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

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Angel]]'' often use [[Supernatural Angst]]; Buffy's abilities as the Slayer (and the demands this places on her life) and Angel's cursed-vampire-with-a-soul are the two main reflections of this, but the other characters often felt the effects.

* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''. Pretty much the [[Trope Namer]].

** For those who don't know the show: It long ago hit the limits of real-world levels of angst (murdered loved ones, survivor's guilt, abandonment issues, family drama, tragic and sucky childhoods, etc.) Of course, it's set in the world of the supernatural, but a lot of its early angst was fairly normal, even if the root causes were supernatural (e.g. a murder committed by a demon.) As time went on, the only way to increase the angst was to use supernatural angst. A good example: Plain old post-traumatic stress vs post traumatic stress from being tortured for three decades before finally turning torturer for a decade...in literal hell. Yeah.