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Lonely at the Top

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Lonely at the Top	comment	A character is driven to become the best there is — the richest man in town, the best martial artist in the world, the emperor of the galaxy... and succeeds. But, along the way, the character winds up abandoning or betraying everyone and everything that character ever valued. These sorts of characters will inevitably wind up bitter and alone, having fulfilled their great obsession, but pondering everything they lost in the pursuit — just before losing the thing they obsessed over too. ("If only I'd never left the family farm/talked to that man/become a model/signed that contract/etc.") This is often a form of reversed Wish-Fulfillment for the viewer, as average people want to be able to think that the things they don't have (such as an abnormal amount of money, power, skill, or beauty) won't lead to happiness, conveniently forgetting how, in real life, there are plenty of poor, enslaved, stupid and ugly people that are unhappy. But since not everyone wants the same things out of life, the Aesop doesn't always work that way. A variant is for a character to achieve immortality, i.e. Who Wants to Live Forever?, and/or ultimate power i.e. God for a Day, and become suicidally bored over how meaningless everything is when it's so easy. This phrase originates from the Chinese proverb "é«˜è™•ä¸�å‹�å¯’/é«˜å¤„ä¸�èƒœå¯’"NoteTraditional and simplified Chinese respectively., which literally means "the top (of a mountain) cannot defeat the cold". It is commonly used to describe people of high positions may feel lonely at the top. Though that is not all to this proverb, it also means that individuals of high positions gradually become suspicious of those around him/her, thus feeling shivers running up and down their spine constantly. A similar proverb, huipulla tuulee, "it's windy at the (mountain) top", exists in Finnish, implying being on the top is both lonely and precarious. Dying Alone is often threatened, though if they learn An Aesop it may be averted. A common component of a Pyrrhic Victory. Often ends in a form of Karmic Twist Ending. The natural conclusion of Ambition Is Evil and Being Evil Sucks. May overlap with Everything but the Girl. Contrast Celebrity Is Overrated, In with the In Crowd, and The Last DJ. Characters who are Married to the Job are especially at risk of having this happen to them. If the character merely gets a whole load of mental problems from trying too hard, he'll become a Broken Ace. Contrast with Volatile Second Tier Position. May overlap with Et Tu, Brute?, Victory Is Boring, I Just Want to Have Friends, God for a Day, Wanting Is Better Than Having, The Perils of Being the Best, No Challenge Equals No Satisfaction, and And Then What?.
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Lonely at the Top / int_101bfcd7	comment	Ashikaga Yoshiteru from Sengoku Basara 4 turns out to feel isolated due to his position as warrior shogun of Japan, which is why he calls everyone he encounters "comrade", even if he only gets hostility in return. Kenshin asks Keiji to meet him during Keiji's drama route, with the expectation that Keiji will befriend him somehow. It worked.
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Lonely at the Top / int_107cf596	comment	In Queen of the South, we know that Tereza Mendoza eventually becomes the titular drug queen, but none of her friends appear in the Flash Forward, which suggests that she lost everyone she ever cared about along the way.
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Lonely at the Top / int_12fd5db0	comment	The film Megamind has Megamind winning over his nemesis right before falling under this trope. The nemesis in question, Metro Man, had similarly fallen into it already, which led him to fake his death to give Megamind the aforementioned victory; all the fame and adoration he got felt far too empty because nothing challenged him, and he never felt he was given a choice to become a hero in the first place.
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Lonely at the Top / int_16fc4335	comment	In the Heralds of Valdemar series, Vanyel suffers particularly from this. Normally, Heralds are True Companions and can at least count on one another for support and camaraderie. They have an inherent fellowship even if they're set apart from others. But Vanyel became a Herald under strange circumstances; he hid a Secret Relationship with a popular Herald-trainee by pretending to be violently homophobic and did not make friends, which encouraged Tylendel's peers to hate Vanyel. Then Tylendel killed himself and Vanyel was empowered and Chosen all in one night. Not knowing the full context, many other Chosen wished Vanyel had died instead, which Van was painfully aware of thanks to his new Psychic Powers, and because he also had Power Incontinence he was such a danger to everyone around him that he was taken out of the country to be healed. His Herald-Mage aunt promotes him to full Herald before taking him back, which causes rumors of nepotism and means he never really has peers. In Magic's Promise Vanyel meets another Herald on the road and enjoys a sense of fellowship until it's destroyed when he tells her his name - he's so Famed In-Story that her attitude turns instantly to reverence and awe verging on fear, which he finds very upsetting. Later in the book he manages a remote Ruling Family Massacre and is almost killed before Death brings him back, which has even servants he'd known as a kid, who previously just took a proprietary pride in him, ducking their heads in that same awed fear. This disturbs Van to the point of cutting off his emotional connections to most people. In the third book he has only a handful of friends and one reflects that they're really more like friendly acquaintances who can chat with Vanyel, sure, but are given absolutely no window into his serious thoughts and feelings, let alone if and how they can help him.
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Lonely at the Top / int_17e6cb15	comment	Bojack Horseman suffers badly from this. Raised by two extremely abusive and neglectful parents, Bojack has spent his entire life trying to fill the gaping hole in himself with the approval of the public. As a result, no matter how hard he tries, he's never been able to put the past behind him and is now a drunken, drug-addicted mess in the present day. This finally reaches its climax when he's nominated for an Oscar for his Secretariat movie (though we later find out this was fake), and realizes he still doesn't feel happy, despite having fought for years for this kind of recognition.
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Lonely at the Top / int_18acb3a5	comment	In one episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Will is dropped off by some jerkass jocks in a cemetery after he passes out drunk following a drink-off. He, seemingly, wakes up and meets some ghosts who haunt the place, one of whom is a businesswoman who worked herself to death. While she claims she was happy to reach the top, her tone implies otherwise since she never had time for friends or a love life, thus having no family in the process. Will even lampshades it.
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Lonely at the Top / int_18bcfe7f	comment	In Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte, Lieselotte's epiphany over her fiance, Crown Prince Siegwald, at the end of the first novel (which is not adapted in the manga) is mainly about this trope. She realized that the avoidance of bias forces him to be at arm's length to everyone, and Lieselotte is one of the two peoplenote The other being Artur, owing to him being the future High Priest and thus, strictly speaking, not a subject of the Crown. with whom Siegwald can legitimately be a bit more intimate. This means her standoffish attitude towards him is harming his well-being.
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Lonely at the Top / int_1967cb09	comment	The Chronicles of Barsetshire: In Doctor Thorne, Sir Roger Scatcherd has risen from a simple stonemason to become a wealthy industrialist, but because of this trope is drinking himself to death:
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Lonely at the Top / int_19abbeb9	comment	In The Smurfs story "The Finance Smurf", the title character becomes the richest Smurf in the world near the end of the story when all the Smurfs leave behind the village along with all their money...but now with nobody to share his good fortune with, he instantly becomes sad and lonely.
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Lonely at the Top / int_1b021fcb	comment	In Tokyo Ghoul, Kishou Arima is the greatest Ghoul Investigator alive and shown to be extremely lonely even with an inner circle of subordinates. Often compared to a literal Physical God or an untouchable genius, he has great difficulty relating to other people and finds his existence to be empty. Haise does quite a bit to ease his loneliness, acting as a surrogate family and actively dragging Arima into social situations.
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Lonely at the Top / int_1b1c2c8a	comment	Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network created Facebook and becomes a billionaire but loses his friend, his mentor and everyone else who was important to him. The film practically spells out the irony of a man who created a revolutionary method of enabling people to remain in touch ending up lonely and isolated in neon letters. As he sits in a room by himself sending a Facebook friend request to Erica Albright, the woman he shrugged off on a date at the beginning of the film, in what is likely a desperate effort to regain some sort of human connection, the following words appear as part of the film's afterword:
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Lonely at the Top / int_1b7f85df	comment	In K, the Kings tend to lead very lonely existences due to their immense power and the fact that no one besides other kings can truly understand them. The Silver King muses on this at the end of the first season. He probably lives this trope more than any of the rest — he lived alone in a blimp for 70 years because of his power. But after the Slate is destroyed, he gets to live as a normal person with his new family. This trope is a big part of why they're okay with losing their powers — that and the constant threat of Super-Power Meltdown.
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Lonely at the Top / int_1bd50652	comment	Bane's Arcade ending in Injustice 2 has him defeat all the heroes and release all the imprisoned criminals, declaring "No more prisons! No more guards! No more Regime!" However, afterwards, he finds that he's already killed all the Worthy Opponents who could have challenged him and there's nothing left to do — which leads him to realize that being the king of the hill is a sort of prison in and of itself.
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Lonely at the Top / int_1f76648	comment	A Certain Magical Index: Accelerator is a... complicated example. He's the highest-ranking esper in Academy City, fully capable of fighting entire armies, if not literally the entire planet by himself. When he first appears, he's brutally slaughtering an army of clones in an attempt to become the unprecedented Level 6. His stated goal is to become strong enough that no one would ever challenge him, that "the mere thought of fighting me would be an unthinkable sin." But the truth is that his power has made people terrified of him for his entire life—unless he consciously lets down his defenses, merely touching him results in a broken limb at best, and he's been the target of countless experiments and assassination attempts. All he really wants is to be accepted, but he decided that was impossible, so he went along with the Level 6 Shift just so that he would become strong enough to be left the hell alone. He's really jealous of Touma, because while Touma's Anti-Magic right hand means he's the only person in the world who can beat Accelerator, he also has lots of friends and loved ones. Othinus is a Physical God, and under certain circumstances can even be omnipotent. She had no friends; all of her henchmen follow her out of fear or because she offered them something. Touma eventually realizes that all her actions stemmed from a desire to find someone who truly understood her. Since she didn't believe the world held such a person, she was desperate enough to want to destroy and recreate the world. Touma proves that he understands her, causing her to pull a Heelâ€“Face Turn.
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Lonely at the Top / int_21810fae	comment	In the Lunaverse story Carrot Top Season, Carrot Top diagnoses the Apple Trust as suffering from this.
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Lonely at the Top / int_2212773a	comment	A season of Angel ends with Cordelia rising to a higher plane of existence and becoming, essentially, a goddess. The next season's opening episode shows her in all her god-like glory whining, "God, I'm so bored!" For a good chunk of the next season, she watches her earthly friends assume she's in a better place while trying helplessly to get them to bring her back.
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Lonely at the Top / int_261c8d3f	comment	Frequently parodied on The Simpsons, where Mr. Burns will mourn how his wealth had made him lonely. Then, ten seconds later, he'll change his mind and decide wealth is its own reward after all ("Money fight!"), or it turns out he was just pretending to be lonely to catch people off-guard. Subverted, played straight then subverted again in this exchange from "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk": In Mr. Burns' case, it's also because he's so old and evil that he cannot survive without malice. His greed and cruelty are keeping him alive. This trope was, surprisingly, played straight during the Season 1 episode "Homer's Night Out," and was possibly Mr. Burns' first legitimately humanizing moment (and the first of several rather brief moments which imply that he secretly regrets not getting married or having a family). The scene is set up so that the audience believes that Mr. Burns will verbally chew out Homer for raising bad publicity for the plant. But instead, he, in a surprisingly somber manner, lets his guard down and says this:
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Lonely at the Top / int_2898b26e	comment	Shinji And Warhammer 40 K: One of Shinji's deep fears. Mentioned by Asuka several times. In chapter 22 she quotes the trope word by word. And in chapter 37 she says that being at the top feels cold and lonely. It is mentioned in chapter 33 that both Shinji and Gendo feel like this.
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Lonely at the Top / int_291dc90e	comment	Dolcinaea from Octopath Traveler II initially comes across as a stereotypical snobby rich girl. However, in her desperation to use dancing as a means to escape from her impoverished background, she ended up having very few friends besides her bodyguard Veronica. It's also implied that she hasn't enjoyed dancing in a while until Agnea came along and revitalized her love for it. This gets lampshaded in a travel banter between Agnea and Ochette, where Ochette says that the stars up in the sky are really far away from everyone else, and she can smell the loneliness coming off Dolcinaea.
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Lonely at the Top / int_2d311a08	comment	One of the episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles consisted of them being thrust into an alternate future of the world where the Shredder has taken it over, turning it into a Dystopia. When they finally meet him, he's a stressed out and overworked Desk Jockey in a messy office cluttered with repair requests. When the Turtles mention coming from a different world, he throws himself at their feet and begs to be taken with them to a world where he doesn't rule, since he had no idea how to actually run the world once he got it.
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Lonely at the Top / int_2e1df124	comment	A quite literal example of this happens in Wreck-It Ralph where Ralph gets the medal he wanted, returns to his game and gets the key to the penthouse which he was told he would never get but had to destroy Vanellope's racecar to prevent her from racing (breaking the little girl's heart in the process). And Fix-It Felix has left the game trying to find him and didn't return, causing the other Nicelanders to panic and abandon the game — which is about to be unplugged. The irony of this is that Gene was the one who challenged Ralph to get said medal in the first place when really all Ralph wanted was to be accepted as a part of the game. So both are at fault here.
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Lonely at the Top / int_33728d94	comment	Dragaera: In the "bored with power" variant, sorceress Sethra Lavode in Steven Brust's novels creates an alternate persona, Kiera the Thief, who doesn't use her powers initially as a means of getting information, then continues the act because of the excitement of actually facing challenging situations again.
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Lonely at the Top / int_33776b50	comment	The martial arts film, Soul of the Sword, revolves around the Nameless protagonist, "Nameless", seeking the title of the "King of Swords" to be the greatest sword-fighter in the martial world. He did achieve that status at the end of the film... after killing his benefactor, all his allies, and the only woman he loves. He's as miserable as the audience expects him to be once he gains the throne at the end. Diabolus ex Machina quickly follows when his old rival comes back to challenge him one last time, eventually killing him.
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Lonely at the Top / int_33c55a01	comment	Spectacle: You can ask the genie to become a king. Unfortunately, it's a long-dead kingdom, there is nothing to rule over, nothing to live for.
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Lonely at the Top / int_347facfb	comment	The film Scarface (1983) culminates with the title character, Tony Montana, alone after killing or alienating everyone who helped him get to the top of Miami's drug trade (those who didn't get killed by Sosa, that is) through his increasing paranoia brought on by his addiction to his own product. He is killed at the end of the movie, but not before making a balls-out final stand and blowing away a good number of Sosa's assassins in the process.
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Lonely at the Top / int_35b937ef	comment	Narcos: Mexico: While its implied in Season 1, its played very straight for Miguel Angel FÃ©lix Gallardo in Season 2. While he runs the operation because of his ability to move cocaine from Colombia throughout Mexico into the United States, he is not liked or respected by the people he works with. He has no friends he can really count on, and his closest men are with him for the money. Eventually even his wife leaves him when she can't stand how awful he's become, which he soothes with a string of hookers and mistresses. He admits this himself, by claiming he doesn't have friends, only employees. By the end of the season, all of them turn against FÃ©lix and freeze him out of his own empire, leaving him to get arrested by the new Mexican government he helped put in power. Amado Carrillo Fuentes discovers the same reality in Season 3 when he is at the top. His clever maneuvering against the other Cartels and his deal with Cali to be paid in product allows him to transform the Juarez Cartel into the wealthiest criminal empire in the world. However, while he lives in a ridiculously lavish mansion, he spends much of his time by himself in said empty mansion instead of indulging in Hookers and Blow like his counterparts. This is partially because of his failed marriage and the death of his daughter, partially because he knows his time is limited. He's forced to betray the one person he truly considered a friend, Pacho Herrera, to keep his empire intact. He strikes up a romance with an Afro-Latina singer in Havana, Cuba, but only visits her infrequently as a way to briefly get away from his daily life.
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Lonely at the Top / int_35e05f2a	comment	RWBY: Pyrrha Nikos is a world-famous champion tournament fighter, quite possibly the most skilled person her age. At one point she fights four other students at once and makes it look easy. But as Pyrrha explains to Jaune, since everyone looks up to her, no one can approach her and see her as an equal. The reason she quickly warmed up to Jaune was that he didn't even know she was famous until Weiss told him, so he didn't put her on a pedestal in the same way as everyone else. In fact, she implies he's her first friend in a long time, though at Beacon she meets plenty of other friends on her team and Team RWBY. The Big Bad had this forcibly put on her, with horrifying consequences. Salem attempted to beseech the gods for her lover back, and in retaliation for her desire, they forced immortality on her to permanently separate her from her lover. Infuriated, she chose to wage war on the gods, who killed everyone else in retaliation. She became depressed and broken from millennia of isolation, but also gained the power to become the next goddess. When her husband came back, she no longer suffered this at first, but when it was revealed to her that he was only back out of a religious crusade set upon him by the very deities who tormented her in the first place, their relationship fell apart brutally, resulting in the death of her children and the beginning of an eternal Forever War between her and her ex-husband. In the present day, she is even more alone than before, surrounded only by sycophants, fanatics and those only seeking her to aid their own desires.
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Lonely at the Top / int_37a71462	comment	Jean Valjean's alter-ego Mr. Madeleine in Les MisÃ©rables becomes one of the most renowned men in France for his intelligence and generosity, but his acts of charity stem more from penitence than true benevolence. The townspeople quickly turned against him when his identity was revealed, showing no one really liked or trusted him.
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Lonely at the Top / int_39067934	comment	The King of Qin in Hero (2002) (who will become Qin Shi Huangdi after the end of the film) has secluded himself alone in his palace as he plans his empire and uses the term gua ren (å¯¡äºº), meaning "lonely person" to refer to himself. To be fair, this is the term traditionally used by Chinese emperors to refer to themselves, but since Qin Shi Huangdi is the first emperor, the film insinuates that it was he that began this practice.
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Lonely at the Top / int_39e3b5ff	comment	Bill describes Pai Mei this way in Kill Bill.
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Lonely at the Top / int_3b34143f	comment	Harry Potter: Voldemort is an example of someone being UNCARING about loneliness. He has no family having murdered his own father and his grandparents. Most people are downright terrified of him, including a lot of his followers, which is just what he wants. Even though Bellatrix is loyal and attracted to him and a few other followers genuinely love him, he can never love, so the only reason he is lonely is that's what he wants. This has caused a lot of problems in Dumbledore's life. He's so brilliant that there's just no one for him to really connect to in a deep way. When he was a young adult, he got a Promotion to Parent after his father went to prison for attacking some Muggle boys for what's implied to have been a gang rape of his sister, Ariana and Ariana accidentally killed their mother. He had wanted to take a gap year to go see the world but he didn't want his brother, Aberforth, to leave school early to take care of her so he stayed and became her full-time caregiver. The first person he ever met that matched him was a young Gellert Grindlewald who was staying with an aunt. He was instantly smitten with Grindlewald and decided to renew the gap year plans with the very fragile Ariana in tow. Aberforth tried to stop them and a MÃªlÃ©e Ã Trois ensued that killed poor Ariana (they don't know who killed her). He hated himself for over a century for letting having met someone who was his equal get to his head so quickly and causing her death. He's a person and people make mistakes but when someone as brilliant as he is does, it causes really bad consequences. He and his brother are still pretty distant as adults as Aberforth never really forgave him and he really just doesn't have many people that understand him. McGonagall is probably the only person in his life that he's close to that could be considered close to his equal. It's notable that she's one of the few people that gets to question him.
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Lonely at the Top / int_3b88d68c	comment	In The Divine Comedy, the greedy pope in Purgatory describes how he only sought the position for the power of it, only to find no rest. The Pope then converted and began to love the next life, the one he hopes to reach by ascending Mount Purgatorio.
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Lonely at the Top / int_3c65a1d1	comment	Crest of the Stars: One reason Lafier and Jint bond so quickly is their shared experiences of this. Jint was made Abh nobility at a young age and all but one of his friends abandoned him when they learned that he was a Count. Lafier, meanwhile, is the granddaughter of the Abh Empress and resents the fact that everybody other than her immediate family tiptoes around her and treats her with deference, isolating her. When Jint met Lafier, he had no idea who she was, and she jumped at the chance to have a friend who wasn't so caught up in the differences in their social stations, while Jint finds himself strongly empathizing with her feelings of isolation among the masses.
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Lonely at the Top / int_3d2de25	comment	Renee Fromage in the special Animalympics; he was already a world-class athlete by the time he entered the games, but the song "Love's Not For Me" strongly implies that reaching his status meant sacrificing any chance of a meaningful relationship. The Imagine Spot starts with Renee abandoning a street-corner cafe to chase after the gold medal. At the song's end, he reaches the medal...but when he finds the rose he discarded earlier, his expression goes My God, What Have I Done?, and Renee begins desperately looking for someone, anyone in the black void he finished in.
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Lonely at the Top / int_3ddddb25	comment	In Xiaolin Showdown, Raimundo's bitterness at being punished for doing what he thought was right eventually led to him doing a Faceâ€“Heel Turn. He helps Wuya regain her power, and she conquers the world. As a reward, she gives Rai 'every game in the world', but it doesn't take long for him to realize that this trope applies since he's the only one playing; it eventually results in him returning to the side of good.
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Lonely at the Top / int_44fe781e	comment	Neon Genesis Evangelion: Asuka was the best pilot in the series... but she also felt extremely lonely. In Rebuild of Evangelion, she is frustrated by this, changing the reason for her frequent lashing out and condescending attitude from the trauma of seeing her mother turn insane and finding her dead body after suicide in the original series.
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Lonely at the Top / int_468c2a7a	comment	Judge Dee: When it becomes obvious that Dee is on the fast track to promotion to Lord Chief Justice of all China, he begins to remember what his father, himself a prominent official, told him in his youth: "It's very lonely, at the top."
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Lonely at the Top / int_49ad83ee	comment	In World of Warcraft, Jastor Gallywix defies this in his official short story Trade Secrets of a Trade Prince. Having alienated the only person he had fallen in love with, and proving that he is scum even by goblin standards, he is still stating that he would not have it any other way.
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Lonely at the Top / int_4b790c79	comment	Iron Man: Initially, Tony Stark. He is one of the richest men in the world, who is blessed with both beauty and brains, and can essentially order beautiful women for...dinner. However, his parents, who were the only family he had, both died in 1991 when he was just twenty-one. Even Pepper, though she is a loyal employee, is not really a friend and when he admits this to Yinsen, he sadly remarks that Stark is "a man who has everything and nothing." Fortunately, Stark gets better. Much better.
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Lonely at the Top / int_4e36d026	comment	Paul Anka — Lonely Boy, where the protagonist is both rich and famous, yet utterly lonely.
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Lonely at the Top / int_4e7bc558	comment	Both leaders of the Apex end up like this in Infinity Train: Blossoming Trail. So what if they're the Apex? So what if they have those high numbers and kids worshipping them? At the end of the Fog Car, Grace realizes that she has done horrific things in the pursuit of some "glow-in-the-dark tattoos and when she reveals the truth, the Apex split up from her and never want to see her again. Simon becomes Destruction but he ends up dying alone by drowning in Toluca Lake, his soul to be reincarnated into a denizen for centuries and his body dumped in an Elementary school bathroom and the police labeling him as someone who went missing for years after disappearing from a Spelling Bee. Both of them ended up in a lonely world of their own making with no one to love or mourn for them.
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Lonely at the Top / int_4fc1c922	comment	In Wicked, this is the main thrust of the song "Thank Goodness''. Glinda finds that even though she is heralded as a hero throughout the kingdom and fiancÃ©e to a man she loves, she feels dissatisfied.
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Lonely at the Top / int_50bcf7a6	comment	Homestuck: Subverted with Jack Noir: after he's gained omnipotence, he realizes that he's bored and if he gives in to his murderous instincts and destroys everything, he will be bored for eternity.
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Lonely at the Top / int_531b8f34	comment	Scrapped Princess: Celia Mauser is a literal example, as she presides over the world as its caretaker, though the rest of humanity has come to revere her as their god and have created a religious order in her name. They're unaware that she's a woman, or that she's spent the last five millennia completely alone. That's because the realm where she exists lies above their world and is devoid of all other life; including fauna.
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Lonely at the Top / int_53a0bd32	comment	Many, many episodes of The Twilight Zone (1959). "The Mirror" is a famous example, showing how dictators are lonely men that are their own worst enemy. Also "Of Late, I Think of Cliffordville", where this trope is one of the protagonist's motives for accepting the Deal with the Devil.
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Lonely at the Top / int_53bd0aaf	comment	The Hunter realizes he is this after hanging around the four for several days in With Strings Attached.
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Lonely at the Top / int_542b50e2	comment	Pelswick: Used Anviliciously in an episode that featured a new online school popularity poll. Boyd, the school bully, was at the top of the list and used this to make people wait on him so he'd vote for them to be popular. Pelswick was in the "Loser Zone" at the bottom of the list so everyone at school started to avoid him. But soon Pelswick got the idea for everyone to make Boyd mad so he'd vote against them. With everyone together in the "Loser Zone", everyone stopped caring about being "popular" because they were able to hang out with their friends again without fear. But as the only "popular" kid left in school, and no one else wanting to be "popular" anymore, Boyd wound up alone at the top, as there was no one else "popular" left for him to hang out with.
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Lonely at the Top / int_55c20cb5	comment	Overlord has the titular Overlord Ainz Ooal Gown. Once a former gamer in a VMMORPG called YGGDRASIL, he found himself transported into the New World where he is the most powerful spellcaster. However, being an Overlord isn't all it's cracked up to be. Everyone in Nazarick is a subordinate (and sees him as a deity so they are always subservient to his will). The rest of the world knows him as the Evil Overlord, an Eldritch Abomination, a Physical God, The Hero, or some combination thereof. Because of this, Ainz has no one he can confide in or call an equal, which often leaves him feeling isolated and alone. Thus, his main goal is to find other YGGDRASIL Players, originally part of his guild or not, because he wants to have the friendship of a fellow human from Earth and try to be Satoru Suzuki again. This is best summed up by the lyrics of the anime adaptation's season 4 ending song "No Man's Dawn", sung from Ainz's perspective, where he expresses how he deeply misses his old comrades and longs for the glory days of Ainz Ooal Gown (the guild). Showing that even with all his power and the entirety of the New World practically at his fingertips, Ainz would gladly give it all up if it means he could have his old friends back.
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Lonely at the Top / int_5690420f	comment	In the DuckTales (1987) episode "Superdoo", Doofus realizes that while he has gained amazing superpowers, none of the other campers want to be friends with him anymore. So he gets rid of the rock that gave them to him.
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Lonely at the Top / int_58f28be1	comment	Michael Corleone in The Godfather, with the added twist that, initially at least, he didn't even want to be the head of the 'family business'. It becomes the focal point for the final movie in the trilogy. Michael Corleone tries to repair the relationship with his wife and children now that he's legit in the eyes of the public (which was his ultimate goal for the family). He goes to a Catholic Priest and confesses his ultimate sin of having his older brother Fredo killed. He finds a worthy successor to take over the business when he's gone. And just when things are looking up, his daughter gets killed by his enemies, breaking him for good.
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Lonely at the Top / int_58feb3ca	comment	In Maoyu, The Hero is the World's Strongest Man. Archer reveals that Hero's great power means that it is difficult for him to connect with others, and no one can truly fight by his side because they would be irrelevant.
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Lonely at the Top / int_59215318	comment	Takahisa Kandori of Persona accomplishes his goal of becoming a god. By the time you finally encounter him, though, he's in the middle of a Villainous BSoD and has to be needled into fighting you.
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Lonely at the Top / int_5cf55593	comment	Tracy Flick in Election. Dave even tells her when the two are dating.
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Lonely at the Top / int_5fab1aff	comment	George Simmons in Funny People is a famous and successful comedian internationally recognized through his movies, but he comes to realize that he's gradually pushed away everyone who ever cared about him, his movies are Lowest Common Denominator rubbish, and he's doomed to die a lonely and empty failure if he doesn't change his ways. Played with, however, in that it's not just achieving fame that is responsible for him being this way, but deep-seated emotional problems and self-loathing which stem back to way before he became successful. Played with in that it's implied that their emotional problems are part of what makes the characters good comedians, at least initially. Meaning that to get to the top you have to be somehow lonely in the first place.
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Lonely at the Top / int_60520421	comment	Gosu: In his late years, while training Gang Ryong, Dogko Ryong noted that as a user of the Divine Heavenly Destruction Techniques, there were none who could really challenge him due to its supreme power.
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Lonely at the Top / int_61d4e874	comment	The second half of Conker's Bad Fur Day becomes increasingly depressing, and culminates in Conker becoming king. He's surrounded by people he hates, and he wants nothing more than to go home and have a beer with his girlfriend — but she's dead because he forgot to bring her back to life when he had the chance. Conker sitting on the throne depressed is how the game opens.
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Lonely at the Top / int_692882cc	comment	Happens to Ickis in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters after he finds a stash of toenails (monster currency) ironically owned by a hypochondriac millionaire
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Lonely at the Top / int_6a4c8f1b	comment	This is the premise of One-Punch Man, the main character Saitama strove to become the strongest hero there is, and he succeeded. Now he's a Physical God with nothing in the setting coming even close to giving him a challenge and as the title says, he ends all of his fights with one punch. Even foes who take more than one punch aren't much of a challenge, because then he just puts a little more force behind his punches and that's that. As a result, Saitama has lost his passion or drive for almost anything as he knows he'll never truly feel the thrill of a good fight. It's a Deconstructive Parody of Fighting Series though, so it's all Played for Laughs.
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Lonely at the Top / int_6ada53b1	comment	During an episode of NUMB3RS, Charlie and Larry went to the funeral of one of Larry's colleagues. Larry laments how the man was brilliant and a genius and yet, there was no one else at the funeral except for the two of them.
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Lonely at the Top / int_6b48c90f	comment	Stupor Heroics: Lynn's superhero career has given her tons of fame, money, and power, but she lacks any meaningful personal relationships. She's actually fine with that, preferring the life of a solitary superhero and admitting that her personality doesn't make her well-suited for long-term team-ups, but she does lament not being able to stay in touch with Lincoln.
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Lonely at the Top / int_6b85085e	comment	Mortal Kombat has two examples: In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, the second variation happens with Shao Kahn at his end. After he finally realizes his long-held ambition of taking over all of the known Realms, he grows insane out of boredom, as there is nothing left for him to conquer. In Mortal Kombat X, General Sonya Blade commands S-F. Too bad that being Married to the Job cost Sonya her actual marriage to Johnny Cage and their daughter's resentment.
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Lonely at the Top / int_6c5e0560	comment	Hotohori from Fushigi Yuugi. And he felt like a bird in a golden cage.
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Lonely at the Top / int_6d10ab2a	comment	In Mortal Kombat X, General Sonya Blade commands S-F. Too bad that being Married to the Job cost Sonya her actual marriage to Johnny Cage and their daughter's resentment.
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Lonely at the Top / int_6e2c4a7d	comment	Sleepless Domain: This was initially why the Woman in White didn't want to awaken Tessa's powers: Tessa had the potential to be an extremely powerful Magical Girl, but that kind of power would make her isolated. Tessa counters that she's already isolated, as she's the only one in her peer group without magical powers, and she wants to help them, finally convincing her to awaken Tessa's powers. This makes the events at the beginning of the comic-where Tessa's hubris and decision to sit out a patrol out of anger at Sally caused three of her friends to die, herself to lose her powers, and leave Undine the only member of Team Alchemical left-much more heartbreaking. The Purple One exploits her loneliness and isolation in order to possess her.
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Lonely at the Top / int_6f734712	comment	Pointed out by Lex in Smallville, regarding his dad (though Lionel doesn't seem to see it this way):
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Lonely at the Top / int_70b26f38	comment	Fate/strange Fake: When Saber was a child, he was talented at every activity he tried, but this made everyone resent him, so he had no friends.
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Lonely at the Top / int_72587203	comment	Paul Atreides in Dune Messiah. Even more so his son Leto II. His grand design relied on purposely alienating himself from humanity, and turning into an ageless giant worm was a good start. After his sister who he shared an empathic bond with died, there was no one left to understand him. The ones who came close could only pity him.
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Lonely at the Top / int_733f2aaf	comment	Cradle Series: This is generally seen as an unavoidable fact of the world. Advancing in the sacred arts naturally necessitates leaving behind most of the people you know; the concrete Power Levels mean that hanging out with people weaker than you will just get them killed while slowing down your own progress. You keep getting stronger and stronger, but your friends are at best now your subordinates, and if you want to get really strong you'll probably leave them behind entirely. Eithan is vastly more powerful than Lindon and Yerin for most of the story, but does everything to raise them up to his level because he just wants friends who can advance alongside him. Reaper and later books reveal that Eithan has a lot of experience here. In his first life as Ozmanthus Aurelius, he soared through the world's Power Levels at a breakneck pace, ascending from the world itself, breaking records among the ascendant beings, and then becoming Ozriel the Reaper, the Judge of Death, literally the most dangerous entity in the entire universe. He found this to be so unspeakably lonely, and all his attempts to solve the serious systemic problems in the universe failed, so he descended back to Cradle in disguise in an attempt to prove his plans would work and make friends in the process. Several times throughout the series, characters will dismiss Eithan as a simple-minded fop who has never worked for anything and doesn't understand true strength—not realizing that he had everything they ever wanted and decided it wasn't worth the cost.
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Lonely at the Top / int_73549409	comment	Master Cyclonis from Storm Hawks is implied to be this. She's the Evil Overlord of the Cyclonian Empire, the most powerful force in the Atmos, and a powerful warrior, but she's never shown to be really close to anyone amongst even her inner circle who she keeps in line with fear and intimidation. The closest relationships she has are with her Dragon the Dark Ace in a strictly professional sense and her deceased grandmother, and her attempt to infiltrate the Storm Hawks and get close to Piper ultimately results in her genuinely bonding with Piper on some level thanks to shared interests, which fuels both her obsession with Piper and her desire to get her to join her.
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Lonely at the Top / int_767bd4d8	comment	The title character in Cerebus the Aardvark. He is told to his face, by someone in a position to know (albeit someone later revealed to also be far from objective), that he will "die alone, unmourned and unloved" about a third of the way through.
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Lonely at the Top / int_770a7f90	comment	In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, the second variation happens with Shao Kahn at his end. After he finally realizes his long-held ambition of taking over all of the known Realms, he grows insane out of boredom, as there is nothing left for him to conquer.
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Lonely at the Top / int_78b89075	comment	The trope is dropped in God, the Devil and Bob, as God had spent the episode trying to be like a normal human and consequently butting into Bob's life to an irritating degree, up to and including losing his job's softball game. When Bob finally confronts God over His intrusiveness, God puts it thusly.
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Lonely at the Top / int_791fca44	comment	BioShock: Andrew Ryan severely buggered up his entire ideology during the course of his attempt to spread and strengthen it by building Rapture, and by the end of the game, he's left alone in his office, without a single ally left, and resigned to his imminent death that he invokes you to do unto him.
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Lonely at the Top / int_7c4f1adb	comment	Our Miss Brooks: Mr. Whipple, in the episode of the same name. He is a grouchy, reclusive millionaire who is often called upon by governments or governing bodies (such as the school board) to provide financial advice (in-story he's referred to as a "dollar-a-year" man). Mr. Whipple keeps vicious dogs on his property to avoid being bothered by people asking for a handout. When a misunderstanding leads to the Madison High gang thinking he's starving, and bringing over food for the captain-of-industry, he relents in his miserliness and shows himself to have a Hidden Heart of Gold.
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Lonely at the Top / int_7cabe488	comment	Long before the events of Bendy and the Ink Machine, Henry Stein and Joey Drew — the co-founders of Joey Drew Studios — had gone their separate ways. Henry went on to have a happy family, but Joey built up a "crooked empire" that eventually crumbled. By the time Henry sees him 30 years later, Joey lives in an apartment all by himself, displaying photos and letters of the employees he once treated like dirt on a bulletin board.
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Lonely at the Top / int_7db52f7e	comment	Elisabeth: Franz Joseph spends "Nichts ist Schwer" informing Elisabeth what she's getting into by marrying him: the Emperor is lonely at the top, even though he can never be alone, with his every move watched by others. She reassures him that they can be alone together.
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Lonely at the Top / int_80942169	comment	In Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Cookie finally gets to spend time with Liza Zemo who's gotten much cuter since her makeover. However, he gets into an academic competition with his rival, Evelyn Kwong, and decides to dedicate his time to studying and outdoing her on a test. Cookie succeeds, but this left him virtually no time to hang out with Liza and by the time he finally can, he finds other suitors have moved in to flirt with Lisa since Cookie was too busy to do so. Principal Wright even tells him that while he's happy that Cookie gave Polk Middle School its highest test score in the school district, the next time a cute girl asks him to go have some pizza with her, he should do it.
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Lonely at the Top / int_81a005a3	comment	In Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, while Puss built a legend around himself of a Lovable Rogue adored by everyone but the law, it came at the cost of making a legend so big, it pushed everyone else out of his life, especially Kitty.
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Lonely at the Top / int_87527199	comment	Team America: World Police: Kim Jong-Il has a Villainous Lament song about this, though he believes he'll solve the problem with even more power.
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Lonely at the Top / int_89ce309d	comment	Macbeth: Macbeth realizes that all the power he has gained is meaningless for the evil he has had to do to attain it. His former comrades are revolting against him, his wife is dead, and the events that foretell his death are coming to pass; he concludes that Life "is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." On the very day of his coronation, he laments that by fulfilling the witches' prophecy, he's also ensured that Banquo's descendants, not his, would be the future kings of Scotland. "I'm the one who orchestrated Duncan's murder, and he gets to have the dynasty! Stupid worthless crown!" Even worse, he knew this would happen because the witches told him. Needless to say, it was all downhill from there.
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Lonely at the Top / int_8ba4613a	comment	Light/Kira in the Death Note fic A Cure for Love God-Emperor of Mankind and most miserable he's ever been in his life. Mello and Near imagine Kira sitting on his throne having a grand old time being worshipped. More like snorting coke, killing the staff, and missing L.
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Lonely at the Top / int_8d7f29ec	comment	On Glee, this becomes Rachel's mantra. She tells herself that she might as well get used to it if she wants to be famous, but she's mostly trying to convince herself that her lack of friends and the constant bullying isn't really getting to her.
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Lonely at the Top / int_8d81f086	comment	Sidney Teal, the eponymous billionaire mugger in the Monk episode "Mr. Monk and the Billionaire Mugger", His chauffeur says that despite having a huge house, incredible riches, and a beautiful wife, Teal was the loneliest guy in the world. Eventually it's revealed that the reason he was performed the mugging that got him shot dead was that he was trying to relive the one moment in his life when he truly felt cool; in college, his friend pretended to mug him and then be scared off so that Teal could impress a date. The same friend went on to have an affair with Teal's wife and to get him out of the way, asked him to stage a fake mugging to impress a girl as an excuse to shoot him.
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Lonely at the Top / int_8d84363c	comment	In Rome, while Atia achieves the goal she's been aiming for, she finds it's Lonely At The Top.
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Lonely at the Top / int_9174ed2f	comment	The mainland Chinese historical drama The Empress of China culminates in the coronation of Wu Zetian after she eliminated all of her rivals through war, intrigue, and backstabbing over the course of the series, resulting in this exchange:
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Lonely at the Top / int_9322493f	comment	In Kamen Rider Zi-O, in the finale Sougo obtains the ultimate power and becomes a nigh-omnipotent Physical God who rules over all of time and space. Yet despite this, he isn't happy. And when given a choice of being the ruler of everything like his future self is, he instead chooses to give all the power up to fix all of reality. His reasoning being that there's no point in having unlimited power, nor being the ruler of all if he has no one to celebrate it with.
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Lonely at the Top / int_95caf5b8	comment	The Fountainhead: Gail Wynand's entire life. Ayn Rand set out to do this quite deliberately. Her notes describe him as "a man who could have been", and he himself echoes that sentiment at the end.
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Lonely at the Top / int_96b185bb	comment	Daniel Day Lewis's character at the end of There Will Be Blood. But he outright says that he prefers it that way.
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Lonely at the Top / int_9776174	comment	This trope summarizes the plotline of Ex Machina rather succinctly at least the abandonment of everything in pursuit of the dream although he never does make it to the top.
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Lonely at the Top / int_99c0e061	comment	Marvel's Thanos attempts to impress Lady Death by collecting the six Infinity Gems, and with them becoming her equal so she will finally speak to him. However, after he succeeds she still remains silent, one of her servants explaining that by becoming all-powerful he is now her superior.
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Lonely at the Top / int_9ab32c13	comment	Pony POV Series: In one of the many alternate universes glimpsed in the Well of Truth, Trixie has become Empress of Equestria. She is known as a benevolent ruler, but she eventually bursts into tears because everypony sucks up to her and blindly agrees with everything she says instead of really trying to be her friend. It doesn't help that she got this way by making a deal with Ispita, the Spirit of Temptation and she knows it's all her fault.
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Lonely at the Top / int_9c9ca99b	comment	Rin feels like this after his defeat of Haru in their race in 50% OFF episode 18. the other characters remind him, Nagisa most succinctly:
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Lonely at the Top / int_9e2f90f4	comment	One Piece: An omake did this when it imagined the Straw Hats as mobsters. They each end up killing each other (except for Nami, who dies of happiness after seeing so much gold) until the only one left is Luffy, who at first is ecstatic over having all the meat to himself...until he realizes how lonely he is without anyone to share it with. In the series proper, there is the World's Strongest Swordsman, Mihawk. His expression is always stern and he rarely ever acts unless it's out of some form of curiosity. Being the best swordsman in the world has obviously left him with not much to do while waiting for a half-decent challenger. And he is so far above the next best swordsman that really digs at him. It's been shown that the last worthy challenger he had was over a decade ago in-universe. The challenger was Shanks, back when he had two arms. When Shanks lost his arm saving a younger Luffy from a Sea King, he was no longer a strong enough opponent for Hawk-Eyes. Later, when Zoro tries to fight Mihawk, he's effortlessly defeated... yet Mihawk saw potential in him, and is now hoping someday Zoro will be able to meet him at the top and give him his first true challenge in over a decade.
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Lonely at the Top / int_a0262740	comment	This is ultimately Willy Wonka's problem in 2005's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In order to follow his childhood dream of becoming the greatest chocolatier in the world, he had to defy his dentist father — and the latter ultimately decided I Have No Son! and moved away, house and all, so that Willy could never go back even if he wanted to. Later, he had to sack his original workforce to protect his recipes from being stolen and copied by rivals and found substitute workers in the Oompa-Loompas, who are the closest he has to friends. In the present, Mr. Wonka has No Social Skills and insists that the heir he chooses via the Golden Ticket tour follow his lead and abandon his family. Charlie eventually helps him realize his mistakes and emotionally connect with others again. This trope only applies to this particular adaptation — in the source novel and other versions, Mr. Wonka is eccentric but, in his unique way, well-adjusted and happy to be who he is even if he doesn't have conventional relationships with others.
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Lonely at the Top / int_a12eee33	comment	In the short story in My Little Pony Micro Series Issue #3 Hayseed Turnip becomes a rich man, but he's still alone and unhappy.
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Lonely at the Top / int_a183d57f	comment	Futurama: Fry briefly becomes a billionaire after discovering that the 83 cents he had left behind in his bank account 1000 years ago had become several billion in the present day thanks to interest. The wealth ended up alienating him from his friends as he became more and more obsessed with surrounding himself with artifacts from his own time in the 20th century. He realizes this after he is robbed by Mom and her sons and refuses her offer of money and uses the anchovies he bought for a pizza. On Zapp Brannigan's first appearance, after he initially tries and fails to seduce Leela, he breaks down, drops the ladykiller act, and tells her that he's utterly lonely because of his position as a spaceship captain and was hoping to have finally found a kindred spirit. Subverted later when it turns out that the entire breakdown was just a bid for sympathy in order to get her into bed.
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Lonely at the Top / int_a2a92cc6	comment	In Kaiba, Popo sets out to conquer the universe with the express motivation of providing a better life for his friends and family. By the time he reaches his goal, he's Brainwashed or alienated all of his friends, and his mother dies due to his carelessness, rendering the entire scheme All for Nothing.
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Lonely at the Top / int_a465e6bd	comment	A running theme in Jujutsu Kaisen. The most powerful sorcerers alive can stomp all over the common man and sorcerers of inferior power and skill; but none of that means anything if they're so detached from society to relate to someone else as an equal. Satoru Gojo is his era's greatest sorcerer, but he has an ego a mile wide that makes most people tolerate him at best and he likens his relationships with others as a human among flowers. The one person he did consider an equal, his best friend Geto Suguru, eventually turned to the side of evil and was killed by Gojo himself. The incarnated sorcerer Kashimo was always picking fights in his era and won them, but he longed for a real challenge. Even Ryoumen Sukuna gets in on this; as the King of Curses and the most potent sorcerer of the Heian era, he proudly boasts that he can do whatever he likes, however he likes, and no one can stop him—but after multiple people start challenging his worldview in the Culling Games, he actually starts to doubt himself.
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Lonely at the Top / int_a54eef52	comment	Hetalia: Axis Powers: Prussia's rant about being happy by himself during the Christmas Special is often interpreted as this.
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Lonely at the Top / int_a5fec434	comment	Twisted Metal 2 Thumper wins the Twisted Metal tournament, and the driver asks Calypso to make him king of the world... unfortunately, everyone else in the world was killed in the tournament, so he's left sitting alone on his throne.
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Lonely at the Top / int_a9cb14fc	comment	Endemic to Ravenloft, the Dungeons & Dragons setting of Gothic Horror; since the Dark Powers seem to enjoy giving bad people new and interesting ways to live an eternity of suck, this is not particularly surprising. To give some examples from its ample supply of Darklords: Count Strahd: murdered his brother in order to ensure his own immortality, thereby making his brother's betrothed — who Strahd was in love with — hurl herself over the walls of Strahd's castle. Azalin Rex: killed his only son for being "unworthy" (read: still possessing a conscience), and would dearly love to bring him back but his curse means he can't learn new magic, which would be required. Jacqueline Renier, who is perhaps the queen of this trope. Intensely monophobic, she has to spend her time with her vicious family (all of whom hate her) and will transform into a wererat in the company of anyone she actually cares for.
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Lonely at the Top / int_aaa65d7e	comment	In Rebuild of Evangelion, she is frustrated by this, changing the reason for her frequent lashing out and condescending attitude from the trauma of seeing her mother turn insane and finding her dead body after suicide in the original series.
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Lonely at the Top / int_ad216b56	comment	In Oshi no Ko, Ai Hoshino's troubled home life as a child made her decide to become an Idol Singer in the hopes of obtaining love. Unfortunately, despite her meteoric rise to fame, she doesn't have any real friends and isn't even particularly close with the other members of her idol group B-Komachi.
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Lonely at the Top / int_ad29dc16	comment	All in the Family: In the episode Success Story, one of Archie's friends comes over for a party, and shows off his success. The friend seems on top of the world until Mike walks in and overhears a blistering phone call between the man and his son, in which the son all but cuts off ties with him.
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Lonely at the Top / int_aeb84363	comment	A Christmas Carol: Ebenezer Scrooge. One of the richest men in London, if not England itself, he got to where he is by sacrificing EVERYTHING important. His fiancÃ©e left him because of his obsession, his sister died in childbirth, and he is now estranged from his nephew (his only surviving family) because, despite the man's attempts at reaching out to him, Scrooge has forgotten how to relate to others. Even the death of his business partner Jacob Marley doesn't move him much. It's only when the spirits of Christmas show him that not only will his path lead to a lonely, unmourned death for himself, but also indirectly to the death of an innocent child and the effect his greed has on people around him, that Scrooge decides to turn things around. The epilogue states that in time, Scrooge did succeed in mending the bridges he had burned with the rest of humanity.
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Lonely at the Top / int_af2b89e1	comment	In "Where did you go to my lovely" and "Last of the Breed" by Peter Sarstedt, the story of successful woman Marie-Claire becomes this trope.
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Lonely at the Top / int_af3345f5	comment	I Love Yoo: Both Rand and Kousuke are incredibly successful in business, but neither have a social life outside of work. It is shown in flashbacks that Kousuke has left his college friends behind.
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Lonely at the Top / int_afdde82a	comment	In I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level, Pecora finds her role as Demon King to be a bit suffocating since her demon subjects are so subservient they never even try to give criticism to her actions, let alone talk to her in a forceful way, not even the decently strong Beelzebub who can compare to or potentially even surpass her, which annoys her since her greatest desire is to have a commanding Cool Big Sis figure in her life. It's to the point she was overjoyed as soon as she learned of Azusa's existence, as she's both absolutely stronger than Pecora and since Azusa is human, she has no societal obligations to be subservient to her, so with a little nudging Pecora was finally able to find somebody who could be the controlling and domineering sibling figure she always wanted.
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Lonely at the Top / int_afecd0bd	comment	Beowulf (2007). King Beowulf grumbles to his young mistress that when he was her age, he thought being a king was all about fighting, feasting, and wenching; which doesn't seem as fun now that he's older. She coaxes him into conceding that maybe the wenching isn't that bad.
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Lonely at the Top / int_b2c187a7	comment	The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis: Jadis sums the trope up pretty well, but she actually means it as a sort of self-praise: Digory notes that his uncle said the same thing, but it sounds a lot better when Jadis says it because she's a seven-foot-tall, dazzlingly beautiful sorceress (who, not coincidentally, nuked her entire world so she could be its sole queen.)
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Lonely at the Top / int_b7776ed1	comment	In Freedom, Loki/Gragg realises this of himself. He's the highest-level Darknet operative, but nobody thinks well of him.
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Lonely at the Top / int_b9b15731	comment	Freaky Stories once featured a wealthy man who was so estranged from his family and friends he willed his entire fortune to whoever bothered to attend his funeral. The only person who did so was a crasher who had no idea of who he was and only needed the bathroom.
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Lonely at the Top / int_b9b796cf	comment	Fate/stay night has several of these characters: Saber, who became a king over a court who has no idea she's a woman and had to throw away all human bonds in order to rule, and Archer, who became the "Ally of Justice" he always strived to be but lost practically everything to do so, was betrayed by his own ideal and was consigned to an eternal Ironic Hell as a Counter Guardian. Shirou also has at least one Bad End where this happens to him. Rin and Gilgamesh, meanwhile, are subversions: They're amongst the best at what they do and have practically no peers or friends as a result of single-minded devotion to their goals, but neither are terribly bothered by it.
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Lonely at the Top / int_b9bd064e	comment	In Click, all Michael wanted was to get a promotion so he could provide better income for his family. Due to the Universal Remote being stuck on auto-pilot and fast-forwarding him through his lifetime, he eventually succeeds in becoming head of his company but is divorced from his wife, isn't really "there" as his kids grow up (with the threat of his son turning out just like him) and wasn't there for the death of his father, which his auto-pilot self coldly brushed off in their last meeting. Luckily though he's given another chance to live his life without the use of the remote to focus more on his family than his work.
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Lonely at the Top / int_ba084d45	comment	In Hamilton, Hamilton himself doesn't ever cross into thisâ€”most of the show is him trying to become more and more successful and usually doing so. But Eliza begins to feel the strain of her husband's success, constantly asking him why their family can't be enough: since Alex Ham is lonely at the top, Eliza's lonely too.
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Lonely at the Top / int_ba6cc3a1	comment	Several of the Eternals in Granblue Fantasy have this and in particular Tweyen. She keeps losing friends out of fear for her power — even most people in her hometown thought she was a monster. Even being in a group of people at a similar power level, she's still pretty lonely as most of them are off doing their own thing.
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Lonely at the Top / int_bb3fde3d	comment	Vlad Masters from Danny Phantom falls under this trope. Despite being one of the richest people in the world (Albeit, one who acquired his fame through less-than-moral means), and one of the most powerful as well, he's also virtually alone (save for his cat Maddie and a few random henchmen) and is both painfully aware that he lost the love of his life and a [surrogate] son to his ex-friend.
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Lonely at the Top / int_bb55a676	comment	Legion of Super-Heroes: Brainiac 5 is the most intelligent person in history. His childhood was spent in the care of robots because his society rejected him as an aberration, and many of his teammates are hostile because he isn't sociable or nice. Cause you learn to be sociable and nice when you have no contact with living beings and are punished for displays of emotion for the first twelve years of your life.
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Lonely at the Top / int_bb6a4b88	comment	The Emperor in Photon has been the sole and absolute ruler of the galaxy for a few thousand years, and it became so boring that he allowed one of his subordinates to hatch a plan to achieve ultimate power and depose him, just so he'd have someone powerful to fight at the end.
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Lonely at the Top / int_bc8b07	comment	In Epic Rap Battles of History, Bill Gates's tirade against the recently-deceased Steve Jobs is somewhere between this, Antagonist in Mourning, and How Dare You Die on Me!.
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Lonely at the Top / int_bca72091	comment	Animal Crossing: Tom Nook is revealed to have been best friends with Sable in the past, but he lost their friendship in favor of running his Cranny (later "Nookington's").
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Lonely at the Top / int_bcadd7cb	comment	The God-Emperor of Warhammer 40,000. Let's face it. His obsession being the survival of mankind, he has really lost everything: his sons, his closest friend Malcador, the atheism he tried to build up in his Imperium, his self-respect, many other things, now spending eternity living in mind-wracking pain, being kept alive by the Golden Throne he sits on, being forced to watch how everything he built has rotted and become a shadow of its former self... he doesn't have anything left.
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Lonely at the Top / int_bdae670d	comment	At the start of Yuri!!! on Ice, Viktor Nikiforov is the undisputed god of men's singles skating, with a closet full of gold medals and throngs of fans all over the world. He's also isolated, lonely, and aimless, due to spending all his time and energy on competitive skating, to the point that he ditches his whole career to pursue a connection with Yuuri. Yuuri Katsuki and Yuri Plisetsky are lesser examples, both top skaters whose prowess came at the cost of friendships, familial bonds, and dating.
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Lonely at the Top / int_c01df100	comment	The Wall takes it one step further: Pink, the high-flying rock'n'roll star, realizes that he might end up like this unless he stops running away and confronts his monsters.
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Lonely at the Top / int_c18bfdae	comment	Implied to be the case with Tyrell in Blade Runner, who is seen sleeping alone in a bedroom without any pictures of children or paramours nearby. This comes across as Rule of Symbolism (he presumably has people in his life, but is still lonely).
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Lonely at the Top / int_c211d8bf	comment	Star Trek Beyond starts with Kirk dealing with this. Jim Kirk, a person who by his nature is fairly gregarious and easygoing, feels hemmed in and isolated by the responsibilities of command, and his interactions with his close friends are a bit muted at the beginning of the film. By the end, he's reacquainted himself with the sense of excitement and wonder that led him to Starfleet in the first place.
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Lonely at the Top / int_c2d17682	comment	Constantius writes the titular Julian a poignant letter to this effect while on his deathbed. Julian had to deal with this even before becoming Augustus, but more or less reconciled himself with it.
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Lonely at the Top / int_c4282b71	comment	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: In the episode Equestria Games, Twilight Sparkle's assigned seat — for the opening ceremony anyway — is a throne at the highest level of the stadium with the other princesses. She briefly gazes down wistfully at her friends seated at a much lower level, who are having the time of their lives with everypony else. Implied by Celestia to be the case of Starswirl the Bearded. While an amicable and friendly old stallion, he did not understand friendship like Twilight did, which is why he was never able to finish his master spell. Princess Celestia herself actively tries to avoid this. She's the top authority figure in Equestria, but has a playful, teasing side in an attempt to take the edge off of other ponies, either by inviting the Mane Six to the Grand Galloping Gala to deliberately liven it up (or mess it up for her amusement, whichever), and inviting the rambunctious Discord later on for the same reason. She also doesn't like being praised.
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Lonely at the Top / int_c43df4d8	comment	Doctor Who In The Invasion of Time, it looks like the Doctor has done this, abandoning his companion to become Lord President of Gallifrey, and then aiding an alien invasion of his home planet. It all turns out to be a heroic plan. Kazran Sardick in A Christmas Carol which, obviously, draws inspiration from the Charles Dickens story.
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Lonely at the Top / int_c75605f9	comment	The Great Gatsby in another archetypal example. Only three people that weren't employed by him attended his funeral: Nick (the narrator), his father, and one party guest (out of what was hundreds). This, in part, can be largely blamed on Gatsby himself, who secluded himself from social life barring those associated with Daisy, out of his desperate desire for her and her alone.
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Lonely at the Top / int_c8b5541e	comment	Saving Me: The entire premise of the show is that Bennett in the future became one of the wealthiest and most powerful men on Earth, but in the process, he ostracized everyone he was every close to until he was all alone with only EDEE 34 as a companion.
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Lonely at the Top / int_c961059a	comment	Limitless: Trying to get rich under NZT's influence, Eddie manages to alienate Lindy, the only person who truly cares about him, leaving him with the Corrupt Corporate Executive and The Mafiya. Eddie's ex-wife also dumped him while she was under NZT's influence. Eddie would have not contacted her if not for his own problems with NZT.
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Lonely at the Top / int_cb45dbdc	comment	Nemona from PokÃ©mon Scarlet and Violet suffered this problem before meeting the player. As the only Champion-ranked Trainer in her school, battles with her fellow classmates became too easy and boring. She even has to build a new team from scratch when she meets the player. By the end of Victory Road, she finally figures out what her treasure is: a true rival and friend. To drive it in further, her post-game interactions show another student refusing to battle her once he realizes who she is, and Nemona sadly mentions how other students avoid her due to her obsession with battling and their fear of getting curbstomped by her.
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Lonely at the Top / int_cbad9b62	comment	Legend of the Galactic Heroes: When Reinhard finally becomes the Emperor, neither his best friend Kircheis nor his big sister Annerose are there to witness it. He still has Hilda at his side, having even worse social skills than Yang, the clod does not see it Arguably subverted. He eventually gets a clue and marries Hilda. It's even theorized in-universe that his early death less than a year after taking over the known universe was either because of this trope hitting him fatally hard or to avoid it (there being nothing else to conquer).
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Lonely at the Top / int_ccf0819f	comment	It has been said that Vince McMahon has no life outside of WWE. He has no real friends, only business contacts. It was once said that his children, Shane and Stephanie, joined the company because they would never see him otherwise.
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Lonely at the Top / int_cd1550c5	comment	The Dark Tower: Roland reaches the Dark Tower and climbs to the top, saving everything in existence from extinction along the way — but Roland himself is condemned to repeat his life over and over for the cruelties he committed in the name of this goal. It's implied that he only has to do it till he gets it right.
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Lonely at the Top / int_ce0e0763	comment	The Silver Raven: Despite Nero being the most powerful witch of his generation, the son of the leader of the Emperor's Coven, and an incredibly popular student at Hexside, he doesn't have any friends to speak of barring Edric and Emira. This is largely because of his hate for how many of the students treat him less as a person and more as a meal ticket to easy popularity or as a way to potentially get into the strongest coven on the isles.
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Lonely at the Top / int_cf2d20a8	comment	Johnny Bravo ran for sanitation commissioner in "Candidate Johnny". He mentioned the trope when he had to clean up the streets by himself for spending the budget on the party held to celebrate his victory.
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Lonely at the Top / int_d00b4c93	comment	The Rise of Phoenixes: Ning Yi becomes emperor but almost all of his family and Zhi Wei are dead.
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Lonely at the Top / int_d27c007d	comment	Kill la Kill has this happen to Ryuko, except in this case she helps her friend Mako's family (who she lives with) become successful by making Mako a club president, using Honnouji Academy's bizarre system that dictates a student's social status based on their academic performance. Once Mako nets them their own mansion, the family becomes so addicted to their new lifestyle that they stop having the warm, lively dinners Ryuko enjoyed sharing with them when they were poor.
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Lonely at the Top / int_d28f8264	comment	Queen: The protagonist of "Good Company" manages to achieve his dream of owning a successful business, but at the cost of driving away his family and friends with his excessive dedication to his work. At the end of the song, he realizes what a tremendous mistake he made in spite of his material success, calling himself insane as a result. "It's A Hard Life" is written from the viewpoint of a man with wealth who still can't find love.
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Lonely at the Top / int_d29994ae	comment	One of the bad ends of Live A Live involves now-Demon King Oersted empowering his incarnations throughout the timeline to kill the heroes and take his revenge of being used and thrown away like how he went through. Credits rolled as Oersted strolls around the now-empty Kingdom of Lucretia, and it ends with him hanging his head low, now completely lonely without anyone, friends or foes from the past, present, or future, and doomed with such fate eternally.
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Lonely at the Top / int_d389669	comment	Suede's "The 2 of Us", whose narrator is "alone but loaded". (Doubles as a Break-Up Song).
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Lonely at the Top / int_d3b17858	comment	Final Fantasy Tactics ends with Delita gaining the crown of Ivalice, but his excessive use of manipulation and deceit to get there alienates all his friends and allies. Even his queen, Ovelia—the woman on whose coattails he rode to get his ass on the throne—is so put off that she concludes she too was just another pawn in his heartless machinations and attempts to kill him for it. It fails, and he kills her in self-defense. The tragedy—or irony—is increased tenfold in the PSP version, which goes out of its way to remind the player that, yes, Delita indeed genuinely loved her and did all this as much for her sake as he did his own.
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Lonely at the Top / int_d3e3e38a	comment	She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: Hordak is the leader of the Horde, feared by all his underlings and respected by most, and for the first season, he seems fine with that. Then, as his backstory gets revealed and we get more glimpses into his personality when he's not in Evil Overlord mode, we find out that he's a deeply lonely, unhappy man with only Imp (himself a modified clone of Hordak) for company. When he befriends and later falls in love with Entrapta, he seems much happier—and he promptly falls into a depression again when he thinks she's abandoned him. To make matters worse, we find out that Hordak's entire goal — the reason for the war, his conquering of Etheria, all of it — was to impress Horde Prime and return to his side. "Destiny, Part 2" revealed that this goal was always doomed to fail, rendering Hordak's misery for absolutely nothing. The higher Catra climbs, the less happy she is — not that she ever makes the connection, or realizes that it might be because her increasingly erratic behavior is driving away the few people who genuinely care about her. By mid-Season 4, she's an equal partner of Hordak, and within inches of winning the war... and completely miserable. In a heroic example, Glimmer finds it very hard to adjust to life as Queen, since all her friends are now technically her subjects and under her command, and they're now bound to protect her, whether she wants it or not. She alternates between trying to pretend nothing has changed and throwing her weight around in well-intentioned but misguided attempts to keep everyone safe and end the war. This, along with her mother's "death", leads to a rift growing between herself and her friends, and by the end of the season, she's much in the same boat as Catra.
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Lonely at the Top / int_d4fdfff4	comment	ER: The funeral of Doctor Romano, is attended solely by Dr. Corday. Romano was a Jerkass to many of his colleagues and patients.
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Lonely at the Top / int_d8bd947	comment	The protagonist of "Good Company" manages to achieve his dream of owning a successful business, but at the cost of driving away his family and friends with his excessive dedication to his work. At the end of the song, he realizes what a tremendous mistake he made in spite of his material success, calling himself insane as a result.
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Lonely at the Top / int_db30cf92	comment	In Warrior Cats, Mapleshade knows that Crookedstar will become clan leader, so she aims to get his entire family killed and make him this. Her plan fails when Crookedstar explains that once his time is over, everyone he cares about will be waiting for him in the afterlife.
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Lonely at the Top / int_db4e8eb0	comment	The King's Woman: Ying Zheng. His birth father constantly tries to use and manipulate him, while his mother, grandmother, wife, and concubines are busy fighting among themselves. He outright says his half-brother Cheng Jiao is the only real family he has, and Cheng Jiao rebels when he learns the truth about Ying Zheng's parentage. By the end of the series, he's even more alone than he was at the start, and he has no one to blame but himself.
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Lonely at the Top / int_dd3fe595	comment	In Atlas Shrugged the gifted scientist Dr. Robert Stadler states explicitly that is very lonely on the highest branches of the tree of intellect and is delighted to find â€œa work of genius that I didnâ€™t createâ€� (Galtâ€™s motor). Life is pretty lonely for the Fiction 500 characters, though itâ€™s implied that only the â€œintellectualsâ€�, leftist politicians, businessmen who canâ€™t operate in a free market, and other powerful but talentless people envy them and wish to destroy them, whereas members of the public are not driven by envy and are given hope in an apparently hopeless situation by seeing great accomplishments from productive people.
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Lonely at the Top / int_dd7245ac	comment	The song "Washingtons on Your Side" from The Hamilton Mixtape, posits that Wiz Khalifa, after having worked hard to reach where he is, finds himself alone and surrounded by his money (his "Washingtons"), despite what other people say about wealth.
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Lonely at the Top / int_e04f934e	comment	Fire Emblem: Three Houses Rhea, as Archbishop of the Church of Seiros, is one of the most powerful individuals on the continent of Fodlan. She ends up being isolated from most other people, including Seteth and Flayn, who are like family to her, and Byleth is the only character she can support with. She expresses in one advice column letter that she would like to join others in the dining hall, but doesn't feel as though she can. Her Forging Bonds events in Fire Emblem Heroes touch on this aspect of her character, and Sharena encourages her to join some of the students in the dining hall, noting that royals and gods from other worlds do the same. This issue is key to Edelgard's character arc. She points out that, as the future emperor of Adrestia, no one is equal to her, and quickly grows close to Byleth because they are the only one to treat her like an equal. Unlike Rhea, however, Edelgard can support with other characters, and can achieve a paired ending with any of them except for Petra.
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Lonely at the Top / int_e144ba19	comment	Dragon Age II — Hawke loses a family member with every step up the social ladder, whether or not you "betray" any of them. In the endgame, several of your True Companions can turn on you depending on whose side you take. The best fit would be siding with the Templars and letting Meredith kill Bethany in the Circle. Congratulations, you get to (temporarily) be Viscount at the cost of the last member of your family. Bethany's last words are even "I hope this was all worth it."
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Lonely at the Top / int_e21e270	comment	Said word-for-word in Sia's "Big Girls Cry", where Sia describes in the second verse the impact that fame had on her; other interviews delving into her aversion to fame highlight how touring was lonely and travelling to a different place every day and promoting her music to death was making her sick.
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Lonely at the Top / int_e290dce3	comment	Ozymandias in Watchmen, hidden under dense layers of ego and posing for the eyes of history. The reveal is his insecure last exchange with Dr. Manhattan, who gives him no comforting words or reassurance as he was hoping.
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Lonely at the Top / int_e3a1067	comment	Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt: Surprisingly enough, Garterbelt. In his past life as a gangster, he eventually became strong enough to become the mayor of his city, but he quickly grew bored of it. So bored that, when a mob came to kill him, he didn't resist.
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Lonely at the Top / int_e60954ea	comment	Armored Core: Last Raven is built around this in a way that you are the last remaining Raven after a day's war. The exact circumstances leading up to it vary depending on the storyline, but the hardest path requires you to actively hunt down the other Ravens and be the last man standing.
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Lonely at the Top / int_e8bf42fd	comment	In Squid Game, it's revealed that the "VIPs" running the Deadly Game are, as one would expect, a cabal of rich guys so bored with their lives gambling on human life is the only way they can feel anything anymore. The mastermind explains that having no money and more money than you know what to do with are two sides of the same coin, as with the former you can't get anything you want while with the latter you're so used to getting everything you want that it loses all meaning. Gi-hun ultimately subverts this, as he manages to find some fulfillment in using the prize money to help those around him and support his daughter instead of splurging on himself like his captors.
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Lonely at the Top / int_ee0d8097	comment	Celica in Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor is an immortal with incredible magical power, skill, knowledge, and beauty. However, her power and immortality have led to many people fearing her, she's seen many friends die over the centuries, and she once went through a phase where she rejected anyone who tried to show kindness to her. By the present of the series, she's recovered to some extent thanks to adopting and living with Glenn, but she still has some issues.
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Lonely at the Top / int_eedac02b	comment	Izaya from Durarara!!. Unsurprisingly, being a gigantic, manipulative asshole tends not to win over a lot of friends.
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Lonely at the Top / int_ef076a36	comment	Star Trek: Voyager. Discussed in the Flash Gordon style holoprogram The Adventures of Captain Proton! with Mad Scientist Doctor Chaotica pining after fellow Big Bad Queen Arachnia.
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Lonely at the Top / int_ef9ba9b4	comment	In Revenge of the Sith, Anakin Skywalker turned to the Dark Side to not only bring peace and order to the galaxy but to save his beloved wife Padme, ultimately suffering near-fatal injuries in the hopes of achieving these goals. The news that not only is she dead but he himself killed her and (he thinks) her unborn children shatters Anakin; the only thing he can utter after waking up is a gut-wrenching Big "NO!", leaving him to become the Empty Shell Darth Vader. So he did become Number Two of the Galactic Empire, but maintaining it is the only raison d'etre he has left.
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Lonely at the Top / int_efd4726a	comment	Blondie Johnson: Blondie finally makes it to the top as a gangster, but the pain of leaving Danny behind makes the victory bittersweet.
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Lonely at the Top / int_f186a13b	comment	Dragonlance: Legends: Of all the Very Bad Things in the trilogy, perhaps the most horrifying is Astinus's description of how absolutely lonely Raistlin will be when he finally achieves his evil ambitions.
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Lonely at the Top / int_f6c5733b	comment	Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 has an example of this in the Conquest Ending. Nepgear has killed all the other goddesses, including her sister, to power the Sword of Plot Advancement to kill the evil deity, Arfoire. Ultimately, this leads to her accomplishing what every comic book supervillain dreams of: the world is united under her rule, but all those of her friends who are still alive return to the places they call home, leaving her to rule alone, and she is willing to use "any means necessary" to ensure peace and prosperity.
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Lonely at the Top / int_f6da9a18	comment	In one chapter of Sgt. Frog, a missive from headquarters results in Private Tamama (temporarily) becoming the new leader of the squad. He promptly goes mad with power, and ends up throwing the Hinatas, Moa, and all his squad mates in the brig. While the others manage to make themselves comfortable, Tamama ends up bitter and alone.
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Lonely at the Top / int_f74b5f80	type	Lonely at the Top
Lonely at the Top / int_f74b5f80	comment	Londo Mollari's character arc on Babylon 5.
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Lonely at the Top / int_f8eaad5b	comment	The film Citizen Kane is the archetypal example. One of the reasons why Kane tries to desperately cling to his wife and eventually comes true when she leaves him. It's also the meaning behind 'Rosebud' — his life, though successful, was so unhappy that the greatest time he had was when he was a child and playing with his sled. This trope also appears when the reporter interviews Jacob Bernstein, who's the CEO of Kane's company. The interview takes place in a huge, spacious office, and Bernstein tells the reporter that he has plenty of time for the interview, since now that he's at the top, nobody wants to talk to him.
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Lonely at the Top / int_fa43ce7d	comment	At the end of Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special, The protagonist manages to become champion of the world, but with the love of his life having left him, his mentor and best friend dead at the hands of the now-former champion, and nothing more to aspire to, his victory is hollow. A few days later, he shoots himself...
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Lonely at the Top / int_faf84cd	type	Lonely at the Top
Lonely at the Top / int_faf84cd	comment	Invoked example in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, Prince LaCroix takes a moment to confide in the player the lonesome burden of sole rulership of Los Angeles, and how problematic is it because every other vampire in the city wants him out of the way. Except that sole rulership of Los Angeles was his own ambition and one that remained out of his reach because every other vampire in the city wants him out of the way. His position is in sharp contrast to Nines, whose influence in Los Angeles he finds so intractable because Nines has the respect, loyalty, and friendship.
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Lonely at the Top / int_fca0567c	type	Lonely at the Top
Lonely at the Top / int_fca0567c	comment	In the epilogue of Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Conan the Destroyer, Conan is seen sitting on the throne he had been promised in the first movie. However, his dark expression and pensive pose show that it has brought him no comfort.
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Lonely at the Top / int_ff9ab17f	comment	Star Trek: The Next Generation, "True Q," uses the "boredom of power" version. This trope can also apply to the Borg Queen and her chasing after Picard. Yes, his main purpose was to facilitate the assimilation of Humanity, but judging by First Contact, A certain evil queen was getting lonely.
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Lonely at the Top	processingCategory2	Cynicism Tropes
Lonely at the Top	processingCategory2	Plots
Lonely at the Top	processingCategory2	Sadness Tropes
Lonely at the Top	processingCategory2	Sour Grapes Tropes
Lonely at the Top	processingCategory2	Stock Aesops
Granblue Fantasy / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Tenchi Muyo: War on Geminar / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Lady Death (Comic Book) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
My Little Pony Micro Series (Comic Book) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Red Skull (Comic Book) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Superman: Son of Kal-El (Comic Book) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Thanos (Comic Book) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Darkness (Comic Book) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Smurfs (Comic Book) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Wreck-It Ralph / Disney / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
LuminaryUprise	seeAlso	Lonely at the Top
Professor Arc / Fan Fic / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Service with a Smile / Fan Fic / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Shinji and Warhammer 40k / Fan Fic / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Fifth Act / Fan Fic / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
A Protector's Pride (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Gemini Impact (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Harry Potter and the Natural 20 (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
RainbowDoubleDash's Lunaverse (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Raindancer (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Someone Else (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Stupor Heroics (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Hill of Swords (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Keys of the Kingdom / Fan Fic / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Minkiad (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
There Something Wrong With Us (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
There's Something Wrong With Us (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Traveler (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Two Kinds (Danny Phantom/Ladybug) (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
What If Videl Was A Z-Fighter? (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Whatever Happened to Battle Fist? (Fanfic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
A Bronx Tale / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Absolutely Anything / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
All the Money in the World / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
American Gangster / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Barfly / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Big Fat Liar / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Black Caesar / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Blondie Johnson / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Bohemian Rhapsody / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Booksmart / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Brewster's Millions (1985) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Bunraku / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Cantinflas	seeAlso	Lonely at the Top
Cirque Du Soleil: Journey Of Man	seeAlso	Lonely at the Top
Cleopatra / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Curse of the Golden Flower / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Darkest Hour (2017) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Edge of Tomorrow / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Election / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Everything Everywhere All at Once / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Nixon / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Funny People / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Giant / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Hero (2002) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
It: Chapter Two / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Ivan the Terrible / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Kundun / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Limitless / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Lust, Caution / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Mr. Nobody / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Prey for Rock & Roll / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Return of the Deadly Blade / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Richie Rich / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Riddick / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Rock of Ages / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Rocky Balboa / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Rocky V / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Scarface (1983) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Stoned / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Devil Wears Prada / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Emperor and the Assassin / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Family Man / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Godfather / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Greatest Showman / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Invisible Maniac / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The King / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The King's Speech / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Power and the Glory / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Promised Land / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Social Network / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
There Will Be Blood / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Throne of Blood / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Yesterday (2019) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Yesterday Once More / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Dune (Franchise) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
cosmicPostman (Lets Play) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Markiplier (Lets Play) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
SSS-Class Suicide Hunter / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
A Christmas Carol / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
All You Need is Kill / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Carrie / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Choices of One / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Cobalt Blue / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Collected Poems 1921 / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Confessions (Saint Augustine) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Dear Dumb Diary / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Dragaera / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Dune Messiah / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Generation P / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
God-Emperor of Dune / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Great Expectations / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Greyfriars / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Hench / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Here Be Dragons / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
It's Time To Change The Genre / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Katanagatari / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Last Herald-Mage Trilogy / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
May I Ask for One Final Thing? / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Nineteen Minutes / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
One Hundred Years of Solitude / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Perfume / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Problem Children are Coming from Another World, aren't they? / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Ready Player Two / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Run with the Wind / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
SSS-Class Suicide Hunter / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Shadows of the Apt / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Six of Crows / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Sword at Sunset / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Accursed Kings / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Arts of Dark and Light / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Autobiography of James T. Kirk / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Autumn Queen Protocol / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Conquerors Saga / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Cousins' War Series / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Divine Comedy / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Great Gatsby / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Jungle Book / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Man Who Laughs / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Other Boleyn Girl / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Reincarnated Sword Saint Wants To Take It Easy / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Villainess Flips the Script! / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unlessâ€¦ / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Trapped in a Dating Sim: Otome Games Are Tough For Us, Too! / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Watanare / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Wiegenlied of Green / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Supermarioglitchy4's Super Mario 64 Bloopers (Machinima) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
MAD (Magazine) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
MAD (Magazine) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
American Dream	seeAlso	Lonely at the Top
Deepercutt	seeAlso	Lonely at the Top
Drrt	seeAlso	Lonely at the Top
FunnyPeople	seeAlso	Lonely at the Top
TheAutumnOfThePatriarch	seeAlso	Lonely at the Top
ZeroMatsumotoTaiyou	seeAlso	Lonely at the Top
Akagi (Manga) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Baki the Grappler (Manga) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Death Note (Manga) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Flunk Punk Rumble (Manga) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Fool's Gold (Manga) (Manga) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Future Diary (Manga) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Kill Blue (Manga) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Kuroko's Basketball (Manga) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Medaka Box (Manga) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Record of Ragnarok (Manga) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Superior (Manga) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Vampire Knight (Manga) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Vinland Saga (Manga) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Wolf Guy - Wolfen Crest (Manga) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Cavalier of the Abyss (Manhwa) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
A Night at the Opera (1975) (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
A Rush of Blood to the Head (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Amon Amarth (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Chess (1984) (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Greek Fire (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Imagine Dragons (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
JT Music (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Lemon Demon (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Lil Uzi Vert (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Lullaby for a Princess (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Marina Diamandis (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Peter Sarstedt (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Sia (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Some Nights (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Sonata Arctica (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Troye Sivan (Music) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Price Of Wisdom (Roleplay) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
All in the Family / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Boardwalk Empire / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Cold Case / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Frank Herbert's Dune / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
House of Cards (US) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Joy of Life / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Life (2007) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Medici / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
My Love From Another Star / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Narcos / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Peaky Blinders / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Press / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Reign / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Roman Empire / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Rome / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Advisor's Alliance / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Bear (2022) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Empress of China / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Morning Show / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Office (US) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Other Two / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The People v. O. J. Simpson / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Trust / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
William of Orange / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Scion (Tabletop Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
I Am from Austria (Theatre) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Macbeth (Theatre) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Merrily We Roll Along (Theatre) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Wiz (Theatre) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Blaze Union (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Conker's Bad Fur Day (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Crash Bandicoot (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Final Fantasy Tactics (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Final Fantasy XVI (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Freedom Planet 2 (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Imperator: Rome (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Jet Set Radio (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Lily's Garden (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Merc Storia (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Mortal Kombat X (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Octopath Traveler (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Penny's Big Breakaway (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Spectacle (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Streets of Rage Remake (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Urbz (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Timespinner (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Total War: Warhammer II (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Vagrant Story (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Shadowrun Returns / Videogame / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Adastra (2018) (Visual Novel) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
If My Heart Had Wings (Visual Novel) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Long Live the Queen (Visual Novel) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Princess Evangile (Visual Novel) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The House in Fata Morgana (Visual Novel) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
White Album (Visual Novel) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
White Album 2 (Visual Novel) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Supermarioglitchy4's Super Mario 64 Bloopers (Web Animation) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Where Was My Hero...? (Web Animation) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Ask That Guy with the Glasses (Web Video) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Disney Villain Songs (Lydia the Bard) (Web Video) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Web Video) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Epic Rap Battles of History (Web Video) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Little White Lie (Web Video) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Markiplier (Web Video) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Space Jam Two: Battle for Reality (Web Video) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Twisted Translations (Web Video) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Kill Six Billion Demons (Webcomic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Nuzlocke Comics Fan Works (Webcomic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Sam & Fuzzy (Webcomic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Sinfest (Webcomic) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Onion (Website) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Animalympics / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Barbie in Rock 'n Royals / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Beowulf (2007) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Cars / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Cars / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Chozen / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Leo / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
More / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
My Little Pony (G3) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Ōban Star-Racers / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Rankin Bass' Jack Frost / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Regular Show: The Movie / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Rock-A-Doodle / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Saving Me / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Boss Baby: Family Business / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Brothers Flub / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The Devil and Daniel Mouse / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The LEGO Batman Movie / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Trolls World Tour / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Wildfire / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Wreck-It Ralph / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
A.J. Lee (Wrestling) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Chris Hero (Wrestling) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Progress Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
IGPX Immortal Grand Prix / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Onegai My Melody / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Star Driver / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Legend of the Black Scorpion / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Nixon / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Wizards of Waverly Place / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
Die Anstalt (Video Game) / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top

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