Line #6 Main/MadeMyselfSad


1	->''"Of course Fry still exists... as a frozen corpse in outer space! Ho ho ho ho ho..." [beat] "Oh... I made myself sad."''
2	-->-- '''Professor Farnsworth''', the {{Trope Namer\|s}}, ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E12TheSting The Sting]]"
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4	A character is speaking, usually referencing a tragedy or other unfortunate event, and maybe even joking about it. After finishing his story, the character takes a {{beat}}, then adds a comment that they just depressed themselves by bringing up the tragedy. Alternately, just their facial expressions and body language say it.
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6	Sometimes a HarsherInHindsight moment 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.
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9	!!Examples:
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14	* ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'': Basically the punchline of 90% of what Nozomu Itoshiki says. There's also an instance played more seriously. Nozomu is talking about it being easier to get through life if you ignore unpleasant things. One of his students, who is married makes a comment about ignoring her husband cheating on and mooching off of her and generally treating her like dirt. Nozomu pauses and says that he's sorry for saying that. This kind of thing happens occasionally, when his [[TheEeyore melodramatic complaining]] runs into actual problems.
15	* ''Anime/OnePieceFilmZ'': There is one point 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.]]
16	-->'''Sanji:''' Did you just hurt ''your own'' feelings?
17	* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'': In an early chapter, Youko's ChildhoodFriend Shirou shows up and is convinced that she and Asahi just got done with a date. Asahi quickly tries to convince Shirou that it wasn't a date-date and they're JustFriends...and then remarks that he just made himself sad.
18	* 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.
19	* Maki from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has a bad habit of making herself depressed when she talks about her lack of luck when it comes to romance.
20	* ''Manga/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..."
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24	* During one of Creator/RichLittle'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]]''."
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28	* In ''Batman: Mad Love'': ComicBook/TheJoker, looking over his elaborate ideas for killing Batman in a "funny" way, gleefully cackles and carries on about "The Death of a Hundred Smiles," which would involve Batman getting dunked in an aquarium full of piranhas and then torn to pieces - and then suddenly becomes depressed when he realizes that the plan wouldn't be funny at all, because piranhas can't smile.
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32	* From ''ComicStrip/TerryAndThePirates'':
33	-->'''Hotshot Charlie:''' I yield to no one in my appreciation of Oriental art, but there is a small segment of my mind which I reserve for the well-being of Charles C. Charles -- Hotshot Charlie to the multitudes -- and at the moment I feel myself somewhat depressed about his future.
34	* Some of the earliest ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strips had Snoopy wishing he were some other kind of animal. One had him simply imagining himself as "The King of Beasts"; the thought makes him happy, because "then I could really strut!" Suddenly, though, he gets sad as he realizes: [[TheGrotesque "But who wants to be a beast?"]]
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38	* 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.
39	* During the PSA sequence in ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'', [[BigEater Serena]] says, "Daydreams are nice. Especially the ones about... food. ''Laughs.'' Oh. I made myself sad."
40	* In ''Fanfic/TorqueJakAndDaxter'', when Keira thinks what could have been after her first race, how Jak would have loved to have raced just for the fun of it and she would be a friendly rival, it makes her feel sad as it made the day that she at least qualified not feel like a win.
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44	* From ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension'': "I'm [[MadScientist Dr. Heinz]] [[ButtMonkey Doofenshmirtz]], but my friends call me... (''beat'') I just got in such a funk."
45	* Towards the end of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', 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.]]
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49	* From ''Film/PumpUpTheVolume'':
50	-->'''Mark Hunter: ''' "Now I'm depressed. Now I feel like killing myself, but luckily I'm too depressed to.
51	* From ''Film/JohnnyDangerously'': "Johnny Dangerously can't live a normal life! It ain't in the cards, is all. People like me, we're like... we're like shooting stars. We... we cross the sky, burning hot, for one moment in time, and then we... plunge to earth and disappear... Jesus Christ, I'm starting to upset myself."
52	* In ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', Scrooge is visited by the Marley brothers, who are played by Statler and Waldorf. They openly admit that, in life, they were selfish and heartless bankers, and they even reminisce about evicting an entire orphanage in the middle of winter. This makes them break out into their trademark laugh, which almost immediately degenerates into a shudder, and they move on to warn Scrooge to repent from the mistakes they made.
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56	* Mark Twain, on being praised as one of the "great writers":
57	-->"I was sorry to have my name mentioned as one of the great authors, [[CaptainObvious because they have a sad habit of dying off. Chaucer is dead. Spencer is dead. So is Milton; so is Shakespeare.]] And I'm not feeling so well myself."
58	* In ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' Shallan had previously been forced to put on a not particularly convincing foreign princess act by her conwoman mentor, Tyn, to a guard. When she encounters that guard again, this time guarding people she needs to reach and give her real identity to and he brings up the "Horneater princess" incident, she furiously thinks that she's going to strangle Tyn. Then she feels sad, having momentarily forgotten that [[spoiler: she really did kill Tyn a few days earlier.]]
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62	* Zathras, from ''Series/BabylonFive'', did this to himself, but he was remarkably sanguine about it.
63	* ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': In the future, Jimmy/Saul/Gene needs to distract a security guard and does so by pretending to have an emotional breakdown over what his life has become. It's not long before he starts to breakdown ''for real'', sobbing over how his life has been ruined, how he's lost everyone and everything he ever loved, and how if he died tomorrow he's not sure anybody would even care.
64	* 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.
65	* In an early ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode, Buffy and Xander try to cheer up Willow (who has just realized her on-line boyfriend was a demon) by mentioning their own hapless experiences in the romance department: Xander's fling with a giant praying mantis that tried to eat his head, and Buffy's discovery that Angel is a vampire. They laugh together, and then a beat later, sink into quiet depression.
66	* 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.
67	* ''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.
68	* In an episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Joey asks Chandler and Ross for advice on how to repel women. They start off offended, then become enthusiastic, then end up depressed. Ross spends the rest of the episode responding to everything with "Who cares? I repel women."
69	* Episode three of ''Series/GameOfThrones'' has the king reminiscing about first kills. His own was during the rebellion that put him on the throne, a young Tarly noble who came at him with a sword and was defeated by Robert's hammer to the chest. At first Robert is bragging about how strong he was in his youth, but then he muses that the Tarlys switched sides to his cause shortly after, making the lad's sacrifice pointless.
70	** Another episode has Viserys telling a handmaiden the history of his family's fall from grace and the last of the dragons...while they sit naked in a tub of hot, steaming water.
71	--> '''Doreah:''' That's very sad.
72	--> '''Viserys:''' Yes, it is. [[MoodKiller What did I buy you for, to make me sad?]]
73	* 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!"
74	* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' episode "Death of a Shoe Salesman" has the reverend giving the eulogy for Al's beloved western star Fuzzy [=McGee=]'s funeral:
75	-->'''Reverend:''' Fuzzy [=McGee=] was born, and then he died. So will you. So will I. ({{Beat}}) God, I'm depressed. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere I'm going home.]]
76	* ''Series/{{Wings}}'': Antonio and Bunny talk about how wonderful Christmas time is, only to remember that they're both single and miserable.
77	--> '''Bunny:''' Ah, Christmas. It's such a wonderful time of year, isn't it?
78	--> '''Antonio:''' It's magical.
79	--> '''Bunny:''' Making angels in the snow.
80	--> '''Antonio:''' Listening to carolers.
81	--> '''Bunny:''' Decorating the tree.
82	--> '''Antonio:''' Watching ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.
83	--> '''Bunny:''' Being downtown with all the lights and the decorations and seeing all the...happy couples walking hand in hand.
84	--> '''Antonio:''' Sitting alone at midnight mass.
85	--> '''Bunny:''' Opening the Christmas present you bought for yourself and trying to look surprised.
86	--> '''Antonio:''' Watching ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' again, wondering why Jimmy Stewart didn't jump off that bridge sooner.
87	--> '''Bunny:''' I hate Christmas!
88	--> '''Antonio:''' It sucks!
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92	* Johann of ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'' gets one of these:
93	--> '''Johann''': Are you guys really ok with this part of the deal? Like, if you beef it down there, the world just forgets about you? [...] Anyway, I’ve just sorta existentially bummed myself out, so I’m gonna head out.
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97	* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', when you turn in the quest "Trolls is gone crazy!" to Chief Rageclaw in Zul'Drak, he comments:
98	-->''Rageclaw thank you, <name>. Though Rageclaw Den probably lost forever and troll-Rageclaw friendship also lost forever... and also now I think of it, Ragemane lost forever too. Also brother-in-law. He gone. Hrm, have you seen Chief's mate? I think she gone too... Maybe you go now. Chief a little depressed.''
99	* In the Old World Blues DLC of ''Videogame/FalloutNewVegas'', when you give [[EvilutionaryBiologist Dr. Borous]] the dishbowl of his dog Gabe, he gleefully reminisces about how the various horrible experiments he committed on him (turned him into a cyborg and pumping him full of combat drugs) and how despite everything, Gabe was also his only true friend who would always cheer him up no matter what. At that point, Borous is overcome with a deep sadness [[EvilCannotComprehendGood that he is incapable of understanding]] and the player is given the chance to either convince him that he truly loved Gabe or to simply see him as a test subject.
100	** 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 in charge of the kitchen.
101	* Say enough leftist things in ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' 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.
102	--> '''Mazovian Socio-Economics''': 0.000% of Communism has been built. Evil child-murdering billionaires still rule the world with a shit-eating grin. All he has managed to do is make himself sad. He is starting to suspect Kras Mazov fucked him over personally with his socio-economic theory. It has, however, made him into a very, very smart boy with something like a university degree in Truth. Instead of building Communism, he now builds a precise model of this grotesque, duplicitous world.
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106	* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', Emi does this a few times by mentioning [[spoiler:her dead father]].
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110	* In [[Recap/DragonShortZE6 episode 6]] of ''WebAnimation/DragonShortZ'', Krillin notes to Android 18 that they could likely easily win a future World Martial Arts Tournament since Goku was now dead. Noting that promptly made him depressed that Goku was (at that time, seemingly) gone for good.
111	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': In the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE109Crying crying]]", Strong Bad makes up [[TheWoobie the ridiculously pathetic character of Lil' Brudder]] (a one-legged dog whose catch phrase is [[ThePollyanna "I can make it on my own!"]]) just to bring Homestar to tears. It works a bit too well, as Strong Bad almost starts to tear up himself at the end of the cartoon.
112	-->'''Strong Bad:''' That Li'l Brudder sure knows how to tug at your heartstrings. (''choked up'') He's just such a trooper. Got such a strong... one leg. (''recovers'') Um, yeah. [[INeedToGoIronMyDog I think I've got a... food in the oven.]] I gotta go.
113	* Shows up as a throwaway gag in ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'':
114	-->'''Master of Administratum:''' I remember the finger I had before I replaced it with an auto-quill... oh, I just made myself sad.
115	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
116	** [[GenkiGirl Nora]] tries to cheer Jaune up and convince him that losing in the tournament they're competing in won't be so bad, only to start rambling on how if they ''do'' lose, they'll become social pariahs, get mocked by other students, she and Ren will be cast out with nowhere to go due to being orphans, and they'll be branded for life as "Team Lose-iper". [[ColorFailure All the color drains from her character model]] before she gives a weak laugh/sob, leading to a HeadDesk.
117	** In Volume Five, Ruby tries to cheer on Oscar, asserting that he'll be "[[BorrowedCatchphrase combat ready]] in no time!" Her cheerful demeanor wilts away as soon as she realizes what she said; [[spoiler:it's her dear friend Penny's catchphrase, and Penny was murdered months ago.]]
118	** A particularly high-stakes version occurs during the finale of Volume 6. Ruby tries to invoke [[spoiler:her [[MagicalEye Silver Eyes]] on a [[{{Kaiju}} Leviathan Grimm]]]], which requires the desire to protect and preserve, by focusing on thoughts of her friends and loved ones. Unfortunately, this reminds her again of [[spoiler:the Fall of Beacon and the deaths of Penny and Pyrrha]], which does ''not'' help.
119	* Angel Dust in ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'', after Vaggie chews him out in the limo for making the hotel project look like a joke.
120	-->'''Angel:''' No, no, no, babe, jokes are funny. I made you look, uh... sad! And pathetic! Like an orphan, with no arms, or legs and... oh, with progeria! ({{Beat}}) Great! Now ''I'm'' bummed thinking about it! [[INeedAFreakingDrink This thing have any liquor?]]
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124	* Ess in ''Webcomic/{{Amazoness}}'' [[http://amazoness.co.uk/155.htm here]].
125	* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' uses this as a punchline a few times, such as when [[HandsomeLech Sven]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1782 jokes about his relationship issues]].
126	-->"I mean, I'm 28 years old and I've never had an actual relationship. I have NO IDEA how to have one. Even if I MET a girl willing to give me a chance I'd probably just screw it up. [{{beat}}] Oh God. I was trying to be flippant and self-deprecating there, but that's actually TRUE."
127	* The [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp08022005.shtml Sad Songs storyline]] from ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive''.
128	* T-Rex in '' Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1895 here]].
129	* ''Webcomic/{{Sakana}}'' Taisei does it [[http://sakana.smackjeeves.com/comics/1033558/048/ here]].
130	* And Webcomic/BlackAdventures does it [[http://blackadventurescomic.com/2012/08/26/episode-24-part-29/ here]].
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134	* Invoked in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's list of the [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS2E16 "Top 11 Dumbest Superman Moments"]], 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.
135	-->'''Critic:''' I'm The Nostalgia Critic, and I'm gonna go kill myself.
136	* WebVideo/TheNecroCritic does this during a scene in ''Film/{{Sleepwalkers}}'' where Charles takes Tanya on a date in a graveyard.
137	-->'''Necro Critic:''' What? Graveyards are a very romantic place for a date! I mean, I always take ''MY'' girlfriends on dates to graveyards. (''{{beat}}'') God, I'm lonely...
138	* Zack in the ''WebVideo/EchoChamber'' Trope of the Week episode "TerribleIntervieweesMontage".
139	* Used by a lot of people on the internet. On this very wiki it is [[Administrivia/{{Sinkhole}} often additionally linked to this page]].
140	* ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'': In the trailer for ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'', the narrator points out the usual, unnecessary Pixar tropes found in the film, only to choke up when he brings up the part where [[spoiler: Dory is finally reunited with her parents]].
141	-->'''Narrator:''' Damn you, Pixar! Even your B-movies make me cry!
142	* In ''[[Webvideo/{{Rocked}} Regretting the Past]]'', whenever Luke makes an analogy that ends up being too truthful, the next line will be something like this.
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146	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Invoked in "Time Sandwich", when Jake discovers that sadness is the only way to get through Magic Man's time-slowing bubble and retrieve the [[ImpossiblyDeliciousFood ultimate sandwich]] Jake made. Jake has to keep himself sad enough to move through the bubble, which he does first by imagining his own funeral, then imagining a heartfelt conversation with Mr. Cupcake.
147	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': In "A Day at the Aquarium", the Plantars are saddened by the prospect of having to say goodbye to Anne soon, and hope to cheer themselves by spending their last day in Newtopia at the local aquarium. Unfortunately, everything Anne and the Plantars see there somehow reminds them of their past adventures together and just makes them sadder.
148	* 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.
149	* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}},'' Jane comments on [[TheSnarkKnight Daria]]'s disbelief in a higher power:
150	-->"You know what's bothering you? [[HollywoodAtheist You're afraid that it's true]]. That the [[LovableAlphaBitch 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."
151	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
152	** The TropeNamer would be the episode "The Sting", in which Professor Farnsworth has one of these moments when he jokes about Fry being dead.
153	** In "I Second That Emotion", Bender does this when he insults Leela while affected by a chip causing him to feel her emotions:
154	--->'''Bender:''' Aw... I just made myself feel bad.
155	** Hedonism-bot has [[APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy a party that is basically an orgy]], except then almost everyone there gets blown up.
156	--->'''Hedonism-bot:''' Everywhere I looked, there were ''piles'' of bodies... and then the explosion struck! Ah ha ha ha! Oh hoo hoo...
157	** In "T: The Terrestrial" Bender, after [[DirtyCoward leaving Fry behind on a hostile planet]] and lying very successfully to cover for his absence, chuckles malevolently to himself before adding a pained ".....oh."
158	* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Dale, Bill, Boomhauer and Kahn get into the idea of the last meal given to prisoners on Death Row. They construct a giant feast of all their favorite foods, and then before they dig in, Dale tells them to savor every bite, "because the next thing you taste will be the bitter sting of death". They all laugh for a few seconds, then stop when the realization hits and look at the food, having now completely lost their appetites.
159	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': When Thorax asks what happens when a dragon loses a competition, Ember proudly boasts that the loser feels so humiliated that they feel like crawling under a rock... which makes her deflate when she [[JerkassRealization realizes right after that she's been unintentionally isolating her own subjects all this time]]. It also serves as an ArmorPiercingResponse, with the twist that she accidentally applied it to ''herself''.
160	* 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]]!"
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