History Main / BrokenWinLossStreak

* Music/ArcticMonkeys's streak of six #1 albums in the UK ended in 2022, when ''The Car'' debuted at #2, behind Music/TaylorSwift's ''Music/{{Midnights}}''.

*** Predating ''Cars 2'', ''Franchise/ToyStory'''s streak of 100% Website/RottenTomatoes ratings ended when ''Toy Story 3'' got...[[EightPointEight 99%]]. The first two [[ComplainingAboutPeopleNotLikingTheShow critics with negative assessments]] (one of whom already had a reputation as both a CommanderContrarian and Pixar hater) [[HePannedItNowHeSucks were bashed to death]], the third review only escaped with less flames for being released later.

** "[[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma]] VS [[Franchise/MortalKombat Shao Kahn]]" ends 2 losing streaks. Not only does Shao Kahn's vicotory end Mortal Kombat's losing streak since Johnny Cage VS Captain Falcon, but also ends the losing streak of voice actor Gianni Matragrano, who previously lost 5 times, with Shao Kahn being his first victory (although this episode continues Mortal Kombat's winning streak over Street Fighter).

*** The longest title drought in the NHL belongs to the New York Rangers, whose Stanley Cup win in 1994 was their first in 54 years (including the ''entirety'' of the Original Six era from 1942-67, when they were one of only six teams in the league).

* Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''. Simba was beaten by his best friend Nala three times throughout the film. He got pinned by her easily twice when they were just cubs, and years later when they briefly fought seriously as adults he lost again, despite putting up a much better fight. During their FallingInLoveMontage though, the two begin to playfully wrestle together, until they end up accidentally tumbling down a hill together. When they reach the bottom, Simba ends up the "winner" by landing on top of Nala and finally pinning her, ending her winning streak against him. Though this was by complete accident, it is still the ''only'' time Simba has ever managed to beat Nala. Nala for her part acts as a GracefulLoser and rewards Simba for his win against her with [[SmoochOfVictory a surprise lick on the cheek]].

* ''Manga/{{Gamaran}} Shura'': Iori's first opponent is the 95th Hyakken, Shiba Hien. During the last five years, Hien dueled many opponents and he neve lose, to the point of getting known as the "Invincible Swallow" (Hien is written as "Flying Swallow"). Deconstructed, as the series of victories made him jaded and cold. Iori manages to defeat him, snapping him out of his mindset, but he's then killed before anything comes out of it.

* The telefilm ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsonsMeetTheFlintstones'': Looks as if Nate Slate is about to end his losing streak to a rival in a pig catching contest...time for Dino and Astro come in and inadvertently help sustain the rival's streak, naturally this also results in Slate berating Fred Flintstone.
* In ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'', this is how the Bronze Kneecap became the Crimson Chin's ArchNemesis. He was once a jai alai player famous for a continuous streak of 3rd-place finishes, [[AlwaysSecondBest never quite being good enough to win.]] During a charity game, he was moments away from winning and finally breaking his streak when he tripped over the Crimson Chin, broke his kneecap, and came in 3rd once again. He vowed revenge on the Crimson Chin and has been fighting him as the Bronze Kneecap ever since (with equally little success). Also of note is that Bronze Kneecap only continues being a villain because, according to him, Crimson Chin never said he was sorry about being the cause of his loss. Also becomes a ChekhovsGun later in the episode this story comes from when Timmy apologizes to a teacher who became a villain.

** The [[UsefulNotes/RollerDerby Gotham Girls Roller Derby All-Stars]] won every sanctioned game they played from November 7, 2010 to November 7, 2015 when the [[AwesomeMcCoolname Rose City Rollers Wheels of Justice]] defeated them by a score of 206-194, [[WinOneForTheGipper two weeks after the death of longtime team coach, Rob Lobster.]] The team posted to Twitter, "We did it, Robin," sending the entire [[FanCommunityNickname Derbyverse]] into an [[InelegantBlubbering Ugly Cry]].

->''"The streak is over! '''[[Series/AllMyChildren SUSAN LUCCI!!]]'''"''

** Susan Lucci's run of Daytime Emmy losses for [[Series/AllMyChildren Erica Kane]] ended in 1999. This 28-year streak included 21 nominations.

** [[Franchise/LeagueOfLegends Jinx]]'s victory of [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Harley Quinn]] provides what is quite possibly the biggest example in the series by finally ending DC's '''''series long''''' (i.e. over 10 years) win streak against non-Marvel characters.

Exceptions are when FailureIsTheOnlyOption, or your would-be streak breakers get [[DiabolusExMachina diabolically]] unlucky... or [[IdiotBall stupid]]. In other words, if the opposition wins, it's by luck rather than skill.

** "[[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma]] VS [[Franchise/MortalKombat Shao Kahn]]" ends 2 losing streaks. Not only does Shao Kahn's vicotory end Mortal Kombat's losing streak since Johnny Cage VS Captain Falcon, but also ends the losing streak of voice actor Gianni Matragrano, who previously lost 5 times, with Shao Kahn being his first victory (although this episode continues Mortal Kombat's winning streak over Street Fighter.)

Exceptions are when FailureIsTheOnlyOption, or your would-be streak breakers get [[DiabolusExMachina diabolically]] unlucky...or [[IdiotBall stupid]]. In other words, if the opposition wins, it's by luck rather than skill.

!!Examples

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!!Exceptions

* Done for two characters in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}} Diamond and Pearl'' series:
** In the first half, Dawn has had a losing streak in her Contest run (not even making it past the first round), [[BreakTheCutie breaking down]] and almost even made her consider changing careers. It took until the special Coordinator TournamentArc, the Wallace Cup, for her to break her streak.
** Prior to this one of the opponents she was bested by was Jessie, who had suffered an even longer losing streak throughout the entire Hoenn ''and'' Kanto contest run in the previous series. Jessie was convinced James and Meowth had helped her cheat, but they eventually tell her [[MagicFeather they played no part]] and Jessie continues winning ribbons and even makes it to the semi finals of Sinnoh's Grand Festival.
** Sun & Moon had [[spoiler: Ash FINALLY winning a Pokémon League after 7 generations of trying.]]

** The unbroken streak of Fresh ratings for the Marvel Cinematic Universe films since ''Iron Man'' back in 2008 came to an end after 13 years in 2021, when ''Film/{{Eternals}}'' ended up in Rotten territory.
** On the flipside, the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse has suffered from a three-movie critical panning (with a hefty dose of CriticalDissonance) until ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' was released to critical acclaim. For comparison, the previously highest rated DCEU film was ''Film/ManOfSteel'' with a 55% critic rating in Rotten Tomatoes. ''Wonder Woman'' beats it at ''92%''. For comparison, this is the the same rating ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' got.

** That unbroken streak of Fresh ratings for the films since ''Iron Man'' back in 2008 came to an end after 13 years in 2021, when ''Film/{{Eternals}}'' ended up in Rotten territory.

*** Predating ''Cars 2'', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'''s streak of 100% Website/RottenTomatoes ratings ended when ''Toy Story 3'' got...[[EightPointEight 99%]]. The first two [[ComplainingAboutPeopleNotLikingTheShow critics with negative assessments]] (one of whom already had a reputation as both a CommanderContrarian and Pixar hater) [[HePannedItNowHeSucks were bashed to death]], the third review only escaped with less flames for being released later.