History HeroicBSOD / Literature

* Achilles falls into one ''twice'' in ''TheIliad,'' first after Agememnon steals Briseis, and then again [[spoiler:(and more legitely) after his [[HoYay friend]] Patroclos dies in Achilles' place.]]

* [[GoodOmens Crowley]] has a fairly epic one when he [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome rushes into a burning bookstore to save]] [[HeterosexualLifePartners Aziraphale]], only to find that he's not there.

* [[HonorHarrington Honor Harrington]] spends a good chunk of "Field of Dishonor" in one after [[spoiler: Paul Tankersley's death]]. She's just recovered from it in "Flag in Exile when the [[spoiler: an industrial accident which killed several schoolchildren, for which she is blamed]] sends her right into another one. And that doesn't even count all the [=BSODs=] that occur during and immediately after the battles in that series.

* In the ''Hunger Games'' series, multiple characters hit the BSOD of PTSD. Katniss wanders out of coherence several times, most notably after [[spoiler: watching Prim die in a ball of fire]]. She also has a brief one in the first book, right after Prim's name is drawn at the reaping.

* In the ''Hunger Games'' series, multiple characters hit the BSOD of PTSD. Katniss wanders out of coherence several times, most notably after [[spoiler: watching Prim die in a ball of fire]].

* Lymond has these throughout Dorothy Dunnett's [[''Lymond Chronicles'']]. The most blatant is when he freezes [[spoiler: after the chess game in "Pawn in Frankincense" when he is forced to sacrifice someone he cares for]] and has to be led back to his room, where he promptly faints. He subsequently experiences blinding migraines whenever he is reminded of that trauma or when he feels that the life of someone he cares about is at risk because of him.

* Lymond has these throughout Dorothy Dunnett's ''Lymond Chronicles''. The most blatant is when he freezes [[spoiler: after the chess game in "Pawn in Frankincense" when he is forced to sacrifice someone he cares for]] and has to be led back to his room, where he promptly faints. He subsequently experiences blinding migraines whenever he is reminded of that trauma or when he feels that the life of someone he cares about is at risk because of him.

* Both Vincent and Malim, in {{Unda Vosari}}, have their fair share of {{Heroic BSOD}}s during the course of their adventures. Vincent ends up talking to himself using parody voices of other characters, while Malim makes hand puppets out of paper and goes completely nuts.

* In the third ''AnneOfGreenGables'' book Anne is told that Gilbert (formerly [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Unlucky]], soon to be VictoriousChildhoodFriend) is dying. She's just returned from a trip visiting friends elsewhere, so she knew nothing of it. Her family wanted to break it to her easily, but a child just let it slip out. Cue a total segfault in Anne's mind. She speechlessly has to go up to her room to spend the night reevaluating everything she thought she knew about love.

* Bella spends nearly the ''entire book'' of ''[[{{Twilight}} New Moon]]'' in this state after [[spoiler: Edward breaks up with her]]. According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler: Edward]] also spent most of this time curled up in a fetal position hating the world, before his [[spoiler:suicide attempt]].
** In {{Twilight}}'s fourth book, ''Breaking Dawn'', Edward freezes up and apparently goes into shock after hearing [[spoiler: Bella is pregnant with Edward's baby; something that wasn't thought possible. Edward also knows the myths of things like this, and in the myths, [[DeathByChildbirth the mother never survives]].]] Vampires in {{Twilight}} are normally very in control of themselves (socially; bloodlust is another thing), and Edward's mind basically shuts down. He lets his phone ring for quite a while, and his expression doesn't change at all after hearing about Bella's situation. While this might not sound like much, it basically means that Edward's mind asploded.

* In the Immortals Quartet by TamoraPierce, Numair has a small one when Daine stops her own heart. she repays the favor in book three, by destroying an entire city because she though he'd been killed.

* Bella spends nearly the ''entire book'' of ''[[{{Twilight}} New Moon]]'' in this state after [[spoiler: Edward breaks up with her]]. She spends four months in survival mode and until [[spoiler: he comes back]], she is still in a locked down state of mind. According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler: Edward]] also spent most of this time curled up in a fetal position hating the world, seeing as [[spoiler: he pretended not to love her anymore because he thought she'd be safer without him around]].

* No mention of Ender's reaction to [[spoiler: totally wiping out the Formic/Bugger race in what he thought was a training 'game']] at the end of {{Enders Game}}? Though this is somewhere between this and {{Angst Coma}}
** Or to a lesser extent what he was like after [[spoiler: beating two armies during his final "game" in the battle room right before he graduated Battle School?]]?

* In {{Twilight}}'s fourth book, ''Breaking Dawn'', Edward freezes up and apparently goes into shock after hearing [[spoiler: Bella is pregnant with Edward's baby; something that wasn't thought possible. Edward also knows the myths of things like this, and in the myths, [[DeathByChildbirth the mother never survives]].]] Vampires in {{Twilight}} are normally very in control of themselves (socially; bloodlust is another thing), and Edward's mind basically shuts down. He lets his phone ring for quite a while, and his expression doesn't change at all after hearing about Bella's situation. While this might not sound like much, it basically means that Edward's mind asploded.

* [[HonorHarrington Honor Harrington]] spends a good chunk of "Field of Dishonor" in one after [[spoiler: Paul Tankersley's death]]. She's just recovered from it in "Flag in Exile when the [[spoiler: an industrial accident which killed several schoolchildren, for which she is blamed]] sends her right into another one. And that doesn't even count all the BSODs that occur during and immediately after the battles in that series.

* Ben in Literature/{{Earth 2350}} shuts down and dissolves into an emotional mess (tears and all) when the Apollo Shipyard Complex is destroyed, killing his former captain. It doesn't help that his entire family was killed during a mass genocide that instantly killed a couple billion other humans.

* Honor Harrington spends a good chunk of "Field of Dishonor" in one after [[spoiler: Paul Tankersley's death]]. She's just recovered from it in "Flag in Exile when the [[spoiler: an industrial accident which killed several schoolchildren, for which she is blamed]] sends her right into another one.

** It can be said that the whole "prayer at Gethsemane" scene is about Jesus having an HeroicBSOD as he realizes that he's just hours away from dying and only then fully aknowledges what ''that'' means for him.

* Jonathan Harker, from ''{{Dracula}}'', suffers one after his imprisonment in the villain's castle [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel and no wonder]]. His physical health breaks down right along with the mental, and he refuses to believe it was real until quite some time afterward.