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* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' fanfic ''Fanfic/PatronOfTheArtOfWar'', When Sabine paints a canvas green she doesn’t really understand why until Mirasta points out that it feels alive. It is then that Sabine realizes it’s a representation of Hera, [[DeathFakedForYou who she believes is dead]]. She has to choke back a sob.

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}},'' [[CoolLoser Jane]] comments on [[TheSnarkKnight Daria]]'s disbelief in a higher power:

* Invoked in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of the dumbest moments in the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movies, when what he says that the movies reminds him of things like (the tragic fates of) Creator/ChristopherReeve, Creator/MargotKidder and the World Trade Center.

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* From ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension'': "I'm [[MadScientist Dr. Heinz]] [[ButtMonkey Doofenshmirtz]], but my friends call me... (''beat'') I just got in such a funk."

* Towards the end of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', Woody while trying to escape from Sid's room from a crate that Sid has trapped him in, tries asking for a despondent Buzz's help. When Buzz doesn't even try to move, despairing over the revelation that Woody wasn't joking the whole time and that he really is a toy, and not a real Space Ranger, Woody proceeds to lift his spirits by telling how great he is as a Buzz Lightyear action figure and how he does a great job making Andy happy and how toys envy him. Mid-speech, Woody proceeds to slip into despair himself, reminding himself how he can't compete with Buzz and how he got them into the mess, and gives up trying to escape, telling Buzz to try to escape on his own and leave him. Buzz however, with spirits lifted, [[NoManLeftBehind decides to save his buddy.]]

-->"No, no, no, babe, jokes are funny. I made you look ... sad! Pathetic! Like an orphan, with no arms, and no legs ... oh, with progeria! ({{Beat}}) Great! Now I'M bummed thinking about it! This thing have any liquor?"

-->"You know what's bothering you? [[HollywoodAtheist You're afraid that it's true]]. That the [[LovableLibby Quinns]] of the world fit in so well because something really is looking out for them. Everything's already been decided, they win, you lose, and whatever you do doesn't matter because the end is fixed. So, why even bother?" ({{Beat}}) "God, I'm depressed."

* Say enough leftist things in Disco Elysium and you'll gain the Mazovian Socio-Economics thought, which allows you to identify as 'the last Communist' and set about restoring the Commune of Revachol nearly half a century after it was crushed by the coalition. Actually ''completing'' the thought, however, just leaves you in a funk at how impossible the task you've set yourself truly is.

Sometimes a FunnyAneurysmMoment is enough to start one of these. Also a possible self-inflicted MiseryTrigger. Compare ExplainExplainOhCrap, where a character attempting to reassure others that nothing is wrong realizes mid-sentence that something is ''very'' wrong. In BlackComedy, this can lead to a DrivenToSuicide moment that is PlayedForLaughs. May also lead to CryLaughing.

->''"Of course Fry still exists... as a frozen corpse in outer space! Ho ho ho ho ho... (beat) Oh... [[TropeNamer I made myself sad.]]"''
-->-- '''Professor Farnsworth''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "The Sting"

* In ''[[Webvideo/RockedReviews Regretting the Past]]'', whenever Luke makes an analogy that ends up being too truthful, the next line will be something like this.

* ''Anime/OnePiece'': There is one point in Film Z where Chopper is invited to take a bath with resident bombshell Robin (which she's fine with because of his childlike innocence). Naturally, Brook, being the pervert he is, tries to get in on it by pointing at himself while screaming about how creepy and disgusting his skeletal body is. Moments later, he's hunched over in the corner, depressed. [[LampshadeHanging His friends are quick to point out the problem with this.]]

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Strong Bad made up the {{Woobie}}tastic character of Lil' Brudder (a one-legged dog whose catch phrase is "I can make it on my own!") just to bring Homestar to tears. It works a bit too well.

** You can also do this with Philippe, a chef who's about to cook a person for the White Glove Society. With a high enough Medicine skill you can psychoanalyze him, at which point he goes on a rant about his shitty childhood. Eventually this causes him to run off and cry, leaving you alone in the kitchen.

* In ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' Isma does this to herself when Serpico tries to make friendly conversation with her by asking her about herself and she starts off by cheerfully stating that that she's the only person left on her home island, since The Sea God has turned all the other inhabitants of the island into tentacles. She then immediately begins [[InelegantBlubbering sobbing]] as she realizes what she just said.

* Anime/SilverSpoon'': When a rumor starts that Hachiken and Yoshino are in a sexual relationship (which is against school rules), they are called to their teacher to explain themselves. Hachiken, somewhat incredulously, points to his academic schedule and the number of extra-curriculars he is involved in, and states that there is no way he would have ''time'' for a sexual relationship. Then he muses that "It's true, but it still makes me a little sad..."

* During one of Rich Little's bits as Johnny Carson, a large black man complains of the stereotype of black men having large penises, when he has a small one, and complains that his last name of "Small" reflects that. They run through embarrassing celebrity last names, til "Carson" mentions "Rich ''Little''", pauses, and moans, "For some reason, [[HypocriticalHumor that one really]] ''[[HypocriticalHumor hurt]]''."

* A vignette on ''Series/LambChopsPlayAlong'' has Hush Puppy (the show's [[TheDitz Ditz]], or maybe their {{Cloudcuckoolander}}) opening a door in a prop wall in an obvious ShoutOut to ''Series/LaughIn'' and reciting a limerick about a lady who was so skinny "that when she essayed, to drink lemonade, she slipped through the straw and fell in." He then laughs his head off at the poem....until he realizes that the character probably drowned, and he reflects: "Hey, that's not funny; that's tragic!"
* Creator/ConanOBrien uses this a lot after telling a self-deprecating joke - then mimes wiping off a tear, swallowing it, and having it revitalize him.
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': Frasier tries to cheer a lonely Daphne up by recounting his own track record of finding (and losing) love, and ends up just as depressed as she was at the beginning of the conversation.

* In ''Series/BoredToDeath'' George manages to get out of [[spoiler: drug rehab because he has cancer]]. At first he sings himself a self satisfied ditty before realizing exactly what he just said.

* An example from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', in the episode "Radioactive Man", Nelson tries out for the part of Fallout Boy. On being dismissed, he passes a mirror and gives himself his trademark "Ha-ha", followed by "Hey, that hurt. No wonder nobody came to [[OnePersonBirthdayParty my birthday party]]!"
* From ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension'': "I'm [[MadScientist Dr. Heinz]] [[ButtMonkey Doofenshmirtz]], but my friends call me... (''beat'') I just got in such a funk."

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}},'' [[CoolLoser Jane]] comments on [[TheSnarkKnight Daria]]'s disbelief in a higher power:
-->"You know what's bothering you? [[HollywoodAtheist You're afraid that it's true]]. That the [[LovableLibby Quinns]] of the world fit in so well because something really is looking out for them. Everything's already been decided, they win, you lose, and whatever you do doesn't matter because the end is fixed. So, why even bother?" ({{beat}}) "God, I'm depressed."
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'' episode "Am I Gay?" Maurice tries to show a questioning Andrew a gay sex scene from ''Film/DallasBuyersClub'', telling him to "try not to think about AIDS" so it'll be sexier. Not even a second later, Maurice looks very sad and says he's thinking about AIDS.

->''"Of course Fry still exists...as a frozen corpse in outer space! Ho ho ho ho ho...(beat) Oh...[[TropeNamer I made myself sad.]]"''

->''"Of course Fry still exists... as a frozen corpse in outer space! Ho ho ho ho ho... (beat) Oh... [[TropeNamer I made myself sad.]]"''