History Main / NoRespectGuy

* PlayedWith Knuckles from ''Anime/SonicX''. On the one hand, he is the one who remains focused on the task of returning back to their world and gathering the Chaos Emeralds. On the other hand, he's still infamously gullible (though Cosmo chalks it up to him wanting to give people chances), and his short temper and pride makes it easy form him to get into problems.

* PlayedWith Knuckles from ''Anime/SonicX''. On the one hand, he is the one who maintains on task returning back to their world and gathering the Chaos Emeralds. On the other hand, he's still infamously gullible (though Cosmo chalks it up to him wanting to give people chances), and his short temper and pride makes it easy form him to get into problems.

* In November 2020, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers told the media that he believed Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford "doesn't get anywhere near the credit" he deserves, hinting that the general ineptitude of the Lions' franchise (which led two other stars, Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson, to retire in frustration due to the team's apparent inability to make needed improvements) might be holding Stafford back and making him seem like a worse player than he really is. It's worth noting that the Lions and the Packers are historically rival teams -- you know it's a big deal when your ''rival'' says you deserve better. Stafford went on to prove Rodgers right after being traded to the Los Angeles Rams (who were good enough to make it to the divisional playoff round in the 2020 season despite being a bit weak in the quarterback department), where he found immediate success the following season by winning a playoff game for the first time in his career en route to taking his new team to the Super Bowl.

* In November 2020, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers told the media that he believed Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford "doesn't get anywhere near the credit" he deserves, hinting that the general ineptitude of the Lions' franchise (which led two other stars, Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson, to retire in frustration due to the team's apparent inability to make needed improvements) might be holding Stafford back and making him seem like a worse player than he really is. It's worth noting that the Lions and the Packers are historically rival teams -- you know it's a big deal when your ''rival'' says you deserve better. Right before the end of the 2020-21 postseason, the Lions have traded Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams (who were good enough to make it to the divisional playoff round in the 2020 season despite being a bit weak in the quarterback department), and found immediate success the following season by winning a playoff game for the first time in his career and then taking his new team to the Super Bowl.

* In November 2020, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers told the media that he believed Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford "doesn't get anywhere near the credit" he deserves, hinting that the general ineptitude of the Lions' franchise (which led two other stars, Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson, to retire in frustration due to the team's apparent inability to make needed improvements) might be holding Stafford back and making him seem like a worse player than he really is. It's worth noting that the Lions and the Packers are historically rival teams -- you know it's a big deal when your ''rival'' says you deserve better. Right before the end of the 2020-21 postseason, the Lions have traded Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams (who were good enough to make it to the divisional playoff round in the 2020 season despite being a bit weak in the quarterback department), and found immediate success the following season by winning a playoff game the first time and then taking his new team to the Super Bowl.

* In November 2020, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers told the media that he believed Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford "doesn't get anywhere near the credit" he deserves, hinting that the general ineptitude of the Lions' franchise (which led two other stars, Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson, to retire in frustration due to the team's apparent inability to make needed improvements) might be holding Stafford back and making him seem like a worse player than he really is. It's worth noting that the Lions and the Packers are historically rival teams -- you know it's a big deal when your ''rival'' says you deserve better. As of 2021, the Lions have traded Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams (who were good enough to make it to the divisional playoff round in the 2020 season despite being a bit weak in the quarterback department), so time will tell what Stafford is capable of in a more successful franchise.

* Park Gang-du from ''Film/TheHost'' is a tragicomic example, an amiable but slow-witted single father who gets little respect from anyone around him. His wife abandoned him, his siblings disrespect him, his father gets exasperated with him constantly sleeping on the job and eating pieces of the customers' food, and even his daughter, who means the world to him, gets annoyed with him as well. And when she is captured by a giant monster, the American and Korean doctors refuse to listen to him when he tries to tell them that she's still alive.

See also MemeticLoser, the OutOfUniverse version.

* Jackson Jeckyll from ''Toys/MonsterHigh''. He's a timid, geeky, genuinely good guy, but he's always treated as the resident ButtMonkey by every other student (aside from Frankie Stein) [[FantasticRacism just for being the only half-human in a school of monsters]]. Not only do bullies treat him that way, but students who usually should be nicer characters do so too, and even his other self, Holt Hyde, makes fun of him. This mistreatment issue is often represented as a mere RunningGag, and the only time the issue is taken seriously (sort of, [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot as it's forgotten rather quickly]]) is in the movie ''Ghouls Rule'', where Jackson is so exasperated that he prefers to stay in the normie school of New Salem (attended by those who vandalized the M.H.) rather than coming back among the monsters. Not helping all this is that [[BrokenAesop it goes against the moral of tolerance which leads the franchise]].

* Stan and Kyle from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', and [[FromBadToWorse it gets worse]] in later seasons. When Stan and Kyle trying to give good advice and reasons they would get that treatment from not just Cartman and Randy , but sometimes, '''''[[EtTuBrute EVERYONE ELSE]]'''''.

** It's less he varies between the two as he's always both.

%%* WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}} the shark. His catchphrase is "no reshpect".
* Shifty Dingo from ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'', ESPECIALLY in Season 2. While he's one of the nicest characters in the show, [[TheBully Marcia]] often harasses him and even bit him in the "Wedding Picnic" episode.
* Violently deconstructed in a ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' sketch where [[ColdSniper a new sniper]] joins the Franchise/GiJoe team, only to be given an EmbarrassingNickname, repeatedly humiliated, and left behind like he's TheLoad. [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal This drives him]] [[FaceHeelTurn to join Cobra]], (amazingly enough Cobra Commander also gives him an embarrassing nickname, but by this point the sniper had StoppedCaring and [[GivingUpOnLogic Given Up On Logic]]) and he gets his [[WhosLaughingNow Who's Laughing Now moment]] by killing ''every single Joe''... except Duke, who gets some CruelMercy when he pleads for death too.

* Jackson Jeckyll from ''Toys/MonsterHigh''. He's a timid, geeky, genuinely good guy, but he's always treated as the resident ButtMonkey by every other student (aside from Frankie Stein) [[FantasticRacism just for being the only human (half-human, actually) in a school of monsters]]. He gets this treatment both by bullies and by students [[WhatTheHellHero who usually should be nicer characters]]. Even his other self, Holt Hyde, makes fun of him! This mistreatment issue is often represented, webisodes or movies, as [[DudeNotFunny a mere]] RunningGag. The only time the issue is taken seriously (sort of, [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot they give it up pretty quickly]]) is in the movie ''Ghouls Rule'', where Jackson is so exasperated that he prefers to stay in the normie school of New Salem (attended by those who vandalized the M.H.) rather than coming back among the monsters. The worst part of all this is that [[BrokenAesop it goes against the moral of tolerance which leads the franchise]].
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has Dipper Pines. Despite being ([[DependingOnTheWriter usually]]) one of the most down-to-earth characters with some serious insecurities and self-worth issues, he's the butt of nearly every joke from... everyone, really. Though his family usually does it [[InnocentlyInsensitive without meaning to]]. This is juxtaposed with his twin sister Mabel, who's super confident, rarely criticized, and openly loved by everyone. While Mabel's mistakes in the show often come without overly serious consequences ([[spoiler:until the finale]]), Dipper's desperate efforts to prove he's worth being listened to usually all end in horrifying disaster. Even the BigBad points this out to Mabel at one point, noting how Dipper regularly sacrifices his own happiness in favor of hers and receives little of this courtesy in return from anyone... [[spoiler:but in the finale, Mabel is placed in something like a real life sandbox world and promptly [[AesopAmnesia forgets this]]. She creates a "better" and "more supportive" ReplacementGoldfish for Dipper called Dippy Fresh, who is nothing like Dipper, and thus whose existence embodies a rejection of the idea that the real Dipper's traits and personality have worth in Mabel's eyes. Mabel eventually chooses to return to reality with her real brother, but this was truly her [[KickTheDog kicking the dog.]]]]
* Meg from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. Then again, without her acting as the No Respect Guy, her family would quickly tear each other apart if the episode "Seahorse Seashell Party" is anything to go by. In fact, in that episode she ''chooses'' to maintain the status of the No Respect Guy in order to keep them happy.

* Justin in ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''.

* In ''WebVideo/AmongUsLogic'', in spite of being the only voice of reason to the idiots around them, [[OnlySaneMan Player]] and [[TheSmartGuy Engineer]] are always ignored, or in some cases outright killed by their easily confused fellow players.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has several people who fit the description, but Tyrion Lannister is one of the most noteworthy. Try to restrain your [[RoyallyScrewedUp royal]] [[EvilNephew nephew's]] [[TheCaligula sociopathic tendencies?]] Get blamed for his behavior instead. Take steps to fix the city's severe food shortage? Nobody seems to notice or care. Annihilate most of an invading army's navy and lead a charge to drive the survivors back? The first gets attributed to other people, the second is supplanted by a much larger charge by friendly reinforcements, and he gets seriously disfigured to boot. This all culminates in him getting framed for the aforementioned nephew's murder and being forced to flee for his life.

* Luigi from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', especially the RPG spin-off games. In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', most people don't know who Luigi is and refer to him as the guy in green or some other variant. In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', one can buy "Paper Luigi" novels between chapters detailing Luigi's epic quest as the HeroOfAnotherStory... except that you also run into Luigi himself between chapters, and his own party members confirm that the amazing feats of badassery detailed in the novels are greatly exaggerated and Luigi actually screwed everything up. However, in ''The Thousand-Year Door'', there is one Toad child who thinks Luigi is cooler than Mario (with apologies to Mario). There's also Pennington the detective, who takes one look at your outfit and deduces that you can only be the famous Luigi, and nothing can convince him otherwise. Mario also typically shows Luigi a great deal of respect as they are very close. An example of this is in "Super Mario Odyssey" where when you obtain Luigi's outfit, Mario says of it "the L stands for winner" showing how highly he thinks of Luigi. So Luigi gets respect sometimes.

[[caption-width-right:250:[[TheScrappy And you deserve every bit of it.]]]]

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* PlayedWith Knuckles from ''Anime/SonicX''. On the one hand, he is the one who maintains on task returning back to their world and gathering the Chaos Emeralds. On the other hand, he's still infamously gullible (though Cosmo chalks it up to him wanting to give people chances) and his short temper and pride makes it easy form him to get into problems.

* Bossun of ''Manga/SketDance'' fall's into this occasionally.

* In a way, Hideki from ''Anime/NerimaDaikonBrothers''.8

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* Godai in ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku''.

* Deconstructed in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' with Shinji Ikari. [[spoiler:Years of this treatment cranked UpToEleven have convinced him that no one loves him. In which case, there's no reason for himself or anyone else to live...]]
** Exaggerated in the ''Anime/{{Rebuild|OfEvangelion}}'' continuity. [[spoiler:After accidentally initiating Third Impact, everyone not only treats him even worse, but foots all responsibility for the damage squarely on him.]]

* ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}''... dear '''Lord''', Empowered. Setting aside the fact that the general populace and criminal element all regard her as a [[FauxActionGirl joke]], the level of [[AlphaBitch emotional abuse]] and [[HandsomeLech sexual harassment]] she deals with from the 'Superhomeys' reaches the point where ''they'' are the ones posting pictures of her on the internet after the villains leave her [[BoundAndGagged chained up humiliatingly]] for them to find. Not to mention the fact that her teammates forgot about her after a battle and left her trapped/embedded in the landscape ''more than once''. At least one reader has wondered why she has not [[FaceHeelTurn thrown her lot in with the Forces of Evil]] out of sheer [[WhosLaughingNow spite]].

* In November 2020, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers told the media that he believed Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford "doesn't get anywhere near the credit" he deserves, hinting that the general ineptitude of the Lions' franchise (which led two other stars, Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson, to retire in frustration due to the team's apparent inability to make needed improvements) might be holding Stafford back and making him seem like a worse player than he really is. You know it's a big deal when your ''rival'' says you deserve better. As of 2021, the Lions have traded Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams, so time will tell what Stafford is capable of in a more successful franchise.

* How often does a ''rival'' say that another player is this (and mean it as a compliment)? In November 2020, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers told the media that he believed Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford "doesn't get anywhere near the credit" he deserves, hinting that the general ineptitude of the Lions' franchise (which led two other stars, Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson, to retire in frustration due to the team's apparent inability to make needed improvements) might be holding Stafford back and making him seem like a worse player than he really is. As of 2021, the Lions have traded Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams, so time will tell what Stafford is capable of in a more successful franchise.

* With [=McNabb's=] retirement in 2012, Jay Cutler of the Chicago Bears has moved into the role of the NFL's #1 no respect guy. In terms of starts, wins, and statistics, Cutler is arguably the best overall quarterback the Bears have had since Sid Luckman in the ''1940s'', but you wouldn't guess it by listening to the fans and media. The Bears have had one of the worst offensive lines in the league since Cutler joined the team, which leads to him being amongst the most sacked ([[TheChewToy and injured]]) quarterbacks in the league in a given year. He was injured in the 2010 NFC Championship game and did not return in the 2nd half. The resulting backlash from other players and the media questioning his toughness is something he may [[NeverLiveItDown never live down.]] (Nevermind the fact that he had a legitimate MCL sprain and was benched on the orders of his coaches.)