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* Roi is turned into an IronButtMonkey in pretty much every ''WebOriginal/EscapeTheNight'' fan work. His tendency to be TheKlutz and his usual LeeroyJenkins tactics are taken to the point where pretty much nothing ever goes good for him, and he's always PlayedForLaughs.

Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease. While life can certainly suck at times, nobody exists solely to suffer. Also, while someone’s suffering may be funny in fiction, that’s not that case for RealLife, thus, there are no examples to be found.

If the entire cast is made up of Chew Toys of some kind or another, then you're probably watching a SadistShow. Compare HumiliationConga.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Charlie Brown is the absolute king of this trope. For fifty years the entire universe tried new and creative ways to mess with him.

Compare ButtMonkey (a character who is mistreated regardless of audience opinion), TheEeyore (whose depression is usually in excess of their actual mistreatment) and IronButtmonkey (who seems to suffer injury and accidents more frequently than anyone should, but is capable of taking it). Contrast with TheWoobie, whose suffering inspires sympathy and a desire to make things better for them instead of amusement.[[note]]Which category a certain character fits in may vary from person to person.[[/note]] The polar opposite is KarmaHoudini, where characters do horrible things while karma (and occasionally the other characters) sits back, watches, and [[PassThePopcorn eats popcorn]]. Villains and {{Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist}}s, though, do make good Chew Toys as they bring the bad stuff on themselves. Also by making it a self-inflicted role (most often because of a character's [[TooDumbToLive stupidity]] and short-sightedness) it also makes the torment more palatable.

Compare with the ButtMonkey (a character who is mistreated regardless of audience opinion), and TheEeyore (whose depression is usually in excess of their actual mistreatment), and the IronButtmonkey (who seems to suffer injury and accidents more frequently than anyone should, but is capable of taking it). Contrast with TheWoobie, whose suffering inspires sympathy and a desire to make things better for them instead of amusement.[[note]]Which category a certain character fits in may vary from person to person.[[/note]] The polar opposite is KarmaHoudini, where characters do horrible things while karma (and occasionally the other characters) sits back, watches, and [[PassThePopcorn eats popcorn]]. Villains and {{Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist}}s, though, do make good Chew Toys as they bring the bad stuff on themselves. Also by making it a self-inflicted role (most often because of a character's [[TooDumbToLive stupidity]] and short-sightedness) it also makes the torment more palatable.

* TheChewToy/WebComics

* ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaSeries'': Michiru, She is always falling or geting dirt in embarrasing situations, Sometimes is unconsciously on pourpose [[spoiler:She does on pourpose because making the others laugh is the way she feels worth to live.]]

If a female Chew Toy is regularly used for physical comedy she probably is also a case of SlapstickKnowsNoGender.

* Lewa from ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' tends to be either this or TheWoobie, depending on the situation. While he has some genuinely disturbing things happen to him, his [[ThePollyanna upbeat attitude]] and [[CasualDangerDialog tendency to crack jokes about his predicaments]] make his misadventures funny rather than depressing. For example, his reaction to [[GrandTheftMe having his body stolen]], [[BodyHorror being turned into an]] EldritchAbomination (he got better), being ThrownOutTheAirlock, ending up in a strange jungle full of [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cyborg dinosaurs that shoot laser beams]], and then being [[CapturedByCannibals captured by savages]] in the space of what seems like only 24 hours:

* ''WebAnimation/{{Confinement}}'' stars a man named Connor with ResurrectiveImmortality who is a prisoner of the Wiki/SCPFoundation. They use him as a test subject for all kinds of deadly experiments since he cannot die no matter what happens to him. He has been killed multiple times by a mutant cannibal, killed by a song that causes plants and fungus to grow and mutate and then turned into a log, eaten by a prehistoric sea monster, baked into a living gingerbread man and then eaten, killed multiple times by a magic sword, eaten by a giant lizard, killed multiple times by a robot that wanted to steal his body, turned into a frog and tortured, and more. Having been a prisoner all of his life he's gotten used to all this.

* ''WebAnimation/GoryToons'' is basically ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' but the [[WoodlandCreatures woodland creatures]] replaced with animated [[{{Toon}} Toons]], [[SadistShow meaning almost everyone is a victim of this trope]], although [[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends Cuddles]] and [[VideoGame/Kirby Kirby]] tend to take the most damage, if only because they appear the most.

* ''WebAnimation/GoryToons'' is basically ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' but the [[WoodlandCreatures woodland creatures]] replaced with animated [[{{Toon}} Toons]]. [[SadistShow This means just about everyone is a victim of this trope]], although Cuddles and Kirby tend to take the most damage, if only because they appear the most.

* ''WebAnimation/GoryToons'' is basically ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' but the [[WoodlandCreatures woodland creatures]] replaced with animated [[{{Toon}} Toons]]. [[SadistShow So every goddamn character is a victim of this trope]]. Except [[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends Splendid]] (so far he's only died once), [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Stan Marsh]] (his lack of stupidity has something to do with this), and [[{{OC}} Clara]] (who never even died yet).

* ''WebAnimation/GoryToons'' is basically ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' but the [[WoodlandCreatures woodland creatures]] replaced with animated [[{{Toon}} Toons]]. [[SadistShow So every goddamn character is a victim of this trope]] Except [[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends Splendid]] (so far he's only died once), [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Stan Marsh]] (his lack of stupidity has something to do with this), and [[{{OC}} Clara]] (who never even died yet).

* ''WebAnimation/GoryToons is basically ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' but the [[WoodlandCreatures woodland creatures]] replaced with animated [[{{Toon}} Toons]]. [[SadistShow So every goddamn character is a victim of this trope]] Except [[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends Splendid]] (so far he's only died once), [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Stan Marsh]] (his lack of stupidity has something to do with this), and [[{{OC}} Clara]] (who never even died yet).

* ''WebAnimation/GoryToons is basically ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' but the [[WoodlandCreatures woodland creatures]] replaced with animated {{Toons}}. [[SadistShow So every goddamn character is a victim of this trope]] Except [[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends Splendid]] (so far he's only died once), [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Stan Marsh]] (his lack of stupidity has something to do with this), and [[{{OC}} Clara]] (who never even died yet).