History Main / TheKlutz

* ''Anime/KatriGirlOfTheMeadows'': Katri, being a child, is prone to slipping up whenever she's working at a BigFancyMansion as a maid. Her first employers were harsh, but her second ones, the Kuuselas, were more benevolent and told her it wasn't a problem.

* In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', there is an ability that certain Pokemon[[note]]Buneary, Lopunny, Woobat, Swoobat, Golett, Golurk Stufful, and Beware as their second Ability; Audino, Toxel, Fidough, and Capsakid have it as their Hidden Ability[[/note]] can have that is actually called Klutz. Appropriately for the trope, it is one of the less useful abilities in the game, preventing Pokemon with it from being able to use their held items. The only Pokémon the Klutz ability is considered good on at all is Lopunny, both because they get moves that capitalize on the few advantages to the ability there are (one of which involves forcing the Ability on the opponent's Pokemon), and because their statistics [[JokeCharacter make them rather bad at anything else.]]

** Dr. Who himself, as portrayed by Creator/MattSmith, is plenty clumsy and awkward. Creator/StevenMoffat has a very funny bit in his ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' column about the utter madness of writing a script where [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens Matt runs around with a flaming torch]]. AnsCreator/StevenMoffat calls him out on this in one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3IgCJ05nVM#t=17m39s panel]].

This is a character that everyone knows and loves. So long as they aren't involved in ''their'' plans, anyway. [[TitleDrop The Klutz]] bumbles, stumbles and fumbles at seemingly anything they do, but they are kept around for one reason or another. The unstated reason is that they make a great PluckyComicRelief or a perfect mixture with TheDitz when making comical blunders because of their funnily clumsy nature, and serve as a humanizing accessory to a hero if he[=/=]she is TheStoic.

* Manga/{{Naruto}} starts out as a klutz in the beginning of his series.

* Nancy in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan''. A psychic even pointed this out once while attempting to read the bumps on her head, most of which were obtained through Nancy's own klutziness. In another episode, Mr. Chan instinctively calls out to Nancy when he hears someone crashing into a lamp. (It was Stanley, who's also rather clumsy himself.)

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'''s "Presidents" song, the desciption of UsefulNotes/GeraldFord says that he "fell down a lot."
%%* Oopsey from ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot''.
* Digit from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'' is a major case of this to the point it's the series main RunningGag.
%%* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' could be this at times.
* Amy Wong in ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' is described even by the other characters as a "klutz from Mars" and gives ''[[StockScream precisely]]'' the same scream every time she falls over. In the early seasons, Amy doing a pratfall was pretty much a OnceAnEpisode occurrence.

* Pat the Hammer from ''WesternAnimation/HandyManny'' who is not only clumsy, but he can break things too.
* Eugene in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', who is not just extremely clumsy, but is also just [[TheChewToy a bad luck magnet]] in general. In one episode it was revealed that he was born on Friday the Thirteenth, which explains a lot.

* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony''

** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

* ''WesternAnimation/NatureCat'' has the titular character. He usually trips over something, bumps into things without knowing, gets into many hijinks, and one of his catchphrases doesn't always end well for him and the others. He's also quite endearing while at it, so he can be best described as a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Cute Clumsy Cat]].

* Marshall of ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' has this as his defining trait, generally involving things like getting his head stuck in stuff and crashing into the elevator.
* Tin Top from ''WesternAnimation/RoaryTheRacingCar'' always crashes, generally in a tangled heap of disconnected parts.
* Daphne from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''. Other cast members sometimes sarcastically refer to her as [[DistressBall "Danger Prone Daphne"]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

* [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981 Clumsy Smurf]]. Has an clumsy streak [[MeaningfulName since it is also in his name]] and it seems like he was born with being this trait while he is the KindheartedSimpleton as well.
* WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants
** An episode featured [=SpongeBob=]'s cousin, Stanley, who was mailed to [=SpongeBob=]'s house when his father got fed up with him. Most of what he touches ''explodes in a mushroom cloud''.
** Spongebob himself has shades of this too, especially in later seasons.
** [[TheDitz Patrick]] in ''No Hat For Pat'', when he was hired to be the entertainment at The Krusty Krab.

* Irma from the 1987 ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' is really a klutz tending to step on people's feet and often addressed as this by others including Bebop and Rocksteady.

* Tyler from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' is a LovableJock and IronButtMonkey whose defining traits are that he is terrible at sports and frequently gets injured due to his lack of coordination and accident-prone nature.

* Dagwood Bumstead from the ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'' comic strip is known for this trait. His boss once gave him a check because he did ''not'' mess up things all day. Cue him messing up this immediately.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

** Better examples are Ash's Gligar (who mostly got more competent when it evolved) and Misty's Psyduck.
** And Ash earlier on in the series.

* Vincent the Lucario in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' fanfic ''Webcomic/RandomDoom.''

* In ''VideoGame/DotsHome'', Hank often drops his wallet and in other times forgets that it was with him the whole time, to Evelyn's frustration.