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Today's trope is Angst? What Angst? Here is the link: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AngstWhatAngst

Imagine you found yourself Trapped in Another World, far removed from everything you know with no promise you could ever go back. And just as you started to come to grips with that, you discovered you were The Chosen One and that this world depended on you. And then your band of quirky companions, who had been your support, started to disappear one by one, leaving you alone with The Mole. And then the person you thought was your last friend betrayed you to the Big Bad, who threw you into his dungeon and promised to execute you at dawn. As you sit there in your chains, how do you feel?

Well, fortunately for you, you're a fictional character, so you get right to work on befriending the magical talking mice who know where the keys are kept. Turns out they know where to find a cool enchanted sword, too! Angst? What angst?

The polar opposite of Wangst, this is when a character has been given every reason to fall into depression or go Ax-Crazy, but... just doesn't, and life goes on. They aren't The Stoic or the Determinator; they aren't holding off their real feelings by an effort of will. Nor are they putting on a brave face because they can't endure pity. They're just sort of rolling with it, riding out the adventure as it comes and looking ahead to the next plot event.

TL,DR: This character gets over an upsetting event remarkably quickly, if they're upset by it at all.

Nominations:
Austin realises he's single again (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)
The long list of dead soldiers "But none of that matters now" (Battle Los Angeles)
Everyone Fry knows is dead... Woohoo! (Futurama)