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* [[First Encounter Assault Recon|F.E.A.R's]] Alma is most certainly this. The more powerful her psychic abilities got, the crazier she got. [[Sealed Evil in a Can|And then they had to lock her away.]]
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', magic is addictive, and magic addiction makes you insane. And it's hereditary, so the entire High Elf and Blood Elf races are addicts, whether or not they use magic.
* In ''[[Portal 2]]'' {{spoiler|You switch [[G La DOSGLaDOS]] with Wheatley, and the little personality core is now fully in charge of all of Aperture Laboratories' operations...amd immediately goes mad with power. Then [[G La DOSGLaDOS]] points out that you did all the work while he did nothing, and he turns against you, sending both you and [[G La DOSGLaDOS]] hurtling down a pit into the underground ruins of Aperture Science. When the two of you finally get back to the main facility, it's much more dangerous and about to self-destruct thanks to Wheatley's influence. (Doesn't help that he was programmed to make bad decisions...)}}
* In ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', {{spoiler|the lyrium idol that drives Bartrand insane from his possession of it also makes Knight-Commander Meredith insane with her zealotry as she has the idol refashioned into a sword and uses it to animate statues in Kirkwall in order to destroy Hawke and his companions}}.
* Malefor, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[The Legend of Spyro]]'' trilogy, was the first Purple Dragon and had all the power that Spyro can possess. The difference is he didn't know when to stop and let his power consume him, transforming him into a power hungry [[Complete Monster]]. His hunger for power was such that it forced his masters to banish him just to protect the dragons from him.
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