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Possibly [[Truth in Television]] for the more extreme cases. If you're fighting for your life, you don't have time to think about how awful it is. Except for the times when you crack and go shellshocked, maybe.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Minorin in ''[[Toradora!]]'' lives by the principle that she shall always be happy, no matter what happens. Although she doesn't have any actual tragedy in her past, this still leaves her feeling a bit... hollow, at times. She might even fool herself, but she isn't fooling the viewers.

** His brother as well. To sum up: His father leaves, mother dies, and they decide to bring her back. This fails, and he's {{spoiler|temporarily trapped in the screwed up body that they ended up making}} and loses his body to [[Eldritch Abomination|the Truth]]. Al then blocks the Truth from his memory out of shock, taking away the good (clappable transmutation) that was supposed to come with the bad. His brother manages to bring back his soul and attach it to a suit of armor, leaving him unable to sleep, eat, feel, and all around pretty much keeping him from leading a normal life. Al blames himself for all of this. Now, once we start on the main storyline, well, let's just say that [[It Got Worse|things didn't get any better from there.]]

** One of the most significant changes to [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|the 2003 anime version]] was throwing out this [[Trope]], much to the chagrin of many [[Broken Base|manga purists]]. To this day, the prospect of whether or not this change was good or bad remains a staple of any [[Fan Wank|discussion]] between the two camps.

** Not just once, either. Practically every episode. He's a little thickheaded, no?

** This is eventually, partially, justified in the [[Light Novels|light novel]]: the [[Power Tattoo|familiar's seal]] Saito was given suppressed his inclination for homesickness (which [[Fridge Logic|makes sense]] ...). When Tifania removes the [[Power Tattoo|seal]], his reaction ''was'' all the [[Angst]] bottled up for about a year. He does get better.

 

== Film ==

** In ''Goblet of Fire'', {{spoiler|Barty Crouch}} is found dead in the woods and... no one cares. It's literally never mentioned again. Not that his death should inspire all that much angst, but it's a fairly important plot point in the book, and besides, a Ministry official ''showed up dead in the forest.'' Someone want to... look into that?

* ''[[The Horror of Party Beach]]''. Less than a month after his girlfriend gets killed by a monster, Hank returns to the very beach she died on and comments to a band member, "Pretty dead tonight, huh, Ron?" They play a spritely tune to get the moods up.

* This was the gimmick of [[Pollyanna]].