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{{quote| '''Q:''' [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]<br />
'''A:''' The kind that gives villains [[A Worldwide Punomenon|a heart to attack.]] }}
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* In the comics, [[Doctor Strange]] reawakened [[Fantastic Four|Galactus']] conscience, invoking this trope.
* In Devil's Due's ''[[G.I. Joe]] vs. the [[Transformers]]'', Serpent O.R. captures Optimus Prime to gain access to the Matrix of Leadership. When he achieves this, he becomes enlightened to just how horrible the things he's doing are, and tries to have himself destroyed. Then Cobra Commander hijacks his body from Earth, and to stop him, Hawk has to expose both himself and the Commander to the Matrix. The revelation breaks Cobra Commander's mind.
* There was one DCU story where all the people on earth were [[De
** 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.
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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 ''[[
** 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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* One episode of ''[[House (TV)|House]]'' had a patient who was a psychopath. Sociopath. Well, one of those 'paths. She had no problem with cheating on her rich husband, poisoning people, and trying to get one of her doctors in deep trouble, among other things. Then they fixed her underlying medical condition and the lack of empathy wore off, resulting in this trope.
* Mr. Wolf, the [[Anti-Villain]] leader of a team of hostage-taking bank robbers, has one late in ''The Kill Point'', after his [[Token Good Teammate]] goes nuts from a combination of PTSD and gangrene and gets himself shot by the cops.
* Dr. Kelso from ''[[Scrubs]]'' isn't (usually) so much a villain as a boss playing the role of [[Good Cop, Bad Cop|Bad Cop]] with his underlings, but one episode of Season 5 definitely shows this happening to him. The episode states that it's a well known fact that no matter what happens at the hospital, the second Dr. Kelso leaves the building all his cares vanish. In this particular episode, Kelso promises Dr. Cox to allow Cox' patient (who is a really great guy) a spot for testing a new drug that should save his life. Later, Kelso bumps that patient off the drug trial in favor of a much richer one. Later we learn that Kelso's patient lives while Cox' dies. When [[What the Hell, Hero?|Cox angrily confronts him]] over this, [[Shoot the Dog|Kelso replies that it was a necessary evil]]; the rich guy donated a ton of money to the hospital afterward, which allowed Kelso to reopen the pre-natal ward and rehire Elliot. However, when Kelso leaves the hospital that night instead of going straight into being happy and cheerful, he has a moment where he just looks around in heartbreaking sadness. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9UGIilzr6Q See it for yourself.]
:: To compound things, Kelso sees some other doctors walking towars him, and tries to [[Stepford Smiler|fake his usual happiness and cheery attitude]], making one wonder how many other times he's gone through a similar BSOD.
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