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Compare: TheEveryman. See also: the female counterpart to Unlucky Everydude, the NaiveEverygirl. If this character is gay, he is likely to be a {{Twink}}. No connection to [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude]].

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Compare: TheEveryman. See also: the female counterpart to Unlucky Everydude, the NaiveEverygirl. If this character is gay, he is likely to be a {{Twink}}.TheTwink. No connection to [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude]].



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* WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}: Philip J. Fry.

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* WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}: [[Characters/FuturamaPhilipJFry Philip J. Fry.Fry]].



* WesternAnimation/KimPossible: Ron Stoppable. His parents almost [[ParentalNeglect never seem to be around]], their approach to moving to Norway or adopting a baby is to present him with the outcome, he can never get a date, he's constantly picked on and considered a loser (despite being the valued {{sidekick}} [[DudeWheresMyRespect to a world-saving heroine]]), '''and''' is the ne'er-do-well sidekick to the main character. This seems to [[SpannerInTheWorks act]] [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo in]] [[AccidentalAthlete his]] [[AreTheseWiresImportant favor]] occasionally. It's dropped in the fourth season.

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* WesternAnimation/KimPossible: [[Characters/KimPossibleRonStoppable Ron Stoppable.Stoppable]]. His parents almost [[ParentalNeglect never seem to be around]], their approach to moving to Norway or adopting a baby is to present him with the outcome, he can never get a date, he's constantly picked on and considered a loser (despite being the valued {{sidekick}} [[DudeWheresMyRespect to a world-saving heroine]]), '''and''' is the ne'er-do-well sidekick to the main character. This seems to [[SpannerInTheWorks act]] [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo in]] [[AccidentalAthlete his]] [[AreTheseWiresImportant favor]] occasionally. It's dropped in the fourth season.


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* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': Amongst his whole family which includes a MadScientist, [[Characters/RickAndMortyJerrySmith Jerry Smith's]] skills seem very mediocre on paper, and because of this he gets little respect from others. Rick and Beth (mostly the former) constantly belittle his intellect and spinelessness, and he's rarely the one to save the day when the family is in danger. "Total Rickall" for example has him mostly clinging to parasite-disguised-as-a-lover Sleepy Gary, and he gets stuck in a unseen side plot through most of "Solaricks" [[spoiler:because he's been sent back to the universe he was swapped from]].

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* ''Manhwa/FaeriesLanding'': Ryang Jegal is cursed to suffer 108 doomed relationships. This is [[PlayedForLaughs played up for comedy]].


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* ''Manhwa/FaeriesLanding'': Ryang Jegal is cursed to suffer 108 doomed relationships. This is [[PlayedForLaughs played up for comedy]].
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* In the early aughts, there was a short lived Carnatic language controversial comedy series called ''Danda Pindagallu'', whose name transliterates to “lumps of waste”. The show poked fun at three guys who had earned only a three year Bachelor of Arts (humanities), Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Commerce degree respectively. Episode after episode featured these guys trying to get a job and failing because their degrees on their own are insufficient to get a job, their grades were average, they couldn’t qualify for affirmative action benefits and they had neither the wealth or connections to get them opportunities. The show came off as elitist and needless to say, [[DudeNotFunny very few people were laughing along with it]].
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->''"They were not smart enough to get good grades''"
->''"No jobs are reserved for their caste''"
->''"They do not have enough money to bribe anyone''"
->''"They do not know any Minister to influence anyone''"
-->-- ''Danda Pindagallu'' (A controversial South Indian comedy series that lampooned unemployable people with [[ADegreeInUseless BA, BSc and BComm degrees]])

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* ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'' stars Richard Mayhew, an ordinary bloke in an ordinary London desk job. In one afternoon, he decides to be a GoodSamaritan which both alienates his fiancee and gets him pulled into the DarkWorld of London Below somehow, making him a complete {{Unperson}} to everyone up above.

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* Ryuuji from ''Literature/{{Toradora}}'' has the FaceOfAThug, but people seem to get over that early into the anime to instead spread the SheIsNotMyGirlfriend rumor.



* Ryuuji from ''Literature/{{Toradora}}'' has the FaceOfAThug, but people seem to get over that early into the anime to instead spread the SheIsNotMyGirlfriend rumor.
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* ''Anime/PhantomQuestCorp'': Karino ''is'' [[DoggedNiceGuy a nice guy]] and he's a reasonably good [[OccultDetective detective]]. The problem is, he's a bit of a bumbler, who's usually buried under a mountain of paperwork, due to the department he works for ([[ReassignedToAntarctica U Division]]) being severely understaffed.[[note]]As in, only ''three people'' work there; including himself.[[/note]] To say nothing of his attempts to hook up with [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Ayaka]] [[ChristmasCake Kisaragi]], who he assigns his extra cases to, as a personal favor. Which she appreciates and knows he's a good man... it's just [[PlayingHardToGet she prefers to play hard to get.]]

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* ''Anime/PhantomQuestCorp'': Karino ''is'' [[DoggedNiceGuy a nice guy]] and he's a reasonably good [[OccultDetective detective]]. The problem is, he's a bit of a bumbler, who's usually buried under a mountain of paperwork, due to the department he works for ([[ReassignedToAntarctica U Division]]) being severely understaffed.[[note]]As in, only ''three people'' work there; including himself.[[/note]] To say nothing of his attempts to hook up with [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Ayaka]] [[ChristmasCake Ayaka Kisaragi]], who he assigns his extra cases to, as a personal favor. Which she appreciates and knows he's a good man... it's just [[PlayingHardToGet she prefers to play hard to get.]]

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