Heroic RROD: Difference between revisions

Not to be confused with [[Rings of Death]].

 

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* {{spoiler|[[The Scrappy|Rolo Lamperouge]]}} in ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]] R2'' overuses his [[Evil Eye|Geass]] to escape/fight off a veritable army of pursuers, causing so much strain on his heart that he dies soon after. [[Heroic Sacrifice|He knew exactly]] what [[Redemption Equals Death|he was getting into]], and it's considered by some to be his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] ''and'' [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]... which is [[Character Development|all the more impressive]] considering he previously crossed the [[Moral Event Horizon]] by casually murdering his own allies for [[He Knows Too Much|knowing too much]].

* Souma Oogami in ''[[Kannazuki no Miko (Manga)|Kannazuki no Miko]]'' repeatedly uses his [[Orochi]]-induced power against Orochi and {{spoiler|it eventually petrifies him}}.

** The fact that it happens during a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] makes it even worse.

** It also happens to Rei.

** It's also later revealed that, after learning [[Black Magic|magia erebea]], {{spoiler|Negi}} will experience similar effects.

** Mind you, the person who tells {{spoiler|him}} that doesn't seem overly concerned; he just mentions to make sure to get help sooner or later. Of course, that guy is also [[Nigh Invulnerable|pretty much immortal]]...

** Later, it turns out that {{spoiler|he's being so weakened by it because it doesn't work well being used by humans. Since he's using it so much, its literally converting him into a demon, and the conversion process is painful. Its implied that when he finishes transforming, the problem will end.}} {{spoiler|He finished. It ended. Now guess where Chao's magical runes come from?}}

* ''[[Claymore (Manga)|Claymore]]'' turns this into a regular plot point. Almost every major bad guy except the {{spoiler|Organization itself}} is a direct result of it.

* In ''[[Holyland (Manga)|Holyland]]'', this occurs following Yuu's [[Heroic BSOD]]. Although the cause is more psychological than physical, the result is that Yuu loses his form, and with it, most of his fighting ability. The local thugs, many of whom were afraid of him until that point, take advantage of this.

* In ''[[Heroic Age (Anime)|Heroic Age]]'', the Heroic Tribe members, which are insanely powerful, can fall in a state of "mental chaos", in which they get even '''more''' powerful, but may kill themselves if they snap out of it.

** Yusuke's fight with Suzaku winds up draining all his spiritual energy, leading him to use his life energy instead. He manages to kill Suzaku, but the act of doing so nearly kills himself as well.

** Kurama has the ability to put all his remaining energy into one final attack to summon one of his demonic plants, and does so to try and kill Karasu during the Dark Tournament. Thanks to some recent transformations into Yoko Kurama increasing his strength, it makes him able to survive the act.

* In the ''[[Knightfall]]'' arc of the [[Batman]] comics, this was Bane's key strategy in handing Batman a rare and devastating defeat: Releasing all the inmates of Arkham Asylum at once and letting him wear himself out trying to recapture all of them, then easily crumpling the exhausted superhero.

* This in fact was exactly why [[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]] [[The Death of Superman|died fighting Doomsday]]. Of course, being [[Contractual Immortality|Superman]] (and a [[Death Is Cheap|comic book character]]), he got better.

* During [[Daredevil]]'s first encounter with the Kingpin, he broke into Kingpin's vault which had the weight of the vault door as it's only defense. It's worth noting that a teenage [[Spider-Man]] had previously struggled hard to open the very same vault and that this was back in the day when Kingpin was still a house-wrecking, Spider-Man-pummeling monster of a mobster. DD decided to give it a try and pulled beyond his breaking limit (much like the [[Real Life]] example below). Using sheer willpower to pull until his limbs were literally about to come off. He got it open and when cornered by Kingpin himself, still managed to put up enough of a fight to hurt the big man... before running out of breath and being one-punched into oblivion.

* [[The Flash]] can run faster than sound without too much difficulty. When he runs [[Up to Eleven|faster than faster than light]], he risks being permanently absorbed by the "Speed Force" that powers all DCU speedsters. A number of other speedsters, such as Johnny Quick and Savitar, have met with this fate (which isn't considered a bad way to go; sort of like reaching nirvana). Wally West is the only person to consistently be able to return; his [[The Power of Love|love for his wife Linda]] provides a sort of "tether" to the real world.

** Ceodore's Awaken in ''[[Final Fantasy IV the After Years (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV the After Years]]''. Heals him completely and doubles his stats for three rounds, which translates into him temporarily becoming a ''powerhouse'', but drops him to single digit HP afterwards.

** The series' [[Cast From Hit Points|Dark Knight]] class may be susceptible to this in the hands of a reckless player.

* The villainous example happens to Genesis in ''[[Crisis Core (Video Game)|Crisis Core]]'', who proceeds to hijack the plot. Also happens to {{spoiler|Angelo's clone and Zack}}

* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', warlocks have a spell called ''hellfire'' that will instantly and continuously do massive amounts of damage in a radius around the caster (literally, red rings of death.) However, doing this also damages the warlock, and will kill him if used for too long.

*** Making this more of an HP -> MP situation

** In ''World of Warcraft: Cataclysm'', Mages have the Cauterize talent that saves from instant death. Unless they're tended by a healer immediately afterwards, they'll burn to death.

* The Spirit-Eater curse in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2 (Video Game)|Neverwinter Nights 2]]: Mask of the Betrayer'' starts draining the user's soul. [[Horror Hunger|If you keep using it to consume spirits]], it drains your soul faster. You become slowly more inhumanly powerful as your hunger level grows, though it causes your energy meter to deplete faster as well.

* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'': Riku during his fight with Roxas. {{spoiler|Throughout the entire time between Chain of Memories and the final fight in Days Riku had been holding Ansem's Darkness deep within his Heart to prevent another bout of [[Demonic Possession]]. After a fairly even match Riku acts defeated before striking Roxas down. Feeling victorious he then drops his weapon (which is actually one of Roxas's Keyblades). Roxas then picks it up and attacks, summoning his second. After getting his ass handed to him Riku decided the only option is to stop suppressing his Darkness. When this happens he takes the physical form of Ansem and can't turn back of his own free will. It isn't until the end of ''[[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]]'' that he returns to his real form.}}

** And, of course, risking this is the only way to finish one of the bonus dungeons in the fourth game.

* In the ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' demo, {{spoiler|Asura disintegrates his original and [[Super Mode|added]] arms while defeating Wyzen. Though he regenerates one for the killing blow, the subsequent cutscene shows him facedown without any. Apparently this won't be the last time it happens in the full game.}}

* In ''[[Heavenly Sword]]'' the opening scene depicts Nariko's death at the hands of a sword so powerful it kills the user. Throughout the course of the game it is revealed that the sword slowly drains the life of anybody who uses it for extended periods of time.

* The Berserk status in ''[[Parasite Eve 2 (Video Game)|Parasite Eve 2]]'', which grants Aya more strength in her powers and guns, but every attack she makes is [[Cast From Hit Points]], which can cripple her extremely fast and lead to swift death from enemies if you are reckless in attacking.

* ''[[MS Paint Adventures (Webcomic)|MS Paint Adventures]]'': [[Problem Sleuth]]: There's a reason Sepulchritude is a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]

* A mild case happens to Nanase in ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]''. Her "angel form" powerup uses up so much mana that she's [[Brought Down to Normal]] for a while, with a side effect of temporary hair color change.

 

 

* In ''[[Re Boot]]'', Bob suspected this would happen when he fused with Glitch, which was broken at the time. Overuse of his new powers nearly kills him later, with a transparent and static visual effect when it happens.

* In the ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' episode "Margaritaville", Kyle uses a credit card with no spending limit to pay off the town's debts. This task turned out to be so exhaustive that when he collapsed, everyone begins to fear that he had died.