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# Characters.SheHulkTitleCharacter: During ''ComicBook/Hulk2016''. She went from one of the most fun characters in the Marvel Universe, to someone suffering from depression and PTSD after she was put into a coma by ComicBook/{{Thanos}} in ''ComicBook/CivilWarII''. '''"Fun / comic relief" is a Cutie trait, so pass'''
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# Characters.SheHulkTitleCharacter: SheHulk: During ''ComicBook/Hulk2016''. She went from one of the most fun characters in the Marvel Universe, to someone suffering from depression and PTSD after she was put into a coma by ComicBook/{{Thanos}} in ''ComicBook/CivilWarII''. '''"Fun / comic relief" is a Cutie trait, so pass'''
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# GravityFalls.TropesAToE: The backstories of [[spoiler:Stan, Ford, and McGucket]].
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# GravityFalls.TropesAToE: The backstories of [[spoiler:Stan, Ford, and McGucket]].[=McGucket=]]].
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# LightNovel.LordMarksmanAndVanadis: In Volume 13, [[spoiler:Elen goes through Greast's ColdBloodedTorture and his AttemptedRape. She gets better by the end of the volume]]. '''No Cutie'''
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# LightNovel.Literature.LordMarksmanAndVanadis: In Volume 13, [[spoiler:Elen goes through Greast's ColdBloodedTorture and his AttemptedRape. She gets better by the end of the volume]]. '''No Cutie'''
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* 42.59% wicks are examples / potholes with insufficient context (ZCEs).
On paper, BreakTheCutie suggests a pattern where any character that is designed in a way that conveys cuteness and has lovable traits is more prone to suffer and angst than any other character in order to increase EmotionalTorque. In practice, the heaps of misuse and ZCEs indicate "bad things happen to character(s)", which is frankly what happens in all fiction due to {{Conflict}} and RuleOfDrama.\\
Moreover, the examples have considerable overlap with similar tropes, like InnocenceLost, TraumaCongaLine, etc.
On paper, BreakTheCutie suggests a pattern where any character that is designed in a way that conveys cuteness and has lovable traits is more prone to suffer and angst than any other character in order to increase EmotionalTorque. In practice, the heaps of misuse and ZCEs indicate "bad things happen to character(s)", which is frankly what happens in all fiction due to {{Conflict}} and RuleOfDrama.\\
Moreover, the examples have considerable overlap with similar tropes, like InnocenceLost, TraumaCongaLine, etc.
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* 42.59% wicks are examples / potholes with insufficient context (ZCEs).
([=ZCEs=]).
On paper, BreakTheCutie suggests a pattern where any character that is designed in a way that conveys cuteness and has lovable traits is more prone to suffer and angst than any other character in order to increase EmotionalTorque. In practice, the heaps of misuse andZCEs [=ZCEs=] indicate "bad things happen to character(s)", which is frankly what happens in all fiction due to {{Conflict}} and RuleOfDrama.\\
Moreover, the examples have considerable overlap with similar tropes, like InnocenceLost, TraumaCongaLine,etc.
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On paper, BreakTheCutie suggests a pattern where any character that is designed in a way that conveys cuteness and has lovable traits is more prone to suffer and angst than any other character in order to increase EmotionalTorque. In practice, the heaps of misuse and
Moreover, the examples have considerable overlap with similar tropes, like InnocenceLost, TraumaCongaLine,
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# Quotes.DaddysLittleVillain: '''No Cutie'''
-->'''Grace:''' If I went back and... became [[MafiaPrincess your daughter]] again... when would I be given the power you're talking about?\\
'''[[TheDon The Big Man]]:''' Now?\\
'''Grace:''' At once.\\
'''The Big Man:''' Why not?\\
'''Grace:''' So that would mean that I'd also take on the immediate responsibility, at once? I'd be a part of the [[DeadlyEuphemism problem solving]]. Like [[FinalSolution the problem]]... of Dogville.\\
'''The Big Man:''' We can start by [[KickTheDog shooting the dog and nailing it to a wall]], over there beneath that lamp, for example. Well, it ''might'' help - it sometimes does...\\
'''Grace:''' It would only make the town more frightened, but hardly make it a better place. And [[BreakTheCutie it]] [[HistoryRepeats could happen again]]: somebody happening by, revealing... [[HumansAreFlawed their frailty]]. That's what I want to use the power for, if you don't mind: [[KnightTemplar I want to make this world... a little better]].
-->--''Film/{{Dogville}}''
-->'''Grace:''' If I went back and... became [[MafiaPrincess your daughter]] again... when would I be given the power you're talking about?\\
'''[[TheDon The Big Man]]:''' Now?\\
'''Grace:''' At once.\\
'''The Big Man:''' Why not?\\
'''Grace:''' So that would mean that I'd also take on the immediate responsibility, at once? I'd be a part of the [[DeadlyEuphemism problem solving]]. Like [[FinalSolution the problem]]... of Dogville.\\
'''The Big Man:''' We can start by [[KickTheDog shooting the dog and nailing it to a wall]], over there beneath that lamp, for example. Well, it ''might'' help - it sometimes does...\\
'''Grace:''' It would only make the town more frightened, but hardly make it a better place. And [[BreakTheCutie it]] [[HistoryRepeats could happen again]]: somebody happening by, revealing... [[HumansAreFlawed their frailty]]. That's what I want to use the power for, if you don't mind: [[KnightTemplar I want to make this world... a little better]].
-->--''Film/{{Dogville}}''
# Quotes.DaddysLittleVillain: '''Sinkhole, unclear context'''
-->'''Grace:''' If I went back and... became [[MafiaPrincess your daughter]] again... when would I be given the power you're talking about?\\
'''[[TheDon The Big Man]]:''' Now?\\
'''Grace:''' At once.\\
'''The Big Man:''' Why not?\\
'''Grace:''' So that would mean that I'd also take on the immediate responsibility, at once? I'd be a part of the [[DeadlyEuphemism problem solving]]. Like [[FinalSolution the problem]]... of Dogville.\\
'''The Big Man:''' We can start by [[KickTheDog shooting the dog and nailing it to a wall]], over there beneath that lamp, for example. Well, it ''might'' help - it sometimes does...\\
'''Grace:''' It would only make the town more frightened, but hardly make it a better place. And [[BreakTheCutie it]] [[HistoryRepeats could happen again]]: somebody happening by, revealing... [[HumansAreFlawed their frailty]]. That's what I want to use the power for, if you don't mind: [[KnightTemplar I want to make this world... a little better]].
-->--''Film/{{Dogville}}''
-->'''Grace:''' If I went back and... became [[MafiaPrincess your daughter]] again... when would I be given the power you're talking about?\\
'''[[TheDon The Big Man]]:''' Now?\\
'''Grace:''' At once.\\
'''The Big Man:''' Why not?\\
'''Grace:''' So that would mean that I'd also take on the immediate responsibility, at once? I'd be a part of the [[DeadlyEuphemism problem solving]]. Like [[FinalSolution the problem]]... of Dogville.\\
'''The Big Man:''' We can start by [[KickTheDog shooting the dog and nailing it to a wall]], over there beneath that lamp, for example. Well, it ''might'' help - it sometimes does...\\
'''Grace:''' It would only make the town more frightened, but hardly make it a better place. And [[BreakTheCutie it]] [[HistoryRepeats could happen again]]: somebody happening by, revealing... [[HumansAreFlawed their frailty]]. That's what I want to use the power for, if you don't mind: [[KnightTemplar I want to make this world... a little better]].
-->--''Film/{{Dogville}}''
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%%BreakTheCutie is when a sweet, lovable character (aka TheCutie) suffers at least one horrible experience that threatens to break their spirit. According to Sandbox/BreakTheCutieWickCheck, this trope suffers from a serious PCE/ZCE issue.\\
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Here are the results of Sandbox/BreakTheCutieWickCheck:
* 15.74% wicks are examples / potholes that fit the definition (correct).
* 41.97% wicks are misused examples / potholes that boil down to
* 42.59% wicks are examples / potholes with insufficient context (ZCEs).
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%%Results:
%%* 15.74% wicks are correct examples.
%%* 37.96% wicks are examples that only include the "horrible experience(s)" part, with no context on "TheCutie" part.
%%* 4.63% wicks are examples that only include "TheCutie" part, with no context on the "horrible experience(s)" part.
%%* 36.11% wicks are [=ZCEs=] that have no context on both the "horrible experience(s)" part and "TheCutie" part.
%%* 5.56% wicks are [[Administrivia/SinkHole Sink Holes]] with no context on "TheCutie" part (similar to second bullet point)
%%From the above, it is evident that the majority of examples basically boil down to "bad things happen to character", regardless of whether that character is TheCutie or not. BreakTheCutie is suffering from TropeDecay.\\
%%* 15.74% wicks are correct examples.
%%* 37.96% wicks are examples that only include the "horrible experience(s)" part, with no context on "TheCutie" part.
%%* 4.63% wicks are examples that only include "TheCutie" part, with no context on the "horrible experience(s)" part.
%%* 36.11% wicks are [=ZCEs=] that have no context on both the "horrible experience(s)" part and "TheCutie" part.
%%* 5.56% wicks are [[Administrivia/SinkHole Sink Holes]] with no context on "TheCutie" part (similar to second bullet point)
%%From the above, it is evident that the majority of examples basically boil down to "bad things happen to character", regardless of whether that character is TheCutie or not. BreakTheCutie is suffering from TropeDecay.\\
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%%* 15.74% wicks are correct examples.
%%* 37.96% wicks are
%%* 4.63% wicks are examples that only include "TheCutie" part, with no context on the "horrible experience(s)" part.
%%* 36.11% wicks are [=ZCEs=] that have no context on both the "horrible experience(s)" part and "TheCutie" part.
%%* 5.56% wicks are [[Administrivia/SinkHole Sink Holes]] with no context on "TheCutie" part (similar to second bullet point)
%%From the above, it is evident that the majority of examples basically boil down to "bad things happen to character", regardless of whether that character is TheCutie or not. BreakTheCutie is suffering from TropeDecay.\\
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%%Suggestion: Since BreakTheCutie is an OverdosedTrope (currently at 11611 wicks), a cleanup thread (akin to what is done for DeadpanSnarker and FiveManBand) would be great to get rid of the [=PCEs=]/[=ZCEs=], as well as to ascertain whether the character in question is TheCutie or not.
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# BreakTheCutie.{{Literature}}: In ''Literature/NightmareAlley'', the main character Stan subjects this upon his sweet hearted and painfully naive wife Molly. After they wed he begins neglecting and mistreating her, and things only get worse when he starts cheating on her with the ultra manipulative Lilith. '''Character has Cutie traits, so pass'''
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# BreakTheCutie.{{Literature}}: In ''Literature/NightmareAlley'', the main character Stan subjects this upon his sweet hearted and painfully naive wife Molly. After they wed he begins neglecting and mistreating her, and things only get worse when he starts cheating on her with the ultra manipulative Lilith. '''Character has Cutie traits, so pass'''but context overlaps with DomesticAbuse'''
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** To be more specific, the first mind rape and the actual massacre occur when he's about ''seven'', and the second time, aged twelve-thirteen, had him forced to watch everyone being slaughtered ''hundreds of times, over and over'', leaving him in a coma that only Tsunade is able to bring him out of. No wonder he [[{{FreakOut}} freaks out]], and then he [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope gets worse and worse]]. '''Other than wrong indentation, example qualifies because character has Cutie traits'''
# BreakTheCutie.WesternAnimation: Max from ''WesternAnimation/CapitolCritters'' is a sweet little Midwestern fieldmouse from Nebraska with PuppyDogEyes. In the first episode, he watches his own family get gassed to death. In later episodes, he nearly dies from smoke inhalation and a forced drug overdose from a gang member and in another episode, he breaks down in tears when he thinks he accidentally killed a cat, falls in love with a girl who has to move back to Japan and in general plays to OnlySaneMan to a bunch of jerkasses. Poor Max... '''Character has Cutie traits, so pass'''
# BreakTheCutie.WesternAnimation: Max from ''WesternAnimation/CapitolCritters'' is a sweet little Midwestern fieldmouse from Nebraska with PuppyDogEyes. In the first episode, he watches his own family get gassed to death. In later episodes, he nearly dies from smoke inhalation and a forced drug overdose from a gang member and in another episode, he breaks down in tears when he thinks he accidentally killed a cat, falls in love with a girl who has to move back to Japan and in general plays to OnlySaneMan to a bunch of jerkasses. Poor Max... '''Character has Cutie traits, so pass'''
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** To be more specific, the first mind rape and the actual massacre occur when he's about ''seven'', and the second time, aged twelve-thirteen, had him forced to watch everyone being slaughtered ''hundreds of times, over and over'', leaving him in a coma that only Tsunade is able to bring him out of. No wonder he [[{{FreakOut}} freaks out]], and then he [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope gets worse and worse]]. '''Other than wrong indentation, example qualifies because character has Cutie traits'''
traits, but context overlaps with InnocenceLost and DarkAndTroubledPast'''
# BreakTheCutie.WesternAnimation: Max from ''WesternAnimation/CapitolCritters'' is a sweet little Midwestern fieldmouse from Nebraska with PuppyDogEyes. In the first episode, he watches his own family get gassed to death. In later episodes, he nearly dies from smoke inhalation and a forced drug overdose from a gang member and in another episode, he breaks down in tears when he thinks he accidentally killed a cat, falls in love with a girl who has to move back to Japan and in general plays to OnlySaneMan to a bunch of jerkasses. Poor Max... '''Character has Cutie traits,so pass'''but context overlaps with TraumaCongaLine'''
# BreakTheCutie.WesternAnimation: Max from ''WesternAnimation/CapitolCritters'' is a sweet little Midwestern fieldmouse from Nebraska with PuppyDogEyes. In the first episode, he watches his own family get gassed to death. In later episodes, he nearly dies from smoke inhalation and a forced drug overdose from a gang member and in another episode, he breaks down in tears when he thinks he accidentally killed a cat, falls in love with a girl who has to move back to Japan and in general plays to OnlySaneMan to a bunch of jerkasses. Poor Max... '''Character has Cutie traits,
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# Characters.SouthParkButtersStotch: Butters is a naive, wide-eyed, sweet-hearted little boy who Matt and Trey exhaust their imaginations thinking of new torments to inflict upon, including beatings, attempted murder by his mother, a ninja star in the eye (which was ignored in favor of everyone being outraged over Cartman being naked in public), etc. '''Character has Cutie traits, so pass'''
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# Characters.SouthParkButtersStotch: Butters is a naive, wide-eyed, sweet-hearted little boy who Matt and Trey exhaust their imaginations thinking of new torments to inflict upon, including beatings, attempted murder by his mother, a ninja star in the eye (which was ignored in favor of everyone being outraged over Cartman being naked in public), etc. '''Character has Cutie traits, so pass'''but context overlaps with WideEyedIdealist and TraumaCongaLine'''
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# Fanfic.PokemonRetoldBlack: Marlon goes from a chipper and friendly Plasma recruit to Ghetsis' pack mule, with years worth of abuse wearing him down until he's become a shell of his former self. It gets to the point that he's willing to escape Team Plasma and doesn't even care if he's killed for his transgressions, because in his eyes being dead means that he doesn't have to suffer under Ghetsis again. '''"Chipper and friendly" are Cutie traits, so pass'''
# Film.TheHunt2012: This entire movie is devoted to the breakage of Lucas. He begins as a likable, enthusiastic kindergarten teacher, but slowly degrades as gossip fans the flames. He is beaten, rejected and held in contempt. '''"Likable, enthusiastic kindergarten teacher" is Cutie'''
# Recap.MyHeroAcademiaS1E1IzukuMidoriyaOrigin: As a small child, Midoriya was heartbroken to learn he was among the 20% who'd never develop a Quirk. '''"Small child" is a Cutie trait, so pass'''
# Theatre.{{Hamlet}}: Ophelia is gentle, perceptive, and compassionate. Her [[DidTheyOrDidntThey sometime sweetheart]] apparently goes mad, hurls abuse at her when they meet, and kills her father. Her mind breaks, and then she dies. '''Character has Cutie traits, so pass'''
# Film.TheHunt2012: This entire movie is devoted to the breakage of Lucas. He begins as a likable, enthusiastic kindergarten teacher, but slowly degrades as gossip fans the flames. He is beaten, rejected and held in contempt. '''"Likable, enthusiastic kindergarten teacher" is Cutie'''
# Recap.MyHeroAcademiaS1E1IzukuMidoriyaOrigin: As a small child, Midoriya was heartbroken to learn he was among the 20% who'd never develop a Quirk. '''"Small child" is a Cutie trait, so pass'''
# Theatre.{{Hamlet}}: Ophelia is gentle, perceptive, and compassionate. Her [[DidTheyOrDidntThey sometime sweetheart]] apparently goes mad, hurls abuse at her when they meet, and kills her father. Her mind breaks, and then she dies. '''Character has Cutie traits, so pass'''
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# Fanfic.PokemonRetoldBlack: Marlon goes from a chipper and friendly Plasma recruit to Ghetsis' pack mule, with years worth of abuse wearing him down until he's become a shell of his former self. It gets to the point that he's willing to escape Team Plasma and doesn't even care if he's killed for his transgressions, because in his eyes being dead means that he doesn't have to suffer under Ghetsis again. '''"Chipper and friendly" are Cutie traits, so pass'''
but context overlaps with TheFriendNobodyLikes'''
# Film.TheHunt2012: This entire movie is devoted to the breakage of Lucas. He begins as a likable, enthusiastic kindergarten teacher, but slowly degrades as gossip fans the flames. He is beaten, rejected and held in contempt. '''"Likable, enthusiastic kindergarten teacher" isCutie'''
Cutie, but context overlaps with MaliciousSlander'''
# Recap.MyHeroAcademiaS1E1IzukuMidoriyaOrigin: As a small child, Midoriya was heartbroken to learn he was among the 20% who'd never develop a Quirk. '''"Small child" is a Cutie trait,so pass'''
but context overlaps with InnocenceLost'''
# Theatre.{{Hamlet}}: Ophelia is gentle, perceptive, and compassionate. Her [[DidTheyOrDidntThey sometime sweetheart]] apparently goes mad, hurls abuse at her when they meet, and kills her father. Her mind breaks, and then she dies. '''Character has Cutie traits,so pass'''but context overlaps with TraumaCongaLine'''
# Film.TheHunt2012: This entire movie is devoted to the breakage of Lucas. He begins as a likable, enthusiastic kindergarten teacher, but slowly degrades as gossip fans the flames. He is beaten, rejected and held in contempt. '''"Likable, enthusiastic kindergarten teacher" is
# Recap.MyHeroAcademiaS1E1IzukuMidoriyaOrigin: As a small child, Midoriya was heartbroken to learn he was among the 20% who'd never develop a Quirk. '''"Small child" is a Cutie trait,
# Theatre.{{Hamlet}}: Ophelia is gentle, perceptive, and compassionate. Her [[DidTheyOrDidntThey sometime sweetheart]] apparently goes mad, hurls abuse at her when they meet, and kills her father. Her mind breaks, and then she dies. '''Character has Cutie traits,
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# VideoGame.{{Elona}}: After finishing the Main Quest Act 1, the little girl Gwen the Innocent in Yowyn who likes to collect flowers and follow you around will grow up into the warrior woman Gwen the Pitiless whose dialogues are implying that the constantly hostile world and monsters forced her to kill everything just to survive. '''Character has Cutie traits, so pass'''
# VideoGame.TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime: A variation of this involves breaking a large group of lovable characters called the Gorons. A peaceful, friendly group, they just want to live in peace and harvest their crops, but are content to welcome outsiders as well. However, when Ganondorf shows up and demands they turn over their spiritual stone, they refuse to do it and he punishes them by sealing off their primary food source. Later in the game, when Ganondorf takes over, he has several Gorons locked up in cages in the Fire Temple and is going to feed them to a dragon as a warning to those who might oppose him. Once you get to the Fire Temple, you see the Gorons trembling in their cells, evidently terrified, begging for mercy, and not being given any. And then you get to march in there, save each and every one of them, and smash the dragon's head in with a shiny new hammer. '''Group has Cutie traits, so pass'''
# VideoGame.TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime: A variation of this involves breaking a large group of lovable characters called the Gorons. A peaceful, friendly group, they just want to live in peace and harvest their crops, but are content to welcome outsiders as well. However, when Ganondorf shows up and demands they turn over their spiritual stone, they refuse to do it and he punishes them by sealing off their primary food source. Later in the game, when Ganondorf takes over, he has several Gorons locked up in cages in the Fire Temple and is going to feed them to a dragon as a warning to those who might oppose him. Once you get to the Fire Temple, you see the Gorons trembling in their cells, evidently terrified, begging for mercy, and not being given any. And then you get to march in there, save each and every one of them, and smash the dragon's head in with a shiny new hammer. '''Group has Cutie traits, so pass'''
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# VideoGame.{{Elona}}: After finishing the Main Quest Act 1, the little girl Gwen the Innocent in Yowyn who likes to collect flowers and follow you around will grow up into the warrior woman Gwen the Pitiless whose dialogues are implying that the constantly hostile world and monsters forced her to kill everything just to survive. '''Character has Cutie traits, so pass'''
but context overlaps with HadToBeSharp'''
# VideoGame.TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime: A variation of this involves breaking a large group of lovable characters called the Gorons. A peaceful, friendly group, they just want to live in peace and harvest their crops, but are content to welcome outsiders as well. However, when Ganondorf shows up and demands they turn over their spiritual stone, they refuse to do it and he punishes them by sealing off their primary food source. Later in the game, when Ganondorf takes over, he has several Gorons locked up in cages in the Fire Temple and is going to feed them to a dragon as a warning to those who might oppose him. Once you get to the Fire Temple, you see the Gorons trembling in their cells, evidently terrified, begging for mercy, and not being given any. And then you get to march in there, save each and every one of them, and smash the dragon's head in with a shiny new hammer. '''Group has Cutie traits,so pass'''but context overlaps with PerfectPacifistPeople'''
# VideoGame.TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime: A variation of this involves breaking a large group of lovable characters called the Gorons. A peaceful, friendly group, they just want to live in peace and harvest their crops, but are content to welcome outsiders as well. However, when Ganondorf shows up and demands they turn over their spiritual stone, they refuse to do it and he punishes them by sealing off their primary food source. Later in the game, when Ganondorf takes over, he has several Gorons locked up in cages in the Fire Temple and is going to feed them to a dragon as a warning to those who might oppose him. Once you get to the Fire Temple, you see the Gorons trembling in their cells, evidently terrified, begging for mercy, and not being given any. And then you get to march in there, save each and every one of them, and smash the dragon's head in with a shiny new hammer. '''Group has Cutie traits,
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Administrivia/SinkHole: 6/108 (5.56%)
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ZCE: 39/108 (36.11%)\\
Administrivia/SinkHole: 6/108 (5.56%)
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# Webcomic.ZackDragonbladeAndTheExcalites: May, who is normally carefree and happy, is sent into despair after she learns that her family is dead along with her whole village. '''"Carefree and happy" are Cutie traits, so pass'''
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# Webcomic.ZackDragonbladeAndTheExcalites: May, who is normally carefree and happy, is sent into despair after she learns that her family is dead along with her whole village. '''"Carefree and happy" are Cutie traits, so pass'''but context overlaps with DespairEventHorizon'''
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# AccompliceByInaction.AnimeAndManga: ''Manga/SevenSeeds'': Ban refused to stop the"Cutie" part]]others from Team Summer A from fatally shooting [[AssholeVictim their teacher]] when they awoke in the future. It's unclear if he was [[BreakTheCutie so broken]] from the final test, where he was incapable of saving several people despite being TheMedic, that he honestly believed he was incapable of saving him through his medical knowledge... or showed [[WhatYouAreInTheDark a darker side]] by letting the others get away with it, and refusing to administer help to someone he thought didn't deserve it. '''Unclear whether character in question is Cutie or not'''
# AccompliceByInaction.AnimeAndManga: ''Manga/SevenSeeds'': Ban refused to stop the
# DidNotGetTheGirl.{{Literature}}: Martin Cruz Smith's ''Literature/GorkyPark''. [[spoiler:Arkady Renko]] tells [[BreakTheCutie damaged love interest]] [[spoiler:Irina Asanova]] to stay [[spoiler:in America]] while [[spoiler:he'll return to]] UsefulNotes/ColdWar era Russia. [[spoiler:It was her dream to escape the Soviet Union, and Renko doesn't find America to be any better than the USSR.]] '''No Cutie; Sinkhole'''
# Main.PowerFantasy: The SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism shows two possibilities of this trope played seriously. In more cynical settings, a person stuck in this situation will never get to stand up against his abusers, always living under their heel and either will become [[NoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMe a completely broken person as time passes]] or just [[BreakTheCutie cracked up]]. In more idealistic settings that person will at some point stand against those who turned his life into a living hell, either verbally or with fists. '''Context suggests that any person, not just TheCutie, who are under this treatment would crack up'''
# PlayingWith.EvilStoleMyFaith: '''Basic Trope''': A religious character loses their faith because of [[BreakTheCutie something bad that happened to them]]. '''''Basically sums up why the trope needs cleaning up'''''
# Quotes.DaddysLittleVillain: '''No Cutie'''
-->'''Grace:''' If I went back and... became [[MafiaPrincess your daughter]] again... when would I be given the power you're talking about?\\
'''[[TheDon The Big Man]]:''' Now?\\
'''Grace:''' At once.\\
'''The Big Man:''' Why not?\\
'''Grace:''' So that would mean that I'd also take on the immediate responsibility, at once? I'd be a part of the [[DeadlyEuphemism problem solving]]. Like [[FinalSolution the problem]]... of Dogville.\\
'''The Big Man:''' We can start by [[KickTheDog shooting the dog and nailing it to a wall]], over there beneath that lamp, for example. Well, it ''might'' help - it sometimes does...\\
'''Grace:''' It would only make the town more frightened, but hardly make it a better place. And [[BreakTheCutie it]] [[HistoryRepeats could happen again]]: somebody happening by, revealing... [[HumansAreFlawed their frailty]]. That's what I want to use the power for, if you don't mind: [[KnightTemplar I want to make this world... a little better]].
-->--''Film/{{Dogville}}''
-->'''Grace:''' If I went back and... became [[MafiaPrincess your daughter]] again... when would I be given the power you're talking about?\\
'''[[TheDon The Big Man]]:''' Now?\\
'''Grace:''' At once.\\
'''The Big Man:''' Why not?\\
'''Grace:''' So that would mean that I'd also take on the immediate responsibility, at once? I'd be a part of the [[DeadlyEuphemism problem solving]]. Like [[FinalSolution the problem]]... of Dogville.\\
'''The Big Man:''' We can start by [[KickTheDog shooting the dog and nailing it to a wall]], over there beneath that lamp, for example. Well, it ''might'' help - it sometimes does...\\
'''Grace:''' It would only make the town more frightened, but hardly make it a better place. And [[BreakTheCutie it]] [[HistoryRepeats could happen again]]: somebody happening by, revealing... [[HumansAreFlawed their frailty]]. That's what I want to use the power for, if you don't mind: [[KnightTemplar I want to make this world... a little better]].
-->--''Film/{{Dogville}}''
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# ComicBook.TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers: Poor, adorable Ironfist. [[spoiler:Also a case of KillTheCutie.]] '''How did he break?'''
# Manhwa.TheMonstrousDukesAdoptedDaughter: Leslie is cute as a button, even comes pre-broken for your convenience. The Speràdo family still insists on breaking her more, however. '''What is her "breaking" process?'''
# VideoGame.OnimushaDawnOfDreams: Jubei. Poor Jubei. Despite being the most cheerful and carefree member of the group, she undergoes some pretty harsh breakdowns, [[spoiler: and she's the sole witness of Soki's HeroicSacrifice.]] '''What breakdowns? How does she feel about the last event?'''
# WebOriginal.ChernobylCurs: What will likely happen to the younger/more innocent competitors. '''What actually happens?'''
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# Manhwa.TheMonstrousDukesAdoptedDaughter: Leslie is cute as a button, even comes pre-broken for your convenience. The Speràdo family still insists on breaking her more, however. '''What is her "breaking" process?'''
# VideoGame.OnimushaDawnOfDreams: Jubei. Poor Jubei. Despite being the most cheerful and carefree member of the group, she undergoes some pretty harsh breakdowns, [[spoiler: and she's the sole witness of Soki's HeroicSacrifice.]] '''What breakdowns? How does she feel about the last event?'''
# WebOriginal.ChernobylCurs: What will likely happen to the younger/more innocent competitors. '''What actually happens?'''
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[[folder:IV: Zero-context Example -- no "Cutie", and not enough context on the "breaking" part]]
# ComicBook.TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers: Poor, adorable Ironfist. [[spoiler:Also a case of KillTheCutie.]] '''How did he break?'''
# FourPhilosophyEnsemble.WebOriginal: ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': John (the Optimist), Rose (the Realist), Dave (the Cynic) and Jade (initially a second Optimist, but [[BreakTheCutie quickly becomes Conflicted]]). '''Optimist isn't enough for a character to be a Cutie, not to mention the example itself is a ZCE as well'''
# Manhwa.TheMonstrousDukesAdoptedDaughter: Leslie is cute as a button, even comes pre-broken for your convenience. The Speràdo family still insists on breaking her more, however. '''What is her "breaking" process?'''
# VideoGame.OnimushaDawnOfDreams: Jubei. Poor Jubei. Despite being the most cheerful and carefree member of the group, she undergoes some pretty harsh breakdowns, [[spoiler: and she's the sole witness of Soki's HeroicSacrifice.]] '''What breakdowns? How does she feel about the last event?'''
# WebOriginal.ChernobylCurs: What will likely happen to the younger/more innocent competitors. '''What actually happens?'''
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# AccompliceByInaction.AnimeAndManga: ''Manga/SevenSeeds'': Ban refused to stop the others from Team Summer A from fatally shooting [[AssholeVictim their teacher]] when they awoke in the future. It's unclear if he was [[BreakTheCutie so broken]] from the final test, where he was incapable of saving several people despite being TheMedic, that he honestly believed he was incapable of saving him through his medical knowledge... or showed [[WhatYouAreInTheDark a darker side]] by letting the others get away with it, and refusing to administer help to someone he thought didn't deserve it.
# DidNotGetTheGirl.{{Literature}}: Martin Cruz Smith's ''Literature/GorkyPark''. [[spoiler:Arkady Renko]] tells [[BreakTheCutie damaged love interest]] [[spoiler:Irina Asanova]] to stay [[spoiler:in America]] while [[spoiler:he'll return to]] UsefulNotes/ColdWar era Russia. [[spoiler:It was her dream to escape the Soviet Union, and Renko doesn't find America to be any better than the USSR.]]
# FourPhilosophyEnsemble.WebOriginal: ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': John (the Optimist), Rose (the Realist), Dave (the Cynic) and Jade (initially a second Optimist, but [[BreakTheCutie quickly becomes Conflicted]]). '''Optimist isn't enough for a character to be a Cutie, not to mention the example itself is a ZCE as well'''
# Main.PowerFantasy: The SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism shows two possibilities of this trope played seriously. In more cynical settings, a person stuck in this situation will never get to stand up against his abusers, always living under their heel and either will become [[NoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMe a completely broken person as time passes]] or just [[BreakTheCutie cracked up]]. In more idealistic settings that person will at some point stand against those who turned his life into a living hell, either verbally or with fists. '''Context suggests that any person, not just TheCutie, who are under this treatment would crack up'''
# PlayingWith.EvilStoleMyFaith: '''Basic Trope''': A religious character loses their faith because of [[BreakTheCutie something bad that happened to them]]. '''''Basically sums up why the trope needs cleaning up'''''
# Quotes.DaddysLittleVillain: '''No Cutie'''
-->'''Grace:''' If I went back and... became [[MafiaPrincess your daughter]] again... when would I be given the power you're talking about?\\
'''[[TheDon The Big Man]]:''' Now?\\
'''Grace:''' At once.\\
'''The Big Man:''' Why not?\\
'''Grace:''' So that would mean that I'd also take on the immediate responsibility, at once? I'd be a part of the [[DeadlyEuphemism problem solving]]. Like [[FinalSolution the problem]]... of Dogville.\\
'''The Big Man:''' We can start by [[KickTheDog shooting the dog and nailing it to a wall]], over there beneath that lamp, for example. Well, it ''might'' help - it sometimes does...\\
'''Grace:''' It would only make the town more frightened, but hardly make it a better place. And [[BreakTheCutie it]] [[HistoryRepeats could happen again]]: somebody happening by, revealing... [[HumansAreFlawed their frailty]]. That's what I want to use the power for, if you don't mind: [[KnightTemplar I want to make this world... a little better]].
-->--''Film/{{Dogville}}''
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BreakTheCutie is when a sweet, lovable character (aka TheCutie) suffers at least one horrible experience that threatens to break their spirit. According to Sandbox/BreakTheCutieWickCheck, this trope suffers from a serious PCE/ZCE issue.\\
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Results:
* 15.74% wicks are correct examples.
* 37.96% wicks are examples that only include the "horrible experience(s)" part, with no context on "TheCutie" part.
* 4.63% wicks are examples that only include "TheCutie" part, with no context on the "horrible experience(s)" part.
* 36.11% wicks are [=ZCEs=] that have no context on both the "horrible experience(s)" part and "TheCutie" part.
* 5.56% wicks are [[Administrivia/SinkHole Sink Holes]] with no context on "TheCutie" part (similar to second bullet point)
From the above, it is evident that the majority of examples basically boil down to "bad things happen to character", regardless of whether that character is TheCutie or not. BreakTheCutie is suffering from TropeDecay.\\
* 15.74% wicks are correct examples.
* 37.96% wicks are examples that only include the "horrible experience(s)" part, with no context on "TheCutie" part.
* 4.63% wicks are examples that only include "TheCutie" part, with no context on the "horrible experience(s)" part.
* 36.11% wicks are [=ZCEs=] that have no context on both the "horrible experience(s)" part and "TheCutie" part.
* 5.56% wicks are [[Administrivia/SinkHole Sink Holes]] with no context on "TheCutie" part (similar to second bullet point)
From the above, it is evident that the majority of examples basically boil down to "bad things happen to character", regardless of whether that character is TheCutie or not. BreakTheCutie is suffering from TropeDecay.\\
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%%* 15.74% wicks are correct examples.
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Suggestion: Since BreakTheCutie is an OverdosedTrope (currently at 11611 wicks), a cleanup thread (akin to what is done for DeadpanSnarker and FiveManBand) would be great to get rid of the [=PCEs=]/[=ZCEs=], as well as to ascertain whether the character in question is TheCutie or not.
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[[folder:BreakTheCutie -- final verdict]]
OP by Tropers/ElRise\\
'''(Category: PCE/ZCE issue)'''\\
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BreakTheCutie is when a sweet, lovable character (aka TheCutie) suffers at least one horrible experience that threatens to break their spirit. According to Sandbox/BreakTheCutieWickCheck, this trope suffers from a serious PCE/ZCE issue.\\
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Results:
* 15.74% wicks are correct examples.
* 37.96% wicks are examples that only include the "horrible experience(s)" part, with no context on "TheCutie" part.
* 4.63% wicks are examples that only include "TheCutie" part, with no context on the "horrible experience(s)" part.
* 36.11% wicks are [=ZCEs=] that have no context on both the "horrible experience(s)" part and "TheCutie" part.
* 5.56% wicks are [[Administrivia/SinkHole Sink Holes]] with no context on "TheCutie" part (similar to second bullet point)
From the above, it is evident that the majority of examples basically boil down to "bad things happen to character", regardless of whether that character is TheCutie or not. BreakTheCutie is suffering from TropeDecay.\\
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Suggestion: Since BreakTheCutie is an OverdosedTrope (currently at 11611 wicks), a cleanup thread (akin to what is done for DeadpanSnarker and FiveManBand) would be great to get rid of the [=PCEs=]/[=ZCEs=], as well as to ascertain whether the character in question is TheCutie or not.
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[[folder:BreakTheCutie -- final verdict]]
OP by Tropers/ElRise\\
'''(Category: PCE/ZCE issue)'''\\
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BreakTheCutie is when a sweet, lovable character (aka TheCutie) suffers at least one horrible experience that threatens to break their spirit. According to Sandbox/BreakTheCutieWickCheck, this trope suffers from a serious PCE/ZCE issue.\\
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Results:
* 15.74% wicks are correct examples.
* 37.96% wicks are examples that only include the "horrible experience(s)" part, with no context on "TheCutie" part.
* 4.63% wicks are examples that only include "TheCutie" part, with no context on the "horrible experience(s)" part.
* 36.11% wicks are [=ZCEs=] that have no context on both the "horrible experience(s)" part and "TheCutie" part.
* 5.56% wicks are [[Administrivia/SinkHole Sink Holes]] with no context on "TheCutie" part (similar to second bullet point)
From the above, it is evident that the majority of examples basically boil down to "bad things happen to character", regardless of whether that character is TheCutie or not. BreakTheCutie is suffering from TropeDecay.\\
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Suggestion: Since BreakTheCutie is an OverdosedTrope (currently at 11611 wicks), a cleanup thread (akin to what is done for DeadpanSnarker and FiveManBand) would be great to get rid of the [=PCEs=]/[=ZCEs=], as well as to ascertain whether the character in question is TheCutie or not.
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'''Final verdict''': ''To be included.''
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Correct: 17/108\\
[=PCE=]1: 41/108\\
[=PCE=]2: 5/108\\
ZCE: 39/108\\
Administrivia/SinkHole: 6/108
[=PCE=]1: 41/108\\
[=PCE=]2: 5/108\\
ZCE: 39/108\\
Administrivia/SinkHole: 6/108
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Correct: 17/108\\
17/108 (15.74%)\\
[=PCE=]1:41/108\\
41/108 (37.96%)\\
[=PCE=]2:5/108\\
5/108 (4.63%)\\
ZCE:39/108\\
39/108 (36.11%)\\
Administrivia/SinkHole:6/108
6/108 (5.56%)
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