History FatalFlaw / LiveActionTV

** G.O.B.'s ego and [[AttentionWhore desire to be EVERYBODY'S favorite]].

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Prince Doran Martell is [[TurnTheOtherCheek too forgiving]] and doesn't want a CycleOfRevenge to consume his family. [[spoiler: His own nieces kill him and his son after he had just pardoned them for trying to kidnap Princess Myrcella, who they had also killed]].
** Doran's son Tystane exhibits [[DidNotThinkThisThrough stupidity born of a lack of or inadequate prescience.]] It screws him over twice in his few appearances. After seeing the blood on Jaime and Bronn's clothes, he immediately reaches for his sword and gets socked in the face. Surely, he must have known that Jaime was TheKingslayer and trying to take him on would be a death wish. Later on, his two bastard cousins come to assassinate him and he decides to [[TooDumbToLive turn his back on the one with the spear because he wanted an honorable fight. This earns him a window through his skull.]]
** Lord Roose Bolton is such a SmugSnake that he constantly taunts his bastard Ramsay about his status and dangles the possibility of being replaced with his newborn son. [[spoiler: Ramsay kills him and his baby.]]
** [[Characters/GameOfThronesRamsayBolton Lord Ramsay Bolton]] likes to [[KickTheDog "play"]] with his enemies too much. Because of this Theon Greyjoy and Sansa Stark escape and he wastes a golden opportunity to kill Jon Snow or escape by killing Wun Wun the Giant (who was likely going to die anyway) ForTheEvulz. It also earns him one of the most agonizing deaths in the entire show when Sansa Stark, his latest victim, has him at her mercy.
** Blackfish feels guilty for failing to save his family at the Red Wedding. [[spoiler: He dies defending Riverrun because he didn't want to run again.]]
** Ned chooses pride and HonorBeforeReason, (though the alternatives do mostly involve children suffering) which leads to all kinds of problems, and eventually his death. That said, he is aware of this. And refuses to change anyway.
** Catelyn's need to protect her family drives her to impulsive actions that often work to the detriment of her family (such as kidnapping Tyrion and releasing Jaime). Her release of Jaime, in particular, is one of the major factors that leads to the death of her and Robb.
** Robb Stark chooses to MarryForLove despite the strategic consequences. Furthermore, he's honorable and assumes honor in others. He assumes he can win back Walder Frey's loyalty by making amends. He assumes that Lord Walder will honor Guest Right. He assumes Roose Bolton's unwavering loyalty as his bannerman. All of this culminates in betrayal and murder. Like his father, he also suffers heavily from HonorBeforeReason, which causes him to execute Lord Karstark in retaliation for killing two Lannister boys when it would have been far wiser (if somewhat less noble) to simply hold him prisoner until the war was over. Because Karstark's men leave him after their lord's execution, Robb is put in the position of needing Walder Frey's help in the first place.
** Sansa's status as TheIngenue leaves her GenreBlind in a CrapsackWorld. She's learning, though.
** [[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysTargaryen Queen Daenerys Targaryen]] has three major ones:
*** Her ChronicHeroSyndrome keeps distracting her from returning to Westeros.
*** Idealism. While Daenerys is nowhere near as arrogant and horrible as her brother and is, in fact, a sweet and genuinely kind-hearted young woman who wishes for the end of slavery, she is also ''very'' prone to going off on one about her ideals and why everyone should do what she says for what she believes to be for the Greater Good -- even when taking this course of action would make getting it less likely.
*** {{Pride}} is also apparent in Season 2, where she threatens to burn down Qarth (a task for which her Dragons are way too young yet to actually do) if she isn't allowed inside, and rages against the Spice King when he refuses to give her ships to return to Westeros. It earns her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from said Spice King. Although she eventually managed to grow into her own hype, her pride (manifesting alternatively as ProtagonistCenteredMorality and MoralMyopia) is still very much there and has earned her, more than once, warnings about turning out like her father.
*** [[EntitledBastard Entitlement]] is another one, as she believes that she should have the throne mostly just because her father had it before her and it takes Barristan Selmy pointing out that her ancestors conquered Westeros not because they had a right to, but because ''they could''. She also WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency, as she feels insulted by the Northerners' chilly reception to her by complaining she's here to help them, even though helping them also directly ties into her own goals to take the Iron Throne, as if the White Walkers successfully take Winterfell, then it will only be a matter of time before they march South and take everything North of King's Landing, this making her victory pointless unless she deals with them first.
** [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheonGreyjoy Prince Theon Greyjoy]] has ambition, pride, and a thirst for approval. He gets most of them beaten out of him by hard experience.
** Oberyn Martell's lust for vengeance.
** The intense pride that the Vale Lords hold for their homeland has blinded them to any flaws within them, and whenever danger comes knocking at their door, they are more than content to simply hole up in their mountains and ride it out relatively unscathed. Notably averted during Robert's Rebellion when Jon Arryn rallied the Houses of The Vale against the Mad King and then played brutally straight during the War of the Five Kings while under the leadership of Lysa Arryn.
** The Starks' reoccurring flaw is that they often [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil assume that others share their morals and principles.]] This naivety often leads to the Starks being manipulated and contributes to several of their deaths.
** The flaw for the Lannisters is ''they don't know when to shut their mouths'':
*** Cersei makes spiteful remarks to almost everyone she meets, earning her enemies. She immediately sets Ned against her and helps set in motion events that lead to war, and continually sabotages her other political schemes.
*** Jaime attempts to snarkily bribe his way out of Locke's custody after saving Brienne, but it backfires and he loses his hand.
*** Tyrion has on more than one occasion gotten himself into as many bad situations as he has out of them because of his mouth. His repeated calling out of Joffrey and the endless stream of insults he hurls in his direction end up making him the prime suspect when the latter is murdered and his words are used against him at his trial for Joffrey's murder. His finally snapping at his trial and hurling insults at everyone in the court seals his fate.
*** Tywin continues to dismiss the dead Shae as a whore even though a very angry and crossbow-toting Tyrion has very clearly told him not to and just threatened to kill him. Tywin pays dearly for not shutting his mouth with a thoroughly {{undignified death}}.
** The Karstarks' RevengeBeforeReason tendencies are what ultimately do them in, as shown by both Rickard and Harald.
*** Rickard's rage and grief over the death of Torrhen and Harrion drives him to commit a war crime by murdering two Lannister boys in cold blood. When confronted by Robb Stark, he does nothing but further antagonize him through insults. The boys were completely innocent; he just wanted to inflict pain on all and any Lannisters. His actions lead to Robb executing him, though the aftermath of his death plays with this trope, as his men then abandon Robb's army and save themselves from being slaughtered at the Red Wedding.
*** In season 6, Harald takes it to both intensely stupid and extremely horrifying levels. As soon as he hears about the brewing conflict between Ramsay Bolton and Jon Snow, he immediately allies with the Boltons for revenge on the Starks because Robb executed his father. Never mind that Robb killed Rickard for war crimes, that Robb, his mother, his wife, and pretty much everyone who fought with him are long dead after being betrayed and murdered in the most horrific and cruel manner possible, and that House Stark is pretty much gone and none of its remaining members had anything to do with Rickard's execution. Not to mention that the Boltons are despised by pretty much everyone in the North, Harald is further endangering his house by siding with them, and the White Walkers are on their way. Harald's best bet would have been to simply bury the hatchet and team up with Jon Snow, where his house could have survived. Instead, his insatiable desire for vengeance leads to his possible death and his men getting wiped out in the battle for Winterfell, which would mean House Karstark is now more or less extinct.
** [[Characters/GameOfThronesTywinLannister Lord Tywin Lannister's]] obsession with the Lannister family's glory results in a lack of emotional intelligence and in his utter inability to give a shit about his children as individuals. This turns into a ''literal'' fatal flaw, as his abuse of his son Tyrion earns him a terminal case of crossbow-to-gut.
** [[Characters/GameOfThronesTyrionLannister Tyrion Lannister's]] love for his family. He hates Cersei, but also loves her at the same time, as shown when he tries to talk her down in Season 7 to form a truce against the White Walkers because he doesn't want her ''dead''. He also loves Jaime, even though Jaime is the idiot who started the feud with the Starks in the first place and enables Cersei. Dany accuses him of letting his love for his brother blind him to the reality that Jaime has a reputation for being a man without honor and maybe he's sabotaging her campaigns subconsciously. [[spoiler: In Season 8, when Cersei manages to take Missandei hostage, he begs her to surrender and free Missandei or her life and her baby's life is forfeit. Cersei considers that point for a moment and then kills Missandei]].
*** And for all his smarts and ability to see what he assumes to be threats to the kingdom when it comes to himself, he ends up holding the IdiotBall, and he has been betrayed/harmed at one point by almost everyone bar Jon and Jorah. He seems to have a blind spot for people showing him even a slight bit more than a veneer of kindness.
** [[Characters/GameOfThronesCerseiLannister Queen Cersei Lannister]]:
*** Hubris. Cersei [[SmugSnake thinks she's way better than she really is and better than anybody else]], which makes her think nothing about hurting people, and in her arrogance, she is reckless, deaf to the council, and unable to evaluate herself or make any kind of amends.
*** Additionally, her complete inability to play any sort of long game. Cersei only ever seems to plan for the moment, and this almost always blows up in her face later. To get back at Margaery, she empowers the Faith Militant with no consideration as to how this would affect King's Landing, only caring that Margaery would suffer. They turn on her as soon as it's convenient, and King's Landing comes within a hair's breadth of becoming a theocracy.
*** Her "Everyone who is not us is an enemy" policy doesn't help either. Cersei is good at manipulation, but negotiation and compromise are anathema to her. She desires the absolute authority of her father but fails to understand that House Lannister is no longer as wealthy and powerful as it was before the war, and therefore the Tyrell alliance is a necessity. And the "us" quickly becomes "me" where her own family is concerned.
** Whilst [[Characters/GameOfThronesJaimeLannister Jaime Lannister]] has his own brand of cunning like his father and brother, his impulsive behaviour makes him say 'fuck you' to patience and gets him captured by Robb Stark.
** Even [[Characters/GameOfThronesPetyrBaelish Petyr Baelish]] has one. [[spoiler: It turns out to be his infatuation for Sansa Stark and his belief that she would never turn on him and always be dependent on the resources and knowledge he happily provides. He also fails to consider that he has no actual allies in the North (and the Vale Knights are all loyal to Sansa rather than to him), as well as the supernatural element of Bran's newfound powers letting him know his dirty secrets. He tries to drive a wedge between her and Arya at Winterfell and is ''completely'' blindsided when the two sisters lead him along and expose his crimes before the Northern and Vale lords. He has no backup plan or convenient lie, and he dies tearfully and pathetically pleading to Sansa for his life.]]
** The Hound's over-the-top cynicism has gotten him into trouble many times and caused him to pick a fight with Brienne due to thinking she was allied with the Lannisters -- to be fair, Jaime Lannister did give her that sword after all.
** Where to begin, really, but [[Characters/GameOfThronesJoffreyBaratheon King Joffrey Baratheon's]] [[KickTheDog cruelty]], [[EvilIsPetty pettiness]], [[ATragedyofImpulsiveness impulsiveness]], and [[StupidEvil lack of intelligence]] are definitely up there. He throws his weight around and needlessly antagonises people whom he actually depends on, has a lot of enemies gunning for him as a result of his viciousness, and it is explicitly mentioned by those who actually do conspire to murder him that if he had been a bit kinder or at least a bit smarter and capable of suppressing his baser impulses, they might actually have allowed him to live.
** Viserys Targaryen's [[{{Pride}} arrogance]] and {{Jerkass}} tendencies. If he'd just been more patient and diplomatic, or heck, just been nicer to his sister, he might not have pissed off the Dothraki enough to warrant his gruesome death and Dany might've been more willing to intercede on his behalf.
** Rhaegar was known as an elegant, able man who played harp for commoners in disguise, but everything goes out the window when he goes full fantasist mode: His love for Lyanna (and her love for him) led to diplomatic disaster and really callous handling of his wife and kids. Charging in single combat against Lyanna's hammer-wielding betrothed in an epic duel didn't end well for him, either.
** Robert's alcoholism and need to prove he can still fight despite his sub-standard physical condition.
** Varys holds people, particularly leaders, to standards no human can possibly hope to reach, and his first instinct once they fail to live up to his impossible standards is to betray them. [[spoiler: It finally catches up to him once Daenerys learns that he is attempting to put Jon Snow on the throne instead of her due to his fears of her growing instability.]]
** Alliser Thorne has high arrogance (bordering stupidity) that causes problems for him and others. He refuses to seal the tunnel simply because Jon advised it, and he believes the Night's Watch will win because they have for thousands of years. This makes it easier for a giant to get into the tunnel, and six brothers die as a result. Later, he murders Jon because Jon let the Wildlings down south. Okay, but he doesn't say how murdering the lord commander will fix the Wildling problem. And he doesn't put a defense in case the Wildlings come back. It costs him dearly.
** Olenna Tyrell never listened to anyone and only did things her way while rarely sharing her thoughts, even hiding her role in Joffrey's poisoning from Margaery, this ends up costing her house's extinction and death. As she didn't even bother sharing info on Casterly Rock being dried, came back to Highgarden herself to mobilize her troops.
** Just like her grandmother, Margaery is very dismissive of Cersei Lannister to SmugSnake levels, not realizing that her pettiness and cruelty significantly outweigh her pragmatism until it is too late -- in her case being locked in the High Sparrow's dungeons. She's wised up and in, she's the only one in the Season 6 finale to realize that Cersei has cooked up some scheme against the High Sparrow, but it doesn't help her survive.

** Ramsay likes to [[KickTheDog "play"]] with his enemies too much. Because of this Theon Greyjoy and Sansa Stark escape and he wastes a golden opportunity to kill Jon Snow or escape by killing Wun Wun the Giant (who was likely going to die anyway) ForTheEvulz. It also earns him one of the most agonizing deaths in the entire show when Sansa Stark, his latest victim, has him at her mercy.

** Daenerys Targaryen has three major ones:

** Theon Greyjoy has ambition, pride, and a thirst for approval. He gets most of them beaten out of him by hard experience.

** Tywin's obsession with the Lannister family's glory results in a lack of emotional intelligence and in his utter inability to give a shit about his children as individuals. This turns into a ''literal'' fatal flaw, as his abuse of his son Tyrion earns him a terminal case of crossbow-to-gut.
** Tyrion Lannister's love for his family. He hates Cersei, but also loves her at the same time, as shown when he tries to talk her down in Season 7 to form a truce against the White Walkers because he doesn't want her ''dead''. He also loves Jaime, even though Jaime is the idiot who started the feud with the Starks in the first place and enables Cersei. Dany accuses him of letting his love for his brother blind him to the reality that Jaime has a reputation for being a man without honor and maybe he's sabotaging her campaigns subconsciously. [[spoiler: In Season 8, when Cersei manages to take Missandei hostage, he begs her to surrender and free Missandei or her life and her baby's life is forfeit. Cersei considers that point for a moment and then kills Missandei]].

** Cersei Lannister:

** Whilst Jaime has his own brand of cunning like his father and brother, his impulsive behaviour makes him say 'fuck you' to patience and gets him captured by Robb Stark.
** Even Petyr Baelish has one. [[spoiler: It turns out to be his infatuation for Sansa Stark and his belief that she would never turn on him and always be dependent on the resources and knowledge he happily provides. He also fails to consider that he has no actual allies in the North (and the Vale Knights are all loyal to Sansa rather than to him), as well as the supernatural element of Bran's newfound powers letting him know his dirty secrets. He tries to drive a wedge between her and Arya at Winterfell and is ''completely'' blindsided when the two sisters lead him along and expose his crimes before the Northern and Vale lords. He has no backup plan or convenient lie, and he dies tearfully and pathetically pleading to Sansa for his life.]]

** Where to begin, really, but Joffrey's [[KickTheDog cruelty]], [[EvilIsPetty pettiness]], [[ATragedyofImpulsiveness impulsiveness]], and [[StupidEvil lack of intelligence]] are definitely up there. He throws his weight around and needlessly antagonises people whom he actually depends on, has a lot of enemies gunning for him as a result of his viciousness, and it is explicitly mentioned by those who actually do conspire to murder him that if he had been a bit kinder or at least a bit smarter and capable of suppressing his baser impulses, they might actually have allowed him to live.

* On ''Series/AmericanGothic1995'', Dr. Crower's fatal flaw would quite obviously have to be his struggle with alcoholism (and [[{{Backstory}} the tragic event which resulted from it]]). Gail's, apparently, is [[EvilIsSexy sex]].

** Doran's son Tystane exhibits [[DidNotThinkThisThrough stupidity born of a lack of or inadequate prescience.]] It screws him over twice in his few appearances. After seeing the blood on Jaime and Bronn's clothes, he immediately reaches for his sword and gets socked in the face. Surely he must have known that Jaime was TheKingslayer and trying to take him on would be a death wish. Later on, his two bastard cousins have come to assassinate him and he decides to [[TooDumbToLive turn his back on the one with the spear because he wanted an honorable fight. This earns him a window through his skull.]]

** Robb Stark chooses to MarryForLove despite the strategic consequences. Furthermore, he's honorable and assumes honor in others. He assumes he can win back Walder Frey's loyalty by making amends. He assumes that Lord Walder will honor Guest Right. He assumes Roose Bolton's unwavering loyalty as his bannerman. All of this culminates in betrayal and murder. Like his father, he also suffers heavily from HonorBeforeReason which causes him to execute Lord Karstark in retaliation for killing two Lannister boys when it would have been far wiser (if somewhat less noble) to simply hold him prisoner until the war was over. Because Karstarck's men leave him after their lord's execution, Robb is put in the position of needing Walder Frey's help in the first place.

** The intense pride that the Vale Lords hold for their homeland has blinded them to any flaws within them, and whenever danger comes knocking at their door they are more than content to simply hole up in their mountains and ride it out relatively unscathed. Notably averted during Robert's Rebellion when Jon Arryn rallied the Houses of The Vale against the Mad King, and then played brutally straight during the War of the Five Kings while under the leadership of Lysa Arryn.

*** Tyrion has on more than one occasion gotten himself into as many bad situations as he has out of them because of his mouth. His repeated calling out of Joffrey and the endless stream of insults he hurls in his direction end up making him the prime suspect when the latter is murdered and his words are used against him at his trial for Joffrey's murder. Him finally snapping at his trial and hurling insults at everyone in the court seals his fate.
*** Tywin continues to dismiss the dead as Shae a whore even though a very angry and crossbow-toting Tyrion has very clearly told him not to and just threatened to kill him. Tywin pays dearly for not shutting his mouth with a thoroughly {{undignified death}}.

*** In season 6, Harald takes it to both intensely stupid and extremely horrifying levels. As soon as he hears about the brewing conflict between Ramsay Bolton and Jon Snow, he immediately allies with the Boltons for revenge on the Starks because Robb executed his father. Never mind that Robb killed Rickard for war crimes, that Robb, his mother, his wife, and pretty much everyone who fought with him are long dead after being betrayed and murdered in the most horrific and cruel manner possible, and that House Stark is pretty much gone and none of its remaining members had anything to do with Rickard's execution. Not to mention that the Boltons are despised by pretty much everyone in the North, Harald is further endangering his house by siding with them, and the White Walkers are on their way. Harald's best bet would have been to simply bury the hatchet and team up with Jon Snow, where his house could have survived. Instead, his insatiable desire for vengeance leads to his possible death and his men getting wiped out in the battle for Winterfell, which thus would mean House Karstark is now more or less extinct.
** Tywin's obsession with the Lannister family glory results in a lack of emotional intelligence and in his utter inability to give a shit about his children as individuals. This turns into a ''literal'' fatal flaw, as his abuse of his son Tyrion earns him a terminal case of crossbow-to-gut.
** Tyrion Lannister's love for his family. He hates Cersei, but also loves her at the same time, as shown when he tries to talk her down in Season 7 to form a truce against the White Walkers because he doesn't want her ''dead''. He also loves Jaime, even though Jaime is the idiot that started the feuds with the Starks in the first place and enables Cersei. Dany accuses him of letting his love for his brother blind him to the reality that Jaime has a reputation of being a man without honor and maybe he's sabotaging her campaigns subconsciously. [[spoiler:In Season 8, when Cersei manages to take Missandei hostage, he begs her to surrender and free Missandei or her life and her baby's life is forfeit. Cersei considers that point for a moment, and then kills Missandei]].
*** And for all his smarts and ability to see what he assumes to be threats to the kingdom when it comes to himself, he ends up holding the IdiotBall, he has been betrayed/harmed at one point by almost everyone bar Jon and Jorah. He seems to have a blind spot for people showing him even a slight bit more than a veneer of kindness.

*** Hubris. Cersei [[SmugSnake thinks she's way better than she really is and better than anybody else]], which makes her think nothing about hurting people, and in her arrogance, she is reckless, deaf to council, and unable to evaluate herself or make any kind of amends.

*** Her "Everyone who is not us is an enemy" policy doesn't help either. Cersei is good at manipulation, but negotiation and compromise is anathema to her. She desires the absolute authority of her father but fails to understand that House Lannister is no longer as wealthy and powerful as it was before the war, and therefore the Tyrell alliance is a necessity. And the "us" quickly becomes "me" where her own family is concerned.

** Even Petyr Baelish has one. [[spoiler:It turns out to be his infatuation for Sansa Stark and his belief that she would never turn on him and always be dependent on the resources and knowledge he happily provides. He also fails to consider that he has no actual allies in the North (and the Vale Knights are all loyal to Sansa rather than to him), as well as the supernatural element of Bran's newfound powers letting him know his dirty secrets. He tries to drive a wedge between her and Arya at Winterfell and is ''completely'' blindsided when the two sisters lead him along and expose his crimes before the Northern and Vale lords. He has no backup plan or convenient lie and he dies tearfully and pathetically pleading to Sansa for his life.]]

** Where to begin, really, but Joffrey's [[KickTheDog cruelty]], [[EvilIsPetty pettiness]], [[ATragedyofImpulsiveness impulsiveness]], and [[StupidEvil lack of intelligence]] are definitely up there. He throws his weight around and needlessly antagonises people whom he actually depends on, has a lot of enemies gunning for him as a result of his viciousness, and it is explicitly mentioned by those who actually do conspire to murder him that if he had been a bit kinder or at least a bit smarter and capable of suppressing his baser impulses they might actually have allowed him to live.

** Rhaegar was known as an elegant, able man who played harp for commoners in disguise, but everything goes out the window when he goes full fantasist mode: His love for Lyanna (and her love for him) led to diplomatic disaster and really callous handling of his wife and kids. Charging in single combat against the hammer-wielding betrothed in an epic duel didn't end well for him, either.

** Varys holds people, particularly leaders, to standards no human can possibly hope to reach, and his first instinct once they fail to live up to his impossible standards is to betray them. [[spoiler: It finally catches up to him once Daenerys learns that he is attempting to put Jon Snow on the throne instead of her, due to his fears of her growing instability.]]
** Alliser Thorne has high arrogance (bordering stupidity) that causes problems for him and others. He refuses to seal the tunnel simply because Jon advised it and he believes the Night's Watch will win because they have for thousands of years. This makes it easier for a giant to get into the tunnel and six brothers die as a result. And later he murders Jon because he let the Wildlings down south. Okay, but he doesn't say how murdering the lord commander will fix the Wildling problem. And he doesn't put a defense in case the Wildlings come back. It costs him dearly.

*** Entitlement, this behaviour of hers can land her in some serious troubles. While in Numenor, she acts entitled to queen Miriel, trying to impose her will on her by demanding to speak with her father, just because she is Galadriel, the Commander of the Northern Armies. Her 'There is a tempest in me! It swept me to this island for a reason. And it will not be quelled by you, Regent!' BadassBoast only infuriates Miriel and sends Galadriel directly in a cell with Halbrand. Galadriel may be an important person in Middle-earth, but no so much to the Númenorians, where does not hold any authoritative power to make the demands she is making.
*** Her being so Hotblooded is a flaw Halbrand identifies in her and advises her to think and analize the situation before acting like a " a colt in full gallop".

** Sauron's bigest flaw seems to be lack of self-awareness. His inability to make distinction between healing and remaking what he destroyed in the War of Wrath, and seeking to become a GodEmperor over Middle-earth is what makes Galadriel to reject his offer to become his queen consort.

** Alma has plenty. Meeting Tom, her old flame, while in the middle of covering up a crime -- in a crowded room of witnesses -- paired with her lust for the finer things in life (stealing Mrs. Yost’s possessions as if it isn’t a red flag for investigators) and her desire to have friends moreover her idealization of the rich ladies’ club (which is shown to be nothing more but bored ladies gossiping true to Mrs. Yost’s words and backstabbing snobs) could bite her and Bertram in the ass. While her daughter gave some good advice about being selfish and indulge for once, the way Alma is going about it isn’t going to end well.

** Bodie believing that being gangster is cool.

** Omar avenging people he loves.

** Senator Davis' greed. Even if he got away in the end there's no telling he won't be involved in another financial scandal.
** Frank Sobotka's tendency to ask help from anyone.

* Most of the cast of ''What Its Like Being Alone'', including Armie, who only has one limb left, Aldous the EmoTeen, Princess Lucy, who would be the AlphaBitch if she weren't fiendishly ugly, Sammie the alcoholic FishPerson, Charlie, who is always on fire, Seymour, who doesn't have a mouth, and other unfortunates. They're also all orphans.

** Clark's is his lack of self-worth. Or alternatively his [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]] about keeping secrets from his friends, which [[CloningBlues Major Zod]] would call him out on.

** Galadriel has three major flaws:

* ''Series/BreakingBad'' -- [[AntiHero Walter White's]] {{Pride}} causes him to start cooking meth instead of accepting charity in the first place, and continues to get him into escalating trouble from there, eventually turning him into a full-fledged VillainProtagonist.

** Gus Fring's determination to get revenge [[spoiler: against the men who killed his best friend is another major example. He even had a chance to avoid his death by letting his [[TheDragon dragon]] kill the main object of his hate. But because he had to do it, personally, he walked right into a death trap.]]

** Joe is an OverprotectiveDad. He has well-meaning intentions to keep Iris and Barry safe but he often treats them like they were like young children instead of adults and his stubbornness has led to communication issues with both children.

** Betty’s is her anger and lack of controlling it. Betty is HotBlooded with a violent temper and she has serious anger management issues. The intensity of her anger can be so extreme at times that she ends up resorting to SelfHarm by digging her fingernails into her palms until they are bleeding. This seems to be one of the few ways in which Betty is able to get control of her anger and impulse control issues. Betty's inability to control her anger is due to the probability that she's suffering from an undiagnosed mental illness or AmbiguousDisorder.

** Both brothers have no sense of self-worth thanks to [[ParentalNeglect Dad]], who refuses to show any affection or let anyone help him, preferring to keep his sons completely in the dark. Not the greatest planner with [[CrusadingWidower vengeance on his mind]], this works out badly.

** The Tenth Doctor's is his vanity and hubris. He tends to swagger around cockily, acting the big guy and showing off for all the humans he's surrounded by in order to bask in their adoration and hero worship. However, this leads to him getting over-confident and arrogant, resulting in him making mistakes or alienating people who are a bit less starry-eyed in their view of him, and being a bit too blinded to see all this until it's too late and the results are disastrous.

** Rose Tyler's is her selfish streak and her attachment to the doctor.

*** Harald takes it UpToEleven in Season 6 to both intensely stupid and extremely horrifying levels. As soon as he hears about the brewing conflict between Ramsay Bolton and Jon Snow, he immediately allies with the Boltons for revenge on the Starks because Robb executed his father. Never mind that Robb killed Rickard for war crimes, that Robb, his mother, his wife, and pretty much everyone who fought with him are long dead after being betrayed and murdered in the most horrific and cruel manner possible, and that House Stark is pretty much gone and none of its remaining members had anything to do with Rickard's execution. Not to mention that the Boltons are despised by pretty much everyone in the North, Harald is further endangering his house by siding with them, and the White Walkers are on their way. Harald's best bet would have been to simply bury the hatchet and team up with Jon Snow, where his house could have survived. Instead, his insatiable desire for vengeance leads to his possible death and his men getting wiped out in the battle for Winterfell, which thus would mean House Karstark is now more or less extinct.

** Raj's is passion. He throws himself into things very enthusiastically, which tends to put people off. He's prone to AcquiredSituationalNarcissim when he gets any accolades, his friends tend to find him grating when he tries to get them invested in things he's interested in or he inserts himself into personal affairs while being oblivious to the irritation he's causing; like with Bernadette's first pregnancy. The biggest place this shows up is in his efforts at romance, where he usually winds up putting women off with strongly he comes on. One of his romantic partners ended things because she had crippling anxiety and Raj kept pushing her into situations she couldn't handle. By contrast the longest lasting relationship he had was one where he was much calmer and avoided his usual excesses when courting.

** Lynn [=McGill's=] need to be taken seriously as an authority figure.

** Lucille is even more controlling and also overly protective to her children.
** G.O.B.'s ego and desire to be ''everybody's'' favorite.
** Buster's dependence on his mother.
** Lindsay being a spoiled brat.

** Nate's need to prove that he's reliable and not a screw up.

** In the episode ''[[Recap/CommunityS3E10RegionalHolidayMusic Regional Holiday Music]]'', all of the characters [[AssimilationPlot fall victim to the thralls]] of the [[TakeThat Glee Club]] because of major character flaws that plauge them throughout the season.

** Ray's struggle to avoid giving into the violent tendencies he feared he'd got from his father.

* Many of the characters in ''Series/{{ER}}'' have one at some point or another. Examples include Abby's alcoholism, and Carter's painkiller addiction.

** Rygel's pride, greed, gluttony and overall selfishness.

** Stark's [[CloudCuckooLander growing instability]] -- [[spoiler: which only get worse following Zhaan's death.]]

** Talyn's violent impulses, rampant paranoia and TriggerHappy tendencies.

** Joe is an OverprotectiveDad. He has well meaning intentions to keep Iris and Barry safe but he often treats them like they were like young children instead of adults and his stubbornness has led to communication issues with both children.

* One of the main plot drivers on ''Series/FridayThe13thTheSeries'', which is only to be expected with a show that has a GottaCatchThemAll quest for ArtifactsOfDoom as it's central premise. Nearly all the episodes involve the main cast retrieving a cursed object from a Faustian possessor. Each 'owner' of a cursed object has a fatal flaw of some kind, a craving for something (revenge/Wrath, love/Lust, money/Greed, fame/Ambition are the most common) that only the cursed object can give them, and the craving is bad enough to kill others to satisfy it.
* Both Ross and Rachel in ''Series/{{Friends}}'' suffer from NeverMyFault, most likely stemming from when their parents spoiled them as children. This leads to their breakup since a major reason why their relationship failed is because both of them don't take responsibility for anything and are quick to blame others and each other for their mistakes.
** Chandler also suffered from deep self-esteem issues that inhibited his ability to engage in long-term relationships. Much of this is due to FreudianExcuse. His parents' acrimonious divorce was so traumatizing that it left him hesitant to commit out of fear of screwing things up. Exacerbating the matter was the fact that his two initial recurring love interests (Janice and Kathy) ended up cheating on him when their respective relationships became difficult to maintain. Thankfully, in Season 5, Chandler hooks up with Monica, someone who could share the feeling of suffering from emotionally AbusiveParents throughout childhood and who had worked through self-esteem issues of her own. Together, the two are able to build a relationship based on trust and mutual understanding, allowing for a [[HappilyMarried happy marriage]] that lasted throughout the end of the series.

** Robb Stark chooses to MarryForLove despite the strategic consequences. Furthermore, he's honorable and assumes honor in others. He assumes he can win back Walder Frey's loyalty by making amends. He assumes that Lord Walder will honor Guest Right. He assumes Roose Bolton's unwavering loyalty as his bannerman. All of this culminates in betrayal and murder. Like his father, he also suffers heavily from HonorBeforeReason which causes him to execute Lord Karstark in retaliation for killing two Lannister boys when it would have been far wiser (if somewhat less noble) to simply hold him prisoner until the war was over. Because Karstarcks men leave him after their lords execution, Robb is put in the position of needing Walder Frey's help in the first place.

*** {{Pride}} is also apparent in Season 2, where she threatens to burn down Qarth (a task for which her Dragons are way too young yet to actually do) if she isn't allowed inside, and rages against the Spice King when he refuses to give her ships to return to Westeros. It earns her an TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from said Spice King. Although she eventually managed to grow into her own hype, her pride (manifesting alternatively as ProtagonistCenteredMorality and MoralMyopia) is still very much there and has earned her, more than once, warnings about turning out like her father.
*** [[EntitledBastard Entitlement]] is another one, as she believes that she should have the throne mostly just because her father had it before her and it takes Barristan Selmy pointing out that her ancestors conquered Westeros not because they had a right to, but because ''they could''. She also WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency, as she feels insulted by the Northerners chilly reception to her by complaining she's here to help them, even though helping them also directly ties into her own goals to take the Iron Throne, as if the White Walkers successfully take Winterfell, then it will only be a matter of time before they march South and take everything North of King's Landing, this making her victory pointless unless she deals with them first.

*** Cersei makes spiteful remarks to almost everyone she meets, earning her enemies. She immediately sets Ned against her and helps set in motion events which lead to war, and continually sabotages her other political schemes.

*** Tywin continues to dismiss the dead as Shae a whore even though a very angry and crossbow-toting Tyrion has very clearly told him not to and just threatened to kill him. Tywin pays dearly for not shutting his mouth with a thoroughly undignified death.

** Tyrion Lannister's love for his family. He hates Cersei, but also loves her at the same time, as shown when he tries to talk her down in Season 7 to form a truce against the White Walkers, because he doesn't want her ''dead''. He also loves Jaime, even though Jaime is the idiot that started the feuds with the Starks in the first place and enables Cersei. Dany accuses him of letting his love for his brother blind him to the reality that Jaime has a reputation of being a man without honor and maybe he's sabotaging her campaigns subconsciously. [[spoiler:In Season 8, when Cersei manages to take Missandei hostage, he begs her to surrender and free Missandei or her life and her baby's life is forfeit. Cersei considers that point for a moment, and then kills Missandei]].
*** And for all his smarts and ability see what he assumes to be threats to the kingdom, when it comes to himself, he ends up holding the IdiotBall, he has been betrayed/harmed at one point by almost everyone bar Jon and Jorah. He seems to have a blind spot for people showing him even a slight bit more than a veneer of kindness.

*** Hubris. Cersei thinks she's way better than she really is and better than anybody else, which makes her think nothing about hurting people, and in her arrogance, she is reckless, deaf to council and unable to evaluate herself or make any kind of amends.

*** Her "Everyone who is not us is an enemy" policy doesn't help either. Cersei is good at manipulation, but negotiation and compromise is anathema to her. She desires the absolute authority of her father, but fails to understand that House Lannister is no longer as wealthy and powerful as it was before the war, and therefore the Tyrell alliance is a necessity. And the "us" quickly becomes "me" where her own family is concerned.

** Even Petyr Baelish has one. [[spoiler:It turns out to be his infatuation for Sansa Stark and his belief that she would never turn on him and always be dependent on the resources and knowledge he happily provides. He also fails to consider that he has no actual allies in the North (and the Vale Knights are all loyal to Sansa rather than to him), as well as the supernatural element of Bran's new-found powers letting him know his dirty secrets. He tries to drive a wedge between her and Arya at Winterfell and is ''completely'' blindsided when the two sisters lead him along and expose his crimes before the Northern and Vale lords. He has no backup plan or convenient lie and he dies tearfully pleading to Sansa for his life.]]
** The Hound's over the top cynicism has gotten him into trouble many times and caused him to pick a fight with Brienne due to thinking she was allied with the Lannisters -- to be fair, Jaime Lannister did give her that sword after all.

** Rhaegar was known as an elegant, able man who played harp for commoners in disguise, but everything goes out the window when he goes full fantasist mode: His love for Lyanna (and her love for him) led to diplomatic disaster and really callous handling of his wife and kids. Charging in single combat against the hammer wielding betrothed in an epic duel didn't end well for him, either.

** Just like her grandmother, Margaery is very dismissive of Cersei Lannister to SmugSnake levels, not realizing that her pettiness and cruelty significantly outweighs her pragmatism until it is too late -- in her case being locked in the High Sparrow's dungeons. She's wised up and in, she's the only one in the Season 6 finale to realize that Cersei has cooked up some scheme against the High Sparrow, but it doesn't help her survive.
* Of the main characters in ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', Eleanor is selfish, Chidi is indecisive, Tahani is vain, and Jason is a ManChild.

* Series/{{House}}'s vicodin addiction, irritability, and inability to have a healthy relationship.
* Ted in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' is InLoveWithLove and his overwhelming desire to find "the one" caused poor judgement on his part, such as rushing into an engagement with Stella when he only knew her for a few months. He also suffers from LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces. He continually pined and chased after Robin even when he logically knew they were incompatible due to many reasons. He went after Stella who was still in love with her ex-boyfriend, Zoey who was already married and actively trying to destroy Ted's career and Jeanette who was stalking Ted and destroyed most of his property.

** He also ''has'' to be right in every situation, even if the smarter thing to do would to just keep his mouth shut. For example, his tantrum about people pushing in on a roller-coaster ends up making him look like a massive twat because the people who "pushed in" turn out to be disabled. And then they vandalise Simon's car as payback.

** Parker has NoSocialSkills and has understands next to nothing about "normal" people, which is problematic when she is forced into the role of grifter.
** Eliot is just a little too good as the the hitter, which regularly makes cons more difficult down the line. On a more serious note, his desperation to atone for his bloody past often puts him off his game.

** Control's inability to wrap her head around the idea that sentient AI's exist.

* ''Series/{{Primeval}}'': Cutter devotion to his missing wife. Even as Helen slides down the slippery slope, takes increasingly questionable actions and gets people killed he can't quite bring himself to write her off entirely. It's his decision in Season 3 to run back into the burning ARC to save her life which results in [[spoiler:her murdering him.]] Only too late does he realise he should've given up on her long before then.

* Shinya Arino of ''Series/RetroGameMaster''/''Gamecenter CX'' has major problems when it comes to certain gameplay twists, most notably when dealing with a SequentialBoss. Whenever he makes a major accomplishment, he starts cheering and lets go of the controller. The problem is that he plays games ''blind.'' Thus, he doesn't realize it's not over, yet he never seems to learn. It's been called "Heaven to Hell" on a few occassions. By the time he realizes what's going on, he's to shocked to rationally continue and dies. Sometimes he recovers and retries, sometimes he doesn't, most notably with [[spoiler: ''Act Raiser'']].

** Polly Cooper is a YesMan who goes along with authority figures, most of whom do not have her best interests at heart. It’s resulted in her [[spoiler: nearly losing her twins to adoption by an abusive troubled youth center, stuck in a cult that harvested organs, in rehab, involved in a gang and ''her death.'']]
** Alice’s StepfordSmiler act and reluctance in dealing with problems, being honest and letting her daughters go has resulted in a ''severely'' BigScrewedUpFamily. In addition, she never takes responsibility for her actions and relies on being EasilyForgiven than actually doing the work of being a better person.

** Kevin’s self esteem issues result in him wasting his potential and damaging romantic relationships. He also is trusting to a fault, which puts him in the crosshairs of both Edgar Evernever and Percival Pickens.

** Clark's is his lack of self-worth. Or alternatively his [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]] about keeping secrets to his friends, which [[CloningBlues Major Zod]] would call him out on.

*** After her run-in with Brainwave, where she saw that she was hopelessly outgunned, she decides to ignore Pat's orders and splits up to look for him herself, and even goes into a secluded hallway by herself, which allows Brainwave to confront and threaten her with his telepathy. It was fortunate he wanted her staff, otherwise she'd have been dead then-and-there.

** Brainwave's is [[{{Sadist}} sadism]]. An [[StorybreakerPower extremely powerful]] [[MindReading telepath]] and [[MindOverMatter telekinetic]], he tends to lose the upper hand by using his powers cruelly instead of effectively, giving his opponents a chance to to hit his [[GlassCannon unenhanced and unprotected human body]]. In the first season finale, he decides to have some fun by [[spoiler: pretending to be his [[OffingTheOffspring dead son]] miraculously survived to mess with Yolanda, resulting in his death when she realizes what's happening and immediately cuts his throat.]]
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Dean for Sam, Sam for Dean and both of them for John while he was still alive. Ah, the joys of being a [[ThickerThanWater clingy]], [[DysfunctionalFamily screwed-up family]] filled with [[MartyrWithoutACause martyrs]].

** Alma has plenty. Meeting Tom, her old flame, while in the middle of covering up a crime -- in a crowded room of witnesses -- paired with her lust for the finer things in life (stealing Mrs. Yost’s possessions as if it isn’t a red flag for investigators) and her desire to have friends moreover her idealization of the rich ladies’ club (which is shown to be nothing more but bored ladies gossiping true to Mrs. Yost’s words and backstabbing snobs) could bite her and Bertram in the ass. While her daughter gave some good advice of being selfish and indulge for once, the way Alma is going about it isn’t going to end well.

** Wallace's inability to adjust to a crime free life.

** Polly Cooper is a YesMan who goes along with authority figures, most of whom do not have her best interests at heart. It’s resulted in her [[spoiler: nearly losing her twins to adoption by an abusive troubled youth center, stuck in a cult that harvested organs, in rehab, involved in a gang and now currently missing.]]
** Alice’s StepfordSmiler act and reluctance in dealing with problems, being honest and letting her daughters go has resulted in a ''severely'' BigScrewedUpFamily.

** Cheryl’s UndyingLoyalty to her family despite them constantly failing her and taking things at face value, which harms her attempts to change and grow.
** Kevin’s self esteem issues result in him wasting his potential and damaging romantic relationships.