| abstract | - They're the Victim Of Every Week. When the writers enjoy picking on a character, it's funny. When the universe enjoys picking on a character, it's sad. When the Big Bad or Monster of the Week insists on picking on the same character every episode, it's both sad and funny. Sure, the protagonists of any show where out of the ordinary stuff happens are going to be Weirdness Magnets, but there is something about the number of times this one character is targeted specifically that stands out. Danger seeks them out like a bloodhound. While the other heroes are off foiling the Evil Plan, she (and 90% of the time, it will be a "she") is busy trying to survive. The Designated Victim isn't incompetent or helpless or accident prone or that much different from the rest of the cast. Something in her DNA is just a magnet for danger, probably something of the same material that went into the construction of Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe and New York. Examples of Designated Victim include:
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