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* In James Marshall's book ''The Cut-ups Carry On'', protagonists Spud and Joe try to win a dance contest to win a "lunar walker" from one of their favorite TV shows. In the end, the boys are thrilled to win second place and tickets to a sports game while their rivals for the story win first prize, which turns out to be little more than a two-person cardboard car.
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* In ''[[Eureka]]'', Zoe wins second prize in the [[Serious Business|Tesla High science fair]]. She is ''far'' happier with the second prize—a car—than she would be with the first prize—an internship at Global Dynamics. (On the other hand, the prizes weren't announced until the winners were, so it's entirely possible that Zoe won a car because Stark knew she wouldn't want the internship...)
* In one episode of ''[[Monk]]'', a man enters a children's contest in a town fest and deliberately wins second place. It turns out that he had murdered a woman that day and there was a high risk the crucial piece of evidence got accidentally put in a pie that was the prize.
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* There's an episode of ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'' where the titular Vicar is trying to win second place in a contest put on by a chocolate manufacturer. First prize is a trip to Disneyland, second is a year's supply of chocolate. The entry she sent in wins first place anyway, much to her disappointment.
* In ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'', Magnum is excited to win second prize in a "create a slogan for our product" contest: a trip to [[Disneyland|Disney World]] in Florida. When the grand-prize winner is disqualified for plagiarism, Magnum gets the grand prize instead: a trip to Hawaii. Since Magnum already lives in Hawaii, he's less than overjoyed.
* ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'': In "The Winner," where Bobby desperately tries to win at ''something'', '''''anything''''', he tries his hand at selling magazines to his brothers and sisters. When Peter asks what first prize is, Bobby replies in a bored voice that it's a scholarship, but second prize is a ''dirt bike!'' (Perhaps the latter is a reflection of adult Bobby's passion of being a race car driver.) Later in that same episode, after Bobby falls short in an ice cream contest on the local kids program "Cartoon King," his siblings buy him a trophy "for being the [[Overly Narrow Superlative|best Bobby Brady we know]]." Bobby is touched and graciously accepts the trophy. (The [[An Aesop|Aesop]] being, of course, that one need not do anything to earn one's love, admiration or (to an extent) respect.)
* ''[[Sesame Street]]'': A segment called "The Remembering Game" (a parody of the long-running game show ''[[Concentration]]'') featured Cookie Monster and an Anything Muppet playing the game. Cookie wins the grand prize of an airplane, while the Anything Muppet gets the booby prize ... a cookie! When the Anything Muppet is offended and Cookie disappointed, the two trade prizes. Apparently, it was allowed.
* In the US version of ''[[The Office]]'', the company is bought out by a rival and the CEO decides that Michael and Jim being co-managers is a stupid idea. She will leave one as manager and demote the other back to salesman. Jim finds out that the new company does not have a commission cap for its salesmen so if he gets demoted he can make way more money than the manager. Since he hates being a manager, he tries to make sure that Michael will get the job. However, Michael finds this out and decides that he wants the demotion as well. [[Hilarity Ensues]] until {{spoiler|Michael realizes that he prefers the extra status over the money}}
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