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Line 35: * [[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 ''[[~~Kuroshitsuji~~Black Butler (manga)\|~~Kuroshitsuji~~Black Butler]]'' manga, there is the time when after some events that were already horrible on their own, Ciel goes into [[Heroic BSOD]] and {{spoiler\|orders Sebastian to burn a group of innocent children alive instead of rescuing them as planned. Sebastian obeys.}} == Fan Works == Line 58: == 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 ~~The~~the Goblet of Fire (novel)\|book 4]] is a prime example that started the series rocketing towards [[Darker and Edgier]] territory. == Live -Action ~~Television~~TV ==▼ ▲== 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. Line 95 ⟶ 94: == [[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\|~~his~~loses an eye]], and gets [[Time Skip]]ped into a [[Nineties Anti-Hero]]. * ''[[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. {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Drama Tropes]] [[Category:Series Tropes]] [[Category:Surprise Tropes]] ▲[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]