Moments where somebody realizes This Is Gonna Suck in Fan Works:
Crossovers
- All For Luz: In chapter 20, Jonah seems to have this attitude when he calls his boss to him Luz just killed Sophia and their target just got a massive Power-Up from stealing her Quirk, requiring back-up.
- In Chapter 62 of Fallout: Equestria - Project Horizons, Blackjack uses the override program EC-1101 to remotely shut down the Core's Wave-Motion Gun array. The required password appears on her computer screen: Thisisgonnahurt.
- Fates Collide:
- Gilgamesh has this reaction when he is ordered to fight Bazett Fraga McRemitz. Even someone like Gilgamesh has to admit Bazett is even tougher than him.
- Astolfo's reaction when Archer proposes a tag team fight with Archer and Cinder Fall vs Astolfo and Ruby Rose. In contrast, Ruby, oblivious to his worry, gets excited.
- The Games We Play: In "Search and Rescue", Ozpin's response when Jaune tells him about the Pandora Shell opening is "Oh. Oh no." From someone as usually composed as him, it's equivalent to a full-fledged Oh, Crap!.
- These are Danny's exact words when Johnny 13 angers Beerus by destroying his ice cream sundae in The Ghost Boy and the Destroyer
. - In the Shadow of Gods: When some mercenaries realize that they're under attack from Commander Abigail Shepard, one of them speaks for the entire group when he says "We're fucked."
- The Infinite Loops sometimes provoke this reaction from Loopers, usually when they are thrown into particularly bizarre and/or unpleasant variant or Fused Loops.
- Monkey and Butterfly: The monsters react this way when Luffy gets behind the wheel of Brittany's party bus.
- In the Crossover fic Naruto McDowell, this is Danzo's reaction upon hearing that Evangeline has adopted the titular troublemaker.Evangeline: ...Your name is Naruto McDowell, my adopted son.
Danzo: ...We're doomed. - In Naruto: The Gamer Files, Naruto agrees to spar with Tenten, then sees her stats, including a Dexterity over four times his highest stat. He has time to mutter, "I'm fucked" before the match starts.
- From the end of chapter 76note of Paper Mario X 2, shortly after the Greater-Scope Villain has taken over Peach's body and brainwashed Zelda and Amy:Link: Any last words?
Mario: ...We just might actually be screwed. - Miki, Ryoko, and Asuza think this in Ponies One Half when Tsukiko decides to confront Queen Cosmos. They're right.
- In the Harry Potter/Superman fanfic Rising From The Shadows, Harry has this reaction upon walking into Gilderoy Lockhart's classroom for the first time.
- Shadows over Meridian: In Chapter 19, this is Commander Bastian Bromwood's reaction when he has to deliver the news to his captains (especially Vera Bexley) that Elyon has ordered them to abandon the siege of Snowpoint and withdraw to the capital.
- The Silver Raven: When Luz meets Edric and Emira in the library, Nero facepalms and groans that the whole thing will end badly, given what the twins are like. He ends up being right, as it leads to the incident with a rampaging Otabin later in the chapter.
- Catherine in The Passing of the Shades of Black realizes how screwed she is when Agent L informs her they've chosen an alternative punishment for her sabotaging her fellow agents. As former Air Force, she knows that the brass only forgoes standard punishments if they think up something worse. In her case, she's given the choice between getting neuralyzed and sent back to the Air Force, where she'll have to deal with 'the glass gender ceiling'; or she'll be the liaison for the alien race in charge of Earth's porn industry for the next five years, with the proviso that if she does it well, she'll be promoted to second-in-command of their intelligence division, a faster track to branch director than she could ever get otherwise. Both ways, she'll be dealing with sexism for a long time.
- In What the Cat Dragged In, Clint's response to an akumatized Tony crashing into their hotel room and calling himself "Peacemonger" is an understated "Well, nuts."
- Absolute Trust: Quoted verbatim in Chapter 31 when Toph rats out Alec for sleeping with Ty Lee, dreading Mai's anger and everyone else's teasing.
- At the prospect of fighting an even stronger Hell than they currently have in A Protector's Pride, Ichigo says this trope almost verbatim.
- Vow of the King: Just before Tatsuki blasts him with her Breath Weapon, Ikkaku realizes what she's about to do and has this attitude towards his impending defeat.Ikkaku: Well, that's not good.
- Hobbes puts it best in one episode of Calvin & Hobbes: The Series:"Well, this should be nothing short of a disaster."
- Blackened Skies: When the students reach an impasse during the first trial, Monokuma cheerfully asks if they've been split in half. All of the alumni from the third game immediately realize that he's about to throw them into a Debate Scrum and have this reaction, while the rest have no idea what he's hinting at.
- In Constant Temptation, there is a moment where Mello, Matt, and Near find themselves in a position where they have to confess to spying on L and Light's bedroom activities:Near: Are we sure we want to do this?
Mello: It's not like you to have doubts.
Near: I don't usually face such definite trouble.
Matt: That is the one thing we can guarantee will happen. We still in agreement over who to confess to?
Mello: Light?
Near: Light.
- Dragon Ball Z Abridged: Jeice's reaction when he figures out that Vegeta is now strong enough to beat him is a somewhat calm "Oh. Well, I'm right f*cked aren't I?"
- In the abridged version of Super Android 13, Vegeta attacks the titular villain over "stealing his 'do". 13 is completely unfazed by Vegeta's punch and grabs the saiyan prince with both hands. Vegeta's only response is a weary "Ohhhhh nooooo..." in anticipation of the inevitable beatdown.
- Fate/Harem Antics: Several characters have this reaction when they witness Berserker/Raikou's power.
- A Flower's Touch: Aerith when she's called to meet the Trio after they've had their true natures revealed to them and are clearly not in the best of moods. She has to keep reminding herself that things are different in this timeline and she's not going to be run through with the Masamune again...right? *gulp*
- A more minor one comes when she realizes she has to go through puberty...again!
- In Voldemort Goes Back To School, this is "Evan's" reaction when he fails to escape on Harry's broom and is about to become acquainted with the ground.
- The version of Hellsing Ultimate Abridged done by Team Four Star has Jan Valentine doing this. In his attempt to kill Integra and the rest of the Round Table Counsel, he survives all of his ghouls being wiped out, getting shot at with an anti-tank rifle, and Battle Butler Walter ripping his arm off just to reach the boardroom where Integra and the Counsel are meeting. He breaks open the door... only to find all 12 members facing the doorway, guns ready. His initial reaction is surprisingly subdued, given how unhinged and foul-mouthed he usually is.
- We Must Be Killers: Ronan is deeply exasperated and concerned as he watches the victors defy and bait the Capitol throughout the Quell interviews, saying that Snow's vindictive pride won't let him show them any mercy now and the smart move would have been to play nice and hope he'd be magnanimous (although he grudgingly acknowledges that Lyme and the others are right to snark that "You can't blame them for not holding their breath on that one.").Ronan: (after the victors start holding hands) We're all dead.
- The New Adventures of Invader Zim: Played for Laughs in Season 2 Episode 4, when this trope is Dib's word-for-word reaction to being forced to listen to Bill explain his Insane Troll Logic-fueled String Theory board.
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Abridged: Both Kakyoin and DIO do this, but DIO deserves special mention.Dio: Why can't I move? Wh... why can't I- No, no, (sees Jotaro walking out the fire) nononoNONO! MOTHERF**KER!!! (Jotaro stops in front of him) NO! NO! NO! NO! BULLS**T! BULLS**T! BULLS**T! Okay, okay, okay, calm down, Dio. Calm down. Calm down, Dio...calm down. Okay...okay. If I, Dio, don't move, then he won't realize that I, Dio, am not in front of-
(Star Platinum smashes Dio's leg)
Dio: OH MY GOD!
Jotaro: Time Continues.
- Burning Secret:
- When Lincoln is sent to a therapist, to whom he must lie to keep his secret, he mutters to himself that he’s “so screwed”.
- When Lincoln’s friends get sent a video, he mutters, “Oh boy”.
- In To Intervene, Tony Stark (illegally) learns about the Sokovia Accords over a year before they're officially proposed and spends every spare moment liaising with every enhanced he can find (X-Men, Fantastic Four, the Defenders, etc) so they can provide a united front when the time comes. Upon seeing the news report on the Lagos incident, Tony tiredly blows out a breath, knowing that politicians now have their soapbox they'll use to present the accords.
- In Burning Bridges, Building Confidence, after realizing how much he's failed as a friend, Nino decides to start making amends and change his ways for the better. As part of this, he decides that he's going to have to break up with Alya, who's been getting increasingly volatile and trigger-happy ever since she was replaced as the Fox. As he informs Marinette and her friends of this, he realizes just how likely it is that Alya's going to respond poorly, and that she might get akumatized. He's right. He doesn't let that stop him.
- CONSEQUENCES:
- In SEXUAL HARASSMENT, Lila's mother realizes just how much trouble her daughter is in before Gabriel finishes dismantling all of her lies. She doesn't even bother pleading for leniency; instead, she asks that he hold off on pressing charges long enough for her to deal with everything else Lila has done first.
- MARC AND NATHANIEL has her reacting similarly upon realizing that Lila tried stealing credit for the Ladybug comic, then dragged her and the family lawyer into the whole mess. Both anticipate a brutal lawsuit. However, Marc and Nathaniel instead offer to settle things in a way that ensure only Lila gets punished for her actions.
- Scarlet Lady:
- When Scarlet Lady unexpectedly shows up inside the sealed-off school during Horrificator's attack, Alya is ecstatic. Marinette and Chat Noir, by contrast, both sigh, being well aware that Scarlet Lady is a Nominal Heroine.
- As all of the hostages Captain Hardrock took work together to help bring the Liberty down, Luka notes that they're all going to be incredibly sore later.
- Chat Noir sighs when Scarlet Lady shows up to help fight Dark Cupid and the Brainwashed Marigold, remarking that having her as backup just makes his odds worse. Ironically, however, Scarlet Lady actually pulls her weight this time, having been so supremely pissed off by her Humiliation Conga that she takes the fight seriously.
- Adrien reacts this way when Scarlet Lady pays him a visit after André seemingly offered him a Scarlet Lady-themed "lover's ice cream", wondering why Chloé blabbed to her supposed bestie.
- Chat Noir reacts this way three times after Reverser saps all his confidence. First when Master Fu forces him to assist him up a long flight of stairs so they can have some privacy; again when Marigold announces that she's come up with a plan for dealing with the akuma; and finally when Caprikid, having been carrying him around the rooftops blindfolded so he wouldn't panic over being so high up, casually warns him that he'll want to keep the blindfold on as he creates a jetpack.
- Truth and Consequences: After Ladybug learns Hawkmoth's Secret Identity and strikes a deal with him to help him achieve his goals while keeping Adrien Locked Out of the Loop. Tikki and Plagg, fully aware that Adrien is Chat Noir, secretly meet up shortly afterwards to compare notes; both kwami admit that they can't see any way that this could possibly end well.
- Collector Hero: Synthesis: Izuku's reaction to learning that Bakugou is in the same class as him at U.A. is quite subdued, as he mutters to himself that of course he has to deal with him. This happens again when they're pitted against each other for their first exercise.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- A Brief History of Equestria: Germination reacts this way when Puddinghead is made Chancellor.
- A Diplomatic Visit:
- In chapter 7 of the sequel Diplomat at Large, this is Pharynx's reaction to realizing he'll have to explain his black eye (which he got in his brawl with Thorax) to Luna.
- Used in chapter 7 of the second sequel, Diplomacy Through Schooling, where Sunburst's reaction, when Twilight leaves him alone to be lectured by her mother over how much he hurt Starlight by effectively abandoning her, is "Yep, I'm in trouble."
- In Getting Back on Your Hooves, Trixie, while working for Fluttershy, gets frustrated waiting for the animal she's feeding to come out and get its meal. She sticks her head in the den to get its attention. She has this reaction upon realizing too late it was a skunk den and she's about to get sprayed right in the face.Trixie: Horseapples...
- In the Pony POV Series Shining Armor Arc, Shining Armor has this reaction when he discovers that a regiment of the 18th Pegasus Legion are going to be in Zebrawa at the same time as the Pegasus Guard and the Wonderbolts. Why? Because the 18th hates the Wonderbolts while the Pegasus Guard are generally Wonderbolts fans, meaning a flame war is essentially inevitable.
- When confronted with an Ax-Crazy Fluttershy with a chainsaw in SHED.MOV, Spike only says "Well, we're fucked."
- This is Chirp's reaction to Twilight's plan for hiding him in Silent Knight.
- Androgyninja's A Dose of Venom: While reviewing their new placements, Shikamaru observes that his chuunin team goes on missions regularly enough that he'll have to start getting up early, much to his dismay.
- Déjà vu no Jutsu:
- Natsumi isn't happy when she has to go on a mission to perform a mental evaluation on Tsume Inuzuka and Shibi Aburame, who are constantly bickering with each other.
- She also reacts this way to having to fight the Uchiha proxy in order to defend Kushina and her newborn son, Naruto.
- The Echo Remains, But The Song Is Not The Same: As Sakura is preparing for a mission that'll take her team to the Hane woods, Mebuki warns her daughter that the woods are filled with insects around that time of year. Sakura shudders with revulsion.
- Ffreire's NaruFox AU:
- Shikamaru isn't happy about having to face Kin in his preliminary match after having to deal with her and her teammates before back in the Forest of Death.
- Gaara, being significantly less bloodthirsty than his canonical counterpart, was already struggling to deal with Lee's excessive determination during their match. Then Lee drops the weights, sending up massive dirt clouds from their impact with the ground.Gaara: (internally, while the Heart Symbol on his forehead breaks) ......ah. This is how I die.
- Shikamaru gets another moment of this upon learning that he's going to be facing Temari, since Tenten had previously called her out on being overqualified for chuunin.
- In Itachi, Is That a Baby?, all of Hari's friends will groan if they ever hear him refer to anything as "interesting" as it's always of the "May you live in interesting times" variety.
- The Tale of Nagato Uzumaki: When Shikamaru learns that he's going to be on the same team as Naruto and Hinata, he reacts this way. While he doesn't dislike either of them personally, he's still acutely aware that Naruto is extremely loud and hyperactive, which clashes with his preference for things to be quieter and less troublesome.
- Unchained (Umei no Mai):
- The only way for the Uchiha to strengthen their Mangekyou without suffering any backlash is by reenacting an episode from the life of the kami their Mangekyou invokes. Izuna reacts this way when she realizes what this will require in order to unlock her connection to Ame-no-Uzume.
- Most of the Senju react this way after learning what Tajima is demanding from them as restitution for their failed attempt at assassinating Tobirama. Specifically, the Uchiha want them to pay Tobirama's dowry, which is a bit of a problem with their currently limited means.
- Rise of the Minisukas: After freaking out briefly when she realizes that Israfel's core has more sections than expected (meaning he will divide himself into five duplicates instead of two), Leader calmly says Shiki to strap herself in because they are in for a very bumpy ride.Shiki: Hey, Leader. There are two Israfel halves right?
Leader: Right.
Shiki: Meaning the core would be split in two, right?
Leader: Also correct.
Shiki: Then what does that one having a core with five sections mean?
Leader: ...Scheiße.
Shiki: Leader, what does it mean?
Leader: It means- (Unit-02 charges the Angel and cuts it in half) -hold onto something because this is gonna be a bumpy ride.
- In My Dream Is Yours, Oren has this reaction to realizing that he needs to touch foreheads with Orchid to get his dream back from her. When he does touch foreheads with her, however, he finds that she doesn't have his dream, and he got a harsh headbutt for nothing.
- In OSMU: Fanfiction Friction, Opal has this reaction to Omar getting Oksana as a replacement for Octavia during Oswald's Blind Date. It gets to the point where she tells Omar to hide all the sharp stuff from Oksana out of fear that the date will go disastrously.Omar: I'm not so good at remembering names. She is nice, though, right?
(Opal rubs her temples)
Omar: You want me to do anything else?
Opal: Yes. Hide all the knives. I'll try to figure something out...
- The Self-Insert. Prisoner 10013 in Don't Be An Impel Down-er has spent literally his entire life in Impel Down and each time he gets too strong, he's tossed down to the next level. After fighting a horde of giant invading crabs on level four, Saldeath comments on his ability. This time, he's not even surprised.Prisoner 10013: Level five?
Saldeath: Level five. - New Game Plus:
- While Luffy is resolved to ensure he never has to go through a situation like the ambush again, he still feels this way about gaining the strength he needs by enduring Garp's Training from Hell.
- When Garp comes after him, furious at his becoming a pirate, Luffy gives him a Breaking Speech about how the Marines would never allow him to live, simply because he's the son of the World's Most Wanted Man. Though breaking the Vice-Admiral's heart by pointing out the futility of his efforts to protect his grandson was necessary, Luffy isn't happy about it.
- Nami feels this way when she makes Luffy realize what will happen when the Marines catch wind of a New World-level crew of newbies in East Blue, and he decides to go through with his plans anyway.
- She gets hit by this again after defeating Arlong upon seeing that she's earned herself the second-highest current bounty in the crew, ensuring that she'll be targeted more often.
- The Serpent Empress has Aokiji, now Fleet Admiral Kuzan, find out exactly why the Kuja Pirates haven't been that active over the time skip: they and Luffy have been reproducing and there are now dozens of Kuja with the blood, and thus insanity and strength of the Monkey D. family who are going to become pirates in a decade and a half. Kuzan immediately begins to plan his retirement for before that happens to make them all the next guy's problem.
- Very common in This Bites!:
- Spoken word-for-word before Luffy rockets Cross, Zoro, Sanji, and himself onto the Merry in Loguetown.
- Cross has a thought process like this as they draw nearer to Little Garden.note
- Cross has a similar thought process as he leaves the safety of his room to stall Wapol from being able to eat the royal armory or the giant cannon until Luffy arrives.
- In order to get out of Kureha's extortionate medical bills, Cross makes a deal with her that if he can get the armory open, without using the key that Luffy destroyed in his fight with Wapol, without leaving his bed, within five minutes, she'll cancel all of the payments, let them go, and give them free access to the castle's food storage, and if he can't, he'll be her indentured servant for life. Kureha accepts the deal, and she visibly loses all hope as soon as Cross says two words:Cross: Hey Luffy!
- He then proceeds to tell Luffy that he can get a lot of food if he can break open those doors. One minute later, the armory doors have been obliterated. Two minutes later, Kureha reluctantly gives them directions to the pantry.
- In Chapter 16, this happens to Cross...
- When Smoker and Ace meet up with Luffy.
- When Luffy begins fleeing from Smoker, and his rubber arm grabs Cross' shoulder.
- When Luffy recommences fleeing from Smoker, grabbing Cross' ankle.
- When Cross is about to tell Ace and Luffy that Sabo is alive, knowing that Ace won't believe him.
- When Luffy decides to use Cross as a human flail to take out the Baroque Works Billions.
- In Chapter 17, this is Cross's mental state as the crew approaches Yuba, knowing who Vivi is looking for there, knowing she'll not find them there, and knowing that he had lied to her face about it.Cross: Pray for me.
- In Chapter 18, right before, yet again, Luffy grabs ahold of him and begins dragging him as he runs.
- In Chapter 25, the vast majority of the crew has this reaction once they find out that Luffy has to win a surfing contest against an octopus to save their lives.
- In Chapter 27, this happens...
- When Leo realizes that Zoro, who hasn't had a proper swordsmen spar in ages, is about to spar with him.
- When Vivi and Carue begin to regret their decision of sparring with the Kung-Fu Dugongs.
- When Donny, who is sparring with Nami, realizes what could happen if Sanji catches him.
Leo/Donny/Carue: I'm/We're gonna diiiie... - In Chapter 35, this is quoted...
- ...by Soundbite when Aokiji challenges Cross to Break Him By Talking.
- ...by Cross before Chopper explains that his Monster Point was originally controlled by his unconscious mind... which now isn't so unconscious any more.
- In Chapter 39, Jabra deliberately stomps on Luffy's Berserk Button and has just long enough to think "I just fucked up." before Luffy gives him a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown.
- In Chapter 40, Tsuru thinks this when she decides to throw in her lot with the clandestine Marine coalition she was looking into to clean up the Marines' act, only to find out what kind of insanity she's stepping into.Tsuru: ...bother.
- In Chapter 41, Carue states this verbatim when he realizes that Funkfreed isn't a Mighty Glacier but a Lightning Bruiser.
- In Domovoi, one of the Jaegers (who are alive and sentient in this 'verse) has this reaction to finally seeing the Precursors' technorganic Jaeger."This ain't gonna be good."
- Throughout You See Them, Ren reacts this way whenever he's left with no choice but to tell somebody about his powers. He also says this verbatim when he tries to help Taiki and his parents find closure with Kawakami without revealing his secret, not really believing that he'll succeed.
- Chosen One's Adventure with Legendaries: Meowth reacts this way upon realizing that Marshadow is part Fighting-type.
- Hyphen: Astra and May have this reaction after May coerces Astra into a double battle against Steven Stone in Petalburg Woods, not knowing who he is. More specifically, after he sends out his Skarmory against their Torchic and Treecko.Astra: May?
May: (gulping) Yeah?
Astra: I hate you.
May: That's fair. - Legendarily Popular: Ash's Clefairy gets some good hits in on Whitney's Regigigas, but then Regigigas' Slow Start ability is finished and it's ready to fight. Clefairy just sighs and lets out a single French curse before being punched through the wall.
- Of Love and Bunnies: Rocky and Zack realize they're in deep trouble in Chapter 63, as they find themselves surrounded and alone in a circle alongside Tommy... who's not in the best of moods after all that's happened thanks to their antics. Conner is the only one not panicking at first — until Tommy starts speaking and he realizes what's about to happen.
- The Raven's Plan: Newly-minted Grand Maester Cressen learns from a hysterical Lord Rosby that Jon Targaryen, the newly-revealed Targaryen who is now pressing his claim to the Iron Throne, is Jon Snow, the supposed Bastard of Winterfell. Realizing what exactly that means, and knowing he will have to tell Robert, leaves Cressen in a quiet panic. When he informs Renly shortly thereafter, Renly likewise realizes just how badly this particular reveal is going to go down.
- In Goodbye to Yesterday, Henry lets out a quiet "uh-oh" upon seeing Thomas shout at Emily and realising that they're about to have an argument.
- Noah, the Schemer: Noah reacts this way upon realizing that Sierra is using him as a coping mechanism after Cody's elimination. He plays along to avoid getting eliminated himself.
- A Child Shall Lead Them (Transformers): One of the Sweeps mutters "oh frag, this is gonna hurt" when Galvatron's troops realize that they've just pissed off the Dinobots.
- In It Gets Worse, Crusader reacts this way when Uber and Leet join the fight against the Siberian. Turns out that he's right, but not in the way he thought.
- In Risk It All, Ren recites this verbatim as he uploads his first video, knowing full well that he's going to get a ton of bad press from crippling the mobsters and Triad along with the one mobster who was shot to death. He's absolutely right and cringes at the thousands of comments he gets tearing into him, the only consolation being the boatload of prestige points he got to spend from going viral.
