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* ''ComicBook/{{Fillerbunny}}: Creator/JhonenVasquez's character was created only to fill up space and is tortured regulary for the viewiers amusment.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Fillerbunny}}: ''ComicBook/{{Fillerbunny}}'': Creator/JhonenVasquez's character was created only to fill up space and is tortured regulary for the viewiers amusment.
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* Calamity James in ''ComicBook/TheBeano''. The entire point of the comic strip is that the universe has it in for him, and the humour comes from the never ending stream of horrible luck he goes through.
* More or less every single Big Bad Wolf comic, as well as all Lil Bad Wolf or Three Little Pigs where he plays a part, have him getting the shit beaten out of him by B'rer Bear, Practical Pig, his own son, and pretty much the rest of the universe, no matter whether he's doing something bad or not (granted, he usually is).
* Creator/GailSimone has made it a habit of treating [[Characters/TeenTitansCheshire Cheshire]] like this in both her run on ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' and her ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' stories. This seems to coincide with Simone's belief that Cheshire is an irredeemably evil character, and that her inevitable beat down is LaserGuidedKarma for her despicable actions.
* In ''Comicbook/{{Bone}}'', the Stupid, Stupid Rat-Creatures are regularly punished for their henching (or one's love of quiche). Their leader, Kingdok, [[spoiler:even has Roque Ja make the phrase "Cat got your tongue?" literal.]]
* CIA Director Rayner's assistant [[{{Slimeball}} Monkey]] in ''ComicBook/TheBoys''. Almost every appearance he makes is followed with him being belittled or assaulted by Butcher, to the point where he's suffered so many [[GroinAttack kicks to the groin]] over the years he's been rendered impotent. He's known to have a fetish for paraplegic women, and the closest he ever comes to fulfilling his desires is when he's beaten up by a paralympic athlete he tries to force himself on.
%%* Ed from ''Box Office Poison'' starts off this way.
* The title character from ''ComicBook/{{Brit}}''. Sure, he's invulnerable, but he gets knocked around constantly. Then it even happens to [[spoiler:his infant son whom Brit uses as a club upon realizing that said baby is just as invulnerable as his papa]] in the last issue (12).
%%* [[Characters/WonderWoman Donna Troy]] is doomed to suffer in her Post-Crisis incarnation.
%%* "Kill me." - Creator/JhonenVasquez's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filler_Bunny Fillerbunny]].
* The title character from ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}''. Iznogoud's scheming makes him a magnet for comic disaster, usually thanks to his schemes backfiring on him. Whatever trap he tries to set for the Caliph - a one-way rocket into space, a portal to an alternate dimension, a potion to turn him into a ForcedTransformation - he'll end up falling into it himself.
* Squee in ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'' also qualifies as this.
* More or less every single Big Bad Wolf comic, as well as all Lil Bad Wolf or Three Little Pigs where he plays a part, have him getting the shit beaten out of him by B'rer Bear, Practical Pig, his own son, and pretty much the rest of the universe, no matter whether he's doing something bad or not (granted, he usually is).
* Creator/GailSimone has made it a habit of treating [[Characters/TeenTitansCheshire Cheshire]] like this in both her run on ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' and her ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' stories. This seems to coincide with Simone's belief that Cheshire is an irredeemably evil character, and that her inevitable beat down is LaserGuidedKarma for her despicable actions.
* In ''Comicbook/{{Bone}}'', the Stupid, Stupid Rat-Creatures are regularly punished for their henching (or one's love of quiche). Their leader, Kingdok, [[spoiler:even has Roque Ja make the phrase "Cat got your tongue?" literal.]]
* CIA Director Rayner's assistant [[{{Slimeball}} Monkey]] in ''ComicBook/TheBoys''. Almost every appearance he makes is followed with him being belittled or assaulted by Butcher, to the point where he's suffered so many [[GroinAttack kicks to the groin]] over the years he's been rendered impotent. He's known to have a fetish for paraplegic women, and the closest he ever comes to fulfilling his desires is when he's beaten up by a paralympic athlete he tries to force himself on.
%%* Ed from ''Box Office Poison'' starts off this way.
* The title character from ''ComicBook/{{Brit}}''. Sure, he's invulnerable, but he gets knocked around constantly. Then it even happens to [[spoiler:his infant son whom Brit uses as a club upon realizing that said baby is just as invulnerable as his papa]] in the last issue (12).
%%* [[Characters/WonderWoman Donna Troy]] is doomed to suffer in her Post-Crisis incarnation.
%%* "Kill me." - Creator/JhonenVasquez's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filler_Bunny Fillerbunny]].
* The title character from ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}''. Iznogoud's scheming makes him a magnet for comic disaster, usually thanks to his schemes backfiring on him. Whatever trap he tries to set for the Caliph - a one-way rocket into space, a portal to an alternate dimension, a potion to turn him into a ForcedTransformation - he'll end up falling into it himself.
* Squee in ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'' also qualifies as this.
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* ''ComicBook/TheBeano'': Calamity James in ''ComicBook/TheBeano''.James. The entire point of the comic strip is that the universe has it in for him, and the humour comes from the never ending stream of horrible luck he goes through.
* More or less every single [[TheBigBadWolf Big BadWolf Wolf]] comic, as well as all Lil Bad Wolf or Three Little Pigs where he plays a part, have him getting the shit beaten out of him by B'rer Bear, Practical Pig, his own son, and pretty much the rest of the universe, no matter whether he's doing something bad or not (granted, he usually is).
*Creator/GailSimone has made it a habit of treating [[Characters/TeenTitansCheshire Cheshire]] like this in both her run on ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' and her ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' stories. This seems to coincide with Simone's belief that Cheshire is an irredeemably evil character, and that her inevitable beat down is LaserGuidedKarma for her despicable actions.
* In ''Comicbook/{{Bone}}'', the''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'': The Stupid, Stupid Rat-Creatures are regularly punished for their henching (or one's love of quiche). Their leader, Kingdok, [[spoiler:even has Roque Ja make the phrase "Cat got your tongue?" literal.]]
* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'': CIA Director Rayner's assistant [[{{Slimeball}}Monkey]] in ''ComicBook/TheBoys''.Monkey]]. Almost every appearance he makes is followed with him being belittled or assaulted by Butcher, to the point where he's suffered so many [[GroinAttack kicks to the groin]] over the years he's been rendered impotent. He's known to have a fetish for paraplegic women, and the closest he ever comes to fulfilling his desires is when he's beaten up by a paralympic athlete he tries to force himself on.
%%*Ed from ''Box Office Poison'' Poison'': Ed from starts off this way.
* ''ComicBook/{{Brit}}'': The titlecharacter from ''ComicBook/{{Brit}}''.character. Sure, he's invulnerable, but he gets knocked around constantly. Then it even happens to [[spoiler:his infant son whom Brit uses as a club upon realizing that said baby is just as invulnerable as his papa]] in the last issue (12).
%%* [[Characters/WonderWoman Donna Troy]] * ''ComicBook/DeffSkwadron'': Razguts/Raznuts in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' comic walks the fine line between this and ButtMonkey. Let's put it this way: only two members of the Skwadron lose a plane OncePerEpisode. Killboy loses a plane every mission because his flying strategy is doomed based largely on RammingAlwaysWorks. Raz loses a plane every mission because in the event the enemy doesn't shoot him down, his allies shoot him down (and usually make unkind references to suffer in her Post-Crisis incarnation.
%%* "Kill me." -turning back to machine-gun him), and when neither of those happen, he crashes.
** He also usually ends up bailing out into something nasty, like a SharkPool or an enemy army. However, he somehow keeps surviving.
* ''ComicBook/{{Fillerbunny}}: Creator/JhonenVasquez's[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filler_Bunny Fillerbunny]].
character was created only to fill up space and is tortured regulary for the viewiers amusment.
* ''ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers'': Mr. Immortal's only power is that he [[TheyKilledKennyAgain comes back to life right after dying.]] It's pretty safe to assume someone who's died literally dozens of times has had bad luck.
* ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'': The titlecharacter from ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}''.character. Iznogoud's scheming makes him a magnet for comic disaster, usually thanks to his schemes backfiring on him. Whatever trap he tries to set for the Caliph - a one-way rocket into space, a portal to an alternate dimension, a potion to turn him into a ForcedTransformation - he'll end up falling into it himself.
* ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'': Squeein ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'' also qualifies as this.
* More or less every single [[TheBigBadWolf Big Bad
*
* In ''Comicbook/{{Bone}}'', the
* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'': CIA Director Rayner's assistant [[{{Slimeball}}
%%*
* ''ComicBook/{{Brit}}'': The title
%%* "Kill me." -
** He also usually ends up bailing out into something nasty, like a SharkPool or an enemy army. However, he somehow keeps surviving.
* ''ComicBook/{{Fillerbunny}}: Creator/JhonenVasquez's
* ''ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers'': Mr. Immortal's only power is that he [[TheyKilledKennyAgain comes back to life right after dying.]] It's pretty safe to assume someone who's died literally dozens of times has had bad luck.
* ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'': The title
* ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'': Squee
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* Det. Soap in ''Comicbook/ThePunisher''. Some of his highlights include getting dropped on the head as a newborn, finding an ax murderer by getting drunk and sleeping with him, going out with an obvious crossdresser, and accidentally dating his own mother.
%%* The title character from ''ComicBook/{{Superlopez}}''.
* ComicBook/JimmyOlsen from ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' sometimes falls into this category, especially during [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], partly thanks to {{Superdickery}}.
* In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise''; Zetca and Dirge have become this. Zetca (A former Autobot) gets beaten almost to death by two Decepticons after getting into an argument, and then beaten up by another, and almost framed for murder. Dirge (A Decepticon) finds himself bored with the war and makes friends with an Autobot. That Autobot is killed by explosions from the planet (which wasn't his fault), and he's almost killed by the Autobot's superior because he survived. Later, he gets a job at a garbage plant, then witnesses a murder, gets mind controlled, and beaten up. When the autobot Prowl breaks the mind control[[note]]and subsequently gets mind controlled[[/note]] by "killing" the bot controlling him, he tries to kill Dirge because he witnessed another murder, became one of Cybertron's most wanted because of this incident.
** Waspinator shows up occasionally in IDW's ''Transformers'' comics, especially the "Dark Cybertron" arc, and isn't much luckier than his ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' incarnation. Within a few panels of his first appearance, he's shot in the back by Bumblebee. Next time he turns up, he's been dragged through a space bridge to hell and back by a titan. Later, Shockwave [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders his other minions to kill Waspinator after he's served his purpose]], and barely escapes, only to have to go back to serve as a guide for the final assault on Shockwave's lab, at which point he gets impaled by Bludgeon and left on the floor to bemoan his continual misfortune while everyone ignores him.
* Many of the characters in ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' have a bad time, but Beast/Henry Mc Coy in particular can't seem to catch a break. Between [[spoiler: being disowned, and then used, by his family, tricked into betraying his comrades by an Internet troll, constant angst with his girlfriend, being tortured and experimented on multiple times, and dying -- twice -- his eventually being {{killed off for real}} seems almost merciful.]]
* Razguts/Raznuts in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' comic ''ComicBook/DeffSkwadron'' walks the fine line between this and ButtMonkey. Let's put it this way: only two members of the Skwadron lose a plane OncePerEpisode. Killboy loses a plane every mission because his flying strategy is based largely on RammingAlwaysWorks. Raz loses a plane every mission because in the event the enemy doesn't shoot him down, his allies shoot him down (and usually make unkind references to turning back to machine-gun him), and when neither of those happen, he crashes.
** He also usually ends up bailing out into something nasty, like a SharkPool or an enemy army. However, he somehow keeps surviving.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': This is what half of the Parker Luck means for Peter. Seriously.
%%* The title character from ''ComicBook/{{Superlopez}}''.
* ComicBook/JimmyOlsen from ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' sometimes falls into this category, especially during [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], partly thanks to {{Superdickery}}.
* In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise''; Zetca and Dirge have become this. Zetca (A former Autobot) gets beaten almost to death by two Decepticons after getting into an argument, and then beaten up by another, and almost framed for murder. Dirge (A Decepticon) finds himself bored with the war and makes friends with an Autobot. That Autobot is killed by explosions from the planet (which wasn't his fault), and he's almost killed by the Autobot's superior because he survived. Later, he gets a job at a garbage plant, then witnesses a murder, gets mind controlled, and beaten up. When the autobot Prowl breaks the mind control[[note]]and subsequently gets mind controlled[[/note]] by "killing" the bot controlling him, he tries to kill Dirge because he witnessed another murder, became one of Cybertron's most wanted because of this incident.
** Waspinator shows up occasionally in IDW's ''Transformers'' comics, especially the "Dark Cybertron" arc, and isn't much luckier than his ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' incarnation. Within a few panels of his first appearance, he's shot in the back by Bumblebee. Next time he turns up, he's been dragged through a space bridge to hell and back by a titan. Later, Shockwave [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders his other minions to kill Waspinator after he's served his purpose]], and barely escapes, only to have to go back to serve as a guide for the final assault on Shockwave's lab, at which point he gets impaled by Bludgeon and left on the floor to bemoan his continual misfortune while everyone ignores him.
* Many of the characters in ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' have a bad time, but Beast/Henry Mc Coy in particular can't seem to catch a break. Between [[spoiler: being disowned, and then used, by his family, tricked into betraying his comrades by an Internet troll, constant angst with his girlfriend, being tortured and experimented on multiple times, and dying -- twice -- his eventually being {{killed off for real}} seems almost merciful.]]
* Razguts/Raznuts in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' comic ''ComicBook/DeffSkwadron'' walks the fine line between this and ButtMonkey. Let's put it this way: only two members of the Skwadron lose a plane OncePerEpisode. Killboy loses a plane every mission because his flying strategy is based largely on RammingAlwaysWorks. Raz loses a plane every mission because in the event the enemy doesn't shoot him down, his allies shoot him down (and usually make unkind references to turning back to machine-gun him), and when neither of those happen, he crashes.
** He also usually ends up bailing out into something nasty, like a SharkPool or an enemy army. However, he somehow keeps surviving.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': This is what half of the Parker Luck means for Peter. Seriously.
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* Mr. Immortal's only power is that he [[TheyKilledKennyAgain comes back to life right after dying.]] It's pretty safe to assume someone who's died literally dozens of times has had bad luck.
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* Mr. Immortal's ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': Det. Soap. Some of his highlights include getting dropped on the head as a newborn, finding an ax murderer by getting drunk and sleeping with him, going out with an obvious crossdresser, and accidentally dating his own mother.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': This is what half of the Parker Luck means for Peter. Seriously.
%%* ''ComicBook/{{Superlopez}}'': The title character.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': ComicBook/JimmyOlsen sometimes falls into this category, especially during [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], partly thanks to {{Superdickery}}.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': Creator/GailSimone has made it a habit of treating [[Characters/TeenTitansCheshire Cheshire]] like this in both her run on ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' and her ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' stories. This seems to coincide with Simone's belief that Cheshire is an irredeemably evil character, and that her inevitable beat down is LaserGuidedKarma for her despicable actions.
* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'': Zetca and Dirge have become this. Zetca (A former Autobot) gets beaten almost to death by two Decepticons after getting into an argument, and then beaten up by another, and almost framed for murder. Dirge (A Decepticon) finds himself bored with the war and makes friends with an Autobot. That Autobot is killed by explosions from the planet (which wasn't his fault), and he's almost killed by the Autobot's superior because he survived. Later, he gets a job at a garbage plant, then witnesses a murder, gets mind controlled, and beaten up. When the autobot Prowl breaks the mind control[[note]]and subsequently gets mind controlled[[/note]] by "killing" the bot controlling him, he tries to kill Dirge because he witnessed another murder, became one of Cybertron's most wanted because of this incident.
** Waspinator shows up occasionally in IDW's ''Transformers'' comics, especially the "Dark Cybertron" arc, and isn't much luckier than his ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' incarnation. Within a few panels of his first appearance, he's shot in the back by Bumblebee. Next time he turns up, he's been dragged through a space bridge to hell and back by a titan. Later, Shockwave [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders his other minions to kill Waspinator after he's served his purpose]], and barely escapes, onlypower is that he [[TheyKilledKennyAgain comes to have to go back to life right after dying.]] It's pretty safe serve as a guide for the final assault on Shockwave's lab, at which point he gets impaled by Bludgeon and left on the floor to assume someone who's died literally dozens bemoan his continual misfortune while everyone ignores him.
* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Many oftimes has had the characters have a bad luck.time, but Beast/Henry Mc Coy in particular can't seem to catch a break. Between [[spoiler: being disowned, and then used, by his family, tricked into betraying his comrades by an Internet troll, constant angst with his girlfriend, being tortured and experimented on multiple times, and dying -- twice -- his eventually being {{killed off for real}} seems almost merciful.]]
%%* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]] is doomed to suffer in her Post-Crisis incarnation.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': This is what half of the Parker Luck means for Peter. Seriously.
%%* ''ComicBook/{{Superlopez}}'': The title character.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': ComicBook/JimmyOlsen sometimes falls into this category, especially during [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], partly thanks to {{Superdickery}}.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': Creator/GailSimone has made it a habit of treating [[Characters/TeenTitansCheshire Cheshire]] like this in both her run on ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' and her ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' stories. This seems to coincide with Simone's belief that Cheshire is an irredeemably evil character, and that her inevitable beat down is LaserGuidedKarma for her despicable actions.
* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'': Zetca and Dirge have become this. Zetca (A former Autobot) gets beaten almost to death by two Decepticons after getting into an argument, and then beaten up by another, and almost framed for murder. Dirge (A Decepticon) finds himself bored with the war and makes friends with an Autobot. That Autobot is killed by explosions from the planet (which wasn't his fault), and he's almost killed by the Autobot's superior because he survived. Later, he gets a job at a garbage plant, then witnesses a murder, gets mind controlled, and beaten up. When the autobot Prowl breaks the mind control[[note]]and subsequently gets mind controlled[[/note]] by "killing" the bot controlling him, he tries to kill Dirge because he witnessed another murder, became one of Cybertron's most wanted because of this incident.
** Waspinator shows up occasionally in IDW's ''Transformers'' comics, especially the "Dark Cybertron" arc, and isn't much luckier than his ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' incarnation. Within a few panels of his first appearance, he's shot in the back by Bumblebee. Next time he turns up, he's been dragged through a space bridge to hell and back by a titan. Later, Shockwave [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders his other minions to kill Waspinator after he's served his purpose]], and barely escapes, only
* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Many of
%%* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]] is doomed to suffer in her Post-Crisis incarnation.
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* The title character from ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}''. Iznogoud's scheming makes him a magnet for comic disaster, usually thanks to his schemes backfiring on him. Whatever trap he tries to set for the Caliph - a one-way rocket into space, a portal to an alternate dimension, a potion to turn him into a BalefulPolymorph - he'll end up falling into it himself.
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* The title character from ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}''. Iznogoud's scheming makes him a magnet for comic disaster, usually thanks to his schemes backfiring on him. Whatever trap he tries to set for the Caliph - a one-way rocket into space, a portal to an alternate dimension, a potion to turn him into a BalefulPolymorph ForcedTransformation - he'll end up falling into it himself.
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* Creator/GailSimone has made it a habit of treating Cheshire like this in both her run on ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' and her ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' stories. This seems to coincide with Simone's belief that Cheshire is an evil character, and that her inevitable beat down is LaserGuidedKarma for her despicable actions.
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* Creator/GailSimone has made it a habit of treating Cheshire [[Characters/TeenTitansCheshire Cheshire]] like this in both her run on ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' and her ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' stories. This seems to coincide with Simone's belief that Cheshire is an irredeemably evil character, and that her inevitable beat down is LaserGuidedKarma for her despicable actions.
