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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.
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* 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]].
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* 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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