake of funny, such as being splattered by his own explosive diarrhea, watching some scary green screen, or even nearly dying and getting depressed and waterboarded)
 * (The Loud House; to some extent)
 * Rusty Spokes (The Loud House)
 * (The Casagrandes; Not as much as when he was in the main series The Loud House; before he, his sister Ronnie Anne and their mother moved away to Great Lakes City and is usually a victim of Sergio's bullying.)
 * (The Smurfs; even though he usually deserves it)
 * (Sidekick)
 * (Chicken Little)
 * (Mainly shown as a punching bag to The Mayor a lot).
 * Runt (Chicken Little)
 * Abby (Chicken Little; Albeit not as much as Chicken Little himself)
 * (The Proud Family)
 * (Planet Sheen)
 * (The Simpsons)
 * ("The Amazing World of Gumball")
 * (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
 * (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
 * (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)
 * (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)
 * (Peppa Pig; Constantly being fat-shamed by his family)
 * (Madagascar; He is a Butt-Monkey well written.)
 * (Shantae; He is a Butt-Monkey well written.)
 * (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)
 * (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)
 * (The Curious George film series, most notably the first film since he got into a heap of trouble at many times.)
 * (Popee the Performer; while he is treated right sometimes, he is mostly a punching bag)
 * (Kid vs. Kat; constantly gets bullied by Mr. Kat and gets framed for things he didn't do while Kat gets away with it scot-free. He is also deemed as a fool when trying to prove/expose Kat's true colours when his evidence is destroyed.)
 * (SML; There are a lot of videos dedicated to Jeffy, Rosalina, or some other character making Mario miserable or ruining his life)
 * (SML; Bowser, Bowser Junior, Joseph, and Cody constantly insult him and his cooking)
 * (SML; This is not an exaggeration, every video he appears in is a torture episode for him.)
 * Wario (Wario Dies)
 * (CartoonMania)
 * (Archie Comics; He deserves it most of the times since he can be an unlikable jerk)
 * (Crayon Shin Chan; Various episodes depict him getting harmed unintentionally, purposely, and sometimes accidentally)
 * could qualify at times whenever he gets harshly punished by his mom, even though at times he deserves it if he's being rude or annoying.
 * is also one well written according to the TV Tropes website, as seen in episodes where he gets neglected or treated like a toy.
 * (Calvin and Hobbes)
 * (Both Wacky Races and their spin-off show)
 * (Friends)
 * (Monty Python's Life of Brian)
 * (Superbook (2011))
 * (The DaVincibles; the team always get defeaten by the DaVincis and their plans doesn't work)
 * (The DaVincibles)
 * (JohnKnee & Ill)
 * Talking Angela (Talking Friends Franchise)
 * Talking Tom (Talking Friends Franchise)
 * Talking Ginger (Talking Friends Franchise)
 * Talking Pierre (Talking Friends Franchise)
 * Talking Gina (Talking Friends Franchise)
 * Talking Hank (Talking Friends Franchise)
 * Melman (Madagascar)
 * Mort (Madagascar)
 * Gosalny Mallard (Darkwing duck)
 * Scrooge Mcduck(Ducktales)
 * (mh:terribletvshows:Chad (2021), while he is portrayed as an unpopular and socially awkward high school protagonist, more often than not he deserves it for how insufferably whiny he is. More importantly, he often puts himself in his own problems)
 * Xander Harris (Buffy the Vampire Slayer); the trope namer. Introduced the term with his line "I'm sick of being everybody's butt monkey!" in the Dracula episode. The term first appeared on TV in BtVS, but was heard "on the street" well before that.
 * SpongeBob can be considered as one (during Seasons 6-8).
 * Plankton (SpongeBob SquarePants); mostly in Seasons 6-8
 * Pearl Mrs. Puff, Gary, and Sandy (SpongeBob SquarePants); are also considered punching bags at the ass of Spongebob's idiocy.
 * Fred (SpongeBob SquarePants); can’t seem to catch a break from the antics of the cast to the point of yelling My Leg!.
 * The background characters/incidentals (SpongeBob SquarePants); they often deserve it BIG TIME for being selfish and mean-spirited citizens.
 * Kyle the Wizard (Fanboy and Chum-Chum); one of the three trope namers of "Megward the Wizard"
 * Brett Bunsen (Archer); He always get shot and beat up all the time, this would stop in Season 5 when he is killed.
 * Cyril Figgis (Archer); (He is the punching bag for most of the Time).
 * Daffy Duck (Looney Tunes); one of the trope codifiers
 * Donald Duck (Disney; one of the trope codifiers)
 * Brian Griffin (Family Guy; one of the trope codifiers; even though he deserves it for most of the time)
 * Butch the Irish Dog (Tex Avery; even though he usually deserves it)
 * Meathead Dog (Tex Avery)
 * Barney Bear (Barney Bear)
 * David (Camp Camp; Gets run over, Insulted by Max, stabbed in the hand, etc.)
 * Popeye (Popeye the Sailor: only in his torture episodes)
 * Buford (Numb Chucks)
 * Quills (Numb Chucks; Not as much as Buford, but still a punching bag)
 * Hooves (Numb Chucks)
 * Marty (ToonMarty; Gets treated like shit by Burnie)
 * Holly (ToonMarty)
 * Heloise (Jimmy Two-Shoes; Season 2)
 * Starscream (Transformers; one of the trope codifiers)
 * Dexter (Dexter's Laboratory)
 * Dad (Dexter's Laboratory; Seasons 3-4)
 * Apple (The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange)
 * Adam Lyon (My Gym Partner's a Monkey; he is commonly bullied by major bullies of the animal school, and he was also abused by many other ways as well)
 * Arnold Armadillo (Bubsy; in such a way that it rivals Courage the Cowardly Dog levels of being put through hell)
 * Buttercup (Powerpuff Girls 2016 Reboot)
 * Baloo (Talespin)
 * Rebecca Cunningham (Talespin)
 * Otis (Back at the Barnyard)
 * Peck the Rooster (Back at the Barnyard; gets hurt all the time).
 * Daria Morgendorffer (Beavis and Butt-Head; one of the trope codifiers)
 * Beavis and Butthead (Beavis and Butthead) [They are either this or are Idiot-Houdinis at worst]
 * Tom Anderson (Beavis and Butt-Head)
 * Principal McVicker (Beavis and Butt-Head)
 * David Van Driessen (Beavis and Butt-Head)
 * Kate Ashby (Kate Ashby); one of the most notable examples of a "Butt-Monkey" in a British series, Kate is a terrible singer who is commonly beaten up by townspeople, just because she is bad at singing)
 * Katnip the Cat (Herman And Katnip); who is usually perceived as the villain a lot of the time, even when Herman the Mouse (who is a troublemaking Karma Houdini towards him) is around while Katnip is simply doing his job, sleeping or minding his own business. He is also this towards Buzzy the Crow (except in a more understandable way since Buzzy was actually innocent and heroic), as he is always abused by Herman because of Katnip's clownishly dumb yet ineffectual & mostly powerless nature.
 * Kyle Broflovski (“South Park”; Get treated unfairly, sometimes from his friends Stan, Butters, and Kenny, but Eric Cartman treats Kyle like crap by calling him a Jew a lot all because he’s Jewish).
 * Eric Feeble (Stressed Eric); another notable example of a "Butt-Monkey" in a British series, Eric is a middle-class man who is always stressed because of his family, work, co-workers, etc., and is abused by many of his workplace relatives, such as his boss Paul Power and his secretary Alison Scabie. He is also abused by his next-door neighbors)
 * Blooregard Q. Kazoo (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: he deserves it, though there are episodes where he gets treated unfairly, notably Say It Isn't Sew)
 * Claire Feeble (Stressed Eric; Claire is commonly abused by the rest of the cast of characters that are children on most of the series' episodes, though the character who abuses her the most is Heather)
 * Billy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
 * Mandy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
 * Irwin (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * Pud'n (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * Hoss Delgado (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * Ms. Butterbean (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * Principal Goodvibes (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * The Boogeyman (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * General Skarr (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy/Evil Con Carne)
 * Tony (Evil Con Carne)
 * Cosmo and Wanda (The Fairly OddParents)
 * Chester and AJ (The Fairly OddParents)
 * Sam Manson (Danny Phantom)
 * Tucker Foley (Danny Phantom)
 * Nico Yazawa (Love Live! School Idol Project)
 * Riko Sakurauchi (Love Live! Sunshine!!)
 * Yoshiko Tsushima (Love Live! Sunshine!!)
 * Chloe (The Secret Life of Pets)
 * Benson (Regular Show)
 * Edgar (Full English)
 * Humans (In general as a whole)
 * Kids (Bad things happen to them all the time; injuries, operation, dated by pedophiles, killed, etc)
 * Pit Bulls and other Bully Breeds (very often the targets of animal abusers, negligent owners and unfair breed-specific laws (BSL))
 * Gloria Sato (Big City Greens)
 * Mr. Small (The Mr. Men and Little Miss books, ends up having to walk home for a whole year, gets given two black eyes by Mr. Uppity and Mr. Clever because they thought he had called them rude nicknames, gets left out of activities at a carnival, is not allowed to play on a football team, gets insulted by Mr. Rude)
 * Hifumi Yamada (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)
 * Yasuhiro Hagakure (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)
 * Chuckie Finster (Rugrats)
 * David (Hilda)
 * Ben Tennyson (Ben 10 2016 Reboot)
 * Belson Noles (Clarence)
 * Larry (T.U.F.F. Puppy, is commonly mistreated by his boss Snaptrap by getting launched into Shark Tanks.)
 * Arthur Read (“Arthur”, His Sister D.W. Is unlikeable and annoying to him in the show and so his parents, his friends from School including Francine treats him Unfairly in most episodes.)
 * Buster Baxter (Arthur)
 * Binky Barnes (Arthur)
 * Francine (Arthur)
 * Sue Ellen Armstrong (Arthur)
 * CatDog (CatDog; mostly on Cat, though he deserves it at times)
 * Gru (Despicable Me franchise)
 * Bulma (Dragon Ball, original series)
 * Krillin (Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z  and Super)
 * Yamcha (Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Super)
 * Vegeta (Dragon Ball GT)
 * Mr. Satan/Hercule (Dragon Ball Z and Super)
 * Jaco (Jaco the Galactic Patrolman/Dragon Ball Super)
 * Charlie Brown (Peanuts; Is constantly being tormented by a lot of kids, mostly Lucy)
 * Pip Pirrup (South Park)
 * Grover (Sesame Street)
 * No Watch Ben (Ben 10 Omniverse)
 * Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10 (2016))
 * Kratz (Harvey Beaks)
 * Melvin Sneedly (Captain Underpants; He deserves it)
 * Joshua (Clarence)
 * Jerry Smith (Rick and Morty)
 * Chuck (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt)
 * Eugene (Hey Arnold!)
 * Leslie Noodman (Sanjay & Craig)
 * Jeff Randell (Clarence)
 * Jimmy Neutron (Jimmy Neutron)
 * Carl Wheezer (Jimmy Neutron)
 * Cindy Vortex (Jimmy Neutron)
 * Luigi (Super Mario, mostly in the Mario & Luigi RPG series, and Super Mario Bros Z)
 * Chef Hatchet (Total Drama & Total DramaRama)
 * (Total Drama & Total DramaRama)
 * (Total Drama; one of the trope codifiers. He is especially a Butt-Monkey in Season 3-onwards)
 * Bridgette (Total Drama & Total DramaRama)
 * Tyler (Total Drama)
 * Heather (Total Drama Action)
 * Harold (Total Drama)
 * Courtney (Total Drama)
 * Gwen (Total Drama)
 * DJ (Total Drama World Tour)
 * Brick (Total Drama)
 * Dakota (Total Drama)
 * Scott (Total Drama)
 * Sam (Total Drama)
 * Samey (Total Drama, typically at the mistreatment of Amy)
 * Max (Total Drama)
 * Ella (Total Drama, mostly due to Sugar and Chris)
 * Kelly (Total Drama, constantly being abused by her bratty daughter Taylor)
 * Lord Peel (Rocket Monkeys)
 * Ed (Ed, Edd n Eddy; he is commonly abused and hated by his bratty, short-tempered younger sister Sarah, gets neglected and doesn't get much attention by his parents who favored Sarah over him and sides with her, usually its caused by his stupidity, and gets sexually harassed and tormented often by the Kanker sisters, especially May who has a creepy obsessed crush on him)
 * Edd/Double D (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
 * Eddy (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
 * Jimmy (Ed Edd n Eddy)
 * Wontkins (Wilkins Coffee)
 * Edward Platypus (Camp Lazlo; he mostly deserves it)
 * Porky Pig (Looney Tunes/The Looney Tunes Show)
 * Elmer Fudd (Looney Tunes; even though he deserves it)
 * Sylvester (Looney Tunes; even though he deserves it)
 * Courage (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
 * Eustace Bagge (Courage the Cowardly Dog; even though he deserves it)
 * Muriel (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
 * Laura Barns/"billie227" (Unfriended) (But she later gets revenge on her best friend Blaire, along with her boyfriend Mitch and her other friends Jess, Adam, Ken, and Val for posting the video that made her kill herself).
 * Carrie White (Carrie)
 * Levi Ackerman (Attack on Titan)
 * Yōichi Tsuitenai a.k.a Luckyman (Tottemo! Luckyman; is the unluckiest person in his town who faces a lot of troubles and abuse especially from his crush Mitchan when he is not in his Luckyman form)
 * Ricky Sprocket (Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy)
 * Benny Newford (Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy)
 * Oliver Oken (Hannah Montana)
 * Josh Nichols (Drake & Josh)
 * Walter Nichols (Drake & Josh)
 * Krader (Mixels)
 * Amity Blight (The Owl House)
 * Robert Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond)
 * Mr. Marion Moseby (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody/The Suite Life On Deck)
 * Steve Williams (Brickleberry)
 * Mickey Mouse (2013 Short's)
 * Geronimo Stilton (Geronimo Stilton)
 * Freddie Benson (iCarly)
 * Lewbert Sline (iCarly)
 * Eric Needles (Sidekick)
 * Ned (The Misfortune of Being Ned)
 * Todd Barkinson (Wayside, usually sent home on the Kindergarten Bus by Mrs. Jewls for petty or minor infractions)
 * Wreck-It Ralph (Wreck-It Ralph)
 * Peanut Otter (PB&J otter)
 * Jelly Otter (PB&J otter)
 * Baby Butter Otter (PB&J otter)
 * Munchy Beaver (PB&J otter)
 * Pinch Raccoon (PB&J otter)
 * Flick Duck (PB&J otter)
 * Zazu (The Lion King)
 * Jackson Stewart (Hannah Montana)
 * Guano (Kappa Mikey)
 * Henry Gobbleblobber (Mr. Pickles; he is highly considered insane by the public when he thinks that Mr. Pickles is "evil")
 * Cyril (Archer)
 * Elder Mark (Craig of the Creek)
 * Elder Barry (Craig of the Creek)
 * Elder David (Craig of the Creek)
 * Bobby (Craig of the Creek; a notable running joke is where he would trip and fall on his face and say "My Candy!")
 * Miguel Santos (Maya & Miguel)
 * Carlos Casagrande Sr. (The Casagrandes)
 * Carlino "Carl" Casagrande (The Casagrandes; he sometimes deserves it whenever he acts selfish or egotistical.)
 * Arturo Santiago (The Casagrandes)
 * Laird (The Casagrandes)
 * Gargamel and Azrael (The Smurfs; also qualify as one because their plans always fail.)
 * Zim (Invader Zim)
 * Dib (Invader Zim; he is highly unpopular at school and at home for his said obsession with the paranormal, and is often dismissed as "crazy" or "insane")
 * Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * The Cabbage Merchant (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls)
 * Soos Ramirez (Gravity Falls)
 * Thompson (Gravity Falls)
 * Blendin Blandin (Gravity Falls)
 * mh:greatcharacters:Steven Universe (Steven Universe Future)
 * Luigi (KirbStomp; is constantly being abused by his crazy girlfriend, Daisy)
 * Chef Kawasaki (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!)
 * Arnold (Bubsy pilot)
 * Kevin McCallister (Home Alone 1, 2 & 4; not only the victim of the robbers, but are constantly mistreated by his family and always left home alone (hence the title), worst type of butt-monkey treatment comes from his mother)
 * Harry and Marv (Home Alone; they do deserve it after all)
 * Cameron Parks (A.N.T. Farm)
 * Charlotte Page/ Jasper Dunlop (Henry Danger/The Adventures of Kid Danger)
 * Ernie Cooper (K.C. Undercover)
 * Mark (Cheaper by the Dozen)
 * Sam Parker (Beethoven's Treasure Tail)
 * Felix Boulevardez and Puff (Suga Mama's poodle) could also qualify as punching bags because for Puff, he gets tortured by the twins, while Felix recieves the same amount of torture Oscar suffers in episodes featuring both of them/episodes that show them together.
 * Stacy Dillsen (Zoey 101; is commonly outcasted by everyone in Pacific Coast Academy because of her lisp and she's accident-prone)
 * Stressed Eric; (Stressed Eric, He is constantly the massive punching-bag and pushover towards everyone and is full of misfortunes, not to mention his family are also miserable.)
 * The Heffley Family (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
 * Timmy Turner (The Fairly OddParents)
 * Leonard Hofstadter (The Big Bang Theory)
 * Dorkus (Planet Sheen)
 * Logan Mitchell (Big Time Rush')
 * Johnny Test (mh:terribletvshows:Johnny Test; Constantly forced out of his sisters lab using a trapdoor and abused by his father)
 * Dukey (Johnny Test)
 * Susan Test (Johnny Test) constantly gets harassed by Bling-Bling Boy, some of her and Mary's inventions not working or getting destroyed by Johnny, gets bugged by Johnny at times.
 * Hugh Test (Johnny Test; Was the punching bag in the season 5 premiere "Johnny Goes Nuts/Johnny Daddy Day" and "Johnny Irresistable". In the first-mentioned episode, he has trouble with his nut costume when his body accidentally switches sides from the side with the two holes for his eyes to see to the backside, which prevented him from looking where he was going, thus leading to him bumping into many things. Hugh also ends up in the Porkbelly Nut Fields, only to get attacked by squirrels. In the sister episode, most of the things the entire family did for Hugh on Fathers Day caused him to get injured in many ways, such as inviting an old friend of his, only to reveal that his old friend became his rival because Hugh stole his girlfriend (who could've been the one currently known as Lila, Johnny's mom) and have him assaulted as well as listening to loud music, leading him to end up in the hospital injured. In "Johnny Irresistable", there is a scene where Hugh got trampled by a bunch of people who wanted Johnny thanks to his irresisableness from his sister's invention. And finallyI n "JohnnyTube" when Johnny attempts to upload a video on the internet of a badger trying to attack him, the badger instead decides to attack Hugh when Hugh walks out of the house to scold Johnny to take out the trash resulting in the latter like in "Johnny's Daddy Day" getting severely mauled and injured by the badger to the point where he also once again has to go to the hospital and is later on seen in the episode on the way to the hospital in a hospital truck due to his injuries.)
 * Dice Corleone (Sam & Cat)
 * Triple G (Game Shakers)
 * Victor and Monty (Power Rangers (Super) Ninja Steel)
 * Cosmo Royale (Power Rangers (Super) Ninja Steel)
 * Ripcon (Power Rangers Ninja Steel)
 * George Costanza (Seinfeld)
 * Hong Meiling (Touhou Project)
 * Coach Kreeton/Kel Mitchell, Ray Borealis/Josh Server & Larry VanHalen/Chinguun Sergelen (All That)
 * Stu Pickles (Rugrats)
 * Lucius Henious VII (Jimmy Two Shoes)
 * Dr. Zoidberg (Futurama)
 * Dr. Jhatka (Motu Patlu; whenever his inventions fail, he gets often beaten up by Motu and Patlu)
 * Ghasitaram (Motu Patlu; he often gets beaten up as well)
 * Kenzie Bell (Game Shakers)
 * Chris Rock (Everybody Hates Chris)
 * Mr. Gullible (The Amanda Show)
 * Bernie Barges (Corneil and Bernie (Watch My Chops))
 * Robot Default (Robot and Monster)
 * Monster Krumholtz (Robot and Monster)
 * Perry (Robot and Monster)
 * Baljeet Tjinder (Phineas and Ferb)
 * Candace Flynn (Phineas and Ferb)
 * Dr. Heinz Doofenshirmtz (Phineas and Ferb; typically at the mistreatment of his parents)
 * Victor Volt (The Secret Show)
 * Changed Daily (The Secret Show)
 * Gumball Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball; He deserves it if he’s being selfish or rude)
 * Nicole Waterson ("The Amazing World of Gumball")
 * Banana Joe ("The Amazing World of Gumball")
 * Larry Needlemeyer ("The Amazing World of Gumball")
 * Tobias Wilson ("The Amazing World of Gumball")
 * Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball, sometimes)
 * Alan Keane (The Amazing World of Gumball, sometimes)
 * Scrat (Ice Age franchise)
 * Sid (Ice Age franchise)
 * Will Vandom (W.I.T.C.H.) - An issue in the comic’s third year had her father trying to ruin her family's livelihood, followed by her dormouse getting run over by a car.
 * Warwick (Knight Squad)
 * Neil (The Young Ones)
 * Shrek (Shrek Franchise)
 * Gingerbread man (Shrek franchise)
 * Crescent (Funny Pets; is continuously ignored and abused by Funny.)
 * Robin (Teen Titans Go!; he deserves it most of the time)
 * Eric Matthews (Boy Meets World)
 * Adam Young (Mr. Young)
 * Bertram Winkle (Jessie)
 * Max Thunderman (The Thundermans)
 * Carl Montclaire (Wingin' It)
 * Carl Wheezer (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius/The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius; he's the Guinea pig to all of Jimmy's experiments and is also the butt of gags such as him accidentally spraying his eyes with his inhaler)
 * Rabbit (Winnie the Pooh)
 * Mike Wazowski (Monsters, Inc. franchise)
 * George Sanderson (Monsters, Inc.)
 * Sheriff Woody/Rex/Mr. Potato Head (Toy Story)
 * Principal Tater (Mr. Young)
 * Any character from an Annoying Orange video (Gets knifed, blended, baked, etc. Pear and Little Apple are the worst offenders)
 * Deuce Martinez (Shake it Up)
 * Poe Dameron (Star Wars; constantly gets antagonized by Admiral Holdo despite Poe Dameron's right doings)
 * Rudy Gillespie (Kickin' It)
 * Ron Stoppable (Kim Possible)
 * Marlin (Finding Nemo)
 * Doktor Frogg (League of Super Evil)
 * Simon Seville (ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks)
 * Alvin Seville can be considered as one
 * Fletcher Quimby (A.N.T. Farm)
 * X (Battle For Dream Island)
 * Four (Battle For Dream Island; He arguably deserves it for being an obnoxious blue number)
 * Ice Cube (Battle For Dream Island)
 * Bubble (Battle For Dream Island)
 * Woody (Battle For Dream Island; became less of a Butt-Monkey in season 4)
 * Firey (Battle For Dream Island)
 * Book (Battle For Dream Island; she did deserve this more in season 4)
 * Basketball (Battle For Dream Island; to some extent, although she arguably deserves it)
 * Cake (Battle For Dream Island)
 * Profily (Battle For Dream Island; commonly thrown away by Teardrop and no one remembers them, however, they do deserve it for being self-centered)
 * Paintbrush (Inanimate Insanity; they often deserve it)
 * Suitcase (Inanimate Insanity)
 * Toilet (Inanimate Insanity)
 * Green Square (offbrand_square; he either deserves it or not depending on the tiktok)
 * Tissue (Object Overload)
 * Robbie Rotten (LazyTown)
 * Rafe Khatchadorian (Middle School series)
 * Logan Reese (Zoey 101; even though he usually does deserve it)
 * Robbie Shapiro (Victorious)
 * Sinjin Van Cleef (Victorious)
 * Trina Vega (Victorious)
 * Neville Longbottom (Harry Potter)
 * Prince Charming (Shrek The Third)
 * Private (Madagascar)
 * RJ (Over the Hedge)
 * Verne (Over the Hedge)
 * Roddy St. James (Flushed Away)
 * Spike (Flushed Away)
 * Alan Harper (Two and a Half Men)
 * Joey Rooney (Liv & Maddie)
 * Mark Taylor (Home Improvement ((Seasons 1-3)); is constantly used as a torture device in Brad and Randy's pranks.
 * Kaori (Akira; Gets abused throughout the film/manga.)
 * Frank Murphy (F is for Family)
 * Foxie/Bhukkad (Eena Meena Deeka)
 * Moxxie (Helluva Boss)
 * Tidus (Final Fantasy X)
 * Romio Inuzuka (Boarding School Juliet; Despite being arrogant when it comes to protecting Persia, he gets abused by his classmates throughout the anime/manga.)
 * Zig (Zig and Sharko Season 2, he sometimes deserves it for attempting to chow down on Marina
 * (Oggy and the Cockroaches
 * Dee Dee, Marky, and Joey (Oggy and the Cockroaches)
 * Handsome Pig (Angry Birds Stella Toons)
 * Buddy (Kick the Buddy; even if he enjoys it)
 * Whitey Duvall (Eight Crazy Nights; All of the abuse he gets is undeserved.)
 * Nagasumi Michishio (My Bride is a Mermaid)
 * Stephanie "Steph" Dola (No Game No Life; Sometimes gets mocked by both Shiro and Sora.)
 * Ken Kaneki (First half of Tokyo Ghoul)
 * Aqua (KonoSuba)
 * Yunyun (KonoSuba)
 * Scrappy-Doo (Scooby Doo) Even though he does deserves this, seeing the poor pup getting abused by a lot of Cartoon Network’s characters in old Cartoon Network promos and games, even being left out by Mystery Inc. and getting too much flack in-universe is too much.
 * Satania (Gabriel Dropout)
 * Deandra Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
 * Brandy and Mr. Whiskers (Brandy and Mr. Whiskers; both are constantly almost getting killed in almost every episode, regardless if it was Brandy or Mr. Whiskers whose at fault, they would usually get into serious danger)
 * Rickety Cricket (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
 * Wolf W. Wolf (Hoodwinked! series)
 * Japeth (Hoodwinked Too!)
 * Hacker (Cyberchase)
 * Buzz (Cyberchase)
 * Delete (Cyberchase)
 * Mordecai (Regular Show)
 * Rigby (Regular Show)
 * Shino Aburame (Naruto Shippuden and Boruto: Naruto The Next Generations)
 * Kiyoshi Fujino (Prison School; gets abused by 3 of the third-year-old girls along with his 4 friends)
 * Ayumu Aikawa (Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka?)
 * Ravi Ross (Jessie/Bunk'd)
 * Harper Finkle (Wizards of Waverly Place; only in Season 4)
 * Tori Vega (Victorious)
 * Bernie Schotz (Bizaardvark)
 * Sheep (Sheep in the Big City)
 * Keitarō Urashima (Love Hina)
 * Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia)
 * Mikuru Asahina (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
 * Tsuna Sawada (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
 * Saitama (One Punch Man)
 * Minoru Mineta (My Hero Academia)
 * Gloria (Big City Greens)
 * Rollo Tookus (Timmy Failure)
 * Nate Wright (Big Nate series)
 * Chad Applewhite (Big Nate Series)
 * Francis Pope (Big Nate Series)
 * Breckenridge Puffington III (Big Nate Series)
 * Michael (PottyMouth and Stoopid)
 * David (PottyMouth and Stoopid)
 * Robot Jones (Whatever Happened to Robot Jones)
 * Raku Ichijo (Nisekoi)
 * Jaime Thompson (Berrybrook Middle School series)
 * Jensen Graham (Berrybrook Middle School series)
 * Yato (Noragami)
 * Mirai (Senran Kagura)
 * Imu (Senran Kagura)
 * The Doronbo Gang (Yatterman; They constantly get punished after failing defeating Team Yatterman)
 * Touma Kamijou (A Certain Series)
 * Shiage Hamazura (A Certain Series)
 * Lambo (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
 * Skull (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
 * Kon (Bleach)
 * Marechiyo Omaeda (Bleach)
 * Shige Shige, The Shogun (Gintama)
 * Shinpachi Shimura (Gintama)
 * Taizou Hasegawa (Gintama)
 * Kondou Isao (Gintama)
 * Itsuki Takeuchi (Initial D)
 * Koichiro Iketani (Initial D)
 * Rito Yuuki (To Love-Ru)
 * Jun Manjoume (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)
 * Akari Akaza (YuruYuri, the world is against her in hilarious ways.)
 * Canada (Hetalia)
 * China (Hetalia)
 * T.J. Detweiler (Recess)
 * Mikey Blumberg (Recess)
 * Gus Griswald (Recess)
 * Randall Weems (Recess; even though he deserves it)
 * Kuki Urie (Tokyo Ghoul:re)
 * Renji Yomo (Tokyo Ghoul:re; Did a lot of embarrassing things in the manga.)
 * Kōsei Arima (Your Lie in April)
 * Itsuki Minami (Air Gear)
 * Inuyasha (Inuyasha)
 * Subaru Natsuki (Re:Zero)
 * Nagito Komaeda/Servant (Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls)
 * Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
 * Hayate Ayasaki (Hayate the Combat Butler)
 * Sena Kobayakawa (Eyeshield 21)
 * August Pullman (Wonder)
 * Piggy (Power Rangers S.P.D.)
 * Boom (Power Rangers S.P.D.)
 * Ned Bigby (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide)
 * Simon Nelson-Cook (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide)
 * Coconut Head (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide)
 * Fred Figglehorn (Fred franchise)
 * Kim Possible (Kim Possible (2019))
 * Shoya Ishida (A Silent Voice)
 * Shoko Nishimiya (A Silent Voice)
 * Kayo Hinazuki (Erased)
 * Kyo Sohma (Fruit Baskets)
 * Elizabeth Liones (The Seven Deadly Sins)
 * Ryuu Yamada (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches)
 * Nene Odagiri (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches)
 * Doraemon (Doraemon)
 * Keroro (Sgt. Frog)
 * Giroro (Sgt. Frog)
 * Dororo (Sgt. Frog, he's mostly mistreated by the Keroro Platoon, except for Koyuki, Giroro and Pururu)
 * Nepgear (Only in Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory, she often gets treated like a punching bag in this game. Thankfully, she's no longer a Butt-Monkey in Megadimension Neptunia VII)
 * Noire (Hyperdimension Neptunia; She's occasionally a Butt-Monkey here and there, depending on the game)
 * Sheldon Lee (My Life as a Teenage Robot)
 * Giyuu Tomioka (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
 * Zenitsu Agatsuma (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
 * Nana Ebina (My Two-Faced Little Sister!)
 * Miyako Hoshino (An Angel Flew Down On Me)
 * Jonathan Joestar (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood)
 * Guido Mista (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind)
 * Bocchi Hitori (Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu)
 * Aru Honshou (Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu)
 * Black Rabbit (Mondaiji Tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru So Desu Yo?)
 * Yuuko Yoshida (Demon Girl Next Door)
 * Amane Katagiri (Senryu Girl)
 * Tao Hanakai (Senryu Girl)
 * Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail)
 * Jake Collins (The Troop)
 * Louie (DuckTales (2017))
 * Bandit Heeler (Bluey)
 * Chilli Heeler (Bluey) At least she doesn't get tortured so frequently like her husband.
 * Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)
 * Jack Fenton (Danny Phantom)
 * Schnitzel (Chowder)
 * Foxxy Love (Drawn Together)
 * Cinderella (Cinderella (1950); She gets routinely abused by both her stepmother and stepsisters throughout most of her life until she marries Prince Charming in the first movie)
 * Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio)
 * Dumbo (Dumbo)
 * Iago (Aladdin)
 * Sebastian (The Little Mermaid)
 * Kaa (The Jungle Book)
 * Bagheera (The Jungle Book)
 * Cogsworth (Beauty and the Beast)
 * Pleakley (Lilo and Stitch)
 * Gantu (Lilo and Stitch)
 * Charles and Mary (Lilo and Stitch: The Series)
 * Philoctetes (Hercules)
 * Johnny Bravo (Johnny Bravo)
 * Pink Panther (Pink Panther)
 * Big Nose (Pink Panther)
 * Blue Aardvark (The Ant and the Aardvark/Pink Panther and Pals; even though he deserves it)
 * Ned Needlemeyer (Nightmare Ned)
 * Charlotte (Making Fiends)
 * Vendetta (Making Fiends)
 * Marvin (Making Fiends)
 * Meat Boy (Meat Boy series)
 * Bandage Girl (Meat Boy series)
 * Wally Warbles (Cuphead)
 * Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie series)
 * Bottles (Banjo-Kazooie series)
 * Gobi the Camel (Banjo-Kazooie series)
 * Johnny Turbine (Freaky Flyers)
 * Shiek Abdul (Freaky Flyers)
 * Sammy Wasabi (Freaky Flyers)
 * Professor Gutentaag (Freaky Flyers; Despite He was abusing his robot partner: SVEN-209 in the backstory but it was shown 1 time onscreen.)
 * Crash Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot series)
 * Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash Twinsanity)
 * N.Gin (Crash Bandicoot series)
 * Nitrous Oxide (Crash Nitro Kart; In some of the loading screens.)
 * Scratch and Grounder (The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog; usually because of their stupidity)
 * Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic X)
 * Agent Stone (Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie)
 * Enk (The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers)
 * Orhime Inoue (Bleach)
 * Taiyo Asano (Mission: Yozakura Family)
 * Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
 * Asta (Black Clover)
 * Johnny Sasaki (Metal Gear Solid series)
 * Raiden (Metal Gear series)
 * Robo-Ky (Guilty Gear series)
 * Ragna the Bloodedge (BlazBlue series)
 * Noel Vermillion (BlazBlue series)
 * Bang Shishigami (BlazBlue series))
 * Makoto Nanaya (BlazBlue series)
 * Iron Tager (BlazBlue series)
 * Kagura Mutsuki (BlazBlue series)
 * Junpei Iori (Persona 3)
 * Fuuka Yamagishi (Persona 3)
 * Yosuke Hanamura (Persona 4)
 * Kanji Tatsumi (Persona 4)
 * Ren Amamiya/Akira Kurusu/Joker (Persona 5)
 * Ryuji Sakamoto/Skull (Persona 5)
 * Ann Takamaki/Panther (Persona 5)
 * Yusuke Kitagawa/Fox (Persona 5)
 * Futaba Sakura/Oracle (Persona 5)
 * Yuuki Mishima (Persona 5)
 * Hyde Kido (Under Night In-Birth)
 * Carmine Prime (Under Night In-Birth)
 * Mika Returna (Under Night In-Birth)
 * Londrekia Light (Under Night In-Birth)
 * Adam (Skullgirls)
 * Riccardo (Skullgirls)
 * Lawrence (Skullgirls)
 * Dan Hibiki (Street Fighter series)
 * Remy (Street Fighter series)
 * Octo & Pus (Power Stone (Anime))
 * Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney)
 * Maya (Ace Attorney)
 * Edgeworth (Ace Attorney)
 * Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney)
 * Athena Cykes (Ace Attorney)
 * Joe Higashi (Fatal Fury/The King of Fighters series)
 * Sie Kensou (The King of Fighters series)
 * Chang Koehan (The King of Fighters series)
 * Choi Bounge (The King of Fighters series)
 * Jhun Hoon (The King of Fighters series)
 * Juzoh Kanzaki (The Last Blade series)
 * Shura (World Heroes series)
 * Yuki (NeoGeo Battle Coliseum)
 * Ai (NeoGeo Battle Coliseum)
 * Kuma II (Tekken series)
 * Lucky Chole (Tekken series)
 * Roger's Husband (Tekken series He constantly gets attacked by Roger Jr in endings)
 * Zack (Dead or Alive series)
 * Glass Joe (Punch Out!!; Out of his 100 fights, he's only got one win)
 * Gabby Jay (Punch-Out!!)
 * Mario (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate; For some reason, he always gets attacked in DLC character trailers)
 * Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes series; especially at the cost of Jasper Batt Jr. murdering his best friend Bishop and faking the deaths of his girlfriend, brother and fellow assassin)
 * Black Baron (MadWorld/Anarchy Reigns)
 * Harry Potter (Harry Potter)
 * Black Star (Soul Eater)
 * Issei Hyoudou (High School DxD)
 * Jean (Queen's Blade/Gate: Spiral Chaos)
 * Tomoki Sakurai (Heaven's Lost Property)
 * Darnell Fetzervalve (Buddy Thunderstruck; he is known for being treated unfairly by Buddy despite him being his best friend)
 * Deputy Hosienberry (Buddy Thunderstruck)
 * Leroy (Buddy Thunderstruck)
 * Mr. Weaselbrat (Buddy Thunderstruck)
 * Tex Akrana Jr. (Buddy Thunderstruck)
 * Ichika Orimura (Infinite Startos)
 * Junpei Yoshino (Jujutsu Kaisen)
 * Marco Diaz (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
 * Manny Delgado-Pritchett (Modern Family)
 * Mitchell Pritchett (Modern Family)
 * Mr. Lancer (Danny Phantom)
 * Stephanie Knightleigh (Edgar and Ellen)
 * Irina Jelavić (Assassination Classroom)
 * Junpei Manaka (Strawberry 100%)
 * Rikiya Komiyama (Strawberry 100%)
 * Arisa Ichigaya (BanG Dream!)
 * Himari Uehara (BanG Dream!)
 * Misaki Okusawa (BanG Dream!)
 * Marina Tsukishima (BanG Dream!)
 * Chiyo Mihama (Azumanga Daioh)
 * Sakaki (Azumanga Daioh)
 * Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran High School Host Club)
 * Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga (Azumanga Daioh)
 * Rebecca "Becky" Miyamoto (Pani Poni Dash!)
 * Himeko Katagiri (Pani Poni Dash!)
 * Kurumi Momose (Pani Poni Dash!)
 * Mesousa (Pani Poni Dash!)
 * Shu Momose (Pani Poni Dash!)
 * Otome Akiyama (Pani Poni Dash!)
 * Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug; She's bullied at school constantly (by both Chloé and Lila), she has to deal with the fate of Paris constantly resting on her shoulders as well as her normal, also stress-inducing responsibilities on a daily basis with little to no free time, and she has to deal with her clumsiness and constant heartache over Adrien on top of that.)
 * Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir (Miraculous Ladybug; He does a suffocating modeling job to make his cold-hearted excuse of a dad happy but leaves no time for him to hang out with his friends, and crushes on Ladybug whom he thinks is better than he is and rebuffs his romantic gestures.)
 * Chlóe Bourgeois/Queen Bee (Miraculous Ladybug; even though she usually deserves it)
 * Nooroo (Miraculous Ladybug; He is ENSLAVED by Gabriel and forced to aid him in a terrorist campaign against Paris. His relationship with his master is routinely shown to be emotionally and occasionally physically abusive; he is forbidden contact with the outside world, not allowed to be more than a few feet away from him, yelled at whenever he questions his master's decisions, and he has had his mouth magically shut on two separate occasions when he has truly angered Gabriel.)
 * Grizz (We Bare Bears)
 * Panda (We Bare Bears)
 * Ice Bear (We Bare Bears)
 * Willy Zilla (My Dad The Rock Star)
 * Ian Lightfoot (Onward)
 * Mr. Gus (Uncle Grandpa)
 * Harley Quinn (Batman)
 * Alan (Sleepaway Camp)
 * Onari Yamanouchi (Kamen Rider Ghost)
 * Yuusuke Onodera (A.R. Kuuga) (Kamen Rider Decade)
 * Fuuka Igasaki (Shuriken Sentai Ninninger)
 * Haru Tokashiki (Ressha Sentai ToQger)
 * Rachel Berry (Glee; even though she mostly deserves it)
 * Tina Cohen-Chang (Glee)
 * Caillou (Caillou Gets Grounded Vyond Videos)
 * Arthur & D.W Read (Arthur/D.W Gets Grounded Vyond Videos)
 * Dora The Explorer (Dora Gets Grounded Vyond Videos)
 * Little Bill (Little Bill Gets Grounded Vyond Videos)
 * Wubbzy (Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!; Depends on the episode)
 * Widget (Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!; None of her inventions work correctly)
 * Rick (Unikitty!; Constantly Ignored and/or Called Boring)
 * Simon the Digger (Gurren Lagann; until he becomes a true hero)
 * Master Frown (Unikitty!)
 * Mina Beff (Grojband; typically at the mistreatment of Trina, until she later stands up against her in "Hear Us Rock, Part 2" as for revenge on her.)
 * Trina Riffin (Grojband; after her comeuppance by Mina in "Hear Us Rock, Part 2")
 * Kamina (Gurren Lagann; later died)
 * Artist Pig (Angry Birds Stella Toons; typically at the mistreatment of Gale only for a dumb reason.)
 * King Pig (Angry Birds/Angry Birds Toons; he somewhat deserves it.)
 * Minion Pigs (Angry Birds/Angry Birds Toons; being used as punching-bags by the birds, especially when they tried to steal the eggs.)
 * Roy (Orson's Farm; deserves it most of the time)
 * Garfield (Garfield; whether he deserves it or not depending on The Episode/Strip)
 * Jon, Nermal, Odie, and The Mailman are also punching bags.
 * AP (Atomic Puppet)
 * Joey Felt (Atomic Puppet)
 * Bingo (The Banana Splits)
 * Fleegle (The Banana Splits)
 * Drooper (The Banana Splits)
 * Snorky (The Banana Splits)
 * Talking Ben (Talking Tom And Friends)
 * Red And Yellow (Larva; Seasons 1-3)
 * Chuck (Larva Island)
 * Orson (Orson's Farm)
 * McGee (Camp Lakebottom)
 * Les (Viva Piñata)
 * Arthur Fleck (Joker)
 * Kurochan (Cyborg kuro-chan)
 * Clone Gandhi (Clone High)
 * Clone JFK (Clone High)
 * Clone Abe (Clone High)
 * Principal Scudworth (Clone High)
 * Brendon Small (Home Movies)
 * Jason Penopolis (Home Movies)
 * Walter and Perry (Home Movies)
 * Coach John McGuirk (Home Movies)
 * Numbuh 2 (Codename: Kids Next Door)
 * Numbuh 3 (Codename: Kids Next Door)
 * Numbuh 4 (Codename: Kids Next Door)
 * James the Cat (James The Cat)
 * Mr. Bump (Mr. Men; also on the 2008 series for The Mr. Men Show)
 * Mr. Quiet (The Mr. Men Show)
 * Mr. Pernickity/Persnickity/Fussy (The Mr. Men Show)
 * Max (Max & Ruby)
 * Ruby (Max & Ruby)
 * Franklin
 * Bear (Franklin)
 * Beaver (Franklin)
 * Goose (Franklin)
 * Snail (Franklin)
 * Aya Asagiri (Magical Girl Site)
 * Pretty much any Happy Tree Friends character except Splendid, Cro-Marmot, Mr. Pickels, The Ants and to a lesser extent Flippy/Fliqpy (all of them, except The Ants, do die occasionally); They often get killed and/or injured in violent and brutal ways.
 * Zeke McBongo (Billy Dilley)
 * Maggie Pesky (The Buzz on Maggie, though she deserves it when she's being insensitive)
 * Joseph (SML, though he can deserve it when he's being a jerk, depending on the video)
 * Bowser Junior (SML, he sometimes deserves it when he's being a jerk, depending on the video)
 * Cody (SML, he's commonly picked on by Junior and Joseph most of the time)
 * Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Kairi (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Riku (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Terra (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Aqua (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Ventus (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Madison Rocca (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
 * Xander Bly (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
 * Clare Langtree (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
 * Marsha Dwanelle (Billy Dilley)
 * Kai (Ninjago; occasionally a butt-monkey)
 * Jay Walker (Ninjago)
 * Cole (Ninjago; also occasionally a butt-monkey)
 * Zane (Ninjago; has sacrificed himself, been beaten up, and even managed to get manipulated by Vex)
 * Lloyd (Ninjago; occasionally a butt-monkey)
 * Ernest Penfold (Danger Mouse)
 * Stiletto Mafiosa (Danger Mouse)
 * Ted Mosby (How I Met Your Mother; occasionally)
 * Marshall Erikson (How I Met Your Mother)
 * Robin Scherbatski (How I Met Your Mother)
 * Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother)
 * Lily Aldrin (How I Met Your Mother; occasionally)
 * Ethan Johnson (RandomMarioDude 2004 Unleashed; He USED to get bullied as a kid, up until he was at College, when he chose his new career as a purely evil villain, despite the first part of his backstory being an excuse)
 * Dark Vegan (Johnny Test)
 * Sonic The Hedgehog (MugiMikey; He does Deserve it)
 * Yō Takami (Deadman Wonderland)
 * Leopold Slikk (Angry German Kid)
 * Harold Slikk (AngryGermanKid82's AGK Series; He became a butt-monkey after AngryGermanKid82 cancelled his AGK Series and moved to SkilesTV)
 * Escargoon (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!; he can deserve it or not, depending on the episode)
 * Stan (Hamtaro; He's commonly seen to be getting caught by his sister Sandy whenever he flirts with some Ham-Ham girls)
 * Depending on your view, Boss, Howdy and Dexter can also be considered punching bags as well.
 * Gordie LaChance (The Body/Stand By Me; occasionally)
 * Vern Tessio (The Body/Stand By Me)
 * Zack (Gacha Wow Studios)
 * Matt (Rebecca Zamolo)
 * The Ferocious Beast (Maggie and the Ferocious Beast)
 * Hamilton (Maggie and the Ferocious Beast)
 * Spencer (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)
 * Norg (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)
 * Pecola
 * Zorori (The Kaiketsu Zorori Anime)
 * Mr. Magoo
 * Quack (Peep and the Big Wide World)
 * Chirp (Peep and the Big Wide World)
 * Nature Cat (Nature Cat)
 * Hal (Nature Cat)
 * Squeeks (Nature Cat)
 * Maisie MacKenzie (Meeow!)
 * Marjorie McKitty (Meeow!)
 * Archie (Meeow!)
 * Jelly (Jelly's Day; Oh Yeah! Cartoons)
 * Camille (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
 * Fran (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
 * Little Lulu (Little Lulu; sometimes she was in the old 1940s shorts and The Little Lulu Show)
 * Tubby (Little Lulu)
 * Frank Grimes (The Simpsons episode "Homer's Enemy", he was even a butt-monkey due to he was crazy, also he got killed by a high voltage to death)
 * Kipper
 * Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Jake, and Mouse sometimes they're punching bags.
 * Olie Polie (Rolie Polie Olie)
 * Zowie, Percy, Billy, Pappy, and others sometimes are butt-monkeys.
 * Matthew Corbett (Sooty franchise; 1976-1998)
 * Harry Corbett (1952-1976) was also a Megward the Wizard.
 * SELOZAR (Roblox Myths; He's always abused and treated like garbage by AloneTraveler)
 * ULEANRA (Roblox Myths; Same as SELOZAR, except he got straight-up murdered by AloneTraveler on purpose and got his death set up as a suicide)
 * Angelica Pickles (Rugrats; She usually deserves it).
 * Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons; She has no friends and most of her ideas and suggestions are ignored or rejected).
 * Loser (The BFB Message To Loser Music Video )
 * Squidward Tentacles (SpongeBros)
 * Dave (Yin Yang Yo!)
 * Saiko Bichitaru (SMG4; particularly in her earlier appearances in 2018 when she was treated as a misunderstood tsundere who is misjudged by others)
 * Bob Bobowski (SMG4 2016-2018; in these seasons he was mainly a punching bag out of desperation for popularity and approval. However, he deserved it more in the 2018 season when he became more mean-spirited and traitorous to his friends)
 * Fishy Boopkins (SMG4; In his earliest appearances, he was called "a pathetic piece of aquatic shit", and was mistreated by most of the cast, however this was stopped as the series went on. Also, he became this trope once again in the Rapper Bob Arc in 2018 when Bob Bobowski betrays him)
 * Jub Jub Boopkins (SMG4, typically in Mario's favor of "kicking the baby")
 * Toad (SMG4; Can deserve it depending on the episode.)
 * Mario (SMG4; He sometimes gets abused for no reason. However, in some episodes such as "Mario's Jackass", he can deserve it for how he treats his friends)
 * SMG4 (SMG4; Usually from dealing with Mario's stupidity)
 * Luigi (SMG4; He is often called "gay" by other people (especially Mario), and like Boopkins, he was mistreated by most of the cast, though this seems the seems to be shown less as the series went on, and and also he becomes the trope when he deals with Mario's stupidity)
 * Meggy Spletzer (SMG4 & Sunset Paradise; particularly in the mid 2019-present seasons where she's become significantly more insecure. Is also a butt-monkey in her spinoff series for how in every episode of that show, her vacation gets ruined by a villain)
 * Whimpu (SMG4; most notable in the YouTube Arc where he is taken advantage of by SMG3 despite being weak and uncoordinated)
 * Tari (SMG4; usually due to her timid and insecure personality)
 * (SMG4; his evil plans typically fail most of the time, however he does deserve it due to being a villain after all)
 * Greg The Alien (SMG4)
 * Usopp (One Piece)
 * Pica (One Piece)
 * Naruto (Naruto Part I; since he got rejected by the village as a child)
 * Sometimes Part II Naruto is also a butt-monkey.
 * Axzyte (Axzyte)
 * Ben (Axzyte; Although he really deserves it)
 * Finn (Star Wars)
 * Boy (Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese)
 * Girl, Dog, Cat, Mouse, and Cheese are also butt-monkeys.
 * Pelswick Eggert (Pelsick; he was a butt-monkey since he is paralyzed on a wheelchair.)
 * Kate, Gram-Gram, Mr. Jimmy, Ace, Goon, and Boyd are also even sometimes they're butt-monkeys.
 * Jerry (The Three Friends and Jerry)
 * Frank (The Three Friends and Jerry)
 * Eric (The Three Friends and Jerry)
 * Thomas (The Three Friends and Jerry)
 * Tess (The Three Friends and Jerry)
 * Dirge (Transformers; Has died in every single continuity with the exception of the IDW comic universe)
 * Waspinator (Transformers Beast Wars; Literally gets beaten up in every episode)
 * Carapar (Bionicle; He used to be one of the smartest warlords, but then allowed Takadox to manipulate him and then Carapar became stupid. During the federation of fear arc, all he serves to do is to get killed by Trenn Kromm)
 * Hunter the Cheetah (Spyro the Dragon)
 * Jon Arbuckle (Garfield)
 * Kaput and Zösky (Kaput and Zösky)
 * Furball (Tiny Toon Adventures)
 * Lauren Shiba (Power Rangers Super Samurai; Ignored by her teammates, who she tried to befriend, all because of their worship over Jayden.)
 * Antonio Garcia can also sometimes be a butt-monkey, also for the same reason as Lauren.
 * Jim Morales (Code Lyoko)
 * Thomas "Tom" Lancaster DuBois (The Boondocks)
 * Mr. George Wilson (Dennis the Menace (American); He always gets into a lot of trouble because of Dennis' antics)
 * Jenine Buller (Ferris Buller's Day Off)
 * Ed Rooney (Ferris Buller's Day Off)
 * Jake Holling (Power Rangers (Super) Megaforce)
 * Luigi (Mario Fables)
 * Wario (Mario Fables)
 * Panda (WerBopBop)
 * Ape (George of the Jungle 2007 TV Series)
 * T-Midi (Breadwinners)
 * Jughead Jones can also qualify as one because he sometimes gets into trouble and is stalked and harassed by Ethel Muggs, who is romantically obsessed with him.
 * Pesto (Crash & Bernstein)
 * Alan Diaz (Mighty Med)
 * Lanny Parker (Pair of Kings)
 * Dawn Buckets (Kirby Buckets)
 * Tooteroo (Tickety Toc)
 * Nahuel (Nahuel and the Magic Book/Nahuel y el Libro Magico; he's commonly bullied by Calfunao and Rorro, getting ignored by his father because he's afraid of the sea (but they have a bond at the middle of the film when he and his son go fishing, which is nice) and every creature in the tavern laughed at him because he wanted to take a stand against Kalku except Ruende and Fresia.)
 * Crescent (Funny Pets)
 * Ren Höek (The Ren & Stimpy Show; Seasons 3-5, albeit him deserving it sometimes for how he treats Stimpy along with his antipathy & violent moments, sometimes it is the total opposite)
 * Stimpson J. Cat (The Ren & Stimpy Show/Ren & Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon; both shows usually resulting from his stupidity or being around Ren)
 * Ed Bighead (Rocko’s Modern Life; He usually deserves it)
 * Benatar (Your Favorite Martian: The Animated Series)
 * Nanny Plum (Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom; at times)
 * The Wise Old Elf can sometimes qualify as one too.
 * Akane Tendo (Ranma 1/2, Sometimes, She usually deserves it)
 * Zak (Dragon Tales)
 * Ranma Saotome (Ranma 1/2, He gets abused by Akane, even when he doesn't deserve it)
 * Boxing Glove (Object Overload)
 * Bumblebee Man (The Simpsons)
 * MC (DDLC: Loser MC)
 * Tiger (An American Tail)
 * Thumbelina (Thumbelina (1994))
 * Stanley (A Troll in Central Park)
 * Hubie (The Pebble and the Penguin; he gets bullied by Drake)
 * Other Sophie (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants)
 * Hippolyte/Ignatius (FloopaLoo, Where Are You?)
 * Rin Okumura (Blue Exorcist)
 * Tamaki Kotatsu (Fire Force)
 * Yūki Sohma (Fruits Basket)
 * Taiga Aisaka (Toradora)
 * Team Rocket Trio (Pokemon franchise; They deserve it in most of the episodes.)
 * The Dalton Brothers (Lucky Luke franchise)
 * All the characters in "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop" (For the title character herself, she is always getting into trouble when the Hooded Claw tries to harm her, The Ant-Hill Crew sometimes gets into trouble when trying to save Penelope, and The Hooded Claw and his minions whenever they fail)
 * Drutt (The Trap Door)
 * Boni (The Trap Door)
 * Hubie Dubois (Hubie Halloween)
 * Kanata Age (Sky Wizards Academy; he is considered to be a traitor to almost everyone and gets called a pervert for doing nothing wrong but ignores it and sticks to the important things)
 * Akihisa Yoshii (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu)
 * Raven (Injustice Gods Among Us)
 * Tim Lockwood (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)
 * Baby Brent (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)
 * Todd Petersen/Han Solo Berger (That's My Boy)
 * Maggey Byrde (Ace Attorney; Unlucky and has been arrested a bunch of times for crimes she didn't commit)
 * Bunny (Bunny Maloney)
 * Jean-Francois (Bunny Maloney)
 * Professor Debilouman (Bunny Maloney)
 * Modchi (Bunny Maloney)
 * Stan Ookie (Bunny Maloney)
 * Charlotte (Bunny Maloney)
 * Kung Fu Bunny (Kung Fu Bunny; JJJOY Animation Studios)
 * Choy Bao Doggy is also sometimes a butt-monkey.
 * Ord (Dragon tales)
 * Max (Dragon tales)
 * Emmy (Dragon tales)
 * Cassie (Dragon tales)
 * Face (Nick Jr.; he is sometimes a butt-monkey in any promos he does)
 * Mr. Morton (Schoolhouse Rock!, "The Tale of Mr. Morton"; he was a butt-monkey at times during the song)
 * Wibbly Pig (he sometimes he is a butt-monkey)
 * Scruffy Pig, Big Pig and Tiny Pig are sometimes they are butt-monkeys.
 * Zuzu (Poppy Cat)
 * Alma (Poppy Cat)
 * Mo (Poppy Cat)
 * Egbert (Poppy Cat)
 * Little Bear (Little Bear)
 * Duck (Little Bear)
 * Hen (Little Bear)
 * Owl (Little Bear)
 * Emily (Little Bear)
 * Beartank (Rakugakids; he was during his attacks or super attacks on gameplays)
 * Mamezo & Inuzo (Rakugakids; he was during his attacks or super attacks on gameplays, also on the ending cutscene for Mamezo)
 * Commander ApeTrully (Hero 108)
 * Zebra Brothers (Hero 108)
 * Tucker X (AKA: Mr. X; The X's)
 * Truman X (The X's)
 * Tuesday X (The X's)
 * Mr. Bilk (Catscratch; He arguably deserves it)
 * Brainy (Hey Arnold!; he was during the running gag were Helga punches him or do something with him instead of punching on his face)
 * Cousin Blobin (The Thundermans)
 * Eerie (Telemonster)
 * Rock-G (Telemonster)
 * Pogo (Telemonster)
 * Angelina Mouseling (Angelina Ballerina)
 * Alice Nimbletoes (Angelina Ballerina)
 * Henry Mouseling (Angelina Ballerina)
 * Junior Asparagus (VeggieTales)
 * Chris Quantum (Superbook(2011)
 * Jia Wei (Superbook (2011))
 * Bob the Tomato (VeggieTales)
 * Jean Kirschtein (Attack on Titan; sometimes gets disrespected)
 * Mr. Bear (Rupert)
 * Horrid Henry (definitely, because he gets no support from his family, has parents who favour his Gary-Stu of a brother, gets blamed for everything, forced to do things he doesn't want to do, gets told off by his parents often, and more all because he's horrid)
 * Aisha/Layla (Winx Club; Reasons why she qualifies as this is because she at first had difficulty fitting into the Winx Club because of her lonely childhood, got temporarily blinded by Valtor, lost her first true love, had a family (including her cousin) that were turned into terrifying monsters by Tritannus.)
 * Mirta (Winx Club; Nobody ever respected her at Cloud Tower and was mistreated by Icy, Darcy, and Stormy. Let’s not forget the one time she got turned into a pumpkin for punishment)
 * Daphne (Winx Club; Was endured tortured up until her parents were threatened and had her powers viciously ripped from her.)
 * Pencilmate (Pencilmation)
 * Marshall Mathers (The Slim Shady Show)
 * Detective Dick Gumshoe (Ace Attorney; always gets his salary deducted, forcing him to work for life and bashed on for doing his job right)
 * Fluttershy (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic; Will sometimes get mistreated for no reason)
 * C-3PO (Star Wars)
 * Natsuki (Doki Doki Literature Club!; mostly abused by her dad)
 * Scramble (The Eggs)
 * Benedict (The Eggs)
 * Eggor (The Eggs)
 * Pablo DaVinci (The DaVincibles)
 * Zoe DaVinci (The DaVincibles)
 * Leo DaVinci (The DaVincibles)
 * Quba (The DaVincibles)
 * Momi (Mokey's Show; Well She Deseves It, But She Didn't Suffer In The Thanksgiving Episode)
 * Klaus Heisler (American Dad)
 * Henry Stickmin (The Henry Stickmin Collection) (Depends on what choice you chose)
 * Bluey (Bluey And Rosy)
 * Lauren The Unlucky Mouse (Lauren The Unlucky Mouse; Cause She's A 'Happy Tree Friends' Inspiration)
 * Amy Mouse (Amy Mouse; She's Lauren The Unlucky Mouse's Great Grandmother)
 * Shoyo Hinata (Haikyuu!!)
 * Tadashi Yamaguchi (Haikyuu!!; occasionally prior to the half of Season 2)
 * Asahi Azumane (Haikyuu!!)
 * Noob (Noob vs Pro Minecraft) (Often bullied by the Pro)
 * Christopher "Chris" Pearson (Dan Vs.; definitely, since he is portrayed as a pushover and gets dragged around by Dan or Elise)
 * Neito Monoma (My Hero Academia, although he deserves it)
 * Skid & Pump (Spooky Month series)
 * The Boyfriend (Friday Night Funkin' WITH LYRICS!)
 * Boyfriend (STA Studios; If he’s being rude to other characters, then he deserves it)
 * Albert Einstein (STA Studios; Even though he deserves it)
 * Karol Capel (Tales of Vesperia; Always bashed on for simple mistakes and is treated like garbage from Rita)
 * Player (Among Us Logic) (In every episode, Player gets killed or ejected in the end)
 * Player (Friday Night Funkin' Logic; not to the extent of Among Us Logic, but still has his moments)
 * Girlfriend (Friday Night Funkin' Logic; She doesn’t deserve it most of the time, but there are some episodes where she had it coming)
 * N.I.G.E.L. (Godzilla: The Series)
 * Fera (Fera Animations)
 * Boyfriend (Fera Animations)
 * Ruv (Fera Animations)
 * Tankman (Fera Animations)
 * Whitty (Fera Animations; he deserved it in one video for being rude to Tankman)
 * Annie (Fera Animations)
 * Garcello (Fera Animations; the number of times he does not die or turn into a ghost can be counted on one hand)
 * ScratchU8 (scratchU8)
 * NostalgiaSquare (Dyaboy/NostalgiaSquare; He deserved it more in 2018 due to being a selfish jerk in that said season.)
 * Greg Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) (He is always buillied by Rodrick, and gets his good chances ruined by Manny, and his parents, Susan and Frank. Can deserve some consequences, such as him being a bad friend to Rowley however.)
 * (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) (His life was totally ruined by his two non-stop fighting Woodley Brothers, gets washed by his own middle son, etc. Although he did deserve on Karma Houdini.)
 * Peter (Chad, being Chad’'s "best friend", he mostly has to put up with Chad's whining and being treated like an unpopular outcast; he's especially treated awfully when he moves on to form a relationship with Denise)
 * Naz Amani (Chad, always has to put up with her son's demanding and ungrateful behavior)
 * Niki Amani (Chad, constantly has to deal with insults and attacks whenever she gets annoyed at Chad's actions, such as being called a "whore" by him)
 * Reid, Joey, Liam, and Caleb (Chad, four "friends" of Chad who have to put up with Chad trying to get their approval as being "popular". They were especially fed up in the "Lakehouse" episode when they got sick of Chad's behavior during Reid's lakehouse night, kicking him out right afterwards. Reid in particular is the most notable butt-monkey out of the four for how his belongings are the ones being ruined by Chad)
 * Denise (Chad, for similar reasons with Peter. She is espcially treated like the "bad guy" in Chad's point of view when simply because she's running for class president. Her reasons for being skeptical on Chad are justifiable for how overrreacting Chad is)
 * Shifty (Crime Time)
 * Softy Walter (Dennis and Gnasher)
 * Cissy (Spoilt Bastard (Viz Magazine)
 * Timmy Thompson (Spoilt Bastard)
 * Sidney Smutt (Sid the Sexist (Viz Magazine))
 * Tom the Director (Roger Mellie the man on the Telly (Viz Magazine)
 * Roger Mellie (Viz Magazine)
 * Malcom and Cressida (The Modern Parents, They basically deserved it)
 * Biffa Bacon (The Bacons by Viz Magazine, He always get abused by his parents Mutha and Fatiha)
 * Mutha and Fatha Bacon (The Bacons by Viz Magazine, These two deserved it by abusing their son Biffa)
 * Cedric Soft (The Bacons (Viz Magazine)
 * Grumpy Bear (Care Bears)
 * Beastly (Care Bears mistreated by shreeky)
 * Baz Askwith (The Fat Slags)
 * Big Vern (Viz Magazine)
 * Ernie (Big Vern)
 * Unlucky Frank (Viz Magazine)
 * Mr. Snodworthy (TinRib Viz Magazine)
 * Boris (Caillou gets Grounded) (Though is a Karma Houdini for giving his son, Caillou, punishments, in some of the videos, he has to pay money for the damages made by Caillou, or gets kicked out of a place also because of Caillou)
 * Gabby (Max Fleischer's Gulliver's Travels) (Despite the fact he's unlikeable for all of his flaws, he also received a fair amount of torture in some parts of the movie, such as being forced to be the town crier and getting exhausted, having trouble trying to alert King Little that there's a giant (Gulliver) in the beach, and more.)
 * Skeleton, Zombie, Creeper, and Slime (Monster School) (in most of the monster school episodes, they always gets an f)
 * Spot Chicken (101 Dalmatians: The Series)
 * Wally (Kikoriki)
 * Jennifer Shope (Supernoobs; one of the devastating examples of how she was been bullied by Kevin and her writers)
 * Shoko Nishimiya (Koe no Kotachi; she has been bullied by many people especially Naoko Ueno, Shouya Ishida (at the beginning only), Miki Kawai)
 * Shouya Ishida (Koe no Kotachi; same as Nishimiya when he was bullied by Kazuki Shimada and many people)
 * Haruhiko Ichijo (Myriad Colors Phantom World)
 * Pear (Annoying Orange)
 * Grapefruit (Annoying Orange)
 * Most of the characters (Twisted Metal 3;Their wish being ruined by Calypso for no good reason)
 * Sunni Gummi (Gummi Bears)
 * Gruffi Gummi (Gummi Bears)
 * Duke igthorn (Gummi Bears)
 * Anyy ogre (Gummi Bears)
 * Kick Buttowski (Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil); the latter half of second season.
 * Gunther Magnuson (Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil); the latter half of second season.
 * Emo Kid (Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil)
 * Brad Buttowski (Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil); the latter half of second season.
 * Domino/Neena Thurman (Marvel Comics, since Domino (2018))
 * Weasel (Marvel Comics; Is often used as a punching bag by Deadpool in the comics)
 * Kate Shadow (Shadows House)
 * Schezo Wegey (Puyo Puyo; has to deal with everyone calling him a pervert (creeper in localizations))
 * Batty (Almost Naked Animals; gets treated like shit by Poodle and has a lot of misfortune)
 * Red (Among Us But It's A Reality Show)
 * Green (Among Us But It's A Reality Show)
 * Ami (Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi)
 * Yumi (Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi)
 * Kaz (Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi)
 * Juniper Lee (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee)
 * Spindleshanks (Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids; gets abused by Uncle Grizzly in every episode)
 * Kevin (Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart; He gets abused and is seen crying in most of his speaking appearances, although he doesn’t cry frequently)
 * Tin-Top (Roary The Racing Car)
 * Kuchipatchi (Tamagotchi!)
 * James Jones (Fireman Sam; he often is the victim of Norman's irresponsible actions and most of the episodes where Norman is at his absolute worst is when he is trying to do something harmful towards James)
 * Henry (Thomas and Friends)
 * Lofty (Bob the Builder)
 * Tsukune Aono (Rosario + Vampire; anime incarnation)
 * Tom (Eddsworld; He deserves it at times)
 * Matt (Eddsworld)
 * (What If...?)
 * Nobita Nobi (Doraemon; depending on the episode.)
 * D-9341 (SCP Comix; He always gets depicted getting abused and mistreated by the SCPs)
 * Mirror Man (Roblox MUGEN; He's always abused by other characters, mostly spheres in SALAMI WIZARD's videos)
 * Wario ("Wario Dies" memes; He gets killed or dies in multiple ways, such as dying in the bombing of Hiroshima while eating spicy curry, in a car accident after spilling coffee on his lap, in a falling elevator while enjoying Oreos, dying in his own game and causing the entire universe to collapse, etc.)
 * Little Miss Naughty (Mr. Men She often deserves it due to her naughty nature)
 * Mr. Frumble (Richard Scarry's Busytown Books)
 * (Sailor Moon; Gets butt-kicked and kidnapped by gangsters.)
 * Blögg (Sesame Street)
 * Abby Cadabby (Sesame Street)
 * Gonnigan (Sesame Street)
 * Mrs. Sparklenose (Sesame Street)
 * Papa Q. Bear (''The Berenstain Bears)
 * Oscar the Sharkslayer (Shark Tale) (Despite being an egotistical jerk at times, he gets tossed around by everyone around him (i.e. being mocked by his classmates as a child, being abused by his employer and girlfriend.) )
 * Oscar the Sharkslayer (Shark Tale) (Despite being an egotistical jerk at times, he gets tossed around by everyone around him (i.e. being mocked by his classmates as a child, being abused by his employer and girlfriend.) )

The Overall Reason For Why This Trope Sucks
Basically, this trope serves as tiresome character development, where characters you love or root for while suffering through all kinds of the pain they don't deserve when karma houdinis always get off scot-free from what they actually deserve more than these scapegoats do.