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So you spent the past 20twenty 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...
 
...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 &and Manga ==
* 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.}}