History DarkestHour / WesternAnimation

*** There is another Darkest Hour later in the movie - Numbuh One has defeated his zombified Sector V teammates with the help of the recently un-Brainwashed Sector Z (aka the [[HiveMind Delightful]] [[CreepyChild Children]]), and has put up anti-ageification Birthday Suits on them, and the ColonyDrop plan against Grandfather is going according to pla- wait, we just got reminded that Sector Z's condition is only temporary because their [[BrainwashedandCrazy Delightfulization]] is ''that'' powerful, and [[CurbStompBattle in moments they turn the tide on Nigel]]. All the while Numbuh Zero (Nigel's dad) is getting curb-stomped himself in a losing war against Grandfather, while the Book is in ''his pocket''. Oh, and Father (Nigel's uncle) [[RedemptionRejection decided to chicken out]] before he could join the fight.

** WesternAnimation/OperationZERO has to be the worst of the bunch so far: [[AncientEvil Grandfather]] has turned [[AbsoluteXenophobe every villain, every KND operative, and pretty much every freaking living creature on the planet]], [[MisanthropeSupreme all of whom is either a kid or used to be a kid]], into [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mindless,]] [[EmptyShell sub-servant]] [[Main/ZombieApocalypse Senior Citizombies]], has [[InTheirOwnImage covered the Earth in massive, smog-spewing Tapioca factories]] [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans he forced them all to work in]], and the only thing he needs to finalize his victory is to find and destroy the legendary ArtifactOfHope, the Book of KND. The only few major people left who ''aren't'' ageified yet are Numbuh One, the Delightfuls, his dad and Father. Without his teammates, still unable to find [[BigGood Numbuh Zero]] and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero being the guy responsible for this mess]], Nigel begins to [[HeroicBSOD fall into a hopeless depression]] until he is convinced to get back up with the help of [[BigDamnHeroes Numbuh 101]], one of the few operatives who narrowly escaped ageification for the time being.

** WesternAnimation/OperationZERO has to be the worst of the bunch so far: [[AncientEvil Grandfather]] has turned [[AbsoluteXenophobe every villain, every KND operative, and pretty much every freaking living creature on the planet]], [[MisanthropeSupreme all of whom is either a kid or used to be a kid]], into [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mindless,]] [[EmptyShell sub-servant]] [[Main/ZombieApocalypse Senior Citizombies]], has [[InTheirOwnImage covered the Earth in massive, smog-spewing Tapioca factories]] [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans he forced them all to work in]], and the only thing he needs to finalize his victory is to find and destroy the legendary ArtifactOfHope, the Book of KND. The only few major people left who ''aren't'' ageified yet are Numbuh One, the Delightfuls, his dad and Father. Without his teammates, still unable to find [[BigGood Numbuh Zero]] and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero being the guy responsible for this mess]], Nigel begins to [[DespairEventHorizon fall into a hopeless depression]] until he is convinced to get back up with the help of [[BigDamnHeroes Numbuh 101]], one of the few operatives who narrowly escaped ageification for the time being.

** The show ''freaking ends'' on one, with [[BigBad Invictus]] breaking out of his prison and getting ready to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out all of reality]]. Not only are the remaining Crew completely unprepared to fight him, but he has captured Mooncake, the only Titan not under his control, and Ash has also pulled a FaceHeelTurn.

** [[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS2E13OperationEND Operation E.N.D.]]: All of the Sector V operatives besides Numbuh One have been wrongfully decommissioned, Chad is revealed to be a teenager, and he is holding Tommy for hostage while sending the Moonbase to the sun. With everyone, including himself, in it.
** [[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS3E9GRADUATES Operation G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S.]]: Tommy learns the hard way that being an operative is not an easy job - when nearly every other operative, including his brother, is turned into an animal.

** [[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS2E13OperationEND Operation E.N.D.]]: All of the Sector V operatives besides Numbuh One have been wrongfully decommissioned, Chad is revealed to be a teenager, and he is holding Tommy for hostage while sending the Moonbase to the sun.

** WesternAnimation/OperationZERO has to be the darkest of the bunch so far: [[AncientEvil Grandfather]] has turned every villain, every KND operative, and pretty much ''every freaking living creature on the planet'', [[MisanthropeSupreme all of whom is either a kid or used to be a kid]], into [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mindless,]] [[EmptyShell sub-servant]] [[Main/ZombieApocalypse Senior Citizombies]], has [[InTheirOwnImage covered the Earth in massive, smog-spewing Tapioca factories]] he forced them all to work in, and the only thing he needs to finalize his victory is to find and destroy the legendary ArtifactOfHope, the Book of KND. The only few people who ''aren't'' ageified yet are Numbuh One, his dad and Father. Without his teammates, still unable to find [[BigGood Numbuh Zero]] and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero being the guy responsible for this mess]], Nigel begins to [[DespairEventHorizon fall into a hopeless depression]] until he is convinced to get back up with the help of [[BigDamnHeroes Numbuh 101]], one of the few operatives who narrowly escaped ageification for the time being.

** [[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS1E13OperationGROWUP Operation G.R.O.W.U.P.]] has Numbuh One subjected to RapidAging, and has to leave Sector V. The Delightful Children also destroy their treehouse to boot.

** WesternAnimation/OperationZERO has to be the darkest of the bunch so far: [[AncientEvil Grandfather]] has turned every villain, every KND operative, and pretty much ''every freaking living creature on the planet'', [[MisanthropeSupreme all of whom is either a kid or used to be a kid]], into [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mindless, sub-servant]] [[Main/ZombieApocalypse Senior Citizombies]], has [[InTheirOwnImage covered the Earth in massive, smog-spewing Tapioca factories]] he forced them all to work in, and the only thing he needs to finalize his victory is to destroy the local ArtifactOfHope, the Book of KND. The only few people who ''aren't'' ageified yet are Numbuh One, his dad and Father. Without his teammates, still unable to find [[BigGood Numbuh Zero]] and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero being the guy responsible for this mess]], Nigel begins to [[DespairEventHorizon fall into a hopeless depression]] until he is convinced to get back up with the help of [[BigDamnHeroes Numbuh 101]], one of the few operatives not yet ageified.

** The show ''freaking ends'' on one, with [[BigBad Invictus]] breaking out of his prison and getting ready to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out all of reality]]. Not only are the remaining Crew not prepared to fight him, but he has captured Mooncake, the only Titan not corrupted by him, and Ash has also pulled a FaceHeelTurn.

** WesternAnimation/OperationZERO has to be the darkest of the bunch so far: [[AncientEvil Grandfather]] has turned every villain, every KND operative, and pretty much ''every freaking living creature on the planet'', [[MisanthropeSupreme all of whom is either a kid or used to be a kid]], into [[BrainwashedAndCrazy unwilling, sub-servant]] [[Main/ZombieApocalypse Senior Citizombies]], has [[InTheirOwnImage covered the Earth in massive, smog-spewing Tapioca factories]] he forced them all to work in, and the only thing he needs to finalize his victory is to destroy the local ArtifactOfHope, the Book of KND. The only few people who ''aren't'' ageified yet are Numbuh One, his dad and Father. Without his teammates, still unable to find [[BigGood Numbuh Zero]] and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero being the guy responsible for this mess]], Nigel begins to [[DespairEventHorizon fall into a hopeless depression]] until he is convinced to get back up with the help of [[BigDamnHeroes Numbuh 101]], one of the few operatives not yet ageified.

** The show ''freaking ends'' on [[BigBad Invictus]] breaking out of his prison and getting ready to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out all of reality]]. Not only are the remaining Crew not prepared to fight him, but he has captured Mooncake, the only Titan not corrupted by him, and Ash has also pulled a FaceHeelTurn.

** WesternAnimation/OperationZERO has to be the darkest of the bunch so far: [[AncientEvil Grandfather]] has turned every villain, every KND operative, and pretty much ''every freaking living creature on the planet'', [[MisanthropeSupreme all of whom is either a kid or used to be a kid]], into [[BrainwashedAndCrazy unwilling, sub-servant]] [[Main/ZombieApocalypse Senior Citizombies]], and has [[InTheirOwnImage covered the Earth in massive, smog-spewing Tapioca factories]] he forced them all to work in, and the only thing he needs to finalize his victory is to destroy the local ArtifactOfHope, the Book of KND. The only few people who ''aren't'' ageified yet are Father, the Delightful Children, Numbuh One and the Uno family. Numbuh One, without his teammates, still unable to find [[BigGood Numbuh Zero]] and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero being the guy responsible for this mess]], begins to [[DespairEventHorizon fall into a hopeless depression]] until he is convinced to get back up with the help of [[BigDamnHeroes Numbuh 101]], one of the few operatives not yet ageified.

* WesternAnimation/FinalSpace: A line of dialogue from Little Cato in Season 2 indicates that he considers the events of Season 1, Episode 7 his "darkest hour" - he lost his father shortly after reuniting with him the prior episode. This episode saw him attempt to blow up one of the Lord Commander's incinerators in retaliation (unsuccessfully) and he nearly blips himself and KVN out of existence when he tries to hijack Nightfall's ship to go back in time and save his dad.

* A line of dialogue from Little Cato in Season 2 indicates that he considers the events of Season 1, Episode 7 his "darkest hour" - he lost his father shortly after reuniting with him the prior episode. This episode saw him attempt to blow up one of the Lord Commander's incinerators in retaliation (unsuccessfully) and he nearly blips himself and KVN out of existence when he tries to hijack Nightfall's ship to go back in time and save his dad.

** [[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS1E13OperationGROWUP Operation G.R.O.W.U.P.}} has Numbuh One subjected to RapidAging, and has to leave Sector V. The Delightful Children also destroy their treehouse to boot.

** [[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS3E9GRADUATES Operation G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S.: Tommy learns the hard way that being an operative is not an easy job - when nearly every other operative, including his brother, is turned into an animal.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has several, particularly with the specials and TheMovie:
** Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS1E13OperationGROWUP has Numbuh One subjected to RapidAging, and has to leave Sector V. The Delightful Children also destroy their treehouse to boot.
** Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS2E13OperationEND: All of the Sector V operatives besides Numbuh One have been wrongfully decommissioned, Chad is revealed to be a teenager, and he is holding Tommy for hostage while sending the Moonbase to the sun.
** Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS3E9GRADUATES: Tommy learns the hard way that being an operative is not an easy job - when nearly every other operative, including his brother, is turned into an animal.
** Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS5E13IT: The BigBad becomes the Supreme Leader of the KND. No further details required.
** WesternAnimation/OperationZERO has to be the darkest of the bunch so far: [[AncientEvil Grandfather]] has turned every villain, every KND operative, and ''nearly every freaking creature on the planet'', [[MisanthropeSupreme all of whom is either a kid or used to be a kid]], into [[BrainwashedAndCrazy evil, sub-servant]] [[Main/ZombieApocalypse Senior Citizombies]], and has [[InTheirOwnImage covered the Earth in massive, smog-spewing Tapioca factories]], and the only thing he needs to finalize his victory is to destroy the local ArtifactOfHope, the Book of KND. Numbuh One, without his teammates, still unable to find [[BigGood Numbuh Zero]] and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero being the guy responsible for this mess]], begins to [[DespairEventHorizon fall into a hopeless depression]] until he is convinced to get back up with the help of [[BigDamnHeroes Numbuh 101]], one of the few operatives not yet ageified.

** Season 5: Though not technically the season finale, the culmination of the story arc involved the Brotherhood of Evil kidnapping every teenage superhero on the planet (with only five or six exceptions). The ''actual'' season finale also fulfilled this trope, [[ShipSinking at least if you were a Beast Boy/Terra shipper]].

*** Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, and when both keep ignoring his calls he (unaware of everything happening on their end) decides he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and Steve Lombard has been trolling his videos.]]

** "Dipper and Mabel vs the Future" takes it up a notch, [[spoiler:with Bill Cipher starting the apocalypse by tricking an emotionally compromised Mabel into giving him the Rift.]]
** "Weirdmaggedon" takes it even further. [[spoiler:Bill has turned Gravity Falls into a weird apocalyptic wasteland, captured a large number of people, including Ford, the only one who knew of Bill's weakness, and destroyed the Journals, the only other source of information on Bill, before sicking his lackeys on Dipper.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'': Fitting for the midpoint of the season, episode "[[Recap/MyAdventuresWithSupermanS1E04YouWillBelieveAManCanLie You Will Believe a Man Can Lie]]" ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists.
** Lois and Clark have an argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois, with Clark's paranoia over being exposed leading to him trying to downplay the injuries Slade inflicted, poking at Lois's past trauma and leading her to be unable to recognize Clark's otherwise-reasonable motives for lying. When their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her).
** Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, and when both keep ignoring his calls he (unaware of everything happening on their end) decides he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and Steve Lombard has been trolling his videos.]]
** Even the Superman side of things doesn't end well; Slade overpowers Superman in combat and only doesn't kill him because he's ordered to let Superman save civilians endangered by the fight, dealing Superman his first outright defeat and leaving Task Force X free to kidnap more tech-wielding criminals for their own mysterious goals.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'': Fitting for the midpoint of the season, episode "[[Recap/MyAdventuresWithSupermanS1E04YouWillBelieveAManCanLie You Will Believe a Man Can Lie]]" ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have an argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her hatred of being lied to, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods. Even the Superman side of things doesn't end well; Slade overpowers Superman in combat and only doesn't kill him because he's ordered to let Superman save civilians endangered by the fight, dealing Superman his first outright defeat and leaving Task Force X free to kidnap more tech-wielding criminals for their own mysterious goals.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'': Fitting for the midpoint of the season, episode "[[Recap/MyAdventuresWithSupermanS1E04YouWillBelieveAManCanLie You Will Believe a Man Can Lie]]" ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have an argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her hatred of being lied to, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'': Fitting for the midpoint of the season, episode "[[Recap/MyAdventuresWithSupermanS1E04YouWillBelieveAManCanLie You Will Believe a Man Can Lie]]" ends on a rather dire moment for its protagonists. Lois and Clark have a argument over Clark keeping his Superman identity a secret from Lois despite her hatred of being lied to, and when their argument reaches a boiling point, Lois declares that whatever they had is over, devastating Clark (who'd planned all day to confess his feelings to her). Meanwhile, Jimmy begins to doubt his friendship with Clark and Lois, eventually deciding he doesn't need them. Going off on his planned group outing alone, he soon gets kidnapped by a gorilla in the woods.

* ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'': [[spoiler:Although this trope was personified in preschool show form, the 4-part season 4 premiere "Heroes of the Sky" used it, shown in the form of Romeo imperiling the PJ's entire mission, even going as far as draining Owlette's powers and hero memories, meaning Gekko and Catboy had to give up on her after their daytime counterparts got in trouble with Teacher after trying to help Amaya get her hero memories back and instead team up with Luna Girl so that Romeo won't detonate the whole planet with his Sky Factory clones.]]

** Season Five Premiere and Part 2 "The Rerun" has the DarkestHour of the series get even ''[[UpToEleven darker]]''! [[spoiler:Gumball travels back to the beginning with the knowledge of the last episode to stop Rob by successfully warning Darwin and Anais of him. However, things go FromBadToWorse when Rob uses the Universal Remote to rewind Nicole and Richard into babies. This leads to a time paradox that causes the Watterson kids to cease existence from youngest to oldest as they wouldn't be able to raise them as children. Anais ceases to exist despite fighting Rob, Darwin who was adopted by Richard in "The Origins" and evolved because of his bond with Gumball turns back into a normal fish and because he is out of water when it happens... he ''dies'' out of suffocation in front of a horrified Gumball who teared up. When Rob taunts him about it, Gumball goes BerserkerTears on him... only for Rob to dodge and use the remote to Fast Forward ''crashing into Penny and pushing her into her death'' before Rob pauses into that moment. Even Gumball admits this is worse than the last time he tried to stop Rob.]]

** "Dipper and Mabel vs the Future" takes it UpToEleven, [[spoiler:with Bill Cipher starting the apocalypse by tricking an emotionally compromised Mabel into giving him the Rift.]]

** Better not forget "The Ending of the End, Part 2", with all the ponies turned on each other, Equestria being plunged into an EndlessWinter by Windigos, the villain trio close to conquering all of Equestria, and the heroes close to facing their final fate. If everypony and every creature they've encountered over the course of the entire show hadn't shown up to help them, the villains would've won.