Basic trope: The whole universe literally has it in for this character.
- Straight: Bob was not only Born Unlucky, but everyone in the world treats him like The Chew Toy.
- Exaggerated: Bob is treated as The Chew Toy by literally everyone and everything in the multiverse. Humans, gods, demons... You name it, Bob is it's chew toy.
- Downplayed: Butt-Monkey
- Justified:
- Bob is a bad guy in a world where The Good Guys Always Win.
- Bob is a jerkass and all of this is Laser-Guided Karma.
- Inverted: Karma Houdini
- Subverted: Throw the Dog a Bone
- Double Subverted: Yank the Dog's Chain
- Deconstructed: Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
