History VillainousBreakdown / Webcomics

* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': As he's told that Ana and Toby are planning to run off together Stockyard sits in his office [[https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch10/ch10_24.html staring at the floor with tears streaming down his face]], in contrast to his usual devil may care swashbuckling attitude. Later that night he [[spoiler:kills Toby, his closest friend]] and ends up [[spoiler:dying screaming and crying himself when the silver, which he's not had much mind for given his distraction, possesses Toby and attacks him]].

** At the end of Falst's intro arc, after Doctor Jolon is defeated, he starts begging and pleading, desperately making a rather pathetic last-ditch effort to manipulate his way out of the situation.
** Right after Alinua and Falst break open the mountain prison in Zuurith, the Arenamaster loses his temper over everything that's happened and threatens Falst, yelling that [[HypocriticalHumor he has not yet lost control]].

* Garou has one of these after being defeated by Saitama in the webcomic of ''Manga/OnePunchMan''.

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* In the ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' story arc "That Which Redeems", Horribus becomes increasingly obsessed with catching Torg as the story progresses, to the point of jeopardizing his invasion of another world. By the end of the story, Horribus is curled up in the fetal position, gibbering about how Torg's behind everything wrong in his life.
* In ''Webcomic/ItsWalky'', Sal has a series of these after the appointment of Linda Walkerton as the head of SEMME drives her to make a FaceHeelTurn. This culminates in what amounts to a Villainous BSOD when [[spoiler:her attempt to blow up the world using the Power Booster Rod is interrupted by the arrival of Danny, the only person left that she has enough feelings for to not be psychotic enough to kill]]. Prior to that, Sal's Villainous Breakdowns tended to not immediately proceed her capture because she is super-strong, and so even thrashing about in a blind rage, she tends to beat people.

* Damien of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has an absolutely EPIC breakdown when, during his battle with [[spoiler:Omega Grace]], he realizes that [[spoiler:he was very likely created in a lab like Grace and her "brothers" (as opposed to his initial belief that [[AGodAmI he was a god]] that was summoned to this world), and ends up [[TakingYouWithMe self-destructing]] in an attempt to kill Grace]].
** Even more epic since he saw this as a twisted win/win. [[spoiler:If he was a god, he would survive. If he wasn't, [[DrivenToSuicide he didn't want to.]]]]
** [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2009-09-27 I WILL NOT BE FOOLED!!]]

* There are at least two characters from ''Webcomic/KidRadd'' who seem to be likely candidates for this treatment, but the ultimate breakdown goes to somebody else. [[spoiler:The Seer does not take holes in its omniscience very well. Not well at all.]]
* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' the first time Bob beats Fructose Riboflavin, Riboflavin is disappointed but takes the defeat fairly gracefully. The second time, though, he collapses in tears, sobbing that he's been trying to conquer the Empire for ''centuries'' and he just can't ''do'' it-- and Bob proves himself a nice guy by trying to cheer the villain up. And the ''third'' time they meet, Bob vivisects Riboflavin's personal JerkJustifications (politely, of course), making it clear that all his crimes have been pointless, and Riboflavin explodes in rage, frantically chases after Bob, and ultimately beats him up severely.
* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': King Radical hasn't been the same since he learned the doctor has [[spoiler: the unicorn motorcycle [[LightIsNotGood Sparklelord]].]]
* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'': [[spoiler: Hoh]]. Resulted in a suicide and a reason you suck speech.

** Desmond in season 14 was smugly calm and self-assured of his eventual victory for the entire season, until [[spoiler:Liz and Jojo made it clear to him that neither of them planned to take him to the finals ''and'' that they had pulled a TwinSwitch on him that he had been completely blind to]]. Cue him breaking down into a screaming tirade about how [[spoiler:Liz]] played without moral principles, [[{{Hypocrite}} despite him having played in much dirtier fashion himself]].
* After awhile in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', [[spoiler:Sarda]] gets tired of the games and decides to just outright torment the Light Warriors until the end of time, made worse by [[spoiler:absorbing Black Mage's evil side.]] [[spoiler:And then came Chaos...]]
* In ''WebComic/CommanderKitty'', [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Zenith]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/08/28/process-of-elimination/ does not take it well]] when she discovers she can't create a race of perfect slave children with her {{Mix and Match Critter|s}} of a boyfriend.
* ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'': [[spoiler:U4 Zen Buu goes ''berserk'' when Vegetto is eliminated from the tournament by XXI's magic and XXI refuses a rematch.]]
* Garou has one of these after being defeated by Saitama in the webcomic of One Punch Man.
* First Advisor Devon Woodgrove in ''WebComic/{{SSDD}}'' first becomes exceedingly angry, then quite [[http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20150824.html calm]], and then a teensy bit [[http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20150828.html unhinged.]] It doesn't help one whit that the Oracle, King Arthur, and probably others are each exploiting this for [[GambitPileup their own benefits.]]
* ''WebComic/AwfulHospital'': While it's arguable that [[AIIsACrapshoot Crash's]] breakdown started when [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness The Parliament]] [[PiecesOfGod of the Old Flesh]] infected him with their SyntheticPlague (at which point his motives changed from "[[{{Troll}} screw with people for my amusement]]" to "[[DrivenToSuicide render myself]] DeaderThanDead [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled to prevent the Parliament from assimilating me]]"), it ''definitely'' started when he discovered that [[TheHero Fern]] decided to "schrode" his [[OurSoulsAreDifferent core]][[labelnote:explanation]]Leave his core in a state between existence and nonexistence, effectively quarantining him until he can be cured[[/labelnote]] rather than destroy it. Once he realizes what's going on, Crash takes [[ZombieInfectee Jay]] and '''breaks every bone in his body''', [[OneWingedAngel transforming Jay into the Final Jayslob]] before sending it after Fern; when that fails, he proceeds to manifest out of the Final Jayslob's corpse and engages in a SeeminglyHopelessBossFight against Fern.
* In ''WebComic/DarthsAndDroids'', Boba Fett is out on a quest of vengeange against Obi-Wan Kenobi. When he finally hears that Obi-Wan is already dead, he freaks out about how he's been wasting his life and how he can't get his revenge. This is exactly why the heroes didn't tell him before, by the way. He then flies into a wall, falls into the Sarlacc and dies.

* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' the first time Bob beats Fructose Riboflavin, Riboflavin is disappointed but takes the defeat fairly gracefully. The second time, though, he collapses in tears, sobbing that he's been trying to conquer the Empire for ''centuries'' and he just can't ''do'' it-- and Bob proves himself a nice guy by trying to cheer the villain up.

* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040320c On learning that George could break the Author free]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=1371 Satan has one.]]

* Dr Merlot seemed to take news of [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Miss Clay's]] true identity rather badly.

* ''WebComic/DrowTales''. Sarv'swati Vel'Sharen watched her rule crumple around her. Her hold on the city of Chel toppled before her eyes, as the Val'Sarghress rushed through her streets, killing her army and children and pressing ever close to the total destruction of her line. She started slipping deeper and deeper into desperation, her soldiers conducting more guerrilla tactics and Sarv'swati eventually hiring an entire army of raiders, allowing them to enslave and raid her city in return for their services.[[spoiler: As she faces her final defeat at the hands of the Sarg's and is forced to flee to the site of her mother's murder ''at her hands'', she breaks down, screaming in horror and curling up to say how sorry she is and how she wishes her mother would come back. Sarv'swati is a centuries old ruthless dictator, now begging for her mommy.]]

* In ''Webcomic/ItsWalky'', Sal has a series of these after the appointment of Linda Walkerton as the head of SEMME drives her to make a FaceHeelTurn. This culminates in what amounts to a Villainous BSOD when [[spoiler:her attempt to blow up the world using the Power Booster Rod is interrupted by the arrival of Danny, the only person left that she has enough feelings for to not be psychotic enough to kill]]. Prior to that, Sal's Villainous Breakdowns tended to not immediatly proceed her capture because she is super-strong, and so even thrashing about in a blind rage, she tends to beat people.

** While his breakdown was just very hammy, Zola suffers the most dangerous variation. After she forfeits her chance to escape for another attempt to kill Agatha and fails, she takes a beating and it looks like she will be defeated rather anticlimatically. Then she decides that it is better to die with her foes than to lose, downs a vial of PsychoSerum and goes on a murderous rampage.

*** ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Start of Darkness]]'' spoiler: [[spoiler: Xykon, also loses it shortly after turning into a lich, when he realizes that he can't taste coffee anymore]].

---> '''Tarquin:''' (to the Order at large) What the hell is wrong with you? How did you all get to such a high level without anyone teaching you your place?
*** After that, he only continues to further lose his cool, threatening to kill absolutely everyone Elan knows and cut off his hand, right until he's given a short talk while hanging off an airship, and left to drop into the desert. He survives the fall physically, but mentally might be another matter...

* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'': [[spoiler: -Ho-]]. Resulted in a suicide and a reason you suck speech.

** Unbelievably, [[spoiler:Snadhya'Rune is a haemophobic (has a fear of blood). After a really smart Duvantir stabs her in the back, she proceeds to murder everyone in a fifty-foot radius]]. And then mellows out like nothing happened. Her girlfriend does NOT buy it... maybe.

* Happens to [[spoiler:Prescilla/Bonnie]] in Season 9 of ''SurvivorFanCharacters'' after Cherman [[EngineeredPublicConfession pulls out his recorder]]: