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--->spoiler:'''Sophist:''' [[RageBreakingPoint I... CAN'T GET A WIN!]] '''''[[BigWHY WHYYYY?!]]'''''

** In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTL1_OQ_Vnw They tried ruining my birthday in Mario Party...]]", Vernias is only 5 spaces away from the Star, so he uses his Triple Dice for insurance... He ends up rolling a ''4'', the worst possible roll, as he would've at least gotten 20 coins had he rolled a 3.
** In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiVYO6UAumg This Mario Party Game turned VIOLENT]]", it looks like Sophist might actually win a normal game of ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' for once... only for Brent to get both Bonus Stars, crushing his hopes once again:
--->'''Sophist:''' [[RageBreakingPoint I... CAN'T GET A WIN!]] '''''[[BigWHY WHYYYY?!]]'''''
** Similarly, in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxujITAsWKY Mario Party 3 broke us all...]]", it seems like Sophist could finally win a proper ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' game for once... only for Brent to accidently force the former to give ''2'' of his Stars to Vernias via Chance Time and get awarded the ''2'' Bonus Stars he needed to secure his win, as he had more coins than everyone else.

* LetsPlay/PartyCrashers:

->'''Chakotay:''' We finally make a connection with home and then it's ripped away from us; We manage to make ''another'' enemy who's going to try and hunt us down and destroy us; and on top of that--
->'''Janeway:''' It's all right. You can say it. On top of ''all'' that, I got a Dear John letter.

* ''LetsPlay/{{Dream}}'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tylNqtyj0gs "Minecraft Speedrunner VS 3 Hunters GRAND FINALE"]]: After getting chased by three hunters with iron armor and swords (the luckiest they've been, according to Dream,) having to fall off a mountain to buy himself some time, and having to go underwater and make himself a hole in which he almost drowned himself in, he finds a cave with some diamonds... only for Dream to have to make an iron pickaxe to actually get the diamonds. By the time the furnaces are done smelting the iron and having made himself the pickaxe, the hunters are right on his tail, and they notice the diamonds. They successfully prevent Dream from getting half the diamonds, and he's upset about this.

-->'''Daffy:''' '''''[[SkywardScream CUBISH!!!]]'''''

** At one point in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTL1_OQ_Vnw They tried ruining my birthday in Mario Party...]]", Vernias is only 5 spaces away from the Star, so he uses his Triple Dice for insurance... He ends up rolling a ''4'', the worst possible roll, as he would've at least gotten 20 coins had he rolled a 3.

** Similarly, in their game on ''VideoGame/MarioParty3''[='=]s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxujITAsWKY Deep Bloober Sea]], it seems like Sophist could finally win a proper ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' game for once... only for Brent to accidently force the former to give ''2'' of his Stars to Vernias via Chance Time and get awarded the ''2'' Bonus Stars he needed to secure his win, as he had more coins than everyone else.

** At one point in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTL1_OQ_Vnw They tried ruining my birthday in Mario Party...]]", Vernias is only 5 spaces away from the Star, so he decides to use his Triple Dice for insurance... He ends up rolling a ''4'', the worst possible roll, as he would've at least gotten 20 coins had he rolled a 3.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheWilloughbys'': [[spoiler: After rescuing their parents from freezing to death on top of the Unclimbable Alp, the Willoughby children confessed their plans to get rid of them and started telling them to come home. Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby walked towards Tim, Jane, and the Barnaby twins, thinking they saw the errors of their ways. That is until Mr. Willoughby pushed his children out of the way and took his wife to the blimp. When the couple got inside, Mr. Willoughby accidently popped the blimp and left their children stranded.]]

* [[Franchise/StarWars Luke, Leia, and Han]] in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', big time. You'd think that after ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', all of their troubles would come to an end? Hell no. Thirty years later, Luke has [[spoiler: become a hermit after an apprentice of his turned to the dark side and killed the next generation of Jedi that Luke was training]]. Said apprentice was [[spoiler: Ben Solo, the son of Han and Leia, whose FaceHeelTurn drove the two apart, with Han and Chewie returning to smuggling, while the knowledge that Leia is Darth Vader's daughter effectively destroys her political career]]. The First Order, a political and military faction partly made up of former Empire operatives and led by Supreme Leader Snoke, is waging war against the Republic and [[spoiler: destroys its capital, Hosnian Prime]]. Finally and most heartbreakingly, Han tries to turn [[spoiler: his son]] back to the light side, and it almost seems as if [[spoiler: Ben]] decides to do so...[[spoiler: until he stabs Han in the chest with his lightsaber and kills him.]] And the cherry on top is that [[spoiler: Ben Solo/]]Kylo Ren is inspired by [[spoiler: his grandfather, but not for being Anakin Skywalker, but rather for being]] Darth Vader. Considering all the Jedi and the Rebellion went through starting from ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' until ''Return of the Jedi'', it seems as if fate is purposely trying to cause hell. Just imagine how the force ghosts of Anakin, Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Yoda must be feeling, watching all of this (and [[Film/TheLastJedi the]] [[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker follow-ups]] [[FromBadToWorse only make things even worse]]).

*** Asgard [[spoiler:[[Film/ThorRagnarok was destroyed]] in order to kill a mad goddess]], but the Asgardians have escaped [[spoiler:extinction and are heading to Earth in hope for a better future. Then Thanos attacks their ship, and their already dwindling population is decreased by half. Worse, according to WordOfGod Lady Sif and the InUniverse actor who played Loki were among those killed by Thanos's culling, meaning that half of ''those left'' perished with the Snap]]. Film/ThorLoveandThunder shows that Sif is alive.
*** After all his inner struggles Loki finds some measure of peace and acceptance, only to witness [[spoiler:half of those he chose to protect slaughtered and his brother tortured. Then Thanos brutally kills him]].
*** After losing her parents and her brother and being overridden by guilt over the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', Wanda finds some happiness in her relationship with Vision, only for [[spoiler:Vision to get badly wounded and to ask her to destroy the Mind Stone, killing him in the process]]. She spends the majority of the movie trying to find another way, [[spoiler:but after an intense battle in Wakanda, as Thanos approaches the couple, Wanda finally decides to destroy the Stone, killing Vision in a particularly painful manner. While she succeeds, Thanos reverses time to restore Vision and his Mind Stone only to rip it off of Vision and kill him again. Wanda is helpless to stop him, and dies herself after the BadassFingersnap a few moments later]]. ''Series/WandaVision'' keeps up the trend [[spoiler: with Wanda briefly enjoying domestic bliss with Vision and twin sons before being forced to give them up when she realizes the cost of her fantasy on the innocent people of Westview.]]
** ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'': The A-plot is Scott Lang teaming up with Hank Pym and Hope van Dyne to rescue Janet van Dyne, Hank's wife and Hope's mother, from the Quantum Realm where she has been trapped for decades. And they succeed! [[spoiler:...Only for [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Thanos's Snap]] to occur a short time later whilst the family has Scott recovering particles in the Quantum Realm, resulting in the family being disintegrated by the Infinity Gauntlet and Scott stranded in the Quantum Realm.]]

* ''Film/PsychoBeachParty'': The murderer has been caught, [[spoiler:Chicklet's SplitPersonality has been cured]], romantic stories are all tied off happily, all of that is now behind them as the all live hap-oh god. [[spoiler:It was all a dream as Chicklet is in a mental hospital getting realistically horrifying shock therapy]]... Happy?

** [[spoiler:After this, it turns out Garnett ''still'' wants the opal and he comes to Howard's office with an offer for $160k, which is just enough money to pay off the debt he now owes Gooey and the one he owes the very irate mobsters who are ''currently in his shop'' asking for him. Instead of finally paying the mobsters off for good, [[CrazyEnoughToWork he comes up with a crazy plan to lock the mobsters in the shop and get Julia to place another big bet on the Celtics, which incredibly works]], leaving Howard with a cool $1.2M payout. The victory is short-lived because while Howard is obviously ecstatic and Arno is visibly relieved and even quite happy for him, [[AxCrazy Phil]] is thoroughly fed up of Howard's shit by now and [[CuttingTheKnot opts for getting the money back by just looting the entire shop]]. The moment Howard lets him out, he storms over and shoots Howard in the face without hesitation.]]
* ''[[Creator/OscarWilde Wilde]]'': Oscar has it pretty rough in the last 20 minutes or so, what with being imprisoned for 2 years of hard labor just for being gay (because homosexuality was actually ''illegal'' in England back then). Then his wife Constance comes to see him and, guess what? Not only does she ''not'' want a divorce even after he's cheated on her with ''men'' (and lots of them), but she'll let him see his kids again! A happy ending for when he gets out of prison! Right? '''No.''' His sentence ends and he learns that [[spoiler:Constance is dead, which not only takes away her, but any hope Oscar has of seeing his two boys again]].

* ''Film/TheWorldOfKanako'': The narrator is bullied constantly and when he meets Kanako he finally seems to overcome his sucky life. It turns out that [[spoiler:Kanako just manipulates and corrupts him, and he gets killed after a series of even more suffering]].

* ''Podcast/TheMagnusArchives'' has a doozy. In MAG 160, Jon has saved [[spoiler:Martin]] from the Lonely, they've escaped to Daisy's safehouse in Scotland, and they seem to be genuinely happy for the first time in years...[[spoiler:and then Jonah Magnus forces Jon to read a statement that brings all the Fears into the world, effectively causing the apocalypse]].

** In Case 1-4, Phoenix manages to prove Edgeworth innocent of murder... only for [[spoiler:Edgeworth to confess to the murder of his father]].
** In Case 2-4, the police are working tirelessly to [[spoiler:rescue Maya from Shelly de Killer]]. Mia manages to give Gumshoe some landmarks to look for, and they find the hide-out. [[spoiler:De Killer has already escaped, taking Maya with him.]]
** In 3-2, [[spoiler:resident WarmUpBoss Winston Payne is about to finally win a trial on-screen, fair and square. Literally seconds before a guilty verdict is handed down, the defendant is needed for the case Phoenix is dealing with, putting the trial on hold]].
** In Case 3-5, [[spoiler:Maya ultimately escapes being murdered by the ghost of her insane cousin, only to learn that her mother was killed in the process]].

** In [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies the fifth game]], it looks like all hope is lost for Solomon Starbuck being found innocent, until Detective Fulbright finds a previously-overlooked piece of evidence. Phoenix eagerly builds his case on this evidence, insisting that a fingerprint analysis be done because a third party who he'd been arguing was the real killer might have left their prints on it. The good news? He's right, the evidence does prove a third person was there. The bad news? The prints belong to [[spoiler:Athena Cykes, ''your sidekick'']].
* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': When the killer of the third case is caught and executed, [[spoiler: Celeste is set up to be burned at the stake. But because it's the kind of dramatic death [[ElegantGothicLolita Celeste]] would have wanted, Monokuma has her [[DeathByAmbulance run over by a fire truck]] instead, since car accidents are a much more mundane death.]]
** Also involving the victim of the third case; [[spoiler:Kiyotaka had completely shut down after witnessing Mondo, his first and OnlyFriend, be brutally executed for killing Chihiro in a fit of rage, as [[ILetGwenStacyDie he blames himself for both of their deaths]]. He then discovers Alter Ego, an A.I. created by Chihiro, which tells him that he should live on for both Mondo and Chihiro's sakes. Just when it seems that Taka is going to get better, Celeste and Hifumi kill him]].
** In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', just as it seems as though Tenko and Himiko are slowly rebuilding their friendship into something healthier than before, [[spoiler: Tenko tragically dies in a death trap originally intended for ''Himiko''. Needless to say, Himiko does not take this well]].

* ''WebAnimation/CaillouTheGrownUp'': [[spoiler: In "A Very Special Caillou", after putting up with Caillou long enough, Boris decides that he needs to die. During a confrontation at the dinner table, Caillou dies of a heart attack, Boris begins to celebrate...and it turns out to be AllJustADream. Cue a BigNo from Boris, followed by him screaming in anguish and throwing the alarm clock into the wall.]]

* ''[[WebAnimation/PonyDotMov SHED.MOV]]'' opens with Apple Bloom ''finally'' getting her cutie mark... [[GiantFootOfStomping and is stomped on]] by [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Discord]] five seconds later. [[spoiler:Though in SWAG.MOV, which features Rainbow Dash going back in time, Apple Bloom gets away before Discord can step on her.]]

* In the backstory of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', [[spoiler:Salem is reunited with her dead lover when the God of Darkness takes pity on her, only for him to be vaporized ''twice'' when both of the Gods come to blows. Then she's cursed with immortality so that they could never be reunited in the afterlife]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' had a side story where [[ButtMonkey Syphile]] met someone who respected her and tried to help her cope with and improve her life (albeit by drugging everyone), but you know it's going to end badly because [[ButtMonkey nothing ever works for her. Ever]]. Though the story was unfinished it was indicated that the guy died at some point, possibly by her hand. And then later she throws her lot in with the Sharen and has the opportunity to start her life over with a significant amount of money, but [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Chrys'tel]] suggests that Syphile prove herself and assassinate her adopted mother Quain'tana instead. In the end [[spoiler:the assassination attempt fails and Syphile dies]].

* ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'': [[ZigzaggingTrope Zigzagged]] with Ace. He's a {{nice guy}}, but if anything can go wrong, [[ButtMonkey he's usually the victim.]] His only run of good fortune, was when he managed to hook up [[{{bifauxnen}} with Brooke.]] Which didn't last, due to Ace being [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/eerie-cuties/2012-12-10 manipulated by Melissa]], and [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/eerie-cuties/2012-12-31 Tia's]] [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/eerie-cuties/2013-10-23 interference]], which caused Brooke to break up with him. But the ''Wolf Harts'' one-shot epilogue story reveals that [[spoiler: they eventually got back together during their college years, as FriendsWithBenefits]].

* Patchy got hit with this hard in one of the arcs of ''Webcomic/LifeOfMaid''. After Patchy decides to get a new handheld, a Nintendo 3DS, she comes short of the money needed to buy it and decides to go to Remilia for money. But instead of simply giving her the money like in a previous arc, she puts Patchy to work around the mansion. After working her ass off, she finally gets her hands on it -- but just two strips later, she leaves the 3DS unattended to use the little girl's room, only to have it get [[spoiler:eaten by Yuyuko, who mistakes the chicken in the [[VideoGame/CookingMama "Cooking Papa"]] game she was playing for the real deal]].

** Later, Rumi gets the news that Heaven is willing to give him a hearing about letting him back into heaven. The catch? The next available hearing is in [[spoiler:73 years. Ash doesn't take it well.]]

* ''Webcomic/VampireGirl'': Levana spends much of her entire life as a vampire and was absolutely miserable because of it. After she manages to become a human, she is thoroughly happy with her newfound mortality, [[spoiler: but it isn't too long after that when the Vampiress learns of his, has Levana captured, and then bites her and turns her back into a vampire to prepare her for a sacrifice.]]

* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic gets plenty of yanking, but the cruelest might have to be near the start of ''Film/SimonSez''. When he complains to [[Creator/AllisonPregler Lupa]] that he always gives in to people wanting to do a review with him, she says she won't push it and leaves. He's overjoyed that someone finally listened to him and he now has a new lease on life, but it turns out that [[spoiler:she was just trolling him]].

** In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiVYO6UAumg This Mario Party Game turned VIOLENT]]", it looks like Sophist might actually win a normal game of ''Mario Party'' for once... only for Brent to get both Bonus Stars, crushing his hopes once again.

** Similarly, during their game on ''Mario Party 3''[='=]s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxujITAsWKY Deep Bloober Sea]], it seems like Sophist could finally win a proper ''Mario Party'' game for once... only for Brent to accidently force the former to give ''2'' of his Stars to Vernias via Chance Time and get awarded the ''2'' Bonus Stars he needed to secure his win, as he had more coins than everyone else.

* ''LetsPlay/PartyCrashers'':

* John [=McClane=]'s marriage is patched up at the end of each ''Franchise/DieHard'' movie and broken up by the next one. In [[Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard the fourth]] he's divorced, and it's his relationship with his daughter that needs patching up.

''That'', right there, is the feeling and painful acknowledgment by the GenreSavvy viewer that FailureIsTheOnlyOption. Why? Because TheWoobie is ''not'' going to get [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted to keep her money]] and move out of PerpetualPoverty. Because the [[GirlOfTheWeek Bond Girl]] is ''not'' going to stay HappilyMarried to Film/JamesBond and [[CartwrightCurse will be dead before the movie's over]]. The home that TheDrifter has been accepted into will promptly become a DoomedHometown, forcing him [[WalkingTheEarth back on the road]] again. A character TrappedInAnotherWorld will find that his apparent chance to [[TheHomewardJourney get back home]] has fatal flaws or [[FriendOrIdolDecision comes at the cost of friends or innocents]] and must be turned down. [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Ash Ketchum]], despite making it to the Top 4 of the SeasonFinale's TournamentArc, will lose to an unintroduced rival who owns OlympusMons. [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]] will get the football yanked out from under him by Lucy once again just as he's about to kick it. [[Series/GilligansIsland Gilligan]] (or someone else) will bungle the latest attempt by the crew of the ''Minnow'' to get rescued and get off the island. The Advertising/TrixRabbit won't get to enjoy his bowl of Trix because KidsAreCruel. [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain The Brain]] will see Pinky's bumbling (or his own arrogance) ruin everything just when world domination seems within his grasp (yes, this trope applies to villains and {{Anti Villain}}s too). And deep down, we know it and expect it.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', When Ming interrupts the 4*Town concert Mei attends, she busts Mei's opportunity to touch [[CelebrityCrush Robaire]]'s hand.