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* In Season 2 of AvatarTheLastAirbender, Zuko undergoes [[BrainFever a severe fever]] and enters a coma in which he has vivid dreams in which his uncle and sister appear as dragons and argue over his life choices and another in which he seems to awaken only to look in the mirror and see himself as the Avatar (Zukotar?). Iroh says that this is "not a natural illness" and the whole thing is apparently caused solely by Zuko's [[spoiler: premature HeelFaceTurn.]]

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* In Season 2 of AvatarTheLastAirbender, Zuko undergoes [[BrainFever a severe fever]] fever and enters a coma in which he has vivid dreams in which his uncle and sister appear as dragons and argue over his life choices and another in which he seems to awaken only to look in the mirror and see himself as the Avatar (Zukotar?). Iroh says that this is "not a natural illness" and the whole thing is apparently caused solely by Zuko's [[spoiler: premature HeelFaceTurn.]]Zuko self-conflict.
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A subtrope of the more general HeroicBSOD, this refers specifically to a comatose state to the exclusion of other forms of mental breakdown.

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A subtrope of the more general HeroicBSOD, this refers specifically to a comatose state to the exclusion of other forms of mental breakdown.
breakdown. A milder form is DeepSleep.
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* ''{{Naruto}}'' goes into an AngstComa when he can't come to terms with how hopeless Sasuke's situation is.
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* In FinalFantasyVII, Cloud's coma midway through the game may have been caused by Mako poisoning, but it's not until he deals with his amnesia and other psychological disorders that he's cured.

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* In FinalFantasyVII, Cloud's coma midway through the game may have been caused by Mako poisoning, but it's not until he deals with his amnesia and other psychological disorders that he's cured.cured, with the help of Tifa.
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* Seen in French SciFi novel ''{{Malevil}}''. The cast barely survives WorldWarIII inside a castle cellar. The next day everyone mopes around in a silent daze. When one staggers to his feet to leave, convinced his wife is waiting for him, Emmanuel is angry that he has to leave his ''comfortable'' AngstComa to stop his friend from killing himself.
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* About a billion times in ''Frankenstein''. Any time something bad happens, Victor seems to keel over into a months-long coma/sleep. And since it's Frankenstein, bad things happen a LOT.

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* {{Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni}}. Satoko enters one after [[spoiler: seeing her entire village massacred by a gas leak which she escaped by falling into a river.]]
** The aforementioned was inspired at least in part by the ending of Tatarigoroshi-hen (that had been [[AdaptationDecay cut in the anime]]), where it's [[spoiler:Keiichi]] who does this (it doesn't help matters that he'd just gotten through being shoved off a bridge by [[spoiler:Satoko]] while being falsely accused by her of [[spoiler:[[MistakenForMurderer murdering Rika]]]] and in response, wished for [[spoiler:the death of all of Hinamizawa]]) in a similar situation. It's also inspired in part by a scene from the PS2-only Taraimawashi-hen, where [[spoiler:Mion]] enters this after having been rescued from events largely comparable to Watanagashi-hen/Meakashi-hen.

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* {{Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni}}. Satoko enters one after [[spoiler: seeing her entire village massacred by a gas leak which she escaped by falling into a river.]]
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]] The aforementioned was inspired at least in part by the ending of Tatarigoroshi-hen (that had been [[AdaptationDecay was cut in the anime]]), anime), where it's [[spoiler:Keiichi]] who does this (it doesn't help matters that he'd just gotten through being shoved off a bridge by [[spoiler:Satoko]] while being falsely accused by her of [[spoiler:[[MistakenForMurderer murdering Rika]]]] and in response, wished for [[spoiler:the death of all of Hinamizawa]]) in a similar situation. It's also inspired in part by a scene from the PS2-only Taraimawashi-hen, where [[spoiler:Mion]] enters this after having been rescued from events largely comparable to Watanagashi-hen/Meakashi-hen.
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** [[spoiler: Hundreds of comics later, Vorpal Kickassio returns in Chief's moment of need. It doesn't help.]]
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** In the anime, he's turned to stone. And [[spoiler: Rosette has gone catatonic-evil herself.]]
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* ''RurouniKenshin'' has Kenshin go into one when [[spoiler: Kaoru gets killed by Enishi. [[FakingTheDead Or so he's led to believe.]]]]
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[[caption-width:244:Prince Zuko is not here right now, but if you'd like to leave a message....]]

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[[caption-width-right:244:[-Prince
Zuko is not here right now, but if you'd like to leave a message....message...-] ]]
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** Actually, it only lasts one day, or one scene in combat.
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* Happens to Martini in ''TheAlienSeries'' a lot, as whenever his empathetic abilities overload, his body shuts down in self-defense.
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* [[TheDarkKnightSaga "Dr. Crane isn't here right now, but if you'd like to make an appointment...]]

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* [[TheDarkKnightSaga "Dr. Crane isn't here right now, but if you'd like to make an appointment...]]
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* [[TheDarkKnightSaga "Dr. Crane isn't here right now, but if you'd like to make an appointment...]]
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* "HowlsMovingCastle", anyone? [[DracoinLeatherPants I SEE NO POINT IN LIVING IF I CAN'T BE BEAUTIFUL.]]

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* "HowlsMovingCastle", HowlsMovingCastle, anyone? [[DracoinLeatherPants I SEE NO POINT IN LIVING IF I CAN'T BE BEAUTIFUL.]]
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* [[HowlsMovingCastle]], anyone? [[DracoinLeatherPants I SEE NO POINT IN LIVING IF I CAN'T BE BEAUTIFUL.]]

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* [[HowlsMovingCastle]], "HowlsMovingCastle", anyone? [[DracoinLeatherPants I SEE NO POINT IN LIVING IF I CAN'T BE BEAUTIFUL.]]
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* [[Howl'sMovingCastle]], anyone? [[DracoinLeatherPants I SEE NO POINT IN LIVING IF I CAN'T BE BEAUTIFUL.]]

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* [[Howl'sMovingCastle]], [[HowlsMovingCastle]], anyone? [[DracoinLeatherPants I SEE NO POINT IN LIVING IF I CAN'T BE BEAUTIFUL.]]
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* [[Howl's Moving Castle]], anyone? [[DracoinLeatherPants I SEE NO POINT IN LIVING IF I CAN'T BE BEAUTIFUL.]]

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* [[Howl's Moving Castle]], [[Howl'sMovingCastle]], anyone? [[DracoinLeatherPants I SEE NO POINT IN LIVING IF I CAN'T BE BEAUTIFUL.]]
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* "Howl's Moving Castle", anyone? [[DracoinLeatherPants I SEE NO POINT IN LIVING IF I CAN'T BE BEAUTIFUL.]]

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* "Howl's [[Howl's Moving Castle", Castle]], anyone? [[DracoinLeatherPants I SEE NO POINT IN LIVING IF I CAN'T BE BEAUTIFUL.]]
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* "Howl's Moving Castle", anyone? [[DracoinLeatherPants I SEE NO POINT IN LIVING IF I CAN'T BE BEAUTIFUL.]]
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** Clearly {{CLAMP}} loves this trope.
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* PlayedForLaughs in ''FullMetalPanic? Fumoffu!'' After Tessa's ''very'' overt advances become too much for him (after her father-figure informs Sousuke that if anything "happens between them" he'll [[OverprotectiveDad throw him into a nuclear reactor]]), Sousuke faints from the stress.

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* PlayedForLaughs in ''FullMetalPanic? Fumoffu!'' After Tessa's ''very'' overt advances become too much for him (after her XO and father-figure informs Sousuke that if anything "happens between them" he'll [[OverprotectiveDad throw him into fire Sousuke out a nuclear reactor]]), torpedo tube]]), Sousuke faints from the stress.
stress. Well, that and the exhaustion of going four days straight without sleep.
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* PlayedForLaughs in ''FullMetalPanic? Fumoffu!'' After Tessa's ''very'' overt advances become too much for him (after her father-figure informs Sousuke that if anything "happens between them" he'll [[OverprotectiveDad throw him into a nuclear reactor]]), Sousuke faints from the stress.
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* In VisionOfEscaflowne, Van goes into an AngstComa after going berserk and killing a number of minor villains. Hitomi enters his mind to try to bring him out of it, but it is ultimately Merle's heartfelt pleas that do the job.

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* In VisionOfEscaflowne, ''VisionOfEscaflowne'', Van goes into an AngstComa after going berserk and killing a number of minor villains. Hitomi enters his mind to try to bring him out of it, but it is ultimately Merle's heartfelt pleas that do the job.
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* [[PokemonSpecial Blue]] falls into one when she sees her long-lost parents vanish right before her eyes. Considering her rather [[DarkAndTroubledPast crappy circumstances]] and everything she put into getting over it, it's understandable. Props to her for managing to get back on her feet to keep fighting and save them.
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* In {{Wicked}}, Elphaba goes into one of these for a year when [[spoiler: Fiyero dies]]. Because of this, she is unsure whether or not Liir is her son, as she may have given birth and been unaware of it.
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* In ''{{Metropolis}}'', Freder falls into one after seeing [[spoiler: his father with a robotic replica of Maria.]]
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* This is a game mechanic in ''{{Exalted}}''. Solar Exalts with high Compassion can take Heart of Tears as their virtue flaw, leaving them totally unable to do anything but weep (and flee from combat if attacked) for several days, once they've seen enough innocents suffer.
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* Clair Leonelli in ''HeatGuyJ'' goes into one after he is [[spoiler: deposed from his position as Mafia leader and loses his home and two Mooks/friends all in one day, in addition to his extant Daddy Issues.]]

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