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* Seen in ''[[Hell Girl]]''. Yes, your contract with Enma Ai gives you what you want: to punish someone who's slighted you big time. However, by sending that person to Hell, you've condemned ''yourself'' as well, since when your life comes to an end, you will join them in Hell. See the mark on your chest? It'll remind you of the [[Deal with the Devil]] you made.
* Happens twice in ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'', Cars, the main villain of Part 2, gets what he wants {{spoiler|which is to become the ultimate lifeform, which lives forever and can adapt to any environment or situation}}, but ends up {{spoiler|flung into space, where he will live forever, but slowly go insane from the boredom}}. Enrico Pucci in Part 6, {{spoiler|kills most of the heroes, obtains his vision of "heaven", if only for a moment... but then gets killed by a mere child, and the world then gets the [[Reset Button]]; and he's no longer in the universe, having never been born}}.
* Harry McDowell in the anime version of the game franchise ''[[Gungrave]]'' first just wanted enough power to live his life freely and protect the people important to him. With time he succeeds in rising to the top of [[The Syndicate|Millennion]] and making it more powerful than the law itself, but only by losing sight of his original goals and betraying almost everyone he cares about. He's driven to kill both Brandon, his best friend whom he relied on in all his life (leading to some spectacular [[Villainous Breakdown
** Conversely, in the game's continuity he shows no remorse for killing Brandon/Grave (Harry in the game's storyline is depicted as little more than a complete prick). Either way he still wanted Mika, the innocent daughter of Grave's former love interest dead. {{spoiler|Harry even had Big Daddy used as a guinea pig and mutated him into an acid flame-spewing monstrosity, just to ''see what kind of effects Necro-Rise/S.E.E.D. would have on him'' and has no qualms about siccing Big Daddy on Grave as the [[Final Boss]] of the game. As a result, Harry dies, Grave lives, and moves on with his "life" with Mika.}}
* In ''[[Hellsing]]'' {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|The Major]] succeeds in defeating Alucard, even though [[Action Girl|Integra]] [[Shut UP, Hannibal|kills]] him in the end. Also, London ultimately rebuilds and life continues on like normal.}}
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** Exactly how things worked out for Judas varies a bit depending on who's telling it. The Gnostic ''Gospel of Judas'' (rejected when New Testament's contents were formalized) even claimed that Judas "betrayed" Jesus under Jesus's orders.
** Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me... For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born." (Mark 14:17 & 21, ESV)
* In ''[[Dragonlance|Test of the Twins]]'', Raistlin Majere's goal of [[A God Am I|becoming a god]] is revealed to be a severe case of
** He thinks of it differently, as revealed during his nephew's test to become a full-fledged mage.
{{quote|'''Raistlin''': I sacrificed myself to save ''myself''.}}
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