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'''A:''' The kind that gives villains [[A Worldwide Punomenon|a heart to attack.]] }}
Only a scant few villains work under a conventional moral framework with [[Even Evil Has Standards|standards]], fewer acknowledge the [[It's All About Me|egocentricity]] implicit in the wrong they do, and a distressing number are [[Complete Monster
In these cases, the only solution is for the heroes to actively [[Care Bear Stare]] him into growing a conscience to make him voluntarily stop his rampage... because the accumulated [[My God, What Have I Done?|shame]], guilt, and [[Out, Damned Spot!|mental instability]] over his misdeeds will be too much for him to bear. The heroes may not have used [[Mind Rape]] on him but they might as well have, because now that he has the heart and conscience of a hero he can't help but suffer a [[Heroic BSOD]]. He'll [[Tears of Remorse|weep openly]], [[Driven to Suicide|become suicidal]], and may either [[Puff of Logic|will himself into non existence]] or [[Mercy Kill|beg to be killed.]] The heroes have basically [[Talking the Monster to Death|Talked The Monster To Death]] by helping him grow a conscience.
The exact reaction depends on the villain and the weight of his sins. One that hadn't yet gotten to do much more than [[Poke the Poodle]] or [[Kick the Dog]] once may survive with emotional counseling. If he crossed the [[Moral Event Horizon]]? The black hole he's become will finally crush him. Things can get really interesting if the character, through his own fault, invited in [[Mind Control]], [[Demonic Possession]], or [[The Virus]], and entirely remembers all the evil things he did under its
One unlikely, but possible, outcome is that he reacts not with unbearable sadness but ''overwhelming anger'' at the heroes for daring to make him ''"feel like this!"'' This tends to [[Turns Red|make him
Despite the intense emotional anguish this causes, Heroes can pull this with impunity since it's not killing anyone (directly, anyway), saves lives, and in the long run is a fairly elegant form of justice that may even bring about a [[Heel Face Turn]]. Then again, they may do this knowing the effects are temporary and only do it to weaken the villain psychologically long enough to kill him. Even normal, moral people can turn evil, and they may reason they don't want to give him a second chance.
Compare [[Villainous Breakdown]], where it's villainy that eventually drives the villain insane. See also [[Brainwashing for the Greater Good]].
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* It's impossible to tell how many of these Akito from ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' has. When {{spoiler|Hatsuharu almost beats her up for imprisoning Rin, during conversations about Shigure and Ren's relationship, when she stabs Kureno, and when Tohru falls from a cliff in front of her. She consequently goes through a very angsty, somewhat suicidal, phase. She ends up being saved from herself by Tohru's friendship and Momiji's statement that Akito should treasure the ones she cares for}}.
* In ''[[Angel Beats!]]'', Otonashi defeats Naoi by forcing him to face that in the end he was ultimately responsible for his own misery; Naoi's motivation stemmed partly from his belief that his life had been empty, and Otonashi forced him to realize that Naoi could only blame himself for that.
* ''[[Magical Project S]]'': Pixy Misa, the evil magical girl, was overpowering and about to kill the heroine but entered a BSOD when she realised she was about to hurt her loved ones too and reverted to her powerless alterego.
* ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'''s Digimon Emperor/Kaiser when he realizes that Digimon are real, and Wormmon has just made a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to stop him, the boy freaks out, throwing away his costume, crying, and screaming that he's sorry before wandering alone into the desert.
** In ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', this happens to Beelzemon, the Mega form of the human-hating Digimon, Impmon. After being granted the power to digivolve like he always wanted, Beelzemon attacked the children and destroyed one of their partners (who unfortunately, don't have the pleasure of being reborn as digi-eggs as it was in the previous series). After being defeated in battle and spared, he begins to come to realize the atrocities he had committed and wanders around, guilt-ridden, depressed and haunted by memories of what he did. After surviving what was essentially a suicide attempt (not fighting back when he's attacked by a swarm of digimon which quickly render him powerless), he eventually sets off to make things right, by first making amends with the humans he had abandoned and then by helping the others in the battle against the D-Reaper, and saving the girl who's partner he killed.
* Self-inflicted (of sorts) example with Greed in the manga of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' {{spoiler|The second version of him, while having mostly the same personality, is at first much more malicious in keeping with the behavior of the other homunculi who are [[The Heartless]]. After Greed kills Bido, who was the only surviving member of his former [[True Companions]] after the rest were slaughtered by Bradley, Greed's memories return and Ling starts mocking Greed in his head while he's tormented by the memory of his comrade's screaming voices.}} While this also counts for [[Amnesiac Dissonance]], it fits this too, because basically the [[Power of Friendship]] is used as a weapon against him.
* One contractor from ''[[Darker
** Havoc got a more permanent
* Cyrus in ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure]]'' has a BSOD for most of a chapter when he realizes that his grand plan to fix the world (by [[In Their Own Image|destroying and rebuilding it]], natch) only managed to summon a pair of very angry gods whose fight will destroy everything ''without'' any hope of revival. Even near the end when he manages to get his act together, the impact of all this leaves him drained to the point where one of his officers has to help him stand.
* Tsubame Otorii of ''[[Cyber Team in Akihabara]]''. Since her introduction, she acts as the Dragon to the [[Big Bad]], easily defeating the Cyber Team girls in every encounter. {{spoiler|In episode 20, Tsubame is dragged home by Hibari. She spends the entire episode slowly breaking down while watching how Hibari's family interacts with one another, eventually suffering a
* In ''[[Tokyo Tribe]] 2'', Buppa has one of these in episode 10 when {{spoiler|Mera stabs him in the face.}} He stays in that state for nearly an episode before seeing Sunmi snaps him out of his BSOD. When someone points this out, he simply denies that the BSOD even happened.
* Anemone of ''[[Eureka Seven]]'' begins this after her {{spoiler|second failure against the Nirvash, due to her fear that Dewey will kill her for [[You Have Failed Me...|failing]]. This causes her to do nothing but lie down in her bed when she isn't fighting, and she gets worse after finding out Dominic went AWOL.}}
* In the 11th [[Haruhi Suzumiya]] novel, {{spoiler|Kyouko Tachibana has one when she realizes how bad the goal she's been working toward really is, and when her two teammates decide that they want to KILL Haruhi to accomplish it. This naturally leads to her [[Heel Face Turn]].}}
* Agahnim the wizard has one of these, in [[Zelda Manga|the Akira Himekawa manga]] of ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: [[A Link to The Past]]''.
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* A more literal example presents itself in ''[[The Big O]]''. After recieving a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] and as he is being assimilated by his [[Giant Robot|Megadeus]], Alan Gabriel's mech ''Leviathan'' scrolls on its main screen, "CAST IN THE NAME OF GOD {{spoiler|[[Bait and Switch|YE GUILTY]]}}".
* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', Degwin Zabi suffers this after {{spoiler|his youngest son, Garma, is killed.}} By the end, he's had enough of the war and wants it to end. In the anime, he attempts to broker peace {{spoiler|only for Ghiren to blast him and General Revil with the Solar Ray}}. The novel of the series, however, doesn't give him that chance - he can only watch as the rest of his children get plucked off before {{spoiler|Char takes over.}}
* In ''[[Star Blazers]]'', Comet Empire series, in one of the episodes close to the end. Leader Desslock had earlier accepted a commission from Prince Zordar to defeat the Star Force, so he pins the Yamato by teleporting mines over to surround it. To escape, the Yamato executes a small warp and rams Desslock's ship. Deputy Captain Derek Wildstar boards the Leader's ship. The two of them face off on the bridge. Desslock slowly levels his pistol at Wildstar, while goading Wildstar to shoot him. But Wildstar, already injured earlier, falls to the deck while drawing his. His love interest, Nova, dashes out of hiding, grabs the pistol, blocks Desslock's aim, then aims Derek's pistol at Desslock. Moments later, she drops the pistol, places Derek's head in her lap, and comforts him while he remains semiconscious. Desslock gets his
* Seto Kaiba of [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]] had one of these as well, over the course of the first half of the second series' first season. Back then, prior to the end of the first episode, Kaiba didn't take dueling seriously at all and believed that power was the only way to win a game. Then he received a big shock when Yami summoned Exodia the Forbidden One and obliterated all three of his Blue-Eyes White Dragons (which at the same time led to Mokuba using a "[[This Cannot Be!]]" line) and afterwards used Mind Crush on him. Ever since then, Kaiba came to realization that he didn't know who he himself was anymore, and began to seek redemption. He eventually learned that Mokuba was taken prisoner by [[Affably Evil|Pegasus]] and went to rescue him only for both's souls to be captured by Pegasus later... until Yami finally won his duel with him with [[The Power of Friendship|the help of his friends]].
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** Wait, the Joker's insanity is power-related since ''when?'' Wasn't the point that he '''[[The Killing Joke|Just. Had. A. Bad. Day]]'''
*** [[Multiple Choice Past]], remember? It is possible that it was all just one bad day, or it could've been a lifetime of bad days. Regardless, many stories do portray the Joker's craziness as a superpower of sorts. It's because of his insanity that he's dangerous to the point of making even the most powerful villains in the DCU scared of him.
* The ''[[DC Comics]]'' [[Elseworld
** Lex himself gets one near the climax of All-Star Superman. {{spoiler|After a day of having Superman's powers, and knowing they're already fading, it finally sinks in to Lex that all he's done with them is blow stuff up.}}
* In ''[[Elf Quest]]'', this is [[Big Bad|Winnowill]]'s reaction when Leetah tries to heal her, forcing her to relive her memories of how and why she turned to evil, and of everything she's done since. Too proud to spend the rest of eternity angsting and atoning for it all, Winnowill tries to kill herself.
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* In ''[[Star Wars]] [[Tales of the Jedi]]'', Ulic Qel Droma suffers a rather massive one when he murders his own brother in a fit of rage. Before he had been a borderline [[Complete Monster]], kept from being a true one only by the delusion that he was doing the right thing. After murdering Cay, Ulic finally faces what he's become and simply breaks down sobbing while cradling his brother's corpse. Ironically, crossing the [[Moral Event Horizon]] finally forced him to change for the better. Raana Tey also undergoes this. After suffering an increasing breakdown over 12 issues, committing a multitude of atrocities against the protaganist, her plans go to hell, and when she's trapped Zayne tries to save her despite all the things she's done. This causes Raana to realize that she's the villain and not Zayne, and that he is in fact not the monster she think's he is. She dies less then a minute later, and her last words are essentially a plea for forgiveness from her mistress and from Zayne.
== [[Fan
* In the ''[[Kim Possible]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3867684/1/bSpirit_b_of_bSnow_b Spirit of Snow]'', Monkey Fist goes through this in the present day scenes after his actions lead to {{spoiler|the "deaths" of his lover and unborn child,}} and Sensei helps him get through it. An interesting example in that he is in a BSOD from the very first chapter, and that the story is told through a series of flashbacks interwoven with the present day scenes to show [[How We Got Here|how he got to this point.]]
* In the ''[[Death Note]]'' fic ''[[Shadow of the Valley]]'' Light has one when he sees a grave robber defacing {{spoiler|L Lawliet}}'s grave.
* In the ''[[Death Note]]'' fic ''[[A Cure for Love]]'' Light after he {{spoiler|loses L}} in both the deleted scenes and in the main story. It's the variation where "the villain becomes ''more dangerous''" as Light goes off the [[Morality Chain]].
== [[Film]] ==
* The 2007 ''[[Ghost Rider (film)|Ghost Rider]]'' movie fits this trope, since the [[Big Bad]] was soulless (and thus immune to GR's Penance Stare) until the movie's climax.
{{quote|'''Ghost Rider''': A thousand souls to '''BURN!!!'''}}
* In ''[[The Neverending Story (film)|The Neverending Story]] II'', Bastian beats [[Anthropomorphic Personification|The Emptiness]] by wishing she had a heart. The result is that she is filled, and as she realizes what she's done/is doing, she weeps [[Swiss Army Tears|a single tear]] that [[Puff of Logic|undoes her]].
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Galbatorix in the final novel of ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' ...and how! Eragon channels his [[Applied Phlebotinum]] to force Galby to understand the suffering his actions has caused. Galbatorix promptly turns himself into a literal nuclear bomb, complete with earth-shattering explosion and massive radiation fallout.
* [[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn]] {{spoiler|have the Storm King suffer this as the climax of the last book.}}
* In ''[[Harry Potter and
** 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.
* [[Discworld]]:
** Subverted in
*** In fact, the only regret she has is not having done even worse things.
**** So basically, she's not really an [[Expy]] of [[Macbeth|Lady MacBeth]]; rather, she's closer to being [[Titus Andronicus (theatre)|Aaron]].
** Since [[The Grim Reaper|Death]] tends to show up after people have been disconnected from all their glands and after death has stripped away any rose-tinted glasses villains may have had about their actions, he's been known to induce a few. Mr. Tulip gets a big one in ''[[
* 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
* Very common in ''[[Warhammer
** In [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s [[Ciaphas Cain]] novel ''Cain's Last Stand'', the Sisters of Battle completely lose control after Jurgen's blank status frees them from mind-control; they jump to their deaths.
** In [[James Swallow]]'s [[Blood Angels]] novel ''Deus Sanguinius'', Arkio's first words when he is [[Dying as Yourself]], "Brother, [[What Have I Done]]?". He is deeply moved by Rafen's [[Manly Tears]], and while quite certain of his own damnation, begs Rafen's forgiveness.
** In [[Graham McNeill]]'s [[Horus Heresy]] novel ''False Gods'', when Horus mortally wounds Temba, Temba recovers from the Chaos taint, realizes the scale of his betrayal, and [[Tears of Remorse|sobs]].
** A hideously dark version in Age of Darkness. A failed [[Care Bear Stare]] attempts to {{spoiler|turn Kharn of the World Eaters back to the loyalist side. It fails when Kharn realises this, but the important thing is that the loyalist Thousand Son who tried knows that Kharn will now always live with the knowledge that siding with Horus (and Chaos) was wrong and that he could have willingly turned back. The loyal Thousand Son briefly wonders what effect this will have on Kharn in the future before dying. 10,000 years later and Kharn is well known for being psychopathically angry (even for a World Eater) and, most interestingly, perfectly willing to slaughter his own comrades...}}
* Much of ''[[Death Star]]'''s cast go through a [[Heel Realization]] by the time [[Earthshattering Kaboom|Alderaan is destroyed]], and most of them go on to [[Defector From Decadence|defect]]. Tenn Graneet, the head gunner on the [[Death Star]], didn't, but he found that pulling the trigger brought him misery beyond his ugliest dreams. At the Battle of Yavin, the superlaser actually was ready to fire, but he stalled desperately until Luke's proton torpedoes hit home.
{{quote|He wouldn't be able to walk on a street on any civilized planet on the galaxy; people wouldn't be able to abide his presence. [[My God, What Have I Done?|Nor would he blame them]]. He couldn't stop thinking about it. He didn't believe he would ever be able to stop thinking about it. The dead would haunt him, forever. How could a man live with that?}}
* In ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'', [[Manipulative Bastard|Svidrigailov]] has a [[Heel Realization]], [[Pet the Dog|gives his money to charity]] and {{spoiler|becomes unhinged and commits suicide in public.}}
* In ''[[The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara]]'', Grianne Ohmsford, aka the Ilse Witch touches the Sword of Shannara, which forces her to accept the truth about
* 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.
== [[Live
* 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 [[
* 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.
** There is also an unintentional example happens at the end of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', season 5. Tearing down the walls between dimensions allows Glory to feel Ben's human emotions, for some reason. She... isn't happy.
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* Dukat in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' has a particularly bad one while the Federation is retaking the eponymous station. His lieutenant shoots his daughter Ziyal when she admits to helping release a group of terrorists (who happen to be main characters) from prison, and the episode ends with Dukat in a cell huddled in a corner talking to the absent Ziyal, still somehow convinced she is devoted to him.
* [[Magnificent Bastard|Malcolm Tucker]] is finally driven to one in series 3 of ''[[The Thick of It]]'': "I USED TO BE THE FUCKIN' PHARAOH!"
* The Doctor in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' uses this with many, many villains. Azal in the Daemons is a particularily good example.
** Most memorably, this trope was used to give the titular character in [[The Lone Dalek|"Dalek"]] an [[Alas, Poor Villain]] moment.
*** Arguably, {{spoiler|The Master at the end of "The End of Time". Get out of the way.}}
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== [[Music]] ==
* One interpretation of Golden Earring's "Twilight Zone" is that it's about a spy-turned-killer having a self-inflicted
== [[New Media]] ==
* In ''[[The Lord of Darkwood]]'' Wylla burned people alive. She did this to please her village's (non existent) goddess to ensure a bountiful harvest. Wylla believed that burning the occasional person alive was better than famine and Wylla preferred to buy into that it was necessary than face the possibility that her village has for centuries been sacrificing people in such a painful way in vain. Wylla believed that if she failed to provide a good harvest she would be killed, however she also thinks this knowledge didn't have much influence on her decisions. When Wylla was defeated, she admitted what she did was wrong. Even months later, she has felt little emotion aside from deep self hatred and remorse. She thought she was [[Moral Event Horizon|beyond redemption]] and that being burned alive would be too good of a fate for her. The protagonist, who she admired and treasured following her defeat (to the extent she had room for such thoughts and emotions), telling her basically what she already thought and felt certainly didn't do her self worth any favors.
== [[Parody]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* President Eden, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Fallout]] 3'' quite literally has one of these upon finding out just how insane his plan really is. Eden, being {{spoiler|an AI supercomputer}} [[
** Sadly, the dialogue for the final confrontation with Eden wasn't written particularly well, so that unless you look ''really'' closely, it just seems like you tell him he sucks and should die, and he just agrees with you for no reason.
** The same can be done to the [[Big Bad|Master]] in the original ''Fallout'' game, in which he will commit suicide if you reveal to him that his plan is doomed to fail, having realized how crazy its plan really was and guilty over what it did in order to undertake it.
* You have to do this to Giygas in ''[[MOTHER 1]]'' by singing a lullaby his human mother sang to him. This drives him insane and turns him into [[Eldritch Abomination|the Giygas we know from]] ''[[
** Well, not immediately. After the battle he first suffers a [[Villainous Breakdown]] and becomes so obsessed with getting revenge that he builds up enough psychic power to {{spoiler|obliterate his body, leaving only his splintered psychic mind}}.
** This is a [[Epileptic Trees|possible explanation]] for how you win the final battle in ''Earthbound'', as well: {{spoiler|the prayers of all those you have met overwhelm the ultimate evil within him, and he tears himself apart in realization of what he is.}}
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* Another [[Mega Ten]] game, [[Devil Survivor]], has this happen to {{spoiler|Naoya}} in the Law ending.
* For a rare literal example (or at least lampshading,) in the Xbox 360 version of ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance]]'', defeating M.O.D.O.K. results in a "Blue Screen of Death" achievement.
* In [[Magical Diary: Horse Hall]], after [[False Friend|completely crushing the PC's heart]], {{spoiler|Damien}} goes through one of these, causing him to run away and live in the woods for a month.
* The game ''You Find Yourself In A Room'' believes that its hatred and anger toward humanity and torment of yourself as you play is fully justified because it's a superior emotionless being disgusted by the flawed entities that created it. You then get a chance to point out that hatred and anger are actually emotions. This trope results, as it falls into a despair in which it simply lets you go, finding no more meaning to its life.
* [[Final Fantasy IV|Golbez]] fleeing from Cecil after the first fight is heavily implied to be that of a
* Queen Grimhilde (from ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White]]'') suffers this trope during the battle with her in [[Disney Villains Revenge]], which causes her to destroy the mirror before being killed herself.
== Web Comics ==
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* In ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'', Harry sort of half-heartedly tries this on Voldemort, who almost falls for it. He catches himself in time, though, and {{spoiler|Harry kills him the old-fashioned way. He gets better.}}
* On [[The Spoony Experiment]], Dr. Insano had a brief one after creating the Son of Insano, and cried about how his [[Mad Science]] never comes out right. His son quickly cheers him up by wanting to help him [[Take Over the World]], ending the moment and turning it into a CMOH.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''' nemesis, Mojo Jojo, has one after realizing that {{spoiler|while he was still The Professor's lab assisstant, he inadvertently created the Powerpuff Girls}}.
{{quote|" {{spoiler|[[Madness Mantra|It was me. It was me. It was me. It was me.....]]}}."}}
* Demona from ''[[Gargoyles]]'' goes through a very temporary one at the end of the four-part "City of Stone" when [[The Hero|Goliath]] and [[The Fair Folk|the Weird Sisters]] force her to realize that all of her [[Freudian Excuse
{{quote|"The access code is...''{{spoiler|alone}}.''"}}
** The [[Tear Jerker]] element becomes [[Fridge Horror]] in the context of the later episodes of the series and comics: she never willingly works with someone else. For all that she reverts to previous opinions, she never recovers from her BSOD.
* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', most villains never quite get the point; Zhao, for example goes to his death without compromising, but Azula's [[Villainous Breakdown]] appears to contain a little of this. [[Anti-Villain]] [[Heel Face Turn|Zuko]] never quite goes into BSOD, since he has gradual [[Character Development]] instead, although his [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]] [[Vision Quest]] sort of resembled this.
** Pre-series, Iroh after the death of Lu Ten and breaking the siege of Ba Sing Se would probably be seen as this by the Earth Kingdom, although he'd apparently been struggling with his father's goals for some time, since he lied about the dragons and had presumably already joined the Order of the White Lotus.
* 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.
* In ''[[Batman: The
** 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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