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{{trope}}
So you spent the past 20 hours fighting your way past the forces of darkness, plumbing the depths of hell itself and personally handing the [[Big Bad]]'s strongest minions their own asses, all to rescue the princess and see her home safely. The princess and the hero kiss, the king hands the hero his just reward, and he sets off, no doubt intending to walk off into the sunset. You can practically ''smell'' the credits about to roll...▼
[[File:BF2042 thumbs up squish.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Situation is under cont-]]
▲So you spent the past
...and then the enemy superweapon levels the castle, killing the princess and demolishing the surrounding town. You and the protagonist sit there, stunned: what the hell just happened?
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{{examples}}
== Anime
* Nia Teppelin from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' dies in the ending as a direct result of destroying the [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Anti-Spiral]], even though Simon had spent the entire second half of the series trying to save her. A truly irritating example, since it destroys the entire [[Screw Destiny]] theme of the series.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Luffy goes to rescue {{spoiler|his brother Ace}} from the World Government. He fights through the world's worst prison only to find [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle|he's at the Marine HQ.]] So he goes there, and manages to, with the aid of a massive army, rescue him just in the nick of time. {{spoiler|Only to have them both baited back by some taunts by one of the Marine Admirals, where they get in a hopeless fight and his brother makes a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to save him.}}
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* In ''[[Avernum]] 4'', {{spoiler|Vahnatai}} assassins magically ambush the king's adviser in his chamber in the party's presence. The unarmed NPC falls extremely easily in the ensuing battle, but with enough power and quick action it is possible to defeat the assassins before he is killed. He then collapses and dies anyway, from a poisoned wound.
* Can happen of a sort in ''Persona4''. If {{spoiler|you get the bad or neutral endings, in which Nanako dies and stays in a perpetual coma, respectively.}}
*The page image depicts a scene from the [[Battlefield (series)|''Battlefield 2042'']] reveal trailer where two soldiers are making their escape. One turns to his comrade to give a thumbs up and is promptly crushed by a falling VTOL.
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