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{{trope}}
[[File:rsz_luffy_weak_7501_441.png|link=One Piece|frame|You don't even need too many words.]]
{{quote|''"Out, out, brief candle!
''Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
''That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
''And then is heard no more."''|'''Macbeth''', ''[[Macbeth]]''}}
One of the best ways to show that a character has crossed the [[Despair Event Horizon]] is to give him/her the occasion to perform a [[Despair Speech]] to show that his/her hopes are lost and that there's nothing else left to do. Expect [[Creepy Monotone]] if the character is portrayed as scary.
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Contrast [[Badass Boast]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Black Comedy|As one might expect]], this is [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei|Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]''. "I'm in despair! [Insert topic here] has left me in despair!" is the catchphrase of the main character.
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