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* In ''VideoGame/{{LISA}}'', the majority of the unambiguously good characters tend to undergo a lot of suffering and punishment.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{LISA}}'', This is a major recurring theme in the majority of ''VideoGame/{{LISA}}'' series. Brad's EstablishingCharacterMoment has him take the unambiguously good characters tend heat for his friends when they're being bullied, only to undergo a lot of suffering and punishment.get bloodily beaten by the bullies for his efforts.
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** If you want to make peace between the NCR and the Kings without assassinating Pacer but The King shuts you down because you've already used up the favor he owes you from completing his quest, then Ambassador Crocker is obligated to send you to Colonel Moore for further orders. Except he knows [[MurderIsTheBestSolution what her plan for them will be]] so he suggests that you ask for help from Colonel Hsu instead. If you take his advice and work with Hsu for a comparatively less violent solution, Crocker is fired.

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** If you want to make peace between the NCR and the Kings without assassinating Pacer but The King shuts you down because you've already used up the favor he owes you from completing his quest, then Ambassador the NCR's ambassador Crocker is obligated to send you to Colonel Moore for further orders. Except he knows [[MurderIsTheBestSolution what her plan for them will be]] so he suggests that you ask for help from Colonel Hsu instead. If you take his advice and work with Hsu for a comparatively less violent solution, Crocker is fired.

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** ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' quotes the original's ending almost word-for-word when you finish the "Trouble on the Home Front" quest. By leaving Vault 101 at the beginning of the game you've sparked a civil war between a faction that wants to leave and another that's convinced the Vault is the only safe place in the world. You can stop the bloodshed and bring the conflict to a peaceful resolution, even get your childhood friend chosen as the new Overseer, but [[spoiler:she'll ask that you leave because your presence is dangerously disruptive]].
*** If your karma is too high, you will be hunted down by [[BountyHunter Talon Company mercenaries]], who said you have 1000 caps on your head. Inverted if you are evil as well, as you will be hunted down the same way by the [[CowboyCop Regulators]].
*** Similarly, if you refuse Mister Burke's Fusion Pulse Charge offer or disarm the bomb without speaking to him first, he will also randomly send Talon Co. hitmen after you.
*** In ''Point Lookout'', siding with Desmond and placing the jamming device on the Ferris wheel will permanently turn the Tribals hostile.
** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' makes finding happy endings for your companions difficult. Help Arcade link up with his foster family and fight with them at the Second Battle for Hoover Dam? [[spoiler:Odds are good he'll end up a military prisoner or run out of the Mojave by bounty hunters]]. Convince Veronica to leave the isolationist Brotherhood of Steel to do humanitarian work with the Followers of the Apocalypse? [[spoiler:Oops, angry Brotherhood Paladins have slaughtered the entire Followers outpost so Veronica can't share their secrets]].
*** In a DummiedOut event restored in certain mods, if you manage to save Benny from the Legion, he'll make an attempt to ambush you later on, mocking you for being a "goody-two-shoes" and being stupid enough to trust [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder him]].

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** * ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' quotes 3}}'':
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the original's ending almost word-for-word when you finish the "Trouble on the Home Front" quest. By leaving Vault 101 at the beginning of the game you've sparked a civil war between a faction that wants to leave and another that's convinced the Vault is the only safe place in the world. You can stop the bloodshed and bring the conflict to a peaceful resolution, even get your childhood friend chosen as the new Overseer, but [[spoiler:she'll ask that you leave because your presence is dangerously disruptive]].
*** ** If your karma is too high, you will be hunted down by [[BountyHunter Talon Company mercenaries]], who said you have 1000 caps on your head. Inverted if you are evil as well, as you will be hunted down the same way by the [[CowboyCop Regulators]].
*** ** Similarly, if you refuse Mister Burke's Fusion Pulse Charge offer or disarm the bomb without speaking to him first, he will also randomly send Talon Co. hitmen after you.
*** ** In ''Point Lookout'', siding with Desmond and placing the jamming device on the Ferris wheel will permanently turn the Tribals hostile.
* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'':
** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' makes finding Getting happy endings for your companions is... difficult. Help Arcade link up with his foster family and fight with them at the Second Battle for Hoover Dam? [[spoiler:Odds are good he'll end up a military prisoner or run out of the Mojave by bounty hunters]]. Convince Veronica to leave the isolationist Brotherhood of Steel to do humanitarian work with the Followers of the Apocalypse? [[spoiler:Oops, angry Brotherhood Paladins have slaughtered the entire Followers outpost so Veronica can't share their secrets]].
*** ** If you want to make peace between the NCR and the Kings without assassinating Pacer but The King shuts you down because you've already used up the favor he owes you from completing his quest, then Ambassador Crocker is obligated to send you to Colonel Moore for further orders. Except he knows [[MurderIsTheBestSolution what her plan for them will be]] so he suggests that you ask for help from Colonel Hsu instead. If you take his advice and work with Hsu for a comparatively less violent solution, Crocker is fired.
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In a DummiedOut event restored in certain mods, if you manage to save Benny from the Legion, he'll make an attempt to ambush you later on, mocking you for being a "goody-two-shoes" and being stupid enough to trust [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder him]].
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* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'': About an hour or so into the game, Joel and Tommy go out of their way to save a woman named Abby from a horde of infected and take her back to her friends. Then they find out who Joel is, and how does Abby repay him for saving her life? [[spoiler: She kneecaps him with a shotgun before [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome beating him to death with a golf club]], with Tommy getting knocked out when he tries to help and Ellie arriving too late to do anything and being ForcedToWatch. [[YouKilledMyFather All because Abby's father]] [[ForWantOfANail was the surgeon Joel shot at the end of the previous game]].]]

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* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'': About an hour or so into the game, Joel and Tommy go out of their way to save a woman named Abby from a horde of infected and take her back to her friends. Then they find out who Joel is, and how does Abby repay him for saving her life? [[spoiler: She kneecaps him with a shotgun before [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome beating him to death with a golf club]], with Tommy getting knocked out when he tries to help and Ellie arriving too late to do anything and being ForcedToWatch. [[YouKilledMyFather All because Abby's father]] [[ForWantOfANail father was the surgeon Joel shot at the end of the previous game]].]]

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