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== Anime ~~And~~ Manga ==

== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* [[Aya Hirano]]'s career took a hit with the failure of ''[[Dragonaut: The Resonance]]'' and her own growing reputation as a "diva", forcing her managers to try to reel her in and limit her to supporting roles to save face. Hirano ultimately "left" the agency when she was caught in a scandal.

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== [[Film]] ==

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== Film ==

* [[Halle Berry]] both subverted this trope and later played it straight. Her role in ''[[Catwoman (film)|Catwoman]]'' killed interest in the possible ''[[Die Another Day]]'' spinoff featuring her character, Jinx, and was a factor in [[Genre Killer|killing the budding sub-genre]] of female-fronted superhero films. At the same time, ''Catwoman'' [[Break the Haughty|humbled her enough]] to graciously accept the [[Golden Raspberry Award|Razzie award]] [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|for Worst Actress]] [[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|in person]], saving her career from a complete meltdown; she almost wasn't in ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand|X Men the Last Stand]]'' movie because she was demanding a higher salary and a bigger part. However, ''Perfect Stranger'' was the death knell for Halle as a leading lady, and her subsequent filmography has been a very small series of low-profile character dramas while lending her face to a glut of cosmetics endorsements.

** Of course those paying attention might have seen the second fall coming... her "humble" acceptance of her Razzie also involved her waving around her Oscar and blaming everyone but herself for both the movie's suckage and her being in it.

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** What's truly unfortunate is that neither of them were particularly ''bad'', nor was ''Speed Racer'' itself—it just hit confused viewers, who saw "Directed by [[The Wachowski Brothers]]" on it and assumed they were in for [[Mind Screw]]y philosophical ramblings but got cotton-candy exuberance instead. ''[[Ninja Assassin]]'' had the same problem to a lesser extent.

* Jon Heder's star rose with ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]]'' and fell not long after with ''[[School For Scoundrels]]'' (which also brought down co-stars Billy Bob Thornton and Jacinda Barrett and nearly killed director Todd Phillips' career). Most of his later projects have been barely released (''[[Mamas Boy]]'', ''Moving McAllister'') or bypassed theatres (''Woke Up Dead'').

* Christopher Reeve in ''Switching Channels''. In his autobiography, ''Still Me'', Reeve claims that this film's failure, along with ''[[Superman IV]]'', ''The Aviator'', and ''Street Smart'' (which he in part agreed to do ''Superman IV'' under the condition that he was allowed to star in this long time "pet project" of his), knocked him off the A-list in Hollywood and he would have to audition for major roles for the rest of his career. Reeve also expressed regret in making ''Switching Channels'' (Reeve took on the role because he felt that making a comedy would be a good distraction from the depression steaming from his split with his long time girlfriend, Gae Exton), believing that he had "made a fool of himself" (Reeve played decidedly against type as Kathleen Turner's hapless fiancé) and had to act as a referee for constantly feuding costars Turner and Burt Reynolds. Reeve during his career, also turned down the lead roles in ''[[American Gigolo]]'', ''The World According to Garp'', ''[[Splash]]'', ''[[Fatal Attraction]]'', ''[[Pretty Woman]]'', ''[[Romancing the Stone]]'', ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' and ''Body Heat''. Reeve even turned down the lead role in a remake of ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' titled ''The Bounty'' after [[Katharine Hepburn]] recommended him to the director, Roger Donaldson, who ultimately went with his second choice, [[Mel Gibson]].

* Christopher Reeve in ''[[Switching Channels]]''. In his autobiography, ''Still Me'', Reeve claims that this film's failure, along with ''[[Superman IV]]'', ''[[The Aviator]]'', and ''[[Street Smart]]'' (which he in part agreed to do ''Superman IV'' under the condition that he was allowed to star in this long time "pet project" of his), knocked him off the A-list in Hollywood and he would have to audition for major roles for the rest of his career. Reeve also expressed regret in making ''Switching Channels'' (Reeve took on the role because he felt that making a comedy would be a good distraction from the depression steaming from his split with his long time girlfriend, Gae Exton), believing that he had "made a fool of himself" (Reeve played decidedly against type as Kathleen Turner's hapless fiancé) and had to act as a referee for constantly feuding costars Turner and Burt Reynolds. Reeve during his career, also turned down the lead roles in ''[[American Gigolo]]'', ''The World According to Garp'', ''[[Splash]]'', ''[[Fatal Attraction]]'', ''[[Pretty Woman]]'', ''[[Romancing the Stone]]'', ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' and ''Body Heat''. Reeve even turned down the lead role in a remake of ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' titled ''The Bounty'' after [[Katharine Hepburn]] recommended him to the director, Roger Donaldson, who ultimately went with his second choice, [[Mel Gibson]].

* [[Meg Ryan]] had a brief moment where her career was derailed after making ''Against the Ropes'' in 2004, having not appeared in a theatrically released film until 2007's ''In the Land of Women''.

* [[Meg Ryan]] had a brief moment where her career was derailed after making ''[[Against the Ropes]]'' in 2004, having not appeared in a theatrically released film until 2007's ''In the Land of Women''.

* ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' was notable for not only being the final film [[Sean Connery]] starred in before retiring, but bombing hard enough to kill the careers of most of the starring cast. The film also killed Stephen Norrington's directing career - to date, he hasn't helmed another film.

* [[Prince]]'s acting career was derailed by his second film, the critical and box-office flop ''Under the Cherry Moon''.

* [[Prince]]'s acting career was derailed by his second film, the critical and box-office flop ''[[Under the Cherry Moon]]''.

* Although not a box office failure, there's an apocryphal account [http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/film/4170549/Star-Wars-Anakin-Skywalker-star-Jake-Lloyd-I-will-never-act-again.html here] that the mockery Jake Lloyd received for his performance as the young Anakin Skywalker in ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'' caused him to retire from acting at the age of ten.

== Live Action TV ==

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* Emeril Lagasse in ''Emeril''. After this sitcom tanked, he went from being one of the hottest chefs in the country to being just another face in the TV chef crowd. (It also has the misfortune of being Robert Urich's last series.)

* Emeril Lagasse in ''[[Emeril]]''. After this sitcom tanked, he went from being one of the hottest chefs in the country to being just another face in the TV chef crowd. (It also has the misfortune of being Robert Urich's last series.)

* Bette Midler in ''Bette'', the spectacular failure of which effectively ended her acting career. She now usually gets work performing her hits on various shows.

* Michael Richards in ''The Michael Richards Show'', the first post-''[[Seinfeld]]'' project that established the "''Seinfeld'' curse". Since it flopped in 2000, he's only done voice-over work (including in his old co-star's ''[[Bee Movie]]'') and played himself in ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''.

** Then his career got buried in 2006 by deciding to deal with a heckler at one of his stand-up comedy shows by [[N-Word Privileges|using the n-word]].

* Although Geena Davis was still stinging from her film disasters above, her ''The Geena Davis Show'' didn't help matters. One telling clue: usually when a show is named after its star, [[The Danza|they keep that name in the show]] (Emeril played "Emeril" in ''Emeril'' and Bette played "Bette" in ''Bette,'' for example.) Despite being ''The ~~GEENA~~ ~~DAVIS~~ Show,'' Geena Davis's character was named "Teddie".

* Although Geena Davis was still stinging from her film disasters above, her ''[[The Geena Davis Show]]'' didn't help matters. One telling clue: usually when a show is named after its star, [[The Danza|they keep that name in the show]] (Emeril played "Emeril" in ''Emeril'' and Bette played "Bette" in ''[[Bette]],'' for example.) Despite being ''The '''Geena Davis''' Show,'' Geena Davis's character was named "Teddie".

* ''The Paul Reiser Show'' promptly bombed as soon as it aired, and NBC cancelled it after two episodes. Considering he has done nothing noteworthy since ''[[Mad About You]]'' came to an end over a decade ago, this likely signals the end of Paul Reiser's on-screen career.

* ''[[The Paul Reiser Show]]'' promptly bombed as soon as it aired, and NBC cancelled it after two episodes. Considering he has done nothing noteworthy since ''[[Mad About You]]'' came to an end over a decade ago, this likely signals the end of Paul Reiser's on-screen career.

* [[Lucille Ball]], the star of ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', conceived of the idea for, produced and acted in another primetime comedy series, ''Life With Lucy'' (no relation to Ball's [[Star-Making Role]]) on [[ABC]] in the 80's. Ball was given complete creative control over the series - which meant that she tried to replicate ''[[I Love Lucy]]'''s success in the 50's for an 80's crowd. Suffice to say, the attempt didn't work, and the resulting series (about a widow who goes to work at a hardware store) was painfully unfunny and cringe-inducing to watch (at least partially because Lucy was trying to duplicate her famous slapstick comedy, which didn't work nearly as well for her as it did when she was younger). The show flopped on arrival, and its failure made Ball stop working on any more projects.

* Dan Fogler's attempt to jump into TV after his film career died was the maligned [[ABC]] "men in trouble" "comedy" ''Man Up!'' It lasted for eight episodes, and there was no word of Fogler landing on a new pilot in the subsequent development season.

* Dan Fogler's attempt to jump into TV after his film career died was the maligned [[ABC]] "men in trouble" "comedy" ''[[Man Up!]]'' It lasted for eight episodes, and there was no word of Fogler landing on a new pilot in the subsequent development season.

* Wanda Sykes's once-strong career as a comedienne and actress fell apart after the failure of her talk show ''The Wanda Sykes Show''. It was said that her openness about her lesbianism and her inability to appeal to Middle America blackballed her from ever heading a major production again. Her post-cancellation work has been mostly in smaller theatrical projects in recent years.

* Wanda Sykes's once-strong career as a comedienne and actress fell apart after the failure of her talk show ''[[The Wanda Sykes Show]]''. It was said that her openness about her lesbianism and her inability to appeal to Middle America blackballed her from ever heading a major production again. Her post-cancellation work has been mostly in smaller theatrical projects in recent years.

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