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* In Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy, Dom was trying a trick that led to a character glitch-out with various error messages on the "developer" screen and a [=BSoD=] on the gameplay screen
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!!Usage of the [=BSoD=] itself:

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* [[https://youtu.be/JpkUcDV_T8Y A Protegent Antivirus ad]] has a "Proto's Main/IdenticalStranger" using a computer, then a image of a [=BSoD=] appears with a video editing transition effect instead of the screen suddenly going black and then, the Blue Screen appears, also, there's even a yellow "WARNING" text over the [=BSoD=] image.
-->'''Not Proto:''' Whoops, my system crashed, I lost my data, but I had an antivirus.
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* In VideoGame/AndysAppleFarm, if you repeatedly select the file "ANDY 2", it will cause the Blue Screen of Death to appear, [[spoiler:but there seems to be a face hidden in the [=BSoD=] that can be seen by increasing the contrast, making it fake all along.]]
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* The ending of [[spoiler:WebAnimation/AnimatorVsAnimation III.]]
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* UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows, obviously
** but there was also that moment where [[https://youtu.be/er8g6D_PqvY Windows 98 crashed on live TV.]]
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[=BSoD,=] or Blue Screen of Death, may refer either to an actual UsefulNotes/BlueScreenOfDeath, or to a trope named for such:

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[=BSoD,=] or Blue Screen of Death, may refer either to a simple occurrence of an actual UsefulNotes/BlueScreenOfDeath, or to a trope named for such:



* Or perhaps an actual Blue Screen which may have been caused by, say, a LogicBomb.

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Or perhaps an actual Blue Screen which may have been to the symptoms of a plot-significant computer failure caused by, say, a LogicBomb.
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BSOD, or Blue Screen of Death, refers to either a:

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BSOD, [=BSoD,=] or Blue Screen of Death, refers to may refer either a:
to an actual UsefulNotes/BlueScreenOfDeath, or to a trope named for such:



* VillainousBSOD: Villain version of the above.
* An actual [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death Blue Screen of Death,]] which may be caused by a LogicBomb.
* Or possibly a BSODSong.

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* VillainousBSOD: Villain the villain version of the above.
* An BSODSong: The number in a musical where a character undergoes a [=BSoD=] of some sort.
* Or perhaps an
actual [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death Blue Screen of Death,]] which may be have been caused by by, say, a LogicBomb.
* Or possibly a BSODSong.
LogicBomb.

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* An actual [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death Blue Screen of Death]] may be caused by a LogicBomb.

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* An actual [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death Blue Screen of Death]] Death,]] which may be caused by a LogicBomb.LogicBomb.
* Or possibly a BSODSong.
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* An actual [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death Blue Screen of Death]] may be caused by a LogicBomb.
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BSOD, or Blue Screen of Death, refers to either a:

* HeroicBSOD: The darkest moment of the hero's story.
* VillainousBSOD: Villain version of the above.
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