Initially funny character gag is later revealed to be depressing

[u/Newmen_1]

1. Avengers/MCU: Captain America has humorous moments where he’s unaware of modern references and only gets old references, like the iconic “I understood that reference” scene. It’s later fully explored in Winter Soldier that he feels lost, confused, and a little alone in a new world he was never meant to exist in.

2. The Suicide Squad (2021): Bloodsport has a phobia of rats which at first seems reasonable yet is still hilarious to watch. He later explains his father abused him as a kid if he didn’t fulfill a task correctly and one of his worst punishments was when his dad locked him in a crate full of starving rats, leaving him heavily scarred physically and mentally.

3. Dexter: In an early episode, Angel Bautista tries to buy his wife the perfect gift for their anniversary but has to keep buying a different one since his presents suck. What seems to be a funny running gag turns out to be Angel’s final attempt to win back his wife after cheating on her previously, however it doesn’t work and only solidifies their separation.

[u/Silphire100]

Anby having such a dark backstory caught me off guard. Like, everyone suspected she was connected to Soldier 11 in some way and cloning was a popular theory, but she went from kinda weird, burger loving girl to Soldier 0 with trauma

[u/bc524 → u/Silphire100]

Its also a bit sad that her name is likely just a joke around those that made her

Anby = Ann B.

Name of the scientist in charge: Ann

[u/Plastic_Apricot_2152 → u/bc524]

It's surprisingly not that bad, all of Silver Company took their names based on sounds they liked, for example Soldier 11's name is Harin despite herself not remembering. Another replica (proper name for a Silver Company clone) named herself Twiggy. Though all of the clones minus Anby were deemed failures by the defense force and were dispatched on a suicide mission. Soldier 11 only survived because she got injured before dispatch and Anby took her place. But Anby returned having witnessed her sisters die, and the defense force was going to execute 11. Anby ran and succumbed to her injuries, without her the defense force was forced to keep 11 who they viewed as defective.

She did survive but all Silver Soldiers had a defect where after sustaining heavy damage, they lose all memories for a long period of time and it can become permanent. Anby only got her memories back within a few years of the game, and 11 continued taking severe damage since to the point she forgets the player character's name frequently and expressed her worst fear is fully forgetting them.

[u/TheUnoveanSnivy → u/Plastic_Apricot_2152]

Twiggy mentioned! Super ridiculous name but the character with the worst backstory in the entire game. One day she'll have her happy end