History Main / WentCrazyWhenTheyLeft

* According to her creator and ''ComicBook/XMen'' writer {{Creator/Chris Claremont}}, this happened to {{ComicBook/Mystique}} after the death of her long time lover Destiny which resulted in her going on a {{Roaring Rampage of Revenge}} against Destiny's killer {{ComicBook/Legion}} despite the him being just a child at the time.

* [[Music/AlanJackson]]: "Gone Crazy"
* [[Music/GarthBrooks]]: "Beaches of Cheyenne"

* Alan Jackson's "Gone Crazy"

** Shinji Ikari takes after his father. In "End of Evangelion", when he sees that [[spoiler:Asuka is dead]] he stops fighting, not caring what happens to the rest of the humanity.

* An interesting case occurs with the Doctor in ''Series/DoctorWho''; only on two occasions has he been shown without a companion or a companion surrogate for an extended period of time, and in both cases it resulted in a more unhinged and dangerous Doctor.

This is when a character leaves/abandons someone that they were close to, maybe out of a obligation, personal reasons, or not by their own choice [[note]]like perhaps they died or were kidnapped for example.[[/note]] Maybe a character is a LivingEmotionalCrutch or a MoralityChain to them. Maybe they have implied romantic feelings for them. Maybe they were a pair of TrueCompanions, or family. In some cases, the person left behind [[BelatedLoveEpiphany may not even have realized their feelings until the other left.]]

In any case, the character who is abandoned for whatever reason goes crazy after the other leaves them. So this is more like the end result of a characters LivingEmotionalCrutch leaving them.

Sometimes, if the abandoned character eventually learns the gone character came back or did not actually die they may regain some of their sense of stability, or not if they are so far gone or resentful from the characters disappearance.

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}:'' Griffith gradually becomes obsessed with his best warrior Guts, such that when Guts decides to leave the Hawks after deciding that he's not going to be a part of Griffith's dream, Griffith's thoughts during the resultant duel, about how he would not let him go, are very unhinged; when Guts beats him in the duel and wins his freedom Griffith cannot take it and immediately goes to sleep with Princess Charlotte, while thinking about Guts and his leaving the whole time. In fact, the events that set into place his downfall and lead up to the horror that is the Eclipse, is caused partly by Guts leaving.
* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': Zorin makes a point to kill Pip after maiming Seras. The two share a LastKiss and at his (Pip) request Seras drinks his blood in order to become a true vampire. This, coupled with Seras anger at losing Pip, allows her to utterly massacre Zorin and her forces.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}:'' Sasuke lost his family from his beloved brother Itachi killing them at a young age. He went crazy understandably and sustained himself with the goal of getting revenge. He eventually does see to it that Itachi dies but learns the truth that Itachi loved him all along and killed their family under an order from the higher ups for the sake of the Konoha leaf village. Sasuke goes insane from that, in addition to him losing Itachi. His sanity is restored somewhat only when Itachi is briefly brought back to life. When Itachi gives Sasuke a final brotherly goodbye and disappears Sasuke promptly goes crazy again.

** In ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', when Asuka's Eva is [[spoiler:taken over by an Angel,]] Shinji refuses fighting because he doesn't want to hurt her, and when [[spoiler:his father forces his robot to destroy the Angel, seemingly killing Asuka]], Shinji attempts [[spoiler:bringing Nerv down and killing everyone inside the base,]] not caring that it is humanity's last line of defense. And when later it is Rei's turn to [[spoiler:be absorbed for an Angel,]] he activates his robot's full power, even though Ritsuko warned him that it would set off the Third Impact. Basically, Asuka and Rei are two of the few people Shinji cares about. Hurt them and expect pain.
* When Mika and Yuu, who are the others most important person, are separated in ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'' for dramatic purposes involving both being orphans with the rest of the orphans who they considered family being killed before their eyes by the vampires that enslaved them. They cling to the others memory to use as a source of strength in order to the find the other again. However, both can get pretty unhinged when it comes to the other possibly being separated from them again.

** Tsukiyama falls into a AngstComa after Kaneki leaves him and the others to try to sacrifice himself for his companions sake. He goes crazy from Kaneki leaving and possibly dying, and nearly dies himself from his self destructive behaviors until he regains the will to live as soon as he learns Kaneki still exists.

* ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' has a very creepy example. ComicBook/TheJoker was crazy to begin with but when he contemplates a world without his nemesis and [[FoeYay obsession]] Batman he falls into a catatonic shock and only hearing about Batmans activities in the news is enough to revive him.

* ''Series/{{Rectify}}:'' Its revealed that ever since Hannah died in a horrific way, her mother has been unable to get over it, and spends her days religiously walking around and moving things in her daughters room obsessively with her son watching on, very concerned for her.

** The second and more noticeable instance was with "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E16TheWatersOfMars The Waters of Mars]]". Again, the Doctor is without an acquaintance to keep him in check, his most recent regular companion being forced to leave him for her own protection and his last three companion surrogates refusing to continue traveling with him. However, being riddled with trauma from fighting a violent war and seeing his ideals and purpose challenged time and time again over the centuries has torn at his ability to keep ''himself'' in check. As circumstances seem more and more futile, he grows increasingly aggressive and unhinged, eventually deeming himself the [[AGodAmI "Time Lord Victorious"]] and the master of the laws of time. Only after he attempts to break said laws and sees them sharply set back on track does he realize that he's gone too far.

* Played with regarding the Skull Kid in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''. A big part of his character is his friendship with the four guardian giants of Termina; he became friends with them, but they had to leave to fulfil their duties, which the juvenile Skull Kid misunderstood as abandoning him and developed a complex over. This resentment festered until he picked up the titular [[ArtifactOfDoom Majora's Mask]], which took his worst desires and behaviours, and amplified them to apocalyptic levels. One of the things he did was to seal away the spirits of the four giants; this was done partially to prevent them from stopping Skull Kid's planned [[ColonyDrop moon drop]], but it was heavily driven by his resentment towards their perceived abandonment.

Supertrope to PsychoExGirlfriend and AngstySurvivingTwin. Compare GoMadFromTheIsolation and SanitySlippage, where somebody goes crazy because ''everybody's'' gone (or if someone's especially lonely, this might actually end up being the result anyways).

Supertrope to PsychoExGirlfriend and AngstySurvivingTwin. Compare GoMadFromTheIsolation, where somebody goes crazy because ''everybody's'' gone (or if someone's especially lonely, this might actually end up being the result anyways).

This is when a character leaves/abandons someone that they were close to, maybe out of a obligation, personal reasons, or not by their own choice [[note]]like perhaps they died or were kidnapped for example.[[/note]] Maybe a character is a LivingEmotionalCrutch or a MoralityChain to them. Maybe they have implied romantic feelings for them. Maybe they were a pair of TrueCompanions, or family.

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}:'' Griffith gradually becomes obsessed with his best warrior Guts, such that when Guts decides to leave the Hawks after deciding that he's not going to be a part of Griffith's dream, Griffith's thoughts during the resultant duel, about how he would not let him go, are very unhinged; when Guts beats him in the duel and wins his freedom Griffith cannot take it and immediately goes to sleep with Princess Charlotte, while thinking about Guts and his leaving the whole time. In fact, the events that set into place his downfall is caused partly by Guts leaving.

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** The first instance was with [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin "The Deadly Assassin"]], in which the departure of Sarah Jane, the heated political turmoil on Gallifrey, and the Doctor's discontent at his home society result in a moodier, brooding, and more aggressive Doctor whose portrayal emphasizes the darker aspects of his madness, making it clear that the lack of a MoralityPet has left him noticeably unhinged.
** The second and more noticeable instance was with [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E16TheWatersOfMars "The Waters of Mars"]]. Again, the Doctor is without an acquaintance to keep him in check, his most recent regular companion being forced to leave him for her own protection and his last three companion surrogates refusing to continue traveling with him. However, being riddled with trauma from fighting a violent war and seeing his ideals and purpose challenged time and time again over the centuries has torn at his ability to keep ''himself'' in check. As circumstances seem more and more futile, he grows increasingly aggressive and unhinged, eventually deeming himself the [[AGodAmI "Time Lord Victorious"]] and the master of the laws of time. Only after he attempts to break said laws and sees them sharply set back on track does he realize that he's gone too far.

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This is when a character leaves/abandons someone that they were close to, maybe out of a obligation, personal reasons, or not by their own choice [[note]] like perhaps they died or were kidnapped for example.[[/note]] Maybe a character is a LivingEmotionalCrutch or a MoralityChain to them. Maybe they have implied romantic feelings for them. Maybe they were a pair of TrueCompanions, or family.

In any case the character who is abandoned for whatever reason goes crazy after the other leaves them. So this is more like the end result of a characters LivingEmotionalCrutch leaving them.

If the "gone" character is still alive, the "crazy" character may decide that IWillFindYou, which may lead to RoaringRampageOfRescue.

Supertrope to PsychoExGirlfriend and AngstySurvivingTwin. Compare GoMadFromTheIsolation, where somebody goes crazy because ''everybody's'' gone.

** The first instance was with [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin "The Deadly Assassin"]], in which the departure of Sarah Jane, the heated political turmoil on Gallifrey, and the Doctor's discontent at his home society result in a moodier, brooding, and more aggressive Doctor whose portrayal emphasizes the darker aspects of his madness, making it clear that the lack of a MoralityPet has left him noticeably unhinged.
** The second and more noticeable instance was with [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS30E16TheWatersOfMars "The Waters of Mars"]]. Again, the Doctor is without an acquaintance to keep him in check, his most recent regular companion being forced to leave him for her own protection and his last three companion surrogates refusing to continue traveling with him. However, being riddled with trauma from fighting a violent war and seeing his ideals and purpose challenged time and time again over the centuries has torn at his ability to keep ''himself'' in check. As circumstances seem more and more futile, he grows increasingly aggressive and unhinged, eventually deeming himself the [[AGodAmI "Time Lord Victorious"]] and the master of the laws of time. Only after he attempts to break said laws and sees them sharply set back on track does he realize that he's gone too far.

* In ''Film/AMightyWind'', the reunion convert includes Mitch & Mickey, a former couple that released seven albums until their dramatic break-up years before the setting of the film. Mickey seemingly moved on and has married a medical supply salesman, but Mitch had an emotional breakdown and has never fully recovered.

* Spinel in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'', waited six thousand years for Pink Diamons to return after leaving for Earth. When she found out that Pink was gone she went berserk. Not only because she had waited for nothing, but because Pink had made new friends and seemingly forgotten about her.

** After Heinkel loses her teacher and father-figure, Anderson, her best friend, Yumie, gets half her face shot off, and her pride completely destroyed, she's left as a broken wreck on the street, punching the ground and cursing at herself out of anger and sadness.

* The song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fn36l_z3WY They're Coming to Take Me Away]]" is about the singer blaming his SanitySlippage on his girlfriend who dumped him, saying that the "nice young men in the clean white coats" are coming to take him to a mental hospital.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan:'' Whenever Eren, who is a reason for living for Mikasa (ie: due to him and his father taking her in and saving her from being sold as a sex slave after some bad people killed her parents) is assumed dead or is kidnapped, Mikasa goes mad with both grief and rage, intending to cut down any enemy in her path to get him back.

Supertrope to PsychoExGirlfriend and AngstySurvivingTwin. Compare GoMadFromTheIsolation.

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann:'' Kamina and Simon are close like family, and then in one episode (after Kamina's death, that is) Simon is shown spending his time making statues of Kamina and nearly filling up his room with them.