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* In the ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2910656/1/Checkmate Checkmate]'', Vlad puts Danny through one of these. After first injecting Jazz with nanomachines that kill her red blood cells, and only sparing her if Danny leaves behind his friends and family to join him, Danny is forced to live at Vlad's mansion. Due to disuse while there, his ghost powers begin to go out of control, eventually leading to them going completely berserk and forcing Vlad to use a device to short out his ghost powers to get him under control. Due to not only the agony of the powers going wild, but the dream he had throughout the whole thing (it mostly occurred while he was asleep), he ends up backing into a corner and sobbing with terror, ending up in a state that caused even the almost entirely heartless Vlad to ask himself; "What have I done?"
{{quote|'''"Danny sat at the edge of the pool, crossed legged, watching carelessly the variety of fishes swimming about in the pool's surrounding aquarium. The tired and defeated expression on his face made him appear as if he had aged several years. There was no happiness or vigor in his eyes, leaving them a dull, lifeless blue. In short, he looked everything a broken hero would; and there was nothing more heartbreaking than that sight."'''}}
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5367085/1/The_Sun_Soul The Sun Soul]'' does this with [[Pokémon (anime)|Ash]] to no end. The story's overall feel is [[Darker and Edgier]] in pretty much every regard, but it seems like Ash was made for nothing if not to suffer one loss after another. It also contains multiple examples of [[Hero-Killer]]
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/8744/Thrythlind Thrythlind]'s explanation for Kodachi's personality in the ''[[Ranma ½]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/224016/1/Control Control]'', which is set in the same world as but prior to ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/223012/1/The_Amazon_and_The_Moneylender The Amazon and the Moneylender]''.
* The ''[[One Piece]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4132768/1/Dark_Truth Dark Truth]''. {{spoiler|One night, Luffy is tortured and nearly killed by his crew, who are possessed by the ghosts of a long-dead pirate crew who seek revenge on all captains traveling through their haunting grounds. He survives, but is a lethargic shell of his former self, and his crew can't remember what happened that night.}} Also contains [[Squick]], [[Nightmare Fuel]], [[And I Must Scream]], [[To the Pain]], [[Fate Worse Than Death]], and ''especially'' [[Et Tu, Brute?]].
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* The ''[[Firefly]]'' fanfic ''[[Forward]]'' manages to break {{spoiler|River ''all over again'' after she started healing at the end of the movie}} by having {{spoiler|both River and Jayne captured and tortured by Niska, effectively undoing nearly a year's worth of mental healing for her.}}
* ''[[Forcibly United]]'' is a sort-of cheesy look at ''[[Ranma ½]]'' crossed-over with ''[[Black Lagoon]]''. Then the Rock's Little Sister arc drops.
* The ''[[Naruto]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3332676/1/Quotidian
* The ''[[Lucky Star]]''/''[[Fallout]] 3'' crossover fic ''[[Falling Stars (Lucky Star fanfic)|Falling Stars]]'' has this in ''spades''. Kagami, Konata, and Tsukasa all get their turns being broken, and it is ''extremely'' jarring for anyone who enjoyed ''Lucky Star'' to see it happen.
* In the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3656471/1/Omega_Dawn Omega Dawn]'', Both Ruxik, {{spoiler|Riku's Nobody}}, and Maleficent attempted to break Kairi by {{spoiler|killing Sora, defiled his body,
* Cosmo from ''[[Sonic X]]'' is broken enough in the series but ''[[Tails Returns (Darth Wiki)|Tails Returns]]'' breaks her further.
* [[Ambiguous Innocence|Tiasal,]] from ''[[The
* The ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' [[OC Stand-In]] fanfic ''[[
* The first case of Irya from ''[[
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110810063343/http://www.robomod.net/pipermail/rec-arts-anime-creative/2005-May/000117.html Chiyobreak]'' plays this straight with ''[[Azumanga Daioh
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5593633/1/The_Dead_Are_Undead The Dead are Undead]'' has Karin Kurosaki subjected to nightmares unlike anything imaginable. Her world is turned upside down by a [[Zombie Apocalypse]] and worst of all {{spoiler|Yuzu is shot in the face, right before her eyes.}} Then it just goes downhill as each new friend she makes dies in horrific ways including having their guts yanked out, being torn to shreds, being eaten alive and also [[Driven to Suicide]].
* The author of the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' fanfic ''[[Fill the Moon]]'' ''adores'' this trope and uses it whenever possible. From her own OC, Senayax, who gets it the worst in incidents ranging from {{spoiler|being forcibly impregnated by her lover, Zexion, who is also ''five years older than her''}} and being {{spoiler|forced to eat her own grandfather to survive}}, things like {{spoiler|being [[Driven to Suicide]] and almost dying after her lover's [[Heroic Sacrifice]] after holding him and begging for him to [[Please Wake Up]]}} seem almost ''trivial'' in comparison.
** After what happens to Demyx, both as a Nobody and as a "somebody," you just want to give the poor kid a hug. While his breakdown isn't as triumphant as Senayax's, {{spoiler|trying to clean the entire castle even as your hands are bleeding, chemical-burned wrecks underneath you}} is sob-worthy.
** And considering that {{spoiler|he was emotionally and physically abused basically from cradle to grave as Myde}}, when Xigbar finally--''finally''--snaps, so does the reader. {{spoiler|Good thing there's an adorable scene after Xigbar snaps.}}
** Considering Larxene {{spoiler|was raped and abused by her husband of three years, and is implied to have had many other abusive relationships,}} she doesn't really catch much of a break, either. While she's still the same sadistic, snarky Larxene that is recognizable from [[Chain of Memories]], there's a definite air of [[Stepford Smiler]] about her, especially during her {{spoiler|rape-based breakdowns.}}
** To sum it up; ''everyone in this fic has horrible things happen to them.
* The ''[[Takotsuboya K-ON!
* The ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfic
* In ''[[The Ollivander Children]]'', Mark probably gets this worse than any of the other characters. An American Muggle who happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, ends up mired in the British Ministry of Magic and charged with the crime of Presuming to be a wizard. He's imprisoned, found ''guilty,'' when he goes on the run he faces a [[Mind Rape|Dementor attack]], and then {{spoiler|his [[Love Interest]] is kidnapped, and when he tries to rescue her, he ends up in jail again}}, which brings us to the start of ''The Ollivanders At War,'' where probably even more [[Blatant Lies|fun]] awaits.
* In the ''[[Code Geass]]/[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' crossover ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7002819/1/Code_Geass_There_Is_Only_War Code Geass: There Is Only War]'', the sole fact that Shirley is in the cast makes you [[Genre Savvy|expect]] this trope. And it happens in the first chapter, {{spoiler|Shirley accidentally kills Rivalz}}.
* In a [http://shalonesk.deviantart.com/gallery/11400696#/d1udcto prologue] story for ''[[The Legend of Spyro
* Broly's [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] in the
* Twilight Sparkle goes through this in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Luna, meanwhile, [[Broken Bird|comes almost completely pre-broken]]. Her past experiences have left her fearing that her own sister is a [[Complete Monster]], causing her to [[Hanlon's Razor|assume the worst about everything she does]]. The real reason she went on the rampage as Nightmare Moon? {{spoiler|A thousand years of solitary confinement left her unstable enough to fall under Celestia's [[Mind Control]], forcing her to play the villain her sister had invented and get the Elements of Harmony unleashed upon her... an action that stripped her of her immortality}}. Learning that last bit completely shatters what little trust she had in her Celly. (Of course, [[Poor Communication Kills|it's more]] [[Gray and Grey Morality|complicated]] [[Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time|than that]]...)
* Another interesting ''[[My Little Pony:
* [[Break the Cutie]] seems to be a trope invoked in general by the "[[My Little Pony:
** ''[[Collection of Sacrifices]]'' is a good example of [[Break the Cutie]]. A little filly is kidnapped from her family, forced to join the army, watches a sadistic torture session and gets no sympathy or friends. [[Darker and Edgier|The author has said that's nowhere near as dark as it will get.]]
** The ''[[Pony POV Series]]'' is notable in that, thanks to [[Bigger Bad|Discord]], this has happened to ''[[World of Woobie|every mane and side character in the show!]]'' This includes {{spoiler|Trixie, who was broken personally by Discord to the point Twilight had to enter her mind and manually free her.}} Later on, and unreleated to Discord directly, {{spoiler|Fluttershy gets broken and turns into a [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] named Princess Gaia/Nightmare Whisper who serves as the second [[Big Bad]].}}
** ''[[Warming Up]]'' is an sexually explicit fanfic (the kind with an [[Porn with Plot|actual story]]) where Twilight and Spike starts having a relationship. What was initially a light-hearted (abet with explicit sex scenes) romantic fic takes a dark turn, when Spike is separated from Twilight, then due to him being in heat he starts attracting unwanted attention from the rest of the Mane 6, even getting ''raped'' by Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie.
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*** ''[[Fridge Logic|And that's not counting many nameless ponies who experience the horror of the war.]]''
*** Turned [[Up to Eleven]] in [[Tear Jerker|chapter 15]]. {{spoiler|Two of Derpy's best friends die, with Carrot Top [[Died in Your Arms Tonight|dying in her arms]]. In fit of grief and rage, she attacks Firefly (who tried to sympathize with her!), but due to Fluttershy's intervention, she calms down. After Derpy leaves to see Dinky, Cloud Kicker, unable to damp her emotions any longer, bursts into tears, scared of hearing about several ponies dying and the scene mentioned ealier. Additionaly, she fears her best friend, Lightning Bolt, may die in the war as well}}. Yes, the most cheerful pony among the main heroines is briefly reduced to a ''sobbing wreck''.
** ''[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/1111/Hormones Hormones]'' chronicles Spike's descent into the depths of depravity. He begins the story like a normal sexually frustrated teenager, and through a series of inviting opportunities, ends up committing some very perverse acts. This culminates in chapter 4 (titled:
* ''[[Hunting the Unicorn]]'' is a ''[[Glee]]'' fanfic that was literally [[Fix Fic|made]] to [[Deconstruction Fic|pulverize Kurt and Blaine]], the latter especially through a fleet of [[Cerebus Retcon|Cerebus Retcons]]. Blaine's [[Relationship Sue]] status is slowly broken down to show the emotional damage it would take to become one: His family lives at 432 [[Dysfunction Junction]] (and [[Lonely Rich Kid|most of them aren't even home]]), he constantly makes excuses for his father's [[Parental Neglect]], and he suffers a [[Paralyzing Fear of Sexuality]] because at sixteen, he had [[The First Cut Is the Deepest|a horrific breakup]] with {{spoiler|the first guy he slept with. Who was never that serious about him, and didn't realize that Blaine thought [[Sex Equals Love]](!)}}. That's not even getting into his [[Heroic Self-Deprecation|incredibly low self-esteem]] and the [[Fridge Horror]] of his characterization.
** Or, you know, the ''plot.'' Which involves {{spoiler|Blaine's stalker Alex, who has a ''very'' warped idea of Kurt and Blaine's relationship. In the nineteenth chapter after several background appearances, he kidnaps Blaine, Wes, and David and locks them in his basement.}} Blaine accidentally got concussed, and has woken up with no memory of this.
* The [[That Guy With The Glasses|Channel Awesome]] team in the AU ''[[That Guy with the Glasses in Space]]'' were essentially broken by the beginning of the fic. It's prequel, though, explores this breakage in much more detail.
* ''[[Super Sentai vs. Super Sentai]]'', the story provides a [[Crossover]] between old school and new school ''[[Super Sentai]]'' team members, and one of the team members is ''[[Dai Sentai Goggle Five]]''{{'}}s [[The Chick|Miki Momozono/Goggle Pink]], who in her original series kept being a cheery and caring but still responsible and headstrong girl in a Sentai series considered still [[Lighter and Softer]]. Then in the 11th chapter... she witnessed her mother (who was added solely for the fic) brutally murdered in front of her eyes by someone considered one of [[Complete Monster/Super Sentai|the worst Complete Monsters in Sentai history]], [[Choujin Sentai Jetman|Radiguet]]. It left Miki completely broken and started realizing fully that this time the enemy is much more brutal than Deathdark. She still tried to keep a strong face, but every of her friends knew she has been broken from the inside.
* Happens to poor [[Bad Powers, Good People|Yuyuko]] in ''[[Touhou Tonari]]''. [[Deconstruction|Boy]] [[Despair Event Horizon|did]] [[Driven to Suicide|she break]].
* The main OC in the ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6931679/1/Whisper_to_a_Scream
* In ''[[Stars Above]]'', [[Lucky Star|Kagami]] goes through this {{spoiler|in the 2012 timeline. Tsukasa is killed right in front of her eyes, with her death serving as a [[Start of Darkness]] that culminates in the destruction of the entire world.}}
* Daneel Rush, the author of the ''[[Tamers Forever Series]]'' is absolutely ''
▲* Daneel Rush, the author of the ''[[Tamers Forever Series]]'' is absolutely ''viscious'' in his psychological torment of Rika.
** And even Mimi's detractors would have to admit that what happened to her was absolutely '''horrible'''.
* ''[[In The Dark]]'', [[Spice Girls|
* ''[https://www.wattpad.com/story/163260272-astral-journey-it's-complicated Astral Journey: It's Complicated]'', the narrator (Emma) is injured on the football (soccer) pitch after scoring the only goal in the game. She later is subjected to painful seizures, following her fight to regain control of her body. While the medicine is to help, the side-effects makes it hard to put up with.
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