Contrast Invincible Hero. Usually Not Badass Enough for Fans, and may lead to the utterance of the Eight Deadly Words or Too Bleak, Stopped Caring. Also see ...

Basic Trope: A hero who never wins. Straight: Bob never wins any fights he's in. Exaggerated: Bob's efforts not only always end in failure, ...

The hero is running from the baddies. He is unarmed. The baddies are not. They proceed to shoot everything they have at him, but for some mysterious reason ...

For it is in failure that we achieve immortality. Through this, we are bound to our task, an endless quest with no pause or rest. Cursed by duty and unbound by ...

Often happens to heroes who fail to make amends. Can be a Career-Building Blunder. When the failure is what put the character on the path to being the current ( ...

A Pokémon fanfic by z-shadow619. A party is being held in Pewter City to honor Ash after he came second place in the Unove League. Unfortunately, the boy is ...

Despite being possessing the power to transform into an indestructible 20 foot tall walking tank whenever he feels like it, he consistently fails to achieve his ... Anime and Manga · Comic Books · Film · Live Action TV

The Mega Minions are sent out on their first field test after being given superpowers, but not only do they abysmally fail to help anyone (or in Mel's case, ...

Not all villains are born. Some are made, and none are more tragic than the Fallen Hero. As the name implies, the Fallen Hero used to be a hero before … FallenHero / Anime & Manga · FallenHero / Video Games · Quotes

20 февр. 2017 г. · TV Tropes calls it "fridging the girlfriend." If the hero's motivation is only "you hurt/killed someone I love(d)," then it feels flimsy.