History Main / BrokenStreak

** They did win on their own ONCE...at which point, one of their players was revealed to be a gambler. And their win was canceled.

** Predating ''Cars 2'', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'''s streak of 100% Website/RottenTomatoes ratings ended when ''Toy Story 3'' got...[[EightPointEight 99%]]. The first two [[ComplainingAboutPeopleNotLikingTheShow critics with negative assessments]] (one of whom already had a reputation as both a CommanderContrarian and [[BiasSteamroller a Pixar hater]]) [[HePannedItNowHeSucks were bashed to death]], the third review only escaped less flames for being released later.

* The most famous streak in GameShows, Ken Jennings' 74-game ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' win streak came to an end in November 2004 after he missed a Final Jeopardy clue which competitor Nancy Zerg got right. The cut to Zerg's look of shock as Jennings' wrong answer was revealed is now known as the "Zerg Cam" by the J! Archive.

* After winning his ''WebVideo/MovieFights'' eight times in a row, Dan Murrell finally loses his title of "''Undefeated Movie Fights Champion'' during the ''Film/JurassicWorld'' battle.

* After winning his ''WebVideo/MovieFights'' eight times in a row, Dan Murrell finally loses his title of "''Undefeated'' Movie Fights Champion'' during the ''Film/JurassicWorld'' battle.

* [[PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] has broken the winning streaks of Miles Edgeworth, Manfred Von Karma and Franziska Von Karma, while his mentor Mia broke the winning streak of Winston Payne.

* ''HeyArnold'', "Road Trip": Helga's mom needs $500 to repair her car. Enters bull-riding contest with $500 prize. Rival has won 5 years running. Turns out she was [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat state bull-riding champion]], and she takes the money.

* In the ''{{Peanuts}}'' movie ''Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown,'' the title character, as he is leaving for France, tells Schroeder to take care of the baseball field, whereby Sally bluntly tells him that "the last time you went away, our team won three games in a row."

* ''AMinuteWithStanHooper'': The titular newsman wants change in the town he's moved to (it doesn't even allow women to vote), and decides to run for mayor against the 20 year incumbent, a bait shop owner who happens to have a political aide backing him. After spending a better part of the ep drumming up support, he ends up getting just 2 votes: himself...and the mayor's aide.
* ''GilmoreGirls'', "They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?". Lorelei is desperate to break Kirk's winning streak (and her own streak of futility) at a dance marathon and almost does it (just like last year), but her partner / daughter Rory runs off the floor with fifteen minutes to go after breaking up with her boyfriend Dean (the real important event in this eppy), leaving Lorelai with yet another 23rd-hour loss as Kirk outdances the others to win his 5th in a row.

** ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' ended the studio's #1 Openings streak as ''Film/JurassicWorld'' beat it out on its opening weekend. To be fair, ''Jurassic World'' exceeded even the most optimistic box office predictions and ''Inside Out'' managed to open with $90.4 million in the US and Canada, which is not only Pixar's best opening weekend by almost $20 million (beating out ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''[='=] $70.4 million opening weekend), but the biggest opening weekend ever for an original film, besting ''{{Film/Avatar}}''[='=]s $77 million debut.

* After 11 films from {{Pixar}}, all certified fresh on RottenTomatoes, they released ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} 2'', which is currently at 38% on the Tomato-meter. Also, all Pixar films released since the establishment of the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Animated Feature in 2001 have been nominated for it, except ''Cars 2''.
** Predating ''Cars 2'', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'''s streak of 100% RottenTomatoes ratings ended when ''Toy Story 3'' got...[[EightPointEight 99%]]. The first two [[ComplainingAboutPeopleNotLikingTheShow critics with negative assessments]] (one of whom already had a reputation as both a CommanderContrarian and [[BiasSteamroller a Pixar hater]]) [[HePannedItNowHeSucks were bashed to death]], the third review only escaped less flames for being released later.

* After 11 films from {{Pixar}}, all certified fresh on RottenTomatoes, they released ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} 2'', which is currently at 38% on the Tomato-meter. Also, all Pixar films released since the establishment of the AcademyAward for Best Animated Feature in 2001 have been nominated for it, except ''Cars 2''.

** That's not the only trend they broken. There is also the other two starters Which are Water/Dark and Grass/Fighting embeeding a second elemental trinity. [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Cynthia]] is nowhere to be seen despite appearing all games in the last two generations, The Ice gym is docked by one being the 8th gym. The pseudo-legendary is a single typed dragon. There are only three new Legendaries in the game with it reusing the [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue first 4 legendaries]] instead of a new duo and secondary trio, all the legendaries are shinylocked instead of just the plot-relevant ones and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking this is the first game in the Pokemon Franchise to have a worldwide release.]]

** He had two more streak-breakers in the 2010s. "Camouflage" (2011), the last single off ''This Is Country Music'', became his first song since 2000 not to hit Top 10, and both the third and fourth singles off the polarizing ''Wheelhouse'' ("I Can't Change the World" and "The Mona Lisa") failed to make Top 10 either. The latter didn't even make Top ''20''!
* Music/DierksBentley had his streaks broken twice. The two singles off his bluegrass-tinged 2010 NewSoundAlbum ''Up on the Ridge'' (the title track and "Draw Me a Map") were his only two singles since 2003's "My Last Name" (second release from his debut album) not to reach Top 10. And again in 2013, "Bourbon in Kentucky", the lead single to his 2014 album ''Riser'', failed so badly that it didn't even make Top ''40'', leading to the album getting pushed back. (He quickly got back on track when the second single, "I Hold On", went all the way to #1.)
* Music/CarrieUnderwood had a 12-song streak of #1 hits on the ''Mediabase'' country charts, of which all but two also got to #1 on ''Billboard'' (those two being "Don't Forget to Remember Me" and "I Told You So", which "only" got to #2 there). In early 2011, "Mama's Song" put an end to the streak, when it became her first song not to reach #1 on even ''Mediabase''. Since then, the streak has either been broken or continued, depending on which chart you go by, and whether or not guest singles are included, further muddied by ''Billboard'' splitting its country singles charts into two separate charts after the second single from her fourth album, ''Blown Away'', was released. Either way, "Something in the Water" re-broke the ''Mediabase'' streak in 2014 when it also only got to #2.

* Music/KennyChesney's 2014 album ''Life on a Rock'' is his first album since his little-known 1994 debut ''In My Wildest Dreams'' not to be certified gold.

* ''{{Cheers}}'''s yearly pranks with rival Gary's Olde Tyme Tavern.

* Music/CarrieUnderwood had a 12-song streak of #1 hits on the ''Mediabase'' country charts, of which all but two also got to #1 on ''Billboard'' (those two being "Don't Forget to Remember Me" and "I Told You So", which "only" got to #2 there). In early 2011, "Mama's Song" put an end to the streak, when it became her first song not to reach #1 on even ''Mediabase''. (Since then, she's had four more #1 hits, two of which were also songs that topped only ''Mediabase'' and got to #2 on ''Billboard''. So depending on which chart you follow, you could say that her streak of never peaking lower than #2 is intact.)

* During ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'s'' Sinnoh saga Ash [[spoiler:has been on quite the losing streak lately, broken only by winning his first gym badge (and ''that'' was on the second attempt!). Oh, and Team Rocket, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption but they don't count]].]] He enters a far worse one after losing a six-on-six battle with Paul. The only battles he's won are the plot-important ones and gym battles.
** In ''XY'', he didn't end up catching the region's Grass type starter -- Clemont did. He does have the water-type starter, though. Then again The source material is also guilty of this trope (see below)

** "Tour De Pond": Not only is it a case of a FamilyRivalry, but Rex Smythe-Higgins the 3rd has also won this race a couple years running.

* Pope Francis, the first pope since 913 to have an entirely new name, first Jesuit and American pope, and first non-European pope since 741.

* Music/BradPaisley. Between 2005 and 2009, he had an impressive streak of ''ten'' consecutive #1 hits on the country charts. This included a five-straight streak for singles off his ''5th Gear'' album, tying Rodney Crowell's ''Diamonds & Dirt'' for the country album with the most #1 hits (although one of Paisley's songs was a re-recording that was only added to later presses of the album). Then in 2009, after the mega-hit "Then", both "Welcome to the Future" and "American Saturday Night" stalled out at #2. (He's had four more #1's since.)
** He had two more streak-breakers in the 2010s. "Camouflage" (2011), the last single off ''This Is Country Music'', became his first song since 2000 not to hit Top 10, and "I Can't Change the World", first off his polarizing 2013 album ''Wheelhouse'', was his first to miss Top ''20'' (it peaked at #22).