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* The [[Trix]] rabbit is occasionally given a chance to actually ''try'' the cereal depending on the outcome of a poll. People vote for him to get it ''every time'', and by now you would think the company would get that people [[The Woobie|really feel sorry for the guy]] and hate those [[Cereal Vice Reward|greedy kids]].
** They probably do and know that sympathy for the rabbit makes people remember the commericals more.
** Of course the audience is supposed to sympathize with the
* One Christmas-themed Cocoa Pebbles commercial ends with the real Santa showing up, and [[The Flintstones|Fred and Barney]] for a change sharing a bowl of the cereal as friends.
* After attempting to get back together with the woman who rejected him for a Swiffer Wet-Jet (buying flowers, dedicating radio songs to her), the broom finally found a new girlfriend - the rake.
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* The man in the back of the Ark in ''[[Natsu no Arashi]]!'' spends the entire series asking for salt, and never getting it. In the final episode of the second season, Arashi casually places a shaker of salt on his table. While she didn't know it, that was probably the greatest moment of his life.
* In ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' something nice would occasionally happen to Yamcha the Chief [[Butt Monkey]] / [[The Worf Effect]] character. Strongly averted in ''Z'' to the point of [[Designated Monkey]].
** Krillin the lesser [[Butt Monkey]] does actually get a bone in ''Z''. The man dies three times (four if you count GT), and gets his head handed to on a regular basis. He's vastly outclassed by the Saiyans and to a lesser extent, Piccolo, and is routinely made fun of for his [[Dragonball Z Abridged|Owned Count.]] Despite this, he managed to come through and save the day on several
* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'': James tends to enter a lot of [[Filler|minor competitions]], and usually declines or outright tells off Jessie and Meowth's idea of "assistance." Most of the time [[Yank the Dog's Chain|it doesn't end well]]. [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Off_the_Unbeaten_Path Sometimes] it does.
* ''[[One Piece]]'''s Sanji has endured a great deal of suffering due to being the Straw Hats' resident [[The Chew Toy|Chew Toy]]. Not content to make him a [[Chivalrous Pervert]] who generally lucks out with women, Oda's killed his fantasies of mermaids with Kokoro, a fat old lady mermaid; dashed his dreams of getting a bounty with a [[Facial Composite Failure|horribly drawn Wanted Poster]]; stole his hope to exploit the [[Power Perversion Potential]] of invisibility through a villain with a one-of-a-kind invisibility Devil Fruit; and, finally, he was stuck on an island of transvestites for two years, where he was briefly forced to go native. However, with the crew's arrival at Fishman Island, Sanji has finally gotten to meet real life, ''attractive'' mermaids, and they ''like'' him. Granted, the [[Nosebleed]] that eventually resulted nearly kills him, but for him it was [[Worth It]].
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* Because of [[Spider-Man]]'s status as one the first [[Chew Toys]] of the [[Marvel Universe]], occasionally writers will throw him a bone here and there. Such as [[Stan Lee]] giving him a motorcycle, introducing him to Mary Jane, and generally making his life better after Stan's fellow plotter [[Steve Ditko]] quit Marvel.
* In ''[[Peanuts]]'', Charlie Brown had some success in the '90s after decades of constant failure; he managed to hit a home run and win the game for his team not once but twice; he [http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1995/04/11 defeated] a bully named Joe Agate in marbles; and he might even [http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1999/10/24 kick the ball for once.]
* After watching over and over again as Kid-Loki tries to remember [[The Mighty Thor|his brother]]
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* ''[[Extras]]'': The last episode of the second series ''doesn't'' end with Andy's abject humiliation, which is no small victory for his character.
* Things regularly go horribly wrong for the two leads of ''[[Peep Show]]''. The series 7 opener seems to be building up to things being worse than ever, with Mark [[Heroic BSOD|dazedly walking out on the birth of his child]] and a subplot about the flat being flooded and Jez's unreliable junkie friend Superhans being sent to fix it. But {{spoiler|Jeremy finds Mark before the baby's born, Sophie didn't realise he was gone, the baby's fine and the flat has "minimal water damage". It's the latter that seems to please Mark the most.}}
* In ''[[Crownies]]'', the resident [[Butt Monkey]] Richard gets two in episode nine: he finally impresses a judge who he has a terrible history with (mainly because of uncooperative witnesses) to the point where the accused is sentenced to
* In ''[[Misfits]]'' Simon the nerd-turned-arsonist spends most of his time in the first season being abused by [[Jerkass|Nathan]] and ignored by the others, with the exception of [[Team Mom|Kelly]]; the fifth episode was particularly cruel, ending with him being emotionally manipulated by Sally the probation worker {{spoiler|and accidentally killing her in a fight}}. However, things start improving for him in the second season:
** In the first episode, he manages to [[Talking the Monster to Death|make peace]] with his friend-turned-shapeshifter without killing her; then, the rest of the Misfits help him {{spoiler|dispose of Sally's corpse.}}
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