Trope · 93 series

Underdog Rise Short Dramas

Ninety-three series about starting with nothing. If Revenge is about settling a score, this is about not needing to — and it runs shorter for it, a median of 42 episodes against 44. A good first shelf if you have not watched one of these before.

Series: 93
Median length: —

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Ranked by our editor score; ties broken by whether the series is complete, then by length. How often this setup gets published, and how the median title in it performs, is mapped in the trope explorer.

115 EP

NetShort

Fifty Dollars to Be the Richest Man

15 episodes

215 EP

NetShort

The Veteran Saved the Boss's Wife from the Furnace

15 episodes

316 EP

NetShort

The Kiss That Breaks the Dark Deep

16 episodes

417 EP

NetShort

My Bunker Survived the Nukes. My Ex Didn't

17 episodes

517 EP

NetShort

Silvermoon Bride and the Last Watchman

17 episodes

01Fifty Dollars to Be the Richest Manshortest here at 15 episodes (—)
02The Veteran Saved the Boss's Wife from the Furnaceshortest here at 15 episodes (—)
03The Kiss That Breaks the Dark Deepstill releasing — 16 episodes so far
04My Bunker Survived the Nukes. My Ex Didn'tstill releasing — 17 episodes so far
05Silvermoon Bride and the Last Watchmanstill releasing — 17 episodes so far

The extremes

	Series	Platform	Episodes	Runtime
Shortest run	Fifty Dollars to Be the Richest Man	NetShort	15	—
Longest run	Revenge of the Underdog	NetShort	96	—
Shortest	Fifty Dollars to Be the Richest Man	NetShort	15	—
Longest	Revenge of the Underdog	NetShort	96	—