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** Despite being the resident InsufferableGenius, Vaarsuvius is still subjected to this twice. First, both figuratively and in a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0627.html disturbingly literal way]] when they meet a black dragon who is more powerful than them. Next, [[spoiler: after they gain the ultimate arcane power they always wanted, confronting Xykon ''alone''. No surprise they failed.]] Vaarsuvius seems to believe that only sheer magical power can fix things, and we thought it was just [[RuleOfFunny funny]] because V is a mage!
** Miko, the haughty, self-righteous paladin who is convinced that she is an avatar of the gods. Not only does she [[spoiler:discover how very untrue this is when she loses her paladin status]], she is eventually [[spoiler:[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisected]]. Alive.]]

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** Despite being As the resident InsufferableGenius, wholly convinced that only sheer magical power can fix things, Vaarsuvius is still subjected to this twice. First, both figuratively and in a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0627.html disturbingly literal way]] when they meet a black dragon who is more powerful than them. Next, [[spoiler: after they gain the ultimate arcane power they always wanted, confronting Xykon ''alone''. No surprise they failed.]] Vaarsuvius seems to believe V is ''significantly'' less arrogant after that only sheer magical power can fix things, and we thought it was just [[RuleOfFunny funny]] because V is a mage!
double-whammy, especially upon learning the full ramifications of those actions.
** Miko, the haughty, self-righteous paladin who is thoroughly convinced that she is an the infallible avatar of the gods. Not only does [[spoiler:After killing Lord Shojo in a rage, she [[spoiler:discover how very untrue this is when she loses stripped of her paladin status]], status and loses all justification]]... only it doesn't take, as Miko [[InsaneTrollLogic soon convinces herself]] that it's all somehow both a evil scheme by the Order of the Stick and a divinely-approved SecretTestOfCharacter, and thus [[NeverMyFault she is eventually [[spoiler:[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisected]]. Alive.did nothing wrong]]. But later, her interference directly leads to [[spoiler:[[TheBadGuyWins the fall of Azure City]]]], and Miko ''finally'' seems to realize she might've screwed up. [[spoiler:A little too late, as she was just [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisected]]; the ghost of Soon Kim bluntly tells her that she's proven unworthy of redemption, and she dies knowing she'll never be with the other paladins in the afterlife.]]
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* ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'': Payet. He was shocked and dismayed that the core group was shocked that he saved Byron and after a small confession, he decided to be a better ally [[spoiler: and since he is supposed to find a basin that will tell him his destiny, this seems to be the flavor of the chapter]]. And then there's a much more significant breakdown after [[spoiler: finding the basin and seeing his death.]]

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* ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'': Payet. He was shocked and dismayed that the core group was shocked that he saved Byron and after a small confession, he decided to be a better ally [[spoiler: and since he is supposed to find a basin that will tell him his destiny, this seems to be the flavor of the chapter]]. And then Then there's a much more significant breakdown after [[spoiler: finding the basin and seeing his death.]]



* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'' is a series-long one for the ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'' Melissa Hellrune.

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* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'' is a series-long one for the ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'' character Melissa Hellrune.



** Despite being the resident InsufferableGenius, Vaarsuvius is still subjected to this twice. First, both figuratively and in a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0627.html disturbingly literal way]] when they meet a black dragon who is more powerful than them. Next, [[spoiler: after they gain the ultimate arcane power they always wanted, confronting Xykon ''alone''. No surprise they failed.]] Vaarsuvius seems to believe that only sheer magical power can fix things. And we thought it was just [[RuleOfFunny funny]] because V is a mage!

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** Despite being the resident InsufferableGenius, Vaarsuvius is still subjected to this twice. First, both figuratively and in a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0627.html disturbingly literal way]] when they meet a black dragon who is more powerful than them. Next, [[spoiler: after they gain the ultimate arcane power they always wanted, confronting Xykon ''alone''. No surprise they failed.]] Vaarsuvius seems to believe that only sheer magical power can fix things. And things, and we thought it was just [[RuleOfFunny funny]] because V is a mage!



* Morita of ''Webcomic/RedString'' gets broken very harshly. She goes from the top of the school, wanted by all the boys, envied by all of the girls to an outcast that no one will offer any help or friendship to and suffers constant humiliation from her former friends (including physical abuse). All this because she dared to turn her cruelty on someone more popular than she was.

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* Morita of ''Webcomic/RedString'' gets broken very harshly. She goes from the top of the school, wanted by all the boys, boys and envied by all of the girls girls, to an outcast that no one will offer any help or friendship to and suffers constant humiliation from her former friends (including physical abuse). All this because she dared to turn her cruelty on someone more popular than she was.



* Kharisma from ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' was an example of this; she started out as a truly detestable vain, shallow, and selfish rich playgirl, but over the course of the series she lost all her money, received disfiguring burns to the face and head, was framed (sort of) for murder and then sent to prison for it, where the local prison warder and the other inmates conspired to make her life a living hell until she was freed by a misguided admirer during a prison transfer and had to resort to life as a fugitive. If the point was to make the audience feel bad for wishing bad things on her, it would be about right for ''S* P''. However, unlike Mike, who got a similar Break The Haughty moment for being a pretentious rules-lawyering jerkass, Kharisma [[AesopAmnesia hasn't changed]] that much, other than gaining a little blue monster imaginary friend.

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* Kharisma from ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' was is an example of this; she started starts out as a truly detestable vain, shallow, and selfish rich playgirl, but over the course of the series she lost loses all her money, received receives disfiguring burns to the face and head, was is framed (sort of) for murder and then sent to prison for it, where the local prison warder and the other inmates conspired conspire to make her life a living hell until she was she's freed by a misguided admirer during a prison transfer and had has to resort to life as a fugitive. If the point was is to make the audience feel bad for wishing bad things on her, it would be about right for ''S* P''. However, unlike Mike, who got gets a similar Break The Haughty moment for being a pretentious rules-lawyering jerkass, Kharisma [[AesopAmnesia hasn't changed]] that much, other than gaining a little blue monster imaginary friend.
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** Chrys'tel Vel'Sharen at the end of her school years. Let's see .. she gets outwitted and beaten by a "peasant". Captured, tortured, suspected of treason when she gets home. Most significantly, a declared traitor to the clan planted a seed of doubt on how her clan may not be as noble and honorable as she was taught to believe.

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** Chrys'tel Vel'Sharen at the end of her school years. Let's see ..see... she gets outwitted and beaten by a "peasant". Captured, tortured, suspected of treason when she gets home. Most significantly, a declared traitor to the clan planted a seed of doubt on how her clan may not be as noble and honorable as she was taught to believe.
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* ''Webcomic/DragonBallReboot'': When Grandpa Gohan notices how Gine [[PowerIncontinence tends to waste excessive amounts of energy in her ki attacks]] and offers to teach her how to better control it, she brashly asserts that there's nothing she could possibly learn from a weakling like him and [[ArrogantKungFuGuy claims that she doesn't need to train anyway since she's already the most powerful being on Earth]]. Gohan quickly puts her in her place by knocking her to the ground with a sweep kick before calling her out on her arrogance, pointing out how he was still able to knock her off her feet and warns her that her son will end up having to suffer for her hubris. His speech, combined with the fact that an old man was able to knock her down, gets through to Gine, who apologizes to Gohan for her behavior and confides to him her insecurities about being weak.
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* ''WebcomicDragonBallReboot'': When Grandpa Gohan notices how Gine [[PowerIncontinence tends to waste excessive amounts of energy in her ki attacks]] and offers to teach her how to better control it, she brashly asserts that there's nothing she could possibly learn from a weakling like him and [[ArrogantKungFuGuy claims that she doesn't need to train anyway since she's already the most powerful being on Earth]]. Gohan quickly puts her in her place by knocking her to the ground with a sweep kick before calling her out on her arrogance, pointing out how he was still able to knock her off her feet and warns her that her son will end up having to suffer for her hubris. His speech, combined with the fact that an old man was able to knock her down, gets through to Gine, who apologizes to Gohan for her behavior and confides to him her insecurities about being weak.

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* ''WebcomicDragonBallReboot'': ''Webcomic/DragonBallReboot'': When Grandpa Gohan notices how Gine [[PowerIncontinence tends to waste excessive amounts of energy in her ki attacks]] and offers to teach her how to better control it, she brashly asserts that there's nothing she could possibly learn from a weakling like him and [[ArrogantKungFuGuy claims that she doesn't need to train anyway since she's already the most powerful being on Earth]]. Gohan quickly puts her in her place by knocking her to the ground with a sweep kick before calling her out on her arrogance, pointing out how he was still able to knock her off her feet and warns her that her son will end up having to suffer for her hubris. His speech, combined with the fact that an old man was able to knock her down, gets through to Gine, who apologizes to Gohan for her behavior and confides to him her insecurities about being weak.
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* ''Webcomic/TapiseriSoujourn'': Daedalus is so arrogant and dismissive of Soujourn that he is taken aback when [[spoiler:she stabs and decapitates him.]]
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* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': The closing arc in this series is turning into one for [[spoiler: Dr. McNinja himself.]]

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* ''Webcomic/{{Hooky}}'': At first Monica is haughty and rude, and alongside Nico, bullies Dorian. But after she gets trapped in a tower and needs to be rescued (by Dorian, no less) she is less full of herself and puts in an effort to be kind and friendly towards him.
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BreakTheHaughty in webcomics.
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* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' has Thief, a proud elf who somehow almost always can con anyone into anything [[KarmaHoudini using contracts to avoid repercussions]]. An attempt at this on a dragon has... different consequences.
* At the end of ''95 Gallons'', [[spoiler:[[InsufferableGenius Tiger Barb]] is completely outwitted by his longtime rival, [[CassandraTruth Black-Skirt Tetra.]]]] While the ending is left open, it is presumed that [[spoiler:Tiger Barb either went into hiding or killed himself.]]
* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': The closing arc in this series is turning into one for [[spoiler: Dr. McNinja himself.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'':
** [[spoiler:Val'Sharess Diva'ratrika]], who was never the nicest person, earns her JerkassWoobie status in a big way after being set up and betrayed by her daughters and trapped for a year in her throne room with only a single slave for company. Eventually, she stops wearing clothes because they've gotten too dirty and deteriorates physically to the point that it's implied she starts hallucinating. It finally gets to the point that [[spoiler:she effectively kills herself and transfers her aura to the slave, Ragini, so she can escape. This is how the CloudcuckooLander Liriel came to be]].
** Chrys'tel Vel'Sharen at the end of her school years. Let's see .. she gets outwitted and beaten by a "peasant". Captured, tortured, suspected of treason when she gets home. Most significantly, a declared traitor to the clan planted a seed of doubt on how her clan may not be as noble and honorable as she was taught to believe.
** Chirinide Val'Kyorl'Solenurn once she starts to delve a bit more on her origins.
* ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'': Payet. He was shocked and dismayed that the core group was shocked that he saved Byron and after a small confession, he decided to be a better ally [[spoiler: and since he is supposed to find a basin that will tell him his destiny, this seems to be the flavor of the chapter]]. And then there's a much more significant breakdown after [[spoiler: finding the basin and seeing his death.]]
* Alejandra Coldthorn from ''Webcomic/LasLindas'' finally gets her break the haughty moment during the harvest festival. A classic example of the RichBitch, she gets brought down to earth thanks to Idward accidentally [[http://laslindas.katbox.net/?p=343 exposing]] her in front of a huge crowd.
%%* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'' is a series-long one for the ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'' Melissa Hellrune
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Despite being the resident InsufferableGenius, Vaarsuvius is still subjected to this twice. First, both figuratively and in a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0627.html disturbingly literal way]] when they meet a black dragon who is more powerful than them. Next, [[spoiler: after they gain the ultimate arcane power they always wanted, confronting Xykon ''alone''. No surprise they failed.]] Vaarsuvius seems to believe that only sheer magical power can fix things. And we thought it was just [[RuleOfFunny funny]] because V is a mage!
** Miko, the haughty, self-righteous paladin who is convinced that she is an avatar of the gods. Not only does she [[spoiler:discover how very untrue this is when she loses her paladin status]], she is eventually [[spoiler:[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisected]]. Alive.]]
* Morita of ''Webcomic/RedString'' gets broken very harshly. She goes from the top of the school, wanted by all the boys, envied by all of the girls to an outcast that no one will offer any help or friendship to and suffers constant humiliation from her former friends (including physical abuse). All this because she dared to turn her cruelty on someone more popular than she was.
* The main cast of ''Webcomic/RumorsOfWar'' gets booster shots of Break The Haughty to immunize them against a HumiliationConga, though Nenshe may be [[LonelyAtTheTop setting himself up]] [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen for a fall]] [[IneffectualLoner by skipping out]].
* Kharisma from ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' was an example of this; she started out as a truly detestable vain, shallow, and selfish rich playgirl, but over the course of the series she lost all her money, received disfiguring burns to the face and head, was framed (sort of) for murder and then sent to prison for it, where the local prison warder and the other inmates conspired to make her life a living hell until she was freed by a misguided admirer during a prison transfer and had to resort to life as a fugitive. If the point was to make the audience feel bad for wishing bad things on her, it would be about right for ''S* P''. However, unlike Mike, who got a similar Break The Haughty moment for being a pretentious rules-lawyering jerkass, Kharisma [[AesopAmnesia hasn't changed]] that much, other than gaining a little blue monster imaginary friend.
* Quentyn Quinn of ''Webcomic/TalesOfTheQuestor'' isn't anywhere near haughty most of the time due to self-esteem issues, but he grows overconfident (or somewhat convinced of his success) when he's tasked with ''killing a dragon''. His team members slowly leave him as they realize that Quentyn's going on a suicide mission, with no real plan whatsoever. Good news is, half of them come back! But then the "socks dragon" is revealed to be ''two dragons''. Quentyn and his squad fight in terror and stress in an epic battle of legendary status... and win... and then the other dragon goes berserk, zooms off to the nearest village, and starts killing people in a fit of rage while Quentyn is forced to watch. Plus his pet horse died. In the end, the tragedy is that although Quentyn performed an act of glory, it turned out years later that things would have been better if he just negotiated with the green dragon instead of killing the red one. Quentyn himself declares the fair and epic kill of the dragon as 'the emptiest, most senseless, most destructive choice I've ever made, one that should have never been chosen'.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Widdershins}}:''
** Harry Barber has a mild but memorable one courtesy of a [[http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/october-31st-2012-kickstarter-for-book-two-is-live-please-read-the-newspost/ giraffe and a pond]], which leads her to [[http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/january-23rd-2013/ reconsider]] her IWorkAlone policy.
** Dominik Voss, spiteful {{Jerkass}} extraordinaire, [[http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/january-27th-2015/ gets this treatment]]. [[spoiler:He bargained with [[SevenDeadlySins Envy]] to become rich and talented by [[PowerParasite stealing people's skills]], then sets up business in Widdershins just to spite his UnknownRival Wolfe. Not only is [[NiceGuy Wolfe]] happy for his success, his plan fails, Envy [[GrandTheftMe steals his body]], he loses the talents he'd stolen, and Wolfe {{save|TheVillain}}s him. It triggers a HeelRealization.]]

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