History Main / Itsallmyfault

* Angry declaration: Quasimodo, upon seeing Esmeralda being put on a stake in Disney's ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.
** Also, during the song Hellfire, Frollo keeps telling himself it's ''not'' his fault for being obsessed with Esmeralda [[ObsessionSong while singing about her]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar burning in hell]] and the [[OminousLatinChanting red-robed choir]] representing his conscience [[BilingualBonus contradicts him]].

* In ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', Bright Eyes tells his father Caesar (through sign language) that it the current situation was his fault because he helped assist Koba take the human city, but Caesar (though speech) tells him that it was his fault for trusting Koba in the first place and concludes that humans and apes are NotSoDifferent.

* In an episode of ''WhatILikeAboutYou'', it's used as a followup/admission by a character who has previously denied responsibility.

* In season 3 of ''VeronicaMars'', [[{{Jerkass}} Dick, of all people,]] falls into this trope while dealing with [[spoiler:his brother killing a dozen people, then committing suicide.]] When his father shows up, Dick has something of a breakdown and admits he thinks it's their fault.

-->'''Peter:''' So do I.

->''"They don't have any food stored for the winter! *sob* [[LargeHam AND IT'S ALL MY FAAAULT!]]"''

* In GrahamMcNeill's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' ''HorusHeresy'' novel ''False Gods'', Horus blames himself for [[spoiler:Temda's fall, having left him behind despite his pleas]].

** ''CBCharaGoNagaiWorld'': Satan blames himself for [[spoiler:killing ''[[Manga/{{Devilman}} Akira Fudo]]'']]. Pretty reasonably, since he killed him... ''again''.

* In {{Brave}}, finally admitting their own role in everything that went wrong is an essential bit of CharacterDevelopment for both Merida and her mother.

* Amuro Ray goes through this a number of times in his appearances in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''. He blames himself easily for the deaths of, amongst others, [[spoiler: Matilda Ajan, Lalah Sune and, in ''MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'', Kayra Su. Granted, while Matilda's death was unavoidable, Lalah was killed because of his rivalry with Char and Kayra was killed because the Nu Gundam was still sensitive and reacted to his anger.]]

* In ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'', [[spoiler: Stefan Levin]] feels this way [[spoiler:about his beloved girlfriend Karen's death -- she was hit by a truck (and it happened when she was ''on her way to his final soccer match in Sweden'')]] which led to his mind and soul being completely corrupted. And he channels this through his signature "Levin Shot" as a way to injure his rivals, which includes [[spoiler:Wakabayashi, Muller and Akai.]]

* In ''{{Persona 4}}'', Teddie blames himself so hard for [[spoiler: Nanako's death]] that he nearly {{Heroic BSOD}}ed himself out of existence.

May be the result of failing to MustMakeAmends. May end up being a CareerBuildingBlunder. May be uttered by someone laboring under TheChainsOfCommanding. See also MyGodWhatHaveIDone, in which case it typically ''is'' all "my" fault, and "I" have just realized the consequences of "my" actions, and FailureToSaveMurder. When death ensued, see TheseHandsHaveKilled. If a character has so many It's All My Fault moments that it becomes almost a character trait, it's a GuiltComplex. Characters may irrationally think of this if IWishedYouWereDead. The opposite trope is NeverMyFault.

May be the result of failing to MustMakeAmends. May end up being a CareerBuildingBlunder. May be uttered by someone laboring under TheChainsOfCommanding. See also MyGodWhatHaveIDone, in which case it typically ''is'' all "my" fault, and "I" have just realized the consequences of "my" actions, and FailureToSaveMurder. When death ensued, see TheseHandsHaveKilled. If a character has so many It's All My Fault moments that it becomes almost a character trait, it's a GuiltComplex. Characters may irrationally think of this if IWishedYouWereDead. Contrast GuiltGambit, in which the self-blame is just a gambit to garner pity for the self. The opposite trope is NeverMyFault.

* In ''Webcomic/Motherly Scootaloo'', this is one of Scootaloo's main flaws, blaming herself for things that couldn't possibly be her fault.

* Oichi in ''SengokuBasara''. It's practically the only thing she ever says.

* In the Fanfic/Gensokyo20XX series tie in, the ''Gensokyo Diaries', in Sanae's second diary entry, she think she's misbehaved, ergo, for said misbehavior, she deserves to be slapped, the implications of which surrounding may be that she hasn't done anything. Actually, she seems to think she has done something that would warrant any sort of punishment when it is likely she didn't.

* Celestia towards the end of ''FanFic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'' blames herself for Luna's fall and the Horus Heresy, saying that if she had stopped for a moment and just talked with Luna and Horus there might have been a different outcome. [[spoiler: Horus forgives her, and says he also deserves some of the blame because he willingly chose to rebel instead of seeking a better alternative]].

* She didn't ''speak it out'', but this is how Haruka of ''Manga/{{Kotoura-san}}'' thinks about [[spoiler:the events in the latter half of episode 3, when Hiyori sent dojo members/cult thugs to attack Manabe, causing Manabe to be hospitalized and Hiyori having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment.]] This line of thinking, however, came from all the BreakTheCutie [[BlessedWithSuck that came from]] her {{telepath|y}}ic powers, eventually causing her to think she will eventually cause the downfall of anyone she cares about.

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* There is an entire musical number about this during the second act of Stephen Sondheim's ''IntoTheWoods''.
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