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12	[[caption-width-right:350:"Sonic...what did you do to him?"\
13	"I just beat him like always..."\
14	"More than that. You didn't just beat him this time, Sonic. [[BreakTheHaughty You broke him]]."]]
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19	->''"You have waylaid all his other plans. Now, as a petulant child, he will destroy the game board rather than admit defeat. Be ready for anything. He still believes himself a god, and gods do not fall gracefully."''
20	-->-- '''Solas''', on the Elder One, ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''
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22	Hell hath no fury like a villain scorned.
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24	This is the tendency of relatively calm and composed villains to lose their cool over the course of the story. Usually happens to arrogant [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]]-type villains (especially if said villain is a SmugSnake), as control of the situation slips from his or her grasp and things come up that they [[DidntSeeThatComing Didn't See Coming]]. Most notable when it happens towards the end of the story to show how pathetic the BigBad is when things are not going exactly as planned ("ThisCannotBe"). Especially apparent if they previously had CreepyMonotone or DissonantSerenity, and [[MoodWhiplash suddenly]] start ChewingTheScenery (when they do this because their plan is ''succeeding'', it is more of a case of DrunkOnTheDarkSide). {{Dirty Coward}}s also suffer from this, especially when they are cornered.
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26	Similar to OhCrap, though the difference lies in that OhCrap moments involve a single moment where the character finds that they are screwed, while Villainous Breakdowns have them see it coming from miles away. The heroic counterpart is the HeroicSafeMode.
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28	Note that this isn't necessarily an example of VillainDecay. On the contrary, some villains become much more terrifying and dangerous when their façade of cunning and civility crumbles. They might even end up dishing out a vicious NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the Hero(es), engage in some ColdBloodedTorture or, [[DownerEnding goodness forbid]], drop the VillainBall and [[CombatPragmatist Just FINISH HIM Already]] instead of playing around. It could even lead them to stop holding back their true nature and assuming their true form as the HumanoidAbomination they actually were. Thus, a Villainous Breakdown is frequently a trigger for a OneWingedAngel transformation. AffablyEvil and FauxAffablyEvil villains are prone to becoming far more terrifying and disturbing when they undergo one of these because their fairly ''normal'' personality serve to emphasize their breakdown.
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30	A somewhat less common, but not exactly infrequent, form of breakdown results in the exact opposite reaction: the villain lapses into a [[TranquilFury catatonic state]] as the shock of their defeat robs them of their wits. Another form of breakdown occurs due to HeelRealization causing a VillainousBSOD. Yet another is the impotent flailing of a defeated villain, left with nothing without power.
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32	The scale of the breakdown generally depends on the nature -- and overall impressiveness -- of the villain. A SmugSnake, being generally inclined to rate their own abilities higher than everyone around them anyway and less equipped to deal with setbacks, will usually break down more frequently and over relatively minor [[SpannerInTheWorks spanners in the works]], with the resulting tantrum usually being less-than-impressive. A MagnificentBastard, on the other hand, is already the type of villain who's not inclined to sweat the small stuff, and will usually respond to most setbacks fairly calmly; however, this merely means that if their plans suffer a particularly impressive implosion, then this will usually make their resulting breakdown all the more epic. Similarly, a relatively minor or small-scale villain may have a breakdown on the level of a temper tantrum or explosive ClusterFBomb rant; a major or larger scale villain, however, will frequently have a breakdown with potentially (and quite literally) [[OmnicidalManiac world-ending consequences]]. As the old saying goes, "The bigger you are, the harder you fall".
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34	In another type, the breakdown won't be one, sudden explosion, but a gradual progression of smaller, gradually increasing breakdowns happening over the course of the story. As their EvilPlan comes closer to failing or their plans fail again and again, they simply get worse and worse as the breakdown continues, until finally, they lose it completely. This normally happens in the buildup to the final confrontation. This can overlap with SanitySlippage, where a character gradually becomes more and more insane as time goes on. And as a special treat, when the villain finally goes so crazy and bat-shit insane that he completely loses it, other characters tend to hit him with a YoureInsane.
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36	Another type of breakdown is when the villain becomes extremely furious when either something happens that isn't part of his plan or his plans end up being ruined, or both. Once pissed off, they may lose their temper and say such phrases as "WhyWontYouDie", "I've had it with you!", "YouMonster", "[[IShouldHaveDoneThisYearsAgo I should've killed you when I had the chance!]]", or even "ThisIsUnforgivable". Either way, the villain will scream more and more at the other characters in fury (often in such a high pitch as to [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl sound like a girl (especially if they're male)]]) before being bested by them. A string of KickTheDog or BadBoss moments is another subtle way of indicating this, if the villain had previously [[BenevolentBoss displayed parent-like feelings toward their henchmen]].
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38	If the target of the villainous breakdown is ''another villain'', then chances are this will result in an immediate EvilVsEvil fight, wherein the first villain that is having the breakdown may suddenly [[TookALevelInBadass become significantly more dangerous]] despite their [[DavidVsGoliath obvious inferiority to the second villain]], and suddenly turn the tide of the fight [[UnderdogsNeverLose in their favor]]. Chances are by the time this happens, the heroes are defeated or incapable of continuing the fight, and the [[VillainousRescue villain saves the day]] even if [[NiceJobFixingItVillain entirely unintentional]].
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40	One specific variation appears in some VideoGames where the main villain is able to broadcast messages to the player over the course of the story, and [[MissionControlIsOffItsMeds they eventually lose it]] and start broadcasting more and more desperate pleas/insults/bribes to the player as they get closer to them.
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42	For {{Anti Villain}}s, or ones with a FreudianExcuse, a breakdown can either play CryForTheDevil (if their breakdown is pathetic) or cement them on the far side of the MoralEventHorizon (if they went JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope during their breakdown). A subversion of this trope is GracefulLoser.
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44	Heroes have been known to suffer [[HeroicBSOD similar]] [[FreakOut breakdowns]], though (unless they are making a LastStand) they are much less likely to die during one.
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46	'''Note that this is usually done in a climax and just the fact that one occurs is a pretty big spoiler, so read with caution.'''
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48	SuperTrope to VillainousBSOD. SisterTrope to RageBreakingPoint (and can often overlap). Compare the VillainousRROD, which is where physical overexertion causes the bad guy's body to start falling apart. Can overlap with IdentityBreakdown, if the trigger of the villain's breakdown are issues or revelations regarding who or what they are.
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50	JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith BrokenHeel, which is a literal application of the term.
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52	[[noreallife]]
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54	!!Example subpages:
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56	[[index]]
57	* VillainousBreakdown/AnimeAndManga
58	* VillainousBreakdown/ComicBooks
59	* VillainousBreakdown/FanWorks
60	** ''VillainousBreakdown/TheReviewTeam''
61	* [[VillainousBreakdown/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]]
62	* [[VillainousBreakdown/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
63	* VillainousBreakdown/{{Literature}}
64	* VillainousBreakdown/LiveActionTV
65	* [[VillainousBreakdown/ProWrestling Professional Wrestling]]
66	* VillainousBreakdown/VideoGames
67	* VillainousBreakdown/VisualNovels
68	* VillainousBreakdown/WebAnimation
69	** ''VillainousBreakdown/RevengeFilms''
70	* VillainousBreakdown/{{Webcomics}}
71	* VillainousBreakdown/WesternAnimation
72	[[/index]]
73
74	!!Other examples:
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76	[[foldercontrol]]
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78	[[folder:Art]]
79	* ''Art/TheFallenAngel'': Creator/AlexandreCabanel devoted a 1.2 x 1.9-meter oil painting solely to the subject of Lucifer suffering the emotional backlash of losing [[DivineConflict a war against his beloved God]]. Guy is not only in emotional pain, already mourning having alienated God, but is also deeply resentful about said god disregarding his opinion and sacrifices, as well as feeling shame and rage about his ordeal.
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82	[[folder:Music]]
83	* ''Music/{{Gorillaz}}'': Driven by greed and desperation, psychotic bassist Murdoc slowly became more unhinged with the Plastic Beach arc. He rants and raves aimlessly in his radio broadcasts and seems to be [[SanitySlippage loosing his grasp on reality,]] and he no longer bothers to hide his criminal activity and blatant abuse of his [[VitriolicBestBuds "friend"]] 2D. The 'villain' term might be a little iffy, as Murdoc's still more of a NominalHero than anything, but he's definitely got some decay going.
84	* The sadistic autocrat in Music/JudasPriest's "Tyrant", who starts out as a ranting megalomaniac and becomes more barbaric as the song rolls along, until in the final verse he senselessly [[BadBoss has]] ''[[BadBoss all his own soldiers]]'' [[BadBoss executed]]. Made all the more effective, of course, by Rob Halford's lunatic screams.
85	* Happens twice near the end of the original studio recording of ''Theatre/StarlightExpress'':
86	** Electra has a very musical one in "No Comeback" before he exits.
87	** Control screams, [[spoiler:"ENGINES MUST OBEY CONTROL! ENGINES MUST OBEY CONTROL! DO WHAT YOU'RE TOLD!", only to be rebuffed by all the trains and carriages with a "SHUT IT!" in unison.]]
88	* The entire basis of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfEGz4S1Uro "We Build Then We Break"]] by Music/TheFray is this.
89	* "Almost Human" by {{Music/Voltaire}} is one for {{Satan}}. He turns out to be so pathetic you have to feel sorry for him.
90	-->''I'm nearly human,\
91	pity me, I'm almost a human being.\
92	Don't touch me, oh,\
93	I couldn't bear the thought of it..''
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96	[[folder:Pinball]]
97	* In ''Pinball/AttackFromMars'', the commander of the Martians remains a SmugSnake for nearly the entire way through, even as the Earthlings are destroying key ships, stealing the remaining fleet, and attacking Mars directly with the Martian Mothership. However, once it becomes clear Mars is in real danger of [[EarthShatteringKaboom planetary annihilation]] at the hands of the Earthlings, the commander, who had been doing nothing but [[EvilGloating mock the player character and Earth's military forces]] prior, gets increasingly desperate, even begging to be friends with the Earthlings (though he doesn't sound the least bit genuine), until Mars is actually destroyed. [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]] in that the commander [[VillainExitStageLeft escapes his planet's destruction]] and regains his cool in the process.
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100	[[folder:Roleplay]]
101	* During the Trial To End All Days, AJ of ''Roleplay/{{AJCO}}'' was confident enough in her victory that she went so far as to insult both the prosecutor and the judge. However, when it became clear that she was going to be pronounced ''guilty'', she revealed that she had [[CrazyPrepared planted nukes]] beneath the courtroom, fled the courts and activated the world-breaking device that then launched them all into a new world. Breaking down with style.
102	* ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'': [[EvilBrit Maxwell Lombardi]] has an epic one (complete with [[LaughingMad laughter]]!) in his final fight with Naoko Raidon [[spoiler:which he does not survive]].
103	-->'''Maxwell Lombardi:''' You... I have to admit, you're not the first guy on this island to seriously piss me off, but if there was a competition going on you'd of just won first fucking prize.
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106	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
107	* ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'' has this in both mechanics and fluff:
108	** Mechanically, villains can "flip" to an alternate mode if certain conditions are met. In several cases, this represents this trope-- do enough damage to the [[MadeOfIron near indestructible]] Iron Legacy and he'll go to [[ThisCannotBe "Motivated by Desperation"]] where he backs off to heal himself, steal Kismet's artifact of power and she'll flip to "Deranged Miscreant" where she'll do massive damage until she gets it back, and if you win enough of Wager Master's games he flips to "Increased Stakes" where he [[NotSoHarmlessVillain stops fucking around]].
109	** In fluff, Baron Blade undergoes several of these over the course of the game as his plans for revenge blow up in his face, represented by his decks going from "high-tech mastermind" to "crazed killer" to "mutant who's so desperate for power he genetically engineered himself to the point it's killing him".
110	* [[WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective Ratigan's]] famous breakdown is a gameplay element in ''TabletopGame/{{Villainous\|Ravensburger}}''. His initial Objective is to play the Robot Queen card in Buckingham Palace to take over London. If the Robot Queen is taken out of play, Ratigan is changed from "Ratigan the Greatest Mind" to "Ratigan the Rat". As "the Rat", Ratigan's Objective changes to [[{{Revenge}} "Defeat Basil"]].
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112
113	[[folder:Theatre]]
114	* Judas in ''Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar''. Same as in Literature/TheBible, he is DrivenToSuicide but the rage in his MyGodWhatHaveIDone number lands it solidly here.
115	-->'''Judas:''' ''You have murdered me! You have murdered me! Murdered! Murdered! Murdered! Murdered!''
116	* In the Broadway version of ''Theatre/TheLionKing'', Scar has this in [[VillainSong "The Madness of King Scar"]], where he imagines that he sees the ghost of [[spoiler:Mufasa, his victim]] everywhere.
117	* Though he's not really a villain per se, InspectorJavert gets a pretty [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic spectacular]] breakdown in ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' because he doesn't understand why [[spoiler: Valjean didn't kill him when he had every right to.]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The song is called]] [[spoiler:"Javert's Suicide"]], if you're wondering how that turned out.
118	* Salieri from ''Theatre/MozartLOperaRock'', notably in the showstopping "Le bien qui fait mal" number, which combines him going insane with jealousy with some intriguingly sadomasochistic lyrics ("it feels so good to sufffer", "real delights require torture", "I love having [this insanity] inside my skin", etc.) He's a special sort of guy.
119	* In the stage adaptation of ''Literature/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'', [=McMurphy=] spends most of the play trying to make this happen to Nurse Ratched.
120	* In ''Theatre/{{Pippin}}'', the Leading Player turns into a screaming maniac when Pippin refuses to perform the grand finale (in which Pippin is supposed to [[SelfImmolation set himself on fire]]). The Leading Player orders the set struck, the lights out, the music stopped, and even Pippin's costume is taken away from him. None of this changes Pippin's mind.
121	* Creator/WilliamShakespeare:
122	** Claudius in ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' goes from a politically savvy, brilliant villain, to ending up in a religious crisis, to coming up with the worst poisoning scheme in literary history.
123	** ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' in Act 5. His wife gets it even worse:
124	--->''Out damned spot! Out, I say!''
125	** Archetypal Machiavellian MagnificentBastard [[Theatre/RichardIII Richard III]] goes through a breakdown just before the play's final battle, hallucinating that the ghosts of everyone whose deaths he's caused are visiting him and telling him to despair, and ultimately realizing that after everything he's done, the entire world (including himself) hates him utterly.
126	*** When King Richard lashes out at a messenger bringing news of his enemy Buckingham... only the message turns out to be that Buckingham's army has been ''defeated''.
127	*** The breakdown for Richard starts somewhat earlier, when he is told that Richmond is coming to Britain to claim the throne. He goes off on a tirade about how ''he's'' the king, the throne isn't empty, and screw Richmond. He then threatens the messenger, who is one of his somewhat-loyal cronies, prompting said crony to immediately switch sides and work with Richmond as soon as he makes landfall.
128	** Iago in ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', after spending the whole play being cold and composed, goes berserk with rage when [[SpannerInTheWorks his wife blows the lid off his entire conspiracy.]] He ends up murdering her in a rage with none of the subtlety he usually employs, gets caught, and is so utterly incensed and shattered by the fact ''this'' is what threw off his plans he takes a vow of silence out of pure spite until his execution.
129	* ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' has a pretty epic one right in the middle of the play after the title character's first attempt at revenge on Judge Turpin goes awry. The result is the awesome "Epiphany" number that marks his transition from AntiHero to VillainProtagonist.
130	** And it happens again at the end of the show when he finds out [[spoiler:that the beggar woman he just murdered was his wife Lucy, that Mrs. Lovett knew she was alive the whole time, and that she lied to him. He promptly mourns dramatically, goes fake happy and kills Lovett in a psychotic rage, and then slips in a HeroicBSOD (or VillainousBSOD) as he cradles his wife's lifeless body, not even bothering to do anything as little Tobias comes and slits his throat.]]
131	* In ''Theatre/ThrillMe'', Richard has "Afraid". Richard paces his prison cell as he realizes that he's going to either hang or get life in prison.
132	* In ''Theatre/VillainsTonight'', Hades has been in one since his defeat in the original film, with the Underworld having lost almost all of its menace as a result.
133	* ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'':
134	** The Wizard has a very quiet dignified one of these at the end when he learns that the Wicked Witch whom he believes was successfully assassinated on his orders was actually his daughter. He sinks to the ground completely ignoring both his ally and the returned and angry Glinda for a long while.
135	** Elphaba (said Wicked Witch) has a mind-blowing breakdown in the song [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished "No Good Deed"]], as she thinks [[spoiler: her boyfriend Fiyero has been tortured to death while she couldn't do anything to help]].
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138	[[folder:Web Original]]
139	* [[ThoseWackyNazis Those Murderous, Insane and Not Remotely Funny Nazis]] in ''Literature/TheAngloAmericanNaziWar'' have a pretty spectacular one when D-Day comes around and the Western Allies begin pushing them out of occupied Europe. That is, they begin systematically destroying landmarks and other cultural artifacts, along with salting the earth and poisoning the wells, just generally doing everything in their power to ensure that there's ''no such thing as a Europe'' after their defeat. [[spoiler:Including a ''televised'' destruction of Paris which is so thorough that the post-war capital of France has to be moved to Lyon]].
140	* The EvilOverlordList refers to this a few times, most famously #24: "I will maintain a realistic assessment of my strengths and weaknesses. Even though this takes some of the fun out of the job, at least I will never utter the line "No, ThisCannotBe! I AM INVINCIBLE!!!" (After that, death is usually instantaneous.)"
141	* In ''Literature/LostBoysOfTheCascades'', [[spoiler: Barry]] suffers a villainous breakdown after his attempt to frame the Klamath Indians for [[spoiler: murdering Jennie, Troy, and Dylan]] falls apart due to [[spoiler: Troy surviving and telling the truth]].
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144	[[folder:Web Videos]]
145	* In ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', the main character is shown as a TechnicalPacifist and IneffectualSympatheticVillain who states that killing isn't his style. However once his JerkJock archnemesis Captain Hammer states that he's going to steal the girl of his dreams just to torture him, he then goes into a VillainSong where he swears to kill him. This is followed in rapid succession by Captain Hammer's own breakdown when he is made to feel pain for the first time in his life (it's hard to call it a ''[[HeroicBSOD Heroic]]'' [[HeroicBSOD BSOD]] when he's shown to be just as evil as the protagonist), and a second, deeper one from Dr. Horrible when his victory coincides with [[spoiler:the death of his LoveInterest]].
146	* ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'':
147	** UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler loses what little sanity he had in his final battle with Vader, killing [[spoiler:Boba Fett]] and delivering a final verse composed of nonsensical insults that don't even sort of rhyme.
148	* ''WebVideo/KateModern'':
149	** Terrence in goes from smug, quietly intimidating badass in series 1 to raving, giggling psychopath by the end of "Precious Blood".
150	** The Shadow and Rupert van Helden have also suffered this by ''The Last Work''.
151	* In WebVideo/{{Max0r}}'s "An Incorrect Summary of ''VideoGame/{{Ultrakill}}'' Part 2," Max demonstrates that you can enrage [[MirrorBoss V2]] by punching him with his own arm, the Knuckleblaster. It turns him into a screaming, raging mess.
152	-->'''V2:''' '''''YOU MOTHERFUCKER!!!'''''\
153	'''[=Max0r=]:''' [[DeadpanSnarker He loves it when you do that]].
154	* The fourth Season of ''Series/{{Noob}}'' shows the toll that the MistakenForBadass situation between Dark Avenger and Sparadrap has taken on Dark Avenger, causing him to outright [[spoiler:quit the game]] over the situation by the Season's third episode.
155	* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'':
156	** In his [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS4E38 review of]] ''Film/TheHaunting1999'' he impersonates Creator/JanDeBont as an ignorant idiot who considers himself and his remake superior to Creator/RobertWise and [[Film/TheHaunting1963 his original]]. At the end though, Jan breaks down trying to get people to like his childish and hammy edits to the original ending:
157	-->'''Creator/JanDeBont:''' It's so ingenious! It's so inspired! Hey, I don't care if it was laughed off of ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon''! [[Main/MadnessMantra I'M THE ADULT! I'M THE ADULT]]! I WRITE ADULT THINGS!! (points to the original summary) That...that's stupid! Stupid psychological issues! (spits on and then defecates on it) YES! I'M THE ADULT! I WRITE ADULT THINGS!! YOU'RE DUMB! YOUR DUMB! THIS IS THE REAL STUFF!!! THIS IS THE REAL SCARY STUFF!! ROBERT WISE IS STUPID!!! HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING!!! I DON'T CARE IF HE MADE SOME OF THE MOST LIKABLE MOVIES OF ALL TIME!! HE'S DUMB!!! HE'S A DOODOOHEAD!!! IF YOU TOOK POO AND ADDED EVEN MORE POO, THAT'D BE ROBERT WISE!!! HE'S DUMB!!! HE SO DUMB YOU HAVE NO IDEA AT AAAAAAALLLLL!!! LOVE ME!!!! LOVE ME AND DON'T LOVE THAT!!!! THIS IS STUPID!!! lOVE ME!!!! MELOVEMELOVEMELOVEMELOVEME!!!! I'M THE GENIUS!!! I'M THE GENIUS!!! I'M THE GROUNDBREAKING GENIUS!!! ALALA!!! ALALALALALA!!!
158	** In [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS6E6 his review of]] ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'', the Critic gives Peter Soulless [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a heartfelt speech]] on how a series of "simple kids' books" like the Creator/DrSeuss stories are actually more mature than they're given credit for and that people will go on reading the books while the film adaptations of the books, full of "modern" (i.e., soon-to-be-dated) pop culture references, will eventually fade from memory. How does Soulless react to this speech? [[EvilCannotComprehendGood By showing the Critic and Satan's daughter, Evilina, whom the Critic is babysitting, clips of bad Dr. Seuss movies.]]
159	--->'''Soulless:''' [[BigNo No!]] No, you're wrong! YOU'RE ALL WRONG!!! I'm going to show you ALL the Seuss movies until you appreciate them!\
160	''(Lightning flashes and clips of bad Dr. Seuss movies are shown, at which the Critic and Evilina cower)''\
161	'''Soulless:''' ''[[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]]'' with dog butt-kissing!\
162	'''Critic and Evilina:''' [[BigNo NO!]]\
163	'''Soulless:''' ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008 Horton Hears a Who!]]'' with anime references!\
164	'''Critic and Evilina:''' ''[[BigNo NO!]]''\
165	'''Soulless:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012 THE LORAX]]'' WITH [[Music/TaylorSwift TAYLOR SWIFT]] AND [[Creator/ZacEfron ZAC EFRON]]!!!\
166	'''Critic and Evilina: ''[[BigNo NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!]]'''''
167	*** It would have been a NearVillainVictory for Soulless had [[BigDamnHeroes Satan]] not intervened at the last second, [[EvenEvilHasStandards even he thinks the Dr. Seuss movies are bad, and he was disgusted with Soulless in general]].
168	** In ''The Princess Diaries II'' review, Hyper Fangirl has a breakdown when her plan of kidnapping Critic and making him love her by pretending to like the same things he does doesn't work and he {{tranquil fury}}s that he'll never love her. She's DrivenToSuicide, but comes back more deluded than ever.
169	* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABh3DkhZllY Phoenix Wright: AI Attorney -- The First Turnabout]]'', after Annie Johnson is identified as Cindy Stone's murderer, she goes silent except for grumbling, which the judge tells her to stop doing lest she be removed from the courtroom. She then makes the following confession.
170	-->'''Annie''': ... ''(Annie's eyes twitch, then begin to tear up)'' O-okay, I confess! I did it! I killed Cindy Stone! Just arrest me and throw me in jail already! I...I...I can't go on like this... I just wanna go to jail and sleep... I'm so sorry.
171	* ''WebVideo/RealTimeFandub'' has '''multiple''' instances of these with Dr. Eggman in their ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' series, the most notable being the [[MemeticMutation infamous Moon speech,]] all because his [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube nudes were leaked on the Internet]] and his wife had sexual intercourse with a bunch of talking animals.
172	* In ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' review of ''VideoGame/StreetFighter2010'', Doctor Insano suffers a breakdown after failing to create the ultimate being (instead producing a cute pink blob thing). He begins crying about how his science never works and nobody loves him before his new "son" cheers him up.
173	* In ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'', Mechakara trembles and screams in incoherent rage when he finds out Terl tricked him into working for him.
174	* In ''WebVideo/TribeTwelve'' The Observer has a glorious one (complete with an incoherent roar that has the words '''SHUT THE FUCK UP!'') when [[spoiler:Firebrand prevents him from abducting Noah.]]
175	* When Jotaro is about beat Steely Dan down in ''WebVideo/VaguelyRecallingJoJo'', he becomes very desperate and reenacts [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]]'s breakdown. It gets worse after Captain Tenille refuses to help Steely Dan.
176	* The killer in Season Two of ''WebVideo/WhereTheBearsAre'' has one when [[spoiler: Reggie takes the call from the police and discovers that his alibi has been faked.]]
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