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[[Exactly What It Says
This may lead sooner or later to [[Passing the Torch]] and [[Retired Badass]], or in more cynical works, a [[Heroic BSOD]] or a [[Despair Event Horizon]], as the increasingly strung-out and hopeless hero just loses it because he [[Samaritan Syndrome|can't save all those people who need him]]. This could of course apply to the villain, for many of the same reasons (well, presumably not the strain of constantly having to save people, but certainly the stresses of dealing with the superheros and law enforcement would be an issue)
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Daredevil (
* In ''[[Megamind]]'', {{spoiler|Metroman gets so tired of being a hero all the time he fakes his death.}}
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* Alaric Morgan is particularly prone to this in regards his [[Deryni]] powers. He is apt to use use his powers literally to the point of falling over at times, unless he he is prevented from doing so. Kelson scolds him for it in ''The King's Justice'', and Azim forbids him from helping with {{spoiler|Derry}} after he and Dhugal have just spent themselves Healing {{spoiler|Mátyás}} in ''King Kelson's Bride''.
* ''[[Chalion|The Curse of Chalion]]'': Poor Cazaril! To list all his tribulations would be a massive wall of text, but to sum up: in the novel, he rides 800 miles on horseback with a demon-infested tumor in his stomach. ''Before'' the novel takes place, he holds a fortress against an extended seige, and the starvation and disease that go along with that. ''Then'' he's sold into slavery aboard a galley, where he nearly dies to save [[Chekhov's Gun|Chekhov's Oarman]]. By the end of the novel he has literally almost hero'ed himself to death.
* The protagonist of ''[[
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* In ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' season 4, Peter wore himself to the breaking point trying to rescue and heal people in his job as a paramedic using his abilities.
* In an episode of ''[[Lois and Clark]]'', Lois was near the breaking point when she realized that even with all of Superman's (borrowed) powers, she could not save everyone.
* In "[[The Listener]]" this turns out to be a plot point. Toby will {{spoiler|die if he continues to use his powers and in the second season finale, shuts off his telepathy}}
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In the [[Pathfinder]] Adventure Path ''Curse of the Crimson Throne'', most descriptions of Field Marshal Cressida
== [[Video Games]] ==
* By ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Sailor Nothing]]'' has a nasty case of this, to the point of her being constantly on the verge of a complete breakdown. Doesn't help that she gets splitting headaches every time a [[The Heartless|Yamiko]] is created, and goes out to fight even when she's badly injured.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[Batman]] suffers an emotional breakdown like this in the ''[[Batman:
* [[Martian Manhunter|J'onn J'onzz]] temporarily quits the [[Justice League]] late in the third season of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' partly due to this.
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