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It's actually pretty rare to find a villain who is ''truly'' blameless in their origin, though it does happen. Even origins that lament the cruelty of fate, like The Joker's in ''The Killing Joke'', eventually reveal that the origin is still largely due to the character's ''choices'' anyway. Indeed, a villain who is fed up with [[Butt Monkey|abuse by others]] or out for revenge is ''still'' making the active choice to be villainous, and if it is still clear that the villain made the choice to be evil themselves rather than have it made for them, then they're not exactly broken, just enraged to the point of vengeance.
However, the trend seems to be that, the more arbitrary their fall into villainy seems to be, the more psychotic they become, as those screwed by the world become angry at the world, and seek to inflict their new madness on everyone. The end result of being
A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Anti-Villain]]. Compare [[Freudian Excuse]]. Such a character may become a [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]. See also [[From Nobody to Nightmare]].
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** {{spoiler|It's implied that what actually broke him was, at the age of six, realizing that his mother favored one of the children more than the other when she willingly handed one over to Bonaparta. The knowledge that people were inherently different and that favouritism could drive people to do things like that}}
* Mao, from ''[[Code Geass]]''. A male Yandere who shoots C.C. and proposes taking a chainsaw to her in order to make her 'compact' for a trip to Australia, as well as attempting to blow up Nunnally. Also adept at [[Hannibal Lecture]]-slash-[[Mind Rape]], which he uses twice. However, he is also completely barmy because he cannot shut off the thoughts of others, thus mitigating his moral culpability for his above acts, as C.C. hints at before blowing his brains out.
* Aion in the manga version of ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' was badly psychologically damaged after discovering the [[Awful Truth]]
* Ken Ichijouji from ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' wished his older brother would [[Never Say "Die"|disappear]], and eventually had to cope with [[Be Careful What You Wish For|his death in a car wreck]]. A [[Compelling Voice]] brought him into [[Another Dimension]] and he finally lost it, becoming [[Complete Monster|The Digimon Emporer.]]
* Almost all of the [[Black Lagoon]] cast not in major leadership positions. Hansel and Gretel are a particularly sad example.
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* {{spoiler|Bernkastel}} in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]].'' She's essentially an {{spoiler|incarnation of [[Fallen Hero|all of the Rikas who died]] [[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni|in Hinamizawa]] as [[Hate Plague|her friends went insane and killed each other]] and [[Doomed Hometown|the entire village was destroyed]]}}. Well, it's no wonder that the combination of all of that had some mental damage. It's the "having the [[Reality Warper|power]] to screw around with {{spoiler|[[Alternate Universe|other worlds]]}}" part that causes [[Complete Monster|the problems]].
* {{spoiler|[[Horny Devils|Morinth]] }}from [[Mass Effect 2]]. You spend some time tracking her down, an when Samara finally confronts her, she screams that she never had a choice {{spoiler|because of the genetic defect that Samara passed on to her.}} [[Manipulative Bastard|Although]], she may have just been trying to get to her for a chance to escape.
* Isair and Madae, the [[Big Bad
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