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* ''[[Persona 2]]'''s [[Complete Monster|Nyarlathotep]] actively attempts to force ''everyone'' in the game who raises a hand against him over the edge. [[Eldritch Abomination]] + [[A Form You Are Comfortable With|A Form To Actively Horrify You]] + [[Hannibal Lecture]] + [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] = this trope. Of course, the heroes' actions might [[Dare to Be Badass|make all]] [[Shut UP, Hannibal|his]] [[Talk to the Fist|effort]] worthless...
* In ''[[Dante's Inferno (video game)|Dantes Inferno]]'', Dante's will is steadily broken as he goes deeper in Hell and he is forced to face the many sins he committed in life. When a corrupted Beatrice calls him out on his misdeeds and betrayal of her trust, he falls to his knees and gives up on trying to redeem himself, deciding that he deserves to be trapped in Hell.
* ''[[Bayonetta]]'' {{spoiler|is a rare case where the heroine of a work truly falls past the line (in the backstory, due to witnessing her mother's death), yet manages to recover and succeed. Mostly, her lack of memory in he present is what enables her to function, while recovery requires her father's multi-part plan to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]].}}
* In ''[[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow]]'', Gabriel crosses it right after a moment of utter triumph {{spoiler|when he ''kicks Satan's ass''}} when he sees that {{spoiler|Marie is about to leave for the afterlife forever and that he cannot go with her.}} Realizing that the hope he believed in was hollow, Gabriel collapses and cries silently. {{spoiler|Even centuries later, he has not recovered. As the immortal Dracula, all he does is hide in shadows while longing for a death that may never come.}}
* Shadow the Hedgehog can fall into this during certain endings of his [[Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)|titular videogame]] (i.e. discovering he is an android, believing he is an experiment gone wrong). However, other endings he'll completely avert it. Ironically, no matter what happens, he will always end the story by saying "This is who I am."
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** His [[Motive Rant]], which is delivered after said [[Heads I Win, Tails You Lose]] situation basically sums up that he thinks everyone who have crossed the Despair Event Horizon are the only honest people, everything else are lies, those who believe them are liars and he's damn willing to make his own brand of truth of "Everyone, cross the Despair Event Horizon" to become the accepted truth in the world.
* Gerald Robotnik crosses this ''hard'' in the Last Story of ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'' when he finds out about {{spoiler|Maria's death}}.
== Visual Novels ==
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