Line #45 TheChewToy/AnimeAndManga


1	* [[IdiotHero Yoshii]] of ''Literature/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'' gets [[WrestlerInAllOfUs beat up]], starved, given detention, and generally mistreated constantly. And it's hilarious!
2	* Kon from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. He is the right size for it and constantly fails to be cool. He's is ''literally'' a chew toy (or a doll), anyway.
3	* Sakura (a [[GenderBlenderName boy,]] mind you), the main character of ''Literature/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'', gets killed and revived several times per episode in the most brutally over-the-top ways possible. At least he isn't the only one to suffer: The angel Sabato, who's introduced in the second episode, has to suffer a lot of misery and hardships after she fails to kill Sakura.
4	* Kobeni Higashiyama in ''Manga/ChainsawMan'', a [[InelegantBlubbering weepy]] ShrinkingViolet and LovableCoward who's frequently made the butt of the joke by everyone around her. Her status even applies out-of-universe; in the first popularity poll [[InanimateCompetitor her car ranked higher than she did]].
5	* If something bad is going to happen in ''Manga/{{Dorohedoro}}'', it's usually going to happen to Fujita or Ebisu. The latter has it particularly bad, given her introduction involved her getting her face ''torn off''.
6	* In ''Manga/ExcelSaga'', Excel normally tries to hold down a job while completing a mission for her beloved Il Palazzo, but her hyperactivity and stupidity means she always fails at both, and destroys wherever she is working.
7	* Lancer from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' may have been a credible threat in the original work, but subsequent sequels and [[MemeticLoser fan works]] often portray him as largely useless, particularly whenever Archer is around. In the recent ''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm'' series, he's killed off more or less OncePerEpisode, and his 'guest appearance' on the (fake) preview for Arcueid's magical girl show has his silhouette dramatically show up... before instantly being hit by a car. Assassin has been entirely replaced with a cardboard cutout in the first episode of CP.
8	* After being disgraced by Edward of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', [[DirtyCoward Yoki]] spends the rest of the series being on the receiving end of constant humiliation, from being beaten up by refugees, practically being Scar's slave and being a useless hostage because no one cares what happens to him. It actually gets to the point that everyone (including the reader and ''Yoki himself'') is surprised when he saves everyone from a really nasty BigBad with some well-timed CarFu. In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'', he's spared this humiliation; instead, [[spoiler:Lust kills him to set off a riot]].
9	* Normad, a DeadpanSnarker AI stuck inside an immobile plush toy in ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'', is generally abused and mistreated by every single member of the cast (usually due to his snarking pushing somebody's BerserkButton), including [[EmotionlessGirl Vanilla]], whom he worships despite the fact that she drags him around on the ground by his tail, uses him as a shield whenever needed, and has resorted to eating him whenever she's on the verge of starvation.
10	** As a ContinuityNod, Mimolette, a bizarre floating cat-head thing from ''Anime/GalaxyAngelRune'' gets much the same treatment, despite being generally nice and helpful to the girls. Nearly every single episode ends with a freeze-frame of whatever horrible suffering was piled upon him, following the PostEpisodeTrailer.
11	* Mic Sounders The 13th in the first half of ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' lasts, on average, about five seconds in any real battle until he gets swatted away like a fly. In the second half though, the universe makes it up to him by giving Mike a [[TookALevelInBadass System Change]] transformation powered by ThePowerOfRock, and the most potent WeaponOfMassDestruction in the series.
12	* Mutsumune, Mina's UnknownRival in ''Anime/GetsumenToHeikiMina'', is subject to AmusingInjuries every episode, usually as a result of her hubris putting her in the wrong place at the wrong time.
13	* Yukinari of ''Manga/GirlsBravo''. Though some fans differ on whether or not it falls into DudeNotFunny at times considering how Kirie, who is supposed to be his best friend, beats him up to a brutal degree constantly.
14	* Takeru in ''Rokushin Gattai Anime/GodMars''. The head Bad Guy sends him to Earth as an infant such that, once grown up, he will destroy the planet. But things go wrong - relatively speaking - and Takeru, now grown up, decides against the plan. Whereupon the Bad Guy sends out assassin after assassin to kill him and, in just about every episode, he's beaten, burned, frozen, zapped, electrocuted, asphyxiated to within a centimeter of his life, at which point the title robot arrives to save him. In the second half of the 64 episode series, he's even stuck with a psionic device which drains part of his life force if he attempts to use his powers. It doesn't get much worse than that. Oh and, he knows that, if he does die, the super-bomb in his guardian robot will blow up the planet.
15	* Noboru from ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' is initially abused, embarrassed, and driven to suicide by Anko. Fortunatley Onizuka help to escape from this status and get revenge.
16	* Mikuru from ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' eventually ends up being God's [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/haruhi2.jpg literal chew toy]]... and God is a mix of GenkiGirl with {{Jerkass}} (and in the beginning, much more the latter than the former). In the opening, she cries as Haruhi forces her to be a cheerleader. She can go either way in TheWoobie Vs. TheChewToy debate, depending on how sadistic the viewer is feeling at any given time, or how serious Haruhi's abuse of the moment is.
17	** The computer club president is a much straighter example of this trope.
18	* The titular ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler''. [[MadeofIron He can take it.]] [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower He trains.]]
19	* Tomoki from ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty''. He usually gets smacked around as result of his perverted antics or ends up getting injured or abused in some other way, often from Mikako the local and sadist YakuzaPrincess.
20	* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', Lithuania seems to exist to be tortured by [[HeterosexualLifePartners his best friend Poland]], [[PsychoKnifeNut his crush Belarus]], and [[PsychopathicManchild his boss Russia]]. This can be applied to any of the Baltic States, with little Latvia being the most obviously traumatized. Oh, and let's not forget Ukraine, Russia and Belarus's sister and the [[OnlySaneMan only sane nation-tan]] in the family. This is sadly TruthInTelevision, as Eastern Europe's history is full of ChewToy situations. Usually, only Poland gets any recognition.
21	* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'':
22	** Jaken, Sesshomaru's impish retainer, on is forever being abused by his "Master". (Drowned, stepped on, headbonked, etc. Although he's actually fairly good at defending himself from others who mean him harm). Sesshomaru's abuse of Jaken in his early appearances was threatening to kill him; it was other characters that beat up Jaken. But as Sesshomaru become less of a villain and started to care about Jaken after a fashion, his abuse of Jaken started to descend into slapstick beatings and verbal abuse.
23	** Myoga, the titular character's flea-demon advisor, fulfills this trope as well (for Inuyasha), but once in a while, Shippo may get thrown (literally!) into the role.
24	* Hol Horse from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders''. In his first appearance he was quite a threat, as he [[spoiler:almost]] kills [[spoiler:Abdul]], but is forced to run away when his backup is beaten as he's too much of a coward to fight by himself. The next time we see him he's forced into an EnemyMine situation thanks to his previous actions, but once again gets away, this time with the heroes' car. The last time we see him he's teamed up with Boingo, trying to take advantage of the latter's powers of prediction. He screws up and winds up shooting himself in the face with his ''own gun''.
25	* ''Manga/JunjouRomantica'': Takahashi Misaki, who is the love (and jealousy) interest for an entire clan.
26	* Keitaro in ''Manga/LoveHina''. He moved in to the place of his childhood, only to find it to be turned into a [[UnwantedHarem girls-only pension]]. When he is accepted as a legitimate resident [[ItMakesSenseInContext (it's a long story)]] he is then forced to work like a slave for roommates who constantly beat him up for his [[AccidentalPervert bad luck]], when they're not doing it ''for fun''.
27	* Metallis in ''Literature/MagiciansAcademy''. Not an episode goes by where some misfortune befalls him. All of his magic was [[PowerNullifier drained]] by Suzuka's first in-show appearance, he was tied up by Synclavia and was the one who released the HardGay angel onto the school. After Metallis finds love, the role of Chew Toy shifts to George.
28	* the ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' anime gives us Suezo. Not a single episode goes by where he isn't injured or made the butt of a joke. One particular RunningGag of the series is when he has Golem lob him high in the air so he can act as a look out, only for Golem to miss catching him.
29	-->'''Suezo:''' ''Why...is it always me...?''
30	* While you could just as easily say that this applies to the entire main (heroic) cast of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the ways that the universe seems to single out Shinji Ikari (with some of it even done ''deliberately'' by the GovernmentConspiracy (for extra douchebag points ''run by his dad'')) in denying him any happiness is astonishingly disturbing. Needless to say, it is most definitely ''not'' PlayedForLaughs.
31	* ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'' gives us Tomoko Kuroki, a lonely, creepy otaku girl who only wants to socialize and [[EpicFail fails miserably every time she tries to do so]]. Even when she manages to achieve something, [[YankTheDogsChain it is only brief and tends to backfire at the end]]. At that point, you can feel sorry for the poor girl or laugh at her hilarious misfortunes (or both things)
32	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
33	** Sanji just cannot win. It's not just his [[ChivalrousPervert constant failing attempts to woo women]], either. There's also his dreams of mermaids being destroyed by [[{{Gonk}} Kokoro]]; his attempts at earning a bounty bearing fruit in the form of a poster with a [[FacialCompositeFailure God-awful composite sketch]]; his childhood dream of becoming {{invisible}} demolished because Absalom beat him to the punch in a way [[MoralEventHorizon he couldn't even envy]]; and finally meeting a man who hated him because his face was near-identical to that God-awful composite sketch. Ending up in an [[IronicHell island of transvestites]], where he was forced to briefly go native and wound up stuck there so long that he briefly experienced life threatening {{nosebleed}}s around real women.
34	*** He get better from the second half of Fishman Island arc getting several ThrowTheDogABone.
35	** Spandam: You hate him from the start of the story, being physically weak and feeling strong only because he has strong people working under him, he ruined Franky's childhood by killing his mentor, and he doesn't seem to believe lowly pirates, scum of the sea can possibly be superhuman enough to defeat [=CP9=], and is under the misconception that [[OneManArmy Luffy]] only killed 5 of his guards, with no idea that Enies Lobby has actually been invaded by pirates, and then of course, he is punched and crushed with an elephant by Franky (ItMakesSenseInContext) then is slapped repeatedly by Robin, while later having his spine broken by her. And after watching the whole "Enies Lobby" Arc, you'll love to watch it, along with his other mishaps during the arc. By the time Spandam returns after the time skip, while he's become part of CP Aigis-0, his role has completely swapped with Rob Lucci, being reduced to a mere grunt.
36	* Mesousa from ''Anime/PaniPoniDash''. Not an episode goes by without the universe inflicting some form of misfortune on him, from being attacked by malevolent soda cans to being stranded in space to being used as a ''literal'' chew toy. Appropriately enough, his name means "weeping rabbit".
37	* Chuck from ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' (shown in the image on the article main page) is constantly beaten up and killed by EVERYTHING for no good reason. The very first thing we see at the start of the first episode is Chuck being [[BoltOfDivineRetribution fried by a lightning bolt]] (as he always is) when God sends down a mandate for the girls to take care of. Among many, ''MANY'' other examples, he's been kicked around, [[ChunkySalsaRule shot]], decapitated, run over, sliced up on a cutting board, thrown in a blender, thrown in a microwave, had his spine snapped, [[BatterUp batted out of a window with a metal pipe]], [[MadeOfPlasticine casually thrown against the ground]], scalped by the roof of a car, and pummeled into a pile of gloop. Even his own brain killed him once, [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext just to get a little nookie.]]
38	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
39	** Team Rocket always follow Ash to get Pikachu, but their plans keep backfiring and usually cause them to blast off into the sky almost every time they appear.
40	** Ash, mainly in the early seasons, though his chew toy status came back in the Sun and Moon anime. He often suffers AmusingInjuries, some of his Pokémon (such as Charizard) won't follow his orders, and he keeps getting mocked by his rival; Gary Oak.
41	** Misty’s suffered too; Pikachu destroyed her bike in the first episode and she's been scared by various Bug-type Pokémon, a Vulpix breathed fire in her face, she got whacked by Onix's tail, had her head covered in Spinarak silk as part of a spell to give her smoother skin, and Brock hit her on the head. Twice.
42	** Clemont's inventions usually backfire on him and he keeps getting attacked by Pokémon. His younger sister also routinely embarrasses him by asking pretty girls to be his wife.
43	* Kyubey from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' gets slammed in the face harder and more epic as the series goes. In addition of being shot and gibbed by Homura Akemi, [[spoiler: he gets beaten by his own game as Madoka wishes to get rid of Witches. In Movie 3, his meddling with Madoka's happy ending gets him ''enslaved'' by Homura.]]
44	* Arguably, Ranma of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''. He gets a fair amount of ThrowTheDogABone moments, but examining his past makes one wonder just how much his family must have pissed God off to warrant the stuff he goes through. Some of it is his fault, some of it is Genma's, but a lot of it is just implausibly bad luck.
45	* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'':
46	** Hikaru serves as one being a LovableCoward SmoothTalkingTalentAgent of sorts assigned to Akira, being in a perpetual panic over the trouble he can and does cause as a PrivateMilitaryContractor with no understanding of a legal system reflecting back on her.
47	** Viola eventually serves as one via getting threats from Akira and (her supposed best friend) Carol repeatedly, as LaserGuidedKarma for her ChronicBackstabbingDisorder.
48	* Gai of ''AudioPlay/SaintBeast'' is a bit of a failure as an inventor, [[StickyFingers a thief]], and a prankster, and frequently gets ribbed over his "boorish" attitude. This is all part of his charm.
49	* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': Keroro's regular failure to complete his plans of world domination or even ''his household chores'' result in him getting grabbed by the head, smacked, punched, shoved into the wall, kicked across the room (gooooaaaall!!), and otherwise getting abused by Natsumi. {{Lampshaded}} in one 'flashback' scene where Keroro throws in a few Japanese torture sequences that never really happened...
50	* The main cast of ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' gets treated this way in some fashion, save Lina the heroine, but the worst of it is heaped onto Amelia. Compared to her other companions, whenever she has a say in something, she gets ignored, is thrown around by enemies a lot, gets pointed out for the dumbest things (the end of the first anime series had [[BigBad Copy Rezo]] point out her tendency to [[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger point at others]], just to humiliate her), tends to be dismissed when she gets hurt unless the situation is dire (no one seems to care in one episode of the second series when she takes a Brass Racket ball to the face)...even [[TheDitz idiot]] ''Gourry'', being a skilled swordsman, has an easier time than she does, save for when Lina is beating him up.
51	** Exaggerated in the ''Slayers Premium'' movie, where she spends the final third of it alone on an island, unable to speak. Zelgadis assumes she left on her own and goes his merry way when the movie ends.
52	* Kiyone from the ''Anime/TenchiUniverse'' branch of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' endures constant humiliation due to being partnered with Mihoshi, who is the personification of [[TheDitz ditz]].
53	* ''Manga/ToLoveRu''
54	** Yuuki Rito invariably ends up in so many AccidentalPervert and NotWhatItLooksLike moments that get him horribly beaten up by girls (at least in the original series, not more in the sequel). Comes with the territory of having [[strike:a [[MagicalGirlfriend Magical]]]] an [[HumanAliens Alien]] [[MagicalGirlfriend Girlfriend]].
55	** The Principal. His only role is getting beat up by the female characters when he dashes towards them.
56	** Zastin, quite frequently. Literally the first time Rito meets him, a stray dog starts gnawing the bone-like "armor" on Zastin's leg. The dog shows up, again chewing his armor, at least once more in the series.
57	* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'': Shibisu and Paracule. One because his reactions are just to funny and the other because he just has it coming.
58	* Kelly from ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' is a female version of this trope. She's not clumsy or incompetent, just ''incredibly'' unlucky. No matter how remote her vacations or how many cars she buys, they will always be ruined by the Transformers on a regular basis. To add insult to injury, it's seldom as a result of collateral damage and instead of incredible misfortune.
59	** Episode 1: Fired out of her SUV via Ejector Seat. Episode 2: Car eaten by robotic shark, etc...
60	** Sky-Byte was a villainous example, with his tendency towards panicking, and getting blown up. In one episode Megatron mistakes him for an Autobot and blows him up ''twice''.
61	* ''Literature/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'': In the AlternateTimeline ''Marie Route'' series, there's Leon's older brother Nicks who gets [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling picked on by him]], especially after Nicks is forced into a BDSM themed ArrangedMarriage.
62	* ''Manga/ValXLove'' has Yamada, a minor running character whose only role in the plot is getting hurt in the most comical way possible. Most of the time this is achieved by throwing him out of a window (or having him throw himself out of a window), but this is far from the only punishment he receives just for being too close to the main characters in a bad moment.
63	%%* ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' has Keima.
64	* In ''Manga/{{xxxHOLiC}}'', one Watanuki Kimihiro never seems to get a break. He's antagonized by monsters [[InvisibleToNormals normal people can't see]], degraded and belittled by his employer, constantly having to be rescued by his "rival" and to top it all off, he never gets the girl.
65	** It's later either {{justified\|Trope}} or made worse, depending on perspective, when it is [[TheReveal revealed]] that ''he is literally [[spoiler:not supposed to exist]]'', and he knows it. Those invisible horrors stalking him? They're only doing it due to his supernatural nature combined with ''[[spoiler:subconscious suicidal desires]]''.
66	* Generally this apply to all the ''Anime/TimeBokan'' villains with the Drombo Gang from ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}'' as major example. They are continuously victim of every type of AmusingInjuries, both from the heroes and their sadist boss.
67	* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':
68	** Katsuya Jounouchi/Joey Wheeler of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' almost constantly gets this treatment from Seto Kaiba.
69	** ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Daitokuji-sensei literally ends up as this after his death due to his cat Pharaoh often chasing him around and swallowing him.

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