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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has an unusually late example at the end of season 2. Up until that point, the show had proven its willingness to tackle difficult subjects, but always ultimately ended in a relatively lighthearted way. In the season two finale, {{spoiler|despite a great deal of foreshadowing Zuko refuses to take a [[Heel Face Turn]] and instead sides with [[The Dragon|Azula]], the Fire Nation [[The Bad Guy Wins|succeeds]] in taking over Ba Sing Se, held up as the Earth Kingdom's last defence, and just when a [[Hope Spot]] arrives in the form of Aang reaching the Avatar State, [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|Azula]] attacks him mid-transformation, outright killing him, his life only spared by the [[Chekhov's Gun|magical water]] Katara had received from the northern water tribe.}} Where Season 1 ends with the heroes victorious, season 2 ends with them battered and broken and having lost much that they had gained.