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"

 * AP (Atomic Puppet)
 * Abby (Chicken Little; albeit not as much as Chicken Little himself)
 * Abby Cadabby (Sesame Street)
 * Adam (Skullgirls)
 * 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)
 * Adam Young (Mr. Young)
 * 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.)
 * Agent Stone (Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie)
 * Ai (NeoGeo Battle Coliseum)
 * 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.)
 * Akane Tendo (Ranma 1/2, Sometimes, She usually deserves it)
 * Akari Akaza (YuruYuri, the world is against her in hilarious ways.)
 * Akihisa Yoshii (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu)
 * Alan Harper (Two and a Half Men)
 * Alan Keane (The Amazing World of Gumball, sometimes)
 * Albert Einstein (STA Studios; Even though he deserves it)
 * (Madagascar; He is a Butt-Monkey well written.)
 * Alice Nimbletoes (Angelina Ballerina)
 * 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)
 * Alma (Poppy Cat)
 * Amane Katagiri (Senryu Girl)
 * Ami (Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi)
 * Amity Blight (The Owl House)
 * Angelica Pickles (Rugrats; She usually deserves it).
 * Angelina Mouseling (Angelina Ballerina)
 * Ann Takamaki/Panther (Persona 5)
 * Annie (Fera Animations)
 * ("The Amazing World of Gumball")
 * Any character from an Annoying Orange video (Gets knifed, blended, baked, etc. Pear and Little Apple are the worst offenders)
 * Any ogre (Gummi Bears)
 * Ape (George of the Jungle 2007 TV Series)
 * Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney)
 * Apple (The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange)
 * Aqua (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Aqua (KonoSuba)
 * Archie (Meeow!)
 * Arisa Ichigaya (BanG Dream!)
 * Arnold (Bubsy pilot)
 * Arnold Armadillo (Bubsy; in such a way that it rivals Courage the Cowardly Dog levels of being put through hell)
 * Arthur & D.W Read (Arthur/D.W Gets Grounded Vyond Videos)
 * Arthur Fleck (Joker)
 * 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.)
 * Artist Pig (Angry Birds Stella Toons; typically at the mistreatment of Gale only for a dumb reason.)
 * Arturo Santiago (The Casagrandes)
 * Aru Honshou (Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu)
 * Asahi Azumane (Haikyuu!!)
 * Asta (Black Clover)
 * Athena Cykes (Ace Attorney)
 * August Pullman (Wonder)
 * Axzyte (Axzyte)
 * Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga (Azumanga Daioh)
 * Ayumu Aikawa (Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka?)
 * Baby Brent (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)
 * Baby Butter Otter (PB&J otter)
 * Bagheera (The Jungle Book)
 * Baljeet Tjinder (Phineas and Ferb)
 * Baloo (Talespin)
 * Banana Joe ("The Amazing World of Gumball")
 * Bandage Girl (Meat Boy series)
 * (Bluey)
 * Bang Shishigami (BlazBlue series))
 * Barney Bear (Barney Bear)
 * Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother)
 * Basketball (Battle For Dream Island; to some extent, although she arguably deserves it)
 * Brimmy (South Park)
 * Batty (Almost Naked Animals; gets treated like shit by Poodle and has a lot of misfortune)
 * Baz Askwith (The Fat Slags)
 * Bear (Franklin)
 * Beartank (Rakugakids; he was during his attacks or super attacks on gameplays)
 * Beastly (Care Bears mistreated by shreeky)
 * Beaver (Franklin)
 * Beavis and Butthead (Beavis and Butthead) [They are either this or are Idiot-Houdinis at worst]
 * Belson Noles (Clarence)
 * Ben (Axzyte; Although he really deserves it)
 * Ben Tennyson (Ben 10 2016 Reboot)
 * Benatar (Your Favorite Martian: The Animated Series)
 * Benedict (The Eggs)
 * Benny Newford (Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy)
 * Benson (Regular Show)
 * Bernie Barges (Corneil and Bernie (Watch My Chops))
 * Bernie Schotz (Bizaardvark)
 * Bertram Winkle (Jessie)
 * Biffa Bacon (The Bacons by Viz Magazine, He always get abused by his parents Mutha and Fatiha)
 * Big Nose (Pink Panther)
 * Big Vern (Viz Magazine)
 * Billy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
 * Bingo (The Banana Splits)
 * Binky Barnes (Arthur)
 * Black Baron (MadWorld/Anarchy Reigns)
 * Black Rabbit (Mondaiji Tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru So Desu Yo?)
 * Black Star (Soul Eater)
 * Blendin Blandin (Gravity Falls)
 * Blue Aardvark (The Ant and the Aardvark/Pink Panther and Pals; even though he deserves it)
 * Bluey (Bluey And Rosy)
 * Blögg (Sesame Street)
 * Bob the Tomato (VeggieTales)
 * Bobby (Craig of the Creek; a notable running joke is where he would trip and fall on his face and say "My Candy!")
 * (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.)
 * Bocchi Hitori (Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu)
 * (Shantae; He is a Butt-Monkey well written.)
 * Boni (The Trap Door)
 * Boom (Power Rangers S.P.D.)
 * 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)
 * Bottles (Banjo-Kazooie series)
 * Bowser Junior (SML, he sometimes deserves it when he's being a jerk, depending on the video)
 * Boxing Glove (Object Overload)
 * Boy (Boy, Girl, Dog, Cat, Mouse, Cheese)
 * Girl, Dog, Cat, Mouse, and Cheese are also butt-monkeys.
 * Boyfriend (STA Studios; If he’s being rude to other characters, then he deserves it)
 * Boyfriend (Fera Animations)
 * Brad Buttowski (Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil); the latter half of second season.
 * Brainy (Hey Arnold!; he was during the running gag were Helga punches him or do something with him instead of punching on his face)
 * 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)
 * Breckenridge Puffington III (Big Nate Series)
 * Brendon Small (Home Movies)
 * Brett Bunsen (Archer); He always get shot and beat up all the time, this would stop in Season 5 when he is killed.
 * (Monty Python's Life of Brian)
 * Brick (Total Drama)
 * Bridgette (Total Drama & Total DramaRama)
 * Bubble (Battle For Dream Island)
 * Buddy (Kick the Buddy; even if he enjoys it)
 * Buford (Numb Chucks)
 * Bulma (Dragon Ball, original series)
 * Bumblebee Man (The Simpsons)
 * Bunny (Bunny Maloney)
 * Buster Baxter (Arthur)
 * Butch the Irish Dog (Tex Avery; even though he usually deserves it)
 * Buttercup (Powerpuff Girls 2016 Reboot)
 * (South Park; Season 6 onward, one example of a Megward The Wizard that is well-written)
 * Buzz (Cyberchase)
 * C-3PO (Star Wars)
 * Cake (Battle For Dream Island)
 * Cameron Parks (A.N.T. Farm)
 * Camille (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
 * Canada (Hetalia)
 * 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)
 * Carl Montclaire (Wingin' It)
 * Carl Wheezer (Jimmy Neutron)
 * 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)
 * Carlino "Carl" Casagrande (The Casagrandes; he sometimes deserves it whenever he acts selfish or egotistical.)
 * Carlos Casagrande Sr. (The Casagrandes)
 * Carmine Prime (Under Night In-Birth)
 * Carrie White (Carrie)
 * Cassie (Dragon tales)
 * CatDog (CatDog; mostly on Cat, though he deserves it at times)
 * Cedric Soft (The Bacons (Viz Magazine)
 * Chad Applewhite (Big Nate Series)
 * Chang Koehan (The King of Fighters series)
 * Changed Daily (The Secret Show)
 * Charles and Mary (Lilo and Stitch: The Series)
 * Charlie Brown (Peanuts; Is constantly being tormented by a lot of kids, mostly Lucy)
 * (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
 * Charlotte (Bunny Maloney)
 * Chef Hatchet (Total Drama & Total DramaRama)
 * (SML; Bowser, Bowser Junior, Joseph, and Cody constantly insult him and his cooking)
 * Chef Kawasaki (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!)
 * Chester and AJ (The Fairly OddParents)
 * (Chicken Little)
 * Chilli Heeler (Bluey) At least she doesn't get tortured so frequently like her husband.
 * China (Hetalia)
 * Chirp (Peep and the Big Wide World)
 * (SML; This is not an exaggeration, every video he appears in is a torture episode for him.)
 * Chiyo Mihama (Azumanga Daioh)
 * Chloe (The Secret Life of Pets)
 * Chlóe Bourgeois/Queen Bee (Miraculous Ladybug; even though she usually deserves it)
 * Choi Bounge (The King of Fighters series)
 * Chris Quantum (Superbook(2011)
 * Chris Rock (Everybody Hates Chris)
 * Christopher "Chris" Pearson (Dan Vs.; definitely, since he is portrayed as a pushover and gets dragged around by Dan or Elise)
 * Chuck (Larva Island)
 * Chuck (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt)
 * Chuckie Finster (Rugrats)
 * 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)
 * Cindy Vortex (Jimmy Neutron)
 * Cissy (Spoilt Bastard (Viz Magazine)
 * 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)
 * Clare Langtree (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
 * Clone Abe (Clone High)
 * Clone Gandhi (Clone High)
 * Clone JFK (Clone High)
 * (The Loud House; to some extent)
 * Coach John McGuirk (Home Movies)
 * Coach Kreeton/Kel Mitchell, Ray Borealis/Josh Server & Larry VanHalen/Chinguun Sergelen (All That)
 * Coconut Head (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide)
 * Cody (SML, he's commonly picked on by Junior and Joseph most of the time)
 * (Total Drama & Total DramaRama)
 * Cogsworth (Beauty and the Beast)
 * Cole (Ninjago; also occasionally a butt-monkey)
 * Commander ApeTrully (Hero 108)
 * (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.)
 * Cosmo Royale (Power Rangers (Super) Ninja Steel)
 * Cosmo and Wanda (The Fairly OddParents)
 * Courage (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
 * Cousin Blobin (The Thundermans)
 * Crash Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot series)
 * Crescent (Funny Pets; is continuously ignored and abused by Funny.)
 * Crescent (Funny Pets)
 * Cyril (Archer)
 * D-9341 (SCP Comix; He always gets depicted getting abused and mistreated by the SCPs)
 * DJ (Total Drama World Tour)
 * (Peppa Pig; Constantly being fat-shamed by his family)
 * Daffy Duck (Looney Tunes); one of the trope codifiers
 * Dakota (Total Drama)
 * Dan Hibiki (Street Fighter series)
 * Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)
 * Daphne (Winx Club; Was endured tortured up until her parents were threatened and had her powers viciously ripped from her.)
 * Daria Morgendorffer (Beavis and Butt-Head; one of the trope codifiers)
 * Dark Vegan (Johnny Test)
 * Dave (Yin Yang Yo!)
 * David (Camp Camp; Gets run over, Insulted by Max, stabbed in the hand, etc.)
 * David (Hilda)
 * David (PottyMouth and Stoopid)
 * David Van Driessen (Beavis and Butt-Head)
 * Dawn Buckets (Kirby Buckets)
 * Deandra Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
 * Dee Dee, Marky, and Joey (Oggy and the Cockroaches)
 * (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
 * Delete (Cyberchase)
 * 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)
 * Deputy Hosienberry (Buddy Thunderstruck)
 * Detective Dick Gumshoe (Ace Attorney; always gets his salary deducted, forcing him to work for life and bashed on for doing his job right)
 * Deuce Martinez (Shake it Up)
 * Dexter (Dexter's Laboratory)
 * 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")
 * (Sam & Cat)
 * (Both Wacky Races and their spin-off show)
 * Dirge (Transformers; Has died in every single continuity with the exception of the IDW comic universe)
 * Doktor Frogg (League of Super Evil)
 * Domino/Neena Thurman (Marvel Comics, since Domino (2018))
 * Donald Duck (Disney; one of the trope codifiers)
 * Dora The Explorer (Dora Gets Grounded Vyond Videos)
 * Doraemon (Doraemon)
 * Dorkus (Planet Sheen)
 * Dororo (Sgt. Frog, he's mostly mistreated by the Keroro Platoon, except for Koyuki, Giroro and Pururu)
 * Dr. Jhatka (Motu Patlu; whenever his inventions fail, he gets often beaten up by Motu and Patlu)
 * Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash Twinsanity)
 * Dr. Zoidberg (Futurama)
 * Drooper (The Banana Splits)
 * Drutt (The Trap Door)
 * Duck (Little Bear)
 * Duke igthorn (Gummi Bears)
 * Dukey (Johnny Test)
 * Dumbo (Dumbo)
 * 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)
 * Ed Bighead (Rocko’s Modern Life; He usually deserves it)
 * Ed Rooney (Ferris Buller's Day Off)
 * Edd/Double D (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
 * Eddy (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
 * Edgar (Full English)
 * Edgeworth (Ace Attorney)
 * Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
 * Edward Platypus (Camp Lazlo; he mostly deserves it)
 * Eerie (Telemonster)
 * Egbert (Poppy Cat)
 * Eggor (The Eggs)
 * Elder Barry (Craig of the Creek)
 * Elder David (Craig of the Creek)
 * Elder Mark (Craig of the Creek)
 * Elizabeth Liones (The Seven Deadly Sins)
 * Ella (Total Drama, mostly due to Sugar and Chris)
 * Elmer Fudd (Looney Tunes; even though he deserves it)
 * Emily (Little Bear)
 * Emmy (Dragon tales)
 * Emo Kid (Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil)
 * Enk (The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers)
 * Eric (The Three Friends and Jerry)
 * 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)
 * Eric Matthews (Boy Meets World)
 * (Sidekick)
 * Ernest Penfold (Danger Mouse)
 * Ernie (Big Vern)
 * Ernie Cooper (K.C. Undercover)
 * Escargoon (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!; he can deserve it or not, depending on the episode)
 * 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)
 * Eugene (Hey Arnold!)
 * (Total Drama; one of the trope codifiers. He is especially a Butt-Monkey in Season 3-onwards)
 * Face (Nick Jr.; he is sometimes a butt-monkey in any promos he does)
 * Felix Boulevardez (The Proud Family; recieves the same amount of torture Oscar suffers in episodes featuring both in episodes that show them together)
 * Fera (Fera Animations)
 * ("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)
 * Finn (Star Wars)
 * Firey (Battle For Dream Island)
 * 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)
 * Fleegle (The Banana Splits)
 * Fletcher Quimby (A.N.T. Farm)
 * Flick Duck (PB&J otter)
 * Fluttershy (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic; Will sometimes get mistreated for no reason)
 * Foxie/Bhukkad (Eena Meena Deeka)
 * Foxxy Love (Drawn Together)
 * Fran (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
 * Francine (Arthur)
 * Francis Pope (Big Nate Series)
 * Frank (The Three Friends and Jerry)
 * 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)
 * (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.)
 * (Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends; is commonly treated like shit by Mr. Herriman)
 * Frank Murphy (F is for Family)
 * Franklin (Franklin)
 * Fred (SpongeBob SquarePants); can’t seem to catch a break from the antics of the cast to the point of yelling My Leg!.
 * Freddie Benson (iCarly)
 * Furball (Tiny Toon Adventures)
 * Futaba Sakura/Oracle (Persona 5)
 * Fuuka Yamagishi (Persona 3)
 * Gabby Jay (Punch-Out!!)
 * Gantu (Lilo and Stitch)
 * Garcello (Fera Animations; the number of times he does not die or turn into a ghost can be counted on one hand)
 * Garfield (Garfield; whether he deserves it or not depending on The Episode/Strip)
 * Gargamel and Azrael (The Smurfs; because their plans always fail)
 * General Skarr (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy/Evil Con Carne)
 * George Costanza (Seinfeld)
 * George Sanderson (Monsters, Inc.)
 * Geronimo Stilton (Geronimo Stilton)
 * Ghasitaram (Motu Patlu; he often gets beaten up as well)
 * Gingerbread man (Shrek franchise)
 * Girlfriend (Friday Night Funkin' Logic; She doesn’t deserve it most of the time, but there are some episodes where she had it coming)
 * Giroro (Sgt. Frog)
 * Giyuu Tomioka (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
 * (Superbook (2011))
 * Glass Joe (Punch Out!!; Out of his 100 fights, he's only got one win)
 * Gloria (Big City Greens)
 * Gloria Sato (Big City Greens)
 * Gobi the Camel (Banjo-Kazooie series)
 * Gonnigan (Sesame Street)
 * Goose (Franklin)
 * Gordie LaChance (The Body/Stand By Me; occasionally)
 * Gosalny Mallard (Darkwing duck)
 * Grapefruit (Annoying Orange)
 * Green (Among Us But It's A Reality Show)
 * Green Square (offbrand_square; he either deserves it or not depending on the tiktok)
 * Greg The Alien (SMG4)
 * (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * (The Simpsons)
 * (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)
 * (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.
 * (Mainly shown as a punching bag to The Mayor a lot).
 * (JohnKnee & Ill)
 * (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)
 * (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)
 * (Popee the Performer; while he is treated right sometimes, he is mostly a punching bag)
 * (South Park; Seasons 1-5, usually from the “They killed Kenny!” running gag)
 * (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.)
 * (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)
 * (SML; There are a lot of videos dedicated to Jeffy, Rosalina, or some other character making Mario miserable or ruining his life)
 * (The DaVincibles)
 * (CartoonMania)
 * (Family Guy); one of the three trope namers of "Megward the Wizard"
 * (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)
 * Van Houten (The Simpsons)
 * (Planet Sheen)
 * (Oggy and the Cockroaches
 * (The Proud Family)
 * (Archie Comics; He deserves it most of the times since he can be an unlikable jerk)
 * (Calvin and Hobbes)
 * (Friends)
 * (SMG4; his evil plans typically fail most of the time, however he does deserve it due to being a villain after all)
 * (The Simpsons/''The Itchy and Scratchy Show)
 * (SpongeBob SquarePants); one of the three trope namers of "Megward the Wizard". He is especially a Butt-Monkey in Seasons 6-8.
 * (The Curious George film series, most notably the first film since he got into a heap of trouble at many times.)
 * (The DaVincibles; the team always get defeaten by the DaVincis and their plans doesn't work)
 * (Tom and Jerry; one of the trope codifiers)
 * (What If...?)
 * (Looney Tunes; one of the trope codifiers)
 * (The Smurfs; even though he usually deserves it)
 * (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)
 * (Sailor Moon; Gets butt-kicked and kidnapped by gangsters)
 * Grizz (We Bare Bears)
 * Grover (Sesame Street)
 * Gru (Despicable Me franchise)
 * Gruffi Gummi (Gummi Bears)
 * Grumpy Bear (Care Bears)
 * Guano (Kappa Mikey)
 * Guido Mista (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind)
 * Gumball Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball; He deserves it if he’s being selfish or rude)
 * Gunther Magnuson (Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil); the latter half of second season.
 * Gus Griswald (Recess)
 * Gwen (Total Drama)
 * Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10 (2016))
 * Hacker (Cyberchase)
 * Hal (Nature Cat)
 * Hamilton (Maggie and the Ferocious Beast)
 * Handsome Pig (Angry Birds Stella Toons)
 * Harley Quinn (Batman)
 * Harold (Total Drama)
 * Harper Finkle (Wizards of Waverly Place; only in Season 4)
 * Harry Potter (Harry Potter)
 * Harry and Marv (Home Alone; they do deserve it after all)
 * Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran High School Host Club)
 * Haruhiko Ichijo (Myriad Colors Phantom World)
 * Hayate Ayasaki (Hayate the Combat Butler)
 * Heather (Total Drama Action)
 * Heloise (Jimmy Two-Shoes; Season 2)
 * Hen (Little Bear)
 * Henry (Thomas and Friends)
 * Henry Gobbleblobber (Mr. Pickles; he is highly considered insane by the public when he thinks that Mr. Pickles is "evil")
 * Henry Mouseling (Angelina Ballerina)
 * Himari Uehara (BanG Dream!)
 * Himeko Katagiri (Pani Poni Dash!)
 * Hippolyte/Ignatius (FloopaLoo, Where Are You?)
 * Holly (ToonMarty)
 * Hong Meiling (Touhou Project)
 * Hooves (Numb Chucks)
 * Hoss Delgado (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * Hubie (The Pebble and the Penguin; he gets bullied by Drake)
 * Hubie Dubois (Hubie Halloween)
 * Humans (In general as a whole)
 * Hunter the Cheetah (Spyro the Dragon)
 * Hyde Kido (Under Night In-Birth)
 * Iago (Aladdin)
 * Ian Lightfoot (Onward)
 * Ice Bear (We Bare Bears)
 * Ice Cube (Battle For Dream Island)
 * Ichika Orimura (Infinite Startos)
 * Imu (Senran Kagura)
 * Inuyasha (Inuyasha)
 * Irina Jelavić (Assassination Classroom)
 * Iron Tager (BlazBlue series)
 * Irwin (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * Issei Hyoudou (High School DxD)
 * Itsuki Minami (Air Gear)
 * Itsuki Takeuchi (Initial D)
 * Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia)
 * Jack Fenton (Danny Phantom)
 * Jackson Stewart (Hannah Montana)
 * Jaco (Jaco the Galactic Patrolman/Dragon Ball Super)
 * Jaime Thompson (Berrybrook Middle School series)
 * Jake Collins (The Troop)
 * Jake Holling (Power Rangers (Super) Megaforce)
 * 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)
 * James the Cat (James The Cat)
 * Japeth (Hoodwinked Too!)
 * Jason Penopolis (Home Movies)
 * Jay Walker (Ninjago)
 * Jean (Queen's Blade/Gate: Spiral Chaos)
 * Jean Kirschtein (Attack on Titan; sometimes gets disrespected)
 * Jean-Francois (Bunny Maloney)
 * Jeff Randell (Clarence)
 * Jelly (Jelly's Day; Oh Yeah! Cartoons)
 * Jelly Otter (PB&J otter)
 * Jenine Buller (Ferris Buller's Day Off)
 * Jennifer Shope (Supernoobs; one of the devastating examples of how she was been bullied by Kevin and her writers)
 * Jensen Graham (Berrybrook Middle School series)
 * Jerry (The Three Friends and Jerry)
 * Jhun Hoon (The King of Fighters series)
 * Jia Wei (Superbook (2011))
 * Jim Morales (Code Lyoko)
 * Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio)
 * Jimmy (Ed Edd n Eddy)
 * Jimmy Neutron (Jimmy Neutron)
 * Joe Higashi (Fatal Fury/The King of Fighters series)
 * Joey Felt (Atomic Puppet)
 * Joey Rooney (Liv & Maddie)
 * Johnny Bravo (Johnny Bravo)
 * Johnny Sasaki (Metal Gear Solid series)
 * Johnny Turbine (Freaky Flyers)
 * Jon Arbuckle (Garfield)
 * Jon, Nermal, Odie, and The Mailman are also punching bags.
 * Jonathan Joestar (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood)
 * Josh Nichols (Drake & Josh)
 * Joshua (Clarence)
 * Jub Jub Boopkins (SMG4, typically in Mario's favor of "kicking the baby")
 * Jughead Jones (Archie Comics; sometimes gets into trouble and is stalked and harassed by Ethel Muggs, who is romantically obsessed with him)
 * Jun Manjoume (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)
 * Junior Asparagus (VeggieTales)
 * Juniper Lee (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee)
 * Junpei Iori (Persona 3)
 * Junpei Manaka (Strawberry 100%)
 * Junpei Yoshino (Jujutsu Kaisen)
 * Juzoh Kanzaki (The Last Blade series)
 * Kaa (The Jungle Book)
 * Kagura Mutsuki (BlazBlue series)
 * Kai (Ninjago; occasionally a butt-monkey)
 * Kamina (Gurren Lagann; later died)
 * 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)
 * Kanji Tatsumi (Persona 4)
 * Kaori (Akira; Gets abused throughout the film/manga.)
 * Kaput and Zösky (Kaput and Zösky)
 * Karol Capel (Tales of Vesperia; Always bashed on for simple mistakes and is treated like garbage from Rita)
 * 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)
 * Kate Shadow (Shadows House)
 * 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.
 * Kayo Hinazuki (Erased)
 * Kaz (Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi)
 * Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie series)
 * Keitarō Urashima (Love Hina)
 * Kelly (Total Drama, constantly being abused by her bratty daughter Taylor)
 * Ken Kaneki (First half of Tokyo Ghoul)
 * Kenzie Bell (Game Shakers)
 * Keroro (Sgt. Frog)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Kick Buttowski (Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil); the latter half of second season.
 * Kids (Bad things happen to them all the time; injuries, operation, dated by pedophiles, killed, etc)
 * Kipper (Kipper)
 * Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Jake, and Mouse sometimes they're punching bags.
 * Kiyoshi Fujino (Prison School; gets abused by 3 of the third-year-old girls along with his 4 friends)
 * Klaus Heisler (American Dad)
 * Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic X)
 * Koichiro Iketani (Initial D)
 * Kon (Bleach)
 * Kondou Isao (Gintama)
 * Krader (Mixels)
 * Kratz (Harvey Beaks)
 * Krillin (Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z  and Super)
 * Kuchipatchi (Tamagotchi!)
 * Kuki Urie (Tokyo Ghoul:re)
 * Kuma II (Tekken series)
 * Kung Fu Bunny (Kung Fu Bunny; JJJOY Animation Studios)
 * Choy Bao Doggy is also sometimes a butt-monkey.
 * Kurochan (Cyborg kuro-chan)
 * Kurumi Momose (Pani Poni Dash!)
 * 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).
 * Kyle the Wizard (Fanboy and Chum-Chum); one of the three trope namers of "Megward the Wizard"
 * Kyo Sohma (Fruit Baskets)
 * Kōsei Arima (Your Lie in April)
 * Laird (The Casagrandes)
 * Lambo (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
 * Lanny Parker (Pair of Kings)
 * Larry (T.U.F.F. Puppy, is commonly mistreated by his boss Snaptrap by getting launched into Shark Tanks.)
 * Larry Needlemeyer ("The Amazing World of Gumball")
 * 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).
 * 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.
 * 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)
 * Lawrence (Skullgirls)
 * Leo DaVinci (The DaVincibles)
 * Leonard Hofstadter (The Big Bang Theory)
 * Leopold Slikk (Angry German Kid)
 * Leroy (Buddy Thunderstruck)
 * Les (Viva Piñata)
 * Leslie Noodman (Sanjay & Craig)
 * Levi Ackerman (Attack on Titan)
 * Lily Aldrin (How I Met Your Mother; occasionally)
 * Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons; She has no friends and most of her ideas and suggestions are ignored or rejected).
 * Little Bear (Little Bear)
 * Little Bill (Little Bill Gets Grounded Vyond Videos)
 * Little Lulu (Little Lulu; sometimes she was in the old 1940s shorts and The Little Lulu Show)
 * Little Miss Naughty (Mr. Men She often deserves it due to her naughty nature)
 * Lloyd (Ninjago; occasionally a butt-monkey)
 * Lofty (Bob the Builder)
 * Logan Mitchell (Big Time Rush')
 * Logan Reese (Zoey 101; even though he usually does deserve it)
 * Londrekia Light (Under Night In-Birth)
 * Lord Peel (Rocket Monkeys)
 * Loser (The BFB Message To Loser Music Video )
 * Louie (DuckTales (2017))
 * Lucius Henious VII (Jimmy Two Shoes)
 * Lucky Chole (Tekken series)
 * Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail)
 * Luigi (Mario Fables)
 * 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)
 * Luigi (Super Mario, mostly in the Mario & Luigi RPG series, and Super Mario Bros Z)
 * Luigi (KirbStomp; is constantly being abused by his crazy girlfriend, Daisy)
 * MC (DDLC: Loser MC)
 * Madison Rocca (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
 * Maggey Byrde (Ace Attorney; Unlucky and has been arrested a bunch of times for crimes she didn't commit)
 * Maisie MacKenzie (Meeow!)
 * Makoto Nanaya (BlazBlue series)
 * Malcom and Cressida (The Modern Parents, They basically deserved it)
 * Mamezo & Inuzo (Rakugakids; he was during his attacks or super attacks on gameplays, also on the ending cutscene for Mamezo)
 * Mandy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
 * Manny Delgado-Pritchett (Modern Family)
 * Marco Diaz (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
 * Marechiyo Omaeda (Bleach)
 * Marina Tsukishima (BanG Dream!)
 * 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.)
 * 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)
 * Mario (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate; For some reason, he always gets attacked in DLC character trailers)
 * Marjorie McKitty (Meeow!)
 * Mark (Cheaper by the Dozen)
 * Mark Taylor (Home Improvement ((Seasons 1-3)); is constantly used as a torture device in Brad and Randy's pranks.
 * Marsha Dwanelle (Billy Dilley)
 * Marshall Erikson (How I Met Your Mother)
 * Marshall Mathers (The Slim Shady Show)
 * Marty (ToonMarty; Gets treated like shit by Burnie)
 * Marvin (Making Fiends)
 * Master Frown (Unikitty!)
 * Matt (Eddsworld)
 * Matt (Rebecca Zamolo)
 * Matthew Corbett (Sooty franchise; 1976-1998)
 * Harry Corbett (1952-1976) was also a Megward the Wizard.
 * Max (Dragon tales)
 * Max (Total Drama)
 * Max (Max & Ruby)
 * Maya (Ace Attorney)
 * McGee (Camp Lakebottom)
 * Meat Boy (Meat Boy series)
 * Meathead Dog (Tex Avery)
 * 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)
 * Melman (Madagascar)
 * Mesousa (Pani Poni Dash!)
 * Michael (PottyMouth and Stoopid)
 * Mickey Mouse (2013 Short's)
 * Miguel Santos (Maya & Miguel)
 * Mika Returna (Under Night In-Birth)
 * Mikey Blumberg (Recess)
 * Mikuru Asahina (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
 * 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.)
 * Minion Pigs (Angry Birds/Angry Birds Toons; being used as punching-bags by the birds, especially when they tried to steal the eggs.)
 * Minoru Mineta (My Hero Academia)
 * Mirai (Senran Kagura)
 * Mirror Man (Roblox MUGEN; He's always abused by other characters, mostly spheres in SALAMI WIZARD's videos)
 * 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)
 * Misaki Okusawa (BanG Dream!)
 * Mitchell Pritchett (Modern Family)
 * Miyako Hoshino (An Angel Flew Down On Me)
 * Mo (Poppy Cat)
 * Modchi (Bunny Maloney)
 * Momi (Mokey's Show; Well She Deseves It, But She Didn't Suffer In The Thanksgiving Episode)
 * Monster Krumholtz (Robot and Monster)
 * Mordecai (Regular Show)
 * Mort (Madagascar)
 * Most of the characters (Twisted Metal 3;Their wish being ruined by Calypso for no good reason)
 * Moxxie (Helluva Boss)
 * Mr. Bear (Rupert)
 * Mr. Bilk (Catscratch; He arguably deserves it)
 * Mr. Bump (Mr. Men; also on the 2008 series for The Mr. Men Show)
 * Mr. Frumble (Richard Scarry's Busytown Books)
 * Mr. George Wilson (Dennis the Menace (American); He always gets into a lot of trouble because of Dennis' antics)
 * Mr. Gullible (The Amanda Show)
 * Mr. Gus (Uncle Grandpa)
 * Mr. Lancer (Danny Phantom)
 * Mr. Magoo
 * Mr. Marion Moseby (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody/The Suite Life On Deck)
 * Mr. Morton (Schoolhouse Rock!, "The Tale of Mr. Morton"; he was a butt-monkey at times during the song)
 * Mr. Pernickity/Persnickity/Fussy (The Mr. Men Show)
 * Mr. Quiet (The Mr. Men Show)
 * Mr. Satan/Hercule (Dragon Ball Z and Super)
 * 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)
 * Mr. Snodworthy (TinRib Viz Magazine)
 * Mr. Weaselbrat (Buddy Thunderstruck)
 * Mrs. Sparklenose (Sesame Street)
 * Ms. Butterbean (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * Munchy Beaver (PB&J otter)
 * Muriel (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
 * Mutha and Fatha Bacon (The Bacons by Viz Magazine, These two deserved it by abusing their son Biffa)
 * N.Gin (Crash Bandicoot series)
 * N.I.G.E.L. (Godzilla: The Series)
 * Nagasumi Michishio (My Bride is a Mermaid)
 * Nagito Komaeda/Servant (Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls)
 * Nana Ebina (My Two-Faced Little Sister!)
 * Nanny Plum (Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom; at times)
 * The Wise Old Elf can sometimes qualify as one too.
 * Naruto (Naruto Part I; since he got rejected by the village as a child)
 * Sometimes Part II Naruto is also a butt-monkey.
 * Nate Wright (Big Nate series)
 * Natsuki (Doki Doki Literature Club!; mostly abused by her dad)
 * Nature Cat (Nature Cat)
 * Naz Amani (Chad, always has to put up with her son's demanding and ungrateful behavior)
 * Ned (The Misfortune of Being Ned)
 * Ned Bigby (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide)
 * Ned Needlemeyer (Nightmare Ned)
 * Neil (The Young Ones)
 * Neito Monoma (My Hero Academia, although he deserves it)
 * Nene Odagiri (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches)
 * 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)
 * Neville Longbottom (Harry Potter)
 * Nico Yazawa (Love Live! School Idol Project)
 * Nicole Waterson ("The Amazing World of Gumball")
 * 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)
 * Nitrous Oxide (Crash Nitro Kart; In some of the loading screens.)
 * No Watch Ben (Ben 10 Omniverse)
 * Nobita Nobi (Doraemon; depending on the episode.)
 * Noel Vermillion (BlazBlue series)
 * Noire (Hyperdimension Neptunia; She's occasionally a Butt-Monkey here and there, depending on the game)
 * Noob (Noob vs Pro Minecraft) (Often bullied by the Pro)
 * 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.)
 * Norg (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)
 * Numbuh 2 (Codename: Kids Next Door)
 * Numbuh 3 (Codename: Kids Next Door)
 * Numbuh 4 (Codename: Kids Next Door)
 * Octo & Pus (Power Stone (Anime))
 * Olie Polie (Rolie Polie Olie)
 * Zowie, Percy, Billy, Pappy, and others sometimes are butt-monkeys.
 * Oliver Oken (Hannah Montana)
 * Ord (Dragon tales)
 * Orhime Inoue (Bleach)
 * Orson (Orson's Farm)
 * Other Sophie (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants)
 * Otis (Back at the Barnyard)
 * Otome Akiyama (Pani Poni Dash!)
 * Owl (Little Bear)
 * Pablo DaVinci (The DaVincibles)
 * Panda (We Bare Bears)
 * Panda (WerBopBop)
 * Papa Duck (Baby Huey)
 * Papa Q. Bear (''The Berenstain Bears)
 * Peanut Otter (PB&J otter)
 * Pear (Annoying Orange)
 * Pearl Mrs. Puff, Gary, and Sandy (SpongeBob SquarePants); are also considered punching bags at the ass of Spongebob's idiocy.
 * Peck the Rooster (Back at the Barnyard; gets hurt all the time).
 * Pecola
 * 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.
 * Pencilmate (Pencilmation)
 * Perry (Robot and Monster)
 * Pesto (Crash & Bernstein)
 * 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)
 * Philoctetes (Hercules)
 * Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney)
 * Pica (One Piece)
 * Piggy (Power Rangers S.P.D.)
 * Pinch Raccoon (PB&J otter)
 * Pink Panther (Pink Panther)
 * Pip Pirrup (South Park)
 * Pit Bulls and other Bully Breeds (very often the targets of animal abusers, negligent owners and unfair breed-specific laws (BSL))
 * Plankton (SpongeBob SquarePants); mostly in Seasons 6-8
 * 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)
 * Pleakley (Lilo and Stitch)
 * Poe Dameron (Star Wars; constantly gets antagonized by Admiral Holdo despite Poe Dameron's right doings)
 * Pogo (Telemonster)
 * Popeye (Popeye the Sailor: only in his torture episodes)
 * Porky Pig (Looney Tunes/The Looney Tunes Show)
 * 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.
 * Prince Charming (Shrek The Third)
 * Principal Goodvibes (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * Principal McVicker (Beavis and Butt-Head)
 * Principal Scudworth (Clone High)
 * Principal Tater (Mr. Young)
 * Private (Madagascar)
 * Professor Debilouman (Bunny Maloney)
 * Professor Gutentaag (Freaky Flyers; Despite He was abusing his robot partner: SVEN-209 in the backstory but it was shown 1 time onscreen.)
 * Profily (Battle For Dream Island; commonly thrown away by Teardrop and no one remembers them, however, they do deserve it for being self-centered)
 * Pud'n (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * Puff (The Proud Family); gets tortured by the twins CeCe and BeBe
 * Quack (Peep and the Big Wide World)
 * Quba (The DaVincibles)
 * Quills (Numb Chucks; Not as much as Buford, but still a punching bag)
 * RJ (Over the Hedge)
 * Rabbit (Winnie the Pooh)
 * Rachel Berry (Glee; even though she mostly deserves it)
 * Rafe Khatchadorian (Middle School series)
 * Ragna the Bloodedge (BlazBlue series)
 * Raiden (Metal Gear series)
 * Raku Ichijo (Nisekoi)
 * Randall Weems (Recess; even though he deserves it)
 * Ranma Saotome (Ranma 1/2, He gets abused by Akane, even when he doesn't deserve it)
 * Raven (Injustice Gods Among Us)
 * Ravi Ross (Jessie/Bunk'd)
 * Rebecca "Becky" Miyamoto (Pani Poni Dash!)
 * Rebecca Cunningham (Talespin)
 * Red (Among Us But It's A Reality Show)
 * Red And Yellow (Larva; Seasons 1-3)
 * 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)
 * Remy (Street Fighter series)
 * Ren Amamiya/Akira Kurusu/Joker (Persona 5)
 * 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)
 * Renji Yomo (Tokyo Ghoul:re; Did a lot of embarrassing things in the manga.)
 * Riccardo (Skullgirls)
 * Rick (Unikitty!; Constantly Ignored and/or Called Boring)
 * Rickety Cricket (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
 * Ricky Sprocket (Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy)
 * Rigby (Regular Show)
 * Rikiya Komiyama (Strawberry 100%)
 * Riko Sakurauchi (Love Live! Sunshine!!)
 * Riku (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Rin Okumura (Blue Exorcist)
 * Ripcon (Power Rangers Ninja Steel)
 * Rito Yuuki (To Love-Ru)
 * Robbie Shapiro (Victorious)
 * Robert Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond)
 * Robin Scherbatski (How I Met Your Mother)
 * Robo-Ky (Guilty Gear series)
 * Robot Default (Robot and Monster)
 * Robot Jones (Whatever Happened to Robot Jones)
 * Rock-G (Telemonster)
 * Roddy St. James (Flushed Away)
 * Roger Mellie (Viz Magazine)
 * Roger's Husband (Tekken series He constantly gets attacked by Roger Jr in endings)
 * Rollo Tookus (Timmy Failure)
 * Romio Inuzuka (Boarding School Juliet; Despite being arrogant when it comes to protecting Persia, he gets abused by his classmates throughout the anime/manga.)
 * Ron Stoppable (Kim Possible)
 * Roy (Orson's Farm; deserves it most of the time)
 * Ruby (Max & Ruby)
 * Rudy Gillespie (Kickin' It)
 * Runt (Chicken Little)
 * Rusty Spokes (The Loud House)
 * Ruv (Fera Animations)
 * Ryuji Sakamoto/Skull (Persona 5)
 * Ryuu Yamada (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches)
 * SELOZAR (Roblox Myths; He's always abused and treated like garbage by AloneTraveler)
 * SMG4 (SMG4; Usually from dealing with Mario's stupidity)
 * Saiko Bichitaru (SMG4; particularly in her earlier appearances in 2018 when she was treated as a misunderstood tsundere who is misjudged by others)
 * Saitama (One Punch Man)
 * Sakaki (Azumanga Daioh)
 * Sam (Total Drama)
 * Sam Manson (Danny Phantom)
 * Sam Parker (Beethoven's Treasure Tail)
 * Samey (Total Drama, typically at the mistreatment of Amy)
 * Sammy Wasabi (Freaky Flyers)
 * Satania (Gabriel Dropout)
 * Schezo Wegey (Puyo Puyo; has to deal with everyone calling him a pervert (creeper in localizations))
 * Schnitzel (Chowder)
 * Scott (Total Drama)
 * Scramble (The Eggs)
 * 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.
 * Scrat (Ice Age franchise)
 * Scratch and Grounder (The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog; usually because of their stupidity)
 * ScratchU8 (scratchU8)
 * Scrooge Mcduck(Ducktales)
 * Sebastian (The Little Mermaid)
 * Sena Kobayakawa (Eyeshield 21)
 * Sheep (Sheep in the Big City)
 * Sheldon Lee (My Life as a Teenage Robot)
 * Sheriff Woody/Rex/Mr. Potato Head (Toy Story)
 * Shiage Hamazura (A Certain Series)
 * Shiek Abdul (Freaky Flyers)
 * Shifty (Crime Time)
 * Shige Shige, The Shogun (Gintama)
 * Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
 * Shino Aburame (Naruto Shippuden and Boruto: Naruto The Next Generations)
 * Shinpachi Shimura (Gintama)
 * Shoko Nishimiya (Koe no Kotachi; she has been bullied by many people especially Naoko Ueno, Shouya Ishida (at the beginning only), Miki Kawai)
 * Shoko Nishimiya (A Silent Voice)
 * Shouya Ishida (Koe no Kotachi; same as Nishimiya when he was bullied by Kazuki Shimada and many people)
 * Shoya Ishida (A Silent Voice)
 * Shoyo Hinata (Haikyuu!!)
 * Shu Momose (Pani Poni Dash!)
 * Shura (World Heroes series)
 * Sid (Ice Age franchise)
 * Sidney Smutt (Sid the Sexist (Viz Magazine))
 * Sie Kensou (The King of Fighters series)
 * Simon Nelson-Cook (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide)
 * Simon Seville (ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks)
 * Alvin & Theodore can be considered as this too.
 * Simon the Digger (Gurren Lagann; until he becomes a true hero)
 * Sinjin Van Cleef (Victorious)
 * Skeleton, Zombie, Creeper, and Slime (Monster School) (in most of the monster school episodes, they always gets an f)
 * Skid & Pump (Spooky Month series)
 * Skull (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
 * Snail (Franklin)
 * Snorky (The Banana Splits)
 * Softy Walter (Dennis and Gnasher)
 * Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Sonic The Hedgehog (MugiMikey; He does Deserve it)
 * Soos Ramirez (Gravity Falls)
 * Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Spencer (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)
 * Spike (Flushed Away)
 * Spindleshanks (Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids; gets abused by Uncle Grizzly in every episode)
 * Spot Chicken (101 Dalmatians: The Series)
 * Squeeks (Nature Cat)
 * Squidward Tentacles (SpongeBros)
 * Stacy Dillsen (Zoey 101; is commonly outcasted by everyone in Pacific Coast Academy because of her lisp and she's accident-prone)
 * 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.
 * Stan Ookie (Bunny Maloney)
 * Stephanie "Steph" Dola (No Game No Life; Sometimes gets mocked by both Shiro and Sora.)
 * Stephanie Knightleigh (Edgar and Ellen)
 * Steve Williams (Brickleberry)
 * Stiletto Mafiosa (Danger Mouse)
 * Stimpson J. Cat (The Ren & Stimpy Show/Ren & Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon; both shows usually resulting from his stupidity or being around Ren)
 * 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.)
 * Stu Pickles (Rugrats)
 * Subaru Natsuki (Re:Zero)
 * Sue Ellen Armstrong (Arthur)
 * Suitcase (Inanimate Insanity)
 * Sunni Gummi (Gummi Bears)
 * 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.
 * Sylvester (Looney Tunes; even though he deserves it)
 * T-Midi (Breadwinners)
 * T.J. Detweiler (Recess)
 * Tadashi Yamaguchi (Haikyuu!!; occasionally prior to the half of Season 2)
 * Taiga Aisaka (Toradora)
 * Taiyo Asano (Mission: Yozakura Family)
 * Taizou Hasegawa (Gintama)
 * Talking Angela (Talking Friends Franchise)
 * Talking Ben (Talking Tom And Friends)
 * Talking Gina (Talking Friends Franchise)
 * Talking Ginger (Talking Friends Franchise)
 * Talking Hank (Talking Friends Franchise)
 * Talking Pierre (Talking Friends Franchise)
 * Talking Tom (Talking Friends Franchise)
 * Tamaki Kotatsu (Fire Force)
 * Tankman (Fera Animations)
 * Tao Hanakai (Senryu Girl)
 * Tari (SMG4; usually due to her timid and insecure personality)
 * Team Rocket Trio (Pokemon franchise; They deserve it in most of the episodes.)
 * Ted Mosby (How I Met Your Mother; occasionally)
 * Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball, sometimes)
 * Terra (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Tess (The Three Friends and Jerry)
 * Tex Akrana Jr. (Buddy Thunderstruck)
 * The Boogeyman (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * The Boyfriend (Friday Night Funkin' WITH LYRICS!)
 * The Cabbage Merchant (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * The Dalton Brothers (Lucky Luke franchise)
 * The Doronbo Gang (Yatterman; They constantly get punished after failing defeating Team Yatterman)
 * The Ferocious Beast (Maggie and the Ferocious Beast)
 * The Fox (Baby Huey)
 * The Heffley Family (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
 * The background characters/incidentals (SpongeBob SquarePants); they often deserve it BIG TIME for being selfish and mean-spirited citizens.
 * Thomas "Tom" Lancaster DuBois (The Boondocks)
 * Thomas (The Three Friends and Jerry)
 * Thompson (Gravity Falls)
 * Thumbelina (Thumbelina (1994))
 * Tidus (Final Fantasy X)
 * Tiger (An American Tail)
 * Tim Lockwood (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)
 * Timmy Thompson (Spoilt Bastard)
 * Tin-Top (Roary The Racing Car)
 * Tina Cohen-Chang (Glee)
 * Tissue (Object Overload)
 * Toad (SMG4; Can deserve it depending on the episode.)
 * Tobias Wilson ("The Amazing World of Gumball")
 * Todd Petersen/Han Solo Berger (That's My Boy)
 * Toilet (Inanimate Insanity)
 * Tom (Eddsworld; He deserves it at times)
 * Tom Anderson (Beavis and Butt-Head)
 * Tom the Director (Roger Mellie the man on the Telly (Viz Magazine)
 * Tomoki Sakurai (Heaven's Lost Property)
 * Tony (Evil Con Carne)
 * Tooteroo (Tickety Toc)
 * Tori Vega (Victorious)
 * Touma Kamijou (A Certain Series)
 * 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)
 * Trina Riffin (Grojband; after her comeuppance by Mina in "Hear Us Rock, Part 2")
 * Trina Vega (Victorious)
 * Triple G (Game Shakers)
 * Truman X (The X's)
 * Tsukune Aono (Rosario + Vampire; anime incarnation)
 * Tsuna Sawada (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
 * Tubby (Little Lulu)
 * Tucker Foley (Danny Phantom)
 * Tucker X (AKA: Mr. X; The X's)
 * Tuesday X (The X's)
 * Tyler (Total Drama)
 * 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)
 * Unlucky Frank (Viz Magazine)
 * Usopp (One Piece)
 * Vegeta (Dragon Ball GT)
 * Vendetta (Making Fiends)
 * Ventus (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Vern Tessio (The Body/Stand By Me)
 * Verne (Over the Hedge)
 * Victor Volt (The Secret Show)
 * Victor and Monty (Power Rangers (Super) Ninja Steel)
 * Wally (Kikoriki)
 * Wally Warbles (Cuphead)
 * Walter and Perry (Home Movies)
 * 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.)
 * Wario (Mario Fables)
 * Wario (Wario Dies)
 * Warwick (Knight Squad)
 * Waspinator (Transformers Beast Wars; Literally gets beaten up in every episode)
 * Weasel (Marvel Comics; Is often used as a punching bag by Deadpool in the comics)
 * Whimpu (SMG4; most notable in the YouTube Arc where he is taken advantage of by SMG3 despite being weak and uncoordinated)
 * Whitey Duvall (Eight Crazy Nights; All of the abuse he gets is undeserved.)
 * Whitty (Fera Animations; he deserved it in one video for being rude to Tankman)
 * Wibbly Pig (he sometimes he is a butt-monkey)
 * Scruffy Pig, Big Pig and Tiny Pig are sometimes they are butt-monkeys.
 * Widget (Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!; None of her inventions work correctly)
 * 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.
 * Willy Zilla (My Dad The Rock Star)
 * Wolf W. Wolf (Hoodwinked! series)
 * Wontkins (Wilkins Coffee)
 * Woody (Battle For Dream Island; became less of a Butt-Monkey in season 4)
 * Wubbzy (Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!; Depends on the episode)
 * X (Battle For Dream Island)
 * Xander Bly (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
 * 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.
 * Yamcha (Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Super)
 * Yasuhiro Hagakure (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)
 * Yato (Noragami)
 * Yoshiko Tsushima (Love Live! Sunshine!!)
 * Yosuke Hanamura (Persona 4)
 * Yuki (NeoGeo Battle Coliseum)
 * Yumi (Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi)
 * Yunyun (KonoSuba)
 * Yusuke Kitagawa/Fox (Persona 5)
 * Yuuki Mishima (Persona 5)
 * Yuuko Yoshida (Demon Girl Next Door)
 * Yuusuke Onodera (A.R. Kuuga) (Kamen Rider Decade)
 * Yō Takami (Deadman Wonderland)
 * 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)
 * Yūki Sohma (Fruits Basket)
 * Zack (Dead or Alive series)
 * Zack (Gacha Wow Studios)
 * Zak (Dragon Tales)
 * Zane (Ninjago; has sacrificed himself, been beaten up, and even managed to get manipulated by Vex)
 * Zazu (The Lion King)
 * Zebra Brothers (Hero 108)
 * Zeke McBongo (Billy Dilley)
 * Zenitsu Agatsuma (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
 * Zig (Zig and Sharko Season 2, he sometimes deserves it for attempting to chow down on Marina
 * Zim (Invader Zim)
 * Zoe DaVinci (The DaVincibles)
 * Zorori (The Kaiketsu Zorori Anime)
 * Zuzu (Poppy Cat)
 * Alan (Sleepaway Camp)
 * Alan Diaz (Mighty Med)
 * Walter Nichols (Drake & Josh)
 * Aya Asagiri (Magical Girl Site)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Book (Battle For Dream Island; she did deserve this more in season 4)
 * Brian Griffin (Family Guy; one of the trope codifiers; even though he deserves it for most of the time)
 * Caillou (Caillou Gets Grounded Vyond Videos)
 * Charlotte (Making Fiends)
 * Charlotte Page/ Jasper Dunlop (Henry Danger/The Adventures of Kid Danger)
 * Courtney (Total Drama)
 * Cyril Figgis (Archer); (He is the punching bag for most of the Time).
 * Dad (Dexter's Laboratory; Seasons 3-4)
 * Eustace Bagge (Courage the Cowardly Dog; even though he deserves it)
 * Four (Battle For Dream Island; He arguably deserves it for being an obnoxious blue number)
 * Fred Figglehorn (Fred franchise)
 * Fuuka Igasaki (Shuriken Sentai Ninninger)
 * 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.)
 * Harold Slikk (AngryGermanKid82's AGK Series; He became a butt-monkey after AngryGermanKid82 cancelled his AGK Series and moved to SkilesTV)
 * Haru Tokashiki (Ressha Sentai ToQger)
 * Hifumi Yamada (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)
 * Homer Simpson (Modern) (The Simpsons; one of the trope codifiers)
 * 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.)
 * Jerry Smith (Rick and Morty)
 * Johnny Test (mh:terribletvshows:Johnny Test; Constantly forced out of his sisters lab using a trapdoor and abused by his father)
 * Joseph (SML, though he can deserve it when he's being a jerk, depending on the video)
 * Kairi (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Kim Possible (Kim Possible (2019))
 * King Pig (Angry Birds/Angry Birds Toons; he somewhat deserves it.)
 * Lewbert Sline (iCarly)
 * Maggie Pesky (The Buzz on Maggie, though she deserves it when she's being insensitive)
 * Max Thunderman (The Thundermans)
 * Melvin Sneedly (Captain Underpants; He deserves it)
 * NostalgiaSquare (Dyaboy/NostalgiaSquare; He deserved it more in 2018 due to being a selfish jerk in that said season.)
 * Onari Yamanouchi (Kamen Rider Ghost)
 * 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)
 * Paintbrush (Inanimate Insanity; they often deserve it)
 * Robin (Teen Titans Go!; he deserves it most of the time)
 * SpongeBob can be considered as one (during Seasons 6-8).
 * Stanley (A Troll in Central Park)
 * Starscream (Transformers; one of the trope codifiers)
 * Timmy Turner (The Fairly OddParents)
 * Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls)
 * 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)
 * mh:greatcharacters:Steven Universe (Steven Universe Future)
 * Candace Flynn (Phineas and Ferb)
 * Darnell Fetzervalve (Buddy Thunderstruck; he is known for being treated unfairly by Buddy despite him being his best friend)
 * 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.)
 * Dr. Heinz Doofenshirmtz (Phineas and Ferb; typically at the mistreatment of his parents)
 * Henry Stickmin (The Henry Stickmin Collection) (Depends on what choice you chose)
 * Marlin (Finding Nemo)
 * Mike Wazowski (Monsters, Inc. franchise)
 * 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.)
 * Robbie Rotten (LazyTown)
 * Shrek (Shrek Franchise)
 * Todd Barkinson (Wayside, usually sent home on the Kindergarten Bus by Mrs. Jewls for petty or minor infractions)
 * Wreck-It Ralph (Wreck-It Ralph)
 * Wreck-It Ralph (Wreck-It Ralph)

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.