Heroic RROD: Difference between revisions

== Western Animation ==

* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Aang is so freaked out about fighting the Fire Lord, he goes without sleep for three nights, practicing. Fighting, talking pets, dancing rocks, and singing sheep are the result.

'''Aang:''' No, but I had a dream we were in the middle of the invasion, and you had to stop and use the restroom. WE ALL DIED BECAUSE OF YOUR TINY BLADDER!!! }}

* This is what happens to the protagonist of "World Record" short story in ''[[The Animatrix]]'': he almost frees himself from the Matrix on his own, but is caught just before he can get out and ends up disabled. {{spoiler|Except you can't just ''forget'' that. At the very end, he demonstrates he isn't ''completely'' disabled...}}

* In ''[[Beast Wars]]'', the Transformers have a fail-safe mechanism that forces them to power down if overworked, to prevent this very trope from happening. Unfortunately, Dinobot, the show's primary antihero, ended up in an uphill battle against the [[Big Bad]] and {{spoiler|ALL OF}} his minions. Being at his limits, the only way he could keep fighting was to override this safety feature and just ''fight himself to death''. Sure enough, that is exactly what happened, though he managed to foil the [[Big Bad]] before going kaput. It became both his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] and [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], as he [[Adopt the Dog|accepted a more idealistic worldview]].

** To elaborate on how awesome this was; his token emotionless computer voice, when it is telling him of the danger and trying to activate his automatic shut-down, sounds ''worried''.

'''Computer''': "...acknowledged." }}

* A possible explanation for Bruce's heart condition in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' (besides simple aging). He simply pushed himself too far for too many years, and his body paid the price.