History DelicateAndSickly / WesternAnimation

** Played With often with Kyle. In the 15 seasons he has needed a kidney transplant, said to suffer from type 1 diabetes, nearly died from an infected hemmroid and just generally is shown getting sick with a far greater frequency than the other boys, [[TheyKilledKenny Kenny included]].
** Strangely enough, usually averted with Kenny as he almost always died as a result of violent mishaps. The only times he succumbs to a disease is from an STD he picks up from the elementary school slut (in ''The Ring'' and Muscular dystrophy (in ''Kenny Dies'').

* Lorna from ''WesternAnimation/OvertheGardenWall'' is deathly pale and constantly coughing due to her illness.[[spoiler: Turns out said illness is the result of being possessed by an evil spirit that [[ImaHumanitarian eats people]]. She gets better though.]]

* Claire from WesternAnimation/StressedEric is allergic to everything, even to things that are supposed to help her allergies. Taken UpToEleven with her nerdy [[WesterAnimation/DinoBabies Truman-esque]] friend Julie, who is allergic to more things! Even air will stop her!

* Claire from WesternAnimation/StressedEric is allergic to everything, even to things that are supposed to help her allergies. Taken UpToEleven with her nerdy [[DinoBabies Truman-esque]] friend Julie, who is allergic to more things! Even air will stop her!

* Invoked and subverted in ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021'': Sealab is visited by an ill boy named Griff in conjunction with the Final Request Foundation. Griff's actually a con artist bilking the foundation by pretending to be sick in order to get access to their bank accounts. [[spoiler: He ends up eaten by a shark.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' features a borderline example, Sean. He has a sensitive stomach and easily gets space-sick/motion-sick/seasick. Supporting this is the upcoming episode "Sean Has A Cold". This, coupled with him also being a BrokenBird, makes him the series' most prominent [[TheWoobie woobies]].

* Little Marcie from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' in the episode "Simon and Marcy." The episode's plot has her friend Simon trying to get her chicken soup in the [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic wreckage]]. The original plan for the episode was for her to be deathly ill and Simon to be searching for medicine, but they had to tone it down to get by [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar the radar]].

** Strangely enough, usually averted with Kenny as he almost always died as a result of violent mishaps. The only times he succumbs to a disease is from an STD he picks up from the elementary school slut.
** Rudy Steiblitz from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' has severe asthma but remains very active even when it's dangerous for him to do so. He's a bit of an ThrillSeeker.

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** Lila, Snoopy's previous owner, in ''Snoopy Come Home''. Snoopy wants to return to her because because he has learned that she's lonely and depressed in the hospital.

* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' features a borderline example, Sean. He has a sensitive stomach and easily gets space-sick/motion-sick. Supporting this is the upcoming episode "Sean Has A Cold".

** Rudy Steiblitz from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' has severe asthma but remains very active even when it's dangerous for him to do so. He's a bit of an AdrenalineJunkie.

** This is the reason why Victor Fries, better known as Mr. Freeze, constantly has to commit crimes in most of his appearances in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and related media: His wife, Nora Fries, is suffering from a terminal disease, causing him to put her in cryogenic stasis until his research allows him to develop a cure for her ailment. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he ended up having to illegally appropriate research materials from Ferris Boyle, the CorruptCorporateExecutive of [=GothCorp=], resulting in Victor being kicked into his own formula and deformed into Mr. Freeze. In his next appearance, he was taken by a deranged theme park worker and has to help this person in exchange for allowing him to get Nora's miraculously survived cryonic tank. He stopped serving Mr. Freeze only when Batman pointed out that this is not what Nora would have wanted.

** Strangely enough, usually averted with Kenny as he almost always died as a result of violent mishaps. The only times he succumbs to a disease when they nearly killed off for real and an STD he picks up from the elementary school slut.

* Played straight in ''WesternAnimation/JemAndTheHolograms'': In the three-part "Starbright" storyline, the Holograms keep on going with a movie shoot into which the Misfits have bought themselves because they need money for an operation to save Starlight Girl Ba Nee's sight. Ultimately the production splits into rival films, and when the Holograms' film is a hit, the money is raised and Ba Nee is saved.

* The plot of ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh'' revolves around Ms. Brisby trying to take care of her son Timmy, who has pneumonia.

* Played straight in ''JemAndTheHolograms'': In the three-part "Starbright" storyline, the Holograms keep on going with a movie shoot into which the Misfits have bought themselves because they need money for an operation to save Starlight Girl Ba Nee's sight. Ultimately the production splits into rival films, and when the Holograms' film is a hit, the money is raised and Ba Nee is saved.
* In the ChristmasSpecial ''SantaClausIsCominToTown'', Kriss Kringle gets the bright idea to enter locked houses through their chimneys largely because he has to deliver a toy Noah's Ark to "Susan, a tiny little girl who was very, very sick".

* Michelle from ''OnceUponAForest'' becomes comatose after inhaling toxic fumes from a gas leak, and her friends have to search the wilderness to FindTheCure.

* Claire from StressedEric is allergic to everything, even to things that are supposed to help her allergies. Taken UpToEleven with her nerdy [[DinoBabies Truman-esque]] friend Julie, who is allergic to more things! Even air will stop her!

* The plot of ''TheSecretOfNimh'' revolves around Ms. Brisby trying to take care of her son Timmy, who has pneumonia.

* The ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' episode "Coldhearted" features [[FragileSpeedster Wally]] racing cross-country to deliver a donor heart to a 10-year-old girl named Perdita, who happens to be [[spoiler:[[AChildShallLeadThem the Queen of Vlatava]]]].

* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' movie, where a sickly Dot needs money for an operation. At the end of the movie, it turns out that all the operation was, was receiving a beauty mark to make her even cuter.

* Little Marcie from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' in the episode "Simon and Marcy." The episode's plot has her friend Simon trying to get her chicken soup in the [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic wreckage]].

* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' movie, where a sickly Dot needs money for an operation. At the end of the movie, it turns out that all the operation was was receiving a beauty mark to make her even cuter.
* Subverted on ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''. A scientist working for Wayne Industries claims to be studying bats so he can cure his niece's deafness. Bruce Wayne goes to see the girl and give her a hearing aid... and she turns out not to be deaf. The scientist was actually studying bats because he was obsessed with Batman, and he eventually managed to turn himself into "Manbat".
** This is the reason why Victor Fries, better known as Mr. Freeze, constantly has to commit crimes in most of his appearances in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and related media: His wife, Nora Fries, is suffering from a terminal disease, causing him to put her in cryogenic stasis until his research allows him to develop a cure for her ailment. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he ended up having to illegally appropriate research materials from Ferris Boyle, the CorruptCorporateExecutive of [=GothCorp=], resulting in him being kicked into his own formula and deformed into Mr. Freeze. In his next appearance, he was taken by a deranged theme park person and has to help this person in exchange for allowing him to get Nora's miraculously survived cryogenic tank. He only stopped serving him when Batman points out that this is not what Nora would have wanted.
* Played straight in ''JemAndTheHolograms'': In the three-part "Starbright" storyline, the Holograms keep on going with a movie shoot the Misfits have bought themselves into because they need money for an operation to save Starlight Girl Ba Nee's sight. Ultimately the production splits into rival films, and when the Holograms' is a hit, the money is raised and Ba Nee is saved.
* In the ChristmasSpecial ''SantaClausIsCominToTown'', Kris Kringle gets the bright idea to enter locked houses through their chimneys largely because he has to deliver a toy Noah's Ark to "Susan, a tiny little girl who was very very sick."
* ''{{Peanuts}}'':
** Janice, the main character of the ''{{Peanuts}}'' special ''Why, Charlie Brown, Why?'' She's a friend of Linus's who is diagnosed with leukemia.
** Lila, Snoopy's previous owner, in "Snoopy Comes Home." Snoopy wants to come back to her because because he has learned that she's lonely and depressed in the hospital.

* The ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' episode "Coldhearted" features [[FragileSpeedster Wally]] racing cross-country to deliver a donor heart to a ten-year-old girl named Perdita, who happens to be [[spoiler:[[AChildShallLeadThem the Queen of Vlatava]].]]