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* In the CreepyPasta The Lamp (which was based on a true story that happened to the author), realizing that his life was a [[AllJustADream dream]] made the main character fall into a deep depression that lasted years, and looking at the original Reddit post, he was still depressed when he wrote the story.
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Volume 9 deals with Ruby's poor coping mechanisms with the failures brought about by past volumes while traveling through the Ever After. [[spoiler:Things reach their nadir when Team RWBY find Jaune and his sorrow at losing a group of creatures he tried to protect, leading to Ruby snapping at them for ignoring her pain and focusing on everyone else. When Jaune snaps at Ruby, she tearfully runs off and into the unwitting arms of Neo, who physically and mentally drives Ruby over the horizon and leading her to [[DrivenToSuicide drink a special tea seeped with the leaves of the Tree to "ascend"]]. In turn, when Ruby is gone, Neo crosses it as she ultimately realized that she had no other purpose beyond "kill Ruby". This allows the Curious Cat to possess Neo after revealing that he had manipulated Ruby into crossing this]].
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Volume 9 deals with Ruby's poor coping mechanisms with the failures brought about by past volumes while traveling through the Ever After. [[spoiler:Things reach their nadir when Team RWBY find Jaune and his sorrow at losing a group of creatures he tried to protect, leading to Ruby snapping at them for ignoring her pain and focusing on everyone else. When Jaune snaps at Ruby, she tearfully runs off and into the unwitting arms of Neo, who physically and mentally drives Ruby over the horizon and leading her to [[DrivenToSuicide drink a special tea seeped with the leaves of the Great Tree to "ascend"]]. In turn, when Ruby is gone, Neo crosses it as she ultimately realized that she had no other purpose beyond "kill Ruby". This allows the Curious Cat to possess Neo after revealing that he had manipulated Ruby into crossing this]].
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', [[spoiler:Volume 9 deals with Ruby's poor coping mechanisms with the failures brought about by past volumes while traveling through the Ever After. Things reach their nadir when Team RWBY find Jaune and his sorrow at losing a group of creatures he tried to protect, leading to Ruby snapping at them for ignoring her pain and focusing on everyone else. When Jaune snaps at Ruby, she tearfully runs off and into the unwitting arms of Neo, who physically and mentally drives Ruby over the horizon and leading her to [[DrivenToSuicide drink a special tea seeped with the leaves of the Tree to "ascend"]]. In turn, when Ruby is gone, Neo crosses it as she ultimately realized that she had no other purpose beyond "kill Ruby". This allows the Curious Cat to possess Neo after revealing that he had manipulated Ruby into crossing this]].
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', [[spoiler:Volume ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Volume 9 deals with Ruby's poor coping mechanisms with the failures brought about by past volumes while traveling through the Ever After. Things [[spoiler:Things reach their nadir when Team RWBY find Jaune and his sorrow at losing a group of creatures he tried to protect, leading to Ruby snapping at them for ignoring her pain and focusing on everyone else. When Jaune snaps at Ruby, she tearfully runs off and into the unwitting arms of Neo, who physically and mentally drives Ruby over the horizon and leading her to [[DrivenToSuicide drink a special tea seeped with the leaves of the Tree to "ascend"]]. In turn, when Ruby is gone, Neo crosses it as she ultimately realized that she had no other purpose beyond "kill Ruby". This allows the Curious Cat to possess Neo after revealing that he had manipulated Ruby into crossing this]].
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', [[spoiler:Volume 9 deals with Ruby's poor coping mechanisms with the failures brought about by past volumes while traveling through the Ever After. Things reach their nadir when Team RWBY find Jaune and his sorrow at losing a group of creatures he tried to protect, leading to Ruby snapping at them for ignoring her pain and focusing on everyone else. When Jaune snaps at Ruby, she tearfully runs off and into the unwitting arms of Neo, who physically and mentally drives Ruby over the horizon and leading her to [[DrivenToSuicide drink a special tea seeped with the leaves of the Tree to "ascend"]]. In turn, when Ruby is gone, Neo crosses it as she ultimately realized that she had no other purpose beyond "kill Ruby". This allows the Curious Cat to possess Neo after revealing that he had manipulated Ruby into crossing this]].
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* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in ''Machinima/FreemansMind''.
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* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in ''Machinima/FreemansMind''.''WebVideo/FreemansMind''.
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** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1385 SCP-1385 ("The Mistake Ring")]] is a ring that grants its wearer FertileFeet and PrehensileHair (although in somewhat impractical ways). Its creator had tried to create "a conjuring ring", but nothing seemed to work. In the end, he made the SCP but gave up after it ''still'' didn't meet his expectations.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1385 SCP-1385 ("The Mistake Ring")]] is a ring that grants its wearer FertileFeet and PrehensileHair (although in somewhat impractical ways). Its creator had tried to create "a conjuring ring", but nothing seemed to work. In the end, he made the SCP but gave up after it ''still'' didn't meet his expectations.
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* In the WebVideo/MandelaCatalogue, this is exploited by the alternates. After their victims cross it, [[spoiler:they usually commit suicide]], which allows them [[GrandTheftMe to take over their bodies.]]
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* Surprisingly enough, Ganondorf went over this in ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl'' upon finding the pure evil that is [[spoiler: Ness and Lucas]]. He questions how heroes can even exist when such evil does.
* As the end of Pokecapn's legendary ''LetsPlay/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' LetsPlay approaches, the players themselves [[SanitySlippage slowly slip towards]] and eventually cross the Despair Event Horizon; this is signified by [[spoiler: Kung-Fu Jesus chanting song lyrics in monotone]].
** [[spoiler:"Because it's [[Music/MichaelJackson Thriller]]. Thriller night. And no one's gonna save you from..."]]
* As the end of Pokecapn's legendary ''LetsPlay/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' LetsPlay approaches, the players themselves [[SanitySlippage slowly slip towards]] and eventually cross the Despair Event Horizon; this is signified by [[spoiler: Kung-Fu Jesus chanting song lyrics in monotone]].
** [[spoiler:"Because it's [[Music/MichaelJackson Thriller]]. Thriller night. And no one's gonna save you from..."]]
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* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd crosses it after playing ''[[VideoGame/PennAndTellersSmokeAndMirrors Desert Bus]]'', and realizing that
* As
** [[spoiler:"Because
* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'''s Jaeris crosses it when he discovers that YouCantGoHomeAgain. What followed was him DrowningHisSorrows for months on end.
** This was also {{parodied| trope}} when 90s Kid saw a scene of Superboy Prime killing a pregnant Lana Lane in an alternate universe. That scene was so [[TotallyRadical un-radical]] to him, that he didn't think he could ever be hardcore again after seeing something like that. Fortunately it just takes a comic by Creator/RobLiefeld to get his spirits back up.
* Oancitizen of ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'' is driven to this in his ''Film/KenPark'' review. [[HilarityEnsues Genocide ensues.]]
** He also does it with ''Film/ASerbianFilm'', complete with calling NATO to [[ItMakesSenseInContext fictionally bomb]] Serbia!
** Hits it ''hard'' in his review of ''{{Film/Melancholia}}''. PlayedForDrama this time, as Oancitizen discusses his own real struggles with depression.
* Happens to cup in Website/{{Channel101}}'s "2 girls, 1 cup the show". Unlike most of the cases in this page, the result is hilarious.
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* Happens a '''lot''' in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', more often than not later in the game, but given the [[ThereCanOnlyBeOne premise]], is it really that surprising?
** For example, Jacob Charles quickly shoots into this zone after his girlfriend is killed right in front of him, leading to him [[spoiler:attempting suicide.]] [[http://s10.zetaboards.com/SOTF_V2/topic/7292200/1 Read it here.]]
* Happens to cup in Website/{{Channel101}}'s "2 girls, 1 cup the show". Unlike most of the cases in this page, the result is hilarious.
* Oancitizen of ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'' is driven to this in his ''Film/KenPark'' review. [[HilarityEnsues Genocide ensues.]]
** He also does it with ''Film/ASerbianFilm'', complete with calling NATO to [[ItMakesSenseInContext fictionally bomb]] Serbia!
** Hits it ''hard'' in his review of ''{{Film/Melancholia}}''. PlayedForDrama this time, as Oancitizen discusses his own real struggles with depression.
** For example, Jacob Charles quickly shoots into this zone after his girlfriend is killed right in front of him, leading to him [[spoiler:attempting suicide.]] [[http://s10.zetaboards.com/SOTF_V2/topic/7292200/1 Read it here.]]
* Happens to cup in Website/{{Channel101}}'s "2 girls, 1 cup the show". Unlike most of the cases in this page, the result is hilarious.
* Oancitizen of ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'' is driven to this in his ''Film/KenPark'' review. [[HilarityEnsues Genocide ensues.]]
** He also does it with ''Film/ASerbianFilm'', complete with calling NATO to [[ItMakesSenseInContext fictionally bomb]] Serbia!
** Hits it ''hard'' in his review of ''{{Film/Melancholia}}''. PlayedForDrama this time, as Oancitizen discusses his own real struggles with depression.
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* Happens a '''lot''' in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', more often than not later ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Dylan crosses it when Keela supposedly betrays him in the game, but given Unworld in the [[ThereCanOnlyBeOne premise]], is it really that surprising?
** For example, Jacob Charles quickly shoots into this zone after his girlfriend is killed rightflashback in front of him, leading to him [[spoiler:attempting suicide.]] [[http://s10.zetaboards.com/SOTF_V2/topic/7292200/1 Read it here.]]
* Happens to cup in Website/{{Channel101}}'s "2 girls, 1 cup the show". Unlike most"Tale of the cases in this page, the result is hilarious.
* Oancitizen of ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'' is driven to this in his ''Film/KenPark'' review. [[HilarityEnsues Genocide ensues.]]
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** He alsodoes crosses it with ''Film/ASerbianFilm'', in the flashback in "Over and Under" when he finds out about the Overlord of Evil's relation to Ethan and Curien, but his friends pull him out of it.
* ''WebVideo/EscapeTheNight'': Matt accidentally kills Sierra during an exorcism, later realising he had to choose between himself and Sierra, but he didn’t read the instructions and ended up killing Sierra without knowing it. Come next episode, he’s a completewith calling NATO wreck who believes that everything they do is useless and they’re all going to [[ItMakesSenseInContext fictionally bomb]] Serbia!
** Hits it ''hard'' in his review of ''{{Film/Melancholia}}''. PlayedForDrama this time, as Oancitizen discusses his own real struggles with depression.die anyways.
** For example, Jacob Charles quickly shoots into this zone after his girlfriend is killed right
* Happens to cup in Website/{{Channel101}}'s "2 girls, 1 cup the show". Unlike most
* Oancitizen of ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'' is driven to this in his ''Film/KenPark'' review. [[HilarityEnsues Genocide ensues.]]
** He also
* ''WebVideo/EscapeTheNight'': Matt accidentally kills Sierra during an exorcism, later realising he had to choose between himself and Sierra, but he didn’t read the instructions and ended up killing Sierra without knowing it. Come next episode, he’s a complete
** Hits it ''hard'' in his review of ''{{Film/Melancholia}}''. PlayedForDrama this time, as Oancitizen discusses his own real struggles with depression.
* The [=GameSpot=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB1zWEhgrLs video review of]] ''Videogame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'' is all about reviewer Alex Navarro being broken by [[ObviousBeta an even more broken game]] (while not saying a word, no less!).
* ''LetsPlay/{{Mahu}}'': In "Second Chance" humanity itself goes through this as it tries to come up with a way to stop or at least survive the meteorite which will surely end all life upon Earth. Only the portal in Istanbul gives them any hopes of survival.
* ''Website/TheOnion'': [[https://local.theonion.com/newborn-loses-faith-in-humanity-after-record-6-days-1819573929 "Newborn Loses Faith in Humanity After Record 6 Days"]].
* ''LetsPlay/{{Mahu}}'': In "Second Chance" humanity itself goes through this as it tries to come up with a way to stop or at least survive the meteorite which will surely end all life upon Earth. Only the portal in Istanbul gives them any hopes of survival.
* ''Website/TheOnion'': [[https://local.theonion.com/newborn-loses-faith-in-humanity-after-record-6-days-1819573929 "Newborn Loses Faith in Humanity After Record 6 Days"]].
* As the end of Pokecapn's legendary ''LetsPlay/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' LetsPlay approaches, the players themselves [[SanitySlippage slowly slip towards]] and eventually cross the Despair Event Horizon; this is signified by [[spoiler: Kung-Fu Jesus chanting song lyrics in monotone]].
** [[spoiler:"Because it's [[Music/MichaelJackson Thriller]]. Thriller night. And no one's gonna save you from..."]]
* Happens a '''lot''' in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', more often than not later in the game, but given the [[ThereCanOnlyBeOne premise]], is it really that surprising?
** For example, Jacob Charles quickly shoots into this zone after his girlfriend is killed right in front of him, leading to him [[spoiler:attempting suicide.]] [[http://s10.zetaboards.com/SOTF_V2/topic/7292200/1 Read it here.]]
* In ''Literature/{{Takotsubo}}: The story of a superhero,'' the prologue is treated more like a DownerBeginning than a SuperheroOrigin. After the Chinese-American Cord Cai loses his fiance Roland Fujii in a carjacking, the police force utterly fail in dealing with it. After a suicide attempt, Cord tracks the murderer down through gang connections, [[BestServedCold shoots the murderer in the head,]] and [[GenericEthnicCrimeGang becomes a gangster]] because he thinks [[TragicVillain this is his only choice.]] The worst part is that Cord and Roland were trying to ''leave'' the street life, and it's implied he views Roland's death as punishment for getting above his station. Being a GenreDeconstruction of superheroes--and specifically, the ''lack'' of Asian-American heroes--Cord's tangled up in InternalizedCategorism, and the main script is stated to be Cord's journey of coming back from the horizon.
* Surprisingly enough, Ganondorf went over this in ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl'' upon finding the pure evil that is [[spoiler: Ness and Lucas]]. He questions how heroes can even exist when such evil does.
** [[spoiler:"Because it's [[Music/MichaelJackson Thriller]]. Thriller night. And no one's gonna save you from..."]]
* Happens a '''lot''' in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', more often than not later in the game, but given the [[ThereCanOnlyBeOne premise]], is it really that surprising?
** For example, Jacob Charles quickly shoots into this zone after his girlfriend is killed right in front of him, leading to him [[spoiler:attempting suicide.]] [[http://s10.zetaboards.com/SOTF_V2/topic/7292200/1 Read it here.]]
* In ''Literature/{{Takotsubo}}: The story of a superhero,'' the prologue is treated more like a DownerBeginning than a SuperheroOrigin. After the Chinese-American Cord Cai loses his fiance Roland Fujii in a carjacking, the police force utterly fail in dealing with it. After a suicide attempt, Cord tracks the murderer down through gang connections, [[BestServedCold shoots the murderer in the head,]] and [[GenericEthnicCrimeGang becomes a gangster]] because he thinks [[TragicVillain this is his only choice.]] The worst part is that Cord and Roland were trying to ''leave'' the street life, and it's implied he views Roland's death as punishment for getting above his station. Being a GenreDeconstruction of superheroes--and specifically, the ''lack'' of Asian-American heroes--Cord's tangled up in InternalizedCategorism, and the main script is stated to be Cord's journey of coming back from the horizon.
* Surprisingly enough, Ganondorf went over this in ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl'' upon finding the pure evil that is [[spoiler: Ness and Lucas]]. He questions how heroes can even exist when such evil does.
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* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'''s Jaeris crosses it when he discovers that YouCantGoHomeAgain. What followed was him DrowningHisSorrows for months on end.
** This was also {{parodied| trope}} when 90s Kid saw a scene of Superboy Prime killing a pregnant Lana Lane in an alternate universe. That scene was so [[TotallyRadical un-radical]] to him, that he didn't think he could ever be hardcore again after seeing something like that. Fortunately it just takes a comic by Creator/RobLiefeld to get his spirits back up.
* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd crosses it after playing ''[[VideoGame/PennAndTellersSmokeAndMirrors Desert Bus]]'', and realizing that other people are playing it (and that someone even made [[VideoGameDemake an Atari 2600 version of it]]). He concludes that all the work he's done to warn people about shitty games has fallen on deaf ears, and that it's all been a huge waste of time, so he decides to retire. [[TenMinuteRetirement He soon changes his mind]] after playing a ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest Simon's Quest]]'' romhack that did its best to fix all of the problems he had with the original, showing that at least ''someone'' out there is listening to him.
* The [=GameSpot=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB1zWEhgrLs video review of]] ''Videogame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'' is all about reviewer Alex Navarro being broken by [[ObviousBeta an even more broken game]] (while not saying a word, no less!).
* In ''Literature/{{Takotsubo}}: The story of a superhero,'' the prologue is treated more like a DownerBeginning than a SuperheroOrigin. After the Chinese-American Cord Cai loses his fiance Roland Fujii in a carjacking, the police force utterly fail in dealing with it. After a suicide attempt, Cord tracks the murderer down through gang connections, [[BestServedCold shoots the murderer in the head,]] and [[GenericEthnicCrimeGang becomes a gangster]] because he thinks [[TragicVillain this is his only choice.]] The worst part is that Cord and Roland were trying to ''leave'' the street life, and it's implied he views Roland's death as punishment for getting above his station. Being a GenreDeconstruction of superheroes--and specifically, the ''lack'' of Asian-American heroes--Cord's tangled up in InternalizedCategorism, and the main script is stated to be Cord's journey of coming back from the horizon.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Dylan crosses it when Keela supposedly betrays him in the Unworld in the flashback in "Tale of the Unworld".
** He also crosses it in the flashback in "Over and Under" when he finds out about the Overlord of Evil's relation to Ethan and Curien, but his friends pull him out of it.
* ''LetsPlay/{{Mahu}}'': In "Second Chance" humanity itself goes through this as it tries to come up with a way to stop or at least survive the meteorite which will surely end all life upon Earth. Only the portal in Istanbul gives them any hopes of survival.
* ''Website/TheOnion'': [[https://local.theonion.com/newborn-loses-faith-in-humanity-after-record-6-days-1819573929 "Newborn Loses Faith in Humanity After Record 6 Days"]].
* ''WebVideo/EscapeTheNight'': Matt accidentally kills Sierra during an exorcism, later realising he had to choose between himself and Sierra, but he didn’t read the instructions and ended up killing Sierra without knowing it. Come next episode, he’s a complete wreck who believes that everything they do is useless and they’re all going to die anyways.
** This was also {{parodied| trope}} when 90s Kid saw a scene of Superboy Prime killing a pregnant Lana Lane in an alternate universe. That scene was so [[TotallyRadical un-radical]] to him, that he didn't think he could ever be hardcore again after seeing something like that. Fortunately it just takes a comic by Creator/RobLiefeld to get his spirits back up.
* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd crosses it after playing ''[[VideoGame/PennAndTellersSmokeAndMirrors Desert Bus]]'', and realizing that other people are playing it (and that someone even made [[VideoGameDemake an Atari 2600 version of it]]). He concludes that all the work he's done to warn people about shitty games has fallen on deaf ears, and that it's all been a huge waste of time, so he decides to retire. [[TenMinuteRetirement He soon changes his mind]] after playing a ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest Simon's Quest]]'' romhack that did its best to fix all of the problems he had with the original, showing that at least ''someone'' out there is listening to him.
* The [=GameSpot=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB1zWEhgrLs video review of]] ''Videogame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'' is all about reviewer Alex Navarro being broken by [[ObviousBeta an even more broken game]] (while not saying a word, no less!).
* In ''Literature/{{Takotsubo}}: The story of a superhero,'' the prologue is treated more like a DownerBeginning than a SuperheroOrigin. After the Chinese-American Cord Cai loses his fiance Roland Fujii in a carjacking, the police force utterly fail in dealing with it. After a suicide attempt, Cord tracks the murderer down through gang connections, [[BestServedCold shoots the murderer in the head,]] and [[GenericEthnicCrimeGang becomes a gangster]] because he thinks [[TragicVillain this is his only choice.]] The worst part is that Cord and Roland were trying to ''leave'' the street life, and it's implied he views Roland's death as punishment for getting above his station. Being a GenreDeconstruction of superheroes--and specifically, the ''lack'' of Asian-American heroes--Cord's tangled up in InternalizedCategorism, and the main script is stated to be Cord's journey of coming back from the horizon.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Dylan crosses it when Keela supposedly betrays him in the Unworld in the flashback in "Tale of the Unworld".
** He also crosses it in the flashback in "Over and Under" when he finds out about the Overlord of Evil's relation to Ethan and Curien, but his friends pull him out of it.
* ''LetsPlay/{{Mahu}}'': In "Second Chance" humanity itself goes through this as it tries to come up with a way to stop or at least survive the meteorite which will surely end all life upon Earth. Only the portal in Istanbul gives them any hopes of survival.
* ''Website/TheOnion'': [[https://local.theonion.com/newborn-loses-faith-in-humanity-after-record-6-days-1819573929 "Newborn Loses Faith in Humanity After Record 6 Days"]].
* ''WebVideo/EscapeTheNight'': Matt accidentally kills Sierra during an exorcism, later realising he had to choose between himself and Sierra, but he didn’t read the instructions and ended up killing Sierra without knowing it. Come next episode, he’s a complete wreck who believes that everything they do is useless and they’re all going to die anyways.
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** This was also {{parodied| trope}} when 90s Kid saw a scene of Superboy Prime killing a pregnant Lana Lane in an alternate universe. That scene was so [[TotallyRadical un-radical]] to him, that he didn't think he could ever be hardcore again after seeing something like that. Fortunately it just takes a comic by Creator/RobLiefeld to get his spirits back up.
* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd crosses it after playing ''[[VideoGame/PennAndTellersSmokeAndMirrors Desert Bus]]'', and realizing that other people are playing it (and that someone even made [[VideoGameDemake an Atari 2600 version of it]]). He concludes that all the work he's done to warn people about shitty games has fallen on deaf ears, and that it's all been a huge waste of time, so he decides to retire. [[TenMinuteRetirement He soon changes his mind]] after playing a ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest Simon's Quest]]'' romhack that did its best to fix all of the problems he had with the original, showing that at least ''someone'' out there is listening to him.
* The [=GameSpot=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB1zWEhgrLs video review of]] ''Videogame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'' is all about reviewer Alex Navarro being broken by [[ObviousBeta an even more broken game]] (while not saying a word, no less!).
* In ''Literature/{{Takotsubo}}: The story of a superhero,'' the prologue is treated more like a DownerBeginning than a SuperheroOrigin. After the Chinese-American Cord Cai loses his fiance Roland Fujii in a carjacking, the police force utterly fail in dealing with it. After a suicide attempt, Cord tracks the murderer down through gang connections, [[BestServedCold shoots the murderer in the head,]] and [[GenericEthnicCrimeGang becomes a gangster]] because he thinks [[TragicVillain this is his only choice.]] The worst part is that Cord and Roland were trying to ''leave'' the street life, and it's implied he views Roland's death as punishment for getting above his station. Being a GenreDeconstruction of superheroes--and specifically, the ''lack'' of Asian-American heroes--Cord's tangled up in InternalizedCategorism, and the main script is stated to be Cord's journey of coming back from the horizon.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Dylan crosses it when Keela supposedly betrays him in the Unworld in the flashback in "Tale of the Unworld".
** He also crosses it in the flashback in "Over and Under" when he finds out about the Overlord of Evil's relation to Ethan and Curien, but his friends pull him out of it.
* ''LetsPlay/{{Mahu}}'': In "Second Chance" humanity itself goes through this as it tries to come up with a way to stop or at least survive the meteorite which will surely end all life upon Earth. Only the portal in Istanbul gives them any hopes of survival.
* ''Website/TheOnion'': [[https://local.theonion.com/newborn-loses-faith-in-humanity-after-record-6-days-1819573929 "Newborn Loses Faith in Humanity After Record 6 Days"]].
* ''WebVideo/EscapeTheNight'': Matt accidentally kills Sierra during an exorcism, later realising he had to choose between himself and Sierra, but he didn’t read the instructions and ended up killing Sierra without knowing it. Come next episode, he’s a complete wreck who believes that everything they do is useless and they’re all going to die anyways.
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