Remember the Karate King?
He's had a pretty tragic life
-Was the Gym Leader of Saffron City
-Sabrina beats him thanks to her psychic type advantage and takes over as Gym Leader
-Doesn't get to open a new Gym somewhere else
-Gets beaten by a 10-year-old
-10-year-old takes away one of his precious Pokemon after he made a foolish bet
-Goes to train for 2 years in a mountain by himself
-Gets beaten by another 10-year-old
-His dojo has been taken over by his former Gym Leader comrades and the 10-year-old
-Doesn't get invited to the PWT despite an unrepentant crime boss going
-Goes to Kalos broke, with hope of starting a new life
-Nobody cares about Karate, is forced to teach dancing
-Is the only Generation I character in Kalos, nobody notices

More tragic than Zinnia