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* Strong Sad from ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' is an odd case of a [[The Woobie|Woobie]] who is also a [[Butt Monkey]]: we do genuinely pity him most of the time, but that doesn't prevent us from laughing at his expense from time to time.
* [[The Nostalgia Critic]]. He ''is'' a git and does deserve what he gets most of the time, but he's an epic [[Jerkass Woobie]] and fans have said that it would be kinda nice if he actually ''won'' for a change.
* In [[SuperMarioGlitchy4]], the Koopalings may be seen as this. They don't appear often in the series, but when they do, they tend to be [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]s who get on the receiving end of a [[Curb Stomp Battle]]. What's worse is that they always have a kind-of legitimate reason to go up against [[Designated Hero]] Mario, who isn't any better himself and often the ''worse'' [[Jerkass]].
** Bowser Jr. also qualifies, to a lesser extent. He has a few more appearances, not all of them being this. (Mario even ''cares'' for him once in ''R64: Son of a Bowser'', from the closely related series ''Retarded 64''.)
** In ''Bowser loses custody of his children'', it is revealed that Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings get routinely neglected by their [[Depending on the Author|(adoptive?) father]] Bowser.
** Wendy seems to get the overall harshest treatment. Just see her getting insta-curb-stomped in ''Stupid Mario World'', and getting abused and (probably) killed for no reason by [[Designated Hero]] {{spoiler|Meggy}} in ''The Mario Mafia''.
** Melony may also qualify, for nobody really being able to empathize with her. Much of her time, she is a human soul trapped in a water melon, and when [[Shape Shifter|in her human form]], she [[Berserk Button|goes Berserk]] whenever anyone tries to cut or eat a water melon (probably assuming that they have human sentinence as well). Of course, nobody cares for this, and everyone just wonders when she goes postal for "no reason", instead she gets fought off and framed as a [[Designated Villain]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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