Line #26 TearJerker/HungerGamesSimulation


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5	* In Season 9, [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Korra]], who spends her nights continually beset by nightmares. Yet she manages to narrowly escape the wrath of other particularly murderous tributes such as [[Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas Raoul Duke]], [[Franchise/StreetFighter Alex]], and [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange Chloe Price]], even doing some good on the side by tending to [[VideoGame/Persona4 Shadow Rise]]'s wounds. She met an abrupt end at the hands of [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Roman Torchwick]], who backstabs her with a trident.
6	* Poor [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy]] in Season 11. True to her canonical self, she spends most of the season hiding from focus, not killing anyone. Then she develops a close bond with [[Franchise/DragonBall Nappa]] as they form a loyal alliance. While Fluttershy does manage to kill [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Kars]] of all people along with [[VideoGame/FarCry3 Jason Brody]], she feels so guilty for having killed someone that she [[DrivenToSuicide claims her own life.]] Her saga ends [[BittersweetEnding on a heartwarming note,]] however, as she places third and Nappa wins the game for her.
7	* The saga of [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon Toothless]] in Season 12, who survived seven days and six nights while bonding with his adopter [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Engineer]] during the whole ordeal. [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers America]] even made a HeroicSacrifice so Toothless could survive a wave of toxic haze that had seeped into the arena...until his life was cut short by Dyudyuka of Barbidoc with an [[BoomHeadshot arrow to the head]].
8	** This gets worse in Season 22, where he ''immediately'' gets drowned by [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Dorothy]] and [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Chaos Sorcerer]] during the bloodbath.
9	* The romance of [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Corrin]][[AuthorAvatar !]]Tropers/{{Revaryk}} and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Mettaton]] in Season 84. The two of them kiss, and then watch fireworks together - however, Mettaton sadly dies of an infection (somehow) during the Feast, causing [=Corrin!Revaryk=] to burst into tears. After seeking [[FriendsWithBenefits comfort]] from [[VideoGame/KanColle Suzuya]], she ultimately meets her end after she is crucified by the [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation Cleveland Cavaliers.]]
10	* The story of Potted Plant in Season 142, including being deemed worthy to pick up the sword in the stone, and then it got killed not only as a HeroicSacrifice, but it died at the hands of its friend [[UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} Matt Dibenedetto]].
11	* The death of [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans]] in Season 169, where he was [[SiblingMurder killed by his brother]] [[AllLovingHero Papyrus]] during the bloodbath. What makes it worse is that the latter didn't show any remorse for it.
12	* [[Webcomic/IchabodTheOptimisticCanine Ichabod's]] death in Season 177, having been ''[[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth immediately]]'' killed in the bloodbath by a [[WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog Harvest Moon spirit]].
13	* In Season 179, [[Franchise/Ben10 Azmuth]] sends [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Stitch]] to Hell to punish him for his "crimes." Stitch had done nothing to deserve this fate either, and this is how he ends up eliminated. It certainly doesn't help that Stitch was among the three tributes who helped him kill the peep bunny, too. This also helped further cement Azmuth as [[TheScrappy one of the most despised tributes]] of the Season.
14	* The abuse [[WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol Panther Cap]] inflicted upon [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Kazuichi Souda]] all throughout Season 179 is incredibly sad, especially when you bear in mind that Kazuichi canonically has trust issues as a result of a betrayal he experienced in middle school. Add the fact that Panther Cap’s abuse of him included forcing him to kill other tributes, before [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killing him himself at the very end,]] and you have the possible interpretation that he used Kazuichi’s status as the "token tol" of the season for his own selfish goals.
15	** [[FromBadToWorse Things only get worse]] for Kazuichi in Season 196. As soon as the season begins, he finds himself smitten with Franchise/DonkeyKong, whom he was making out within the woods. The two of them were so engrossed in their activity and so intent on staying together that they killed [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV Yotsuyu]] when she tried to break them up. Sadly, on Day 3, Donkey Kong is killed and dismembered by [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Homsar.]] From there, Kazuichi enters [[HeroicBSOD a state of depression]] and takes it out on [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Marlin and Nemo,]] almost killing them. After the two clownfish [[DefeatMeansFriendship forgive and befriend him,]] things seem to be getting better for him... but then he falls to his death while skydiving, having neglected to attach a parachute. While it's entirely possible that his death was a terrible accident, given everything he's been through, it could just as easily be [[DrivenToSuicide something else...]]
16	** And things certainly don’t improve for him much in Season 201, the Valentine’s Day season, where he was nominated alongside Fuyuhiko. He is depressed after Fuyuhiko, who is canonically his classmate and friend dies. However, things look up for him when [[Franchise/TouhouProject Maribel Hearn]] asks him out, and he says yes. After Maribel’s inevitable death, Kazuichi finally earns a BittersweetEnding as he gets into the Salty Spittoon, which is bombed by [[WesternAnimation/WinxClub Flora and Tecna]] while he and [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} The Sufferer]] are inside. Kazuichi died knowing that he was strong enough to get into the Salty Spittoon, and in both canon and Psyche’s fanfic, the latter especially, his primary desire is to be seen as strong.
17	* In Season 183, the abrupt end to the [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Tomura Shigaraki]]/[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory2 Emperor]] [[WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand Zurg]] [[CrackPairing romance]] really struck a chord with the participants. They appeared to be the Season's OneTruePairing, [[HomosexualReproduction having]] a [[MisterSeahorse child]] together and playing strip poker not long after. Their relationship came to an end when Zurg was eaten by a swarm of Mongolian death worms. At first, Tomura seemed unbothered, telling other tributes to [[WebAnimation/ASDFMovie do the flop]] with him, telling ghost stories with other tributes, and writing his will in case he ended up dying. However, come Night Six, he is seen yelling about how life is a pain. It seems that his cheer was only a mask. Not only that, but come Night Seven, [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Marluxia]] is implied to [[ComfortingTheWidow have picked]] Tomura up OnTheRebound when they're shown enjoying a hot spring together, [[FromBadToWorse but then]] Marluxia ends up murdered by [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Regula van Hydrus]] ''the very next day''. Seriously, poor Tomura. Though, on a more lighthearted note, he does end up winning the season.
18	* In Season 188, [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Mikan Tsumiki]] is one of four tributes to be killed and mutated into a Frankenstein monster by [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Nelson Muntz,]] who was a customer of her shop merely a day prior. This death ends up being HarsherInHindsight once you realize that Mikan is constantly bullied in her source material and that Nelson is a notorious bully himself. Thankfully, Nelson gets his comeuppance not too long after.
19	* In Season 201, [[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Looma Red Wind]] confuses [[Webcomic/{{Consolers}} Square Enix]] for her father and kills him. This is really odd, considering that Looma is a ''major'' DaddysGirl in-canon. That is until you realize... Looma's father, Gar Red Wind, died in Season 154, the 1st Father's Day Special. With this in mind, she likely killed Square Enix out of sadness, grief, and the impossibility of him ''actually'' being her father.
20	* Tropers/KLS2097 nominated [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Team Rocket members Jessie and James]] in Season 208. Initially starting off well, things took a dark turn when Jessie was killed off by [[Creator/EriKitamura Kitaeri]]. After learning this, James infamously cursed KLS the following night for nominating both him and Jessie, before [[DespairEventHorizon killing himself]] [[DrivenToSuicide in a suicide machine the following day]].
21	-->'''Tropers/StarAndroidJaguar:''' It was only so long that he could hold on for without her.
22	* The tragic tale of [[VideoGame/{{Spore}} Julio]] in Season 211 is one heck of a doozy. After his girlfriend Romiette dies, he tries to ask [[UsefulNotes/FGCAces Tokido]] out, only to be rejected. Shortly after that, [[VideoGame/HalfLife a Strider]] dreams about robbing a bank and holding him hostage, along with a few other tributes. Not able to go through with that, the same strider settles for beating him up the next day. Eventually, he seems to find love in the form of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Maul]]. They even do it together... [[HopeSpot Only for Maul to kill him THE VERY NEXT DAY]]. All of this is made even worse by the fact that Julio ''never even killed anyone''.
23	* In Season 237, when fellow [[Music/PetShopBoys band member]] Chris Lowe died after taking the ice bucket challenge, Neil Tennant decided to relive his fellow singer's memories the following night. KLS summed it up in the comment regarding the event:
24	-->'''Tropers/KLS2097:''' Suddenly, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2aMaMkDwTA Always On My Mind]]" is now [[HarsherInHindsight a thing I'll never hear the same way again]], given that it gone down a deeper path in this game.
25	* The fates of [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu and Peko Pekoyama]] in Season 238, especially to those who are familiar with their source material. Despite being nominated as separate tributes, they were [[OneHitPolykill struck down by a single bullet]] courtesy of [[Film/GoldenEye Alec Trevelyan]], who sought to kill Fuyuhiko [[TooPowerfulToLive because of all of the boosts and powerups he’d received that season.]] Because Peko is canonically his bodyguard, it’s highly likely that her involvement amounted to a SenselessSacrifice as she [[TakingTheBullet attempted to protect Fuyuhiko.]] This is one of the most tragic and in-character deaths Peko could ever have in the simulator, especially since her worst fear has come true - she failed to protect Fuyuhiko.
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29	* In Season 12, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Maud Pie]] [[BrokenPedestal lost hope for her friend Starlight Glimmer]] after the latter [[FaceHeelTurn went on a murderous streak.]] Upon getting a vision of Starlight dying, Maud decided not to do anything about it, causing Starlight to die as foreseen. [[Literature/TheHungerGames President Snow]], who previously saw Starlight worthy of his respect and gave her a gun when she bribed him for one, felt that [[EvenEvilHasStandards that went too far for his tastes]], so he fed Maud to a pack of wolves when she also tried bribing him for a gun, only for him to be killed by [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Sergeant Johnson]] in a CycleOfRevenge.
30	* Poor, poor [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Jamie]] in Season 17. Not only did he not kill anyone and was a NiceGuy like in canon, simply delivering letters, he also helped [[Franchise/TouhouProject Clownpiece]] recover from being tortured with a whip by giving her a blessing that restored her health, all while getting constantly humiliated and beaten up by the other tributes, including [[VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}} Father Gascoigne]]. Even then, the worst thing he did was forcing Gascoigne to spill the beans with truth serum, rather than trying to kill him, and he ended up dying at the hands of [[WesternAnimation/Ben102016 King Koil]], who turned him [[LiterallyShatteredLives into crystal and shattered him]].
31	* The [[TogetherInDeath tragic deaths]] of [[WesternAnimation/WallE WALL-E and EVE]] in Season 20. After [[Franchise/{{Fallout}} Liberty Prime]] revealed to EVE that [[LongLostRelative he was her "brother"]][[note]]or alternatively, both of them were manufactured by the same company[[/note]], he destroyed her boyfriend WALL-E's hearing system, [[BatmanGambit knowing that she would rush in to repair him.]] Even [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV Cruise Chaser]] joined in on the plan, as after making out with EVE, he realized that she was cheating on WALL-E, so he decided to [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy let her go with him]] and teamed up with Prime and [[VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft Mecha'tun]] to kill them both.
32	* In Season 21, [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Marshmallow]] [[BigBrotherInstinct warned the Snowgies, his "siblings"]], that [[Film/ChristmasWithTheKranks Luther Krank]] was out to kill them. However, this was all for nought when Luther ordered [[ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet Infinity Gauntlet]]!Santa to kill either them or [[Series/MasterChef Elf Gordon Ramsay]], only for him to disintegrate them all. It's implied that Marshmallow felt that he could've done more to protect them since he [[SoundtrackDissonance played "Despacito"]] shortly before their deaths.
33	** The following night, his "brother" Olaf died of natural causes and was given a viking funeral by Santa, ''the very same one who killed the Snowgies'', presumably just to mock him. Marshmallow was so distraught with losing his family that he [[MercyKill asked a festive Grim Reaper to hang him on a noose]] and frame it like a suicide.
34	* Tuxedo [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Meta Knight's]] journey in Season 46. He was nominated alongside [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Lucina]], but the latter died in the Bloodbath, driving Meta Knight mad with grief. At first, he appeared to be unaffected, but on Day 3, he decided to [[DrowningMySorrows drown his sorrows]]. This was followed by him suffering from SanitySlippage, getting into an intense political debate with [[Franchise/MortalKombat Shang Tsung]], murdering [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Mettaton NEO]] for presumably comparing [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic HK-47]] to Lucina negatively, killing [[VideoGame/TheSilentAge Jo]] on [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Mr. Krabs']] orders, getting his face burned into a grill and being paralyzed by the [[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies Zombie]] [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia slashing him with a sword and licking the blade.]] Despite all of this, he was still considered worthy of wielding the [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Keyblade]], and even went as far as to forgive Tropers/VengefulBale, his nominator, for nominating him and Lucina, despite her death. His streak ended when he attempted to demoralize Music/{{BTS}} by reminding them of their actions in the OG, only for them to call him out on his actions, likely making him feel guilt about his misdeeds in the season, which led to him getting killed by them.
35	* Despite being quite an [[JerkassWoobie asshole]] throughout Season 51, it's hard not to feel bad for Jung Hoseok, AKA [[Music/{{BTS}} J-Hope.]] He begins the season on a heartwarming note when, on Day 1, he thanks [[FanCommunityNickname ARMYs]] for their support... but it only goes downhill from there. After suffering torture at the paws of [[Advertising/NeverSayNoToPanda Psycho Panda]], J-Hope gets arrested for accidentally using a copyrighted song in a video. Upon [[CardboardPrison breaking out of prison,]] he goes on to constantly antagonise other tributes for not liking BTS, even going as far as to kill [[VideoGame/{{Judgment}} Takayuki Yagami]] over it, only for [[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma]] to revive him. The other tributes, tired of J-Hope's behaviour, severely bully him to the point of breaking his leg and ''permanently blinding him.'' This, along with the murder of his bandmate and friend, Min Yoongi AKA Suga, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone forces him to come to terms with his actions,]] and he feels guilty and depressed to the point where the [[VideoGame/TheSims Tragic Clown]] comes to pay everyone a visit. [[TookALevelInKindness He gets better]] after the rest of BTS plus their fanbase send him a birthday cake to cheer him up, despite it not being his birthday. He even [[PetTheDog presses F to pay respects to]] [[Animation/KikoRiki Nyusha]]...[[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished only to die in the Arena Event immediately afterwards]], courtesy of [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett]].
36	* The "[[Music/{{BTS}} V]] Incident" of Season 60 is best-known for its sheer NightmareFuel, but there's an undercurrent of sadness to it too, especially in regards to Jimin's reaction to the event. Imagine your best friend being subjected to a terrible fate that traps them in an infinite death loop of ''hundreds'' of cruel, gruesome and horrifying deaths.
37	** Worse still, [[Literature/HarryPotter Lord Voldemort]] had exploited Jimin's grief to allure him into becoming a Death Eater. His plan had GoneHorriblyRight, as by the end of the season, Jimin was a ruthless, powerful killing machine who'd even [[TheStarscream killed Voldemort himself.]] It doesn't help that in real life, Jimin is probably [[NiceGuy the kindest man you'll ever meet,]] and this was exactly what he was like in the season until the V Incident. Voldemort had taken a kind-hearted boy who was wracked with grief for his best friend and [[CorruptTheCutie turned him into a monster.]]
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41	* The ordeals that Music/{{BTS}} members go through every time they are nominated. The biggest examples, however, are J-Hope (see the Reboot folder above,) Jin, who saw what happened to him in a pre-Season 58 gag save[[note]]the ''entirety of UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} and it's citizens'' had somehow taken pieces of his flesh out of him and ''eaten them''[[/note]] and was severely traumatized as a result, and V, who was subjected to an infinite death loop of every ("family friendly") death event in HGS by [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats Miko Mitama]]. For the latter, the reaction and SanitySlippage of fellow member Jimin didn't help either.
42	* 6k1 goes through a ''[[TraumaCongaLine lot]]'' due to Timewrecker, with the latter constantly trying to kill her and attempting to break her spirit by blowing up Ally; even going as far as trying to drag her out of Ichi's bunker into fighting him. Sure, she eventually recovers and Timewrecker is defeated for good, but she still went through a lot of suffering due to him.
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Context TearJerker / HungerGamesSimulation