History Main / BrokenWinLossStreak

** After ComicBook/CarolDanvers losing to Android 18 and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] losing to Broly, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] vs Vegeta ends with the GodOfThunder being the first Marvel character to defeat a ''Franchise/DragonBall'' character.

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** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', the protagonists break Slytherin House's seven-year winning streak in the House Cup. Dumbledore gives the ThreeAmigos enough last-minute points to put Gryffindor in ''joint'' first place, and then awards Neville "Why is it always me?" Longbottom another ten for being brave enough to stand up to his friends ([[DisobeyThisMessage the same ones who taught him to stand up to people in the first place]]) when he thought they were making trouble.

* Following their debut single "Sound of the Underground" topping the UK charts in 2002, Music/GirlsAloud had every single of theirs reach the Top 10. That streak ended with "Untouchable" in 2009, which would just miss out at #11. Following a three year hiatus, the group reformed, and after their comeback single "Something New" reached #2, the follow-up "Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me" fared ''even worse'', only reaching #97.

*** Speaking of which, ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' ended up the first "Rotten" ''Star Wars'' film of the Creator/{{Disney}} era on Rotten Tomatoes after ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', ''Film/RogueOne'', ''Film/TheLastJedi'' and ''Film/{{Solo}}'' enjoyed great-to-good reception.

** ''Journeys'' saw [[spoiler:Alain lose a match after winning nearly all of his matches since his first appearance in the first Mega Evolution special.]]

* Wrestling/TheUndertaker has appeared at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' twenty-odd times. After about the tenth time, everyone started making a big deal about who will be the first to beat him. Wrestling/BrockLesnar finally broke it at ''[=WrestleMania=] XXX'', leaving Taker's record at 21-1. He won his next two matches, however, but then lost to Wrestling/RomanReigns before winning a SquashMatch against ''Wrestling/JohnCena''. While he didn't appear at ''[=WrestleMania 35=]'', he did appear the following year at ''[=WrestleMania 36=]'', where he defeated Wrestling/AJStyles in a cinematic Boneyard match. This would prove to be his final ''[=WrestleMania=]'' match, as he retired later that year, with a final record of 25-2.

*** ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' ended the studio's #1 Openings streak as ''Film/JurassicWorld'' beat it out on its opening weekend, though ''Jurassic World'' exceeded even the most optimistic box office predictions and ''Inside Out'' managed to open with $90.4 million in the US and Canada, which is not only Pixar's best opening weekend for an original film by almost $20 million (beating out ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''[='=] $70.4 million opening weekend), but the biggest opening weekend ever for an original film, besting ''{{Film/Avatar}}''[='=]s $77 million debut. The film did go on to take the #1 spot in its third weekend, though.

** [[Franchise/SuperMario Donkey Kong]] winning against [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Knuckles]] marked the first time the ''Mario'' franchise won against the ''Sonic'' franchise.

*** After 11 films, all certified fresh on Website/RottenTomatoes, they released ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} 2'', which is currently at 38% on the Tomato-meter. Also, all Pixar films released since the establishment of the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Animated Feature in 2001 have been nominated for it, until ''Cars 2'' (more followed, with ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'', ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'', and ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'').

* Music/RascalFlatts' 2008 single "Bob That Head" broke an 18-streak song of consistent Top 10 country hits dating all the way back to their debut single "Prayin' for Daylight" in 2000; it was also their first song not to enter the Hot 100. (Note that this discounts their 2006 cover of "Life Is a Highway" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', which only got to #18 because it was never officially a single -- it was merely an album cut that a lot of stations chose to play alongside their then-current single "My Wish".)

* Wrestling/RomanReigns suffered his first clean loss during his Tribal Chief/Bloodline gimmick at the final Smackdown of 2022, where he lost in a tag-team match with Wrestling/SamiZayn against Wrestling/JohnCena and Wrestling/KevinOwens. It was especially noticeable since Roman hadn’t lost clean for over three years at that point.

** After ComicBook/CarolDanvers losing to Android 18 and [[ComicBook/TheIncredible Hulk]] losing to Broly, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] vs Vegeta ends with the GodOfThunder being the first Marvel character to defeat a [[Franchise/DragonBall]] character.

* Wrestling/TheUndertaker has appeared at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' twenty-odd times. After about the tenth time, everyone started making a big deal about who will be the first to beat him. Wrestling/BrockLesnar finally broke it at ''[=WrestleMania=] XXX'', leaving Taker's record at 21-1. He won his next two matches, however, but then lost to Wrestling/RomanReigns before winning a SquashMatch against ''Wrestling/JohnCena''. While he didn't appear at ''[=WrestleMania 35=]'', he did appear the following year at ''[=WrestleMania 36=]'', where he defeated Wrestling/AJStyles in a cinematic Boneyard match. This would prove to be his final ''[=WrestleMania=]'' match, as he retired later that year, with a final streak of 25-2.

* Wrestling/TheUndertaker has appeared at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' twenty-odd times. After about the tenth time, everyone started making a big deal about who will be the first to beat him. Wrestling/BrockLesnar finally broke it at ''[=WrestleMania=] XXX'', leaving Taker's record at 21-1. He won his next two matches, however, but then lost to Wrestling/RomanReigns before winning a SquashMatch against ''Wrestling/JohnCena''. While he didn't appear at ''[=WrestleMania 35=]'', he did appear the following year at ''[WrestleMania 36=]'', where he defeated Wrestling/AJStyles in a cinematic Boneyard match. This would prove to be his final ''[=WrestleMania=]'' match, as he retired later that year, with a final streak of 25-2.

* Wrestling/TheUndertaker has appeared at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' twenty-odd times. After about the tenth time, everyone started making a big deal about who will be the first to beat him. Wrestling/BrockLesnar finally broke it at ''[=WrestleMania=] XXX'', leaving Taker's record at 21-1. He won his next two matches, however, but then lost to Wrestling/RomanReigns before winning a SquashMatch against ''Wrestling/JohnCena''.

** Michael Waltrip had his losing streak of 462 races broken by winning the [[UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} 2001 Daytona 500]], where his brother, Darrell, was cheering him to the checkered flag in the announcers' booth. It was overshadowed, however, by UsefulNotes/DaleEarnhardt's death in the same race.

* Dick Dastardly holds a perfect 0-34 record on the original ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces''.

* Dick Daztardly holds a perfect 0-34 record on the original ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces''.

** The Tampa Bay Buccaneers launched their inaugural season in 1976 losing all 16 regular season games (their only win per se being a preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons).The season after saw the Bucs win their first regular season game, in week 15 against the New Orleans Saints, 33-14. This precipitated fans to wearing paper bags over their heads and using the derogatory nickname the Ain'ts.

** The Tampa Bay Buccaneers launched their inaugural season in 1976 losing all 16 regular season games (their only win per se being a preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons).The season after saw the Bucs win their first regular season game, in week 7 against the New Orleans Saints. This precipitated fans wearing paper bags over their heads and the derogatory nickname the Ain'ts.