History TheChewToy / Webcomics

* Steve, from ''Webcomic/LightningMadeOfOwls'', to the point that it's been joked that his defining feature is someone trying to kill him.

* in ''Webcomic/TheZombieHunters,'' James, a [[NewMeat trainee]] in a team of [[AfterTheEnd Post]]-ZombieApocalypse DisasterScavengers, is very much TheChewToy, portrayed as comically "[[HeroicBSOD freezing up]]" at the sight of a few [[NightOfTheLivingMooks Crawlers]], a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie class]] that doesn't pose much of a threat. He's enough of a [[TheKlutz klutz]] that he even ends up falling into a CreepyBasement. And after ''that'' [[spoiler:he suffers a {{fate|WorseThanDeath}} that makes this trope [[RedShirt seem]] [[FacialHorror horribly]] [[ImAHumanitarian literal]]]], which makes him TheWoobie in the offing.

** Troubles heap mainly on the head of Gilgamesh Wulfenbach. Or his NiceHat. Wulfenbach-senior was also chewed long and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110225 hard]].

* In ''Webcomic/WeakHero'', most of Helmet's appearances involve him getting his ass beat, freezing in terror at [[TheDreaded Gray's]] presence, or having the other characters mock his weakness. As he's a horrid bully who never learns his lesson, his various misfortunes come off as comedic rather than sympathetic.

* Brian Clevinger, author of ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'', has claimed that in his comic, the universe exists to hurt [[SociopathicHero Black Mage]]. Of course, being among the most evil characters in the comic (so evil, in fact, that the symbolic representation of his sins was himself, nothing else being up to the task), he pretty much has it coming to him 95% of the time.

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', troubles heap mainly on the head of Gilgamesh Wulfenbach. Or his NiceHat. Wulfenbach-senior was also chewed long and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110225 hard]].

* Robot S13 from ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', at least for the first 14 chapters. He begins the story in a box, shut off, disassembled, and missing an arm, and from there it just gets worse: [[spoiler:After being reassembled, he gets [[DemonicPossession possessed]], impaled on a sword, imprisoned, and reduced to a CPU because his body was melted down into paper clips.]] That said, his luck seems to have turned around, ever since Antimony rescued him and Kat started building him a new body.

* The title character of ''[[{{Webcomic/Supermegatopia}} Crushed, The Doomed Kitty]]'' is under a curse that causes her to be painfully killed, humiliated, and left naked... over and over again.

* Rick in ''Webcomic/BasicInstructions'' seems to be the universe's scratching post, insulted by even his best friends. And quite often the butt of the comic's jokes.
* In ''Webcomic/TheKingfisher'', Darren seems to only serve the purpose of being humiliated for the audience's amusement. He may be working his way up to BumblingSidekick.
* Charles' girlfriend from ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' exists only to be insulted and cuckolded by her boyfriend. She always ends the strip with the same frown on her face.
* Moe in Michael Firman's webcomic ''Moe''. The comic started off with him having [[http://www.firmanproductions.com/?p=275 awful things happen to him]]. He has been [[http://www.firmanproductions.com/?p=319 shot]], [[http://www.firmanproductions.com/?p=326 wrongly incarcerated]], and had [[http://www.firmanproductions.com/?p=339 both of his parents killed in an airplane crash]].
* Jacob from ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}''. Pretty much everyone but Max picks on him at some point. It's pretty telling when your {{Catchphrase}} is "Augh!"
* Steve, from ''Webcomic/LightningMadeOfOwls'', to the point that it's been joked that his defining feature is someone trying to kill him.

** Another chew toy is the Paladin O-Chul, who suffers abuse after abuse at the end of the bad guys. First paralyzed by Xykon, then catapulted through the air by a GiantExplosion, captured and used as a doll by the child-like Monster in the Darkness, and [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0541.html it only gets worse]] afterwards.

* [[http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/great.html Lyle Phipps]] of ''Great''

* Brian Clevinger, author of ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'', has claimed that in his comic, the universe exists to hurt [[SociopathicHero Black Mage]]. Of course, being among the most evil characters in the comic (so evil, in fact, that the symbolic representation of his sins was himself, nothing else being up to the task), he pretty much has it coming 95% of the time.

* Brian Clevinger, author of ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'', has claimed that in his comic, the universe exists to hurt [[SociopathicHero Black Mage]]. Of course, being among the most evil characters in the comic (so evil, in fact, that the symbolic representation of his sins was himself, nothing else being up to the task), he deserves it.

* The titular character of ''{{Webcomic/Nodwick}}'': How many horrible deaths does a [[strike:man]] [[{{Mooks}} henchman]] have to suffer to get a little ''respect'' around here?
* Another example: In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', a pair of Flumphs (jellyfish-like monsters from first edition ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', widely ridiculed among players everywhere due to their uselessness) fill this role. Due to their levitation abilities and soft bodies, their purpose in life seems to be to provide the main characters with safe landings.

** Paz. So far she only once (when teaching Kat to push her vision and not give up) was the focus of a strip ''without'' some misfortune befalling her. She's the first victim of Mort's new-and-improved scaring skills; her hopes to see cows are rather cruelly shot down; then she gets kidnapped. Then her {{Love Interest|s}} has a crush [[spoiler:and on ''[[ChineseMythology Chang'e]]'' at that]]. She takes it all [[IronWoobie rather stoically]], however.

* Jacob from ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}''. Pretty much everyone but Max picks on him at some point.

* In a way, the title character of ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'', who often gets hurt for comedic effect, such as when he's punched in the groin by a dwarf who then comments on how the seer didn't see it coming, or when he breaks down in a most humiliating fashion because he lost his candy, and so on. He also often gets hurt for {{narm}}tastic dramatic effects.

* Moe in Michael Firman's webcomic ''Moe''. The oomic started off with him having [[http://www.firmanproductions.com/?p=275 awful things happen to him]]. He has been [[http://www.firmanproductions.com/?p=319 shot]], [[http://www.firmanproductions.com/?p=326 wrongly incarcerated]], and had [[http://www.firmanproductions.com/?p=339 both of his parents killed in an airplane crash]].