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* ''Series/{{Community}}'': Parodied and Deconstructed with Abed's story in "[[Recap/CommunityS3E05HorrorFictionInSevenSpookySteps Horror Fiction In Seven Spooky Steps]]": from what he says after he finishes telling it (a story in which a couple completely and utterly defy every single slasher film victim trope), he seems to think that "earning" it would be the characters following a number of logical steps to not get killed by the book. Annie fires back disgust at not seeing the characters actually having any ''obstacles'' to fight off to go along with the logical decisions (seriously, after so much set-up that there is a SerialKiller on the loose nearby, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse the couple does not even encounters him]]), and thus the audience is bored.

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* ''Series/{{Community}}'': Parodied and Deconstructed with Abed's story in "[[Recap/CommunityS3E05HorrorFictionInSevenSpookySteps Horror Fiction In Seven Spooky Steps]]": from what he says after he finishes telling it (a story in which a couple completely and utterly defy every single slasher film victim trope), he seems to think that "earning" it would be the characters following a number of logical steps to not get killed by the book. Annie fires back disgust at not seeing the characters actually having any ''obstacles'' to fight off to go along with the logical decisions (seriously, after so much set-up that there is a SerialKiller on the loose nearby, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse the couple does not even encounters encounter him]]), and thus the audience is bored.
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* Every main character gets this in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' after seven seasons of nonstop drama externally and internally. Mack continues to lead S.H.I.E.L.D while maintaining a stable love life with his top agent, Yo-Yo, May has finally retired and becomes a professor at the Coulson academy, [=FitzSimmons=] also retires and establishes a family with their daughter, Alya, Deke becomes the director of S.H.I.E.L.D in an alternate universe, the LMD Coulson has the chance to make the best of his life by traveling the world (thereby concluding Phil Coulson's arc as a whole), and Daisy finally has a stable love life with the alternate Daniel Sousa and travels in space with the alternate Kora. So much for seven seasons dealing with a crazed psychopath working for a terrorist organization as TheMole, a sadistic evil scientist working for the same organization, an enraged superpowered being wanting to lash out on humanity, a lifelong-friend-turned-traitor with a personal vendetta against the heroes, another superpowered being with a questionable desire to remake the universe, you get the idea.
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* In ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', which doesn't tend to have happy endings, the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E52APennyForYourThoughts A Penny For Your Thoughts]]" ends with the main character going out with a co-worker who was attracted to him, getting his job back with a promotion after warning the boss about an embezzler, getting a vacation for a man he wrongly (though justifiably) accused of plotting to rob the bank, and lost his powers (which was good because he hated them).

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* In ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', which doesn't tend to have happy endings, the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E52APennyForYourThoughts "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E16APennyForYourThoughts A Penny For Your Thoughts]]" ends with the main character going out with a co-worker who was attracted to him, getting his job back with a promotion after warning the boss about an embezzler, getting a vacation for a man he wrongly (though justifiably) accused of plotting to rob the bank, and lost his powers (which was good because he hated them).
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* ''Series/Annika2021'': The first season ends with everyone in the MHU taking time off to celebrate with Morgan on her birthday after Annika survives being killed in a grenade blast.
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** Arguably the first character in the series that actually ends on a happy note is Aisha Robinson, shown when Sam visits her in Season 4. Not only does she fully reconciles with her BestFriend after multiple seasons of their tumultuous relationship, but she uses the confidence she learned from Johnny to make a new life for herself away from all the karate drama — even managing to make friends with her new school's AlphaBitch rather than be a bullying victim again. It's clear she is at her most peaceful after spending two seasons as Yasmine's bully victim and getting caught in the Cobra Kai/Miyagi-Do drama.
** Eli "Hawk Moskowitz certainly gets this at Season 4's conclusion, despite Cobra Kai ultimately winning the All-Valley. Case-in-point, he starts out as another bully victim due to the scar from his cleft lip (coupled with Counselor Blatt clearly making the situation worse by calling his nature out in public), yet he manages to turn his life around when he joins Cobra Kai, and receives enough motivation from Johnny to "flip the script" and become "Hawk." This newfound confidence becomes the best thing that he ever receives in his life, emerging as one of Cobra Kai's top students, even gaining the attraction of Moon, one of his ''former bullies.'' However, everything turns downhill when he ends up [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming a worse bully than his former tormentors]], as he is dumped by Moon for his antics, burns bridges with Demetri and eventually Miguel, gets publicly humiliated in the high school brawl after Demetri kicks his ass near a trophy case, and begins to feel disillusioned with Cobra Kai as Kreese slowly takes over. Even though he ends up defecting from Cobra Kai midway through the [=LaRusso=] House fight and reconciles with Demetri and Miguel, he still had a long way to go in gaining the trust from the Miyagi-Dos, and he even suffers through a NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished moment where the Cobra Kais perform a TraumaticHaircut on his mohawk to shatter his confidence. However, thanks to a pep talk from Demetri, he joins Miyagi-Do in preparation for the All-Valley, and ultimately regains his confidence back as he and Moon fully rekindle their relationship, Eli beating the hell out of Kyler after years of the latter tormenting him, and Eli '''ultimately winning the Boys' division''' after a grueling Sudden Death Overtime match against Robby Keene.
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* The ending in ''Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' Netflix adaptation is far more profound and optimistic compared to the source material. Despite the bittersweet nature of ''The End'' adapted to the small screen (the deaths of Count Olaf and Kit Snicket remain tragic), many of the surviving characters end happily. Quigley is reunited with his siblings who are still safe and sound in Hector's Hot Air Balloon mobile home, Fernald and Fiona are also reunited with their stepfather, the Incredibly Deadly Viper makes it to the Islanders' boat in time to give the apple to the infected, even the ''rest of Count Olaf's original troupe'' step out of their boss's shadow and thrive as moderately successful actors (especially when considering half of them die in the earlier books). Lemony is approached by his niece Beatrice, who indicates the Baudelaires survived, had much happier adventurers and raised Beatrice well, who goes to form a relationship with her uncle. Lemony finally gets the closure he seeks. To even take this a step further, the Daily Punctulio, after spending the entire series insensitively broadcasting the Baudelaires' miserable lives and even framing them, are finally exposed with false information, with Eleonora facing charges for false reporting.

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Yes mr B. had his share of troubles but on the whole one couldn't claim that he was in a bad spot until the end of the series. A lot of the preceding episodes end with him conning more money out of the foolish prince George


* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}: Back And Forth'' was a long-awaited HappyEnding for the ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' series. After four seasons, over five hundred years of trying to take over England, or at least trying not to die, [[spoiler:(a) Blackadder finally controls England, openly, with a hot wife and a puppet Prime Minister, and is universally loved]].

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* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}: Back And Forth'' was a long-awaited HappyEnding for the ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' series.family as a whole. After four seasons, over five hundred years of trying to take over England, or at least trying not to die, [[spoiler:(a) Blackadder finally controls England, openly, with a hot wife and a puppet Prime Minister, and is universally loved]].



** Blackadder III could qualify, [[spoiler:if you weren't too attached to [[TooDumbToLive Prince George]]... ]]

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