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In stories where [[Anyone Can Die]], there is often a protagonist who mysteriously (or [[Justified Trope|not
Though this trope is classically associated with [[Disaster Movie|Disaster Movies]], it can apply to any genre where [[Anyone Can Die]]. In stories with a lower body count, some or all the [[Commander Contrarian]]'s supporters may survive, but only after being subject to such misfortunes that they realize that [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong]].
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== [[Film]] ==
* The [[Trope Codifier]] (if not the [[Trope Maker]]) is very likely the original ''[[The Poseidon Adventure]]'', where [[Commander Contrarian]] doesn't believe that the boat has been submerged upside down and won't follow the party in what he believes is a suicide climb towards the hull. They disappear from the plot after that, and they're implied to have never been found. The 2000s remake had them explicitly get drowned to death, the lounge singer and captain even embrace tenderly as the liquid death rushed at them.
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