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* Jitters in ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}''. While he was a secondary character in the ''RawToonage'' shorts, he was DemotedToExtra on the series proper, appearing only to be caught in the crossfire between Bonkers and the VillainOfTheWeek.

* In ''LawAndOrderSVU'', a lab tech seems to catch all the bad cases, especially those that involve havoc in the labs. [[spoiler:This culminates in his murder by another tech.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' has Pakmar, an alien who owns a series of businesses that Ben keeps on accidently destroying.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the 'Cabbage Merchant" who shows up a few times in the series and has a cameo in the sequel. Basically all of his appearances involve him minding his own business before seeing his produce destroyed and yelling, "Not my cabbages!" (or just "My cabbages!") in anguish.

* In ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', Agrajag is an unfortunate soul that happens to reincarnate into incidental creatures that Arthur Dent accidentally kills (a pot of flowers, a fly, etc.). Agrajag eventually becomes aware of his past lives and becomes more and more spiteful toward Arthur until his dislike actually materializes into the "Cathedral of Hate", to which he eventually abducts Arthur with the intention of killing him. After ranting about all the different ways Arthur Dent has inadvertently killed him, however, Arthur Dent points out that ''one'' of the events Agrajag mentioned hadn't happened yet (indeed, it wouldn't happen to him for another two books), making Agrajag realize he's attempted his revenge too soon and killing Arthur Dent would cause a time paradox. This doesn't stop him from trying, of course - nor from accidentally getting killed ''yet again.''

* In ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', Agrajag is an unfortunate soul that happens to reincarnate into incidental creatures that Arthur Dent accidentally kills (a pot of flowers, a fly, etc...). Agrajag eventually becomes aware of his past lives and becomes more and more spiteful toward Arthur until his dislike actually materializes into the "Cathedral of Hate", to which he eventually abducts Arthur; Arthur Dent proceeds to accidentally kill him while escaping. Thanks to the vagaries of time travel, Arthur manages to accidentally cause his death ''again'' two books later.
** In the Cathedral of Hate Agrajag, who had already experienced this death, [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble realized Arthur hadn't done yet]].

* In ''Film/CheaperByTheDozen 2'', the poor old man in the wheelchair. Every time he is on screen, he somehow gets pushed into the water. You think he would put on his parking break, or have someone park him in a less precarious spot.

* In ''Film/CheaperByTheDozen 2, the poor old man in the wheelchair. Every time he is on screen, he somehow gets pushed into the water. You think he would put on his parking break, or have someone park him in a less precarious spot.

* ''WesternAnimation/Archer'' has Brett, the unfortunate Isis employee that has been shot eight times over the course of the series, mostly by ricocheting friendly fire. He's also been beaten half to death three or four times. This is frequently lampshaded and all of the characters (except for Brett, who is an extra) either don't care or find it hilarious.

* ''Archer'' has Brett, the unfortunate Isis employee that has been shot eight times over the course of the series, mostly by ricocheting friendly fire. He's also been beaten half to death three or four times. This is frequently lampshaded and all of the characters (except for Brett, who is an extra) either don't care or find it hilarious.

* ''WesternAnimation/Archer'' has Brett, the unfortunate Isis employee that has been shot eight times over the course of the series, mostly by ricocheting friendly fire. He's also been beaten half to death three or four times. This is frequently lampshaded and all of the characters (except for Brett, who is an extra) either don't care or find it hilarious.

* The Australian man on ''{{Futurama}}'' who always gets stuck doing backbreaking menial labor.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the 'Cabbage Merchant" who shows up a few times in the series and has a cameo in the sequel. Basically all of his appearances involve him minding his own business before seeing his produce destroyed and yelling, "Not my cabbages!" in anguish.

* The Australian man on {{Futurama}} who always gets stuck doing backbreaking menial labor.

* This was Danny Strong's role on ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' for three years. At first his character didn't even have a name. The writers just kept bringing him back to be victim of the week.

* ''NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation'' had a random English tourist (played by [[MontyPython Eric Idle]]), who was always on the receiving end of any kind of accident inflicted upon him by the Griswolds. In fact, he even appears again in ''National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure'', during the airport scene.

* ''Film/{{Speed}}'''s "black guy with a sports car" whose car gets {{Flashed Badge Hijack}}ed and wrecked by Jack shows up again in ''Speed2CruiseControl'', where his boat gets hijacked, this time by Alex.

* ''{{Speed}}'''s "black guy with a sports car" whose car gets {{Flashed Badge Hijack}}ed and wrecked by Jack shows up again in ''Speed 2'', where his boat gets hijacked, this time by Alex.
* ''{{National Lampoons European Vacation}}'' had a random English tourist (played by [[MontyPython Eric Idle]]), who was always on the receiving end of any kind of accident inflicted upon him by the Griswolds. In fact, he even appears again in ''National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure'', during the airport scene.

* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater?'' there's the "Onion Kid", who is shown early in the series and then gets later cameos, all of which show him witnessing something horrific or undergoing some terrible misfortune that is the direct resort of the so-called heroes' bumbling. For instance he was orphaned and witnessed the brutal murder. ''Twice''. [[spoiler:Later subverted when we find out the onion kid is actually Sarda as a child, and the entire plot was his way of screwing with the light warriors for ruining his life.]]

* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheatre'' there's the "Onion Kid", who is shown early in the series and then gets later cameos, all of which show him witnessing something horrific or undergoing some terrible misfortune that is the direct resort of the so-called heroes' bumbling. For instance he was orphaned and witnessed the brutal murder. ''Twice''. [[spoiler:Later subverted when we find out the onion kid is actually Sarda as a child, and the entire plot was his way of screwing with the light warriors for ruining his life.]]

Compare to ButtMonkey, for someone who is a more regular part of the cast. A non-recurring version of this character is the InnocentBystander. Heroes should be careful to be nice to this guy. Someday, the [[TheDogBitesBack dog may bite back]].

Compare to ButtMonkey, for someone who is a more regular part of the cast. A non-reoccurring version of this character is the InnocentBystander. Heroes should be careful to be nice to this guy. Someday, the [[TheDogBitesBack dog may bite back]].

* ''{{Speed}}'''s "black guy with a sports car" whose car gets {{Flashed Badge Hijack}}ed and wrecked by Jack shows up again in ''Speed 2'' where his boat gets hijacked, this time by Alex.
* {{National Lampoons European Vacation}} had a random English tourist (played by [[{{Monty Python}} Eric Idle]]), who was always on the receiving end of any kind of accident inflicted upon him by the Griswolds. In fact, he even reappears again in ''National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure'', during the airport scene.
* The fat guy in ''Disney/LiloAndStitch''. Everytime he runs into Lilo he loses his ice-cream, even have it knocked out of his hands by a ''spaceship''.

* In the Literature/AgentPendergast series, Larry Enderby, a small character who works as a technician at the museum ends up in the middle of things in several books. In ''Literature/BookOfTheDead'', Captain Hayward recognizes him from the previous book and notes that the guy seems to have really bad luck.

* In LawAndOrderSVU, a lab tech seems to catch all the bad cases, especially those that involve havoc in the labs. [[spoiler:This culminates in his murder by another tech.]]
* This was Danny Strong's role on BuffyTheVampireSlayer for three years. At first his character didn't even have a name. They just kept bringing him back to be victim of the week.

* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheatre'' there's the "Onion Kid", who is shown early in the series and then gets later cameos, all of which show him witnessing something horrific or undergoing some terrible misfortune that is the direct resort of the so-called heroes' bumbling. For instance he was orphaned and witnessed the brutal murder. ''Twice''. [[spoiler: Later subverted when we find out the onion kid is actually Sarda as a child, and the entire plot was his way of screwing with the light warriors for ruining his life.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' has a few characters like this throughout its run. The blonde woman, Margot, and her husband are often rescued from bad guys by the gargoyles. Another man, who got named Vinnie, was run afoul of various attacks from the gargoyles. He got his revenge in the end, though. [[spoiler:With a cream pie bazooka.]]