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* Every {{Batman}} fan knows the story of how [[AnIcePerson Mr. Freeze]] is keeping his wife Nora cryogenically frozen until he can find a cure for her. When he finally suceeded and thawed Nora out by dipping her in a Lazarus Pit, she came back as a raving [[PyroManiac fire-spewing]] psychopath with the ability to raise the dead. Calling herself "Lazara", Nora Fries blamed her husband for what she'd become, and fled for parts unknown, Mr. Freeze in pursuit.

* [[spoiler:Greed]] from Manga/FullmetalAlchemist has a reaction like this after he uses [[spoiler: Bido's]] relaxed guard as an opening to kill him, as soon as he dies, [[spoiler:Greed]] begins to have mental flashes back to his first life and his comrades and begins trembling uncontrollably. Admittedly, it's a little more like a WhatHaveIDone moment.

* [[spoiler:Greed]] from FullmetalAlchemistBrotherhood had a reaction like this after he uses [[spoiler: Bido's]] relaxed guard as an opening to kill him, as soon as he dies, [[spoiler:Greed]] begins to have mental flashes back to his first life and his comrades and begins trembling uncontrollably. Admittedly, it's a little more like a WhatHaveIDone moment.

* Lionblaze from ''WarriorCats'' says this almost word for word in ''Eclipse'' after he [[spoiler:nearly kills Crowfeather]]. Who was also [[spoiler:his dad]].

* One [[EpilepticTree fan theory]] for why The Witch in ''Left4Dead'' [[http://accelagirl.deviantart.com/art/Left-4-Dead-Broken-Promises-108701856 is always crying]].

* Several cases, most notably Argilla, suffer from this in ''DigitalDevilSaga''. Though, to be fair, having a cannibalistic demon inside you who will never shut up about its HorrorHunger and will never, ever go away, along with [[WhatIsThisThingCalledLove unexplained emotion surges]], would ruin anyone's day.

* This is pretty much required in the new WorldOfDarkness WerewolfTheForsaken gameline. One day, you're bitten by a werewolf and one gruesome (and painful) transformation sequence later you realize you always had werewolf blood in you, yearning to get out. Now all those bouts of extreme rage and murderous intent throughout your life is starting to make sense.

* Seeing as how a central theme of their games is 'Personal Horror', White Wolf has made this moment pretty much standard with every new WorldOfDarkness game line except two (Hunter and Mage, where you are always human, and Promethean, where you don't start out as humans). Granted, even in those two, its still quite possible if the Storyteller spins it right.

* Seeing as how a central theme of their games is 'Personal Horror', White Wolf has made this the case with every new WorldOfDarkness game line except two (Hunter and Promethean, where you don't start out as humans).

* Despite people frequently changing into monsters called "Awakened Beings" in ''{{Claymore}}'', this moment happens only once with the character Ophelia. While originally a CompleteMonster with a lust for slaying said demons (Due to the fact that one killed her family), Ophelia becomes obviously distraught when she discovers that she has become what she hates. She then surprisingly composes herself and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath pulls an Angeal]] for Clare rather than give into her growing monstrous desires.
* ''MadokaMagica'': This is basically the driving force behind [[spoiler:Sayaka's fall]].

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* {{Neopets}} played this for laughs in the Petpet Park plot. You come upon an adorable Cybunny with the options of: A) Become inexplicably hostile, B) Request an autograph, C) Ask, "If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?", or D) Bribe it with Neocash. Upon executing any of the options, the Cybunny would turn around to reveal itself to be half-robot. If you chose A, it gets a mirror out of nowhere and says, "ERROR: WHAT HAVE I BECOME?"

* In the ''FinalFantasyVII'' prequel ''CrisisCore'' Genesis becomes a villain, Angeal a DeathSeeker and Sephiroth [[GoMadFromTheRevelation enlightened with insanity]] because of this. The only thing that changes with their appearance is a single black or white wing on their back (Sephiroth's wing is seen chronologically much later in the series though) which allows them to fly, and even before that they were insanely powerful warriors. The genetic tinkering behind this however also causes Genesis and possibly Angeal as well to slowly degenerate. Which still kinda manages to be CursedWithAwesome (seeing how there were possible cures), although there are more subtle explanations for why they are not exactly happy about the revelation; they aren't angsting about having wings, they're angsting about what the wings are a symptom of.

* In ''FinalFantasyVII: Crisis Core'' Genesis becomes a villain, Angeal a DeathSeeker and Sephiroth [[GoMadFromTheRevelation enlightened with insanity]] because of this. The only thing that changes with their appearance is a single black or white wing on their back (Sephiroth's wing is seen chronologically much later in the series though) which allows them to fly, and even before that they were insanely powerful warriors. The genetic tinkering behind this however also causes Genesis and possibly Angeal as well to slowly degenerate. Which still kinda manages to be CursedWithAwesome (seeing how there were possible cures), although there are more subtle explanations for why they are not exactly happy about the revelation; they aren't angsting about having wings, they're angsting about what the wings are a symptom of.

* [[spoiler:Greed]] from FullmetalAlchemistBrotherhood had a reaction like this after he uses [[spoiler: Bido's]] relaxed guard as an opening to kill him, as soon as he dies, [[spoiler:Greed]] begins to have mental flashes back to his first life and his comrades and begins trembling uncontrollably. Admittiedly, it's a little more like a WhatHaveIDone moment.

* [[DeusEx Adam Jensen]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B5CouS1ZmA never asked for this]].

* ''In Tales of the Black Freighter'', the in-comic comic in ''{{Watchmen}}'', a young mariner's vessel is wrecked by the Black Freighter (a literally hell-sent pirate ship) before it can return to his hometown and warn his wife and children. He ends up Marooned (also the name of that double-issue), and makes a raft out of his shipmate's gas-bloated corpses, which he had buried and then dug back up. The main character eventually gets to his hometown, only to find the Black Freighter had never come and terrorized his hometown, and that he had alienated himself from his family and friends in his (disturbing) efforts to save them from his own fabrication.

* Averted by {{Disturbed}} with the song "Monster". It's actually about "What I Will ''Not'' Become"

* In the original {{God of War}} Kratos says 'By the gods, what have I become?'

* One [[EpilepticTree fan theory]] for why [[Left4Dead The Witch]] [[http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/014/7/b/Left_4_Dead__Broken_Promises_by_accelagirl.jpg is always crying]].

-->'''Elliot:''': I dunno. [[CharacterDevelopment Mature?]]

* Played for laughs in ElGoonishShive.
-->'''Tedd''': Oh dear lord, what have I become?

-->'''Tedd''': '''Blasphemy.'''

** Beast Boy, in both the cartoon and the comics, has very little angst over his own transformation early in his life from blonde-hared, blue eyed Garfield Logan to green all over Garfield Logan. He even still got to be an actor, like he always wanted, even if his situation prevented him from getting any, um, "good" or "respectable" roles.

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