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{{trope}}
[[File: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]].
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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 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]]
 
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[[Category:SadnessCharacterization Tropes]]
[[Category:Corruption Tropes]]
[[Category:Depressing Tropes]]
[[Category:TearHentai JerkerTropes]]
[[Category:Madness Tropes]]
[[Category:BreakSadness the CutieTropes]]
[[Category:Tear Jerker Tropes]]
[[Category:A Tortured Index]]
[[Category:Characterization Tropes of Legend]]
[[Category:Tear Jerker]]
[[Category:Sadness Tropes]]
[[Category:Break the Cutie]]
[[Category:No Real Life Examples, Please]]
[[Category:Depressing Tropes]]
[[Category:Corruption Tropes]]