History HeroicBSOD / WebComics

** Elan goes through this after he realizes his father Tarquin is evil, and not in a NobleDemon sort of way. It gets worse when he tries to kill him, only for his father to tell him that he'd be totally OK with being killed by his heroic son, which will at least mean that he'll be immortalized in stories to come.

* Germany faces this in [[http://satwcomic.com/cute-puppy this comic]](ScandinaviaAndTheWorld) when faced with a dog that Finland trained. He's sorry! [[TheAtoner He's changed! He really, really has!]] [[ApologisesALot He's sorry!]] [[MadnessMantra He's sorry!]] [[RuleOfThree He's sorry!]]

* Peanut of ''{{Housepets}}'' is prone to having these when confronted with his socially unacceptable attraction to cats, most recently [[spoiler: when his best friend and adopted sister Grape revealed that she knew about his secret, long-time crush on her]].

* ''OrderOfTheStick'': [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0245.html "I think we broke Haley."]]

* Lampshaded in ''{{Shortpacked}}!'' When Ethan realizes how gratuitously evil he's being, his shock and horror causes the strip itself to "crash"--[[http://www.shortpacked.com/blog/2009/03/31/gpf/ complete with BSOD]].

* When [[EightBitTheater White Mage]] realizes that all of her well-intended acts inevitably lead to ruin, she experiences a BSOD that actually turns her evil for a while. Of course, because it's White Mage, it doesn't work, and she quickly reverts back.
* Antimony, in chapter 31 of Gunnerkrigg Court after being told that [[spoiler: she was the reason for her mother's death]], reels back in shock and proceeds to run out of the Court and into the Forest, setting off the alarm, and creating a huge firewall of death to prevent anyone following her.

* [[GirlGenius Gilgamesh Wulfenbach]] suffers one of these when he thinks that [[spoiler: Agatha's dead.]] Agatha later has one of her own when [[spoiler: Lars dies]], but hers involves a calliope and an attack carousel. Given the GrayandBlackMorality of the characters, the degree of Heroic in HeroicBSOD may vary.

* Parodied in [[http://concessioncomic.com/index.php?pid=20090320 this]] ''{{Concession}}'', where [[InnocenceVirginOnStupidity Matt]] (post-destupidification) [[AmbiguousInnocence seemingly]] goes into a HeroicBSOD when he learns that TheInternetIsForPorn.

* [[SplitPersonality Yumiko]] experienced one in ''AndShineHeavenNow'' when she finds out [[spoiler: not only isn't she the original personality, but she has ''eleven'' split personalities in total. She then suffers a second one when Heinkel releases them, while the personalities sort themselves out.]]

* In ''{{Homestuck}}'', John is given the command [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002879 "mental breakdown"]] after discovering Fruit Gushers are made by Betty Crocker. [[spoiler:In actuality, this trope is brilliantly and hilariously subverted. THIS IS STUPID]]

* SquidRow [[http://squidrowcomics.com/?p=454 Total system shutdown]]

* Kate of ''InstantClassic'' suffers one after learning that her Orson Welles (whom she idolizes) voice acted in an anime (a genre that she regards as the lowest, least dignified form of filmmaking).

** He gets another one when [[spoiler: Eridan kills Feferi and Kanaya]]

*** Looks like he's about to have ''another'' one.

It's all fun and games until someone's psyche [[HeroicBSOD crashes and burns...]]