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This is sometimes set up as a twist or a [[The Reveal|reveal]], so beware of spoilers.

 

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Halfway through ''[[Cars]]'', Lightning discovers that Doc Hudson was actually the Fabulous Hudson Hornet, a legendary racecar. Doc ultimately explains that the only reason he "quit" racing was because he suffered a major crash during a race. By the time he could race again, the racing industry merely brushed him off without a second thought.

* ''[[Million Dollar Baby]]'' has a very heart-wrenching one of these near the end of the movie. {{spoiler|A nasty cheap shot from behind results in Maggie's neck being broken when she lands on a corner stool, resulting in her being paralyzed from the neck down. As boxing was her passion and her life and she will never be able to fight again, Maggie wants to die, and her mentor ultimately makes the decision to give her an assisted suicide}}.

* ''[[Remember the Titans]]'' has the automobile accident that ends the football career of star linebacker Gerry Bertier.

* At the beginning of ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'' the man who will become the coach to our heroes is a [[Jerkass]] soccer superstar until the teammate he's been lording it over hires people to cripple the star.

* ''[[Space Above and Beyond]]'' has Lieutenant Colonel T.C. McQueen, who was an elite fighter pilot before he suffered a debilitating head injury in combat. He has enough experience to warrant making him a squadron commander, acting in the role of [[Mission Control]] for his young pilots.

* ''[[White Collar]]'''s Peter Burke was a professional baseball player when he tore his rotator cuff. The injury healed just fine and he was able to play baseball again, though a doctor advised him he could re-injure. Rather than risk losing both his baseball career and the possibility of joining the FBI, Peter opted to quit baseball and simply join the FBI.

* In the pilot for ''[[Friday Night Lights (TV)|Friday Night Lights]]'' Jason is paralyzed in an injury ending his planned career as a football player.

* In an episode of ''[[Bones]]'' where the [[Victim of the Week]] is a professional motorcycle racer, one of the suspects is a parapalegic former racer who the victim had "accidentally" caused to crash in a previous race, causing the paraplegia.