The Pitied

''Featuring the Pitied, everyone's favorite emotional punching bag! You can do anything you want to him and he doesn't fight back!''

The guy who can't get a break. Every day of his life is an unbroken streak of misery, failure, and humiliation. But, some unrealistic way, he's not (visibly) depressed. Everyone around him treats him like a pile of dirt, he's always in the wrong place at the wrong time, and there is no escape in sight. The worst part of it all? He doesn't deserve it in the slightest. Whenever he's on the brink of finding even the slightest bit of success, that moment of happiness is yanked away from him and he's left to once again wallow in horribleness, knowing that this is just how his life is and it will never change.

Contrast from the Sad Sack. Whereas the Pitied doesn't call attention to his sadness and pain, the Sad Sack's role job is to do just that. They spit out Sob Stories faster than a machine gun does bullets with every story being sobbier than the last. The Sad Sack's existence, at this point, has boiled down to a giant cry for attention and plead for pity from others, becoming no more than a drama on two feet.

Examples of the Pitied
Peanuts - Charlie Brown. Being probably the most unwanted kid in town, we as the audience watch as Charlie is relentlessly tormented by the other children. His seemingly only true friend is his pet beagle, Snoopy, who is more respected and found to be interesting by the other kids than his owner.

SpongeBob SquarePants - Squidward Tentacles. Gradually over the years, Squidward has to endure more and more of the stupidity of the people around him and daily dosages of general displeasure. Starting out as the Jerk everyone loved to hate who got his proper comeuppance for his dirty actions against SpongeBob and Patrick, Squidward eventually became a Pitied after his "comeuppance" was more of God's punishment for being the only sensible person in all of Bikini Bottom, retaliating against the moronic acts of its residents who inadvertently(?) ruin his day. Squidward is one of the prime examples of the Pitied as he is suffering from day to day without end or merit for his pain.