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* WesternAnimation/{{Balto}} has two in rapid succession; first when he panics upon discovering [[BigBad Steele]] messed with his markers, and then after he falls off a cliff (with the medicine) while trying to get out of the maze Steele's created.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls'', when Fish -- the troll who raised Eggs for ten years; his adoptive father -- is [[spoiler:finally captured by Snatcher]], Eggs seem to shut down for a little while before ultimately deciding to [[spoiler:rescue him, thus finally taking action against Snatcher for the first time.]]
* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:
** After WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} turns out to be a hit at Stromboli's puppet show, Jiminy Cricket temporarily winds up getting in a state where he feels he's failed as a conscience and believes the little wooden boy would be better off without him.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'': Mowgli suffers one when Baloo, who promised him that he could stay in the jungle with him, tells him that he has to go to the man-village.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'': Basil snaps after falling for Ratigan's EvilPlan, silently and stoically sits through the ToThePain lecture, and just waits for the DeathTrap to go off, feeling completely humiliated, outwitted, and defeated. Fortunately, he's not alone.
--->'''Dawson''': Dash it all, Basil! The queen's in danger, Olivia's counting on us, we're about to be horribly splatted, [[WhatTheHellHero and all you can do is lie there feeling sorry for yourself!]]
** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'': Ariel briefly undergoes one when "Vanessa" (Ursula in disguise) enchants Eric and the two are set to be married, leaving Ariel unable to fulfill her end of the bargain, meaning she will become Ursula's prisoner and be forever separated from Eric, her father, and her sisters. She can only weep in utter devastation at her loss. However, she snaps out of it upon learning of Ursula's deception and hurries to stop her from marrying Eric.
** ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': The Beast has a near-suicidal moment after he lets Belle return to her father. When Gaston arrives to kill him, he doesn't even bother to defend himself until Belle comes back.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'': Simba has one after the stampede because he [[ItsAllMyFault blames himself for his father's death]], which is also made worse when Scar convinces him he is responsible for it, even though it was actually Scar who did the deed.
** WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} has one after [[spoiler:Kocoum's death and John Smith's capture]].
** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'': Quasimodo goes into a depression when his attempts to rescue Esmeralda have allowed Frollo to capture her and Phoebus. When Frollo has him chained to the bell tower of Notre Dame, the hunchback can only remark how ItsAllMyFault as the gargoyle trio try to rouse him:
--->'''Hugo:''' Come on, Quasi! Snap out of it!\\
'''Victor:''' But your friends are down there!\\
'''Quasimodo:''' This is all my fault.\\
'''Laverne:''' You gotta break these chains!\\
'''Quasimodo:''' I can't. I tried, what difference would it make?\\
'''Victor:''' But you can't let Frollo win.\\
'''Quasimodo:''' [[TheBadGuyWins He already has.]]\\
'''Hugo:''' So y-you're giving up? That's it?!\\
'''Laverne:''' These chains aren't what's holding you back, Quasimodo!\\
'''Quasimodo:''' Leave me alone.
** WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} has one when [[spoiler:Hades reveals that [[EtTuBrute Megara was working for him]]. Megara also gets one after [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone seeing the betrayal Hercules feels]].]]
** WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} has a mild one after her cover is blown and the army leaves her behind, feeling as if she can only fail at everything.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': When they bump into Yzma and Kronk at the restaurant, Pacha tries to warn Kuzco that Yzma's trying to kill him and take the throne for herself. But Kuzco blows him off, thinking they were there to bring him home, and he falls out with Pacha, then rudely orders Pacha to go away. Kuzco makes his way over to Yzma and Kronk, only to overhear them discussing that they are seeking to kill him. Kuzco realizes that Pacha was right and [[JerkassRealization no one likes him because of his terrible personality]] and accepts the possibility that he will now be a llama for the rest of his life. When the movie [[HowWeGotHere gets back to where it began]], Kuzco the character even [[InteractiveNarrator tells Narrator Kuzco (representing his old, self-absorbed self) to shut up]].
** In ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', this trope happens when Kenai finally listens to Koda's story about his mother and realizes it is about the fight he and his brothers had with a bear. Kenai puts the pieces together and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes to his horror that he killed Koda's mother]]. At that, Kenai flees the bear gathering in profound fear and shame.
** ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': Tiana suffers this after seeing "Naveen" (actually Lawrence, transformed with blood magic) ready to marry Charlotte.[[note]]If she had thought about it rationally, she'd have remembered that it was impossible to break the curse on Naveen without also breaking it on her, so it couldn't have been the real Naveen.[[/note]] She runs into the French graveyard and sits down on a tombstone, completely depressed. When Ray tries to cheer her up, she accidentally breaks his spirit as well. Fortunately, he recovers a lot quicker than she does.
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'':
*** When Elsa receives the news of the death of her parents, her EmotionalPowers go out of control and she curls up next to her bedroom door.
*** Happens to Elsa a second time, when [[spoiler:she believes Hans that she was directly responsible for her sister's death. She collapses in horror and grief, and even her ice powers lock up]].
*** After spending most of the movie as a cheerful hyperactive girl, only faltering a bit after getting struck by her sister in the Ice Castle, Anna gets hit with one when she realizes that someone she loves, and whom she thought was the one person to return her love, turns out to be a [[spoiler:treacherous prince who only uses her for his own gains and leaves her to die once she's no longer of use to him, to the point that she believed that nobody really loved her due to both Elsa and Hans's actions on the girl]].
** Kristoff goes through a brief one after [[spoiler: Anna turns to ice.]] Sven has to nudge him to make him notice when [[spoiler: she starts to change back]] because he's staring numbly into space.
** In ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'':
*** Elsa has one when [[spoiler:she discovers that the reason her parents were on the boat that wrecked, killing them, was that they were trying to find the secret behind her powers]].
*** Anna's occurs when [[spoiler:Elsa and Olaf both die]].
** In ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', Hiro goes into one of these after [[spoiler:Tadashi's death]] that lasts for several weeks, during which he stays in his room with the blinds drawn, not eating, not responding to messages from friends, not registering at the school he worked so hard to get into...it only ends when he drops part of his battle bot on his foot and accidentally activates Baymax.
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', Judy suffers one when she brings about increased prejudice and division in Zootopia than ever before as a result of her comments during a press conference about the regressed predators, and she ends up resigning from the force out of shame. It only takes her finally realizing that the supposed "Nighthowlers" that's making making predators go savage are [[spoiler:actually flowers]] to snap her out of it.
* ''Creator/DreamWorksAnimation'':
** In ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', after being rescued from the pie machine, Ginger, the leader of the hens goes to get Rocky "the flying rooster" Rhodes to teach them how to fly and escape the egg farm, and the grisly fate of being turned into a chicken pot pie. When she goes into the coop, she discovers he ran away in the middle of the night. She shows everyone the poster, and when the other hens ask how are they going to escape now, [[TheDeterminator Ginger who has been determined to escape one way or another,]] responds that the only way out is [[DeadlyEuphemism "wrapped up in pastry"]]. As she sits quietly to contemplate their fate, the other hens, and Fowler the elderly rooster, start a fight as to why Rocky left them for dead. When Fowler's [=R.A.F.=] medal lands near her, Ginger tells the other chickens to [[BigShutUp Shut up]] [[spoiler: and that they will build a "crate" to fly them out.]]
** Hiccup in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' has one for each movie. The first one is after [[spoiler: his father has disowned him after finding out about Toothless, and is sailing off to certain death at the Dragon's Nest. He comes out of it when Astrid reminds him that he's not only the first Viking to refuse to kill a dragon, he's also the first one to tame and ride one, proving he isn't as weak and stupid as everyone says he is]]. His BSOD in the second movie is when [[spoiler: his father is ''killed by a brainwashed Toothless'' and Hiccup drives Toothless away in a rage, leaving him to be taken by Drago. He doesn't recover until after Stoick's funeral and a talk with Valka about how Hiccup was a very small and frail preemie and Stoick was the one who believed he was strong enough to survive]].
** Po throughout most of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' when he starts having visions about the night his parents were murdered. He eventually comes out of it when he stumbles across the ruins of his DoomedHometown and comes to terms with the tragedy.
** Jack Frost in ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'' has a minor one in Antarctica after Pitch breaks his staff. [[spoiler: Baby Tooth brings him out of it by showing him his human memories, which lead to him learning about his HeroicSacrifice that turned him into Jack Frost]].
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'', Branch reveals his to Poppy and Bridget, and reveals to the audience that undergoing one causes ColorFailure in a troll. [[spoiler: When Branch was a child still living at the Troll Tree, his singing attracted the attention of a Bergen. His grandmother performed a HeroicSacrifice to make sure he wouldn't get eaten. Realizing that [[ItsAllMyFault his singing attracted the Bergen that ate his grandmother]], Branch turned grey for at least a full decade.]] This comes into full effect in the DarkestHour: [[spoiler: Poppy admits that she completely failed to save Troll Village, and in fact, she's completely responsible for the entire village being captured and about to be eaten. This causes her to lose all hope and hit this point -- and seeing her reach that point makes every other troll hit this point too, losing their color ''en masse'']]. They're only snapped out of it when [[spoiler: Branch starts to sing "True Colors" and they all regain their hope and colors.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013'' seeing MK Leafman-sized is the breaking point for Professor Bomba, where he realizes he must have hallucinated and how far detached from society he is. He turns off his cameras and packs up or outright throws his equipment off tables in a rage.
* Soren in ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'' has this after [[spoiler:he kills Metalbeak]].
* Emmet in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' practically suffers a huge one when, even after everything that has happened to him, he breaks [[spoiler: after his plan to infiltrate Lord Business' tower to attach the Piece of Resistance to the Kragle fails and he witnesses (along with plenty of others) Vitruvius' death by LB's hands, who then decides to reveal there was actually no prophecy]]. It takes [[spoiler: the ghost of Vitruvius to snap him out of it to make his sacrifice to save everyone in the Think Tank, besides his moments in the 'real' world to motivate him to save his world]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'': Jack undergoes two, once during "Jack's Lament" and again once he realizes that he was accidentally ruining Christmas for the entire human realm.
* ''Creator/{{Pixar}}'':
** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' has the famous moment when Buzz Lightyear finally realizes he's just a toy. Woody also has one later, admitting that he feels inferior to the high-tech, multifeatured Buzz when all he has is a pullstring.
** ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'': Flik, after he gets exiled from the colony. He gets better with help from Dot and the circus bugs.
** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'':
*** When Andy leaves Woody at home due to his ripped arm, Woody is ''devastated''.
*** Woody goes through one after having to choose between his gang and Andy's toys.
** From the action film ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'', Mr. Incredible has a brief one when he thinks his family is dead. He recovers when Mirage tells him they survived.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': Carl entered one of these after the BigBad set his house on fire and Ellie's picture broke. It took reading the pages in Ellie's Adventure Book that he never looked at since he believed she never finished it to snap him out of it.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': Merida goes through a brief one when Elinor destroys her bow to the point that she pulls a ScrewThisImOuttaHere.
** In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'', Mike is devastated after learning that [[spoiler:humans aren't scared by him at all, meaning he really is incapable of being a proper scarer]].
** In ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', thanks to an ill-conceived plan on Anger's part, 11-year-old Riley is [[spoiler: so consumed with the idea of running away from home and back her hometown in Minnesota that the main control panel in Headquarters, despite the frantic but futile efforts of Anger (who by now realizes that his idea was a big mistake), Fear, and Disgust to remove the idea-bulb, begins turning grey and shutting down, rendering Riley apathetic as she boards the bus to Minnesota and the three emotions can only watch in horrified regret]]. Fortunately, [[spoiler: Joy and Sadness return just in time for Sadness to successfully remove the bulb, which brings Riley to her senses and has her leave the bus and return to her relieved parents]].
-->'''Fear:''' ''[softly]'' Guys... [[spoiler: we can't make Riley feel ''anything'']].\\
'''Anger:''' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone What have we done?]]
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Miguel goes through a brief one when he realizes that Ernesto's not the idol he seems to be after all. He's snapped out of it when he realizes that [[spoiler:Héctor is his great-great-grandfather and not Ernesto]].
** In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', as after Mei [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes what she has done to Tyler]] she is shocked into silence and even the blame being placed falsely on her friends by her mother is not enough to get her to speak up. She remains [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristically silent]] throughout the following scene of her and her mother driving home.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}'': Buzz Lightyear walks away after losing the crystal fuel to a Zyclops, before being captured by Zurg.
* The titular girls suffer a brutal case of this in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie'' after they discover that their friend Jojo (now the villain Mojo Jojo) has tricked them into helping him create a superpowered primate army that will take over Townsville and the world. What's worse is that no one believes they were just trying to make the town better; even their dad doubts their intentions. Crushed, they run away to outer space. Bubbles can't stop sobbing, Buttercup is furious, and Blossom lashes out with blame before going completely silent. They can even still ''hear'' all the pain and mayhem going on in town, thanks to SuperSenses, but are too distraught to do anything but try to block the sounds out. It's at this point, back on Earth, that Mojo tries to kill the Professor, who calls out for the girls. Hearing this snaps them out of their BSOD, and they return to save him.
* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' suffers this after Rattlesnake Jake [[BreakThemByTalking calls him out]] [[FakeUltimateHero as a fraud and a liar]] in front of all his friends in Dirt. He wanders alone into the desert and has to receive guidance before he can pull himself together for the final showdown.
* Tommy Pickles hits this spectacularly in ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'' when Phil and Lil abandon him and his brother Dil in the woods, Chuckie following them, and Dil's greediness leading to his favorite blanket being torn in the middle of a cold and raging storm. Lil suffers one when a tree crashes down and, when all Lil can find is Phil's shoes, she starts to break down thinking he's dead. He's fine, just that he lost his shoes when the tree fell.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'', the movie begins with [[CuteClumsyGirl Fairy Princess Marianne]] as a blissfully happy bride-to-be, joyfully getting ready for her wedding to the handsome Roland...and then [[PlotIncitingInfidelity she finds him cheating on her]] with an unnamed girl. On the day of their wedding. The sudden cut from the music and the echoing silence, [[BreakTheCutie along with Marianne's heartbreaking expression]], really hammers home the devastating power of this moment.
* ''DC Showcase: WesternAnimation/SupermanShazamTheReturnOfBlackAdam'' had Billy Batson suffer one of these after Black Adam offered him a SadisticChoice between his own life and the life of a hostage. Adam then attempts to kill both Billy and the hostage and would have succeeded if Superman hadn't interfered. The BSOD only lasted for a few moments though, and after it passed, well, one magic word later [[CurbStompBattle it got REALLY ugly for Adam]].
* From the CGI movie ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'', Raphael confronts Leonardo, breaks his swords, and beats him for once -- leaving him vulnerable when the Big Bads gang up on him and capture him. The realization that this was all his fault turns Raphael into a babbling, incoherent emotional mess.
-->'''Raph:''' But, Master Splinter, I messed up big tonight. ''[shows Leo's broken swords]'' They took him...
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Uglydolls}}'': All of the Uglydolls go through one after finding out they're rejected dolls that weren't supposed to even exist. This reflects on the scenery as well. Moxy is snapped out of it when Mandy sings "Unbreakable", and the rest of the Uglydolls are snapped out of it when Moxy tells them that no matter what they all look like, they will get an owner some day without a doubt.
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* WesternAnimation/{{Balto}} has two in rapid succession; first when he panics upon discovering [[BigBad Steele]] messed with his markers, and then after he falls off a cliff (with the medicine) while trying to get out of the maze Steele's created.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls'', when Fish -- the troll who raised Eggs for ten years; his adoptive father -- is [[spoiler:finally captured by Snatcher]], Eggs seem to shut down for a little while before ultimately deciding to [[spoiler:rescue him, thus finally taking action against Snatcher for the first time.]]
* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:
** After WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} turns out to be a hit at Stromboli's puppet show, Jiminy Cricket temporarily winds up getting in a state where he feels he's failed as a conscience and believes the little wooden boy would be better off without him.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'': Mowgli suffers one when Baloo, who promised him that he could stay in the jungle with him, tells him that he has to go to the man-village.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'': Basil snaps after falling for Ratigan's EvilPlan, silently and stoically sits through the ToThePain lecture, and just waits for the DeathTrap to go off, feeling completely humiliated, outwitted, and defeated. Fortunately, he's not alone.
--->'''Dawson''': Dash it all, Basil! The queen's in danger, Olivia's counting on us, we're about to be horribly splatted, [[WhatTheHellHero and all you can do is lie there feeling sorry for yourself!]]
** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'': Ariel briefly undergoes one when "Vanessa" (Ursula in disguise) enchants Eric and the two are set to be married, leaving Ariel unable to fulfill her end of the bargain, meaning she will become Ursula's prisoner and be forever separated from Eric, her father, and her sisters. She can only weep in utter devastation at her loss. However, she snaps out of it upon learning of Ursula's deception and hurries to stop her from marrying Eric.
** ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': The Beast has a near-suicidal moment after he lets Belle return to her father. When Gaston arrives to kill him, he doesn't even bother to defend himself until Belle comes back.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'': Simba has one after the stampede because he [[ItsAllMyFault blames himself for his father's death]], which is also made worse when Scar convinces him he is responsible for it, even though it was actually Scar who did the deed.
** WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} has one after [[spoiler:Kocoum's death and John Smith's capture]].
** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'': Quasimodo goes into a depression when his attempts to rescue Esmeralda have allowed Frollo to capture her and Phoebus. When Frollo has him chained to the bell tower of Notre Dame, the hunchback can only remark how ItsAllMyFault as the gargoyle trio try to rouse him:
--->'''Hugo:''' Come on, Quasi! Snap out of it!\\
'''Victor:''' But your friends are down there!\\
'''Quasimodo:''' This is all my fault.\\
'''Laverne:''' You gotta break these chains!\\
'''Quasimodo:''' I can't. I tried, what difference would it make?\\
'''Victor:''' But you can't let Frollo win.\\
'''Quasimodo:''' [[TheBadGuyWins He already has.]]\\
'''Hugo:''' So y-you're giving up? That's it?!\\
'''Laverne:''' These chains aren't what's holding you back, Quasimodo!\\
'''Quasimodo:''' Leave me alone.
** WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} has one when [[spoiler:Hades reveals that [[EtTuBrute Megara was working for him]]. Megara also gets one after [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone seeing the betrayal Hercules feels]].]]
** WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} has a mild one after her cover is blown and the army leaves her behind, feeling as if she can only fail at everything.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': When they bump into Yzma and Kronk at the restaurant, Pacha tries to warn Kuzco that Yzma's trying to kill him and take the throne for herself. But Kuzco blows him off, thinking they were there to bring him home, and he falls out with Pacha, then rudely orders Pacha to go away. Kuzco makes his way over to Yzma and Kronk, only to overhear them discussing that they are seeking to kill him. Kuzco realizes that Pacha was right and [[JerkassRealization no one likes him because of his terrible personality]] and accepts the possibility that he will now be a llama for the rest of his life. When the movie [[HowWeGotHere gets back to where it began]], Kuzco the character even [[InteractiveNarrator tells Narrator Kuzco (representing his old, self-absorbed self) to shut up]].
** In ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', this trope happens when Kenai finally listens to Koda's story about his mother and realizes it is about the fight he and his brothers had with a bear. Kenai puts the pieces together and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes to his horror that he killed Koda's mother]]. At that, Kenai flees the bear gathering in profound fear and shame.
** ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': Tiana suffers this after seeing "Naveen" (actually Lawrence, transformed with blood magic) ready to marry Charlotte.[[note]]If she had thought about it rationally, she'd have remembered that it was impossible to break the curse on Naveen without also breaking it on her, so it couldn't have been the real Naveen.[[/note]] She runs into the French graveyard and sits down on a tombstone, completely depressed. When Ray tries to cheer her up, she accidentally breaks his spirit as well. Fortunately, he recovers a lot quicker than she does.
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'':
*** When Elsa receives the news of the death of her parents, her EmotionalPowers go out of control and she curls up next to her bedroom door.
*** Happens to Elsa a second time, when [[spoiler:she believes Hans that she was directly responsible for her sister's death. She collapses in horror and grief, and even her ice powers lock up]].
*** After spending most of the movie as a cheerful hyperactive girl, only faltering a bit after getting struck by her sister in the Ice Castle, Anna gets hit with one when she realizes that someone she loves, and whom she thought was the one person to return her love, turns out to be a [[spoiler:treacherous prince who only uses her for his own gains and leaves her to die once she's no longer of use to him, to the point that she believed that nobody really loved her due to both Elsa and Hans's actions on the girl]].
** Kristoff goes through a brief one after [[spoiler: Anna turns to ice.]] Sven has to nudge him to make him notice when [[spoiler: she starts to change back]] because he's staring numbly into space.
** In ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'':
*** Elsa has one when [[spoiler:she discovers that the reason her parents were on the boat that wrecked, killing them, was that they were trying to find the secret behind her powers]].
*** Anna's occurs when [[spoiler:Elsa and Olaf both die]].
** In ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', Hiro goes into one of these after [[spoiler:Tadashi's death]] that lasts for several weeks, during which he stays in his room with the blinds drawn, not eating, not responding to messages from friends, not registering at the school he worked so hard to get into...it only ends when he drops part of his battle bot on his foot and accidentally activates Baymax.
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', Judy suffers one when she brings about increased prejudice and division in Zootopia than ever before as a result of her comments during a press conference about the regressed predators, and she ends up resigning from the force out of shame. It only takes her finally realizing that the supposed "Nighthowlers" that's making making predators go savage are [[spoiler:actually flowers]] to snap her out of it.
* ''Creator/DreamWorksAnimation'':
** In ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', after being rescued from the pie machine, Ginger, the leader of the hens goes to get Rocky "the flying rooster" Rhodes to teach them how to fly and escape the egg farm, and the grisly fate of being turned into a chicken pot pie. When she goes into the coop, she discovers he ran away in the middle of the night. She shows everyone the poster, and when the other hens ask how are they going to escape now, [[TheDeterminator Ginger who has been determined to escape one way or another,]] responds that the only way out is [[DeadlyEuphemism "wrapped up in pastry"]]. As she sits quietly to contemplate their fate, the other hens, and Fowler the elderly rooster, start a fight as to why Rocky left them for dead. When Fowler's [=R.A.F.=] medal lands near her, Ginger tells the other chickens to [[BigShutUp Shut up]] [[spoiler: and that they will build a "crate" to fly them out.]]
** Hiccup in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' has one for each movie. The first one is after [[spoiler: his father has disowned him after finding out about Toothless, and is sailing off to certain death at the Dragon's Nest. He comes out of it when Astrid reminds him that he's not only the first Viking to refuse to kill a dragon, he's also the first one to tame and ride one, proving he isn't as weak and stupid as everyone says he is]]. His BSOD in the second movie is when [[spoiler: his father is ''killed by a brainwashed Toothless'' and Hiccup drives Toothless away in a rage, leaving him to be taken by Drago. He doesn't recover until after Stoick's funeral and a talk with Valka about how Hiccup was a very small and frail preemie and Stoick was the one who believed he was strong enough to survive]].
** Po throughout most of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' when he starts having visions about the night his parents were murdered. He eventually comes out of it when he stumbles across the ruins of his DoomedHometown and comes to terms with the tragedy.
** Jack Frost in ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'' has a minor one in Antarctica after Pitch breaks his staff. [[spoiler: Baby Tooth brings him out of it by showing him his human memories, which lead to him learning about his HeroicSacrifice that turned him into Jack Frost]].
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'', Branch reveals his to Poppy and Bridget, and reveals to the audience that undergoing one causes ColorFailure in a troll. [[spoiler: When Branch was a child still living at the Troll Tree, his singing attracted the attention of a Bergen. His grandmother performed a HeroicSacrifice to make sure he wouldn't get eaten. Realizing that [[ItsAllMyFault his singing attracted the Bergen that ate his grandmother]], Branch turned grey for at least a full decade.]] This comes into full effect in the DarkestHour: [[spoiler: Poppy admits that she completely failed to save Troll Village, and in fact, she's completely responsible for the entire village being captured and about to be eaten. This causes her to lose all hope and hit this point -- and seeing her reach that point makes every other troll hit this point too, losing their color ''en masse'']]. They're only snapped out of it when [[spoiler: Branch starts to sing "True Colors" and they all regain their hope and colors.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013'' seeing MK Leafman-sized is the breaking point for Professor Bomba, where he realizes he must have hallucinated and how far detached from society he is. He turns off his cameras and packs up or outright throws his equipment off tables in a rage.
* Soren in ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'' has this after [[spoiler:he kills Metalbeak]].
* Emmet in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' practically suffers a huge one when, even after everything that has happened to him, he breaks [[spoiler: after his plan to infiltrate Lord Business' tower to attach the Piece of Resistance to the Kragle fails and he witnesses (along with plenty of others) Vitruvius' death by LB's hands, who then decides to reveal there was actually no prophecy]]. It takes [[spoiler: the ghost of Vitruvius to snap him out of it to make his sacrifice to save everyone in the Think Tank, besides his moments in the 'real' world to motivate him to save his world]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'': Jack undergoes two, once during "Jack's Lament" and again once he realizes that he was accidentally ruining Christmas for the entire human realm.
* ''Creator/{{Pixar}}'':
** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' has the famous moment when Buzz Lightyear finally realizes he's just a toy. Woody also has one later, admitting that he feels inferior to the high-tech, multifeatured Buzz when all he has is a pullstring.
** ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'': Flik, after he gets exiled from the colony. He gets better with help from Dot and the circus bugs.
** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'':
*** When Andy leaves Woody at home due to his ripped arm, Woody is ''devastated''.
*** Woody goes through one after having to choose between his gang and Andy's toys.
** From the action film ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'', Mr. Incredible has a brief one when he thinks his family is dead. He recovers when Mirage tells him they survived.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': Carl entered one of these after the BigBad set his house on fire and Ellie's picture broke. It took reading the pages in Ellie's Adventure Book that he never looked at since he believed she never finished it to snap him out of it.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': Merida goes through a brief one when Elinor destroys her bow to the point that she pulls a ScrewThisImOuttaHere.
** In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'', Mike is devastated after learning that [[spoiler:humans aren't scared by him at all, meaning he really is incapable of being a proper scarer]].
** In ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', thanks to an ill-conceived plan on Anger's part, 11-year-old Riley is [[spoiler: so consumed with the idea of running away from home and back her hometown in Minnesota that the main control panel in Headquarters, despite the frantic but futile efforts of Anger (who by now realizes that his idea was a big mistake), Fear, and Disgust to remove the idea-bulb, begins turning grey and shutting down, rendering Riley apathetic as she boards the bus to Minnesota and the three emotions can only watch in horrified regret]]. Fortunately, [[spoiler: Joy and Sadness return just in time for Sadness to successfully remove the bulb, which brings Riley to her senses and has her leave the bus and return to her relieved parents]].
-->'''Fear:''' ''[softly]'' Guys... [[spoiler: we can't make Riley feel ''anything'']].\\
'''Anger:''' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone What have we done?]]
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Miguel goes through a brief one when he realizes that Ernesto's not the idol he seems to be after all. He's snapped out of it when he realizes that [[spoiler:Héctor is his great-great-grandfather and not Ernesto]].
** In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', as after Mei [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes what she has done to Tyler]] she is shocked into silence and even the blame being placed falsely on her friends by her mother is not enough to get her to speak up. She remains [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristically silent]] throughout the following scene of her and her mother driving home.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}'': Buzz Lightyear walks away after losing the crystal fuel to a Zyclops, before being captured by Zurg.
* The titular girls suffer a brutal case of this in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie'' after they discover that their friend Jojo (now the villain Mojo Jojo) has tricked them into helping him create a superpowered primate army that will take over Townsville and the world. What's worse is that no one believes they were just trying to make the town better; even their dad doubts their intentions. Crushed, they run away to outer space. Bubbles can't stop sobbing, Buttercup is furious, and Blossom lashes out with blame before going completely silent. They can even still ''hear'' all the pain and mayhem going on in town, thanks to SuperSenses, but are too distraught to do anything but try to block the sounds out. It's at this point, back on Earth, that Mojo tries to kill the Professor, who calls out for the girls. Hearing this snaps them out of their BSOD, and they return to save him.
* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' suffers this after Rattlesnake Jake [[BreakThemByTalking calls him out]] [[FakeUltimateHero as a fraud and a liar]] in front of all his friends in Dirt. He wanders alone into the desert and has to receive guidance before he can pull himself together for the final showdown.
* Tommy Pickles hits this spectacularly in ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'' when Phil and Lil abandon him and his brother Dil in the woods, Chuckie following them, and Dil's greediness leading to his favorite blanket being torn in the middle of a cold and raging storm. Lil suffers one when a tree crashes down and, when all Lil can find is Phil's shoes, she starts to break down thinking he's dead. He's fine, just that he lost his shoes when the tree fell.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'', the movie begins with [[CuteClumsyGirl Fairy Princess Marianne]] as a blissfully happy bride-to-be, joyfully getting ready for her wedding to the handsome Roland...and then [[PlotIncitingInfidelity she finds him cheating on her]] with an unnamed girl. On the day of their wedding. The sudden cut from the music and the echoing silence, [[BreakTheCutie along with Marianne's heartbreaking expression]], really hammers home the devastating power of this moment.
* ''DC Showcase: WesternAnimation/SupermanShazamTheReturnOfBlackAdam'' had Billy Batson suffer one of these after Black Adam offered him a SadisticChoice between his own life and the life of a hostage. Adam then attempts to kill both Billy and the hostage and would have succeeded if Superman hadn't interfered. The BSOD only lasted for a few moments though, and after it passed, well, one magic word later [[CurbStompBattle it got REALLY ugly for Adam]].
* From the CGI movie ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'', Raphael confronts Leonardo, breaks his swords, and beats him for once -- leaving him vulnerable when the Big Bads gang up on him and capture him. The realization that this was all his fault turns Raphael into a babbling, incoherent emotional mess.
-->'''Raph:''' But, Master Splinter, I messed up big tonight. ''[shows Leo's broken swords]'' They took him...
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Uglydolls}}'': All of the Uglydolls go through one after finding out they're rejected dolls that weren't supposed to even exist. This reflects on the scenery as well. Moxy is snapped out of it when Mandy sings "Unbreakable", and the rest of the Uglydolls are snapped out of it when Moxy tells them that no matter what they all look like, they will get an owner some day without a doubt.
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* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', the TropeCodifier and possibly UrExample and TropeMaker for the SanityMeter, has these in spades. A character can have a HeroicBSOD any time they take too much Sanity damage too quickly, and given that you are facing off against the creations of the TropeMaker for EldritchAbomination in modern times, you can bet Sanity checks will do characters in quickly. Standing there gibbering because [[GoMadFromTheRevelation you've gone mad from the revelation]] does not stop the cultist from gunning you down or the horrible monster from fourteen dimensions from deciding to introduce you to them all at once.
* The psionic power ''Brain Lock'' in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' enforces a bluescreen on the victim.
** Arguably, many fear effects could apply. "[[OhCrap Oh no.]] A dragon. [[DullSurprise We're going to die.]]"
* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has a defined set of these as part of the Great Curse afflicting all Solar Exalted. Called "Limit Breaks" (unrelated to [[LimitBreak the trope]] except by name), they occur whenever Exalts reach a particular threshold of stress related to their Compassion, Conviction, Temperance, or Valor traits. Effects include catatonia, UnstoppableRage, wallowing in vice, collapsing in a fit of crying, and plenty more; all are highly destructive, incapacitating, or both. The other Exalted types where afflicted with the Great Curse has well, but it usually doesn't take this form. Sidereals, for example, run a bigger risk of everything going to hell if more then a few work together on something. (Unless you're a Lunar, where you get similar issues to the Solars, plus the ability to turn into a 2 ton killing machine at will.)
** The webcomic ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' has a particularly good example. [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0220.html #220]] is an example of a Compassion Limit Break, 'Heart of Tears'.
** The Unconquered Sun went into one shortly before the Usurpation, and has pretty much withdrawn for 2000 years as a result. Let's put it this way: in his stronghold at the heart of the Daystar, there's a courtroom. In that courtroom, there is a list of people found guilty by the judgment of the Unconquered Sun. The last name listed is his own.
* The table of possible results for a failed "Fright Check" in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' include a number of blue screen-style effects, of varying severity and duration. In addition, all sorts of spells, powers, surprise effects, etc., can produce "mental stun", which is essentially a very short-term BSOD.
* In the free ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' game [[http://www.steved.org/rp_rules_tins.html "There Is No Spoon,"]] the Sick At Heart optional rules model damage to a character's belief system, and reduces their Matrix stat (the stat that gives them their ability to kick serious ass) on a failed Matrix roll when they choose (or are forced) to act in a way that contravenes or works to destroy their beliefs, personal code or deep abiding reason to live, or are severely tortured or have something else extreme happen to them. A character can actually be worn down to no Matrix stat at all this way, making them little more than another mook under the system's rules, and recovery of Matrix points is difficult, as it involves rebuilding the character's faith in themselves. The notes on this particular optional rule says that it should not be used excessively, as this is meant to be an action game, not a dark tale of the fragility of the mind.
* An occupational hazard of Astartes and Guard officers in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''. One of the more typical comes from the Primarch Corax: after resorting to desperate measures to rebuild his devastated Raven Guard during the Literature/HorusHeresy, he reluctantly and personally executes the horrific monstrosities his orders created, then locks himself in his room for a year and a day, after which he emerges and takes a ship on course for the Eye of Terror, his only word being [[ShoutOut "Nevermore..."]]
** Hlaine 'Mad' Larkin, the unhinged sniper from the Gaunt's Ghosts series, has one of these during basically every battle.
** As mentioned above in VideoGame/DawnOfWar, The Tau have a chance of getting the blue screen if their Ethereal dies. Or, they could go into UnstoppableRage... [[MoreDakka with plasma guns]].
** While were talking about Dawn of War, I would like to take you back to the First game's Single player campaign, after grinding through Orks, Eldar and Chaos troops, Brother Captain discovers his Long Time buddy and Company Librarian turn to Chaos, though the mission's scene doesn't show exactly ''how long'' his BSOD lasted, but it was hinted that he got real mad and by the beginning of the next mission his anger was made manifest by a orbiting [[DeathFromAbove Battle Barge]].
** In the Dark Heresy expansion: Ascension an event specifically designed to cause a Heroic BSOD is one of the ways a character can be promoted to the rank of Inquisitor.
** Roboute Guilliman's reaction upon being revived and seeing the theocratic hellhole the Imperium had become in the absence of him and the other Primarchs is to break down and weep, even saying that it would have been better if [[PredecessorVillain Horus]] had won during the Heresy.
--> ''"Why do I still live? What more do you want from me? I gave everything I had to you, to them. Look what they've done to our dream. This bloated, rotting carcass of an empire is not driven by reason and hope, but by fear, hate and ignorance. Better that we all burned in the fires of Horus' ambition than lived to see this."''
* In ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', Werewolves can go into a state of deep spiritual sadness called Harano. However, overcoming it provides the Werewolf with permanent Willpower.
** If done correctly a GM can even get a player to do this. It's immensely satisfying when it happens.
* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', the TropeCodifier and possibly UrExample and TropeMaker for the SanityMeter, has these in spades. A character can have a HeroicBSOD any time they take too much Sanity damage too quickly, and given that you are facing off against the creations of the TropeMaker for EldritchAbomination in modern times, you can bet Sanity checks will do characters in quickly. Standing there gibbering because [[GoMadFromTheRevelation you've gone mad from the revelation]] does not stop the cultist from gunning you down or the horrible monster from fourteen dimensions from deciding to introduce you to them all at once.
* The psionic power ''Brain Lock'' in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' enforces a bluescreen on the victim.
** Arguably, many fear effects could apply. "[[OhCrap Oh no.]] A dragon. [[DullSurprise We're going to die.]]"
* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has a defined set of these as part of the Great Curse afflicting all Solar Exalted. Called "Limit Breaks" (unrelated to [[LimitBreak the trope]] except by name), they occur whenever Exalts reach a particular threshold of stress related to their Compassion, Conviction, Temperance, or Valor traits. Effects include catatonia, UnstoppableRage, wallowing in vice, collapsing in a fit of crying, and plenty more; all are highly destructive, incapacitating, or both. The other Exalted types where afflicted with the Great Curse has well, but it usually doesn't take this form. Sidereals, for example, run a bigger risk of everything going to hell if more then a few work together on something. (Unless you're a Lunar, where you get similar issues to the Solars, plus the ability to turn into a 2 ton killing machine at will.)
** The webcomic ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' has a particularly good example. [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0220.html #220]] is an example of a Compassion Limit Break, 'Heart of Tears'.
** The Unconquered Sun went into one shortly before the Usurpation, and has pretty much withdrawn for 2000 years as a result. Let's put it this way: in his stronghold at the heart of the Daystar, there's a courtroom. In that courtroom, there is a list of people found guilty by the judgment of the Unconquered Sun. The last name listed is his own.
* The table of possible results for a failed "Fright Check" in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' include a number of blue screen-style effects, of varying severity and duration. In addition, all sorts of spells, powers, surprise effects, etc., can produce "mental stun", which is essentially a very short-term BSOD.
* In the free ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' game [[http://www.steved.org/rp_rules_tins.html "There Is No Spoon,"]] the Sick At Heart optional rules model damage to a character's belief system, and reduces their Matrix stat (the stat that gives them their ability to kick serious ass) on a failed Matrix roll when they choose (or are forced) to act in a way that contravenes or works to destroy their beliefs, personal code or deep abiding reason to live, or are severely tortured or have something else extreme happen to them. A character can actually be worn down to no Matrix stat at all this way, making them little more than another mook under the system's rules, and recovery of Matrix points is difficult, as it involves rebuilding the character's faith in themselves. The notes on this particular optional rule says that it should not be used excessively, as this is meant to be an action game, not a dark tale of the fragility of the mind.
* An occupational hazard of Astartes and Guard officers in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''. One of the more typical comes from the Primarch Corax: after resorting to desperate measures to rebuild his devastated Raven Guard during the Literature/HorusHeresy, he reluctantly and personally executes the horrific monstrosities his orders created, then locks himself in his room for a year and a day, after which he emerges and takes a ship on course for the Eye of Terror, his only word being [[ShoutOut "Nevermore..."]]
** Hlaine 'Mad' Larkin, the unhinged sniper from the Gaunt's Ghosts series, has one of these during basically every battle.
** As mentioned above in VideoGame/DawnOfWar, The Tau have a chance of getting the blue screen if their Ethereal dies. Or, they could go into UnstoppableRage... [[MoreDakka with plasma guns]].
** While were talking about Dawn of War, I would like to take you back to the First game's Single player campaign, after grinding through Orks, Eldar and Chaos troops, Brother Captain discovers his Long Time buddy and Company Librarian turn to Chaos, though the mission's scene doesn't show exactly ''how long'' his BSOD lasted, but it was hinted that he got real mad and by the beginning of the next mission his anger was made manifest by a orbiting [[DeathFromAbove Battle Barge]].
** In the Dark Heresy expansion: Ascension an event specifically designed to cause a Heroic BSOD is one of the ways a character can be promoted to the rank of Inquisitor.
** Roboute Guilliman's reaction upon being revived and seeing the theocratic hellhole the Imperium had become in the absence of him and the other Primarchs is to break down and weep, even saying that it would have been better if [[PredecessorVillain Horus]] had won during the Heresy.
--> ''"Why do I still live? What more do you want from me? I gave everything I had to you, to them. Look what they've done to our dream. This bloated, rotting carcass of an empire is not driven by reason and hope, but by fear, hate and ignorance. Better that we all burned in the fires of Horus' ambition than lived to see this."''
* In ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', Werewolves can go into a state of deep spiritual sadness called Harano. However, overcoming it provides the Werewolf with permanent Willpower.
** If done correctly a GM can even get a player to do this. It's immensely satisfying when it happens.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has a defined set of these as part of the Great Curse afflicting all Solar Exalted. Called "Limit Breaks" (unrelated to [[LimitBreak the trope]] except by name), they occur whenever Exalts reach a particular threshold of stress related to their Compassion, Conviction, Temperance, or Valor traits. Effects include catatonia, UnstoppableRage, wallowing in vice, collapsing in a fit of crying, and plenty more; all are highly destructive, incapacitating, or both. The other Exalted types where afflicted with the Great Curse has well, but it usually doesn't take this form. Sidereals, for example, run a bigger risk of everything going to hell if more then a few work together on something. (Unless you're a Lunar, where you get similar issues to the Solars, plus the ability to turn into a 2 ton killing machine at will.)
** The webcomic ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' has a
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* In the free ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' game [[http://www.steved.org/rp_rules_tins.html "There Is No Spoon,"]] the Sick At Heart optional rules model damage to a character's belief system, and reduces
* An occupational hazard of Astartes and Guard officers in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''. One of the more typical comes from the Primarch Corax: after resorting to desperate measures to rebuild his devastated Raven Guard
* At ''[=WrestleMania=] VII'', Ultimate Warrior wrestled [[Wrestling/RandySavage Randy "Macho Man" Savage]] in a Retirement Match. During the course
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* Wrestling/CMPunk suffered one when, after beating Wrestling/TheMiz in a match, Jericho comes on the Titantron and talks about
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--> ''"Why do I still live? What more do you want from me? I gave everything I had to you, to them. Look what they've done to our dream. This bloated, rotting carcass of an empire is not
* In ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', Werewolves can go into a state of deep spiritual sadness called Harano. However, overcoming it provides the Werewolf
** If done correctly a GM can even get a player to do this. It's immensely satisfying when it happens.
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* ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'':
** Vivian's superpower briefly gives her the ability to suppress her [[NervousWreck otherwise highly-strung]] emotions. When this effect fades, Vivian freaks out and then 'crashes', curling up in the corner of her room while the rest of the characters deal with their current issue.
** Jenna's superpower turned her into a walking mass of insects. When Crispin first sets eyes on her, he screams long and hard in abject horror. Jenna is so hurt by it that she breaks down and hides herself away in a closet, [[MadnessMantra repeatedly]] muttering to herself that she's a monster. It takes the arrival of her ChildhoodFriend to help calm her down.
* Jimmy had one in ''Roleplay/DigimonForumRP'' when Ichigo made a HeroicSacrifice just to save him from a Metal Kabuterimon's Electron Cannon.
* A number of instances in ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG'':
** Andrew hit a minor BSOD upon realizing fully that LEGO Island, his hometown whose salvation was a major factor in him signing up for the team, had vanished into the Torn World.
** The goal of [[spoiler:the Darkitect's [[FaceYourFears illusions]]]]. He succeeded in giving Rex, Katerina, Minerva, and Hotwire Heroic [=BSODs=], although the effects did not last as long as he had hoped, especially once [[spoiler:the illusions were broken]].
** Pterisa suffered a massive Heroic BSOD once [[spoiler:the Darkitect]] revealed her identity to the Dino Attack Team. One moment, she was confident and [[TheStoic stoic]]. Her Heroic BSOD left her extremely fragile and insecure.
** As a result of [[spoiler:[[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu breaking her arm punching out the Maelstrom]]]], combined with the discovery that [[spoiler: her own mother had been lying to her, she only exists because of a secret affair in a hospital, and her own uncle had been institutionalized after attempting a self-induced lobotomy]] Kate had a rather nasty one. She also got a rather bad case of PTSD after the war.
** Sam Race crashed hard after he [[spoiler:[[ILetGwenStacyDie failed to save his father]]]], and much like Kate, he'll never fully recover from it.
** Rex was suffering a massive Heroic BSOD after the deaths of [[spoiler:Amanda and Trouble]]. This Heroic BSOD was so bad that it actually left him in an AngstComa.
** Minerva suffered a minor Heroic BSOD after [[spoiler:Athena's death]]. She then entered another one after [[spoiler:killing Oswald]], only forcing herself out of it after [[spoiler:being goaded by the Darkitect into keep fighting and to avenge her fallen family]].
* There was a few instances of this in ''Roleplay/StarForceRP'':
** Zuhal's depression after he lost Del.
** Prior to being a character, Nova suffered a brief one when [[spoiler:Drake Kaizer pressed Nova's BerserkButton by killing his girlfriend,]] causing Nova to hunt him down.
** Nova suffered another one after an incident at the Junkyard on Dream Island involving Jake Rayner and Callisto [[spoiler:both of whom were each using a SuperMode due to having Zerker and Saurian's [=OOPArt=]]] causing Nova to view the [=OOPArts=] as something that must be destroyed.
* In ''Roleplay/YuGiOhEastAcademy'', Marcus spends several scenes suffering from a HeroicBSOD after he is [[spoiler: tortured by Haine.]]
* ''Roleplay/{{AJCO}}'':
** While Nights is hardly Heroic, she still suffers one when she's dragged into a Friendship Chamber by A_J, tied down and threatened with the act of [[spoiler: the numbers 4 and 2 being rebranded on her face - this being the mark of a State slave, that she has always covered with a mask out of shame]]. She loses her bravery and acts against her friends and former Crew when A_J asks her to. May be recovering from it, though Breyos nearly killing her didn't help.
** Egg -- who definitely ''is'' Heroic -- suffers several moments with increasing intensity after [[spoiler: Pi dies because of the investigation team's negligence]]. She's now suffering from outright PTSD and has quit the Castle Crew altogether to lead a more easy-going life in Katton.
* ''Roleplay/EquestriaChronicles'' is about ponies (naturally happy creatures) embroiled in a cold civil war. HeroicBSOD happens regularly. One thread actually caused HeroicBSOD for the ''writers.''
* This happens on a number of occasions in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'':
** After the deaths of [[spoiler: his entire group, including the sickening deaths of Madelaine Shirohara and his love interest Amanda Jones at the hands of Cody Jensen]] Adam Dodd of V1 wanders across the island for some days in the throes of a HeroicBSOD - the whole matter getting worse as he gets attacked and is forced to kill classmates more than once.
** A more minor example is with Sean O'Cann, who breaks down after his estranged best friend boyfriend and cousin are killed over the course of a couple of days.
** Madelaine Shirohara goes into one of these as well after she is forced to kill her childhood friend Nanami Nishida following Nishida turning on her and her other friends.
* ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars'':
** [[DeadpanSnarker Garcie]] got one and went into {{Angrish}} when [[Franchise/TouhouProject Daisuke and Nitori]] came over to ask the Group for money. Her voice became scrambled like [[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Haley Starshine]] as a result.
** Earlier, [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Haku]][[TheStoic men]] had one when the Group [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind went into]] [[CuteGhostGirl Rota]][[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind 's mind]] to unlock her missing memories. [[RapeAsDrama When he saw Rota being brutally subdued by her kidnapper]], Hakumen had a flashback to [[MyGreatestFailure his own greatest failure]] and broke down.
** And earlier on in a more comedic example: when Hakumen saw an [[AlternateUniverse Other of himself making out with an Other of his archenemy Terumi]], he loses all self-control and degenerates into spouting {{Angrish}} before dropping an [[AtomicFBomb Atomic Goddammit Bomb]].
--->''"Gh.... ghh... Yuh... Buh...'' '''''GODDAMMIT! GRRRRRARRRRGHHH!"'''''
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* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', the TropeCodifier and possibly UrExample and TropeMaker for the SanityMeter, has these in spades. A character can have a HeroicBSOD any time they take too much Sanity damage too quickly, and given that you are facing off against the creations of the TropeMaker for EldritchAbomination in modern times, you can bet Sanity checks will do characters in quickly. Standing there gibbering because [[GoMadFromTheRevelation you've gone mad from the revelation]] does not stop the cultist from gunning you down or the horrible monster from fourteen dimensions from deciding to introduce you to them all at once.
* The psionic power ''Brain Lock'' in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' enforces a bluescreen on the victim.
** Arguably, many fear effects could apply. "[[OhCrap Oh no.]] A dragon. [[DullSurprise We're going to die.]]"
* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has a defined set of these as part of the Great Curse afflicting all Solar Exalted. Called "Limit Breaks" (unrelated to [[LimitBreak the trope]] except by name), they occur whenever Exalts reach a particular threshold of stress related to their Compassion, Conviction, Temperance, or Valor traits. Effects include catatonia, UnstoppableRage, wallowing in vice, collapsing in a fit of crying, and plenty more; all are highly destructive, incapacitating, or both. The other Exalted types where afflicted with the Great Curse has well, but it usually doesn't take this form. Sidereals, for example, run a bigger risk of everything going to hell if more then a few work together on something. (Unless you're a Lunar, where you get similar issues to the Solars, plus the ability to turn into a 2 ton killing machine at will.)
** The webcomic ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' has a particularly good example. [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0220.html #220]] is an example of a Compassion Limit Break, 'Heart of Tears'.
** The Unconquered Sun went into one shortly before the Usurpation, and has pretty much withdrawn for 2000 years as a result. Let's put it this way: in his stronghold at the heart of the Daystar, there's a courtroom. In that courtroom, there is a list of people found guilty by the judgment of the Unconquered Sun. The last name listed is his own.
* The table of possible results for a failed "Fright Check" in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' include a number of blue screen-style effects, of varying severity and duration. In addition, all sorts of spells, powers, surprise effects, etc., can produce "mental stun", which is essentially a very short-term BSOD.
* In the free ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' game [[http://www.steved.org/rp_rules_tins.html "There Is No Spoon,"]] the Sick At Heart optional rules model damage to a character's belief system, and reduces their Matrix stat (the stat that gives them their ability to kick serious ass) on a failed Matrix roll when they choose (or are forced) to act in a way that contravenes or works to destroy their beliefs, personal code or deep abiding reason to live, or are severely tortured or have something else extreme happen to them. A character can actually be worn down to no Matrix stat at all this way, making them little more than another mook under the system's rules, and recovery of Matrix points is difficult, as it involves rebuilding the character's faith in themselves. The notes on this particular optional rule says that it should not be used excessively, as this is meant to be an action game, not a dark tale of the fragility of the mind.
* An occupational hazard of Astartes and Guard officers in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''. One of the more typical comes from the Primarch Corax: after resorting to desperate measures to rebuild his devastated Raven Guard during the Literature/HorusHeresy, he reluctantly and personally executes the horrific monstrosities his orders created, then locks himself in his room for a year and a day, after which he emerges and takes a ship on course for the Eye of Terror, his only word being [[ShoutOut "Nevermore..."]]
** Hlaine 'Mad' Larkin, the unhinged sniper from the Gaunt's Ghosts series, has one of these during basically every battle.
** As mentioned above in VideoGame/DawnOfWar, The Tau have a chance of getting the blue screen if their Ethereal dies. Or, they could go into UnstoppableRage... [[MoreDakka with plasma guns]].
** While were talking about Dawn of War, I would like to take you back to the First game's Single player campaign, after grinding through Orks, Eldar and Chaos troops, Brother Captain discovers his Long Time buddy and Company Librarian turn to Chaos, though the mission's scene doesn't show exactly ''how long'' his BSOD lasted, but it was hinted that he got real mad and by the beginning of the next mission his anger was made manifest by a orbiting [[DeathFromAbove Battle Barge]].
** In the Dark Heresy expansion: Ascension an event specifically designed to cause a Heroic BSOD is one of the ways a character can be promoted to the rank of Inquisitor.
** Roboute Guilliman's reaction upon being revived and seeing the theocratic hellhole the Imperium had become in the absence of him and the other Primarchs is to break down and weep, even saying that it would have been better if [[PredecessorVillain Horus]] had won during the Heresy.
--> ''"Why do I still live? What more do you want from me? I gave everything I had to you, to them. Look what they've done to our dream. This bloated, rotting carcass of an empire is not driven by reason and hope, but by fear, hate and ignorance. Better that we all burned in the fires of Horus' ambition than lived to see this."''
* In ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', Werewolves can go into a state of deep spiritual sadness called Harano. However, overcoming it provides the Werewolf with permanent Willpower.
** If done correctly a GM can even get a player to do this. It's immensely satisfying when it happens.
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* ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'':
** Vivian's superpower briefly gives her the ability to suppress her [[NervousWreck otherwise highly-strung]] emotions. When this effect fades, Vivian freaks out and then 'crashes', curling up in the corner of her room while the rest of the characters deal with their current issue.
** Jenna's superpower turned her into a walking mass of insects. When Crispin first sets eyes on her, he screams long and hard in abject horror. Jenna is so hurt by it that she breaks down and hides herself away in a closet, [[MadnessMantra repeatedly]] muttering to herself that she's a monster. It takes the arrival of her ChildhoodFriend to help calm her down.
* Jimmy had one in ''Roleplay/DigimonForumRP'' when Ichigo made a HeroicSacrifice just to save him from a Metal Kabuterimon's Electron Cannon.
* A number of instances in ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG'':
** Andrew hit a minor BSOD upon realizing fully that LEGO Island, his hometown whose salvation was a major factor in him signing up for the team, had vanished into the Torn World.
** The goal of [[spoiler:the Darkitect's [[FaceYourFears illusions]]]]. He succeeded in giving Rex, Katerina, Minerva, and Hotwire Heroic [=BSODs=], although the effects did not last as long as he had hoped, especially once [[spoiler:the illusions were broken]].
** Pterisa suffered a massive Heroic BSOD once [[spoiler:the Darkitect]] revealed her identity to the Dino Attack Team. One moment, she was confident and [[TheStoic stoic]]. Her Heroic BSOD left her extremely fragile and insecure.
** As a result of [[spoiler:[[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu breaking her arm punching out the Maelstrom]]]], combined with the discovery that [[spoiler: her own mother had been lying to her, she only exists because of a secret affair in a hospital, and her own uncle had been institutionalized after attempting a self-induced lobotomy]] Kate had a rather nasty one. She also got a rather bad case of PTSD after the war.
** Sam Race crashed hard after he [[spoiler:[[ILetGwenStacyDie failed to save his father]]]], and much like Kate, he'll never fully recover from it.
** Rex was suffering a massive Heroic BSOD after the deaths of [[spoiler:Amanda and Trouble]]. This Heroic BSOD was so bad that it actually left him in an AngstComa.
** Minerva suffered a minor Heroic BSOD after [[spoiler:Athena's death]]. She then entered another one after [[spoiler:killing Oswald]], only forcing herself out of it after [[spoiler:being goaded by the Darkitect into keep fighting and to avenge her fallen family]].
* There was a few instances of this in ''Roleplay/StarForceRP'':
** Zuhal's depression after he lost Del.
** Prior to being a character, Nova suffered a brief one when [[spoiler:Drake Kaizer pressed Nova's BerserkButton by killing his girlfriend,]] causing Nova to hunt him down.
** Nova suffered another one after an incident at the Junkyard on Dream Island involving Jake Rayner and Callisto [[spoiler:both of whom were each using a SuperMode due to having Zerker and Saurian's [=OOPArt=]]] causing Nova to view the [=OOPArts=] as something that must be destroyed.
* In ''Roleplay/YuGiOhEastAcademy'', Marcus spends several scenes suffering from a HeroicBSOD after he is [[spoiler: tortured by Haine.]]
* ''Roleplay/{{AJCO}}'':
** While Nights is hardly Heroic, she still suffers one when she's dragged into a Friendship Chamber by A_J, tied down and threatened with the act of [[spoiler: the numbers 4 and 2 being rebranded on her face - this being the mark of a State slave, that she has always covered with a mask out of shame]]. She loses her bravery and acts against her friends and former Crew when A_J asks her to. May be recovering from it, though Breyos nearly killing her didn't help.
** Egg -- who definitely ''is'' Heroic -- suffers several moments with increasing intensity after [[spoiler: Pi dies because of the investigation team's negligence]]. She's now suffering from outright PTSD and has quit the Castle Crew altogether to lead a more easy-going life in Katton.
* ''Roleplay/EquestriaChronicles'' is about ponies (naturally happy creatures) embroiled in a cold civil war. HeroicBSOD happens regularly. One thread actually caused HeroicBSOD for the ''writers.''
* This happens on a number of occasions in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'':
** After the deaths of [[spoiler: his entire group, including the sickening deaths of Madelaine Shirohara and his love interest Amanda Jones at the hands of Cody Jensen]] Adam Dodd of V1 wanders across the island for some days in the throes of a HeroicBSOD - the whole matter getting worse as he gets attacked and is forced to kill classmates more than once.
** A more minor example is with Sean O'Cann, who breaks down after his estranged best friend boyfriend and cousin are killed over the course of a couple of days.
** Madelaine Shirohara goes into one of these as well after she is forced to kill her childhood friend Nanami Nishida following Nishida turning on her and her other friends.
* ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars'':
** [[DeadpanSnarker Garcie]] got one and went into {{Angrish}} when [[Franchise/TouhouProject Daisuke and Nitori]] came over to ask the Group for money. Her voice became scrambled like [[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Haley Starshine]] as a result.
** Earlier, [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Haku]][[TheStoic men]] had one when the Group [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind went into]] [[CuteGhostGirl Rota]][[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind 's mind]] to unlock her missing memories. [[RapeAsDrama When he saw Rota being brutally subdued by her kidnapper]], Hakumen had a flashback to [[MyGreatestFailure his own greatest failure]] and broke down.
** And earlier on in a more comedic example: when Hakumen saw an [[AlternateUniverse Other of himself making out with an Other of his archenemy Terumi]], he loses all self-control and degenerates into spouting {{Angrish}} before dropping an [[AtomicFBomb Atomic Goddammit Bomb]].
--->''"Gh.... ghh... Yuh... Buh...'' '''''GODDAMMIT! GRRRRRARRRRGHHH!"'''''
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* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', the TropeCodifier and possibly UrExample and TropeMaker for the SanityMeter, has these in spades. A character can have a HeroicBSOD any time they take too much Sanity damage too quickly, and given that you are facing off against the creations of the TropeMaker for EldritchAbomination in modern times, you can bet Sanity checks will do characters in quickly. Standing there gibbering because [[GoMadFromTheRevelation you've gone mad from the revelation]] does not stop the cultist from gunning you down or the horrible monster from fourteen dimensions from deciding to introduce you to them all at once.
* The psionic power ''Brain Lock'' in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' enforces a bluescreen on the victim.
** Arguably, many fear effects could apply. "[[OhCrap Oh no.]] A dragon. [[DullSurprise We're going to die.]]"
* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has a defined set of these as part of the Great Curse afflicting all Solar Exalted. Called "Limit Breaks" (unrelated to [[LimitBreak the trope]] except by name), they occur whenever Exalts reach a particular threshold of stress related to their Compassion, Conviction, Temperance, or Valor traits. Effects include catatonia, UnstoppableRage, wallowing in vice, collapsing in a fit of crying, and plenty more; all are highly destructive, incapacitating, or both. The other Exalted types where afflicted with the Great Curse has well, but it usually doesn't take this form. Sidereals, for example, run a bigger risk of everything going to hell if more then a few work together on something. (Unless you're a Lunar, where you get similar issues to the Solars, plus the ability to turn into a 2 ton killing machine at will.)
** The webcomic ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' has a particularly good example. [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0220.html #220]] is an example of a Compassion Limit Break, 'Heart of Tears'.
** The Unconquered Sun went into one shortly before the Usurpation, and has pretty much withdrawn for 2000 years as a result. Let's put it this way: in his stronghold at the heart of the Daystar, there's a courtroom. In that courtroom, there is a list of people found guilty by the judgment of the Unconquered Sun. The last name listed is his own.
* The table of possible results for a failed "Fright Check" in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' include a number of blue screen-style effects, of varying severity and duration. In addition, all sorts of spells, powers, surprise effects, etc., can produce "mental stun", which is essentially a very short-term BSOD.
* In the free ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' game [[http://www.steved.org/rp_rules_tins.html "There Is No Spoon,"]] the Sick At Heart optional rules model damage to a character's belief system, and reduces their Matrix stat (the stat that gives them their ability to kick serious ass) on a failed Matrix roll when they choose (or are forced) to act in a way that contravenes or works to destroy their beliefs, personal code or deep abiding reason to live, or are severely tortured or have something else extreme happen to them. A character can actually be worn down to no Matrix stat at all this way, making them little more than another mook under the system's rules, and recovery of Matrix points is difficult, as it involves rebuilding the character's faith in themselves. The notes on this particular optional rule says that it should not be used excessively, as this is meant to be an action game, not a dark tale of the fragility of the mind.
* An occupational hazard of Astartes and Guard officers in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''. One of the more typical comes from the Primarch Corax: after resorting to desperate measures to rebuild his devastated Raven Guard during the Literature/HorusHeresy, he reluctantly and personally executes the horrific monstrosities his orders created, then locks himself in his room for a year and a day, after which he emerges and takes a ship on course for the Eye of Terror, his only word being [[ShoutOut "Nevermore..."]]
** Hlaine 'Mad' Larkin, the unhinged sniper from the Gaunt's Ghosts series, has one of these during basically every battle.
** As mentioned above in VideoGame/DawnOfWar, The Tau have a chance of getting the blue screen if their Ethereal dies. Or, they could go into UnstoppableRage... [[MoreDakka with plasma guns]].
** While were talking about Dawn of War, I would like to take you back to the First game's Single player campaign, after grinding through Orks, Eldar and Chaos troops, Brother Captain discovers his Long Time buddy and Company Librarian turn to Chaos, though the mission's scene doesn't show exactly ''how long'' his BSOD lasted, but it was hinted that he got real mad and by the beginning of the next mission his anger was made manifest by a orbiting [[DeathFromAbove Battle Barge]].
** In the Dark Heresy expansion: Ascension an event specifically designed to cause a Heroic BSOD is one of the ways a character can be promoted to the rank of Inquisitor.
** Roboute Guilliman's reaction upon being revived and seeing the theocratic hellhole the Imperium had become in the absence of him and the other Primarchs is to break down and weep, even saying that it would have been better if [[PredecessorVillain Horus]] had won during the Heresy.
--> ''"Why do I still live? What more do you want from me? I gave everything I had to you, to them. Look what they've done to our dream. This bloated, rotting carcass of an empire is not driven by reason and hope, but by fear, hate and ignorance. Better that we all burned in the fires of Horus' ambition than lived to see this."''
* In ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', Werewolves can go into a state of deep spiritual sadness called Harano. However, overcoming it provides the Werewolf with permanent Willpower.
** If done correctly a GM can even get a player to do this. It's immensely satisfying when it happens.
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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** Phoenix Wright has one in the final case of ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Justice For All]]'' when he finds out that Maya has been kidnapped by [[spoiler:Shelly de Killer]] in exchange for a Not Guilty verdict for Matt Engarde. He basically spends the entire case desperately trying to obtain said verdict at any cost, [[spoiler:even when he knows that his client is guilty as sin.]] It takes [[spoiler:Edgeworth]] reminding him of his duty as a defense attorney to knock sense into him. He's unable to tell anyone about the circumstances he's in, which results in the court audience angrily shouting that he's a scumbag as his tactics become ever more desperate. When he finds himself backed into a hole, he experiences his only FreakOut in the series, in a creepily similar manner to the VillainousBreakdown his opponents usually suffer from. ''And no one knows why''.
** In ''Trials and Tribulations'', poor Phoenix undergoes ''another'', this time when [[spoiler:Dahlia Hawthorne]] taunts him with the knowledge that the reason he can't find Maya is because she's almost certainly dead. Cue him crying and shaking at his stand, repeating that Maya ''can't'' be dead.
** In ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'', Klavier gets one in ''Turnabout Succession'' when [[spoiler: it comes out in court that his older brother Kristoph had used him as an UnwittingPawn for petty revenge against Phoenix Wright, causing Klavier to ruin Phoenix's career for a forgery Kristoph himself commissioned]]. His animations at this point (covering his ears with his hands and shaking his head) bear an eerie resemblance to Athena's own 'Despair' animation.
** In ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', Athena suffers a few [=BSODs=]. A good indication of it is her eyes going wide and her ExpressiveAccessory Widget shutting off. They occur in [[spoiler: the first case, when Gaspen pushes her to a point of helplessness, the third case, when the true culprit deems her unfit to be a lawyer, and in the fifth case, when she's accused of killing her own mother, and later when a revelation occurs that makes it seem like that she really ''did'' kill her own mother.]]
** In ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', Phoenix gets this when [[spoiler:Maya dies]]. He was EXTREMELY close to punching Barnham.
** In ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations 2'', Sebastian suffers from one as the culmination of his HumiliationConga from the end of the fourth case into the fifth. [[spoiler:After Blaise's henchmen kidnap him (by mistake) and leave him in his father's garage]], he's left feeling like everything he's done was meaningless, and has no idea what to do with himself. It takes a ''very'' long pep talk/Logic Chess segment from Edgeworth to get him back on his feet.
* In the [[ScienceFictionVisualNovels science fiction visual novel]] ''VisualNovel/BionicHeart'', the android requesting the main character's help finally discovers why she possesses memories of the 21st century when she was created long after that time. [[spoiler:Once she realizes her memories are the product of her having a ''real'' human brain, and that that brain was harvested from a serial killer, she snaps.]]
* In ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', several characters go through this in the series:
** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'':
*** Kiyotaka Ishimaru suffers a massive one after [[spoiler:finding out that Mondo Owada is outed out as Chihiro Fujisaki's killer and his subsequent execution.]] It's so bad that it borders on DespairEventHorizon-crossing, until Alter Ego snaps out of his funk by mixing his essence with Owada's soul and he becomes a new personality called Ishida, or [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane at least is sufficiently convinced that this is what's happened to cheer him up a bit]].
*** [[spoiler:Byakuya Togami]] has one when he's being told by [[spoiler:Junko Enoshima that the rest of his family has kicked it.]] Averted in the end when he refuses to give in to despair and instead focuses on honoring and restoring the Togami family.
** In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', the [[spoiler:five surviving]] students goes through this when [[spoiler:they find out that they are the remnants of SHSL Despair]], but ''especially'' [[spoiler:Hajime Hinata]], whose actions as [[spoiler:"Izuru Kamukura" caused the deaths of his classmates and the game's entire events in the first place.]] And if he [[spoiler:pulls the plug on the program as Makoto intends to]], he will revert to his [[spoiler: "Izuru Kamukura"]] identity.
** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'':
*** The entire remaining cast [[spoiler: aside from the Mastermind]] undergoes one at the start of Chapter 5 upon the revelation that [[spoiler: there ''is'' [[ApocalypseHow no outside world to return to]]. The rest of humanity is dead, earth is uninhabitable, and they were part of a failed last-ditch attempt to save the human race that got sabotaged and turned into the killing game ForTheEvulz.]] Afterwards, Shuichi spends an entire in-game day lying on his bed, unable to bring himself to care about or do anything. It isn't until the students find another flashback light that they snap out of it.
*** This hurts the most when [[spoiler:Tsumugi]] reveals to [[spoiler:Shuichi, Maki, Himiko and Keebo]] that [[spoiler:their killing game is a reality show entertainment, their memories are fake, and the audition videos, Tsumugi, Monokuma, and the audience take pleasure in their misery and the burden of having to deal with everyone's deaths for nothing,]] leaving [[spoiler:Shuichi, Maki and Himiko]] a sobbing mess. [[spoiler:Shuichi]] in particular is hit hard by this, since it's also revealed that [[spoiler:[[TheLostLenore Kaede]] was, in fact, innocent and yet she was unfairly convicted and executed for Tsumugi's crime, with Shuichi himself having been the one to sentence her]]. The poor [[spoiler:boy]] is just left staring at [[spoiler:her]] [[EmptyChairMemorial portrait]].
* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' has an almost literal example. [[spoiler:When the player walks in on Sayori after she hangs herself, the sight is so shocking that the game actually glitches out and the background turns into a Ren'py error message.]]
** The game tops itself [[spoiler:at the end of Act Two, when Yuri stabs herself to death in front of the player. The protagonist freaks out so hard he is rendered catatonic for an entire weekend, only capable of staring dumbly at Yuri's decomposing corpse.]]
* In ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'', the protagonist stays in his room for about three months playing video games after the Barbarossa incident.
* In the Unlimited Blade Works route of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', during his fight with Archer Shirou synchronizes with [[spoiler:his future self and sees a vision of his death, alone and unmourned]]. Shirou collapses at the realization that [[spoiler:his ideal will kill him]] but recovers to finish the fight.
** In the Fate route Kotomine attempts to force Shirou to [[RepressedMemories remember his life before the fire]]. The trauma of reliving the fire and the fragments of memories about his family nearly breaks Shirou's will to resist [[spoiler:when Kotomine offers him the Grail]].
* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'':
** Rin Tezuka slips into this state in her route, when [[spoiler: she desperately tries to gain inspiration as the expectatives places on her art get bigger and bigger. At some point Hisao finds her almost naked in her atelier, barely lucid, after attempting to paint for many days straight]]
** Hanako Ikezawa suffers a ''massive'' one in her own route, when [[spoiler: she learns that Lilly and Hisao are planning to give her a birthday party, not knowing that her b-day is actually a ''trigger'' for her due to her past.]] It's so bad that [[spoiler: she [[AngstComa completely shuts down in class]] and has to be taken into the infirmary. The next time we see her is in her room: she's a little more coherent, but still bed-ridden and teary.]]
** In Shizune's route, when [[spoiler:Misha begs Hisao to "comfort" her for one night (which is basically cheating)]], she's actually in the middle of one of these. [[spoiler:The poor girl is unable to handle her feelings about Hisao and Shizune dating anymore -- because she's actually in love with Shizune, and the pain of seeing her date Hisao (whom she cares for as well) is [[LoveHurts way too much]] for [[BrokenBird her]].]]
** Shizune has a terrible case of HeroicBSOD in her [[WhatCouldHaveBeen beta arc]] due to [[spoiler:Misha's suicide]]. She stops going outside, stops talking to Hisao, and barely even eats. She ultimately ends up hospitalized due to dehydration [[spoiler:and will [[DeathByDespair die]] in the BadEnd when she [[DrivenToSuicide removes her IV]].]]
* In ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'', this happens to [[WideEyedIdealist Komari]] [[spoiler:whenever she encounters death or blood, as this triggers her repressed memories of her sickly brother dying in her arms when she was young. By treating a nearby person as her brother instead she's able to repress them again and go on with her life, but this still leaves the trigger there. Only when Riki forces her to accept reality is she able to stop the cycle.]]
** Arguably happens to Rin too because in [[spoiler: Refrain she is mentally unstable due to the tests in the previous Rin route and can't even be near Kengo and Masato and doesn't even go to the same school anymore she goes to a centre where all her classmates are younger than her.]]
* ''VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously'':
** Wanko after [[spoiler: losing via double KO in the tournament]], thus having to [[spoiler: [[TragicDream give up on her dream]]]].
** Miyako when Yamato decides to [[spoiler: temporarily put their relationship on hold.]] In both this and the above example [[CooldownHug Cooldown Hugs]] are eventually involved.
** In the anime, Momoyo in episode 8 when [[spoiler: during her heated battle against a cyborg opponent, one of the missiles fired by the opponent and deflected by her ends up hitting Yamato and putting him in a coma. She even lets out a SkywardScream after seeing him in the ICU]].
* In ''[[VisualNovel/{{Nekopara}} Nekopara Vol. 4]]'', [[spoiler:after his father manages to make a cream similar to his mentor's flavor (something he has not been able to do so), Kashou spends a good amount of time trying to find the "core" his father says that he is lacking, which causes him to lose confidence in his skills as a baker. To the point where the cakes he makes gradually become lacking in flavor.]] Fortunately by the end, [[spoiler:thanks to meeting with his mentor, who is revealed to be his paternal grandmother, he manages to recover. Even making a flavor that earns his father's approval.]]
* In ''VisualNovel/SilverCrisis'', this happens to [[spoiler: Lucario and Lucas]] in Chapter 10. After his fight with Silver leaves him utterly defeated and unconscious, [[spoiler: Lucario]] is trapped in his own mind with his emotions, also being unable to use his True Power by opening his door until he resolves his inner conflict. He then comes to terms that isolating himself is the wrong thing to do, and realizes how important it is to place trust in others and Humankind once more. This allows himself to finally wake up, only to see [[spoiler: Lucas]] being consumed by his own Aura’s rage due to his belief that he will always be useless and can never become strong enough to save Ness. [[spoiler: Lucario then convinces Lucas that he isn’t useless, and how his trust in Lucario was what really saved him, not just his own physical strength. [[TearJerker Lucas then starts crying tears of joy at finally hearing that he has been helpful]], finally snapping Lucas out of his funk as well.]]
* One of the girls of ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial 2'', Kaori Yae, starts the game in the middle of one. Once a GenkiGirl, she has been [[spoiler: [[EtTuBrute horribly betrayed one year before by her friends of her former school]], who ostracized her after she [[TakingTheHeat Took The Heat]] for them]], and as a result, she has lost confidence in both herself [[ThePowerOfTrust and the others]], has shut herself off from everyone in fear of being hurt again, and is in a depressive state. It'll take the player [[spoiler: 2 years of]] [[ThePowerOfLove patient care and love]] to finally give her the courage to confess her past and allow her [[HesBack to recover from her emotional wounds]]. [[spoiler: And if the player fails to have her enough in love with him by that time, [[PermanentlyMissableContent she'll resign from school and her fate will be unknown]]]].
* Shiki in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' when Arcueid disappears. Throughout the day he's in a state of total shock and numbness, merely going through the motions at school. He's only at school because it was less effort than dealing with Akiha if didn't. He gets better when [[spoiler:after sitting alone waiting for a teacher for several hours, Roa and Arcueid show up and start fighting to the death.]]
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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** Phoenix Wright has one in the final case of ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Justice For All]]'' when he finds out that Maya has been kidnapped by [[spoiler:Shelly de Killer]] in exchange for a Not Guilty verdict for Matt Engarde. He basically spends the entire case desperately trying to obtain said verdict at any cost, [[spoiler:even when he knows that his client is guilty as sin.]] It takes [[spoiler:Edgeworth]] reminding him of his duty as a defense attorney to knock sense into him. He's unable to tell anyone about the circumstances he's in, which results in the court audience angrily shouting that he's a scumbag as his tactics become ever more desperate. When he finds himself backed into a hole, he experiences his only FreakOut in the series, in a creepily similar manner to the VillainousBreakdown his opponents usually suffer from. ''And no one knows why''.
** In ''Trials and Tribulations'', poor Phoenix undergoes ''another'', this time when [[spoiler:Dahlia Hawthorne]] taunts him with the knowledge that the reason he can't find Maya is because she's almost certainly dead. Cue him crying and shaking at his stand, repeating that Maya ''can't'' be dead.
** In ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'', Klavier gets one in ''Turnabout Succession'' when [[spoiler: it comes out in court that his older brother Kristoph had used him as an UnwittingPawn for petty revenge against Phoenix Wright, causing Klavier to ruin Phoenix's career for a forgery Kristoph himself commissioned]]. His animations at this point (covering his ears with his hands and shaking his head) bear an eerie resemblance to Athena's own 'Despair' animation.
** In ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', Athena suffers a few [=BSODs=]. A good indication of it is her eyes going wide and her ExpressiveAccessory Widget shutting off. They occur in [[spoiler: the first case, when Gaspen pushes her to a point of helplessness, the third case, when the true culprit deems her unfit to be a lawyer, and in the fifth case, when she's accused of killing her own mother, and later when a revelation occurs that makes it seem like that she really ''did'' kill her own mother.]]
** In ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', Phoenix gets this when [[spoiler:Maya dies]]. He was EXTREMELY close to punching Barnham.
** In ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations 2'', Sebastian suffers from one as the culmination of his HumiliationConga from the end of the fourth case into the fifth. [[spoiler:After Blaise's henchmen kidnap him (by mistake) and leave him in his father's garage]], he's left feeling like everything he's done was meaningless, and has no idea what to do with himself. It takes a ''very'' long pep talk/Logic Chess segment from Edgeworth to get him back on his feet.
* In the [[ScienceFictionVisualNovels science fiction visual novel]] ''VisualNovel/BionicHeart'', the android requesting the main character's help finally discovers why she possesses memories of the 21st century when she was created long after that time. [[spoiler:Once she realizes her memories are the product of her having a ''real'' human brain, and that that brain was harvested from a serial killer, she snaps.]]
* In ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', several characters go through this in the series:
** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'':
*** Kiyotaka Ishimaru suffers a massive one after [[spoiler:finding out that Mondo Owada is outed out as Chihiro Fujisaki's killer and his subsequent execution.]] It's so bad that it borders on DespairEventHorizon-crossing, until Alter Ego snaps out of his funk by mixing his essence with Owada's soul and he becomes a new personality called Ishida, or [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane at least is sufficiently convinced that this is what's happened to cheer him up a bit]].
*** [[spoiler:Byakuya Togami]] has one when he's being told by [[spoiler:Junko Enoshima that the rest of his family has kicked it.]] Averted in the end when he refuses to give in to despair and instead focuses on honoring and restoring the Togami family.
** In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', the [[spoiler:five surviving]] students goes through this when [[spoiler:they find out that they are the remnants of SHSL Despair]], but ''especially'' [[spoiler:Hajime Hinata]], whose actions as [[spoiler:"Izuru Kamukura" caused the deaths of his classmates and the game's entire events in the first place.]] And if he [[spoiler:pulls the plug on the program as Makoto intends to]], he will revert to his [[spoiler: "Izuru Kamukura"]] identity.
** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'':
*** The entire remaining cast [[spoiler: aside from the Mastermind]] undergoes one at the start of Chapter 5 upon the revelation that [[spoiler: there ''is'' [[ApocalypseHow no outside world to return to]]. The rest of humanity is dead, earth is uninhabitable, and they were part of a failed last-ditch attempt to save the human race that got sabotaged and turned into the killing game ForTheEvulz.]] Afterwards, Shuichi spends an entire in-game day lying on his bed, unable to bring himself to care about or do anything. It isn't until the students find another flashback light that they snap out of it.
*** This hurts the most when [[spoiler:Tsumugi]] reveals to [[spoiler:Shuichi, Maki, Himiko and Keebo]] that [[spoiler:their killing game is a reality show entertainment, their memories are fake, and the audition videos, Tsumugi, Monokuma, and the audience take pleasure in their misery and the burden of having to deal with everyone's deaths for nothing,]] leaving [[spoiler:Shuichi, Maki and Himiko]] a sobbing mess. [[spoiler:Shuichi]] in particular is hit hard by this, since it's also revealed that [[spoiler:[[TheLostLenore Kaede]] was, in fact, innocent and yet she was unfairly convicted and executed for Tsumugi's crime, with Shuichi himself having been the one to sentence her]]. The poor [[spoiler:boy]] is just left staring at [[spoiler:her]] [[EmptyChairMemorial portrait]].
* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' has an almost literal example. [[spoiler:When the player walks in on Sayori after she hangs herself, the sight is so shocking that the game actually glitches out and the background turns into a Ren'py error message.]]
** The game tops itself [[spoiler:at the end of Act Two, when Yuri stabs herself to death in front of the player. The protagonist freaks out so hard he is rendered catatonic for an entire weekend, only capable of staring dumbly at Yuri's decomposing corpse.]]
* In ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'', the protagonist stays in his room for about three months playing video games after the Barbarossa incident.
* In the Unlimited Blade Works route of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', during his fight with Archer Shirou synchronizes with [[spoiler:his future self and sees a vision of his death, alone and unmourned]]. Shirou collapses at the realization that [[spoiler:his ideal will kill him]] but recovers to finish the fight.
** In the Fate route Kotomine attempts to force Shirou to [[RepressedMemories remember his life before the fire]]. The trauma of reliving the fire and the fragments of memories about his family nearly breaks Shirou's will to resist [[spoiler:when Kotomine offers him the Grail]].
* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'':
** Rin Tezuka slips into this state in her route, when [[spoiler: she desperately tries to gain inspiration as the expectatives places on her art get bigger and bigger. At some point Hisao finds her almost naked in her atelier, barely lucid, after attempting to paint for many days straight]]
** Hanako Ikezawa suffers a ''massive'' one in her own route, when [[spoiler: she learns that Lilly and Hisao are planning to give her a birthday party, not knowing that her b-day is actually a ''trigger'' for her due to her past.]] It's so bad that [[spoiler: she [[AngstComa completely shuts down in class]] and has to be taken into the infirmary. The next time we see her is in her room: she's a little more coherent, but still bed-ridden and teary.]]
** In Shizune's route, when [[spoiler:Misha begs Hisao to "comfort" her for one night (which is basically cheating)]], she's actually in the middle of one of these. [[spoiler:The poor girl is unable to handle her feelings about Hisao and Shizune dating anymore -- because she's actually in love with Shizune, and the pain of seeing her date Hisao (whom she cares for as well) is [[LoveHurts way too much]] for [[BrokenBird her]].]]
** Shizune has a terrible case of HeroicBSOD in her [[WhatCouldHaveBeen beta arc]] due to [[spoiler:Misha's suicide]]. She stops going outside, stops talking to Hisao, and barely even eats. She ultimately ends up hospitalized due to dehydration [[spoiler:and will [[DeathByDespair die]] in the BadEnd when she [[DrivenToSuicide removes her IV]].]]
* In ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'', this happens to [[WideEyedIdealist Komari]] [[spoiler:whenever she encounters death or blood, as this triggers her repressed memories of her sickly brother dying in her arms when she was young. By treating a nearby person as her brother instead she's able to repress them again and go on with her life, but this still leaves the trigger there. Only when Riki forces her to accept reality is she able to stop the cycle.]]
** Arguably happens to Rin too because in [[spoiler: Refrain she is mentally unstable due to the tests in the previous Rin route and can't even be near Kengo and Masato and doesn't even go to the same school anymore she goes to a centre where all her classmates are younger than her.]]
* ''VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously'':
** Wanko after [[spoiler: losing via double KO in the tournament]], thus having to [[spoiler: [[TragicDream give up on her dream]]]].
** Miyako when Yamato decides to [[spoiler: temporarily put their relationship on hold.]] In both this and the above example [[CooldownHug Cooldown Hugs]] are eventually involved.
** In the anime, Momoyo in episode 8 when [[spoiler: during her heated battle against a cyborg opponent, one of the missiles fired by the opponent and deflected by her ends up hitting Yamato and putting him in a coma. She even lets out a SkywardScream after seeing him in the ICU]].
* In ''[[VisualNovel/{{Nekopara}} Nekopara Vol. 4]]'', [[spoiler:after his father manages to make a cream similar to his mentor's flavor (something he has not been able to do so), Kashou spends a good amount of time trying to find the "core" his father says that he is lacking, which causes him to lose confidence in his skills as a baker. To the point where the cakes he makes gradually become lacking in flavor.]] Fortunately by the end, [[spoiler:thanks to meeting with his mentor, who is revealed to be his paternal grandmother, he manages to recover. Even making a flavor that earns his father's approval.]]
* In ''VisualNovel/SilverCrisis'', this happens to [[spoiler: Lucario and Lucas]] in Chapter 10. After his fight with Silver leaves him utterly defeated and unconscious, [[spoiler: Lucario]] is trapped in his own mind with his emotions, also being unable to use his True Power by opening his door until he resolves his inner conflict. He then comes to terms that isolating himself is the wrong thing to do, and realizes how important it is to place trust in others and Humankind once more. This allows himself to finally wake up, only to see [[spoiler: Lucas]] being consumed by his own Aura’s rage due to his belief that he will always be useless and can never become strong enough to save Ness. [[spoiler: Lucario then convinces Lucas that he isn’t useless, and how his trust in Lucario was what really saved him, not just his own physical strength. [[TearJerker Lucas then starts crying tears of joy at finally hearing that he has been helpful]], finally snapping Lucas out of his funk as well.]]
* One of the girls of ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial 2'', Kaori Yae, starts the game in the middle of one. Once a GenkiGirl, she has been [[spoiler: [[EtTuBrute horribly betrayed one year before by her friends of her former school]], who ostracized her after she [[TakingTheHeat Took The Heat]] for them]], and as a result, she has lost confidence in both herself [[ThePowerOfTrust and the others]], has shut herself off from everyone in fear of being hurt again, and is in a depressive state. It'll take the player [[spoiler: 2 years of]] [[ThePowerOfLove patient care and love]] to finally give her the courage to confess her past and allow her [[HesBack to recover from her emotional wounds]]. [[spoiler: And if the player fails to have her enough in love with him by that time, [[PermanentlyMissableContent she'll resign from school and her fate will be unknown]]]].
* Shiki in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' when Arcueid disappears. Throughout the day he's in a state of total shock and numbness, merely going through the motions at school. He's only at school because it was less effort than dealing with Akiha if didn't. He gets better when [[spoiler:after sitting alone waiting for a teacher for several hours, Roa and Arcueid show up and start fighting to the death.]]
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Compare HeroicRROD (the physical equivalent), FreakOut, and DeerInTheHeadlights. If the character is [[TheCutie a sweetheart]], this trope can be the end result of BreakTheCutie. One common reaction is IThinkYouBrokeHim. In RealLife psychology, this sort of thing is known as an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_stress_reaction acute stress reaction]], or a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_breakdown mental breakdown]], and is related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. If a character goes into the BSOD state because of issues or revelations regarding who or what they are, they're having an IdentityBreakdown. If a character starts singing about their (or someone else's) Heroic BSOD, then it's also an example of BSODSong.
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BSODSong. Can result if the hero finds out their close friend DiedInIgnorance to a significant truth.
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* Lori from ''Snowy the Frostman'' has one in the series finale when she realizes [[spoiler: she was too late to stop her past self and friends from creating [[BigBad Snowy]]]].
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Even after regaining some function, a BSOD sufferer may evince a ThousandYardStare, or go into TenMinuteRetirement. In the longer term, a hero may become [[TheStoic emotionally comatose]] (entering an AngstComa), [[OutDamnedSpot obsessive and guilt-ridden]], [[DumbStruck mute]], or in really bad cases, a [[JadeColoredGlasses jaded]] violent [[AmnesiacDissonance amnesiac]]. A really long-term BSOD would be catatonia; GoMadFromTheRevelation is the worst case. Those who remain functional but don't find a cure for the problem may eventually find SafetyInIndifference or EmotionSuppression; other people may fear that they have become a FallenHero.
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Even after regaining some function, a BSOD sufferer may evince a ThousandYardStare, or go into TenMinuteRetirement. In the longer term, a hero may become [[TheStoic emotionally comatose]] (entering an AngstComa), [[OutDamnedSpot obsessive and guilt-ridden]], guilt-ridden, [[DumbStruck mute]], or in really bad cases, a [[JadeColoredGlasses jaded]] violent [[AmnesiacDissonance amnesiac]]. A really long-term BSOD would be catatonia; GoMadFromTheRevelation is the worst case. Those who remain functional but don't find a cure for the problem may eventually find SafetyInIndifference or EmotionSuppression; other people may fear that they have become a FallenHero.
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* ''THeatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'': Seymour has this [[spoiler: after Audrey is eaten by the plant Audrey II.]] He snaps out of it to fight Audrey II when he realizes its goal of world domination, [[spoiler: but only long enough to get eaten himself.]]
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*** This continues into Volume 9 [[spoiler:when she learns Penny died and completely emotionally shuts down.]]
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* ''Theatre/ThePlayThatGoesWrong'': Jonathan/the Inspector has this when he's unable to find the prop he needs, Max having moved it after accidentally sitting on it. He repeats "a ledger?" over and over as he looks for until he's screaming, then curls up on the couch sobbing. [[AudienceParticipation The audience]] pointing out said ledger is sticking out from under the couch does not help.
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* The hosts of ''Bad Anime Sunday'' have raged many a time at horrible shows but nowhere is the spite more apparent than when the fans voted for the hosts to review the ''Anime/SchoolDays'' OVA's. [[TheMeanBrit Samven]] was ''utterly disgusted'' by how the show blatantly sexualised underage children and, to punctuate his sheer contempt for the OVA in question, the podcast is delivered in a sad, bitter tone with next to ''none'' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness of his usual snark]], while all [[DeadpanSnarker Jake]] could say was, "[[PrecisionFStrike They fucking suck]]."
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* ''WebAnimation/BabushkaTheMovie'', an animatic adaption of a famous round of ''VideoGame/AmongUs'', closes with one. As in the actual game, the impostors win. The video closes with a member of the crew (who had agreed not to inform on the impostors in order to [[IOweYouMyLife pay back a favor he owed]] one of them), sitting in the middle of the launch pad surrounded by the bodies of the crew that were slaughtered there, staring straight ahead with a ThousandYardStare. His last words as the video ends are "All my friends are dead."
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Compare HeroicRROD (the physical equivalent), FreakOut, and DeerInTheHeadlights. One common reaction is IThinkYouBrokeHim. In RealLife psychology, this sort of thing is known as an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_stress_reaction acute stress reaction]], or a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_breakdown mental breakdown]], and is related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. If a character goes into the BSOD state because of issues or revelations regarding who or what they are, they're having an IdentityBreakdown. If a character starts singing about their (or someone else's) Heroic BSOD, then it's also an example of BSODSong.
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If opponents discover a character's BSOD trigger, they may employ it as a weapon — although if they over-use it, the victim may wise up and seek treatment. Even comedy characters can find that a BSOD leads to CharacterDevelopment, marking the start of a series of new experiences, or causing them to revise their world-view. HopeIsScary is a frequent reaction to the beginning of recovery for any character. HesBack often marks a character's full recovery, perhaps accompanied by a NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech. Conversely, a character who never recovers has fallen over the DespairEventHorizon.
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* ''Podcast/{{Jemjammer}}'': Jylliana has one in episode 9 when she tries to pray at a shrine to Ethla and hears [[spoiler: nothing. This is furthered by one of the groundskeepers nearby informing her that most gods can't hear their subjects in wildspace and vice versa, which shakes Jylliana to her core because she's ''always'' been able to feel her goddess]].
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* ''Podcast/{{Jemjammer}}'': Jylliana has one in episode 9 when she tries to pray at a shrine to Ethla and hears In ''Podcast/EighteenSixtyFive'' Edwin Stanton temporarily comes down with this after Andrew Johnson [[spoiler: nothing. This is furthered by one of successfully grants amnesty to the groundskeepers nearby informing her that most gods can't hear their subjects former Confederate states]].
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* In ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', Werewolves can go into a state of deep spiritual sadness called Harano. However, overcoming it provides the Werewolf with permanent Willpower.
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* The psionic power ''Brain Lock'' in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' enforces a bluescreen on the victim.
** Arguably, many fear effects could apply. "[[OhCrap Oh no.]] A dragon. [[DullSurprise We're going to die.]]"
* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has a defined set of these as part of the Great Curse afflicting all Solar Exalted. Called "Limit Breaks" (unrelated to [[LimitBreak the trope]] except by name), they occur whenever Exalts reach a particular threshold of stress related to their Compassion, Conviction, Temperance, or Valor traits. Effects include catatonia, UnstoppableRage, wallowing in vice, collapsing in a fit of crying, and plenty more; all are highly destructive, incapacitating, or both. The other Exalted types where afflicted with the Great Curse has well, but it usually doesn't take this form. Sidereals, for example, run a bigger risk of everything going to hell if more then a few work together on something. (Unless you're a Lunar, where you get similar issues to the Solars, plus the ability to turn into astate 2 ton killing machine at will.)
** The webcomic ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' has a particularly good example. [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0220.html #220]] is an example of a Compassion Limit Break, 'Heart of Tears'.
** The Unconquered Sun went into one shortly before the Usurpation, and has pretty much withdrawn for 2000 years as a result. Let's put it this way: in his stronghold at the heart of the Daystar, there's a courtroom. In that courtroom, there is a list of people found guilty by the judgment of the Unconquered Sun. The last name listed is his own.
* The table of possible results for a failed "Fright Check" in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' include a number of blue screen-style effects, of varying severity and duration. In addition, all sorts of spells, powers, surprise effects, etc., can produce "mental stun", which is essentially a very short-term BSOD.
* In the free ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' game [[http://www.steved.org/rp_rules_tins.html "There Is No Spoon,"]] the Sick At Heart optional rules model damage to a character's belief system, and reduces their Matrix stat (the stat that gives them their ability to kick serious ass) on a failed Matrix roll when they choose (or are forced) to act in a way that contravenes or works to destroy their beliefs, personal code or deepspiritual sadness called Harano. However, overcoming it provides abiding reason to live, or are severely tortured or have something else extreme happen to them. A character can actually be worn down to no Matrix stat at all this way, making them little more than another mook under the Werewolf with permanent Willpower.
** If done correctly a GM can even get a playersystem's rules, and recovery of Matrix points is difficult, as it involves rebuilding the character's faith in themselves. The notes on this particular optional rule says that it should not be used excessively, as this is meant to do this. It's immensely satisfing when it happens.be an action game, not a dark tale of the fragility of the mind.
* The psionic power ''Brain Lock'' in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' enforces a bluescreen on the victim.
** Arguably, many fear effects could apply. "[[OhCrap Oh no.]] A dragon. [[DullSurprise We're going to die.]]"
* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has a defined set of these as part of the Great Curse afflicting all Solar Exalted. Called "Limit Breaks" (unrelated to [[LimitBreak the trope]] except by name), they occur whenever Exalts reach a particular threshold of stress related to their Compassion, Conviction, Temperance, or Valor traits. Effects include catatonia, UnstoppableRage, wallowing in vice, collapsing in a fit of crying, and plenty more; all are highly destructive, incapacitating, or both. The other Exalted types where afflicted with the Great Curse has well, but it usually doesn't take this form. Sidereals, for example, run a bigger risk of everything going to hell if more then a few work together on something. (Unless you're a Lunar, where you get similar issues to the Solars, plus the ability to turn into a
** The webcomic ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' has a particularly good example. [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0220.html #220]] is an example of a Compassion Limit Break, 'Heart of Tears'.
** The Unconquered Sun went into one shortly before the Usurpation, and has pretty much withdrawn for 2000 years as a result. Let's put it this way: in his stronghold at the heart of the Daystar, there's a courtroom. In that courtroom, there is a list of people found guilty by the judgment of the Unconquered Sun. The last name listed is his own.
* The table of possible results for a failed "Fright Check" in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' include a number of blue screen-style effects, of varying severity and duration. In addition, all sorts of spells, powers, surprise effects, etc., can produce "mental stun", which is essentially a very short-term BSOD.
* In the free ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' game [[http://www.steved.org/rp_rules_tins.html "There Is No Spoon,"]] the Sick At Heart optional rules model damage to a character's belief system, and reduces their Matrix stat (the stat that gives them their ability to kick serious ass) on a failed Matrix roll when they choose (or are forced) to act in a way that contravenes or works to destroy their beliefs, personal code or deep
** If done correctly a GM can even get a player
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* In the free ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' game [[http://www.steved.org/rp_rules_tins.html "There Is No Spoon,"]] the Sick At Heart optional rules model damage to a character's belief system, and reduces their Matrix stat (the stat that gives them their ability to kick serious ass) on a failed Matrix roll when they choose (or are forced) to act in a way that contravenes or works to destroy their beliefs, personal code or deep abiding reason to live, or are severely tortured or have something else extreme happen to them. A character can actually be worn down to no Matrix stat at all this way, making them little more than another mook under the system's rules, and recovery of Matrix points is difficult, as it involves rebuilding the character's faith in themselves. The notes on this particular optional rule says that it should not be used excessively, as this is meant to be an action game, not a dark tale of the fragility of the mind.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has a defined set of these as part of the Great Curse afflicting all Solar Exalted. Called "Limit Breaks" (unrelated to [[LimitBreak the trope]] except by name), they occur whenever Exalts reach a particular threshold of stress related to their Compassion, Conviction, Temperance, or Valor traits. Effects include catatonia, UnstoppableRage, wallowing in vice, collapsing in a fit of crying, and plenty more; all are highly destructive, incapacitating, or both. The other Exalted types where afflicted with the Great Curse has well, but it usually doesn't take this form. Sidereals, for example, run a bigger risk of everything going to hell if more then a few work together on something. (Unless you're a Lunar, where you get similar issues to the Solars, plus the ability to turn into a 2 ton killing machine at will.)
** The webcomic ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' has a particularly good example. [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0220.html #220]] is an example of a Compassion Limit Break, 'Heart of Tears'.
** The Unconquered Sun went into one shortly before the Usurpation, and has pretty much withdrawn for 2000 years as a result. Let's put it this way: in his stronghold at the heart of the Daystar, there's a courtroom. In that courtroom, there is a list of people found guilty by the judgment of the Unconquered Sun. The last name listed is his own.
* The psionic power ''Brain Lock'' in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' enforces a bluescreen on the victim.
** Arguably, many fear effects could apply. "[[OhCrap Oh no.]] A dragon. [[DullSurprise We're going to die.]]"
* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', the TropeCodifier and possibly UrExample and TropeMaker for the SanityMeter, has these in spades. A character can have a HeroicBSOD any time they take too much Sanity damage too quickly, and given that you are facing off against the creations of the TropeMaker for EldritchAbomination in modern times, you can bet Sanity checks will do characters in quickly. Standing there gibbering because [[GoMadFromTheRevelation you've gone mad from the revelation]] does not stop the cultist from gunning you down or the horrible monster from fourteen dimensions from deciding to introduce you to them all at once.
* The table of possible results for a failed "Fright Check" in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' include a number of blue screen-style effects, of varying severity and duration. In addition, all sorts of spells, powers, surprise effects, etc., can produce "mental stun", which is essentially a very short-term BSOD.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has a defined set of these as part of the Great Curse afflicting all Solar Exalted. Called "Limit Breaks" (unrelated to [[LimitBreak the trope]] except by name), they occur whenever Exalts reach a particular threshold of stress related to their Compassion, Conviction, Temperance, or Valor traits. Effects include catatonia, UnstoppableRage, wallowing in vice, collapsing in a fit of crying, and plenty more; all are highly destructive, incapacitating, or both. The other Exalted types where afflicted with the Great Curse has well, but it usually doesn't take this form. Sidereals, for example, run a bigger risk of everything going to hell if more then a few work together on something. (Unless you're a Lunar, where you get similar issues to the Solars, plus the ability to turn into a 2 ton killing machine at will.)
** The webcomic ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' has a particularly good example. [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0220.html #220]] is an example of a Compassion Limit Break, 'Heart of Tears'.
** The Unconquered Sun went into one shortly before the Usurpation, and has pretty much withdrawn for 2000 years as a result. Let's put it this way: in his stronghold at the heart of the Daystar, there's a courtroom. In that courtroom, there is a list of people found guilty by the judgment of the Unconquered Sun. The last name listed is his own.
* The psionic power ''Brain Lock'' in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' enforces a bluescreen on the victim.
** Arguably, many fear effects could apply. "[[OhCrap Oh no.]] A dragon. [[DullSurprise We're going to die.]]"
* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', the TropeCodifier and possibly UrExample and TropeMaker for the SanityMeter, has these in spades. A character can have a HeroicBSOD any time they take too much Sanity damage too quickly, and given that you are facing off against the creations of the TropeMaker for EldritchAbomination in modern times, you can bet Sanity checks will do characters in quickly. Standing there gibbering because [[GoMadFromTheRevelation you've gone mad from the revelation]] does not stop the cultist from gunning you down or the horrible monster from fourteen dimensions from deciding to introduce you to them all at once.
* The table of possible results for a failed "Fright Check" in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' include a number of blue screen-style effects, of varying severity and duration. In addition, all sorts of spells, powers, surprise effects, etc., can produce "mental stun", which is essentially a very short-term BSOD.
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* In the free ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' game [[http://www.steved.org/rp_rules_tins.html "There Is No Spoon,"]] the Sick At Heart optional rules model damage to a character's belief system, and reduces their Matrix stat (the stat that gives them their ability to kick serious ass) on a failed Matrix roll when they choose (or are forced) to act in a way that contravenes or works to destroy their beliefs, personal code or deep abiding reason to live, or are severely tortured or have something else extreme happen to them. A character ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', Werewolves can actually be worn down to no Matrix stat at all this way, making them little more than another mook under the system's rules, and recovery of Matrix points is difficult, as it involves rebuilding the character's faith in themselves. The notes on this particular optional rule says that it should not be used excessively, as this is meant to be an action game, not a dark tale of the fragility of the mind.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has a defined set of these as part of the Great Curse afflicting all Solar Exalted. Called "Limit Breaks" (unrelated to [[LimitBreak the trope]] except by name), they occur whenever Exalts reach a particular threshold of stress related to their Compassion, Conviction, Temperance, or Valor traits. Effects include catatonia, UnstoppableRage, wallowing in vice, collapsing in a fit of crying, and plenty more; all are highly destructive, incapacitating, or both. The other Exalted types where afflicted with the Great Curse has well, but it usually doesn't take this form. Sidereals, for example, run a bigger risk of everything going to hell if more then a few work together on something. (Unless you're a Lunar, where you get similar issues to the Solars, plus the ability to turngo into a 2 ton killing machine at will.)
** The webcomic ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' has a particularly good example. [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0220.html #220]] is an examplestate of a Compassion Limit Break, 'Heart of Tears'.
** The Unconquered Sun went into one shortly beforedeep spiritual sadness called Harano. However, overcoming it provides the Usurpation, and has pretty much withdrawn for 2000 years as a result. Let's put it this way: in his stronghold at the heart of the Daystar, there's a courtroom. In that courtroom, there is a list of people found guilty by the judgment of the Unconquered Sun. The last name listed is his own.
* The psionic power ''Brain Lock'' in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' enforces a bluescreen on the victim.
Werewolf with permanent Willpower.
**Arguably, many fear effects could apply. "[[OhCrap Oh no.]] A dragon. [[DullSurprise We're going to die.]]"
* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', the TropeCodifier and possibly UrExample and TropeMaker for the SanityMeter, has these in spades. A characterIf done correctly a GM can have even get a HeroicBSOD any time they take too much Sanity damage too quickly, and given that you are facing off against the creations of the TropeMaker for EldritchAbomination in modern times, you can bet Sanity checks will player to do characters in quickly. Standing there gibbering because [[GoMadFromTheRevelation you've gone mad from the revelation]] does not stop the cultist from gunning you down or the horrible monster from fourteen dimensions from deciding to introduce you to them all at once.
* The table of possible results for a failed "Fright Check" in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' include a number of blue screen-style effects, of varying severity and duration. In addition, all sorts of spells, powers, surprise effects, etc., can produce "mental stun", which is essentially a very short-term BSOD.this. It's immensely satisfying when it happens.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has a defined set of these as part of the Great Curse afflicting all Solar Exalted. Called "Limit Breaks" (unrelated to [[LimitBreak the trope]] except by name), they occur whenever Exalts reach a particular threshold of stress related to their Compassion, Conviction, Temperance, or Valor traits. Effects include catatonia, UnstoppableRage, wallowing in vice, collapsing in a fit of crying, and plenty more; all are highly destructive, incapacitating, or both. The other Exalted types where afflicted with the Great Curse has well, but it usually doesn't take this form. Sidereals, for example, run a bigger risk of everything going to hell if more then a few work together on something. (Unless you're a Lunar, where you get similar issues to the Solars, plus the ability to turn
** The webcomic ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' has a particularly good example. [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0220.html #220]] is an example
** The Unconquered Sun went into one shortly before
* The psionic power ''Brain Lock'' in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' enforces a bluescreen on the victim.
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* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', the TropeCodifier and possibly UrExample and TropeMaker for the SanityMeter, has these in spades. A character
* The table of possible results for a failed "Fright Check" in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' include a number of blue screen-style effects, of varying severity and duration. In addition, all sorts of spells, powers, surprise effects, etc., can produce "mental stun", which is essentially a very short-term BSOD.
* In ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'', Dylan goes through a couple of them in his tale of his experience in [[TheUnderworld the Unworld.]]
* Both Scrooge and Vegeta, undergo this in Episodes 3 and 7 of ''WebAnimation/{{Ducktalez}}'', respectively. Scrooge, because he failed his nephews, and Vegeta does this because he let Scrooge down.
* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends''. Sniffles has one at the end of "Dream Job" after suffering many horrible nightmares.
* In ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', the Emperor shuts down after realizing [[TheEmpire what]] the Imperium has turned into and that he actually [[GoneHorriblyWrong started the Inquisiton]]. The worried Custodian spends a few hours poking him with a halberd before getting any reaction and the second thing[[note]]The first is psyker-powers-[[PunchedAcrossTheRoom punching the Custodian across the room]].[[/note]] the Emperor does after recovering is ordering the Inquisition to be disbanded.
* Both Scrooge and Vegeta, undergo this in Episodes 3 and 7 of ''WebAnimation/{{Ducktalez}}'', respectively. Scrooge, because he failed his nephews, and Vegeta does this because he let Scrooge down.
* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends''. Sniffles has one at the end of "Dream Job" after suffering many horrible nightmares.
* In ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', the Emperor shuts down after realizing [[TheEmpire what]] the Imperium has turned into and that he actually [[GoneHorriblyWrong started the Inquisiton]]. The worried Custodian spends a few hours poking him with a halberd before getting any reaction and the second thing[[note]]The first is psyker-powers-[[PunchedAcrossTheRoom punching the Custodian across the room]].[[/note]] the Emperor does after recovering is ordering the Inquisition to be disbanded.
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** A literal example from Season 13 - Epsilon is starting to fail, and is having trouble running the systems of Carolina's {{powered armor}}, even with the assistance of other AI fragments. So during a critical fight, he lets her down when she needs him the most.
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** A literal example from Season 13 - -- Epsilon is starting to fail, and is having trouble running the systems of Carolina's {{powered armor}}, even with the assistance of other AI fragments. So during a critical fight, he lets her down when she needs him the most.
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* ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'' heavily implies that Shadow's current {{Jerkass}} nature was the direct result of the immense trauma of having to witness the two only friends he ever had (or at least the two only people he could openly refer to as friends), Rouge and Omega's, deaths at the hands of Mecha Sonic during his decimation of Mobius.
* In ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', the Emperor shuts down after realizing [[TheEmpire what]] the Imperium has turned into and that he actually [[GoneHorriblyWrong started the Inquisiton]]. The worried Custodian spends a few hours poking him with a halberd before getting any reaction and the second thing[[note]]The first is psyker-powers-[[PunchedAcrossTheRoom punching the Custodian across the room]].[[/note]] the Emperor does after recovering is ordering the Inquisition to be disbanded.
* In the Machinima/TeamServiceAnnouncement ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cm2iFmASBc Class Balance]]'', the BLU Medic can only stare in horror upon seeing his worst nightmare come true: [[CripplingOverspecialization his entire team is nothing but Snipers]].
* Both Scrooge and Vegeta, undergo this in episodes 3 and 7 of ''WebAnimation/{{Ducktalez}}'', respectively. Scrooge, because he failed his nephews, and Vegeta does this because he let Scrooge down.
* In ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'', Dylan goes through a couple of them in his tale of his experience in [[TheUnderworld the Unworld.]]
* In ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', the Emperor shuts down after realizing [[TheEmpire what]] the Imperium has turned into and that he actually [[GoneHorriblyWrong started the Inquisiton]]. The worried Custodian spends a few hours poking him with a halberd before getting any reaction and the second thing[[note]]The first is psyker-powers-[[PunchedAcrossTheRoom punching the Custodian across the room]].[[/note]] the Emperor does after recovering is ordering the Inquisition to be disbanded.
* In the Machinima/TeamServiceAnnouncement ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cm2iFmASBc Class Balance]]'', the BLU Medic can only stare in horror upon seeing his worst nightmare come true: [[CripplingOverspecialization his entire team is nothing but Snipers]].
* Both Scrooge and Vegeta, undergo this in episodes 3 and 7 of ''WebAnimation/{{Ducktalez}}'', respectively. Scrooge, because he failed his nephews, and Vegeta does this because he let Scrooge down.
* In ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'', Dylan goes through a couple of them in his tale of his experience in [[TheUnderworld the Unworld.]]
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* ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'' heavily implies that Shadow's current {{Jerkass}} nature was the direct result of the immense trauma of having to witness the two only friends he ever had (or at least the two only people he could openly refer to as friends), Rouge and Omega's, deaths at the hands of Mecha Sonic during his decimation of Mobius.
* In the Machinima/TeamServiceAnnouncement ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cm2iFmASBc Class Balance]]'', the BLU Medic can only stare in horror upon seeing his worst nightmare come true: [[CripplingOverspecialization his entire team is nothing but Snipers]].
* In the Machinima/TeamServiceAnnouncement ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cm2iFmASBc Class Balance]]'', the BLU Medic can only stare in horror upon seeing his worst nightmare come true: [[CripplingOverspecialization his entire team is nothing but Snipers]].
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** In Volume 8, a series of events culminate in the heroes arguing about what to, which is the final straw that snaps [[TheHero Ruby]]. She ends up huddled on a staircase, clinging to the bannister, while Yang desperately tries to bring her out of it. [[spoiler:Ruby snaps after a chain of events that include [[BigBad Salem]] revealing she killed Ruby's mother, being targeted by an [[SanitySlippage increasingly insane]] Ironwood, being chewed out by Yang over her leadership skills, everyone arguing over whether to protect Mantle or Atlas, Nora getting badly injured, Penny getting hacked with a virus, discovering that Salem is turning Silver-Eyed Warriors into Grimm, and Ironwood threatening to destroy Mantle unless Penny surrenders. Only when [[BigGood Ozpin]] chooses this moment to apologise for not trusting them with his secrets, do the heroes suddenly realise they now fully understand just how risky trust is; the epiphany breaks Ruby out of her funk, allowing the heroes to come up with a plan of action.]]
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** In Volume 8, a series of events culminate in the heroes arguing about what to, to do, which is the final straw that snaps [[TheHero Ruby]]. She ends up huddled on a staircase, clinging to the bannister, while Yang desperately tries to bring her out of it. [[spoiler:Ruby snaps after a chain of events that include [[BigBad Salem]] revealing she killed Ruby's mother, being targeted by an [[SanitySlippage increasingly insane]] Ironwood, being chewed out by Yang over her leadership skills, everyone arguing over whether to protect Mantle or Atlas, Nora getting badly injured, Penny getting hacked with a virus, discovering that Salem is turning Silver-Eyed Warriors into Grimm, and Ironwood threatening to destroy Mantle unless Penny surrenders. Only when [[BigGood Ozpin]] chooses this moment to apologise for not trusting them with his secrets, do the heroes suddenly realise they now fully understand just how risky trust is; the epiphany breaks Ruby out of her funk, allowing the heroes to come up with a plan of action.]]
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** In Volume 8, a series of events culminate in the heroes arguing about what to, which is the final straw that snaps [[TheHero Ruby]]. She ends up huddled on a staircase, clinging to the bannister, while Yang desperately tries to bring her out of it. [[spoiler:Ruby snaps after a chain of events that include [[BigBad Salem]] revealing she killed Ruby's mother, being targeted by an [[SanitySlippage increasingly insane]] Ironwood, being chewed out by Yang over her leadership skills, everyone arguing over whether to protect Mantle or Atlas, Nora getting badly injured, Penny getting hacked with a virus, discovering that Salem is turning Silver-Eyed Warriors into Grimm, and Ironwood threatening to destroy Mantle if Penny is surrendered to him in one hour. Only when [[BigGood Ozpin]] chooses this moment to apologise for not trusting them with his secrets, do the heroes suddenly realise they now fully understand just how risky trust is; the epiphany breaks Ruby out of her funk, allowing the heroes to come up with a plan of action.]]
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** In Volume 8, a series of events culminate in the heroes arguing about what to, which is the final straw that snaps [[TheHero Ruby]]. She ends up huddled on a staircase, clinging to the bannister, while Yang desperately tries to bring her out of it. [[spoiler:Ruby snaps after a chain of events that include [[BigBad Salem]] revealing she killed Ruby's mother, being targeted by an [[SanitySlippage increasingly insane]] Ironwood, being chewed out by Yang over her leadership skills, everyone arguing over whether to protect Mantle or Atlas, Nora getting badly injured, Penny getting hacked with a virus, discovering that Salem is turning Silver-Eyed Warriors into Grimm, and Ironwood threatening to destroy Mantle if unless Penny is surrendered to him in one hour.surrenders. Only when [[BigGood Ozpin]] chooses this moment to apologise for not trusting them with his secrets, do the heroes suddenly realise they now fully understand just how risky trust is; the epiphany breaks Ruby out of her funk, allowing the heroes to come up with a plan of action.]]
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** In Volume 8, a series of events culminate in the heroes arguing about what to, which is the final straw that snaps [[TheHero Ruby]]. She ends up huddled on a staircase, clinging to the bannister, while Yang desperately tries to bring her out of it. [[spoiler:Ruby snaps after a chain of events that include [[BigBad Salem]] revealing she killed Ruby's mother, being targeted by an [[SanitySlippage increasingly insane]] Ironwood, being chewed out by Yang over her leadership skills, everyone arguing over whether to protect Mantle or Atlas, temporarily losing Penny while trying to warn Remnant about Salem, Nora getting badly injured, being attacked by a Grimm that turns out to be a transformed Silver-Eyed Faunus, and Ironwood threatening to destroy Mantle if Penny is surrendered to him in one hour. Only when [[BigGood Ozpin]] chooses this moment to apologise for not trusting them with his secrets, do the heroes suddenly realise they now fully understand just how risky trust is; the epiphany breaks Ruby out of her funk, allowing the heroes to come up with a plan of action.]]
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** In Volume 8, a series of events culminate in the heroes arguing about what to, which is the final straw that snaps [[TheHero Ruby]]. She ends up huddled on a staircase, clinging to the bannister, while Yang desperately tries to bring her out of it. [[spoiler:Ruby snaps after a chain of events that include [[BigBad Salem]] revealing she killed Ruby's mother, being targeted by an [[SanitySlippage increasingly insane]] Ironwood, being chewed out by Yang over her leadership skills, everyone arguing over whether to protect Mantle or Atlas, temporarily losing Penny while trying to warn Remnant about Salem, Nora getting badly injured, being attacked by Penny getting hacked with a Grimm virus, discovering that turns out to be a transformed Salem is turning Silver-Eyed Faunus, Warriors into Grimm, and Ironwood threatening to destroy Mantle if Penny is surrendered to him in one hour. Only when [[BigGood Ozpin]] chooses this moment to apologise for not trusting them with his secrets, do the heroes suddenly realise they now fully understand just how risky trust is; the epiphany breaks Ruby out of her funk, allowing the heroes to come up with a plan of action.]]
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** In Volume 8, Ruby finally hits this after a series of events that include [[spoiler: being told by Salem she killed her mother, being framed by an [[SanitySlippage increasingly insane]] Ironwood, being chewed out by Yang over her leadership skills, everyone arguing over if they should protect Mantle or Atlas, temporarily losing Penny in trying to launch Amity Arena and get a broadcast to the rest of Remnant, Nora getting badly injured and getting stalked by a Grimm that is actually a Silver-Eyed Faunus turned into one. What sets her off is the mad Ironwood threatening to destroy Mantle if Penny doesn't surrender herself and everyone begins arguing ''again'' over what to do that she snaps and runs.]]
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** In Volume 8, Ruby finally hits this after a series of events culminate in the heroes arguing about what to, which is the final straw that snaps [[TheHero Ruby]]. She ends up huddled on a staircase, clinging to the bannister, while Yang desperately tries to bring her out of it. [[spoiler:Ruby snaps after a chain of events that include [[spoiler: being told by Salem [[BigBad Salem]] revealing she killed her Ruby's mother, being framed targeted by an [[SanitySlippage increasingly insane]] Ironwood, being chewed out by Yang over her leadership skills, everyone arguing over if they should whether to protect Mantle or Atlas, temporarily losing Penny in while trying to launch Amity Arena and get a broadcast to the rest of Remnant, warn Remnant about Salem, Nora getting badly injured and getting stalked injured, being attacked by a Grimm that is actually turns out to be a transformed Silver-Eyed Faunus turned into one. What sets her off is the mad Faunus, and Ironwood threatening to destroy Mantle if Penny doesn't surrender herself and everyone begins arguing ''again'' over what is surrendered to him in one hour. Only when [[BigGood Ozpin]] chooses this moment to apologise for not trusting them with his secrets, do that she snaps and runs.the heroes suddenly realise they now fully understand just how risky trust is; the epiphany breaks Ruby out of her funk, allowing the heroes to come up with a plan of action.]]
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* In "Literature/TheNinePeahensAndTheGoldenApples", the prince "goes nearly mad" with grief when he accidentally frees a dragon which kidnaps his wife.
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* In "Literature/TheNinePeahensAndTheGoldenApples", the prince "goes nearly mad" with grief when he accidentally frees a dragon which kidnaps his wife.
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-->-- '''Durkon''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0247.html Strip #247]].
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-->-- '''Durkon''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0247.html Strip #247]].
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** In Volume 8, Ruby finally hits this after a series of events that include [[spoiler: being told by Salem she killed her mother, being framed by an [[SanitySlippage increasingly insane]] Ironwood, being chewed out by Yang over her leadership skills, everyone arguing over if they should protect Mantle or Atlas, temporarily losing Penny in trying to launch Amity Arena and get a broadcast to the rest of Remnant, Nora getting badly injured and getting stalked by a Grimm that is actually a Silver-Eyed Faunus turned into one. What sets her off is the mad Ironwood threatening to destroy Mantle if Penny doesn't surrender herself and everyone begins arguing ''again'' over what to do that she snaps and runs.]]
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Individuals afflicted with this trope are often seen exhibiting the classic ThousandYardStare, with its blank, emotionless expression and unfocussed, empty eyes.
Note: After reading this article, go into the Windows task manager, go to the Processes tab, click on csrss.exe, and then click "End process". Then, on the dialog box that shows up, click on the "Abandon unsaved data and shut down" checkbox, and then click on "Shut down".
Note: After reading this article, go into the Windows task manager, go to the Processes tab, click on csrss.exe, and then click "End process". Then, on the dialog box that shows up, click on the "Abandon unsaved data and shut down" checkbox, and then click on "Shut down".
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Individuals afflicted with this trope are often seen exhibiting the classic ThousandYardStare, with its blank, emotionless expression and unfocussed, unfocused, empty eyes.
Note: After reading this article, go into the Windows task manager, go to the Processes tab, click on csrss.exe, and then click "End process". Then, on the dialog box that shows up, click on the "Abandon unsaved data and shut down" checkbox, and then click on "Shutdown".down"
Note: After reading this article, go into the Windows task manager, go to the Processes tab, click on csrss.exe, and then click "End process". Then, on the dialog box that shows up, click on the "Abandon unsaved data and shut down" checkbox, and then click on "Shut
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