49 Times Winston Bishop Was By Far The Best Roommate On "New Girl"

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"SHAWTY, WHAT THAT THANG DO?"

I know Schmidt and Nick get a lot of the love — deservedly so — but personally, I think the best character on New Girl is Winston, whimsical cat dad extraordinaire.

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In case you don't agree, here are 49 times Winston was the best damn character on that show.

1. When he had a sobering realization:

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2. When he had a valid question for Nick:

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3. When he had an interesting response to a question in a flashback about whether or not he was a virgin:

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4. When he was practicing asking a girl out and had a little trouble:

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5. And when he was having a little trouble talking to women yet again:

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6. When he was attracted to a girl and...it was a little strange:

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7. When he tried to express his love for his girlfriend:

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8. When he left this voicemail for Cece:

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9. When he got a little *too* into his puzzle:

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10. When he got a little freaked out by the prospect of spending the night in the desert:

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11. When he was all of us when we're alone in the car:

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12. When the roommates woke Winston up on a Saturday with their noise, and Winston pretended to be Nick's lover to drive out the fighting girls Nick brought home:

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13. And when, in the same episode, he said this:

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14. When Winston wasn't afraid to tell Jess's mom her cooking was subpar:

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15. When he knew where he stood:

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16. When he didn't ask the brightest question:

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17. When he was confused about how rulers worked:

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18. And when he finally learned how, and got a little too excited about measuring the width of his smile:

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19. When he realized he was colorblind:

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20. When he gave a dramatic reading of Nick's zombie book:

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21. When he couldn't hold it together at Nick's dad's funeral:

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22. When he kept it real with Cece:

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23. When he was trying to give Cece advice and had a little trouble remembering the saying he was thinking of:

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24. When Winston lost Bucky the badger in the vents and accepted his impending death:

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25. And then became philosophical:

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26. And then he took time to give Nick some sage advice even when he was bleeding out:

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27. When Winston teased Cece for checking out Schmidt:

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28. When he told the parents of one of Jess's students that their daughter was awful:

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29. When Winston was NOT here for Reagan refusing to be friends with the roommates:

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30. When the roomies caught Winston treating his cat like a human:

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31. Similarly, when Winston referred to Jess as his cat's sister:

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32. And he said he had inside jokes with Ferguson:

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33. And referred to him as his "blood":

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34. When he solved the problems of the apartment while humbling every member, including himself:

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35. When he couldn't stop procrastinating:

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36. When he made fun of Schmidt's thick toenails:

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37. When he was very qualified for a job, and he knew it:

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38. When Winston took the blame for the whole apartment:

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39. When Nick did a horrible Eddie Murphy impression and Winston said this:

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40. When nobody celebrated Winston's birthday, so he bought himself a cake:

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41. But then Jess's dad ruined it for him:

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42. When he insisted on going wedding dress shopping with Cece and got a little too into it:

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43. Like...really into it:

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44. And then later, when he tried to convince the stylist to take Cece's return by pretending to be a minor:

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45. When he had a few too many tropical cocktails:

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46. When he referred to himself as "Prank Sinatra":

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47. Even though he was terrible at pranks:

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48. Like, really bad:

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49. And finally, when he had trouble being casual:

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Did I miss any? What's your favorite Winston moment? Let me know in the comments!

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