History Main / SoHappyTogether

** 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.

* 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 BelligerantSexualTension. 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.]]

* The opening sequence of ''Film/{{Orca}}'' 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.

* ''Film/JamesBond'': Three times, Bond has told a woman he loves her, and ''every single time'', it's ended tragically.

-->-- '''VideoGame/MaxPayne'''

In 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 the Turtles' "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]].

Subtrope of HopeSpot. See also TooHappyToLive and PlanningForTheFutureBeforeTheEnd.

* While not a romantic example, the commercial for the original ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' engaged in this as Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, and Pikachu happily skipped through a field before violence ensued. Bonus points for the fact that the TropeNamer song was used for that commercial.

* 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 [[PowerOfLove pledge of love]] to each other that seems designed to try to make the audience burst into tears. Particularly brutal in the third arc, where Shannon dies immediately after the proposal, George resurrects her using the PowerOfLove, only for them both to be killed right next to each other not even ten seconds later. [[spoiler:But it's subverted, as, not only is Shannon not really dead in Episode 1 and 3, she is 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"). The "resurrection-redeath" scene in Episode 3 is open to interpretation though. And with the alternative culprit theory, ''George'' is one of the culprits, although that one was {{jossed}} by the manga.]]

* In ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'', [[spoiler: Shiro and Ganta.]]
* The ending of the first season 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. Turns out she had a deal with the [[PhysicalGod Tower's Guardians]] to sacrifice him for her own benefit.]]
* ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' toys with it 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; Sheryl's [[YourDaysAreNumbered days are numbered and they know it]].]]
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', By the time Kaworu appears, 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]]
** ''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 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.
* 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]]. So that of course means that [[spoiler: Kamina dies in battle the next day]]

* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
** ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga featured 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 down the road that much worse.
** Colossus and Shadowcat got all those bedroom scenes before ''Giant-Size Astonishing''... DARN [[BigNo YOU]], [[Creator/JossWhedon WHEDON!]]
* In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} run of ''ComicBook/TheFlash'', after a long period of marital conflict between Barry and Iris, issue #275 saw them reconciled and seriously discussing children. Iris was dead by the end of the issue. (Much, much later this was reversed, and Barry and Iris walked off happily into the sunset...just in time for Barry's death in ''ComicBook/{{Crisis|OnInfiniteEarths}}''.)

* The "Dead Wrong" arc of ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' 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.]]
* In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways 2015}}'', 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.]]

* In the ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' fic, ''{{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.
* A particularly brutal one happens in ''Buffy'' 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.

* In the ''Literature/GoodOmens'' fic series ''Fanfic/PrayForUsIcarus'', 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.
** 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.

[[folder:Film]]
* 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:And then Chris dumps a bucket of blood on Carrie.]]
* Three times Film/JamesBond has told a woman he loves her, and ''every single time'' it's ended tragically:
** In the novel and film, ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. Here, the SoHappyTogether moment is his 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.
** 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.
** 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]].
* ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' had 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.
* In ''Film/ThePunisher2004'', Frank Castle and his darling wife Maria share a lovely scene on the beach at night. Come on, tell me you know what happens next.
** Hell, this is always the way it is for Frank Castle. Comics, he's in the park with his family on a picnic, he's finally decided to stop reenlisting to fight in Vietnam, and then, well, you know what happens.
* ''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.]]
* In ''Film/DonJuanDemarco'', the title character and the beauteous Dona Ana are blissfully happy together, until he tells he 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."
* In ''Film/StarshipTroopers'', after a long time of being JustFriends, Dizzy finally [[RelationshipUpgrade beds]] Johnny. [[spoiler: She dies in a Bug ambush the next day.]]
* ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'': Katniss Everdeen and Peeta play up this trope before the Quarter Quell.
* ''Franchise/StarWars''
** A platonic version in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Before Obi-wan leaves for Utapau, he and Anakin have a talk where Anakin apologizes for all the trouble he's caused him and Obi-wan replies 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.
** 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.
** ''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.]]
** 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]]]].
* ''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.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': The MCU seems to really like this trope.
** In ''Film/IronMan3'', Tony and Pepper 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.
** Tony and Pepper get hit with this twice. 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.]]
** [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Peter Quill and Gamora.]] In the Guardians movies, 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.]]
** [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Wanda and Vision.]] In 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 Infinity War, the two are shown to have gotten together in the time skip 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]]
* Another 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.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' has another platonic version that starts at the [[DownerBeginning 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 InNameOnly now.

* The main character in ''Literature/TheDeathOfTheVazirMukhtar'' marries his beloved Nino halfway in, and they are very happy for all of their time together. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Then he dies.]]
* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', Marco's dad confided 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.

* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': In-universe in "''Catching Fire''". The majority of [[ShipperOnDeck the citizens of Panem]] seem to feel this way about [[spoiler:Katniss and Peeta, aka 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.
** Played straight with [[spoiler:Finnick and Annie]] in ''Mockingjay''.
* 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.
* 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.)
* 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]].
* 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.
* Dresden and Susan in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' 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.
** 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. And 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.]]
* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' 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.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Arrow}}''
** In "The Promise", Slade Wilson talks of how Oliver Queen has [[FireForgedFriend 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.

** 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.
* ''Series/VeronicaMars'':
** In "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.
** In "Ain't No Magic Mountain High Enough", Mac and Beaver are ''totally cute'' the entire episode. 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.]]
** 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.]]
* In ''Series/{{Lost}}'', 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.
** Sayid has a horrible time with this. As the CartwrightCurse page says, sleeping with him is an excellent way to get dead. Although 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]].
** Also, Libby and Hurley.
* 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. And then we watch Lois eating a frog, heralding how exactly this is gonna go all wrong.

** 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.]]
** At the end of "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E12BadEggs Bad Eggs]]" in Season 2, 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.
** Also, in season 2. 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 after [[spoiler: Angelus kills her]]
** Spike and Buffy spend all of Season 7 [[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 on the spinoff, but has no idea how to tell Buffy.]]
** 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, they're in bed cuddling, kissing, and saying how much they'll miss each other the coming [[WolfMan full moon]].
* 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.]]
* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'' has [[spoiler:Topher and Bennett, right before Bennett gets shot by Whiskey.]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho''-- "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth The Stolen Earth]]" has a moment between Rose and the Doctor.
* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''. [[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 shoots herself dead.]]
** 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.
* ''{{Series/Heroes}}'' Season 4, [[spoiler:Hiro and Charlie.]]
* 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.]]
* In the ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' miniseries ''Children of Earth'', 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:And then Ianto dies.]]

* ''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.
* Arthur and Guinevere finally get engaged on ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' 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]].

* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'' 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]].
* 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.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' 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.
** "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.
* ''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, that means [[spoiler: that at the beginning of Season 2, Ronnie pulls a HeroicSacrifice]]
* ''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.
* 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 a CarBomb.

* In ''Theatre/AnneOfTheThousandDays'', Anne recalls that there was only one day when she and Henry both loved each other.
-->"When I no longer hated him--he began to hate me, except for that day."
* In ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'', the second act begins with contentedly singing "So Happy." Then things come literally crashing down.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', the carnival scene, if you get Aeris for the date, serves as a SoHappyTogether moment.
* 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]].
** 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]].
* 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:Reason being, because the day after, Colony 9 was invaded by the Mechon and Fiora brutally murdered by the giant Mechon known as Metal Face. But eventually she turns out to be NotQuiteDead.]]
* ''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]].
* ''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.]]
* 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.]]
* 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]].

* ''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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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', after 2 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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** They have a brief kiss in [[ComicBook/TeenTitans the comics]] before Terra is outed as well.
* ''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. Where he, sadly, shows to possess the tact of [[Literature/TheAeneid Aeneas]].
** A much more brutal example in the SequelSeries, ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', happens 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 with [[HoistByHerOwnPetard her own]] [[HavingABlast combustion blast]]'']], and Zaheer loses all earthly attachments consequently.
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' had 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 identities for one another.
* A non-romantic example in ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'', when Aelita looks at a picture of her and her father.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': In the alternate timeline of ''Cat blanc'', after Adrien understood that [[SecretSecretKeeper Marinette is Ladybug]]. He goes to her, declare his love, and they start a happy relationship. Then Adrien's father intervenes and [[LoveObstructingParents ruins everything]].
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* ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'': 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.

** 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.]]

* In the opening of ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', 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.

** In "Ain't No Magic Mountain High Enough", Mac and Beaver are ''totally cute'' the entire episode. The season ends with [[spoiler:Beaver being a sociopathic mass murderer who may or may not have used Mac as TheBeard to hide his molestation.]]

* The beach scene in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', and the arrival in Venice following it. James Bond, genuinely and sincerely in love and willing to walk away from his career as Her Majesty's hitman for it. Obviously, this can't work out.
** 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. Five years, they're reunited and he learns 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]].
** James Bond has done it also in the novel and film, ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. Here, the SoHappyTogether moment is his 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.

* 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 [[PowerOfLove pledge of love]] to each other that seems designed to try to make the audience burst into tears. Particularly brutal in the third arc, where Shannon of them dies immediately after the proposal, George resurrects her using the PowerOfLove, only for them both to be killed right next to each other not even ten seconds later. [[spoiler:But it's subverted, as, not only is Shannon not really dead in Episode 1 and 3, she is 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"). The "resurrection-redeath" scene in Episode 3 is open to interpretation though. And with the alternative culprit theory, ''George'' is one of the culprits, although that one was {{jossed}} by the manga.]]

* ''Comicbook/XMen'':

* In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} run of ''ComicBook/TheFlash'', after a long period of marital conflict between Barry and Iris, issue #275 saw them reconciled and seriously discussing children. Iris was dead by the end of the issue. (Much, much later this was reversed, and Barry and Iris walked off happily into the sunset...just in time for Barry's death in ''Comicbook/{{Crisis|OnInfiniteEarths}}''.)

* A particularly brutal one happens in Buffy 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.

** [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Peter Quill and Gamora.]] In the Guardians movies, 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.]]

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* Beast Boy and Terra share a night of fun at the carnival in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' right before Terra is revealed as TheMole.

* The opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'' showcases the happy relationship between [[TheLancer Bentley]] and [[TheChick 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]].

** Sayid has a horrible time with this. As the CartwrightCurse page says, sleeping with him is an excellent way to get dead. Although 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 for YEARS and finally got to be with. But it doesn't last]].

* ''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 [[BerserkButton off the wall]], kicked me out, and told me to tell the president I wasn't a terrorist.]]

* 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 [[BerserkButton is a good way to be abruptly ended yourself]].

In 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 the Turtles' "Happy Together" refrain in your head while your favorite ship is on-screen, 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]].

It's not so fatal as {{Retirony}}, but just as tragic. Sometimes heralds someone getting StuffedIntoTheFridge.

* Comes into play in ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}''. 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:Reason being, because the day after, Colony 9 was invaded by the Mechon and Fiora brutally murdered by the giant Mechon known as Metal Face. But eventually she turns out to be NotQuiteDead.]]