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== Film - Animated ==
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* In ''[[The Lion King]]'', Simba has one because he [[It's All My Fault|blames himself for his father's death]], which is also made worse when Scar was responsible for his blaming himself in the first place, even though it was actually Scar who did the deed.
* In Disney's ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'', Basil snaps after falling for Ratigan's [[Evil Plan]], silently and stoically sits through the [[To the Pain]] lecture, and just waits for the [[Death Trap]] to go off, feeling completely humiliated, outwitted, and defeated. Since this is a family film, he gets better.
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* In ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'', when Buzz Lightyear finally realizes he's just a toy.
* In ''[[Brother Bear]]'', this trope happens when Kenai finally listens to Koda's story about his mother and realizes it is about the fight he and his brothers had with a bear. Kenai puts the pieces together and realizes to his horror that he killed Koda's mother. At that, Kenai flees the bear gathering in profound fear and shame.
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== Film - Live Action ==
* In ''[[Braveheart]]'', William Wallace has one of these when he finds out that {{spoiler|Robert the Bruce}} was working with Edward Longshanks. It is enough to where he lies down to {{spoiler|almost get captured by a band of English soldiers before the Bruce lets him go}}. At the same time, when {{spoiler|Robert the Bruce}} realizes the horror on Wallace's face, he looks as if he is about to succumb to one as well.
* In ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off
* ''[[Sleepy Hollow (Film)|Sleepy Hollow]]'' used it twice, first when Ichabod first sees the "monster" ("It was a headless horseman. But it was a headless horseman. No, you must believe me. It was a horseman, a dead one. Headless.") and then at the finale: {{spoiler|the Horseman brings Lady Van Tassel with him to the underworld, her hand is stuck at the roots of the "tree portal". The hand closes. Ichabod promptly faints.}}
* John "Scottie" Ferguson gets one of these in ''[[Vertigo]]'' that lasts long enough for him to be put in a mental hospital {{spoiler|after the woman he loves is killed. She comes back later.}}
* In ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', Harvey Dent. Pretty much all the scenes in the hospital after he finds out what happened are just him on his bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. Of course, you either die a hero, or [[Fallen Hero|reboot into a villain]]...
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* Oskar Schindler in ''[[Schindler's List]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvyZnOukZLg breaks down towards the end of the film] after thinking that even if he had saved the lives of about 1,100 Jews, he might have been able to save more had he used his money wisely.
* The plot of the new movie ''Charlie St. Cloud'' has the titular character suffer one of these after his little brother was killed in a car accident.
* ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (
* In ''[[Star Wars|Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back]]'', Luke suffers a BSOD after [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Darth Vader's notorious reveal]]. Which brings us to...
** The Expanded Universe events of the franchise also hint that he continuously suffered from the BSOD even after getting his hand replaced.
* In the [[Bollywood]] movie ''[[Pukar]]'', the main character, Jai, goes through this after having been wrongfully accused of treason and facing court martial. Made all the worse that his girlfriend has left him and his family has been shamed. Ironic, that the only one listening is [[Woman Scorned|the person who put him in that predicament]] (though she never thought it would go so far) and her father. He gets better.
* Shilo has a fairly extensive one by the end of ''[[Repo!
* Nicole Kidman's character in ''Birth'' has a BSOD while [[At the Opera Tonight|at the opera]]. The camera locks on her face for ''a full three minutes'' while she shuts down. The result is fairly haunting.
* An early cinematic example occurs in ''[[Metropolis]]'' when Freder collapses and has a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNVbFLaO2jQ&feature=PlayList&p=F3AAC80014E0AC58&index=18 four-minute apocalyptic vision] after he (apparently) discovers {{spoiler|[[Robot Girl|(Robot) Maria]]}} is in league with his father, Joh.
* From the recent CGI movie ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (
* Sarah Connor Blue Screens in ''[[Terminator]] 2'' upon seeing a Terminator very much identical to the one that persistently tried to kill her in the previous film. Complete with slow motion, deer in the headlights look, and catatonia, which contrasts nicely with her put-on catatonia earlier in the day after she's shown photos of the Terminator walking around a shopping mall. She couldn't even fight back the orderlies who are subduing her - the same orderlies who were getting their asses kicked by her a few minutes ago.
* At the end of ''Warrior King'', Tony Jaa has a pretty epic Heroic BSOD when {{spoiler|he sees the skeleton of his father's elephant (which he has been trailing all film) behind the throne of the big bad}} and collapses to the ground, getting kicked in the head repeatedly while he reboots, before unleashing the ''mother'' of all [[Unstoppable Rage|Unstoppable Rages]] on every last motherfucker in the room.
* {{spoiler|The character Sarah}} has one of these about two thirds of the way through ''[[The Descent (
* ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'':
** Upham gets one, being only able to walk among the carnage. The Germans realize his condition and never shoot him, even though he has loads of bullets around his neck. He gets over the BSOD only after [[The Cavalry]] arrives.
** Captain Miller has one upon arriving on the beaches of Normandy. What's even more interesting is you get to see it through ''his'' eyes as it happens.
*** That was just shellshock
* In ''[[Space Camp]]'', Katherine (played by Lea Thompson) has one of these after finding the manual override switch. Katherine didn't know whether to pull the switch so they could save their camp counselor Andie (played by Kate Capshaw of ''[[Indiana Jones and
* This typically happens in the [[Made for TV Movie|TV movies]] [[Lifetime]] airs (some they made themselves, others not) when either the main protagonist (or any other character for that matter) discovers some horrible (or otherwise shocking) [[The Reveal|Reveal]] in whatever the context happens to be in at the time. It's happened so often that it has now become a stereotypical plot element in such movies.
* In ''[[
* Kirk has one in ''[[Star Trek III:
** In ''[[Star Trek II:
* ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' gives us another lovely quote after the team has viewed the transformation of Gozer into the Stay Puft Marshamallow Man.
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'''Egon''': ''Sorry, Venkman. I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.'' }}
* In ''[[Greedy]]'', Danny McTeague gets a very bad, but brief, BSOD after getting a gutter ball that ruins his chances of getting into the finals of a bowling tournament.
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** Sandborn is pretty stable, but he eventually swerves right into a BSOD when being around James gets him thinking that if he dies, there isn't anyone in the world who would care except his parents. They don't count.
** Eldridge goes through ''several'' traumatic experiences starting from the very first scene, to the point where he has a counselour popping up around him every now and then. Eldridge actually tells him, sincerely, that he appreciates his efforts and that he feels better having someone to talk to. {{spoiler|Then the counselour is killed, and Eldridge is indirectly responsible. Then he's shot.}} He has precious little sanity left by his last scene.
* In ''[[Return to Oz]],'' Dorothy manages to endure a lot, including the destruction of virtually everything she ever loved about Oz, but with a lot of [[Xanatos Speed Chess|hastily-revised plans]] and some helpful friends, she remains stable. However, when the Nome King transforms the Scarecrow into an ornament and abandons her in a chamber deep inside his palace, Dorothy finally bursts into tears. After a [[Pet the Dog]] moment from the Nome King and then a [[Kick the Dog]] moment, she falls into a period of despair which she finally recovers when she [[Spanner in
* ''[[United 93]]'''s entire cast (besides the passengers aboard the titular flight) suffers one after United 175 smashes into the South Tower.
* Katherine, the protagonist's love interest in ''Fury'', has one after seeing an angry mob burn her fiance alive. {{spoiler|He gets better.}} Afterwards she's [[Dumb Struck|unable to speak]], and has a post-traumatic freakout whenever she sees fire (including people lighting their cigarettes).
* ''[[
* Towards the end of ''[[Boogie Nights]]'', there's an extended shot of Dirk just staring into space. Somewhat of a subversion, as this is more due to his cocaine addiction, and all the shit that's going on around him.
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* Maverick in ''[[
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* Not sure if he counts as a hero, especially considering the events immediately following this scene, but Philip Seymour Hoffman's character has an epic one in ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' after {{spoiler|his wife leaves him and reveals she's been sleeping with his brother.}} He calmly and systematically dismantles their apartment, pouring their decorative marbles over the coffee table and tearing up his entire bedroom. And then shit really hits the fan.
* In ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ]]'', Jesus has been rescued from the Cross by his guardian angel (in the form of a little girl). He has married Mary Magdalene, and is raising a family. He has his BSOD when his former disciples [[The Reveal|reveal]] his ever-present guardian angel as {{spoiler|Satan, having sabotaged his dying for the sins of the world.}} Fortunately, {{spoiler|
* In ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]'' an enmotionally exhausted Mary embraces Jesus after he has been taken down from the cross ... and is too spent to do anything but give the thousand yard stare.
* In [[Lawrence of Arabia]], the title character has a few of these, most notably after he's captured and beaten (and, by implication, possibly raped) by Turkish soldiers.
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** Pretty much [[Truth in Television]]. This is how it was, folks.
* In [[The Deer Hunter]], there's Nicky.
* In ''[[
* In [[Little Women]]'s [[The Movie of the Book]] (more exactly, the classic one of the 40's), Beth has a huge one when she and Amy [[Snooping Little Kid|sneak into the Christmas Party]] and overhear the [[Gossipy Hens]] speculating about Marmee's "plans" of marrying either Meg or Jo off to Laurie. This is parallel to the book scene where Meg is the one who has such an experience and keeps self cool for a bit, then breaks down crying when she's alone.
* [[Creepshow]] has a rare literal example. The screen actually turns blue behind the hero.
* [[Thor (
** Odin too could count since {{spoiler|Loki's discovery of his true ancestry and resulting outburst caused his powers to shut off.}}
* In [[Reservoir Dogs]], Mr. White (although [[Villainous Breakdown]] / [[Villainous BSOD|BSOD]] might fit here in this case) suffers from a catastrophic one, causing Harvey Keitel to emit the most heartbreaking squeak ever uttered by man when he discovers {{spoiler|Mr. Orange is an undercover cop AFTER he shot his boss and oldest friend in defense of Orange}}. This ends poorly for everyone.
* Frodo has one at the near end of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]: The Fellowship Of The Ring''. Frodo just stares with the [[Thousand
* Robert Neville (played by Will Smith) goes into one in [[I Am Legend]] after being forced to kill his vampire-infected dog, who had been his only companion for the three years that had elapsed since the beginning of the [[Zombie Apocalypse|vampire apocalypse]], in self defense. The following shot of Neville sitting in his car after burying the dog's body and blankly staring at the now empty passenger seat really drives home the point. His depression gets to the point that he [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|attempts suicide by vampire]]. He gets snapped out of it after [[Deus Ex Machina|being saved by a pair of other human survivors]].
* Gomez enters one after he loses his fortune and is evicted from his home in the first ''[[The Addams Family
* Sam from ''[[Transformers (
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