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** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': Tony Stark. A great deal of the humor in the various action sequences involve him first being genuinely badass, but then casually getting the shit kicked out of him (once by an inanimate propeller) because he a) is incredibly smart-alecky and boastful, and getting smacked around stops him from coming off as annoying, and b) wears a suit of PoweredArmor, so getting the shit kicked out of him doesn't actually hurt anything but his pride all that much.
** Despite being the BigBad Loki seems to have a few spells of being one of these, especially towards the end of the film. Every Avenger gets his goat once. Even [[spoiler:Phil Coulson]] gets in a good shot. And when he [[HeelFaceTurn gets his act together]] [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar later on]], [[spoiler: he ends up being one of the first to be killed by [[BigBad Thanos]].]]
** Despite being the BigBad Loki seems to have a few spells of being one of these, especially towards the end of the film. Every Avenger gets his goat once. Even [[spoiler:Phil Coulson]] gets in a good shot. And when he [[HeelFaceTurn gets his act together]] [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar later on]], [[spoiler: he ends up being one of the first to be killed by [[BigBad Thanos]].]]
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** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': [[Characters/MCUTonyStark Tony Stark.Stark]]. A great deal of the humor in the various action sequences involve him first being genuinely badass, but then casually getting the shit kicked out of him (once by an inanimate propeller) because he a) is incredibly smart-alecky and boastful, and getting smacked around stops him from coming off as annoying, and b) wears a suit of PoweredArmor, so getting the shit kicked out of him doesn't actually hurt anything but his pride all that much.
** Despite being the BigBadLoki [[Characters/MCULokiLaufeyson Loki]] seems to have a few spells of being one of these, especially towards the end of the film. Every Avenger gets his goat once. Even [[spoiler:Phil Coulson]] gets in a good shot. And when he [[HeelFaceTurn gets his act together]] [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar later on]], [[spoiler: he ends up being one of the first to be killed by [[BigBad Thanos]].]]
** Despite being the BigBad
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** Star-Lord ended up becoming one after ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''. [[spoiler: He always had to put up with ribbing from Rocket & Drax but as time went on his team seems to think so little of him that they entertain the idea of making him knife-fight Thor for position of leader. When Rhodey and Nebula go back in time to retrieve the Power Stone they call him an idiot before sucker-punching a past version of him, knocking him out cold. After losing his girlfriend Gamora and then his life in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' he's brought back in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' only to almost die again fighting Thanos' Sakaarans before being immediately [[GroinAttack kneed in the groin twice]] by a past version of his girlfriend who wants nothing to do with him.]]
** Wanda is perhaps the biggest example. The poor woman lose her parents, her brother Pietro, her lover Vision (''three'' times, and from her perspective all three in the span of a month) and her kids. Then, a dark magical book show up and erased what's left of her sanity.
** Wanda is perhaps the biggest example. The poor woman lose her parents, her brother Pietro, her lover Vision (''three'' times, and from her perspective all three in the span of a month) and her kids. Then, a dark magical book show up and erased what's left of her sanity.
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** Star-Lord [[Characters/MCUPeterQuill Star-Lord]] ended up becoming one after ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''. [[spoiler: He always had to put up with ribbing from Rocket & Drax but as time went on his team seems to think so little of him that they entertain the idea of making him knife-fight Thor for position of leader. When Rhodey and Nebula go back in time to retrieve the Power Stone they call him an idiot before sucker-punching a past version of him, knocking him out cold. After losing his girlfriend Gamora and then his life in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' he's brought back in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' only to almost die again fighting Thanos' Sakaarans before being immediately [[GroinAttack kneed in the groin twice]] by a past version of his girlfriend who wants nothing to do with him.]]
** [[Characters/MCUWandaMaximoff Wanda Maximoff]] is perhaps the biggest example. The poor woman lose her parents, her brother Pietro, her lover Vision (''three'' times, and from her perspective all three in the span of a month) and her kids. Then, a dark magical book show up and erased what's left of her sanity.
** [[Characters/MCUWandaMaximoff Wanda Maximoff]] is perhaps the biggest example. The poor woman lose her parents, her brother Pietro, her lover Vision (''three'' times, and from her perspective all three in the span of a month) and her kids. Then, a dark magical book show up and erased what's left of her sanity.
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* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'' makes [[Series/IronFist2017 Danny Rand]] the Butt Monkey of the group. His naive and pompous demeanor and fantastical backstory to how he got his powers causes everyone to shit on him at every turn. Even Stick, the last of the Chaste who are supposed to defend him, calls him a "thundering dumbass".
** The Creator/{{Netflix}} [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] shows as a whole have Turk Barrett. Virtually every scene he shows up in, no matter the show, involves him getting his ass kicked.
** The Creator/{{Netflix}} [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] shows as a whole have Turk Barrett. Virtually every scene he shows up in, no matter the show, involves him getting his ass kicked.
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* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'' makes [[Series/IronFist2017 [[Characters/MCUDannyRand Danny Rand]] from Series/IronFist2017 is the Butt Monkey of the group. His naive and pompous demeanor and fantastical backstory to how he got his powers causes everyone to shit on him at every turn. Even Stick, the last of the Chaste who are supposed to defend him, calls him a "thundering dumbass".
** The Creator/{{Netflix}}[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] MCU shows as a whole have Turk Barrett. Virtually every scene he shows up in, no matter the show, involves him getting his ass kicked.kicked.
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** Wanda is perhaps the biggest example. The poor woman lose her parents, her brother Pietro, her lover Vision (''three'' times, and from her perspective all three in the span of a month) and her kids. Then, a dark magical book show up and erased what's left of her sanity.
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** ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} and Franchise/SpiderMan had a "[[YourMom Yo Momma]]" battle and guess who was the punchline of the joke?
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** ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} and Franchise/SpiderMan ComicBook/SpiderMan had a "[[YourMom Yo Momma]]" battle and guess who was the punchline of the joke?
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* Some writers seem to think that the biggest appeal of ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' is that things constantly go wrong for him. As a result, we get countless stories of Peter suffering humiliation, lack of money, sickly aunt, girl trouble and just all around unpleasantness, to the point that reading the stories can actually get a little depressing. Note that after John Romita Sr started working on the title with Creator/StanLee, the book became much LighterAndSofter than it had been recently, a move which led most fans to label it as the golden age of Spider-Man.
** Originally, Peter Parker and Scott Summers of the ComicBook/XMen had something in common, their characters were supposed to be guys who things often tended go wrong for, but not ''just for the sake of that'', and they were impressive, each in his own way, in how they dealt with it. But too many writers just can't grasp the difference between that and 'kick them harder!'
** Originally, Peter Parker and Scott Summers of the ComicBook/XMen had something in common, their characters were supposed to be guys who things often tended go wrong for, but not ''just for the sake of that'', and they were impressive, each in his own way, in how they dealt with it. But too many writers just can't grasp the difference between that and 'kick them harder!'
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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Some writers seem to think that the biggest appeal of ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' Spider-Man is that things constantly go wrong for him. As a result, we get countless stories of Peter suffering humiliation, lack of money, sickly aunt, girl trouble trouble, and just all around unpleasantness, to the point that reading the stories can actually get a little depressing. Note that after John Romita Sr Sr. started working on the title with Creator/StanLee, the book became much LighterAndSofter than it had been recently, a move which led most fans to label it as the golden age of Spider-Man.
** Originally, Peter Parker and Scott Summers of the ComicBook/XMen had something in common, their characters were supposed to be guyswho whom things often tended to go wrong for, but not ''just for the sake of that'', and they were impressive, each in his own way, in how they dealt with it. But too many writers just can't grasp the difference between that and 'kick them harder!'
** Originally, Peter Parker and Scott Summers of the ComicBook/XMen had something in common, their characters were supposed to be guys
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** In the ComicBook/MarvelNow Amazing Spider-Man, it hasn't even been ''ten minutes'' since being Spider-Man again before he has his suit unravel by a villan's power, and having him nude except for his mask being posted all over the internet. [[HesBack This convinces '''everyone''' that the real Spider-Man is back.]]
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** In the ComicBook/MarvelNow Amazing Spider-Man, ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManDanSlott'' #1, it hasn't even been ''ten minutes'' since being Spider-Man again before he has his suit unravel unraveled by a villan's villain's power, and having him nude except for his mask being posted all over the internet. [[HesBack This convinces '''everyone''' that the real Spider-Man is back.]]
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* After the controversial ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' storyline in Marvel Comics, several heroes who were on the side of registering metahumans were very unpopular among the fans and turned into Butt Monkeys. Tony Stark, leader of the pro-regs, spent every guest appearance for a month or two afterwards being yelled at and slapped around by other heroes, including getting [[NoHoldsBarredBeatDown beaten up]] by THOR; he was also sued (successfully) by She-Hulk (clearly, lying to someone about her cousin so she'd sleep with him and then arresting her is ''not'' a good idea, especially when said person is a lawyer). Tigra, who spied on the anti-regs while being pro-reg the entire time, was shot and beaten by the Hood while barely putting up a fight, constantly screaming "AIIEE", and being videotaped. She also joined [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Stature]] in being kidnapped by Puppet Master, almost sold into slavery, and being forced to fight her rescuer, Ms. Marvel (and losing). Interestingly, she also has a relationship with Hank Pym around this time.
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* After the controversial ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' storyline in Marvel Comics, several heroes who were on the side of registering metahumans were very unpopular among the fans and turned into Butt Monkeys. Tony Stark, leader of the pro-regs, spent every guest appearance for a month or two afterwards being yelled at and slapped around by other heroes, including getting [[NoHoldsBarredBeatDown beaten up]] by THOR; ''Thor''[[labelnote:context]]Thor was dead during Civil War and Tony had him cloned to serve him, causing the death of Goliath.[[/labelnote]]; he was also sued (successfully) by She-Hulk (clearly, lying to someone about her cousin so she'd sleep with him and then arresting her is ''not'' a good idea, especially when said person is a lawyer). Tigra, who spied on the anti-regs while being pro-reg the entire time, was shot and beaten by the Hood while barely putting up a fight, constantly screaming "AIIEE", and being videotaped. She also joined [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Stature]] in being kidnapped by Puppet Master, almost sold into slavery, and being forced to fight her rescuer, Ms. Marvel (and losing). Interestingly, she also has a relationship with Hank Pym around this time.
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* After the controversial ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' storyline in Marvel Comics, several heroes who were on the side of registering metahumans were very unpopular among the fans and turned into Butt Monkeys. Tony Stark, leader of the pro-regs, spent every guest appearance for a month or two afterwards being yelled at and slapped around by other heroes, including getting [[NoHoldsBarredBeatDown beaten up]] by THOR; he was also sued (successfully) by She-Hulk (clearly, lying to someone about her cousin so she'd sleep with him and then arresting her is ''not'' a good idea, especially when said person is a lawyer). Tigra, who spied on the anti-regs while being pro-reg the entire time, was shot and beaten by the Hood while barely putting up a fight, constantly screaming "AIIEE", and being videotaped. She also joined [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Stature]] in being kidnapped by Puppet Master, almost sold into slavery, and being forced to fight her rescuer, Ms. Marvel (and losing). Interestingly, she also has a relationship with Hank Pym around this time.
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* After the controversial ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' storyline in Marvel Comics, several heroes who were on the side of registering metahumans were very unpopular among the fans and turned into Butt Monkeys. Tony Stark, leader of the pro-regs, spent every guest appearance for a month or two afterwards being yelled at and slapped around by other heroes, including getting [[NoHoldsBarredBeatDown beaten up]] by THOR; he was also sued (successfully) by She-Hulk (clearly, lying to someone about her cousin so she'd sleep with him and then arresting her is ''not'' a good idea, especially when said person is a lawyer). Tigra, who spied on the anti-regs while being pro-reg the entire time, was shot and beaten by the Hood while barely putting up a fight, constantly screaming "AIIEE", and being videotaped. She also joined [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Stature]] in being kidnapped by Puppet Master, almost sold into slavery, and being forced to fight her rescuer, Ms. Marvel (and losing). Interestingly, she also has a relationship with Hank Pym around this time.
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* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' has Fitz, at least early in the series. In addition to the RunningGag that has him getting knocked out all the time, he's almost always the one who's held hostage, trapped (unarmed) in the middle of a siege, inadvertently helping out the VillainOfTheWeek, or some combination of all the above. Added to that is the fact that seemingly nearly every guy they meet feels compelled to hit on his LoveInterest (who is herself ObliviousToLove, while he simply CannotSpitItOut). Whether all this is played for laughs or drama generally depends on the overall tone of the episode. In the DarkerAndEdgier second season this is taken UpToEleven and exclusively played for drama with [[spoiler:his brain damage leaving him TongueTied.]] It's finally averted starting with Season 3, by which point Fitz has [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in badass]], is more forward in his relationship with Simmons, and is overall a tougher character.
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* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' has Fitz, at least early in the series. In addition to the RunningGag that has him getting knocked out all the time, he's almost always the one who's held hostage, trapped (unarmed) in the middle of a siege, inadvertently helping out the VillainOfTheWeek, or some combination of all the above. Added to that is the fact that seemingly nearly every guy they meet feels compelled to hit on his LoveInterest (who is herself ObliviousToLove, while he simply CannotSpitItOut). Whether all this is played for laughs or drama generally depends on the overall tone of the episode. In the DarkerAndEdgier second season this is taken UpToEleven and exclusively played for drama with [[spoiler:his brain damage leaving him TongueTied.]] It's finally averted starting with Season 3, by which point Fitz has [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in badass]], is more forward in his relationship with Simmons, and is overall a tougher character.
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** Trapster, favored punchline of heroes (especially Spider-Man), despite being reasonably dangerous with his glue-based weaponry. He simply [[NeverLiveItDown can't live down]] his initial moniker of "Paste-Pot Pete" (or the costume he wore with it). Just [[BerserkButton calling him "Pete"]] usually puts the fight half in the bag.
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** Trapster, favored punchline of heroes (especially Spider-Man), despite being reasonably dangerous with his glue-based weaponry. He simply [[NeverLiveItDown can't live down]] his initial moniker of [[AtrociousAlias "Paste-Pot Pete" Pete"]] (or the costume he wore with it). Just [[BerserkButton calling him "Pete"]] usually puts the fight half in the bag.
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* The aforementioned Stature really deserves her own bullet. Her former team, the ComicBook/YoungAvengers, were anti-reg and the others stayed anti-reg after she left. It's possible that the popularity of other members over her and the former cohesiveness of the team made her betrayal seem particularly outrageous, which would explain her treatment in the later comics. Stature was kidnapped by Puppet Master, almost sold into slavery and had to fight Ms. Marvel. During this fight, she had a [[CarFu car hit her in the face]]. She joined a superhero boot camp some unspecified time after Civil War. Other instructors included former supervillains, including Taskmaster, who had fought Stature's superhero dad (Ant Man). New Ant Man [[JerkAss Eric O'Grady]] mocked the former Ant Man to ingratiate himself with Taskmaster. Stature promptly [[WhosLaughingNow tried to kill him]], only for O'Grady to grow to giant size and smack her with a bus. They both were taken down by Taskmaster without Stature hitting O'Grady once. Later at the camp, a clone gone wrong combined with an alien weapon ran around maiming and beating trainees, including her. When she was eventually sent home, she had a screaming fight with her mother and stepfather and accidentally crippled her stepfather during a fight with a supervillain. Just prior to the ''Siege'' crossover, she discovered that her teammate Scarlet Witch was really Loki in disguise, but was unable to reveal this potentially life-saving information to her teammates because of a magical mental gag that was placed on her. And then after the Avengers reformed, she tried out to become the nanny of ComicBook/LukeCage and ComicBook/JessicaJones' baby, and was even denied that. The only good things were off-screen reconciliations with the other Young Avengers and some EpiphanyTherapy. Keep in mind that the last time we were updated on her age, ''she wasn't even fifteen''.
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* The aforementioned Stature really deserves her own bullet. Her former team, the ComicBook/YoungAvengers, were anti-reg and the others stayed anti-reg after she left. It's possible that the popularity of other members over her and the former cohesiveness of the team made her betrayal seem particularly outrageous, which would explain her treatment in the later comics. Stature was kidnapped by Puppet Master, almost sold into slavery and had to fight Ms. Marvel. During this fight, she had a [[CarFu car hit her in the face]]. She joined a superhero boot camp some unspecified time after Civil War. Other instructors included former supervillains, including Taskmaster, who had fought Stature's superhero dad (Ant Man). (Ant-Man). New Ant Man Ant-Man [[JerkAss Eric O'Grady]] mocked the former Ant Man to ingratiate himself with Taskmaster. Stature promptly [[WhosLaughingNow tried to kill him]], only for O'Grady to grow to giant size and smack her with a bus. They both were taken down by Taskmaster without Stature hitting O'Grady once. Later at the camp, a clone gone wrong combined with an alien weapon ran around maiming and beating trainees, including her. When she was eventually sent home, she had a screaming fight with her mother and stepfather and accidentally crippled her stepfather during a fight with a supervillain. Just prior to the ''Siege'' crossover, she discovered that her teammate Scarlet Witch was really Loki in disguise, but was unable to reveal this potentially life-saving information to her teammates because of a magical mental gag that was placed on her. And then after the Avengers reformed, she tried out to become the nanny of ComicBook/LukeCage and ComicBook/JessicaJones' baby, and was even denied that. The only good things were off-screen reconciliations with the other Young Avengers and some EpiphanyTherapy. Keep in mind that the last time we were updated on her age, ''she wasn't even fifteen''.
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** J. Jonah Jameson, the Shocker, the Jason Macendale Hobgoblin, and others have all shared this role at different times over the years. Jason Macendale had it worse as it seemed he couldn't do anything right, up to getting a power boost from a demon. He was ultimately put down by the Roderick Kingsley Hobgoblin, tired of his failures.
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** J. Jonah Jameson, the Shocker, the Jason Macendale Hobgoblin, and others have all shared this role at different times over the years. Jason Macendale had it worse as it seemed he couldn't do anything right, up to getting a power boost from a demon. He was ultimately put down by the Roderick Kingsley Hobgoblin, tired of his failures.who thought Jason was an embarrassment to the moniker.
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** Though after she returned to the Young Avengers full time, things did finally start picking up for her. The biggest win for her? During the ''Children's Crusade'', she was able to reunite with her dead father after he was resurrected by the real Scarlet Witch. And then she died.
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** Though after she returned to the Young Avengers full time, things did finally start picking up for her. The biggest win for her? During the ''Children's Crusade'', she was able to reunite with her dead father after he was resurrected by the real Scarlet Witch. And then she died.died.
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* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': Tony Stark. A great deal of the humor in the various action sequences involve him first being genuinely badass, but then casually getting the shit kicked out of him (once by an inanimate propeller) because he a) is incredibly smart-alecky and boastful, and getting smacked around stops him from coming off as annoying, and b) wears a suit of PoweredArmor, so getting the shit kicked out of him doesn't actually hurt anything but his pride all that much.
** Despite being the BigBad Loki seems to have a few spells of being one of these, especially towards the end of the film. Every Avenger gets his goat once. Even [[spoiler:Phil Coulson]] gets in a good shot. And when he [[HeelFaceTurn gets his act together]] [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar later on]], [[spoiler: he ends up being one of the first to be killed by [[BigBad Thanos]].]]
** ''Film/IronMan1'': "Dummy", the robotic arm that Tony regularly calls useless and threatens to donate to a city college.
** ''Film/IronMan2'': Poor Happy Hogan. If only he was in ''Film/DieHard'' rather than a superhero movie....
** ''Film/IronMan3'': Has the [[InstantArmor Mark XLII armor]], which, because of its many technical difficulties (such as its tendencies to delay Tony's TransformationSequence and to get hit by things and fall apart), comes off as a strange kind of comic relief character.
** Star-Lord ended up becoming one after ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''. [[spoiler: He always had to put up with ribbing from Rocket & Drax but as time went on his team seems to think so little of him that they entertain the idea of making him knife-fight Thor for position of leader. When Rhodey and Nebula go back in time to retrieve the Power Stone they call him an idiot before sucker-punching a past version of him, knocking him out cold. After losing his girlfriend Gamora and then his life in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' he's brought back in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' only to almost die again fighting Thanos' Sakaarans before being immediately [[GroinAttack kneed in the groin twice]] by a past version of his girlfriend who wants nothing to do with him.]]
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
** After his initial appearance in ''Film/XMen1'', things go downhill for Senator Kelly. [[spoiler:Kidnapping, being transformed into what he hates, dropped into the ocean and finally a painful death.]]
** The Man in Black from ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. Mocked by his colleagues, lightly manipulated by the mutants and eventually [[spoiler:murdered by Azazel.]]
** Despite his prominence in the overarching franchise (and his role as TheDragon to Trask), William Stryker suffers the most injuries and beatdowns out of anyone in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', including being blasted by Havok in the opening scene, being tasered after Mystique's failed assassination of Trask, and being beaten again when Nixon and his team discover Mystique is in the room with them. It's really no wonder he seems to hate mutants so much later on, when he spends all of his screen time in this one getting his ass beaten by them.
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* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' has Fitz, at least early in the series. In addition to the RunningGag that has him getting knocked out all the time, he's almost always the one who's held hostage, trapped (unarmed) in the middle of a siege, inadvertently helping out the VillainOfTheWeek, or some combination of all the above. Added to that is the fact that seemingly nearly every guy they meet feels compelled to hit on his LoveInterest (who is herself ObliviousToLove, while he simply CannotSpitItOut). Whether all this is played for laughs or drama generally depends on the overall tone of the episode. In the DarkerAndEdgier second season this is taken UpToEleven and exclusively played for drama with [[spoiler:his brain damage leaving him TongueTied.]] It's finally averted starting with Season 3, by which point Fitz has [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in badass]], is more forward in his relationship with Simmons, and is overall a tougher character.
* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'' makes [[Series/IronFist2017 Danny Rand]] the Butt Monkey of the group. His naive and pompous demeanor and fantastical backstory to how he got his powers causes everyone to shit on him at every turn. Even Stick, the last of the Chaste who are supposed to defend him, calls him a "thundering dumbass".
** The Creator/{{Netflix}} [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] shows as a whole have Turk Barrett. Virtually every scene he shows up in, no matter the show, involves him getting his ass kicked.
!!Films
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': Tony Stark. A great deal of the humor in the various action sequences involve him first being genuinely badass, but then casually getting the shit kicked out of him (once by an inanimate propeller) because he a) is incredibly smart-alecky and boastful, and getting smacked around stops him from coming off as annoying, and b) wears a suit of PoweredArmor, so getting the shit kicked out of him doesn't actually hurt anything but his pride all that much.
** Despite being the BigBad Loki seems to have a few spells of being one of these, especially towards the end of the film. Every Avenger gets his goat once. Even [[spoiler:Phil Coulson]] gets in a good shot. And when he [[HeelFaceTurn gets his act together]] [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar later on]], [[spoiler: he ends up being one of the first to be killed by [[BigBad Thanos]].]]
** ''Film/IronMan1'': "Dummy", the robotic arm that Tony regularly calls useless and threatens to donate to a city college.
** ''Film/IronMan2'': Poor Happy Hogan. If only he was in ''Film/DieHard'' rather than a superhero movie....
** ''Film/IronMan3'': Has the [[InstantArmor Mark XLII armor]], which, because of its many technical difficulties (such as its tendencies to delay Tony's TransformationSequence and to get hit by things and fall apart), comes off as a strange kind of comic relief character.
** Star-Lord ended up becoming one after ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''. [[spoiler: He always had to put up with ribbing from Rocket & Drax but as time went on his team seems to think so little of him that they entertain the idea of making him knife-fight Thor for position of leader. When Rhodey and Nebula go back in time to retrieve the Power Stone they call him an idiot before sucker-punching a past version of him, knocking him out cold. After losing his girlfriend Gamora and then his life in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' he's brought back in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' only to almost die again fighting Thanos' Sakaarans before being immediately [[GroinAttack kneed in the groin twice]] by a past version of his girlfriend who wants nothing to do with him.]]
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
** After his initial appearance in ''Film/XMen1'', things go downhill for Senator Kelly. [[spoiler:Kidnapping, being transformed into what he hates, dropped into the ocean and finally a painful death.]]
** The Man in Black from ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. Mocked by his colleagues, lightly manipulated by the mutants and eventually [[spoiler:murdered by Azazel.]]
** Despite his prominence in the overarching franchise (and his role as TheDragon to Trask), William Stryker suffers the most injuries and beatdowns out of anyone in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', including being blasted by Havok in the opening scene, being tasered after Mystique's failed assassination of Trask, and being beaten again when Nixon and his team discover Mystique is in the room with them. It's really no wonder he seems to hate mutants so much later on, when he spends all of his screen time in this one getting his ass beaten by them.
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* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' has Fitz, at least early in the series. In addition to the RunningGag that has him getting knocked out all the time, he's almost always the one who's held hostage, trapped (unarmed) in the middle of a siege, inadvertently helping out the VillainOfTheWeek, or some combination of all the above. Added to that is the fact that seemingly nearly every guy they meet feels compelled to hit on his LoveInterest (who is herself ObliviousToLove, while he simply CannotSpitItOut). Whether all this is played for laughs or drama generally depends on the overall tone of the episode. In the DarkerAndEdgier second season this is taken UpToEleven and exclusively played for drama with [[spoiler:his brain damage leaving him TongueTied.]] It's finally averted starting with Season 3, by which point Fitz has [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in badass]], is more forward in his relationship with Simmons, and is overall a tougher character.
* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'' makes [[Series/IronFist2017 Danny Rand]] the Butt Monkey of the group. His naive and pompous demeanor and fantastical backstory to how he got his powers causes everyone to shit on him at every turn. Even Stick, the last of the Chaste who are supposed to defend him, calls him a "thundering dumbass".
** The Creator/{{Netflix}} [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] shows as a whole have Turk Barrett. Virtually every scene he shows up in, no matter the show, involves him getting his ass kicked.
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* The aforementioned Stature really deserves her own bullet. Her former team, the ComicBook/YoungAvengers, were anti-reg and the others stayed anti-reg after she left. It's possible that the popularity of other members over her and the former cohesiveness of the team made her betrayal seem particularly outrageous, which would explain her treatment in the later comics. Stature was kidnapped by Puppet Master, almost sold into slavery and had to fight Ms. Marvel. During this fight, she had a [[CarFu car hit her in the face]]. She joined a superhero boot camp some unspecified time after Civil War. Other instructors included former supervillains, including Taskmaster, who had fought Stature's superhero dad (Ant Man). New Ant Man [[JerkAss Eric O'Grady]] mocked the former Ant Man to ingratiate himself with Taskmaster. Stature promptly [[WhosLaughingNow tried to kill him]], only for O'Grady to grow to giant size and smack her with a bus. They both were taken down by Taskmaster without Stature hitting O'Grady once. Later at the camp, a clone gone wrong combined with an alien weapon ran around maiming and beating trainees, including her. When she was eventually sent home, she had a screaming fight with her mother and stepfather and accidentally crippled her stepfather during a fight with a supervillain. Just prior to the ''Siege'' crossover, she discovered that her teammate Scarlet Witch was really Loki in disguise, but was unable to reveal this potentially life-saving information to her teammates because of a magical mental gag that was placed on her. And then after the Avengers reformed, she tried out to become the nanny of [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]] and ComicBook/JessicaJones' baby, and was even denied that. The only good things were off-screen reconciliations with the other Young Avengers and some EpiphanyTherapy. Keep in mind that the last time we were updated on her age, ''she wasn't even fifteen''.
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* The aforementioned Stature really deserves her own bullet. Her former team, the ComicBook/YoungAvengers, were anti-reg and the others stayed anti-reg after she left. It's possible that the popularity of other members over her and the former cohesiveness of the team made her betrayal seem particularly outrageous, which would explain her treatment in the later comics. Stature was kidnapped by Puppet Master, almost sold into slavery and had to fight Ms. Marvel. During this fight, she had a [[CarFu car hit her in the face]]. She joined a superhero boot camp some unspecified time after Civil War. Other instructors included former supervillains, including Taskmaster, who had fought Stature's superhero dad (Ant Man). New Ant Man [[JerkAss Eric O'Grady]] mocked the former Ant Man to ingratiate himself with Taskmaster. Stature promptly [[WhosLaughingNow tried to kill him]], only for O'Grady to grow to giant size and smack her with a bus. They both were taken down by Taskmaster without Stature hitting O'Grady once. Later at the camp, a clone gone wrong combined with an alien weapon ran around maiming and beating trainees, including her. When she was eventually sent home, she had a screaming fight with her mother and stepfather and accidentally crippled her stepfather during a fight with a supervillain. Just prior to the ''Siege'' crossover, she discovered that her teammate Scarlet Witch was really Loki in disguise, but was unable to reveal this potentially life-saving information to her teammates because of a magical mental gag that was placed on her. And then after the Avengers reformed, she tried out to become the nanny of [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]] ComicBook/LukeCage and ComicBook/JessicaJones' baby, and was even denied that. The only good things were off-screen reconciliations with the other Young Avengers and some EpiphanyTherapy. Keep in mind that the last time we were updated on her age, ''she wasn't even fifteen''.
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** This seems to apply to anyone who takes on the Spider mantle. [[ComicBook/SpiderGwen Gwen Stacy]] has it even rougher in the alternate reality where she's bitten by the radioactive spider rather than Peter Parker. Her life is so bad that she has to travel to an alternate universe to improve her situation.
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!!Franchise/MarvelUniverse
* [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] is the Butt Monkey for the Marvel superheroic community. In ''multiple'' universes. And it's carried over into the animated adaptations too, thanks to ''WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers''.
** In the Ultimate comics, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica gave him a serious beatdown for beating up his wife. Just an example.
** This has gotten kind of ridiculous in recent years, perhaps epitomized by this quote from ''Mighty Avengers'' #23 (to give it a certain amount of context, Iron Man has showed up and told Hank he's going to now lead Hank's newly assembled team):
--->'''Hank Pym:''' ''You'' can take over from here? ''You''? Tony Stark? Mister Fought-against-Cap-in-the-civil-war, shot-Hulk-into-space-and-caused-World-War-Hulk, gave-the-Skrulls-everything-they-needed-to-invade-Earth. ''You're'' taking over? Come on, give me ''one'' good reason why--\\
'''ComicBook/IronMan:''' Three words. You're. Hank. Pym.
** Speaking of that, during the Skrull's infiltration, one Skrull impersonated Pym. Then he complained to the Queen why Pym got no respect, because by impersonating Pym, he's got the butt-end of jokes by many heroes. The Queen's response? "Nobody cares about Pym/Ant Man"
** Pym ''does'' have his moments of awesome. For example, the efforts he went to in redeeming himself after his period of psychosis that brought about the original Yellowjacket identity, and his current run with the Mighty Avengers. However, these come so few and far between that it's like every "badass" period is just set up as another grace for him to fall from.
*** [[http://media.comics.ign.com/articles/106/1061476/img_7463859.html Like this cover image of the final issue of Mighty Avengers, for example.]]
*** Dan Slott claimed in interviews that he was going to redeem Pym as a character, after he'd been handed ButtMonkey status for so long. Since that interview, the comic's taken a huge swerve where we've seen Pym reduced to an obsessive, useless jackass, whose only good work was adaptations of other people's discoveries, and who has apparently been using a sentient gynoid he previously treated as a friend/daughter as a stand-in for his ex while not telling her he was trying to revive said ex using all of the apparent upgrades he'd given her. And as of the latest issues, the team has fallen apart under the opinion that he's lost his goddamn mind, and Ultron and even the infamous slap have been brought back yet again as further proof of his failures. What was that about redeeming the character, again?
*** His ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' counterpart was fairly respected amongst his comrades.
** Hank Pym's ButtMonkey status was cemented when he met Eternity, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of everything. The first thing Eternity does after saying "Hi!" is punch Hank in the gut. That's right: the universe itself is literally hostile to Hank Pym.
** ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} and Franchise/SpiderMan had a "[[YourMom Yo Momma]]" battle and guess who was the punchline of the joke?
--->'''Deadpool:''' Your mother's so fat, Hank Pym had to beat her up in the back of a Quinn Jet.
** In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, Hank and ComicBook/TheWasp were the only founding Avengers not featured in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' movie, and it's been confirmed that the upcoming ''Film/AntMan1'' movie is not about Hank, but instead features Scott Lang as the lead. That being said, it's {{Subverted}} this time around, as Hank is portrayed as a CoolOldGuy EccentricMentor to Scott.
* After the controversial ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' storyline in Marvel Comics, several heroes who were on the side of registering metahumans were very unpopular among the fans and turned into Butt Monkeys. Tony Stark, leader of the pro-regs, spent every guest appearance for a month or two afterwards being yelled at and slapped around by other heroes, including getting [[NoHoldsBarredBeatDown beaten up]] by THOR; he was also sued (successfully) by She-Hulk (clearly, lying to someone about her cousin so she'd sleep with him and then arresting her is ''not'' a good idea, especially when said person is a lawyer). Tigra, who spied on the anti-regs while being pro-reg the entire time, was shot and beaten by the Hood while barely putting up a fight, constantly screaming "AIIEE", and being videotaped. She also joined [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Stature]] in being kidnapped by Puppet Master, almost sold into slavery, and being forced to fight her rescuer, Ms. Marvel (and losing). Interestingly, she also has a relationship with Hank Pym around this time.
* Weasel, Bob Agent of Hydra.... Any of ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s side-kicks really.
** With the possible exception of [[CoolOldLady Blind Al]], who dished it out as much as she took it.
*** [[WordOfGod The writers after Joe Kelly]] have all claimed that Blind Al was removed from the series, and won't be a fixture again, because of just how much she stole the show.
** Tryco Slatterus (a.k.a The Champion) in ''Deadpool Corps'' is also one. Considering he's always humiliated at the end of each issue he appears in.
** Deadpool himself is one too. Everyone hates him, He has awful luck with women and is subjected to all sorts of Slapstick.Oh and also , ya know being [[BlessedWithSuck living Stage 4]] and all.
*** However, Deadpool's status as a ButtMonkey is mainly his own doing, due to being scatterbrained, having a serious case of ADD, and pretty much refusing to take ''almost'' anything seriously. That being said, he's also been shown to be one of the most capable and deadliest mercenaries in the Marvel University when he sets aside the BS and gets right down to getting the job done. Whether or not his schtick is an act or not is hotly debated. The current consensus is that it's ''not'' a act, but when he switches it for LetsGetDangerous you'd better hope you're not his target. While many other characters regard him as a joke, those who know better understand how dangerous he is and ''don't'' make the mistake of dismissing or underestimating him.
* What's the most thankless job at Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}'s biggest newspaper, the ''Daily Bugle'', the guy who has the biggest reason to shout DudeWheresMyRespect? The guy who writes obituaries! Seriously! His name is Dilbert Trilby, and in ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' #1 after ComicBook/DoctorOctopus was killed (and subsequently resurrected by the Hand) he had a meltdown that you just ''have'' to sympathize with at the prospect of having to retract an obituary of the villain that he claimed was Pulitzer material, ranting in despair to Ben Ulrich how he has files full of past ones he had written on guys like ComicBook/SpiderMan, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], and the ComicBook/FantasticFour. ("Don't even get me started on the ComicBook/XMen!" he moans). all of which he painstakingly worked on after researching the lives of the subjects, only to have to retract them. In a universe where DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist, someone like him just can't catch a break.
* Speedball of ComicBook/NewWarriors is a bit of a writers' punching bag simply for his ridiculous power. He's often referenced, at least in the Ultimate line of comics, where he doesn't even EXIST. And even though he temporarily became Penance, his angst was still treated as a joke in some appearances.
* Hellion of the ''Comicbook/{{New X Men|AcademyX}}''. His parents disinherit him for an incident which he didn't even start (and [[TheUnfavorite generally had a low opinion of him]] even ''before'' he manifested his powers). He loses his girlfriend shortly after M-Day (his own fault), and many of his friends are killed during Stryker's attacks, including one of his best friends and teammate. He does the right thing when Emma Frost tries to rig a contest to take out Comicbook/{{X 23}}, and just gets punished for his trouble. He's been gutted by Deathstrike, the Leper Queen turned him into a walking bomb with the Legacy Virus, Nimrods destroyed his hands (which have somehow never been healed despite the presence of powerful mutant healers like Elixir and Triage) while helping defend San Francisco from Bastion. He's punished for doing the only thing he could to stop Karima — ''at her own request no less'' — and treated like a monster by ''every'' senior X-Man despite them ''all'' having done far, ''far'' worse. Then his ''second'' girlfriend rebuffs him when he reaches out to her for help coping with what he's going through, and she coldly ''lies to his face'' about not caring about him anymore to break it off. ''Then'' he gets dumped into Spidey's remedial class because he's viewed as untrustworthy and likely to undergo a FaceHeelTurn. Most recently, he's revealed as one of the mutants who has somehow been overlooked by [[Comicbook/ExtraordinaryXMen Storm and her team sheltering in Limbo]], infected with the M-Pox, and nearly gets himself killed when he decides to [[TakingYouWithMe single-handedly attack Attilan]] reasoning he's dying anyway (fortunately Synapse manages to shut down his powers and saves his life). Pretty much any time he turns up, you can pretty much expect ''something'' bad to happen to him.
** For that matter, the New X-Men. Almost their entire generation was wiped out during the Decimation. Forty of their depowered number were murdered in a [[BusCrash bus bomb]] set by the Purifiers, while others were killed when Stryker attacked the Xavier school in the chaos afterwards. Despite their frequently {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d combat experience, they're ''still'' often treated as raw newbies by the experienced X-Men. If they're even remembered ''at all''. These days they rarely even appear as wallpaper despite their immense popularity, and when they ''are'' brought out of the background, it's usually to kill one of them off for shock value (usually Elixir, who, thanks to his powers, has suffered this ''several'' times!).
---> '''Surge:''' There's nothing you can teach us, "Prof".... We already know how to die.
* Detective Soap from the Garth Ennis era of ''ComicBook/ThePunisher''. Just a few of many examples; Assigned to a joke squad to catch the Punisher after the brass is blackmailed. Sleeps with a convict and his own mother, both of which could have been avoided if the one person he thought was his friend said anything. Intimidated by the Punisher into feeding him info on crooks to kill. Regularly gets splashed in bodily fluids. Gets blackmailed himself, left and right. His love interest turns out to be gay. As a CHILD... dropped on his head as a baby, avoided rape because the pastor thought he was ugly... In the end, though, he gets his just rewards. It [[spoiler:turns out he has a huge penis and is now a porn star.]].
* Some writers seem to think that the biggest appeal of ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' is that things constantly go wrong for him. As a result, we get countless stories of Peter suffering humiliation, lack of money, sickly aunt, girl trouble and just all around unpleasantness, to the point that reading the stories can actually get a little depressing. Note that after John Romita Sr started working on the title with Creator/StanLee, the book became much LighterAndSofter than it had been recently, a move which led most fans to label it as the golden age of Spider-Man.
** Originally, Peter Parker and Scott Summers of the ComicBook/XMen had something in common, their characters were supposed to be guys who things often tended go wrong for, but not ''just for the sake of that'', and they were impressive, each in his own way, in how they dealt with it. But too many writers just can't grasp the difference between that and 'kick them harder!'
** J. Jonah Jameson, the Shocker, the Jason Macendale Hobgoblin, and others have all shared this role at different times over the years. Jason Macendale had it worse as it seemed he couldn't do anything right, up to getting a power boost from a demon. He was ultimately put down by the Roderick Kingsley Hobgoblin, tired of his failures.
** In the ComicBook/MarvelNow Amazing Spider-Man, it hasn't even been ''ten minutes'' since being Spider-Man again before he has his suit unravel by a villan's power, and having him nude except for his mask being posted all over the internet. [[HesBack This convinces '''everyone''' that the real Spider-Man is back.]]
* This applies to various villain:
** Trapster, favored punchline of heroes (especially Spider-Man), despite being reasonably dangerous with his glue-based weaponry. He simply [[NeverLiveItDown can't live down]] his initial moniker of "Paste-Pot Pete" (or the costume he wore with it). Just [[BerserkButton calling him "Pete"]] usually puts the fight half in the bag.
** The Ringmaster flirts with this status as well; he was once beaten by ''Comicbook/HowardTheDuck''.
** The Wrecking Crew are the universe's punching bag, despite being super strong with reasonably threatening powers, they exist solely to be beaten up by every hero they are up against.
* The aforementioned Stature really deserves her own bullet. Her former team, the ComicBook/YoungAvengers, were anti-reg and the others stayed anti-reg after she left. It's possible that the popularity of other members over her and the former cohesiveness of the team made her betrayal seem particularly outrageous, which would explain her treatment in the later comics. Stature was kidnapped by Puppet Master, almost sold into slavery and had to fight Ms. Marvel. During this fight, she had a [[CarFu car hit her in the face]]. She joined a superhero boot camp some unspecified time after Civil War. Other instructors included former supervillains, including Taskmaster, who had fought Stature's superhero dad (Ant Man). New Ant Man [[JerkAss Eric O'Grady]] mocked the former Ant Man to ingratiate himself with Taskmaster. Stature promptly [[WhosLaughingNow tried to kill him]], only for O'Grady to grow to giant size and smack her with a bus. They both were taken down by Taskmaster without Stature hitting O'Grady once. Later at the camp, a clone gone wrong combined with an alien weapon ran around maiming and beating trainees, including her. When she was eventually sent home, she had a screaming fight with her mother and stepfather and accidentally crippled her stepfather during a fight with a supervillain. Just prior to the ''Siege'' crossover, she discovered that her teammate Scarlet Witch was really Loki in disguise, but was unable to reveal this potentially life-saving information to her teammates because of a magical mental gag that was placed on her. And then after the Avengers reformed, she tried out to become the nanny of [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]] and ComicBook/JessicaJones' baby, and was even denied that. The only good things were off-screen reconciliations with the other Young Avengers and some EpiphanyTherapy. Keep in mind that the last time we were updated on her age, ''she wasn't even fifteen''.
** Though after she returned to the Young Avengers full time, things did finally start picking up for her. The biggest win for her? During the ''Children's Crusade'', she was able to reunite with her dead father after he was resurrected by the real Scarlet Witch. And then she died.
* [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] is the Butt Monkey for the Marvel superheroic community. In ''multiple'' universes. And it's carried over into the animated adaptations too, thanks to ''WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers''.
** In the Ultimate comics, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica gave him a serious beatdown for beating up his wife. Just an example.
** This has gotten kind of ridiculous in recent years, perhaps epitomized by this quote from ''Mighty Avengers'' #23 (to give it a certain amount of context, Iron Man has showed up and told Hank he's going to now lead Hank's newly assembled team):
--->'''Hank Pym:''' ''You'' can take over from here? ''You''? Tony Stark? Mister Fought-against-Cap-in-the-civil-war, shot-Hulk-into-space-and-caused-World-War-Hulk, gave-the-Skrulls-everything-they-needed-to-invade-Earth. ''You're'' taking over? Come on, give me ''one'' good reason why--\\
'''ComicBook/IronMan:''' Three words. You're. Hank. Pym.
** Speaking of that, during the Skrull's infiltration, one Skrull impersonated Pym. Then he complained to the Queen why Pym got no respect, because by impersonating Pym, he's got the butt-end of jokes by many heroes. The Queen's response? "Nobody cares about Pym/Ant Man"
** Pym ''does'' have his moments of awesome. For example, the efforts he went to in redeeming himself after his period of psychosis that brought about the original Yellowjacket identity, and his current run with the Mighty Avengers. However, these come so few and far between that it's like every "badass" period is just set up as another grace for him to fall from.
*** [[http://media.comics.ign.com/articles/106/1061476/img_7463859.html Like this cover image of the final issue of Mighty Avengers, for example.]]
*** Dan Slott claimed in interviews that he was going to redeem Pym as a character, after he'd been handed ButtMonkey status for so long. Since that interview, the comic's taken a huge swerve where we've seen Pym reduced to an obsessive, useless jackass, whose only good work was adaptations of other people's discoveries, and who has apparently been using a sentient gynoid he previously treated as a friend/daughter as a stand-in for his ex while not telling her he was trying to revive said ex using all of the apparent upgrades he'd given her. And as of the latest issues, the team has fallen apart under the opinion that he's lost his goddamn mind, and Ultron and even the infamous slap have been brought back yet again as further proof of his failures. What was that about redeeming the character, again?
*** His ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' counterpart was fairly respected amongst his comrades.
** Hank Pym's ButtMonkey status was cemented when he met Eternity, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of everything. The first thing Eternity does after saying "Hi!" is punch Hank in the gut. That's right: the universe itself is literally hostile to Hank Pym.
** ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} and Franchise/SpiderMan had a "[[YourMom Yo Momma]]" battle and guess who was the punchline of the joke?
--->'''Deadpool:''' Your mother's so fat, Hank Pym had to beat her up in the back of a Quinn Jet.
** In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, Hank and ComicBook/TheWasp were the only founding Avengers not featured in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' movie, and it's been confirmed that the upcoming ''Film/AntMan1'' movie is not about Hank, but instead features Scott Lang as the lead. That being said, it's {{Subverted}} this time around, as Hank is portrayed as a CoolOldGuy EccentricMentor to Scott.
* After the controversial ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' storyline in Marvel Comics, several heroes who were on the side of registering metahumans were very unpopular among the fans and turned into Butt Monkeys. Tony Stark, leader of the pro-regs, spent every guest appearance for a month or two afterwards being yelled at and slapped around by other heroes, including getting [[NoHoldsBarredBeatDown beaten up]] by THOR; he was also sued (successfully) by She-Hulk (clearly, lying to someone about her cousin so she'd sleep with him and then arresting her is ''not'' a good idea, especially when said person is a lawyer). Tigra, who spied on the anti-regs while being pro-reg the entire time, was shot and beaten by the Hood while barely putting up a fight, constantly screaming "AIIEE", and being videotaped. She also joined [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Stature]] in being kidnapped by Puppet Master, almost sold into slavery, and being forced to fight her rescuer, Ms. Marvel (and losing). Interestingly, she also has a relationship with Hank Pym around this time.
* Weasel, Bob Agent of Hydra.... Any of ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s side-kicks really.
** With the possible exception of [[CoolOldLady Blind Al]], who dished it out as much as she took it.
*** [[WordOfGod The writers after Joe Kelly]] have all claimed that Blind Al was removed from the series, and won't be a fixture again, because of just how much she stole the show.
** Tryco Slatterus (a.k.a The Champion) in ''Deadpool Corps'' is also one. Considering he's always humiliated at the end of each issue he appears in.
** Deadpool himself is one too. Everyone hates him, He has awful luck with women and is subjected to all sorts of Slapstick.Oh and also , ya know being [[BlessedWithSuck living Stage 4]] and all.
*** However, Deadpool's status as a ButtMonkey is mainly his own doing, due to being scatterbrained, having a serious case of ADD, and pretty much refusing to take ''almost'' anything seriously. That being said, he's also been shown to be one of the most capable and deadliest mercenaries in the Marvel University when he sets aside the BS and gets right down to getting the job done. Whether or not his schtick is an act or not is hotly debated. The current consensus is that it's ''not'' a act, but when he switches it for LetsGetDangerous you'd better hope you're not his target. While many other characters regard him as a joke, those who know better understand how dangerous he is and ''don't'' make the mistake of dismissing or underestimating him.
* What's the most thankless job at Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}'s biggest newspaper, the ''Daily Bugle'', the guy who has the biggest reason to shout DudeWheresMyRespect? The guy who writes obituaries! Seriously! His name is Dilbert Trilby, and in ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' #1 after ComicBook/DoctorOctopus was killed (and subsequently resurrected by the Hand) he had a meltdown that you just ''have'' to sympathize with at the prospect of having to retract an obituary of the villain that he claimed was Pulitzer material, ranting in despair to Ben Ulrich how he has files full of past ones he had written on guys like ComicBook/SpiderMan, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], and the ComicBook/FantasticFour. ("Don't even get me started on the ComicBook/XMen!" he moans). all of which he painstakingly worked on after researching the lives of the subjects, only to have to retract them. In a universe where DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist, someone like him just can't catch a break.
* Speedball of ComicBook/NewWarriors is a bit of a writers' punching bag simply for his ridiculous power. He's often referenced, at least in the Ultimate line of comics, where he doesn't even EXIST. And even though he temporarily became Penance, his angst was still treated as a joke in some appearances.
* Hellion of the ''Comicbook/{{New X Men|AcademyX}}''. His parents disinherit him for an incident which he didn't even start (and [[TheUnfavorite generally had a low opinion of him]] even ''before'' he manifested his powers). He loses his girlfriend shortly after M-Day (his own fault), and many of his friends are killed during Stryker's attacks, including one of his best friends and teammate. He does the right thing when Emma Frost tries to rig a contest to take out Comicbook/{{X 23}}, and just gets punished for his trouble. He's been gutted by Deathstrike, the Leper Queen turned him into a walking bomb with the Legacy Virus, Nimrods destroyed his hands (which have somehow never been healed despite the presence of powerful mutant healers like Elixir and Triage) while helping defend San Francisco from Bastion. He's punished for doing the only thing he could to stop Karima — ''at her own request no less'' — and treated like a monster by ''every'' senior X-Man despite them ''all'' having done far, ''far'' worse. Then his ''second'' girlfriend rebuffs him when he reaches out to her for help coping with what he's going through, and she coldly ''lies to his face'' about not caring about him anymore to break it off. ''Then'' he gets dumped into Spidey's remedial class because he's viewed as untrustworthy and likely to undergo a FaceHeelTurn. Most recently, he's revealed as one of the mutants who has somehow been overlooked by [[Comicbook/ExtraordinaryXMen Storm and her team sheltering in Limbo]], infected with the M-Pox, and nearly gets himself killed when he decides to [[TakingYouWithMe single-handedly attack Attilan]] reasoning he's dying anyway (fortunately Synapse manages to shut down his powers and saves his life). Pretty much any time he turns up, you can pretty much expect ''something'' bad to happen to him.
** For that matter, the New X-Men. Almost their entire generation was wiped out during the Decimation. Forty of their depowered number were murdered in a [[BusCrash bus bomb]] set by the Purifiers, while others were killed when Stryker attacked the Xavier school in the chaos afterwards. Despite their frequently {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d combat experience, they're ''still'' often treated as raw newbies by the experienced X-Men. If they're even remembered ''at all''. These days they rarely even appear as wallpaper despite their immense popularity, and when they ''are'' brought out of the background, it's usually to kill one of them off for shock value (usually Elixir, who, thanks to his powers, has suffered this ''several'' times!).
---> '''Surge:''' There's nothing you can teach us, "Prof".... We already know how to die.
* Detective Soap from the Garth Ennis era of ''ComicBook/ThePunisher''. Just a few of many examples; Assigned to a joke squad to catch the Punisher after the brass is blackmailed. Sleeps with a convict and his own mother, both of which could have been avoided if the one person he thought was his friend said anything. Intimidated by the Punisher into feeding him info on crooks to kill. Regularly gets splashed in bodily fluids. Gets blackmailed himself, left and right. His love interest turns out to be gay. As a CHILD... dropped on his head as a baby, avoided rape because the pastor thought he was ugly... In the end, though, he gets his just rewards. It [[spoiler:turns out he has a huge penis and is now a porn star.]].
* Some writers seem to think that the biggest appeal of ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' is that things constantly go wrong for him. As a result, we get countless stories of Peter suffering humiliation, lack of money, sickly aunt, girl trouble and just all around unpleasantness, to the point that reading the stories can actually get a little depressing. Note that after John Romita Sr started working on the title with Creator/StanLee, the book became much LighterAndSofter than it had been recently, a move which led most fans to label it as the golden age of Spider-Man.
** Originally, Peter Parker and Scott Summers of the ComicBook/XMen had something in common, their characters were supposed to be guys who things often tended go wrong for, but not ''just for the sake of that'', and they were impressive, each in his own way, in how they dealt with it. But too many writers just can't grasp the difference between that and 'kick them harder!'
** J. Jonah Jameson, the Shocker, the Jason Macendale Hobgoblin, and others have all shared this role at different times over the years. Jason Macendale had it worse as it seemed he couldn't do anything right, up to getting a power boost from a demon. He was ultimately put down by the Roderick Kingsley Hobgoblin, tired of his failures.
** In the ComicBook/MarvelNow Amazing Spider-Man, it hasn't even been ''ten minutes'' since being Spider-Man again before he has his suit unravel by a villan's power, and having him nude except for his mask being posted all over the internet. [[HesBack This convinces '''everyone''' that the real Spider-Man is back.]]
* This applies to various villain:
** Trapster, favored punchline of heroes (especially Spider-Man), despite being reasonably dangerous with his glue-based weaponry. He simply [[NeverLiveItDown can't live down]] his initial moniker of "Paste-Pot Pete" (or the costume he wore with it). Just [[BerserkButton calling him "Pete"]] usually puts the fight half in the bag.
** The Ringmaster flirts with this status as well; he was once beaten by ''Comicbook/HowardTheDuck''.
** The Wrecking Crew are the universe's punching bag, despite being super strong with reasonably threatening powers, they exist solely to be beaten up by every hero they are up against.
* The aforementioned Stature really deserves her own bullet. Her former team, the ComicBook/YoungAvengers, were anti-reg and the others stayed anti-reg after she left. It's possible that the popularity of other members over her and the former cohesiveness of the team made her betrayal seem particularly outrageous, which would explain her treatment in the later comics. Stature was kidnapped by Puppet Master, almost sold into slavery and had to fight Ms. Marvel. During this fight, she had a [[CarFu car hit her in the face]]. She joined a superhero boot camp some unspecified time after Civil War. Other instructors included former supervillains, including Taskmaster, who had fought Stature's superhero dad (Ant Man). New Ant Man [[JerkAss Eric O'Grady]] mocked the former Ant Man to ingratiate himself with Taskmaster. Stature promptly [[WhosLaughingNow tried to kill him]], only for O'Grady to grow to giant size and smack her with a bus. They both were taken down by Taskmaster without Stature hitting O'Grady once. Later at the camp, a clone gone wrong combined with an alien weapon ran around maiming and beating trainees, including her. When she was eventually sent home, she had a screaming fight with her mother and stepfather and accidentally crippled her stepfather during a fight with a supervillain. Just prior to the ''Siege'' crossover, she discovered that her teammate Scarlet Witch was really Loki in disguise, but was unable to reveal this potentially life-saving information to her teammates because of a magical mental gag that was placed on her. And then after the Avengers reformed, she tried out to become the nanny of [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]] and ComicBook/JessicaJones' baby, and was even denied that. The only good things were off-screen reconciliations with the other Young Avengers and some EpiphanyTherapy. Keep in mind that the last time we were updated on her age, ''she wasn't even fifteen''.
** Though after she returned to the Young Avengers full time, things did finally start picking up for her. The biggest win for her? During the ''Children's Crusade'', she was able to reunite with her dead father after he was resurrected by the real Scarlet Witch. And then she died.
