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* In ''MassEffect'', the penultimate boss and Dragon [[spoiler: Saren]] can be talked into taking his or her own life [[spoiler: when he is forced to understand his plan to help save a fraction of the galaxy is the means by which BigBad [[LivingShip Sove]][[EldritchAbomination reign]] is controlling him. His final words are, "Thank you, Shepard."]] In addition, Matriarch Benezia [[spoiler: heroically gives herself a villainous BSOD during her boss battle. Handwaved as having sealed away some part of her mind.]]

* The air conditioner in ''The Brave Little Toaster'' delivers a HannibalLecture and when the other appliances tell him to ShutUpHannibal, has a [[IncrediblyLamePun breakdown]] and [[NightmareFuel spontaneously combusts.]]

* In ''Crime and Punishment'', [[ManipulativeBastard Svidrigailov]] has a HeelRealization, [[PetTheDog gives his money to charity]] and [[spoiler: becomes unhinged and commits suicide in public.]]

* In ''HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', it is mentioned that a horcrux can be destroyed and a {{soul}} made whole if its creator feels enough regret, which may be fatal to him. In a twist, it is done the old-fashioned way after all.

** Calmly [[spoiler:walking through the cannonfire while your ship literally disintegrates just behind you and having your final words be "It was just good business."]] definitely qualifies for this trope.

** Calmly [[spoiler]]walking through the cannonfire while your ship literally disintegrates just behind you and having your final words be "It was just good business."[[/spoiler]] definitely qualifies for this trope.

* In ''StarWars TalesOfTheJedi'', Ulic Qel Droma suffers a rather massive one when he murders his own brother in a fit of rage. Before he had been a borderline CompleteMonster, kept from being a true one only by the delusion that he was doing the right thing. After murdering Cay, Ulic finally faces what he's become and simply breaks down sobbing while cradling his brother's corpse. Ironically, crossing the MoralEventHorizon finally forced him to change for the better. Raana Tey also undergoes this. After suffering an increasing breakdown over 12 issues, committing a multitude of atrocities against the protaganist, her plans go to hell, and when she's trapped Zayne tries to save her despite all the things she's done. This causes Raana to realize that she's the villain and not Zayne, and that he is in fact not the monster she think's he is. She dies less then a minute, and her last words are essentially a plea for forgiveness from her mistress and from Zayne.

* [[{{BlackLagoon}} Black Lagoon's]] [[AxCrazy Sawyer the Cleaner]]. She's a sadistic {{Goth}} girl with a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] who specializes in disposing of bodies and making examples of people for the various cartels in Roanapur. At some point before her introduction, her throat was slashed; she survived, but is permanently mute and relies on a voice synthesizer. Losing it will bring her rampage of slaughter to a screeching halt, followed by a mild (and completely silent) tantrum and then a TroubledFetalPosition. AxCrazy has never been so adorable.

* [[{{BlackLagoon}} Black Lagoon's]] [[AxCrazy Sawyer the Cleaner]]. She's a sadistic goth girl with a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] who specializes in disposing of bodies and making examples of people for the various cartels in Roanapur. At some point before her introduction, her throat was slashed; she survived, but is permanently mute and relies on a voice synthesizer. Losing it will bring her rampage of slaughter to a screeching halt, followed by a mild (and completely silent) tantrum and then a TroubledFetalPosition. AxCrazy has never been so adorable.

* [[{{BlackLagoon Black Lagoon's]] [[AxCrazy Sawyer the Cleaner]]. She's a sadistic goth girl with a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] who specializes in disposing of bodies and making examples of people for the various cartels in Roanapur. At some point before her introduction, her throat was slashed; she survived, but is permanently mute and relies on a voice synthesizer. Losing it will bring her rampage of slaughter to a screeching halt, followed by a mild (and completely silent) tantrum and then a TroubledFetalPosition. AxCrazy has never been so adorable.

* In ''[[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation]]'', the revealed 5th (and female) turtle named Venus with some rather spiritual abilities, turns Shredder's mind against itself. His suddenly activated conscience angrily wills Shredder into submission and destroys the Foot Clan. This is likely one of the reasons most fans say the series [[CanonDisContinuity never happened.]]

** In''{Digimon 03}}'', this happens to Beelzlemon, the mega form of the human-hating digimon, Impmon. After being granted the power to digivolve like he always wanted, Beelzemon attacked the children and destroyed one of their partners (who unfortunately, don't have the pleasure of being reborn as digi-eggs in the other series'). After being defeated in battle and spared, he begins to come to realize the atrocities he had committed and wanders around, guilt-ridden and depressed. Eventually, he went to make things right, by first making amends with the humans he had abandoned and then by helping the others in the battle against the D-Reaper.

* In ''MassEffect'', the penultimate boss and Dragon [[spoiler: Saren]] can be talked into taking his or her own life [[spoiler: when he is forced to understand his plan to help save a fraction of the galaxy is the means by which BigBad Sovereign is controlling him. His final words are, "Thank you, Shepard."]] In addition, Matriarch Benezia [[spoiler: heroically gives herself a villainous BSOD during her boss battle. Handwaved as having sealed away some part of her mind.]]

Compare VillainousBreakdown, where it's villainy that eventually drives the villain insane.

** This troper has to question whether it was a BSOD rather than an [[Oh Crap]].

** Wait, the Jokers insanity is power-related since ''when?'' Wasn't the point that he '''[[TheKillingJoke Just. Had. A. Bad. Day]]'''

* ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: At World's End''. Lord Cutler Beckett's BSOD is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

** On the other hand, in ''The Tales of Beadle the Bard'', one story ("The Wizard's Hairy Heart") does end this way. It has commentary from Albus Dumbledore explaining it.

* One parody of ''TheGrinch'' had him die of a heart attack when his heart "grew three sizes too large" after witnessing the Who's good cheer.

* [[PowerPuffGirls Mojo Jojo]] has one after realizing that [[spoiler: while he was still The Professor's lab assisstant, he inadvertantly created the Powerpuff Girls]].

* There was one DCU story where all the people on earth were {{depower}}ed. [[{{Batman}} The Joker]] became sane as a result, and committed suicide over the guilt of everything he'd done.

* Anemone of ''EurekaSeven'' spends much of the series [[{{Yandere}} enthusiastically carrying out the orders of series villain Dewey]] while [[{{Tsundere}} treating Dominic, the only person who actually loves her, like complete crap]]. Dominic suddenly goes AWOL by the time it dawns on her that Dewey is quite the disdainful yet MagnificentBastard and that she herself truly loves Dominic, causing her to all but lose the will to live. Fortunately, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming things all]] [[LoveRedeems end happily]] [[TearJerker for her]] when Dominic returns for her before she can carry out a suicide mission.

* Demona from ''{{Gargoyles}}'' goes through a very temporary one at the end of the four-part "City of Stone" when [[TheHero Goliath]] and [[TheFairFolk the Weird Sisters]] force her to realize that all of her [[FreudianExcuse Freudian Excuses]] were ultimately the result of her own actions, whether just overly suspicious or outright evil. The shock is enough to make her reveal the access code that will foil her own evil plan. Despite reverting back to evil form and denying her fault in anything right after, many consider it a CrowningMomentOfSadness.

* In AngelBeats Otonashi defeats Naoi by forcing him to face that in the end he was ultimately responsible for his own misery; Naoi's motivation stemmed partly from his belief that his life had been empty, and Otonashi forced him to realize that Naoi could only blame himself for that.

*Arguably, Sylar in ''{{Heroes}}'' goes through this in the first-season episode 'The Hard Part.' It doesn't take.

* {{Ghost Rider}}'s "Penance Stare." Especially notable when he used it on freakin' [[PlanetEater Galactus]] in the ''FantasticFour'' cartoon.

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