Too Happy to Live: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Chronicles of Thomas Covenant|Lord Foul's Bane]]''. Thomas Covenant [[Lampshades]] this, pondering if he had lived an entire lifetime's worth of laughter before the discovery of his leprosy.

* [[Ernest Hemingway]] has the main couple of ''A Farewell To Arms'' quite happy, having escaped the Italian manhunt to Switzerland. While there's a level of self-destruction going on - they're living entirely on credit - the characters don't seem particularly bothered. Cue [[Death by Childbirth]].

* It hasn't happened yet, but in ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud]]'', it's revealed that the greatest fear of Sam Vimes, who over the course of the [[Discworld]] series has gone from a drunken wreck of a night watchman to a public VIP and happily-married father, is that this is going to happen someday, if not to him then to [[Adult Fear|his infant son]].

* [[Roger Ebert]] referenced this trope in his book ''The Little Book Of Hollywood Cliches.'' In his list of the "top movie characters likely to die," he says:

{{quote|'''Jack''': Too many of them... I knew I'd get hit on this job. I was too happy... too happy with you.}}

* ''[[Mother 3]]'' opens with Hinawa, Claus, and Lucas visiting their grandfather, happily playing with friendly dinosaurs, eating lunch, and preparing to depart for Tazmily in the afternoon. [[Tear Jerker|It's all downhill from there]].

* ''Fallout 4'' opens with the main character and their spouse happily married. He's just gotten out of the Army and survived the war to return to his family, she's begun her career as a successful lawyer, you're both standing over the crib containing your infant son and cooing over how ''wonderful'' everything is. The TV news is forecasting beautiful weather, its a holiday, you're planning a picnic, and hey, your hometown team is all set up to win the World Series that night! Enjoy it while it lasts -- global thermonuclear war begins five minutes later, and you'll get to see the nuclear destruction of everything you know and love just as the bomb shelter door closes. And then [[It Got Worse|it gets worse]].

 

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