Butt-Monkey

Sometimes, a character has the only purpose to be abused by the rest of the cast of the media they come from, no matter how contrived the setup is. A character like this is known as a "Megward the Wizard".

The trope's name itself is a pun of the names of three characters that were some of the first characters to be part of the trope itself. These characters are Squidward Tentacles, Meg Griffin and Kyle the Wizard.

Notable "Megward the Wizards"

 * Squidward Tentacles (Spongebob Squarepants; one of the three trope namers)
 * Meg Griffin (Family Guy; one of the three trope namers)
 * Kyle the Wizard (Fanboy and Chum-Chum; one of the three trope namers)
 * 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)
 * Apple (The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange)
 * Adam Lyon (My Gym Partner's a Monkey)
 * 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, and has children with different problems)
 * Irwin (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
 * Benson (Regular Show)
 * Belson Noles (Clarence)
 * Yamcha (Dragon Ball Z and Super)
 * Vegeta (Dragon Ball GT)
 * Charlie Brown (Peanuts)
 * Kenny McCormick (South Park; Seasons 1-5)
 * Butters Stotch (South Park; Season 6 onward)
 * No Watch Ben (Ben 10 Omniverse)
 * Gwen (Ben 10 (2016))
 * Kratz (Harvey Beaks)