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* Tokiha Mai of ''[[Mai-HiME]]'' was a kind and emotionally strong girl who looked after her [[Ill Girl|constantly ill little brother with a weak heart]] by giving up her own childhood to work for his medical bills after losing both her parents. Having both that little brother ''and'' the boy she came to love die in rapid succession, as well as seeing that the one to blame is, supposedly, her best friend and sworn sister, can even break a saint like her into a nihilistic Result C.
* Tokiha Mai of ''[[Mai-HiME]]'' was a kind and emotionally strong girl who looked after her [[Ill Girl|constantly ill little brother with a weak heart]] by giving up her own childhood to work for his medical bills after losing both her parents. Having both that little brother ''and'' the boy she came to love die in rapid succession, as well as seeing that the one to blame is, supposedly, her best friend and sworn sister, can even break a saint like her into a nihilistic Result C.
* [[Kurohime|Zero's]] past was really horrible.
* [[Kurohime|Zero's]] past was really horrible.
* Shiina Tamai from ''[[Narutaru]]'' is a brave, kind-hearted, upbeat [[Action Girl]]... who, as per the [[Deconstruction]]ist nature of the series, is put through a ''lot'' of crap. Between watching friends and loved ones die, and seeing that [[Humans Are Bastards|humans are a truly terrible lot]], there's only so much trauma she can take before she turns into an example of Result C. [[Happily Ever Before|The anime version doesn't get anywhere near that far, mind you.]]
* Shiina Tamai from ''[[Narutaru]]'' is a brave, kind-hearted, upbeat [[Action Girl]]... who, as per the [[Deconstruction]]ist nature of the series, is put through a ''lot'' of crap. Between watching friends and loved ones die, and seeing that [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|humans are a truly terrible lot]], there's only so much trauma she can take before she turns into an example of Result C. [[Happily Ever Before|The anime version doesn't get anywhere near that far, mind you.]]
** Most of the kids connected to the Dragon Children. If they don’t have issues they will quickly get them. Akira is [[Abusive Parent|sexually abused by her father]], forcibly dragged into a conflict with [[Teens Are Monsters|teenage psychos]], [[Mind Rape|mind-rapped]] at least twice to [[We Can Rule Together|make her join]], {{spoiler|locked away for almost a year for killing said father}} and confronted with dozens of violent deaths. There is also {{spoiler|Hirako}}, who has [[Lonely Rich Kid|no-one beside Shiina]], is heavily bullied in school and her demanding parents don’t give a damn as long as she has good grades. When her father tries to {{spoiler|cut her ties with Shiina}} she ''slips''.
** Most of the kids connected to the Dragon Children. If they don’t have issues they will quickly get them. Akira is [[Abusive Parent|sexually abused by her father]], forcibly dragged into a conflict with [[Teens Are Monsters|teenage psychos]], [[Mind Rape|mind-rapped]] at least twice to [[We Can Rule Together|make her join]], {{spoiler|locked away for almost a year for killing said father}} and confronted with dozens of violent deaths. There is also {{spoiler|Hirako}}, who has [[Lonely Rich Kid|no-one beside Shiina]], is heavily bullied in school and her demanding parents don’t give a damn as long as she has good grades. When her father tries to {{spoiler|cut her ties with Shiina}} she ''slips''.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Vash the Stampede]] from ''[[Trigun]]''. As we learn more and more about him two important facts come to mind. 1. He is the [[Break the Cutie|unluckiest person who's ever lived]]. 2. There is someone out there [[Big Bad|directly responsible]] for that and ''he's far from finished.'' However, Vash takes the route A because he is just that ''badass''.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Vash the Stampede]] from ''[[Trigun]]''. As we learn more and more about him two important facts come to mind. 1. He is the [[Break the Cutie|unluckiest person who's ever lived]]. 2. There is someone out there [[Big Bad|directly responsible]] for that and ''he's far from finished.'' However, Vash takes the route A because he is just that ''badass''.
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* ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]'' has Kratos. Very much a Type D.
* ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]'' has Kratos. Very much a Type D.
* Phoenix is a type F in ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney|Apollo Justice Ace Attorney]]''. After being tricked into using fake evidence and framed for it, thus losing his badge and his reputation, also getting his disappeared client's little girl dumped in his arms but having no idea how to take care of her and not having a source of income anymore, plus, of course, all the stuff that happened in the previous games, like losing his mentor... he just [[Took a Level In Badass]] and became a bit bitter and cynical, but he never seems to have broken down at all.
* Phoenix is a type F in ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney|Apollo Justice Ace Attorney]]''. After being tricked into using fake evidence and framed for it, thus losing his badge and his reputation, also getting his disappeared client's little girl dumped in his arms but having no idea how to take care of her and not having a source of income anymore, plus, of course, all the stuff that happened in the previous games, like losing his mentor... he just [[Took a Level In Badass]] and became a bit bitter and cynical, but he never seems to have broken down at all.
* Fou-lu in ''[[Breath of Fire]] IV'' is marched down a Type B/Type D Trauma Conga Line ''by the very empire he was the [[King in the Mountain]] for''; the increasingly extreme efforts [[The Empire]] takes in killing what is their ''literal'' founding [[God-Emperor]] eventually go to the point of the use of a [[Fantastic Nuke]] [[Powered by a Forsaken Child|powered by Fou-lu's]] ''[[Human Resources|GIRLFRIEND]]'' (said [[Fantastic Nuke]] explicitly works on the principle of [[Love Hurts]], the closer the bond, the higher the mega-tonnage), and—when THAT didn't work—having [[The Emperor]] run Fou-lu through with a [[Evil Weapon|soul-eating sword]] made from ''[[Body Horror|the botched summon of another god]]'' (which only resulted in [[Off with His Head|Emperor Soniel literally losing his head]]). This Trauma Conga Line eventually results in Fou-lu deciding that [[Humans Are Bastards]] and the use of Mami as a tactical thermonuclear [[Country Mouse]] is arguably the event (in the MIDDLE of the Trauma Conga Line, no less!) that causes him to become a [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]].
* Fou-lu in ''[[Breath of Fire]] IV'' is marched down a Type B/Type D Trauma Conga Line ''by the very empire he was the [[King in the Mountain]] for''; the increasingly extreme efforts [[The Empire]] takes in killing what is their ''literal'' founding [[God-Emperor]] eventually go to the point of the use of a [[Fantastic Nuke]] [[Powered by a Forsaken Child|powered by Fou-lu's]] ''[[Human Resources|GIRLFRIEND]]'' (said [[Fantastic Nuke]] explicitly works on the principle of [[Love Hurts]], the closer the bond, the higher the mega-tonnage), and—when THAT didn't work—having [[The Emperor]] run Fou-lu through with a [[Evil Weapon|soul-eating sword]] made from ''[[Body Horror|the botched summon of another god]]'' (which only resulted in [[Off with His Head|Emperor Soniel literally losing his head]]). This Trauma Conga Line eventually results in Fou-lu deciding that [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]] and the use of Mami as a tactical thermonuclear [[Country Mouse]] is arguably the event (in the MIDDLE of the Trauma Conga Line, no less!) that causes him to become a [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]].
** Oh, and the [[Vestigial Empire]] that summoned Fou-lu in the first place buggered up the summoning, resulting in the god being split in twain and each half of the [[Literal Split Personality]] ending up on opposite sides of the world and temporally displaced 600 years. It's also outright stated that the Fou Empire and its [[Vestigial Empire]] predecessor the Muuru Empire still have not managed how to learn to summon a god in one piece and are involuntarily yanking the entities the world knows as "gods" from their own lives. (Yes, Fou-lu's Trauma Conga Line veritably began from the moment of his existence on that world.)
** Oh, and the [[Vestigial Empire]] that summoned Fou-lu in the first place buggered up the summoning, resulting in the god being split in twain and each half of the [[Literal Split Personality]] ending up on opposite sides of the world and temporally displaced 600 years. It's also outright stated that the Fou Empire and its [[Vestigial Empire]] predecessor the Muuru Empire still have not managed how to learn to summon a god in one piece and are involuntarily yanking the entities the world knows as "gods" from their own lives. (Yes, Fou-lu's Trauma Conga Line veritably began from the moment of his existence on that world.)
* ''[[Mario Kart]] Wii'' adds a lot of fairly powerful powerups to the game. Given the random awarding of items, first place is often one of the most dangerous positions in the game. Especially if several guys behind you get ahold of the global effect items all at once, and proceed to use them. Characters can get shrunk, blinded, then spun in succession, and that's not counting getting shelled in the process.
* ''[[Mario Kart]] Wii'' adds a lot of fairly powerful powerups to the game. Given the random awarding of items, first place is often one of the most dangerous positions in the game. Especially if several guys behind you get ahold of the global effect items all at once, and proceed to use them. Characters can get shrunk, blinded, then spun in succession, and that's not counting getting shelled in the process.
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