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=== Magical: ===
This is when there is either something magical that forces them to act compulsively, or some magical consequences for not doing so. Examples include a [[Magically
=== Obsessive-Compulsive: ===
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Compare [[Idiosyncrazy]]. Often a subtrope of [[Sanity Has Advantages]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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** In the new WoD, [[Changeling: The Lost (Tabletop Game)|changelings]] who grow powerful enough suffer from "frailities", similar to the old stories about [[The Fair Folk]]. One may be unable to drink anything but alcohol, while another may have to dance when she hears a clock chime.
* The furry RPG ''Ironclaw'' has things known as flaws, physical or personality-based quirks that hamper one's abilities elsewhere. While external (physical) flaws don't fit into this category, internal (personality-based) flaws do, and ''are'' expected to be followed. Considering that said flaws are usually [[Lawful Stupid Chaotic Stupid]] stuff, depending on how strongly you have that flaw, it can be very easy for opponents to exploit them to their advantage and overwhelm you.
* [[Blood Knight|Khornates and orks]] in [[Warhammer 40 K]] are murder machines in close combat, but easy to defeat if you outnumber and outgun them: [[Attack! Attack! Attack!|just shoot as they charge into your guns.]]
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== Web Original ==
* Part of containment procedures for [[SCP Foundation (Wiki)|SCP Foundation]]-[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-578 578-3] is covering the containment area with sand and painting a labyrinth on the floor, since the undead wight in question compulsively counts salt grains and traces labyrinth lines, slowing it down when it inevitably manifests. There was apparently some resistance to this kind of "folkloric strategy" at first among the scientifically-minded SCP researchers.
* [[Left Hanging|Had it ever been continued past chapter three,]] [[Hanna Is Not a Boys Name]] would've featured this tactic with the [[Super OCD]] [[Vampire Hunter]], Abner. According to the author's sketches, he would somehow be defeated by the [[Trash of the Titans|masterfully disgusting]] [[Back
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