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'''Terry:''' You don't understand. I coulda had class. [[Trope Namer|I coulda been a contender]]. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. Let's face it. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0waNRaz6wU It was you, Charley.] |'''''[[On the Waterfront]]'''''}}
[[Retirony]] is especially cruel when it strikes down a character in their prime just as they begin embarking on success and glory. At least the old soldiers in combat made something out of their lives, even if they found no peace afterwards. These young souls don't even have the opportunity to become
Years long after, the disillusioned nobodies still can't get the taste of what could have been out of their mouths. This may lead to them taking their pent-up frustration out on the youths who look to be fast becoming the kind of people Fate prevented them from joining.
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A [[Super-Trope]] to [[The Pete Best]] (where they got forced out by others rather than fate).
Compare [[Sorry, Billy, But You Just Don't Have Legs]], [[Stage Mom]], [[Glory Days]], [[Trade Your Passion for Glory]]. [[White Dwarf Starlet]] is a related phenomenon, where the person got their moment of
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