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* Ditto Bulldog in ''[[Frasier]]''.
* Kirk on ''[[Dear John]]''.
* Whenever the Ferengi are featured in an episode of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. Usually, Quark is the [[Small Name, Big Ego]] of the episode.
* In ''[[Scrubs]]'', Dr. Kelso's "His Story" episode was used as an opportunity to explore some of the softer sides of the character, ending with his character deciding that he was meant to be hated, and was satisfied with his place in the world.
* Several episodes of the US version of ''[[The Office]]'' have been dedicated to the fact that Michael Scott is really a sympathetic, nice guy.
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* Happens often on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', and usually results in the character talking himself out of it: "Snap out of it, Colber'''t'''!"
* The Sixth Doctor's run on ''[[Doctor Who]]'', although it didn't go as long or as far as [[Colin Baker]] had hoped.
* Charles on [[M*A*S*H
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* An episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'' (where Peter gets amnesia) featured this with Quagmire, where after flirting with Lois after Peter dumps her, he gets her into bed, only for her to reveal that she likes Quagmire and feels like she can trust him. This causes him to have a played-with close-up, culminating in an [[Overly Long Gag]] of him going through increasingly painful and absurd attempts to get himself erect again.
* The ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "In-a-Gadda-da-Leela" seems to be this for Zapp, when he's shown to be kind and caring towards Leela (in his own inept way) when she's stuck under a log and it appears that they're the last two humans alive. {{spoiler|Subverted near the end, when every last good thing he's done in the episode is peeled back to be part of a charade to get back into her pants, even going as far as to show that he trapped her under the log and also managed to make an elaborate hoax of Earth's destruction}}.
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** Many episodes (particularly ones where the Xiaolin Dragons have strained relations) suggest that Omi fears being alone and believes that if he is perfect, he will be surrounded by adulating friends and admirers
** As shown during {{spoiler|the events leading to his betrayal}}, Rai becomes angry whenever he feels helpless or inadequate. It's straight-up stated in "Dream Stalker" that his lazy, jerk-ish attitude results from his fear of not being good enough and letting others down.
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