Butt-Monkey

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Butt-Monkey It's not fun being this character. Gender: Anyone Type: The Object of Abuse and Ridicule Species: Trope Media of origin: Countless

A Butt-Monkey (aka "Megward the Wizard", a term coined by TheMysteriousMrEnter; "punching bag", "torture victim", "outcast", "The Chew Toy", "laughing stock", "bad luck", or "accident") is a character who is always the butt of a demeaning joke, goes through a "put them through hell" plotline, and/or the only character who endures all the slapstick pain & misery inflicted onto them, which is often played for comedy or for drama.

To put it shortly, they are scapegoats and are treated like the world's metaphorical punching bag, even if they do nothing inherently wrong.

Pretty much nothing ever goes right for this character, and if something bad happens, chances are it happening to them out of nowhere and it being out of their control, or somebody else (as a twist shock), to add another schlimazel/schlemiel/scapegoat to the mix.

For whatever reason, butt-monkeys seem to walk through life with a permanent "Kick Me" sign attached to themselves, invisible to them to notice but all too visible to the rest of the world to see and view them as a easy victim/target. They are the polar opposite of karma houdinis, sometimes getting bullied and abused by them can also lead to another trope besides this trope, like vengence, insanity, sadism, villainy, etc.

Furthermore, not all butt-monkeys are "unlucky" characters because they are frequently just accident-prone characters and get abused for no reason, their predicaments and vulnerabilities are always varied. Needless to say, it's usually unwarranted unless it's a jerk or a villain that gets what's coming to them.

To basically sum up this trope, it's a character who goes through hell. Physically, mentally, verbally, or all of the above.

Keep in mind that some of them became popular because of this (e.g. Butters from South Park). The nickname "Megward the Wizard" is named after three characters who fit this trope, Meg Griffin from Family Guy, Squidward Tentacles from SpongeBob SquarePants, and Kyle the Wizard from Fanboy & Chum Chum.

Examples

NOTE: Please give reasons for these characters being butt-monkeys. Also, please do not add examples of fan-made parodies or other characters that are forbidden to have a page on this wiki (one exception is characters from the Incredible/Great Characters Wiki can be mentioned here).

Notable Butt-Monkeys

Movies

• Abby (Chicken Little; albeit not as much as the title character himself)
• Abigail (Once Upon a Forest)
• Agent Stone (Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie)
• Alan (Sleepaway Camp)
• Alex the Lion (Madagascar; he is a Butt-Monkey well written.)
• Baby Brent (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)
• Beetlejuice
• Bromley (The Swan Princess)
• Bruno (Encanto)
• Buddy The Elf (Elf)
• C-3PO (Star Wars)
• Chicken Little
• Chihiro Ogino (Spirited Away)
• Cogsworth (Beauty and the Beast)
• Dumbo (Dumbo)
• E.T. (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)
• Finn (Star Wars)
• Flynn Ryder (Tangeled)
• Fletcher Quimby (A.N.T. Farm)
• Gabby (Max Fleischer's Gulliver's Travels) (Despite the fact he's unlikeable for all of his flaws, he also received a fair amount of torture in some parts of the movie, such as being forced to be the town crier and getting exhausted, having trouble trying to alert King Little that there's a giant (Gulliver) in the beach, and more.)
• Gantu (Lilo & Stitch)
• George Sanderson (Monsters, Inc.)
• Gingy (Shrek franchise)
• Greg Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) (He is always bullied by Rodrick, and gets his good chances ruined by Manny, and his parents, Susan and Frank. He can, however, deserve some consequences, such as when he’s being a bad friend to Rowley.)
• Gru (Despicable Me franchise)
• Harry Potter
• Harry and Marv (Home Alone; they do deserve it after all)
• Hector (Coco)
• The Heffley Family (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) They (possibly except for Rodrick) deserve it, especially Manny.
• Iago (Aladdin)
• Ian Lightfoot (Onward)
• Japeth (Hoodwinked Too!)
• Jennifer Jolie (Scream 3)
• Kaori (Akira; Gets abused throughout the film/manga.)
• Kent Mansley (The Iron Giant)
• Kevin McCallister (Home Alone franchise; not only the victim of the robbers, but are constantly mistreated by his family and always left home alone (hence the title), the worst type of butt-monkey treatment comes from his mother)
• Kung Fu Bunny (Kung Fu Bunny; JJJOY Animation Studios)
  • Choy Bao Doggy is also sometimes a butt-monkey.
• Laura Barns/"billie227" (Unfriended) (But she later gets revenge on her best friend Blaire, along with her boyfriend Mitch and her other friends Jess, Adam, Ken, and Val for posting the video that made her kill herself)
• Lefou (Beauty and the Beast)
• Lightning McQueen (Cars franchise; especially in Mater's Tall Tales, even though Mater wasn't flanderized until Cars 2)
• Linguini (Ratatouille)
• Lord Duke (Sleeping Beauty, Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams)
• Luigi (Super Mario Bros. The Movie)
• Matilda (Matilda, 1996)
• Marlin (Finding Nemo)
• Maudi (Brave)
• Max (The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl)
• Melman (Madagascar)
• Mike Wazowski (Monsters, Inc. franchise)
• Minions (Despicable Me franchise)
• Mirabel Madriga (Encanto)
• Mort (Madagascar)
• Nahuel (Nahuel and the Magic Book/Nahuel y el Libro Magico; he's commonly bullied by Calfunao and Rorro, getting ignored by his father because he's afraid of the sea (but they have a bond at the middle of the film when he and his son go fishing, which is nice) and every creature in the tavern laughed at him because he wanted to take a stand against Kalku except Ruende and Fresia.)
• Naveen (The Princess and the Frog)
• Neville Longbottom (Harry Potter)
• Oscar the Sharkslayer (Shark Tale) (Despite being an egotistical jerk at times, he gets tossed around by everyone around him (i.e. being mocked by his classmates as a child, being abused by his employer and girlfriend)
• The Parr Family (The Incredibles)
• Petrie (The Land Before Time franchise)
• Philoctetes (Hercules)
• Pinocchio (Shrek franchise)
• Pleakley (Lilo & Stitch)
• Poe Dameron (Star Wars; constantly gets antagonized by Admiral Holdo despite Poe Dameron's right doings)
• Prince Charming (Shrek The Third)
• Private (Madagascar)
• Quasimodo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996): Especially in the heartbreaking humiliation scene where he got ropes and vegetables thrown at him.)
• RJ (Over the Hedge)
• Roddy St. James (Flushed Away)
• Rowley Jefferson (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
• Runt (Chicken Little)
• Schnitzel (Chowder)
• Scrat (Ice Age franchise)
• Sebastian (The Little Mermaid)
• Sheriff Woody/Rex/Mr. Potato Head (Toy Story)
• Shrek (Shrek Franchise)
• Skipper (Madagascar)
• Sid (Ice Age franchise)
• Sir Chamberlain (The Swan Princess)
• Spike (Flushed Away)
• Stan Beals (The Ant Bully)
• Starscream (Transformers; one of the trope codifiers)
• Ted/The Man With the Yellow Hat (The Curious George film series, most notably the first film since he got into a heap of trouble at many times.)
• Thumbelina (Thumbelina (1994))
• Tiana (The Princess and the Frog)
• Tim Lockwood (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)
• Todd Petersen/Han Solo Berger (That's My Boy)
• Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro)
• Vector (Despicable Me)
• Verne (Over the Hedge)
• WALL-E (WALL-E)
• Wolf W. Wolf (Hoodwinked! series)
• Wreck-It Ralph (Wreck-It Ralph)
• Yzma (Emperor's New Groove/Kronk's New Groove)
• Zazu (The Lion King)
• Whitey Duvall (Eight Crazy Nights)

• The kids (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
• Any character from Back to the Future
• Characters from The Breakfast Club
• Any character from Child's Play
• Any character from A Christmas Story
• Any character from Free Guy
• Any character from The Godfather
• Any character from The Goonies
• Any character from It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
• Any character from Jaws
• Any character from Jumanji
• Any character from The Matrix
• Any character from Mean Girls
• Any character from Mrs. Doubtfire
• Any character from Night at the Museum
• Any character from Night of the Living Dead
• Any character from The Parents Trap
• Any character from The Shining
• Any character from The Wizard of Oz

Shows

• Abyo (Pucca)
• 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)
• Adam Young (Mr. Young)
• Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir (Miraculous Ladybug; he does a suffocating modeling job to make his cold-hearted excuse of a dad happy but leaves no time for him to hang out with his friends, and crushes on Ladybug whom he thinks is better than he is and rebuffs his romantic gestures.)
• Aisha/Layla (Winx Club; Reasons why she qualifies as this is because she at first had difficulty fitting into the Winx Club because of her lonely childhood, got temporarily blinded by Valtor, lost her first true love, had a family (including her cousin) that were turned into terrifying monsters by Tritannus.)
• Alan Harper (Two and a Half Men)
• Alan Keane (The Amazing World of Gumball, sometimes, due to the fact he gets popped most of the time or has to deal with Gumball's shenanigans)
• Alice Nimbletoes (Angelina Ballerina)
• Alvin Seville (ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks ; he deserves it most of the time because of his selfish behaviour, though sometimes he gets treated unfairly)
• Amanda Banshee (The Wacky World of Tex Avery; She constantly gets mistreated by Freddy the Fly, however, considering her behavior, she usually deserves it)
• Ami (Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi)
• Angelica Pickles (Rugrats; she always has to deal with the babies and their stupidity and crying, but she usually deserves it for being mean to them).
• Angelina Mouseling (Angelina Ballerina)
• Angelo (Angelo Rules)
• Anton (The Amazing World of Gumball)
• Anya (Angelina Ballerina)
• Apu Nahasapeemapetilon (The Simpsons; in some episodes, his customers treat him poorly)
• Aqualad (Teen Titans Go!; Beast Boy is always harassing him just because he likes Raven.)
• Archie (Meeow!)
• Archie Bunker (All in the Family)
• Arnold the Armadillo (Bubsy pilot); in such a way that it rivals Courage the Cowardly Dog levels of being put through hell
• Arnold (The Magic School Bus)
• Arthur Read (Arthur; His sister D.W. acts very mean and annoying to him. His friends, including Francine, also treat him unfairly sometimes.)
• Artist Pig (Angry Birds Stella Toons; typically at the mistreatment of Gale only for a dumb reason, though, Willow sure feel bad about him.)
• Ataru Moroboshi (Urusei Yatsura; While his beatings and shocks are mostly deserved due to his extremely lecherous ways, Early episodes often have him getting beat up by Shinobu just because Lum is with him.)
• Walter Nichols (Drake & Josh)
• Baljeet Tjinder (Phineas and Ferb; He’s always the subject to Buford’s bullying.)
• Banana Joe (The Amazing World of Gumball; He either gets stepped on or someone slips on him, but depending on you view, he deserved it the most in season 1.))
• Bandit Heeler (Bluey)
• Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother)
• Batty (Almost Naked Animals; She always gets treated like crap by Poodle and has a lot of misfortune)
• Beaker (The Muppets) (Usually has bad things happen to him during the Muppet Labs segments))
• Bean Bunny (The Muppets)
• Bear (Franklin)
• Beaver (Franklin)
• Beavis and Butthead (Beavis and Butthead) [They are either this or are Idiot-Houdinis at worst]
• Ben Tennyson (Ben 10; 2016 reboot)
• Benedict (The Eggs)
• Benson Dunwoody (Regular Show) He may or may not deserve it, depending on the episode, though he is usually sympathetic.
• Bernie Barges (Corneil and Bernie/Watch My Chops)
• Bernie Schotz (Bizaardvark)
• Bert (Sesame Street)
• Big Nose (Pink Panther)
• Billy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
• Binky Barnes (Arthur)
• Bingo Heeler (Bluey)
• Blendin Blandin (Gravity Falls)
• Blögg (Sesame Street)
• Bloo (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: he mostly deserves it, though there are episodes where he gets treated unfairly, notably Beat with a Schtick)
• Blue Aardvark (The Ant and the Aardvark/Pink Panther and Pals; even though he deserves it)
• Bluey (Bluey and Rosy)
• Bluey Heeler
• Bob the Tomato (VeggieTales)
• Bobert (The Amazing World of Gumball; He was misunderstood by the other kids in episodes prior to near the end of the show's run.)
• Bobby (Craig of the Creek; a notable running joke is where he would trip and fall on his face and say "My Candy!")
• Boom (Power Rangers S.P.D.)
• Boy (Boy, Girl, Dog, Cat, Mouse, Cheese)
  • Girl, Dog, Cat, Mouse, and Cheese are also butt-monkeys.
• Brad Buttowski (Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil); the latter half of the second season. (Many fans think he deserves this just for being a jerk to Kick)
• Brainy (Hey Arnold!; he was during the running gag where Helga punches him or does something with him instead of punching his face)
• Brainy Smurf (The Smurfs; even though he usually deserves it)
• Brendon Small (Home Movies)
• Brett Bunsen (Archer); He always gets shot and beaten up all the time, although this would stop in season 5 when he is killed.
• Brian Cohen (Monty Python's Life of Brian)
• Brian Griffin (Family Guy; one of the trope codifiers; even though he deserves it most of the time, though he deserved it less before season 8)
• Brick (Total Drama)
• Bridgette (Total Drama and Total DramaRama)
• Brimmy (South Park)
• Bumblebee Man (The Simpsons)
• Burt Burtonburger (Kid vs. Kat; like his son Coop he does tend to get serverly tortured in a ton of episodes, as he's treated horribly from Annie Lucia Munson.)
• Buster Baxter (Arthur)
• Butch the Irish Dog (Tex Avery; even though he usually deserves it)
• Buttercup (The Powerpuff Girls; 2016)
• Butters Stotch (South Park; season 6 onward, one example of a Megward the Wizard that is well-written)
• Buttons (Animaniacs)
• Camille (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
• Candace Flynn (Phineas and Ferb; she may or may not deserve it)
• Candy, Etno, Bud, Gorgious and Stereo (Space Goofs)
• Carl Wheezer (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius/The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius; he's the guinea pig to all of Jimmy's experiments, and is also the butt of gags such as him accidentally spraying his eyes with his inhaler)
• Cassie (Dragon Tales)
• Chad Amani (Chad (2021), while he is portrayed as an unpopular and socially awkward high school protagonist, more often than not he deserves it for how insufferably whiny he is. More importantly, he often puts himself in his own problems)
• Charles and Mary (Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
• Charlie Brown (Peanuts; He is constantly being tormented by a lot of kids, mostly Lucy; a notable example of this is a recurring running gag where he tries to kick a football, only for Lucy to pull it away, which causes him to fall on his back.)
• Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
• Charlotte (Making Fiends)
• Chef Hatchet (Total Drama and Total DramaRama)
• Chester and AJ (The Fairly OddParents)
• Chilli Heeler (Bluey) At least she doesn't get tortured so frequently like her husband.
• Chloé Bourgeois/Queen Bee (Miraculous Ladybug; even though she usually deserves it)
• Chotu, Lambu and Motu (Pakdam Pakdai, especially post-season 7)
• Chowder
• Chris Rock (Everybody Hates Chris)
• Chuckie Finster (Rugrats)
• Cindy Vortex (Jimmy Neutron)
• Claire Feeble (Stressed Eric; Claire is commonly abused by the rest of the cast of characters that are children in most of the series' episodes, though the character who abuses her the most is Heather)
• Clare Langtree (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
• Cleveland Brown (Family Guy and The Cleveland Show) (he deserved it slightly more in The Cleveland Show)
• Abe Lincoln (Clone High)
• Gandhi (Clone High)
• JFK (Clone High)
• Clyde McBride (The Loud House; is frequently subjected to his own accidents, Luan's pranks, Lola's threatening, and Lynn Jr's bullying.)
• Coach John McGuirk (Home Movies)
• Coconuts (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog; Literally a robot monkey that serves as the butt for most of the slapstick humor, and he often takes abuse most of the time simply for existing despite his rather extreme effort and enthusiasm, getting demoted constantly for mostly nothing… And it's not like Scratch and Grounder have it good either.)
• Cody (Total Drama and Total DramaRama)
• Cole (Ninjago; also occasionally a butt-monkey)
• Coop Burtonburger (Kid vs. Kat; constantly gets bullied by Mr. Kat and gets framed for things he didn't do while Kat gets away with it scot-free. He is also deemed as a fool when trying to prove/expose Kat's true colors when his evidence is destroyed.)
• Cosmo Royale (Power Rangers (Super) Ninja Steel)
• Cosmo and Wanda (The Fairly OddParents)
• Courage the Cowardly Dog
• Cul-de-Sac kids (Ed Edd 'n Eddy): Johnny 2×4, Kevin, and Rolf get most of it, and while the first two rarely truly deserve it, Kevin (depending on your view), deserves it slightly more.
• Cuphead (The Cuphead Show; he deserves it if he’s being a half-ass to Mugman)
• Courtney (Total Drama)
• Cyril Figgis (Archer); (He acts as a punching bag for most of the time).
• Cyril (Archer)
• Dad (Dexter's Laboratory)
• Dada (Pucca)
• Daddy Pig (Peppa Pig; constantly being fat-shamed by his family)
• Daffy Duck (one of the trope codifiers)
• Dakota (Total Drama)
• The Dalton Brothers (Lucky Luke franchise)
• Dan (The Wacky World of Tex Avery)
• Daphne (Winx Club; Was endured tortured up until her parents were threatened and had her powers viciously ripped from her.)
• Daria Morgendorffer (Beavis and Butt-Head; one of the trope codifiers)
• Dark Vegan (Johnny Test)
• Darnell Fetzervalve (Buddy Thunderstruck; he is known for being treated unfairly by Buddy despite him being his best friend)
• David (Hilda)
• David Van Driessen (Beavis and Butt-Head)
• Deandra Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
• Deedra "Dee" Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
• Denise (Chad, for similar reasons with Peter. She is especially treated like the "bad guy" in Chad's point of view when simply because she's running for class president. Her reasons for being skeptical of Chad are justifiable for how overreacting Chad is)
• Denzel Crocker (The Fairly OddParents)
• Deputy Hosienberry (Buddy Thunderstruck)
• Dexter (Dexter's Laboratory)
• Dee Dee (Dexter's Laboratory, sometimes, when she truly deserves it, but not as much as Dexter)
• The Devil (The Cuphead Show)
• Dib Membrane (Invader Zim; he is highly unpopular at school and at home for his said obsession with the paranormal, and is often dismisses him as "crazy" or "insane")
• Digby Digworth (Scoop)
• Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls)
• Dirge (Transformers; Has died in every single continuity with the exception of the IDW comic universe)
• DJ (Total Drama World Tour)
• Doktor Frogg (League of Super Evil)
• Donald Duck (one of the trope codifiers)
• Doggy Don, Karnal and Major (Pakdam Pakdai)
• Donkey Kong (TV series)
• Dora Márquez (one of the trope codifiers)
• Dorkus (Planet Sheen)
• Dr. Jhatka (Motu Patlu; whenever his inventions fail, he gets often beaten up by Motu and Patlu)
• Dr. Drakken (Kim Possible)
• Dr. Zoidberg (Futurama)
• Dr. Flug (Villainous; often gets abused by Black Hat or Demencia)
• Drooper (The Banana Splits)
• Duck (Little Bear)
• Dukey (Johnny Test)
• D.W. Read (Arthur; though she deserves it)
• Earthworm Jim (While his weaknesses were generally played for laughs in the games and the 90s cartoon, he was flanderized in Earthworm Jim 3D as this type of character, a somewhat unlikeable one at that.)
• Ed, Edd n Eddy Ed and Double D are a lot more sympathetic, but Eddy most deserves the humiliation because of his greed, sadism, and plain stupidity.
• Eek (Eek! the Cat)
• Eddy Davenport (Disney XD’s Lab Rats: Well deserved due to his horredous teasing.)
• Egbert (Poppy Cat)
• Eggor (The Eggs)
• Einstone (The Wacky World of Tex Avery)
• Elder Barry (Craig of the Creek)
• Elder David (Craig of the Creek)
• Elder Mark (Craig of the Creek)
• Ella (Total Drama, mostly due to Sugar and Chris)
• Elmer Fudd (even though he deserves it)
• Elmo (Sesame Street)
• Emily (Little Bear)
• Emmy (Dragon Tales)
• Emo Kid (Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil)
• Emperor Kuzco (Emperor's New School, he can be deserved it, depending what episode)
• Enk (The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers)
• Eric Cartman (South Park; can deserve it depending on the episode)
• 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)
• Ernest Penfold (Danger Mouse)
• Eugene (Hey Arnold!)
• Eustace Bagge (Courage the Cowardly Dog; even though he deserves it)
• Ezekiel (Total Drama; one of the trope codifiers. He is especially a Butt-Monkey in season 3-onwards)
• Fat Albert
• FeeBee (Unikitty!; her flowers are often taken away by others and regularly gets into bad luck, however, considering she doesn’t share her flowers with other people, it’s easy to say she deserves it)
• Fozzie Bear (The Muppets)
• Fluttershy (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic; will sometimes get mistreated for no reason)
• Fran (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
• Francine (Arthur)
• Frank Grimes (The Simpsons episode "Homer's Enemy", he was even a butt-monkey due to he was crazy, also he got killed by a high voltage to death)
• Frankie Foster (Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends; is commonly treated like shit by Mr. Herriman and sometimes Bloo)
• Franklin (Franklin)
• Fred (SpongeBob SquarePants; can't seem to catch a break from the antics of the cast to the point of yelling "My Leg!")
• Fred Flintstone
• Freddie Benson (iCarly)
• Frida Suarez (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
• Fuli (The Lion Guard)
• Furball (Tiny Toon Adventures)
• Fuuka Igasaki (Shuriken Sentai Ninninger)
• Garfield (whether he deserves it or not, depending on the episode/strip)
• Gargamel and Azrael (The Smurfs; because their plans always fail)
• General Skarr (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy/Evil Con Carne)
• Genghis (The Wacky World of Tex Avery)
• George Costanza (Seinfeld)
• George Pig (Peppa Pig, is constantly bullied by Peppa.)
• Geronimo Stilton (Geronimo Stilton)
• Gibby Gibson (iCarly; His oddball persona makes him an outcast at the school)
• Gloria Sato (Big City Greens, due to always dealing with the Greens' bullcrap.)
• Goofy (whether if it's the Goofy shorts, Goof Troop, or the House of Mouse, he trips and falls a lot. To say nothing of his various "How To" and "Art Of" shorts, where he (or other dogfaces) gets repeatedly beaten up. Although not to the extent of Donald, most of his shorts threw him into unfortunate situations at his expense for the purpose of comedy.)
• Gonnigan (Sesame Street)
• Goose (Franklin)
• Grim Reaper (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
• Grover (Sesame Street)
• Gumball Watterson (like his rival, Tobias, he deserves it if he’s being selfish or rude)
• Gunther Magnuson (Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil); the latter half of second season.
• Gus Griswald (Recess)
• Gwen (Total Drama)
• Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10, 2016 ; she’s always dealing with Ben’s reckless actions)
• Hal (Nature Cat)
• Handsome Pig (Angry Birds Stella Toons)
• Hans Moleman (The Simpsons)
• Harley Quinn (Batman)
• Harold (Total Drama)
• Harper Finkle (Wizards of Waverly Place; only in season 4)
• Haru Tokashiki (Ressha Sentai ToQger)
• Hayley Smith (American Dad!)
• Heather (Total Drama Action)
• Dr. Heinz Doofenshirmtz (Phineas and Ferb; typically at the mistreatment of his parents)
• Helga (Hey Arnold!)
• Heloise (Jimmy Two-Shoes; season 2)
• Hen (Little Bear)
• Henry the Green Engine (Thomas and friends, due to dealing with Thomas, Percy, James, or especially Gordon's bullcrap.)
• Henry Gobbleblobber (Mr. Pickles; he is highly considered insane by the public when he thinks that Mr. Pickles is "evil")
• Homer Simpson (The Simpsons; one of the trope codifiers)
• Hoss Delgado (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
• Hugh Test (Johnny Test; Was the punching bag in the season 5 premiere "Johnny Goes Nuts/Johnny Daddy Day" and "Johnny Irresistable". In the first-mentioned episode, he has trouble with his nut costume when his body accidentally switches sides from the side with the two holes for his eyes to see to the backside, which prevented him from looking where he was going, thus leading to him bumping into many things. Hugh also ends up in the Porkbelly Nut Fields, only to get attacked by squirrels. In the sister episode, most of the things the entire family did for Hugh on Fathers Day caused him to get injured in many ways, such as inviting an old friend of his, only to reveal that his old friend became his rival because Hugh stole his girlfriend (who could've been the one currently known as Lila, Johnny's mom) and have him assaulted as well as listening to loud music, leading him to end up in the hospital injured. In "Johnny Irresistable", there is a scene where Hugh got trampled by a bunch of people who wanted Johnny thanks to his irresistableness from his sister's invention. And finally in "JohnnyTube" when Johnny attempts to upload a video on the internet of a badger trying to attack him, the badger instead decides to attack Hugh when Hugh walks out of the house to scold Johnny to take out the trash resulting in the latter like in "Johnny's Daddy Day" getting severely mauled and injured by the badger to the point where he also once again has to go to the hospital and is later on seen in the episode on the way to the hospital in a hospital truck due to his injuries.)
• The Incidentals (SpongeBob SquarePants); they often deserve it BIG TIME for being selfish and mean-spirited citizens.
• Irwin (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
• Jack (Oggy and the Cockroaches)
• Jackson Stewart (Hannah Montana)
• Jake Holling (Power Rangers (Super) Megaforce)
• James Jones (Fireman Sam; he often is the victim of Norman's irresponsible actions and most of the episodes where Norman is at his absolute worst is when he is trying to do something harmful towards James)
• Jason Penopolis (Home Movies)
• Jay Walker (Ninjago ; he’s sometimes the butt of the joke and a bit abused at times by his friends and enemies)
• Jelly (Jelly's Day; Oh Yeah! cartoons)
• Jerry Gergich (Parks and Recreation)
• Jerry Smith (Rick and Morty)
• Jim Morales (Code Lyoko)
• Jimmy (Ed Edd 'n Eddy)
• Jimmy Neutron (He gets bullied by others, mostly Cindy, because of his high intelligence)
• Jimmy (Re-Animated/Out of Jimmy's Head)
• Joey, Marky and Dee Dee (Oggy and the Cockroaches, especially in seasons 4, 5 and Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation)
• Johnny Bravo (Johnny Bravo)
• Johnny Test (Johnny Test; Constantly forced out of his sisters’ lab using a trapdoor and abused by his father)
• Jon Arbuckle (Garfield)
  • Jon, Nermal, Odie, and The Mailman are also punching bags.
• Josh Nichols (Drake & Josh)
• Junior Asparagus (VeggieTales)
• Kaeloo, Stumpy, Quack Quack and Mr. Cat (Kaeloo, though they mostly deserve it, especially Mr. Cat)
• Kai (Ninjago; occasionally a butt-monkey)
• Kaput and Zösky (Kaput and Zösky)
• Katnip the Cat (Herman and Katnip); who is usually perceived as the villain a lot of the time, even when the titular Herman (who is a troublemaking Karma Houdini towards him) is around whenever Katnip is simply doing his job, sleeping or minding his own business. He is also this towards Buzzy the Crow (except it's more understandable since Buzzy is innocent). He is always abused by Herman because of Katnip's cartoonishly dumb yet ineffectual and mostly helpless nature.
• Kaz (Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi)
• Kelly (Total Drama, constantly being abused by her bratty daughter Taylor)
• Kenny McCormick (South Park; seasons 1-5, usually from the “They killed Kenny!” running gag)
• Kermit the Frog (The Muppets/Sesame Street)
• Kevin (Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart; He gets abused and is seen crying in most of his speaking appearances, although he doesn't cry frequently)
• Kick Buttowski (Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil); the latter half of second season.
• Kim Possible: She always get annoyed with the twins and Ron goofing off and gets embarrassed all the time.
• Kim Possible (Kim Possible [2019])
• King Pig (Angry Birds/Angry Birds Toons; he somewhat deserves it.)
• Kipper (Kipper)
  • Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Jake, and Mouse sometimes they're punching bags.
• Klaus Heisler (American Dad!)
• Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic X)
• K.O. (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
• Kyle the Wizard (Fanboy and Chum-Chum); one of the three trope namers of "Megward the Wizard"
• Kyle Broflovski (South Park; he gets treated unfairly, sometimes from his friends Stan, Butters, and Kenny, but Eric Cartman treats Kyle like crap by calling him a Jew a lot all because he’s Jewish and even went as far as to sing a mean song about his mother)
• Larry Needlemeyer ("The Amazing World of Gumball"; the Wattersons are always giving him a hard time)
• Larryboy (Veggietales)
• Lauren Shiba (Power Rangers Super Samurai; ignored by her teammates, who she tried to befriend, all because of their worship over Jayden)
  • Antonio Garcia can also sometimes be a butt-monkey, also for the same reason as Lauren.
• Leni Loud (The Loud House; she is frequently subjected to her own accidents.)
• Leo DaVinci (The DaVincibles)
• Leonard Hofstadter (The Big Bang Theory)
• Leroy (Buddy Thunderstruck)
• Leslie Noodman (Sanjay and Craig)
• Lewbert Sline (iCarly)
• Lily Aldrin (How I Met Your Mother; occasionally)
• Lincoln Loud (The Loud House; he sometimes deserves it for letting his ego get the better of him, especially in seasons 1, 4, and 5)
• Lisa Loud (The Loud House; like Lincoln, she deserves it every time she trips over her ego)
• Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons; She has no friends and most of her ideas and suggestions are ignored or rejected)
• Little Bear (Little Bear)
• Little Miss Naughty (Mr. Men; she often deserves it due to her naughty nature)
• Lloyd Garmadon (Ninjago; occasionally a butt-monkey)
• Lofty (Bob the Builder)
• Logan Reese (Zoey 101; even though he usually does deserve it)
• Lori Loud (The Loud House)
• Louie (DuckTales 2017)
• Louie Cordio (Hell's Kitchen)
• Luna Loud (The Loud House; her low self esteem often gets in her way, which makes the audience feel bad for her)
• Lynn Loud Sr. (The Loud House; he occasionally gets mistreated by Rita, and he’s often the butt of his own jokes)
• Mac (Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends; he is commonly abused and bullied by his older brother Terrence, barely gets support from his mother, becomes unpopular in school with no friends and gets bullied there (especially because of Jamze Withazee), 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)
• Madison Rocca (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
• Maisie MacKenzie (Meeow!)
• Mandy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
• Manny Rivera (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
• Marco Diaz (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
• Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug; She's bullied at school constantly (by both Chloé and Lila), she has to deal with the fate of Paris constantly resting on her shoulders as well as her normal, also stress-inducing responsibilities on a daily basis with little to no free time, and she has to deal with her clumsiness and constant heartache over Adrien on top of that.)
• Marjorie McKitty (Meeow!)
• Mark Taylor (Home Improvement ((seasons 1-3)); is constantly used as a torture device in Brad and Randy's pranks.
• Marsha Dwanelle (Billy Dilley)
• Marshall Erikson (How I Met Your Mother)
• Marshall Mathers (The Slim Shady Show)
• Marvin (Making Fiends)
• Mascot (The DaVincibles)
• Master Frown (Unikitty!; some fans might say he deserves it for being a jerk to Unikitty and her friends for sometime.)
• Matthew Corbett (Sooty franchise; 1976-1998)
  • Harry Corbett (1952-1976) was also a Megward the Wizard.
• Matthew Littlemore (CartoonMania)
• Max (Total Drama)
• Max (Dragon Tales)
• Meathead Dog (Tex Avery)
• Meg Griffin (one of the three trope namers of "Megward the Wizard"
• Memetchi (Tamagotchi!; she can deserve it if she is being rude and mean-spirited)
• Melinda Meaney (Hell's Kitchen)
• Mickey Mouse (2013 shorts)
• Mighty Ray (Hero 108)
• Miguel Santos (Maya & Miguel)
• Mikey Blumberg (Recess)
• Milhouse van Houten (The Simpsons)
• Mina Beff (Grojband; typically at the mistreatment of Trina, until she later stands up against her in "Hear Us Rock, Part 2" as for revenge on her.)
• Bad Piggies (Angry Birds; being used as punching bags by the birds, especially when they tried to steal the eggs.)
• Mirta (Winx Club; Nobody ever respected her at Cloud Tower and was mistreated by Icy, Darcy, and Stormy. Let’s not forget the one time she got turned into a pumpkin for punishment)
• Missy Cooper (Young Sheldon)
• Mo (Poppy Cat)
• Molang and Piu Piu (Molang, mainly in season 1)
• Momi (Mokey's Show; Well she deserves it, but she didn't suffer in the Thanksgiving episode)
• Monica (Oggy and the Cockroaches, season 7)
• Mooch (The Wacky World of Tex Avery; even though he deserves it)
• Mordecai (Regular Show)
• Mr. Bear (Rupert)
• Mr. Bump (Mr. Men; also on the 2008 series for The Mr. Men Show)
• Mr. Gullible (The Amanda Show)
• Mr. Gus (Uncle Grandpa)
• Mr. Kat (Kid vs. Kat; he deserves it when his plans were usually foiled or when he's being a jerk to Coop Burtonburger.)
• Mr. Magoo
• Mr. Nesmith (Planet Sheen)
• Mr. Pernickity/Persnickity/Fussy (The Mr. Men Show)
• Mr. Quiet (The Mr. Men Show)
• Mr. Small (The Mr. Men and Little Miss books, ends up having to walk home for a whole year, gets given two black eyes by Mr. Uppity and Mr. Clever because they thought he had called them rude nicknames, gets left out of activities at a carnival, is not allowed to play on a football team, gets insulted by Mr. Rude)
• Mr. Weaselbrat (Buddy Thunderstruck)
• Mrs. Sparklenose (Sesame Street)
• Ms. Butterbean (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
• Mugman (The Cuphead Show!)
• Muriel (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
• Nanny Plum (Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom; at times)
  • The Wise Old Elf can sometimes qualify as one too.
• Nature Cat
• Naz Amani (Chad, always has to put up with her son's demanding and ungrateful behavior)
• Newman (Seinfeld)
• N.I.G.E.L. (Godzilla: The Series)
• Niki Amani (Chad, constantly has to deal with insults and attacks whenever she gets annoyed at Chad's actions, such as being called a "whore" by him)
• No Watch Ben (Ben 10 Omniverse)
• The Noodle family (Sesame Street)
• Nooroo (Miraculous Ladybug; He is enslaved by Gabriel and forced to aid him in a terrorist campaign against Paris. His relationship with his master is routinely shown to be emotionally and occasionally physically abusive; he is forbidden contact with the outside world, not allowed to be more than a few feet away from him, yelled at whenever he questions his master's decisions, and he has had his mouth magically shut on two separate occasions when he has truly angered Gabriel.)
• Norg (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)
• Numbuh 2 (Codename: Kids Next Door)
• Numbuh 4 (Codename: Kids Next Door)
• Oggy (Oggy and the Cockroaches)
• Olie Polie (Rolie Polie Olie)
  • Zowie, Percy, Billy, Pappy, and others sometimes are butt-monkeys.
• Olive Oly (Popeye: She always gets harassed by Bluto)
• Oliver Oken (Hannah Montana)
• Olivia (Oggy and the Cockroaches, season 7, Next Generation, even though she deserves it)
• Ollie Bulb (Cuphead/The Cuphead Show!)
• Onari Yamanouchi (Kamen Rider Ghost)
• Ono (The Lion Guard)
• Ord (Dragon Tales)
• Oscar Proud (The Proud Family)
• Otis (Back at the Barnyard)
• Owl (Little Bear)
• Pablo DaVinci (The DaVincibles)
• Patrick Star (he is frequently subjected to his own accidents, stupidity and Squidward's threatening)
• Pearl Krabs, Mrs. Puff, Gary the Snail, and Sandy Cheeks (they are also considered punching bags at the ass of SpongeBob and Patrick's idiocy.)
• Peck the Rooster (Back at the Barnyard; gets hurt all the time)
• Pelswick Eggert (Pelswick; he was a butt monkey since he is paralyzed on a wheelchair)
  • Kate, Gram-Gram, Mr. Jimmy, Ace, Goon, and Boyd are also even sometimes they're butt-monkeys.
• Pesto (Crash & Bernstein)
• Peso (‘’Octonauts’’) His paranoid behavior gets him scared easily at times, though it was toned down in seasons 3 and 4.
• Peter (Chad, being Chad's "best friend", he mostly has to put up with Chad's whining and being treated like an unpopular outcast; he's especially treated awfully when he moves on to form a relationship with Denise)
• Peter Griffin (he mostly deserves it though, especially in seasons 8-present)
• Piggy (Power Rangers S.P.D.)
• Pingu
• Pink Panther
• The Pinkpaw twins (Angelina Ballerina: They mostly deserves it)
• Pip Pirrup (South Park)
• Pipi Longstocking
• Piya (Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation, she sometimes deserves it if she's being a bratty jerk)
• Plankton (mostly in seasons 6-8)
• Popeye the Sailor (only in his torture episodes)
• Porky Pig (Looney Tunes/The Looney Tunes Show)
• Power Pooch (The Wacky World of Tex Avery)
• Pom Pom (Bluey)
• Pretty much any Happy Tree Friends character except Splendid, Cro-Marmot, Mr. Pickels, The Ants and to a lesser extent Flippy/Fliqpy (all of them, except The Ants, do die occasionally); They often get killed and/or injured in violent and brutal ways.
• Princess Sophie and Valentine (Angelina Ballerina: This is not an exaggeration. The episode they appeared in was them getting bossed around shouted at and abused by Angelina)
• Principal Goodvibes (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
• Principal McVicker (Beavis and Butt-Head)
• Principal Scudworth (Clone High)
• Principal Tater (Mr. Young)
• Pud'n (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
• Quba (The DaVincibles)
• Rabbit (Winnie the Pooh)
• Rachel Berry (Glee; even though she mostly deserves it)
• Raj (Camp Lazlo)
• Raj Brandston (Hell's Kitchen)
• Randall Weems (Recess; even though he deserves it)
• Rebecca Cunningham (Talespin)
• Red and Yellow (Larva; seasons 1-3)
• Reid, Joey, Liam, and Caleb (Chad, four "friends" of Chad who have to put up with Chad trying to get their approval as being "popular". They were especially fed up in the "Lakehouse" episode when they got sick of Chad's behavior during Reid's lakehouse night, kicking him out right afterwards. Reid in particular is the most notable butt-monkey out of the four for how his belongings are the ones being ruined by Chad.)
• Ren Höek (The Ren & Stimpy Show; seasons 3-5, albeit him deserving it sometimes for how he treats Stimpy along with his antipathy & violent moments, sometimes it is the total opposite)
• Residents of LazyTown (Sportacus has to rescue the characters and Robbie Rotten terrorize the town)
• Richard (Unikitty!; Constantly Ignored and/or Called Boring)
• Richard Waterson (The Amazing World of Gumball)
• Rigby (Regular Show; he deserved it more in seasons 1-4)
• Ripcon (Power Rangers Ninja Steel)
• Rizzo the Rat (The Muppets)
• Robbie Rotten (LazyTown)
• Robbie Shapiro (Victorious)
• Robin (Teen Titans Go!; he deserves it most of the time, but he sometimes doesn’t)
• Robin Scherbatski (How I Met Your Mother)
• Roger's Husband (Tekken series; He constantly gets attacked by Roger Jr in endings)
• Ron Stoppable (Kim Possible)
• Rosalyn (Calvin and Hobbes)
• Ross Geller (Friends)
• Roy Rooster (Garfield & Friends; deserves it most of the time)
• Roys Bedoys (though there are many episodes where he deserves it)
• Ruff Ruffman (FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman/The Ruff Ruffman Show)
• Rusty Spokes (The Loud House; while likable to most people, he deserves it for his often cocky behavior.
• Sagebrush Sid (The Wacky World of Tex Avery)
• Salvatore Coppola (Hell's Kitchen)
• Sam (Total Drama)
• Sam the Eagle (The Muppets)
• Samey (Total Drama, typically at the mistreatment of Amy)
• Samson Clogmeyer (Camp Lazlo; even then he often says the word "merp")
• Scooter (SpongeBob SquarePants; Unlike most of the other characters, he dies in a few episodes! and does not deserve it at all)
• Scott (Total Drama)
• Scoutmaster Lumpus (a.k.a Algonquin C. Lumpus; Camp Lazlo)
• Scramble (The Eggs)
• Scrambler (Bob the Builder; he later learned his lessons)
• Scrappy-Doo (Scooby-Doo) Even though he does deserve this, seeing the poor pup getting abused by a lot of Cartoon Network’s characters in old Cartoon Network promos and games, even being left out by Mystery Inc. and getting too much flack in-universe is too much.
• Scratchy (The Simpsons/The Itchy and Scratchy Show)
• Scrooge McDuck (DuckTales)
• The Shade (Justice League animated series)
• Shaun the Sheep
• Simon Seville (ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks ; he’s always getting dragged into Alvin’s schemes and abused by him. He is sometimes the butt of the joke)
• Sinjin Van Cleef (Victorious)
• Snail (Franklin)
• Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Soos Ramirez (Gravity Falls)
• Spencer (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)
• Spindleshanks (Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids; gets abused by Uncle Grizzly in every episode)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (he is frequently subjected to his own accidents and Squidward's threatening)
• Spot Chicken (101 Dalmatians: The Series)
• Spud the Scarecrow (Bob the Builder)
• Squeeks (Nature Cat)
• Squidward Tentacles (mostly gets stuck with all bad luck and one of the three trope namers of Megward the Wizard)
• Stacy Dillsen (Zoey 101; is commonly outcasted by everyone in Pacific Coast Academy because of her lisp and she's accident-prone)
• Stan Marsh (South Park)
• Stephanie (LazyTown)
• Steve Smith (American Dad!)
• Stan Smith (American Dad)
• Steve Williams (Brickleberry)
• Steven Universe (Steven Universe Future)
• Stewie Griffin (Family Guy)
• Stiletto Mafiosa (Danger Mouse)
• Stimpson J. Cat (The Ren & Stimpy Show/Ren & Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon; both shows usually resulting from his stupidity or being around Ren)
• Stressed Eric; (Stressed Eric, He is constantly the massive punching-bag and pushover towards everyone and is full of misfortunes, not to mention his family are also miserable.)
• Stu Pickles (Rugrats)
• Sue Ellen Armstrong (Arthur)
• Susan Test (Johnny Test) constantly gets harassed by Bling-Bling Boy, some of her and Mary's inventions not working or getting destroyed by Johnny, gets bugged by Johnny at times.
• The Swedish Chef (The Muppets)
• Sylvester (Looney Tunes; even though he deserves it)
• T-Midi (Breadwinners; He’s always getting hurt or suffers misfortune because of the titular protagonists’ stupidity.)
• T.J. Detweiler (Recess)
• Tennessee Tuxedo
• The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball, sometimes)
• Tex Akrana Jr. (Buddy Thunderstruck)
• Tex Avery (The Wacky World of Tex Avery)
• The Boogeyman (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
• The Cabbage Merchant (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Theodore Seville (ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks ; like Simon, he is often abused by Alvin and dragged into his schemes)
• Thompson (Gravity Falls)
• Timmy Turner (The Fairly OddParents!)
• Tina Cohen-Chang (Glee)
• Tobias Wilson (The Amazing World of Gumball; Like his rival, Gumball, he deserves it if he's being rude or selfish.)
• Toby Flenderson (The Office (US))
• Todd Barkinson (Wayside; He is usually sent home on the kindergarten bus by Mrs. Jewls for petty or minor infractions)
• Template:UPositive and Jerry (Tom is one of the trope codifiers while Jerry always gets chased by Tom and occasionally suffers from his bullying or incompetence)
• Tom Anderson (Beavis and Butt-Head)
• Tony Stark (What If...?)
• Toot Braunstein (Drawn Together)
• Tori Vega (sometimes she deserves it)
• Townsperson (Unikitty!; In earlier episodes, he was often used as the test subject and punching bag of the show, even moreso than Richard)
• Trina Vega (Victorious)
• Truman X (The X's; even though he deserves it)
• Tucker X (AKA: Mr. X; The X's)
• Tuesday X (The X's)
• Turbo, Boo, Iris, Shiny and Hopper (Sunny Bunnies, they are frequently subjected to the show's most brutal and outlandish slapstick, though they sometimes have it coming, especially Hopper)
• Tyler (Total Drama)
• Ushari (The Lion Guard, In the episode The Rise of Makuu, Ushari was going to eat a rock hyrax but Bunga stopped him to the point of removing it from his mouth, entangled him into a ball, and kicked him against a tree, and throughout his appearances, he was constantly accidentally trampled either by getting into someone's path or being mistaken for a branch, in The Rise of Scar, he got fed up with it and became a villain.)
• Velma Dinkley (Velma TV series incarnation; even though she deserves it)
• Victor and Monty (Power Rangers (Super) Ninja Steel)
• Wallace and Gromit (Wallace and Gromit)
• Walter and Perry (Home Movies)
• Walter White (Breaking Bad)
• Waspinator (Transformers Beast Wars; literally gets beaten up in every episode)
• Wibbly Pig (he sometimes he is a butt-monkey)
  • Scruffy Pig, Big Pig and Tiny Pig are sometimes they are butt-monkeys.
• Wile E. Coyote (one of the trope codifiers)
• Will Vandom (W.I.T.C.H.) - An issue in the comic’s third year had her father trying to ruin her family's livelihood, followed by her dormouse getting run over by a car.
• William (The Amazing World of Gumball)
• Wilt (Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends ; He’s an extreme doormat who can suffer in some episodes.)
• Xander Bly (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
• Yzma/Amzy (The Emperor's New School)
• Yumi (Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi)
• Yuusuke Onodera (A.R. Kuuga) (Kamen Rider Decade)
• Zach Gurdles (The Loud House)
• Zak (Dragon Tales)
• Zane (Ninjago; has sacrificed himself, been beaten up, and even managed to get manipulated by Vex)
• Zebra Brothers (Hero 108)
• Zeke McBongo (Billy Dilley)
• Zig (Zig and Sharko, he usually deserves it for attempting to chow down on Marina.)
• Ziggy (LazyTown)
• Zim (Invader Zim)
• Zoe DaVinci (The DaVincibles)
• Zoe (The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, especially in The End of Innocence.)
• Zuzu (Poppy Cat)

• Almost all of the members of the dalmatian family, most notably Dylan and Dorothy (101 Dalmatian Street)
• Almost any character (except Fred) from Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island (according to Mr. Enter)
• Any character from Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Characters from The Good Place
• Any character from I Love Lucy
• Any character from The Little Rascals
• Any character from The Magic Roundabout
• Any character from Malcom in the Middle
• All the characters in The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (for the title character herself, she is always getting into trouble when the Hooded Claw tries to harm her, The Ant-Hill Crew sometimes gets into trouble when trying to save Penelope, and The Hooded Claw and his minions whenever they fail)
• Any character from The Polar Express
• Any character from The Powerpuff Girls
• Any character from Robot Chicken (gets killed beaten or hurt with The Nerd being the most notable offender.)
• Any character from Sister Sister
• Any character from Six Feet Under
• Characters from The Sopranos
• Any character from Succession
• Any character from Survivor (1997-)
• Any character from That's So Raven
• Any character from The Twilight Zone
• Any Ogre from The Gummi Bears
• The people of Candy Kingdom (Adventure Time)

Anime

• Akane Tendo (Ranma 1/2, Sometimes, She usually deserves it)
• Akari Akaza (YuruYuri, the world is against her in hilarious ways.)
• Akihisa Yoshii (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu)
• Apollus (Power Stone anime)
• Aqua (KonoSuba)
• Aru Honshou (Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu)
• Ataru Moroboshi (Urusei Yatsura; He deserves it most of the time)
• Asahi Azumane (Haikyuu!!)
• Aya Asagiri (Magical Girl Site)
• Ayame (Power Stone anime)
• Ayumu Aikawa (Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka?)
• Black Rabbit (Mondaiji Tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru So Desu Yo?)
• Bocchi Hitori (Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu)
• Bulma Briefs (Dragon Ball, original series)
• Chef Kawasaki (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!)
• Dawn's Piplup (Pokémon)
• Doraemon
• The Doronbo Gang (Yatterman (1977 & 2008); They constantly get punished after failed attempts to defeat Team Yatterman)
• Dororo (Sgt. Frog, he's mostly mistreated by the Keroro Platoon, except for Koyuki, Giroro, and Pururu)
• Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Escargoon (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!; he can deserve it or not, depending on the episode)
• Giroro (Sgt. Frog)
• Giyuu Tomioka (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Guido Mista (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind)
• Hideyoshi Kinoshita (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu)
• Hiroshi Nohara (Crayon Shin Chan; Various episodes depict him getting harmed unintentionally, purposely, and sometimes accidentally)
  • Shinnosuke (Shin-chan) could qualify at times whenever he gets harshly punished by his mom, even though at times he deserves it for being annoying.
  • Shiro the Dog is also one well written according to the TV Tropes website, as seen in episodes where he gets neglected or treated like a toy.
  • Misae Nohara; Various episodes physically display her as a downright overworked mother and housewife who is frequently pestered by Shin-chan's antics and other things that exasperate her.
• Issei Hyoudou (High School DxD)
• Itsuki Takeuchi (Initial D)
• Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia)
• Jaco (Jaco the Galactic Patrolman/Dragon Ball Super)
• Jean Kirschtein (Attack on Titan; sometimes gets disrespected)
• Jonathan Joestar (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood)
• Jun Manjoume (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)
• Junpei Yoshino (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Kamina (Gurren Lagann; later died)
• Keitaro Urashima (Love Hina; he gets beaten by Naru and the other girls)
• Keroro (Sgt. Frog)
• The Kids (The Promised Neverland)
• Koichiro Iketani (Initial D)
• Kokoa Shuzen (Rosario + Vampire; anime incarnation)
• Kon (Bleach)
• Kondou Isao (Gintama)
• Krillin (Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Super)
• Kurochan (Cyborg kuro-chan)
• Levi Ackerman (Attack on Titan)
• Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail)
• Mamoru Chiba (Sailor Moon; Gets butt-kicked and kidnapped by gangsters)
• Marechiyo Omaeda (Bleach)
• Minoru Mineta (My Hero Academia)
• Misty's Psyduck (Pokémon)
• Mr. Satan/Hercule (Dragon Ball Z and Super)
• Naruto (Part I; since he got rejected by the village as a child)
  • Sometimes Part II Naruto is also a butt-monkey.
• Neito Monoma (My Hero Academia, although he deserves it)
• Nico Yazawa (Love Live! School Idol Project)
• Nobita Nobi (Doraemon; depending on the episode.)
• Octo & Pus (Power Stone anime)
• Orhime Inoue (Bleach)
• Pica (One Piece)
• Raku Ichijo (Nisekoi)
• Ranma Saotome (Ranma 1/2, he gets abused by Akane, even when he doesn't deserve it)
• Rin Okumura (Blue Exorcist)
• Rito Yuuki (To Love-Ru)
• Team Rocket Trio (Pokémon anime franchise; They deserve it in most of the episodes.)
• Rudie (Kuu Kuu Harajuku)
• Saitama (One Punch Man)
• Satania (Gabriel Dropout)
• Sena Kobayakawa (Eyeshield 21)
• Shige Shige, The Shogun (Gintama)
• Shino Aburame (Naruto Shippuden and Boruto: Naruto The Next Generations)
• Shinpachi Shimura (Gintama)
• Shoko Nishimiya (A Silent Voice/Koe no Katachi; she has been bullied by many people especially Naoko Ueno, Shouya Ishida (at the beginning only), Miki Kawai)
• Shoko Nishimiya (A Silent Voice)
• Shouya Ishida (A Silent Voice/Koe no Katachi; same as Nishimiya when he was bullied by Kazuki Shimada and many people)
• Shoya Ishida (A Silent Voice)
• Shoyo Hinata (Haikyuu!!)
• Suneo Honewaka (Doraemon)
• Stan (Hamtaro; He's commonly seen to be getting caught by his sister Sandy whenever he flirts with some Ham-Ham girls. In fact, his constant flirting would often blow up in his face too.)
  • Boss, Howdy and Dexter can also be considered punching bags as well.
  • On the human side, Laura's teacher Mr. Yoshi is also considered a butt-monkey since he tends to screw up and embarrass himself a lot.
• Tadashi Yamaguchi (Haikyuu!!; occasionally prior to the half of season 2)
• Taizou Hasegawa (Gintama)
• Takashi Horimachi (Taro the Space Alien; throughout the series Takashi tends to track down Taro but always ends up falling into one of Taro's traps.)
• Ten (Urusei Yatsura)
• Tenten (Naruto)
• Tobi (Naruto)
• Tomoki Sakurai (Heaven's Lost Property)
• Usopp (One Piece)
• Vegeta (Dragon Ball GT)
• Yamcha (Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Super)
• Yunyun (KonoSuba)
• Yuuji Sakamoto (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu)
• Zenitsu Agatsuma (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Zorori (The Kaiketsu Zorori Anime)

Video Games

• Abe (Oddworld)
• Adam (Skullgirls)
• Ai (NeoGeo Battle Coliseum)
• Ann Takamaki/Panther (Persona 5)
• Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney)
• Aqua (Kingdom Hearts)
• Athena Cykes (Ace Attorney)
• Bandage Girl (Meat Boy series)
• Bang Shishigami (BlazBlue series)
• Bottles (Banjo-Kazooie series)
• Chang Koehan (The King of Fighters series)
• Chatot (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky; He bores Guildmaster Wigglytuff, is not as respected as he think he is and was assaulted by Kabutops while trying to save Wigglytuff's life. He also has a traumatic experience revolving around Wigglytuff's rage too.)
• Choi Bounge (The King of Fighters series)
• Clank (Ratchet & Clank)
• Crash Bandicoot
• Crazy Dave (Plants vs. Zombies)
• Dan Hibiki (Street Fighter series)
• Detective Dick Gumshoe (Ace Attorney; always gets his salary deducted, forcing him to work for life and bashed on for doing his job right)
• Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash Twinsanity)
• Ducks (Duck Hunt)
• Edgeworth (Ace Attorney)
• Eugene (Whacked!)
• Futaba Sakura/Oracle (Persona 5)
• Fuuka Yamagishi (Persona 3)
• Gabby Jay (Punch-Out!!)
• Girlfriend (Friday Night Funkin' and Friday Night Funkin' Logic)
• Glass Joe (Punch Out!!; Out of his 100 fights, he's only got one win)
• Gobi the Camel (Banjo-Kazooie series)
• Henry Stickmin (The Henry Stickmin Collection; depends on the choice)
• Hifumi Yamada (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)
• Himiko Yumeno (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)
• Imu (Senran Kagura)
• Iron Tager (BlazBlue series)
• Jhun Hoon (The King of Fighters series)
• Joe Higashi (Fatal Fury/The King of Fighters series)
• Johnny Sasaki (Metal Gear Solid series)
• Junpei Iori (Persona 3)
• K1-B0 (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)
• Kagura Mutsuki (BlazBlue series)
• Kairi (Kingdom Hearts)
• Kanji Tatsumi (Persona 4)
• Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie series)
• Kazuichi Soda (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)
• Kuma II (Tekken series)
• Lawrence (Skullgirls)
• Lloyd (Mother for the NES; he was mainly bullied and called names)
• Lucas (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) (He often goes through a lot of pain in the Subspace Emissary. He gets chased by a Porky Statue then attacked by Wario, almost falling to his death, and getting transformed into a trophy)
• Lucky (Whacked!)
• Lucky Chole (Tekken series)
• Luigi Mario (mostly in the Mario & Luigi RPG series, Super Mario Bros. Movie and Super Mario Bros. Z)
• Makoto Nanaya (BlazBlue series)
• Mario (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate; For some reason, he always gets attacked in DLC character trailers)
• Maya (Ace Attorney)
• Meat Boy
• Mikan Tsumiki (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)
• Miles "Tails" Prower
• Mirai (Senran Kagura)
• Nagito Komaeda/Servant (Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls)
• Natsuki (Doki Doki Literature Club!; mostly abused by her dad)
• N.Gin (Crash Bandicoot series)
• 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)
• Nitrous Oxide (Crash Nitro Kart; in some of the loading screens.)
• Noel Vermillion (BlazBlue series)
• Noire (Hyperdimension Neptunia; she's occasionally a butt-monkey here and there, depending on the game)
• Noob (Noob vs Pro Minecraft) (often bullied by the Pro)
• Parappa (Parappa the Rapper)
• Penguin (Batman: Arkham series and Batman: The Telltale Series)
• Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney)
• Player (Among Us Logic/Friday Night Funkin' Logic)
• Ragna the Bloodedge (BlazBlue series)
• Raiden (Metal Gear series)
• Raven (Injustice: Gods Among Us)
• Remy (Street Fighter series)
• Ren Amamiya/Akira Kurusu/Joker (Persona 5)
• Riccardo (Skullgirls)
• Riddler (Batman: Arkham series)
• Riko Sakurauchi (Love Live! Sunshine!!)
• Riku (Kingdom Hearts)
• Rock Lee (Naruto)
• Ryuji Sakamoto/Skull (Persona 5)
• Salsa (Mother 3; is constantly abused and electrocuted by Fassad, the punisher)
• Sie Kensou (The King of Fighters series)
• Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
• Terra (Kingdom Hearts)
• Tidus (Final Fantasy X)
• Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes series; especially at the cost of Jasper Batt Jr. murdering his best friend Bishop and faking the deaths of his girlfriend, brother and fellow assassin)
• Uncle (Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2)
• Ventus (Kingdom Hearts)
• Wally Warbles (Cuphead)
• Wave the Swallow (Sonic Free Riders; Not even Wave is immune to being a butt-monkey either. She became one in this game since she went from being the sly, sassy and responsible voice of reason and tech wizard of the Babylon Rogues in the original Sonic Riders and Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity to Team Babylon's scapegoat since Jet mostly mistreats her and Storm. She even got yelled at by Jet and Storm for not tuning up their gears to the point where seeing their mistreatment towards the poor swallow went too far and she doesn't deserve all that mistreatment at all.)
  • Depending on your view, Wave can also be considered a butt-monkey in the original Sonic Riders and Zero Gravity when Jet won't take responsibility and when Storm fails to win a race too, even before Sonic Free Riders.
• Whispy Woods (Kirby)
• Yasuhiro Hagakure (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)
• Yoshiko Tsushima (Love Live! Sunshine!!)
• Yosuke Hanamura (Persona 4)
• Yusuke Kitagawa/Fox (Persona 5)
• Yuuki Mishima (Persona 5)
• Zack (Dead or Alive series)
• Any character from Call of Duty
• Any character from Five Nights at Freddy's
• Any character from God of War
• Most of the characters (Twisted Metal 3; their wish being ruined by Calypso for no good reason)

Web series

• Alpha Lexa (Ryan's World)
• The Angry Video Game Nerd
• Apple (The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange)
• Axzyte (Axzyte)
• Basketball (Battle for Dream Island; She was literally called stupid by Naily in TPOT 1)
• Ben (Axzyte; Although he really deserves it)
• Bomby (Battle for Dream Island)
• Book (Battle for Dream Island; she did deserve this more in BFB)
• Bowser Junior (SML, he sometimes deserves it when he's being a jerk, depending on the video)
• Chef Pee Pee (SML; Bowser, Bowser Junior, Joseph, and Cody constantly insult him and his cooking)
• Chives (SML; This is not an exaggeration, every video he appears in is a torture episode for him.)
• Cody (SML, he's commonly picked on by Junior and Joseph most of the time)
• Combo Panda (Ryan's World)
• Ethan Johnson (RandomMarioDude 2004 Unleashed; He was once bullied as a kid, up until he was at college, when he chose his new career as a purely evil villain, despite the first part of his backstory being an excuse)
• Fast Food Freddy (Fizzy's Lunch Lab)
• Filthy Frank (bad things happen to him for the sake of funny, such as being splattered by his own explosive diarrhea, watching some scary green screen, or even nearly dying and getting depressed and waterboarded)
• Fishy Boopkins (SMG4; In his earliest appearances, he was called "a pathetic piece of aquatic shit", and was mistreated by most of the cast, however this was stopped as the series went on. Also, he became this trope once again in the Rapper Bob Arc in 2018 when Bob Bobowski betrays him)
• Four (Battle for Dream Island; He constantly gets mistreated by other contestants, however, considering his behavior, he definitely deserves it)
• Foxy the Pirate Fox (Ethgoesboom; The viewers and animatronics always force him to play rage games which constantly puts him in unnecessary torture, heck even Chica outright admits that rage games are Foxy's thing at this point, and he always has to deal with the annoying idiocy of his animatronic friends. Not to mention that he's now become the channels punching bag nowadays)
• Fred Figglehorn (Fred franchise)
• Gelatin (Battle for Dream Island; he is often mistreated by the other contestants because he pushes off his teammates and comes across as a nuisance most of the time. However, he deserves this more in the first half of BFB, where he became more of a selfish and insufferable prick.)
• Grapefruit (Annoying Orange)
• Green (Among Us but It's a Reality Show)
• Greg The Alien (SMG4; he is always pushed around by other characters)
• Hopewing (ShanePlays) (Despite him being a hero, he is subject to abuse by The Mayor, the town citizens, and even his sidekick Snow Arrow)
• Ice Cube (Battle for Dream Island)
• Jayriott (50 Ways to Die in Minecraft)
• Jeffy (SuperMarioLogan) (SuperMarioLoagan, although he generally deserves it.)
• Jon (Eddsworld)
• Joseph (SML, though he can deserve it when he's being a jerk, depending on the video)
• Jub Jub Boopkins (SMG4, typically in Mario's favor of "kicking the baby")
• Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie series)
• Kiazuki (Hanazuki: Full of Treasures)
• Kiyoshi (Hanazuki: Full of Treasures)
• Lauren the Unlucky Mouse (Lauren the Unlucky Mouse; she's a Happy Tree Friends inspiration)
  • Amy Mouse (Amy Mouse; she's Lauren the Unlucky Mouse's great grandmother)
• Leopold Slikk (Angry German Kid; He's often abused by his family in various parodies (mostly his father or his enemies), though he often deserves it due to the bad things he does in these parodies)
• Luigi (SMG4; He is often called "gay" by other people (especially Mario), and like Boopkins, he was mistreated by most of the cast, though this seems the seems to be shown less as the series went on, and also he becomes the trope when he deals with Mario's stupidity)
• Mario (SMG4; He sometimes gets abused for no reason. However, in some episodes such as "Mario's Jackass", he can deserve it for how he treats his friends)
• Mario (SML; There are a lot of videos dedicated to Jeffy, Rosalina, or some other character making Mario miserable or ruining his life)
• Matt (Eddsworld)
• Meggy Spletzer (SMG4 and Sunset Paradise; particularly in the mid-2019-present seasons where she's become significantly more insecure. She is also a butt-monkey in her spinoff series for how in every episode of that show, her vacation gets ruined by a villain)
• Melody (SMG4; Although she deserves it for the most part)
• Moxxie (Helluva Boss)
• Nostalgia Critic
• Pear (Annoying Orange)
• Pencilmate (Pencilmation)
• Profily (Battle for Dream Island; commonly thrown away by Teardrop and no one remembers them)
• Red (Among Us But It's a Reality Show)
• Saiko Bichitaru (SMG4; particularly in her earlier appearances in 2018 when she was treated as a misunderstood tsundere who is misjudged by others)
• Skeleton, Zombie, Creeper, and Slime (Monster School) (in most of the monster school episodes, they always gets an F)
• SMG3 (SMG4; his evil plans typically fail most of the time, however he does deserve it due to being a villain after all)
• SMG4 (SMG4; Usually from dealing with Mario's stupidity)
• Smosh Characters (Smosh)
• Talking Angela (Talking Friends Franchise)
• Talking Ben (Talking Tom And Friends)
• Talking Gina (Talking Friends Franchise)
• Talking Ginger (Talking Friends Franchise)
• Talking Hank (Talking Friends Franchise)
• Talking Pierre (Talking Friends Franchise)
• Talking Tom (Talking Friends Franchise)
• Tari (SMG4; usually due to her timid and insecure personality)
• Toad (SMG4; Can deserve it depending on the episode.)
• Tom (Eddsworld; He deserves it at times for being a jerk to most of the other characters and hating Christmas.)
• Vivian Gomez (A Memory's Recipe); Was used as a punching bag by bullies in the past. Right now she thankfully is not really a butt-monkey anymore.
• Whimpu (SMG4; most notable in the YouTube Arc where he is taken advantage of by SMG3 despite being weak and uncoordinated)
• Woody (Battle for Dream Island; became less of a butt-monkey in season 4)
• X (Battle for Dream Island; He is always being harassed by his dickhead friend Four)
• Almost all characters of Happy Tree Friends (They contently gets killed (or injured) but they come back for each episode)
• Any character from an Annoying Orange video (Gets knifed, blended, baked, etc. Pear and Little Apple are the worst offenders)
• Any character from The Good Advice Cupcake
• Any character from TheOdd1sOut

Others

• Freddie (Ready Freddy books)
• Loser (The BFB Message to Loser music video)
• Mog (Mog The Cat; in some stories, she gets abused by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas who are her owners)
• Nate Wright
• Red and Yellow (M&M's commercials)
• Tim (BrainPop)
• TinTin
• Tony the Tiger
• WWE and UFC wrestlers and characters
• NFL, NBA and EA characters and players

• Alan Diaz (Mighty Med)

• Alma (Poppy Cat)
• Amane Katagiri (Senryu Girl)

• Amity Blight (The Owl House)
• AP (Atomic Puppet)

• Ape (George of the Jungle (2007))

• Arisa Ichigaya (BanG Dream!)

• Arthur Fleck (Joker)

• Arturo Santiago (The Casagrandes)
• Asta (Black Clover)
• August Pullman (Wonder)

• Austin (Backyardigans)
• Brick Crashman (Wacky Races)
• Charlotte Page and Jasper Dunlop (Henry Danger/The Adventures of Kid Danger)
• Maggie Pesky (The Buzz on Maggie, though she deserves it when she's being insensitive)

• Max Thunderman (The Thundermans)

• Melvin Sneedly (Captain Underpants; He deserves it)

• Paintbrush (Inanimate Insanity; Their teammates often drive them crazy)

• Stanley (A Troll in Central Park)

• Horrid Henry (definitely, because he gets no support from his family, has parents who favor his Gary-Stu of a brother, gets blamed for everything, forced to do things he doesn't want to do, gets told off by his parents often, and more all because he's horrid)

• Wario (WarioWare: Get it Together!)

• Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga (Azumanga Daioh)

• Baby Butter Otter (PB&J Otter)

• Bagheera (The Jungle Book)
• Baloo (Talespin)
• Barney Bear (Barney Bear)
• Baz Askwith (The Fat Slags)
• Betty Boop (Betty Boop)
• Belson Noles (Clarence)
• Benatar (Your Favorite Martian: The Animated Series)
• Benny Newford (Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy)
• Bertram Winkle (Jessie)

• Bomb (Kharabeesh; especially because of Terence)
• Biffa Bacon (The Bacons by Viz Magazine, he is always abused by his parents Mutha and Fatiha)
• Big Vern (Viz Magazine)
• Bingo (The Banana Splits)

• Bunny (Piggy)
• Black Baron (MadWorld/Anarchy Reigns)
• Black Star (Soul Eater)
• Bobby Santiago (The Casagrandes; Not as much as when he was in the main series The Loud House; before he, his sister Ronnie Anne and their mother moved away to Great Lakes City and is usually a victim of Sergio's bullying.)
• Bolo (Shantae; He is a Butt-Monkey well written.)

• Boni (The Trap Door)
• Boris (Gadget Boy)
• Boxing Glove (Object Overload)

• Brainy (Object Cringe; did almost nothing wrong but got bullied by the entire cast (except Planky but he was an extreme jerk to Brainy too before he controlled him)

• 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 who were at fault, they would usually get into serious danger)

• Breckenridge Puffington III (Big Nate series)
• Bubble (Battle for Dream Island; is constantly popped every time)

• Buddy (Kick the Buddy; even if he enjoys it)

• Buford (Numb Chucks)
• Bunny (Bunny Maloney)
• Buzz (Cyberchase)
• Cable/Nathan Summers (Marvel Comics; Messiah Wars Storyline)
• Cake (Battle for Dream Island)

• Cameron Parks (A.N.T. Farm)
• Canada (Hetalia)

• Carapar (Bionicle; He used to be one of the smartest warlords, but then allowed Takadox to manipulate him and then Carapar became stupid. During the federation of fear arc, all he serves to do is to get killed by Trenn Kromm)

• Carl Montclaire (Wingin' It)
• Carlino "Carl" Casagrande (The Casagrandes; he sometimes deserves it whenever he acts selfish or egotistical.)
• Carlos Casagrande Sr. (The Casagrandes)

• Carmine Prime (Under Night In-Birth)

• Carrie White (Carrie)
• Chief (DogMan)

• CatDog (CatDog; mostly on Cat, though he deserves it at times)

• Cera (The Land Before Time franchise)

• Chuck (Kharabeesh; was forced to attack the pigs even though he refused, and even was killed by Jay)
• Cedric Soft (The Bacons (Viz Magazine))

• Cedric (Sofia the First)

• Chad Applewhite (Big Nate Series)
• Changed Daily (The Secret Show)

• Charlotte (Bunny Maloney)

• Chicken Jane (Between the Lions)
• Chilly (Doc McStuffins)

• China (Hetalia)

• Chirp (Peep and the Big Wide World)
• Chiyo Mihama (Azumanga Daioh)

• Chloe (The Secret Life of Pets)
• Chris Quantum (Superbook, 2011)
• Christopher "Chris" Pearson (Dan Vs.; definitely, since he is portrayed as a pushover and gets dragged around by Dan or Elise)

• Chuck (Larva Island)

• Chuck (Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt)
• Clark O’Shannon (School of Rock ; he deserves it most of the time for acting antagonistic)
• Crusher (Blaze and the Monster Machines)
• Cissy (Spoilt Bastard) (Viz Magazine)

• Coach Kreeton/Kel Mitchell, Ray Borealis/Josh Server and Larry VanHalen/Chinguun Sergelen (All That)

• Coconut Head (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide)
• Commander ApeTrully (Hero 108)

• Commander Bo-Ring (Kuu Kuu Harajuku)

• Conrado (Fudêncio e Seus Amigos)
• Cousin Blobin (The Thundermans)
• Crescent (Funny Pets); is continuously ignored and abused by Funny.

• Crescent (Funny Pets)
• Custard (Strawberry Shortcake; He is always being attacked by Pupcake)

• Cubby (Jake and The Neverland Pirates)

• D-9341 (SCP Comix; He always gets depicted getting abused and mistreated by the SCPs)
• Dino Pirhana (Super Mario franchise; gets killed most of the time even though he is a kid)
• Daniel Tiger (Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood)

• Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)
• Darkwing Duck

• Dave (Yin Yang Yo!)

• David (Camp Camp; He has been run over, insulted by Max, stabbed in the hand, etc.)
• David (PottyMouth and Stoopid)
• Dawn Buckets (Kirby Buckets)
• Delete (Cyberchase)

• Deuce Martinez (Shake it Up)
• Dice Corleone (Sam & Cat)

• Dick Dastardly and Muttey (Both Wacky Races and their spin-off show)
• Digit (Cyberchase)
• Domino/Neena Thurman (Marvel Comics, Domino (2018)-Wolverine (2021))
• Doug Funnie
• Dr. Binocs (The Dr. Binocs Show)
• Dr. Eggman (Sonic Boom; is generally treated as a joke towards his archnemesis Sonic and friends because of Eggman's goofiness, and Eggman's misfortune/mishaps are often played for comedy)
• Dr. Ivo Robotnik (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog; Aside from slapstick humor, this is often caused by other characters like Sonic by his 'prankster' personality who generally loves seeing Robotnik suffer or humiliated, Sonic's friends that include Tails and Sketch Lampoon for example, and his extremely bumbling henchmen/minions, Scratch, Grounder and many more).
• Drutt (The Trap Door)
• Duckman

• Duke Igthorn (Gummi Bears)
• Ed Bighead (Rocko's Modern Life; He usually deserves it)
• Ed Rooney (Ferris Buller's Day Off)

• Edgar (Full English)

• Edgar (Once Upon a Forest)
• Edward Platypus (Camp Lazlo; he mostly deserves it)
• Eerie (Telemonster)
• Elizabeth Liones (The Seven Deadly Sins)

• Ess (Puyo Puyo; even if she deserves it)
• Eric (The Three Friends and Jerry)
• Eric Matthews (Boy Meets World)
• Eric Needles (Sidekick)
• Ernie (Big Vern)

• Ernie Cooper (K.C. Undercover)
• Eubie (Higglytown Heroes)
• Face (Nick Jr.; he is sometimes a butt-monkey in any promos he does)

• Felix Boulevardez (The Proud Family; recieves the same amount of torture Oscar suffers in episodes featuring both in episodes that show them together)

• Feh (Fire Emblem Heroes)
• Firey (Battle for Dream Island)
• Fran (Higglytown Heroes)
• Flappy (Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash☆Star)

• Fleegle (The Banana Splits)

• Fletcher Quimby (A.N.T. Farm)

• Flick Duck (PB&J Otter)

• Fluffy and Uranus (Duckman)
• Foxie/Bhukkad (Eena Meena Deeka)

• Foxxy Love (Drawn Together)
• Francis Pope (Big Nate series)

• Frank (The Three Friends and Jerry)
• Frank Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) (His life was totally ruined by his two non-stop fighting Woodley Brothers, gets washed by his own middle son, etc. Although he did deserve on Karma Houdini.)
• Frank Murphy (F is for Family)
• Fraz Flub (The Brothers Flub; constantly tortured by everyone including his own brother)
• Garbage (Dogs in Space)
• Ghasitaram (Motu Patlu; he often gets beaten up as well)
• Gizmo (Superbook (2011))
• Gil (Bubble Guppies; especially in the beginning of the episodes)
• Gorilla Grodd (Injustice 2)
• Gordie LaChance (The Body/Stand By Me; occasionally)

• Gosalny Mallard (Darkwing Duck)
• Green Square (Life of a Square; Red Circle frequently abuses and tells him to shut up just because he's annoying, although he often deserves it.)
• Grizz (We Bare Bears)
• Gruffi Gummi (Gummi Bears)

• Grumpy Bear (Care Bears)

• Guano (Kappa Mikey)
• Hacker (Cyberchase)

• Hamilton (Maggie and the Ferocious Beast)
• Harry (Harry & Bunnie)
• Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran High School Host Club)

• Haruhiko Ichijo (Myriad Colors Phantom World)

• Hayate Ayasaki (Hayate the Combat Butler)
• Himari Uehara (BanG Dream!)
• Himeko Katagiri (Pani Poni Dash!)
• Hippolyte/Ignatius (FloopaLoo, Where Are You?)
• Holly (ToonMarty)

• Hong Meiling (Touhou Project)
• Hooves (Numb Chucks)

• JohnKnee (JohnKnee & Ill)
• Kedamono (Popee the Performer; while he is treated right sometimes, he is mostly a punching bag)
• Reggie (Archie Comics; he deserves it most of the times since he can be an unlikable jerk)
• The SVBV (The DaVincibles; the team always get defeated by the DaVincis and their plans doesn't work)
• Hubie (The Pebble and the Penguin; he gets bullied by Drake)

• Hubie Dubois (Hubie Halloween)
• Hunter the Cheetah (Spyro the Dragon)

• Hyde Kido (Under Night In-Birth)
• Ice Bear (We Bare Bears)
• Ichika Orimura (Infinite Startos)
• Inuyasha (Inuyasha)

• Irina Jelavić (Assassination Classroom)

• Itsuki Minami (Air Gear)
• Jack Fenton (Danny Phantom)
• Jackie (Cyberchase)
• Jaime Thompson (Berrybrook Middle School series)

• Jake Collins (The Troop)
• James the Cat (James the Cat)
• Jared (Superjail!)
• Jean (Queen's Blade/Gate: Spiral Chaos)
• Jean-Francois (Bunny Maloney)
• Jeff Randell (Clarence)
• Jelly Otter (PB&J Otter)
• Jenine Buller (Ferris Buller's Day Off)
• Jennifer Shope (Supernoobs; one of the devastating examples of how she was been bullied by Kevin and her writers)
• Jenny Wakeman (My Life as a Teenage Robot)
• Jensen Graham (Berrybrook Middle School series)
• Jerry (The Three Friends and Jerry)
• Jia Wei (Superbook (2011))
• Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio)
• Joey Felt (Atomic Puppet)

• Joey Rooney (Liv & Maddie)
• Johnny Turbine (Freaky Flyers)
• Joshua (Clarence)
• Jughead Jones (Archie Comics; sometimes gets into trouble and is stalked and harassed by Ethel Muggs, who is romantically obsessed with him)
• Juniper Lee (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee)
• Junpei Manaka (Strawberry 100%)
• Juzoh Kanzaki (The Last Blade series)
• Kaa (The Jungle Book)

• Kanata Age (Sky Wizards Academy; he is considered to be a traitor to almost everyone and gets called a pervert for doing nothing wrong but ignores it and sticks to the important things)

• Kazuma Kuwabara (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Karol Capel (Tales of Vesperia; Always bashed on for simple mistakes and is treated like garbage from Rita)

• 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)

• Kate Shadow (Shadows House)
• Kayo Hinazuki (Erased)
• Keitarō Urashima (Love Hina)
• Ken Kaneki (First half of Tokyo Ghoul)
• Kenzie Bell (Game Shakers)
• King Dedede (Kirby Super Star Ultra; in the subgame "Revenge of the King", he gets defeated by Kirby, kicked out of his castle and is seen walking sadly as the credits roll)
• King Kong (King Kong/Space Jam: A New Legacy)
• Kiyoshi Fujino (Prison School; gets abused by three of the third-year-old girls along with his four friends)

• Kip (Higglytown Heroes)

• K'nuckles (Flapjack)
• Krader (Mixels)
• Kratz (Harvey Beaks)
• Kreese Kreely (MadWorld, it implies that he lost to 9 different opponents in Deathwatch and he has some gruesome injuries)
• Kuchipatchi (Tamagotchi!)
• Kuki Urie (Tokyo Ghoul:re)
• Kurumi Momose (Pani Poni Dash!)
• Knuckles (Sonic.exe; same reason as Dr. Eggman/Robotnik)
• Kyo Sohma (Fruit Baskets)
• Kōsei Arima (Your Lie in April)
• Laird (The Casagrandes; He always suffers misfortunes, mostly in his earlier appearances.)
• Lambo (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
• Lanny Parker (Pair of Kings)
• Langston Lickatoad (Viva Piñata)
• Larry (T.U.F.F. Puppy, is commonly mistreated by his boss Snaptrap by getting launched into shark tanks.)
• Lawrence Dooley (School of Rock, is constantly manipulated by others, mostly Zack)
• Les (Viva Piñata)
• Libby "Chanel #5" Putney (Scream Queens)
• Little Lulu (Little Lulu; sometimes she was in the old 1940s shorts and The Little Lulu Show)
• Little Guy (Greeny Phantom)
• Little Einsteins (Little Einsteins)
• Lucy (Wolfoo; she mainly gets bullied by Bufo and Piggy)
• Logan Mitchell (Big Time Rush')
• Londrekia Light (Under Night In-Birth)

• Lord Peel (Rocket Monkeys)
• Lucius Henious VII (Jimmy Two Shoes)
• Maggey Byrde (Ace Attorney; Unlucky and has been arrested a bunch of times for crimes she didn't commit)

• Marcy Wu (Amphibia)

• Malcom and Cressida (The Modern Parents, they basically deserved it)

• Mamezo & Inuzo (Rakugakids; he was during his attacks or super attacks on gameplays, also on the ending cutscene for Mamezo)
• Manny Delgado-Pritchett (Modern Family)
• Mariam (Alrawabi School for Girls)
• Marina Tsukishima (BanG Dream!)
• Mark (Cheaper by the Dozen)
• Marshall (PAW Patrol)
• Marty (ToonMarty; he gets treated like crap by most of the characters, especially his "best friend" Burnie)
• Mashimaro (Mashimaro)
• Master Shake (Aqua Teen Hunger Force, he usually deserves it for being an egotistical, violent and moronic prick)
• Matt (Rebecca Zamolo)
• Mayor Humdinger (Paw Patrol)

• McGee (Camp Lakebottom)
• Mesousa (Pani Poni Dash!)

• Michael (PottyMouth and Stoopid)
• Mika Returna (Under Night In-Birth)
• Mikuru Asahina (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
• Misaki Okusawa (BanG Dream!)

• Mitchell Pritchett (Modern Family)

• Miyako Hoshino (An Angel Flew Down On Me)
• Modchi (Bunny Maloney)
• Moly (Wolfoo)
• Monster Krumholtz (Robot and Monster)
• Moroha (Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon; occasionally)
• Mr. Bilk (Catscratch; He mostly deserves it, however)
• Mr. Frumble (Richard Scarry's Busytown Books)

• Mr. George Wilson (Dennis the Menace (U.S. version); He always gets into a lot of trouble because of Dennis' antics)
• Mr. Lancer (Danny Phantom)
• Mr. Marion Moseby (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody/The Suite Life on Deck)
• Mr. Morton (Schoolhouse Rock!, "The Tale of Mr. Morton"; he was a butt-monkey at times during the song)
• Mr. Snodworthy (TinRib Viz Magazine)
• Ms. Abeer (Alrawabi School for Girls, her concerns are constantly being dismissed by the school's principal Ms. Faten Qadi)
• Miss Battle-Axe (Horrid Henry, she often deserves it due to what a mean teacher she can be especially towards Henry)
• Munchy Beaver (PB&J Otter)
• Mutha and Fatha Bacon (The Bacons by Viz Magazine, these two deserved it by abusing their son Biffa)

• Nagasumi Michishio (My Bride is a Mermaid)
• Nana Ebina (My Two-Faced Little Sister!)
• Ned (The Misfortune of Being Ned)

• Ned Bigby (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide)

• Ned Needlemeyer (Nightmare Ned)
• Neena Thurman/Domino (Marvel Comics; 2018-2021)

• Neil (The Young Ones)
• Nene Odagiri (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches)
• Nicole Waterson (The Amazing world of Gumball)

• Octonaughty (Numberblocks)

• Orson (Orson's Farm)

• Other Sophie (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants)
• Oppsy Bear (Care Bears)

• Otome Akiyama (Pani Poni Dash!)

• Patchy the Pirate (SpongeBob SquarePants)

• Pablo (Backyardigans)

• Panda (We Bare Bears; He always gets dragged into Grizz’s schemes whether he likes it or not.)

• Panda (WerBopBop)

• Papa Duck (Baby Huey)

• Papa Q. Bear (The Berenstain Bears)

• Peanut Dog (Cat Burglar)

• Peanut Otter (PB&J Otter)
• Pecola

• Pedro (Becca's Bunch)
• Perry (Robot and Monster)
• Pinch Raccoon (PB&J Otter)
• Pit Bulls and other Bully Breeds (very often the targets of animal abusers, negligent owners and unfair breed-specific laws (BSL))

• Piyoz (Mashimaro)
• Pogo (Telemonster)
• Pony (Piggy)
• Professor Debilouman (Bunny Maloney)

• Professor Hinkle (Frosty the Snowman)

• Professor Gutentaag (Freaky Flyers; Despite the fact that he was abusing his robot partner: SVEN-209 in the backstory but it was shown 1 time onscreen.)
• Puff (The Proud Family); gets tortured by the twins CeCe and BeBe
• Quack (Peep and the Big Wide World)

• Quills (Numb Chucks; Not as much as Buford, but still a punching bag)
• Rafe Khatchadorian (Middle School series)
• Ravi Ross (Jessie/Bunk'd)

• Rebecca "Becky" Miyamoto (Pani Poni Dash!)
• Renji Yomo (Tokyo Ghoul:re; Did a lot of embarrassing things in the manga.)
• Rickety Cricket (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)

• Ricky Sprocket (Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy)
• Rikiya Komiyama (Strawberry 100%)
• Robert Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond)
• Robo-Ky (Guilty Gear series)

• Ribbon (Object Redemption; especially because of Hairpick)

• Robot Default (Robot and Monster)

• Robot Jones (Whatever Happened to Robot Jones)

• Rock-G (Telemonster)
• Rocko Rama (Rocko's Modern Life; He is constantly treated like dirt by the residents of O-Town. He's also a Butt-Monkey well written)
• Roger Mellie (Viz Magazine)
• Roger Rabbit (Roger Rabbit short films)

• Rollo Tookus (Timmy Failure)

• Romio Inuzuka (Boarding School Juliet; Despite being arrogant when it comes to protecting Persia, he gets abused by his classmates throughout the anime/manga.)
• Rowdy Cat (Cat Burglar; Depends on choosing the wrong answer)
• Roy (Orson's Farm; deserves it most of the time)
• Russell (Once Upon a Forest)

• Ruby (Max & Ruby)
• Rudy Gillespie (Kickin' It)
• Ryuu Yamada (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches)
• Sakaki (Azumanga Daioh)
• Sam Manson (Danny Phantom)

• Sam Parker (Beethoven's Treasure Tail)
• Sammy Wasabi (Freaky Flyers)
• Schezo Wegey (Puyo Puyo; has to deal with everyone calling him a pervert (creeper in localizations))
• Stephen Quire (Greatest freakout ever)
• Strong Bad (Homestar Runner)

• Scratch and Grounder (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog; usually because of their unbelievable levels of stupidity and incompetence)

• Sheep (Sheep in the Big City)

• Sheldon Lee (My Life as a Teenage Robot)

• Sheldon Cooper (Young Sheldon)
• Shiage Hamazura (A Certain Series)

• Shiek Abdul (Freaky Flyers)

• Shifty (Crime Time)
• Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
• Shu Momose (Pani Poni Dash!)

• Shura (World Heroes series)

• Sidney Smutt (Sid the Sexist (Viz Magazine))
• Simon Nelson-Cook (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide)
• Simon the Digger (Gurren Lagann; until he becomes a true hero)
• Skid & Pump (Spooky Month series)
• Skull (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
• Snorky (The Banana Splits)

• Softy Walter (Dennis and Gnasher)
• Stan Ookie (Bunny Maloney)

• Stephanie "Steph" Dola (No Game No Life; Sometimes gets mocked by both Shiro and Sora.)
• Stephanie Knightleigh (Edgar and Ellen)
• Steve/Joe (Blue's Clues: Mostly when they have to solve problems.)
• Spy Kids (Spykids)

• Subaru Natsuki (Re:Zero)
• Suitcase (Inanimate Insanity)

• Sunni Gummi (Adventures of the Gummi Bears)
• Seymour Krelborn (Little Shop of Horrors)
• Summer Hathaway (School of Rock)

• Tasha (Backyardigans)

• Taiga Aisaka (Toradora)

• Taiyo Asano (Mission: Yozakura Family)
• Tamaki Kotatsu (Fire Force)

• Tao Hanakai (Senryu Girl)
• Ted Mosby (How I Met Your Mother; occasionally)
• Tak (Tak & The Power of Juju)
• Tess (The Three Friends and Jerry)
• The Ferocious Beast (Maggie and the Ferocious Beast)

• The Fox (Baby Huey)
• The Kratt brothers (Zooboomafoo/Wild Kratts)
• The Mitchell family (The Mitchells vs. the Machines)
• The Trix Rabbit (Trix commercials; For some reason, he never seems to get his cereal)

• Thomas "Tom" Lancaster DuBois (The Boondocks)

• Thomas (The Three Friends and Jerry)
• Tiger (An American Tail)
• Timmy Thompson (Spoilt Bastard)

• Tin-Top (Roary The Racing Car)

• Tissue (Object Overload; always gets burnt up by Lighter)
• Toilet (Inanimate Insanity)
• Tom the Director (Roger Mellie the man on the Telly (Viz Magazine)

• Tommy Pickles (Mostly during seasons 6 to 9 after Dil's debut, however, sometimes it’s karma.)
• Tony (Evil Con Carne)
• Tooteroo (Tickety Toc)

• Touma Kamijou (A Certain Series)

• Trina Riffin (Grojband; after her comeuppance by Mina in "Hear Us Rock, Part 2")
• Triple G (Game Shakers)
• Tsukune Aono (Rosario + Vampire; anime incarnation)

• Tsuna Sawada (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)

• Tubby (Little Lulu)

• Tucker Foley (Danny Phantom)
• Twinkle (Higglytown Heroes)
• Tyrone (The Backyardigans)

• Uncle Ruckus (The Boondocks)

• Unlucky Frank (Viz Magazine)

• Uniqua (Backyardigans)

• Vendetta (Making Fiends)
• Vern Tessio (The Body/Stand By Me)
• Victor Volt (The Secret Show)
• Wayne (Higglytown Heroes)

• Wade the Duck (US Acres)

• Wally (Kikoriki)

• Walden (Wow Wow Wubbzy)

• Warwick (Knight Squad)
• Weasel (Marvel Comics; Is often used as a punching bag by Deadpool in the comics)
• Whitey Duvall (Eight Crazy Nights; All of the abuse he gets is undeserved.)

• Widget (Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!; None of her inventions work correctly)
• Willie Palmer (Titan Maximum)

• Willy Zilla (My Dad the Rock Star)

• Wontkins (Wilkins Coffee)

• Wubbzy (Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!; Depends on the episode)
• Xander Harris (Buffy the Vampire Slayer); the trope namer. Introduced the term with his line "I'm sick of being everybody's butt monkey!" in the Dracula episode. The term first appeared on TV in BtVS, but was heard "on the street" well before that.
• Yato (Noragami)
• Yuki (NeoGeo Battle Coliseum)
• Yuuko Yoshida (Demon Girl Next Door)
• Yō Takami (Deadman Wonderland)
• 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)
• Yūki Sohma (Fruits Basket)
• Zaboo the lemur (Zooboomafoo)
• Zack (Gacha Wow Studios)
• Zack (Ferngully: The Last Rainforest)
• Zack Kwan (School of Rock)
• Sumaru Shigami (B-Daman Crossfire only; he always loses while having a final game)

Why This Trope Is A Pain In The Butt (no pun intended)

1. This trope basically serves as tiresome character development.
   • Where characters you adore, admire, respect or root for to succeed in their endeavors, are always suffering through all kinds of pain, misery, and torture that they didn't deserve at all in the first place to make them have conflicts people can easily relate to, often in an overly mean-spirited manner to the point of going overkill. Meanwhile, these karma houdinis are always get away from whatever they do and actually deserve a sense of retribution for their actions, far more than what these scapegoats go through.
2. Very often, whenever the affected character does try to stand up for themselves against those who are abusing them and tries to get these people to stop, they are often depicted as the ones in the wrong. This teaches an awful moral to viewers that standing up for themselves is wrong.
3. Following from the first pointer, there are times when their misery can be incredibly forced if it gets too exaggerated, making it much harder to watch or enjoy sometimes.
4. On top of that, their over-inflated mistreatment can go too far, it can also feel very out of place, questionable and unnatural, especially since it makes the viewer question what did these guys do wrong to recieve these horrible situations and mishaps, and why does the universe exclaim that they deserve it so much (the motives can be exceptional). Especially when the sadists and torturers, in a certain work, deserve these predicaments more than these guys who never deserved such horrible treatment, and it makes the viewer pity the characters a little too much.
5. The trope is extremely mean spirited and whenever it is used a lot against certain characters, it makes the entire work mean spirited too.
6. It's also just an excuse for a lame joke, the joke being "it's funny to see them suffer", which can be funny to a extent (if it's either warranted or done to make the character easy to root for), but it stops becoming humorous and entertaining when the character's suffering goes for too long, or if their misery becomes too predictable.
   • The definitive Butt-Monkey's suffering is often so bad, that it makes any viewer in the right mind, feel like having the urge (or more realistically, wanting) to start hugging them, covering them up with a blanket, giving them soup, and protecting them from anything bad from happening to the characters due to how sadistic and petty the mere joke of this trope (and the universe surrounding this trope) really is.
7. This trope has also been used in lazy ways since it's just about the joke of a character being abused, and if the abuse inflicted on the character wasn't funny or fitting, it again, continues to make you feel extremely bad for them because they often suffer for no reason, or at least, for no apparent or established reason.
   • While some of the misery Megward the Wizards/Butt-Monkeys suffer can be seen as amusing and easy to sympathize with them, when that's not the case it just makes you want to hate this petty, terrible trope even more in a negative light.

Redeeming Qualities

1. There are plenty of butt-monkeys that do deserve their misfortunes and are also karmic butt-monkeys for being unlikable, stupid, rude, annoying, selfish, jerkish, malicious, villainous, etc. Such to the point that it can range from being satisfying, funny, or even hilarious in some instances. (i.e Eric Cartman from South Park, Roy Rooster from Garfield & Friends, Deandra "Dee" Reynolds and Charlie Kelly from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, just to list a few.) These are all examples of Butt-Monkeys that deserve their misfortunes due to possessing unlikable (or evil) traits that makes you root for their predicaments to happen.
   • Brainy Smurf
   • Donald Duck (The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, seasons 1-5)
   • Gelatin (BFB 1-18)
   • Mr. Krabs (seasons 6-10)
   • Crusher (Blaze and the Monster Machines)
   • Eustace Bagge
   • CatDog (sometimes)
   • Peter Griffin (sometimes, seasons 8-present)
   • Benson Dunwoody (occasionally)
   • Mordecai and Rigby
   • Ed, Edd n Eddy
   • Joey, Marky and Dee Dee (season 5, most of the time)
   • Stimpy (APC)
   • Caillou
   • Bubsy
   • Pop
   • James the Red Engine (Thomas & Friends)
   • Mokap
   • Dr. Robotnik
   • Gumball Watterson
   • Teen Titans (Teen Titans Go!)
   • Minoru Mineta
   • Bowser
   • Four (Battle for B. F. D. I. 1-29)
   • Kat (Kid vs. Kat)
2. There are many butt-monkey characters that are in fact, well-written. Much to the point of being rather likable, relatable, sympathetic, and easy to root for. (i.e Donald Duck, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat, Mario and Chef Pee Pee from SuperMarioLogan, Roger Rabbit, Squidward Tentacles, Plankton, Fred and Scooter from SpongeBob Squarepants, Dr. Flug from Villainous, Butters from South Park, Abyo from Pucca, Coop Burtonburger from Kid vs. Kat, Johnny Bravo, Courage the Cowardly Dog and Tom and Jerry from Tom and Jerry, and the list just goes on.)
3. Even though the misfortune and mishaps are unwarranted and undeserved (and additionally, if the characters seem to have many "unlikable" traits or flaws as well), this trope does help make you empathize with their situations. Regardless if it was intentional or done unintentionally, the story they originate from allows you to see their perspective of life, their motives, their goals and to see where they're coming from. Sometimes to the point it can make some of the characters on this wiki (whether they're average or otherwise, obnoxious) have potential to be given the benefit of a doubt and see the good in these characters in some aspects. Depending on how they're written and presented with this trope being listed in one of their redeeming qualties. (ex. Bonkers from Bonkers, Crash from Crash and Bernstein, and Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes).

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  Another example of a Butt-Monkey.

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  A very well-written and entertaining example of a Butt-Monkey.

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  Another well-written example of a Butt-Monkey.

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  An example of a Butt-Monkey from an anime, but taken to the extreme.

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  An example of a Butt-Monkey who deserves his misfortunes (at least during BFB 1-18).

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