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** A Romance Sim will [[Creator/GeneKelly try to dance with a mop]]...

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** A Romance Sim will [[Creator/GeneKelly [[EverythingHasRhythm try to dance with a mop]]...



** And a Fortune Sim will go out on the street and beg for money.

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** And a Fortune Sim will go out on the street and [[BeggarWithASignboard beg for money.money]].
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* ''VideoGame/AstraHunterZosma'': In the postgame, one of the the {{superboss}}es, [[spoiler:Cardboard Bob, went on vacation but got trapped in a void, causing him to go MadFromTheIsolation. Even before that, his working conditions under Mr. Flap are still terrible, stressing him out further. The moment he sees Zosma and the blob companion, he attacks them thinking that he'll be allowed to go home if he wins]].
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* Salvatore Leone from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' comes off as a friendly, if ruthless man in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', only to [[spoiler:try and have Claude killed because he suddenly becomes convinced Claude's a spy]]. ''Liberty City Stories'' shows that he had fits of extreme paranoia before this, one time nearly blowing [[TheLancer Toni's]] head off while accusing him of scheming behind his back. [[spoiler:''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' reveals that this extreme paranoia was caused by CJ playing him (and pretty much every other faction that was involved) for a fool in the game's bank heist arc.]]

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* [[TheDon Salvatore Leone Leone]] from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' comes off as a friendly, if ruthless man in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', only to [[spoiler:try and have Claude killed because he suddenly becomes convinced Claude's a spy]]. ''Liberty City Stories'' ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories'' shows that he had fits of extreme paranoia before this, one time nearly blowing [[TheLancer Toni's]] head off while accusing him of scheming behind his back. [[spoiler:''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' reveals that this extreme paranoia was caused by CJ playing him (and pretty much every other faction that was involved) for a fool in the game's bank Las Venturas casino heist arc.]]



* Martin Walker, the main character of ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' spends most of the game slowly going crazy trying to justify what he did during the [[spoiler:white phosphorous incident]] to the point of [[spoiler:imagining entire conversations with the dead villain]] to somehow make it so that he was forced into his actions. The language he uses also gradually devolves from professional military expressions, to loud, insane {{Battle Cr|y}}ies consisting mostly of angry rambling and cursing of his enemies.

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* Captain Martin Walker, the main character of ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' spends most ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'', steadily loses his sanity throughout the course of the game slowly going crazy trying story, even more so after he and his squad [[spoiler:inadvertently kill dozens of innocent civilians with white phosphorous]]. He starts to justify what he did during the [[spoiler:white phosphorous incident]] to the point of [[spoiler:imagining hallucinate more and more as time goes on and even [[spoiler:imagines entire conversations with [[BigBad Colonel Konrad]], who at the dead villain]] end is revealed to have been DeadAllAlong]], to somehow make it so rationalize that he was forced into his actions. The language he uses also This extends to his behavior in gameplay, as his combat finishers go from being quick and pragmatic to over-the-top brutal, and his dialogue gradually devolves from professional military expressions, expressions to loud, insane {{Battle Cr|y}}ies consisting mostly of angry rambling and cursing of at his enemies.
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* A common complaint within ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld,'' given that [[MindRape mind-warping magics]] and [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian horrors]] abound throughout the setting.

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* A common complaint occurrence within ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld,'' given that [[MindRape mind-warping magics]] and [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian horrors]] abound throughout the setting.
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* Starts happening to the protagonist of ''VideoGame/CalmereNightmare'' before long. According to the second map, [[spoiler:[[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness the protagonist went insane at the end of the first map]]]].

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* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'':
** Over the course of the Batman: Arkham games, the Riddler gets hit with this pretty hard. With every game he tries harder to defeat you, and with every game he fails, cracking his fragile ego further and further until, by Arkham Knight, he's more ranting and aggressive than ever before.
** In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', Scarecrow is insane, but not much moreso than any other of Batman's rogues. After getting mauled and nearly killed by Killer Croc, he completely loses it and in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' becomes arguably the biggest threat that Batman faces in the entire series.
** Batman in ''Arkham Knight'' is trying to ''prevent'' this, since he is [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind mentally struggling]] with the Joker personality implanted in him by a tainted blood fusion; if he loses control, the Joker personality will completely take him over.

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* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'':
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** Over the course of the Batman: Arkham games, series, the Riddler gets hit with this pretty hard. With every game he tries harder to defeat you, and with every game he fails, cracking his fragile ego further and further until, by Arkham Knight, he's more ranting and aggressive than ever before.
** In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', Scarecrow is insane, but not much moreso than any other of Batman's rogues. After getting mauled and nearly killed by Killer Croc, he completely loses it and in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' becomes arguably the biggest threat that Batman faces in the entire series.
** Batman in ''Arkham Knight'' is trying to ''prevent'' this, since he is [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind mentally struggling]] with the Joker personality implanted in him by a tainted blood fusion; if he loses control, the Joker personality will completely take him over.
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** In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', Scarecrow is insane, but not much more so than any other of Batman's rogues. After getting mauled and nearly killed by Killer Croc, he completely loses it and in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' becomes arguably the biggest threat that Batman faces in the entire series.
** In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', Batman is trying to ''prevent'' this, since he is [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind mentally struggling]] with the Joker personality implanted in him by a tainted blood fusion; if he loses control, the Joker personality will completely take him over.
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*** Dimitri starts off as kindhearted and chivalrous, but underneath he's dealing with a lot of issues due to his SurvivorsGuilt over the Tragedy of Duscur. Over the course of Part I, his self-control erodes as he faces "those who slither in the dark" and the Flame Emperor, and the revelation that said Flame Emperor is [[spoiler:his stepsister and childhood friend Edelgard]] causes him to have a full-blown psychotic breakdown. When he returns in Part II on all routes save Crimson Flower, he's become a madman completely obsessed with revenge and uncaring about the kingdom he is supposed to be protecting. On the Silver Snow and Verdant Wind routes, [[spoiler:he gets himself pointlessly killed at Gronder]]; on the Azure Moon route, [[spoiler:it takes a lot of guidance from Byleth, but he eventually recovers]]; on the Crimson Flower route, [[spoiler:Rhea keeps him in check and he doesn't fall as far as he does on the other routes]].

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*** Dimitri starts off as kindhearted and chivalrous, but underneath he's dealing with a lot of issues due to his SurvivorsGuilt over the Tragedy of Duscur. Over the course of Part I, his self-control erodes as he faces "those who slither in Those Who Slither In the dark" Dark and the Flame Emperor, and the revelation that said Flame Emperor is [[spoiler:his stepsister and childhood friend Edelgard]] causes sends him to have a full-blown psychotic breakdown.off the deep end proper. When he returns in Part II on all routes save Crimson Flower, he's become a madman completely obsessed with revenge and uncaring about the kingdom he is supposed to be protecting. On the Silver Snow and Verdant Wind routes, [[spoiler:he gets himself pointlessly killed at Gronder]]; on the Azure Moon route, [[spoiler:it takes a lot of guidance from Byleth, but he eventually recovers]]; on the Crimson Flower route, [[spoiler:Rhea keeps him in check and he doesn't fall as far as he does on the other routes]].
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** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'', the Earth Dragons refused to seal their power and become Manaketes, making them all deteriorate until there none left with any semblance of humanity. Fear of this also led to Tiki being sealed away, as her immense power could have destroyed the entire continent.

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** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'', the Earth Dragons refused to seal their power and become Manaketes, making causing them to all deteriorate degenerate until there none left with any semblance of humanity. Fear of this also led to Tiki being sealed away, as since her immense power could have destroyed the entire continent.continent, especially if she were to degenerate prematurely.
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* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'': Across the series, this has been a significant element regarding the dragons. As the millennia pass, they succumb to what's called "Dragon Degradation" and begin to slip further and further into insanity, losing all reason with some even becoming completely feral. This is so prominent that this is seen in worlds that are completely separate from one another.

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* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'': Across the series, this has been a significant element regarding the dragons. As the millennia pass, they succumb to what's called "Dragon Degradation" "degeneration" and begin to slip further and further into insanity, losing all reason with some even becoming completely feral. This is so prominent that this is seen in worlds that are completely separate from one another.
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* In ''Videogame/DigimonSurvive'', This can occasionally happen. The first of these to happen is Ryo, who steadily gets more and more unstable throughout chapter 3, believing he and the other children are in the afterlife [[spoiler:And if not snapped out of it (which is impossible on a first playthrough), results in him being the first of the party to die.]] Second is Shuuji, who, after being hit by Arukenimon's hallucinogenic fog, grows more and more unstable throughout Chapter 5. [[spoiler:Unless Ryo survived, this causes him to trigger Lopmon's dark evolution into Wendigomon, directly resulting in his death.]] Lastly, after Chapter 8's Route Split, one of two characters can suffer this depending on the route. The Wrathful Route has [[spoiler: Aoi, who undergoes this once Saki dies, with the resulting mental breakdown eventually resulting in her causing a Dark Evolution and Biomerge with Labramon to form Plutomon, the route's FinalBoss, which, naturally, results in the rest of the party being forced to kill Aoi, as she is too far gone at that point to be reasoned with.]] In the Harmonious Route, this instead falls on [[spoiler:Kaito, who slips further and further into insanity after the death of Miu, resulting in him being manipulated by Piedmon to fuse into Boltboutamon, the route's FinalBoss, for enough power to kill The Master. And while Kaito is originally in control of the fusion, his hatred eventually wanes, allowing Piedmon to retake control, which spells the end for Kaito.]] Thankfully, [[spoiler:No such thing happens in the Moral or Truthful routes.]]

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* In ''Videogame/DigimonSurvive'', This can occasionally happen. The first of these to happen is Ryo, who steadily gets more and more unstable throughout chapter 3, believing he and the other children are in the afterlife [[spoiler:And afterlife. [[spoiler:and if not snapped out of it (which is impossible on a first playthrough), results in him being the first of the party to die.]] Second is Shuuji, who, after being hit by Arukenimon's hallucinogenic fog, grows more and more unstable throughout Chapter 5. [[spoiler:Unless Ryo survived, this causes him to trigger Lopmon's dark evolution into Wendigomon, directly resulting in his death.]] Lastly, after Chapter 8's Route Split, one of two characters can suffer this depending on the route. The Wrathful Route has [[spoiler: Aoi, who undergoes this once Saki dies, with the resulting mental breakdown eventually resulting in her causing a Dark Evolution and Biomerge with Labramon to form Plutomon, the route's FinalBoss, which, naturally, results in the rest of the party being forced to kill Aoi, as she is too far gone at that point to be reasoned with.]] In the Harmonious Route, this instead falls on [[spoiler:Kaito, who slips further and further into insanity after the death of Miu, resulting in him being manipulated by Piedmon to fuse into Boltboutamon, the route's FinalBoss, for enough power to kill The Master. And while Kaito is originally in control of the fusion, his hatred eventually wanes, allowing Piedmon to retake control, which spells the end for Kaito.]] Thankfully, [[spoiler:No such thing happens in the Moral or Truthful routes.]]
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* In ''Videogame/DigimonSurvive'', This can occasionally happen. The first of these to happen is Ryo, who steadily gets more and more unstable throughout chapter 3, believing he and the other children are in the afterlife [[spoiler:And if not snapped out of it (which is impossible on a first playthrough), results in him being the first of the party to die.]] Second is Shuuji, who, after being hit by Arukenimon's hallucinogenic fog, grows more and more unstable throughout Chapter 5. [[spoiler:Unless Ryo survived, this causes him to trigger Lopmon's dark evolution into Wendigomon, directly resulting in his death.]] Lastly, after Chapter 8's Route Split, one of two characters can suffer this depending on the route. The Wrathful Route has [[spoiler: Aoi, who undergoes this once Saki dies, with the resulting mental breakdown eventually resulting in her causing a Dark Evolution and Biomerge with Labramon to form Plutomon, the route's FinalBoss, which, naturally, results in the rest of the party being forced to kill Aoi, as she is too far gone at that point to be reasoned with.]] In the Harmonious Route, this instead falls on [[spoiler:Kaito, who slips further and further into insanity after the death of Miu, resulting in him being manipulated by Piedmon to fuse into Boltboutamon, the route's FinalBoss, for enough power to kill The Master. And while Kaito is originally in control of the fusion, his hatred eventually wanes, allowing Piedmon to retake control, which spells the end for Kaito.]]

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* In ''Videogame/DigimonSurvive'', This can occasionally happen. The first of these to happen is Ryo, who steadily gets more and more unstable throughout chapter 3, believing he and the other children are in the afterlife [[spoiler:And if not snapped out of it (which is impossible on a first playthrough), results in him being the first of the party to die.]] Second is Shuuji, who, after being hit by Arukenimon's hallucinogenic fog, grows more and more unstable throughout Chapter 5. [[spoiler:Unless Ryo survived, this causes him to trigger Lopmon's dark evolution into Wendigomon, directly resulting in his death.]] Lastly, after Chapter 8's Route Split, one of two characters can suffer this depending on the route. The Wrathful Route has [[spoiler: Aoi, who undergoes this once Saki dies, with the resulting mental breakdown eventually resulting in her causing a Dark Evolution and Biomerge with Labramon to form Plutomon, the route's FinalBoss, which, naturally, results in the rest of the party being forced to kill Aoi, as she is too far gone at that point to be reasoned with.]] In the Harmonious Route, this instead falls on [[spoiler:Kaito, who slips further and further into insanity after the death of Miu, resulting in him being manipulated by Piedmon to fuse into Boltboutamon, the route's FinalBoss, for enough power to kill The Master. And while Kaito is originally in control of the fusion, his hatred eventually wanes, allowing Piedmon to retake control, which spells the end for Kaito.]] Thankfully, [[spoiler:No such thing happens in the Moral or Truthful routes.]]
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* In ''Videogame/DigimonSurvive'', This can occasionally happen. The first of these to happen is Ryo, who steadily gets more and more unstable throughout chapter 3, believing he and the other children are in the afterlife [[spoiler:And if not snapped out of it (which is impossible on a first playthrough), results in him being the first of the party to die.]] Second is Shuuji, who, after being hit by Arukenimon's hallucinogenic fog, grows more and more unstable throughout Chapter 5. [[spoiler:Unless Ryo survived, this causes him to trigger Lopmon's dark evolution into Wendigomon, directly resulting in his death.]] Lastly, after Chapter 8's Route Split, one of two characters can suffer this depending on the route. The Wrathful Route has [[spoiler: Aoi, who undergoes this once Saki dies, with the resulting mental breakdown eventually resulting in her causing a Dark Evolution and Biomerge with Labramon to form Plutomon, the route's FinalBoss, which, naturally, results in the rest of the party being forced to kill Aoi, as she is too far gone at that point to be reasoned with.]] In the Harmonious Route, this instead falls on [[spoiler:Kaito, who slips further and further into insanity after the death of Miu, resulting in him being manipulated by Piedmon to fuse into Boltboutamon, the route's FinalBoss, for enough power to kill The Master. And while Kaito is originally in control of the fusion, his hatred eventually wanes, allowing Piedmon to retake control, which spells the end for Kaito.]]

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* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'': Across the series, this has been a significant element regarding the dragons. As the millennia pass, they succumb to what's called "Dragon Degradation" and begin to slip further and further into insanity, losing all reason with some even becoming completely feral. This is so prominent that this is seen in worlds that are completely separate from one another.

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* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'': ''Franchise/FireEmblem'': Across the series, this has been a significant element regarding the dragons. As the millennia pass, they succumb to what's called "Dragon Degradation" and begin to slip further and further into insanity, losing all reason with some even becoming completely feral. This is so prominent that this is seen in worlds that are completely separate from one another.



** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' main antagonist Anankos was once a kind soul who helped humanity flourish and even developed a magic song to stave off his insanity, however after he accidentally destroyed a forest humans attacked him and drove him into hiding, where he once again lost control and killed the one person who still believed in him. In a last ditch effort he tore his soul in half to preserve what sanity he had, only for the other half to fully dive off the deep end. Eventually the mad half killed the sane half, though not before the sane half set into motion events that could stop him when the time came.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'':
** Dimitri starts off as kindhearted and chivalrous, but underneath he's dealing with a lot of issues due to his SurvivorsGuilt over the Tragedy of Duscur. Over the course of Part I, his self-control erodes as he faces "those who slither in the dark" and the Flame Emperor, and the revelation that said Flame Emperor is [[spoiler:his stepsister and childhood friend Edelgard]] causes him to have a full-blown psychotic breakdown. When he returns in Part II on all routes save Crimson Flower, he's become a madman completely obsessed with revenge and uncaring about the kingdom he is supposed to be protecting. On the Silver Snow and Verdant Wind routes, [[spoiler:he gets himself pointlessly killed at Gronder]]; on the Azure Moon route, [[spoiler:it takes a lot of guidance from Byleth, but he eventually recovers]]; on the Crimson Flower route, [[spoiler:Rhea keeps him in check and he doesn't fall as far as he does on the other routes]].
** Rhea starts off as a kind and patient holy woman, albeit with a dangerous temper. In most routes, she stays that way, but in the Crimson Flower route, [[spoiler:constant pressure and pressing of her TraumaButton leads her to snap and become a bloodthirsty villain, to the point of eventually ordering an entire city to be burned down in an attempt to kill Byleth and Edelgard.]]

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main antagonist Anankos was once a kind soul who helped humanity flourish and even developed a magic song to stave off his insanity, however after he accidentally destroyed a forest humans attacked him and drove him into hiding, where he once again lost control and killed the one person who still believed in him. In a last ditch effort he tore his soul in half to preserve what sanity he had, only for the other half to fully dive off the deep end. Eventually the mad half killed the sane half, though not before the sane half set into motion events that could stop him when the time came.
* *** On the ''Conquest'' route, Takumi starts off reasonable, but over the course of the game becomes increasingly violent and obsessed with killing Corrin for their betrayal. [[spoiler:This is because Anankos is amplifying his hatred to turn him into a new vessel. After beating him at the Great Wall of Suzanoh, Takumi commits what is implied to be PsychicAssistedSuicide so that Anankos can fully possess him. As the FinalBoss, he's nothing more than a completely insane killing machine only capable of ranting and screaming about how much he hates Corrin and Nohr and trying to kill them all.]]
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** *** Dimitri starts off as kindhearted and chivalrous, but underneath he's dealing with a lot of issues due to his SurvivorsGuilt over the Tragedy of Duscur. Over the course of Part I, his self-control erodes as he faces "those who slither in the dark" and the Flame Emperor, and the revelation that said Flame Emperor is [[spoiler:his stepsister and childhood friend Edelgard]] causes him to have a full-blown psychotic breakdown. When he returns in Part II on all routes save Crimson Flower, he's become a madman completely obsessed with revenge and uncaring about the kingdom he is supposed to be protecting. On the Silver Snow and Verdant Wind routes, [[spoiler:he gets himself pointlessly killed at Gronder]]; on the Azure Moon route, [[spoiler:it takes a lot of guidance from Byleth, but he eventually recovers]]; on the Crimson Flower route, [[spoiler:Rhea keeps him in check and he doesn't fall as far as he does on the other routes]].
** *** Rhea starts off as a kind and patient holy woman, albeit with a dangerous temper. In most routes, she stays that way, but in the Crimson Flower route, [[spoiler:constant pressure and pressing of her TraumaButton leads her to snap and become a bloodthirsty villain, to the point of eventually ordering an entire city to be burned down in an attempt to kill Byleth and Edelgard.]]
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* Jim slowly goes mad as ''VideoGame/JimsComputer'' goes on as his hallucinations and paranoia worsen, leading to the point that he is too scared of what he thinks is after him that he kills himself.
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* ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Assassin's Creed]]'' had mentions of Subject 16, who committed suicide after excessively prolonged Animus sessions caused mental breakdown due to the "Bleeding Effect," where the Animus subject may gain their ancestor's abilities but end up being unable to mentally distinguish themselves from the ancestor, though Desmond only ends up gaining his ancestor Altaïr's Eagle Vision ability. In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' this is deliberately invoked in an attempt to quickly train Desmond to become an Assassin, but along the way Desmond suffers visual hallucinations and experience (in his sleep) one of Altaïr's memories without being in the Animus. By ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' he's become an Animus-trained Assassin but the hallucinations have gotten more frequent, are now both visual and auditory (sight and sound) and may not even be from his ancestor Ezio's memories. On at least two occasions Desmond inadvertently refers to himself in the first-person when describing Ezio's actions, and later in the game an e-mail reveals that the other modern-day Assassins have heard Desmond screaming in his sleep.

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* ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Assassin's Creed]]'' ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'': The [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI first game]] had mentions of Subject 16, who committed suicide after excessively prolonged Animus sessions caused mental breakdown due to the "Bleeding Effect," where the Animus subject may gain their ancestor's abilities but end up being unable to mentally distinguish themselves from the ancestor, though Desmond only ends up gaining his ancestor Altaïr's Eagle Vision ability. In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' this is deliberately invoked in an attempt to quickly train Desmond to become an Assassin, but along the way Desmond suffers visual hallucinations and experience (in his sleep) one of Altaïr's memories without being in the Animus. By ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' he's become an Animus-trained Assassin but the hallucinations have gotten more frequent, are now both visual and auditory (sight and sound) and may not even be from his ancestor Ezio's memories. On at least two occasions Desmond inadvertently refers to himself in the first-person when describing Ezio's actions, and later in the game an e-mail reveals that the other modern-day Assassins have heard Desmond screaming in his sleep.
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* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'': Across the series, this has been a significant element regarding the dragons. As the millennia pass, they succumb to what's called "Dragon Degradation" and begin to slip further and further into insanity, losing all reason with some even becoming completely feral. This is so prominent that this is seen in worlds that are completely separate from one another.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'', the Earth Dragons refused to seal their power and become Manaketes, making them all deteriorate until there none left with any semblance of humanity. Fear of this also led to Tiki being sealed away, as her immense power could have destroyed the entire continent.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' has Mila and Duma, the dragon gods of Zofia and Rigel respectively. Duma by the time of the game has gone completely mad, driving his followers mad and being consumed by a desire for power. While Mila seems to have avoided this, she allows her people to grow greedy while the land fails and shows a mad blood lust when the Rigelian Emperor comes to kill her.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' main antagonist Anankos was once a kind soul who helped humanity flourish and even developed a magic song to stave off his insanity, however after he accidentally destroyed a forest humans attacked him and drove him into hiding, where he once again lost control and killed the one person who still believed in him. In a last ditch effort he tore his soul in half to preserve what sanity he had, only for the other half to fully dive off the deep end. Eventually the mad half killed the sane half, though not before the sane half set into motion events that could stop him when the time came.
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** Rhea starts off as a kind and patient holy woman, albeit with a dangerous temper. In most routes, she stays that way, but in the Crimson Flower route, where [[spoiler:her church is constantly assailed, the remains of her fellow Nabateans in the Holy Tomb are desecrated, and Byleth, who was Rhea's chosen vessel for Sothis, sides with Edelgard against her, she ''snaps''. She devolves into a bloodthirsty maniac calling for Edelgard and Byleth's heads, and eventually orders an entire city to be burned down in an attempt to kill them.]]

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** Rhea starts off as a kind and patient holy woman, albeit with a dangerous temper. In most routes, she stays that way, but in the Crimson Flower route, where [[spoiler:her church is constantly assailed, the remains [[spoiler:constant pressure and pressing of her fellow Nabateans in the Holy Tomb are desecrated, TraumaButton leads her to snap and Byleth, who was Rhea's chosen vessel for Sothis, sides with Edelgard against her, she ''snaps''. She devolves into become a bloodthirsty maniac calling for Edelgard and Byleth's heads, and villain, to the point of eventually orders ordering an entire city to be burned down in an attempt to kill them.Byleth and Edelgard.]]
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** After the [[MookMaker Foundry]] is seized by an imperial strike team and Revan pulls a [[VillainExitStageLeft villain exit stage left]]. He returns in Shadow of Revan [[OffscreenVillainDarkMatter (pulling an army out of his ass in the process)]] after deciding "Screw it; lets kill everyone" promptly declares war on both the Empire (reasonable) and the Republic (less so). It's not like he was trying to save the galaxy before... oh wait.

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** After the [[MookMaker Foundry]] is seized by an imperial strike team and Revan pulls a [[VillainExitStageLeft villain exit stage left]]. He returns in Shadow ''Shadow of Revan Revan'' [[OffscreenVillainDarkMatter (pulling an army out of his ass in the process)]] after deciding "Screw it; lets let's kill everyone" promptly declares war on both the Empire (reasonable) and the Republic (less so). It's not like he was trying to save the galaxy before... oh wait.

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* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', Dimitri starts off as kindhearted and chivalrous, but underneath he's dealing with a lot of issues due to his SurvivorsGuilt over the Tragedy of Duscur. Over the course of Part I, his self-control erodes as he faces "those who slither in the dark" and the Flame Emperor, and the revelation that said Flame Emperor is [[spoiler:his stepsister and childhood friend Edelgard]] causes him to have a full-blown psychotic breakdown. When he returns in Part II on all routes save Crimson Flower, he's become a madman completely obsessed with revenge and uncaring about the kingdom he is supposed to be protecting. On the Silver Snow and Verdant Wind routes, [[spoiler:he gets himself pointlessly killed at Gronder]]; on the Azure Moon route, [[spoiler:it takes a lot of guidance from Byleth, but he eventually recovers]]; on the Crimson Flower route, [[spoiler:Rhea keeps him in check and he doesn't fall as far as he does on the other routes]].

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* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'':
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Dimitri starts off as kindhearted and chivalrous, but underneath he's dealing with a lot of issues due to his SurvivorsGuilt over the Tragedy of Duscur. Over the course of Part I, his self-control erodes as he faces "those who slither in the dark" and the Flame Emperor, and the revelation that said Flame Emperor is [[spoiler:his stepsister and childhood friend Edelgard]] causes him to have a full-blown psychotic breakdown. When he returns in Part II on all routes save Crimson Flower, he's become a madman completely obsessed with revenge and uncaring about the kingdom he is supposed to be protecting. On the Silver Snow and Verdant Wind routes, [[spoiler:he gets himself pointlessly killed at Gronder]]; on the Azure Moon route, [[spoiler:it takes a lot of guidance from Byleth, but he eventually recovers]]; on the Crimson Flower route, [[spoiler:Rhea keeps him in check and he doesn't fall as far as he does on the other routes]].routes]].
** Rhea starts off as a kind and patient holy woman, albeit with a dangerous temper. In most routes, she stays that way, but in the Crimson Flower route, where [[spoiler:her church is constantly assailed, the remains of her fellow Nabateans in the Holy Tomb are desecrated, and Byleth, who was Rhea's chosen vessel for Sothis, sides with Edelgard against her, she ''snaps''. She devolves into a bloodthirsty maniac calling for Edelgard and Byleth's heads, and eventually orders an entire city to be burned down in an attempt to kill them.]]
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** This also appears to happen to Bill Williamson beyond the second and first games. In ''II'', he's gruff and socially inept but still has a moral compass and is loyal to his friends. [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption Twelve years later]], he's turned into a complete psychopath who commits heinous crimes without batting an eye. A campfire conversation in ''II'' reveals that he watched his father go insane when he was a child, which raises the possibility that mental illness runs in his family.
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* Salvatore Leone from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' comes off as a friendly, if ruthless man in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', only to [[spoiler:try and have Claude killed because he suddenly becomes convinced Claude's a spy]]. ''Liberty City Stories'' shows that he had fits of extreme paranoia before this, one time nearly blowing [[TheLancer Tony's]] head off while accusing him of scheming behind his back. [[spoiler:''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' reveals that this extreme paranoia was caused by CJ playing him (and pretty much every other faction that was involved) for a fool in the game's bank heist arc.]]

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* Salvatore Leone from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' comes off as a friendly, if ruthless man in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', only to [[spoiler:try and have Claude killed because he suddenly becomes convinced Claude's a spy]]. ''Liberty City Stories'' shows that he had fits of extreme paranoia before this, one time nearly blowing [[TheLancer Tony's]] Toni's]] head off while accusing him of scheming behind his back. [[spoiler:''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' reveals that this extreme paranoia was caused by CJ playing him (and pretty much every other faction that was involved) for a fool in the game's bank heist arc.]]
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** Batman's mental struggle in ''Arkham Knight'' is him trying to ''prevent'' this, since he is [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind mentally struggling]] with the Joker personality implanted in him by a tainted blood fusion; if he loses control, the Joker personality will completely take him over.

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** Batman's mental struggle Batman in ''Arkham Knight'' is him trying to ''prevent'' this, since he is [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind mentally struggling]] with the Joker personality implanted in him by a tainted blood fusion; if he loses control, the Joker personality will completely take him over.

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