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{{quote|''[[:Category:Trope Namers|Any landing you can walk away from is a good one!]]''|'''Gerald R. Massie''', U.S. Army Air Forces photographer; written in 1944 after the crash-landing of his B-17.}}
A normal person would be annoyed, upset, angry or downright furious at having gone through a near-death experience, having nearly gone to jail unfairly (or actually done some time there unfairly), nearly losing, or actually losing, their worldly possessions, loved ones, reputation, and so on, and so forth. ▼
▲A normal person would be annoyed, upset, angry or downright furious at having gone through a near-death experience, having nearly gone to jail unfairly (or actually done some time there unfairly), nearly losing, or actually losing, their worldly possessions, loved ones, reputation, and so on, and so forth.
Some people might even, and with good reason, sue for damages, look for revenge or become emotionally scarred for life due to it.
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Not so with characters in movies, anime, TV, some books, and so on, that get exposed to such dangers by a villain, by fate or even by the heroes themselves. As far as they are concerned, "All is well that ends well" is a saying to be followed utterly if they leave any experience with their health intact (or recoverable), to the point of not even minding the long hours of risk, pain, heart-wrenching pressure and emotional distress, along with possible property, reputation, love-life, and other kinds of damage, reversible or not, inflicted by the Villain, the [[Hanging Judge]], and so on. They, rather, simply focus on how fine and dandy it is that they escaped their ordeal physically (never emotionally, sometimes socially) unscathed (or, depending on the show, not TOO beaten up or not too dead). This is frequent with secondary characters or unnamed ones: The show won't include them dying or anything too irreversible, but the near complete destruction of their property, loved ones or reputation is treated as an afterthought, and it's not uncommon to see them reacting very calmly to it.
Compare [[Easily Forgiven]]. Occasionally combines with [[Only the Leads Get
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* When ''[[Bleach]]'' character Uryuu Ishida, uses his hollow bait to start a Hollow-hunt-off with Ichigo in the middle of a city. Many people get injured (but mindwiped) and secondary characters get very shaken up, but he is accepted as a friend shortly thereafter by the main cast. Of course, they had known him for a while as a student and it had been an accident (he had only expected a few, not the hundreds that came), but still...
* Keiko Yukimura, from ''[[
** She was pretty out of it around that time. She didn't really know who Hiei was past figuring he was one of her boyfriend's buddies.
* In ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]'', Rally and Minnie May get into an argument, after which Minnie May explodes Rally's car. After Rally takes a cab home, she is held up by muggers. Minnie May shows up and the two drive the muggers away. They go on to make amends despite the fact that Minnie May exploded Rally's very expensive (about 150,000 bucks) car.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Subverted in ''[[Marvel|Punisher Kills The Marvel Universe]]''. Several X-Men are shot dead by Frank Castle after apologizing for an alien fight which killed his family. Then the killings continue...
* Also subverted in ''[[Green Lantern
== [[Eastern Animation]] ==
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* In the movie ''[[Independence Day]]'', the kids of the drunkard who crashes his plane into the soft spot of the alien mother ship are pretty sad because their dad just died only to be all "Hooray!" when Bill Pullman tells them "All their base are belong to us! The good guys win! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!"
** Well, their father, hitherto regarded by all and sundry as both worthless and crazy, has just:
* Averted in ''[[
* In the movie ''[[Taken (
** Not to mention {{spoiler|her best friend died of an apparent overdose in one of the brothels.}}
* ''[[The Game (
* ''[[My Super Ex
** But, you know, she's [[Yandere|EXTREMELY]] [[Clingy Jealous Girl|crazy]], considering that she'd done all that, and in fact notes that she COULD'VE killed him for breaking up with her, but didn't because "Deep down, I knew you'd realize your mistake and come back to me." Sure, I bet he suffered a giant LOAD of emotional stress, but he would NEVER say it to her, lest she go crazy again.
* Subverted in the 2010 French film ''The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec''. At the end of the movie all seems good and settled, and the titular heroine Adèle decides to relax herself by going on a cruise. Unfortunately for her, the ship that she boards is {{spoiler|the Titanic}}. Pretty creepy, for an otherwise lighthearted movie.
* In ''[[Date Night]]'', even though the police know the protagonists are directly responsible for breaking and entering, information theft, the destruction of a New York City Cab, quite a few parked cars and a substantial number of police cars, they get off just fine in the end with nary a slap on the wrist. Seems like their [[Hero Insurance]] was paid up.
* In the film ''[[Mystery Team]]'', the characters seem pretty fine, despite the fact that they {{spoiler|get chased through the woods by a drug dealer, held at gunpoint by a man they trusted, see two corpses, get shot (Jason), kill a man and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|lose their bikes]]}}.
* ''[[Anger Management]]'' is basically a string of degrading humiliations for Adam Sandler's character. But that's okay, because {{spoiler|it was all a hoax played by his girlfriend, for his own good.}}
* The protagonist's wife in ''[[Face Off]]'' was basically {{spoiler|raped by the terrorist numerous times, while being under the impression that he was her husband}}, and the daughter, at the very least, had to watch all this. In [[Real Life]], those people would be off to quite a few therapy sessions. Not so in movieland.
== [[Literature]] ==
* Played straight in the [[Trope Namer]], Shakespeare's ''[[All's
** Subverted in Shakespeare's ''[[Twelfth Night]]'': at the end of the comedy, Malvolio, abused and humiliated, announces his intention to have his just revenge upon his persecutors, striking a discordant note in the middle of an otherwise happy ending to the action.
* [[
** Also not a happy ending, not even of the
*** Who said it was completely happy? More of a comforting.
* Watson in ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' is the most extraordinarily forgiving man in literature. Holmes puts him through hell, faking his own death and making him endure all kinds of bizarre situations. He forgives him instantly and in the main part, never refers to the incidents again.
** Holmes becomes a much worse friend after coming back from the dead; before that, despite being thoroughly annoying as a housemate, he was a reasonably pleasant comrade who clearly valued his friend-and-colleague and certainly never forced Watson to do anything. The really impressive thing with Watson from the start is that his self-esteem appears to be under no threat one way or the other from hanging around with an insufferable know-it-all.
* ''Breaking Dawn'', the last book in the ''[[Twilight (
* Ginny in ''[[Harry Potter and
** In ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (novel)|Order of the Phoenix]]'', it's strongly hinted at that she did suffer trauma.
** And in ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (novel)|Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' she's shown being especially affected by the dementor on the train (but still not as much as Harry!).
** The last line of the entire series is "All was well." Granted, it ''is'' 19 years later, but still.
* In the [[
* At the end of [[Larry Niven|Larry Niven's]] ''[[
* In the ''[[Knight and Rogue Series]]'' Michael declares his plan to capture the wreckers a success. That his plans didn't include being tossed over a cliff by them and falling a distance that would have killed any normal person and very nearly killed him-or even actually encountering the wreckers-doesn't seem to matter.
* This is the Gummick of Nin Redstone from Caro King's ''Seven Sorcerers'' series. After all is said and done, Nin regards Scerridge (who started all this by kidnapping her brother and then her) as her close friend, doesn't hold any grudge againt other (former) enemies, and seems completekly non-traumatised by the whole experience.
* Brutally subverted in Guus Kuiper's '''Polleke'' series. In one book, Polleke is lured into a car by a man, and quickly realises he is a child molester. She can escape before anything bad happens, but she is still devastated by the encounter, holing herself up in her room for days, and fearing physical contact with her (male) friend.
== [[Live
* Pick an innocent freed, or one whose conviction was reversed, in a procedural drama, any innocent.
** Subverted in the television series ''[[Life]]'', whose protagonist, freed after twelve years in prison on overturned murder charges, shows the lasting social and psychological effects of his incarceration.
*** Implied to be [[Played Straight]] at the end of the series.
* A mid season 2 episode of ''[[Hawaii Five
* Quoted verbatim in ''[[
** Not to mention that in doing so, the Vorlons had just foiled this [[Expy]] of Dr. Josef Mengele's scheme to throw the various civilizations into murderous chaos, killing each other for the chance of immortality
* Summed up nicely in the first episode of ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'':
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'''Mal:''' We're still flying.
'''Simon:''' That's not much.
'''Mal:''' [[Tropes Are Not Bad|It's enough.]] }}
== [[Video Games]] ==
* At the end of ''[[
** Said devastation all happened within the space of, oh, ten minutes, meaning that it's perfectly possible THOUSANDS of people died, as there was no time to evacuate and the water blew up several skyscrapers in the middle of the day, as well as every street. Plus all the lasers and whatever the hell Chaos had besides.
*** As Fastest Thing Alive put it during the [[Hellfire Commentaries]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4fwb-aOVq8&feature=related playthrough of Sonic Adventure...]
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'''FTA:''' [[Crowning Moment of Funny|THE CITY'S BEEN FUCKING DESTROYED!]] }}
*** The ''[[Sonic X]]'' adaptation of the events of ''Sonic Adventure'' attempts to justify this [[No Endor Holocaust|by claiming that the entirety of Station Square was miraculously evacuated in time]].
** And in ''[[
*** Well to be fair, only half of the moon is destroyed, and in [[
* In ''[[
* Subverted in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', when {{spoiler|Yuna is recounting the story of her father's victory over Sin. As a child, she is initially elated and caught up in the celebrations as everyone tells her what a hero her father was. Once the initial excitement dies down however, she realizes that victorious or not, he's still dead.}} And that someday, it will be her turn.
** Further subverted with that game's ending and sequel. Sin is gone, the world is saved, and... the dominant religion on the planet just got shattered. Oh, and several groups suffered partial genocides. Lots of people are rightly pissed with lots of other people. Swept under the rug? No. ''Fixing'' all this is the point of ''[[Final Fantasy X
* Similar to the ''FFX-2'' example, this is subverted in ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World|Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of a New World]]''. The first game plays it straight, ending on an uplifting note, but the sequel introduces serious consequences to the first game's heroes' actions.
** The original ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In an aversion in Disney's ''[[
** It's really too bad he decided to move to {{spoiler|Japan, where Goliath and Co's journey from Avalon already showed there were, in fact, gargoyles there.}}
* An [[Story Arc
* In several ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoons, the characters are [[Amusing Injuries|smashed, burned and/or hit on the head by various machinery]], but they're back in top shape by the next cartoon.
** Ralph the wolf and Sam the sheepdog fit this into one cartoon. Being a [[Punch Clock Villain]] [[Punch Clock Hero|and Hero]] respectively, at the end of the day, despite Ralph getting a severe pummeling, they shake hands and say "See you tomorrow" like it's just a day at the office.
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* Even after fighting [[Super Villain|supervillains]], facing impending death, and [[Save the World|saving the world]], ''[[Kim Possible]]'' and co. go back home (or to their [[Local Hangout]]) and everything's okay. Even after their town was smashed up in an [[Alien Invasion]].
== [[Real Life]] ==
* It's partially [[Justified Trope|justified]] in that if you're in a spot where you'd say "All's well that ends well", then you are most likely in a situation that, for the most part, can't be reversed or fixed. Not that you need to be all hunky-dory about it, but refusal to accept the reality of the situation can lead to some real problems. Obviously, that refusal has lead to major advances in science, politics and people's lives. But most mostly, well, shit happens.
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[[Category:Improbable Behavior Tropes]]
[[Category:Universal Tropes]]
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