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* ''LiveALive'' has a brutal deconstruction in form of [[spoiler:Oersted. After everyone turned his back on him because of an accident he committed (killing the king), he is convinced (by his remaining friend, who died soon after) that there's one person that believed in him: The Princess. So long as she believes in him, he kept fighting. So he set off to save her, only to find out that the accident was orchestrated by a jealous friend, and when he killed the friend, the Princess said that she already lost faith on him and committed suicide in front of him. Oersted in turn ''[[DespairEventHorizon snaps]]''. Then in retaliation, [[FallenHero he becomes the Demon King that he fought all this time]] [[FaceHeelTurn and then killed everyone there and then tried to kill everyone from different timelines]].]]

* At the end of ''[[DaffyDuck Daffy Duck's Quackbusters]]'' Daffy is completely bankrupt and can't pay his rent, and a repo crew come in to take all his stuff. Daffy then says "One thing's for sure, I've got nowhere else to go but up!", then a wrecking ball crashes in his office.

* ''Series/HellsKitchen'': In season 11.

* In one episode of ''Series/FullHouse'', Joey has a lucky day. First there's a newspaper strike, delaying publication of a review of a disastrous comedy show the night before, he wins two tickets to a concert after getting a call from a radio station and correctly getting the answer right, gets a date with the attractive cable lady who also installs a channel the household didn't have, free of charge, and he is given the opportunity to audition to replace a longtime children's TV show host. However, Joey doesn't know that the host HatesBeingeTouched and after he's hired gives him a big hug, after leaving the host tells Danny that Joey is fired. This then starts his bad luck, as the newspaper strike is settled, he doesn't qualify for the prize tickets due to a relative being employed at the radio station, the cable lady has to uninstall the free channel and breaks off their date upon hearing that he can't have the tickets, which gets Joey to mention to Danny that he at least he got the job that he's unaware he was fired from, right before Danny breaks the news to him.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'': In [[Recap/TransformersPrimeS2E4OperationBumblebeePart1 "Operation Bumblebee Part 1"]], the kids try to make Bumblebee feel better by playing a [[EpicFail racing video game.]]

* In episode 13 of ''NarutoTheAbridgedSeries'', after being ignored by all the other characters, Kabuto consoles himself with, "At least Orochimaru still loves me." Cut to Orochimaru saying, "You're creepy, go away."

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* In ''FanFic/TheStalkingZukoSeries'' Iroh tries reassure Zuko that his [[UrbanLegendLoveLife false reputation as a floozy]] will pass. Iroh tells him that he faced similar accusations himself. Zuko asks how Iroh dealt with it, Iroh said he responded by becoming a bigger floozy.

* At the end of [[DaffyDuck Daffy Duck's Quackbusters]] Daffy is completely bankrupt and can't pay his rent, and a repo crew come in to take all his stuff. Daffy then says "One thing's for sure, I've got nowhere else to go but up!", then a wrecking ball crashes in his office.

* In ''TheRoom'', after [[spoiler:Johnny's]] suicide, [[spoiler:Lisa]], leaning against [[spoiler:Mark]], sobs, "[[spoiler:Johnny's]] dead, but I still have you, right?" This is a little [[TooSoon too soon]] after [[spoiler:Johnny's]] death for [[spoiler:Mark]] (they're ''standing over his corpse''), and he recoils in disgust, saying that she doesn't "have him".

* In ''TheRoom'', after Johnny's suicide, Lisa, leaning against Mark, sobs, "Johnny's dead, but I still have you, right?" This is a little [[TooSoon too soon]] after Johnny's death for Mark (they're ''standing over his corpse''), and he recoils in disgust, saying that she doesn't "have him".

''[As if on cue, the house collapses.]''

* In a Halloween episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', after an army of Homer clones destroys [[ButtMonkey Old Gil's]] farm, Old Gil sighs and says "At least I still have my health." Cue the Homers eating him alive. His skeleton is left behind to saw "Awwww..."
* In end of [[DaffyDuck Daffy Duck's Quackbusters]] Daffy is completely bankrupt and can't pay his rent, and a repo crew come in to take all his stuff. Daffy then says "One thing's for sure, I've got nowhere else to go but up!", then a wrecking ball crashes in his office.

* In ''Film/{{UHF}}'', the protagonist George discovers at one point that he is broke, can't pay the rent, and has just run his uncle's business into the ground, with no hope of being employed by anyone in the city (as he's already been fired from every business and his uncle will certainly not offer him another job after he's ruined his TV station). He recalls his girlfriend, saying, "Well, at least I have Terri..." Cue phone call from Terri calling to tell him that he is an insensitive creep and she never wants to see him again.

* In ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', a caviar factory owned by Film/JamesBond's [[EnemyMine former enemy turned ally]] Valentin Zukovsky is the sight of a lengthy battle between Bond and several {{mooks}}. While surveying the damage done to the factory after the battle ends, Zukovsky comments to his assistant that, "we may not have a roof, but at least, we still have four good walls." Seconds later, all four walls simultaneously collapse.

* In ''Webcomic/MenInHats'', [[http://www.meninhats.com/d/20040507.html Jeriah tells Gamal a story]] about finding a quarter and losing his book of poems that only gets worse despite Gamal's attempts to reassure him:
-->'''Jeriah''': Actually, the quarter turned out to be a worthless iron shard.\\

-->'''Valentin Zukovsky''': [[{{Understatement}} The insurance company is NOT going to believe this!]]

* In ''TheWorldIsNotEnough'', a caviar factory owned by JamesBond's [[EnemyMine former enemy turned ally]] Valentin Zukovsky is the sight of a lengthy battle between Bond and several {{mooks}}. While surveying the damage done to the factory after the battle ends, Zukovsky comments to his assistant that, "we may not have a roof, but at least, we still have four good walls." Seconds later, all four walls simultaneously collapse.

* In ''{{UHF}}'', the protagonist George discovers at one point that he is broke, can't pay the rent, and has just run his uncle's business into the ground, with no hope of being employed by anyone in the city (as he's already been fired from every business and his uncle will certainly not offer him another job after he's ruined his TV station). He recalls his girlfriend, saying, "Well, at least I have Terri..." Cue phone call from Terri calling to tell him that he is an insensitive creep and she never wants to see him again.

* In ''OnceInALifetime'', when George's movie appears to be a fiasco, May tells him that "we've got a gold dinner set, anyway. A hundred and six pieces, and every piece with your initials indiamonds. That's not bad for two months' work." This is the cue for two pages to appear, carrying said dinner set out.

* In ''Once in a Lifetime'', when George's movie appears to be a fiasco, May tells him that "we've got a gold dinner set, anyway. A hundred and six pieces, and every piece with your initials indiamonds. That's not bad for two months' work." This is the cue for two pages to appear, carrying said dinner set out.

-->'''Ernie Smuntz:''' Hey! Don't go! ''[waves an arm at the flooded house]'' A demonstration of how durable a [=LaRue=] really is! Now you know this house will last '''forever'''!

* In episode 13 of ''NarutoTheAbridgedSeries'', after being ignored by all the other characters, Kabuto consoles himself with, "At least Orochimaru still loves me." Cut to Orochimaru saying, "You're creepy, go away."

* In a Halloween episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', after an army of Homer clones destroys [[ButtMonkey Old Gil's]] farm, Old Gil sighs and says "At least I still have my health." Cue the Homers eating him alive. His skeleton is left behind to saw "Awwww..."
* In ''Webcomic/MenInHats'', [[http://www.meninhats.com/d/20040507.html Jeriah tells Gamal a story]] about finding a quarter and losing his book of poems that only gets worse despite Gamal's attempts to reassure him:
-->'''Jeriah''': Actually, the quarter turned out to be a worthless iron shard.\\
'''Gamal''': Oh, well... At least you still have your health.\\
'''Jeriah''': The shard gave me tetanus.