History BreakTheHaughty / FanWorks

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49220905/chapters/139243024 Quirkless 1-B]]: This happens to Bakugou. He comes in as a hotshot to be the next number one hero, only to throw it away when trying to attack Izuku, seriously injuring Reiko in the process. Then he makes it worse when he screamed out that he was actually trying to ''murder'' Izuku, in full view of the whole school, intentionally causing a two class brawl. He is then arrested on charges of assault, kicked to gen-ed and barred from this year's sports festival. The only reason he isn't expelled is because Izuku knows he'll either turn to vigilantism and take it too far one day, or become a villain. In chapter 14, he is completely broken as he realizes that all he did wasn't heroic, but rather bullying.

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** ''Chloe's Lament'': Chloé Wished to [[RoleSwapAU trade places with Marinette]], having convinced herself that [[HatedByAll everybody hated her]] [[YoureJustJealous out of jealousy]] of her being the Mayor's daughter and expecting to become the Ladybug heroine in this new world. Instead, she learns the hard way that it was her ''personality'' that everyone despised -- and with her father now a "mere baker", she no longer has [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty the protection]] that [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections his position once provided]].

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%%* ''Fanfic/PurpleDays'': Joffrey Baratheon is put through a GroundhogDayLoop that forces him through some CharacterDevelopment. The fact that he dies in multiple humiliating ways while still his regular EnfantTerrible self helps.%%Which is this trope how?

* ''[[Fanfic/ANewWorldIcedFairy A New World]]'': A furious Maribel taps into Yukari's power over boundaries when she realizes her parents have died in the nuclear exchange the Lunarians triggered to stop the human expansion into the False Moon. As a result, the Lunarians lose their much-vaunted purity, locking them out of their best technology and forcing them to march to Earth and Gensokyo in a final ditch attempt at preserving their immortality. Despite being deeply irritated by the enormous amount of power Maribel used, Eiki reluctantly approves as well, since it finally gives her the chance to judge the Lunarians, who have been hiding from their judgment behind said purity for a ''very, very'' long time...

* ''[[Fanfic/ANewWorldIcedFairy A New World]]'': A furious Maribel taps into Yukari's power over boundaries when she realizes her parents have died in the nuclear exchange the Lunarians triggered to stop the human expansion into the False Moon. As a result, the Lunarians lose their much-vaunted purity, locking them out of their best technology and forcing them to march to Earth and Gensokyo in a final ditch attempt at preserving their immortality. Despite being deeply irritated by the enormous amount of power Maribel used, Eiki reluctantly approves as well, since it finally gives her the chance to judge the Lunarians, who have been hiding from their judgment behind said purity.

%%* ''Fanfic/PurpleDays'': Joffrey Baratheon is put through a GroundhogDayLoop that forces him through some CharacterDevelopment.%%Which is this trope how?

* Akane in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11701126/7/Anything-Goes-Game-Changer Anything Goes Game Changer]]'' gets it finally driven home that she's far from the best when she and [[Manga/{{Sekirei}} Yashima]] fight a quartet of Sekirei. Since her opponents don't hold back nearly as much, Akane can't ignore that her defeat ever happened as her wrist is badly fractured from it.

* In ''Fanfic/GameOfTouhou'', Futo is an arrogant and incompetent [[InsaneAdmiral admiral]] on Prince Miko's orders. [[spoiler:Then, she's captured by Gengetsu and abused to the point of turning into "Fugetsu".]]

* In ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', [[spoiler:Cortana]] has very specific notions of how to fight off a certain AlienInvasion. This is a point that is repeatedly harped on, to the point where the plot often supports the argument as the heroes fall back again and again. A downplayed version of this trope kicks in when [[AllYourPowersCombined several different technologies are combined]] into a new starship that succeeds in its very first real field test.
** Aria T'Loak also experiences this. She initially insists on doing things her own way when the [[spoiler:Flood]] invades and the [[NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering Citadel Council]] gets [[TheHero Shepard]] to talk her into lending a hand in containing the AlienInvasion. She then proceeds to [[BullyingADragon taunt and blackmail]] the [[Franchise/StarWars Trans-Galactic Republic]], specifically their shady [[StateSec Republic Intelligence Service]] who is fond of [[StealthInSpace cloaking devices]] which have a relatively [[WeaksauceWeakness easy-to-exploit weakness]] that Aria gleefully seizes...until she is threatened with [[ThrownOutTheAirlock spacing]]. She then loses her station to the AlienInvasion, goes on a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge mission]] to take out the infestation aboard the Citadel long after everyone else leaves, and ''still'' fails to accomplish anything. It's not for lack of trying, and her [[SlapSlapKiss lover]] points out that valuable lessons have been learned.
* Happens to [[spoiler:Ludlow]] in ''FanFic/RiseOfTheGaleforces,'' with lethal results. [[spoiler:To be fair, though, he deserves it - his EstablishingCharacterMoment reveals him to be a greedy, glory-hounding, insensitive asshole who is willing to [[BreakTheCutie hurt others]] to get what he wants. Unfortunately, he's also incompetent, to the point where he thinks that both abusing a ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' family and [[TooDumbToLive turning Violet into a T. rex]] are good ideas. A thoroughly infuriated Vi proceeds to put him through a HumiliationConga of epic proportions, unraveling plans that presumably took him decades to put together in a very short space of time. He finally [[VillainousBreakdown breaks down]], attempts to murder Vi... and is eaten by the aforementioned family of baby tyrannosaurs upon Violet's behalf.]]
* In ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheUnicorn'', [[Literature/InfiniteStratos Cecilia]] is (unintentionally) broken to the core after [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Banagher]] delivers an [[CurbStompBattle unexpected one-sided fight]] against her. After a little pep talk, she's shifted from the snobby, all-mighty girl into an unwanted, submissive lover to the Gundam pilot.
* A short story crossing ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' rightfully called ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13515415/1/The-Snap The Snap]]'' show this happening to a few characters. The most notable one is none other than [[spoiler:The God of Darkness]]. Not only does [[spoiler:Salem]] disappear ([[spoiler:and dies permanently]]) from the titular BadassFingersnap from Thanos, he loses [[spoiler:his brother as well]]. As a result, [[spoiler:he’s aimlessly wandering the cosmos, feeling loss and guilt over his failures, to the point he returns to Remnant to recuperate]].

* In ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'', both JerkassWoobie main characters suffered this:

* Bill Cipher goes through this in ''Fanfic/ATriangleInTheStars''. [[spoiler:Unlike most examples, he got better, and came out all the better for it too.]]
* Transferring out of Onodera turns Bakugou's life upside down in ''Fanfic/TheVigilanteBossAndHisFailedRetirementPlan'':
** A more decent middle school can't tolerate his vicious temperament. He was even discouraged from pursuing pro hero course due to the dangerous combination of his behavior and Quirk.

* Almost all of the Twilight characters go through this at the end of ''Fanfic/TheWeddingCrashers'': the vampires [[spoiler:realize they are not at the top of the food chain like they thought after two of their own are killed by Dean and Castiel, and are only saved by a human girl's mercy]], the Cullens [[spoiler:are disgraced by the rest of their kind]], Renessme [[spoiler:gets punched by Leah]], Jacob [[spoiler:accidentally releases Leah from his hold and gets beaten as a result]], and Quil [[spoiler:is told by Claire that she will never marry him]].

* OriginalCharacter Arjuna in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12805206/chapters/29228961 Harry Potter and the Lack of Lamb Sauce]]'' is played up as the best chef among the students at Hogwarts, always winning or coming in second place in every challenge of the Magic Chef Junior Competition, and unlike the other competitors, she refuses to practice together, claiming she already knows everything she needs to in order to win. However, when faced with a challenge that forbids the use of magic, she struggles to keep up and cheats to get around a challenge that requires she cook beef[[note]]As Arjuna is Hindi, cows are sacred to her[[/note]]. She's eliminated from the competition, receives zero sympathy from almost the entire student body, and her own house goes from calling her "Arjuna the Ace" to "Arjuna the Disgrace".
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12511998/1/Wind-Shear Wind Shear]]'', Bellatrix Black is nearly killed by Harry, then nearly killed by abominations created by Voldemort, ''then'' Imperiused by Voldemort and nearly tortured and killed by him, his Knights of Walpurgis and her ''own aunt''. All of which, combined with time spent in the Muggle world, brings her to the realization that ''Muggles are people too''.

* This happens to [[spoiler:Obsidian]] in ''Fanfic/SomeSemblanceOfMeaning''. After entering the Games with total confidence, [[spoiler:he is broken by the fact that the Games are not what he dreamed they would be and beaten down by concerns that the Careers' way isn't right. This causes him to leave the pack, leaving him a pariah and--after an embarrassing run-in with another tribute who steals from and mocks him--without any supplies other than his sword. He ends up feeling great remorse for his kills, and this is why he doesn't ally with [[TheHero Vale]] the first time he gets a chance (along with the fact that [[TheSneakyGuy Phlox]] had just allied with her, [[BrotherSisterTeam Fen, and Lark]]): he fears that he would probably end up killing her, as well]]. By the time [[spoiler:he finally does become Vale's ally, he]] is hardly recognizable as the same confident, poised tribute [[spoiler:he]] once was.

* ''FanFic/ItsNotTheRaptorDNA'': Being raised on a diet of juvenile, inexperienced ''T. rex'' has given Iudex Carnifex an inflated view of himself; the ''Spinosaurus'' sees himself as the ultimate killing machine, and refers to ''Tyrannosaurus'' as "easy kills". [[spoiler:Then he encounters Limper, a bull ''T. rex'' who survived close to twenty years in the wild, and, after a quick thrashing, Carnifex has changed his mind about who is more powerful.]]

** The wolf Far-Tracker had this happen to him - after some bragging about his tracking skills, he went out after a wild boar, only to wind up tracking his way straight into a porcupine's den. The experience left him somewhat humbler, and now he gets a laugh out of telling the story.

* In ''Fanfic/EarthAndSky'', Diamond Tiara [[TookALevelInJerkass has gone from merely being a brat]] to being a [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] CorruptCorporateExecutive who tries to make trouble for Harmony Aeronautics solely out of a misplaced grudge on Apple Bloom, and she ends up suffering for it: [[spoiler:she's kidnapped by changelings, who [[PityTheKidnapper find her so unpleasant]] they ditch her in the desert and leave her for dead. Diamond only survives to make it to civilization because of ThePowerOfHate, which to her horror means she owes her life to her sworn rival]]. Fortunately, all this abuse gradually leads to a HeelRealization and a HeelFaceTurn.

* In ''Fanfic/LittleUzumaki'', Danzo thoughtlessly attempts to pawn off [[TheDiaperChange diaper duty]] on another shinobi without even looking to see who he's handing the toddler Naruto to. Turns out that it was [[spoiler:Kisame]], which leads to an utterly furious Iruka beating the crap out of him and arresting him for neglect, followed by uncovering the existence of ROOT and destroying all of his ambitions.
* In ''Fanfic/OneEyeFullOfWisdom'', Kakashi makes a habit of breaking arrogant ninja so they can see their own flaws. Of particular note is his treatment of Neji, who arrogantly dismisses him during a joing training session. Kakashi proceeds to inform Neji that until he manages to impress him, he will receive no training; over the next several days, Neji goes from well-trained and disciplined katas to basically running at Kakashi screaming and hoping for the best, and then to [[AintTooProudToBeg getting on his knees and begging for forgiveness]] (this last bit impresses Kakashi).
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6051938/1/The_Sealed_Kunai The Sealed Kunai]]'', Naruto comes across as functionally invincible for a time, particularly after he beat ten of the other eleven rookies with ease (Lee was still recovering from surgery and couldn't fight). Then he picks a fight with Jiraiya while the Sannin is training him. [[CurbStompBattle Jiraiya wins easily]]; not only is he stronger, faster, and more skilled than Naruto, he's been a ninja since before Naruto's parents were born.
* In ''Fanfic/ATeachersGlory'' the invasion is such a CurbStompBattle that it becomes known in-universe as The Breaking of Suna. Then they counter-attack against Orochimaru, and by the end of it, the rogue sannin is only "the master of as much land as his feet cover each moment" while he flees.

* [[DeconstructionFic Deconstructed ]] in ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide''. Asuka was an arrogant, annoying brat, but she was broken so thoroughly that her life became a nightmare and she tried to commit suicide because she couldn't stand the pain anymore.

* In ''Fanfic/TravelsOfTheTrifecta'', Paul suffers from this for most of the story up until the battle at Lake Acuity with Ash.

* In the fic ''Fanfic/OnTrial'', Cassandra is arrested after Rapunzel frees Corona, and is kept in solitary confinement for a month. From there on, she ends up having a TraumaCongaLine that almost kills her and leaves her with severe PTSD.

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* The entire premise of ''Fanfic/PurpleDays'' which has Joffery Baratheon put through a GroundhogDayLoop that forces him through some CharacterDevelopment.

* In the ''Fanfic/Gensokyo20XX'' series, we have this twice with Yume Ni, the resident bully and smartass. The first time was after Reimu stabs her with a pair of scissors in response to her kicking her in the face, the which shattering her bravado. She was not happy about that, leading for a grudge, and found herself broken again by Chen when the latter gives her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
* Yuuka in ''Fanfic/ImperfectMetamorphosis''. She's completely broken when she discovers [[spoiler:she's fictional]]. Also, Yukari is constantly broken by her extremist solutions but yet she refuses to yield.

* In ''Fanfic/RadioSilence'', Wendy [[SmallNameBigEgo tries to throw her weight around]] to get the Baltimore Nosferatu to work with her. Given that she's a ten-year-old fledgling showing off to vampires who are at least a hundred years old, she gets a well-meaning, but still thorough [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech chewing out from Primogen Alicia]], who points out that her sire hasn't trained her nearly well enough for her to take this kind of challenge on... especially not when she appears to be totally incapable of playing nice with other vampires.

* ''Manga/Evangelion303'': By the start of the history Asuka is [[AcePilot the top pilot in the base]], she knows it and ensures -loudly- that everyone else also knows it. However, her performance had been slipping and she lost a coveted assignment to another pilot. Then she challenged [[TheRival the newcomer pilot]] to a [[OldSchoolDogFight duel]] and she lost. [[BelligerentSexualTension Her conflicting feelings]] towards Shinji got her distracted and she botched a mission. [[http://eva303.smackjeeves.com/comics/914657/033a/ Her self-image was collapsing]] but she got better after she sorted her feelings out and [[HeroesWantRedheads Shinji]] and she [[RelationshipUpgrade consummated their relationship]]. But shortly before [[spoiler:the warplane that she was piloting crashed]] and she spent several months in a coma. When she woke up she blamed herself for it and [[spoiler:her best friend's death]]. Later she had to fly another prototype and [[spoiler:it also crashed.]] With her self-confidence and self-esteem shattered she saw herself like a [[http://eva303.smackjeeves.com/comics/1794689/024/ pathetic]] [[http://eva303.smackjeeves.com/comics/1794691/025/ failure]]. She was so affected that she tried to [[spoiler:tried to kill herself]] and when Shinji stopped her, she ran away.

* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': Defied. Shortly after meeting [[{{Tsundere}} Asuka]] for first time -[[PeggySue again]]-, [[TheHero Shinji]] [[BelligerentSexualTension feels tempted to bring her down a notch]]... but he will do not it, no matter how overbearing she may be, because he has seen [[DrivenToSuicide what would happen]] [[DespairEventHorizon if her pride was shattered]], and he has absolutely no desire of seeing it happening ever again.

* In ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, [[spoiler:Cortana]] has very specific notions of how to fight off a certain AlienInvasion. This is a point that is repeatedly harped on, to the point where the plot often supports the argument as the heroes fall back again and again. A downplayed version of this trope kicks in when [[AllYourPowersCombined several different technologies are combined]] into a new starship that succeeds in its very first real field test.

** Fortunately, these assessments can be retaken, enabling prospective heroes who work on themselves to prove that they're trying to be better. However, they can only try again for a limited amount of times... and Katsuki winds up burning through all of his while stubbornly refusing to chance, permanently failing.

** ''Chloe's Lament'': Chloe Wished to [[RoleSwapAU trade places with Marinette]], having convinced herself that [[HatedByAll everybody hated her]] [[YoureJustJealous out of jealousy]] of her being the Mayor's daughter and expecting to become the Ladybug heroine in this new world. Instead, she learns the hard way that it was her ''personality'' that everyone despised -- and with her father now a "mere baker", she no longer has [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty the protection]] that [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections his position once provided]].

** Lila and Chloe both learn that they were {{Unwitting Pawn}}s of Hawk Moth. This results in their [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty Karma Houdini Warranties]] running out, as the police find video evidence of their willing collboration with him and arrest them both. They then wind up continuing their villainous careers, only for their new boss to make clear that they know ''exactly'' what they're dealing with and will not tolerate any attempts at manipulation or backstabbing, forcing the pair into subordinate roles right alongside each other.

* ''Fanfic/TheLastFirebenderSinisterCinnamon'': Azula, who was always TheAce and a SmugSuper, finds herself [[CripplingOverspecialization largely useless]] [[SquishyWizard with non-firebending combat.]] She actually knocks herself out with one weapon, and the best she ever manages is "decent for a beginner" with swords. [[spoiler:And then when she masterfully manipulates both the Northern Water Tribe and Zuko to bring Zuko back, Ozai immediately ignores her in favor of Zuko]].

** Su gets put in a position where her royal status can't save her, and actually ''works against her'': If it becomes common knowledge that their princess is [[spoiler:a thief]], there'll be considerable political fallout. Despite this, Su repeatedly complains, wondering why 'those meanies' won't just let [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections her friends fix everything]].

** Gabriel [[TheBadGuyWins got his hands on the Earrings and Ring]] and [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy Wished for a world]] where Emilie never fell ill. This plunged him into a SelfInflictedHell where he's forced to watch as Emilie fights to protect Paris from this new reality's version of Hawkmoth... and against their son, who was akumatized out of resentment over Gabriel micromanaging his life. He finds himself [[ControlFreak without the control he so craved]], fully aware that his new circumstances are his own fault.
** Chloe Wished to [[RoleSwapAU trade places with Marinette]], having convinced herself that [[HatedByAll everybody hated her]] [[YoureJustJealous out of jealousy]] of her being the Mayor's daughter and expecting to become the Ladybug heroine in this new world. Instead, she learns the hard way that it was her ''personality'' that everyone despised -- and with her father now a 'mere baker', she no longer has [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty the protection]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections his position once provided]].

* Mordecai is sometimes made the Haughty in the fanfics and ends up breaking when Rigby gets killed/dies in some of those cliched yet untiring "Rigby dies and Mordecai suffers from it" fics.

* [[OCStandIn Tsuuma]] is sometimes a jerk to Viral in ''FanFic/TengenToppaGurrenSolvernia'' (however, she is hinted to [[{{Tsundere}} care]], and she's also proud of her intelligence but she still [[InsufferableGenius treats herself above]] the others. [[spoiler:She loses it during Viral's death.]]

* Yuuka in ''FanFic/ImperfectMetamorphosis''. She's completely broken when she discovers [[spoiler:she's fictional]]. Also, Yukari is constantly broken by her extremist solutions but yet she refuses to yield.

** ''Good Works'' has Alice Malvin goes through this after she [[spoiler:kills for the first time]].

* ''FanFic/AGrowingAffection'' does this to Hanabi twice. The first is a more minor breaking when Hinata deconstructs Hanabi's importance relative to Naruto. [[spoiler:The second time is when Madara [[MindRape breaks her spirit]] as a part of his GrandTheftMe plot.]]
* In ''Fanfic/OneEyeFullOfWisdom'', Kakashi makes a habit of breaking arrogant ninja so they can see their own flaws. Of particular note is his treatment of Neji, who arrogantly dismisses him during a joing training session. Kakashi proceeds to inform Neji that until he manages to impress him, he will receive no training; over the next several days, Neji goes from well-trained and disciplined katas to basically running at Kakashi screaming and hoping for the best, and then to [[AintToProudTooBeg getting on his knees and begging for forgiveness]] (this last bit impresses Kakashi).

* In ''FanFic/ATeachersGlory'' the invasion is such a CurbStompBattle that it becomes known in-universe as The Breaking of Suna. Then they counter-attack against Orochimaru, and by the end of it, the rogue sannin is only "the master of as much land as his feet cover each moment" while he flees.

* In ''FanFic/GameOfTouhou'', Futo is an arrogant and incompetent [[InsaneAdmiral admiral]] on Prince Miko's orders. [[spoiler:Then, she's captured by Gengetsu and abused to the point of turning into "Fugetsu".]]

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* ''Fanfic/TheLastFirebenderSinisterCinnamon'': Azula, who was always TheAce and a SmugSuper, finds herself [[CripplingOverspecialization largely useless]] [[SquishyWizard with non-firebending combat.]] She actually knocks herself out with one weapon, and the best she ever manages is "decent for a beginner" with swords. [[spoiler:And then when she masterfully manipulates both the Northern Water Tribe and Zuko to bring Zuko back, Ozai immediately ignores her in favor of Zuko]].

* A short story crossing ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' rightfully called [[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13515415/1/The-Snap The Snap]] show this happen to a few characters. The most notable one is none other than [[spoiler:The God of Darkness]]. Not only does [[spoiler:Salem]] disappear ([[spoiler:and dies permanently]]) from the titular BadassFingersnap from Thanos, he loses [[spoiler:his brother as well]]. As a result, [[spoiler:he’s aimlessly wandering the cosmos, feeling loss and guilt over his failures, to the point he returns to Remnant to recuperate]].

* ''FanFic/PoisoningApple'':

* ''FanFic/AnAlternateKeitaroUrashima'': Various cast members are put through this, with varying results:

* ''FanFic/MegaManReawakened'' has this happen with Bass. In Arc 4, chapter 1, Roll easily defeats him, and an even more severe instance happens to him in the Arc 4 finale when Break Man curbstomps him.

* ''[[Fanfic/WhatGoesAroundComesAroundMiraculousLadybug What Goes Around Comes Around]]'':

* ''[[Fanfic/ApotheosisMHA Apotheosis]]'' puts Bakugou through a series of humbling events, starting with witnessing the boy he bullied and dismissed as worthless holding his own against All Might, getting a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of his own from 'Deku', followed by Aizawa dismantling his entire worldview as unbefitting of a hero and informed that he's nothing special. His classmates turn on him after learning about the role he played in Deku becoming a villain, with his OnlyFriend Kirishima breaking off their bond while declaring how [[DisappointedInYou disappointed he is]]. Bakugou's then forced to attend counseling, anger management, and community service, including having to help Quirkless children.

* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': Asuka had trained hard her whole life to become the best. She was a soldier and was proud of it. Then the war came and she got beaten, humiliated, mind-raped, abandoned by her comrades and murdered. After the end of the world, she was angry, jaded and semi-comatose. She got forced to be two warlords' war toy and plaything for years during which she thought she had been abandoned and betrayed again for the only person she might have loved. When the story starts out she is soul-weary and mind-broken she does not believe her life will ever get better.

* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': Asuka was prideful and boastful because her very fragile self-image was founded on being the best at everything and depending on nobody. She never wanted to have children and piloting Eva was everything she thought she had. Then she fell in love with her greatest rival, he got her pregnant and she stopped being a pilot due to her pregnancy. Her self-image got shattered, but she managed to pull herself together, and when Shinji reached out to her she opened up, acknowledged her feelings and trusted him. And then [[spoiler:he lost his nerve.]]

* ''FanFic/PowerRangersGPX'' has ''three'' instances, two heroic and one villainous. Let's take a look:

* In ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheUnicorn'', [[LightNovel/InfiniteStratos Cecilia]] is (unintentionally) broken to the core after [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Banagher]] delivers an [[CurbStompBattle unexpected one-sided fight]] against her. After a little pep talk, she's shifted from the snobby, all-mighty girl into an unwanted, submissive lover to the Gundam pilot.

* Being raised on a diet of juvenile, inexperienced ''T. Rexes'' has given Iudex Carnifex of ''FanFic/ItsNotTheRaptorDNA'' an inflated view of himself; the ''Spinosaurus'' sees himself as the ultimate killing machine, and refers to ''Tyrannosaurus'' as "easy kills". [[spoiler:Then he encounters Limper, a bull ''T. Rex'' who survived close to twenty years in the wild, and after a quick thrashing, Carnifex has changed his mind about who is more powerful.]]

* Various cast members are put through this in ''FanFic/AnAlternateKeitaroUrashima'', with varying results:

* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Adrien firmly believes that he's protected by ProtagonistCenteredMorality, and that his 'happy ending' is ''guaranteed'' without him actually having to do anything to earn it beyond ''existing''. Then his KarmaHoudiniWarranty runs out, and he finds himself being hit with ''[[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila's]]'' LaserGuidedKarma on top of his own, due to his insistence on protecting her from the consequences of her actions. His stubborn insistence that the world ''must'' conform to [[WrongGenreSavvy how he WANTS it to work]] leads to him [[NotHelpingYourCase completely destroying]] his own reputation. When it's all said and done, he's [[spoiler:HatedByAll, [[ConvictedByPublicOpinion suspected of aiding]] his terrorist father, lost his friends after they discovered his BetrayalByinaction, lost access to [[RichesToRags his family's fortune]], and is eking out a miserable existence hiding in his dinky new apartment, waiting to come of age so he's no longer under Amelie's stewardship, facing an uncertain future]].

* ''Fanfic/TheLastFirebenderSinisterCinnamon'': Azula, who was always TheAce and a SmugSuper, finds herself [[CripplingOverspecialization largely useless with non-firebending combat.]] She actually knocks herself out with one weapon, and the best she ever manages is "decent for a beginner" with swords. [[spoiler:And then when she masterfully manipulates both the Northern Water Tribe and Zuko to bring Zuko back, Ozai immediately ignores her in favor of Zuko]].