History IneffectualSympatheticVillain / WebComics

* Fructose Riboflavin in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' who has been [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070327.html trying and trying and failing]] to take over the Nemesite Empire for [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061223.html so danged long]] that you have [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070331.html to pity him, just a little.]]

* Cassiel from ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' desperately wants to be Rumisiel's nemesis and is constantly plotting his downfall. Too bad she makes the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]] trio look competent and effective. Then she actually helps the gang on behalf of [[MoralityPet her human friend Eponine]], and Ash thanks her for it... which she has ''no idea'' how to feel about, so she starts trying to "out-nice" Ash.... [[spoiler:The whole thing culminates in Rumisiel realizing that he and his family have been total jerks to her, him trying to make it up to her, and an eventual full on FaceHeel turn when she teams up with the gang to help [[CerebusTurn save the universe]].]]

* Jokerella from Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella is... Kind of a mess of self-esteem issues who [[HarmlessVillain isn't really very good at being a supervillain.]]

* A lot of villains in ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'' fit the bill, although [[MonsterClown Jokerella]] and [[ComplexityAddiction The Quizzicle]] are probably the most pathetic. It's quite common for villains to be HoistByTheirOwnPetard with little to no effort on Wonderella's part, and villains often just give up and let her and/or [[TheDitz Rita]] go because they're [[PityTheKidnapper annoying]]. Lampshaded by [[ThoseWackyNazis Hitlerella]] [[http://nonadventures.com/2012/10/06/view-to-a-dill/ here]].
-->'''[[OnlySaneMan Hitlerella:]]''' '''A giant pickle jar.''' Christ. Does anyone else here even '''own''' a gun?

* Cassiel from ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' desperately wants to be Rumisiel's nemesis and is constantly plotting his downfall. Too bad she makes the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]] trio look competent and effective.

* The Flaming Prince from ''VanVonHunter''.

* Kumimi of ''Webcomic/APTComic'', considering how [[SarcasmMode hard she's working towards that "invade the planet" thing.]]
** Well she IS a ''Manga/SgtFrog'' character.

* Cassiel from ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' desperately wants to be Rumisiel's nemesis and is constantly plotting his downfall. Too bad she makes the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]] trio look competent and effective.
* Fructose Riboflavin in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' who has been [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070327.html trying and trying and failing]] to take over the Nemesite Empire for [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061223.html so danged long]] that you have [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070331.html to pity him, just a little.]]
* The [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=081023 Minion Master]] from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance''.
** In an alternative universe, [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20090910 he's]] Not So Harmless.
* Drizz'l in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''. First, he was humiliated when the "true guardian" he bought turned out to be a platypus. Then, he went without a sword for a good majority of the comic and teamed up with the most incompetent antagonists possible. After [[TheStarscream he finally assumed leadership of the Dark Warriors]], his first plan to quit their royal accounting job was an utter embarrassment. Then he was voted off the team (''right'' after finally becoming leader and running a huge, evil castle) and forced to HeelFaceTurn ([[VillainProtagonist sorta]]) and ended up hating the Light Warriors even more. Then the final showdown he was waiting for [[WackyWaySideTribe was interrupted by a pointless election]]. Then his plan to kill everyone else backfired. Then the Fiends who mistook him as the one who summoned them from Hell were unable to kill his teammates because of family ties. Then said Fiends were suddenly killed off (again). Then his plan to take over the world using the [[ArcNumber four]] [[ElementalPowers elemental]] [[CosmicKeystone orbs of light]] came to a quick end when [[DungeonMaster Sarda]] pointed out that they have no idea how to do that. Then said [[PhysicalGod nigh-omnipotent]] [[{{Jerkass}} jackass]] [[AWizardDidIt wizard who did it]] subsequently [[MindRape mind raped]] the whole team and forced them to run away. And finally, [[spoiler: he is the only Very Real Light Warrior unhappy about being credited with saving the world, probably because he never got to be an actual villain and/or due to the whole stupidity of the situation.]]
** [[EverythingTryingToKillYou Everything]] in [[CrapsackWorld the universe]] has [[ButtMonkey two purposes]]: to hurt [[HeroicComedicSociopath Black Mage]] and humiliate Drizz'l.
* The Flaming Prince from ''VanVonHunter''.

* Dr. Kinesis in [[http://www.evilplan.thewebcomic.com Evil Plan]]. His technology gets stolen, the other villains laugh at him, and on his minions' first mission, they bump into a brand new superhero.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', technically, [[spoiler:Magus]] was apparently behind the [[spoiler:v-five Elliot incident]], and tried to manipulate Ellen within some plot that sounds [[{{squick}} quite dubious]]. And is not very good at this. But he's in desperate straits, which isn't even his own fault (unlike Abraham's case). And he's still reluctant to kill a guy who stands in his way even when pushed hard to do it.
** [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2008-04-14 He knows it, too]].
* Kumimi of ''Webcomic/APTComic'', considering how [[SarcasmMode hard she's working towards that "invade the planet" thing.]]
** Well she IS a ''Manga/SgtFrog'' character.

* Zenith from ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zigzags]] this to hell and back...especially the ''sympathetic'' part, considering what happens. Her ridiculously petty motivations/desires and long-winded ranting speeches certainly come across as this, as does her failure. Later, though, we do see she is capable of some [[BodyHorror pretty horrifying stuff]]; yet she's also capable of being adorably helpful when in "good" mode. That just makes her subsequent reversion, painful shutdowns, and nearly AndIMustScream status later on just painful to watch....and then she goes completely off the deep end and [[TookALevelInBadass got more powerful for it]], basically becoming [[VideoGame/SystemShock SHODAN]].

** Well she IS a KeroroGunsou character.

* Zenith from ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zigzags]] this to hell and back...especially the ''sympathetic'' part, considering what happens. Her ridiculously petty motivations/desires and long-winded ranting speeches certainly come across as this, as does her failure. Later, though, we do see she is capable of some [[BodyHorror pretty horrifying stuff]]; yet she's also capable of being adorably helpful when in "good" mode. That just makes her subsequent reversion, painful shutdowns, and nearly AndIMustScream status later on just painful to watch.

* About half the {{Card Carrying Villain}}s in ''AntiheroForHire'' fit this trope.

* Kumimi of APTComic, considering how [[SarcasmMode hard she's working towards that "invade the planet" thing.]]

* Fructose Riboflavin in ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' who has been [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070327.html trying and trying and failing]] to take over the Nemesite Empire for [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061223.html so danged long]] that you have [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070331.html to pity him, just a little.]]

* Jokerella from TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella is... Kind of a mess of self-esteem issues who [[HarmlessVillain isn't really very good at being a supervillain.]]

* Clubs Deuce from the Midnight Crew [[SpinOff Interlude]] of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''; the rest of the Midnight Crew can go under FauxAffablyEvil, depending on your personal AlternateCharacterInterpretation.
** Actually [[NotSoHarmlessVillain subverted]]. [[TheDItz Ditziness]] aside, he has the highest body count of the Midnight Crew.

* Waldo and Steve in the {{webcomic}} ''CollegeRoomiesFromHell'', though they are [[{{Gonk}} far too ugly]] both physically and socially to ever be truly sympathetic.

*** It's later revealed that he really doesn't care about killing people, he's just doing it to stay close to his crush. However, his [[LargeHam grandiose mannerisms]] and [[RoyalBrat general demeanor]] certainly qualify him as this, given the fact that he wants to be taken seriously, but everyone around him [[TheFriendNobodyLikes just finds him annoying]].

*** Eridan really doesn't [[ZigZaggingTrope count as an example]]; it's later revealed that he really doesn't care about killing people, he's just doing it to stay close to his crush.

* Cassiel from ''{{Misfile}}'' desperately wants to be Rumisiel's nemesis and is constantly plotting his downfall. Too bad she makes the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]] trio look competent and effective.

* About half the {{Card Carrying Villain}}s in ''AntiheroForHire'' fit this trope. (The rest, of course, are anywhere on the scale between AffablyEvil and CompleteMonster.)

** Pretty much, [[EverythingTryingToKillYou everything]] in [[CrapsackWorld the universe]] has [[ButtMonkey two purposes]]: to hurt [[HeroicComedicSociopath Black]] [[CompleteMonster Mage]] and humiliate Drizz'l.

* Clubs Deuce from the Midnight Crew [[SpinOff Interlude]] of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''; note that the rest of the Midnight Crew either go under CompleteMonster or FauxAffablyEvil, depending on your personal AlternateCharacterInterpretation.

** Jack Noir ''[[BaitTheDog starts]]'' as this. Later into the story...he's [[CompleteMonster significantly less ineffectual or sympathetic]].

* The [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=081023 Minion Master]] from ''SluggyFreelance''.

** In an alternative universe, [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20090910 he's]] NotSoHarmless.

*** Eridan becomes a full-on subversion when [[spoiler:he loses both the [[MoralEventHorizon "sympathetic"]] and [[NotSoHarmless "ineffectual"]] parts in Act 5 Act 2. The crush mentioned in the above line? He kills her as he leaps across the MoralEventHorizon.]]