Butt-Monkey

Megward The Wizard (aka "Butt Monkey", "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, Megward The Wizards 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 "Megward the Wizards"

 * Squidward Tentacles (Spongebob Squarepants; one of the three trope namers and is the primary trope namer. He is especially a "Megward the Wizard" in Seasons 6-8, though he deserves it in S1-3, some of S4 and 5, and S9-present.
 * Pl ankton, Mrs. Puff, and Patchy the Pirate also are punching bags.
 * Sp ongebob can be considered one especially in episodes that either involves Patrick or Mr.Krabs)
 * Meg Griffin (Family Guy; one of the three trope namers)
 * Kyle the Wizard (Fanboy and Chum-Chum; one of the three trope namers)
 * Xander (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; trope namer for Butt-Monkey)
 * Homer Simpson (The Simpsons; one of the trope codifiers)
 * Daffy Duck (Looney Tunes; one of the trope codifiers; even if he deserves it)
 * Donald Duck (Disney; one of the trope codifiers)
 * Tom (Tom and Jerry; one of the trope codifiers; he usually deserves it, except in the Gene Deitch era)
 * 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)
 * Arthur Read (Arthur)
 * Kate Ashby (Kate Ashby; one of the most notable examples of a "Megward the Wizard" 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 "Megward the Wizard" 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)
 * Nico Yazawa (Love Live! School Idol Project)
 * Yoshiko Tsushima (Love Live! Sunshine!!)
 * Benson (Regular Show; he deserves it)
 * Edgar (Full English)
 * Chuckie Finster (Rugrats)
 * Milhouse Van Houten (The Simpsons)
 * Belson Noles (Clarence)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Luigi (Super Mario Bros., Mostly in the Mario and 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, usually caused by his stupidity, and gets sexually harassed and tormented often by the Kanker sisters, especially May whom she has a creepy obsessed crush on him)
 * Edd (Ed, Edd n Eddy; despite his nice, kind, and smart behavior and being a neat freak, he is one of the least-respected and most unappreciated resident of the cul-de-sac with no friends besides Eddy and Ed although not as hated as Eddy, gets mistreated mainly for his involvement of Eddy’s scams as well as being associated with Eddy and other unfair reasons such as getting mistreated and unfairly punished for either of the other two Eds' wrongdoings, sometimes gets mistreated by his own friends, being one of the show's weakest characters, doesn’t have his parents be around with him who communicate him through sticky notes, and gets sexually harassed and tormented often by the Kanker sisters, especially Marie whom she has a creepy obsessed crush on him)
 * Eddy (Ed, Edd n Eddy; he mostly deserves it as he is the con-artist, the mastermind, and the one who comes up with the scams and dragging his friends into doing them, but however, there are some episodes such as "Your Ed Here" and "Smile for the Ed" where he gets unfairly bullied and tormented, gets tortured and bullied by his older brother, and gets sexually harassed and tormented by the Kanker sisters, especially Lee whom she has a creepy obsessed crush on him)
 * Edward Platypus (Camp Lazlo; he mostly deserves it)
 * 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)
 * Nick Dean (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)
 * Ricky Sprocket (Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy)
 * Benny Newford (Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy)
 * Josh Nichols (Drake & Josh)
 * Chef Pee Pee (SuperMarioLogan; he is always treated badly by Bowser and Junior, though he deserves it sometimes when he is being unsympathetic)
 * Robbie Shapiro (Victorious)
 * Steve Williams (Brickleberry)
 * Freddie Benson (iCarly)
 * Ned (The Misfortune of Being Ned)
 * Todd (Wayside)
 * 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)
 * Miguel Santos  (Maya & Miguel)
 * Lincoln Loud (The Loud House; is commonly mistreated by most of his sisters in a couple episodes where all his sisters are in their worst or act out of character for no reason)
 * Clyde McBride (The Loud House; He is mostly known as a weakling, especially the fact that he can't blow any balloons)
 * 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)
 * Peck (Back at The Barnyard)
 * Mario (SuperMarioLogan; Is constantly being annoyed by his idiot son Jeffy)
 * Luigi (KirbStomp; Is constantly being abused by his crazy girlfriend, Daisy)
 * Chef Kawasaki (Kirby Right Back At Ya; Is constantly getting negative feedback about his cooking. in fact, nobody (Except Kirby) likes his food)
 * Henry (Horrid Henry Is commonly getting punished by his parents and they almost never punish Peter)
 * Arnold (Bubsy pilot)
 * Chicken Little (Chicken Little)
 * Jessie (McJuggerNuggets; Only when his Dad breaks his stuff)
 * Kevin McCallister (Home Alone; is commonly neglected and abused by his family)
 * Charlotte Page/ Jasper Dunlop (Henry Danger/The Adventures of Kid Danger)
 * Mark (Cheaper by the Dozen)
 * Sam Parker (Beethoven's Treasure Tail)
 * Oscar Proud (The Proud Family)
 * 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; is commonly neglected by his idiotic parents, fails every test, and gets bullied by Francis and his evil babysitter, Vicky)
 * Mr. Nesmith (Planet Sheen)
 * Dice Corleone (Sam & Cat)
 * Triple G (Game Shakers)
 * Victor and Monty (Power Rangers Ninja Steel)
 * Coach Kreeton (All That)
 * Hans Moleman (The Simpsons)
 * Stu Pickles (Rugrats)
 * Dr. Zoidberg (Futurama; he's always poor, hungry, lonely, lives in a dumpster, and is disliked, bullied, and mistreated by most of his co-workers, especially Hermes, sometimes for no reason)
 * Kenzie Bell (Game Shakers)
 * Mr. Gullible (The Amanda Show)
 * Bernie Barges (Corneil and Bernie (Watch My Chops))
 * Robot Default (Robot and Monster)
 * Monsterh Krumholtz (Robot and Monster)
 * Perry (Robot and Monster)
 * Baljeet Tjinder (Phineas and Ferb)
 * Candace Flynn (Phineas and Ferb)
 * Victor Volt (The Secret Show)
 * Changed Daily (The Secret Show)
 * Scrat (Ice Age franchise)
 * Warwick (Knight Squad)
 * Neil (The Young Ones)
 * Crescent (Funny Pets; is continuously ignored and abused by Funny.
 * Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic X)
 * Robin (Teen Titans Go!)
 * Gil (Bubble Guppies)
 * Scratch and Grounder (The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Adam Young (Mr.Young)
 * Bertram Winkle (Jessie)
 * Max Thunderman (The Thundermans)
 * Rabbit (Winnie The Pooh)
 * George Sanderson (Monsters Inc.)
 * Sheriff Woody/Rex/Mr. Potato Head/Ken (Toy Story franchise)
 * Bert (Sesame Street)
 * Hundley (Curious George)
 * Charkie (Curious George; Was being scold by George in the infamous "Charkie Escapes" episode)
 * Any character from an Annoying Orange video (Gets knifed, blended, baked, etc.)
 * Pear (From recent Annoying Orange videos)
 * Tori Vega (Victorious; often gets abused by Jade)
 * Deuce Martinez (Shake it Up)
 * Poe Dameron (Star Wars; constantly gets antagonized by Admiral Holdo despite Poe Dameron's right doings)
 * Ron Stoppable (Kim Possible)
 * X (Battle For Dream Island)
 * Taco (Battle For BFDI)
 * Woody (Battle For Dream Island; He was completely mistreated by the other contestants in season 1, and also got in last place since Blocky, Spongy, and Flower rejoined later and got killed in the final episode, fortunately, he became less of a Megward the Wizard in season 4)
 * Toilet (Inanimate Insanity)
 * Tissue (Object Overload)
 * Caillou (Caillou Gets Grounded; constantly gets grounded by his abusive parents Boris and Doris. While he does deserve it at times because of his bad behavior, sometimes he gets grounded for stupid and nonsensical reasons or even no reason at all. Boris and Doris also give him ridiculously over-the-top punishments in the Punishment Day Videos)
 * Rosie (Caillou Gets Grounded; constantly gets abused by Caillou and she sometimes gets grounded for stupid reasons, though she does deserve it since she was a Mary Sue when Caillou use to be the main grounded target)
 * Robbie Rotten (Lazytown)
 * Rafe Khatchadorian (Middle School series)
 * Trina Vega (Victorious)
 * Neville Longbottom (Harry Potter)
 * Leopold Slikk (Angry German Kid Parodies; He gets often abused by his violent family or bullies who gets away with it)
 * Joey Rooney (Liv & Maddie)
 * Boris (Caillou The Grownup) is constantly getting annoyed by his idiotic manchildish son Caillou, and Caillou never stops saying "Daddy" nonstop.
 * 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.
 * Gordon the Big Engine (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends; he mostly deserves it, except in the infamous "Bust My Buffers!" episode)
 * Frank Murphy (F is for Family; he deserves it most of the time).
 * Neville the Black Tender Engine (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends; only in the infamously mean spirited season 9 episode, "Thomas and the New Engine")
 * 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) Even if he deserves it for attempting to eat Merina, he often gets abused way too much by Sharko.
 * Dee Dee, Marky, and Joey (Oggy and the Cockroaches; even if they deserve it for most of the time)
 * The Pigs (Angry Birds Toons Seasons 2-3)
 * Handsome Pig (Angry Birds Stella Toons) Gets abused for no reason at all.
 * Buddy (Kick the Buddy; even if he enjoys it)
 * Naruto (Naruto) Gets beaten up for no reason at all, mostly by Sakura.
 * Brenda Quagmire (Family Guy) Gets constantly abused by Jeffrey for absolutely ridiculous reasons until he was killed by Quagmire, and abused to the point she thinks it’s normal.
 * 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!)
 * Satania (Gabriel Dropout)
 * Zak (Dragon Tales)
 * 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)
 * Hacker (Cyberchase; Even if he deserves it)
 * Buzz (cyberchase)
 * Delete (cyberchase)
 * Mayor humdinger (Paw Patrol; His plans are always foiled by the paw patrol, even if he deserves it)
 * Kitten catasphrope crew (Paw Patrol)
 * 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?)
 * Ayumu Aikawa (Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka?)