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* WebAnimation/{{Chadam}} says this word-for-word when he fails to save a young boy, named Palco, from the Pallids and must confront the boy's mother and brother. Simkin tries to convince everyone that it wasn't Chadam's fault, but they aren't having it.
* ItsAllMyFault: Dongtae blames himself for [[spoiler:Byungchul's death, who might not have died and kickstarted the story had Dongtae not ignored the quest X gave him]] that particular night.

* Comicbook/{{X 23}} is highly prone to this due to the guilt she carries over all the killings she committed under the Facility's control. Although she does come to accept she's as much a victim as the people she killed, Laura is nonetheless quick to accept blame for her actions.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. With his entire family taken prisoner by Syndrome, Bob Parr apologizes to everyone for getting them into this mess, in an attempt to relive his glory days instead of treasuring his family. As Helen Parr agrees entirely with this assessment, she tries to hush the kids [[NotNowKiddo who meanwhile are working on freeing them]].

* Subverted in TheMovie of ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout'', where Dougal ''doesn't'' take responsibility for releasing Zeebad, until near the end:

* ''ComicBook/StarWarsPrincessLeia'': Beneath the façade of [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask stoic resolve]], Leia is struggling with the emotional burden of her homeworld's destruction and her father's death, which she feels is directly due to her open defiance of the Empire. She has no friends to speak of (her relationship with Han, Luke, and Chewie hasn't had time to develop yet), and she [[DramaticIrony has no surviving family to turn to]]. [[spoiler:So she sets out with another Alderaanian rebel to rally the survivors of their homeworld's destruction and find them a new home.]]

-->-- '''Luigi''', ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld''

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'' cartoon, Luigi blames himself for the cave people's crops being stolen.

* In ''Webcomic/Clarissa'' the titular protagonist [[BreakingTheFourthWall addresses the audience directly]] on the subject of how best to avoid being sexually abused by daddy during bathtime. But in the end, we see [[TrickDialogue she's actually been]] [[MirrorMonologue talking to herself in the mirror.]]

* In ''Webcomic/Clarissa'' the titular protagonist [[BreakingTheFourthWall addresses the audience directly]] on the subject of how best to avoid being sexually abused by daddy during bathtime. But in the end, we see she's actually been talking to herself in the mirror.

* TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} gives us Guilt Complex. Characters with this disadvantage will always try to hoist the blame onto themselves, and if something bad really ''does'' happen, they risk suffering the debilitating [[ThatOneDisadvantage Chronic Depression]] for some time.

* ''Animation/HappyHeroes 3: The Stones'': Careless S. feels guilty after he considers the Supermen losing their abilities to be his fault (with an invention he built being involved with the problem), causing him to run away from the Supermen's house some time before Happy S. arrives 10 years into the future.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'' cartoon, Luigi blames himself for the cave people's crops being stolen. (This scene has, needless to say, been [[MemeticMutation memetically mutated]] in WebAnimation/YouTubePoop and nicknamed "Emo Luigi")

-->'''Aladdin''': I'm gonna lose her, Genie, and it's all my fault!\\

*** In ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII'', while Lightning tries to figure out what is going on with all of the chaos in the temple in the Wildlands, the Yeuls blames themselves for it. One Yeul explains that [[spoiler:they are the source of the chaos and it was made from their combined hopes of living forever with Caius]]. She isn't happy about this and asks Lightning to fix it by [[spoiler:killing Caius and saving his soul]]. Lightning can't do anything but agree.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Hercules declares this because he failed to defeat the Hydra and falls into a depression that lasts until you defeat Hades late in the game. Even though it wasn't really his fault.
** In the same game, [[spoiler:after Axel kidnaps Kairi]], Sora starts to [[ManlyTears cry]] inside the Gummi Ship as his friends try to cheer him up. When Goofy tells him that "he's the key that connects everything", Sora mutters "So it's all ''my'' fault". Goofy takes back his words in shock, not wanting Sora to enter another HeroicBSOD.

* In many of the works by Creator/JimButcher, this is demonstrated. In ''Literature/CodexAlera'', Tavi wishes that [[spoiler:he could have saved his dead troops when he becomes Captain by necessity.]] Max assures him he could have done nothing, and is an excellent [[spoiler:captain]].

* ''WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank2016'' Ratchet blames himself for falling for Qwark's betrayal which prompts Clank to say "Taking blame isn't the same thing as taking responsibility''. So Ratchet sets out to confront Qwark once more and save the galaxy from Drek.

* The ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'' episode "I Am My Monster" features a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of this trope. [[spoiler: Steven has a complete mental breakdown, which causes his powers to go absolutely ballistic, turning him into a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever massive]], pink {{Kaiju}}, lashing out in fear and rage. His father, the Crystal Gems, the Diamonds and Spinel all start proclaiming how it was their fault that Steven is like this, because they didn't support him enough (Greg), never asked if he was okay when it looked like there was something wrong, (Amethyst) or [[BreadEggsMilkSquick actively tried to kill him]] (the Diamonds and Spinel).]] Enter Connie.