Throw the Dog a Bone: Difference between revisions

* ''[[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]].

** Then he met their [[World's Most Beautiful Woman|princess]] and {{spoiler|got cured, being able to hit on her with no problems}}. [[Accidental Innuendo|The biggest bone ever]], people!

* After thirteen episodes of being Sternbild's [[Chew Toy]], things start looking up for Kotetsu/Wild Tiger in the fourteenth episode of ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'': he manages to finish the season fourth in the rankings, people start treating him as Barnaby's equal instead of his sidekick, his boss stops acting like a total dick towards him, and {{spoiler|he seems to have gotten an unexpected power boost}}. Of course, given the ominous foreshadowing of {{spoiler|said power upgrade}} and the fact that there's still another twelve episodes to go, [[Yank the Dog's Chain|his luck probably won't last long]]...

* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'': [[Manga]] only: Homura finally reunites with Madoka in some kind of afterlife. The anime however, condemn her to walking the earth for a long, long time, with no guarantee to ever see Madoka again.

* [[Super Mario Bros.|Luigi]], Nintendo's poster boy for [[Butt Monkey]], got thrown a bone by [[Super Smash Bros]] Brawl. He ends up as one of the four characters who saves the rest of the heroes of the overworld. Granted, it's after a scene where he's scared of [[The Goomba|Waddle Dees]] and gets sneak-attacked by Dedede, but the clumsy little plumber helps Dedede save ''everyone''.

** There's also ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'', where Luigi finally takes a starring role, and saves ''Mario'', despite being scared out of his wits (this is technically the second time this had happened, but nobody counts ''Mario is Missing'').

* ''[[Xenosaga]]'', Allen ends up with his crush, Shion; and the person she cares about more than him has to leave until some [[Reincarnation]] in the future.

* In ''[[Blaz Blue]]'', [[The Woobie|Noel Vermillion]] has nothing but sad endings. Except that one ending involving her getting enchanted with Litchi Faye Ling's cute panda hairpin and pins on it happily. It's the closest thing to 'happy ending' she can get. The true endings also improve things for her somewhat (although the second game is still somewhat bittersweet despite the fact that she's {{spoiler|been convinced she's a person despite her [[Artificial Human]] status and never having been in the timeline before and hanging around with her best friend}} since {{spoiler|her other best friend has undergone a [[Heel Face Turn]] and wants to kill her.}}