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* In ''VideoGame/ChicoryAColorfulTale'': [[spoiler:Chicory]] blames herself for accidentally creating the corruption threatening the world. [[spoiler:However, it's later learned that the doubts of ''all'' past wielders are responsible, and Chicory was just the breaking point.]]
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* ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'': In stark contrast to her {{Foil}} [[NeverMyFault James Ironwood]] (especially in Volumes 7 - 8, when his worst character traits were exacerbated by his past bad decisions and Salem's machinations), Ruby Rose developed a ''very'' bad tendency to hold herself as being responsible for just about ''anything'' that went wrong under her leadership, even if it was due to circumstances completely outside of her control. [[PoorCommunicationKills This was the result of Ozpin giving her a very poorly worded bit of advice]] during her early days, where he unintentionally insinuated that a leader cannot ever fail under any circumstances, otherwise people would abandon them. Due to [[NoSocialSkills Ruby's own inexperience with leadership]], and her own heavily suppressed trauma regarding her mother, she ends up internalizing this so poorly [[spoiler: that it ends up eventually breaking her in Volume 9. It takes a talk with the deity of that realm, the Blacksmith, and seeing a vision of her mother's past mistakes to begin to recognize how flawed this perception really is.]]

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* ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'': In stark contrast to her {{Foil}} [[spoiler: [[NeverMyFault James Ironwood]] (especially in Volumes 7 - 8, when his worst character traits were exacerbated by his past bad decisions coming back to bite him in the ass and Salem's machinations), Ruby Rose developed a ''very'' bad tendency to hold herself as being responsible for just about ''anything'' that went wrong under her leadership, even if it was due to circumstances completely outside of her control. [[PoorCommunicationKills This was the result of Ozpin giving her a very poorly worded bit of advice]] during her early days, where he unintentionally insinuated that a leader cannot ever fail under any circumstances, otherwise people would abandon them. Due to [[NoSocialSkills Ruby's own inexperience with leadership]], and her own heavily suppressed trauma regarding her mother, she ends up internalizing this so poorly [[spoiler: that it ends up eventually breaking her in Volume 9. It takes a talk with the deity of that realm, the Blacksmith, and seeing a vision of her mother's past mistakes to begin to recognize how flawed this perception really is.]]
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* ''WebAnimation/RWBY'': In stark contrast to her {{Foil}} [[NeverMyFault James Ironwood]] (especially in Volumes 7 - 8, when his worst character traits were exacerbated by his past bad decisions and Salem's machinations), Ruby Rose developed a ''very'' bad tendency to hold herself as being responsible for just about ''anything'' that went wrong under her leadership, even if it was due to circumstances completely outside of her control. [[PoorCommunicationKills This was the result of Ozpin giving her a very poorly worded bit of advice]] during her early days, where he unintentionally insinuated that a leader cannot ever fail under any circumstances, otherwise people would abandon them. Due to [[NoSocialSkills Ruby's own inexperience with leadership]], and her own heavily suppressed trauma regarding her mother, she ends up internalizing this so poorly [[spoiler: that it ends up eventually breaking her in Volume 9. It takes a talk with the deity of that realm, the Blacksmith, and seeing a vision of her mother's past mistakes to begin to recognize how flawed this perception really is.]]

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* ''WebAnimation/RWBY'': ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'': In stark contrast to her {{Foil}} [[NeverMyFault James Ironwood]] (especially in Volumes 7 - 8, when his worst character traits were exacerbated by his past bad decisions and Salem's machinations), Ruby Rose developed a ''very'' bad tendency to hold herself as being responsible for just about ''anything'' that went wrong under her leadership, even if it was due to circumstances completely outside of her control. [[PoorCommunicationKills This was the result of Ozpin giving her a very poorly worded bit of advice]] during her early days, where he unintentionally insinuated that a leader cannot ever fail under any circumstances, otherwise people would abandon them. Due to [[NoSocialSkills Ruby's own inexperience with leadership]], and her own heavily suppressed trauma regarding her mother, she ends up internalizing this so poorly [[spoiler: that it ends up eventually breaking her in Volume 9. It takes a talk with the deity of that realm, the Blacksmith, and seeing a vision of her mother's past mistakes to begin to recognize how flawed this perception really is.]]
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* ''WebAnimation/RWBY'': In stark contrast to her {{Foil}} [[NeverMyFault James Ironwood]] (especially in Volumes 7 - 8, when his worst character traits were exacerbated by his past bad decisions and Salem's machinations), Ruby Rose developed a ''very'' bad tendency to hold herself as being responsible for just about ''anything'' that went wrong under her leadership, even if it was due to circumstances completely outside of her control. [[PoorCommunicationKills This was the result of Ozpin giving her a very poorly worded bit of advice]] during her early days, where he unintentionally insinuated that a leader cannot ever fail under any circumstances, otherwise people would abandon them. Due to [[NoSocialSkills Ruby's own inexperience with leadership]], and her own heavily suppressed trauma regarding her mother, she ends up internalizing this so poorly [[spoiler: that it ends up eventually breaking her in Volume 9. It takes a talk with the deity of that realm, the Blacksmith, and seeing a vision of her mother's past mistakes to begin to recognize how flawed this perception really is.]]
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* In ''Film/SevenMenFromNow'', Stride feels guilty for his wife's murder, believing that if he hadn't been too prideful to take a deputy job, his wife wouldn't have had to work in the freight office that became the target of the seven men.

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* In ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'', Annie/[[spoiler:Katey Greene]] blames herself for her father, [[spoiler:Chuck]], becoming a crime lord because she has to take Zombrex for every 24 hours, so [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere she went off on her own]].
* In ''VideoGame/DisgaeaDimension2'', [[spoiler:upon hearing that Sicily was born in Celestia as a Demon Angel because of their mother's sacrifice and that her status made her an outcast, Laharl recognized that it was his fault for everything Sicily went through and even tells Sicily that she should be angry at him. He does this to also deflect any resentment Sicily might have against their mother for her sacrifice. Luckily, Sicily doesn't resent her mother at all and is happy that her brother lives.]]
* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', Oghren himself will make this statement if he's brought to the Gauntlet, stating that he believes that if he had been a better husband, Branka might not have dragged their clan to their deaths in her mad search for the Anvil.
*** Also in ''Origins'', near the end of the Sacred Ashes quest, one of the "tests of faith" involves reflecting on the origin of the PlayerCharacter. The PC can answer that they feel guilt for not being fast enough, strong enough, smart enough, or whatever to make a difference. While it's a rather heartwrenching part of the game no matter which origin is present, it's especially [[TearJerker poignant]] in the Human Noble and City Elf origins.
** Depending on dialogue, Hawke in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' will beat him/herself up after [[spoiler:his/her mother's murder saying that s/he wasn't fast enough and didn't watch over his/her mother closely enough.]]
** Varric seems to take this attitude in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', though not without reason. He and his brother were the ones who led the expedition down to the Ancient Dwarven Thaig, discovering the Red Lyrium Idol and more or less kicking off the events that led to Meredith going crazy and sparking the Mage Rebellion. Depending on player choices, this can also have been the quest which resulted in [[spoiler:the death of Hawke's only surviving sibling]], for which Varric outright tells Cassandra that he blames himself. Varric is also the one who took Hawke to the Warden Fortress where Corypheus was held, which resulted in the party accidentally unleashing him upon Thedas and causing the events of ''Inquisition''. And then in the same game he gets Hawke involved ''again'' and if you don't play your cards right, Hawke can end up being ''trapped in the Fade, possibly for eternity.'' The worst part is that for the most part, all these events start with Varric ''just trying to help.''



* ''VideoGame/FarnhamFables'': Winona Edison has a bad habit of blaming herself when things go wrong, which is due to her suffering from depression. In Episode 2, she somehow feels like the farm's gate breaking (which causes a cow to escape) is her fault, even though she really had nothing to do with it. Thankfully, her CoolBigSis Wendy is able to cheer her up.



* To show what significant [[CharacterDevelopment changes]] Kratos in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' goes through since his [[VideoGame/GodOfWar early days]], he blames himself for all the havoc he caused back in Greece. Within the game itself, [[spoiler: he takes full blame for Atreus becoming ill]]. Quite the change from the man who [[NeverMyFault would never accept blame for his own actions.]]
* Tarnum of ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic Chronicles'' was in his first life the Barbarian Tyrant who united the Barbarian tribes into one kingdom via brutal conquest. He is all too aware that this brutality tainted the spirit of his people. When the AxCrazy Kilgor becomes king, Tarnum blames himself for it.
-->'''Tarnum:''' ''The example I set for my people when I was the brutal Barbarian Tyrant has come to its final fruition today. A man named Kilgor now rules my people, and he's turned them into the blood thirstiest bunch of savages in all the land.''
* ''VideoGame/HometownStory'':
** There is a shared one between Carl and his old friend the village sentient scarecrow. While they were engaged, Carl's wife Aisha went on a walk when Carl took his time to show up for a date and got injured. Since then, Carl has become a CreatureOfHabit. The scarecrow blames himself because the couple's meeting spot was his location, but his conversation was not interesting enough to keep Aisha entertained.
** [[spoiler:Anna gets a period of this after her younger brother Harvey's death, due to having encouraged him to take care of things himself and rely on others as little as possible.]]
* Fail a mission in ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''? Don't worry, it is not your fault. It is our fault for believing in you. Like [[PlayerPunch THAT'S]] going to make The Prince feel any better.



* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': One of Link's memories shows that after he and Zelda fled from Hyrule Castle in the wake of Calamity Ganon's return, she broke down sobbing in Link's arms because, despite all their preparations, everything had gone wrong, leading to the deaths of her father and the Champions, and the destruction of most of the kingdom. The kicker? She was supposed to be the one to seal Calamity Ganon away, but she utterly failed in unlocking her power to do so. As far as Zelda was aware, the destruction of her home and the death of nearly everyone she ever knew was due to her own incompetence.
-->'''Zelda''': It's all my fault! Our only hope for defeating Ganon is lost all because I couldn't harness this cursed power! Everything -- Everything I've done up until now... It was all for nothing...! So I really ''am'' just a failure! All my friends... the entire kingdom... my father most of all... I tried, and I failed them all... ''I've left them... all to die''.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Shepard takes this attitude after the [[DarkestHour Fall of Thessia]]. Shepard states that as the commanding officer, it was his/her responsibility to find every variable and know how to overcome each of them, [[IShouldHaveBeenBetter which s/he failed to do]]. This sends him/her into a brief [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness but noticeable]] HeroicBSOD and very nearly over the DespairEventHorizon.



* [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection Bain]] in ''VideoGame/PAYDAYTheHeist'' will usually blame himself or says how he underestimated the cops whenever you fail a heist. He apologizes and even starts working on bailing you out of jail. While the player characters have no reaction to this (being in jail obviously), it makes many players see Bain as quite a nice guy despite the fact that he's the mastermind behind all the heists.
** This was temporarily reversed in the [[VideoGame/PAYDAY2 sequel]], where prior to Spring 2016 Bain [[NeverMyFault never took any blame]].



* Fail a mission in ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''? Don't worry, it is not your fault. It is our fault for believing in you. Like [[PlayerPunch THAT'S]] going to make The Prince feel any better.

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* Fail a mission ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'': Ratchet claims to be responsible for Big Al being shot after managing to hack the [[ExplosiveLeash Dealock collars]]. Clank shots this down quickly, stating that Ace Hardlight did it, and Gleaman Vox gave the order.
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2022'': After the events of "The Peter Principle", Kevin feels the Boss getting fired from [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Marshall Defense Industries]] and Neenah's standing
in ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''? Don't worry, it is [[{{Gangbangers}} Los Panteros]] becoming shaky are both his fault, because both events happen due to [[BombThrowingAnarchists the Idols]] stealing the [[{{Macguffin}} Hummingbird Codex]], something both Marshall and Los Panteros wanted for themselves. Kevin did not your fault. It is our fault for believing in you. Like [[PlayerPunch THAT'S]] going to make The Prince feel any better.find out the Idols' plan until it was too late, and feels if he had warned the Boss and Neenah about it sooner, none of that would have happened.



* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', Oghren himself will make this statement if he's brought to the Gauntlet, stating that he believes that if he had been a better husband, Branka might not have dragged their clan to their deaths in her mad search for the Anvil.
*** Also in ''Origins'', near the end of the Sacred Ashes quest, one of the "tests of faith" involves reflecting on the origin of the PlayerCharacter. The PC can answer that they feel guilt for not being fast enough, strong enough, smart enough, or whatever to make a difference. While it's a rather heartwrenching part of the game no matter which origin is present, it's especially [[TearJerker poignant]] in the Human Noble and City Elf origins.
** Depending on dialogue, Hawke in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' will beat him/herself up after [[spoiler:his/her mother's murder saying that s/he wasn't fast enough and didn't watch over his/her mother closely enough.]]
** Varric seems to take this attitude in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', though not without reason. He and his brother were the ones who led the expedition down to the Ancient Dwarven Thaig, discovering the Red Lyrium Idol and more or less kicking off the events that led to Meredith going crazy and sparking the Mage Rebellion. Depending on player choices, this can also have been the quest which resulted in [[spoiler:the death of Hawke's only surviving sibling]], for which Varric outright tells Cassandra that he blames himself. Varric is also the one who took Hawke to the Warden Fortress where Corypheus was held, which resulted in the party accidentally unleashing him upon Thedas and causing the events of ''Inquisition''. And then in the same game he gets Hawke involved ''again'' and if you don't play your cards right, Hawke can end up being ''trapped in the Fade, possibly for eternity.'' The worst part is that for the most part, all these events start with Varric ''just trying to help.''

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* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', Oghren himself will make
Used as a very gut-wrenching plot twist in ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories''. [[spoiler: The Harry Mason you been playing as this statement if he's brought to the Gauntlet, stating that he believes that if he whole time? DeadAllAlong. He's just Cheryl's memories. Harry had been gotten a better husband, Branka might not have dragged their clan to their deaths in her mad search for the Anvil.
*** Also in ''Origins'', near the end of the Sacred Ashes quest, one of the "tests of faith" involves reflecting on the origin of the PlayerCharacter. The PC can answer that they feel guilt for not being fast enough, strong enough, smart enough, or whatever to make a difference. While it's a rather heartwrenching part of the game no matter which origin is present, it's especially [[TearJerker poignant]] in the Human Noble
divorce with Dahlia and City Elf origins.
** Depending on dialogue, Hawke in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' will beat him/herself up after [[spoiler:his/her mother's murder saying that s/he wasn't fast
Cheryl was disturbed enough and to think that her parents didn't watch love her anymore. Right after the divorce, Harry dies in a car crash, which has Cheryl blaming herself for the divorce and her father's death. She spends the majority of her teenage years lashing out against her mother, causing trouble at school and shoplifting. All the therapy sessions done in the game are actually from Chery's perspective where Dr. Kauffman tries to convince her that she is not to blame for Harry's divorce and death. Whether or not Cheryl gets over his/her mother closely enough.her issues depends on the player's responses and choices in the therapy sessions.]]
** Varric seems to take this attitude in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', though not without reason. He and his brother were the ones who led the expedition down to the Ancient Dwarven Thaig, discovering the Red Lyrium Idol and more or less kicking off the events that led to Meredith going crazy and sparking the Mage Rebellion. Depending on player choices, this can also have been the quest which resulted in [[spoiler:the death of Hawke's only surviving sibling]], for which Varric outright tells Cassandra that he * ''VideoGame/SingularStone'': Len blames himself. Varric is also the one who took Hawke to the Warden Fortress where Corypheus was held, which resulted in the party accidentally unleashing him upon Thedas and causing the events of ''Inquisition''. And then in the same game he gets Hawke involved ''again'' and if you don't play your cards right, Hawke can end up being ''trapped in the Fade, possibly for eternity.'' The worst part is that himself for the most part, all these events start damage on the Stone [[spoiler: because he was created alongside Rin to protect it from the aliens, but then both of them had LaserGuidedAmnesia and goofing around instead]]. Fortunately, Miku quickly snap him out of his funk with Varric ''just trying her {{Telepathy}}.
* ''VideoGame/SpiritsOfAnglerwoodForest'': When [[spoiler: Daniel gets captured by the spirits]], Cyrus blames himself because he dragged him
to help.'' Hatchet's Point against his wishes. Happens again toward the end of the game when [[spoiler: Daniel [[ForcedTransformation turns into a tree]]]].



* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', after a bought NeverMyFault after the WhamEpisode, this ''defines'' [[AllLovingHero Luke]] [[TheAtoner fon]] [[TheWisePrince Fabre]] after he TookALevelInKindness and did an ImportantHaircut to prove it. It's a terrible [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]], especially as [[spoiler: there was no way Luke could have avoided destroying Akzeriuth due to the BigBad having groomed and ''raised'' him as an UnwittingPawn, not to mention [[HypnoFool hypnotized]] him into doing the final deed and the fact Luke is ''[[YoungerThanHeLooks actually seven]]''.]] The result is not pretty and his friends spend the majority of the plot trying to convince Luke otherwise without much luck.
** In one of the campfire skits in ''VideoGame/TalesOfArise'', Rinwell reveals that a part of her blames herself for the death of her parents because she cast magic when they had told her not to and this may have revealed them to Almeidrea. Alphen snaps her out of this by telling her that he thinks that her parents likely knew that something like this might happen, but chose to teach her anyway. They would have felt it was better to give her a fighting chance ''because'' of the possibility that they might get discovered, rather than her be left defenseless and on her own if that did happen.



* [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection Bain]] in ''VideoGame/PAYDAYTheHeist'' will usually blame himself or says how he underestimated the cops whenever you fail a heist. He apologizes and even starts working on bailing you out of jail. While the player characters have no reaction to this (being in jail obviously), it makes many players see Bain as quite a nice guy despite the fact that he's the mastermind behind all the heists.
** This was temporarily reversed in the [[VideoGame/PAYDAY2 sequel]], where prior to Spring 2016 Bain [[NeverMyFault never took any blame]].
* In ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'', Annie/[[spoiler:Katey Greene]] blames herself for her father, [[spoiler:Chuck]], becoming a crime lord because she has to take Zombrex for every 24 hours, so [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere she went off on her own]].
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Shepard takes this attitude after the [[DarkestHour Fall of Thessia]]. Shepard states that as the commanding officer, it was his/her responsibility to find every variable and know how to overcome each of them, [[IShouldHaveBeenBetter which s/he failed to do]]. This sends him/her into a brief [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness but noticeable]] HeroicBSOD and very nearly over the DespairEventHorizon.
* In ''VideoGame/DisgaeaDimension2'', [[spoiler:upon hearing that Sicily was born in Celestia as a Demon Angel because of their mother's sacrifice and that her status made her an outcast, Laharl recognized that it was his fault for everything Sicily went through and even tells Sicily that she should be angry at him. He does this to also deflect any resentment Sicily might have against their mother for her sacrifice. Luckily, Sicily doesn't resent her mother at all and is happy that her brother lives.]]
* ''VideoGame/HometownStory'':
** There is a shared one between Carl and his old friend the village sentient scarecrow. While they were engaged, Carl's wife Aisha went on a walk when Carl took his time to show up for a date and got injured. Since then, Carl has become a CreatureOfHabit. The scarecrow blames himself because the couple's meeting spot was his location, but his conversation was not interesting enough to keep Aisha entertained.
** [[spoiler:Anna gets a period of this after her younger brother Harvey's death, due to having encouraged him to take care of things himself and rely on others as little as possible.]]
* Used as a very gut-wrenching plot twist in ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories''. [[spoiler: The Harry Mason you been playing as this whole time? DeadAllAlong. He's just Cheryl's memories. Harry had gotten a divorce with Dahlia and Cheryl was disturbed enough to think that her parents didn't love her anymore. Right after the divorce, Harry dies in a car crash, which has Cheryl blaming herself for the divorce and her father's death. She spends the majority of her teenage years lashing out against her mother, causing trouble at school and shoplifting. All the therapy sessions done in the game are actually from Chery's perspective where Dr. Kauffman tries to convince her that she is not to blame for Harry's divorce and death. Whether or not Cheryl gets over her issues depends on the player's responses and choices in the therapy sessions.]]
* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', after a bought NeverMyFault after the WhamEpisode, this ''defines'' [[AllLovingHero Luke]] [[TheAtoner fon]] [[TheWisePrince Fabre]] after he TookALevelInKindness and did an ImportantHaircut to prove it. It's a terrible [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]], especially as [[spoiler: there was no way Luke could have avoided destroying Akzeriuth due to the BigBad having groomed and ''raised'' him as an UnwittingPawn, not to mention [[HypnoFool hypnotized]] him into doing the final deed and the fact Luke is ''[[YoungerThanHeLooks actually seven]]''.]] The result is not pretty and his friends spend the majority of the plot trying to convince Luke otherwise without much luck.
** In one of the campfire skits in ''VideoGame/TalesOfArise'', Rinwell reveals that a part of her blames herself for the death of her parents because she cast magic when they had told her not to and this may have revealed them to Almeidrea. Alphen snaps her out of this by telling her that he thinks that her parents likely knew that something like this might happen, but chose to teach her anyway. They would have felt it was better to give her a fighting chance ''because'' of the possibility that they might get discovered, rather than her be left defenseless and on her own if that did happen.
* Tarnum of ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic Chronicles'' was in his first life the Barbarian Tyrant who united the Barbarian tribes into one kingdom via brutal conquest. He is all too aware that this brutality tainted the spirit of his people. When the AxCrazy Kilgor becomes king, Tarnum blames himself for it.
-->'''Tarnum:''' ''The example I set for my people when I was the brutal Barbarian Tyrant has come to its final fruition today. A man named Kilgor now rules my people, and he's turned them into the blood thirstiest bunch of savages in all the land.''
* To show what significant [[CharacterDevelopment changes]] Kratos in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' goes through since his [[VideoGame/GodOfWar early days]], he blames himself for all the havoc he caused back in Greece. Within the game itself, [[spoiler: he takes full blame for Atreus becoming ill]]. Quite the change from the man who [[NeverMyFault would never accept blame for his own actions.]]
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': One of Link's memories shows that after he and Zelda fled from Hyrule Castle in the wake of Calamity Ganon's return, she broke down sobbing in Link's arms because, despite all their preparations, everything had gone wrong, leading to the deaths of her father and the Champions, and the destruction of most of the kingdom. The kicker? She was supposed to be the one to seal Calamity Ganon away, but she utterly failed in unlocking her power to do so. As far as Zelda was aware, the destruction of her home and the death of nearly everyone she ever knew was due to her own incompetence.
-->'''Zelda''': It's all my fault! Our only hope for defeating Ganon is lost all because I couldn't harness this cursed power! Everything -- Everything I've done up until now... It was all for nothing...! So I really ''am'' just a failure! All my friends... the entire kingdom... my father most of all... I tried, and I failed them all... ''I've left them... all to die''.
* ''VideoGame/FarnhamFables'': Winona Edison has a bad habit of blaming herself when things go wrong, which is due to her suffering from depression. In Episode 2, she somehow feels like the farm's gate breaking (which causes a cow to escape) is her fault, even though she really had nothing to do with it. Thankfully, her CoolBigSis Wendy is able to cheer her up.
* ''VideoGame/SpiritsOfAnglerwoodForest'': When [[spoiler: Daniel gets captured by the spirits]], Cyrus blames himself because he dragged him to Hatchet's Point against his wishes. Happens again toward the end of the game when [[spoiler: Daniel [[ForcedTransformation turns into a tree]]]].
* ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'': Ratchet claims to be responsible for Big Al being shot after managing to hack the [[ExplosiveLeash Dealock collars]]. Clank shots this down quickly, stating that Ace Hardlight did it, and Gleaman Vox gave the order.
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2022'': After the events of "The Peter Principle", Kevin feels the Boss getting fired from [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Marshall Defense Industries]] and Neenah's standing in [[{{Gangbangers}} Los Panteros]] becoming shaky are both his fault, because both events happen due to [[BombThrowingAnarchists the Idols]] stealing the [[{{Macguffin}} Hummingbird Codex]], something both Marshall and Los Panteros wanted for themselves. Kevin did not find out the Idols' plan until it was too late, and feels if he had warned the Boss and Neenah about it sooner, none of that would have happened.
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* ''Literature/{{Inkmistress}}'': Asra is distraught when her spell accidentally results in the villagers of Amalska, save Ina, being murdered. Ina says not to blame herself, as she didn't intend it, but Asra does so anyway.
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* ''WebAnimation/{{HFIL}}'': King Cold explains to Cell that the reason he's so ardent about getting everyone to reform and make their {{Heel Face Turn}}s is because he blames himself for everyone being in HFIL in the first place. He's not ''technically'' wrong either: Freeza is his son, [[spoiler:so is Cooler]], most of the other [[InsistentTerminology morally compromised malefactors]] were in his employ, and Cell has some of his and Freeza's DNA and personality traits. The only ones who ''weren't'' there because of Cold were Guru (his causing the genocide of the albino Namekians predates Freeza's invasion) and [[spoiler:Bojack]], who is unrelated to Cold's empire entirely. [[spoiler:Of course, that's ''if'' King Cold is being sincere, since it's possible he's manipulating everyone for his own ends.]]
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* In ''Literature/AMangoShapedSpace'', the cat Mango was born with a rip in his lung lining and isn't supposed to be outside in cold weather, but he manages to escape one night and is stuck outside for several hours. He dies that night. Zack and Mia both blame themselves for his death, Zack because he thinks he's the one who let him out and Mia because she got so wrapped up in her own life that she didn't notice he was missing. Their parents tell them that Mango had stopped eating even before he was stuck outside, which means that he was probably already dying and it wasn't the kids' fault.
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* In ''VisualNovel/CodeRealize'', [[spoiler: Victor]] was the one to create [[spoiler: Zicterium]], essentially inventing [[spoiler: chemical warfare]], and by extension, made it possible for Isaac to create [[spoiler: the Horologium and Cardia]]. Though [[spoiler: Victor]] isn't personally responsible for the crimes that other people have used [[spoiler: Zicterium]] for, he still considers it very much his fault.

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