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The [[Failure Knight]] has this as part of his backstory, to explain why he is so devoted to his new charge. Often produces a combination of [[Bad Dreams]] and [[Anxiety Dreams]].
See [[Dead Little Sister]] and [[I Let Gwen Stacy Die]] for two of the more common failures. Might result in [[We Used to Be Friends]]. Often happens to heroes who fail to [[Must Make Amends|make amends]]. Can be a [[Career
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* Wesley Wyndham-Pryce from ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' committed his greatest failure when he falsely abducted Angel's only child in order to save both from demise. The prophecy which led Wes to believe this, was altered however, never meant to come true.
** Charles Gunn's greatest failure was when he made a deal with Dr. Sparrow to make his legal upgrade permanent in exchange for signing to release an ancient curio stuck in customs. This results in the death of {{spoiler|Fred}} and resurrection of the demon Illyria. Gunn becomes so guilt-ridden, that he offers to take Lindsey's place in a hell dimension to get information to stop the Senior Partners.
* In between the original and new ''[[
** It is revealed in ''The End Of Time'', the final 10th Doctor episode, that the Doctor really had no choice whatsoever. {{spoiler|The war had brought out the worst in the Time Lords and had made them into [[Omnicidal Maniac|Omnicidal Maniacs]] as bad as the Daleks, and who were going to destroy all of time and space while cheating death by [[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence|becoming beings of pure consciousness]]. So the Doctor chose to lock them and the Daleks and everything else involved in the war outside of normal time and space where they would annihilate themselves while keeping the universe safe}}.
** Before that, The Doctor felt great guilt over not having the guts to assassinate Davros, creator of the Daleks when he had the chance.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', Cloud feels regret over several failures. His {{spoiler|failure to become a SOLDIER, the death of Zack who died trying to protect him, and blaming himself for not being strong enough to protect his childhood friend, Tifa, when she falls into a ravine and slips into a coma. It also didn't help that Tifa's father blamed Cloud for Tifa's injury.}} leads to Cloud suffering from psychological disorders like [[Trauma
** In the prequel ''[[Crisis Core]]'', Zack's failure in capturing Genesis and preventing the {{spoiler|death of Angeal}} also fall into this category.
* In the [[All There in the Manual|backstory]] for [[Halo]]: Reach: both Carter and Kat consider the same event, the death of their squadmate Thom, to be Their Greatest Failure. Kat planned the operation he was killed on, while Carter blames his "inadequate team preparation." However, to quote their commanding officer:
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* In Metal Gear Solid 4 {{spoiler|Big Boss}} views the killing of his mentor and friend who taught him everything he ever knew as a soldier and then going on to fight for causes that she never would have believed in as his greatest failure. He goes so far as to claim after that point he was already dead emotionally. At the end of Metal Gear Solid 4 as he stands above her grave {{spoiler|Big Boss}} proclaims to his son that if he had been in his place he probably wouldn't have made the same mistakes and that he still has a chance to do things better than he ever had.
* In ''[[Okami (Video Game)|Okami]]'', when {{spoiler|Waka tried to save the Celestials using the Ark Of Yamato}}, he didn't realise that {{spoiler|Yami}} was on board, leading to the {{spoiler|Celestials}} getting slaughtered.
* Goenji Shuuya (Axel Blaze) in [[Inazuma Eleven]] blames himself for [[Ill Girl|his sister's serious accident]] a year before the game's event because playing a national soccer tournament {{spoiler|against Teikoku lures bad guys into harming his family and}} put his sister into a coma, but is snapped out of a Wangst state by [[The Hero]]'s [[Hot
* In [[Persona 3 FES]], one of the things The Answer deals with is [[Robot Girl|Aigis's]] Greatest Failure. That is, {{spoiler|her inability to prevent the Protagonist's death despite her promise to protect him.}}
* In ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'', Jade's backstory includes having accidentally killed his teacher with experimental magic as a child. He's mostly gotten past it now, but it drove him to extreme lengths trying to make a [[Replacement Goldfish]] for about ten years until Peony knocked some sense into him.
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