Heroic RROD: Difference between revisions

Causes vary. It could simply be the hero wearing him/herself out after a good case of [[Heroic Resolve]] -- or—or [[Bottled Heroic Resolve]] -- or—or it could be the consequence of using a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]. Some works even directly support this via [[Cast From Hit Points]]. Often caused by [[Phlebotinum Overload]] or [[Deadly Upgrade|Deadly Upgrades]]s, especially if the hero is a [[Flawed Prototype]]. It might be represented with burning [[Tron Lines]], [[Tainted Veins]], [[Volcanic Veins]] or actually [[Critical Status Buff|turning]] [[Turns Red|red]]. If it's done on purpose, it may be a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], but it is at least as likely to be [[Superpower Meltdown|accidental.]]

Injuries sustained during [[Heroic RROD|'''Heroic RRODs]]''' should range between serious and fatal if left untreated (although rarely crippling), possibly leading to a case of [[You Are Already Dead]]. Also a common cause of [[You Can Barely Stand]]. This is the Heroic Red Ring Of Death.

Contrast [[Superpower Meltdown]], which is equivalent to a failing Xbox 360 setting a house on fire. Normal [[Heroic RROD|'''Heroic RRODs]]''' only directly affect the person having them.

* ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]'' likes this one a lot -- thelot—the main character never suffers from it, but Tezuka does, and there's at least one minor character with a super special tennis move that will mess him up if he uses it too often. Then there's the character who winds up in the hospital for reasons unrelated to tennis, but even he works himself to the point of collapse on the courts before admitting (or finding out?) that there's anything wrong with him.

** Or just [[Retcon|retconnedretcon]]ned it away, depending on how you look at things.

* In ''[[Getter Robo]] Armageddon'', the Shin Getter and Shin Dragon combine their Getter Energies to perform the powerful Final Getter Tomahawk attack, obliterating the Getter Sun (formerly Jupiter), Jupiter's moons and [[Big Bad|Big Bads]]s Cohen and Stinger. When the explosions die down, Shin Dragon is out of power and Shin Getter's missing its arms. Then, when the two machines are tossed into another dimension and the Shin Getter ejects them out of said dimension, Shin Dragon's left as a skeleton-like husk.

* In ''[[Exiles]]'', Thunderbird (a version of John Proudstar who became Apocalypse's Horseman of War) [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|rips a hole in Galactus's armour and shoves an anti-matter bomb inside]], saving the day - as Galactus then ''runs away''. As a consequence of his exertion, Thunderbird suffers a [[Heroic RROD]] that sends him into a coma.

* In a classic [[Iron Man]] story, back when his armor was also life support, Tony overrides his suits [[Power Limiter|Power Limiters]]s to put all his power into one punch. A punch that knocks out the [[Incredible Hulk]]. He then proceeded to pass out from a heart attack.

* [[BattleTech]], being the basis for the [[Mechwarrior]] video games, also has alpha striking as a powerful attack with dangerous drawbacks, but features a few other systems and weapons that also fall into the same category. [[Kill It with Fire|Inferno missiles]] dish out a consistent 6 levels of heat (20% of the maximum heat scale in the game) for 3 turns with just a single hit on a target 'Mech, and are death to vehicles and infantry. They also come loaded in numbers large enough to afford using them liberally. Unfortunately, any pilot using Inferno rounds has to be extra aware of their heat; Infernos have an unfortunate tendency to [[Made of Explodium|explode with even less provocation than normal ammo]] when heated up, which causes both the napalm and the rocket fuel to cook off, instantly overheating the 'Mech and often [[Stuff Blowing Up|blowing off a good chunk of its chassis]]. Jump jets grant extra movement options and agility, but they also allow a 'Mech to pull off the infamous [[Death From Above]] maneuver, dropping anywhere from 20 to 100 tons of bipedal war machine onto another. It's every bit as devastating as it sounds, but the attacker risks incurring a lot of damage to their legs and is almost certainly going to be helpless on the ground afterwards, until they can make it back to their feet--andfeet—and jumping onto an enemy usually means that 'Mech is near the enemy's line. The enemy might be feeling a bit vindictive towards the flying collection of armor and weapons that just landed on one of their own. Finally, triple strength myomers actually gain strength and speed when heated up, ultimately allowing 'Mechs to cause [[Quad Damage|double damage with physical attacks]]. That same heat causes the 'Mech's targeting computers to suffer, lowering weapon accuracy, and if the 'Mech overheats too much, the speed bonus is lost entirely. If the heat can be kept in a certain range and the 'Mech comes equipped with a dedicated melee weapon, [[Lightning Bruiser|however...]]

* Gulcasa from ''[[Yggdra Union]]'' gets a [[Deadly Upgrade]] halfway through the game that closely resembles Dragon Quarter's D-Dive mode. He RRODs twice from using it--theit—the first time, his little sister saves him, but {{spoiler|the second, the entire ''intent'' is [[Heroic Sacrifice|for him to die]], and he does no matter what the player's actions are}}.

** Would Sora's anti-form in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' qualify for this trope? Sora always runs the risk of going into this form whenever he goes into a drive form (With the lone exception being Final Form, where the chance to turn into Anti-Form is decreased for the next several Non-Final drive forms),<ref> According to the Brady Games Strategy Guide, you get one invisible point to an Anti-Form probability counter every time you "Drive", the counter resets to zero whenever you earn a new drive, and Final form drops these invisible points by ten, though there aren't any negative points. The chances, however, don't ever increase higher than 25% chance, with the exception being against Xemnas, where there is a 10x greater chance of getting Anti</ref>, he doesn't have his keyblade in this form (nor can he use magic or items), and while he's not gradually losing HP or anything while in anti-form, he takes double the damage that he takes in any other form making him easier to kill, if you can catch him that is.

* Torque's monster form in ''[[The Suffering]]'' depletes a special "Insanity" bar. However, he will only return to human form when the player explicitly switches back--ifback—if the bar empties completely, the monster simply starts to drain his [[Life Meter]] instead, and this ''will'' kill him if not manually disengaged.