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10[[ButtMonkey Butt-Monkeys]] in webcomics.
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13* Almost the entire cast of the webcomic ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' takes turns being the Butt Monkey. Black Mage takes center stage (Brian has even flat-out said "everything that happens, happens to hurt Black Mage") but he pretty much deserves it and dishes out as much if not more suffering than he gets, usually on Fighter, who gets [[AmusingInjuries stabbed]] by him almost constantly. Red Mage gets his fair share of pain. White Mage is emotionally tortured by the utter lack of interest the chosen warriors have in their quest and the frequency with which they kill innocents or each other. Garland, the first boss, started as this before becoming just incompetent. The recurring Onion Kid character only even exists to have his new foster families casually slaughtered. Thief has to deal with Berserker attacking him at sight and being torched by Bahamut, and Black Belt got near-slaughtered by several encounters including Black Mage, [[spoiler:until he eventually [[KilledOffForReal died]]]].
14** Also, recently, Sarda has revealed that he too is a Butt Monkey in a roundabout way -- [[spoiler:he's the Onion Kid, all grown up and looking to exact vengeance upon the ruffians that repeatedly ruined his life. Not only that, he's his own Butt Monkey, because as Red Mage points out, all the bad things that happened to the Onion Kid, almost without exception, happened because Sarda sent the Light Warriors on their quest in the first place]].
15%%* ''[[http://www.agameoffools.com A Game of Fools]]'': Neeg. Poor, poor Neeg.
16%%** And, to a lesser degree, Joey.
17* Riku in ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'' is the target of countless acts of violence that should have killed him by now. He's been cut in half God knows how many times, burnt, blown up, electrocuted, stabbed, violated, tortured, and even had his heart removed. While he found a girlfriend in Season 5, for the most part, even the comparatively friendly characters in the comic go out of their way to hate Riku.
18%%** Sometimes Marluxia fills in, as does Sora, who forgets it quickly.
19* In ''Webcomic/TheBackOBeyond'' if something can go wrong for Nate, it probably will, ranging from tripping over in the street to being abducted by pirates.
20* Rick from ''Webcomic/BasicInstructions'' almost borders on CosmicPlaything, the way the universe and everyone has it in to make sure he's never happy. Even his best friend insults him quite often, although [[VitriolicBestBuds Rick certainly isn't unwilling to respond in kind]]. Either hilariously, bleakly or both depending on your attitude, when Scott Meyer started giving Rick some minor wins, the ''[[WriteWhoYouKnow real-life person]]'' Rick was based on, Scott Meyer's actual friend Ric, [[https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2019/5/2/how-to-defend-an-artistic-decision called him up to demand that Rick go back to losing all the time.]] It really says something about a character when even ''their own real-life inspiration'' wants to see them fail.
21-->'''Rick:''' I noticed you've been having [[ThrowTheDogABone cartoon-Rick win occasionally.]]\
22'''Scott:''' Yeah.\
23'''Rick:''' STOP IT! It's funnier if I always lose!\
24'''Scott:''' I thought winning would make you happy.\
25'''Rick:''' Envying a fictional version of myself does not make me happy.
26* ''Webcomic/TheBedfellows'': Both Sheen and Fatigue towards each other; Fatigue constantly annoys Sheen, and Sheen is physically abusive towards Fatigue.
27%%* Mike in ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl''. There are times even Charlie Brown would feel sorry for him.
28* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'':
29** A couple times [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]] shows up, he gets screwed over. Except for [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2012/12/21/457-luigis-holiday-vacation/ his holiday vacation]].
30*** Defied in [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2011/08/25/358-cloud-watching/ "Cloud Watching"]]. The author originally intended to have Luigi get smacked in the face by a Spiny Egg, but he refused with a stern ''no'' and made Mario the victim.
31** This webcomic may be the few examples where Mario gains as much abuse as his brother, if not more.
32** [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} King Dedede]] falls victim to this trope, whether it'd be [[LaserGuidedKarma karma]] or bad luck.
33** Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog gets picked on in most of his appearances, likely to fill the TakeThat nature towards his franchise.
34%%** Meta Knight has his share of moments.
35%%** [[VideoGame/MetalGear Solid Snake]], usually for the same reasons as Dedede.
36* ''Webcomic/BrokenTelephone'' has six separate plotlines that all intersect at some point or another. The only multi-plotline pileup occurs at the end, when Rick Rogers becomes the victim of ''every single plotline in the series'' blowing up in his face simultaneously.
37* In ''Webcomic/CaptainSNES'', Alex gets this treatment. Enough so that he recognizes as such and wonders if the whole of Videoland isn't out to get him somehow.
38--> '''Alex:''' I've noticed something recently. I don't know precisely how to put it. Whenever I'm about to accomplish something, or to defeat something, or to accomplish something great, something ends up messing it up. Like when I went to shoot Kain, or when I went to open the last treasure chest up.... It's like.... It's like someone or something is conspiring against me... Making things harder for me, on purpose. It's like Videoland is trying to...well, mock me.\
39 '''Bob:''' Are you sure you're not just being paranoid?\
40 '''Manual:''' You've got the book (again!) What wondrous powers have you failed to unlock you stupid, stupid boy?\
41 '''Alex:''' Yeah, I'm pretty sure.\
42 '''Bob:''' Right. My bad.
43* Sarah in ''Webcomic/ClinicOfHorrors'' may not have had that many appearances so far, but in all but her first appearance, she often ends up victim of some unfortunate moments. She's had an eye parasite that fed off her nostalgia, forcing Bianca to tranquilize her to pull it out, and she later had an energy drink made of mysterious ingredients that resulted in her throwing up.
44* Label Buddy of ''Webcomic/ComicShorts'' was created for the sole purpose of being "the stupid character that gets hurt and/or [[TheyKilledKenny dies all the time]]."
45* Cucumber in ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'' will never have his way. It's also mentioned that [[CowardlyLion Carrot]] was one of these when he was in the [[spoiler:BLT trio]].
46* Jyrras Gianna from ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' never seems to get a break. He's frequently harassed by his family, [[AndCallHimGeorge choked by girls]], teased by [[JerkAss Abel]], written into an embarrassing novel, and finally, [[spoiler: cursed by TheFairFolk ''shortly after having a nervous breakdown when discovering his feelings for his best friend'' and, as a result of the Fae meddling, has been declared "Bachelor of the Year" by a major woman's magazine, which sounds great until you remember he ''hates'' people calling him cute, is painfully shy and, oh, that said best friend is ''a guy'']].
47* ''Webcomic/DoghouseDiaries'': The guy in [[http://thedoghousediaries.com/5844 This Is My Story]] was put in an orphanage by his rich parents, who were just tired of his face, when he was 7. He was kicked out of the orphanage for wetting the bed too often. When he grew up, he married the love of his life, who recently divorced him and drove over his dog on her way out. He nursed the dog back to health, but it pooped in his shoes and ran away as soon as it could walk. Pretty terrible stuff if it's true... but the alt-text suggests that he might be a ManipulativeBastard. Since the man is auditioning for a TalentShow, and is accepted after the judges hear his story, despite him not displaying any talent(s), that might reinforce the latter interpretation, but it's more likely that the comic is just parodying the tendency of talent shows to accept anyone with a good enough sob story.
48* ''Webcomic/DragonBallMultiverse'':
49** Frieza, of all people, becomes this. Put simply, ''no one'' in the tournament is on [[SoLastSeason his level]], since the story is post-series and everyone else has either [[AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome beaten him]] or [[VillainWorld beaten the guys who beat him and trained up.]] The only exceptions are the people who are ''too'' weak to fight him, who forfeit instantly. In more than eight hundred strips, [[CantCatchUp he still hasn't won a fight.]] He gets humiliated and killed in Universes 3 and 7 (and it's obvious the same thing will happen in others, like U13), it's been hinted that even in the one where he won he had some troubles, and it already seems that he will be defeated by U18 Goku without having landed a single hit on an opponent. [[spoiler: Even Nappa manages to mock him.]]
50** To a ''much'' lesser extent, Dabura. [[spoiler:He spends many chapters weakly asking to be healed before actually being healed.]]
51* ''Webcomic/TheDreamer'': Poor Nathan. He gets beat up when trying to apologize to Alan, has to escort Bea back to Boston, his Colonel doesn't think he's competent enough, and he's never even been in a single battle.
52* Syphile from ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}''. Also crosses into [[TheWoobie Woobie]] territory for some readers, since at least at the beginning comparatively little of it was her fault, while some of her later failures (and eventually [[spoiler:her death]]) were more due to her own malevolence or stupidity, especially [[AbusiveParents her actions]] towards her own adopted sister Ariel, who she had neglected and abused since the latter was an infant and had done nothing to deserve it. [[MoralEventHorizon And the kitten]]. [[ThisIsUnforgivable Mostly the kitten]].
53** Similarly, [[DirtyCoward Yafein]], a sickly friend and schoolmate of Ariel's whose [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4741 attempt]] to show he was strong backfired spectacularly and got his slave killed, and after the TimeSkip his insistence [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7954 that he won't be attacked as part of a rebellion]] due to his origins gets him smacked down by his own teacher and ultimately [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8061 captured anyway]].
54* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Amanda is this as the eternal victim of Dr Germahn's experiments.
55* ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'': Ace borders on being a [[TheChewToy chew toy.]] Anytime things appear to be going his way, it's either [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/hello_self-esteem! cruelly subverted]], or [[YankTheDogsChain short]][[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/notthecrazylittlegirl -lived.]] His longest ''and only'' bout of good fortune was when he managed to hook up with Brooke, which wasn't allowed to last [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/let_me_make_this_up_to_you thanks to Melissa]] and [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/couples_counselling Tia]] interferring in their relationship. And just when you'd think he'd had enough, he ends up stuck with [[spoiler: [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/i_was_bitten Blair in his body]]]].
56* Pembroke from ''Webcomic/{{Femmegasm}}'' fits this trope perfectly. He's had his hand cut off accidentally, lives in a cardboard box, and been date raped all for laughs. Poor guy.
57%%* Doug from ''Webcomic/FletcherApts'', but only when Bill is involved.
58* Luke from ''Webcomic/FreakAngels''. He was recently healed after a bullet through the head, and had a penis drawn over the spot of new, whole flesh on his forehead where the bullet entered, chemically castrated by the doctor without his knowledge, and know people are considering wiping his memory. Granted, he is a psychic rapist...
59** [[spoiler: He actually requested the memory wipe after his post-resurrection expanded consciousness caused him to realize what an asshole he'd been.]]
60* Moloch Von Zinzer from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. He does start by bringing it on himself, [[spoiler: what with helping his brother steal Agatha's locket]] but given his brother [[spoiler: dies]], getting taken prisoner by Baron Wulfenbach under the misaprehension he's a Spark, getting sent to Castle Heterodyne when it's discovered he's not, winding up as [[spoiler: Agatha]]'s reluctant minion since helping [[spoiler: her]] is the only way he can possibly regain his freedom, having the Castle near-miss him with death traps for shits and giggles, and having [[spoiler: two and possible three girls, all of whom are potentially dangerous and at least two of whom know how to kill while the third is definitely a potential AxeCrazy where her rivals are concerned, all as romantic interests]] seems like somewhat disproportionate retribution by the universe.
61** Paris seems to have a habit of turning at least half of local adventuring pairs into one of these, Tarvek ended up as one to Gil even though he wanted ''nothing to do with him'' since he somehow kept getting dragged along on adventures with him anyway (there are hints he didn't try as hard to stay away from Gil as he claims since the two of them were working together to try and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20170203 learn the secret civic code of the Master of Paris]]. The brothers Jiminez and Aldin Hoffman, a more contemporary pair of Parisian adventurers, Jiminez is constantly getting horrible injuries including but not limited to having his bones liquidized and getting blinded by acid, not that it slows him down or dampens his spirits any.
62--->'''Seffie:''' ''Tarvek?'' It ''can't'' be—not in ''that'' outfit.\
63'''Terebithia:''' Oh. ''Do'' keep it down girls, or ''everyone'' will want to kill him.\
64'''Tarvek:''' Ah, Paris—It's like I ''[[EverythingTryingToKillYou never left.]]''
65* Greg from ''Webcomic/{{Greg}}'', has had it so bad, that he considers stepping on dog poop a considerable improvement over the events that occur in his life.
66* The entire line of Boxbots from ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. After only [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=205 two]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=418 appearances]], it's become clear that nobody, not even the [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/cast/ Cast Page]], likes Boxbot. There's [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=440 an entire strip]] of nothing but Boxbot being a Butt Monkey.
67** In contrast, [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=510 everyone loves Robox]]. Must be the legs.
68%%* [[Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName Conrad]]. The author herself has stated that her favorite pairing is Conrad/Misery.
69* In ''Webcomic/HolyBibble'' Yahweh's literal existence is a joke as he's created just to get Satan laid. No mortal wants to follow him, other gods don't take him seriously and will even steal what little followers he acquires. Even just the idea of being friendly toward Yahweh is laughable, and sometimes the punchline of a comic is nothing more than Yahweh crying.
70* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' be it {{canon}} or {{fanon}}, [[RoyalBrat Eridan Ampora]] is basically guaranteed to end up with the short end of the stick. [[spoiler: [[FromNobodyToNightmare This]] [[BewareTheSillyOnes eventually]] [[FreakOut ended]] [[NotSoHarmlessVillain up]] [[FaceHeelTurn driving]] [[WhosLaughingNow him]] [[DarkestHour crazy]].]]
71* The character Head-leg (a head on a leg, go figure) from ''Webcomic/{{Irritability}}'' was literally made by EvilGenius Exoth to be tortured and die in horrifying ways over and over again. Exoth just doesn't like poor Head-leg.
72* Nothing ever goes right for [[Webcomic/LasLindas Miles]]. And if something actually ''does'', it will likely end up backfiring horribly for him, and amusingly for the readers.
73* In ''Webcomic/MarioAndLuigiCleanupCrew'', there's Toad, who's used his spore counterattack on two occasions so far. Once was when Peach needed to block a sudden punch to the face, and the other was when he ''tripped''.
74* ''{{Webcomic/Matchu}}'' has Matchu and Amber, StarCrossedLovers who can't get near each other without something bad happening. The one time Amber actually acknowledges Matchu's presence, ''a UFO lands on top of him mid-sentence.''
75* In ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', Gary's misfortunes sometimes seem to be the comic's main source of humor, although it's arguable that he brings a lot of his troubles on himself, and this trope is eventually {{averted|Trope}} by stages. In fact, for all his misfortunes, Gary leads an increasingly ''interesting'' life from the comic's first strip onwards; his big problem may simply be an inability to capitalise on his moments of good luck. For example, his favourite (ex-)porn star Amber becomes interested in him sexually, but then manages to drive him off thanks to his inability to handle her confusion about his exact sexual orientation. Likewise, he eventually has two attractive women competing for his attentions -- but neither pays any attention to any ideas he may have about the matter.\
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77The June 4 2013 strip, number 750 (NSFW), perhaps marks the point beyond which ''nobody'' can classify Gary simply as the comic's butt monkey. Having vanished, a little worryingly, from his apartment, Gary turns up [[spoiler:in ''UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, in the company of a naked fashion model'']], looking understandably fairly cheerful. Meanwhile, most of the rest of the cast are suffering break-ups and traumas. Which said, he does still suffer occasional uncomfortable incidents, even on that trip (see [[http://www.sandraontherocks.com/strips-sotr/work_my_ass_off this strip]] from SpinOff comic ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks'') -- but everybody's life has its ups and downs.
78* In ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' Rumisiel started out as a Butt Monkey, however as he has [[CharacterDevelopment become (marginally)]] more competent, the job of Butt Monkey has fallen more and more to resident IneffectualSympatheticVillain Cassiel who has sunk to the point where she has been [[http://www.misfile.com/?date=2009-05-19 defeated by a caterer]].
79* ''[[{{Webcomic/Morphe}} morphE]]'' features Tyler Dawn, a ForgetfulJones who forgets important information and sucks up close to the kidnapper who is keeping the group imprisoned. He is fiercely competitive with the other captives but lacks any skill to follow through with his passion. For these reasons and more he is made to look a loser and failure. "God damn it, Tyler" is being said more and more each chapter.
80* Myrith [=McRain=] from ''[[http://Mortifer.smackjeeves.com Mortifer]]''. It starts with [[MagnificentBastard Joey]] capturing him, chaining him to a desk near the breakroom, and forcing him to do hacking work to [[spoiler:find black market kingpins]]. But the crowning moment of this has to be when Alyce, who is revealed to have known him from childhood, finds out he's there... And, well, [[http://mortifer.smackjeeves.com/comics/466510/chap22page11/ just]] [[http://mortifer.smackjeeves.com/comics/466666/chap22page12/ look]].
81* In ''Webcomic/MSPaintMasterpieces'', we have [[strike: Polka]] Reset Man who started out half built and, an hour later, half of the rest destroyed and it all went down hill from there.
82* ''WebComic/MuhPhoenix'': Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}. He gets beat up a lot, is often mocked by the rest of Comicbook/TheAvengers and despised by the Comicbook/XMen. And when Comicbook/SpiderMan raped him, everybody else just looked and laughed at him instead of helping (and Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} even recorded the whole thing).
83%%* Matt from ''Murphy's Law''.
84* ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'' is one of the many butt monkeys who adopt the DeadpanSnarker path to make up for it. Even when he isn't shown on screen suffering from fates ranging from [[JustEatHim being eaten by an ogre]] to being actively ''disintegrated'' by evil adventurers, ''his employers'' will put him through some very weird stuff for a quick laugh. And then there's the [[AbnormalAmmo henchapult]]....
85* Ivan the apprentice of a sadistic tyrant sorceress in ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'' has had more spotlight than any other character, and all the more witness to his suffering. [[spoiler: Whether or not he's actually been killed, death would be a kinder fate than he'll probably get.]]
86* Garth from ''Webcomic/OnePhoneCall'' is in the process of telling one of the most improbable stories ever. Over the course of one week, his apartment burned down, he lost his job, he was suspected of domestic terrorism, he had a heart attack, he accidentally aided some master criminals with a casino robbery, and his car ''[[StuffBlowingUp exploded]]'' in the ensuing police chase. And he's just getting started.
87* To a certain extent, Vaarsuvius from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', who in the recent arc keeps getting screwed over by the plot in painful and imaginative ways.
88** To an extent, the entire Order of the Stick. To quote V, "It is troubling that we can now recognize our failures by immediate auditory familiarity."
89* Lenny from ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure''. He's the one who has to lug the group's treasure swag around, and Angelika and Rocky are often pretty mean to him. Some of their treatment towards Lenny might be due to his [[ExtremeDoormat passive nature.]]
90%%* A-san from ''Webcomic/OverlordAcademy''.
91%%* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'''s [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/11/12/ Safety Monkey]]. Don't tell me you don't have one.
92%%* Jake from ''Webcomic/PKComic'' is a prime example of a ButtMonkey
93* Johnny Turringer, a bit player from ''Webcomic/{{Precocious}}''. He's made it in-panel once, before his most notable trait is developed: somehow, Max (the only nice kid in the main cast!) ends up causing him some sort of injury. Every time Johnny's come by after was preceded by some sort of crunch sound, as if a bone was being broken ...
94* In the ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' {{Fan Webcomic|s}} by [[http://www.q-ice.com/comic/nanoha/index.htm Q-Ice]], being one of Nanoha's [[DefeatMeansFriendship befriended ones]] automatically lands you in this role. Just ask [[http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/4869/nano001trsz9.jpg Fate]], [[http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/8657/nano003trek2.jpg Vita]], and [[http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/42/nano095trer2.jpg Teana]].
95* Hannelore from ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', with elements of TheWoobie, although in recent years she's gotten better (and drifted out of focus) with Clinton taking her place as the target of the universe's abuse.
96* ''Webcomic/Rain2010'':
97** Gavin tends to be made the butt of the joke due to people snarking at his rude behavior and cluelessness in the rest of the gang's LGBTQ+ related situations/shenanigans. This is mainly in the early chapters, as he becomes more supportive of Rain.
98** Drew is even more of a punching bag. His awkwardness and InnocentlyInsensitive attitude can often have him made fun of by other characters, especially Rob.
99%%* Estonia from ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld''.
100* ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'' tends to be ... whimsical ... with its characters, but they mostly have their ups as well as downs. But then, in 2017, the "Hard Yards" storyline introduced a massive {{Retcon}} which revealed that the very young Scout Jones has achieved victimhood on a cosmic scale, albeit largely through her own folly . The very young Scout sees her parents' marriage break up. Then, [[spoiler:as she grows up, she apparently acquires a series of half-sisters who she can't stand.]] Then, probably because she's [[spoiler:[[YouCantFightFate trying to change the past]] and actually creating a StableTimeLoop, the {{time travel}}ing adult Scout sees all her plans defeated by a series of weird accidents and coincidences, and realizes that she's ''caused'' at least two things she set out to prevent -- her father leaving her mother, and then him proposing to Shelley. In a last throw of the dice, she tries to kill Shelley... And, well, anyone whose [[http://www.scarygoround.com/?date=20171218 plan is foiled by Desmond Fishman,]] even accidentally, is really having a bad life]].
101* ''Webcomic/Shameless2012'': Cosmos one-through-six seem to look down on Seven. They spend an [[http://cosmic-angel-raine.deviantart.com/art/Origen-pg-2-349346764 entire page]] talking about how they don't think she will wake up, and basically calling her useless.
102* ''Webcomic/ShortPsychoticAlienMonkey'' has the usual suspects, aka Krillin and Yamcha. There's also [[AssholeVictim Master Roshi]] and Vegeta himself.
103* Zoe from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' is this in a mountain of spades. One has to wonder, being that several characters in the series are based on people the author knows, if Zoe is based off some one he hates.
104** On Zoe's first appearance, very first panel in fact, she got locked out of her car with the engine running and then (two panels later) promptly ignored by the people she was asking for help in favor a chick with a pair of three-of-the-letter-that-comes-after-Cs. Shortly after she gets her arm twisted by the same guys because of an armada of other multiply-barely-passing-grade-letter endowed women. A few minutes later she meets Bun-Bun... [[KillerRabbit 'nuff]] [[TokenEvilTeammate said]]. Then, minutes later as she is sitting, minding her own business, recovering from her previous wounds, she gets hit in the head by a frisbee thrown by one of the previously mentioned improperly-counter-weighted women... then immediately trampled by torg, riff, and the entire Keeping-the-Plastic-Surgeons-in-Business Association... And then immediately trampled again... and then, just to ice the cake with a layer of frozen Zoe blood, she get's meated by Bun-Bun again... as her INTRODUCTION!
105** But that's not even the worst of it. Since then she has been [[spoiler:cursed, had said curse abused for laughs, chased by a psycho unkillable mind controlled gymnastic super assassin that wants to kill her over a love triangle Zoe has no active part in, had her best friend be possessed by a demon, had her first romantic interest in the comic gorily killed by devil-cats right in front of her, oh yeah... had to run for her life from said devil-cats, teleported back in time and forced to act out a prophecy to kill aforementioned demon, is now hunted by demons world wide, kidnapped to be experimented on, given the mother of all meddling mothers, nearly loses her family to keep her job, ostracized by her friends also because of job, other-dimension widowed, other-dimension killed by a different set of demons, kidnapped by Russian mobsters (who thought she was a camel), and (because the author apparently wasn't satisfied with everything up to that point) burned to death in roughly a billion different dimensions at the same time.]] I'm sure I missed a few... dozen.
106*** At which point, when it was revealed [[spoiler:that she was actually alive but worse than brain dead...]] it was somehow still an improvement.
107* Efengi from ''Webcomic/TheSnailFactory'' is constantly put through various types of torment and nearly fatal disfigurement. He may also be considered a [[TheChewToy chew toy]], depending on how you look at it.
108* Davan of ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive''. Within the last three years, his long-time girlfriend left him to pursue her dream job, [[spoiler: his mother died, his father was diagnosed with Alzheimer]]'s, he's had a paternity scare (which the author admitted he almost made Davan the father just to spite some of his critics), and his acting career is a string of roles as rapists and psychos. All this doesn't even include the casual cruelties heaped upon him by his ([[VitriolicBestBuds so-called]]) friends.
109** Some might argue Mike is a bigger Butt Monkey, but it's clear that most of the stuff that happens to him is both deserved and self-inflicted.
110** And let us not forget Kharisma, who was burned and disfigured and was sent to prison for life for a murder that, ironically, she didn't even commit. (Why is that ironic? Because she was actively ''trying'' to kill the person whose death sent her to jail.) Then she escaped, went on the run, and found herself working as an enforcer for a meth dealer.
111* ''Webcomic/SoreThumbs'': Fairbanks, the [[StrawCharacter Strawman Republican]], who at this point is even starting to actually resemble a monkey. (It's all about the ears and facial expressions!)
112* In ''Webcomic/StarMares'', an unlucky red pony joined the Imperial Navy because she believed her cutie mark meant she was supposed to see the stars. [[CirclingBirdies That wasn't quite what it meant.]] When the story transferred off of her ship, the author invented a nearly-identical twin sister for her to take over the task.
113* ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'' has Ruby, a confused FishOutOfWater and naive {{virgin|ityMakesYouStupid}}. Most of her misfortunes involve embarrassment; she's repressed and easily embarrassed, and also sometimes confused to the point of [[HeroicBSOD mental shut-down]].
114** Before the comic even began, she discovered that her sister Amber was a porn star by being exposed to one of her films at a party — when she was 14.
115** In her first appearance, she accidentally [[PantyShot panty-flashes]] gay couple Dillon and Jerzy; later, she stumbles on a [[PornStash collection of porn]] her sister has starred in, is disgusted to find two of her sister's sex toys just lying around, and then ends up [[spoiler:hiding in a wardrobe, watching and then listening while Jerzy and Dillon have sex]] (which she ''doesn't'' enjoy). Oh, [[WebcomicTime and that was only the first day]].
116** The next day she has it pointed out to her that her favorite tutor at university was an exploitative pervert, and her long-standing wardrobe choice is therefore deeply embarrassing.
117** The day after that, there's the trip to the swimming pool where she nearly drowns and then experiences what feels to her like a minor HumiliationConga. At which point, [[http://www.stickydillybuns.com/strips-sdb/i_got_distracted she notices again]] just how life is treating her.
118** She gets a little more hardened as the story continues, of necessity, but the emotional traumas don't stop. She tells Dillon that hanging around with him and Amber [[http://www.stickydillybuns.com/strips-sdb/you_will_always_be_my_favorite_girl "is like tuning my TV to the 'Uncomfortable Realizations Channel,' 24-7".]]
119** Her boyfriend Andy's apparent suggestion that they have sex also causes her trauma. However, she gets over that with help from her new friends. [[CharacterDevelopment She's becoming less vulnerable]], and hence less of a butt monkey. Actually, she clearly decides that she quite likes the idea of sex — but Andy seems to be too dense to take the hint, so Ruby continues to suffer.
120%%* Dr. Schtein in ''Webcomic/StringTheory2009'' - although, he ''is'' a JerkAss most of the time, so it evens out.
121* Tenka of Webcomic/SupernaturalInvestigationDepartment is this. Wherever he goes he's either teased, having his (apparently, very expensive) clothes ruined, or being hit in the face. The main exception to this is when he's in combat at which point he pretty much becomes a (metaphorical) god.
122* Subverted in ''Webcomic/TalesOfTheQuestor'' where the lead character, Quentyn, is the apparent Butt Monkey of the story. He is a runt, bullied and put down by many of his peers, the governing counsel of his town largely doesn't take him seriously, and he is unable to use the [[FunctionalMagic Lux power]] around him like almost everyone else. However, when he finally makes the big sacrifice that gets him hailed as a hero in his hometown, the chief bully, Rahan, drunkenly complains about how Quentyn actually has an unfair advantage. Rahan wails that since Quentyn is seems to be such a Butt Monkey to everyone, they always feel sorry for him and thus he has gotten away with a variety of antics that would have had anyone else run out of town. Quentyn comes close to believing that, but his friend Kestrel reminds him forcefully that he deserved that sympathy and he never abused it.
123* More often than not, when Qi Fang appears in ''Webcomic/TheirStory'', he'll be subject to some sort of misfortune. It more often than not has something to do with [[LikeBrotherAndSister Sun Jing]].
124%%Explain * Nepta's naivete and ambition in ''{{Webcomic/tinyraygun}}'' often gets her into trouble.
125%%* Wayne of ''Webcomic/TwoGuysAndGuy'' is the frequent victim of his ComedicSociopath friends, and the world in general.
126* Igor in ''Webcomic/{{Vinigortonio}}''. If something bad's gonna happen, it's bound to happen to him, and it becomes even worse when he finds out the leader of an evil organization needs to destroy his building in order to [[TakeOverTheWorld conquer the world]].
127* ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard''
128** [[TheSlacker Swampy]] is often the target of physical pranks, including being stapled or taped to the ceiling multiple times.
129** On the field, [[ThoseTwoGuys Larry and Daryl]] are enthusiastic but not terribly bright players, whose use of usually faulty paintball "grenades" is something of a RunningGag.
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