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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~Breaking_2753~~Breaking 2753.jpg\|link=Puella Magi Madoka Magica\|frame\|'''First''': [[Naive Everygirl]].~~<br~~ />'''Second''': [[Heroic BSOD]].~~<br~~ />'''Third''': [[Despair Event Horizon]].]] {{quote\|''"Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them -- in order that the reader may see what they are made of."''\|'''[[Kurt Vonnegut]]''', \|"Eight Rules for Writing Fiction"}}▼ ▲{{quote\|''"Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them -- in order that the reader may see what they are made of."''\|'''[[Kurt Vonnegut]]''', "Eight Rules for Writing Fiction"}} A series introduces a [[The Cutie\|character as sweet and lovable]], more comic relief than anything, who likes nothing more than to [[Pet the Dog\|pet little puppies]]. [[Moe\|They make you adore them, root for them and love them]]. Line 11 ⟶ 10: This technique is often used to build [[The Woobie]]. Writers have to be careful though, else it seems [[The Cutie]] becomes the universe's [[The Chew Toy\|Chew Toy]]. Be careful about tormenting [[Beware the Nice Ones\|sweet little things]], ~~though -- sometimes~~though—sometimes instead of breaking, they ''[[Freak-Out\|snap]]''. If they do, you'd better hope your [[Unstoppable Rage\|life insurance policy]] [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds\|is up to date]], [[Bullying a Dragon\|especially]] if the cutie was quite the [[Badass Adorable]] to begin with. If they do break but refuse to show it, they could be a type-a [[Stepford Smiler]]. Sometimes it can be [[Corrupt the Cutie]], where via [[Pygmalion Plot]] or [[Wife Husbandry]], the girl in question breaks it by herself. Frequently a part of a character crossing the [[Despair Event Horizon]]. Also, this is frequently part of the backstory of the [[Broken Bird]], and instrumental in the [[Freudian Excuse]] of a villain who [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]. Compare [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]. Line 17 ⟶ 16: Contrast: [[Break the Haughty]], where bad things happen to an arrogant person (who had it coming), or the even worse variation [[Kill the Cutie]]. On a positive note, sometimes ~~[[Break the Cutie\|~~'''breaking the cutie]]''' can result in a cute but weak character [[Took a Level Inin Badass\|Taking a Level in Badass]] as they [[Did You Think I Can't Feel?\|confront their tormentors]] and [[Character Development\|become more assertive]]. When the cutie refuses to break, they might become an [[Iron Woobie\|iron]] or [[Stoic Woobie]], a [[Determinator]], or a [[Plucky Girl]]. If they are simply unbreakable to begin with, they are probably a [[The Pollyanna\|Pollyanna]]. {{noreallife\|tropers tend to overestimate their own cuteness and their own brokenness.}} ~~[[No Real Life Examples, Please]]~~ {{examples}}▼ * [[Break the Cutie/Anime\|Anime]] * [[Break the Cutie/Comic Books\|Comic Books]] * [[Break the Cutie/Fan Works\|Fan Works]] * [[Break the Cutie/Animated Films\|Animated Films]] * [[Break the Cutie/Live Action Films\|Live Action Films]] * [[Break the Cutie/Literature\|Literature]] ** [[Break the Cutie/Warrior Cats\|Warrior Cats]] * [[Break the Cutie/Live Action TV\|Live Action TV]] * [[Break the Cutie/Music\|Music]] * [[Break the Cutie/Professional Wrestling\|Professional Wrestling]] * [[Break The Cutie/Religion And Mythology\|Religion And Mythology]] * [[Break the Cutie/Theater\|Theater]] * [[Break the Cutie/Video Games\|Video Games]] * [[Break the Cutie/Webcomics\|Webcomics]] * [[Break the Cutie/Web Original\|Web Original]] * [[Break the Cutie/Western Animation\|Western Animation]] ▲{{examples on subpages}} {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Tropes of Legend~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:~~Sadness~~Characterization Tropes]]▼ [[Category:~~Depressing~~Corruption Tropes]]▼ [[Category:~~Tear~~Depressing ~~Jerker~~Tropes]]▼ [[Category:~~index~~Hentai Tropes]]▼ [[Category:Madness Tropes]] [[Category:~~Break~~Sadness ~~the Cutie~~Tropes]]▼ [[Category:~~Heel~~Tear ~~Face~~Jerker ~~Index~~Tropes]]▼ [[Category:A Tortured Index]] [[Category:~~Characterization~~ Tropes of Legend]] ▲[[Category:Heel Face Index]] ▲[[Category:Tear Jerker]] ▲[[Category:Sadness Tropes]] ▲[[Category:index]] ▲[[Category:Break the Cutie]] ~~[[Category:No Real Life Examples, Please]]~~ ▲[[Category:Depressing Tropes]]