History Woobie / WebComics

** WV, [[spoiler:once we saw what [[BigBad Jack Noir]] [[KillEmAll did]] to the army that rose up and followed him.]] It also turned his antics with Can Town into a huge (and hugely depressing) FunnyAneurysmMoment.
** Karkat. [[spoiler: He watches his team is fall apart, killing each other and going insane before his eyes. He watches one of his best friends being killed, and the killer's past self ''hits on him''. He's being mindgamed by a murderous, ridiculously powerful psychopath who knows exactly where he is, could destroy him in one hit, and could even be ''in the room with him right now''.]] Later on, he watches [[spoiler:yet ''another'' friend [[HeroicSacrifice begin to die]] in front of him,]] and starts openly sobbing when [[spoiler:he finally does die.]]
** Dave, Rose, Davesprite, and Dirk all count as {{Stoic Woobie}}s, trying to hide their pain.
** Mituna, Sollux's Pre-Scratch ancestor. The poor guy has a hard time being understood because of his mental disability, and most of his "[[WithFriendsLikeThese friends]]" treat him terribly. [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Cronus]] keeps insulting him and [[MemeticMolester invading his personal space]], [[HolierThanThou Kankri]] gives him lectures about how his helmet makes people with mental disabilities look bad even though Mituna ''physically needs'' the helmet to avoid hurting himself, and when [[JerkAss Meenah]] of all people [[PetTheDog attempts to come to his aid]] by bitching out Cronus, she gets called out for being a hypocrite.

** Many of the post-scratch Ancestors count. Karkat's Ancestor [[CrystalDragonJesus the Signless]] tried to bring peace and equality to his people, and was tortured to death [[ForcedToWatch in front of his family]] for it. His adoptive mother the Dolorosa had to watch her son die, then was enslaved, raped, and killed. His lover the Disciple escaped execution, but [[CruelMercy had to live with the loss of everyone she'd ever loved]]. His best friend the Psiioniic was made into a LivingBattery for [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen the Condesce's]] ship, which was [[FateWorseThanDeath agonizingly painful, and was artificially kept alive in that state for]] ''[[FateWorseThanDeath thousands of years]]''.

** The trolls as a whole. While at first they seem like plain old antagonists; they are eventually established as closer to [[CharacterAlignment the neutral end]] (with the exceptions of [[NeutralEvil Eridan]] and [[ChaoticEvil Vriska]]): [[spoiler:Sburb is destroying their home planet as well, and the reason they harass the protagonists is that the heroes' session is so screwed up it breaks their game as well]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Between The Lines}}'' has Dani. Where do I begin? He's constantly physically and emotionally abused at school and ridiculed by his own parents because he cross-dresses. In the 3rd chapter, he nearly committed suicide due to all the turmoil and abuse, only to be sent to a mental hospital to get cared for. This puts Dani into a deeper depression, to the point that you want to hug the poor kid to make him/her feel better [[http://mekari.deviantart.com/art/Between-the-Lines-chap3-pg31-131166340]].

* Leonard in ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' is a tiny [[EverythingsBetterWithPlatypi platypus]] with a seriously bad case of bad luck, usually in form of unintentional starvation and [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=548 this kinds of events?]] They are '''''regular occurences.''''' It should be funny, but there's that utterly pitiful PuppyDogEyes that really makes the reader want to hug him. [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=158 such as when he is given a popsicle...]]

** Haley, at times. Especially when you find out that she is obsessed with money because [[spoiler:she wants to save her dad, who is being held captive by a country that will release him only if Haley pays them an outrageous sum of money. The events leading up to her AnguishedDeclarationOfLove also count.]]
*** Er, not quite. As we see in On the Origins of [=PCs=], Haley was obsessed with money even before that.

* ''Webcomic/TheComicAdventuresOfLeftAndRight'': Owldog.

* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' has several varieties of Woobie, since it's set in a CrapsackWorld where [[BreakTheCutie cuties get broken]] on a regular basis. There's the main character Ariel, her friend Faen who can't control her empathic powers, Naal'suul, who shouldn't even be alive, and JerkassWoobie Syphile as well.

* Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Renoir from ''MutantNinjaTurtlesGaiden''; although they are going through CharacterDevelopment, they're still woobies at heart.

* Charlotte in ''PennyAndAggie'' is an interesting case. At first, she seems simply angry and bigoted, but we gradually learn more about her, her woobieness becomes quickly apparent. And then there's [[spoiler: the "Missing Person" arc, where she appears to have hit a MoralEventHorizon... only for things to drastically turn around and her woobie status becomes weapons-grade - almost literally, as it led to massive fan outcry for the ''death'' of [[ManipulativeBastard Cyndi]], something almost never before seen in the fandom]].

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' has Oasis being quite Woobietastic, when she's not being AxCrazy or BadAss. IdiotHero Torg gets a few moments of this during That Which Redeems. Even Aylee gets it during her visit to the parallel world where her species exists.

* The official one is [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean James Norrington]] in ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' (he even has an "[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Commodore-Catastrophe-Card-270111446 OH NO! James!]]" club, he is the TokenGoodTeammate and BeingGoodSucks), but sometimes also [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]] has his moments even if he is more of a JerkassWoobie (as he tries to fit in way too hard while being ''blessed'' with [[TheFairFolk nonhuman personality traits]] and a family from hell... his father even stole James' soul once, and he went WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds over it).

** Tavros, in [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003836 this update]] especially. Basically, an IneffectualSympatheticVillain with heavy emphasis on "sympathetic". Andrew just refuses to give the poor guy a break. [[spoiler: Accidentally running over his Lusus, forced to jump off a cliff in mockery of his greatest desire, his one attempt to to be assertive and helpful on his own ending up killing the grandfather of the human he had hoped to befriend...]] He eventually discovers his primary tormentor has actively created the unstoppable monster endangering them all. He finally decides to challenge her, not for his own sake, but for everyone's. As soon as she realizes he means it for once, [[spoiler:she promptly kills him for actually standing up to her.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{BetweenTheLines}}'' has Dani. Where do I begin? He's constantly physically and emotionally abused at school and ridiculed by his own parents because he cross-dresses. In the 3rd chapter, he nearly committed suicide due to all the turmoil and abuse, only to be sent to a mental hospital to get cared for. This puts Dani into a deeper depression, to the point that you want to hug the poor kid to make him/her feel better [[http://mekari.deviantart.com/art/Between-the-Lines-chap3-pg31-131166340]].

* ''Webcomic/BetweentheLines'' has Dani. Where do I begin? He's constantly physically and emotionally abused at school and ridiculed by his own parents because he cross-dresses. In the 3rd chapter, he nearly committed suicide due to all the turmoil and abuse, only to be sent to a mental hospital to get cared for. This puts Dani into a deeper depression, to the point that you want to hug the poor kid to make him/her feel better [[http://mekari.deviantart.com/art/Between-the-Lines-chap3-pg31-131166340]].

* Jone White-Eye, from ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic''. She successfully became the woobie in her [[http://yafgc.net/?id=1212 first page]]. [[http://yafgc.net/?id=1213 All the]] [[http://yafgc.net/?id=1213 others were]] [[http://yafgc.net/?id=1215 just icing]] [[http://yafgc.net/?id=1216 on the]] [[http://yafgc.net/?id=1221 cake]].

* Mecha Maid in ''Webcomic/Spinnerette''. ALS, [[spoiler: having likely been experimented on as a baby, indirectly caused the death of a major superhero in South Korea,]] the likelihood of her dying early with almost no chance of a cure being found, her feelings for [[spoiler: Spinny]] that originally seem unrequited, a trusted teammate leaving, the return of the man who is likely responsible for her ALS. The Colonel Glass arc stabs you in the heart with how things for her are.

* Keith Keiser of ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'': Accused of murdering his parents (He did kill his father - in self-defense, his father murdered his mother), exiled in order to protect his father's reputation (he was a high ranking military leader), manages to fulfill the impossible conditions of his exile (capture the Grand Templar, which happens to be Trace), only to be ordered to betray Trace (who he considers a friend) to the Bastians. And along the way, he develops feelings for the Kedrian assassin, Natani... self-loathing, misogynistic, gender-confused, biologically female Natani (Made worse because Bastians are prudish and xenophobic by nature and culture), and has been ordered to kill her to be accepted back into society.

* Ria from ''Webcomic/CrossedClaws]], especially at the end of Chapter 2 and throughout Chapter 4. First getting scared to death by Jered's ravings, then by feeling betrayed by her new best friend and being forced to decide if she was good all along, or if she really was a monster.

* Anubis of ''Webcomic/HighSchoolOfTheGods'' is the [[EgyptianMythology Egyptian Guardian of the Dead]]... with the nickname "Noob" and a puppy hat, and usually both the butt of jokes and creator of awkward situations. He is also aware of this fact.

* Anubis of ''HighSchoolOfTheGods'' is the [[EgyptianMythology Egyptian Guardian of the Dead]]... with the nickname "Noob" and a puppy hat, and usually both the butt of jokes and creator of awkward situations. He is also aware of this fact.
* The title character of ''TheIntrepidGirlbot'' is a big ball of woobie-ness, but be careful not to hug her too long or [[http://www.intrepidgirlbot.com/2009/03/25/hello-hug/ you might get zapped]].

* ''AlienDice'' has Lexx as a main character who grows up in an uncaring orphanage and is forced to fight as a pokemon/gladiator (really). Lisaan, supporting character, gets rejected for being a half-blood and then sold into slavery. Cue much angsting which contrasts nicely with most of the other cast's cheerful attitude and grand stand in society.

* {{Archipelago}} has Blitz. The poor guy has TraumaInducedAmnesia, OceanMadness (though there were a few other factors), [[EyeScream is missing an eye]] (which he took out by himself, by the way), and mind is broken completely beyond repair. It's even stated that even if he was 'fixable', he may not like what he finds. Add the fact that he's a total sweetheart who just wants to be helpful, and you can't help but want to give him a hug.
* ''BobAndGeorge'' [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020120 take your pick]]

* The Sorrow, in the ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' fancomic ''TheCobraDays''. Partly due to the abuse he takes from his SociopathicHero comrades, partly because his spirit-medium powers have a distinct element of BlessedWithSuck [[http://thecobradays.net/view.php?date=2006-02-06 at times]].

* Skylar, from ''ComingUpViolet'' is quickly becoming this almost as fast as the comics get posted. Seriously, this guy [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/bdaniel/violet/series.php?view=archive&chapter=24878 just]] [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/bdaniel/violet/series.php?view=archive&chapter=26689 can't]] [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/bdaniel/violet/series.php?view=archive&chapter=37342 seem]] to [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/bdaniel/violet/series.php?view=archive&chapter=38320 catch]] a [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/bdaniel/violet/series.php?view=archive&chapter=39237 break]]. Of course, he's also the resident ChewToy with the shippers.
* Vincent and Darrik from ''TheCyantianChronicles''.
* Abel from ''DanAndMabsFurryAdventures''. Dear God, Abel. [[spoiler:Picked on as a kid because he's different; his one friend from his old hometown eventually commits suicide; he gets stuck in a battle alongside two of his former tormentors, both of whom end up ''dead''; his father turns out to be a 'cubi who killed his mom's actual husband and masqueraded as him in order to get a child; said 'cubi-dad proceeds to smack his mom around, kills his friend in a fit of rage, and threatens to kill his mom in order to keep him at SAIA, and the next time he sees her is when she is on her deathbed.]]

* Komiyan from ''{{Darken}}'' qualifies. He's a cowardly drow with bad eyesight who wears glasses and has a courageous side. He looks absolutely adorable. And he rarely gets to do any badassery for long before being whomped by something. Or stabbed, or shot, or tortured.

* Angel from ''DomainTnemrot'' has been revealing [[http://www.tnemrot.com/?p=129 her back story lately]].

* The titular character of ''DominicDeegan'', who seems to run into more problems than he knows what to do with, and always thrusts himself headlong into them, to the point where he eventually traded the "crippled" role with his own younger brother. Of course, there's also a good portion of the fanbase who just want to [[WhatTheHellHero punch him instead]].

* ''{{Drowtales}}'' has several varieties of Woobie, since it's set in a CrapsackWorld where [[BreakTheCutie cuties get broken]] on a regular basis. There's the main character Ariel, her friend Faen who can't control her empathic powers, Naal'suul, who shouldn't even be alive, and JerkassWoobie Syphile as well.

* All of the main cast of [[http://aiacrowd.com/ Alone In A Crowd]] qualify as Woobies for one reason or another.

* Rumiko Takahata in ''{{Fans}}!'', especially regarding her romantic relationships, so often that the rule 'Rumy must suffer' became an in-joke in the fan forum.

*** Annie recieves an even worse revelation later on in the story. [[spoiler: She was the cause of her mothers death, which is WHY she had to lead her into the afterlife.]]

* The whole main cast of ''HannaIsNotABoysName'' has their woobie moments, and they even come in several distinct flavors:

* Sir [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Harkovast/index.php?p=724690 Muir]] in ''{{Harkovast}}''

* ''{{Inhuman}}'' has several of these. In the main comic, Kyotoshi and Soshika Lypha, whose parents were murdered in front of them, and (arguably) Grey.
** Two of Inhuman's BSideComics, [[http://www.hekshano.com/jetstory1.php Jet's Story]] and [[http://www.hekshano.com/cemetery1.php The Cemetery]] seem to be designed to Woobiefy Jet and Koji, respectively.
* No one here has mentioned poor Dina Sarazu of ''Webcomic/ItsWalky'' here? The love of her life dumps her for another girl, she gets ignored and overshadowed whenever she makes an important discovery, a few of the characters hate her because she got saved from being crushed [[spoiler: rather than big boss]] and she ends up in a relationship with a violent {{Jerkass}} who is only nice when he's drunk and thinks she's completely useless. [[spoiler: And then she gets killed in an explosion.]] A major factor in why her ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' incarnation is so beloved.
* Kano Jurgen, Kid, and ''especially'' Dark from ''{{Kagerou}}''. And [[SplitPersonality they're all the same guy]].
* Secret from ''KeychainOfCreation'' is very much the Woobie - though one of the Exalted, she's been given the Black Exaltation, turned into basically a superpowered, {{Exalted}} vampire cursed and doomed to bring death and destruction to the world - and she hates it. Worse, she has serious self-confidence issues, and is really kind of a hopeless, lovable klutz when separated from her malevolent, sentient shapeshifting sword in a world where epic heroes do violent things to each other all the time.
* Riley Zinc from ''ALoonaticsTale''. Death of his father... check. Several mental/physical complications from lack of sleep, eating, and anguish from said parental death? Check. Paranoia and extreme superstition? Check.... and he's a musician on top of everything else. Don't you just wanna make him feel better?
* Piro and Kimiko from ''{{Megatokyo}}''. Also, Ping, Yuki and [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation maybe Miho]]. Largo and Erika also have their moments. Hell, let's just declare the entire cast to be woobies and get over it. Except [[PsychoForHire Dom and Ed]]. [[DracoInLeatherPants Not that it'll stop people from trying.]]

* Mika of ''MobTies''. Cute little goth waif? Check. [[spoiler: Victim of a violent rape so traumatic that it left her in a coma for more than a year?]] Big check. Hates everything because of all the trauma she has been through? Double check. She will make you want to hug your monitor to death.

* ''NanasEverydayLife'' takes this to ridiculous levels as it CrossesTheLineTwice. Imagine a comic about Nana from ''ElfenLied'' and Henrietta from ''GunslingerGirl'' constantly suffering undeserved divine punishments, one after another, in a constantly-repeating loop that only ends with [[spoiler:the title character dying alone in a cold alley, and everyone she ever loved either sadistically betrayed her or died violently.]]

* Kevin J Dog from ''{{Newshounds}}''. A hard luck ExtremeDoormat who recently gained weight after finding out Stormy got married.

* ''OpeyTheWarhead'' is about a boy named [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Opey_the_Warhead Opey]]... who also happens to (at least appear to) be a nuclear warhead. When the class realizes he doesn't explode on impact, he immediately becomes the victim of the entire classroom (well, three kids, but it's AfterTheEnd) of bullies. Despite not having a face, Opey is amazingly expressionate and totally woobie material being a generally sweet-natured kid.

* Ceasar Wolfe from ''{{Pandect}}'' would be a normal 17-year-old boy except that he's infected with a Virus that overwhelms him with uncontrollable feelings of lust. Naturally, no one trusts him, no one wants to be around him, and his name has become a synonym for "pervert". When he finally gets a genuine offer of friendship, it takes him completely by surprise.

* Jonas Faulkner of ''ThePhoenixRequiem'' is not having a great time of it. His friend shoots him after he escapes from an insane asylum. And that's just the start of his problems.
* Jeremy from ''PlatinumGrit''. And if the abuse he suffers over the course of the comic isn't enough, his backstory involves a childhood of being tormented by his AxeCrazy cousin while the rest of the family shunned him as a simpleton.

* Slick of ''{{Sinfest}}'' fits perfectly in this category during the deeper moments of the comic. The guy honestly ''loves'' Monique to the point that [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2888 he was willing to sell his soul in exchange for her shallow happiness... and a pony]]. Yet he can rarely catch a break or even express himself with her, mostly due to his own libido and ego, but lately not even when he's [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2574 honestly trying]].

* Buwaro from ''SlightlyDamned'' counts. [[spoiler:Something went wrong when he was born, leaving him a bestial, rage-crazed creature that attacked everything in sight. He wears an amulet that clears his mind and calms him down, but if it's ever removed, he'll go back to being a monster. His biological family is dead, and his adoptive father, brother and sister are gone, disappeared, and murdered, respectively. Oh, and one of his closest friends, who he may have feelings for, is now afraid of him because she's learned of his aformentioned rage. Oh, and [[http://www.sdamned.com/2007/10/10162007/ just look at his childhood]]]]

* Sawyer from ''SoreThumbs''.
* Jinx, the Cirbozoid technology officer in Kris Straub's ''{{Starslip}}''. He is often put down by Vanderbeam and is unfortunately unable to fight back in most circumstances due to the "natural subservience" of his species. The Cirbozoids' baffling physiology also tends to put off most personal involvement from other crew members, and when it does overlap, [[http://www.starslip.com/archive/20090528.shtml the trope is just magnified.]]
* Arcturus Winrock from ''SuicideForHire''.
* Gaaranooki from ''SupahNarioBros''.
* Quentyn in ''TalesOfTheQuestor''. In fact, this trope is specified by the bully, Rahan, of why he picked on Quentyn: everyone feels so sorry for Quentyn that he gets away with ''everything'' no matter how outrageous the trouble he stirs up in Rahan's eyes.
* Keith Keiser of ''TwoKinds'': Accused of murdering his parents (He did kill his father - in self-defense, his father murdered his mother), exiled in order to protect his father's reputation (he was a high ranking military leader), manages to fulfill the impossible conditions of his exile (capture the Grand Templar, which happens to be Trace), only to be ordered to betray Trace (who he considers a friend) to the Bastians. And along the way, he develops feelings for the Kedrian assassin, Natani... self-loathing, misogynistic, gender-confused, biologically female Natani (Made worse because Bastians are prudish and xenophobic by nature and culture), and has been ordered to kill her to be accepted back into society.

* Jake Miller in ''UmlautHouse''; in the second series, Pierce Lee takes this role up.

* Jone White-Eye, from ''YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic''. She successfully became the woobie in her [[http://yafgc.net/?id=1212 first page]]. [[http://yafgc.net/?id=1213 All the]] [[http://yafgc.net/?id=1213 others were]] [[http://yafgc.net/?id=1215 just icing]] [[http://yafgc.net/?id=1216 on the]] [[http://yafgc.net/?id=1221 cake]].
* ''YuMeDream'' has pretty much all the humans end up in woobie positions: Fiona, Lia, even [[BigBad Sadako]] in her viewpoint chapter.
* In ''TheZombieHunters,'' James, a [[NewMeat trainee]] in a team of [[AfterTheEnd Post]]-ZombieApocalypse DisasterScavengers, ostensibly begins as a ChewToy, due to comically "[[HeroicBSOD freezing up]]" at the sight of a few [[NightOfTheLivingMooks Crawlers]], a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie class]] that doesn't pose much of a threat. He's enough of a [[TheKlutz klutz]] that he even ends up falling into a CreepyBasement, but he's injured in the fall, and becomes solidly a Woobie. After ''that'' [[spoiler:he suffers a [[FateWorseThanDeath fate]] that makes his earlier designation [[RedShirt become]] [[FacialHorror horribly]] [[ImAHumanitarian awfully]]]] ''literal.''

* Poor, poor Sizemore Rockwell from ''{{Erfworld}}. He's a pacifist in a world where nothing but war exists, and he lacks the free will to exercise his beliefs and is forced to kill. He's interested in all sorts of magic, but is only talented in his own field, and his boss considers him useless and can't even remember his name. Did we mention he's one or two deaths away from being the LastOfHisKind?.

* The official one is [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean James Norrington]] in ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' (he even has an "[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Commodore-Catastrophe-Card-270111446 OH NO! James!]]" club, he is the TokenGoodTeammate and BeingGoodSucks), but sometimes also [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]] has his moments even if he is more of a JerkassWoobie (as he tries to fit in way too hard while being ''blessed'' with [[TheFairFolk nonhuman personality traits]] and a family from hell... his father even stole James' soul once, and he went WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds over it).
* ''{{Terinu}}'' himself is more of a JerkassWoobie, but his best friend Matt is a pure woobie. To put it in perspective, he grew up on a MegaCorp controlled planet where the workers were kept in debt slavery, then sold at age eight to SpacePirate Mavra Chan by his father to pay for the man's alcoholism fueled debts. That was a ''step up'' for him.
* HodgesPond gives us [[http://hodgespond.com/index.php/character-profiles/orville/ Orville]] and [[http://hodgespond.com/index.php/character-profiles/matt/ Matt.]]

* Alice from ''TheSims 3'' blog/webcomic ''Webcomic/AliceAndKev''. She just needs a nice loving family to let her sleep on their couch without kicking her out. What makes it worse is that she's incredibly selfless, [[spoiler:giving her paycheck to charity rather than spending it on, you know, ''food'']].

* Atari from {{Consolers}}. Ever since she made the E.T game and experiences the crash, it's all gone downwards for her.

* Roast Beef from ''{{Achewood}}'', who is "from circumstances" which cause him to suffer from depression and possibly avoidance disorder, and is subjected to a constant stream of bad luck in life in general. This is made all the more noticeable given that his best friend is Ray, who becomes rich without trying and was only prevented from becoming President because of [[spoiler:his mother's disapproval]].

** Ed is the biggest, but not the only one, add in Digger herself (stranded in a strange land, almost killed several times, and thrown into the middle of a war that has jack to do with her), Shadowchild (okay for the most part until she finds out what she is, then gets hit with woobiehood ''for her entire race''), Murai (half-crazy from meeting an evil goddess, later has her arm broken, and realises her superior officer is ax-crazy), Grim Eyes (lost both her parents as a child, was raised by Boneclaw Mother, but lived in the same clan as her aunt who was more than a bit responsible for her parents' disappearance) [[Spoiler:and He Is (possessed by a demon who gets him to try to beat his wife, is beaten by his wife, gets himself incarcerated underground to die alone, and then is kept alive against his will. Like Ed, but drawn out to several thousand years)]].

* Jacob and Vincent share the role in ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'' as they somehow keep optimistic and cheerful in a world of cynicism and cognitive dissonance.