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* Samus in the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series has a hefty dose of this, exacerbated by the fact that every time she starts to come to terms with the tragedy that is her past, it happens all over again.

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* Samus in the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series has a hefty dose of this, exacerbated by the fact that every time she starts to come to terms with the tragedy that is her past, it happens all over again.past and finds new loved ones, they tend to die as well. She was orphaned at age three, then raised by the Chozo, who wer ethne wiped out, Samus found a new life in the Federation unde rhte command of Adam Malkovich, until she quit, and Adam would die some time later atfer reuniting with Samus during a mission.
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* ''Fanfic/NewStars'': A variant. After deciding to officially become a member of the ''Orville's'' crew, Maxx feels guilty because he was able to free himself from the Republic, while the rest of the clones are still trapped in a really bad situation (which any Star Wars fan can tell you will only get worse at the end of the war).
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** Wheeljack from ''WesternAnimation/TranformersPrime'' shows signs of this after he and Ultra Magnus suffer heavy damage from a brutal fight with the predacon, Predaking. Despite Wheeljack being the one taking more damage, Ultra Magnus is the one that loses his hand in the fight. He's repaired with a claw-like appendage while Wheeljack, after seeing that this was all Ratchet was able to do for him, laments over the fact that he's still "two-fisted".

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** Wheeljack from ''WesternAnimation/TranformersPrime'' ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' shows signs of this after he and Ultra Magnus suffer heavy damage from a brutal fight with the predacon, Predaking. Despite Wheeljack being the one taking more damage, Ultra Magnus is the one that loses his hand in the fight. He's repaired with a claw-like appendage while Wheeljack, after seeing that this was all Ratchet was able to do for him, laments over the fact that he's still "two-fisted".

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** [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1]] Bluestreak is described as the only survivor of his city, and presumably developed his nervous habit of constant chatterboxing to fill the silence.



** [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1]] Bluestreak is described as the only survivor of his city, and presumably developed his nervous habit of constant chatterboxing to fill the silence.

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** [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1]] Bluestreak is described as Wheeljack from ''WesternAnimation/TranformersPrime'' shows signs of this after he and Ultra Magnus suffer heavy damage from a brutal fight with the only survivor of predacon, Predaking. Despite Wheeljack being the one taking more damage, Ultra Magnus is the one that loses his city, and presumably developed his nervous habit of constant chatterboxing to fill hand in the silence.fight. He's repaired with a claw-like appendage while Wheeljack, after seeing that this was all Ratchet was able to do for him, laments over the fact that he's still "two-fisted".

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* In ''Manhwa/CielTheLastAutumnStory'', January Lightsphere has a severe case of this over [[spoiler:Lilith]], as they suffered an attack of conscience over plotting to get him killed in a house fire, and died saving him after he'd already consigned himself to his fate.


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* In ''Manhwa/CielTheLastAutumnStory'', January Lightsphere has a severe case of this over [[spoiler:Lilith]], as they suffered an attack of conscience over plotting to get him killed in a house fire, and died saving him after he'd already consigned himself to his fate.
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* In ''Series/{{House}}'' at the end of season four, there is a sense of this after House survives a bus crash.

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* In ''Series/{{House}}'' at the end of season four, there [[spoiler: Amber leaves Wilson's house late at night to pick House up from a bar only for the two of them to get into a bus crash on the way home, with Amber being badly injured. They become separated in the commotion afterwards and the trauma of the accident makes House unable to recall it clearly, forgetting that it was Amber he was with until it's too late; by the time he remembers everything and the team finds her being treated at another hospital, she's deteriorated so severely that they put her on life support. Wilson wakes her up to say goodbye and tearfully pulls the plug at her request. House is a from then on haunted both by his failure to save her and his sense that it should have been him; in a dream sequence, he tells her that someone as miserable as him should have died while someone as young and in love as her should have lived. Throughout the next season, he [[HauntingTheGuilty hallucinates her at random, with the two of this after House survives a bus crash.them having full conversations.]]]]
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* In Donovan's Echo, the titular character suffers from a severe case of this which seems to be affecting his grasp of reality.

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* In Donovan's Echo, ''Film/DonovansEcho'', the titular character suffers from a severe case of this which seems to be affecting his grasp of reality.
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** ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'': This forms a major facet of Koichi Shikishima's character arc, as he is wracked with guilt over his failure to save his comrades on Odo Island when Godzilla attacked them (with the only other survivor blaming him for what happened, as Soichi had the chance to fire on Godzilla but froze up in fear), on top of his guilt over deserting his duty by bailing out of a kamikaze mission, plaguing him with nightmares and emotional breakdowns throughout the film.

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** ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'': This forms a major facet of Koichi Shikishima's character arc, as he is wracked with guilt over his failure to save his comrades on Odo Island when Godzilla attacked them (with the only other survivor blaming him for what happened, as Soichi Koichi had the chance to fire on Godzilla but froze up in fear), on top of his guilt over deserting his duty by bailing out of a kamikaze mission, plaguing him with nightmares and emotional breakdowns throughout the film.
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** ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'': This forms a major facet of Soichi Shikishima's character arc, as he is wracked with guilt over his failure to save his comrades on Odo Island when Godzilla attacked them (with the only other survivor blaming him for what happened, as Soichi had the chance to fire on Godzilla but froze up in fear), on top of his guilt over deserting his duty by bailing out of a kamikaze mission, plaguing him with nightmares and emotional breakdowns throughout the film.

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** ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'': This forms a major facet of Soichi Koichi Shikishima's character arc, as he is wracked with guilt over his failure to save his comrades on Odo Island when Godzilla attacked them (with the only other survivor blaming him for what happened, as Soichi had the chance to fire on Godzilla but froze up in fear), on top of his guilt over deserting his duty by bailing out of a kamikaze mission, plaguing him with nightmares and emotional breakdowns throughout the film.
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* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': Shinji is his ''timeline'''s only survivor. He blames himself for being incapable of saving everyone, especially his family. Asuka’s death is his biggest regret, since he did nothing when she was being butchered and eaten alive.

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* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeelingCrazy88'': Shinji is his ''timeline'''s only survivor. He blames himself for being incapable of saving everyone, especially his family. Asuka’s death is his biggest regret, since he did nothing when she was being butchered and eaten alive.

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* In the finale of ''WebVideo/EpicSMP'' Season 1, [=SwaggerSouls=] and jschlatt's greed leads to the [[spoiler:complete and total destruction of the server, leaving [=SwaggerSouls=] the only survivor. He tries to get his friends back by creating a portal into the Void, which he is punished by the universe for]].

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* In the finale of ''WebVideo/EpicSMP'' Season 1, [=SwaggerSouls=] and jschlatt's Jschlatt's greed leads to the [[spoiler:complete and total destruction of the server, leaving [=SwaggerSouls=] the only survivor. He tries to get his friends back by creating a portal into the Void, which he is punished by the universe for]].for]].
* In the finale of the ''WebVideo/PiratesSMP'', whenever [[spoiler:Scott]] has to break the bad news about [[spoiler:his little brother Acho sacrificing starself for him in a last-second MoreHeroThanThou]], he repeatedly reiterates that it should have been him that died, seemingly regarding it as MyGreatestFailure.
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** ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'': This forms a major facet of Soichi Shikishima's character arc, as he is wracked with guilt over his failure to save his comrades on Odo Island when Godzilla attacked them (as the only other survivor blames him for what happened), on top of his guilt over deserting his duty by bailing out of a kamikaze mission, plaguing him with nightmares and emotional breakdowns throughout the film.

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** ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'': This forms a major facet of Soichi Shikishima's character arc, as he is wracked with guilt over his failure to save his comrades on Odo Island when Godzilla attacked them (as (with the only other survivor blames blaming him for what happened), happened, as Soichi had the chance to fire on Godzilla but froze up in fear), on top of his guilt over deserting his duty by bailing out of a kamikaze mission, plaguing him with nightmares and emotional breakdowns throughout the film.
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** ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'': This forms a major facet of Soichi Shikishima's character arc, as he is wracked with guilt over his failure to save his comrades on Odo Island when Godzilla attacked them, on top of his guilt over deserting his duty by bailing out of a kamikaze mission, plaguing him with nightmares and emotional breakdowns throughout the film.

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** ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'': This forms a major facet of Soichi Shikishima's character arc, as he is wracked with guilt over his failure to save his comrades on Odo Island when Godzilla attacked them, them (as the only other survivor blames him for what happened), on top of his guilt over deserting his duty by bailing out of a kamikaze mission, plaguing him with nightmares and emotional breakdowns throughout the film.

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