History Main / TheWoobie

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!!Examples Subpages:

!!Examples:

If the character is TheChewToy, a {{Jerkass}}, or evil, he is not the Woobie ([[JerkassWoobie unless the character is also meant to be sympathetic]]). If the character doesn't let bad events faze him, he is not the Woobie. A small, one-off bad event does not make the character the Woobie, though it may qualify as a TearJerker.

** Woobie/DanganRonpa (includes examples from Anime/DanganRonpa3)

** Woobie/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum
** TheWoobie/UltraFastPony

** Woobie/MarvelCinematicUniverse
** Woobie/StarWars
*** Woobie/StarWarsLegends

** Woobie/ASongOfIceAndFire
** Woobie/HarryPotter
** Woobie/TheDresdenFiles
** Woobie/WarriorCats

** Woobie/CriminalMinds
** Woobie/DeadliestCatch
** Woobie/DoctorWho

** Woobie/AceAttorney
** TheWoobie/CriminalCase
** Woobie/DanganRonpa
** Woobie/DarkSouls
** Woobie/DeusEx
** Woobie/FireEmblem
** Woobie/FinalFantasy
** Woobie/MortalKombat
** Woobie/{{Overwatch}}
** Woobie/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona
** Woobie/TalesOfSeries
** Woobie/{{Undertale}}

** Woobie/{{RWBY}}

** Woobie/SCPFoundation
** Woobie/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers

** Woobie/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic
** Woobie/TheSimpsons
** Woobie/StarWarsTheCloneWars
** Woobie/TotalDrama
*** Woobie/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace

Not to be confused with a species of [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wookiee hairy bipedal humanoids that inhabit the planet Kashyyyk,]] or [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide a Linux installer.]]

Not to be confused with a species of [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wookiee hairy bipedal humanoids that inhabit the planet Kashyyyk,]] or [[http://wubi-installer.org/ a Linux installer.]]

A "woobie" is a name for any type of character who makes you feel extremely sorry for them. Basically, the first thing you think to say when you see the woobie is: "Aw, poor baby!" Woobification of a character is a curious, audience-driven phenomenon, sometimes divorced from the character's canonical morality. And while it's technically a YMMV trope, it's hardly tough to spot the guy the writers intend them to be, considering all the crappy stuff that tends to happen to them.

A "woobie" is a name for any type of character who makes you feel extremely sorry for them. Basically, the first thing you think to say when you see the woobie is: "Aw, poor baby!" Woobification of a character is a curious, audience-driven phenomenon, sometimes divorced from the character's canonical morality.

!!Examples:

* Woobie/{{Anime}}

* Tearjerker/{{Documentary}}
* Woobie/{{Fanfiction}}
** [[Woobie/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum The Conversion Bureau: The Other Side of the Spectrum]]
* [[Woobie/AnimatedFilm Film - Animated]]
* [[Woobie/{{Film}} Film - Live-Action]]

* Woobie/NewspaperComics
* Woobie/{{Other}}
* Woobie/ProfessionalWrestling
* Woobie/ReligionAndMythology
* Woobie/SoapOperas
* Woobie/TabletopRPG

** TheWoobie/UltraFastPony

Not to be confused with a species of [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wookiee hairy bipedal humanoids that inhabit the planet Kashyyyk.]], or [[http://wubi-installer.org/ a Linux installer]].

If in your opinion the character desperately needs to die, that's likely DamselScrappy. Should '''not ever''' be confused with ButtMonkey. However, a Butt Monkey can often become a Woobie if abused too mercilessly.

** Woobie/{{Persona}}

** TheWoobie/Ultra

A character who is considered a woobie can also be considered TragicHero on some occasions.

Subtropes include IronWoobie, StoicWoobie, JerkassWoobie, MonsterSobStory, and WheelchairWoobie. See also TragicHero, which can often overlap with this.

Subtropes include IronWoobie, StoicWoobie, JerkassWoobie, MonsterSobStory, and WheelchairWoobie.

If in your opinion the character desperately needs to die, that's likely DamselScrappy. Should '''not ever''' be confused with ButtMonkey. However, a Butt Monkey can often becoma Woobie if abused too mercilessly.

If in your opinion the character desperately needs to die, that's likely DamselScrappy. Should '''not ever''' be confused with ButtMonkey. However, a Butt Monkey can often become a Woobie if abused too mercilessly.

For the curious, the fanspeak term "woobie" is ultimately derived for a word for a blanket, stuffed animal, or other soft object that a child keeps for its comforting properties (hence the name--some of these characters really ''could'' use a snuggling!).

For the curious, the fanspeak term "woobie" is ultimately described for a word for a blanket, stuffed animal, or other soft object that a child keeps for its comforting properties (hence the name--some of these characters really ''could'' use a snuggling!).

Subtropes include WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, IronWoobie, StoicWoobie, JerkassWoobie, MonsterSobStory, and WheelchairWoobie. If you're listing a character as one of these subtropes, do not link to the main trope (The Woobie).