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  • Alfred's Playhouse is about a traumatized, mentally ill dog named Alfred Alfer, who tries to forget about his abusive childhood by imagining himself in a happy fantasy world.
  • Camp Camp:
    • Gwen. Unlike David who at least loves Camp Campbell even though he's subjected to frequent pain and abuse, Gwen's not only humiliated by the campers, but she hates being a counselor and has very real anxiety issues from her inability to find another job and the supposed uselessness of her degrees. In "Gwen Gets a Job", it shows just how many rejection letters she's gotten, and when Max finds out, he blackmails her with the threat of getting her fired. She even breaks down crying at the end of the episode because of what her life's been reduced to, and even though David's able to build her confidence back up, she still fails at getting another job at her most recent interview.
    • Poor Jasper died while he was at camp and can never leave Spooky Island until his body is put to rest, which probably means his parents never knew what happened to him.
  • Boris aka "Daddy" from Caillou The Grownup his life has become a living hell since Caillou grew up, having to live with a Psychopathic Manchild who bosses him around and threatens to harm him if he tries to make him do something he doesn't want to do, he lives in fear of him and is constantly on edge, it gets to the point where he has a mental breakdown in the Thanksgiving special when no one will do anything about Caillou's obnoxious, bratty behavior.
  • Doll Face. Poor thing. Probably comes second to WALL-E on the 'robots you most want to hug tightly' list.
  • FreedomToons: Joe Biden is commonly portrayed as a dementia-riddled Talkative Loon, but "Why Won't You Debate Me?" puts him in this category by showing him as a confused, scared old man completely out of his depth being used by the DNC to undermine Donald Trump.
  • Jake from Newbies has generated a lot of much deserved sympathy among fans for the way he is treated in the show. He shows up as a very friendly player who is using the Mine Little Pony mod to look like a cyan Pegasus. The newbie is afraid of him and Joe tells him to "Just ignore him and he'll go away." After Jake continually tries to get their attention, Joe demands that he go away and that nobody likes him. Jake plays this off like its okay, and is later seen alone in his house playing "The Way it is" on his music box.
  • In a Heartbeat has Sherwin, the orange-haired kid who has a crush on Johnathan, the most popular boy in school. He really gets messed up near the end when he pulls his (Living) heart (Who, in turn, was pursuing him) from him and it breaks, exposing his outing. But don't worry. You know they get together in the end.
    • Also, Johnathan. After Sherwin gets outed by his heart and exits, everyone in the hallway just stares at him, thinking of him as an outcast for being Sherwin's crush.
  • ObjectMayhem: Jigsaw is frequently rejected by the other characters when she attempts to socialize with one of them.
    • Episode 12 reveals that the reason why she's rejected is because she smells like Brussel Sprouts, so she fixes this, only to be eliminated.
  • The Most Popular Girls in School: If she wasn't such a Deadpan Snarker, Bridget Tice would be one. She has a pretty depressing life, when you think about it.
    • Ashley Katchadourian due to the Disproportionate Retribution she suffers in episode 11 and 13.
      • It gets even worse because of Episode 31 when we learn she was specifically set up to be blamed by Jenna Darabond so she could get Ashely's then-boyfriend Justin and has been The Chew Toy for the whole series. In episode 32 she asks to be left out of the ongoing strife between Mackenzie and Jenna, and Trisha speaks on her behalf. In episode 33, we learn from Ashley's little sister Brooklyn that Ashley has been depressed for a while and their mom is trying to help her.
    • Jenna Dapananian- she just wants someone to make out with her, among other things. She eventually gets her wish, though.
  • The titular character of Nomad of Nowhere: The Nomad is always being persecuted and followed for being the only known magical being in the world. Even when he's trying to use his magic to help others. And because he is what he is, even the few people who actually see him in a positive light have sends him away, due to not wanting to attract any attention from Bounty Hunters and other dangerous and powerful people who want the Nomad.
  • A few people who watched Salad Fingers think he is just too creepy, and others find him creepy but also endearing. The last episode has a scene where he's crying and some fans said they forgot he's scary because they felt bad for him.
  • SEALOOK: Poor little 031. Most of the time when the baby seal shows up in the series, something rough tends to happen to it.
  • Allison Amber suffers heavily from this trope in Sonichu: The Animated Series, a series of web cartoons that both rip off and rip on the infamous Sonichu webcomic. Poor Allison is depicted as a Beleaguered Assistant who somehow tries to deal with the fallout of the insane decisions Christian Chandler makes as Mayor of CWCville, like his order that the CWCville waterworks circulate orange Fanta soda pop instead of actual water, which is the main reason some part of CWCville is always on fire. Even that's not as bad when Chris essentially forces Allison to clean him up whenever he soils himself, which is quite often. Allison appears to cope with having to clean Chris up by muttering over and over how much she hates her life, while her face has a glazed, vacant expression.
  • Story Booth: Most of the videos are about stories of trauma and hardships, so these are a dime a dozen.
    • Reshma from "I Survived Depression - My Journey Back To A Happy Life". She lost her loving father, who also was her best friend, and her life started to go downhill. Her self-esteem and will to live went down; the people around her only made it worse. This makes her second start in life and the newfound happiness that much more awesome.
    • Tony from "I Was Homeless". He was mercilessly bullied and beaten up by his two sisters, got homeless after his uncle got an eviction notice, and was assaulted by muggers one night. You can even hear him sobbing as he tells this story. Thankfully, he finds a good home at Covenant House.
    • Louis from "I Didn't Feel Safe at Home or in School". He's a middle child who was either too old or too young to join in on his sibling's activities. Not to mention that, after his parents got divorced, his mom ended up getting married to a horrible man who physically abused Louis and his brother for minor reasons such as not taking the trash out. And that's just his home life. His school life, on the other hand, is just as bad as all the kids would bully and pick on Louis for having low self-esteem and being a loner. Generally speaking, that video isn't called "I Didn't Feel Safe at Home or in School" for nothing.
    • Poppy from "16 and Pregnant". She was forced into having sex with Aiden against her will and got disowned by her parents after finding out she was pregnant. Fortunately, she is happy with her young daughter and is currently catching up on her life.
    • Kim from "I've Never Told Anyone This Story". She was raped by an authority figure when she was ten-years-old, when she didn't even know what was going on, only that it was something bad. You can hear the pain in her voice throughout the video, especially when she outright dispels any semi-hopeful doubts you may have had by saying, "he raped me."
  • The Stump: Lyle "The Stump" Munchak was bullied at his previous middle school at Flassel 7 for being short and a nerd.

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