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* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' is a DeconstructiveParody of this. The Smiling Friends's job is to help troubled people smile, but while their clients are often legitimately sympathetic and troubled, their issues tend to be too complex and deep-rooted for the main characters to really fix, and their issues are often solved by accidents or circumstance the Smiling Friends had nothing to do with. And while some of their clients are decent people just struggling with things the main characters aren't equipped to deal with, some of them are legitimate terrible people whose misery is their own fault.
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* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' sees David Banner (arguably TheWoobie himself due to being presumed dead and on the lam because of his "condition") coming to the aid of a new character of the week each episode who have somehow found themselves in messes they need help getting out of. To name a few:
** "[[Recap/TheIncredibleHulk1977S1E1FinalRound Final Round"]] has him talk a boxer out of continuing to fight because if he does, he will likely end up being killed in the ring.
** "[[Recap/TheIncredibleHulk1977S2E5AChildInNeed A Child in Need]]" sees him make an abusive father realize the physical and emotional harm he's causing his wife and grade-school-age son, ask for their forgiveness, and seek help.
** In "[[Recap/TheIncredibleHulk1977S4E9KingOfTheBeach King of the Beach]]", he assists an up-and-coming partially deaf bodybuilder (Creator/LouFerrigno in a double role) with not only trying to win a local contest in spite of it being fixed, but also fulfilling his dream of opening a restaurant.
** "[[Recap/TheIncredibleHulk1977S1E1FinalRound Final Round"]] has him talk a boxer out of continuing to fight because if he does, he will likely end up being killed in the ring.
** "[[Recap/TheIncredibleHulk1977S2E5AChildInNeed A Child in Need]]" sees him make an abusive father realize the physical and emotional harm he's causing his wife and grade-school-age son, ask for their forgiveness, and seek help.
** In "[[Recap/TheIncredibleHulk1977S4E9KingOfTheBeach King of the Beach]]", he assists an up-and-coming partially deaf bodybuilder (Creator/LouFerrigno in a double role) with not only trying to win a local contest in spite of it being fixed, but also fulfilling his dream of opening a restaurant.
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* ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' likewise has a new set of guests every week, all of them looking for love on the cruise ship.
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* ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' likewise has a new set of guests every week, all of them looking for love on the cruise ship.
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* The similarly-premised ''Series/TwiceInALifetime'', where an angel allows a one-shot character to revisit a moment in his life when things started going wrong.
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* Done briefly in the third season of ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', where the main cast tries to help a new person every episode become good enough to get into [[{{Heaven}} The Good Place]] when they die. However the premise is quickly dropped due to the plot taking a new turn.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CareBears'' episodes often consist of a bear or group of bears going to Earth to help a child that is having difficulties in their life and teach them to care.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', after the end of the fourth season where the main cast obtains their new castle with its map, they are alerted by the map in several episodes to ponies and other creatures in trouble who need to learn a lesson about friendship, and travel to the place indicated to help out.
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* In ''LightNovel/BalladOfAShinigami'', Momo the shinigami finds some way to relieve the pain of the dead or the ones they are leaving behind each week.
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* In ''LightNovel/BalladOfAShinigami'', ''Literature/BalladOfAShinigami'', Momo the shinigami finds some way to relieve the pain of the dead or the ones they are leaving behind each week.
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* Basically, every other OneShotCharacter in the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime is one. It get annoying after a while, as the Senshi are perfectly fine helping out the character they barely know, but they spend no time with their actual friends. Remember [[BrotherChuck Naru]]? Usagi probably does not.
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* Basically, every other OneShotCharacter in the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime is one. It get gets annoying after a while, as the Senshi are perfectly fine helping out the character they barely know, but they spend no time with their actual friends. Remember [[BrotherChuck Naru]]? Naru? Usagi probably does not.
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* ''Anime/WonderEggPriority'' has, on average, about one suicide victim per episode whom one of the girls must "save". To be clear, the victims are already dead, and the girls are just helping their souls to find peace, but nonetheless their tragic backstories are often enough to make the viewer cry for them; they are suicide victims, after all.
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* On ''Series/FantasyIsland'', each week a different group of guests come to the island and learn some sort of life lesson
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* The similarly-premised ''Twice in a Lifetime'', where an angel allows a one-shot character to revisit a moment in his life when things started going wrong.
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* The similarly-premised ''Twice in a Lifetime'', ''Series/TwiceInALifetime'', where an angel allows a one-shot character to revisit a moment in his life when things started going wrong.
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* ''Manga/{{xxxHolic}}'': The heroes go about, helping addicts of various types.
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* ''Manga/TokyoBabylon'' has A LOT of these.
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* ''Manga/TokyoBabylon'' ''Manga/DrRamuneMysteriousDiseaseSpecialist'' combines this with PatientOfTheWeek, as the eponymous doctor deals with people suffering from spiritual afflictions that manifest as strange symptoms that normal medicine can't cure. These afflictions are often caused by abuse, trauma, toxic relationships, etc.
* Each ''Anime/HellGirl'' episode would focus on various troubled characters who is tormented by someone else, and how they are eventually driven to make a DealWithTheDevil to send their tormentors to hell.
* ''Manga/HibikisMagic'' hasA LOT every chapter focus on a different woobie whose life tends to be either improved or ruined by magic and its applications, one of these.whom is Hibiki herself.
* ''Manga/{{Mushishi}}'' combines this with MysteryOfTheWeek. Most episodes feature people in incredibly unfortunate circumstances due to the effects of various mushi. Then Ginko arrives, figures out what kind of mushi he's dealing with and sees if he can help. Sometimes, he can't.
* Each ''Anime/HellGirl'' episode would focus on various troubled characters who is tormented by someone else, and how they are eventually driven to make a DealWithTheDevil to send their tormentors to hell.
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* ''Manga/{{Mushishi}}'' combines this with MysteryOfTheWeek. Most episodes feature people in incredibly unfortunate circumstances due to the effects of various mushi. Then Ginko arrives, figures out what kind of mushi he's dealing with and sees if he can help. Sometimes, he can't.
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* ''Manga/{{Mushishi}}'' combines this with MysteryOfTheWeek. Most episodes feature people in incredibly unfortunate circumstances due to the effects of various mushi. Then Ginko arrives, figures out what kind of mushi he's dealing with and sees if he can help. Sometimes, he can't.
* ''Manga/HibikisMagic'' has every chapter focus on a different woobie whose life tends to be either improved or ruined by magic and its applications, one of whom is Hibiki herself.
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* Each ''Anime/HellGirl'' episode would focus on ''Manga/{{xxxHolic}}'': The heroes go about, helping addicts of various troubled characters who is tormented by someone else, and how they are eventually driven to make a DealWithTheDevil to send their tormentors to hell.types.
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* ''Series/HighwayToHeaven''
* ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel''
* The similarly-premised ''Twice in a Lifetime'', where an angel allows a one-shot character to revisit a moment in his life when things started going wrong.
* ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}'': A bunch of animal figurines that may or may not be God annoy heroine Jaye into helping strangers on a weekly basis.
* ''Series/JoanOfArcadia'': Joan helps a new stranger every week at the suggestion of God himself.
* ''Series/GhostWhisperer'': "Distressed ghost who refuses to pass on" of the week.
* On ''Series/FantasyIsland'', each week a different group of guests come to the island and learn some sort of life lesson
* ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' likewise has a new set of guests every week, all of them looking for love on the cruise ship.
* ''Series/QuantumLeap'' has this built into its premise: Bakula jumps into a new body every episode, and that person, or someone around him, is ''always'' in distress. The series catchphrase, his mission, is to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong; once that's accomplished, he leaps into the next body. It's heavily implied to be the result of divine intervention.
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* ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' has an interesting twist on this, combining [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monster]], [[VictimOfTheWeek Victim]], '''and''' Woobie of the Week into a single package. The MOTW is created by a human "Switcher" using a device called an Astro Switch; the Switcher is someone with a grudge who's so hell-bent on revenge that they're blinded to the fact that the Switch will eventually kill them. So instead of just beating up the MOTW, Fourze and his team reach out and try to befriend the Switchers so that they know there's somebody who cares.
* Its predecessor ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' had a similar format where the Monsters of the Week were {{Jerkass Genie}}s who took the Victim's wish and warped it for their own ends, usually Woobie-fying them in the process. Protagonist Ryotaro would try to help the victims, initially taking some flak from some of his allies who insisted his only job is to protect the timestream, but his response was that helping the victims was part of that job too.
* Its predecessor ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' had a similar format where the Monsters of the Week were {{Jerkass Genie}}s who took the Victim's wish and warped it for their own ends, usually Woobie-fying them in the process. Protagonist Ryotaro would try to help the victims, initially taking some flak from some of his allies who insisted his only job is to protect the timestream, but his response was that helping the victims was part of that job too.
* On ''Series/FantasyIsland'', each week a different group of guests come to the island and learn some sort of life lesson
* ''Series/GhostWhisperer'': "Distressed ghost who refuses to pass on" of the week.
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* ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' has an interesting twist on this, combining [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monster]], [[VictimOfTheWeek Victim]], '''and''' Woobie of the Week into a single package. The MOTW is created by a human "Switcher" using a device called an Astro Switch; the Switcher is someone with a grudge who's so hell-bent on revenge that they're blinded to the fact that the Switch will eventually kill them. So instead of just beating up the MOTW, Fourze and his team reach out and try to befriend the Switchers so that they know there's somebody who cares.
* Its predecessor ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' had a similar format where the Monsters of the Week were {{Jerkass Genie}}s who took the Victim's wish and warped it for their own ends, usually Woobie-fying them in the process. Protagonist Ryotaro would try to help the victims, initially taking some flak from some of his allies who insisted his only job is to protect the timestream, but his response was that helping the victims was part of that job too.
* ''Series/JoanOfArcadia'': Joan helps a new stranger every week at the suggestion of God himself.
* ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' likewise has a new set of guests every week, all of them looking for love on the cruise ship.
* ''Series/GhostWhisperer'': "Distressed ghost who refuses to pass on" of the week.
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* ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' has an interesting twist on this, combining [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monster]], [[VictimOfTheWeek Victim]], '''and''' Woobie of the Week into a single package. The MOTW is created by a human "Switcher" using a device called an Astro Switch; the Switcher is someone with a grudge who's so hell-bent on revenge that they're blinded to the fact that the Switch will eventually kill them. So instead of just beating up the MOTW, Fourze and his team reach out and try to befriend the Switchers so that they know there's somebody who cares.
* Its predecessor ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' had a similar format where the Monsters of the Week were {{Jerkass Genie}}s who took the Victim's wish and warped it for their own ends, usually Woobie-fying them in the process. Protagonist Ryotaro would try to help the victims, initially taking some flak from some of his allies who insisted his only job is to protect the timestream, but his response was that helping the victims was part of that job too.
* ''Series/JoanOfArcadia'': Joan helps a new stranger every week at the suggestion of God himself.
* ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' likewise has a new set of guests every week, all of them looking for love on the cruise ship.
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* ''Series/QuantumLeap'' has this built into its premise: Bakula jumps into a new body every episode, and that person, or someone around him, is ''always'' in distress. The series catchphrase, his mission, is to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong; once that's accomplished, he leaps into the next body. It's heavily implied to be the result of divine intervention.
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* The similarly-premised ''Twice in a Lifetime'', where an angel allows a one-shot character to revisit a moment in his life when things started going wrong.
* ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}'': A bunch of animal figurines that may or may not be God annoy heroine Jaye into helping strangers on a weekly basis.
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* The similarly-premised ''Twice in a Lifetime'', where an angel allows a one-shot character to revisit a moment in his life when things started going wrong.
* ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}'': A bunch of animal figurines that may or may not be God annoy heroine Jaye into helping strangers on a weekly basis.
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* ''Manga/HibikiNoMahou'' has these, one of whom is Hibiki herself.
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* ''Manga/HibikiNoMahou'' ''Manga/HibikisMagic'' has these, every chapter focus on a different woobie whose life tends to be either improved or ruined by magic and its applications, one of whom is Hibiki herself.
