# Most beaten up characters of television **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125 "2010-05-20T14:08:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/21 "2010-05-20T16:43:40Z")
Paris Hilton. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/22 "2010-05-20T16:44:33Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > I seem to remember Mulder getting beaten up quite a bit in _X-Files_. I came in to mention Alex Krycek. It seems like he and Mulder always got into knock-down fights whenever they saw each other, plus Krycek got beat up by Skinner (and handcuffed to the balcony rail), then had his arm cut off… ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/23 "2010-05-20T16:45:26Z")
Sydney Bristow from Alias. Tortured so many times it was ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/24 "2010-05-20T17:24:11Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > P > > And let’s not forget Lucy **Always pulling the fricking football** away from him. Wasn’t there one though where Charlie Brown was invisible and he finally got to kick the ball? Though maybe that was the comic strip. Ben from Lost might be a good one, if for nothing else then getting beaten on by everyone else on the show. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/25 "2010-05-20T17:27:03Z")
> [@srzss05](#): > > That {Jim Rockford} was the first name that came to my mind as well. The second was Joe Mannix. Both good nominees, but there’s a difference: it really seemed to HURT when Jim Rockford took a beating. Rockford was tough, but he wasn’t THE toughest guy around, and he knew it. There were guys he KNEW he couldn’t beat, and he often got the worst of it in a brawl. Mannix, though, was a more cartoonish macho guy. You KNEW he was always going to come out on top in the end. He might get beaten up or shot, but in the last scene, you just saw his arm in a sling, and you KNEW it was “just a flesh wound” that he’d recover from in no time. You ALSO knew that, however bad a beating Mannix took, the other guy looked worse. Rockford was much more human, which is just one reason his show was so much better. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/26 "2010-05-20T17:29:07Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Wasn’t there one though where Charlie Brown was invisible and he finally got to kick the ball? Though maybe that was the comic strip. It was one of the cartoon specials. (Of course, _Peanuts_ fans don’t count this because we all know only the comic strip is canon.) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/27 "2010-05-20T17:46:16Z")
Adam West’s Batman. He always had at least two fights with the baddies, sometimes more, and lost all but the last one. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/28 "2010-05-20T17:50:05Z")
Giles always got hit in the head, although it’s probably because he never locks his door. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/29 "2010-05-20T18:58:34Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > Dean Winchester. This. They are approaching _Evil Dead_ levels of fake blood and gore on _Supernatural_. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/30 "2010-05-20T19:08:04Z")
This may be too old for most to remember so unless reruns and syndication have brought it forward you’ll just have to take my word for it. Cheyenne Bodie, played by Clint Walker, was a huge dude who managed in every episode to get beat up at least once, and often by a smaller less imposing guy. I can’t be quite as clear on the Mission:Impossible guy Peter Lupus (we called him Crate Pusher) but another big guy who was forever being accosted by little folks. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/31 "2010-05-20T19:10:46Z")
> [@aclockworkmelon](#): > > paris hilton. 10-4! or Britney! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/32 "2010-05-20T19:11:28Z")
Rupert Giles. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/33 "2010-05-20T19:17:04Z")
Giles was the one I came in to suggest. For non-main characters, Cole Barker was only in Chuck for two episodes, and managed to get shot twice, tortured twice, hit by Sarah and knocked out by Casey. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/34 "2010-05-20T19:24:56Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > At some point in the series, we just began referring to _Voyager_ as the ‘‘Torture Harry Kim Show.’’ The rest of the time, it was the “Torture the Audience Show”. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/35 "2010-05-20T19:26:57Z")
No mention yet of Homer Simpson? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/36 "2010-05-20T19:30:56Z")
Ben Linus was definitely the guy I thought of. BTW, in the scene where he got beat up last ep, Cusick accidentally actually popped him, and he’s got a huge shiner. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/37 "2010-05-20T19:30:59Z")
Scratchy. Probably survives for less then 30 secons on average per-appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/38 "2010-05-20T19:35:33Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > Scratchy. Probably survives for less then 30 secons on average per-appearance. Itchy’s a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/39 "2010-05-20T19:42:23Z")
Bruce Dern. Actually, I don’t know that his characters were _always_ getting beaten up; maybe I just wish it were so. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125/40 "2010-05-20T19:45:12Z")
I came in for Giles as well. As many times as he’s been knocked out, it’s a freakin’ miracle he doesn’t have massive TBI. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beaten-up-characters-of-television/540125.md?page=3)