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.)
 * SpongeBob SquarePants, Plankton, Mrs. Puff, and Patchy the Pirate also are punching bags.
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Benson (Regular Show)
 * 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 Stotch (South Park; Season 6 onward)
 * No Watch Ben (Ben 10 Omniverse)
 * Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10 (2016))
 * Kratz (Harvey Beaks)
 * Melvin Sneedly (Captain Underpants)
 * 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.; he gets a lot of bad luck at times, such as falling out of a balloon in "New Super Mario Bros. Wii", getting killed in Simon's trailer for "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate", and his Switch getting crushed by a Thwomp in the infamous "Nintendo Switch Online" trailer)
 * Ed (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
 * Edd (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
 * Eddy (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
 * Edward Platypus (Camp Lazlo)
 * Nick Dean (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)
 * Ricky Sprocket (Ricky Sprocket: Showiaz Boy)
 * Benny Newford (Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy)
 * Josh Nichols (Drake & Josh)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Henry (Horrid Henry)
 * Arnold (Bubsy pilot)
 * Chicken Little (Chicken Little)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Coach Kreeton (All That)
 * Hans Moleman (The Simpsons)
 * Stu Pickles (Rugrats)
 * Dr. Zoidberg (Futurama)
 * 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)
 * Neil (The Young Ones)
 * Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic X)
 * Robin (Teen Titans Go!)
 * Gil (Bubble Guppies)
 * Scratch and Grounder (The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Max Thunderman (The Thundermans)
 * Rabbit (Winnie The Pooh)
 * George Sanderson (Monsters Inc.)
 * Sheriff Woody/Rex/Mr. Potato Head/Ken (Toy Story franchise)
 * Gordon (Thomas & Friends)
 * Bert (Sesame Street)
 * Hundley (Curious George)
 * Charkie (Curious George; Was being scold by George in "Charkie Escapes")
 * Any character from an Annoying Orange video (Gets knifed, blended, baked, etc.)
 * 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)
 * 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 sometimes grounded for stupid reasons)
 * Rafe Khatchadorian (Middle School series)
 * 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)
 * 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.
 * Mark Taylor (Home Improvement Seasons 1-3) is constantly used as a torture device in Brad and Randy's pranks.