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== Comic Books ==
* In the miniseries ''[[Fifty Two|52]]'', Booster Gold is revealed to have staged a super villain attack using an actor in [[Powered Armor]] to increase his reputation. He becomes a haughty [[Jerkass]] with a bitter hatred for the new hero Supernova and desperately searches for a chance to regain his superhero status. In issue #15 he manages to redeem himself in a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] {{spoiler|just before he dies in a ''nuclear explosion'' with only his skeleton left}}. In issue #37 it is revealed that {{spoiler|his fall-from-grace, apparent death and rivalry with Supernova (who is revealed to be Booster Gold using time travel) was all part of a plan to stop Mister Mind from destroying [[The Multiverse]]. He still hired the fake super villain to boost his ego, which was his actual lowest point, but that was before he learned what was going on and decided to turn himself around.}}
* Rayek from ''[[Elf Quest]]'', for several issues after his disastrous attempt to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]].
* Envy Adams from ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'', ex-girlfriend of Scott. She manages to, in one volume, lose everything she holds dear {{spoiler|Starting off with her boyfriend cheating on her for her ex-drummer and then realizing her boyfriend is a good for nothing asshole who would actually hit her and that Ramona was his first true love and that she was a second fiddle.}}