History Main / NoRespectGuy

* ''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.
* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': Harley is an Olympic-level acrobat with a degree in psychology and years of experience in combat. Despite this, most people consider her a joke and refuse to consider her anything other than the Joker's girlfriend or a generic thug. [[spoiler:Even after she took out 4/5 members of the Injustice League, Gordon who only took down the 1/5 she didn't calls her an annoyance rather than a threat.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Stan and Kyle, and it gets worse in later seasons. When Stan and Kyle are trying to give good advice and reasons to others, they tend to be mistreated not just by Cartman and Randy, but sometimes, by everyone else.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Squidward Tentacles is either this or a straight {{Jerkass}} ButtMonkey, DependingOnTheWriter (albeit more often the latter than the former since TheMovie).
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Pink Diamond is eventually revealed to be this. She was the youngest Diamond and the others always treated her as an AnnoyingYoungerSibling, usually brushing her off. She started acting like a RoyalBrat in a desperate attempt to be at least noticed and demanded her own colony because she thought that if she could prove that she could oversee one, the others would finally treat her like an equal. It gets darker later when Pink [[spoiler:pleads to the other Diamonds to allow her to stop Earth's colonization because she's had a HeelRealization]], but they just [[NotNowKiddo brush her off as usual]]. Unfortunately, this time she had a point, and Rose Quartz soon led the Crystal Gems in rebellion, ultimately assassinating Pink Diamond, which the others [[ItsAllMyFault still blame themselves for]]. [[spoiler:Though in actuality, their dismissal of Pink and later taking over her colony led Pink to conclude that there was no way to halt the colonization other than open rebellion, and she later decided that the best way to end the war was to fake her own assassination and take on her Rose Quartz secret identity permanently.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', Mario, who is usually a FunPersonified kind of person in the games, has to deal with his family and former boss not looking fondly on his job as a plumber, and just being treated as unimportant in general. That changes when he winds up in the Mushroom Kingdom by accident.

** For the Ginyu Force, it's Guldo, who Vegeta loves to throw dog treats at and Burter has a meltdown at being accused of being slower than.

* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' This is Oscar's main motivation: He doesn't seem to get much respect at the Whale Wash, and seems to get himself into unwanted situations. In his youth, he admired his dad Earl's work at the Wash so much he decided to bring it to school for show and tell, only for the class to [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer cruelly mock him]]. This tragic disaster causes him to consider himself a loser and a "nobody." Since then, Oscar believes that in order to get the respect he yearns for, he has to become rich and famous. He finds his chance when the shark chasing him is killed by a fallen anchor and takes the credit becoming known as the "Sharkslayer." Oscar soon lets his great white lie go into his head and make him rich, not noticing or appreciating what he already had, until Angie blurts out her crush and genuine respect for him, leading Oscar to his CharacterDevelopment.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'': Beast Boy. ''Always'' Beast Boy.

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** Donut. He's actually a legitimately competent soldier and a NiceGuy, but his naïveté and his constant spewing of InnocentInnuendo{{s}} means the Reds and Blues tend to treat him like shit most of the time. At one point, he angrily points out that Wash, the guy who ''shot him'', gets more respect than him.

* ''WebAnimation/TheAnnoyingOrange'': Pear is generally looked down upon for being "boring" and prone to being a ButtMonkey to Orange's antics.

* ''WebAnimation/TheAnnoyingOrange'': Pear is looked down upon for being "boring" and frequently [[ButtMonkey falls victim]] to Orange's antics.

* Church from ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''. He even gets repeatedly killed by his own teammates.

* In WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC, Franchise/{{Superman}} is a mild example of the trope, though he somewhat grew out of it as the series went on. He is one of the most [[NiceGuy mild-mannered]] and [[WideEyedIdealist idealistic members of the cast]], but is looked down upon by most of his fellow superheroes (particularly Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}) because his series isn't nearly as successful as it once was, and many people see him as an outdated character with no relevance to the 21st century.

* Strong Sad in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' is a perpetual ButtMonkey and never taken seriously despite the fact that he has more common sense than all of the other characters besides [[TheUnintelligible The Cheat and Pom Pom]].

* ''WebAnimation/TheAnnoyingOrange'': Pear is looked down upon by the other fruits for being "boring" and frequently [[ButtMonkey falls victim]] to Orange's antics.

* Pear from ''WebAnimation/TheAnnoyingOrange''. The other fruits constantly give him flak for being "boring" and he is constantly a ButtMonkey to Orange's antics.

** In a two-parter episode, Craig points out the reason is that regardless of how good their advice may be, they (alongside Cartman and Kenny) still end up being right at the center of all the strange and useless adventures that happen every week it's because the two, along with Cartman and Kenny, end up going on strange and useless adventures. As such, most of the town finds them equally to blame them for the shenanigans.

* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'': Jackson Jeckyll is a timid, geeky, genuinely good guy, but he's always treated as the resident ButtMonkey by every other student barring Frankie Stein, [[FantasticRacism just for being the only half-human in a school of monsters]]. Not only do bullies treat him that way, the nicer students do too, and even his other self, Holt Hyde, makes fun of him. This mistreatment is often a mere RunningGag, despite the core theme of the franchise being tolerance towards different people.

No matter what the character does, no matter how noble his intentions, they just cannot get the respect of his peers. It's not that they deserves to be unhappy. They are a genuinely NiceGuy who in some other story would be loved and respected. But since they are in a comedy ensemble, they're role is to suffer to keep the humor rolling, even if the audience finds them sympathetic.

* Kikuchiyo from ''Film/SevenSamurai'' is a bumbling wannabe samurai who is a complete laughing stock of his companions, especially [[TheGadfly Heihachi]]. No matter what he tries, he looks like an idiot in front of everyone. Though he does earn a little bit of respect once in a while [[spoiler: and after he dies, he is buried with his sword like the other three samurai casualties]].

* Poor Gunner First Class Jurgen from the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' series always gets overlooked by ''everyone'' -- most of his fellow soldiers don't consider him a "proper" Guardsman and none of the official histories or memoirs so much as mention him. (Exception: Sulla's... [[PurpleProse "writings"]]... mention him as Cain's aide, but never by name.) Admittedly, he's a walking disaster area hygienically and [[spoiler: a blank, which makes people either respond to him with revulsion or flat-out ignore him]], but you'd think someone would notice the number of situations he'd personally [[{{BFG}} melta-gunned]] into submission. Luckily the one person whose opinion matters to him is Cain, and Cain thinks Jurgen is the more heroic of the pair and is constantly annoyed by the oversight.

* Fargo of ''{{Series/Eureka}}'', and deservedly so, but his new role [[spoiler: as head of GD]] has actually lent itself to making him become a more responsible, and yes, respected character. Even before then, and acknowledging he caused plenty of problems thanks to [[CuriousAsAMonkey certain tendencies]], he was still the assistant to the director of GD and apparently competent enough as an OmnidisciplinaryScientist himself to participate or be made responsible for whatever was needed that week but had his position derided by other specialists at GD. Except Larry, who is always competing to take over his position that is.

** ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'': Apollo Justice arguably has it worse than his predecessor/mentor/employer Pheonix. Absolutely everybody he meets will take time out of their usual shenanigans just to make fun of him in some manner. Even [[spoiler: his own mother and little sister]] along with ''Phoenix himself'' mess with him. On the plus side, he didn't get quite as much hostility from the prosecution... until Blackquill came along.

** Tucker is a much more proper example. In one episode, a ghost frames him for the bad things happening to other people. However, once [[spoiler: Tucker became the mayor of Amity Park in the SeriesFinale]], it's safe to say he got a good bit of respect.

* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': Harley is an Olympic-level acrobat with a degree in psychology and years of experience in combat. Despite this, most people consider her a joke and refuse to consider her anything other than the Joker's girlfriend or a generic thug. [[spoiler: Even after she took out 4/5 members of the Injustice League, Gordon who only took down the 1/5 she didn't calls her an annoyance rather than a threat.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Pink Diamond is eventually revealed to be this. She was the youngest Diamond and the others always treated her as an AnnoyingYoungerSibling, usually brushing her off. She started acting like a RoyalBrat in a desperate attempt to be at least noticed and demanded her own colony because she thought that if she could prove that she could oversee one, the others would finally treat her like an equal. It gets darker later when Pink [[spoiler: pleads to the other Diamonds to allow her to stop Earth's colonization because she's had a HeelRealization]], but they just [[NotNowKiddo brush her off as usual]]. Unfortunately, this time she had a point, and Rose Quartz soon led the Crystal Gems in rebellion, ultimately assassinating Pink Diamond, which the others [[ItsAllMyFault still blame themselves for]]. [[spoiler:Though in actuality, their dismissal of Pink and later taking over her colony led Pink to conclude that there was no way to halt the colonization other than open rebellion, and she later decided that the best way to end the war was to fake her own assassination and take on her Rose Quartz secret identity permanently.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Daffy Duck, especially in the host segments of ''The WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Show.'' Even threatened with a lawsuit, Bugs will still yank Daffy's chain.

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* Nick Schaffer (Creator/BreckinMeyer) in ''Film/RatRace''. The most serious character, and the only one who doesn't jump at the opportunity of 2 million dollars, only entering the race after he gets an advantage (a helicopter pilot when the airport tower is broken). From there on, it gets worse.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'': Beast Boy. ''Always'' Beast Boy.

* Kikuchiyo from ''Film/SevenSamurai'' is a bumbling wannabe samurai who is a complete laughing stock of his companions, especially [[TheGadfly Heihachi]]. No matter what he tries, he looks like an idiot in front of everyone. Though he does earn a little bit of respect once in a while [[spoiler: and after he dies, he is buried with his sword like the other three samurai casualties]].
* Park Gang-du from ''Film/TheHost2006'' 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.
* Newt in ''Film/PacificRim'' was mostly viewed with a sort of amused contempt, up until his loony ideas reveal the true reason for the Kaiju attacks. He's back to this in ''Film/PacificRimUprising''; while Liwen Shao seems to value his knowledge, his goofiness and terrible language skills mean he's not exactly the most well-respected of employees, despite his high rank. [[spoiler:Resentment about this, combined with his drifting with a Kaiju brain, gave the Precursors a way to get their hooks into his mind, leading to him secretly masterminding a plan that came within inches of destroying the world.]]

* Nick Schaffer (Breckin Meyer) in ''Film/RatRace''. The most serious character, and the only one who doesn't jump at the opportunity of 2 million dollars, only entering the race after he gets an advantage (a helicopter pilot when the airport tower is broken). From there on, it gets worse.

* Cat in ''WesternAnimation/{{Catdog}}''. While Cat is intelligent and classy, admittingly his brother Dog is more moral and jovial.

* Jerry and Mary from ''WesternAnimation/CodeMonkeys''. Jerry's chops are busted either through his association with his best friend Dave or pointing out a critical flaw in his plans, and Mary gets the brunt of Mr. Larrity's bad attitude because he's unapologetically sexist.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': Danny Fenton, although he isn't the smartest in the trio consisting of himself, [[PerkyGoth Sam]], and [[BlackAndNerdy Tucker]]. And then came ''Reign Storm'', where from there, Danny steadily loses that status.

%%* Dexter of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''.
* Edd from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' usually. He's the OnlySaneMan but rarely gets respect from the Eds and the other kids. However, sometimes his nebbish attitude is impeding, such as when it led to conflict between him and Eddy.

%%* Dib from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''.

* 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 he gets his WhosLaughingNow moment by killing ''every single Joe''... except Duke, who gets some CruelMercy when he pleads for death too.
* Stan and Kyle from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', and it gets worse in later seasons. When Stan and Kyle are trying to give good advice and reasons to others, they tend to be mistreated not just by Cartman and Randy, but sometimes, by everyone else.

* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] 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 make it easy for him to get into problems.
* Kiyone in ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''.
* Brief, AKA "Geek Boy" in ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' is the unlucky TagalongKid to the main characters. [[spoiler:Things look up for him near the end when after being revealed to be a {{Bishonen}}, Panty falls for him. Unfortunately, he's whisked off by the villains to be the ApocalypseMaiden.]]
* Yusaku Godai in ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku''.
* This coupled with DemotedToExtra caused Misawa's FaceHeelTurn in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''.
* Bossun of ''Manga/SketDance'' falls into this occasionally.
* In a way, Hideki from ''Anime/NerimaDaikonBrothers''.
* Deconstructed in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' with Shinji Ikari. Years of this treatment have convinced him that no one loves him. [[spoiler:In which case, there's no reason for himself or anyone else to live...]]
* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', in spite of his relatively equal level to Tanjiro, Zenitsu gets no recognition for his merits (especially from girls) because he's lazy, complacent, wimpy, and cowardly. He's a good guy and an excellent warrior, but he's incredibly obnoxious.

* Oscar and (sometimes) Penny from ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily''.

* Danny Fenton (aka ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''), although he isn't the smartest in the trio consisting of himself, [[PerkyGoth Sam]], and [[BlackAndNerdy Tucker]]. And then came ''Reign Storm'', where from there, Danny steadily loses that status.
** Tucker is a much more proper example. In one episode, a ghost frames him for the bad things happening to other people. However, once [[spoiler: Tucker became the mayor of Amity Park in the SeriesFinale]], it's safe to say he got a good bit of respect.
* Kitty Katswell from ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy''. She's pretty much the only competent agent yet her accomplishments are usually glossed over by the agency in favor of celebrating Dudley.
* Frylock of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' usually manages to avoid being injured by his roommates' stupidity, but he usually receives little to no gratitude for cleaning up their messes.
* Chris in ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' is often treated like dirt, as aside from many injuries he suffers due to [[UndyingLoyalty reluctantly tagging along with Dan in the latter's schemes]], he is hated on by his wife's parents, no one in high school remembers him, and not even Dan treats him with much respect and hardly shows any emotion whenever Chris is either injured or on the verge of death.
%%* Dexter of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''.
* Jerry and Mary from ''WesternAnimation/CodeMonkeys''. Jerry's chops are busted either through his association with his best friend Dave or pointing out a critical flaw in his plans, and Mary gets the brunt of Mr. Larrity's bad attitude because he's unapologetically sexist.
** Mary sometimes has it coming thanks to her StrawFeminist role (even when Larrity and the others aren't being blatantly sexist).
* Henry from ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' is rarely ever respected by the people around him, though sometimes he gets respect from June or his mom.
** This also works for Meltman of ''Action League Now!''.
* Squidward Tentacles from ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' is either this or a straight {{Jerkass}} ButtMonkey, DependingOnTheWriter (albeit more often the latter than the former since TheMovie).
%%* Dib from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''.
* 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 he gets his WhosLaughingNow moment by killing ''every single Joe''... except Duke, who gets some CruelMercy when he pleads for death too.
* PJ from ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop''. He's TheDragAlong. Nobody ever listens to him when he tries to convince them to think through consequences or to prepare (such as [[ReadTheFreakingManual reading the manual]]) or when he tries to tell them something has gone wrong, and he's usually right. He is also routinely treated badly by other characters (though the universe itself seems to like him fine) and multiple episodes have made him the butt of a ShaggyDogStory... which wouldn't have happened if people had just listened to him in the first place.
* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'': Jackson Jeckyll is a timid, geeky, genuinely good guy, but he's always treated as the resident ButtMonkey by every other student barring Frankie Stein, [[FantasticRacism just for being the only half-human in a school of monsters]]. Not only do bullies treat him that way, the nicer students do too, and even his other self, Holt Hyde, makes fun of him. This mistreatment is often a mere RunningGag, despite the core theme of the franchise being tolerance towards different people.
* ''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.
* Meg from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' is the OnlySaneMan on her family, and receives constant mistreatment from the rest of her family. 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.
* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': Harley is an Olympic-level acrobat with a degree in psychology and years of experience in combat. Despite this, most people consider her a joke and refuse to consider her anything other than the Joker's girlfriend or a generic thug. [[spoiler: Even after she took out 4/5 members of the Injustice League, Gordon who only took down the 1/5 she didn't calls her an annoyance rather than a threat.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', Quack Quack always helps his friends whenever they need it, but they don't return the favor; Kaeloo treats him like her personal slave, Stumpy exploits his talents for his own benefit, and Mr. Cat uses him as a punching bag.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', Pink Diamond is eventually revealed to be this. She was the youngest Diamond and the others always treated her as an AnnoyingYoungerSibling, usually brushing her off. She started acting like a RoyalBrat in a desperate attempt to be at least noticed and demanded her own colony because she thought that if she could prove that she could oversee one, the others would finally treat her like an equal. It gets darker later when Pink [[spoiler: pleads to the other Diamonds to allow her to stop Earth's colonization because she's had a HeelRealization]], but they just [[NotNowKiddo brush her off as usual]]. Unfortunately, this time she had a point, and Rose Quartz soon led the Crystal Gems in rebellion, ultimately assassinating Pink Diamond, which the others [[ItsAllMyFault still blame themselves for]]. [[spoiler:Though in actuality, their dismissal of Pink and later taking over her colony led Pink to conclude that there was no way to halt the colonization other than open rebellion, and she later decided that the best way to end the war was to fake her own assassination and take on her Rose Quartz secret identity permanently.]]
* In spite of being the drummer for the Neptunes, WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}} gets no respect because he's a shark. He equally gets no respect from Shelley, the band's tambourinist.
* Shnitzel of ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' does most of the heavy lifting and cleaning, but this largely goes unnoticed by the rest of his co-workers.
* Daffy Duck, especially in the host segments of ''The WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Show.'' Even threatened with a lawsuit, Bugs will still yank Daffy's chain.

* Henry from ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', though sometimes he gets respect from June, who apparently, has a crush on him.

** For the Spice Boys, it's Enema, whose teammates admit to hating him and cared more about losing the HBO Go account they were piggybacking.

* Church from ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''. He even gets repeatedly killed by his own teammates.

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Artemis is the more reasonable of the Guardians' mentors, but he often gets treated like dirt by Luna.

The OnlySaneMan (let's call him Bob) who is [[SurroundedByIdiots surrounded by morons]] and [[ButtMonkey never gets]] [[TheChewToy a break]]. If [[ThrowTheDogABone anything good happens to him]] in a given episode, it will inevitably be [[YankTheDogsChain undone by episode's end]].

No matter what Bob does, no matter how noble his intentions, he just cannot get the respect of his peers. It's not that Bob deserves to be unhappy. He's a genuinely NiceGuy who in some other story would be loved and respected. But since he's in a comedy ensemble, his role is to suffer to keep the humor rolling, even if the audience finds him sympathetic.

While the "I don't get no respect" line is indelibly associated with Creator/RodneyDangerfield, the characters he plays are ''not'' examples of No Respect Guy ({{Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist}}s who don't generally deserve respect). Also note that the other characters have to treat the character unfairly for them to be playing this trope. If they are as stupid as everyone else, they are just a ButtMonkey.

While the "I don't get no respect" line is indelibly associated with Creator/RodneyDangerfield, the characters he plays are ''not'' examples of No Respect Guy (those are the UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist). Also note that the other characters have to treat Bob unfairly for him to be playing this trope. If he's as stupid as everyone else, he's just a ButtMonkey.

See also MemeticLoser, the OutOfUniverse version. And KafkaKomedy where the Nice Guy is always treated like crap no matter how reasonable and well-intentioned are they be.

* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] 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.

* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', in spite of his relatively equal level to Tanjiro, Zenitsu gets no recognition for his merits (especially from girls) because he's lazy, complacent, wimpy and cowardly. He's a good guy and an excellent warrior, but he's incredibly obnoxious.

* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Nerd Hulk (a clone of Hulk with the rational mind of Bruce Banner) is just a nerd interested in "Lord of the Rings" trivia, with fears and insecurities, in a team composed by hardened soldiers and military people. No, nobody has any respect for him.

* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' This is Oscar's main motivation: He doesn't seem to get much respect at the Whale Wash, and seems to get himself into unwanted situations. In his youth, he admired his dad Earl's work at the Wash so much he decided to bring it to school for show and tell, only for the class to [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer cruelly mock him]]. This tragic disaster causes him consider himself a loser and a "nobody." Since then, Oscar believes that in order to get the respect he yearns for, he has to become rich and famous. He finds his chance when the shark chasing him is killed by a fallen anchor, and takes the credit becoming known as the "Sharkslayer." Oscar soon lets his great white lie go into his head and make him rich, not noticing or appreciating what he already had, until Angie blurts out her crush and genuine respect for him, leading Oscar to his CharacterDevelopment.

* Poor Gunner First Class Jurgen from the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' series always gets overlooked by ''everyone'' -- most of his fellow soldiers don't consider him a "proper" Guardsman and none of the official histories or memoirs so much as mention him. (Exception: Sulla's... [[PurpleProse "writings"]]... mention him as Cain's aide, but never by name.) Admittedly, he's a walking disaster area hygenically and [[spoiler: a blank, which makes people either respond to him with revulsion or flat-out ignore him]], but you'd think someone would notice the number of situations he'd personally [[{{BFG}} melta-gunned]] into submission. Luckily the one person who's opinion matters to him is Cain, and Cain thinks Jurgen is the more heroic of the pair and is constantly annoyed by the oversight.

* In ''Literature/TheTerror'', Captain Sir John Franklin is described as the officer everyone likes, but no one respects. This largely stems from his affable nature, but incompetent leadership which lead to disaster on a previous Arctic expedition and his failed governorship of Van Damien's Land. His leading the 1846 expedition to find the Northwest Passage is his last chance at gaining the respect of the Arctic Council. [[spoiler:His incompetence and glory hound nature strikes again and almost the entire 129 man expedition, save for his exec Captain Crozier, dies from starvation, the cold, or the creature stalking the ships.]]

* Fargo of ''{{Series/Eureka}}'', and deservedly so, but his new role [[spoiler: as head of GD]] has actually lent itself to making him become a more responsible, and yes, respected character. Even before then, and acknowledging he caused plenty of problems thanks to [[CuriousAsAMonkey certain tendencies]], he was still the assistant to the director of GD and apparently competent enough as an OmnidisciplinaryScientist himself to participate or be made responsible for whatever was needed that week, but had his position derided by other specialists at GD. Except Larry, who is always competing to take over his position that is.

** Despite Viserys being the brains of his and Dany's attempt to reclaim the Iron Throne during his time on the show, almost all of the attention, both positive and negative, was directed toward his sister. All of the Dothraki were in love with her, and King Robert primarily focused on her when dreading their return (not that Viserys actually knew this; to him Robert was his ArchNemesis, but Robert was more concerned with Dany having children, making this a case of UnknownRival). Since Viserys was doing all of this so ''he'' could be on the throne and not Dany, it perhaps explains why he went off the rails so much more toward the end of his life.
** Theon Greyjoy's lot in life. As the hostage/ward to keep his father in line the guy is seen by both as a stain that they can't get rid off. Tellingly taking Winterfell, the seat of power for the Starks, gets him absolutely no respect from either side and captured for years long torture. [[spoiler:The guy does get a nod of respect just before his RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]

** Crime scene photographer Brodie has it worse. He's a gentle ShrinkingViolet who helps the unit solves multiple murders and even sacrificed his original job to help them, but his lack of experience and his status as a former member of the press means he's constantly mocked and berated. Whenever he complains about it, he's told he needs to earn their respect in spite of his aforementioned accomplishments.

* Drew Carey in ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow''. Despite being the most mild mannered and logical person in the whole cast, he doesn't get much praise from his boss, his co-worker Mimi disrespects him every chance she gets, and Drew's friends are just outright morons.

* On classic ''Series/DoctorWho'', Harry Sullivan spent most of his short time as a companion being picked on, insulted and belittled by the Fourth Doctor. To the point that the Doctor felt justified in shouting "HARRY SULLIVAN IS AN IMBECILE!" to the sky over a misjudgement (which, granted, would have blown up both Harry and the Doctor). He returned to his regular job very quickly and never looked back.

** Thankfully for him he shirked it after being traded to Washington. When it came time for the Redskins to visit Philly he was treated to a standing ovation (which definitely says something considering he was on a Division Rival's team). After retirement he's generally treated in warm regard and is considered the greatest QB in Eagles History. His questionable opinions aren't making him any fans in his NFL Analyst life though.
* 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.) It doesn't help either that he was outdone by the Bears' second backup quarterback in that game.
* Tom Coughlin of the New York Giants might be the coaching answer to [=McNabb=]. In twelve seasons with the team, he had a fair deal of success, including eight non-losing seasons, five playoff appearances, and two Super Bowl wins in 5 years (one of the which is considered one of the greatest upsets in NFL history), making him a guaranteed Hall of Fame inductee in the future. However, every time he lost so much as a single game, the fans and press suddenly put him on the hot seat. It got to the point where Coughlin resigned after three straight losing seasons with the team, which were the result of poor personnel decisions by the team management and numerous injuries to key players, because everyone was calling for the team to fire him.

* UsefulNotes/JohnAdams of ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'' who is universally described as "obnoxious and disliked," a phrase taken from Adams' writings later in life.[[note]]although [[UnreliableNarrator other accounts]] describe him differently, so Adams was probably projecting the unpopularity he had as President onto his memories[[/note]]He perceives himself as being SurroundedByIdiots--that is, Congress. He predicts, accurately, that he'll be forgotten by historians in favor of colorful figures like [[Creator/BenjaminFranklin Franklin]] and [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington Washington]][[note]]again something the real Adams predicted[[/note]] despite the fact that he was one of the principal individuals in the independence movement. However, Franklin gives Adams a sharp lecture near the end of the show about how ''he'' should have a little more respect for his colleagues, as they are as proud and accomplished as Adams.

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'': Despite all the cases he won and how he solved cases most people thought were lost causes, no one ever respects him; the judge is always quick to scold Phoenix and rarely does so for the prosecution, all the witnesses berate Phoenix and treat him like an idiot, all the prosecutors denounce Phoenix as some newbie lawyer who don't know jack about how trials work, and Maya is [[TooDumbToLive a complete idiot]] when it comes to even the most basic logic and she even busts Phoenix's chops a few times, yet Phoenix swore to Mia to look after Maya so he can't just ditch her. The only other person who has it slightly worse than Phoenix is [[ButtMonkey Detective Gumshoe]].

* She isn't one anymore, but in her original few appearances, Zoe from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' had shades of this. In particular, in her first appearance, she was locked out of her car, trampled twice by a mob of people, and then beaten up twice by [[KillerRabbit Bun-Bun.]] While is was never as pronounced as her first appearance, nor is it still in effect, but random unfortunate stuff (such as failing her midterms due to changes to history that she had a hand in being on the test) happening to Zoe was a bit of a running gag for a few years after the strip started. Eventually, she got past it, but she's still a WeirdnessMagnet, so it's not all gone.

* Stan and Kyle from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', and it gets worse in later seasons. When Stan and Kyle are trying to give good advice and reasons to others, they tend to be mistreated not just by Cartman and Randy, but sometimes, everyone else.
** In a two-parter episode, Craig points out the reason is because regardless of how good their advice may be, they (alongside Cartman and Kenny) still end up being right at the center of all the strange and useless adventures that happen every week it's because the two, along with Cartman and Kenny, end up going on strange and useless adventures. As such, most of the town finds them equally to blame them for the shenanigans.

* Meg from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' is the OnlySaneMan on her family, and receives constant mistreatment from the rest of her family. 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.
* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': Harley an Olympic level acrobat with a degree in psychology and years of experience in combat. Despite this, most people consider her a joke, and refuse to consider her anything other than the Joker's girlfriend or a generic thug. [[spoiler: Even after she took out 4/5 members of the Injustice League, Gordon who only took down the 1/5 she didn't calls her an annoyance rather than a threat.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', Pink Diamond is eventually revealed to be this. She was the youngest Diamond and the others always treated her as an AnnoyingYoungerSibling, usually brushing her off. She started acting like a RoyalBrat in a desperate attempt to be at least noticed, and demanded her own colony because she thought that if she could prove that she could oversee one, the others would finally treat her like an equal. It gets darker later when Pink [[spoiler: pleads to the other Diamonds to allow her to stop Earth's colonization because she's had a HeelRealization]], but they just [[NotNowKiddo brush her off as usual]]. Unfortunately, this time she had a point, and Rose Quartz soon led the Crystal Gems in rebellion, ultimately assassinating Pink Diamond, which the others [[ItsAllMyFault still blame themselves for]]. [[spoiler:Though in actuality, their dismissal of Pink and later taking over her colony led Pink to conclude that there was no way to halt the colonization other than open rebellion, and she later decided that the best way to end the war was to fake her own assassination and take on her Rose Quartz secret identity permanently.]]

* Deconstructed in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' with Shinji Ikari. Years of this treatment cranked UpToEleven have convinced him that no one loves him. [[spoiler:In which case, there's no reason for himself or anyone else to live...]]