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9->''"The sun setting on a sweet summer's day. The smell of freshly mowed lawns, the sounds of children playing. A house across the river on the Jersey side. A beautiful wife and a baby girl. The American Dream come true. But dreams have a nasty habit of going bad when you're not looking."''
10-->-- '''VideoGame/MaxPayne1'''
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12Those whom the gods destroy, they first make happy.
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14In every doomed relationship, there is always one serenely happy moment (possibly a LastKiss) that signals the beginning of the end. She's not just going to dump his ass after that lingering stroll down the beach. She's about to [[LoveInterestTraitor turn into a traitor]] and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath sacrifice herself for their love]]. He's going to end up a [[ConMan conman drug dealer]] who was just keeping an eye on her. She's seconds from being unmasked as the FemmeFatale, or his heretobefore-unknown half-sister, or the wife of a jealous weightlifter. Hell, maybe he's about to turn into a dragon and eat her. Generally speaking, if you suddenly hear Music/TheTurtles' "Happy Together" refrain in your head while your favorite ship is on-screen -- or they [[PerilousMarriageProposal propose marriage]] -- odds are that your ship is going down. After being hit by an [[KillSat orbital railgun]]. [[ThreateningShark In shark-infested waters]]. [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill During a category 5 hurricane]].
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16It's not so fatal as {{Retirony}}, but just as tragic.
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18SubTrope of HopeSpot. See also TooHappyToLive and PlanningForTheFutureBeforeTheEnd.
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26* While not a romantic example, the commercial for the original ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' engages in this as Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, and Pikachu happily skip through a field before violence ensues. Bonus points for the fact that the {{Trope Namer|s}} [[Music/TheTurtles song]] is used for the commercial.
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30* In ''Manga/{{Basara}}'', Shuri and Sasara end up consummating their relationship the night before Sasara, in her public persona of Tatara, will lead the rebellion to finally bring down the Red King. Who is actually Shuri. It sets up the InternalReveal, leading to much drama and heartbreak.
31%%* In ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'', [[spoiler:Shiro and Ganta]].
32* ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' toys with this some between [[spoiler:Sheryl]] and Alto in the last couple of episodes. [[spoiler:Note that the fleet ecology can only sustain the fleet for another few months due to significant war damage; [[YourDaysAreNumbered Sheryl's days are numbered]], and they know it.]]
33* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': By the time Kaworu appears in "[[Recap/NeonGenesisEvangelionEpisode24TheFinalMessenger The Final Messenger]]", all Shinji's friends have either left or are too deep in their own problems. He's a NiceGuy who is unashamedly open and heaps praise and care on Shinji, and the two bond quickly. [[spoiler:However, he's secretly an Angel trying to destroy the world, and his death pushes Shinji over the DespairEventHorizon.]]
34* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Yoko and Kamina get a RelationshipUpgrade right before a major battle. They share a kiss and Kamina gives a [[TemptingFate "when I get back" line]], which of course means that [[spoiler:Kamina dies in battle the next day]].
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38* ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'' features a deepening of Cyclops and Phoenix's relationship, with several memorable romantic scenes, before [[spoiler:she is consumed by power, goes insane, destroys a solar system, and ultimately commits suicide as a HeroicSacrifice]] -- making the intrusion of one Emma Frost in later ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics that much worse.
39%%** Colossus and Shadowcat get all those bedroom scenes before ''Giant-Size ComicBook/{{Astonishing|XMen}}''... DARN YOU, [[Creator/JossWhedon WHEDON]]!
40* In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}} run of ''ComicBook/TheFlash'', after a long period of marital conflict between Barry and Iris, issue #275 sees them reconciled and seriously discussing children. Iris is dead by the end of the issue. (Much, much later, this is reversed, and Barry and Iris walk off happily into the sunset... just in time for Barry's death in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.)
41* In the opening of ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis2004'', Sue Dibney is preparing to surprise her husband Ralph with the news that he's going to be a daddy. Minutes later, she's brutally murdered.
42* In ''ComicBook/TheJudasContract'', Changeling and Terra have a brief kiss before Terra is outed as TheMole.
43* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': This is Frank Castle's [[DeathByOriginStory origin story]]. He's in the park with his family on a picnic, he's finally decided to stop reenlisting to fight in Vietnam, and then all of said family is slaughtered in a Mafia hit gone wrong.
44* The ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' arc "Dead Wrong" ends with Karolina and Xavin sharing their first (and only) on-panel kiss... [[spoiler:and then Xavin clocks Karolina, impersonates her, and surrenders to the Light Brigade, saving Karolina and her teammates from the Light Brigade's vengeance at the possible cost of their own life]].
45* In ''ComicBook/Runaways2015'', ex-girlfriends Jubilee and Pixie have a moment that demonstrates that they still care about each other, just before [[spoiler:Pixie is horribly killed during the final exam]].
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49* A particularly brutal one happens in the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9402413/1/Heart-and-Eye Heart and Eye]]'' after Harmony finally recovers both her soul and her humanity. She and Xander have less than a week together, having lots of sex, enjoying yogurt and planning to take up surfing... before she is killed by a knife to the throat, ironically something she would have survived had she remained a vampire.
50* ''Fanfic/PrayForUsIcarus'':
51** Aziraphale's past encounters with Crowley's human reincarnations all ended tragically, but the one that truly broke his heart and caused him to try cutting off all contact with Crowley's future reincarnations was the one where he got to have a happy relationship with Crowley in the 19th century that lasted for over five years only to have it cruelly ripped away from him when Gabriel, viewing their relationship as a sign that Aziraphale was becoming too complacent in his angelic duties, sent him on a mission far away from Crowley and Crowley died of influenza before he could come back.
52** Aziraphale's relationship with Crowley's latest reincarnation in the 21st century is also chock-full of this trope. They move in together, get married, and have a peaceful, loving life together for ten years, but any happiness that Aziraphale feels with Crowley is tainted by the specter of [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the impending Armageddon]] [[YourDaysAreNumbered hanging over their heads]] that he can't even tell Crowley about.
53* In ''Fanfic/{{Reconciliation}}'', after Hanako's bad ending, Lilly and Hisao get together shortly before graduation, and are quite happy together, enough so that Hanako recognizes that Lilly's feelings for Hisao were deeper than her own. They go out for five years and are married for three years before Hisao dies of a heart attack.
54* ''Fanfic/SorrowfulAndImmaculateHearts'' gives so much character and depth to Martha and Thomas Wayne, you just get ''why'' young Bruce was so utterly destroyed by their murder.
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58* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' has a platonic version that starts at [[DownerBeginning the beginning of the movie]] where the movie initially opens with the sisters Anna and Elsa playing with the latter's ice powers having fun together at night, until Elsa struck Anna in the head, causing Anna's memory of her sister's ice powers to be wiped and the parents ordered the gates closed and sisters separated with Elsa shutting her sister out, beginning the gradual rift of their once-close relationship until by Elsa's coronation 13 years later, they're all but sisters in name only.
59* ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' loves this trope and combines it with DramaticIrony and YankTheDogsChain. There's Rei planning a reconciliation dinner for Gendo and Shinji right before the doomed Unit-03 test run, Shinji [[spoiler:rescuing Rei and the two hugging before the next movie reveals that he never saved her and destroyed the world]], Shinji bonding with Kaworu [[spoiler:before he sacrifices himself to save Shinji and the world]]... poor boy never gets a break.
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63* Emphasized in ''Film/Carrie1976'', as it's Carrie's first date ever. Having been shunned by everyone for her whole life, Carrie finally breaks out from her abusive mother's torment and goes to prom with [[TheAce Tommy Ross]], everyone is very nice to Carrie, and they kiss. Then they're made prom king and queen. [[spoiler:Then Chris dumps a bucket of blood on Carrie.]]
64* In ''Film/DonJuanDemarco'', the title character and the beauteous Dona Ana are blissfully happy together, until he tells her something he should've kept to himself: [[spoiler:he had over a thousand lovers before her]]. She promptly dumps him. "Truth is a terrible habit."
65%%* ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'': Katniss Everdeen and Peeta play up this trope before the Quarter Quell.
66* Three times Film/JamesBond has told a woman he loves her, and ''every single time'', it's ended tragically:
67** In ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' (both [[Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService novel]] and film), the So Happy Together moment is Bond's wedding to Teresa/Tracy de Vincenzo. Blofeld kills her in a drive-by shooting as the two are embarking on their honeymoon drive. The CartwrightCurse hit Bond ''hard'' in that movie.
68** The beach scene in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', and the arrival in Venice following it. James Bond, genuinely and sincerely in love with Vesper Lynd and willing to walk away from his career as Her Majesty's hitman for it. Obviously, this can't work out -- she kills herself after he learns that she's betrayed him.
69** A decade later, in the opening sequence of ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', he and his SecondLove Madeline Swann are enjoying a similarly blissful interlude in Matera when all hell breaks loose and he abandons her, thinking that she's betrayed him as well. Five years later, they're reunited after he learns that she was innocent and she reveals that they have a daughter. They share a passionate kiss before he goes to complete one final mission so that they can truly live in peace... [[spoiler:and ''he's'' killed]].
70* A platonic version in ''Film/{{Logan}}'' when our heroes spend the night with a kindly family, showing there's a world other than hiding and killing. Later while lying in bed, Xavier tells Logan that tonight was the most perfect night he's had in a very long time. [[spoiler:It's not Logan he's talking to, but his [[EvilCounterpart X-24 clone]] who kills Xavier on the spot.]]
71* The ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' seems to really like this trope.
72** Tony and Pepper get hit with this twice. In ''Film/IronMan3'', they have a host of sweet moments that end with him destroying his suits and retiring from being Iron Man to focus on his relationship. By ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', the strain of becoming Iron Man again and creating Ultron has led to an OffscreenBreakup. They patch up their relationship in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' and even get a RelationshipUpgrade. [[spoiler:By ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', Tony is retired, married to Pepper, and an excellent parent to their daughter Morgan... so naturally, he's KilledOffForReal in the climax of the movie.]]
73** Peter Quill and Gamora. In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' and ''[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Vol. 2]]'', the two are clearly attracted to each other and flirting but don't go any further. By ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', the two have undergone an offscreen RelationshipUpgrade (enough that Quill calls himself a "long term Titan-killing booty call") complete with heartfelt conversations and a sweet kiss. [[spoiler:Gamora dies halfway through the movie, killed by her abusive father and worst enemy Thanos. Furthermore, she's one of the characters ''not'' brought back in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' and is instead replaced by an alternate timeline counterpart causing a RelationshipReset.]]
74** Wanda and Vision. In ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Civil War]]'', the two are mildly flirting but nothing really comes of it since they end up on opposite sides and Wanda is forced on the run. In ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity War]]'', the two are shown to have gotten together in the TimeSkip and they have a sweet close relationship. This is also notable in that Wanda's life is one big BreakTheCutie and [[ThrowTheDogABone this is one of the few good things to happen to her]]. [[spoiler:Vision is killed twice in front of her, once by her hand and once by Thanos, and like Gamora, he isn't brought back to life.]]
75* ''Film/MyNameIsKhan'': We were ''so'' happy together, [[spoiler:until 9 11 happened, you lost your customers, our sister-in-law got assaulted, our best friend died, our son got killed, you went off the wall, kicked me out, and told me to tell the president I wasn't a terrorist]].
76* The opening sequence of ''Film/OrcaTheKillerWhale'' finds him and his mate cavorting, establishing them as the killer whale equivalent of a HappilyMarried, expectant couple. Soon after, she's killed, and the rest of the movie is about him seeking revenge on those who destroyed his life.
77* In ''Film/ThePunisher2004'', Frank Castle and his darling wife Maria share a lovely scene on the beach at night... until [[FamilyExtermination Frank's entire family is butchered]] on the orders of an enemy seeking revenge, with Maria being killed right before his eyes.
78%%* ''Film/Serenity2005'' has hints of this for [[spoiler:Zoe and Wash]], but no real stand-out moment. This was fixed in a comic series that takes place before the movie, just to twist the knife.
79* ''Film/SpiderMan2'': Otto and Rosie Octavius have a very sweet and happy relationship and have enjoyed many years of marriage. Peter meets them both and they have a cute bonding scene where they talk about science and give him romantic advice. The next day, Otto prepares to unveil his life's work...and if you know anything about the franchise, you know this won't end well for him. Sure enough, Rosie is tragically killed, Otto has his StartOfDarkness, and the next time he and Peter meet they're enemies.
80* In ''Film/StarshipTroopers'', after a long time of being JustFriends, Dizzy [[RelationshipUpgrade finally beds Johnny]]. [[spoiler:She dies in a Bug ambush the next day.]]
81* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
82** Another platonic version in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Before Obi-wan leaves for Utapau, he and Anakin have a talk, with Anakin apologizing for all the trouble he's caused him and Obi-wan replying that he's proud of Anakin (the first and last SoProudOfYou we ever hear from him). That final smile they share is the last happy moment either of them will know before Anakin becomes Darth Vader.
83** Padmé and Anakin initially have quite a few moments as a happy couple in ''Revenge of the Sith'', though one that stands out in particular is their happy reunion after the Battle of Coruscant, where Padmé tells Anakin she's pregnant and then discusses her baby plans with him. In the very next scene, Anakin has [[DreamingOfThingsToCome a nightmare]] [[MoodWhiplash about her dying in childbirth]], which is essentially the beginning of the end as Anakin goes on to join the Dark Side to try and avert the prophecy.
84** In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', Han and Leia are estranged and Han is implied to have spent a good few years avoiding Leia. Near the end of the movie they meet and have a sweet moment where they confirm they still love each other despite everything. [[spoiler:Han dies by his son's hand soon afterward.]]
85** Near the end of ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', the bad guy's been defeated, [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn Ben]] and Rey]] acknowledge their connection and share a kiss, [[spoiler:Ben]] smiles... and then he ''immediately'' dies, because [[spoiler:he [[HeroicSacrifice gave her his life force to save her]]]].
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90* And now a poem by Creator/WHAuden:
91-->''He was my North, my South, my East and West,\
92My working week and my Sunday rest,\
93My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;\
94I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.\
95The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;\
96Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;\
97Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.\
98For nothing now can ever come to any good.''
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100* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', Marco's dad confides that he and Marco's mom had a brief period of ideal, perfect love before she disappeared and was presumed dead. Of course, this period of perfect love occurred only because she was under the control of a parasitic alien.
101* In ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', Carrie goes to the prom, Tommy falls in LoveAtFirstSight with her, as this is the first time he's really seen her, they're voted prom king and queen... and, even worse, it's a ForegoneConclusion, as the first part of the book already warned that a massacre would break out at the prom. This is also later invoked, as Carrie suspects, during her madness, that Sue and Tommy set her up to be happy so they could laugh at her. (They didn't.)
102* In-universe in ''Literature/CatchingFire''. The majority of [[ShipperOnDeck the citizens of Panem]] seem to feel this way about [[spoiler:Katniss and Peeta, the star-crossed lovers of District Twelve, having to go back into the arena]]. Peeta plays it up even further during [[spoiler:his pre-game interview where he reveals that he and Katniss got married in secret and are expecting a baby]]. It's actually a lie, but the intention is to gain sympathy through this trope.
103%%** Played straight with [[spoiler:Finnick and Annie]] in ''Literature/{{Mockingjay}}''.
104* Daja and Rizu in ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'' get about a month or two together, and then [[spoiler:Sandry gets kidnapped]], leading the Circle to decide that they must go back to Emelan. Both Daja and Rizu assumed that the other would stay with them; unfortunately, they were both very wrong. Neither takes it well.
105* The main character in ''Literature/TheDeathOfTheVazirMukhtar'' marries his beloved Nino halfway in, and they are very happy for all of their time together. Then [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin he dies]].
106* Commander Sam Vimes in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series is terrified that [[HappilyMarried his married life]] is going to turn into one of these. (Given [[JerkassGod the gods in the series]], he's not wrong to be concerned.) Threatening to be the abrupt end to his relationship is a good way to be abruptly ended yourself.
107* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
108** Dresden and Susan move up from FriendsWithBenefits into a proper relationship with Dresden struggling to tell her "I love you". He resolves to do so just as Susan is kidnapped and (partially) turned into a vampire.
109** Dresden cannot get a break from this. After books of UnresolvedSexualTension, he and Murphy acknowledge their feelings and decide to hook up. [[spoiler:Then he's shot and killed the moment he's alone. When they finally get together again several books later after he comes back to life, she winds up getting shot in the head and dies.]]
110* Karyn and Roy at the start of ''Literature/TheHowling1977''. They're about to celebrate their first wedding anniversary, they both have good jobs they love, they have a beautiful home in the suburbs and Karyn has recently learned she's pregnant. Then [[SerialRapist Max Quist]] comes along and it's all downhill from there, albeit more drawn-out than is typical for this trope.
111* Rose and Dimitri before the climax of ''Literature/ShadowKiss''. They finally consummate their relationship, bask in the afterglow, and make plans for the future. [[spoiler:Strigoi promptly launch a massive attack on the school, and Dimitri is turned into one of them.]]
112* In the ''Literature/WarriorCatsPowerOfThree'' book ''[[Recap/WarriorCatsSunrise Sunrise]]'', the young couple Berrynose and Honeyfern are having a sweet moment together, watching the Clans' kits play and talking about how one day they'll have kits like that. Then Honeyfern sees a poisonous snake creeping up behind one of the kits and [[DivingSave knocks the kit out of the way]], only to receive a fatal bite herself.
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116* In the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[Recap/AngelS05E15AHoleInTheWorld A Hole in the World]]", Wesley and Fred sing "You are my sunshine" to each other. [[spoiler:Fred collapses ''during the song'', foreshadowing her imminent demise at the hands of Knox.]]
117* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'':
118** In "[[Recap/ArrowS2E15ThePromise The Promise]]", Slade Wilson talks of how Oliver Queen has [[FireForgedFriends become his brother due to everything they've endured]] on Lian Yu. Then he discovers [[SadisticChoice what really happened with Shado]] and becomes Oliver's ArchEnemy.
119** In Season 3, Thea Queen gets back with her ex-boyfriend Roy Harper, only for Roy to surrender himself as the Arrow to take the fall for her brother, then fake his death and go on the run.
120** In the mid-Season 4 {{Cliffhanger}}, Oliver Queen proposes marriage to Felicity Smoak. Their limo is then ambushed by Ghosts sent by Damien Darhk and Felicity is crippled in the attack.
121* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'':
122** [[spoiler:Dee and Lee go on a date, both seem happy, poised to get back together, and it's a nice moment in the sea of bleakness that is the show... and then Dee goes back to her quarters and [[DrivenToSuicide shoots herself dead]].]]
123** We also know, right from the end of the pilot, that Boomer is a Cylon, and we ''know'' that she's going to be found out at some point, which makes those happy moments with Tyrol all the worse.
124* In the season 10 premiere of ''Series/{{Bones}}'', Sweets and Daisy are revealed to be expecting a child. On the platonic front, Booth and Sweets have some special bonding moments and Brennan even asks Sweets for advice about Booth's psychological state. Sweets is dead by the end of the episode.
125* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
126** At the end of "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E12BadEggs Bad Eggs]]" in season two, Buffy and Angel are shown kissing through Buffy's bedroom window. A very "awwww" moment. In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E13Surprise Surprise]]", they have sex for the first time, which reverts Angel back to the original, murderous Angelus. This trope is literally how Angel's curse operates: perfect happiness = no soul.
127** In season two, Jenny Calendar and Giles have lots of tension but Giles especially CantSpitItOut. Just when it seems the relationship was going to go somewhere, Jenny [[spoiler:turns out to have been descended from the tribe that cursed Angel and has been trying to keep Angel and Buffy apart]]. The secret ends any blooming relationship until Giles finally starts to forgive her. Immediately afterwards, [[spoiler:Angelus kills her]].
128** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E6WildAtHeart Wild at Heart]]", the very last time Willow and Oz are shown together before the debacle with Veruca starts, it's morning and they're in bed cuddling, kissing, and saying how much they'll miss each other the coming [[WolfMan full moon]].
129** Willow spends half of season six trying to get her magic under control and get Tara back. Eventually, she and Tara make up. In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E19SeeingRed Seeing Red]]", they are really happy and have lots of make-up sex. At the end of the episode, [[spoiler:a stray bullet kills Tara]].
130** Spike and Buffy spend all of season seven [[UnresolvedSexualTension walking on glass around each other]] after Season 6's disastrous relationship. Once they've patched it up, though, they spend the last three episodes frequently cuddling together and generally being sweet. There's even a FadeToBlack when she visits his room the night before the final battle. The next day, [[spoiler:Spike pulls a HeroicSacrifice and is burned alive -- by an amulet ''Buffy'' gave him. He's resurrected over in the spinoff ''Series/{{Angel}}'', but has no idea how to tell Buffy]].
131%%* ''Series/DoctorWho'': "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth The Stolen Earth]]" has a moment between Rose and the Doctor.
132%%* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'' has [[spoiler:Topher and Bennett, right before Bennett gets shot by Whiskey]].
133* In ''Series/{{Farscape}}: The Peacekeeper Wars'', Chiana and D'Argo have finally made up after two seasons of drama and Chiana says she wants to settle on Hyneria with him. Moments later, [[spoiler:D'Argo is fatally wounded and stays behind to cover the gang's retreat]].
134* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Ronnie gains control over the Matrix, stabilizing his powers and allowing him to be together with Caitlin, and [[spoiler:the two end up married at the end of season 1]]. Of course, this means that [[spoiler:at the beginning of Season 2, Ronnie pulls a HeroicSacrifice]].
135* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': In the adaptation of the infamous Red Wedding, major hints that all will soon go very bad start when Robb Stark and his wife Talisa gleefully decide to name their unborn child Eddard Stark if it's a boy. This invariably led to jokes that Creator/SeanBean [[ChronicallyKilledActor was even killed before being born now]].
136* ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse2018'': Nell is a severely depressed baby sister who gets TheRuntAtTheEnd treatment from most of her siblings, she can't sleep, she hallucinates a terrifying "bent-neck lady" following her everywhere. Then she meets Arthur, they get married, and Nell is finally happy and doesn't have bad dreams. This is noted to last six months, but the series skips over it in a matter of ''minutes'', which makes it all the more jarring when Arthur keels over from an aneurysm in their bedroom.
137%%* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': [[spoiler:Hiro and Charlie in season 4.]]
138* In ''Series/LoisAndClark'', Clark Kent has married Lois Lane after battling the ''evil'' frog-eating clone of Lex Luthor. They have a sweet scene together, and Clark goes to the bedroom to await his bride. Then we watch Lois eating a frog, heralding how exactly this is gonna go all wrong.
139* ''Series/{{Lost}}'':
140** Sayid and Shannon spend a romantic evening in the Iraqi Love Shack. Then blammo, Ana-Lucia accidentally shoots and kills Shannon the next day. Sayid doesn't get nice things. Also, same couple, in the first season. They're gone for a while on a romantic evening while Shannon's brother slowly ''dies''. Needless to say, this throws a hitch into the relationship.
141** Sayid has a horrible time with this. As the CartwrightCurse page says, sleeping with him is an excellent way to get dead. The worst is probably [[spoiler:when Nadia gets hit by a car eight months after they got married. This is the girl he was searching for ''years'' and finally got to be with, but it doesn't last]].
142** Also, Libby and Hurley.
143* ''Series/{{Loving}}'' Cabot and Isabella Alden's final scenes are of them celebrating their 50th anniversary and reminiscing about their life together, exchanging "I love yous" as their final words before going to sleep in each other's arms and never waking up again, poisoned by the vapors released from the candles given to them as a present.
144* Arthur and Guinevere finally get engaged in ''Series/Merlin2008'' and the celebrations are getting underway, only for a {{Brainwashed}} Lancelot to [[BackFromTheDead return from the dead]] as a tool sent by Morgana to destroy the happy couple. Because Gwen no longer reciprocates his feelings, Morgana has Lancelot give her an enchanted bracelet that effectively [[MindRape Mind-Rapes]] her into meeting with him at night. She's caught in a compromising situation, leading to her public humiliation and exile from Camelot, and Lancelot's [[spoiler:suicide]].
145* In ''Series/{{Shogun|2024}}'', Mariko survived a dangerous gambit in which she threatened to commit suicide in order to force Lord Ishida to allow her to escort Toranaga's wives back to Edo, and she and Blackthorne decide to celebrate by consummating their BelligerentSexualTension. Very shortly afterwards, Ishida sends ninjas to kill her and the wives, and [[spoiler:Mariko is killed when she throws herself in front of a bomb.]]
146* The 5th season premiere of ''Series/{{Sisters}}'' is full of lovey-dovey scenes between Teddy and her newlywed husband Falconer. By the episode's end, as they're preparing to buy a house, he's killed via [[ExternalCombustion car bomb]].
147* Clark and Lana of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' manage to pull this off more than once:
148** Clark finally reveals his secret and proposes to her in season five, which she happily accepts, right before knowledge of the secret leads to her being involved in a fatal car accident. Once the day is undone, he continues to lie to her in order to keep the accident from happening again, leading to her breaking up with him.
149** When she returns in season eight and gains superpowers, they rekindle their relationship and it seems they can finally be together as equals with no secrets or lies. Then they discover that one of her powers is Kryptonite absorption, and once she disables a Kryptonite bomb planted by Lex, they can never go near each other again.
150* The end of season 6 of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' has Worf and Dax, HappilyMarried, trying to conceive a child, but it's made difficult by the species barrier. Near the end of the season finale, Dr. Bashir tells Dax that he found a solution, and she and Worf can get started on having a kid. [[spoiler:Just a few scenes later, she's killed by Gul Dukat.]]
151* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
152** The series starts with this. Sam and Jessica are at a college party celebrating Sam acing his [=LSATs=] and upcoming interview for Law School. Sam and Jess have some tender moments showing how much they love each other and how his life is going swimmingly. Then Jess dies in a fire and starts Sam on his revenge quest.
153** "[[Recap/SupernaturalS04E03InTheBeginning In the Beginning]]" gives one to Mary Winchester. Despite objections from her family, John decides to propose to Mary. He takes her out in his new car and is just about to ask the question when [[spoiler:her demon-possessed father kills him and then himself, after having killed her mother a few hours earlier]]. This causes her to make a [[DealWithTheDevil wish]] to bring John back to life -- a wish that would in 10 years kill her and send her family on a decades-long revenge quest.
154* In ''Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth'', various characters keep bringing up the fact that Ianto and Jack are a couple and drawing a lot of attention to it. Ianto himself points out this out and seems very happy at Jack's nonchalance about the fact that they are, in fact, together. [[spoiler:Then Ianto dies.]]
155* ''Series/VeronicaMars'':
156** In "[[Recap/VeronicaMarsS01E05YouThinkYouKnowSomebody You Think You Know Somebody]]", Troy and Veronica serenely hold hands and walk down the hall right before he turns out to be a drug dealer who never told her about his shady past.
157** Mac and Beaver are ''totally cute'' all throughout "[[Recap/VeronicaMarsS02E13AintNoMagicMountainHighEnough Ain't No Magic Mountain High Enough]]". The season ends with [[spoiler:Beaver being a sociopathic mass murderer who may or may not have used Mac as cover to hide his molestation]].
158** Throughout Season 4, [[OfficialCouple Veronica and Logan]] fall out and pull away from each other under Logan's marriage proposal. Veronica solves the mystery, goes back to Logan, they get married... [[spoiler:and then, moments after they've said their vows, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Logan dies from a bomb]] that the bad guy had already planted in Veronica's car]].
159* ''Series/TheWestWing'' has a storyline in season three where CJ is assigned a bodyguard, Simon, due to death threats she'd been receiving. Despite [[BodyguardCrush an obvious mutual attraction]], they're unable to pursue a relationship until the person sending the threats is caught, and when he is, Simon and CJ kiss, agree to meet later, and he is shot and killed after walking into an armed robbery in a convenience store.
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163* In ''Theatre/AnneOfTheThousandDays'', Anne recalls that there was only one day when she and Henry [[UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo both loved each other]].
164-->''"When I no longer hated him -- he began to hate me, except for that day."''
165* The second act of ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' begins with the characters contentedly singing "So Happy". Then things come literally crashing down.
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169%%* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', the carnival scene serves as this if you get Aeris for the date.
170* In ''VideoGame/InFamous'', Trish spends most of the game angry at Cole as she blames him for the death of her sister. After a mission, she finally forgives him and promises to talk to him later. [[spoiler:The next time he sees her, she dies in his arms.]]
171* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' shows [[spoiler:Sora and Kairi on the beach in the Destiny Islands, enjoying their victory over the Second Keyblade War. They have their moment together, smiling and holding hands... and then Sora ''vanishes'', leaving a heartbroken Kairi on her own]].
172* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
173** Because they're going on a suicide mission, this is a possibility for every romance in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''; however, this trope comes into full play with Thane and female Shepard--during the culmination of their romance, Thane finally admits he's afraid of death again because he's found something (and someone) to live for. There is a very real possibility of one or both of them dying very shortly thereafter, and even if they both survive, Thane has a terminal illness and six months to live. If he survives to ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', [[spoiler:Thane is one of the two former party members who is ''guaranteed'' to die over the course of the game -- he's mortally wounded by Kai Leng while trying to prevent him from assassinating the salarian councilor]].
174** Also in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'': a male Shepard and Tali will plan to build a house on Rannoch, a female Shepard and Garrus will discuss adoption and retirement on a beach, and a Shepard of either gender will want to have lots of "little blue children" with Liara. [[spoiler:There's an ''extremely high chance'' that Shepard will die at the end of the game.]]
175* ''VideoGame/PretentiousGame 2'': Yay! The blue square has moved on from the bright pink square and he and the light pink square can live HappilyEverAfter! Right? [[spoiler:'''WRONG!''' The blue square gets run over by a drunk driver -- who's revealed in the third game to be the gray square, who used to be married to the light pink square -- and dies, leaving the light pink square alone to mourn him.]]
176* ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'' has an oddly hilarious example. Making the wrong choice during the RomanceSidequest leads to one of the game's many [[NonStandardGameOver bad ends]], wherein the protagonist decides to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere ignore saving the world]] in favor of running off with [[spoiler:Raynie]]. They spend a whole year living together happily until he gets sick of watching the world die and [[ResetButton travels back in time to get back to work]].
177* The opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'' showcases the happy relationship between [[TheLancer Bentley]] and Penelope as they work together on the time machine. Penelope then disappears, and by the time Bentley finds her, [[spoiler:[[EvilAllAlong she's revealed to have betrayed him to Le Paradox]] out of [[AmbitionIsEvil greed]] and [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]]. The next time they interact, Bentley dumps Penelope and denounces her as a sociopath]].
178* Comes into play in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1''. Shulk and Fiora share a peaceful moment at Outlook Park, with Fiora enjoying the breeze and wishing such a moment could last forever. Shulk constantly flashes back to this memory as his last happy moments with her as he tries to cope with the fact that she's gone from his life [[spoiler:because the day after, Colony 9 was invaded by the Mechon and Fiora brutally murdered by the giant Mechon known as Metal Face. However, she eventually turns out to be NotQuiteDead]].
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182* Jade and Dash from ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'' seem to have a strong relationship when the protagonist and title character run into them. Little do they know that their relationship will come crashing down in just a couple of weeks due to Dash's renewed drug use....
183* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', George and Shannon are particularly prone to this. In every scenario, the murders begin the night George proposes to Shannon (although the scene itself is only shown in two arcs, it's implied or stated to have occurred in all the others as well), and you can bet that if one or the other isn't one of the ones killed in the murders immediately after that scene, they're going to die right after having done a pledge of love to each other that seems designed to try to make the audience burst into tears. Particularly brutal in the third arc, in which Shannon dies immediately after the proposal, George resurrects her using ThePowerOfLove, only for them both to be killed right next to each other not even ten seconds later. [[spoiler:Subverted, as Shannon is actually the main culprit of the murders. To makes things worse, George's marriage proposal is probably one of the things that solidify Shannon's resolve to blow up the island ("Even after death, we will always be together").]]
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187* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': After two seasons of being stuck in a AllLoveIsUnRequited love polygon, Jaune finally seems to notice and tentatively return Pyrrha's feelings. They share some sweet moments together before [[spoiler:Pyrrha is chosen to be the next Fall Maiden, possibly resulting in her LossOfIdentity. Then. after Beacon is attacked, Pyrrha and Jaune share their FirstKiss and LastKiss before she dies fighting Cinder]].
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191* The ending of the first arc of ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''. [[spoiler:Just as Bam saves himself and Rachel, the girl he has been looking for the entire season, and reaffirms his desire to be with her, she seems to reciprocate... before she pushes him off the vehicle they're on and watches him fall into deathly depths. It turns out that she had a deal with the [[PhysicalGod Tower's Guardians]] to sacrifice him for her own benefit.]]
192* ''Webcomic/YuMeDream'': [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=903 Fiona and Lia]] [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=905 are at prom]], and then a DramaBomb [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=917 hits]].
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196* ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
197** In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Zuko and Mai have neither ever been so happy together ''or'' apart... right before Zuko has to ruin it all with his HeelRealization, whereupon he sadly shows himself to possess the tact of [[Literature/TheAeneid Aeneas]].
198** A much more brutal example happens in the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' when [[UnholyMatrimony Zaheer and P'Li]] share a tender moment in the penultimate season 3 episode. Ten minutes later, [[spoiler:P'Li ''[[YourHeadASplode obliterates]] herself [[HoistByHerOwnPetard with her own combustion blast]]'']], and Zaheer consequently loses all earthly attachments.
199%%* A non-romantic example in ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'', when Aelita looks at a picture of her and her father.
200* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has the doomed DatingCatwoman plot between HunterOfMonsters Valerie and the Huntee Danny. Before Valerie decides to break up [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies to protect Danny and focus on her job]], the two share a date together, both happy, both risking their own {{secret identit|y}}ies for one another.
201* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': In the alternate timeline of "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E22CatBlanc Cat Blanc]]", after Adrien understands that [[SecretSecretKeeper Marinette is Ladybug]], he goes to her, declares his love, and they start a happy relationship. Then Adrien's father intervenes and [[LoveObstructingParents ruins everything]].
202* Beast Boy and Terra share a night of fun at the carnival in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' right before Terra is revealed as TheMole.
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