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* By the end of ''[[Face Off]]'', the wife has had sex with the ultimate evil criminal impostor, mistaking him for her husband, and the daughter has {{spoiler|put a knife into said criminal's body}} - an act which rarely leaves people unscarred in [[Real Life]]. This family really should be falling apart any second now - but we are asked to accept this as a [[Happy End]].

* In ''[[Zombieland]]'', Columbus {{spoiler|shoots and kills Bill Murray by mistake.}} He suffers no angst at all about this, but in fairness {{spoiler|Bill Murray himself}} takes it pretty well all things considered. Tallahassee, on the other hand, is in tears.

* A minor problem with ''[[Mars Attacks ~~(Film)~~]]'', as the President's daughter is seen at the end, only days after her parents have been killed, presenting Richie with his medal and seems unaffected. She even starts to ask him out. Arguably, Richie himself, who is only briefly affected by the death of his brother.

* A minor problem with ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'', as the President's daughter is seen at the end, only days after her parents have been killed, presenting Richie with his medal and seems unaffected. She even starts to ask him out. Arguably, Richie himself, who is only briefly affected by the death of his brother.

* In ''[[A Kid in King Arthur's Court]]'', Calvin has been transported to [[King Arthur|Camelot]] without warning. He spends his first few days in another time period [[Schizo-Tech|commissioning rollerblades from the local blacksmith and making Big Macs]] [[Fridge Logic|somehow.]]

* In ''[[2012]]'', given that something like 99.995% of the world's population died less than a month ago {{spoiler|everyone on the arks seems to have got over it rather quickly. Adrian and the President's daughter deserve special mention, flirting carefree just after both their fathers (and presumably the rest of their families) died.}}

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* Aileen Harding from ''[[Alien Syndrome]]'' has every right to feel relatively down most of the time, but she usually is in good enough shape to not take it too far.

* The protagonist of ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'' both averts and embraces it - while he strives to go home, he does so in a manner free of angst.

** In [[Final Fantasy Tactics ~~a 2~~]], the protagonist is dragged alone (at least Marche had his friends dragged with him), he kind of goes with it. At one point, he rather cheerfully admits to forgetting that the whole point of him traveling and adventuring was to go home; he was having to much fun, you know, traveling and adventuring.

** In [[Final Fantasy Tactics A2]], the protagonist is dragged alone (at least Marche had his friends dragged with him), he kind of goes with it. At one point, he rather cheerfully admits to forgetting that the whole point of him traveling and adventuring was to go home; he was having to much fun, you know, traveling and adventuring.

* Zidane of ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' is surprisingly well adjusted for a 16-year-old orphan with a tail that gets dragged along to multiple genocides over the course of the game. To the point where it's genuinely shocking that his true origins can actually cause a [[Heroic BSOD]], which he still gets over rather quickly. Even the ''adults'' in this game aren't that well put-together.

** And while finding out his origins did freak him out a bit, he immediately pushed it aside and turned on his creator while citing [[Power of Friendship]]. The BSOD only occurred after said creator apparently ripped his soul out, and it took the rest of the party's [[Power of Friendship]] speeches to help him recover.

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* Dwarves in ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' have an odd way of measuring their moods; it's a strict positive/negative thing. Did their wife and children just get killed by a [[Our Monsters Are Weird|Forgotten Beast]]? This can be balanced out by a eating in a ''really'' nice communal dining room, sleeping in a nice bedroom, and obtaining a well-made pair of socks, leaving them at least "quite content" overall.

** The [[Alternative Character Interpretation]] is that quite content is more "coping with life" than it is "sort of happy". At anything below "quite content", Dwarves are at risk of snapping in one way or another, throwing a potentially [[Disaster Dominoes|Fortress destroying]] tantrum, being [[Driven to Suicide]] or going permanently [[Ax Crazy]]. Or going into a fell mood and killing some random dwarf...

* In the little known game ''[[~~Brave the Search For Spirit Dancer|~~Brave: The Search For Spirit Dancer]]'', the main character Brave sees his [[Doomed Hometown|home destroyed]], his best friend Meadow Flower turned into a [[Buffy-Speak|sort-of zombie... thing]], has his mentor, Grey Bear, [[Mentor Occupational Hazard|die]] [[Died in Your Arms Tonight|in his arms]], [[Heroic Sacrifice|after shielding]] [[Taking the Bullet|Brave from an attack]], and is forced to flee for his life. ''All in the same scene.'' Brave is upset about it for about a scene or so, but then cheerfully goes on his way to find the Spirit Dancer.

* In the little known game ''[[Brave: The Search For Spirit Dancer]]'', the main character Brave sees his [[Doomed Hometown|home destroyed]], his best friend Meadow Flower turned into a [[Buffy-Speak|sort-of zombie... thing]], has his mentor, Grey Bear, [[Mentor Occupational Hazard|die]] [[Died in Your Arms Tonight|in his arms]], [[Heroic Sacrifice|after shielding]] [[Taking the Bullet|Brave from an attack]], and is forced to flee for his life. ''All in the same scene.'' Brave is upset about it for about a scene or so, but then cheerfully goes on his way to find the Spirit Dancer.

* ''[[Half-Life]]'' has the one and only Gordon Freeman, a young physicist who never saw combat before [[The End of the World as We Know It|the Black Mesa Incident]] and afterwards has spent almost ''an entire week'' fighting for his life, with any respites lasting no more than an hour at a time. Granted, as a [[Heroic Mime]] the player never gets to see his reaction, but at this point he should be huddled in a corner somewhere, not facing the next deadly monstrosity guns blazing.

** The HEV suit automatically dispenses morphine, antitoxin and other substances as the need arises, plus whatever they have in those instant-heal medpacks. It's likely he's basically riding a nigh permanent morphine/adrenaline/drug rollercoaster, with too many ups and downs for him to stop and think about what's going on.

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'''Psyk:''' That's the short of it. }}

** Averted with Angela, who has to be committed to an insane asylum after the "[http://pics.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=000626 KITTEN]" adventure, while the main characters go off to have [[Beach Episode|fun in the sun]].

* ''[[~~Sabrina Online (Webcomic)|~~Sabrina Online]]'' has Sabrina learning that Zig Zag had a difficult childhood with [[Abusive Parents]]. However, Zig Zag has put that behind her and is adamant that she doesn't want to talk about it; she's doesn't want her sexual appetites to be treated as a source of pity.

* ''[[Sabrina Online]]'' has Sabrina learning that Zig Zag had a difficult childhood with [[Abusive Parents]]. However, Zig Zag has put that behind her and is adamant that she doesn't want to talk about it; she's doesn't want her sexual appetites to be treated as a source of pity.

** Although there is the implication that some of Zig Zag's behavior is a result of her coping with her bad childhood.

** You have to admit that resorting to cheap [[Freudian Excuse]] to justify her various excentricities has to be irritant anyway.