Butt-Monkey

Butt-Monkey (aka "Megward the Wizard" (a term coined by TheMysteriousMrEnter), "Punching Bag", "Torture Victim", "Outcast" or "Chew Toy") is a character who is always the butt of the demeaning joke, "put them through hell" plotline, and/or the only character to endure all the slapstick. 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.

Nothing ever goes right for this character, and if something bad is going to happen to someone, chances are it's going to happen to them, or somebody else (as a twist shock).

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

Notable "Butt-Monkeys"

 * Xander Harris (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; the trope namer)
 * Squidward Tentacles (Spongebob Squarepants); one of the three trope namer of "Megward the Wizard". He is especially a Butt-Monkey in Seasons 5-7.
 * Plankton, Mrs. Puff, and Patchy the Pirate also are punching bags.
 * Spongebob can be considered one (especially in episodes that involves Patrick).
 * Meg Griffin (Family Guy; one of the three trope namers of "Megward the Wizard")
 * Kyle the Wizard (Fanboy and Chum-Chum; one of the three trope namers of "Megward the Wizard")
 * Homer Simpson (The Simpsons; one of the trope codifiers)
 * Daffy Duck (Looney Tunes; one of the trope codifiers)
 * Donald Duck (Disney; one of the trope codifiers)
 * Tom (Tom and Jerry; one of the trope codifiers)
 * Brian Griffin (Family Guy; one of the trope codifiers; even though he deserves it for most of the time)
 * Starscream (Transformers; one of the trope codifiers)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Irwin (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * Grim Reaper (Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * Nico Yazawa (Love Live! School Idol Project)
 * Yoshiko Tsushima (Love Live! Sunshine!!)
 * Chloe (The Secret Life of Pets)
 * Benson (Regular Show)
 * Edgar (Full English)
 * Chuckie Finster (Rugrats)
 * Milhouse Van Houten (The Simpsons)
 * Scratchy (The Simpsons)
 * Belson Noles (Clarence)
 * Larry (T.U.F.F. Puppy, is commonly mistreated by his boss Snaptrap by getting launched into Shark Tanks.)
 * Krillin (Dragon Ball Z and Super)
 * Yamcha (Dragon Ball Z and Super)
 * Vegeta (Dragon Ball GT)
 * Charlie Brown (Peanuts; Is constantly being tormented by a lot of kids, mostly Lucy)
 * Kenny McCormick (South Park; Seasons 1-5)
 * Butters Scotch (South Park; Season 6 onward, one example of a Megward The Wizard that is well-written)
 * 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)
 * Tobias Wilson (The Amazing World of Gumball)
 * Eugene (Hey Arnold!)
 * Leslie Noodman (Sanjay & Craig)
 * Jeff Randell (Clarence)
 * Jimmy Neutron (Jimmy Neutron)
 * Carl Wheezer (Jimmy Neutron)
 * Luigi (Mario, mostly in the Mario & Luigi RPG series, and Super Mario Bros Z)
 * 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)
 * Edward Platypus (Camp Lazlo; he mostly deserves it)
 * Laura Barns/"billie227" (Unfriended) (But she later gets revenge on her best friend Blaire, along with her boyfriend and her other friends for posting the video that made her kill herself).
 * Carrie White (Carrie)
 * Prince Charming (Shrek The Third)
 * 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)
 * Jackson Stewart (Hannah Montana)
 * Josh Nichols (Drake & Josh)
 * Robbie Shapiro (Victorious)
 * Mr. Marion Moseby (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody/The Suite Life On Deck)
 * Steve Williams (Brickleberry)
 * Geronimo Stilton (Geronimo Stilton)
 * Freddie Benson (iCarly)
 * Eric Needles (Sidekick)
 * Ned (The Misfortune of Being Ned)
 * Todd (Wayside)
 * 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)
 * Frankie Foster (Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends; is commonly treated like crap by Mr. Herriman)
 * Mac (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)
 * Miguel Santos (Maya & Miguel)
 * Lincoln Loud (The Loud House; is occasionally mistreated by most of his sisters)
 * Brainy Smurf (The Smurfs)
 * 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")
 * The Cabbage Merchant (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Marvin (Making Fiends)
 * Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls)
 * Soos Ramirez (Gravity Falls)
 * Otis (Back at the Barnyard)
 * Peck (Back at the Barnyard)
 * Luigi (KirbStomp; is constantly being abused by his crazy girlfriend, Daisy)
 * Chef Kawasaki (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!)
 * Arnold (Bubsy pilot)
 * Chicken Little (Chicken Little)
 * Kevin McCallister (Home Alone)
 * 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)
 * Oscar Proud (The Proud Family)
 * Leonard Hofstadter (The Big Bang Theory)
 * Stacy Dillsen (Zoey 101; is commonly outcasted by everyone in Pacific Coast Academy because of her lisp and she's accident prone)
 * Greg Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
 * Timmy Turner (The Fairly Oddparents)
 * Mr. Nesmith (Planet Sheen)
 * Dorkus (Planet Sheen)
 * Dukey (Johnny Test)
 * Dice Corleone (Sam & Cat)
 * Triple G (Game Shakers)
 * Victor and Monty (Power Rangers Ninja Steel)
 * Walter Nichols (Drake & Josh)
 * George Costanza (Seinfeld)
 * Coach Kreeton (All That)
 * Hans Moleman (The Simpsons)
 * 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)
 * Victor Volt (The Secret Show)
 * Changed Daily (The Secret Show)
 * Scrat (Ice Age franchise)
 * Warwick (Knight Squad)
 * Neil (The Young Ones)
 * Shrek (Shrek Franchise)
 * Crescent (Funny Pets; is continuously ignored and abused by Funny.
 * Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic X)
 * Robin (Teen Titans Go!)
 * Scratch and Grounder (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Eric Matthews (Boy Meets World)
 * Adam Young (Mr. Young)
 * Bertram Winkle (Jessie)
 * Max Thunderman (The Thundermans)
 * Carl Montclaire (Wingin' It)
 * Rabbit (Winnie the Pooh)
 * Mike Wazowski (Monsters, Inc. franchise)
 * George Sanderson (Monsters, Inc.)
 * Sheriff Woody/Rex/Mr. Potato Head/Ken (Toy Story)
 * Bert (Sesame Street)
 * Principal Tater (Mr.Young)
 * Any character from an Annoying Orange video (Gets knifed, blended, baked, etc.)
 * Deuce Martinez (Shake it Up)
 * Sheldon Cooper (Young Sheldon)
 * 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)
 * Fletcher Quimby (A.NT. Farm)
 * X (Battle For Dream Island)
 * Taco (Battle For BFDI)
 * Woody (Battle For Dream Island; became less of a Butt-Monkey in season 4)
 * Toilet (Inanimate Insanity)
 * Tissue (Object Overload)
 * Robbie Rotten (LazyTown)
 * Rafe Khatchadorian (Middle School series)
 * Logan Reese (Zoey 101)
 * Trina Vega (Victorious)
 * Neville Longbottom (Harry Potter)
 * Private (Madagascar)
 * Alan Harper (Two and a Half Men)
 * Joey Rooney (Liv & Maddie)
 * Sinjin Van Cleef (Victorious)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Satania (Gabriel Dropout)
 * 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)
 * Buzz (Cyberchase)
 * Delete (Cyberchase)
 * Shino Aburame (Naruto Shippuden, 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)
 * 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)
 * Rito Yuuki (To Love-Ru)
 * Jun Manjoume (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)
 * Akari Akaza (YuruYuri, the world is against her in hilarious ways.)
 * Canada (Hetalia Series)
 * China (Hetalia Series)
 * T.J. Detweiler (Recess)
 * Mikey Blumberg (Recess)
 * Ashley Spinelli (Recess)
 * Gus Griswald (Recess)
 * Randall Weems (Recess)
 * 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)
 * Vinnie Terrio (Littlest Pet Shop)
 * Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
 * Sena Kobayakawa (Eyeshield 21)
 * August Pullman (Wonder)
 * 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)
 * Bulma (Dragon Ball, original series)
 * 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)
 * Nobita Nobi (Doraemon)
 * 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 is sometimes a Butt-Monkey from time to time.
 * Sheldon Lee (My Life as a Teenage Robot)
 * Ray Borealis (All That)
 * 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)
 * Hitori Bocchi (Hitori Bocchi's Lifestyle)
 * Honshou Aru (Hitori Bocchi's Lifestyle)
 * 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))
 * Jack Fenton (Danny Phantom)
 * Larry Needlemeyer (The Amazing World of Gumball)
 * Schnitzel (Chowder)
 * Foxxy Love (Drawn Together)
 * Iago (Aladdin franchise)
 * Sebastian (The Little Mermaid)
 * Kaa (The Jungle Book)
 * Cogsworth (Beauty and the Beast)
 * Gantu (Lilo and Stitch)
 * Johnny Bravo (Johnny Bravo)
 * Charlotte (Making Fiends)
 * Vendetta (Making Fiends)
 * Johnny Turbine (Freaky Flyers)
 * Shiek Abdul (Freaky Flyers)
 * Sammy Wasabi (Freaky Flyers)
 * Professor Gutentaag (Freaky Flyers)
 * Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash Twinsanity)
 * Nitrous Oxide (Crash Nitro Kart)
 * Orhime Inoue (Bleach)
 * Taiyo Asano (Mission: Yozakura Family)
 * Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
 * Asta (Black Clover)
 * Ren Amamiya/Joker (Persona 5)
 * Ryuji Sakamoto/Skull (Persona 5)
 * Yusuke Kitagawa/Fox (Persona 5)
 * Harry Potter (Harry Potter series)
 * Black Star (Soul Eater)
 * Issei Hyoudou (High School DxD)
 * Tomoki Sakurai (Heaven's Lost Property)
 * Darnell (Buddy Thunderstruck, he is known to be Buddy's punching bag despite him being his best friend)
 * Ichika Orimura (Infinite Startos)
 * Junpei Yoshino (Jujutsu Kaisen)
 * Marco Diaz (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
 * Banana Joe (The Amazing World of Gumball)
 * Anton (The Amazing World of Gumball)
 * Manny Delgado-Pritchett (Modern Family)
 * Mitchell Pritchett (Modern Family)
 * Mr. Lancer (Danny Phantom)
 * Stephanie Knightleigh (Edgar and Ellen)