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MCE: Does this trope include comedy use of Brain lockup, such as a characters being accidentally pushed over went poked or other characters dressing them up?
I do not understand the origin of this term. The only BSOD I know is "Blue Screen of Death," a locked-up error condition to which some flavors of Micro Soft Windows are annoyingly prone. Is the writer saying that in these circumstances the hero goes into inert motionless brainlock and can take no further action unless someone turns him off and back on again? osh: Basically. Kendra Kirai: I was a little confused too, but then I thought about it, and yeah, the Hero basically requires a reset. They need to have their previous experiences that led them to begin being a Hero in the first place repeated to them. Restore from backup. :) Tabby: Added clarification to the main page. Seth: The term "Mindrape" is greatness. Scrounge: Is there a villain counterpart to this? Scheme freeze-up or something? I've seen too many bad guys with a deer-in-the-headlights expression to belive there isn't. Fathom: There is. I posted an example from http://www.drhorrible.com/  that shows all the earmarks of trauma BSOD. It's an It's All My Fault critical error that caused his emotional withdrawal. It even ventured somewhat into the territory of the Freak Out, but fortunately that's often good for villains.
Licky Lindsay: did this go through the YKTTW crucible? Somebody would have pointed out that the name will make people think of Heroic BDSM, and Squicky Magic would have taken care of the rest. Ry Senkari: Hmmm... is Heroic BDSM in the Title Bin yet? Licky Lindsay: it is now. Shay Guy: Is there a reason Peter Parker identifying Ben's murderer isn't on here? Vulpy: This title is Made Of Win, by the way. "The Hero has encountered a fatal error and must be rebooted." Props to whoever named it. Freezair For A Limited Time: Proving that TV Tropes Will Ruin Your REM Cycles, I had a dream last night in which this article was vandalized. So I am now bringing this fact up here to keep it from happening. Or something. I don't know. I felt like sharing. AKK: Ranma in the final book of the series suffers from this when Akane saves him(saying more would be spoilerific and I don't quite know how to blank those out yet). Rogue 7: Perhaps it's because I haven't seen Shuffle, but I would vote for a return to Lloyd Irving. Particularly since the caption was much, much better. Edit: better picture than the first one, but I still like the "Lloyd Irving has enountered an error and needs to be rebooted" caption.
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