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As great a group of friends as you are, if a situation is particularly dire for the group, and/or if something has a strongly negative effect for a particular character, that same group of [[True Companions]] might not be able to stick together anymore. If you want the story to become [[Darker and Edgier]], have a main character drive the others apart. Have that character drive a wedge between the protagonists, dividing the [[Five
This brings a great tragedy for a [[Five
Maybe [[The Chick|the one that keeps them together]] starts hating his/her designated role as the [[Distressed Damsel]] or [[The Load]], and their resentment leads to [[A House Divided]], or they decide to leave the [[Five
Whatever the case, good luck trying to bring the group back together after these depressing turn of events.
See also [[Breaking the Fellowship]]. Absolutely not related to an evil interrogator trying to break [[James Bond]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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== Western Animation ==
* An impressively realistic example comes from the animated [[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]] show - fans know the episode as "How Long Is Forever". After Starfire goes through time while fighting the token villain of the week, she disappears from the rest of the Titans' lives. What was a few seconds for her, were ''twenty years'' for the rest of the team, and ''none'' of them handled her absence well, since she balanced them out.
* Similar to the [[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]] example, in the 2003 [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] show, Donatello was warped into an alternate future where he had disappeared for 20 years. The Turtles were disbanded, which lead to the Shredder succeeding in world domination, and Michelangelo flat-out tells Don it's because he wasn't there to balance them out. Both this and the [[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]] are also variations on [[
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