History VillainousBreakdown / Film

* The Duke Brothers in ''TradingPlaces'' have a nice one after the heroes manipulate the [[strike:stock]] Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice market and cause them to lose everything. Randolph has a heart attack, and Mortimer abandons all pretense of civility, declaring [[PrecisionFStrike "Fuck him!"]] (re: his brother), and screaming for them to reopen trade.

** His breakdown was more like of a VillainousBSOD, there are people who turn aggressive, people who turn [[LaughingMad completely upside down]] and people like Beckett, who are so utterly and completely hit by the shock that they just... stop and need to reboot themselves. Too bad that Beckett started to reboot himself on the deck of a blowing-up ship. Nonethless, it was elegant and even... beautiful in some twisted way.

** His breakdown was more like of a [[HeroicBSOD Villainous BSOD]], there are people who turn aggressive, people who turn [[LaughingMad completely upside down]] and people like Beckett, who are so utterly and completely hit by the shock that they just... stop and need to reboot themselves. Too bad that Beckett started to reboot himself on the deck of a blowing-up ship. Nonethless, it was elegant and even... beautiful in some twisted way.

** Khan's only real honest breakdown is when Chekov tries to claim that Khan was given a fair deal being exiled on Ceti Alpha Five which had since turned into a dead wasteland.
--> '''Chekov:''' You lie! In Ceti Alpha Five there was life! A fair chance-

** [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent]] tyrant [[StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Khan]] has had a few of these. The most notable one occurs between the original series episode ''[[StarTrek Space Seed]]'' and the beginning of the film, when an ApocalypseHow ruins his world and kills his wife. He has another when his two puppet-controlled assassins fail to kill Kirk. And of course his last one is when his attempt to destroy the Enterprise in a Nebula fails. Strangely enough, Khan quickly regains his composure and goes back on the offensive in line with the Magnificent Bastard he is. But it's clear that his psyche is damaged by his constant need to dominate.

* Sanchez is ''LicenceToKill'' had a minor case of this during the final action sequence. He goes from treating his employees with trust and respect to impaling them on forklifts, gunning down TheScrappy, and swinging madly with a machete when he sees JamesBond, cutting the air brake on his oil tanker truck, which naturally leads to StuffBlowingUp.

'''Operative:''' ... target the [[spoiler:Reavers]]. Target the [[spoiler:Reavers]]! Target ''everyone''! ''SOMEBODY FIRE''!

* In ''DieHard With a Vengeance'', Simon is able to keep his cool nearly all the way through the movie...until he realizes that [=McClane=] tracked him to Canada.

* Commodus in {{Gladiator}} after learning of [[spoiler: his sister's betrayal]]. [[FeedMe "AM I NOT MERCIFUL?!?"]]

* TheShawshankRedemption has [[spoiler:warden Samuel Norton freaking out over Andy being missing from his prison cell. His rant during doubles as FridgeBrilliance on the movie's part, as Norton's clearly [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection projecting]] his corrupt nature onto everyone else.]] This is a special case, because what the villain's freaking out over happens BEFORE [[spoiler:he gets exposed as a crook]], (and is somewhat mild in comparison) and likely before he has any reason to expect that to even happen.

* TheShawshankRedemption has [[spoiler:warden Samuel Norton freaking out over Andy being missing from his prison cell. His rant during said FreakOut doubles as FridgeBrilliance on the movie's part, as Norton's clearly [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection projecting]] his corrupt nature onto everyone else.]] This is a special case, because what the villain's freaking out over happens BEFORE [[spoiler:he gets exposed as a crook]], (and is somewhat mild in comparison) and likely before he has any reason to expect that to even happen.

* TheShawshankRedemption has [[spoiler:warden Samuel Norton freaking out over Andy being missing from his prison cell. His rant during said FreakOut doubles as FridgeBrilliance on the movie's part, as Norton's clearly [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection projecting]] his corrupt nature onto everyone else.]] This is a special case, because what the villain's freaking out over happens BEFORE [[spoiler:he gets exposed as a crook]], and is actually somewhat mild in comparison.

* TheShawshankRedemption has [[spoiler:warden Samuel Norton freaking out over Andy being missing from his prison cell. His rant during said FreakOut doubles as FridgeBrilliance on the movie's part, as Norton's clearly [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection projecting]] his corrupt nature onto everyone else.]] This is a special case, because what the villain's freaking out over happens BEFORE [[spoiler:being exposed as a crook]], and is relatively trivial in comparison.

* TheShawshankRedemption has [[spoiler:warden Samuel Norton freaking out over Andy being missing from his prison cell. His rant during said FreakOut doubles as FridgeBrilliance on the movie's part, as Norton's clearly [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection projecting]] his conspiring nature onto everyone else.]] This is a special case, because what the villain's freaking out over easily pales in comparison to [[spoiler:what he doesn't realize is about to happen to him later on.]]

* In ''TwelveAngryMen'', Juror #3 (the most admamant supporter of conviction, and the designated antagonist of the piece though he's not really a ''villain'' per se) experiences this in the climax; He angrily rants at his fellow jurors, and then starts ranting about teenagers before tearing up a photograph of his son; After finally realizing that he's been transferring the rage felt at his own son onto the defendent he breaks down sobbing while saying "Not Guilty." Over and over again. Even though the guy was a total prick throughout the film it was impossible not to pity him.
** Juror #10 has a less sympathetic breakdown in which he essentially engages in a lengthy racist rant about how the defendant, a latino immigrant, is basically scum from birth and is racially programmed to lie, steal and murder. It so offends and disgusts the other jurors, even the vindictive Juror #3, that all of them either walk away from the table or turn away from him in disgust.

* Number Two, normaly a calm executor of Dr. Evil's plans, throws a hissy fit at the climax of the first ''AustinPowers'':

* [[VillianousBreakdown Villianous Breakdown]]: goes crazy with this trope. [[spoiler:It is revealed to the audience that Gallo is the one responsible for the malicious mutants and nightmarish madness on the ship. At one point, Payton locks Gallo in an escape pod, and he cracks, screaming/yelling and threatening to carve Payton up. He escapes, and attacks Payton. Payton's own sanity is questioned in this fight when he also threatens to carve Gallo up. After the fight, it's revealed that Gallo and Payton are the same person, with Gallo being the manifestation of a breakdown Payton had before the movie plot started. And yes, this reveal makes Gallo (Which is his real name) evil.]] So, just to sum it all up: The villainous breakdown ''itself'' has a villainous breakdown while fighting the villain, who has a breakdown during that fight without even knowing he was the villain. [[spoiler:Later in the movie, Gallo has a calm voice and demeanor...until Bower says Gallo is suffering from pandorum, which results in nihilistic rants, trying to kill Nadia, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a not-so-calm voice.]] ]]

* [[VillianousBreakdown]]: goes crazy with this trope. [[spoiler:It is revealed to the audience that Gallo is the one responsible for the malicious mutants and nightmarish madness on the ship. At one point, Payton locks Gallo in an escape pod, and he cracks, screaming/yelling and threatening to carve Payton up. He escapes, and attacks Payton. Payton's own sanity is questioned in this fight when he also threatens to carve Gallo up. After the fight, it's revealed that Gallo and Payton are the same person, with Gallo being the manifestation of a breakdown Payton had before the movie plot started. And yes, this reveal makes Gallo (Which is his real name) evil.]] So, just to sum it all up: The villainous breakdown ''itself'' has a villainous breakdown while fighting the villain, who has a breakdown during that fight without even knowing he was the villain. [[spoiler:Later in the movie, Gallo has a calm voice and demeanor...until Bower says Gallo is suffering from pandorum, which results in nihilistic rants, trying to kill Nadia, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a not-so-calm voice.]] ]]

* VillianousBreakdown goes crazy with this trope. [[spoiler:It is revealed to the audience that Gallo is the one responsible for the malicious mutants and nightmarish madness on the ship. At one point, Payton locks Gallo in an escape pod, and he cracks, screaming/yelling and threatening to carve Payton up. He escapes, and attacks Payton. Payton's own sanity is questioned in this fight when he also threatens to carve Gallo up. After the fight, it's revealed that Gallo and Payton are the same person, with Gallo being the manifestation of a breakdown Payton had before the movie plot started. And yes, this reveal makes Gallo (Which is his real name) evil.]] So, just to sum it all up: The villainous breakdown ''itself'' has a villainous breakdown while fighting the villain, who has a breakdown during that fight without even knowing he was the villain. [[spoiler:Later in the movie, Gallo has a calm voice and demeanor...until Bower says Gallo is suffering from pandorum, which results in nihilistic rants, trying to kill Nadia, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a not-so-calm voice.]] ]]

* [[VillianousBreakdown]] goes crazy with this trope. [[spoiler:It is revealed to the audience that Gallo is the one responsible for the malicious mutants and nightmarish madness on the ship. At one point, Payton locks Gallo in an escape pod, and he cracks, screaming/yelling and threatening to carve Payton up. He escapes, and attacks Payton. Payton's own sanity is questioned in this fight when he also threatens to carve Gallo up. After the fight, it's revealed that Gallo and Payton are the same person, with Gallo being the manifestation of a breakdown Payton had before the movie plot started. And yes, this reveal makes Gallo (Which is his real name) evil.]] So, just to sum it all up: The villainous breakdown ''itself'' has a villainous breakdown while fighting the villain, who has a breakdown during that fight without even knowing he was the villain. [[spoiler:Later in the movie, Gallo has a calm voice and demeanor...until Bower says Gallo is suffering from pandorum, which results in nihilistic rants, trying to kill Nadia, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a not-so-calm voice.]] ]]

* ''{{Pandorum}}'' goes crazy with this trope. [[spoiler:It is revealed to the audience that Gallo is the one responsible for the malicious mutants and nightmarish madness on the ship. At one point, Payton locks Gallo in an escape pod, and he cracks, screaming/yelling and threatening to carve Payton up. He escapes, and attacks Payton. Payton's own sanity is questioned in this fight when he also threatens to carve Gallo up. After the fight, it's revealed that Gallo and Payton are the same person, with Gallo being the manifestation of a breakdown Payton had before the movie plot started. And yes, this reveal makes Gallo (Which is his real name) evil.]] So, just to sum it all up: The villainous breakdown ''itself'' has a villainous breakdown while fighting the villain, who has a breakdown during that fight without even knowing he was the villain. [[spoiler:Later in the movie, Gallo has a calm voice and demeanor...until Bower says Gallo is suffering from pandorum, which results in nihilistic rants, trying to kill Nadia, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a not-so-calm voice.]] ]]