Tragic Bromance: Difference between revisions

** And as of the end of Season 6, it looks as though Dean and Castiel are headed in this direction.

* Although Buffy gets better after just a few months, Buffy and Willow between the season 5 finale and the season 6 premiere of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' totally fits this trope. Buffy's death causes Willow to go into a spiral of desperation and bargaining that eventually leads her into [[Knight Templar|extremely morally ambiguous territory]] in her effort to resurrect her best friend, leads to her sliding into [[Drunk With Power]], and emotionally sets her up for a [[Despair Event Horizon]] after her unrelated ''romantic'' tragedy involving Tara one season later.

* John is devastated by [[Sherlock (TV)|Sherlock's]] {{spoiler|apparent death}} in ''The Reichenbach Fall''. He's not even aware that the reason Sherlock {{spoiler|committed (fake) suicide was to save his life}}.

* Horatio and Archie's friendship in the [[Horatio Hornblower (TV)|Horatio Hornblower]] TV movies is an arguable example, although the emotional fallout after Archie's [[Heroic Sacrifice]] and death isn't explored overtly in the subsequent series.

* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' - Cloud and Zack

** Only touched upon in flashbacks during the game, but elaborated in other entries of the franchise such as ''[[Last Order]]'', ''[[Crisis Core]]'', and ''[[Advent Children]]''.

* Solid Snake and Gray Fox in ''Metal Gear 2'', but [[Revision|properly explored]] in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', where it's shown Fox's death has broken Snake's heart when Fox [[Came Back Wrong|Comes Back Wrong]] as a cyborg [[Stalker With a Crush|desperate to fight Snake to the death so he can find some peace]].

 

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