History ExtremeDoormat / WesternAnimation

** [[Characters/MiraculousLadybugMarinetteDupainCheng Marinette Dupain-Cheng]] is stated to be this, as she is supposed to be [[ShrinkingViolet shy]], can't say no, and let Chloe bully her for years. But it sounds like an InformedFlaw as Marinette is only shy in front of [[CannotSpitItOut Adrien]], otherwise nobody impress her... including [[SecretIdentity Cat Noir]] (Adrien), whom she constantly [[{{Irony}} bosses around]]. She also chews Chloe out every time it's needed and is very assertive in general.
** When it comes to boys, however, this is a frequent flaw. [[Characters/MiraculousLadybugAdrienAgreste Adrien Agreste]] let his [[KnightTemplarParent father]] control every aspect of his life, [[spoiler: including the love one in the parallel time line of ''Cat blanc'', where Gabriel would forces his son [[BreakUpDemand to break up with Marinette.]]]] As Cat Noir, [[LoveMartyr Adrien]] lets the girl he loves, Ladybug, belittle and mistreat him. His time dating [[RomanticFalseLead Kagami]] was very brief, but she still had the time [[HenpeckedHusband to be very controlling]]. Adrien tends to find excuses for everyone, including [[AlphaBitch Chloe and Lila]], and can't say no to them (well, for the second, only once).

** As Homer TookALevelInJerkass, [[Characters/TheSimpsonsMargeSimpson Marge Simpson]] appeared to be more and more of a doormat, forgiving him over and over again, not only for stupid accidents and acts of ignorance, but huge acts of genuine deceit. While Bart and Lisa weren't willing to put up with it in many cases, Marge overlooked almost everything he did.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[MeaningfulName Toadie]], the Mayor's loyal assistant. To this day, he has been pretty much the main example of a doormat. He is the one who receives physical abuse on this matter passed as a comedic relief moment like being used as a carrier (A small Frog, actually the smallest adult species) for the Mayor (a massive Toad) when the Mayor loses his own hot air balloon or being used as a step stool. Also, he is ok with everything he can say or do. It is revealed in the chapter "Battle of the Bands" that he stopped giving his own opinion voluntarily years ago, only willing to obey someone's orders, his excuse being that sometimes is more fun to be there for another person that he cares about. In fact, he has only lashed out three times during the series.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has [[ExaggeratedTrope Neutral Planet]], with ''nothing'' but doormats.

* Jesse from ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' is a rather [[FatalFlaw severe example]]. Regardless of the consequences to himself or others, he's unable to say "no" to anyone, not even when [[spoiler:his {{Jerkass}} friends bully his younger brother and make him tape the whole thing. Eventually, he ''does'' learn to stand his ground when the Apex mess with MT and Alan Dracula]].
* MODOK in ''WesternAnimation/IronManTheAnimatedSeries'' has aspects of this trope, constantly putting up with the Mandarin belittling him and even having to be persuaded out of helping him enact a plan that would KILL HIM. When asked why he puts up with it he answers "He makes me laugh. Seriously, I ''like'' him."

* On ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Bill can fit this trope sometimes, although it can be tragic just as much as it's played for laughs. He was really a go-getter guy when he was in high school and pretty tough and likable, but his current doormat status is implied to partly be because he joined the army, but mostly due to his leeching, cheating, dominating ex-wife Lenore, who left him with a broken heart and a missing spine.
-->'''Bill:''' When people yell at me, I usually do what they say!

* Mr. Milk from ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'' has quite a few doormat qualities, although it's mostly because he's stuck being school teacher to local VillainProtagonist Vendetta. Having an evil red bird fiend constantly keeping him in check doesn't help much either.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': [[Characters/MiraculousLadybugMarinetteDupainCheng Marinette Dupain-Cheng]] is stated to be this, as she is supposed to be [[ShrinkingViolet shy]], can't say no, and let Chloe bully her for years. But it sounds like an InformedFlaw as Marinette is only shy in front of [[CannotSpitItOut Adrien]], otherwise nobody impress her...Including [[SecretIdentity Cat noir]](Adrien), that she constantly [[{{Irony}} bosses around]]. She also chews Chloe out every time it's needed and is very assertive in general.

** [[RomanticRunnerUp Luka]] pushes it to the extreme by not minding at all that Marinette is already in love with Adrien. He does not show a modicum of jealousy towards the latter (to the point you can wonder if he is really into Marinette) and even [[ShipperOnDeck encourages them]]. This is a YoyoPlotPoint, though, as in ''Truth'', Luka was for once extremely pushy into forcing Marinette to tell him her secrets. Or that in ''Crocoduel'', he seemed to have a bit of regret to be the RomanticRunnerUp...Only to be an ExtremeDoormat again in the next episode.

*** However, she does have a spine, even though it takes some time to dig it out. The episode "Harlequinade" demonstrated that when angry enough, she's perfectly willing to blow the Joker away (with a machine gun!) with barely a second thought. Probably the only scene in the entire series where the two show genuine mutual respect and affection, as fits their twisted minds.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' we have the case of [[MeaningfulName Toadie]], the Mayor's loyal assistant. To this day, he has been pretty much the main example of a doormat. He is the one who receives physical abuse on this matter passed as a comedic relief moment, like he being used as a carrier (A small Frog, actually the smallest adult species) for the Mayor (a massive Toad) when the Mayor lost his own hot air balloon or being used as a stepstool. Also, he is ok with everything he could say or do.
** It is revealed in the chapter "Battle of the Bands" that he stopped giving his own opinion voluntarily years ago, only willing to obey someone's orders, his excuse being that sometimes is more fun to be there for another person that he cares about.
*** In fact, he has only lashed out 3 times.
*** When Anne and Sprig asked for his help back in Season 1 after they pushed him, claiming the Mayor as a culprit of stealing a shell.
*** When Anne tells him that he doesn't know anyone else than the Mayor during the elections. (Man he LASHED OUT when that happened)
*** In Season 2, when he wanted the Mayor to pursue a longtime dream he ever had when the latter started to have a second opinion and actually change plans and ditch said dream (In the end, Toadie had to learn the lesson to leave people he cares to have their own decisions as well.)

*** However, she does have a spine, even though it takes some time to dig it out. The episode "Harlequinade" demonstrated that when angry enough, she's perfectly willing to blow the Joker away (with a machine gun!) with barely a second thought. Probably the only scene in the entire series where the two showed genuine mutual respect and affection, as fits to their twisted minds.
* Linda Belcher from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' has a terrible case of this involving her family, and her own kids. Her parents tend to walk all over her, with her mother Gloria being the absolute worst at it for being a huge bitch (Linda's kids don't even have a high opinion of her) who gets away with her nagging (Linda's reasoning is that it's the only way she can be happy...which Bob has all the right to complain that everyone else suffers for it for no real good reason). Linda's sister Gayle is a mess of a person who constantly asks the Belchers for large amounts of money and whose helplessness tends to get Linda roped into it. Linda's kids (mostly Louise) are the ones who ''know'' they can get away with most stuff when appealing to their mother's feelings.

* ''WesternAnimation/ClassOf3000'': Philly Phil is a downplayed version. While not a complete pushover, he's generally passive, easy to hurt, tends to do whatever's told of him without a fight, and not willing to stand up for himself. [[CharacterDevelopment He loses this trait after "Big Robot on Campus."]]

** Cleveland's extreme doormat personality became a plot point in one episode, where it caused his wife, Loretta, to cheat on him with Quagmire because Cleveland wasn't passionate at all. Cleveland's response is to apologise to ''her''. Peter tries to [[TeachHimAnger teach Cleveland to get angry]] and [[GoneHorriblyRight it worked so well that Cleveland wanted to murder Quagmire]]. Cleveland manages to regain control of himself and, while he is still the doormat in [[WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow his own show]], he isn't as bad as he used to be.
--->'''Loretta:''' Apologise?! I cheat on you, and ''you'' apologise to ''me?!!'' Cleveland Brown, you are pathetic!\\

** Lois' mother is also shown as being a doormat to her husband, essentially bending to his will and even suppressed her Jewish identity because her husband wanted to get into country clubs. However, when she discovers in another episode that her husband cheated on her, she firmly tells him to leave.

** Meg herself is a doormat incarnate. Because she's the universe's ButtMonkey, she's very submissive and doesn't put in any effort to defend herself. Her school, the town, and even her own family always mocks her, abuses her (physically and mentally), and act like she deserves it all. In the hurricane episode, Meg finally snaps and tells off her whole family by showing them just how horrible they are as a family and as human beings. This causes everyone else in the family to turn against each other for their terrible and annoying flaws while Meg walks away from it. In the end, she realizes that without her, the Griffin family will turn against each other to let out their aggressions and her being the punching bag was the only thing that kept any form of peace in the household. Meg apologizes to her family for acting out and [[StatusQuoIsGod everything goes back to the way they were.]]
* Wilt from ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''. His catchphrases are "I'm sorry" and "Is that okay?". When lost in the woods, his first suggestion was, "I can starve first if it helps". Occasionally he has outbursts of anger at being treated as a doormat...and then apologizes for it.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' had the episode "One Little Word", where Stan is portrayed as a doormat for his boss Avery Bullock, constantly at his beck and call no matter how inconvenient or demeaning his orders are. In particular, Bullock is having an affair and orders Stan to help cover it up and take care of his mistress, all while Stan is supposed to be on vacation with his wife Francine. At the end of the episode, Stan finally decides to say "no" to Bullock...but he does this immediately after he's been shot by his enraged wife and is on the floor pleading for help (and Francine, who'd spent the whole episode trying to get Stan to assert himself, is practically begging him to call 911).

** Harley Quinn is this when it comes to the Joker. Lampshaded in this exchange:

** However, she does have a spine, even though it takes some time to dig it out. The episode "Harlequinade" demonstrated that when angry enough, she's perfectly willing to blow the Joker away (with a machine gun!) with barely a second thought. Probably the only scene in the entire series where the two showed genuine mutual respect and affection, as fits to their twisted minds.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Marinette is stated to be this, as she is supposed to be [[ShrinkingViolet shy]], can't say no, and let Chloe bully her for years. But it sounds like an InformedFlaw as Marinette is only shy in front of [[CannotSpitItOut Adrien]], otherwise nobody impress her...Including [[SecretIdentity Cat noir]](Adrien), that she constantly [[{{Irony}} bosses around]]. She also chews Chloe out every time it's needed and is very assertive in general.
** When it comes to boys, however, this is a frequent flaw. Adrien let his [[KnightTemplarParent father]] control every aspect of his life, [[spoiler: including the love one in the parallel time line of ''Cat blanc'', where Gabriel would forces his son [[BreakUpDemand to break up with Marinette.]]]] As Cat Noir, [[LoveMartyr Adrien]] lets the girl he loves, Ladybug, belittle and mistreat him. His time dating [[RomanticFalseLead Kagami]] was very brief, but she still had the time [[HenpeckedHusband to be very controlling]]. Adrien tends to find excuses for everyone, including [[AlphaBitch Chloe and Lila]], and can't say no to them (well, for the second, only once).

** Fluttershy, who kowtows to pretty much everything under the sun. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Don't push it, though]]. And don't threaten her friends: Fluttershy doesn't stand up for ''herself'', but standing up for her friends ''[[MamaBear is another story entirely]]''. An episode revolves around her doormattitude, which has been turned [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] for the sake of the episode; she's even pushed around by Angel Bunny, who up until now tended to make it his job to keep everyone else's pushing around to a minimum. So she goes to a seminar on assertiveness, which causes a complete personality 180. She actually calls Pinkie Pie and Rarity worthless to their faces before the HeelRealization rolls around.

** As Homer TookALevelInJerkass, Marge appeared to be more and more of a doormat, forgiving him over and over again, not only for stupid accidents and acts of ignorance, but huge acts of genuine deceit. While Bart and Lisa weren't willing to put up with it in many cases, Marge overlooked almost everything he did.

** In "Bart vs. Thanksgiving," Abe implies that Homer himself was this when he was younger, and the way Homer responds indicates that it hasn't totally worn off.

** Butters in his pre-breakout days. Though he sometimes sill qualifies when he's not playing TheWoobie or BadassAdorable.
* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' is this to the extreme; several episodes show he's virtually incapable of saying no to ''anyone'', and in "Walking Small," he's so passive that he actually lets a random fish sit on him without a fight. Several episodes show him try to grow a spine, only to conclude that he's fine with being stepped on... sometimes literally. That being said, as shown in "Can You Spare a Dime?", [=SpongeBob=] ''does'' have his limits on how much abuse and exploitation he can take, though it took ''several months'' of Squidward [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity taking advantage of his kindness]] before he reached that point. [=SpongeBob=] tended to Squidward's every ridiculously demanding need while being forced to wear a FrenchMaidOutfit, with Squidward refusing to get a job or even get out of bed. [=SpongeBob=] finally snapped.

'''Cleveland:''' I disagree, but I respect your condor.\\

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': Downplayed with Professor Utonium. While he's often affectionate with his girls and does mean well, he rarely ever gives them a punishment whenever they do something immoral. Seasons 1 and 2 seem to give him a more balanced parenting style, but later on, he becomes this to the point of forgiving them easily.