History ThrowTheDogABone / AnimeAndManga

* In ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'', Nobita is the local loser and lowest end of the bully chain. He was also destined to marry Jaiko, Gian (the local bully)'s little sister, who is deemed to be much below average in both looks and heart, and go bankrupt with a debt that lasts for 300 years, even after his death. His life remains pretty bad for him as the ButtMonkey, but within the series, the future was somehow changed without anyone noticing to where he gets to marry his ideal dream girl, Shizuka, and lead a middle-class life. Not only did the future change, the characters who had the knowledge to travel to the future also talked as if he was destined to marry Shizuka from the beginning. [[note]]The actual events where he captures Shizuka's heart [[spoiler: with his stupidity, making her think that he cannot even survive without her taking care of him]], was only shown after the change AND it was stressed that he went there because he knew that it was that important to look at the event (and, to his surprise, his future self got ill and couldn't participate in it).[[/note]] Probably the best moment of his life other than getting a DoAnythingRobot cat from his future grandson as his best friend, who made it all happen.

* In ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'', Nobita is the local loser and lowest end of the bully chain. He was also destined to marry Gianko, Gian's (the local bully) little sister who is deemed to be much below average in both looks and heart, and go bankrupt with a debt that lasts for 300 years even after his death. His life remains pretty bad for him as the butt monkey, but within the series, the future was somehow changed without anyone noticing to where he gets to marry his ideal dream girl, Shizuka, and lead a middle-class life. Not only did the future change, the characters who had the knowledge to travel to the future also just talked as if he was destined to marry Shizuka from the beginning. (The actual events where he captures the heart of Shizuka [[spoiler: with his stupidity making her think that he cannot even survive without her taking care of him]] was only shown after the change AND it was stressed that he went there because he knew that it was that important to look at the event (and to his surprise that his future self got ill and can't participate in it). Probably the best moment of his life other than getting a robot cat from his future grandson as his best friend that made it all happen.

* In ''Manga/DragonBall'' something nice would occasionally happen to Yamcha the Chief ButtMonkey[=/=]TheWorfEffect character. Strongly averted in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' to the point of DesignatedMonkey.

** Krillin the lesser ButtMonkey in the Dragon Ball anime 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 [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Owned Count.]] Despite this, he managed to come through and save the day on several occasions-- he oneshotted most of the saibamen, he came extremely close to killing Nappa and Vegeta, he played a critical role in foiling the bad guys' plans on Namek until Goku arrived, he sliced off part of Frieza's tail, saving Gohan's life in the process, and [[EarnYourHappyEnding he gets to marry Android #18 in the end.]]

* ''Manga/OnePiece'''s Sanji has endured a great deal of suffering due to being the Straw Hats' resident [[TheChewToy Chew Toy]]. Not content to make him a ChivalrousPervert 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 [[FacialCompositeFailure horribly drawn Wanted Poster]]; stole his hope to exploit the PowerPerversionPotential of invisibility through a villain with a one-of-a-kind invisibility Devil Fruit; and, finally, he was stuck on an island of absolutely [[{{Gonk}} hideous]] 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 WorthIt. Then he met their [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman princess]] and [[spoiler: got cured, being able to hit on her with no problems]]. [[AccidentalInnuendo The biggest bone ever]], people! Plus, in Punk Hazard Law puts his heart in Nami's body and Sanji can't resist the urge to peep at or feel him/herself up.

* For the first part of ''LightNovel/MagiciansAcademy'', Metallis was the designated ChewToy. Then he falls in love with Suzuka and, even if he has to find a way to be around her that won't [[AntiMagic sap him of his power]], nothing really bad comes his way again. Whatever the universe had against him is transferred to his former sidekick, George.

* ''[[Franchise/{{Patlabor}} Patlabor: The Mobile Police]]'': In every iteration of the series, Captain Gotoh finds himself [[HopelessSuitor permanently friend-zoned]] by fellow his Captain, [[LoveInterest Shinobu]] [[DeadpanSnarker Nagomu.]] But he finally gets a break in the [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Ingram-man episode]], which ends with them becoming an OfficialCouple. Too bad it was AllJustADream.

* [[NoSenseOfDirection Ryoga]], the resident [[TheWoobie woobie]] of Manga/RanmaOneHalf was given one of these when his virtually perfectly suited and accepting girlfriend Akari showed up near the end of the series.

* ''[[Anime/{{Patlabor}} Patlabor: The Mobile Police]]'': In every iteration of the series, Captain Gotoh finds himself [[HopelessSuitor permanently friend-zoned]] by fellow his Captain, [[LoveInterest Shinobu]] [[DeadpanSnarker Nagomu.]] But he finally gets a break in the [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Ingram-man episode]], which ends with them becoming an OfficialCouple. Too bad it was AllJustADream.

* ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'': In ''Side:Hope'', after spending the entire second game and the prequel [[spoiler:trying to woo Sonia, Soda finally manages to get her attention by taking out one of Mitarai's EliteMooks.]]

* [[BreakTheCutie After over 200 years of hell and the epic shitstorm that was the Flying Pussyfoot massacre]], ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'''s [[TheWoobie Czeslaw Meyer]] finally gets a break when [[spoiler:he is rescued by Isaac and Miria, who subsequently adopt him into their group of TrueCompanions, and is reunited with Maiza]].

* Crona, in the anime of Manga/{{Soul Eater}}, after enduring a life of both mental and physical torture as the guinea pig/Tykebomb of the kid's [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] bitch of a mother [[spoiler: gets a brief respite before being manipulated into joining her again. By story's end however, Crona [[EarnYourHappyEnding earns a happy ending]] after finally turning against her and nearly dying to save the heroine. The last shots of them are some refreshing (albeit humorous) bits of hanging out with their new friends.]]

** A major bone gets thrown in the ''Sun & Moon'' series when Ash, after six consecutive failures and disappointments in the League Conference (not counting the [[{{Filler}} anime-original Orange League]]), [[BrokenWinLossStreak finally]] becomes the regional champion in the Alola League, ''and'' the first person in history to hold that title in the region to boot, [[LongRunner over 22 years into the anime's run]]. He's so used to losing, in fact, that it takes roughly a minute to finally dawn on him that he actually won a League for the first time in his life. Another bone is thrown when Ash then wins the promised exhibition match with Professor Kukui even after Tapu Koko appears and forcefully inserts itself into the match as Kukui’s last Pokémon.

** A major bone gets thrown in the ''Sun & Moon'' series when [[spoiler:Ash, after six consecutive failures and disappointments in the League Conference (not counting the [[{{Filler}} anime-original Orange League]]), [[BrokenWinLossStreak finally]] becomes the regional champion in the Alola League, ''and'' the first person in history to hold that title in the region to boot, [[LongRunner over 22 years into the anime's run]]. He's so used to losing, in fact, that it takes roughly a minute to finally dawn on him that he actually won a League for the first time in his life. Another bone is thrown when Ash then wins the promised exhibition match with Professor Kukui even after Tapu Koko appears and forcefully inserts itself into the match as Kukui’s last Pokémon.]]

** Mr. Satan, from his very first introduction, is treated as one of the weakest fighters in ''Z'' (even weaker than ''Yamcha'', because at least Yamcha can use KiManipulation and fly.) Even his own ''daughter'' is stronger than him. However, he ends up ultimately saving the day on multiple occasions; He risks his life to deliver Android 16's severed head to Gohan so that he can give him the pep talk he needs to go Super Saiyan 2 against Cell, he redeems Majin Buu when no one was able to defeat him, and convinces the entire Earth to lend Goku their energy for a Spirit Bomb to defeat Kid Buu.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': 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 [[YankTheDogsChain it doesn't end well]]. [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Off_the_Unbeaten_Path Sometimes]] it does.

* In ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'', Nobita is the local loser and lowest end of the bully chain. He was also destined to marry Gianko, Gian's (the local bully) little sister who is deemed to be much below average in both looks and heart, and go bankrupt with a debt that lasts for 300 years even after his death. His life remains pretty bad for him as the butt monkey, but within the series, the future was somehow changed without anyone noticing to where he gets to marry his ideal dream girl, Shizuka, and lead a middle-class life. Not only did the future change, the characters who had the knowledge to travel to the future also just talked as if he was destined to marry Shizuka from the beginning. (The actual events where he captures the heart of Shizuka [[spoiler: with his stupidity making her think that he cannot even survive without her taking care of him]] was only shown after the change AND it was stressed that he went there because he knew that it was that important to look at the event (and to his surprise that his future self got ill and can't participate in it). Probably the best moment of his life other than getting a robot cat from his future grandson as his best friend that made it all happen.

* In ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', Romano constantly feels like he's the {{Unfavorite}}, compared to his more talented, likable brother Italy. In the 2010 Bloodbath, [[spoiler:he finally gets a chance to stand out, when he turns out to have the mark on his chest that everyone was searching for and thus is able to help save the day.]]

** A major bone gets thrown in the ''Sun & Moon'' series when [[spoiler:Ash, after six consecutive failures and disappointments in the League Conference (not counting the anime-original Orange League), [[BrokenWinLossStreak finally]] becomes the regional champion in the Alola League, ''and'' the first person in history to hold that title in the region to boot, [[LongRunner over 22 years into the anime's run]]. He's so used to losing, in fact, that it takes roughly a minute to finally dawn on him that he actually won a League for the first time in his life. Another bone is thrown when Ash then wins the promised exhibition match with Professor Kukui even after Tapu Koko appears and forcefully inserts itself into the match as Kukui’s last Pokémon.]]

** A major bone gets thrown in the ''Sun & Moon'' series when [[spoiler:Ash, after six consecutive failures and disappointments in the League Conference (not counting the anime-original Orange League), ''finally'' becomes the regional champion in the Alola League, ''and'' the first person in history to hold that title in the region to boot, [[BreakingOldTrends over 22 years into the anime's run]]. He's so used to losing, in fact, that it takes roughly a minute to finally dawn on him that he actually won a League for the first time in his life. Another bone is thrown when Ash then wins the promised exhibition match with Professor Kukui even after Tapu Koko appears and forcefully inserts itself into the match as Kukui’s last Pokémon.]]

** Mr. Satan, from his very first introduction, is treated as one of the weakest fighters in ''Z'' (even weaker than ''Yamcha'', because at least Yamcha can use KiAttacks and fly.) Even his own ''daughter'' is stronger than him. However, he ends up ultimately saving the day on multiple occasions; He risks his life to deliver Android 16's severed head to Gohan so that he can give him the pep talk he needs to go Super Saiyan 2 against Cell, he redeems Majin Buu when no one was able to defeat him, and convinces the entire Earth to lend Goku their energy for a Spirit Bomb to defeat Kid Buu.

** A major bone gets thrown in the ''Sun & Moon'' series when [[spoiler:Ash, after six consecutive failures and disappointments in the League Conference (not counting the anime-original Orange League), ''finally'' becomes the regional champion in the Alola League, ''and'' the first person in history to hold that title in the region to boot, [[BreakingOldTrends over 22 years into the anime's run]]. He's so used to losing, in fact, that it takes roughly a minute to finally dawn on him that he actually won a League for the first time in his life.]]

** A major bone gets thrown in the ''Sun & Moon'' series when [[spoiler:Ash, after six consecutive failures and disappointments in the League Conference (not counting the anime-original Orange League), ''finally'' becomes the regional champion in the Alola League, ''and'' the first person in history to hold that title in the region to boot, [[BreakingOldTrends over 22 years into the anime's run]]. He's so used to losing, in fact, that it takes roughly a minute to finally dawn on him that he actually won a League for the first time in his life.]] On the other hand, the only reason he won in the first place was because, [[spoiler:after having initially lost an earlier round, it was discovered that his "knocked-out" Pokémon was in fact, just asleep, and the round was restarted as a result. In other words, Ash would have lost as usual, otherwise.]]

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Kojiro / 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 [[YankTheDogsChain it doesn't end well]]. [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Off_the_Unbeaten_Path Sometimes]] it does.
** In "Borrowing on Bad Faith", after saving Satoshi / Ash's Aipom, Musashi / Jessie asks to use it in a contest. Not only does she get permission, she ends up ''winning'' the whole thing. They're so unused to winning that when they "steal" the prize, Kojiro / James laughs that the heroes are too stunned to chase after them, not realizing they won the prize (a large amount of fruit) fair and square and gave them no reason to try and get it back.
** A major bone gets thrown in the ''Sun & Moon'' series when, in both an in-universe, and meta example, [[spoiler:Satoshi / Ash, after six consecutive failures and disappointments in the League Conference (not counting the anime-original Orange League), ''finally'' becomes the regional champion in the Alola League, ''and'' the first person in history to hold that title in the region to boot, [[BreakingOldTrends over 22 years into the anime's run]]. He's so used to losing, in fact, that it takes roughly a minute to finally dawn on him that he actually won a League for the first time in his life.]] On the other hand, the only reason he won in the first place was because, [[spoiler:after having initially lost an earlier round, it was discovered that his "knocked-out" pokémon was in fact, just asleep, and the round was restarted as a result. In other words, Satoshi / Ash would have lost as usual, otherwise.]] For this reason, it's also a meta example, because it's believed that this was only done in order to please the older fans who were tired of him losing league championships all the time.

** A major bone gets thrown in the ''Sun & Moon'' series when, in both an in-universe, and meta example, [[spoiler:Satoshi / Ash, after six consecutive failures and disappointments in the League Conference (not counting the anime-original Orange League), ''finally'' becomes the regional champion in the Alola League, ''and'' the first person in history to hold that title in the region to boot, [[BreakingOldTrends over 22 years into the anime's run]]. He's so used to losing, in fact, that it takes roughly a minute to finally dawn on him that he actually won a League for the first time in his life.]] On the other hand, the only reason he won in the first place was because, [[spoiler:after having initially lost the final round, it was discovered that one of his "knocked-out" pokémon was in fact, just asleep, and the round was restarted as a result. In other words, Satoshi / Ash would have lost as usual, otherwise.]] For this reason, it's also a meta example, because it's believed that this was only done in order to please the older fans who were tired of him losing league championships all the time.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': 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 [[YankTheDogsChain it doesn't end well]]. [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Off_the_Unbeaten_Path Sometimes]] it does.
** In "Borrowing on Bad Faith", after saving Ash's Aipom, Jessie asks to use it in a contest. Not only does she get permission, she ends up ''winning'' the whole thing. They're so unused to winning that when they "steal" the prize, James laughs that the heroes are too stunned to chase after them, not realizing they won the prize (a large amount of fruit) fair and square and gave them no reason to try and get it back.
** A major bone gets thrown in the ''Sun & Moon'' series when [[spoiler:Ash, after six consecutive failures and disappointments in the League Conference (not counting the anime-original Orange League), ''finally'' becomes the regional champion in the Alola League, ''and'' the first person in history to hold that title in the region to boot, [[BreakingOldTrends over 22 years into the anime's run]]. He's so used to losing, in fact, that it takes roughly a minute to finally dawn on him that he actually won a League for the first time in his life.]]

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': After 22 years of constantly trying and failing in his efforts, Ash [[spoiler:wins the Aloha Leauge and becomes its first champion. He's become so used to failure that he could hardly believe it himself.]]