Villainous BSOD: Difference between revisions

** The film adaptation does have Voldemort briefly experiencing the trope whenever his horcruxes are being destroyed (in one instance, when he was bombarding Hogwart's barrier with spells, after firing a huge beam from his wand upon a horcrux being destroyed, he stares in shock, looks at his arm, and leaves without a word. Both the movie and the novel also implies that this is the reason why Harry and his friends were able to track down the remaining horcruxes.

** On the other hand, in ''The Tales of Beedle the Bard'', one story ("The Warlock's Hairy Heart") does end this way. It has commentary from Albus Dumbledore explaining it.

* When [[Inspector Javert]] from ''[[Les Misérables]]'' finds that Jean Valjean, while still a criminal, is a ''good person,'' Javert simply cannot reconcile his previous black and white system of morality with this demonstration that all along he had been wrong in his belief that what is lawful and what is right were one and the same. He [[Driven to Suicide|jumps off a bridge]] and drowns. His final song in [[Les Misérables (theatre)|the musical]] is essentially a summation of his Villainous BSOD.

* Very common in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' among people tainted by Chaos, when Chaos ceases to blind them:

* Elizabeth Bathory in ''[[Count and Countess]]'' upon realizing that her closest handmaid has betrayed her and Vlad has stopped writing back to her. Her letters become notably shorter and more frantic before altogether stopping.

 

* Almost happens to a literally heartless giant in ''[[The Storyteller (TV series)|The Storyteller]]''. The young hero goes on a [[Fetch Quest]] to locate the giant's heart (his source of weakness- otherwise, he's invincible). When the hero finds it, he briefly threatens the giant, but decides instead to have mercy and give it to the giant, who already had some [[Noble Demon]] qualities, so that he may feel remorse for his evil deeds and change for the better. Then, the hero's less-heroic brother grabs the giant's heart and [[Deadly Change-of-Heart|smashes it]].

* This is exactly what the Gypsies did to ''[[Angel]]'' after he killed a daughter of their clan. The curse turned him into the [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]] he is today.

* The guy who encouraged Palpatine to go into politics has one of these in ''[[Robot Chicken]] [[Star Wars]]: Episode III'' when he realizes the tyrannical rule Palpatine has imposed over the [[The Empire|former Republic]]. However, just as he raises his [[Ray Gun|blaster]] to his head to [[My God, What Have I Done?|commit suicide]], his attention is [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|suddenly diverted]] by [[Wheel of Fortune]].

* Nox from ''[[Wakfu]]'' has one, when his ultimate plan fails and he is confronted by angry Yugo. The sight of the [[Big Bad]] crying silently is unbearable even to the hero, who stops enraged Sadidas from enacting their vengeance.

** It is heavily implied that {{spoiler|Two-Face}} experiences this in his final appearance. {{spoiler|He developed a third personality called The Judge, one that even he isn't aware of, and while in Arkham Asylum in the ending of the episode, Two-Face is deliberating in a court in his mind and, while staring blankly, pleads guilty.}}

 

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