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 5-7, though he deserves it in S1-3, some of S4, and S8-present. But he got his revenge on SpongeBob in Little Yellow Book. Showing that he didn't let SpongeBob get away with stalking him, ruining his chance of joining the choir, kidnapping him and the other townspeople by trapping them in bubbles and bringing them to his house, digging a hole in the road to make him wreck his bike, made fun of Mrs. Puffs injury, him and Patrick framing Mermaidman and Barnacleboy by falsely arresting many people for no reason (especially Man-Ray who isn't doing anything evil, but he still gets arrested for going to a laundry shop), scolding and blaming Gary for things he clearly didn't do and not thanking him when he saves his life (and not to mention, he also stole a pet from a store). and other terrible stuff he did throughout S5-S8.
 * Pl ankton, Mrs. Puff, and Patchy the Pirate also are punching bags.
 * Sp ongebob can be considered one (especially in episodes that involves Patrick).
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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; he deserves it)
 * Edgar (Full English)
 * Chuckie Finster (Rugrats)
 * Milhouse Van Houten (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)
 * 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 (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 and sides with her, usually its 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 gets no respect from anybody and is one of the most unappreciated resident of the cul-de-sac with no friends except 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 a weakling, 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 two friends into scamming the neighborhood kids, 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 which was the reason he was an unlikable scammer, 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)
 * Ricky Sprocket (Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy)
 * Benny Newford (Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy)
 * Oliver Oken (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, even Frankie and Wilt, in some episodes where they all are in their worst or act out of character for no reason)
 * Miguel Santos  (Maya & Miguel)
 * Toad (SuperMarioLogan)
 * 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)
 * Brainy Smurf (The Smurfs;He mostly deserves it)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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; is commonly neglected by his idiotic parents, fails every test, and gets bullied by Francis and his evil babysitter, Vicky)
 * 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;he mostly deserves it)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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!)
 * Tyrone (The Backyardigans)
 * Gil (Bubble Guppies)
 * Scratch and Grounder (The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Eric Matthews (Boy Meets World)
 * Dr.Heinz Doofenshirmtz (Phineas and Ferb)
 * Adam Young (Mr.Young)
 * Bertram Winkle (Jessie)
 * Max Thunderman (The Thundermans)
 * Carl Montclaire (Wing'in It)
 * Rabbit (Winnie The Pooh)
 * George Sanderson (Monsters Inc.)
 * Sheriff Woody/Rex/Mr. Potato Head/Ken (Toy Story franchise)
 * Bert (Sesame Street)
 * Hundley (Curious George)
 * Principal Tater (Mr.Young)
 * 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.)
 * Arthur Read (Arthur;only in later seasons)
 * 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 (Kick'in 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; 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)
 * Robbie Rotten (LazyTown)
 * Rafe Khatchadorian (Middle School series)
 * Logan Reese (Zoey 101:He often deserves it)
 * Trina Vega (Victorious)
 * Neville Longbottom (Harry Potter)
 * Private (Madagascar)
 * Alan Harper (Two and a Half Men)
 * 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)
 * 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.
 * 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")
 * Foxie/Bhukkad (Eena Meena Deeka; he mostly deserves it)
 * 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, even if they deserved it)
 * Handsome Pig (Angry Birds Stella Toons) Gets abused for no reason at all.
 * 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 and Yunyun (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)
 * 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?)
 * 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, He mostly deserves it)
 * Gizmo (Superbook(2011))
 * Gloria (Big City Greens)
 * Rollo Tookus (Timmy Failure)
 * Nate Wright (Big Nate series, he sometimes deserves it)
 * Chad Applewhite (Big Nate Series)
 * Francis Pope (Big Nate Series)
 * Breckenridge Puffington III (Big Nate Series)
 * Michael and David (PottyMouth and Stoopid)
 * Robot Jones (Whatever happened to Robot Jones)
 * Raku Ichijo (Nisekoi; Jealous classmates beat him up just for having a lot of girls)
 * Chris Quantum (Superbook(2011))
 * Jaime Thompson (Berrybrook Middle School series)
 * Jensen Graham (Berrybrook Middle School series)
 * Yato (Noragami)
 * Touma Kamijou (A Certain Series, he is usually unlucky)
 * Shiage Hamazura (A Certain Series, another unlucky character)
 * Lambo (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, even he deserves it sometimes)
 * Skull (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
 * Kon (Bleach, he rarely deserves it)
 * 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)
 * Gus Griswald (Recess)
 * T.J. Detweiler (Recess)
 * Mikey Blumberg (Recess)
 * Ashley Spinelli (Recess)
 * Randall Weems (Recess, he mostly deserves it)
 * Kuki Urie (Tokyo Ghoul:re) Saiko and Shirazu teases him because Urie works out too much.
 * Renji Yomo (Tokyo Ghoul:re) Did a lot of embarrassing things in the manga.
 * Bob the tomato (Veggietales)
 * Kōsei Arima (Your Lie in April)
 * Itsuki Minami (Air Gear)
 * Inuyasha (Inuyasha)
 * Subaru Natsuki (Re:Zero)
 * Applebloom (My Little Pony)
 * Spike (My little Pony)
 * Vinnie Terrio (Littlest Pet Shop)
 * Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
 * Sena Kobayakawa (Eyeshield 21)
 * August Pullman (Wonder)
 * Percy the tank Engine (Thomas & friends)
 * 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, he mostly deserved it at first, not so much on later scenes especially when he redeems himself)
 * 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, he sometimes deserves it)
 * Nene Odagiri (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches, even she deserves it sometimes)
 * Nobita Nobi (Doraemon, he rarely deserves it)
 * 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 Megward the Wizard in Megadimension Neptunia VII)
 * Noire can sometimes be considered a Megward the Wizard from time to time.
 * Sheldon Lee (My Life as a Teenage Robot)
 * Ray Borealis (All That; He gets sent to report useless stuff at dangerous locations (Death Valley, CA or on The World's Tallest Building) and his female co-worker is completely oblivious to the fact that he's in danger. Sometimes she playfully mocks him that she's safe and sound in the studio while he's suffering)
 * Coop Burtonburger (Kid vs. Kat, Always blamed for Kat's misdeeds)
 * Giyuu Tomioka and Zenitsu Agatsuma (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
 * Nana Ebina (My Two-Faced Little Sister!)
 * Miyako Hoshino (An Angel Flew Down On Me)
 * Guido Mista (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind)
 * Hitori Bocchi (Hitori Bocchi's Lifestyle)
 * Honshou Aru (Hitori Bocchi's Lifestyle)
 * Jerry Smith (Rick and Morty)
 * 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)