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* In ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians|Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'', it's explicitly stated that every demigod has a Fatal Flaw which, if not mastered, will lead to their death. Annabeth's fatal flaw is explicitly stated to be hubris (except Percy thinks she says hummus). Percy's is personal loyalty—he will go out of his way to do anything necessary to save the people he cares about. Thalia's fatal flaw is that she has a weak resistance when she is offered power, to the point she seriously considered letting her friend down to become more powerful than the gods (though her conflicting feelings over this were apparent). It's a good thing Mr.D was able to step in otherwise she probably would have given in. {{spoiler|Nico and Bianca}} have the Fatal Flaw of holding grudges, which they inherited from their father.

* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', Harry saves people. [[Chronic Hero Syndrome|It's just what he does.]] At one point, someone immediately figures out that he's harboring a fugitive because that's Harry's schtick; people come to him for help, [[We Help the Helpless|he helps them]].

* [[Harry Potter|Voldemort]]'s Fatal Flaw is [[Pride]]. It's not so much petty, plain-old narcissism and arrogance than it is outright full-blown megalomania. He's the smartest and most powerful wizard in the world and he knows it, so he tends to go out of his way to add a flair of grandeur and grace to his plans while attempting to achieve his objectives in the way he thinks will be more terrifying. For example, he challenges Harry to a duel in the graveyard sheerly for amusement, when the most pragmatic option would be to simply give the ''Avada Kedavra'' right there and then when Harry was tied up and couldn't escape. Thus, he doesn't realise that other people could learn about his Horcruxes, or find them, and he certainly doesn't realise that attempting to kill the boy destined to defeat you may result in that boy being actually able to defeat you. And thus, Harry Potter was given the weapons to destroy Voldemort.

** Voldemort also cannot understand [[The Power of Love|love]], though he can't help that - he's [[The Sociopath]] whose complete incapability for love and compassion were caused by the fact that his mother coerced his father with love potion, which is not true love.