History Main / WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds

* Paul Atreides in {{Dune}} has some aspects of this.

* Dr. K in ''PowerRangersRPM''. She unleashed a possibly alien computer virus that is suspected to have nuked the planet, and is confirmed to have wiped out all of humanity outside of one city. Her motive? Escape from a top-secret government think-tank where she was being more or less imprisoned.

* Lelouch from ''CodeGeass'' plays this trope surprisingly straight in spite of his ultimate intention, given that his final act, [[spoiler:ThanatosGambit the Zero Requiem]], was a result of the fallout from the events all the way up to R2 19, [[spoiler:which had most recently included the death of Shirley, the apparent death of Nunnally in the FLEIJA blast, and the betrayal of the Black Knights, the latter of which had him [[BreakHerHeartToSaveHer lying to Kallen to have her spared]], among other things, making him the enemy of his former comrades, along with Britannia]], and also leaving him with practically no ties to his former life, and thus no remaining hope of achieving personal happiness due to what he has been through already, making him feel alone in the world and ultimately pushing him beyond the DespairEventHorizon. The trope applies somewhat because [[spoiler:his plan involves a lot of destruction before he has Suzaku as Zero [[SuicideByCop kill him]]]], and that there's little doubt that, at the very least, had he either [[spoiler:known [[IWasJustHiding Nunnally was really still alive]], or not been betrayed, it's safe to assume that he would still have his sanity, and would have enacted a less destructive plan for world peace that would also result in him staying alive]]]].
** Suzaku's probably a more apt example of this trope, seeing as [[spoiler:he spends the entire series having his precious concern for human life swallowed up by his guilt over his father's death, his employment in the service of a brutal autocracy, the death of Euphemia--his last hope for redemption, all of which culminates in his (somewhat involuntary) release of F.L.E.I.J.A and murder of 10 million inhabitants in the Tokyo settlement. This from a guy who in the first episode of the first season took a bullet because he wouldn't shoot a civilian.]]

** In ''At World's End'', it's revealed that [[spoiler:Calypso didn't betray him, she was abducted by [[NiceJobBreakingItHero the Pirate Lords]]]]. They're a TakahashiCouple, so the revelation doesn't help much.
*** No, [[spoiler:she did betray him. She even admits it later on. In response, Jones taught the pirate lords how to seal her in human form]].

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[[caption-width:300:Poor Alessa. It's not your fault your mother [[spoiler:''impregnated you with a demon god''.]]]]

** All of the Red Lanterns are like this to one extent or another, since Atroticus specifically looks for rage "driven by loss" when recruiting. Earth's representative, Dex-Starr, for example, is a housecat who witnessed the brutal murder of his beloved owner and was left for dead.

* In a perfect example of BreakTheCutie, Alessa Gillespie (pictured) from SilentHill was burned alive by the cult she was a member of, but survived by her own power and remained wrapped in bandages for 30 years, unable to move anything but her eyes. She does the only logical thing and splits her soul into 3 parts so she can kill everyone in the cult (excluding [[spoiler: Rose, her good half Sharon, and her mother.]]

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[[caption-width:300:As much as you think you might want to, please [[SilentHill DO NOT hug her.]]]]

* There was a Marvel WhatIf comic from the late 80s or early 90s that ended with a giant Korvac sitting on Earth in a state of bottomless despair (ThisTroper's memories are a bit hazy as to the causes), and holding the Ultimate Nullifier. He thinks of everything that ever was, is and will be, and presses the button.

** {{Your mileage may vary}}, but this troper always felt sorry for the Master - at the age of eight, he was forced to see the whole of time and his own species planted an incessant drumming noise inside his head, thus driving him mad.
*** Hell, the Doctor even cries for him.

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** Though he looks a little crazier than he actaully is in that image. It applies to him much better when he's a child.
* Diva from Blood+ somewhat counts, although the destroyer of worlds part only comes about simply because she ''exists.'' [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Chevaliers may love their 'queens']] but it seems Amshel loves power more. Diva just goes along because she's become embittered to the world due to her imprisonment as a child. Things would likely have turned out very differently if Nathan had simply abducted her and made her a star singer without the whole taking over the world and making everyone into Chiropterans aspect of Amshel's and James'. YMMV after [[MoralEventHorizon what she does to Saya's little brother, however]]

* Crona of {{Soul Eater}} has the 'destroy everything' part, by way of [[AmbiguousGender 'their']] reasoning that everything that they fear/threatens them should be destroyed (for much of the series, they understand no other way of 'dealing' with it). Given that Medusa was and is still possibly intending to turn Crona into an Eldritch Abomination in the style of madness incarnate Asura, they could feasibly all the way on this one. Until Our Heroes inevitably [[DefeatMeansFriendship defeat]] them, of course.

* [[BrokenBird Izayoi Aki]] from Yu-Gi-Oh5Ds ''epitomizes'' this trope for episodes 40 and 41. After watching her friend and mentor Divine [[spoiler:plunge to his horrifying death while the only place she'd ever really felt at home collapses in flames around her,]] she wakes up from a coma where she pretty much relived ''every single horrible moment of her life'' all at once to the face of Yuusei, who she already feels conflicted about - and [[ParentalAbandonment her parents]], of all people. Destroying the world from there, though yes, DisproportionateRetribution, is not that much of a stretch.

* [[spoiler: Chizuru Honda]] from {{Bokurano}}, after snapping due to [[spoiler: her CompleteMonster love intrest and teacher's behavior towards her.]]

* After going through nearly 15 and a half thousand of the same 2 weeks, Yuki gains emotions, and becomes this. Except that she doesn't destroy the world. She steals Haruhi's powers and RetCons reality for 1 year, according to the novels, and 3 years and 5 months, according to TheMovie. And she succeeds. And she's stopped by the protagonists. And for a point in time, there's 4 Kyons and 3 Mikurus.
*Homoura from Saiyuki: Sure, he wants to bring an end to everything in existance, but he's so sweet and vulnerable, and so many undeservably terrible things have happened to him. His two henchmen fit this trope, too!

* A Marvel What If? shows us an alternate universe where [[IronMan Tony Stark]] fires satelite lazers at the [[IncredibleHulk Hulk]] during WorldWarHulk, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero killing every superhero present except for the Hulk]]. The skrulls see the Hulk as their prophet and launch their attack early, killing most of the other heroes and conquer most of the planet within two months. The Hulk is recruited into the resistance, and makes great progress and becomes a symbol of hope and inspiration. Then the skrulls hit the heroes with a bioweapon, killing them all-- once again, except the Hulk. The Hulk, now utterly bitter and filled with nothing but rage, summons the Silver Surfer to have him call Galactus to destroy the earth and the whole skrull population with it. Once this is done, the Hulk becomes the new Herald of Galactus, the World Breaker, and goes on to destroy countless other worlds by feeding them to his new master.

* Bartleby in {{Dogma}}: He eventually snaps realizing that God always favored man above angels like himself, and gives up hope that He will never forgive him and Loki for their menial transgressions, and so decides to kill everything.

** If you watch 'City of Stone' and you aren't tearing up by 'The access code is... alone' you have no soul.

** Addendum to that - The 1994 movie based on the novel ''did'' manage to get the book right, with the motivations of the monster laid bare. But then again, this ''was'' RobertDeNiro playing the [[SoYeah role]].

* ''{{Dragonlance}}'': Raistlin Majere has a life that progressively increases in Suck, until he decides that he's going to take vengeance by becoming a '''[[AGodAmI GOD]]'''. And he does it, too. Of course, [[spoiler:after he finds out that his godhood will destroy all of creation, leaving only himself in an empty universe, he... does exactly the same thing. SoYeah]].

*** To clarify: He was betrayed by his best friend Neltharion (aka Deathwing, who had been corrupted by the [[EldritchAbomination Old Gods]]), who then went on to wipe out almost all the other blue dragons, coming very ''very'' close to making Malygos the LastOfHisKind. He later ''supposedly'' regained his sanity (after being exposed to some volatile magical energies from another planet). [[SoYeah Um, yeah.]]

* [[spoiler:Hayate Yagami]] at the end of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'''s second season, though it required a massive BreakTheCutie moment created by other parties to push her past the "world that hurt me must die" breaking point, [[spoiler:and when she regained her senses, she chastised her ArtifactOfDoom for thinking that that's what she really wanted and put a stop to things]].