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--->'''Megamind:''' I'm the bad guy. I don't save the day, I don't fly off into the sunset, and I don't get the girl.

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* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' plays this in the most tragic fashion possible, as [[spoiler: Doctor Horrible has ''killed'' his LoveInterest, Penny, himself. He had been aiming for his arch-enemy, but accidentally killed her]].

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* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' plays this in the most tragic fashion possible, as [[spoiler: Doctor Horrible has ''killed'' his LoveInterest, {{Love Interest|s}}, Penny, himself. He had been aiming for his arch-enemy, but accidentally killed her]].

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* ''Webcomic/OrderOfTales'' ends with Koark joining the Searchers in [[WanderingTheEarth their travels]], after [[spoiler: Bottle Woman has made a HeroicSacrifice to save the world]] and he has nobody else in his life.



%%* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' plays this straight and in the most tragic fashion possible.
* Creator/FreddieWong in the action short "Gun Size Matters," leading to a hilarious live-action version of OcularGushers.

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%%* * ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' plays this straight and in the most tragic fashion possible.
possible, as [[spoiler: Doctor Horrible has ''killed'' his LoveInterest, Penny, himself. He had been aiming for his arch-enemy, but accidentally killed her]].
* Creator/FreddieWong in the action short "Gun Size Matters," leading to a hilarious live-action version of OcularGushers. %% context?
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Related to NoRomanticResolution (the resolution here is: it didn't work out). Compare to BetterAsFriends and RomanticRunnerUp. Contrast EverythingButTheGirl, where the protagonist usually ''does'' get the girl eventually. Not to be confused with two leads not ending up together because one of them dies -- that is a [[BittersweetEnding different trope]], DeathOfTheHypotenuse when one of the leads is the hypotenuse of someone else, and PlatonicLifePartners where neither of them wanted each other in the first place. See also {{Netorare}}, a {{hentai}} sub-genre revolving around this, and DumpThemAll, where the protagonist rejects all of his LoveInterests instead of them leaving him.

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Related to NoRomanticResolution (the resolution here is: it didn't work out). Compare to BetterAsFriends and RomanticRunnerUp. Contrast EverythingButTheGirl, where the protagonist usually ''does'' get the girl eventually. Not to be confused with two leads not ending up together because one of them dies -- that is a [[BittersweetEnding different trope]], DeathOfTheHypotenuse when one of the leads is the hypotenuse of someone else, and PlatonicLifePartners where neither of them wanted each other in the first place. See also {{Netorare}}, a {{hentai}} sub-genre SubGenre revolving around this, and DumpThemAll, where the protagonist rejects all of his LoveInterests instead of them leaving him.
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* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}''. Megamind is the [[BigBad villain]], and he [[GenreSavvy knows it]]. He [[ThenLetMeBeEvil gladly embraces]] the tropes that come with villany, so when the time comes to this one, he accepts it as well, even if he is genuinely heartbroken. Since the movie is a DeconstructiveParody, it ultimately gets subverted, although it is not clear to what extent.
--->'''Megamind:''' I'm the bad guy. I don't save the day, I don't fly off into the sunset, and I don't get the girl.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Dammit... I had a [[{{Pun}} hunch]] this would happen."]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:"Dammit... I had a [[{{Pun}} hunch]] this would happen."]]"[[note]]But fret not, Quasi - you'll have better luck in [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameII the sequel]].[[/note]]]]
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Removing trope misuse; this is an ending trope, where the story ends with The Protagonist failing to get the Love Interest and therefore ending the story alone.


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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': At the end of Volume 3, [[spoiler:Jaune and Pyrrha become an OfficialCouple, and then about 15 minutes later, Pyrrha dies fighting [[TheHeavy Cinder]]]].
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* Music/BowlingForSoup's "Graduation Trip" has this as a BittersweetEnding. The narrator meets and falls in love with a girl on a four-day cruise, but they live in separate states, so the relationship fizzles out. This doesn't change the fact that she was his FirstLove, and what they had, brief as it may have been, was still deeply meaningful to them both.
-->''I hear you're doing amazing,''\\
''and believe me, that makes me smile.''\\
''But I hope you think of me,''\\
''every once in a while.''
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Related to NoRomanticResolution (the resolution here is: it didn't work out). Compare to BetterAsFriends and RomanticRunnerUp. Contrast EverythingButTheGirl, where the protagonist usually ''does'' get the girl eventually. Not to be confused with two leads not ending up together because one of them dies -- that is a [[BittersweetEnding different trope]], DeathOfTheHypotenuse when one of the leads is the hypotenuse of someone else, and PlatonicLifePartners where neither of them wanted each other in the first place. See also DumpThemAll, where the protagonist rejects all of his LoveInterests instead of them leaving him.

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Related to NoRomanticResolution (the resolution here is: it didn't work out). Compare to BetterAsFriends and RomanticRunnerUp. Contrast EverythingButTheGirl, where the protagonist usually ''does'' get the girl eventually. Not to be confused with two leads not ending up together because one of them dies -- that is a [[BittersweetEnding different trope]], DeathOfTheHypotenuse when one of the leads is the hypotenuse of someone else, and PlatonicLifePartners where neither of them wanted each other in the first place. See also {{Netorare}}, a {{hentai}} sub-genre revolving around this, and DumpThemAll, where the protagonist rejects all of his LoveInterests instead of them leaving him.
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Despite the name, this trope can just as easily apply to not getting the ''guy''. Of course, the idea of a person being something to ''get'', as if she or he is a possession, can be troubling to ponder.

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Despite the name, this trope can just as easily apply to not getting the ''guy''. Of course, the idea of a person being something to ''get'', as if she or he is they're a possession, mere possession to be possessed, can be troubling to ponder.

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Removing misuse. This a protagonist trope, it's not about side characters.


* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** At the end of Volume 3, [[spoiler:Jaune and Pyrrha become an OfficialCouple, and then about 15 minutes later, Pyrrha dies fighting [[TheHeavy Cinder]]]].
** Later on, in Volume 5, [[spoiler:part of the reason why Ilia [[ThenLetMeBeEvil embraced villainy]] was out of jealousy towards Blake's relationship with Adam. Although Ilia pulls a HeelFaceTurn and fixes her friendship with Blake, even helping her stop Adam's attack on Haven, Blake leaves for Atlas in Volume 6. Ilia, at least, is thankful for being given a second chance]].
** Much later in Volume 9,[[spoiler:any chances of Sun getting together with Blake in the future were dashed after Blake and Yang got a RelationshipUpgrade to OfficialCouple. Sun had expressed a desire to enter into a relationship with Blake ever since he met her in Volume 1 and hoped right before his departure in Volume 6 to see her again.]]

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
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''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': At the end of Volume 3, [[spoiler:Jaune and Pyrrha become an OfficialCouple, and then about 15 minutes later, Pyrrha dies fighting [[TheHeavy Cinder]]]].
** Later on, in Volume 5, [[spoiler:part of the reason why Ilia [[ThenLetMeBeEvil embraced villainy]] was out of jealousy towards Blake's relationship with Adam. Although Ilia pulls a HeelFaceTurn and fixes her friendship with Blake, even helping her stop Adam's attack on Haven, Blake leaves for Atlas in Volume 6. Ilia, at least, is thankful for being given a second chance]].
** Much later in Volume 9,[[spoiler:any chances of Sun getting together with Blake in the future were dashed after Blake and Yang got a RelationshipUpgrade to OfficialCouple. Sun had expressed a desire to enter into a relationship with Blake ever since he met her in Volume 1 and hoped right before his departure in Volume 6 to see her again.]]
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!!As this is an EndingTrope, unmarked spoilers abound. Beware.

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!!As this is an EndingTrope, {{Ending Trope|s}}, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked spoilers abound. Beware.
abound]]. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Beware]].

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