Villainous Breakdown: Difference between revisions

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The tendency of relatively calm and composed villains to lose their cool over the course of the story. Usually happens to arrogant [[Chessmaster]]-type villains (especially if said villain is a [[Smug Snake]]), as control of the situation slips from his or her grasp and things come up that they [[Didn't See That Coming|Didn't See Coming]]. Most notable when it happens towards the end of the story to show how pathetic the [[Big Bad]] is when things are not going exactly as planned ("[[This Cannot Be!]]!"). Especially apparent if they previously had [[Creepy Monotone]] or [[Dissonant Serenity]], and [[Mood Whiplash|suddenly]] start [[Chewing the Scenery]] (when they do this because their plan is ''succeeding'', it's more of a case of [[Drunk on the Dark Side]]). Thus, a Villainous Breakdown is frequently a trigger for a [[One-Winged Angel]] transformation.