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* ''VideoGame/MassEffect'': In one of the sidequests, a sentient computer tries detonate itself and kill Shepard in the process. When Shepard points out that there's no way the computer could have smuggled explosives onto the Citadel's Persidium, it replies that it's components will approximate a self destruct when stressed.
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* In the ''WorldsOfPower'' book about ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster,'' the heroes stop the Doomsday Device by frantically pressing random buttons on it until it's overloaded and shuts down.
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* In the ''WorldsOfPower'' ''Literature/WorldsOfPower'' book about ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster,'' the heroes stop the Doomsday Device by frantically pressing random buttons on it until it's overloaded and shuts down.
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* In ''[[AdvanceWars Advance Wars: Dark Conflict/Days of Ruin]]'', [[spoiler: you win the last mission in the campaign by destroying five laser cannons attached to a laboratory, causing the whole thing to overload and destroy itself, killing the BigBad in the process.]]
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* In ''[[AdvanceWars ''[[VideoGame/AdvanceWars Advance Wars: Dark Conflict/Days of Ruin]]'', [[spoiler: you win the last mission in the campaign by destroying five laser cannons attached to a laboratory, causing the whole thing to overload and destroy itself, killing the BigBad in the process.]]
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* In ''Devil & Devil'', Ios tries to off a time-sucking tentacled monster this way, by letting it gorge on as much time as it likes, as [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Ios has tons of it to spare, being an angel]]. It doesn't work as well as he expected, though, and merely damages the monster instead of destroying it outright.
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* ''Film/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer'': [[spoiler: Andrei Smirnov, along with almost every other GN-X IV pilot in the process of assimilation]] does this (using [=TransAm=]) as a [[HeroicSacrifice last ditch attempt]] to destroy an ELS battleship thats heading to earth.
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* ''Film/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer'': ''Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer'': [[spoiler: Andrei Smirnov, along with almost every other GN-X IV pilot in the process of assimilation]] does this (using [=TransAm=]) as a [[HeroicSacrifice last ditch attempt]] to destroy an ELS battleship thats heading to earth.
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* ''Film/DrNo'': Film/JamesBond overheats a nuclear power plant so it blows up and ruins the BigBad's plan. It seemingly doesn't matter that it would cause serious environmental damage. It is Film/JamesBond, after all.
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* ''Film/DrNo'': Film/JamesBond overheats a nuclear power plant so it blows up and ruins the BigBad's plan. It seemingly doesn't matter that it would [[GoingCritical cause serious environmental damage.damage]]. It is Film/JamesBond, after all.
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The opposite of TimTaylorTechnology. Goes hand-in-hand with DestructionEqualsOffSwitch. Compare LogicBomb and GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy. Compare and contrast PentUpPowerPeril when the ''lack'' of usage creates similar results.
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The opposite of TimTaylorTechnology. Goes hand-in-hand with DestructionEqualsOffSwitch. Compare LogicBomb and GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy. Compare and contrast PentUpPowerPeril when the ''lack'' of usage creates similar results.
results. Next step up from SelfDestructMechanism.
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* ''BattleProgrammerShirase'''s first arc (Episode 3) has Shirase destroying the King of America's computer through [[spoiler:using a mobile phone to "double compile" the code, causing his computer to overheat and explode.]]
* ''BattleProgrammerShirase'''s first arc (Episode 3) has Shirase destroying the King of America's computer through [[spoiler:using a mobile phone to "double compile" the code, causing his computer to overheat and explode.]]
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*''BattleProgrammerShirase'''s ''Anime/BattleProgrammerShirase''[='s=] first arc (Episode 3) has Shirase destroying the King of America's computer through [[spoiler:using a mobile phone to "double compile" the code, causing his computer to overheat and explode.]]
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* ''BobAndGeorge'': [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040303c George deduces that his attacks are not just going away and goes for the overload]]
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* ''BobAndGeorge'': ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040303c George deduces that his attacks are not just going away and goes for the overload]]
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* ''VideoGame/RingRunnerFlightOfTheSages'' features weapons can add to the target's energy or heat pools, eventually resulting in them overloading or overheating. Overload weapons can be used by [[SpaceMaster casters]], while overheat weapons can be used by [[FragileSpeedster fighters]].
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* In TabletopGame/YuGiOh, there is a Spell Card called [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Limiter_Removal Limiter Removal]]. The card doubles the attack of machine monsters but with the drawback of destroying them at the end of the turn.
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* In TabletopGame/YuGiOh, there is a Spell Card called [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Limiter_Removal Limiter Removal]]. Removal.]] The card doubles the attack of machine monsters but with the drawback of destroying them at the end of the turn.
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Somewhat similar to [[RealLife real life]] "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overclocking overclocking]]", which increases processing speed at the cost of lifespan (although too much overclocking can achieve the same result as this trope).
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Somewhat similar to [[RealLife real life]] "[[http://en.[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overclocking overclocking]]", "overclocking,"]] which increases processing speed at the cost of lifespan (although too much overclocking can achieve the same result as this trope).
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* In ''Anime/ShinMazinger'', Count Brocken attempts to do this with Energer-Z by overloading its Photon Power Core. It begins shooting out powerful beams of Photon Energy until Mazinger-Z uses the God Scrander's Big Bang Punch attack to destroy it.
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The opposite of TimTaylorTechnology. Goes hand-in-hand with DestructionEqualsOffSwitch. Compare LogicBomb and GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy.
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The opposite of TimTaylorTechnology. Goes hand-in-hand with DestructionEqualsOffSwitch. Compare LogicBomb and GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy.
GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy. Compare and contrast PentUpPowerPeril when the ''lack'' of usage creates similar results.
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* RurouniKenshin features a biological version of this being inflicted on a minor villain. He had strength, speed, and size--but as Kenshin kept dodging and tricking him into going faster, he passed the limit of what his joints joints could handle and broke his own leg.
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* RurouniKenshin features a biological version of this being inflicted on a minor villain. He had strength, speed, and size--but as Kenshin kept dodging and tricking him into going faster, he passed the limit of what his joints joints could handle and broke his own leg.
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* RurouniKenshin features a biological version of this being inflicted on a minor villain. He had strength, speed, and size--but as Kenshin kept dodging and tricking him into going faster, he passed the limit of what his joints joints could handle and broke his own leg.
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Might as well finish the sentence.
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** Finally, in "Family of Blood" [[spoiler: the Doctor disables the Family's ship]]
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** Finally, in "Family of Blood" [[spoiler: the Doctor disables the Family's ship]]ship by "accidentally" falling against the various switches in a corridor, causing the ship's systems to overload.]]
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* ''Webcomic/SecondEmpire''; Anzollo, knowing the Millennium Thargon has no hope of outrunning the attacking Dalek saucers, instead blows the gravity lenses of the Thargon to release a crippling gravity wave, which succeeds in tearing apart many of his pursuers.
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* Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'s "Nuclear Pulse" involves him overclocking his own body with radiation and unleashing a shockwave.
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Fixed the quote; it\'s actually #225.
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->''"224. I will build machines which simply fail when overloaded, rather than wipe out all nearby henchmen in an explosion or worse yet set off a chain reaction. I will do this by using devices known as 'surge protectors'."''
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* Harbinger in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' does this whenever he [[VillainOverride possesses]] an individual Collector, drastically increasing their abilities at the expense of causing irreversible damage to the unit, causing them to quickly disintegrate after death due to all the excess energy.
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* Harbinger The ''Overload'' and ''Sabotage'' talents in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' does this whenever he [[VillainOverride possesses]] an individual Collector, drastically increasing their abilities at the expense of causing irreversible damage to ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series, the unit, causing them to quickly disintegrate after death due to all former downs shields and damages synthetics while the excess energy.
latter overheats weapons and burns the wielder.
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* Harbinger in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' does this whenever he [[DemonicPossession possesses]] an individual Collector, drastically increasing their abilities at the expense of causing irreversible damage to the unit, causing them to quickly disintegrate after death due to all the excess energy.
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* Harbinger in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' does this whenever he [[DemonicPossession [[VillainOverride possesses]] an individual Collector, drastically increasing their abilities at the expense of causing irreversible damage to the unit, causing them to quickly disintegrate after death due to all the excess energy.
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* Harbinger in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' does this whenever he [[DemonicPossession possesses]] an individual Collector, drastically increasing their abilities at the expense of causing irreversible damage to the unit, causing them to quickly disintegrate after death due to all the excess energy.
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Somewhat similar to [[RealLife real life]] "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overclocking overclocking]]", which increases processing speed at the cost of lifespan. (Although too much overclocking can achieve the same result as this trope.)
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Somewhat similar to [[RealLife real life]] "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overclocking overclocking]]", which increases processing speed at the cost of lifespan. (Although lifespan (although too much overclocking can achieve the same result as this trope.)
trope).
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Actually overclocking is similar to this trope (just more specific). Also, the video link is dead.
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In RealLife, "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overclocking overclocking]]" means something completely different.[[hottip:*:[[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5393904704265757054 Though the effect may be the same.]]
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* In the second season of the anime adaptation of ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'', Protagonist Misaka Mikoto uses her Electromaster power (basically the ability to generate and control electricity freely) to remotely destroy several laboratories from a phone booth using the phone lines by hacking into their networks with her power, then wiping all data and critically overloading all the equipment, blowing them up and confusing the scientists as to why the hell all their stuff started randomly exploding.
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* In TabtetopGame/YuGiOh, there is a Spell Card called [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Limiter_Removal Limiter Removal]]. The card doubles the attack of machine monsters but with the drawback of destroying them at the end of the turn.
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* In TabtetopGame/YuGiOh, TabletopGame/YuGiOh, there is a Spell Card called [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Limiter_Removal Limiter Removal]]. The card doubles the attack of machine monsters but with the drawback of destroying them at the end of the turn.
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* In Tabtetopgame/YuGiOh, there is a Spell Card called [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Limiter_Removal Limiter Removal]]. The card doubles the attack of machine monsters but with the drawback of destroying them at the end of the turn.
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* In Tabtetopgame/YuGiOh, TabtetopGame/YuGiOh, there is a Spell Card called [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Limiter_Removal Limiter Removal]]. The card doubles the attack of machine monsters but with the drawback of destroying them at the end of the turn.
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* In Tabtetopcardgame/YuGiOh, there is a Spell Card called [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Limiter_Removal Limiter Removal]]. The card doubles the attack of machine monsters but with the drawback of destroying them at the end of the turn.
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* In Tabtetopcardgame/YuGiOh, Tabtetopgame/YuGiOh, there is a Spell Card called [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Limiter_Removal Limiter Removal]]. The card doubles the attack of machine monsters but with the drawback of destroying them at the end of the turn.
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* In {{Yu-Gi-OhCardGame}}, there is a Spell Card called [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Limiter_Removal Limiter Removal]]. The card doubles the attack of machine monsters but with the drawback of destroying them at the end of the turn.
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* In {{Yu-Gi-OhCardGame}}, Tabtetopcardgame/YuGiOh, there is a Spell Card called [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Limiter_Removal Limiter Removal]]. The card doubles the attack of machine monsters but with the drawback of destroying them at the end of the turn.
