Does anyone come close to Ben from Lost?
(anyone want to bet he gets smacked in the face again in the finale? :D)
I haven’t seen Lost, but I think the two classic cases are Tonto and Worf.
Jim Rockford.
Crichton, the lead on “Farscape,” was beaten up, tortured, etc., so often that some fans formed a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Crichton.
Jack Bauer, though he always gets 'em back. Worse.
Every single character in Smallville.
Dean Winchester.
At some point in the series, we just began referring to Voyager as the ‘‘Torture Harry Kim Show.’’
Cmdr Trip Tucker, Enterprise picks up the Harry Kim punching bag duties; Illya Kuryarkin- ISTR he got punched unconscious every episode of Man From U.N.C.L.E I ever saw.
That was the first name that came to my mind as well. The second was Joe Mannix.
Mr Bill from SNL.
I second this. Or Kenny from Southpark, if being killed counts.
My first thought as well.
Wile E. Coyote
Well there’s always Hugh Laurie’s character (often) of the same name on A Bit of Fry and Laurie…
Three guys named Moe, Larry & Curly.
I seem to remember Mulder getting beaten up quite a bit in X-Files.
The MAD magazine parody of the show claimed this was the case, and showed Mike Connors in the last panel pulling off a full-head mask to reveal his tortured real face.
Poor Charlie Brown, every time he pitches the ball it gets smacked right back at him and causes him to spin around in the air while losing his clothes.
And let’s not forget Lucy Always pulling the fricking football away from him.