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** Already, 2018 is shaping up to be another underdog-friendly year: the first semi-final saw qualifications for a number of countries with limited success with the finals, throwing a bone to Albania (their first qualification since 2015), Finland (2014), Estonia (2015), Lithuania (2016), and most notably, Ireland (2013).

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': House Stark ''finally'' reclaim their ancestral seat of Winterfell from the Boltons at the end of "The Battle of the Bastards" in Season 6, after it had been torched earlier in Season 2 and with the entire family scattered.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': House Stark ''finally'' reclaims their ancestral seat of Winterfell from the Boltons at the end of "The Battle of the Bastards" in Season 6, after it had been torched earlier in Season 2 and with the entire family scattered.

* In Series 9 of ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Twelfth Doctor goes through such horrors as a return visit to Skaro and an encounter with Davros that he initially doesn't expect to survive (to the point of having TheLastDance in anticipation), talking to his own ghost in the timey-wimey process of saving the world from the alien warlord the Fisher King, dealing with a Zygon uprising, etc. Finally, the closing three-parter puts him through a TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler: betrayal by both a woman he saved by making her functionally immortal and ''his own people'' -- which accidentally leads to the final death of his beloved companion Clara]]. This drives him so around the bend that [[spoiler: he undergoes ''billions of years'' of imprisonment in a torture chamber, killing billions of copies of himself, to achieve the means to save her]] -- for a while after that, he's a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds. He only fully returns to his best self once he's undergone [[spoiler: Mind Rape to forget Clara]]. After all this, he's alone and understandably broody -- and then he's reunited with an old flame in the LighterAndSofter ChristmasEpisode "The Husbands of River Song". In its BittersweetEnding [[spoiler: he and she spend '''twenty-four happy years''' together before she heads off to meet her final destiny]]. A juicy bone indeed.

* Ted from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' is a sad loser who is only a lawyer because he took the bar in Alaska, where they have 5 laws (all dealing with when you can and cannot kill seals). He gets beat up, humiliated, and just seeing Bob Kelso will make him faint. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLoxohVMnDQ&feature=related Then he meets a nice girl who likes him.]]

* ''TheLastDetective'' has its hero Dangerous Davies as TheChewToy during the first season, with not much improvment during the next two seasons. However, [[spoiler: he reconciles with his wife at the end of the third season]] and in the fourth is HappilyMarried. He also gets more respect from his fellow officers over time, which only makes sense since he is clearly a competent officer.

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* In ''LiveAction/DowntonAbbey'', after [[TookALevelInKindness growing to be a better person]] and still being the family ChewToy, Edith gets a moment in Season 2. Downton Abbey is used to house recovering soldiers and a rivalry between Cora and Isobel breaks out over who can do more for the cause, while Edith just tends to the soldiers, talking to them and helping them write letters home and such. At dinner one night, an officer says that someone in the house has been immensely helpful in helping the soldiers - Edith.

* Eddie the barman is the resident ButtMonkey on ''Series/{{Hustle}}'', always falling for the grifters's scams. But in "Eat Yourself Slender" he ends up with the girl.
* Rarely on ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia. The whole Gang are usually [[ChewToy Chew Toys]] for the universe, living generally horrible, pathetic lives, but sometimes they catch an honest break. In one episode, Dennis and Charlie succeed in getting to the charity event in Atlantic City and having a perfectly fun night with a couple of players from the Philadelphia Phillies. In another episode, Charlie gets to spend a fun night with The Waitress [[spoiler: not knowing she's on ecstasy, leading to her being much more agreeable than usual]] while Frank and Mac get to spend the night on a party boat.

* One episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' has Fozzie, the usual ButtMonkey, mock the snarky critics JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf with the help of the guest star; the masterful Bruce Forsyth, no less, is Fozzie's accomplice in this. The bear manages to ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu out-snark Statler and Waldorf]] so badly that they end up hiding in their box waving a white flag''.
** Fozzie also gets revenge in another episode, in which that night's show is canceled as it was already scheduled for open auditions. One pair of auditioners are Statler and Waldorf; Fozzie goes up to their balcony to mock them.
*** He does the same thing during Statler and Waldorf's take on an opening number.
** Also, any Swedish Chef sketch that doesn't end with him being attacked by his cuisine or otherwise harmed.
** And in the Muppet Labs sketches, any time Beaker comes off better than Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, or at least the doctor doesn't get off scot free. This especially counts for the Mac Davis episode where Beaker accidentally makes several clones of himself and spends most of the story chasing Honeydew around.

* In Series 9 of ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Twelfth Doctor goes through such horrors as a return visit to Skaro and an encounter with Davros that he initially doesn't expect to survive (to the point of having TheLastDance in anticipation), talking to his own ghost in the timey-wimey process of saving the world from the alien warlord the Fisher King, dealing with a Zygon uprising, etc. Finally, the closing three-parter puts him through a TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler: betrayal by both a woman he saved by making her functionally immortal and ''his own people'', the final death of his beloved companion Clara, and ''billions of years'' of imprisonment in a torture chamber]], which turns him into a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds for a while. He only fully returns to his best self once he's undergone [[spoiler: Mind Rape to forget Clara]]. After all this, he's alone and broody -- and then, he's reunited with an old flame in the LighterAndSofter ChristmasEpisode "The Husbands of River Song". In its BittersweetEnding [[spoiler: he and she spend '''twenty-four happy years''' together before she heads off to meet her final destiny]]. A juicy bone indeed.

* In Series 9 of ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Twelfth Doctor goes through such horrors as a return visit to Skaro and an encounter with Davros that he initially doesn't expect to survive (to the point of having TheLastDance in anticipation), talking to his own ghost in the timey-wimey process of saving the world from the alien warlord the Fisher King, dealing with a Zygon uprising, etc. Finally, the closing three-parter puts him through a TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler: betrayal by both a woman he saved by making her functionally immortal and ''his own people'', the final death of his beloved companion Clara, and ''billions of years'' of imprisonment in a torture chamber]], which turns him into a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds for a while. He only fully returns to his best self once he's undergone [[spoiler: Mind Rape to forget Clara]]. After all this, he's alone and broody -- and then, he's reunited with an old flame in the DenserAndWackier ChristmasEpisode "The Husbands of River Song". In its BittersweetEnding [[spoiler: he and she spend '''twenty-four happy years''' together before she heads off to meet her final destiny]]. A juicy bone indeed.

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* Despite his competence as a detective, [[TheShield Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach]] is primarily treated as the biggest joke in the police department. When he manages to solve a tough case and get a confession the entire staff is so impressed they actually begin to applaud him, and even [[JerkAss Vic]] [[VillainProtagonist Mackey]] himself is amazed enough that he actually calls a truce with him that lasts for a couple seasons.

* Things regularly go horribly wrong for the two leads of ''PeepShow''. The series 7 opener seems to be building up to things being worse than ever, with Mark [[HeroicBSOD 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 ButtMonkey 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 20-27 years (Richard's goal was 25, for the accused's impulsive murder of a postman, but the judge added two years for [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking tampering with the mail]]). This is quickly followed by a passionate sexual encounter in his office chair with the psychiatrist whose testimony got the aforementioned conviction. (Though this does cause a hitch when it ruins Conrad's suit and Tatum comes close to letting slip that he's not really gay).

* Robbie Shapiro from ''{{Victorious}}'' can be best described as the [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg Griffin]] of the Schneiderverse. However, in the Christmas Special, not only does he go on a date with a former bully, but also got a kiss from Cat for getting her a cotton candy machine.
* Jerry Gergich on ''ParksAndRecreation'' is the ButtMonkey for the office, but loves his home life. He is happily married to Christy Brinkley and has the largest penis one doctor has ever seen. Also in season 7, ''Garry'' finally starts being called by his real name by his coworkers, after 30 years of being known as Jerry, Larry, and Terry.

** Seasons 3 through 5 have considerable [[YankTheDogsChain chain-yanking]] for poor Edith ([[spoiler:her first fiance leaves her at the alter, the second is killed in Germany while trying to change citizenship so they could properly marry, and she was forced to give her illegitimate child to a farmer's family and not let anyone know of their connection]]), but the end of Season 5 finally has ''something'' work out for her. [[spoiler;Cora finds out about her daughter and arranges a cover story to justify Edith bringing the child to live at Downton. And Robert finds out as well and is perfectly accepting of his new granddaughter.]]

* 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 [[TeamMom 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:

* Robbie Shapiro from ''{{Victorious}}'' can be best described as the [[FamilyGuy Meg Griffin]] of the Schneiderverse. However, in the Christmas Special, not only does he go on a date with a former bully, but also got a kiss from Cat for getting her a cotton candy machine.

* Jerry Gergich on ''ParksAndRecreation'' is the ButtMonkey for the office, but loves his home life. He is happily married to Christy Brinkley and has the largest penis one doctor has ever seen.