Fell down
Both terms in one sentence
- Non-Lethal Bottomless Pits Oh no, I fell down this pit and..now I'm back at the beginning of the level?
Source: Falling And Landing Index - The protagonist Ryotaro Nogami is described by one of Those Two Guys as having Guinness-level bad luck; in fact, the first time we ever see him, he's stuck up a tree because a sign randomly fell down in front of his bike and acted as a ramp, sending him flying — and that's just a mild example.
Source: The Chew Toy / Live-Action TV - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the 1971 film with Gene Wilder; the 2005 Tim Burton/Johnny Depp film, despite being a much bigger hit at the box office, started as a 0/1, but rapidly fell down to level 3 as it faced intense backlash due to, well, "ruining" this movie)
Source: Sliding Scale of Film Obscurity
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