History Main / CrapsackWorld

* A ''[[ScrewDestiny mutable]]'' Crapsack World simply ''starts out'' as crappy, but a determined protagonist and his TrueCompanions, be they the [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight In Shining]] (or in many of these cases, [[KnightInSourArmor Sour]]) [[KnightInShiningArmor Armor]] or a simple old PI, can actually cause some, but mostly few, [[EarnYourHappyEnding positive changes in the setting]]. See also AWorldHalfFull. Examples: ''Film/{{Elysium}}'', ''Film/MadMax'', ''Film/VForVendetta'', ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', and ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysofEurope''.

* An ''[[StatusQuoIsGod immutable]]'' Crapsack World has agony InherentInTheSystem, both physically and metaphysically, and cannot be saved or made a better place. Trying to break TheCorruption [[StatusQuoIsGod will instead always result]] in [[DownerEnding it winning]], often [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu breaking every bone in your body in the process]], and any positive changes that you try to make will ultimately be torn down and revealed to be AllForNothing -- or, even worse, they will only succeed in [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making things even worse for you and the people that you were trying to help]], and/or [[GambitRoulette even accomplish whatever the villains wanted in the first place]]. Examples: ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', ''Literature/XeeleeSequence'', ''Franchise/DeadSpace'', ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'', ''Franchise/{{Devilman}}'', ''VideoGame/{{LISA}}'', ''Website/SCPFoundation'', ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'', the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'', and any non-LovecraftLite [[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror Fiction]] in general.
* A ''[[ScrewDestiny mutable]]'' Crapsack World simply ''starts out'' as crappy, but a determined protagonist and his TrueCompanions, be they the [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight In Shining]] (or in many of these cases, [[KnightInSourArmor Sour]]) [[KnightInShiningArmor Armor]] or a simple old PI, can actually cause some, but mostly few, [[EarnYourHappyEnding positive changes in the setting]]. See also AWorldHalfFull. Examples: ''Film/{{Elysium}}'', ''Film/MadMax'', ''Film/VForVendetta'', ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', ''[[WesternAnimation/WallE WALL•E]]'', ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', and ''[[VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope The New Order: Last Days of Europe]]''.

* A ''[[RuleOfDrama dramatic]]'' Crapsack World [[TrueArtIsAngsty has plenty]] [[DysfunctionJunction of angst]] to go around, and often makes {{Woobie}}s out of its sympathetic cast, particularly the protagonist, as they [[TraumaCongaLine suffer horribly]] in their attempts to do the right thing or pursue their dreams. Expect characters [[BeingGoodSucks who do the right thing]] to [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished suffer for it]]. Expect characters who do the wrong thing to prosper... and ''[[LonelyAtTheTop then]]'' [[PyrrhicVictory suffer]]. Examples: ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Franchise/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'', ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'', ''ComicBook/SinCity'', ''Franchise/FarCry'', ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'', ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', ''Franchise/DragonAge'', and ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''.

* A ''[[ScrewDestiny mutable]]'' Crapsack World simply ''starts out'' as crappy, but a determined protagonist and his TrueCompanions, be they the [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight In Shining]] (or in many of these cases, [[KnightInSourArmor Sour]]) [[KnightInShiningArmor Armor]] or a simple old PI, can actually cause some, but mostly few, [[EarnYourHappyEnding positive changes in the setting]]. See also AWorldHalfFull. Examples: ''Film/{{Elysium}}'', ''Film/MadMax'', ''Film/VForVendetta'', ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', ''[[WesternAnimation/WallE WALL•E]]'', ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', and ''[[VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope The New Order: Last Days of Europe]]''.

* A ''[[ScrewDestiny mutable]]'' Crapsack World simply ''starts out'' as crappy, but a determined protagonist and his TrueCompanions, be they the [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight In Shining]] (or in many of these cases, [[KnightInSourArmor Sour]]) [[KnightInShiningArmor Armor]] or a simple old PI, can actually cause some, but mostly few, [[EarnYourHappyEnding positive changes in the setting]]. See also AWorldHalfFull. Examples: ''Film/{{Elysium}}'', ''Film/MadMax'', ''Film/VForVendetta'', ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', ''[[WesternAnimation/WallE WALL•E]]'', ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', and ''[[VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope The New Order: Last Days of Europe]]''.

* A ''[[RuleOfDrama dramatic]]'' Crapsack World [[TrueArtIsAngsty has plenty]] [[DysfunctionJunction of angst]] to go around, and often makes {{Woobie}}s out of its sympathetic cast, particularly the protagonist, as they [[TraumaCongaLine suffer horribly]] in their attempts to do the right thing or pursue their dreams. Expect characters [[BeingGoodSucks who do the right thing]] to [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished suffer for it]]. Expect characters who do the wrong thing to prosper... and ''[[LonelyAtTheTop then]]'' [[PyrrhicVictory suffer]]. Examples: ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Franchise/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'', ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'', ''ComicBook/SinCity'', ''Franchise/FarCry'', ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'', ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', ''Franchise/DragonAge'', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', and ''[[VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope The New Order: Last Days of Europe]]''.

* A ''[[ScrewDestiny mutable]]'' Crapsack World simply ''starts out'' as crappy, but a determined protagonist and his TrueCompanions, be they the [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight In Shining]] (or in many of these cases, [[KnightInSourArmor Sour]]) [[KnightInShiningArmor Armor]] or a simple old PI, can actually cause some, but mostly few, [[EarnYourHappyEnding positive changes in the setting]]. See also AWorldHalfFull. Examples: ''Film/{{Elysium}}'', ''Film/MadMax'', ''Film/VForVendetta'', ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', ''[[WesternAnimation/WallE WALL•E]]'', ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War]]'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', and ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.

** ''CrapsackWorld/{{Goosebumps}}''

** ''CrapsackWorld/DiaryOfAWimpyKid''

* A ''[[RuleOfDrama dramatic]]'' Crapsack World [[TrueArtIsAngsty has plenty]] [[DysfunctionJunction of angst]] to go around, and often makes {{Woobie}}s out of its sympathetic cast, particularly the protagonist, as they [[TraumaCongaLine suffer horribly]] in their attempts to do the right thing or pursue their dreams. Expect characters [[BeingGoodSucks who do the right thing]] to [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished suffer for it]]. Expect characters who do the wrong thing to prosper... and ''[[LonelyAtTheTop then]]'' [[PyrrhicVictory suffer]]. Examples: ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'', ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'', ''ComicBook/SinCity'', ''Franchise/FarCry'', ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'', ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', ''Franchise/DragonAge'', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', and ''[[VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope The New Order: Last Days of Europe]]''.

* A ''[[RuleOfFunny comedic]]'' Crapsack World is PlayedForLaughs and is made up of [[LethallyStupid idiots]], [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]], {{Butt Monkey}}s, [[TheChewToy Chew Toys]] and the occasional OnlySaneMan, with plenty of ComedicSociopathy to go around. The "upside" is that it's usually [[SatireParodyPastiche parodic]] and [[CrossesTheLineTwice funny in its extremes]]. Though people die left and right, it likely has NegativeContinuity to facilitate the inhabitants' suffering. [[BlackComedy Black comedies]] and [[SadistShow Sadist shows]] are often set here. May be a CrapsaccharineWorld, a WorldOfJerkass, or a WorldGoneMad. Examples: ''{{VideoGame/Borderlands}}'', ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', and ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' is [[BlatantLies not an example of this in the slightest.]]

* A ''[[ScrewDestiny mutable]]'' Crapsack World simply ''starts out'' as crappy, but a determined protagonist and his TrueCompanions, be they the [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight In Shining]] (or in many of these cases, [[KnightInSourArmor Sour]]) [[KnightInShiningArmor Armor]] or a simple old PI, can actually cause some, but mostly few, [[EarnYourHappyEnding positive changes in the setting]]. See also AWorldHalfFull. Examples: ''Film/{{Elysium}}'', ''Film/MadMax'', ''Film/VForVendetta'', ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', ''[[WesternAnimation/WallE WALL•E]]'', ''Franchise/MassEffect'', ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War]]'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', and ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.

* A ''[[ScrewDestiny mutable]]'' Crapsack World simply ''starts out'' as crappy, but a determined protagonist and his TrueCompanions, be they the [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight In Shining]] (or in many of these cases, [[KnightInSourArmor Sour]]) [[KnightInShiningArmor Armor]] or a simple old PI, can actually cause some, but mostly few, [[EarnYourHappyEnding positive changes in the setting]]. See also AWorldHalfFull. Examples: ''Film/{{Elysium}}'', ''Film/MadMax'', ''Film/VForVendetta'', ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', ''[[WesternAnimation/WallE WALL•E]]'', ''Franchise/MassEffect'', ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', and ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.

* An ''[[StatusQuoIsGod immutable]]'' Crapsack World has agony InherentInTheSystem, both physically and metaphysically, and cannot be saved or made a better place. Trying to break TheCorruption [[StatusQuoIsGod will instead always result]] in [[DownerEnding it winning]], often [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu breaking every bone in your body in the process]], and any positive changes that you try to make will ultimately be torn down and revealed to be AllForNothing -- or, even worse, they will only succeed in [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making things even worse for you and the people that you were trying to help]], and/or [[GambitRoulette even accomplish whatever the villains wanted in the first place]]. Examples: ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', ''Literature/XeeleeSequence'', ''Franchise/DeadSpace'', ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'', ''Franchise/{{Devilman}}'', ''VideoGame/{{LISA}}'', ''Website/SCPFoundation'', ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'', the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'', and any non-LovecraftLife [[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror Fiction]] in general.
* A ''[[ScrewDestiny mutable]]'' Crapsack World simply ''starts out'' as crappy, but a determined protagonist and his TrueCompanions, be they the [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight In Shining]] (or in many of these cases, [[KnightInSourArmor Sour]]) [[KnightInShiningArmor Armor]] or a simple old PI, can actually cause some, but mostly few, [[EarnYourHappyEnding positive changes in the setting]]. See also AWorldHalfFull. Examples: ''Film/{{Elysium}}'', ''Film/MadMax'', ''Film/VForVendetta'', ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', ''[[WesternAnimation/WallE WALL•E]]'', ''Franchise/MassEffect'', ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', and ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.

* An ''[[StatusQuoIsGod immutable]]'' Crapsack World has agony InherentInTheSystem, both physically and metaphysically, and cannot be saved or made a better place. Trying to break TheCorruption [[StatusQuoIsGod will instead always result]] in [[DownerEnding it winning]], often [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu breaking every bone in your body in the process]], and any positive changes that you try to make will ultimately be torn down and revealed to be AllForNothing -- or, even worse, they will only succeed in [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making things even worse for you and the people that you were trying to help]], and/or [[GambitRoulette even accomplish whatever the villains wanted in the first place]]. Examples: ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', ''VideoGame/{{LISA}}'', ''Website/SCPFoundation'', ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'', and the [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian]] [[CosmicHorrorStory Fiction]] genre in general.
* A ''[[ScrewDestiny mutable]]'' Crapsack World simply ''starts out'' as crappy, but a determined protagonist and his TrueCompanions, be they the [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight In Shining]] (or in many of these cases, [[KnightInSourArmor Sour]]) [[KnightInShiningArmor Armor]] or a simple old PI, can actually cause some, but mostly few, [[EarnYourHappyEnding positive changes in the setting]]. See also AWorldHalfFull. Examples: ''Film/{{Elysium}}'', ''Film/MadMax'', ''Film/VForVendetta'', ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', and ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.

* A ''[[RuleOfDrama dramatic]]'' Crapsack World [[TrueArtIsAngsty has plenty]] [[DysfunctionJunction of angst]] to go around, and often makes {{Woobie}}s out of its sympathetic cast, particularly the protagonist, as they [[TraumaCongaLine suffer horribly]] in their attempts to do the right thing or pursue their dreams. Expect characters [[BeingGoodSucks who do the right thing]] to [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished suffer for it]]. Expect characters who do the wrong thing to prosper... and ''[[LonelyAtTheTop then]]'' [[PyrrhicVictory suffer]]. Examples: ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'', ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'', ''ComicBook/SinCity'', ''Franchise/FarCry'', ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'', ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', ''Franchise/DragonAge'', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', and ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope''.

* A ''[[RuleOfDrama dramatic]]'' Crapsack World [[TrueArtIsAngsty has plenty]] [[DysfunctionJunction of angst]] to go around, and often makes {{Woobie}}s out of its sympathetic cast, particularly the protagonist, as they [[TraumaCongaLine suffer horribly]] in their attempts to do the right thing or pursue their dreams. Expect characters [[BeingGoodSucks who do the right thing]] to [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished suffer for it]]. Expect characters who do the wrong thing to prosper... and ''[[LonelyAtTheTop then]]'' [[PyrrhicVictory suffer]]. Examples: ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'', ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'', ''ComicBook/SinCity'', ''Franchise/FarCry'', ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'', ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', ''Franchise/DragonAge'', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope''.

* A ''[[RuleOfDrama dramatic]]'' Crapsack World [[TrueArtIsAngsty has plenty]] [[DysfunctionJunction of angst]] to go around, and often makes {{Woobie}}s out of its sympathetic cast, particularly the protagonist, as they [[TraumaCongaLine suffer horribly]] in their attempts to do the right thing or pursue their dreams. Expect characters [[BeingGoodSucks who do the right thing]] to [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished suffer for it]]. Expect characters who do the wrong thing to prosper... and ''[[LonelyAtTheTop then]]'' [[PyrrhicVictory suffer]]. Examples: ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'', ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'', ''ComicBook/SinCity'', ''Franchise/FarCry'', ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'', ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', and ''Franchise/DragonAge''.

* An ''[[StatusQuoIsGod immutable]]'' Crapsack World has agony InherentInTheSystem, both physically and metaphysically, and cannot be saved or made a better place. Trying to break TheCorruption [[StatusQuoIsGod will instead always result]] in [[DownerEnding it winning]], often [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu breaking every bone in your body in the process]], and any positive changes that you try to make will ultimately be torn down and revealed to be AllForNothing -- or, even worse, they will only succeed in [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making things even worse for you and the people that you were trying to help]], and/or [[GambitRoulette even accomplish whatever the villains wanted in the first place]]. Examples: ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', ''VideoGame/{{LISA}}'', ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'', ''Website/SCPFoundation'', and the [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian]] [[CosmicHorrorStory Fiction]] genre in general.

* A ''[[RuleOfDrama dramatic]]'' Crapsack World [[TrueArtIsAngsty has plenty]] [[DysfunctionJunction of angst]] to go around, and often makes {{Woobie}}s out of its sympathetic cast, particularly the protagonist, as they [[TraumaCongaLine suffer horribly]] in their attempts to do the right thing or pursue their dreams. Expect characters [[BeingGoodSucks who do the right thing]] to [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished suffer for it]]. Expect characters who do the wrong thing to prosper... and ''[[LonelyAtTheTop then]]'' [[PyrrhicVictory suffer]]. Examples: ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'', ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'', ''ComicBook/SinCity'', ''Franchise/FarCry'', ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'', and ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

* An ''[[StatusQuoIsGod immutable]]'' Crapsack World has agony InherentInTheSystem, both physically and metaphysically, and cannot be saved or made a better place. Trying to break TheCorruption [[StatusQuoIsGod will instead always result]] in [[DownerEnding it winning]], often [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu breaking every bone in your body in the process]], and any positive changes that you try to make will ultimately be torn down and revealed to be AllForNothing -- or, even worse, they will only succeed in [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making things even worse for you and the people that you were trying to help]], and/or [[GambitRoulette even accomplish whatever the villains wanted in the first place]]. Examples: ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', ''VideoGame/{{LISA}}'', ''Website/SCPFoundation'', and the [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian]] [[CosmicHorrorStory Fiction]] genre in general.

** ''CrapsackWorld/TheFairlyOddParents''

* A ''[[RuleOfDrama dramatic]]'' Crapsack World [[TrueArtIsAngsty has plenty]] [[DysfunctionJunction of angst]] to go around, and often makes {{Woobie}}s out of its sympathetic cast, particularly the protagonist, as they [[TraumaCongaLine suffer horribly]] in their attempts to do the right thing or pursue their dreams. Expect characters [[BeingGoodSucks who do the right thing]] to [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished suffer for it]]. Expect characters who do the wrong thing to prosper... and ''[[LonelyAtTheTop then]]'' [[PyrrhicVictory suffer]]. Examples: ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'', ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'', ''ComicBook/SinCity'', ''Franchise/FarCry'', ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', and ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

* A ''[[RuleOfDrama dramatic]]'' Crapsack World [[TrueArtIsAngsty has plenty]] [[DysfunctionJunction of angst]] to go around, and often makes {{Woobie}}s out of its sympathetic cast, particularly the protagonist, as they [[TraumaCongaLine suffer horribly]] in their attempts to do the right thing or pursue their dreams. Expect characters [[BeingGoodSucks who do the right thing]] to [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished suffer for it]]. Expect characters who do the wrong thing to prosper... and ''[[LonelyAtTheTop then]]'' [[PyrrhicVictory suffer]]. Examples: ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'', ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'', ''ComicBook/SinCity'', ''Franchise/FarCry'', ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', and ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* A ''[[RuleOfFunny comedic]]'' Crapsack World is PlayedForLaughs and is made up of [[LethallyStupid idiots]], [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]], {{Butt Monkey}}s, [[TheChewToy Chew Toys]] and the occasional OnlySaneMan, with plenty of ComedicSociopathy to go around. The "upside" is that it's usually [[SatireParodyPastiche parodic]] and [[CrossesTheLineTwice funny in its extremes]]. Though people die left and right, it likely has NegativeContinuity to facilitate the inhabitants' suffering. [[BlackComedy Black comedies]] and [[SadistShow Sadist shows]] are often set here. May be a CrapsaccharineWorld, a WorldOfJerkass, or a WorldGoneMad. Examples: ''{{VideoGame/Borderlands}}'', ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', and ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' is [[BlatantLies not an example of this in the slightest.]]

** ''CrapsackWorld/TotalDrama''

** ''CrapsackWorld/Goosebumps''

* A ''[[RuleOfDrama dramatic]]'' Crapsack World [[TrueArtIsAngsty has plenty]] [[DysfunctionJunction of angst]] to go around, and often makes {{Woobie}}s out of its sympathetic cast, particularly the protagonist, as they [[TraumaCongaLine suffer horribly]] in their attempts to do the right thing or pursue their dreams. Expect characters [[BeingGoodSucks who do the right thing]] to [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished suffer for it]]. Expect characters who do the wrong thing to prosper... and ''[[LonelyAtTheTop then]]'' [[PyrrhicVictory suffer]].
** Examples: ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'', ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'', ''ComicBook/SinCity'', ''Franchise/FarCry'', ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', and ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* A ''[[RuleOfFunny comedic]]'' Crapsack World is PlayedForLaughs and is made up of [[LethallyStupid idiots]], [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]], {{Butt Monkey}}s, [[TheChewToy Chew Toys]] and the occasional OnlySaneMan, with plenty of ComedicSociopathy to go around. The "upside" is that it's usually [[SatireParodyPastiche parodic]] and [[CrossesTheLineTwice funny in its extremes]]. Though people die left and right, it likely has NegativeContinuity to facilitate the inhabitants' suffering. [[BlackComedy Black comedies]] and [[SadistShow Sadist shows]] are often set here. May be a CrapsaccharineWorld, a WorldOfJerkass, or a WorldGoneMad.
** Examples: ''{{VideoGame/Borderlands}}'', ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', and ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' is [[BlatantLies not an example of this in the slightest.]]
* An ''[[StatusQuoIsGod immutable]]'' Crapsack World has agony InherentInTheSystem, both physically and metaphysically, and cannot be saved or made a better place. Trying to break TheCorruption [[StatusQuoIsGod will instead always result]] in [[DownerEnding it winning]], often [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu breaking every bone in your body in the process]], and any positive changes that you try to make will ultimately be torn down and revealed to be AllForNothing -- or, even worse, they will only succeed in [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making things even worse for you and the people that you were trying to help]], and/or [[GambitRoulette even accomplish whatever the villains wanted in the first place]].
** Examples: ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', ''VideoGame/{{LISA}}'', ''Website/SCPFoundation'', and the [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian]] [[CosmicHorrorStory Fiction]] genre in general.
* A ''[[ScrewDestiny mutable]]'' Crapsack World simply ''starts out'' as crappy, but a determined protagonist and his TrueCompanions, be they the [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight In Shining]] (or in many of these cases, [[KnightInSourArmor Sour]]) [[KnightInShiningArmor Armor]] or a simple old PI, can actually cause some, but mostly few, [[EarnYourHappyEnding positive changes in the setting]]. See also AWorldHalfFull.
** Examples: ''Film/{{Elysium}}'', ''Film/MadMax'', ''Film/VForVendetta'', ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', and ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.

* A ''[[RuleOfDrama dramatic]]'' Crapsack World [[TrueArtIsAngsty has plenty]] [[DysfunctionJunction of angst]] to go around, and often makes {{Woobie}}s out of its sympathetic cast, particularly the protagonist, as they [[TraumaCongaLine suffer horribly]] in their attempts to do the right thing or pursue their dreams. Expect characters [[BeingGoodSucks who do the right thing]] to [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished suffer for it]]. Expect characters who do the wrong thing to prosper... and ''[[LonelyAtTheTop then]]'' [[PyrrhicVictory suffer]]. Examples: ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'', ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'', ''ComicBook/SinCity'', ''Franchise/FarCry'', ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', and ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* A ''[[RuleOfFunny comedic]]'' Crapsack World is PlayedForLaughs and is made up of [[LethallyStupid idiots]], [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]], {{Butt Monkey}}s, [[TheChewToy Chew Toys]] and the occasional OnlySaneMan, with plenty of ComedicSociopathy to go around. The "upside" is that it's usually [[SatireParodyPastiche parodic]] and [[CrossesTheLineTwice funny in its extremes]]. Though people die left and right, it likely has NegativeContinuity to facilitate the inhabitants' suffering. [[BlackComedy Black comedies]] and [[SadistShow Sadist shows]] are often set here. May be a CrapsaccharineWorld, a WorldOfJerkass, or a WorldGoneMad. Examples: ''{{VideoGame/Borderlands}}'', ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', and ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' is [[BlatantLies not an example of this in the slightest.]]
* An ''[[StatusQuoIsGod immutable]]'' Crapsack World has agony InherentInTheSystem, both physically and metaphysically, and cannot be saved or made a better place. Trying to break TheCorruption [[StatusQuoIsGod will instead always result]] in [[DownerEnding it winning]], often [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu breaking every bone in your body in the process]], and any positive changes that you try to make will ultimately be torn down and revealed to be AllForNothing -- or, even worse, they will only succeed in [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making things even worse for you and the people that you were trying to help]], and/or [[GambitRoulette even accomplish whatever the villains wanted in the first place]]. Examples: ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', ''VideoGame/{{LISA}}'', ''Website/SCPFoundation'', and the [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian]] [[CosmicHorrorStory Fiction]] genre in general.
* A ''[[ScrewDestiny mutable]]'' Crapsack World simply ''starts out'' as crappy, but a determined protagonist and his TrueCompanions, be they the [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight In Shining]] (or in many of these cases, [[KnightInSourArmor Sour]]) [[KnightInShiningArmor Armor]] or a simple old PI, can actually cause some, but mostly few, [[EarnYourHappyEnding positive changes in the setting]]. See also AWorldHalfFull. Examples: ''Film/{{Elysium}}'', ''Film/MadMax'', ''Film/VForVendetta'', ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', and ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.