History Main / FatalFlaw

** Parker has the flaw that she is incapable of dealing with a normal person which is problematic when she is forced into the role of grifter.

* In ''{{Bleach}}'', Aizen's god-complex and belief that he was above everyone else led him to discard strategy and cunning (what had previously allowed him to outsmart and outplay his enemies) and relying on his unnatural power upgrades and being DrunkWithPower. Which would lead to [[spoiler: his defeat at the hands of both Ichigo and Urahara.]]

** Aang's flaw is his conviction. He was raised as a dedicated pacifist, and though [[MartialPacifist he will fight if necessary,]] he won't kill. When his opponent is the BigBad who slaughtered Aang's people and oppresses the populace of two nations, this turns out to be a bad thing.

** [[AdiposeRex Robert Baratheon]]'s is {{gluttony}}.

* {{Berserk}} has Guts' anger and Griffith's ambition.
** If you subscribe to the theory that Griffith is [[AmbiguouslyBi bisexual]] and loves both [[OfficialCouple Guts and Casca]], another fatal flaw of his might be lust. When Guts leaves Griffith to pursue his dream, Griffith is '''furious''' in a very possessive, 'you can't leave me, you belong to me' kind of way, and his anger drives him to sleep with Princess Charlotte, which gets him jailed and tortured, which leads to Griffith's StartOfDarkness.

* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Harry saves people. [[ChronicHeroSyndrome It's just what he does.]] At one point, someone immediately figures out that he's harboring a fugitive because that's Harry's schtick; people come to him for help, [[WeHelpTheHelpless he helps them]].

** Note that in ''Touhou'', a lot of people have the FatalFlaw of [[{{Pride}} overconfidence]], but the most vulgar display of it is by Tenshi, ''[[ForTheEvulz who destroys the Hakurei shrine just to experience the thrill of being a]] BigBad''. She gets what is coming to her.

* ''DungeonKeeper 2'': Turned on its head in execution, but still used perfectly straight. One of the earlier campaign missions pits you against Lord [[ThemeNaming Avaricious]] in his impenetrable fort. The elegant way to win (as opposed to a head-on slaughter) is to have your imps mine away almost all of the gold beneath his realm, enraging the man enough to lead the charge personally. [[KarmicDeath It doesn't end well.]]

--> That for some vicious mole of nature in them...\\
--> Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect,\\
--> Being nature's livery, or fortune's star,\\
--> Their virtues else ? be they as pure as grace,\\
--> As infinite as man may undergo ?\\
--> Shall in the general censure take corruption\\
--> From that particular fault."

** Theatre/{{Hamlet}} waited too long, and is [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation very likely crazy]]. And yet he is completely GenreSavvy about this:\\

* [[TeamMom Nico]], leader of the ''ComicBook/Runaways'', is an interesting take on Lust as a flaw. She's quite responsible in most ways, but when dealing with stress or trauma, she (in Nico's own words) 'throws herself at the nearest warm body'. This habit doesn't cause Nico's downfall, but it frays her self-esteem and sabotages her friendships.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and all her predecessors are implied to get too careless after a while, leading them to get killed before their time.

* In the ''StarWars'' prequels, Anakin Skywalker's fatal flaw is his ChronicHeroSyndrome, ironically causing him to turn to TheDarkSide in his narrow-minded effort to [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl save Padmé]] [[MoralEventHorizon at all costs]].

* ''{{Gargoyles}}'' have many examples. One of the strongest examples is Demona and her refusal to take [[NeverMyFault responsibility and accountability]] for her actions. After all [[spoiler: Demona was the reason why her Gargoyle clan was destroyed by the Vikings and why the surviving clan members got cursed, which is the genesis of the series.]]

* ''Series/BreakingBad'' - Walter White's pride causes him to start cooking meth instead of accepting charity in the first place, and continues to get him into escalating trouble from there.
** Gus Fling's determination to get revenge [[spoiler: against the men who killed his best friend is another major example. He even had a chance to avoid his death by letting his [[TheDragon dragon]] kill the main object of his hate. But because he had to do it, personally, he walked right into a death trap.]]

* In the ''DotHack'' fanfiction [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4036084/1/ .hack//G.U.: The Staircase to Nowhere]], each of the Epitaph users has one physical/mental flaw that can spell the end for them in the Goddess Morganna's war; Haseo has his photophobia (his sensitivity to light), Atoli's fear of being alone, Endrance's weak lungs, and Kuhn's color blindness.

Note the resemblance to the SevenDeadlySins [[note]](in fact, all of them except Sloth are in the list above)[[/note]]. Also see VirtueViceCodification for a more comprehensive list of vices identified by various authors throughout history.

* Tenma always wants to make others feel better. This almost get her killed in the manga.

A literal fatal flaw, as often seen in science fiction, would be PhlebotinumBreakdown.

* CM Punk's fatal flaws are arguably his arrogance and tendancy to blame everyone but himself.
* Daniel Bryan's fatal flaw is his egomaniacism.
* Vanity is CodyRhodes fatal flaw.
* Wrestling/Raven 's is his selfishness; one of his catchphrases is even "What about ''me''? What about ''Raven''?"
* Many times HonorBeforeReason has kept JohnCena from winning.

* Wrestling/Edge 's fatal flaws were his overconfidence and HairTriggerTemper.

*** It also gives him severe sel-esteem issues and a martyr complex. (If [[TheAce Saber) weren't around to protect him, Shirou'd be dead before the second cutscene.)
* In ''VideoGame/TheSimsMedieval'', every Sim in your kingdom has some sort of fatal flaw that directly affects their mood or performance (ex.: Gluttons have to eat more frequently, and require more than one meal to be fully satisfied; [[CasanovaWannabe Licentious]] Sims get in a bad mood if they don't kiss or [[GRatedSex Woohoo]] with other Sims after a set amount of time). Succeeding in certain quests allows them to drop their fatal flaw and replace it with a Legendary Trait, which can't be selected during character creation.