stooge

Noun

• a victim of ridicule or pranks

• a person of unquestioning obedience

Verb

• act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner
  • He stooged for the flamboyant Senator
    

• act as the stooge
  • His role was to stooge for the popular comedian
    

• cruise in slow or routine flights

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  butt , goat , laughingstock , flunky , flunkey , yes-man