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* BasementDweller: Many people see a grown man still living with his parents to be the epitome of a complete loser.

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* BasementDweller: Many people see consider a grown man still living with his parents to be the epitome of a complete loser.
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* EmasculatedCuckold
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* DublinSkanger
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* ApatheticClerk: These characters will usually be portrayed as stereotypical losers.

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* TheDevilIsALoser: {{Satan}} is depicted as a loser.



* TheDevilIsALoser: {{Satan}} is depicted as a loser.
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->''Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Why me?", then a voice answers "Nothing personal, your name just happened to come up."''\\

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->''Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Why me?", then a voice answers "Nothing personal, your name just happened to come up."''\\"''
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-->''Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Why me?", then a voice answers "Nothing personal, your name just happened to come up."''\\
-- [[{{ComicStrip/Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]]

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-->''Sometimes ->''Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Why me?", then a voice answers "Nothing personal, your name just happened to come up."''\\
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* FirstFriend
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* BullyMagnet
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* NerdsAreVirgins: Geeky characters tend to be portrayed as having never had and never will have sex.

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* NerdsAreVirgins: Geeky characters tend to be portrayed as having never had and never sex in addition to it being unlikely that they ever will have sex.
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* AcceptableHardLuckTargets
* BasementDweller

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* AcceptableHardLuckTargets
AcceptableHardLuckTargets: Victims of certain misfortunes that are considered okay to make fun of.
* BasementDwellerBasementDweller: Many people see a grown man still living with his parents to be the epitome of a complete loser.



* BornUnlucky
* ButtMonkey
* CasanovaWannabe

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* BornUnlucky
BornUnlucky: This character has suffered misfortune after misfortune for their entire life.
* ButtMonkey
ButtMonkey: A character whose purpose is to provide comedy by constantly suffering misfortunes.
* CasanovaWannabeCasanovaWannabe: A character who wants to have a lot of sex, but fails to charm every woman he comes across.



* DeathIsALoser
* DesignatedMonkey

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* DeathIsALoser
DeathIsALoser: TheGrimReaper is portrayed as a pathetic and pitiful being.
* DesignatedMonkeyDesignatedMonkey: A character the creator dislikes is subjected to misfortune that the audience finds excessive or too severe.



* TheDevilIsALoser

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* TheDevilIsALoserTheDevilIsALoser: {{Satan}} is depicted as a loser.



* FailureHero
* TheFriendNobodyLikes
* FutureLoser

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* FailureHero
FailureHero: A hero who seldom, if ever, succeeds in saving the day.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes
TheFriendNobodyLikes: A member of a group who is openly disliked by the rest of the group.
* FutureLoserFutureLoser: A person is shown to become utterly pathetic in the future.



* IneptMage
* IronButtmonkey

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* IneptMage
IneptMage: A magic user who is very poor at casting effective spells.
* IronButtmonkeyIronButtmonkey: A character who constantly suffers misfortunes, but manages to go through it all unscathed.



* LoserFriendPuzzlesOutsiders

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* LoserFriendPuzzlesOutsidersLoserFriendPuzzlesOutsiders: A cool and successful character has a friend so lame that others are confused as to why the cool guy even bothers hanging with this dweeb.



* LoserSonOfLoserDad

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* LoserSonOfLoserDadLoserSonOfLoserDad: A person is considered a loser just because their father was a pathetic person.



* MemeticLoser

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* MemeticLoserMemeticLoser: A character is portrayed online as a complete wimp because of one humiliating defeat.



* NoRespectGuy

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* NoRespectGuyNoRespectGuy: A character who doesn't get any of the respect they deserve no matter what they do.



* TheSlacker (Is a loser due to their own apathy)

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* TheSlacker (Is TheSlacker: The character is a loser due to because of their own apathy)apathy.



* ThisLoserIsYou

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* ThisLoserIsYouThisLoserIsYou: An unsuccessful character is intended to represent the audience.



* TheWoobie

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* TheWoobie
TheWoobie: The character is so unsuccessful and unfortunate that the audience can't help but feel sorry for the character.



* AllOfTheOtherReindeer

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeerAllOfTheOtherReindeer: The loser is considered an outcast and everyone looks down on them for being different.



* DunceCap

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* DunceCapDunceCap: A child in school gets punished for misbehavior and/or getting an answer wrong by having to sit in the corner while wearing a pointy cap.



* EpicFail
* EvenTheDogIsAshamed
* FMinusMinus
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption

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* EpicFail
EpicFail: Someone manages to fail in a way that just isn't possible.
* EvenTheDogIsAshamed
EvenTheDogIsAshamed: The character has screwed up so badly that even their loyal animal companion is ashamed to be associated with them.
* FMinusMinus
FMinusMinus: A character has done so poorly in school that they somehow receive a grade that goes even lower than what the education system would allow in real life.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOptionFailureIsTheOnlyOption: This character will never succeed in their goals no matter what they do.



* TheFreelanceShameSquad

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* TheFreelanceShameSquadTheFreelanceShameSquad: A bunch of characters who show up solely to point and laugh at someone's misfortune.



* GiveGeeksAChance

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* GiveGeeksAChanceGiveGeeksAChance: The nerd ends up getting a love interest.



* HumiliationConga

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* HumiliationCongaHumiliationConga: A character ends up going through a long string of humiliating misfortunes.



* KafkaComedy

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* KafkaComedyKafkaComedy: A form of BlackComedy where the dark humor revolves around misery and misfortune.



* NerdsAreVirgins

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* NerdsAreVirginsNerdsAreVirgins: Geeky characters tend to be portrayed as having never had and never will have sex.



* PitySex

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* PitySexPitySex: Having sex with someone solely out of pity towards how rough they have it.



* PokeThePoodle
* PowerFantasy

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* PokeThePoodle
PokeThePoodle: The bad guy boasts about doing an "evil deed" that's really nothing more than a harmless prank.
* PowerFantasyPowerFantasy: The loser fantasizes on what they'd do if they had the power to stand up to those picking on them.



* StuffedIntoATrashcan

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* StuffedIntoATrashcanStuffedIntoATrashcan: Someone has the misfortune of being shoved into a garbage can.



* TeenyWeenie
* ThrowTheDogABone

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* TeenyWeenie
TeenyWeenie: A character gets humiliated because he has a small penis.
* ThrowTheDogABoneThrowTheDogABone: The unlucky character finally gets a chance at happiness.



* VengefulVendingMachine

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* VengefulVendingMachineVengefulVendingMachine: Someone has the misfortune of having to deal with an uncooperative vending machine.



* YankTheDogsChain

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* YankTheDogsChainYankTheDogsChain: Right when it looks like the unfortunate character will have things go right for them for once, their chance is ruined at the last minute.
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* DeathIsALoser
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* HighSchoolRejects


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* PoorMansSubstitute (when used InUniverse)


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* BrownBagMask (when used as a mark of shame)


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* EatingLunchAlone


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* IJustWantToBeSpecial


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* PerpetualPoverty


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* PlethoraOfMistakes
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* LoserDeity
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* BeleagueredBoss

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* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe



* MiseryLit



* MiseryLit


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* PitySex


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* TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction
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* CasanovaWannabe


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* LittleJimmy

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* WalkingDisasterArea



* FutureMeScaresMe


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* MisfortuneCookie


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!!Tropes about characters that explicitly are defined as losers:



* BasementDweller



* DeusAngstMachina
* DoomMagnet
* DreamSue



* TheFriendNobodyLikes
* FutureLoser



* {{Hikikomori}}
* HollywoodNerd
* IneptMage



* LoserFriendPuzzlesOutsiders



* LoserSonOfLoserDad



* PolkaDork



* TeasingTheSubstituteTeacher


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!!Tropes that are very closely related to losers and/or show up in almost every loser story:
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer
* AtrociousAlias
* CannotTalkToWomen
* CircleOfShame
* CriticalFailure
* DisasterDominoes
* DisproportionateCelebration
* DIYDisaster
* DodgeBallIsHell
* DomesticApplianceDisaster
* DunceCap
* EjectTheLoser
* EmbarrassedByAChild
* EmbarrassingNickname
* EpicFail
* EvenTheDogIsAshamed
* FMinusMinus
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption
* FailureMontage
* FailuresOnIce
* FakeMuscles
* FlexingThoseNonBiceps
* FutureMeScaresMe
* TheFreelanceShameSquad
* FromBadToWorse
* GeekPhysiques
* GiveGeeksAChance
* GymClassHell
* HardWorkHardlyWorks
* HumiliationConga
* IfIWereARichMan
* IJustWantToBeBadass
* IJustWantToHaveFriends
* InternalizedCategorism
* KafkaComedy
* LosingHorns
* MiseryPoker
* MiseryLit
* MuscleAngst (type A)
* MyCarHatesMe
* NerdsAreVirgins
* NoSocialSkills
* NotOnTheList
* PickedLast
* PlagueOfGoodFortune
* PokeThePoodle
* PowerFantasy
* RevengeOfTheNerd
* StuffedIntoALocker
* StuffedIntoATrashcan
* SuckinessIsPainful
* {{Swirlie}}
* TeasingTheSubstituteTeacher
* TeenyWeenie
* ThrowTheDogABone
* TraumaCongaLine
* VaudevilleHook
* VengefulVendingMachine
* ViewersAreMorons (when used InUniverse)
* WannabeLine
* WimpFight
* TheWorldMocksYourLoss
* YankTheDogsChain
* YouAreWhatYouHate
* {{Zonk}}
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* TeasingTheSubstituteTeacher
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* HighHopesZeroTalent
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* JadedWashout
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* MasterOfNone
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* TheChosenZero


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Contrast TheAce, a character who's impossibly good at everything.

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Contrast TheAce, a character who's impossibly good MasterOfTheIndex, for characters who excel in at everything.least one craft.



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* ClassicalAntiHero


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* IronButtmonkey
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Contrast TheAce, a character who's impossibly good at everything.
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-- [[{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]]

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* TheDevilIsALoser
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* MemeticLoser

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