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* At the very end of ''VideoGame/DrawnToLife: The Next Chapter'', the very world you've been working hard to save for the past three games is forced to be put to an end for the sake of keeping two characters alive in the real world. This is then followed up by the legitimately shocking reveal of ''how'' said characters got into the position: [[spoiler: a car accident that killed their parents and permanently disfigured one of the characters' faces, all shown in as much brutal detail as a game with an [=E10+=] rating can show and accompanied by a heartbreaking song]].
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* At the very end of ''VideoGame/DrawnToLife: The Next Chapter'', the very world you've been working hard to save for the past three games is forced to be put to an end for the sake of keeping two characters alive in the real world. This is then followed up by the legitimately shocking reveal of ''how'' said characters got into the position: [[spoiler: a car accident that killed their parents and permanently disfigured one of the characters' faces, all shown in as much brutal detail as a game with an [=E10+=] E rating can show and accompanied by a heartbreaking song]].
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* ''VideoGame/CanYourPet?'' looks at first glance like a harmless little virtual pet game where you get to customize [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter an adorable baby chick]], feed it, shower it, play with it and so forth. The more you do with your pet, the more options get unlocked at the bottom of the screen, leading all the way up to the bicycle at the far right... [[spoiler:''It's not a bicycle at all.'' Click it and the floor drops out from under your pet, sending it falling into a black void; the bicycle icon then grows huge, flips upside-down, and reveals itself to be ''a pair of buzzsaws'' that promptly process your pet LudicrousGibs-style into a pile of chicken parts which fall down into a can labeled with whatever name you gave your pet. And all the while this obnoxious chicken song is playing. That's right, [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption the game tricks you into not only killing your pet]], but butchering it as well. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And its title is a terrible pun.]]]]
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* ''VideoGame/CanYourPet?'' looks at first glance like a harmless little virtual pet game where you get to customize [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter an adorable baby chick]], feed it, shower it, play with it and so forth. The more you do with your pet, the more options get unlocked at the bottom of the screen, leading all the way up to the bicycle at the far right... [[spoiler:''It's not a bicycle at all.'' Click it and the floor drops out from under your pet, sending it falling into a black void; the bicycle icon then grows huge, flips upside-down, and reveals itself to be ''a pair of buzzsaws'' that promptly process your pet LudicrousGibs-style into a pile of chicken parts which fall down into a can labeled with whatever name you gave your pet. And all the while this obnoxious chicken song is playing. That's right, [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption the game tricks you into not only killing your pet, but butchering it as well.]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And its title is a terrible pun.]]]]
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* ''VideoGame/CanYourPet?'' looks at first glance like a harmless little virtual pet game where you get to customize [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter an adorable baby chick]], feed it, shower it, play with it and so forth. The more you do with your pet, the more options get unlocked at the bottom of the screen, leading all the way up to the bicycle at the far right... [[spoiler:''It's not a bicycle at all.'' Click it and the floor drops out from under your pet, sending it falling into a black void; the bicycle icon then grows huge, flips upside-down, and reveals itself to be ''a pair of buzzsaws'' that promptly process your pet LudicrousGibs-style into a pile of chicken parts which fall down into a can labeled with whatever name you gave your pet. And all the while this obnoxious chicken song is playing. That's right, [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption the game tricks you into not only killing your pet, pet]], but butchering it as well.]] well. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And its title is a terrible pun.]]]]
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* ''VideoGame/CanYourPet?'' looks at first glance like a harmless little virtual pet game where you get to customize [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter an adorable baby chick]], feed it, shower it, play with it and so forth. The more you do with your pet, the more options get unlocked at the bottom of the screen, leading all the way up to the bicycle at the far right... [[spoiler:''It's not a bicycle at all.'' Click it and the floor drops out from under your pet, sending it falling into a black void; the bicycle icon then grows huge, flips upside-down, and reveals itself to be ''a pair of buzzsaws'' that promptly process your pet LudicrousGibs-style into a pile of chicken parts which fall down into a can labeled with whatever name you gave your pet. And all the while this obnoxious chicken song is playing. That's right, [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption the game tricks you into not only killing your pet,]] [[MoralEventHorizon but butchering it as well.]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And its title is a terrible pun.]]]]
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* ''VideoGame/CanYourPet?'' looks at first glance like a harmless little virtual pet game where you get to customize [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter an adorable baby chick]], feed it, shower it, play with it and so forth. The more you do with your pet, the more options get unlocked at the bottom of the screen, leading all the way up to the bicycle at the far right... [[spoiler:''It's not a bicycle at all.'' Click it and the floor drops out from under your pet, sending it falling into a black void; the bicycle icon then grows huge, flips upside-down, and reveals itself to be ''a pair of buzzsaws'' that promptly process your pet LudicrousGibs-style into a pile of chicken parts which fall down into a can labeled with whatever name you gave your pet. And all the while this obnoxious chicken song is playing. That's right, [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption the game tricks you into not only killing your pet,]] [[MoralEventHorizon pet, but butchering it as well.]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And its title is a terrible pun.]]]]
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* ''VideoGame/TombRaider Underworld'': Poor Alister. And as for Amelia Croft, it's a punch to both the player and Lara.
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* ''VideoGame/TombRaider Underworld'': ''VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld'': Poor Alister. And as for Amelia Croft, it's a punch to both the player and Lara.
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* At the very end of ''VideoGame/DrawnToLife: The Next Chapter'', the very world you've been working hard to save for the past three games is forced to be put to an end for the sake of keeping two characters alive in the real world.
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* At the very end of ''VideoGame/DrawnToLife: The Next Chapter'', the very world you've been working hard to save for the past three games is forced to be put to an end for the sake of keeping two characters alive in the real world. This is then followed up by the legitimately shocking reveal of ''how'' said characters got into the position: [[spoiler: a car accident that killed their parents and permanently disfigured one of the characters’ faces, all shown in as much brutal detail as a game with an [=E10+=] rating can show and accompanied by a heartbreaking song]].
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** In ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'', right before you get to Wily's castle to look for a cure for the Roboenza virus he caused, Mega Man catches the disease, forcing [[IllGirl Roll]], who was already infected with Roboenza, to give the only cure capsule she has to Mega Man so he can have a chance at saving everyone else from being infected.
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** In ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'', right before you get to Wily's castle to look for a cure for the Roboenza virus he caused, Mega Man catches the disease, forcing [[IllGirl Roll]], Roll, who was [[DelicateAndSickly already infected infected]] with Roboenza, to give the only cure capsule she has to Mega Man so he can have a chance at saving everyone else from being infected.
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** This scene is somewhat mirrored in ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', when the BigBad takes control of Zero's ZX {{expy}}, Girouette, and forces the two of you to fight to the death. You don't get to TakeAThirdOption.
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** This scene is somewhat mirrored in ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', when the BigBad takes control of Zero's ZX {{expy}}, Girouette, and forces the two of you to fight to the death. You don't get to TakeAThirdOption.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}: Door to Phantomile'' has two--first, we discover that Klonoa was never a resident of the world to begin with, but is really a dream traveller destined to travel from world to world wherever danger goes, and that all of his memories of his life there were false ones implanted by his friend Huepow. Then we have the ending where Klonoa is permanently sent away from Dream Phantomile, just after Huepow tried in vain to keep him from being sucked away. The scene where Klonoa's grandfather dies also deserves mention.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' did this with the Metroid larva which imprinted on Samus as its mother at the end of the second game. Its kidnapping starts the plot of ''Super'' and when we next see it outside its little case, it's been mutated to a horrendously huge size. In a rather touching scene, the giant Metroid nearly kills Samus, but suddenly backs off when it recognizes its "mother." The Metroid is later killed by Mother Brain while rescuing Samus from her near lethal wounds. Considering you're given an [[EleventhHourSuperpower ungodly powerful gun]] as the Metroid's last sacrifice, Mother Brain probably didn't have time to process that she was vaporized before you finish the monster off.
** And on top of all this, the Metroid gives an absolutely pitiable death cry when Mother Brain blasts it. Try to find a ''Metroid'' fan who isn't affected by that sound.
** What makes it even more of a Player Punch is that Mother Brain reactivates and starts blasting the poor Metroid with all her power, but the Metroid refuses to flee or even let go of Samus until the latter is fully healed. The Metroid's bright green shell and crimson nuclei darken gradually as the energy drain/Mother Brain assault combination slowly kills it, and any first-time player is likely ''screaming'' at the Metroid to go away before it really dies. In ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', the scene where [[ArchEnemy Ridley]] finally makes a full appearance and Samus flashes back to when he killed her parents; it truly drives home that while Samus is (supposedly) an ultra-hard, unstoppable badass, she's that way a great deal in part because her parents were brutally murdered right before her eyes when she was just a little girl.[[note]]This is one of the many things about the game that gameplayers have taken issue with, and as a result has caused controversy over how Samus should be portrayed.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' has Robotnik apparently kill main hero ''Sonic'', acting as a Player Punch for his sidekick Tails.
** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' has E-102 Gamma's ending. An additional PlayerPunch is thrown in real life when you realize that his English voice actor actually died shortly after ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' came out and this was one of his last performances.
** Emerl from ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' is a robot that becomes as good as family to the main cast by maturing from their interactions and overcoming his origins as a killing machine. Players can customize Emerl to their liking, and will probably grow attached to him, having followed his CharacterDevelopment throughout the story... So of course Emerl goes out of control in the end -- because he drops his guard out of mercy to Eggman, and the villain repays him by overloading him. Sonic himself is forced to put Emerl down, and the game ends with him, Tails and other heroes devastated by what happened. There's even a HopeSpot moment where the heroes attempt to use the Master Emerald to neutralize him, only for it to be immediately destroyed by the crazed Emerl.
** When Mephiles kills Sonic in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''. Fortunately, this ends up being subverted because of [[spoiler:the game's ResetButton ending.]]
** ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' has the song Dear My Friend, which acts as a player punch for those who were fond of Chip. Especially sad considering that he and Sonic will never be able to meet again.
* In ''VideoGame/MischiefMakers'', we have the main character [[RobotGirl Marina]] TakingTheBullet for her friends and rendering her unusable for a while and sends [[SixthRanger Teran]] out as your playable character for the next couple of levels. This makes his boss battle against [[ManipulativeBitch Calina]] ''that'' much more satisfying.
* ''VideoGame/TombRaider Underworld'': Poor Alister. And as for Amelia Croft, it's a punch to both the player and Lara.
** Also happens in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary'' with Larson.
** And in ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'', where Roth gives his own life to protect Lara. This is a man who has acted as a father figure to Lara throughout most of her life.
* The death of Dan at the hands of recurring villain Asha in ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}''. There is a way to save him, but one you're not likely to find the first time you play the game.
** For that matter, the death of Tasen Soldier [=KG111:PAIE=] and the rest of the surviving Tasen is fairly crushing. Three of them can, however, be saved.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' did this with the Metroid larva which imprinted on Samus as its mother at the end of the second game. Its kidnapping starts the plot of ''Super'' and when we next see it outside its little case, it's been mutated to a horrendously huge size. In a rather touching scene, the giant Metroid nearly kills Samus, but suddenly backs off when it recognizes its "mother." The Metroid is later killed by Mother Brain while rescuing Samus from her near lethal wounds. Considering you're given an [[EleventhHourSuperpower ungodly powerful gun]] as the Metroid's last sacrifice, Mother Brain probably didn't have time to process that she was vaporized before you finish the monster off.
** And on top of all this, the Metroid gives an absolutely pitiable death cry when Mother Brain blasts it. Try to find a ''Metroid'' fan who isn't affected by that sound.
** What makes it even more of a Player Punch is that Mother Brain reactivates and starts blasting the poor Metroid with all her power, but the Metroid refuses to flee or even let go of Samus until the latter is fully healed. The Metroid's bright green shell and crimson nuclei darken gradually as the energy drain/Mother Brain assault combination slowly kills it, and any first-time player is likely ''screaming'' at the Metroid to go away before it really dies. In ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', the scene where [[ArchEnemy Ridley]] finally makes a full appearance and Samus flashes back to when he killed her parents; it truly drives home that while Samus is (supposedly) an ultra-hard, unstoppable badass, she's that way a great deal in part because her parents were brutally murdered right before her eyes when she was just a little girl.[[note]]This is one of the many things about the game that gameplayers have taken issue with, and as a result has caused controversy over how Samus should be portrayed.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' has Robotnik apparently kill main hero ''Sonic'', acting as a Player Punch for his sidekick Tails.
** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' has E-102 Gamma's ending. An additional PlayerPunch is thrown in real life when you realize that his English voice actor actually died shortly after ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' came out and this was one of his last performances.
** Emerl from ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' is a robot that becomes as good as family to the main cast by maturing from their interactions and overcoming his origins as a killing machine. Players can customize Emerl to their liking, and will probably grow attached to him, having followed his CharacterDevelopment throughout the story... So of course Emerl goes out of control in the end -- because he drops his guard out of mercy to Eggman, and the villain repays him by overloading him. Sonic himself is forced to put Emerl down, and the game ends with him, Tails and other heroes devastated by what happened. There's even a HopeSpot moment where the heroes attempt to use the Master Emerald to neutralize him, only for it to be immediately destroyed by the crazed Emerl.
** When Mephiles kills Sonic in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''. Fortunately, this ends up being subverted because of [[spoiler:the game's ResetButton ending.]]
** ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' has the song Dear My Friend, which acts as a player punch for those who were fond of Chip. Especially sad considering that he and Sonic will never be able to meet again.
* In ''VideoGame/MischiefMakers'', we have the main character [[RobotGirl Marina]] TakingTheBullet for her friends and rendering her unusable for a while and sends [[SixthRanger Teran]] out as your playable character for the next couple of levels. This makes his boss battle against [[ManipulativeBitch Calina]] ''that'' much more satisfying.
* ''VideoGame/TombRaider Underworld'': Poor Alister. And as for Amelia Croft, it's a punch to both the player and Lara.
** Also happens in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary'' with Larson.
** And in ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'', where Roth gives his own life to protect Lara. This is a man who has acted as a father figure to Lara throughout most of her life.
* The death of Dan at the hands of recurring villain Asha in ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}''. There is a way to save him, but one you're not likely to find the first time you play the game.
** For that matter, the death of Tasen Soldier [=KG111:PAIE=] and the rest of the surviving Tasen is fairly crushing. Three of them can, however, be saved.
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* ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' did this with the Metroid larva which imprinted on Samus as its mother at the end of the second game. Its kidnapping starts the plot of ''Super'' and when we next see it outside its little case, it's
** And on top of all this, the Metroid gives an absolutely pitiable death cry when Mother Brain blasts it. Try to find a ''Metroid'' fan who isn't affected by that sound.
** What makes it even more of a Player Punch is that Mother Brain reactivates and starts blasting the poor Metroid with all her power, but the Metroid refuses to flee or even let go of Samus until the latter is fully healed. The Metroid's bright green shell and crimson nuclei darken gradually as the energy drain/Mother Brain assault combination slowly kills it, and any first-time player is likely ''screaming'' at the Metroid to go away before it really dies. In ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', the scene where [[ArchEnemy Ridley]] finally makes a full appearance and Samus flashes back to when he killed her parents; it truly drives home that while Samus is (supposedly) an ultra-hard, unstoppable badass, she's that way a great deal in part because her parents were brutally murdered right before her eyes when she was just a little girl.[[note]]This is one of the many things about the game that gameplayers have taken issue with, and as a result has caused controversy over how Samus should be portrayed.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' has Robotnik apparently kill main hero ''Sonic'', acting as a Player Punch for his sidekick Tails.
** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' has E-102 Gamma's ending. An additional PlayerPunch is thrown in real life when you realize that his English voice actor actually died shortly after ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' came out and this was one of his last performances.
** Emerl from ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' is a robot that becomes as good as family to the main cast by maturing from their interactions and overcoming his origins as a killing machine. Players can customize Emerl to their liking, and will probably grow attached to him, having followed his CharacterDevelopment throughout the story... So of course Emerl goes out of control
** When Mephiles kills Sonic in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''. Fortunately, this ends up being subverted because of [[spoiler:the game's ResetButton ending.]]
** ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' has the song Dear My Friend, which acts as a player punch for those who were fond of Chip. Especially sad considering that he and Sonic will never be able to meet again.
* In ''VideoGame/MischiefMakers'', we have the main character [[RobotGirl Marina]] TakingTheBullet for her friends and rendering her unusable for a while and sends [[SixthRanger Teran]] out as your playable character for the next couple of levels. This makes his boss battle against [[ManipulativeBitch Calina]] ''that'' much more satisfying.
* ''VideoGame/TombRaider Underworld'': Poor Alister. And as for Amelia Croft, it's a punch to both the player and Lara.
** Also happens in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary'' with Larson.
** And in ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'', where Roth gives his own life to protect Lara. This is a man who has acted as a father figure to Lara throughout most of her life.
* The death of Dan at the hands of recurring villain Asha in ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}''. There is a way to save him, but one you're not likely to find the first time you play the game.
** For that matter, the death of Tasen Soldier [=KG111:PAIE=] and the rest of the surviving Tasen is fairly crushing. Three of them can, however, be saved.
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* ''VideoGame/CanYourPet?'' looks at first glance like a harmless little virtual pet game where you get to customize [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter an adorable baby chick]], feed it, shower it, play with it and so forth. The more you do with your pet, the more options get unlocked at the bottom of the screen, leading all the way up to the bicycle at the far right... [[spoiler:''It's not a bicycle at all.'' Click it and the floor drops out from under your pet, sending it falling into a black void; the bicycle icon then grows huge, flips upside-down, and reveals itself to be ''a pair of buzzsaws'' that promptly process your pet LudicrousGibs-style into a pile of chicken parts which fall down into a can labeled with whatever name you gave your pet. And all the while this obnoxious chicken song is playing. That's right, [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption the game tricks you into not only killing your pet,]] [[MoralEventHorizon but butchering it as well.]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And its title is a terrible pun.]]]]
* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' dives deep into this near the middle of the game. When you reach the end of Sand Zone, the adorable innocent Toroko is transformed into a monster by the villains (which is the BigBad's very first appearance). You're forced to kill her in a boss fight. Immediately afterwards, another friendly character dies from his wounds, and immediately after ''that'' the villains kidnap the player and almost everybody you've met so far. Two more major characters die the next time you see them if you follow the wrong plot route. All in all, by the time you finish Labrynth you should be very eager to beat the snot out of this game's villains.
* In the Flash game ''The Company of Myself'', it is strongly implied that something bad happened to the narrator's girlfriend, Kathryn. It still comes as a shock when you get to the flashback level where you have to sacrifice Kathryn to proceed.
* At the very end of ''VideoGame/DrawnToLife: The Next Chapter'', the very world you've been working hard to save for the past three games is forced to be put to an end for the sake of keeping two characters alive in the real world.
* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet's'' [[BigBad Lord Brevon]] really loves pulling these off, such as when he brutally tortures Lilac to gain the information he wants [[spoiler:as well as [[WouldHurtAChild taking the cute and innocent Milla hostage at knife point]], subjecting her to a painful transformation into a monster, and forcing her friends to fight against her. [[ThisIsUnforgivable And the heroes are righteously pissed off at him about what he's done to her.]]]]
* The death of Dan at the hands of recurring villain Asha in ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}''. There is a way to save him, but one you're not likely to find the first time you play the game.
** For that matter, the death of Tasen Soldier [=KG111:PAIE=] and the rest of the surviving Tasen is fairly crushing. Three of them can, however, be saved.
* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' dives deep into this near the middle of the game. When you reach the end of Sand Zone, the adorable innocent Toroko is transformed into a monster by the villains (which is the BigBad's very first appearance). You're forced to kill her in a boss fight. Immediately afterwards, another friendly character dies from his wounds, and immediately after ''that'' the villains kidnap the player and almost everybody you've met so far. Two more major characters die the next time you see them if you follow the wrong plot route. All in all, by the time you finish Labrynth you should be very eager to beat the snot out of this game's villains.
* In the Flash game ''The Company of Myself'', it is strongly implied that something bad happened to the narrator's girlfriend, Kathryn. It still comes as a shock when you get to the flashback level where you have to sacrifice Kathryn to proceed.
* At the very end of ''VideoGame/DrawnToLife: The Next Chapter'', the very world you've been working hard to save for the past three games is forced to be put to an end for the sake of keeping two characters alive in the real world.
* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet's'' [[BigBad Lord Brevon]] really loves pulling these off, such as when he brutally tortures Lilac to gain the information he wants [[spoiler:as well as [[WouldHurtAChild taking the cute and innocent Milla hostage at knife point]], subjecting her to a painful transformation into a monster, and forcing her friends to fight against her. [[ThisIsUnforgivable And the heroes are righteously pissed off at him about what he's done to her.]]]]
* The death of Dan at the hands of recurring villain Asha in ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}''. There is a way to save him, but one you're not likely to find the first time you play the game.
** For that matter, the death of Tasen Soldier [=KG111:PAIE=] and the rest of the surviving Tasen is fairly crushing. Three of them can, however, be saved.
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* [[TheSmartGuy Bentley]] being crippled by [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Clock-La]] at the end of ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves''. It's made even more heartbreaking because you have to do the standard [[QuicktimeEvent button-mashing sequence]] as [[TheBigGuy Murray]] to get him out, but no matter how hard you try, he can't be saved. It's even worse when Bentley cries for someone to pick him up and causes poor Murray to go [[HeroicBSOD walk the Earth for peace]].
** As of ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'', [[spoiler:Penelope, Bentley's LoveInterest, pulled a FaceHeelTurn out of [[GreenEyedMonster envy]] and [[AmbitionIsEvil greed]], and is revealed to have never cared for him while Bentley was watching her from a rafter; the horrible revelations that he's been tricked caused Bentley to tuck himself inside his shell out of heartbreak.]] It just keeps getting worse for the poor guy...
** [[spoiler:Sly going to stop Le Paradox, only to disappear and be sent to Ancient Egypt at the end of ''Thieves in Time''. Bentley is optimistic that they'll see each other soon, though]]. But then Sanzaru said "no sequels".
** Also, many players came to [[LoveToHate really love Arpeggio]]. It became quite a shock when [[spoiler:Neyla betrays and crushes Arpeggio at the first opportunity, rendering him TheUnfought]].
%%* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'': When Ignitus is killed, you really start pulling out all the stops.
* In the Flash game ''The Company of Myself'', it is strongly implied that something bad happened to the narrator's girlfriend, Kathryn. It still comes as a shock when you get to the flashback level where you have to sacrifice Kathryn to proceed.
* In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'', the Sands transform the Prince's father into a boss. Guess what happens.
** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'': In case you didn't figure it out, that attractive woman who the Prince has been having sexual tension with for most of the game? That's the Empress of Time. And she's been trying to kill you. Oh, and you have to kill yourself. ItMakesSenseInContext.
** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones'': The Prince's father is dead, and has been so for a while. What's more, the hero's LoveInterest Farah, with whom he shared a surprisingly well-written romance in the first game, has no knowledge of him and tries to shoot him.
* ''VideoGame/CanYourPet?'' looks at first glance like a harmless little virtual pet game where you get to customize [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter an adorable baby chick]], feed it, shower it, play with it and so forth. The more you do with your pet, the more options get unlocked at the bottom of the screen, leading all the way up to the bicycle at the far right... [[spoiler:''It's not a bicycle at all.'' Click it and the floor drops out from under your pet, sending it falling into a black void; the bicycle icon then grows huge, flips upside-down, and reveals itself to be ''a pair of buzzsaws'' that promptly process your pet LudicrousGibs-style into a pile of chicken parts which fall down into a can labeled with whatever name you gave your pet. And all the while this obnoxious chicken song is playing. That's right, [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption the game tricks you into not only killing your pet,]] [[MoralEventHorizon but butchering it as well.]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And its title is a terrible pun.]]]]
* At the very end of ''VideoGame/DrawnToLife: The Next Chapter'', the very world you've been working hard to save for the past three games is forced to be put to an end for the sake of keeping two characters alive in the real world.
** As of ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'', [[spoiler:Penelope, Bentley's LoveInterest, pulled a FaceHeelTurn out of [[GreenEyedMonster envy]] and [[AmbitionIsEvil greed]], and is revealed to have never cared for him while Bentley was watching her from a rafter; the horrible revelations that he's been tricked caused Bentley to tuck himself inside his shell out of heartbreak.]] It just keeps getting worse for the poor guy...
** [[spoiler:Sly going to stop Le Paradox, only to disappear and be sent to Ancient Egypt at the end of ''Thieves in Time''. Bentley is optimistic that they'll see each other soon, though]]. But then Sanzaru said "no sequels".
** Also, many players came to [[LoveToHate really love Arpeggio]]. It became quite a shock when [[spoiler:Neyla betrays and crushes Arpeggio at the first opportunity, rendering him TheUnfought]].
%%* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'': When Ignitus is killed, you really start pulling out all the stops.
* In the Flash game ''The Company of Myself'', it is strongly implied that something bad happened to the narrator's girlfriend, Kathryn. It still comes as a shock when you get to the flashback level where you have to sacrifice Kathryn to proceed.
* In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'', the Sands transform the Prince's father into a boss. Guess what happens.
** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'': In case you didn't figure it out, that attractive woman who the Prince has been having sexual tension with for most of the game? That's the Empress of Time. And she's been trying to kill you. Oh, and you have to kill yourself. ItMakesSenseInContext.
** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones'': The Prince's father is dead, and has been so for a while. What's more, the hero's LoveInterest Farah, with whom he shared a surprisingly well-written romance in the first game, has no knowledge of him and tries to shoot him.
* ''VideoGame/CanYourPet?'' looks at first glance like a harmless little virtual pet game where you get to customize [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter an adorable baby chick]], feed it, shower it, play with it and so forth. The more you do with your pet, the more options get unlocked at the bottom of the screen, leading all the way up to the bicycle at the far right... [[spoiler:''It's not a bicycle at all.'' Click it and the floor drops out from under your pet, sending it falling into a black void; the bicycle icon then grows huge, flips upside-down, and reveals itself to be ''a pair of buzzsaws'' that promptly process your pet LudicrousGibs-style into a pile of chicken parts which fall down into a can labeled with whatever name you gave your pet. And all the while this obnoxious chicken song is playing. That's right, [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption the game tricks you into not only killing your pet,]] [[MoralEventHorizon but butchering it as well.]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And its title is a terrible pun.]]]]
* At the very end of ''VideoGame/DrawnToLife: The Next Chapter'', the very world you've been working hard to save for the past three games is forced to be put to an end for the sake of keeping two characters alive in the real world.
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* [[TheSmartGuy Bentley]] being crippled by [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Clock-La]] at the end of ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves''. It's made even more heartbreaking because you have ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}: Door to do the standard [[QuicktimeEvent button-mashing sequence]] as [[TheBigGuy Murray]] to get him out, but no matter how hard you try, he can't be saved. It's even worse when Bentley cries for someone to pick him up and causes poor Murray to go [[HeroicBSOD walk the Earth for peace]].
** As of ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'', [[spoiler:Penelope, Bentley's LoveInterest, pulled a FaceHeelTurn out of [[GreenEyedMonster envy]] and [[AmbitionIsEvil greed]], and is revealed to havePhantomile'' has two -- first, we discover that Klonoa was never cared for him while Bentley was watching her from a rafter; resident of the horrible revelations that he's been tricked caused Bentley world to tuck himself inside his shell out of heartbreak.]] It just keeps getting worse for the poor guy...
** [[spoiler:Sly going to stop Le Paradox, only to disappear and be sent to Ancient Egypt at the end of ''Thieves in Time''. Bentleybegin with, but is optimistic that they'll see each other soon, though]]. But then Sanzaru said "no sequels".
** Also, many players came to [[LoveToHatereally love Arpeggio]]. It became quite a shock when [[spoiler:Neyla betrays dream traveller destined to travel from world to world wherever danger goes, and crushes Arpeggio at the first opportunity, rendering him TheUnfought]].
%%* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'': When Ignitus is killed, you really start pulling out all the stops.
* In the Flash game ''The Company of Myself'', it is strongly impliedthat something bad happened to all of his memories of his life there were false ones implanted by his friend Huepow. Then we have the narrator's girlfriend, Kathryn. It still comes as a shock when you get to the flashback level ending where you have Klonoa is permanently sent away from Dream Phantomile, just after Huepow tried in vain to sacrifice Kathryn to proceed.
* In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'', the Sands transform the Prince's father into a boss. Guess what happens.
** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'': In case you didn't figure it out, that attractive woman who the Prince has been having sexual tension with for most of the game? That's the Empress of Time. And she's been trying to kill you. Oh, and you have to kill yourself. ItMakesSenseInContext.
** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones'':keep him from being sucked away. The Prince's father is dead, and has been so for a while. What's more, the hero's LoveInterest Farah, with whom he shared a surprisingly well-written romance in the first game, has no knowledge of him and tries to shoot him.
* ''VideoGame/CanYourPet?'' looks at first glance like a harmless little virtual pet gamescene where you get to customize [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter an adorable baby chick]], feed it, shower it, play with it and so forth. The more you do with your pet, the more options get unlocked at the bottom of the screen, leading all the way up to the bicycle at the far right... [[spoiler:''It's not a bicycle at all.'' Click it and the floor drops out from under your pet, sending it falling into a black void; the bicycle icon then grows huge, flips upside-down, and reveals itself to be ''a pair of buzzsaws'' that promptly process your pet LudicrousGibs-style into a pile of chicken parts which fall down into a can labeled with whatever name you gave your pet. And all the while this obnoxious chicken song is playing. That's right, [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption the game tricks you into not only killing your pet,]] [[MoralEventHorizon but butchering it as well.]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And its title is a terrible pun.]]]]
* At the very end of ''VideoGame/DrawnToLife: The Next Chapter'', the very world you've been working hard to save for the past three games is forced to be put to an end for the sake of keeping two characters alive in the real world.Klonoa's grandfather dies also deserves mention.
** As of ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'', [[spoiler:Penelope, Bentley's LoveInterest, pulled a FaceHeelTurn out of [[GreenEyedMonster envy]] and [[AmbitionIsEvil greed]], and is revealed to have
** [[spoiler:Sly going to stop Le Paradox, only to disappear and be sent to Ancient Egypt at the end of ''Thieves in Time''. Bentley
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%%* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'': When Ignitus is killed, you really start pulling out all the stops.
* In the Flash game ''The Company of Myself'', it is strongly implied
* In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'', the Sands transform the Prince's father into a boss. Guess what happens.
** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'': In case you didn't figure it out, that attractive woman who the Prince has been having sexual tension with for most of the game? That's the Empress of Time. And she's been trying to kill you. Oh, and you have to kill yourself. ItMakesSenseInContext.
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* ''VideoGame/CanYourPet?'' looks at first glance like a harmless little virtual pet game
* At the very end of ''VideoGame/DrawnToLife: The Next Chapter'', the very world you've been working hard to save for the past three games is forced to be put to an end for the sake of keeping two characters alive in the real world.
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* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' dives deep into this near the middle of the game. When you reach the end of Sand Zone, the adorable innocent Toroko is transformed into a monster by the villains (which is the BigBad's very first appearance). You're forced to kill her in a boss fight. Immediately afterwards, another friendly character dies from his wounds, and immediately after ''that'' the villains kidnap the player and almost everybody you've met so far. Two more major characters die the next time you see them if you follow the wrong plot route. All in all, by the time you finish Labrynth you should be very eager to beat the snot out of this game's villains.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction'' ends with such a whamer when [[spoiler:the Zoni appear and take Clank away as Ratchet could do nothing to stop them]]. And this comes after spending most of the game with Ratchet refusing to believe that [[spoiler:the Zoni exist]].
* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet's'' [[BigBad Lord Brevon]] really loves pulling these off, such as when he brutally tortures Lilac to gain the information he wants [[spoiler:as well as [[WouldHurtAChild taking the cute and innocent Milla hostage at knife point]], subjecting her to a painful transformation into a monster, and forcing her friends to fight against her. [[ThisIsUnforgivable And the heroes are righteously pissed off at him about what he's done to her.]]]]
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction'' ends with such a whamer when [[spoiler:the Zoni appear and take Clank away as Ratchet could do nothing to stop them]]. And this comes after spending most of the game with Ratchet refusing to believe that [[spoiler:the Zoni exist]].
* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet's'' [[BigBad Lord Brevon]] really loves pulling these off, such as when he brutally tortures Lilac to gain the information he wants [[spoiler:as well as [[WouldHurtAChild taking the cute and innocent Milla hostage at knife point]], subjecting her to a painful transformation into a monster, and forcing her friends to fight against her. [[ThisIsUnforgivable And the heroes are righteously pissed off at him about what he's done to her.]]]]
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* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' dives deep into this near In ''VideoGame/MischiefMakers'', we have the middle of the game. When you reach the end of Sand Zone, the adorable innocent Toroko is transformed into a monster by the villains (which is the BigBad's very first appearance). You're forced to kill her in a boss fight. Immediately afterwards, another friendly main character dies from [[RobotGirl Marina]] TakingTheBullet for her friends and rendering her unusable for a while and sends [[SixthRanger Teran]] out as your playable character for the next couple of levels. This makes his wounds, and immediately after boss battle against [[ManipulativeBitch Calina]] ''that'' the villains kidnap the player and almost everybody you've met so far. Two much more major characters die the next time you see them if you follow the wrong plot route. All in all, by the time you finish Labrynth you should be very eager to beat the snot out of this game's villains.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction'' ends with such a whamer when [[spoiler:the Zoni appear and take Clank away as Ratchet could do nothing to stop them]]. And this comes after spending most of the game with Ratchet refusing to believe that [[spoiler:the Zoni exist]].
* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet's'' [[BigBad Lord Brevon]] really loves pulling these off, such as when he brutally tortures Lilac to gain the information he wants [[spoiler:as well as [[WouldHurtAChild taking the cute and innocent Milla hostage at knife point]], subjecting her to a painful transformation into a monster, and forcing her friends to fight against her. [[ThisIsUnforgivable And the heroes are righteously pissed off at him about what he's done to her.]]]]satisfying.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction'' ends with such a whamer when [[spoiler:the Zoni appear and take Clank away as Ratchet could do nothing to stop them]]. And this comes after spending most of the game with Ratchet refusing to believe that [[spoiler:the Zoni exist]].
* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet's'' [[BigBad Lord Brevon]] really loves pulling these off, such as when he brutally tortures Lilac to gain the information he wants [[spoiler:as well as [[WouldHurtAChild taking the cute and innocent Milla hostage at knife point]], subjecting her to a painful transformation into a monster, and forcing her friends to fight against her. [[ThisIsUnforgivable And the heroes are righteously pissed off at him about what he's done to her.]]]]
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* In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'', the Sands transform the Prince's father into a boss. Guess what happens.
** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'': In case you didn't figure it out, that attractive woman who the Prince has been having sexual tension with for most of the game? That's the Empress of Time. And she's been trying to kill you. Oh, and you have to kill yourself. ItMakesSenseInContext.
** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones'': The Prince's father is dead, and has been so for a while. What's more, the hero's LoveInterest Farah, with whom he shared a surprisingly well-written romance in the first game, has no knowledge of him and tries to shoot him.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction'' ends with such a whamer when [[spoiler:the Zoni appear and take Clank away as Ratchet could do nothing to stop them]]. And this comes after spending most of the game with Ratchet refusing to believe that [[spoiler:the Zoni exist]].
* [[TheSmartGuy Bentley]] being crippled by [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Clock-La]] at the end of ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves''. It's made even more heartbreaking because you have to do the standard [[QuicktimeEvent button-mashing sequence]] as [[TheBigGuy Murray]] to get him out, but no matter how hard you try, he can't be saved. It's even worse when Bentley cries for someone to pick him up and causes poor Murray to go [[HeroicBSOD walk the Earth for peace]].
** As of ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'', [[spoiler:Penelope, Bentley's LoveInterest, pulled a FaceHeelTurn out of [[GreenEyedMonster envy]] and [[AmbitionIsEvil greed]], and is revealed to have never cared for him while Bentley was watching her from a rafter; the horrible revelations that he's been tricked caused Bentley to tuck himself inside his shell out of heartbreak.]] It just keeps getting worse for the poor guy...
** [[spoiler:Sly going to stop Le Paradox, only to disappear and be sent to Ancient Egypt at the end of ''Thieves in Time''. Bentley is optimistic that they'll see each other soon, though]]. But then Sanzaru said "no sequels".
** Also, many players came to [[LoveToHate really love Arpeggio]]. It became quite a shock when [[spoiler:Neyla betrays and crushes Arpeggio at the first opportunity, rendering him TheUnfought]].
* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' has Robotnik apparently kill main hero ''Sonic'', acting as a Player Punch for his sidekick Tails.
** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' has E-102 Gamma's ending. An additional PlayerPunch is thrown in real life when you realize that his English voice actor actually died shortly after ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' came out and this was one of his last performances.
** Emerl from ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' is a robot that becomes as good as family to the main cast by maturing from their interactions and overcoming his origins as a killing machine. Players can customize Emerl to their liking, and will probably grow attached to him, having followed his CharacterDevelopment throughout the story... So of course Emerl goes out of control in the end -- because he drops his guard out of mercy to Eggman, and the villain repays him by overloading him. Sonic himself is forced to put Emerl down, and the game ends with him, Tails and other heroes devastated by what happened. There's even a HopeSpot moment where the heroes attempt to use the Master Emerald to neutralize him, only for it to be immediately destroyed by the crazed Emerl.
** When Mephiles kills Sonic in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''. Fortunately, this ends up being subverted because of [[spoiler:the game's ResetButton ending.]]
** ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' has the song Dear My Friend, which acts as a player punch for those who were fond of Chip. Especially sad considering that he and Sonic will never be able to meet again.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' did this with the Metroid larva which imprinted on Samus as its mother at the end of the second game. Its kidnapping starts the plot of ''Super'' and when we next see it outside its little case, it's been mutated to a horrendously huge size. In a rather touching scene, the giant Metroid nearly kills Samus, but suddenly backs off when it recognizes its "mother." The Metroid is later killed by Mother Brain while rescuing Samus from her near lethal wounds. Considering you're given an [[EleventhHourSuperpower ungodly powerful gun]] as the Metroid's last sacrifice, Mother Brain probably didn't have time to process that she was vaporized before you finish the monster off.
** And on top of all this, the Metroid gives an absolutely pitiable death cry when Mother Brain blasts it. Try to find a ''Metroid'' fan who isn't affected by that sound.
** What makes it even more of a Player Punch is that Mother Brain reactivates and starts blasting the poor Metroid with all her power, but the Metroid refuses to flee or even let go of Samus until the latter is fully healed. The Metroid's bright green shell and crimson nuclei darken gradually as the energy drain/Mother Brain assault combination slowly kills it, and any first-time player is likely ''screaming'' at the Metroid to go away before it really dies. In ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', the scene where [[ArchEnemy Ridley]] finally makes a full appearance and Samus flashes back to when he killed her parents; it truly drives home that while Samus is (supposedly) an ultra-hard, unstoppable badass, she's that way a great deal in part because her parents were brutally murdered right before her eyes when she was just a little girl.[[note]]This is one of the many things about the game that gameplayers have taken issue with, and as a result has caused controversy over how Samus should be portrayed.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/TombRaider Underworld'': Poor Alister. And as for Amelia Croft, it's a punch to both the player and Lara.
** Also happens in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary'' with Larson.
** And in ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'', where Roth gives his own life to protect Lara. This is a man who has acted as a father figure to Lara throughout most of her life.
** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'': In case you didn't figure it out, that attractive woman who the Prince has been having sexual tension with for most of the game? That's the Empress of Time. And she's been trying to kill you. Oh, and you have to kill yourself. ItMakesSenseInContext.
** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones'': The Prince's father is dead, and has been so for a while. What's more, the hero's LoveInterest Farah, with whom he shared a surprisingly well-written romance in the first game, has no knowledge of him and tries to shoot him.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction'' ends with such a whamer when [[spoiler:the Zoni appear and take Clank away as Ratchet could do nothing to stop them]]. And this comes after spending most of the game with Ratchet refusing to believe that [[spoiler:the Zoni exist]].
* [[TheSmartGuy Bentley]] being crippled by [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Clock-La]] at the end of ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves''. It's made even more heartbreaking because you have to do the standard [[QuicktimeEvent button-mashing sequence]] as [[TheBigGuy Murray]] to get him out, but no matter how hard you try, he can't be saved. It's even worse when Bentley cries for someone to pick him up and causes poor Murray to go [[HeroicBSOD walk the Earth for peace]].
** As of ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'', [[spoiler:Penelope, Bentley's LoveInterest, pulled a FaceHeelTurn out of [[GreenEyedMonster envy]] and [[AmbitionIsEvil greed]], and is revealed to have never cared for him while Bentley was watching her from a rafter; the horrible revelations that he's been tricked caused Bentley to tuck himself inside his shell out of heartbreak.]] It just keeps getting worse for the poor guy...
** [[spoiler:Sly going to stop Le Paradox, only to disappear and be sent to Ancient Egypt at the end of ''Thieves in Time''. Bentley is optimistic that they'll see each other soon, though]]. But then Sanzaru said "no sequels".
** Also, many players came to [[LoveToHate really love Arpeggio]]. It became quite a shock when [[spoiler:Neyla betrays and crushes Arpeggio at the first opportunity, rendering him TheUnfought]].
* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' has Robotnik apparently kill main hero ''Sonic'', acting as a Player Punch for his sidekick Tails.
** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' has E-102 Gamma's ending. An additional PlayerPunch is thrown in real life when you realize that his English voice actor actually died shortly after ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' came out and this was one of his last performances.
** Emerl from ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' is a robot that becomes as good as family to the main cast by maturing from their interactions and overcoming his origins as a killing machine. Players can customize Emerl to their liking, and will probably grow attached to him, having followed his CharacterDevelopment throughout the story... So of course Emerl goes out of control in the end -- because he drops his guard out of mercy to Eggman, and the villain repays him by overloading him. Sonic himself is forced to put Emerl down, and the game ends with him, Tails and other heroes devastated by what happened. There's even a HopeSpot moment where the heroes attempt to use the Master Emerald to neutralize him, only for it to be immediately destroyed by the crazed Emerl.
** When Mephiles kills Sonic in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''. Fortunately, this ends up being subverted because of [[spoiler:the game's ResetButton ending.]]
** ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' has the song Dear My Friend, which acts as a player punch for those who were fond of Chip. Especially sad considering that he and Sonic will never be able to meet again.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' did this with the Metroid larva which imprinted on Samus as its mother at the end of the second game. Its kidnapping starts the plot of ''Super'' and when we next see it outside its little case, it's been mutated to a horrendously huge size. In a rather touching scene, the giant Metroid nearly kills Samus, but suddenly backs off when it recognizes its "mother." The Metroid is later killed by Mother Brain while rescuing Samus from her near lethal wounds. Considering you're given an [[EleventhHourSuperpower ungodly powerful gun]] as the Metroid's last sacrifice, Mother Brain probably didn't have time to process that she was vaporized before you finish the monster off.
** And on top of all this, the Metroid gives an absolutely pitiable death cry when Mother Brain blasts it. Try to find a ''Metroid'' fan who isn't affected by that sound.
** What makes it even more of a Player Punch is that Mother Brain reactivates and starts blasting the poor Metroid with all her power, but the Metroid refuses to flee or even let go of Samus until the latter is fully healed. The Metroid's bright green shell and crimson nuclei darken gradually as the energy drain/Mother Brain assault combination slowly kills it, and any first-time player is likely ''screaming'' at the Metroid to go away before it really dies. In ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', the scene where [[ArchEnemy Ridley]] finally makes a full appearance and Samus flashes back to when he killed her parents; it truly drives home that while Samus is (supposedly) an ultra-hard, unstoppable badass, she's that way a great deal in part because her parents were brutally murdered right before her eyes when she was just a little girl.[[note]]This is one of the many things about the game that gameplayers have taken issue with, and as a result has caused controversy over how Samus should be portrayed.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/TombRaider Underworld'': Poor Alister. And as for Amelia Croft, it's a punch to both the player and Lara.
** Also happens in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary'' with Larson.
** And in ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'', where Roth gives his own life to protect Lara. This is a man who has acted as a father figure to Lara throughout most of her life.
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Polishing this paragraph. Also, the game officially addresses Emerl with male pronouns.
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** Emerl from ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' is a robot that becomes as good as family to the main cast by maturing from their interactions and overcoming its origins as a killing machine. Players can customize Emerl to their liking, and will propably enjoy its CharacterDevelopment in the plot... So of course Emerl goes out of control in the end -- because it drops its guard to be kind to Eggman and the villain responds by overloading it. Sonic himself is forced to put Emerl down, and the game ends with him, Tails and other heroes devastated by what happened. There's even a pointless HopeSpot moment where the Master Emerald appears and is immediately destroyed by the crazed Emerl.
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** Emerl from ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' is a robot that becomes as good as family to the main cast by maturing from their interactions and overcoming its his origins as a killing machine. Players can customize Emerl to their liking, and will propably enjoy its probably grow attached to him, having followed his CharacterDevelopment in throughout the plot... story... So of course Emerl goes out of control in the end -- because it he drops its his guard out of mercy to be kind to Eggman Eggman, and the villain responds repays him by overloading it.him. Sonic himself is forced to put Emerl down, and the game ends with him, Tails and other heroes devastated by what happened. There's even a pointless HopeSpot moment where the heroes attempt to use the Master Emerald appears and is to neutralize him, only for it to be immediately destroyed by the crazed Emerl.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}: Door to Phantomile'' has two--first, we discover that Klonoa was never a resident of the world to begin with, but is really a dream traveller destined to travel from world to world wherever danger goes, and that all of his memories of his life there were false ones implanted by his friend Huepow. Then we have the ending where Klonoa is permanently sent away from Dream Phantomile, just after Huepow tried in vain to keep him from being sucked away.
** The scene where Klonoa's grandfather dies also deserves mention.
** The scene where Klonoa's grandfather dies also deserves mention.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}: Door to Phantomile'' has two--first, we discover that Klonoa was never a resident of the world to begin with, but is really a dream traveller destined to travel from world to world wherever danger goes, and that all of his memories of his life there were false ones implanted by his friend Huepow. Then we have the ending where Klonoa is permanently sent away from Dream Phantomile, just after Huepow tried in vain to keep him from being sucked away.
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** What makes it even more of a Player Punch is that Mother Brain reactivates and starts blasting the poor Metroid with all her power, but the Metroid refuses to flee or even let go of Samus until the latter is fully healed. The Metroid's bright green shell and crimson nuclei darken gradually as the energy drain/Mother Brain assault combination slowly kills it, and any first-time player is likely ''screaming'' at the Metroid to go away before it really dies.
*** In ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', the scene where [[ArchEnemy Ridley]] finally makes a full appearance and Samus flashes back to when he killed her parents; it truly drives home that while Samus is (supposedly) an ultra-hard, unstoppable badass, she's that way a great deal in part because her parents were brutally murdered right before her eyes when she was just a little girl.[[note]]This is one of the many things about the game that gameplayers have taken issue with, and as a result has caused controversy over how Samus should be portrayed.[[/note]]
*** In ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', the scene where [[ArchEnemy Ridley]] finally makes a full appearance and Samus flashes back to when he killed her parents; it truly drives home that while Samus is (supposedly) an ultra-hard, unstoppable badass, she's that way a great deal in part because her parents were brutally murdered right before her eyes when she was just a little girl.[[note]]This is one of the many things about the game that gameplayers have taken issue with, and as a result has caused controversy over how Samus should be portrayed.[[/note]]
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** What makes it even more of a Player Punch is that Mother Brain reactivates and starts blasting the poor Metroid with all her power, but the Metroid refuses to flee or even let go of Samus until the latter is fully healed. The Metroid's bright green shell and crimson nuclei darken gradually as the energy drain/Mother Brain assault combination slowly kills it, and any first-time player is likely ''screaming'' at the Metroid to go away before it really dies.
***dies. In ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', the scene where [[ArchEnemy Ridley]] finally makes a full appearance and Samus flashes back to when he killed her parents; it truly drives home that while Samus is (supposedly) an ultra-hard, unstoppable badass, she's that way a great deal in part because her parents were brutally murdered right before her eyes when she was just a little girl.[[note]]This is one of the many things about the game that gameplayers have taken issue with, and as a result has caused controversy over how Samus should be portrayed.[[/note]]
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** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones'': The Prince's father is dead, and has been so for a while.
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** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones'': The Prince's father is dead, and has been so for a while. What's more, the hero's LoveInterest Farah, with whom he shared a surprisingly well-written romance in the first game, has no knowledge of him and tries to shoot him.
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* In ''VideoGame/OriAndTheWillOfTheWisps'', Ku, the sole surviving owlet of Kuro from ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest'', gets [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] [[WouldHurtAChild by]] [[BigBad Shriek]] shortly after Ori rescues her at the end of the story's first act, and remains comatose until the ending, whereupon Ori's HeroicSacrifice revives her. Another major punch is when [[GentleGiant Kwolok]] is [[DemonicPossession demonically possessed]], forcing you to fight him, and dies after you BeatTheCurseOutOfHim.
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* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet's'' [[BigBad Lord Brevon]] really loves pulling these off, such as when he brutally tortures Lilac to gain the information he wants as well as [[WouldHurtAChild taking the cute and innocent Milla hostage at knife point]], subjecting her to a painful transformation into a monster, and forcing her friends to fight against her. [[ThisIsUnforgivable And the heroes are righteously pissed off at him about what he's done to her.]]
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* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet's'' [[BigBad Lord Brevon]] really loves pulling these off, such as when he brutally tortures Lilac to gain the information he wants as [[spoiler:as well as [[WouldHurtAChild taking the cute and innocent Milla hostage at knife point]], subjecting her to a painful transformation into a monster, and forcing her friends to fight against her. [[ThisIsUnforgivable And the heroes are righteously pissed off at him about what he's done to her.]]]]]]
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* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet's'' [[BigBad Lord Brevon]] really loves pulling these off, such as when he brutally tortures Lilac to gain the information he wants as well as [[WouldHurtAChild taking the cute and innocent Milla hostage at knife point]], subjecting her to a painful transformation into a monster, and forcing her friends to fight against her. [[ThisIsUnforgivable And the heroes are righteously pissed off at him about what he's done to her.]]
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* ''VideoGame/CanYourPet?'' looks at first glance like a harmless little virtual pet game where you get to customize [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter an adorable baby chick]], feed it, shower it, play with it and so forth. The more you do with your pet, the more options get unlocked at the bottom of the screen, leading all the way up to the bicycle at the far right... [[spoiler:''It's not a bicycle at all.'' Click it and the floor drops out from under your pet, sending it falling into a black void; the bicycle icon then grows huge, flips upside-down, and reveals itself to be ''a pair of buzzsaws'' that promptly process your pet LudicrousGibs-style into a pile of chicken parts which fall down into a can labeled with whatever name you gave your pet. [[EarWorm And all the while this obnoxious chicken song is playing.]] That's right, [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption the game tricks you into not only killing your pet,]] [[MoralEventHorizon but butchering it as well.]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And its title is a terrible pun.]]]]
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* ''VideoGame/CanYourPet?'' looks at first glance like a harmless little virtual pet game where you get to customize [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter an adorable baby chick]], feed it, shower it, play with it and so forth. The more you do with your pet, the more options get unlocked at the bottom of the screen, leading all the way up to the bicycle at the far right... [[spoiler:''It's not a bicycle at all.'' Click it and the floor drops out from under your pet, sending it falling into a black void; the bicycle icon then grows huge, flips upside-down, and reveals itself to be ''a pair of buzzsaws'' that promptly process your pet LudicrousGibs-style into a pile of chicken parts which fall down into a can labeled with whatever name you gave your pet. [[EarWorm And all the while this obnoxious chicken song is playing.]] playing. That's right, [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption the game tricks you into not only killing your pet,]] [[MoralEventHorizon but butchering it as well.]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And its title is a terrible pun.]]]]
