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* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' starts ''because'' of all this. As Chloe is worried and frustrated that she's going to become the laughingstock of her school because her classmates dared her to fight Ash (and she lost), Goh is completely oblivious to the fact that she just wants him by his side (because he's always hanging out with Ash and focusing on Mew). When Chloe asks where he is when she's alone at school, he decides to state, "I'm chasing my dreams -- which is ''something you lack''!" Unfortunately, he has no idea that Chloe is always pressured to be like Goh and Ash and her father -- a complete Pokémon fanatic who loves the creatures more than life itself. Hearing this makes Chloe realize that Goh loves Ash and Pokémon more than her, and that she will never be considered equals, which leads to her running out of the Institute to cry...and into the Infinity Train itself.

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* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' starts ''because'' of all this. As one of these. Chloe is worried Cerise feels overshadowed by her father's career as a Pokémon Professor, and frustrated that like nobody cares about ''her'' at all, not even her ChildhoodFriend Goh, since they [[TheFriendsWhoNeverHang never spend time together]]. He's rarely ever at school, meaning he's unaware of just how badly she's going to become the laughingstock of being bullied there. When she loses her school because her classmates dared her to fight Ash (and she lost), Goh is completely oblivious to the fact that she just wants him by his side (because temper and asks what he's always hanging out with Ash and focusing on Mew). When Chloe asks where he is when doing while she's alone at school, he decides to state, Goh snaps back "I'm chasing my dreams -- which is ''something you lack''!" Unfortunately, he has no idea that Chloe is always pressured to be like Goh and Ash and This drives her father -- a complete Pokémon fanatic who loves the creatures more than life itself. Hearing this makes Chloe realize that Goh loves Ash and Pokémon more than her, and that she will never be considered equals, which leads to her running out of flee the Institute to cry...in tears... and into gets her picked up by the Infinity Train itself.Train.



-->'''Enemy:''' Steven, when did you get so fat? ''[dead, Emotional Damage]''\\\
'''Villager:''' They sent you? ''[dead, Emotional Damage]''\\\

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-->'''Enemy:''' Steven, when did you get so fat? ''[dead, ''(dead, Emotional Damage]''\\\
Damage)''\\\
'''Villager:''' They sent you? ''[dead, ''(dead, Emotional Damage]''\\\Damage)''\\\



'''Player:''' ''[dead, Ultra Emotional Damage]''\\\
'''Steven's dad:''' ''[[[MemeticMutation throws sandal to the ground]]]'' '''[[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable E-MO-TIONAL DAMAGE!]]'''

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'''Player:''' ''[dead, ''(dead, Ultra Emotional Damage]''\\\
Damage)''\\\
'''Steven's dad:''' ''[[[MemeticMutation ''([[MemeticMutation throws sandal to the ground]]]'' ground]])'' '''[[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable E-MO-TIONAL DAMAGE!]]'''
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* ''Webcomic/LovingReaper'': In one strip, when a boy calls his dog a "stupid dog", we see the dog looking shocked with the words echoing in his head.

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* ''Webcomic/LovingReaper'': In one strip, "dimmed light", when a boy calls his dog a "stupid dog", we see the dog looking shocked with the words echoing in his head.
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** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E5TanksForTheMemories Tanks for the Memories]]", Rainbow Dash is in a funk because [[HibernationMigrationSituation she doesn't want her tortoise, Tank, to hibernate]]. When Fluttershy says to her, "[[BrutalHonesty Your winter is going to be pet-less!]]", Rainbow Dash bursts into tears.

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** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E5TanksForTheMemories Tanks for the Memories]]", Rainbow Dash is in a funk because [[HibernationMigrationSituation she doesn't want her tortoise, Tank, to hibernate]]. When Fluttershy says to her, "[[BrutalHonesty Your winter is going to be pet-less!]]", Rainbow Dash [[CatharticCrying bursts into tears.tears]].
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That they ultimately forgave each other means they did take it back.


* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'': When Twilight gets into an argument with the rest of the Mane Six after the former has attempted to steal Queen Novo's pearl, Pinkie accuses Twilight of not trusting her allies. Twilight then snaps and yells that she'd be better off without them. This ''shocks'' everyone else, especially Pinkie, and they leave Twilight as she can only shed TearsOfRemorse over words that she can't take back.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'': When Twilight gets into an argument with the rest of the Mane Six after the former has attempted to steal Queen Novo's pearl, Pinkie accuses Twilight of not trusting her allies. Twilight then snaps and yells that she'd be better off without them. This ''shocks'' everyone else, especially Pinkie, and they leave Twilight as she can only shed TearsOfRemorse over words that what she can't take back.did.
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Compare to BreakThemByTalking, a more deliberate effort than Devastating Remark. Also compare KirkSummation and MiseryTrigger. Supertrope to MinorInsultMeltdown. IHaveNoSon is a common subtrope. See also MoreInsultingThanIntended. Compare CloseToHome and TraumaButton.

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Compare to BreakThemByTalking, a more deliberate effort than Devastating Remark. Also compare KirkSummation and MiseryTrigger. Supertrope to MinorInsultMeltdown. IHaveNoSon is a common subtrope. See also MoreInsultingThanIntended. Compare CloseToHome and TraumaButton. May overlap with CorrectiveLecture.
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Frequently overlaps with WhamLine and DidYouThinkICantFee Sometimes the remark can be an {{Ironic|Echo}} or MeaningfulEcho and, while an ArmorPiercingQuestion or ArmorPiercingResponse can overlap, a Devastating Remark doesn't necessarily need these tropes to work on its own.

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Frequently overlaps with WhamLine and DidYouThinkICantFee DidYouThinkICantFeel Sometimes the remark can be an {{Ironic|Echo}} or MeaningfulEcho and, while an ArmorPiercingQuestion or ArmorPiercingResponse can overlap, a Devastating Remark doesn't necessarily need these tropes to work on its own.

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