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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.

 

 

 

''NOTE: If you link to this trope, make sure you do not use the contracted form of "all is".''

== [[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...

** 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.

== [[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...

 

== [[Eastern Animation]] ==

** While they should be glad the world was saved, [[Tearful Smile|cheers with tears]] would have been a bit more on target.

** The oldest child does appear to be more solemn than anyone else, when a serviceman tells him "What your father did was very brave. You should be proud." And the teenager informs him "[[So Proud of You|I am]]."

** Not to mention {{spoiler|her best friend died of an apparent overdose in one of the brothels.}}

** 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.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

** 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 [[All Is Well That Ends Well]] kind, to Job's loved ones who died, nor for all the people close to him.

*** 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.

* Ginny in ''[[Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets]]'' is possessed and emotionally abused for a whole year. After Harry rescues her and a night of sleep, she's "perfectly happy again". Admittedly, though, this is just from Harry's point of view and Harry is not the most perceptive of boys.

** In ''[[Order of the Phoenix]]'', it's strongly hinted at that she did suffer trauma.

** And in ''[[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.

* At the end of [[Larry Niven|Larry Niven's]] ''[[Ring World|The Ringworld Engineers]]'', Louis Wu has this attitude despite the fact that he's been kidnapped by aliens, brought to (and trapped on) a [[Big Dumb Object|huge alien artifact]], believes he just killed millions of sentient beings in order to save billions of sentient beings, and had to kill his former girlfriend to do it.

* 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.

** 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.

* Quoted verbatim in ''[[Babylon 5]]'' by Londo Molari at the end of the episode Deathwalker. Never mind an Vorlon ship just appeared out of nowhere, vaporized another in what normally would be an act of war and casually renders half the episode pointless. {{spoiler|Her getting killed might not have been optimum, but anything that upset the Narn was a good thing as far as Londo was concerned.}}

** 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

{{quote| '''Simon:''' You've had the Alliance on you. Criminals and savages... Half the people on this ship have been shot or wounded -- including yourself -- and you're harboring known fugitives.<br />

'''Mal:''' We're still flying.<br />

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

** 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...]

'''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]].

* 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.

* 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.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

** 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.}}

* 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.