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{{trope}}
Normally, in [[Real Life]] (although there may be exceptions), a person is ''already'' crazy and/or violent before they contemplate murder. In television however, circumstances will cause you to commit murder, and then you keep killing. No, this trope is '''not''' about murder where you have to keep killing in order to ''hide the evidence''. Instead, it's about murder ''actually warping the mind'', either by [[My God, What Have I Done?|guilt]] or as the [[Never My Fault|process of rationalizing the murder]] sets in.
Usually this involves some lead-up event where they are sane but have decided to kill from being put into a situation where unless they are an [[Actual Pacifist]] they will practically be forced to murder because of a no-win situation. After doing the actual murder however, the act makes them evil, or in
The name of this trope is from [[Love Makes You Crazy]], so contrast this. Also related to [[It Gets Easier]], and possibly [[Shell
The difference between this and a normal [[Face Heel Turn]], is that it usually follows [[Break the Cutie|excessive amounts of guilt and gloom]], and results not in evil, but rather madness. Still, it can probably be viewed as a sister trope. Likewise for [[Slowly Slipping Into Evil]], since it isn't evil you slip into, but rather madness.
'''This is a trope specifically pertaining to murder (and insanity). Expect spoilers.'''
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[
* Light Yagami of ''[[
== Comic Books ==
* In the Post-Crisis universe, ''[[Superman]]'' is forced to kill three Kryptonian criminals that wiped out an alternate version of Earth. Since there are no longer any officials to sentence them, Superman appoints himself [[Judge, Jury, and Executioner]] and uses kryptonite (keeping himself in a [[Kryptonite
== Film ==
* ''[[Evil Dead]] 2'' - Ash, [[What Happened to Mommy?|after being attacked by his possessed girlfriend Linda]].
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(''[[Mirror Monster|His reflection lunges out of the mirror at him]].'')
'''Mirror Ash:''' I don't think so. We just cut up our girlfriend with a chainsaw. Does that sound "fine"?! }}
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Fahrenheit (2005 video game)]]'', Lucas ''thinks'' that he is going crazy after (unwillingly) murdering a man but it is later revealed that {{spoiler|his mind has been manipulated and damaged by one of the villains all along}}.
* ''[[Oracle of Tao]]'' has Ambrosia who is more or less a little crazy already (being a [[Mood Swinger]] [[Sugar and Ice Personality]] with a [[Literal Split Personality]]), but in a Bad Ending she goes noticeably over the edge after killing [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|an angel]]. She starts talking about "balancing the scales" (which, since she {{spoiler|created the universe from a [[Dream Apocalypse]]}}, means basically destroying everything), and goes on a homicidal rampage, even killing her own party.
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* There may be some [[Truth in Television]], in the cases of crimes of passion. More research would be needed though.
* There is an actual condition called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which happens mainly to ex-soldiers, and is pretty much the [[Real Life]] basis for the [[Shell
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[[Category:Murder Tropes]]
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