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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)
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]] ==
== [[Film]] ==