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** Ironically, just before, Harvey had stated that "Things are always darkest just before the dawn". If he only knew...
* ''[[Firefly|Serenity]]'': The title ship is grounded on Mr. Universe's moon. Book is dead. Wash was killed by the Reavers. They've got one seriously ticked off Operative on their tail and the Reavers are descending upon the ship. Zoe even states outright that [[Kill'Em All|they're not getting out alive]].
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** ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'': Anakin's fighter gets stranded with no power in the heart of an enemy battleship, meanwhile Amidala's strike team is ambushed and captured, the Gungan army has been defeated and its been rounded up, and for the record: Qui Gon Jinn is killed by Darth Maul.
** ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'': The Jedi strike team sent to rescue Anakin and Obi Wan from Count Dooku is being overwhelmed by thousands of battle droids, Dooku then offers them a chance to surrender which Mace Windu declines to which Dooku orders to continue the attack.
** ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'': The Empire is born, Padme dies, Anakin becomes Darth Vader and the Jedi are exterminated (which sets up the conflict for the next 3 films).
** ''[[A New Hope]]'': When the Death Star gets a clear shot of the moon of Yavin, meanwhile R2 gets shot by Darth Vader, and next Vader calmly locks his targeting device on Luke's fighter.
*** And let us not forget; '[[Downer Beginning|This is our darkest hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you are my only hope.]]'
** ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'': Han's frozen in carbonite, Luke's lost a hand (and [[Luke, I Am Your Father|gained some knowledge]]), and the Empire wins (at least until the next movie).
** ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'': The Rebel fleet is being annihilated by the Death Star while their Ewok allies are being stomped by the Empire, R2 gets shot (again) and Luke has a brief lapse to the dark side and attempts to strike down the Emperor in anger.
* [[The Movie]] version of ''The Odyssey'' has one where ''all'' of Odysseus' men drown in a shipwreck and he washes ashore to Calypso's island where she makes him her sex slave for ''seven years''. [[Homer]]'s original is told [[Anachronic Order]], so it's harder to pinpoint there.
* In ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]'', when the Faun has forsaken Ofelia and her mother has died, leaving her all alone with her [[Complete Monster|supremely evil stepfather]].
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* In ''[[The Princess Bride (novel)|The Princess Bride]]'' (both the book and the movie), the boy gets a little upset at the part where Westley is dead and Buttercup supposedly marries Humperdinck. What's the point of reading this story? That's not how it's supposed to end! It takes him ''years'' to realize just how deeply that moment affected him.
* Most of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s work has at least one of these.
* ''[[Harry Potter]]''
** In ''Philosopher's Stone'', Harry throws away for his House any realistic competition in the House Cup and resolves to give up saving the Stone.
** In ''Chamber of Secrets'', the school is under intense lockdown, devoid of hope, and Cornelius Fudge and Lucius Malfoy have banished the people who would be of most help.
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