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* This can happen in Platform/GoAnimate [[YouAreGrounded "Grounded"]] videos. For instance, in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NUh6LmjVgY this]] video, WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}} stops his father, Boris, from robbing a bank. However, when Boris gets arrested, Caillou is arrested as well. His crime? Being a "baby show" character. Boris is given three and a half years in jail and is put in a fancy jail cell with all amenities while Caillou is given ''[[DisproportionateRetribution life in prison]]'' stuck in a smaller part of Boris's cell without even a bed or a toilet, and Boris is allowed to beat up Caillou whenever he wishes.

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* ''WebVideo/TheFunniestMinecraftVideosEver'': Despite helping the group by finding the End Portal and beating the game, Philza is constantly bullied and trolled by the group. He is even accused of ''adultery'' by Quackity in the "Void Mod" video.
* This can happen in Platform/GoAnimate [[YouAreGrounded "Grounded"]] "[[YouAreGrounded Grounded]]" videos. For instance, in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NUh6LmjVgY this]] video, WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}} stops his father, Boris, from robbing a bank. However, when Boris gets arrested, Caillou is arrested as well. His crime? Being a "baby show" character. Boris is given three and a half years in jail and is put in a fancy jail cell with all amenities while Caillou is given ''[[DisproportionateRetribution life in prison]]'' stuck in a smaller part of Boris's cell without even a bed or a toilet, and Boris is allowed to beat up Caillou whenever he wishes.
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Named for a well-known saying attributed to Clare Boothe Luce. The WideEyedIdealist is prone to this, and tends to turn them into a KnightInSourArmor at best. Very often, it is a consequence of doing NotQuiteTheRightThing. Sometimes results from SparingTheFinalMook, if it turns out that said mook is either a NotSoHarmlessVillain or has some other way to cause misery for the good guys. Compare BeingGoodSucks, where it's the act of being good (rather than the deeds themselves) that brings suffering, and contrast LaserGuidedKarma where ''every'' deed (good or otherwise) gets paid back in spades. If someone sees a hero going through this, it may lead to SympathyForTheHero. Compare AndroclesLion and CharacterWitness, two Tropes that can prove the exact opposite.

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Named for a well-known saying attributed to Clare Boothe Luce. The WideEyedIdealist is prone to this, and tends to turn them into a KnightInSourArmor at best. Very often, it Could be a forseeable consequence of ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight, but at least as often is a an unexpected consequence of doing NotQuiteTheRightThing. Sometimes results from SparingTheFinalMook, if it turns out that said mook is either a NotSoHarmlessVillain or has some other way to cause misery for the good guys. Compare BeingGoodSucks, where it's the act of being good (rather than the deeds themselves) that brings suffering, and contrast LaserGuidedKarma where ''every'' deed (good or otherwise) gets paid back in spades. If someone sees a hero going through this, it may lead to SympathyForTheHero. Compare AndroclesLion and CharacterWitness, two Tropes that can prove the exact opposite.

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