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* 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 Villainous BSOD and freakout by the credits, followed by a [[Heel Face Turn]] in the next episode.}} The episode is also one long [[Tear Jerker]], as we see how horrible a childhood Tsubame actually has had up to this point.
* 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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** 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 [[Discworld/The Truth|The Truth]] (although he's probably better off than his associate Mr. Pin who didn't repent).
* 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
** 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.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* 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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== [[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 Villainous BSOD (presumably, he retreated out of the shock that {{spoiler|Cecil was his younger brother}}).
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