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Sometimes the pilots [[Heroic BSOD|crash even harder]] than the mechas.
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* Happens to Kazuma in ''[[S-Cry-ed]]'' after the death of {{spoiler|Kunihiko Kimishima}}. Rather than making precision strikes against his enemies (often for money) he madly swings his fist at anything with a HOLY logo on it until [[Worthy Opponent|Ryuhou]] comes out to stop him. By this point, however, Kazuma had beaten up Scheris and Ryuho's search for him had resulted in Kanami witnessing her and Kazuma's house getting ripped apart, so ''both'' of them were pretty pissed, {{spoiler|1=and the restultant fight shakes up ''the entire Lost Ground''. Then they ''both'' went into amnesia and BSODs. Kazuma had to be kickstarted with help from Asuka and later Cougar while Ryuho's blackout results in a [[Heel Realization]] as he forgets his grudges just long enough to relearn a softer sense of justice.}}
* Chief Ikari from ''[[Paranoia Agent]]'', after being fired for his and Maniwa's mishandling of the Shonen Bat case, effectively has one of these, retreating into a ''[[Lotus Eater Machine]]'' based on how he would ideally like the world to be. Maniwa himself went somewhat batty, but this being a [[Satoshi Kon]] work, he was actually closer to the truth as a result. He doesn't snap out of it until {{spoiler|the death of his wife, as her soul is able to visit him in there just long enough to make him come to his senses}}.
* A significant portion of the main cast of ''[[Blood
** Haji had one himself after the events of Vietnam, though it was mostly offscreen. Prequel manga "City of Nightwalkers" reveals that he spent the next several decades slowly starving himself to death, refusing to drink blood out of a combination of fear of losing control of himself and self-imposed penance for having been even momentarily afraid of Saya.
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Gundam SEED]]'': After the climactic battle between Kira and Athrun where {{spoiler|Kira's friend Tolle is killed and he realises he caused the same pain to Athrun by killing Nicol}}, Kira alternates between unconsciousness and hysterical sobbing until he gets a pep talk from Lacus and thinks things over.
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*** Shinn Asuka also gets one near the end of the series (although in his case it plays out more like the traditional [[Villainous Breakdown]]) for... well, no discernable reason. By the end of the [[Final Battle]] he is literally hallucinating and this close to landing a lethal blow on his own ally/girlfriend before Athrun forcibly stops him.
* A slow build over the course of five specific episodes leads to the main character of ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'', Doremi Harukaze, going into this in the series finale. {{spoiler|Her best friends for the past four years are either moving or going to a different school, so Doremi locks herself in the Maho-dou on the day of her elementary school graduation. It takes Hana-chan threatening to reveal her identity as a witch to force her out.}}
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'''s Simon goes into a big one of these after {{spoiler|Kamina dies}}. However, when Simon [[He's Back|reboots]], he ''[[
* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam 00]]'', [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Tieria Erde]] suffers a ([[Epileptic Trees|literal?]]) [[Heroic BSOD]] after {{spoiler|his partner and close friend Lockon Stratos is killed.}} And before that, {{spoiler|he had one when VEDA was hijacked and crashed, making him completely lose their connection.}}
** In the second season, poor {{spoiler|Louise Halevy}} has ''several'' of those in different degrees, {{spoiler|as a side effect of her [[Ill Girl|medical treatment]].}}
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{{quote|'''Ikanov''': And to think that {{spoiler|that same elder brother died in front of his very eyes, so that he would be saved…}} What God or Buddha would permit that…?! That’s something that could easily crumble one, nay, two minds!!! }}
*** The latest chapters {{spoiler|[[Flash Back|tell the story]] of Luffy, Ace, and [[Death by Origin Story|surrogate brother Sabo]] and how they came become the men they were, with Ace's promise that they would survive, and Luffy's vow to get stronger and become the Pirate King.}} By the end, {{spoiler|everything that has happened has caused Luffy's dream to come crashing down on him. For a series about chasing your dreams, this is heartbreaking.}}
▲** [[media:Luffy-King of the Heroic BSOD.gif|Is he already the King of the Heroic BSOD trope?]]
** While his status as a hero is questionable, a recent manga chapter shows that, {{spoiler|Squad seems to go into one after realizing how thoroughly the Marines had manipulated him into stabbing Whitebeard.}}
** A variation, Perona's ''Horo Horo no Mi'' Devil Fruit power can cause this in a victim artificially via her Negative Hollows. A victim is drained of his morale and self-esteem, feeling worthless. It is possible to resist this power, however, as Usopp did, in which case [[Hoist By Her Own Petard| it was turned back on Perona]].
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** Domon himself goes through a couple when {{spoiler|Rain leaves him as the result of her BSOD and becomes the core life unit of the Devil Gundam}}.
** Out of the other Shuffle Aliance members, only {{spoiler|Argo Gulskii}} did NOT go through an Heroic BSOD after {{spoiler|being forcibly infected with DG Cells ''and'' being [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]}}. The other three showed their mental and emotional damage in different ways: {{spoiler|Chibodee drank himself into a stupor twice in a row, George acted snippy and rude to others while mentally reviving a tragedy from his past, and Sai Saici acted nonchalant at first but heavily hallucinated that Argo was the Devil Gundam when they were face to face.}}
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'': Just as [[Aloof Big Brother|Sesshoumaru's]] finally getting used to the idea that [[
** Kagome has some of her own, and the worst of them is the one that comes when {{spoiler|she represses her feelings after Kikyou's "death" in the Shichinintai arc and tells Inuyasha to go see if she's alive or not... and then [[Creepy Child|Arago]] comes and subjects her to a very cruel [[Hannibal Lecture]] about the [[Love Triangle]] as a whole.}}
* Yomi in ''[[
* ''[[Irresponsible Captain Tylor]]'': You wouldn't think happy-go-lucky Tylor would be the type to suffer from one, but
* Kurita in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' lost his will to fight after {{spoiler|Gaou breaks Hiruma's arm, sending him out of the game for a quarter and a halftime.}} He even loses the ability to understand Komusubi, signifying that he was no longer a strong man. It takes Sena and Komusubi risking their lives going against
** Komusubi at one point felt his lack of height had become a liability especially since the Posideon players and their cheerleaders are exceptionally taller than him. It takes some talk from Sena and the Ha-Ha Brothers (literally) kicking some sense to him to get him back on track.
** Monta got one when he realized he would be going against Honjou Taka, the son of his lifetime idol.
* This happened in the backstory for Tsukasa in ''Kuroneko Guardian''. She was {{spoiler|raped by a burglar which caused her to stop speaking and responding to people for some time}}. Even after recovering she's still [[The Stoic]].
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