History Sandbox / DramaBombWickCheck

* Fanfic.TokimekiPokeLiveAndTwinbee: Even though ''PokéLive!'' appears to be a lighthearted series on the surface and in fact, still keeps the fun/optimistic tone of ''Love Live!'' and ''Tokimeki Memorial'', but '''''oh man''''', compared to the ''School Idol Project'' and ''Sunshine'' anime, and even more so to ''School Idol Festival'' and ''ALL STARS'' as well as the Nijigasaki anime, ''PokéLive!'' has [[UpToEleven much more]] bits of drama in it's stories at times!

* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: In ''Series/PrincessReturningPearl'', for a long time, it was kept a secret that [[spoiler: Xiao Jian was Xiao Yan Zi’s brother, and the person who basically caused their entire family’s death is Qian Long, who is not only Xiao Yan Zi’s adoptive father but also the father of her sworn sister and best friend, and of her fiancé]]. There is a big [[{{TheReveal}} reveal]] eventually that basically accummulates to become a DramaBomb. '''This seems to be describing a WhamEpisode.'''

* VideoGame.{{Delicious}}: "WhamEpisode: [[MeaningfulName "A Bitter Blow".]] Doubles as a DramaBomb." '''No context, but calls itself a WhamEpisode, so...'''
* FanFic.OfLeavesAndLilac: "Chapter 17. What has been mostly SliceOfLife gets a ''massive'' DramaBomb." '''A WhamEpisode ZCE.'''
* ADifferentLesson.TropesMToZ: "[[WhamEpisode Wham Chapter]]: Chapter 34. Nuff said, and Chapter 30 as well. [[spoiler:The first one is the chapter where Zhuang is murdered, Ping is kidnapped and Po informed of it, and Shifu has his frightening premonition just before the CliffHanger of Tai Lung's arrest. The second starts with Zhuang discovering the blinded Chang and his wife being [[EmotionEater fed off of by Chao]] and warned about Vachir, then has the zombie Anvil of Heaven, the fight with Vachir, the revelation that Monkey was possessed (and DisneyDeath of Mantis), and the stabbing of Vachir that led to the explosion of dark chi and Tai Lung and Tigress falling into the abyss. Whew!]] Chapter 34 also counts as a DramaBomb since, unlike Chapter 30, it takes place after a breather in the plot and what seems to be things mostly better or on the rise toward resolution." '''A WhamEpisode example, though at least it explains how it's meant to fit DramaBomb as well.'''

* Borderlands2.TropesOToZ: All the DLC stories, all of which chronologically set after the main plot, are LighterAndSofter Due to the lack of [[KnightOfCerebus Handsome Jack]]. Until '''[[DramaBomb the end of Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon's Keep]].''' '''Starts out lighter and then turns more dramatic, like CerebusSyndrome.'''

* Roleplay.ImperialBeach: Being a roleplay, this happens a lot. Most of it is started by the roleplayers being flat out sadistic. Most memorable one being Brendon's [[spoiler: suicide attempt.]] '''This seems to be more "roleplayers introduce dramatic tension and/or serious subjects" than anything else. It ''could'' also be a WhamEpisode, but the example doesn't give enough context for it to concretely count as one.'''

* Series.MarriedAtFirstSight, under TrueLoveIsBoring: Season 10's Jessica and Austin basically do not have a single fight until the second-to-last episode. Reviewers vacillated between pointing out this trope and being thankful for their stabilizing presence in a season otherwise crammed full of {{Drama Bomb}}s. '''The wick here seems to be using the trope as simply "a dramatic, heavy moment".'''

* Toys.MonsterHigh:
** Robecca Steam's basic diary details the story of a teenager being trapped underground for a century, waking up only on accident to find the world drastically changed and her father long missing.
** Cleo's Gloom and Bloom diary gives us some information about her fairly sad backstory, and sheds more light on her situation.
** Draculaura's collector edition diary gives us a small timeline of her young life. See her character page.
** [[Recap/MonsterHighFreakyFusion Freaky Fusion]], containing the first straight up DisneyDeath in the series... that of Frankie Stein, who uses up her own life-force to save her friends from absorption.
'''All of these just sound like "dramatic things happened".'''
* YMMV.TotalDramaComebackSeries, under BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Chapter 29 of ''TDC'' starts with a SoapOpera parody with lots of surprise pregnancies. May be Chris's way of mocking the DramaBomb nature of the episode overall, but it still comes as a MoodWhiplash. '''This wick implies that the episode is full of dramatic tension.'''
* WesternAnimation.TheUltimateEnemy: "Jawdropping. Not least for its awesomeness, abruptness, as well as its sudden venture into dark humour. Oh yes, and the brutal murders, so many brutal murders." '''Knowing ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' and this film, it's not describing a WhamEpisode. It's just gushing about the drama.'''
* Recap.JeffysParents: " This is notably more emotional than the usual comedic SML video. The video plays Jeffy's backstory and the child abuse he goes through entirely straight and only has a few jokes shown in." '''Episode is more dramatic than usual.'''
* Literature.ThePaperMagician: "The first section of the book follows Ceony around the house as she studies, wonders about Thane's background and what he does when he leaves the house, and cooks. Then a vaguely-foreshadowed villain literally appears from ''nowhere'' and ''rips Thane's heart out of his chest''. Yeesh." '''Sounds just kinda like "sudden dramatic thing happens.'''
* Literature.{{Babar}}: " "The Coin". Babar is held to a promise by a pirate artifact, three shards of a gold medallion, and whoever hands him one of the pieces gets whatever they want from him, [[ArcWords without question, without compromise]]. [[spoiler: One of the shards is obtained by Rataxes, who uses his wish to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over Celesteville]]. It didn't last long thanks to Cornelius, but it was easily one of the darkest episodes in the series, not counting the premiere.]]" '''More dramatic-than-usual episode.'''

* VisualNovel.EfAFairyTaleOfTheTwo: "This is a case where an already-dramatic series is made ''even more dramatic'' by "Yuuko's revelation of her scarred body and the aforementioned long, long list." '''Dramatic thing happens in a dramatic work.'''
* EroticAsphyxiation: "This kicks off the DramaBomb that is "Screams Of Silence: The Story Of Brenda Q.", with Quagmire nearly killing himself via doing this while watching clown porn." '''It's a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' example, so I'm pretty sure this is just an abnormally dramatic episode in a generally context-light series.'''
* Characters.MasterChef: "She got a much longer one of these from Gordon after it turned out she had unwittingly served raw pork in her last episode. Between Gordon almost seeming personally let down by her mistake, and her elimination being treated as far more of a DramaBomb moment than usual, many fans and fellow contestants speculated that the judges and/or producers had earmarked her to win the season, but she had just committed a mistake so serious that there was no way they could justify not eliminating her." '''Sounds like a really dramatic turn of events.'''
* DarthWiki.ActiveDuty: '''Three examples, all just "drama happens".'''
** Half of O-23 gets the shit tore out of them, then Alice has Travis, inducing so much drama that time itself got warped for a second.
** Jason gets demoted, Akane promoted, and there's a confrontation on the roof. Akane ends up brainless and John finally snaps. The drama was delicious.
** Priscilla gets reality bent into someone else. Jason and Alice, tired of their bosses being stupid, quit the Foundation."
* Film.TheOscar: "Hymie reveals to Frankie that Laurel died years ago miscarrying Frankie's baby. One suspects the plot twist was going to be a botched abortion but there may have been a reluctance to mention abortion in a 1966 film." '''Dramatic reveal.'''
* Literature.TheOverstory: "The third part, "Crown", deals with the fallout of [[DramaBomb the last part's ending]] over a time period of twenty years, while the shorter fourth part "Seeds" acts as an epilogue to the book as a whole." '''Dramatic ending.'''

* Literature.LunaLabs: "Used several times, most notably in Chapter Twenty-Eight when Luna is forced to trade her limited freedom for the lives of five hostages. Up to this point, nothing so relevant to the plot had happened for several chapters." '''Drama happens, and complaining to boot.'''
* PlayingWith: "'''Played For Drama''': Bob breaking up with Alice is the start of a DramaBomb barrage (Alice says she's pregnant, Bob states ThatThingIsNotMyChild, her father disowns her because of having sex out of wedlock, Alice gets in a SurpriseCarCrash while driving away in tears that doesn't hurts her or the baby but kills her mother, the only person in her life that still gave a shit about her...)" '''Dramatic stuff happens.'''

* Webcomic.CaptainUfo: "A few in season two. For example, the explosion caused by big bad's attack that kills General Lyne, or Shaan's memories of how he lost his crew, his family and the entire planet he decided to retire on." '''A list of dramatic events with no other context.'''
* Webcomic.DumbingOfAge: It's written by David Willis, so yeah. Expect lots of drama. '''This explains nothing about ''how'' the trope is used.'''
* Series.ThisIsEngland, under PluckyComicRelief / ThoseTwoGuys: Flip and Higgy in '90 serve as a comic relief duo, and are [[ShooOutTheClowns notably absent]] from the '''[[DramaBomb third episode]]'''. '''Pothole bolded for emphasis. This explains nothing about how the episode is dramatic.'''

* Heartwarming.TangledAdventuresInArendelle: "Anna and Elsa get to play again after ice skating, because it's time they finally [[ArcWords build a snowman]] after all this time. So they go and build snowmen, make snow angels, ride ice slides, and have snowball fights. But the best part is where Elsa turns herself into Elsaf the living snowman, and they enjoy another warm hug together again. '''[[DramaBomb A shame then that these moments get interrupted soon after by their next challenge.]]'''" '''Just a ZCE pothole.'''

* Roleplay.DorfQuest: "Several, and often with MoodWhiplash to boot."
* Roleplay.RedHoods: "Brighid uses a spell to release the sentenced recruits from their shackles, the results are... interesting."
* Funny.DingoDoodles: "Although Episode 15 has '''[[DramaBomb very few humorous moments]]'''..."

* Characters.TheOllivanderChildren: "She will oftern give her own opinion about things without even the littlest concern of who she's speaking to, a lot of the time making her look like a RichBitch and dropping several [[DramaBomb Drama Bombs]]." '''What does this even mean?'''
* FanFic.SevenPiecesOfChalk: '''A commented-out trope-name-only ZCE'''
* Fanfic.TotalDramaChris: "The fourth episode of Total Drama Izzy, where Izzy brings on Leshawna's abusive former friend Madison, forcing a confrontation." '''Without knowing anything else, there's not enough context to categorize this.'''
* Funny.ThePinkertons: "The DramaBomb episode "On Account of Huckleberries" has some funny moments to balance things out." '''The rest of the example is irrelevant; we don't get any info on why it's a DramaBomb.'''
* Manga.WifeAndWife: "Kina apparently has that effect on a total stranger. Surprisingly she responds to this as if it were a DramaBomb." '''For context, this is a LoveAtFirstSight example, and this is all we get, whatever it means.'''

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* ADifferentLesson.TropesAToM: "[[WhamEpisode Wham Chapter]]: Chapter 34. Nuff said, and Chapter 30 as well. [[spoiler:The first one is the chapter where Zhuang is murdered, Ping is kidnapped and Po informed of it, and Shifu has his frightening premonition just before the CliffHanger of Tai Lung's arrest. The second starts with Zhuang discovering the blinded Chang and his wife being [[EmotionEater fed off of by Chao]] and warned about Vachir, then has the zombie Anvil of Heaven, the fight with Vachir, the revelation that Monkey was possessed (and DisneyDeath of Mantis), and the stabbing of Vachir that led to the explosion of dark chi and Tai Lung and Tigress falling into the abyss. Whew!]] Chapter 34 also counts as a DramaBomb since, unlike Chapter 30, it takes place after a breather in the plot and what seems to be things mostly better or on the rise toward resolution." '''A WhamEpisode example, though at least it explains how it's meant to fit DramaBomb as well.'''

* Borderlands2: All the DLC stories, all of which chronologically set after the main plot, are LighterAndSofter Due to the lack of [[KnightOfCerebus Handsome Jack]]. Until '''[[DramaBomb the end of Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon's Keep]].''' '''Starts out lighter and then turns more dramatic, like CerebusSyndrome.'''

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* Anime.SaberMarionetteJ: "The infiltration into Gartland's episodes. The jolt after almost 10 episodes of seeing Japoness, a peaceful and colorful city, to then seeing [[{{Mordor}} Gartland]] and how bad its social situation is, is quite shocking." '''A jarring switch to a new location.'''

* Recap.MonsterHighFreakFusion: "With lots of backstory, the (kinda) return of Hexiciah, and the straight up DisneyDeath of Frankie Stein through saving her friends by destroying a robot with ShockAndAwe? Oh yeah." '''Dramatic stuff happens.'''

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* Literature.WatchingYute: "Pretty much the entire second half of the novel."

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* Manga.SpaceBrothersL "Later in the series, it is revealed that Sharon has ALS. The same disease that Creator/StephenHawking has in real life, and that it took Serika's dad to his death." '''Dramatic thing happens.'''

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* Film/TheGypsyMoths: "The SliceOfLife suddenly turns sour when Rettig dies during the show." '''Dramatic thing happens.'''

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