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* [[My-HiME]] has the loss of Akane's child, and {{spoiler|the resulting death of her boyfriend Kazuya}}
* In the [[Wham! Episode]] of [[Mai-Otome]], the turning point in Arika and Nina's characterization is {{spoiler|the death of their mutual friend Erstin at Nina's hands, not long after she had been revealed as [[The Mole]]}}.
* In the ''[[
== Fan Works ==
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== Literature ==
* ''[[Battle Royale]]'' has this by way of {{spoiler|[[Decoy Protagonist|Shinji Mimura]]}}, who gets killed off halfway into the book to establish that, yes, [[Anyone Can Die]].
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'': {{spoiler|Cedric's death}} at the end of [[Harry Potter and
▲== Live Action Television ==
* ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' establishes its reputation of series that [[Crosses the Line Twice]] (plus establishing Jamie as a monster) in the first episode, showing Jamie callously shoving ten-year-old Bran out a window for ''accidentally'' seeing him and Cersei having sex. While Bran survives {{spoiler|and ironically ''wins'' the eponymous game eight seasons later}}, the show's controversial nature is established.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[ReBoot]]'': When [[Big Bad|Megabyte]] rockets [[The Hero|Bob]] into the Web during their [[Enemy Mine]] situation, stranding him there before starting his conquest of Mainframe. We're led to believe that Guardian Enzo can protect the city, but then he [[The Bad Guy Wins|loses a Game]], [[Eye Scream|
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has an unusually late example at the end of season 2. Up until that point, the show had proven its willingness to tackle difficult subjects, but always ultimately ended in a relatively lighthearted way. In the season two finale, {{spoiler|despite a great deal of foreshadowing Zuko refuses to take a [[Heel Face Turn]] and instead sides with [[The Dragon|Azula]], the Fire Nation [[The Bad Guy Wins|succeeds]] in taking over Ba Sing Se, held up as the Earth Kingdom's last defence, and just when a [[Hope Spot]] arrives in the form of Aang reaching the Avatar State, [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|Azula]] attacks him mid-transformation, outright killing him, his life only spared by the [[Chekhov's Gun|magical water]] Katara had received from the northern water tribe.}} Where Season 1 ends with the heroes victorious, season 2 ends with them battered and broken and having lost much that they had gained.
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