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{{quote|''"Well, lad, the brain be a funny thing. Sometimes, it just stops workin' right when ye've been through a bad scene."''
|'''Durkon''', ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0247.html Strip #247].}}
Heroic Blue Screen of Death: An earth-shattering [[Go Mad
▲{{quote|''"Well, lad, the brain be a funny thing. Sometimes, it just stops workin' right when ye've been through a bad scene."''|'''Durkon''', ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0247.html Strip #247].}}
Reasons for the BSOD vary, but usually involves something that shakes the very core of the character's being. Classic examples include [[Dead Little Sister|losing a loved one]] (especially one that the character [[I Let Gwen Stacy Die|failed to protect or save]]); discovering that the character is [[Tomato in
▲Heroic Blue Screen of Death: An earth-shattering [[Go Mad From the Revelation|revelation]] or horrible event affects the hero or someone he cares deeply about, leaving him flummoxed or shocked to the point of mentally shutting down for a while, like a [[Despair Event Horizon]], except temporary instead of permanent. Alternatively, if this occurs during a fight with one of the [[Big Bad]]'s minions, the hero may have a [[Foe Tossing Charge|violent outburst]], with the ensuing catastrophe killing [[Evil Minions]] and knocking his companions in different directions. In the latter case, the hero may disappear into the fog of war and have to be tracked down by his friends and given a heaping helping of [[Epiphany Therapy]].
The result is a form of
▲Reasons for the BSOD vary, but usually involves something that shakes the very core of the character's being. Classic examples include [[Dead Little Sister|losing a loved one]] (especially one that the character [[I Let Gwen Stacy Die|failed to protect or save]]); discovering that the character is [[Tomato in The Mirror|not who he thought he was]]; being [[Et Tu Brute|betrayed by someone]] [[Heartbroken Badass|the character cared about]]; being forced to go against a personal code, core belief, or deep abiding reason to live; being delivered a nasty [[Hannibal Lecture]] by a particularly crafty villain; or [[My Greatest Failure|failing miserably at something that everything was riding on]].
The best thing that can happen to a person suffering from a
▲The result is a form of non-consensual [[Ten Minute Retirement]]. The aftermath may cause the hero to become [[The Stoic|emotionally]] [[Angst Coma|comatose]], [[Out Damned Spot|obsessive and guilt-ridden]], [[Dumb Struck|mute]], or in really bad cases, a [[Jade Colored Glasses|jaded]] violent [[Amnesiac Dissonance|amnesiac]]. The most literal BSOD effect would be catatonia. Such personality changes may also scare the hell out of people who are now worried the hero is [[Fallen Hero|as much a danger as the villain was]]. If the incident happened before the story takes place, it provides a rationale for him to be the [[Shell Shocked Senior]]. Compare [[Freak Out]]. In [[Real Life]] psychology, this is known as an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_stress_reaction acute stress reaction].
▲The best thing that can happen to a person suffering from a [[Heroic BSOD]] is meeting a friendly [[Warrior Therapist]], or for an extra layer of awesome, [[Get a Hold of Yourself Man|getting rebooted with percussive force]]. Meeting a hostile [[Warrior Therapist]], on the other hand, is the ''worst'' thing that can happen to them, as they'd [[Hannibal Lecture|make damn sure]] that [[Despair Event Horizon|the character crashes completely]].
[[Hope Is Scary]] is a frequent reaction to the beginning of recovery.
The villain version of a
A subtrope of
A particularly literal version would include a character (preferably a supercomputer or such AIs) literally getting the infamous Blue Screen Of Death, and if it is something further ridiculous. Like your logic-spouting fridge or lampshade-factory toaster.
Named in honor of the infamous [
[[He's Back]] is what happens when the character recovers from a [[Heroic BSOD]] and returns to being the person he or she used to be. It is usually accompanied by a [[World of Cardboard Speech]]. If the character never recovers from the [[Heroic BSOD]] or abandons his cause or moral outlook because of it, however, they've fallen over the [[Despair Event Horizon]]. [[Alone in A Crowd]] typically requires a milder form of [[Heroic BSOD]].▼
▲[[He's Back]] is what happens when the character recovers from a
See also [[Thousand Yard Stare]], one of the visible symptoms. Often becomes synonymous with [[Go Mad From the Revelation]], but in that trope it's more of a BSOD caused by [[Things Man Was Not Meant to Know]]. Compare [[Heroic RROD]] (the physical equivalent). Sometimes inflicted by [[Mind Rape]]. One common reaction is [[I Think You Broke Him]]. Characters can attempt to reboot the affected character by performing a [[Get a Hold of Yourself Man]] or telling them to [[Quit Your Whining]]. Compare [[Deer in The Headlights]] ▼
▲See also [[Thousand
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