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** His reaction is Narmy for quite a few reasons. 1: He name is ''Miranda'', 2: Truth shoots her in the back, not the Brutes, and 3: ''You don't actually fight any Brutes from that point onwards'', just the [[ParasiteZombie]] Flood versions of some of them, which are already dead. So he's screaming at the wrong versions of the wrong people for the wrong person's death.

* In the final ''Harry Potter'' book, ''Deathly Hallows'', Dobby's HeroicSacrifice/ TakingTheBullet kicked ''many'' readers right in the stomach due to how unexpected it was. Hell, many, if not all, of the deaths were metaphorical punches or kicks.

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* ''Film/EndersGame'' has an in-universe example: [[spoiler:Ender finds out that his "final exam" was a real battle, and thus, not only did he kill hundreds - possibly even thousands - of his fellow troops, he's also committed outright ''genocide'' against the Formics. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone He doesn't take it well.]]]]
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* In GAROTheOneWhoShinesInTheDarkness, once the [[spoiler:completely human]] BigBad gives the command to murder [[spoiler:his entire family, including young children]], it feels like this.

* {{Goblins}} gives us [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/10222013/ this]], after [[spoiler:[[RetGone undoing]] the comic's biggest CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming]].

* {{Homestuck}}'s [[MonsterClown Gamzee]] in [[spoiler: killing the two biggest EnsembleDarkhorse characters in the comic and later on going on to raise the BigBad, and then mentally abusing Terezi.]] It's hard to find someone who ''doesn't'' want him gone.

Enter the Player Punch. The script gives our hero a {{sidekick}} or [[MoralityPet supporting character]] who is given a good degree of [[CharacterDevelopment characterization]] or is just plain adorable. Over time, the player begins to [[VideogameCaringPotential take a liking to them]] when suddenly BAM! The villain displays a startling AndYourLittleDogToo action in [[FriendlyTarget killing them off]] (usually in a non-resurrectable PlotlineDeath), or worse, forcing the ''player'' to kill them by kidnapping them and turning them into a TragicMonster. It isn't just [[ItsPersonal personal]] now for the character. The ''player'' has been drawn into the situation because they ''liked'' Skippy the [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Adorable Airedale]], and [[MoralEventHorizon now that villain is]] ''[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge going down]]''. '''[[VideogameCrueltyPotential HARD.]]'''

* In the DirectToVideo movie ''[[Series/KamenRiderDouble Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal]]'', the main villain is a scientist who kidnapped multiple people and imprisoned them inside his special prison camp, called 'The Village', in order to create telekinetic super soldiers. Katsumi, the main character, spends the entire movie trying to free those prisoners, only for them to die after leaving the prison camp, due to having implants in their heads. After the villain starts to gloat about this, you just know its time for ass kicking.

* Played for laughs in this ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/05/26 strip]]

* ''Webcomic/CaptainSNES'': In a flashback to the 8-bit days, Mother Brain has taken almost all of Captain N's power, called Omega Energy, and used it to make a pit which can defy the inherent innocence of Videoland and [[KilledOffForReal kill someone permanently]]. She initially planned to drop Lana into it, but Captain N uses the last of his power to pause time and save her. He explains that his power can't be taken so simply, as it comes from his friendship with the other characters, including his best friend Duke(a dog)...

* {{Goblins}} gives us [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/10222013/ this]], after [[spoiler: [[RetGone undoing]] the comic's biggest CrowningMomentofHeartwarming]].
** What makes it horrible is [[spoiler: that's a mind-controlling leash, and the last person to make use of it [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped and beat her to the point that she needed healing potions, daily]].]]

** Asuka's MindRape really shows what kind of person she wanted to be, and why she carried out a JerkassFacade. It's one of the most effective moments in the series. Though some of the audience ''still'' thinks she's a one-dimensional bitch, or at least [[NeverLiveItDown don’t accept]] her FreudianExcuse.

** Asuka's MindRape really shows what kind of person she wanted to be, and why she carried out a JerkassFacade. It's one of the most effective moments in the series. Too bad some of the audience ''still'' thinks she's a one-dimensional bitch.

** [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/6/8/ And again]], regarding VideoGame/TheLastGuardian.

** TearJerker [[AC: Here Lies Dobby, A Free Elf]]

** [[TearJerker [[AC: Here Lies Dobby, A Free Elf]]]]

* When {{Lets Play}}er Nate From the Sunshine State gets to point in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/Halo3'' where Amanda Keyes is killed from behind by the Brutes, you can hear him loudly inhale in shock... and then he growls in authentic rage, "I don't care what I have to do, '''''I will exterminate your entire f*cking species! I swear to f*cking God!"''''' And for the rest of the LetsPlay, every Brute he kills gets a "F*ck you! That's for Amanda!" send-off.

* PlayerPunch/FirstPersonShooters

* When {{Lets Play}}er Nate From the Sunshine State gets to point in his playthrough of ''Halo3'' where Amanda Keyes is killed from behind by the Brutes, you can hear him loudly inhale in shock... and then he growls in authentic rage, "I don't care what I have to do, '''''I will exterminate your entire f*cking species! I swear to f*cking God!"''''' And for the rest of the LetsPlay, every Brute he kills gets a "F*ck you! That's for Amanda!" send-off.

* In GAROTheOneWhoShinesInTheDarkness, once the [[spoiler:completely human]] BigBad gives the command to murder [[his entire family, including young children]], it feels like this.

* In the DirectToVideo movie KamenRiderW Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal, the main villain is a scientist who kidnapped multiple people and imprisoned them inside his special prison camp, called 'The Village', in order to create telekinetic super soldiers. Katsumi, the main character, spends the entire movie trying to free those prisoners, only for them to die after leaving the prison camp, due to having implants in their heads. After the villain starts to gloat about this, you just know its time for ass kicking.

** What makes it horrible is [[spoiler: that's a mind-controlling leash, and the last person to make use of it [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped and beat her to the point that she needed healing potions,]] [[CompleteMonster daily]].]]

* For Issei in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'', it's [[spoiler: losing Asia in Volume 6 when she got teleported to the void though Ise didn't know it at that time. He then ''ate Shalba'' with the use of his Juggernaut Drive and was howling in despair at the sky.]]
* [[spoiler:[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami's death]]]]. Made all the more horrible by the fact that she finally realized she ''cared'' about someone about three seconds before it happened.
** The scene where Shinji is forced to [[spoiler:kill Kaworu]].

* In ''[[Literature/TheHungerGames Mockingjay]]'', [[spoiler:Prim's death]] most likely qualifies as the saddest moment in the series.

** ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'' does it again with [[spoiler:the death of Ma-Ti. He was little more than a living RunningGag, appearing throughout multiple videos to shout "Heart!", got his butt kicked by everyone in the Brawl, and his first appearance established that he wasn't even the ''real'' Ma-Ti. But SK portrays him as TheWoobie who just wants to be involved with the rest of the group, but is treated like dirt. His HeroicSacrifice is genuinely tragic, and the Critic is crushed]].
** And then in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' [[spoiler: Ma-Ti has become bitter and jaded, manipulating events so that the Critic will escape the Plot Hole and leave his friends. When he wakes up in his house, he finds out that ''he's just a character'' and meets up with Doug Walker, his ''creator''. This is when things get bad.]]

Enter the PlayerPunch. The script gives our hero a {{sidekick}} or [[MoralityPet supporting character]] who is given a good degree of [[CharacterDevelopment characterization]] or is just plain adorable. Over time, the player begins to [[VideogameCaringPotential take a liking to them]] when suddenly BAM! The villain displays a startling AndYourLittleDogToo action in [[FriendlyTarget killing them off]] (usually in a non-resurrectable PlotlineDeath), or worse, forcing the ''player'' to kill them by kidnapping them and turning them into a TragicMonster. It isn't just [[ItsPersonal personal]] now for the character. The ''player'' has been drawn into the situation because they ''liked'' Skippy the [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Adorable Airedale]], and [[MoralEventHorizon now that villain is]] ''[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge going down]]''. '''[[VideogameCrueltyPotential HARD.]]'''

* Non-game example (albeit in a series ''about'' video games): In ''LifeInAGame'', it's bad enough that the various [[TheDragon Jackals]] have been harassing and attacking Guy since he came to the Game, but when one of them murders [[{{Sidekick}} Subplott]], that's when he finally loses it.

* When {{Lets Play}}er Nate From the Sunshine State gets to point in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/Halo3'' where Amanda Keyes is killed from behind by the Brutes, you can hear him loudly inhale in shock... and then he growls in authentic rage, "I don't care what I have to do, '''''I will exterminate your entire f*cking species! I swear to f*cking God!"''''' And for the rest of the LetsPlay, every Brute he kills gets a "F*ck you! That's for Amanda!" send-off.