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1-> '''Thor''': What was the point? I was too late. I was just standing there. Some idiot with an ax.\
2''' Frigga''': You're no idiot. You're here, aren't you? Seeking counsel from the wisest person in Asgard.\
3'''Thor''': I guess, yeah.\
4'''Frigga''': Idiot? No. A failure? Absolutely.\
5'''Thor''': That's a little bit harsh.\
6'''Frigga''': You do know what that makes you? Just like everyone else.\
7'''Thor''': I'm not supposed to be like everyone else, am I?\
8'''Frigga''': Everyone fails at who they are supposed to be, Thor. The measure of a person - of a hero - is how well they succeed at being who they ''are''.
9-->-- ''Film/AvengersEndgame''
10
11->''Did you think you mattered, [[spoiler:Hawke]]? Did you think anything you ever did mattered? You couldn't even save your city. How could you expect to strike down a god? [[spoiler:Anders/Fenris/Isabela/Merril/Sebastian]] is going to die, [[KickTheDog just like your family, and anyone you ever cared about]].''
12-->-- '''Nightmare''', ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''
13
14->'''Tarquin:''' Look at you! What are you, a protagonist? I'm so proud! Have you thwarted any villains yet?\
15'''Elan:''' We mostly run away or have mixed victories. Wait, does Nale count?\
16'''Tarquin:''' [[BigBadWannabe Eh, not really.]]\
17'''Elan:''' Then, no.
18-->-- ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
19
20->'''Commentator:''' [[OverlyLongGag He can't seem to do anything right... Watch him screw up over...and over --]]\
21'''Copycat:''' [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong Fear not, people of San Francisco! I went to the future and saw the bridge fall apart, but now because of that, I can stop it from ever happen--]] '''''CRASH''''' [[YouAlreadyChangedThePast Heh heh. Whoops. It turns out that I was the cause of the bridge collapsing after all.]]\
22'''Onlooker:''' Well, it looks like Copycat has screwed up again!\
23'''Onlooker 2:''' [[SarcasmMode What a surprise.]]\
24'''Commentator:''' [[ButterflyOfDoom Again.]]\
25'''Copycat:''' [[GoodNewsBadNews Good news, everyone!]] [[BadFuture I stop a terrible dystopian future from ever coming to pass!]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom ...Bad news is that my actions have created a new future in which we all die.]]\
26'''Onlooker:''' [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Damnit! I knew you'd screw up somehow!]]
27-->-- ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4860110/7/Heroes_Abridged_With_Commentary_Genesis Heroes: Abridged with Commentary]]''
28
29-> ''For it is in failure that we achieve immortality. Through this, we are bound to our task, an [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption endless quest with no pause or rest.]] Cursed by duty and [[MentalTimeTravel unbound by time]], I release your soul, and by my hand... condemn thee.''
30-->-- Jaune's personal BadassCreed, ''FanFic/NotThisTimeFate''
31
32->I have to tell you, it's ''really hard'' to feel like a hero when [[NiceJobBreakingItHero everything you've done has made things worse]], when the world would be a better place if you literally never got out of bed this morning.
33-->--'''Website/SFDebris''' reviews ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''
34
35->'''Hanna:''' But you have to admit they're not the most competent bunch. I mean, what even are they? They're not quite hunters, even though they seem to think they have the right to be people's judge and jury, but they're not, like, regular people either. They're just a bunch of dramatic weirdos who managed to find each other and con themselves into thinking they're doing some good, but, like, are they really? Have they stopped much? Because I know they've caused a lot of crap, but what have they ''stopped''? All they do is get each other - and a bunch of other people - killed with the yearly terrorist attacks. They got [[spoiler:Laurel]] killed. Can we trust them to save her?\
36''[...]''\
37'''Felicity:''' We're not totally awful, are we? ''(Silence)'' I don't think we're awful.\
38'''Diggle:''' We're not awful.\
39'''Thea:''' Meh.\
40'''Felicity:''' We've stopped a lot. This whole city could have died from the superflu and...stuff. We've sent a lot of drug dealers to jail. I mean, Vertigo? Remember Vertigo? And Slade Wilson! Granted, he killed... Um. Anyway, we've done a lot of good!\
41'''Diggle:''' We've done a lot of good.\
42'''Thea:''' 50/50. Maybe 60/40.\
43'''Felicity:''' ...Which side gets the 60?
44-->--''FanFic/HowTheLightGetsIn''
45
46->Ooh, Superman, where are you now\
47When everything's gone wrong somehow?\
48The men of steel, the men of power\
49Are losing control by the hour
50-->--'''Music/{{Genesis|Band}}''', "Music/LandOfConfusion"
51
52->'''Hobbes:''' ..um... has Stupendous Man ''ever'' won a battle?\
53'''Calvin:''' Well, [[MetaphoricallyTrue they're all]] ''[[DoomedMoralVictor moral]]'' [[MetaphoricallyTrue victories]].\
54'''Hobbes:''' One can't be picky.
55-->--''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
56
57->''"I mean, Raiden, his intentions are always good but for some reason, he always freaking jack up."''
58-->-- '''LetsPlay/{{CoryxKenshin}}''', episode #12 of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX''
59
60->''"Was it my fault? Did I change the story? I couldn’t even be the make-believe hero."''
61-->-- '''Jaune Arc''', ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''
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63-->[-Visit main article [[FailureHero HERE]].-]

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