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* Resident Evil fanfic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4725720/51/Darkness-Arises-Reborn Darkness Arises Reborn]] has main protagonist Jake Cavanaugh fit to a T, a Hitman, whose entire backstory seems to involve any good thing being taken from him, to list: His father was an abusive drunk, who preyed on his family, culminating in the elder Cavanaugh shooting Jake's mother dead, before attempting to kill Jake, who accidentally killed him in turn. Out of Jakes friends, only the one who moved away, wasn't killed or in jail. The love of his life, killed herself, when her father beat the crap out of her for getting pregnant, and blamed Jake, who then beat him into a pulp. After killing his father, he ran away and joined his criminal brother Ryan, who was then killed by a rival gang in front of Jake, not much later Jake became best friends with a man called Viper, who, in a fit of pure greed, betrayed Jake and his gang, killing them and leaving Jake for dead, only for Jake to hunt him down and kill him. For a hitman, Jake has had such as horrific life you want to give him a hug.
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* Resident Evil fanfic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4725720/51/Darkness-Arises-Reborn Darkness Arises Reborn]] has main protagonist Jake Cavanaugh fit to a T, a Hitman, whose entire backstory seems to involve any good thing being taken from him, to list: His father was an abusive drunk, who preyed on his family, culminating in the elder Cavanaugh shooting Jake's mother dead, before attempting to kill Jake, who accidentally killed him in turn. Out of Jakes friends, only the one who moved away, wasn't killed or in jail. The love of his life, killed herself, when her father beat the crap out of her for getting pregnant, and blamed Jake, who then beat him into a pulp. After killing his father, he ran away and joined his criminal brother Ryan, who was then killed by a rival gang in front of Jake, not much later Jake became best friends with a man called Viper, who, in a fit of pure greed, betrayed Jake and his gang, killing them and leaving Jake for dead, only for Jake to hunt him down and kill him. For a hitman, Jake has had such as horrific life you want to give him a hug.hug.
* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfRemnant'': The Claimed were tortured extensively by their "Mother" Salem, which included being starved, denied clothing, and, in Jaune's case, being locked in solitary confinement for several days.
* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfRemnant'': The Claimed were tortured extensively by their "Mother" Salem, which included being starved, denied clothing, and, in Jaune's case, being locked in solitary confinement for several days.
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* ''Fanfic/TorontoBatFansLetMeIn'' series reveals various details about Abby’s past before she met Owen, including that she was turned by her uncle and was shot by her own father when she tried to go home after the attack (which also marked the moment she learned that she was now immortal). Abby also discusses her history with her past guardians, including how and why she chose them and how they died.
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^ Resident Evil fanfic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4725720/51/Darkness-Arises-Reborn Darkness Arises Reborn]] has main protagonist Jake Cavanaugh fit to a T, a Hitman, whose entire backstory seems to involve any good thing being taken from him, to list: His father was an abusive drunk, who preyed on his family, culminating in the elder Cavanaugh shooting Jake's mother dead, before attempting to kill Jake, who accidentally killed him in turn. Out of Jakes friends, only the one who moved away, wasn't killed or in jail. The love of his life, killed herself, when her father beat the crap out of her for getting pregnant, and blamed Jake, who then beat him into a pulp. After killing his father, he ran away and joined his criminal brother Ryan, who was then killed by a rival gang in front of Jake, not much later Jake became best friends with a man called Viper, who, in a fit of pure greed, betrayed Jake and his gang, killing them and leaving Jake for dead, only for Jake to hunt him down and kill him. For a hitman, Jake has had such as horrific life you want to give him a hug.
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* Lexi from ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' was once a curious book who wished to explore the Train and all its cars, even befriending two teens to be his partners. Unfortunately those teens were ''Grace and Simon'', who gleefully tore him apart and buried him alive for eight years until Chloe dug him out.
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* Lexi from ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' was once a curious book who wished to explore the Train and all its cars, even befriending two teens to be his partners. Unfortunately those teens were ''Grace and Simon'', who gleefully tore him apart and buried him alive for eight years until Chloe dug him out.out.
^ Resident Evil fanfic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4725720/51/Darkness-Arises-Reborn Darkness Arises Reborn]] has main protagonist Jake Cavanaugh fit to a T, a Hitman, whose entire backstory seems to involve any good thing being taken from him, to list: His father was an abusive drunk, who preyed on his family, culminating in the elder Cavanaugh shooting Jake's mother dead, before attempting to kill Jake, who accidentally killed him in turn. Out of Jakes friends, only the one who moved away, wasn't killed or in jail. The love of his life, killed herself, when her father beat the crap out of her for getting pregnant, and blamed Jake, who then beat him into a pulp. After killing his father, he ran away and joined his criminal brother Ryan, who was then killed by a rival gang in front of Jake, not much later Jake became best friends with a man called Viper, who, in a fit of pure greed, betrayed Jake and his gang, killing them and leaving Jake for dead, only for Jake to hunt him down and kill him. For a hitman, Jake has had such as horrific life you want to give him a hug.
^ Resident Evil fanfic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4725720/51/Darkness-Arises-Reborn Darkness Arises Reborn]] has main protagonist Jake Cavanaugh fit to a T, a Hitman, whose entire backstory seems to involve any good thing being taken from him, to list: His father was an abusive drunk, who preyed on his family, culminating in the elder Cavanaugh shooting Jake's mother dead, before attempting to kill Jake, who accidentally killed him in turn. Out of Jakes friends, only the one who moved away, wasn't killed or in jail. The love of his life, killed herself, when her father beat the crap out of her for getting pregnant, and blamed Jake, who then beat him into a pulp. After killing his father, he ran away and joined his criminal brother Ryan, who was then killed by a rival gang in front of Jake, not much later Jake became best friends with a man called Viper, who, in a fit of pure greed, betrayed Jake and his gang, killing them and leaving Jake for dead, only for Jake to hunt him down and kill him. For a hitman, Jake has had such as horrific life you want to give him a hug.
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* ''Fanfic/LadyInWhite'';
** Elsa reveals that she witnessed the deaths of most of her family during the French Revolution, and isolated herself even further from humanity after learning about the destruction of Hiroshima.
** Anna recalls at least one foster home where her foster father would hit his wife when he was drunk; when he was sent to prison after Anna had been with them for a couple of years, the man admitted that he probably would have killed his wife eventually (although he never did anything to Anna herself).
** Kristoff’s mother died of an unspecified illness when he was very young, and he has always felt guilty for not having the courage to see her when she was in hospital.
** Elsa reveals that she witnessed the deaths of most of her family during the French Revolution, and isolated herself even further from humanity after learning about the destruction of Hiroshima.
** Anna recalls at least one foster home where her foster father would hit his wife when he was drunk; when he was sent to prison after Anna had been with them for a couple of years, the man admitted that he probably would have killed his wife eventually (although he never did anything to Anna herself).
** Kristoff’s mother died of an unspecified illness when he was very young, and he has always felt guilty for not having the courage to see her when she was in hospital.
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* Seras in ''Fanfic/HoneyAndVinegar'' was orphaned after her parents were killed by common thieves, forcing her to live most of her life as a beggar on the streets of Cascaval. She was left as the only survivor of a vampire attack and would have been raped by her attacker had Dracula not killed him. This ultimately left her mortally wounded and she had to become a vampire to survive.
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* Seras in ''Fanfic/HoneyAndVinegar'' was orphaned after her parents were killed by common thieves, forcing her to live most of her life as a beggar on the streets of Cascaval. She was left as the only survivor of a vampire attack and would have been raped by her attacker had Dracula not killed him. This ultimately left her mortally wounded and she had to become a vampire to survive.survive.
* Lexi from ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' was once a curious book who wished to explore the Train and all its cars, even befriending two teens to be his partners. Unfortunately those teens were ''Grace and Simon'', who gleefully tore him apart and buried him alive for eight years until Chloe dug him out.
* Lexi from ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' was once a curious book who wished to explore the Train and all its cars, even befriending two teens to be his partners. Unfortunately those teens were ''Grace and Simon'', who gleefully tore him apart and buried him alive for eight years until Chloe dug him out.
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* ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'': First Heather finds out she was an 'oops baby' that her mother used to blackmail her father into marrying her. That is on top of the emotional and mental abuse her mother heaped on her due to blaming her mere EXISTENCE ruining her career. Gwen has spent the last several years in an extremely abusive relationship with Duncan, which has resulted in quite a bit of problems with herself and her family, including her mother kicking her out of their house once she became an adult. Sammy spent a LIFE TIME suffering at the hands of her demented sister Amy before Jasmine finally got the push she needed to save her from the situation. Even Cody didn't exactly have a happy home life, though lacking abuse he did grow up fairly neglected.
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* ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'': First Heather finds out she was an 'oops baby' that her mother used to blackmail her father into marrying her. That is on top of the emotional and mental abuse her mother heaped on her due to blaming her mere EXISTENCE ruining her career. Gwen has spent the last several years in an extremely abusive relationship with Duncan, which has resulted in quite a bit of problems with herself and her family, including her mother kicking her out of their house once she became an adult.adult; it's also revealed that her father abandoned his family when she was still a child, her mother's second boyfriend (and Gwen's brother's father) ran away too, and her mother's third boyfriend was a pedophile who secretly filmed Gwen's private moments. Sammy spent a LIFE TIME suffering at the hands of her demented sister Amy before Jasmine finally got the push she needed to save her from the situation. Even Cody didn't exactly have a happy home life, though lacking abuse he did grow up fairly neglected.
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13238312/25/The-Last-Prayer The Last Prayer]]'': Samui and Atsui were part of a study by their parents that was later dubbed The Monster Study for how horrific it was. Samui was part of the group that was criticized for everything (aka the Cold Group) while Atsui was part of the Hot Group that was praised for everything. Both groups were forced to do things such as administer increasingly painful electric shocks to a prisoner, drug teenage prostitutes, and submerge their arms in disgusting substances such as feces[[labelnote:*]]The two groups were supposed to be switched after a time and the project was only supposed to go as far as criticizing/praising the orphans regardless of what they did[[/labelnote]]. The project was cut short when the new Raikage learned of their actions and immediately cut funding, only not executing those running it due to their popularity. As a result, Samui is TheStoic and almost incapable of conversation while Atsui is a case of SmallNameBigEgo who literally can't comprehend being criticized.
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13238312/25/The-Last-Prayer The Last Prayer]]'': ''Fanfic/TheLastPrayer'': Samui and Atsui were part of a study by their parents that was later dubbed The Monster Study for how horrific it was. Samui was part of the group that was criticized for everything (aka the Cold Group) while Atsui was part of the Hot Group that was praised for everything. Both groups were forced to do things such as administer increasingly painful electric shocks to a prisoner, drug teenage prostitutes, and submerge their arms in disgusting substances such as feces[[labelnote:*]]The two groups were supposed to be switched after a time and the project was only supposed to go as far as criticizing/praising the orphans regardless of what they did[[/labelnote]]. The project was cut short when the new Raikage learned of their actions and immediately cut funding, only not executing those running it due to their popularity. As a result, Samui is TheStoic and almost incapable of conversation while Atsui is a case of SmallNameBigEgo who literally can't comprehend being criticized.
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* Zuma suffered one of these in the ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol'' fanfic Fanfic/ZumasFear: [[spoiler: His first family was [[BeyondTheImpossible (Seemingly)]] murdered by
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* Seras in ''Fanfic/HoneyAndVinegar'' was orphaned after her parents were killed by common thieves, forcing her to live most of her life as a beggar on the streets of Cascaval. She was left as the only survivor of a vampire attack and would have been raped by her attacker had Dracula not killed him. This ultimately left her mortally wounded and she had to become a vampire to survive.
* Seras in ''Fanfic/HoneyAndVinegar'' was orphaned after her parents were killed by common thieves, forcing her to live most of her life as a beggar on the streets of Cascaval. She was left as the only survivor of a vampire attack and would have been raped by her attacker had Dracula not killed him. This ultimately left her mortally wounded and she had to become a vampire to survive.
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** Sharp Strike: From what we do know in Chapter 54, it was mentioned he was also a survivor of a...certain horrifying event (not unlike Ren and Nora) that led to the death of his family and everyone he knew in the hometown of Himawari, before his recruitment into the Remnant Knights.
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** Sharp Strike: From what we do know in Chapter 54, it was mentioned he was also a survivor of a...certain horrifying event (not unlike Ren and Nora) that led to the death of his family and everyone he knew in the hometown of Himawari, before his recruitment into the Remnant Knights.Knights.
* Zuma suffered one of these in the ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol'' fanfic Fanfic/ZumasFear: [[spoiler: His first family was [[BeyondTheImpossible (Seemingly)]] murdered by
* Zuma suffered one of these in the ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol'' fanfic Fanfic/ZumasFear: [[spoiler: His first family was [[BeyondTheImpossible (Seemingly)]] murdered by
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* Pretty much everyone in ''Fanfic/EyesWideOpenAllTheTime''. Haru's the chronically ill child of two abusive drug addicts, Rin's mother was physically and verbally abusive [[spoiler:and knew Gou was being raped and didn't do anything about it]], Sosuke and Makoto have severe PTSD as a result of their deployments in Afghanistan, and Miho lost her husband, job, and children after becoming addicted to morphine, you can honestly take your pick from amongst the cast.
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* Pretty much everyone in ''Fanfic/EyesWideOpenAllTheTime''. Haru's the chronically ill child of two abusive drug addicts, Rin's mother was physically and verbally abusive [[spoiler:and knew Gou was being raped and didn't do anything about it]], Sosuke and Makoto have severe PTSD as a result of their deployments in Afghanistan, and Miho lost her husband, job, and children after becoming addicted to morphine, you can honestly take your pick from amongst the cast.cast.
* Fanfic/RWBYDestinyOfRemnant: Hoo boy...
** Ashe Kasai: His parents were murdered by his sister Cinder in her single-minded pursuit for power (which he doesn't know), his significant other Mila was murdered by Saul Jude for saving him, and the latter died with their child still in her womb. He then spent the next few decades Walking the Earth with the Aura Crystal and looking for Cinder while believing that she was still alive and well, only to find out that she had been corrupted by Salem and given the awful truth that she actually murdered their parents.
** Adam Taurus: He and his parents were forced into slavery by corrupt members of the Schnee Dust Company, and his father Tarvos was gunned down because he caused an insurrection within the mines, his mother Iona was killed during an escape attempt, and his younger sister Lily was heavily implied to have starved to death and her body was thrown into the ocean and fed by seagulls.
** Blake Belladonna: Her parents, motivated by the bigotry around them, broke off from the original White Fang to join more radical groups, but a riot broke out one day and they were killed in said riot. She was then raised by her aunt Kali and uncle Ghira as well as Claudandus, the latter of which was the founder of the White Fang. When a young Adam joined the White Fang and told her about his own past she became more disillusioned with the direction the White Fang was going and the lack of chances for equality. Years later, she joined Adam in overthrowing Claudandus and helped him take over the White Fang. However, as Adam's methods got more and more extreme, Blake eventually became wary of him which resulted in the events of the show's canon, and the rest is history.
** Sharp Strike: From what we do know in Chapter 54, it was mentioned he was also a survivor of a...certain horrifying event (not unlike Ren and Nora) that led to the death of his family and everyone he knew in the hometown of Himawari, before his recruitment into the Remnant Knights.
* Fanfic/RWBYDestinyOfRemnant: Hoo boy...
** Ashe Kasai: His parents were murdered by his sister Cinder in her single-minded pursuit for power (which he doesn't know), his significant other Mila was murdered by Saul Jude for saving him, and the latter died with their child still in her womb. He then spent the next few decades Walking the Earth with the Aura Crystal and looking for Cinder while believing that she was still alive and well, only to find out that she had been corrupted by Salem and given the awful truth that she actually murdered their parents.
** Adam Taurus: He and his parents were forced into slavery by corrupt members of the Schnee Dust Company, and his father Tarvos was gunned down because he caused an insurrection within the mines, his mother Iona was killed during an escape attempt, and his younger sister Lily was heavily implied to have starved to death and her body was thrown into the ocean and fed by seagulls.
** Blake Belladonna: Her parents, motivated by the bigotry around them, broke off from the original White Fang to join more radical groups, but a riot broke out one day and they were killed in said riot. She was then raised by her aunt Kali and uncle Ghira as well as Claudandus, the latter of which was the founder of the White Fang. When a young Adam joined the White Fang and told her about his own past she became more disillusioned with the direction the White Fang was going and the lack of chances for equality. Years later, she joined Adam in overthrowing Claudandus and helped him take over the White Fang. However, as Adam's methods got more and more extreme, Blake eventually became wary of him which resulted in the events of the show's canon, and the rest is history.
** Sharp Strike: From what we do know in Chapter 54, it was mentioned he was also a survivor of a...certain horrifying event (not unlike Ren and Nora) that led to the death of his family and everyone he knew in the hometown of Himawari, before his recruitment into the Remnant Knights.
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* ''Fanfic/JimmyTwoShoesTheMovieMiseryLovesCompany'': Jimmy and Heloise are revealed to have these - connected no less. Specifically, [[spoiler:Jimmy took up a job as an errand boy from a mob boss in order to support his hospitalized mother, with Heloise being the daughter of said mob boss and having been raised to be hateful and suspicious of all people. While Jimmy's kindness helped her learn there was good in the world and encouraged her to follow her dreams of becoming an inventor, the death of Jimmy's mother convinced Jimmy and Heloise to go on the run, where they were killed when the police pursued them and their stolen car crashed, sending them both to [[{{Hell}} Miseryville]].]]
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** Red is shown to have BadDreams, of suffering a lot of bullying as a kid, and it's heavily implied that [[MissingMom he lost his mother]] when their house burned down, [[spoiler: with all hints pointing that ''he'' was the one who accidentally set it on fire.]]
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** Red is shown to have BadDreams, {{Past Experience Nightmare}}s, of suffering a lot of bullying as a kid, and it's heavily implied that [[MissingMom he lost his mother]] when their house burned down, [[spoiler: with all hints pointing that ''he'' was the one who accidentally set it on fire.]]
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13238312/25/The-Last-Prayer The Last Prayer]]'': Samui and Atsui were part of a study by their parents that was later dubbed The Monster Study for how horrific it was. Samui was part of the group that was criticized for everything (aka the Cold Group) while Atsui was part of the Hot Group that was praised for everything. Both groups were forced to do things such as administer increasingly painful electric shocks to a prisoner, drug teenage prostitutes, and submerge their arms in disgusting substances such as feces[[labelnote:*]]The two groups were supposed to be switched after a time and the project was only supposed to go as far as criticizing/praising the orphans regardless of what they did[[/labelnote]]. The project was cut short when the new Raikage learned of their actions and immediately cut funding, only not executing those running it due to their popularity. As a result, Samui is TheStoic and almost incapable of conversation while Atsui is a case of SmallNameBigEgo who literally can't comprehend being criticized.
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13238312/25/The-Last-Prayer The Last Prayer]]'': Samui and Atsui were part of a study by their parents that was later dubbed The Monster Study for how horrific it was. Samui was part of the group that was criticized for everything (aka the Cold Group) while Atsui was part of the Hot Group that was praised for everything. Both groups were forced to do things such as administer increasingly painful electric shocks to a prisoner, drug teenage prostitutes, and submerge their arms in disgusting substances such as feces[[labelnote:*]]The two groups were supposed to be switched after a time and the project was only supposed to go as far as criticizing/praising the orphans regardless of what they did[[/labelnote]]. The project was cut short when the new Raikage learned of their actions and immediately cut funding, only not executing those running it due to their popularity. As a result, Samui is TheStoic and almost incapable of conversation while Atsui is a case of SmallNameBigEgo who literally can't comprehend being criticized.criticized.
* Pretty much everyone in ''Fanfic/EyesWideOpenAllTheTime''. Haru's the chronically ill child of two abusive drug addicts, Rin's mother was physically and verbally abusive [[spoiler:and knew Gou was being raped and didn't do anything about it]], Sosuke and Makoto have severe PTSD as a result of their deployments in Afghanistan, and Miho lost her husband, job, and children after becoming addicted to morphine, you can honestly take your pick from amongst the cast.
* Pretty much everyone in ''Fanfic/EyesWideOpenAllTheTime''. Haru's the chronically ill child of two abusive drug addicts, Rin's mother was physically and verbally abusive [[spoiler:and knew Gou was being raped and didn't do anything about it]], Sosuke and Makoto have severe PTSD as a result of their deployments in Afghanistan, and Miho lost her husband, job, and children after becoming addicted to morphine, you can honestly take your pick from amongst the cast.
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* ''Fanfic/BurningCoals'': Neo was orphaned as a young age and spent several years on the streets by herself. She made her first kills as self-defense. Eventually, she was taken in by Roman.
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* ''Fanfic/BurningCoals'': Neo was orphaned as a young age and spent several years on the streets by herself. She made her first kills as self-defense. Eventually, she was taken in by Roman.Roman.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13238312/25/The-Last-Prayer The Last Prayer]]'': Samui and Atsui were part of a study by their parents that was later dubbed The Monster Study for how horrific it was. Samui was part of the group that was criticized for everything (aka the Cold Group) while Atsui was part of the Hot Group that was praised for everything. Both groups were forced to do things such as administer increasingly painful electric shocks to a prisoner, drug teenage prostitutes, and submerge their arms in disgusting substances such as feces[[labelnote:*]]The two groups were supposed to be switched after a time and the project was only supposed to go as far as criticizing/praising the orphans regardless of what they did[[/labelnote]]. The project was cut short when the new Raikage learned of their actions and immediately cut funding, only not executing those running it due to their popularity. As a result, Samui is TheStoic and almost incapable of conversation while Atsui is a case of SmallNameBigEgo who literally can't comprehend being criticized.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13238312/25/The-Last-Prayer The Last Prayer]]'': Samui and Atsui were part of a study by their parents that was later dubbed The Monster Study for how horrific it was. Samui was part of the group that was criticized for everything (aka the Cold Group) while Atsui was part of the Hot Group that was praised for everything. Both groups were forced to do things such as administer increasingly painful electric shocks to a prisoner, drug teenage prostitutes, and submerge their arms in disgusting substances such as feces[[labelnote:*]]The two groups were supposed to be switched after a time and the project was only supposed to go as far as criticizing/praising the orphans regardless of what they did[[/labelnote]]. The project was cut short when the new Raikage learned of their actions and immediately cut funding, only not executing those running it due to their popularity. As a result, Samui is TheStoic and almost incapable of conversation while Atsui is a case of SmallNameBigEgo who literally can't comprehend being criticized.
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* ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'': First Heather finds out she was an 'oops baby' that her mother used to blackmail her father into marrying her. That is on top of the emotional and mental abuse her mother heaped on her due to blaming her mere EXISTENCE ruining her career. Gwen has spent the last several years in an extremely abusive relationship with Duncan, which has resulted in quite a bit of problems with herself and her family, including her mother kicking her out of their house once she became an adult. Sammy spent a LIFE TIME suffering at the hands of her demented sister Amy before Jasmine finally got the push she needed to save her from the situation. Even Cody didn't exactly have a happy home life, though lacking abuse he did grow up fairly neglected.
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* Although never stated in the fanfiction itself, Darkheart of FanFic/TheReturnOfChaos is revealed to have a Dark and Troubled Past by the author in other works.
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* ''Fanfic/TotalDramaAllStarsRewrite'': [[spoiler:The second aftermath reveals that Gwen's dad was a miner who died after a cave in. Her mother mentions it's where her fear of being buried alive came from, and for the first few nights after his death, Gwen had pretty bad nightmares.]]
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* ''Fanfic/TotalDramaAllStarsRewrite'': [[spoiler:The second aftermath reveals that Gwen's dad was a miner who died after a cave in. Her mother mentions it's where her fear of being buried alive came from, and for the first few nights after his death, Gwen had pretty bad nightmares.]]]]
* ''Fanfic/BurningCoals'': Neo was orphaned as a young age and spent several years on the streets by herself. She made her first kills as self-defense. Eventually, she was taken in by Roman.
* ''Fanfic/BurningCoals'': Neo was orphaned as a young age and spent several years on the streets by herself. She made her first kills as self-defense. Eventually, she was taken in by Roman.
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** Zelda had an [[DomesticAbuse abusive relationship]] with [[TeacherStudentRomance a tutor]] at thirteen. That's how she ended up [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] [[ChildByRape with Rinku]]. Zelda's father also [[DisappearedDad disappeared years ago]], leaving her the princess regent.
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** Zelda had an [[DomesticAbuse abusive relationship]] with [[TeacherStudentRomance a tutor]] at thirteen. That's how she ended up [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] [[ChildByRape with Rinku]]. Zelda's father also [[DisappearedDad disappeared years ago]], leaving her the princess regent.regent.
* ''Fanfic/TotalDramaAllStarsRewrite'': [[spoiler:The second aftermath reveals that Gwen's dad was a miner who died after a cave in. Her mother mentions it's where her fear of being buried alive came from, and for the first few nights after his death, Gwen had pretty bad nightmares.]]
* ''Fanfic/TotalDramaAllStarsRewrite'': [[spoiler:The second aftermath reveals that Gwen's dad was a miner who died after a cave in. Her mother mentions it's where her fear of being buried alive came from, and for the first few nights after his death, Gwen had pretty bad nightmares.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{ResurrectedMemories}}'' [[spoiler: As shown from flashbacks, Ember [=McLain=] had a very difficult human life. Originally called Amberline [=McLain=], she was an unpopular girl with big dreams of rock stardom, she got frequently bullied and was subjected to pranks from the popular kids, had been raised by ControlFreak parents who didn't understand and neglected her and suffered from an unrequited love towards David Parker, the most popular guy at her school. One day David asked her out to the movies and she waited for him all night, thinking that he was just late. However she eventually went home after realizing she was stood up and cried herself to sleep, unaware that her home had mysteriously caught on fire. She died in the flames and out of anger for her untimely death and horrible life, renamed herself Ember [=McLain=] and became the vengeful EvilDiva seen in cannon. In fact the only good thing about Ember’s human life appears to have been her little sister.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{ResurrectedMemories}}'' ''Fanfic/ResurrectedMemories'' [[spoiler: As shown from flashbacks, Ember [=McLain=] had a very difficult human life. Originally called Amberline [=McLain=], she was an unpopular girl with big dreams of rock stardom, she got frequently bullied and was subjected to pranks from the popular kids, had been raised by ControlFreak parents who didn't understand and neglected her and suffered from an unrequited love towards David Parker, the most popular guy at her school. One day David asked her out to the movies and she waited for him all night, thinking that he was just late. However she eventually went home after realizing she was stood up and cried herself to sleep, unaware that her home had mysteriously caught on fire. She died in the flames and out of anger for her untimely death and horrible life, renamed herself Ember [=McLain=] and became the vengeful EvilDiva seen in cannon. In fact the only good thing about Ember’s human life appears to have been her little sister.]]
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** Zelda had an [[DomesticAbuse abusive relationship]] with [[TeacherStudentRomance a tutor]] at thirteen. That's how she ended up [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] [[ChildByRape with Rinku]].
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* ''Fanfic/LifeWithFumiAYokaiWatchAU'': Sailornyan was a normal cat owned by a rich girl named Lucille Sanshiro. Her owner eventually fell in with the wrong crowd and became a criminal. When Lucille was arrested, Sailornyan tried to take Lucille her favorite manga ''Sailor Piers'' but was killed on the way there. Since turning into a yokai, Sailornyan began visiting the room's of delinquent girls in order turn their rooms girly and help change their view on life. She'd also inspirit their mother's so that the mom's would enforce stricter rulers to curb their child's delinquency.
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* ''Fanfic/LifeWithFumiAYokaiWatchAU'': Sailornyan was a normal cat owned by a rich girl named Lucille Sanshiro. Her owner eventually fell in with the wrong crowd and became a criminal. When Lucille was arrested, Sailornyan tried to take Lucille her favorite manga ''Sailor Piers'' but was killed on the way there. Since turning into a yokai, Sailornyan began visiting the room's of delinquent girls in order turn their rooms girly and help change their view on life. She'd also inspirit their mother's so that the mom's would enforce stricter rulers to curb their child's delinquency.delinquency.
* ''Webcomic/ATaleOfTwoRulers'':
** Ganondorf's mother died when he was very young. He was raised in a brothel and it's also mentioned that he worked there too. Eventually he recovered his PastLifeMemories as a teen and ran off. Ganondorf has very clear memories of the tragedies and violence of his past lives, which also effects him.
** Zelda had an [[DomesticAbuse abusive relationship]] with [[TeacherStudentRomance a tutor]] at thirteen. That's how she ended up [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] [[ChildByRape with Rinku]].
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** Ganondorf's mother died when he was very young. He was raised in a brothel and it's also mentioned that he worked there too. Eventually he recovered his PastLifeMemories as a teen and ran off. Ganondorf has very clear memories of the tragedies and violence of his past lives, which also effects him.
** Zelda had an [[DomesticAbuse abusive relationship]] with [[TeacherStudentRomance a tutor]] at thirteen. That's how she ended up [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] [[ChildByRape with Rinku]].
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* ''Fanfic/LostStormsStormysForgottenPast'': Stormy lived a happy life with her mother until age six, when she was taken by HumanTraffickers and sold to Murky. Murky planned on using Stormy to defeat Rainbow Brite and raised her for years as a servant. To make Stormy complacent, Murky would often make her drink a potion to keep her under his control.
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* ''Fanfic/LostStormsStormysForgottenPast'': Stormy lived a happy life with her mother until age six, when she was taken by HumanTraffickers and sold to Murky. Murky planned on using Stormy to defeat Rainbow Brite and raised her for years as a servant. To make Stormy complacent, Murky would often make her drink a potion to keep her under his control.control.
* ''Fanfic/LifeWithFumiAYokaiWatchAU'': Sailornyan was a normal cat owned by a rich girl named Lucille Sanshiro. Her owner eventually fell in with the wrong crowd and became a criminal. When Lucille was arrested, Sailornyan tried to take Lucille her favorite manga ''Sailor Piers'' but was killed on the way there. Since turning into a yokai, Sailornyan began visiting the room's of delinquent girls in order turn their rooms girly and help change their view on life. She'd also inspirit their mother's so that the mom's would enforce stricter rulers to curb their child's delinquency.
* ''Fanfic/LifeWithFumiAYokaiWatchAU'': Sailornyan was a normal cat owned by a rich girl named Lucille Sanshiro. Her owner eventually fell in with the wrong crowd and became a criminal. When Lucille was arrested, Sailornyan tried to take Lucille her favorite manga ''Sailor Piers'' but was killed on the way there. Since turning into a yokai, Sailornyan began visiting the room's of delinquent girls in order turn their rooms girly and help change their view on life. She'd also inspirit their mother's so that the mom's would enforce stricter rulers to curb their child's delinquency.
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* In the ''Scooby Doo'' series ''Fanfic/ShaggyTheHandler'', Shaggy has a past as a soldier during the Vietnam War. He doesn't like talking about it and averts questions on it, but what's implied to have occured in his past isn't pretty.
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* In the ''Scooby Doo'' series ''Fanfic/ShaggyTheHandler'', Shaggy has a past as a soldier during the Vietnam War. He doesn't like talking about it and averts questions on it, but what's implied to have occured in his past isn't pretty.pretty.
* ''Fanfic/LostStormsStormysForgottenPast'': Stormy lived a happy life with her mother until age six, when she was taken by HumanTraffickers and sold to Murky. Murky planned on using Stormy to defeat Rainbow Brite and raised her for years as a servant. To make Stormy complacent, Murky would often make her drink a potion to keep her under his control.
* ''Fanfic/LostStormsStormysForgottenPast'': Stormy lived a happy life with her mother until age six, when she was taken by HumanTraffickers and sold to Murky. Murky planned on using Stormy to defeat Rainbow Brite and raised her for years as a servant. To make Stormy complacent, Murky would often make her drink a potion to keep her under his control.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{ResurrectedMemories}}'' [[spoiler: As shown from flashbacks, Ember Mclain had a very difficult human life. Originally called Amberline Mclain, she was an unpopular girl with big dreams of rock stardom, she got frequently bullied and was subjected to pranks from the popular kids, had been raised by ControlFreak parents who didn't understand and neglected her and suffered from an unrequited love towards David Parker, the most popular guy at her school. One day David asked her out to the movies and she waited for him all night, thinking that he was just late. However she eventually went home after realizing she was stood up and cried herself to sleep, unaware that her home had mysteriously caught on fire. She died in the flames and out of anger for her untimely death and horrible life, renamed herself as Ember Mclain and became the vengeful EvilDiva seen in cannon.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{ResurrectedMemories}}'' [[spoiler: As shown from flashbacks, Ember Mclain [=McLain=] had a very difficult human life. Originally called Amberline Mclain, [=McLain=], she was an unpopular girl with big dreams of rock stardom, she got frequently bullied and was subjected to pranks from the popular kids, had been raised by ControlFreak parents who didn't understand and neglected her and suffered from an unrequited love towards David Parker, the most popular guy at her school. One day David asked her out to the movies and she waited for him all night, thinking that he was just late. However she eventually went home after realizing she was stood up and cried herself to sleep, unaware that her home had mysteriously caught on fire. She died in the flames and out of anger for her untimely death and horrible life, renamed herself as Ember Mclain [=McLain=] and became the vengeful EvilDiva seen in cannon.cannon. In fact the only good thing about Ember’s human life appears to have been her little sister.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{ResurrectedMemories}}'' [[spoiler: As shown from flashbacks, Ember Mclain had a very difficult human life. Originally called Amberline Mclain, she was an unpopular girl with big dreams of rock stardom, she got frequently bullied and was subjected to pranks from the popular kids, had been raised by ControlFreak parents who didn't understand and neglected her and suffered from an unrequited love towards David Parker, the most popular guy at her school. One day David asked her out to the movies and she waited for him all night, thinking that he was just late. However she eventually went home after realizing she was stood up and cried herself to sleep, unaware that her home had mysteriously caught on fire. She died in the flames and out of anger for her untimely death and horrible life, renamed herself as Ember Mclain and became the vengeful EvilDiva seen in cannon.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{ResurrectedMemories}}'' [[spoiler: As shown from flashbacks, Ember Mclain had a very difficult human life. Originally called Amberline Mclain, she was an unpopular girl with big dreams of rock stardom, she got frequently bullied and was subjected to pranks from the popular kids, had been raised by ControlFreak parents who didn't understand and neglected her and suffered from an unrequited love towards David Parker, the most popular guy at her school. One day David asked her out to the movies and she waited for him all night, thinking that he was just late. However she eventually went home after realizing she was stood up and cried herself to sleep, unaware that her home had mysteriously caught on fire. She died in the flames and out of anger for her untimely death and horrible life, renamed herself as Ember Mclain and became the vengeful EvilDiva seen in cannon.]]]]
* In quite a few works of the 2003 ''Teen Titans'' cartoon, Starfire has a troubled past as a slave. For example, the oneshot ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12306559/1/Deceptive-Protection Deceptive Protection]]'' revolves around Robin learning of Starfire's past as a SexSlave after the episode "Troq". There is some basis in canon to Starfire being enslaved in canon, as she was a Gordanian prisoner and she ''was'' a slave in her original comic backstory, but the cartoon implies she escaped before she became anyone's "servant".
* In the ''Scooby Doo'' series ''Fanfic/ShaggyTheHandler'', Shaggy has a past as a soldier during the Vietnam War. He doesn't like talking about it and averts questions on it, but what's implied to have occured in his past isn't pretty.
* In quite a few works of the 2003 ''Teen Titans'' cartoon, Starfire has a troubled past as a slave. For example, the oneshot ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12306559/1/Deceptive-Protection Deceptive Protection]]'' revolves around Robin learning of Starfire's past as a SexSlave after the episode "Troq". There is some basis in canon to Starfire being enslaved in canon, as she was a Gordanian prisoner and she ''was'' a slave in her original comic backstory, but the cartoon implies she escaped before she became anyone's "servant".
* In the ''Scooby Doo'' series ''Fanfic/ShaggyTheHandler'', Shaggy has a past as a soldier during the Vietnam War. He doesn't like talking about it and averts questions on it, but what's implied to have occured in his past isn't pretty.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{ResurrectedMemories}}'' [[spoiler: As shown from flashbacks, Ember Mclain had a very difficult human life. Originally called Amberline Mclain, she was an unpopular girl with big dreams of rock stardom,she got frequently bullied and was subjected to pranks from the popular kids, had been raised by ControlFreak parents who didn't understand and neglected her and suffered from an unrequited love towards David Parker, the most popular guy at her school. One day David asked her out to the movies and she waited for him all night, thinking that he was just late. However she eventually went home after realizing she was stood up and cried herself to sleep, unaware that her home had mysteriously caught on fire. She died in the flames and out of anger for her untimely death and horrible life, renamed herself as Ember Mclain and became the vengeful EvilDiva seen in cannon.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{ResurrectedMemories}}'' [[spoiler: As shown from flashbacks, Ember Mclain had a very difficult human life. Originally called Amberline Mclain, she was an unpopular girl with big dreams of rock stardom,she stardom, she got frequently bullied and was subjected to pranks from the popular kids, had been raised by ControlFreak parents who didn't understand and neglected her and suffered from an unrequited love towards David Parker, the most popular guy at her school. One day David asked her out to the movies and she waited for him all night, thinking that he was just late. However she eventually went home after realizing she was stood up and cried herself to sleep, unaware that her home had mysteriously caught on fire. She died in the flames and out of anger for her untimely death and horrible life, renamed herself as Ember Mclain and became the vengeful EvilDiva seen in cannon.]]
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* The oneshot ''Fanfic/ToTryForTheSun'' gives princesses Celestia and Luna tragic backstories. They grew up in times of war and were orphaned as foals. They were always at risk of starvation and [[PromotionToParent the elder sister]] Celestia worked as a gravedigger at only twelve. One day, Celestia somehow rose the sun herself and this feat is what lead to her ascension.
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* The oneshot ''Fanfic/ToTryForTheSun'' gives princesses Celestia and Luna tragic backstories. They grew up in times of war and were orphaned as foals. They were always at risk of starvation and [[PromotionToParent the elder sister]] Celestia worked as a gravedigger at only twelve. One day, Celestia somehow rose the sun herself and this feat is what lead to her ascension.ascension.
* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{ResurrectedMemories}}'' [[spoiler: As shown from flashbacks, Ember Mclain had a very difficult human life. Originally called Amberline Mclain, she was an unpopular girl with big dreams of rock stardom,she got frequently bullied and was subjected to pranks from the popular kids, had been raised by ControlFreak parents who didn't understand and neglected her and suffered from an unrequited love towards David Parker, the most popular guy at her school. One day David asked her out to the movies and she waited for him all night, thinking that he was just late. However she eventually went home after realizing she was stood up and cried herself to sleep, unaware that her home had mysteriously caught on fire. She died in the flames and out of anger for her untimely death and horrible life, renamed herself as Ember Mclain and became the vengeful EvilDiva seen in cannon.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{ResurrectedMemories}}'' [[spoiler: As shown from flashbacks, Ember Mclain had a very difficult human life. Originally called Amberline Mclain, she was an unpopular girl with big dreams of rock stardom,she got frequently bullied and was subjected to pranks from the popular kids, had been raised by ControlFreak parents who didn't understand and neglected her and suffered from an unrequited love towards David Parker, the most popular guy at her school. One day David asked her out to the movies and she waited for him all night, thinking that he was just late. However she eventually went home after realizing she was stood up and cried herself to sleep, unaware that her home had mysteriously caught on fire. She died in the flames and out of anger for her untimely death and horrible life, renamed herself as Ember Mclain and became the vengeful EvilDiva seen in cannon.]]
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* ''Fanfic/{{Juxtapose}}'': A few.
** Katsura Kensei was [[spoiler: raised by the villain Tsuchigumo]] and taught to be a criminal; it was only later that he was rescued and re-adopted by Detective Tsukauchi.
** On account of being bullied as a kid, Monoma Neito was obsessed with getting the Quirks of powerful heroes (via their hair) so that he'd always have some form of power on hand, which only got worse after [[spoiler: he accidentally copied a villain's [[TheBerserker Anger Point Quirk]] and went berserk]], culminating in a full-on NeverBeHurtAgain mentality. It comes to a head when he obsessively searches for Izuku after seeing his Quirk [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower take down a Zero Pointer robot]] - only to enter a HeroicBSOD when he finds out [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway what it is]].
* [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'', wherein, in Chapter 44, Snape and Dumbledore [[ItMakesSenseInContext argue about whose backstory is ]]''[[ItMakesSenseInContext more ]]''[[ItMakesSenseInContext tragic]].
* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Let's see...Rome dying, being abused for hundreds of years—physically ''and'' verbally—by [[AbusiveParents Austria]], Holy Rome dying during the Thirty Years' War...those events ''definitely'' contributed to some [[HiddenDepths issues]] [[StepfordSmiler Italy]] [[InsecureLoveInterest has]].
* ''[[FanFic/{{Bird}} Bird]]'' takes place in an insane asylum for troubled parahumans and elaborates on many canon backstories that were only hinted at in ''[[Literature/{{Worm}} Worm]]'' proper. Special mention to Burnscar and Labyrinth.
* ''[[FanFic/{{BrokenBird}} Broken Bird]]'' Initiates with a somewhat graphic depiction of Kakashi's reactions to his repeated childhood trauma growing up.
* In ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' almost all of the characters were stated to have gone through "horrible problems", although it is not clear exactly what these are.
* In the parody ''Fanfic/XtremlyScray'', even the freaking Sorting Hat has a tragic backstory.
* In ''[[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-fan-fiction/828948-transformers-meta.html Transformers Meta]]'' Grimlock has this, which theoretically warrants his aggressive personality. Jazz also seems to have it, [[SugarAndIcePersonality but does a better job at hiding it]].
* ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' has [[spoiler:Michikyuu Kanae]], who, as a slider, has gone through hundreds of worlds, only to have them invaded by aliens and everyone she loved killed. Again. ''[[DoomMagnet Hundreds of times]]''.
* In the {{Fanfic/Uplifted}} series, Joachim Hoch has this. He was conceived as a last ditch attempt to bring happiness to a couple who had lost their children to the First World War, and was beaten by his father until he was killed during the occupation of the Ruhr. He then ran away from home and was taken in by an SS officer (a surprisingly decent man), and ultimately followed in his footsteps. He's a surprisingly balanced person in spite of all this.
* All of the main characters in the fanfic ''FanFic/{{Freefall}}'' have tragic childhoods, to a varying degree of "tragic"; not surprising, since the fic features Creator/{{CLAMP}} characters.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', there's Trixie's portrayal in some of the better [[PortmanteauCoupleName Twixie]][[note]]Twilight/Trixie[[/note]] shipping fics. At least two fanfics - ''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/03/story-out-in-cold.html Out in the Cold]]'' and ''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/06/story-of-mares-and-magic.html Of Mares and Magic]]'' - gave her a parent who inspired her to take up magic, then went and died on her and left her traumatised. This not only provides a FreudianExcuse for why she acts like such a jerk in-series, but also provides grounds for the eventual {{Shipping}}.
* In ''A New Face In Ponyville'', Joshua Rocket is revealed to have shadows of one of them in chapter 9[[note]]Counteraction[[/note]]. This could also be a case of Mysterious Past since not a lot of concrete details were given and even what WAS said could be put up for speculation considering [[spoiler:it was under heavy sedation after an attack from the Equestrian Pony Alliance]]
* Firefly in ''Fanfic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar'' lost her home, her parents and her dreams of becoming a Wonderbolt, thanks to [[spoiler: Black Star]]. It's the reason she is sometimes cold and angsty toward others.
* In [[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-3655-3/Anoron+The+Key+To+Marauding.htm#storybody The Key to Marauding]], Dawn has all the emotional baggage of Series 5 of Buffy (dead mother, knowing that the first 14 years of her life aren't real encounters with Glory etc...). In the fic she is [[spoiler: chained up in the dungeon and nearly raped by Lucius Malfoy, kidnapped and tortured by Death Eaters and is torn between her own world and the Potterverse when a way of getting back appears.]]
** By the sequel she has lost [[spoiler: her adopted parents (Mr. and Mrs Potter). Then, pretty much in one night, her adopted brother (James), a woman who was like her sister (Lily), the man she loved had gone insane before her eyes (Sirius) and was imprisoned in Azkaban, where she watched him fall apart, knowing he was innocent and knew the traitor to be former [[TrueCompanions True Companion]] Peter Pettigrew, and was also aware that she was the bait for his betrayal. Then, she lost custody of her Godson (Harry) because of Blood Wards, and had to endure a year of trying to care for him, but as she said herself to Harry, 'every one thing I gave you, they took two away' before leaving, recognising that she was making it worse for him. She then had to endure Harry's anger at her until the Blood Ward thing is explained to him. Oh, and to top it all off, she miscarried her baby by Sirius]]. TraumaCongaLine doesn't even begin to describe it.
* Ciara's backstory in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7831829/1/Looming_Darkness Looming Darkness]]. [[spoiler: After Zelda's mother revealed there was a prophecy concerning her, she spirited Ciara away to Earth and left her with AbusiveParents while her real parents were murdered by Ganondorf. She'd been abused for her first 13 years of life until Link brought her back to Hyrule to take down Ganondorf.]]
* Although never stated in the fanfiction itself, Darkheart of FanFic/TheReturnOfChaos is revealed to have a Dark and Troubled Past by the author in other works.
* Rainbow Dash, in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''Fanfic/LunasPowerAndRainbowsLove'', says that she and Fluttershy do not like to talk about their time in flight school, because it "wasn't a happy part of our lives." it's implied that bullying is the reason for this.
* There are quite a few characters from ''FanFic/WhatLiesBeyondTheWalls'' (particularly the [[AntiVillain vermin]]) who have had either a really horrible childhood or experienced something traumatic early on as an adult. Benrath Brugo, however, gets the prize for having the worst DATP of them all: [[spoiler:his parents were murdered by Log-a-Log when he was a child, he's abducted by him soon afterwards, and then his surrogate father proceeded to rape and abuse him for several years]].
* Eric Cartman in ''Fanfic/TheBalladOfStootAndArgyle'' (a ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' fanfic). He flat-out admits to Terrance that he killed Scott Tenorman's parents, and saw so many parallels between his life and ''Theatre/OedipusTheKing'' in junior high that, heavily disturbed, he pledged to [[TheAtoner overcome his past ways]]. Whether or not he's succeeded is still up in the air.
* At least one character of ''FanFic/RacerAndTheGeek'' has this. The degrees to which they cope vary.
* Parodied in Chapter 7 of ''FanFic/TheHumanWhoseNameIsWrittenInThisFanfiction'' "In which everyone is very tragic":
-->''Don't you just love to read pointless and poorly written garbage about fictional people's problems?''
-->''Well if you do you're a complete sadist but that's okay, you've come to the right place. This is the land where we step over the borderline from "tragic past" to "Loaded up with so many problems it's kind of sick". Sounds like fun huh?''
-->''Take a glance around the room and you will see our first victim. His name is L [[spoiler: Lawliet]]. Although he possesses legions of adoring fans they all seem to be obsessed with torturing him. Let's take a closer look.''
-->''L sat sadly in task force headquarters. He felt his imminent doom hanging over his head as well as the pain of his unrequited love for unnamed love interest/dead love interest. This reminded him of all the tragic things that had happened to him, the things that kept him awake every night for fear of terrible nightmares (because this explanation of L's insomnia isn't complete rubbish at all).''
-->''He thought back to his childhood as a poor orphan boy. He thought about that flashback he was going to have later in the series when [[spoiler: he died]] and how it showed how tragic a character he was.''
-->''It had all started when the young boy had to watch his family be brutally murdered. They were shot/burned/eaten/poisoned/exploded/forced to watch the ''[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon]]'' movies. It was a horrifying memory that would haunt the detective all his life.''
-->''After many heart-breaking scenes of carnage Watari brought the young L to Wammy's house. He was very emotionally scarred and had no friends. Then one day Watari brought two new children to the house, A and B.''
-->''L immediately fell in love with A/B/random other chick. Unfortunately they died. All of them. Violently. While still carrying his child. Right in front of him. Other wretched stuff.''
* Alluded to but nothing more in [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/124263/1/songs-uncle-sings/sineva Songs Uncle Sings.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan fiction ''Fanfic/OurTrueColors'', Pinkie Pie's "hugginess" and tendency to inhale food both derive from her time as [[spoiler: a homeless orphan.]]
* Naruto in ''Fanfic/KitsuneNoKenFistOfTheFox'' has, as his dark and troubled past, the fact that he was part of the Kyuushingai, a group of nine people who were instrumental in 365 days' worth of death and destruction across the continent. [[IHatePastMe It still haunts him]] [[TheAtoner to this day]].
* In ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'', Captain Tallarcio had a shady past with Governor Deacon.
* FanFic/StallionsOfHarmonyVerse has Prince Blueblood, who lost his parents as a colt, was blamed for it by his entire family and later was betrayed by his so called best friend, who used him to steal treasures from the castle. It took Nightmare Moon and other Elements of Harmony for him to start trusting others again.
* ''FanFic/CoolerRising''. This seems to be true for both Cooler and Zither, or at least as far as they're concerned.
* In ''FanFic/TheEndOfEnds'', Beast Boy explains his past to Terra to justify just why he felt depressed after she dumped him.
* From Webcomic/KillLaKillAU, we have Ragyou's childhood, in which she struck by a car when she six (on her birthday) and the best bid to save her life was to perform a forbidden and experimental surgery on her, [[spoiler: which said surgery is implied to employ life fibers]].
* Nui Harime in the ''Anime/KillLaKill'' fanfiction ''FanFic/MaimDeMaim'' has a very grim childhood in which she was a CreepyChild that went too far [[spoiler: and created a flesh bound kamui made with the flesh of a ten year old girl she met in public]]. She eventually got out of the lifestyle and improved, but unfortunately in Chapter 15, the past came back to haunt her [[spoiler: in such a hard way, it undid all of her improvements made since in a very depressing fashion]].
* Alluded to in regards to Mai-Lin from ''FanFic/KyoshiRising''; she seems to have some bad memories of her family, and a distaste for nobility, but other than a few glimpses her full past has yet to be revealed.
* In ''FanFic/TheSagaOfAvatarKorra'', the Red Lotus are successful in kidnapping Korra and put her through a TrainingFromHell regiment for fourteen years. During that time, Korra believes her parents are dead, and while the Red Lotus promised to be her ParentalSubstitute, they generally abuse her. Only Ghazan and P'li treat Korra even remotely well. She is even more of a FishOutOfWater than she is in canon, and she does not even know when her birthday is or her age.
* In ''Fanfic/SecondWind'', Luffy and Zoro were the sole survivors of a battle in the past that claimed the lives of all of their friends. Understandably, even though they've come back to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, they've yet to fully get over that trauma.
* In ''FanFic/FourDeadlySecrets'', RWBY and more than a few of the supporting cast. It's the premise of the story, after all.
* In ''FanFic/WhyAmICrying'', Diamond Tiara is revealed to have had a ''really'' shitty life. She moved away from Ponyville to Manehattan when she was four, separating her from her best friend Apple Bloom. Three years later, her mother was killed in a train accident -- ''while she was pregnant'' -- and her father wouldn't even want to ''look at her'' she looked so much like her and couldn't stand it. Eventually, she was sent to a summer camp near Fillydelphia, where she was relentlessly and sadistically tortured by a group of colts who hated rich ponies (including with Silver Spoon, whom she met there), causing her to develop a persecution complex against lower classes. After her father found out what was happening to her and had the camp shut down, she moved back to Ponyville, and found that [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand none of her old friends remembered her]]. The last straw came when she defended Silver Spoon from some foals who were making fun of her glasses; they just so happened to be friends of Apple Bloom, who had also forgotten about her, and twisted around the events so she could accuse her of bullying them. [[EtTuBrute Feeling betrayed by her best friend]], Diamond was driven to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil become the rich brat she was often perceived as]] and became devoted to making Apple Bloom's life a living hell.
* ''Fanfic/AwkwardSilence'': Riko Shibata [[spoiler:was raped by her uncle when she was younger, her mother who was having an affair with said uncle just slapped her for telling her, and her father left out of anger and never came back. This leads to some very realistic emotional effects on Riko.]]
* ''Fanfic/TheRacketRotterChronicles'': In Arc 5, [[spoiler: Sinbad reveals that he was used in dogfighting matches for a good portion of his life.]]
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11772125/1/Metroid-Kamen-Rider-Generations-Full-Series Metroid: Kamen Rider Generations]]'': Revisiting all of [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran's]] past experiences ranging from her parents' deaths, and to losing her closest friends, and all is quintessential to her characterization. But, what really stand out are the backstories of the two Kamen Riders who fought alongside with her -- [[Series/KamenRiderGaim Mitsuzane Kureshima]] (Kamen Rider Ryugen) and [[Series/KamenRiderDrive Gou Shijima]] (Kamen Rider Mach).
** Mitsuzane, during his time with Team Gaim up to betraying them and [[FaceHeelTurn subsequent]] [[TheQuisling alliance]] with his respective series' villains, out of his [[{{Yandere}} obsession]] with Mai, ends up being the UnwittingPawn to them (Sid, Redyue, Ryoma... You name it.). Kouta and Mai dying right before his eyes left him but an apathetic shadow of his former self and slow [[DrowningMySorrows descent into alcoholism]]. Ever since at the start of his [[TheAtoner road to redemption]], his past would continue to haunt him. No wonder why he began making barbed [[DeadpanSnarker sardonic jokes]] that land badly at anyone around him, and as [[StepfordSnarker an excuse to cope with]] [[SadClown his insecurities]]. [[spoiler:When he reaches out to Samus, [[LivingEmotionalCrutch he started to]] [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect get better]].]]
--->'''Mitsuzane''': The 'Micchy' who used to be shy and friendly member of Team Gaim has been long gone when the whole Helheim situation began to get real. The Mitsuzane Kureshima who was groomed to be an heir of a powerful company and a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative mastermind]] [[ThatManIsDead is dead as well]]. But, the Mitsuzane Kureshima you see right now is [[BrokenBird a very insecure and isolated man]], who can barely make fun of other people just to see the world becoming so relentlessly unkind.
** Gou, when he learns that his father, Professor Banno, an AxCrazy MadScientist who was ''never'' a father to him, of course. And when Chase was killed at the hands of said mad scientist also counts. He got better when Chase once again [[BackFromTheDead returns back to life]].
* In [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/255512/we-are-what-we-are We Are What We Are]] each Dazzling has one. It's so bad it's no wonder Sunset tried to send them home after Adagio told her them.
** Adagio Dazzle had the happiest life. ...Until she got married. Her husband cared little for her, yet still tried to kill her and her lover when she had an affair. She was forced to flee, leaving her happy rich lifestyle for a homeless life constantly on the run.
** Sonata Dusk was abused by her parents and was only ever shown kindness once in her entire pre-Siren life. She didn't even want to go with Adagio and Aria, but was forced to when soldiers destroyed her home.
** Aria Blaze arguably had it the ''worst.'' She never even knew her parents and was raised in a horrible OrphanageOfFear where she was abused constantly for her beauty and singing voice. It's made worse when it's revealed that she would never get to leave because she was adopted by the worst of her abusers. She tried to escape several times only to be stopped every time (she was even nearly killed once)except her final time. Is it any wonder why they're so hateful?
* ''Fanfic/TimeOutOfMind'' at one point features an in-universe (non-alcoholic) drinking game of the characters' varieties of dark and trouble pasts. (Among other things, leads to one character being distressed at ''not'' having one).
* ''Fanfic/AGemInTheRough'': Petrea (Miss Valentine) and Damian (Mr. 5) both have tragic backstories. To subvert this trope, Genevieve (Miss Goldenweek) does not appear have one. In fact, she is the only one who has not lost a parent of the bunch...possibly even the entire crew.
* ''Fanfic/ForestofDespair'' has a lot of characters with one due to living in a CrapsackWorld AftertheEnd. One of the most notable examples is Akita Yamazaki, the protagonist, who has been tortured to the point of having a scar and experienced friends dying before the Killing Game actually starts.
* ''FanFic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse'':
** Barry and Kara, on top of their canon backstories, land on Lian Yu alongside Oliver and suffer some of his canon backstories, including torture and the deaths of Shado and Yao-Fei, [[spoiler:and the assumed death of their adoptive father, Slade]]. And if that weren't enough, they are press-ganged into the League of Assassins after the later saved them from drowning after the sinking of the Amazo, suffering TrainingFromHell to become Ra's' three top enforcers.
** [[spoiler:Slade's past is arguably ''even worse''. On top of losing Shado, he's separated from his adoptive children, captured by Amanda Waller and experimented on in an attempt to replicate and perfect the Mirakuru, and suffers through all of Oliver's post-island pre-series adventures (only one of which ended better than they did in canon). Then, just when it seems he can have a BittersweetEnding by reuniting with his biological children, Waller returns, takes out his eye, and blackmails him into Task Force X by threatening Joe's life]].
** Iris' past wasn't a walk in the park either, though it wasn't as tragic as the above examples; she lost her best friend Barry for ten years thanks to her father's PartingWordsRegret, tried to emulate said best friend in order to cope with his presumed death, suffering ridicule from all her peers along the way, and then learned that her biological mother was alive and that she had a little brother, all of which her father hid from her. One can't really blame her for being cold and slightly bitter as an adult.
* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' has its fair share of these:
** Red is shown to have BadDreams, of suffering a lot of bullying as a kid, and it's heavily implied that [[MissingMom he lost his mother]] when their house burned down, [[spoiler: with all hints pointing that ''he'' was the one who accidentally set it on fire.]]
** The resident KnightOfCerebus, Belladonna Tyrian, and her three girlfriends also have this, all of them suffering of ParentalAbandonment or otherwise losing their families to varying degrees, and they only have each other. Belladonna especially is so desperate for a real family that [[spoiler: she quickly accepts the possibility of Ash being her half-brother]] without much question.
* In ''Fanfic/AWandForSteven'', despite his cheery disposition, Steven harbors much emotional turmoil over the events that happened in his world. He shows homesickness more than once, mentioning his dad and Connie on more than one occasion. He was even apart of the huge epic battle that eventually led to the Gems poisoning the planet. This is best displayed during Lupin's session with the boggart, his fears so intense that the boggart outright attacks him in the form of Jasper and Yellow Diamond instead of just harmlessly scaring him, Dumbledore reasoning that his fears are far more real and deep-rooted than the average student.
* Pikachu from ''Webcomic/RocketMember'' watched her pregnant mother get mortally wounded by Team Rocket, resulting in her dying before her twin brothers were even born. Her father ran off afterwards, leaving her and her older brother to raise twins [[PromotionToParent by themselves]].
* ''Fanfic/PrincipalCelestiaHuntsTheUndead'': Celestia and Luna both. [[spoiler:Their introduction to the supernatural came when Luna fell for a vampire who tricked her, then killed their parents and bit Luna, nearly resulting in her death because Celestia thought she'd been turned and shot her.]]
* In ''WebAnimation/ToBelong'', the siblings were orphaned when Anya accidentally set their house on fire playing with the chandelier. Anya still blames herself for her mother's death and can't [[{{Animorphism}} turn into her lioness form]] without being [[TraumaButton triggered]].
* ''Webcomic/TeamRocketRoots'' turns Jessie's HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood into this. After her mother left on a mission when she was five, she was ''supposed'' to be taken care of by someone. Alas, Jessie almost starved to death because the person failed to do this. Afterwards Jessie ended up in foster care and her canon backstory occured. It all resulted in Jessie having serious abandonment issues.
* The oneshot ''Fanfic/ToTryForTheSun'' gives princesses Celestia and Luna tragic backstories. They grew up in times of war and were orphaned as foals. They were always at risk of starvation and [[PromotionToParent the elder sister]] Celestia worked as a gravedigger at only twelve. One day, Celestia somehow rose the sun herself and this feat is what lead to her ascension.
** Katsura Kensei was [[spoiler: raised by the villain Tsuchigumo]] and taught to be a criminal; it was only later that he was rescued and re-adopted by Detective Tsukauchi.
** On account of being bullied as a kid, Monoma Neito was obsessed with getting the Quirks of powerful heroes (via their hair) so that he'd always have some form of power on hand, which only got worse after [[spoiler: he accidentally copied a villain's [[TheBerserker Anger Point Quirk]] and went berserk]], culminating in a full-on NeverBeHurtAgain mentality. It comes to a head when he obsessively searches for Izuku after seeing his Quirk [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower take down a Zero Pointer robot]] - only to enter a HeroicBSOD when he finds out [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway what it is]].
* [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'', wherein, in Chapter 44, Snape and Dumbledore [[ItMakesSenseInContext argue about whose backstory is ]]''[[ItMakesSenseInContext more ]]''[[ItMakesSenseInContext tragic]].
* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Let's see...Rome dying, being abused for hundreds of years—physically ''and'' verbally—by [[AbusiveParents Austria]], Holy Rome dying during the Thirty Years' War...those events ''definitely'' contributed to some [[HiddenDepths issues]] [[StepfordSmiler Italy]] [[InsecureLoveInterest has]].
* ''[[FanFic/{{Bird}} Bird]]'' takes place in an insane asylum for troubled parahumans and elaborates on many canon backstories that were only hinted at in ''[[Literature/{{Worm}} Worm]]'' proper. Special mention to Burnscar and Labyrinth.
* ''[[FanFic/{{BrokenBird}} Broken Bird]]'' Initiates with a somewhat graphic depiction of Kakashi's reactions to his repeated childhood trauma growing up.
* In ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' almost all of the characters were stated to have gone through "horrible problems", although it is not clear exactly what these are.
* In the parody ''Fanfic/XtremlyScray'', even the freaking Sorting Hat has a tragic backstory.
* In ''[[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-fan-fiction/828948-transformers-meta.html Transformers Meta]]'' Grimlock has this, which theoretically warrants his aggressive personality. Jazz also seems to have it, [[SugarAndIcePersonality but does a better job at hiding it]].
* ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' has [[spoiler:Michikyuu Kanae]], who, as a slider, has gone through hundreds of worlds, only to have them invaded by aliens and everyone she loved killed. Again. ''[[DoomMagnet Hundreds of times]]''.
* In the {{Fanfic/Uplifted}} series, Joachim Hoch has this. He was conceived as a last ditch attempt to bring happiness to a couple who had lost their children to the First World War, and was beaten by his father until he was killed during the occupation of the Ruhr. He then ran away from home and was taken in by an SS officer (a surprisingly decent man), and ultimately followed in his footsteps. He's a surprisingly balanced person in spite of all this.
* All of the main characters in the fanfic ''FanFic/{{Freefall}}'' have tragic childhoods, to a varying degree of "tragic"; not surprising, since the fic features Creator/{{CLAMP}} characters.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', there's Trixie's portrayal in some of the better [[PortmanteauCoupleName Twixie]][[note]]Twilight/Trixie[[/note]] shipping fics. At least two fanfics - ''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/03/story-out-in-cold.html Out in the Cold]]'' and ''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/06/story-of-mares-and-magic.html Of Mares and Magic]]'' - gave her a parent who inspired her to take up magic, then went and died on her and left her traumatised. This not only provides a FreudianExcuse for why she acts like such a jerk in-series, but also provides grounds for the eventual {{Shipping}}.
* In ''A New Face In Ponyville'', Joshua Rocket is revealed to have shadows of one of them in chapter 9[[note]]Counteraction[[/note]]. This could also be a case of Mysterious Past since not a lot of concrete details were given and even what WAS said could be put up for speculation considering [[spoiler:it was under heavy sedation after an attack from the Equestrian Pony Alliance]]
* Firefly in ''Fanfic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar'' lost her home, her parents and her dreams of becoming a Wonderbolt, thanks to [[spoiler: Black Star]]. It's the reason she is sometimes cold and angsty toward others.
* In [[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-3655-3/Anoron+The+Key+To+Marauding.htm#storybody The Key to Marauding]], Dawn has all the emotional baggage of Series 5 of Buffy (dead mother, knowing that the first 14 years of her life aren't real encounters with Glory etc...). In the fic she is [[spoiler: chained up in the dungeon and nearly raped by Lucius Malfoy, kidnapped and tortured by Death Eaters and is torn between her own world and the Potterverse when a way of getting back appears.]]
** By the sequel she has lost [[spoiler: her adopted parents (Mr. and Mrs Potter). Then, pretty much in one night, her adopted brother (James), a woman who was like her sister (Lily), the man she loved had gone insane before her eyes (Sirius) and was imprisoned in Azkaban, where she watched him fall apart, knowing he was innocent and knew the traitor to be former [[TrueCompanions True Companion]] Peter Pettigrew, and was also aware that she was the bait for his betrayal. Then, she lost custody of her Godson (Harry) because of Blood Wards, and had to endure a year of trying to care for him, but as she said herself to Harry, 'every one thing I gave you, they took two away' before leaving, recognising that she was making it worse for him. She then had to endure Harry's anger at her until the Blood Ward thing is explained to him. Oh, and to top it all off, she miscarried her baby by Sirius]]. TraumaCongaLine doesn't even begin to describe it.
* Ciara's backstory in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7831829/1/Looming_Darkness Looming Darkness]]. [[spoiler: After Zelda's mother revealed there was a prophecy concerning her, she spirited Ciara away to Earth and left her with AbusiveParents while her real parents were murdered by Ganondorf. She'd been abused for her first 13 years of life until Link brought her back to Hyrule to take down Ganondorf.]]
* Although never stated in the fanfiction itself, Darkheart of FanFic/TheReturnOfChaos is revealed to have a Dark and Troubled Past by the author in other works.
* Rainbow Dash, in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''Fanfic/LunasPowerAndRainbowsLove'', says that she and Fluttershy do not like to talk about their time in flight school, because it "wasn't a happy part of our lives." it's implied that bullying is the reason for this.
* There are quite a few characters from ''FanFic/WhatLiesBeyondTheWalls'' (particularly the [[AntiVillain vermin]]) who have had either a really horrible childhood or experienced something traumatic early on as an adult. Benrath Brugo, however, gets the prize for having the worst DATP of them all: [[spoiler:his parents were murdered by Log-a-Log when he was a child, he's abducted by him soon afterwards, and then his surrogate father proceeded to rape and abuse him for several years]].
* Eric Cartman in ''Fanfic/TheBalladOfStootAndArgyle'' (a ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' fanfic). He flat-out admits to Terrance that he killed Scott Tenorman's parents, and saw so many parallels between his life and ''Theatre/OedipusTheKing'' in junior high that, heavily disturbed, he pledged to [[TheAtoner overcome his past ways]]. Whether or not he's succeeded is still up in the air.
* At least one character of ''FanFic/RacerAndTheGeek'' has this. The degrees to which they cope vary.
* Parodied in Chapter 7 of ''FanFic/TheHumanWhoseNameIsWrittenInThisFanfiction'' "In which everyone is very tragic":
-->''Don't you just love to read pointless and poorly written garbage about fictional people's problems?''
-->''Well if you do you're a complete sadist but that's okay, you've come to the right place. This is the land where we step over the borderline from "tragic past" to "Loaded up with so many problems it's kind of sick". Sounds like fun huh?''
-->''Take a glance around the room and you will see our first victim. His name is L [[spoiler: Lawliet]]. Although he possesses legions of adoring fans they all seem to be obsessed with torturing him. Let's take a closer look.''
-->''L sat sadly in task force headquarters. He felt his imminent doom hanging over his head as well as the pain of his unrequited love for unnamed love interest/dead love interest. This reminded him of all the tragic things that had happened to him, the things that kept him awake every night for fear of terrible nightmares (because this explanation of L's insomnia isn't complete rubbish at all).''
-->''He thought back to his childhood as a poor orphan boy. He thought about that flashback he was going to have later in the series when [[spoiler: he died]] and how it showed how tragic a character he was.''
-->''It had all started when the young boy had to watch his family be brutally murdered. They were shot/burned/eaten/poisoned/exploded/forced to watch the ''[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon]]'' movies. It was a horrifying memory that would haunt the detective all his life.''
-->''After many heart-breaking scenes of carnage Watari brought the young L to Wammy's house. He was very emotionally scarred and had no friends. Then one day Watari brought two new children to the house, A and B.''
-->''L immediately fell in love with A/B/random other chick. Unfortunately they died. All of them. Violently. While still carrying his child. Right in front of him. Other wretched stuff.''
* Alluded to but nothing more in [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/124263/1/songs-uncle-sings/sineva Songs Uncle Sings.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan fiction ''Fanfic/OurTrueColors'', Pinkie Pie's "hugginess" and tendency to inhale food both derive from her time as [[spoiler: a homeless orphan.]]
* Naruto in ''Fanfic/KitsuneNoKenFistOfTheFox'' has, as his dark and troubled past, the fact that he was part of the Kyuushingai, a group of nine people who were instrumental in 365 days' worth of death and destruction across the continent. [[IHatePastMe It still haunts him]] [[TheAtoner to this day]].
* In ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'', Captain Tallarcio had a shady past with Governor Deacon.
* FanFic/StallionsOfHarmonyVerse has Prince Blueblood, who lost his parents as a colt, was blamed for it by his entire family and later was betrayed by his so called best friend, who used him to steal treasures from the castle. It took Nightmare Moon and other Elements of Harmony for him to start trusting others again.
* ''FanFic/CoolerRising''. This seems to be true for both Cooler and Zither, or at least as far as they're concerned.
* In ''FanFic/TheEndOfEnds'', Beast Boy explains his past to Terra to justify just why he felt depressed after she dumped him.
* From Webcomic/KillLaKillAU, we have Ragyou's childhood, in which she struck by a car when she six (on her birthday) and the best bid to save her life was to perform a forbidden and experimental surgery on her, [[spoiler: which said surgery is implied to employ life fibers]].
* Nui Harime in the ''Anime/KillLaKill'' fanfiction ''FanFic/MaimDeMaim'' has a very grim childhood in which she was a CreepyChild that went too far [[spoiler: and created a flesh bound kamui made with the flesh of a ten year old girl she met in public]]. She eventually got out of the lifestyle and improved, but unfortunately in Chapter 15, the past came back to haunt her [[spoiler: in such a hard way, it undid all of her improvements made since in a very depressing fashion]].
* Alluded to in regards to Mai-Lin from ''FanFic/KyoshiRising''; she seems to have some bad memories of her family, and a distaste for nobility, but other than a few glimpses her full past has yet to be revealed.
* In ''FanFic/TheSagaOfAvatarKorra'', the Red Lotus are successful in kidnapping Korra and put her through a TrainingFromHell regiment for fourteen years. During that time, Korra believes her parents are dead, and while the Red Lotus promised to be her ParentalSubstitute, they generally abuse her. Only Ghazan and P'li treat Korra even remotely well. She is even more of a FishOutOfWater than she is in canon, and she does not even know when her birthday is or her age.
* In ''Fanfic/SecondWind'', Luffy and Zoro were the sole survivors of a battle in the past that claimed the lives of all of their friends. Understandably, even though they've come back to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, they've yet to fully get over that trauma.
* In ''FanFic/FourDeadlySecrets'', RWBY and more than a few of the supporting cast. It's the premise of the story, after all.
* In ''FanFic/WhyAmICrying'', Diamond Tiara is revealed to have had a ''really'' shitty life. She moved away from Ponyville to Manehattan when she was four, separating her from her best friend Apple Bloom. Three years later, her mother was killed in a train accident -- ''while she was pregnant'' -- and her father wouldn't even want to ''look at her'' she looked so much like her and couldn't stand it. Eventually, she was sent to a summer camp near Fillydelphia, where she was relentlessly and sadistically tortured by a group of colts who hated rich ponies (including with Silver Spoon, whom she met there), causing her to develop a persecution complex against lower classes. After her father found out what was happening to her and had the camp shut down, she moved back to Ponyville, and found that [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand none of her old friends remembered her]]. The last straw came when she defended Silver Spoon from some foals who were making fun of her glasses; they just so happened to be friends of Apple Bloom, who had also forgotten about her, and twisted around the events so she could accuse her of bullying them. [[EtTuBrute Feeling betrayed by her best friend]], Diamond was driven to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil become the rich brat she was often perceived as]] and became devoted to making Apple Bloom's life a living hell.
* ''Fanfic/AwkwardSilence'': Riko Shibata [[spoiler:was raped by her uncle when she was younger, her mother who was having an affair with said uncle just slapped her for telling her, and her father left out of anger and never came back. This leads to some very realistic emotional effects on Riko.]]
* ''Fanfic/TheRacketRotterChronicles'': In Arc 5, [[spoiler: Sinbad reveals that he was used in dogfighting matches for a good portion of his life.]]
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11772125/1/Metroid-Kamen-Rider-Generations-Full-Series Metroid: Kamen Rider Generations]]'': Revisiting all of [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran's]] past experiences ranging from her parents' deaths, and to losing her closest friends, and all is quintessential to her characterization. But, what really stand out are the backstories of the two Kamen Riders who fought alongside with her -- [[Series/KamenRiderGaim Mitsuzane Kureshima]] (Kamen Rider Ryugen) and [[Series/KamenRiderDrive Gou Shijima]] (Kamen Rider Mach).
** Mitsuzane, during his time with Team Gaim up to betraying them and [[FaceHeelTurn subsequent]] [[TheQuisling alliance]] with his respective series' villains, out of his [[{{Yandere}} obsession]] with Mai, ends up being the UnwittingPawn to them (Sid, Redyue, Ryoma... You name it.). Kouta and Mai dying right before his eyes left him but an apathetic shadow of his former self and slow [[DrowningMySorrows descent into alcoholism]]. Ever since at the start of his [[TheAtoner road to redemption]], his past would continue to haunt him. No wonder why he began making barbed [[DeadpanSnarker sardonic jokes]] that land badly at anyone around him, and as [[StepfordSnarker an excuse to cope with]] [[SadClown his insecurities]]. [[spoiler:When he reaches out to Samus, [[LivingEmotionalCrutch he started to]] [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect get better]].]]
--->'''Mitsuzane''': The 'Micchy' who used to be shy and friendly member of Team Gaim has been long gone when the whole Helheim situation began to get real. The Mitsuzane Kureshima who was groomed to be an heir of a powerful company and a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative mastermind]] [[ThatManIsDead is dead as well]]. But, the Mitsuzane Kureshima you see right now is [[BrokenBird a very insecure and isolated man]], who can barely make fun of other people just to see the world becoming so relentlessly unkind.
** Gou, when he learns that his father, Professor Banno, an AxCrazy MadScientist who was ''never'' a father to him, of course. And when Chase was killed at the hands of said mad scientist also counts. He got better when Chase once again [[BackFromTheDead returns back to life]].
* In [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/255512/we-are-what-we-are We Are What We Are]] each Dazzling has one. It's so bad it's no wonder Sunset tried to send them home after Adagio told her them.
** Adagio Dazzle had the happiest life. ...Until she got married. Her husband cared little for her, yet still tried to kill her and her lover when she had an affair. She was forced to flee, leaving her happy rich lifestyle for a homeless life constantly on the run.
** Sonata Dusk was abused by her parents and was only ever shown kindness once in her entire pre-Siren life. She didn't even want to go with Adagio and Aria, but was forced to when soldiers destroyed her home.
** Aria Blaze arguably had it the ''worst.'' She never even knew her parents and was raised in a horrible OrphanageOfFear where she was abused constantly for her beauty and singing voice. It's made worse when it's revealed that she would never get to leave because she was adopted by the worst of her abusers. She tried to escape several times only to be stopped every time (she was even nearly killed once)except her final time. Is it any wonder why they're so hateful?
* ''Fanfic/TimeOutOfMind'' at one point features an in-universe (non-alcoholic) drinking game of the characters' varieties of dark and trouble pasts. (Among other things, leads to one character being distressed at ''not'' having one).
* ''Fanfic/AGemInTheRough'': Petrea (Miss Valentine) and Damian (Mr. 5) both have tragic backstories. To subvert this trope, Genevieve (Miss Goldenweek) does not appear have one. In fact, she is the only one who has not lost a parent of the bunch...possibly even the entire crew.
* ''Fanfic/ForestofDespair'' has a lot of characters with one due to living in a CrapsackWorld AftertheEnd. One of the most notable examples is Akita Yamazaki, the protagonist, who has been tortured to the point of having a scar and experienced friends dying before the Killing Game actually starts.
* ''FanFic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse'':
** Barry and Kara, on top of their canon backstories, land on Lian Yu alongside Oliver and suffer some of his canon backstories, including torture and the deaths of Shado and Yao-Fei, [[spoiler:and the assumed death of their adoptive father, Slade]]. And if that weren't enough, they are press-ganged into the League of Assassins after the later saved them from drowning after the sinking of the Amazo, suffering TrainingFromHell to become Ra's' three top enforcers.
** [[spoiler:Slade's past is arguably ''even worse''. On top of losing Shado, he's separated from his adoptive children, captured by Amanda Waller and experimented on in an attempt to replicate and perfect the Mirakuru, and suffers through all of Oliver's post-island pre-series adventures (only one of which ended better than they did in canon). Then, just when it seems he can have a BittersweetEnding by reuniting with his biological children, Waller returns, takes out his eye, and blackmails him into Task Force X by threatening Joe's life]].
** Iris' past wasn't a walk in the park either, though it wasn't as tragic as the above examples; she lost her best friend Barry for ten years thanks to her father's PartingWordsRegret, tried to emulate said best friend in order to cope with his presumed death, suffering ridicule from all her peers along the way, and then learned that her biological mother was alive and that she had a little brother, all of which her father hid from her. One can't really blame her for being cold and slightly bitter as an adult.
* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' has its fair share of these:
** Red is shown to have BadDreams, of suffering a lot of bullying as a kid, and it's heavily implied that [[MissingMom he lost his mother]] when their house burned down, [[spoiler: with all hints pointing that ''he'' was the one who accidentally set it on fire.]]
** The resident KnightOfCerebus, Belladonna Tyrian, and her three girlfriends also have this, all of them suffering of ParentalAbandonment or otherwise losing their families to varying degrees, and they only have each other. Belladonna especially is so desperate for a real family that [[spoiler: she quickly accepts the possibility of Ash being her half-brother]] without much question.
* In ''Fanfic/AWandForSteven'', despite his cheery disposition, Steven harbors much emotional turmoil over the events that happened in his world. He shows homesickness more than once, mentioning his dad and Connie on more than one occasion. He was even apart of the huge epic battle that eventually led to the Gems poisoning the planet. This is best displayed during Lupin's session with the boggart, his fears so intense that the boggart outright attacks him in the form of Jasper and Yellow Diamond instead of just harmlessly scaring him, Dumbledore reasoning that his fears are far more real and deep-rooted than the average student.
* Pikachu from ''Webcomic/RocketMember'' watched her pregnant mother get mortally wounded by Team Rocket, resulting in her dying before her twin brothers were even born. Her father ran off afterwards, leaving her and her older brother to raise twins [[PromotionToParent by themselves]].
* ''Fanfic/PrincipalCelestiaHuntsTheUndead'': Celestia and Luna both. [[spoiler:Their introduction to the supernatural came when Luna fell for a vampire who tricked her, then killed their parents and bit Luna, nearly resulting in her death because Celestia thought she'd been turned and shot her.]]
* In ''WebAnimation/ToBelong'', the siblings were orphaned when Anya accidentally set their house on fire playing with the chandelier. Anya still blames herself for her mother's death and can't [[{{Animorphism}} turn into her lioness form]] without being [[TraumaButton triggered]].
* ''Webcomic/TeamRocketRoots'' turns Jessie's HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood into this. After her mother left on a mission when she was five, she was ''supposed'' to be taken care of by someone. Alas, Jessie almost starved to death because the person failed to do this. Afterwards Jessie ended up in foster care and her canon backstory occured. It all resulted in Jessie having serious abandonment issues.
* The oneshot ''Fanfic/ToTryForTheSun'' gives princesses Celestia and Luna tragic backstories. They grew up in times of war and were orphaned as foals. They were always at risk of starvation and [[PromotionToParent the elder sister]] Celestia worked as a gravedigger at only twelve. One day, Celestia somehow rose the sun herself and this feat is what lead to her ascension.
