Line #14 PlayingWith/ButtMonkey


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character who is constantly put through hell.
2	* '''Straight''': Bevis T. Monkey's day was unlucky: He got [[GroinAttack hit in the groin]] and was [[ScaryStingingSwarm stung by bees.]]
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bevis T. Monkey's day was unlucky: He got mugged and was stabbed.
5	** IronButtMonkey
6	** Poor Bevis T. Monkey was hit in the [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs groin]] ''[[BreadEggsBreadedEggs by]]'' [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs bees]].
7	** TheChewToy
8	** CosmicPlaything
9	** ReluctantFanserviceGirl
10	** SadistShow
11	* '''Downplayed''':
12	** Bevis T. Monkey gets hit in the face, and stung by one bee every month.
13	** The whole cast regularly takes comical abuse, Bevis just takes the worst of it.
14	* '''Justified''':
15	** CosmicPlaything
16	** KafkaKomedy
17	** KarmicButtMonkey
18	** BornUnlucky
19	* '''Inverted''':
20	** Bevis T. Monkey's day was very lucky: He got a million dollars and was treated as a king soon afterward.
21	** InvincibleHero.
22	** KarmaHoudini.
23	** A [[invoked]]MarySue and [[invoked]]GodModeSue could arguably be considered the polar opposite(s) of a ButtMonkey.
24	* '''Subverted''':
25	** A truck was about to hit Bevis T. Monkey when he was crossing the street but stopped at the last minute...
26	** Bevis's abuse gets to the point where it isn't funny anymore.
27	** Bevis is usually unlucky but he [[ThrowTheDogABone occasionally gets some luck]].
28	** Bevis eventually gets tired of his treatment and pulls a MistreatmentInducedBetrayal.
29	* '''Double Subverted''':
30	** It was the bus next to the truck that ran Bevis over.
31	** Then the abuse CrossesTheLineTwice.
32	** Bevis gets an award thinking he's no longer a butt monkey, [[YankTheDogsChain but then it gets taken from him]].
33	** Bevis's new group treats him just as bad.
34	* '''Parodied''': Pretty much everything Bevis T. Monkey does [[EpicFail fails spectacularly]]. And his life is a seemingly endless chain of DisasterDominoes and HumiliationConga. He's got to have sanity (or faith) made of iron if he's not screaming SmiteMeOhMightySmiter by now.
35	* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bevis almost gets hit by a car, but the car stops. What ''does'' hit him is the baseball that rolls off the roof of a nearby building. But it turns it to be autographed, and worth thousands of dollars! Then he trips and falls down a hill. Into a river. But he finds a gold ring in the bottom of the stream! So he goes to the pawn shop... [[BearsAreBadNews and gets mauled by a bear on the way.]]
36	* '''Averted''': Bevis T. Monkey is not particularly unlucky, nor is he especially lucky.
37	* '''Enforced''': The creators needed comic relief so they created Bevis.
38	* '''Lampshaded''': "Why do these bad things keep happening to me?"
39	* '''Invoked''': "I'm bored, let's go pick on Bevis T. Monkey because that's always good for a laugh."
40	* '''Defied''':
41	** "We could pick on Bevis T. Monkey as usually, but maybe we should leave him alone for now."
42	** (Bevis [[ImpliedDeathThreat places a loaded gun on the table]], [[TranquilFury talks in an eerily matter-of-fact voice]]): "I refuse to be anybody's toy, and least of all yours."
43	* '''Exploited''': Bevis T. Monkey knows he's unlucky, so he milks it for all its worth.
44	* '''Discussed''': "Is it just me or does God seem to hate Bevis T. Monkey?"
45	* '''Conversed''': "Maybe we should cut Monkey some slack." ''({{Beat}})'' "Naaaaaahhhh..."
46	* '''Deconstructed''':
47	** One day, Bevis gets an assault rifle and, [[WhosLaughingNow without hesitating]], starts to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge chase the people who make his life hell, killing them mercilessly.]]
48	** The constant unluckiness kept bothering Bevis with increasing levels of misfortune to the point of him [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] and ultimately [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide.]]
49	** All the abuse Bevis goes through causes him to become very bitter and cynical to the point where he's afraid of being happy lest something bad happens as a result. Whenever anything [[ThrowTheDogABone goes his way]], he becomes [[ProperlyParanoid paranoid]] that it's merely a set up for him to be knocked down in an [[YankTheDogsChain exceptionally cruel way]].
50	** Bevis’ constant mistreatment eventually [[TooBleakStoppedCaring causes the audience to not watch the show]].
51	* '''Reconstructed''':
52	** This completely tarnishes his pity from other people, who now see him as a violent madman. They end up mistreating Bevis even worse than his former tormentors, since he [[AssholeVictim pretty much deserves it]] at this point.
53	** All of the misfortune forces Bevis to overcompensate, resulting in the equivalent of TrainingFromHell. CharacterDevelopment ensues, and Bevis promptly [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]].
54	** In spite of all his bad luck, Bevis is TheStoic or manages to keep a StiffUpperLip. Due to this mentality, he never sees his bad luck as anything more than a bother or annoyance (even if logic says he really should). His low key reaction to the bad stuff that happens to him only serves to enhance the comedy.
55	--->'''Bevis:''' ''(after having been hit on the head with a plate, which breaks on his head; in a bored tone)'' Ow.\
56	'''Bob:''' Wow. A year ago, you'd have been groaning in pain!\
57	'''Bevis:''' I've built up an immunity.
58	* '''Played For Laughs''': Unlucky streak to the point where you can't help but laugh, known as TheChewToy
59	* '''Played For Drama''': Unlucky streak to the point where you feel bad for the person, known as TheWoobie and the DesignatedMonkey.
60	* '''Played For Horror''': Unlucky streak that is more unsettling in hindsight:
61	** Monkey is the cast's RedShirt. Worse yet, he was designated as the Red Shirt and nobody cares about how this means he will suffer a horrible death.
62	** Monkey's reputation and bad luck gets him constantly targeted with BullyBrutality, and nobody cares about how he's constantly maimed, brutalized, and in some cases even raped by bullies.
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64	Back to ButtMonkey, [[TemptingFate if God doesn't smite me first...]]
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66	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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68	%%* '''Implied''': ???

Context PlayingWith / ButtMonkey