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{{trope}}
[[File:Breaking 2753.jpg|link=Puella Magi Madoka Magica|frame|'''First''': [[Naive Everygirl]].
{{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]]'''
▲{{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]].
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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 '''breaking the cutie''' can result in a cute but weak character [[Took a Level
{{noreallife|tropers tend to overestimate their own cuteness and their own brokenness.}}
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[[Category:Corruption Tropes]]▼
[[Category:Depressing Tropes]]▼
[[Category:Madness Tropes]]
[[Category:Tear Jerker Tropes]]
[[Category:A Tortured Index]]
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▲[[Category:Sadness Tropes]]
▲[[Category:Break the Cutie]]
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▲[[Category:Corruption Tropes]]
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