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Ner0014reN
Since: Aug, 2023
molokai198
Since: Oct, 2012
2024-09-25 13:48:05
Doomed Moral Victor, though that doesn't carry the connotation that the rebels were dumb to try in the first place.
SuperTroper
Since: Aug, 2009

Is there a trope for movies that start off with people who are rebelling against society or have been disenfranchised in some way as the heroes, but then the movie ends with what comes across as a tacit endorsement of the status quo? Either the rebels get killed as a result of their actions or simply just give up trying to go against the grain.