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* ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'': "[[Recap/TheAmazingDigitalCircusE2CandyCarrierChaos Candy Carrier Chaos!]]": Gummigoo dies an abrupt death by Caine, and a spiteful Jax unleashes the Fudge upon the Candy Canyon Kingdom. Despite that, the funeral at the end is sincerely sweet with everyone truly saddened to see Kaufmo get abstracted. With Ragatha's kind reassurance, Pomni not only has her nightmare turn into a hopeful dream where the gang rescues her from the pit, but she finally displays a genuine smile as uplifting music plays, a sign that she may be stuck, but she's not alone.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Bunnykill}}'': While the first three movies end triumphantly, ''Bunnykill 4'' is more bittersweet, mainly because the potential love interest got killed by the BigBad. While [[WordOfGod Mottis]] did state that the love interest's return was possible, the series ended with her still dead.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnA4u9CaK7A Crater Face]]'', which ends with an astronaut successfully uniting two previously separated moon pimples, [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his own life]].
* At the end of ''WebAnimation/{{Chadam}}'', Sandy is dead, and most of the city is destroyed, but Viceroy was defeated, and Chadam managed to at least save Ripley.
* As one of the rules of ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' is that the fights must end in death, it should be expected that some fights end on this note, particularly ones where [[GoodVersusGood both sides of the conflict are heroic individuals]]. For some notable examples:
** "[[VideoGame/StarFox Fox McCloud]] VS [[ComicBook/BuckyOHareAndTheToadWars Bucky O'Hare]]": Bucky (the instigator of the fight) is defeated by Fox, but Slippy is now dead because of Bucky's actions.
** "Franchise/MegaMan VS Manga/AstroBoy": Mega Man is destroyed in the end, but since his head is still intact, and the post-fight animation shows Astro returning the head to Rush, it's likely that Rock can still be rebuilt.
** "[[Webcomic/OnePunchMan Saitama]] VS Franchise/{{Popeye}}": Saitama dies, but finds a WorthyOpponent in Popeye and goes out happy that he was finally able to find a fight he could go all out in.
** "[[Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Tanjiro]] VS [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jonathan Joestar]]": The fight ends with Tanjiro fatally injured by Jonathan, but manages to clear up Jonathan's misunderstanding regarding Nezuko. Jonathan, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone feeling remorse for what he's done]], promises to protect Nezuko with his life before giving Tanjiro a painless MercyKill. The final moments of the animation has Jonathan reach out to Nezuko and her doing so in turn, [[AmbiguousEnding only for her to hesitate right before cutting to black]].
** "[[ComicBook/{{Invincible}} Omni-Man]] VS [[ComicBook/TheBoys Homelander]]": Omni-Man, [[ALighterShadeOfBlack the significantly less evil of the two]], wins the fight, giving Homelander a well-deserved CruelAndUnusualDeath and very likely ruining his reputation in the process. However, Debbie is dead because of Homelander, as are anyone who got caught in the crossfire of their fight.
** "[[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]] VS [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Dimitri]]": Dimitri is last seen preparing to fight the demons coming to claim Guts's soul whilst grievously wounded -- [[BolivianArmyEnding Dimitri may not survive]], but at the very least, [[PeacefulInDeath Guts has found peace in death]].
** "[[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] VS [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Obito Uchiha]]": As one would expect from a battle between two iconic {{Tragic Villain}}s, this fight ends this way. Darth Vader dies, but not before Obito traps him in the [[LotusEaterMachine Infinite Tsukiyomi]], allowing Anakin to [[LetThemDieHappy "reunite" with Padme in his final moments]]. Obito, who had previously [[NotSoDifferentRemark made remarks indicating that he sees a kindred spirit in Vader]], treats this as a MercyKill and asks that Anakin "find peace in the next life".
** "[[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] VS [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Discord]]": Discord, [[ALighterShadeOfBlack the significantly less evil of the two]], loses the fight and is killed, but not before [[HeroicSacrifice trapping Bill back in the Nightmare Realm so as to keep him from doing any more harm to Equestria]], and leaving behind the letter he wrote for Celestia at the beginning of the fight. However, Bill, while angry at having to start all over, is undeterred in trying to escape once again and quickly [[BreakingTheFourthWall attempts to make a deal with the audience]]. Also, as noted in one of the info graphs after the fight, Discord can reform [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil so long as chaos exists]], so he won't be staying dead for good.
** "[[Franchise/DragonBall Frieza]] VS [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Megatron]]": This one leans far more into the bitter side than the sweet side, to the point that it can easily be seen as a DownerEnding. Megatron, [[ALighterShadeOfBlack the significantly less evil of the two]], loses the fight and is killed, Cybertron is destroyed, and Frieza ends the animation by declaring his intent to wipe out the Cybertronian race. However, Megatron still managed to wipe out Frieza's army and [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe destroy most of his body]] (not that being reduced to this state has ever stopped Frieza before, though), and Cybertron's destruction leaves Frieza unable to conquer the planet as he originally intended, [[PyrrhicVictory leaving his victory a fairly hollow one]].
** "[[Manga/JujutsuKaisen Gojo]] VS [[Manga/ChainsawMan Makima]]": This one leans on BlackComedy more. Gojo manages to kill Makima for good and relaxes against a wall, oblivious to the major destruction their fight had left. To rub it in, the report at the end of the fight also mentions that thanks to Makima's contract with the Prime Minister, Gojo unintentionally killed a thousand people.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Delusions of Grandeur|Machinima}}'' ends with the world being saved from [[BigBad Razanak]], but Fox has been fatally injured and dies after completing his redemption. On top of that, both Roy and Mewtwo decide to retire from participating in Smash tournaments.
* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhqSCIYue_A Grubhub Commercial: Revenge of the Kid]]'', the Grubageddon is prevented and [[BigBad the Kid]] is destroyed in a dance-off with the Boogieman, saving the universe. However, the Boogieman was fatally wounded in the process and dies, and Salad Girl, Sushi Guy, and Sushi Girl were all killed by the Kid.
* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'':
** "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS1E2LooLooLand Loo Loo Land]]": [[LetThePastBurn The titular amusement park is destroyed]] during Blitzo and Robo Fizz's fight ([[RuleOfSymbolism symbolically representing Octavia’s lost innocence]]), and Octavia realises that her parents’ marriage is officially destroyed (not to mention they ''[[ArrangedMarriage never loved]]'' each other in the first place). However, she and Stolas reconcile.
** "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS1E3SpringBroken Spring Broken]]": I.M.P. win their bet against Verosika, but Loona discovers that Vortex already has a girlfriend, meaning her previous lash-out at Blitzo [[AllForNothing was for naught]] ([[JerkassHasAPoint if somewhat justified]], considering Blitzo kept her away from Vortex just because the latter was Verosika's employee).
** "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS1E5TheHarvestMoonFestival The Harvest Moon Festival]]": Moxxie finally begins to learn the respect of Millie's parents, but Striker escapes and still plans to collect his bounty on [[spoiler:Stolas]], and we're not even talking about the identity of Striker's client: [[spoiler:[[EvilIsPetty Stella]]]].
** ''[[Recap/HelluvaBossS1E6TruthSeekers Truth Seekers]]": I.M.P. successfully escape back to Hell and Blitzo and Moxxie somewhat reconcile. Unfortunately, I.M.P.'s massacre and Stolas' appearance were secretly recorded, meaning it's only a matter of time until Hell's existence is exposed to humanity.
** "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS1E8QueenBee Queen Bee]]": After some initial awkwardness and hesitation, Loona is able to enjoy herself at Bee-Lzebub's party and make some new hellhound friends. Unfortunately, she has to leave early to drive Blitzo home after he becomes drunk from trying to [[DrowningMySorrows drown his sorrows]] over his [[Recap/HelluvaBossS1E7Ozzies shitty date at Ozzie's]]. When Blitzo drunkenly wonders if he's going to die alone, Loona places a blanket on Blitzo and reassures him by saying "I'll be there, [[{{OOC}}IsSeriousBusiness Dad]]".[[note]]Loona calling Blitzo "Dad" is a rare occurrence, as [[LastSecondWordSwap she caught herself in "Spring Broken" before saying it]] and [[InsistentTerminology she insisted that she's only his adopted daughter in this episode]]. However, in spite of all that, Blitzo is far too drunk and depressed to pick up on it.[[/note]]
** "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS2E1TheCircus The Circus]]": Stolas finally stands up to Stella, telling her in no uncertain terms that he cannot tolerate her abuse anymore and he doesn't give a shit what ''her'' familly thinks about it, even pointing out that the Goetia family couldn't care less since Octavia, the only thing his family wanted from their marriage, is almost an adult. However, Stolas' reputation and relationship with Blitzo are still in ruins, and if Stella's words are any indication, there's still going to be severe consequences for him to face.
** "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS2E4WesternEnergy Western Energy]]": Stolas is saved from Striker, but the former is left alone at the hospital to recover from his grievous injuries and the latter once again escapes.
** "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS2E5UnhappyCampers Unhappy Campers]]" leans on a more Bitter than Sweet side though: Moxxie screws up his first mission as a lead and Blitzo, after spending a week searching for her, is told by his sister Barbie, who's also down a supplier, in no uncertain terms that she wants nothing to do with him. However, Millie and Moxxie reconcile and succeed in killing their target.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Kiwi}}'' is about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs a kiwi who figured out how to fly]]. Once, as he is all but stated to have died trying.
* ''WebAnimation/KlayWorld'': The finale, "All Gone" ends on this note. The BigBad Dr. Bob is defeated by Chip, but in the process, every klayperson but him is dead, and Bob isn't in good enough shape to rebuild them(not like he was going to anyways). However, Chip resolves to rebuild everyone and turn Klay World into '''C'''lay World, where less violence and stupidity will happen.
* In ''WebAnimation/LuckyDayForever'', 514 got to be with his girl, but they're in a LotusEaterMachine, unaware that they're being used to revitalize the Whites's bodies.
* ''WebAnimation/MinilifeTV'': Season 4 ends with Minilife Studios getting destroyed by Baby Crotchrash, [[AllForNothing rendering the efforts to save it from debt moot]]. However, because Wilkins called Paglo Bricks earlier in the season, the company is looking to partner with Chris and Ian to continue ''Minilife TV'' and expand it to other franchise opportunities.
* The flash animation ''[[http://clairvoyance.game-server.cc/nc_catastrophe.html Nightmare City Catastrophe]]'' ends with the hero succeeding in destroying the LotusEaterMachine, but since his LoveInterest was a part of it, she fades away with a [[GoOutWithASmile sad smile on her face]] before he can even [[TakeMyHand reach her hand]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACHVwA1D8fE Tar Boy]]. A bunch of rich robot "[[CorruptCorporateExecutive fat cats]]" ruled the world and used robot slaves to work the land for their greed. Eventually, they found an easier solution for mining resources, and threw all the robot slaves in a boiling pool of tar. However, instead of dying, their memory chips infused with the tar and created a being made up of the tortured souls of thousands of robots. With every soul hungering for revenge, a battle erupted between Tar Boy and the rich, as he destroyed and blasted the fat cats' cohorts and robotic minions. But before Tar Boy could take revenge on the fat cats themselves, they tricked him into a room with a giant heater and melted him down, presumably killing him. However, it's revealed that the old grandpa robot narrating the story was the janitor at the facility, and managed to collect Tar Boy's gooey remains years ago; he believes that a piece of him escaped and is searching for the rest of his body -- and when Tar Boy's body is complete, he will cast ruin on the fat cats once and for all.
* ''WebAnimation/NomadOfNowhere'': Don Paragon has been defeated, and so the Oasis and other surrounding communities will no longer suffer under his tyranny. Furthermore, the Nomad being responsible for that has further broken his HeroWithBadPublicity reputation around Nowhere, with him and Skout now having the courage to take the fight to El Rey's bounty hunters and Governors. Unfortunately, El Rey is now very much aware of the Nomad, and Toth's relationship with Skout has quite possible been irrecoverably ruined by the latter siding with the Nomad over her.
* ''WebAnimation/PuffinForest'': The ending to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM96lCbhC3o "My players LOSE the final fight!"]]. The party stop [[OmnicidalManiac Malikar]]'s evil plan to destroy the world, but they fail to defeat him in battle and inadvertently [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment sent him to Mount Celestia]][[note]]A realm of LawfulGood presided over by armies of paladins and angels and the dragon god of enlightened justice, Bahamut.[[/note]]. [[AdamAndEvePlot The fighter and his drow elf lover]] ended up in the Beastlands[[note]]A wild NeutralGood paradise dimension filled with intelligent, magic-capable talking animals[[/note]], the sorcerer ended up in {{Arcadia}}[[note]]A realm of LawfulNeutral where PerfectPacifistPeople live in harmony and do not know disease[[/note]], the Mobile Suit Gundam Wing ended up in Ysgard[[note]]A ChaoticGood realm where [[WarriorHeaven valiant warriors and immortal heroes pit their skills against each other]][[/note]], and the monk escaped the tower alive and was greeted as a hero. The monk lived on falsely believing [[SoleSurvivor that all his friends died in the tower that day]] and fearing that Malikar would one day return, he diligently waited until his old age wore down his body [[PassingTheTorch and then he gave]] [[VillainBeatingArtifact the Mournblade]] [[PassingTheTorch to his son]]. The next campaign {{Retcon}}ned the events of that ending so Malikar survived and ''does'' return, but the heroes manage to reunite so they can go on one last adventure to stop him, which ended with them triumphing over Malikar and gaining immortality but having to part ways forever, for real this time.
* ''WebAnimation/RevengeFilms'':
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAoPSFB_FiE Someone comes to our door, and then my mom tells me to lock myself up in my bedroom]]": Hiroshi is only given a suspended sentence for his AttemptedRape of Takako due to his mental disability and Takako herself is still attending therapy to deal with all the sexual harassment Hiroshi did. However, Hiroshi’s father divorced his mother, who fully enabled said harassment and the attempted rape, and moved away with his son, ending both his harassment and his mother’s enabling for good. And Takako finally gets engaged to the man who stayed with her for ten years, finally confident that she would be able to love a man.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ay2YY3KWrU A girl got injured so I called her mom but she wouldn't pick up. I took her home and...]]": Suzy ends up having to move away with her father so his parents can help rise her, despite her teacher’s hopes that she will stay. However, her father was able to successfully divorce his cheating wife, getting the alimony that he deserves, and Suzy and the teacher exchanged addresses before Suzy moved away, allowing them to communicate through letters.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xb6SBrjP1c SAKA MEN]]'': The monk seals away the titular {{youkai}}, at the cost of [[AnArmAndALeg one of his arms]]. And while he was unable to save either parent, their baby survives the ordeal and he decides to raise the child on their behalf.
* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lovjysipmpE this video]], WebAnimation/SawtoothWaves theorizes that [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTwilightSparkle Twilight Sparkle]]'s rule ended this way: There was an [[NothingIsScarier unknown]] crisis similar to the one from the Season 8 finale, and because of the urgency, Twilight [[GodzillaThreshold had to]] create the unicorn, earth pony, and pegasus crystals. In doing so, however, she [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed]] her alicornhood, separating her magic into its unicorn, pegasus, and earth pony components and infusing them into the crystals so that said magic can survive the crisis and be used by further generations. Her [[BroughtDownToNormal un-becoming]] an alicorn was seen by others the same way her ''transformation'' into an alicorn was: with her cutie mark in the sky, which explains the mural in the abandoned station in Zephyr Heights that Sunny, Izzy, and Zipp would wind up coming across. Without the alicorn magic that prolonged her lifespan, Twilight lived out the rest of her days as a mortal, the reason she is not around by ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration A New Generation]]''. Even as the pony tribes became separated and Twilight's sacrifice was forgotten about, Argyle's teachings to his daughter Sunny Starscout led her to find the crystals and restore magic to Equestria, avenging Twilight's legacy.
* ''WebAnimation/TheTwins2022'': Lake no longer has to suffer the constant torment from Lucas or live in his brother's shadow and even has the chance to rewrite the narrative on just who Lake "was" as Lucas should he choose to. However, it comes at the personal cost of having to keep up appearances and pretend to be Lucas for the rest of his life, or at least until Lake becomes an adult and decides to live independently.
* ''WebAnimation/XionicMadness'': All of Bolverk Squad is dead; Askad [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing himself]] to ensure victory, Kary [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled choosing to kill herself rather than die to XV]], Omega successfully convincing Xero to [[MercyKill put him down]], and Xero himself going out [[LastStand in a blaze of glory against an entire army]]. But Enid will [[AndTheAdventureContinues continue the fight]].
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