History VillainousBreakdown / AnimeAndManga

** Alice finds out that Oorai has discovered that they were [[spoiler:intercepting their radio transmissions]] and is [[HoistByHisOwnPetard using that tactic against them]], she breaks down and starts ranting about various things, such as a boy who won't notice her feelings, the supposed superiority of the Sherman Tanks, and how [[spoiler:if Oorai is getting shut down, it should be shut down immediately]]. She briefly regains her composure when the team captain sends reinforcements, but when the team loses anyway, she breaks down again, especially when Kay states she wants to give her a talking-to.

* In ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords2004'', Shadow Link gets one when Vio is freed by the other three Links and the Links defeat his Hinox servants. His VillainousBreakdown has him fly into a rage and hit the four Links with a ThisIsUnforgivable and make one last lash at them -- only to be defeated by [[ThePowerOfFriendship the combined power of their Four Swords]]. He later returns, [[spoiler: reformed after his VillainousBreakdown, to make a HeroicSacrifice to destroy the Dark Mirror and therefore help the other four Links defeat Vaati.]]

* Aureolus Izzard from ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' goes from a calm, MagnificentBastard to a murderous lunatic when Stiyl and Touma inform him that his complicated plan to [[spoiler:find and trap a vampire, then force it to turn Index into a vampire in order to save her life is completely unnecessary because Touma already saved her. He gets even more upset when Stiyl questions [[FridgeLogic why he needed to find and trap a vampire in the first place]] if he has RealityWarper powers, he could have just summoned one or even turned Index into a vampire himself. Then, he ''completely loses it '' when Touma acts like Aureolus chopping his arm off means nothing to him and slowly advances on him, laughing like a crazed lunatic and giving a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. In a blind panic, Aureolus screams, "He's a monster!" and has just enough time to go OhCrap before his RealityWarper powers turn against him and cause a dragon to emerge from Touma's arm stump, which finishes him off.]]

* ''LightNovel/TheMisfitOfDemonKingAcademy'': Emilia Ludowell was already a major bitch, but after seeing Anos beat her brother, her mind started taking a massive decline in what little sanity she had. Once Anos kills her; permanently reincarnates her into the very kind of half-demon she was racist towards; and leaves her in the buff, she effectively enters a VillainousBSOD, screaming and crying at her fate.

* Hellmaster Phibrizzo from ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}} NEXT''. When his plan to have Lina cast the Giga Slave and destroy the world backfires due to [[spoiler:Lina being possessed by the Lord of Nightmares]], he completely flips out, eventually screaming out "I WANNA BE DESTROYED!". His wish is granted shortly afterwards.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': [[BigBad All for One]] has the breakdown of ''the century'' in the FinalBattle, where after he spends the entire manga [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping everyone around him]] while bragging and boasting about being an "[[MaouTheDemonKing Invincible Demon King]]", he undergoes one heck of a HumiliationConga that concludes with his own apprentice Tomura turning on him, causing All for One to break down screaming and [[EmotionalRegression mentally regress]] into the StupidEvil PsychopathicManchild he is deep down.

* Light Yagami of ''Manga/DeathNote'' lost his cool from time to time, but the ultimate freakout was [[spoiler:right at the end, when he realized that he dug his own grave via his unshakable belief that he could never be defeated, leading to a series of fatal oversights. Once he realizes that there's no hope of fooling anyone anymore, he breaks into an EvilLaugh as he goes on a MotiveRant about how he's just a WellIntentionedExtremist who was the only person who could make the world "better." Then he resorts to using a piece of the titular Death Note to try and kill Near when the latter [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech verbally tears him apart]]. Touta Matsuda, who had previously wanted to believe that Kira was indeed well-intentioned, immediately stands up to him and shoots Light's hand, provoking Light to furiously shout at Matsuda for "screwing with him" as he desperately tries to convince him to kill Near and the rest of the [=SPK=]. When Matsuda is unswayed, Light tries to write Near's name in his own blood on the page he concealed; he then devolves into incredulous, fearful screaming once [[UnstoppableRage Matsuda flies into a rage and unloads the contents of his revolver into Light's body]]]]. In the manga, [[spoiler:the wannabe god realizes that he, who built his gargantuan ego upon so many deaths, does not himself want to die, and [[VillainsWantMercy begs desperately for his life]] after Ryuk writes Light's name in his Death Note in front of Near, Mikami and everyone in the [=SPK=]. [[AssholeVictim He dies pathetically, without sympathy, bleeding on the floor as a heart attack finishes him off]]]]. In the anime, he [[spoiler: ends his reign of terror by trying to flee the scene, running aimlessly through the city, crying as [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes his life flashes before his eyes,]] before finally collapsing and DyingAlone. Notably, unlike [[CompleteMonster his unrepentant and truly vile manga counterpart]], Light in the anime is given a case of AlasPoorVillain, seeing as he seemed to have a tearful HeelRealization before he died.]]

** After TheReveal, [[spoiler: Reiner]] was already suffering from SanitySlippage but made no effort to attack the heroes. This changes completely once [[spoiler: Erwin manages to rescue Eren, seriously wounding Bertolt in the process]]. Cue the [[spoiler:Armored Titan picking up and ''hurling'' other Titans at the fleeing soldiers with ImprobableAimingSkills, cutting off their escape. Mikasa and Jean]] are both injured, while many soldiers are killed in the ensuing slaughter. Armin is horrified by the enemy's sudden reckless behavior, wondering if he even ''cares'' anymore if Eren ends up being eaten along with everyone else. [[spoiler: Without Eren's EleventhHourSuperPower, everyone would have ended up being devoured]].

** Aizen spends most of his screen time being invincible, and talking about how invincible he is, while never raising his voice or getting mad. [[spoiler:Once the Deicide Arc rolls around, he's defeated everyone that's fought him, and is on his way to create the King's Key and destroy Soul Society. Then Ichigo returns, having finished his training to use the Final Getsuga Tenshou. Ichigo manhandles Aizen with nothing but his physical strength, and Aizen loses some of his composure. Aizen transforms into monstrous form after monstrous form, yelling about how much better he is than Ichigo, and losing it more and more as they fight. Once Ichigo effortlessly destroys Aizen's perfectly chanted Black Coffin Kido spell, he cracks completely, and starts ranting at length about how he's the perfect existence, and that he can't be stopped by Ichigo. Then Ichigo blasts him with his Mugetsu technique, Aizen is rejected by the Hougyouku, and Urahara Kisuke's Sealing Kido activates, sealing him in an energy tree as he screams that he's the only one with the right to change the world. He's cut off mid sentence, and is next seen being sentenced to 20,000 years of imprisonment by the Central 46, since they can't execute him because he's immortal due to the Hogyoku. By that point, however, [[SubvertedTrope he's recovered and back to being his calm, mocking self]]]].

* Light Yagami of ''Manga/DeathNote'' lost his cool from time to time, but the ultimate freakout was [[spoiler:right at the end, when he realized that he dug his own grave via his unshakable belief that he could never be defeated, leading to a series of fatal oversights. Once he realizes that there's no hope of fooling anyone anymore, he breaks into an EvilLaugh as he goes on a MotiveRant about how he's just a WellIntentionedExtremist who was the only person who could make the world "better." Then he resorts to using a piece of the titular Death Note to try and kill Near when the latter [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech verbally tears him apart]]. Touta Matsuda, who had previously wanted to believe that Kira was indeed well-intentioned, immediately stands up to him and shoots Light's hand, provoking Light to furiously scream at Matsuda for "screwing with him" as he desperately tries to convince him to kill Near and the rest of the [=SPK=]. When Matsuda is unswayed, Light tries to write Near's name in blood on the page he concealed, and devolves into incredulous, fearful screaming once [[UnstoppableRage Matsuda flies into a rage and unloads the contents of his revolver into Light's body]]]]. In the manga, [[spoiler:the wannabe god realizes that he, who built his gargantuan ego upon so many deaths, does not himself want to die, and [[VillainsWantMercy begs desperately for his life]] after Ryuk writes Light's name in his Death Note in front of Near, Mikami and everyone in the [=SPK=]. [[AssholeVictim He dies pathetically, without sympathy, bleeding on the floor as a heart attack finishes him off]]]]. In the anime, he [[spoiler: ends his reign of terror by trying to flee the scene, running aimlessly through the city, crying as [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes his life flashes before his eyes,]] before finally collapsing and DyingAlone. Notably, the anime gives him a case of AlasPoorVillain as he seemed to have a tearful HeelRealization before he died.]]

** [[spoiler:Teru Mikami]] suffered one of these too. In the anime version, [[spoiler:he committed an extremely painful looking suicide with a ballpoint pen in the warehouse in front of everyone.]] The manga version was lower-key, but still present: [[spoiler:upon seeing Light pathetically begging for help after being shot, he stares at him with the most distraught look and angrily proclaims "You're not God!", proceeding to follow with a string of insults towards the man he once idolized. He later commits suicide in prison out of despair.]]

* Lelouch from ''Anime/CodeGeass'' degenerates into anger rather quickly during those few times when he is tactically outmaneuvered (typically when the white Knightmare, the Lancelot, shows up unexpectedly), in stark contrast to his usual smug and self-confident behavior. Granted, it could alternatively be interpreted as that of a ByronicHero's HeroicBSOD, depending on your interpretation of Lelouch. In the cases of others who are very much qualified as villains, meanwhile...
** Jeremiah Gottwald started this after he was stripped of his rank in the wake of the supposed "Orange" incident. At the Battle of Narita, he nearly lets himself get killed by Kallen Kozuki while trying to kill Zero, and is seen after the battle gibbering crazily and fainting in the middle of a road.
** Mao literally goes ballistic with rage when Lelouch emotionally toys with him regarding his relationship with C.C., whom Mao has a crush on. Lelouch makes it sound like he has been intimate with C.C., and that just drives Mao off the walls, more so than usual.
** Rolo Haliburton, Lelouch's "younger brother", goes through a subdued one in Episode 29. After Lelouch [[TakingTheBullet takes a bullet meant for his Knightmare]], Rolo inadvertently joins the Black Knights, despite knowing his "brother" is Zero. Therefore, he can't capture C.C., which was his mission from the start. Lelouch plays the part of loving him as a brother in order to get Rolo on his side.
** Luciano Bradley of the Knights of the Round is the most despicable member of his group, and is always confident and smug as he toys with his opponents on the battlefield, taunting them about how his victims value their lives. But when he finds ''himself'' in a helpless, vulnerable position at the hands of Kallen, he momentarily rages at her for daring to threaten him. [[spoiler:This only earns him his ''brutal'' death as Kallen proceeds to microwave his Percival into exploding, with Luciano in disbelief that his ''own'' life was taken by an "Eleven."]]

* ''Anime/CrossAnge'': The series' BigBad, [[AGodAmI Embryo]], is usually a calm, collected, sophisticated, FauxAffablyEvil [[EvilGenius Genius]] who is hellbent on making [[FallenPrincess Ange]] his wife, in hopes that he can be the progenitor of a new world with her as this generation's "Eve" and he its "Adam". But the first time his usual polite demeanor cracks and he starts raising his voice is when he confronts [[BadassNormal Tusk]], Ange's NiceGuy LoveInterest, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech who angrily calls him out for trying to claim her like she's some beast he can tame]]. This isn't what upsets Embryo, though; what pisses the Tuner off is when Tusk makes a quip that he knows Ange so well, he could count the number of freckles on her inner thigh. Embryo deduces it as a threat to Ange's virginity, which he feels he is entitled to. Then Tusk [[IShallTauntYou proceeds to proudly reveal]] that [[TheirFirstTime he and Ange slept together in a very heartfelt first time]], and even goes into detail about how good the sex was. At first, Embryo thinks Tusk is lying, but once he realizes he isn't, he is BlindedByRage as he furiously proclaims that he won't let what Tusk did stand, accusing him of defiling [[EntitledToHaveYou his]] wife. At that point, Embryo lets go of all pretenses of pretend affability; when he catches Ange again, he beats her and [[AttemptedRape attempts to rape her on the spot]]. And when [[BigDamnHeroes Tusk saves her from his clutches before he can violate her]], [[RageBreakingPoint Embryo finally loses his cool]]; he angrily states that [[IfICantHaveYou if Ange won't "accept his love", he'll just kill her and find someone else to become his "Eve"]].

* Light Yagami of ''Manga/DeathNote'' lost his cool from time to time, but the ultimate freakout was [[spoiler:right at the end, when he realized that he dug his own grave via his unshakable belief that he could never be defeated, leading to a series of fatal oversights. Once he realizes that there's no hope of fooling anyone anymore, he breaks into an EvilLaugh as he goes on a MotiveRant about how he's just a WellIntentionedExtremist who was the only person who could make the world "better." Then he resorts to using a piece of the titular Death Note to try and kill Near when the latter [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech verbally tears him apart]]. Touta Matsuda, who had previously wanted to believe that Kira was indeed well-intentioned, immediately stands up to him and shoots Light's hand, provoking Light to furiously scream at Matsuda for "screwing with him" as he desperately tries to convince him to kill Near and the rest of the [=SPK=]. When Matsuda is unswayed, Light tries to write Near's name in blood on the page he concealed, and devolves into incredulous, fearful screaming once [[UnstoppableRage Matsuda flies into a rage and unloads the contents of his revolver into Light's body]].]]. In the manga, [[spoiler:the wannabe god realizes that he, who built his gargantuan ego upon so many deaths, does not himself want to die, and [[VillainsWantMercy begs desperately for his life]] after Ryuk writes Light's name in his Death Note in front of Near, Mikami and everyone in the [=SPK=]. [[AssholeVictim He dies pathetically, without sympathy, bleeding on the floor as a heart attack finishes him off]]]]. In the anime, he [[spoiler: ends his reign of terror by trying to flee the scene, running aimlessly through the city, crying as [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes his life flashes before his eyes,]] before finally collapsing and DyingAlone. Notably, the anime gives him a case of AlasPoorVillain as he seemed to have a tearful HeelRealization before he died.]]

* Light Yagami of ''Manga/DeathNote'' lost his cool from time to time, but the ultimate freakout was [[spoiler:right at the end, when he realized that he dug his own grave via his unshakable belief that he could never be defeated, leading to a series of fatal oversights. He breaks into an EvilLaugh once he realizes that there's no hope of fooling anyone anymore, goes on a MotiveRant about how he's just a WellIntentionedExtremist who was the only person who could make the world "better," and devolves into incredulous, furious, fearful screaming once Matsuda stands up to him via unloading the contents of his revolver into Light's body.]]. In the manga, [[spoiler:the wannabe god realizes that he, who built his gargantuan ego upon so many deaths, does not himself want to die, and begs desperately for his life after Ryuk writes Light's name in his Death Note in front of Near, Mikami and everyone in the SPK]]. In the anime, he [[spoiler: ends his reign of terror by trying to flee the scene, running aimlessly through the city, crying as [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes his life flashes before his eyes,]] before finally collapsing and dying alone.]]

** [[spoiler:Teru Mikami]] suffered one of these too. In the anime version, [[spoiler:he committed an extremely painful looking suicide with a ballpoint pen in the warehouse in front of everyone.]] The manga version was lower-key, but still present: [[spoiler:upon realizing who Light truly is, he stares at him with the most distraught look and proclaims "You're not God!" He later commits suicide in prison out of despair.]]

* Light Yagami of ''Manga/DeathNote'' lost his cool from time to time, but the ultimate freakout was [[spoiler:right at the end, when he realized that he dug his own grave via his unshakable belief that he could never be defeated, leading to a series of fatal oversights]]. In the manga, [[spoiler:the wannabe god realizes that he, who built his gargantuan ego upon so many deaths, does not himself want to die, and begs desperately for his life after Ryuk writes Light's name in his Death Note in front of Near, Mikami and everyone in the SPK]]. In the anime, he [[spoiler: breaks into an EvilLaugh once he realizes that there's no hope of fooling anyone anymore, goes on a MotiveRant about how he's just a WellIntentionedExtremist who was the only person who could make the world "better," and devolves into incredulous, fearful screaming once Matsuda stands up to him via unloading the contents of his revolver into Light's body. He ends his reign of terror by trying to flee the scene, running aimlessly through the city, crying as [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes his life flashes before his eyes,]] before finally collapsing and dying alone.]]

** [[spoiler: Kyosuke Higuchi. Particularly in Episode 23.]]

*** Ribbons Allmark himself gets in on this midway into Season 2, [[spoiler:when he witnesses Tieria Erde kill Bring Stabity. Up until now, Ribbons has presented himself as a FauxAffablyEvil [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] [[MisanthropeSupreme with a burning hatred for humans, believing in Innovade supremacy]]. But when he witnesses Bring -- one of his fellow Innovades -- killed in combat, [[NotSoStoic his demeanor cracks enough for him to look suddenly shocked]]. When Wang Liu Mei acts all casual and almost mockingly asks him why he seems so upset, [[TranquilFury Ribbons momentarily snaps and strikes Wang across the face, calling her a "greedy bitch" while never raising his voice]]. But his ''true'' breakdown occurs during the final fight of the series, where after he and Setsuna destroy each others' Gundams, Setsuna still comes for him one last time with a repaired Gundam Exia. After trying ''so hard'' to kill the first human Innovator, [[RageBreakingPoint Ribbons finally loses his cool completely and flies into a rage]], [[FantasticRacism angrily dismissing him as nothing more than a mere human]].]]

*** [[spoiler:Azrael]]'s ''horrendous'' one in the second-to-last episode. [[spoiler:He had Natarle, Flay and the BridgeBunnies ''at gunpoint'' to make sure they'd follow his orders while screaming like a maniac, beat up Flay when she tried to rebel, shot Natarle ''four'' times after she managed to get her subordinates away from him, and ultimately destroyed Mu's Gundam and killed him. It's almost a ''relief'' when Murrue uses the beam cannon of the ''Archangel'' to obliterate the ''Dominion''.]] He gives a desperate "I always win", and Natarle calmly tells him "You lose".

* In the ''[[Manga/TheLegendOfZelda Legend of Zelda: Four Swords]]'' manga, Shadow Link gets one when Vio is freed by the other three Links and the Links defeat his Hinox servants. His VillainousBreakdown has him fly into a rage and hit the four Links with a ThisIsUnforgivable and make one last lash at them -- only to be defeated by [[ThePowerOfFriendship the combined power of their Four Swords]].
** He later returns, reformed after his VillainousBreakdown, to make a HeroicSacrifice to destroy the Dark Mirror and therefore help the other four Links defeat Vaati.

* ''Anime/CrossAnge'': BigBad [[AGodAmI Embryo]] is usually a calm, collected, sophisticated, FauxAffablyEvil [[EvilGenius Genius]] who is hellbent on making [[FallenPrincess Ange]] his wife, in hopes that he can be the progenitor of a new world with her as this generation's "Eve" and he its "Adam". But the first time his usual polite demeanor cracks and he starts raising his voice is when he confronts [[BadassNormal Tusk]], Ange's NiceGuy LoveInterest, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech who angrily calls him out for trying to claim her like she's some beast he can tame]]. This isn't what upsets Embryo, though; what pisses the Tuner off is when Tusk makes a quip that he knows Ange so well, he could count the number of freckles on her inner thigh. Embryo deduces it as a threat to Ange's virginity, which he feels he is entitled to. Then Tusk [[IShallTauntYou proceeds to proudly reveal]] that [[TheirFirstTime he and Ange slept together in a very heartfelt first time]], and even goes into detail about how good the sex was. At first, Embryo thinks Tusk is lying, but once he realizes he isn't, he is BlindedByRage as he furiously proclaims that he won't let what Tusk did stand, accusing him of defiling [[EntitledToHaveYou his]] wife. At that point, Embryo lets go of all pretenses of pretend affability; when he catches Ange again, he beats her and [[AttemptedRape attempts to rape her on the spot]]. And when [[BigDamnHeroes Tusk saves her from his clutches before he can violate her]], [[RageBreakingPoint Embryo finally loses his cool]]; he angrily states that [[IfICantHaveYou if Ange won't "accept his love", he'll just kill her and find someone else to become his "Eve"]].

* ''Anime/CrossAnge'' BigBad [[AGodAmI Embryo]] is usually a calm, collected, sophisticated, FauxAffablyEvil EvilGenius who is hellbent on making [[FallenPrincess Ange]] his wife, in hopes that he can be the progenitor of a new world with her as this generation's "Eve" and he its "Adam". But the first time his usual polite demeanor cracks and he starts raising his voice is when he confronts [[BadassNormal Tusk]], Ange's NiceGuy LoveInterest, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech who angrily calls him out for trying to claim her like she's some beast he can tame]]. This isn't what upsets Embryo, though; what pisses the Tuner off is when Tusk makes a quip that he knows Ange so well, he could count the number of freckles on her inner thigh. Embryo deduces it as a threat to Ange's virginity, which he feels he is entitled to. Then Tusk [[IShallTauntYou proceeds to proudly reveal]] that [[TheirFirstTime he and Ange slept together in a very heartfelt first time]], and even goes into detail about how good the sex was. At first, Embryo thinks Tusk is lying, but once he realizes he isn't, he is BlindedWithRage as he furiously proclaims that he won't let what Tusk did stand, accusing him of defiling [[EntitledToHaveYou his]] wife. At that point, Embryo lets go of all pretenses of pretend affability; when he catches Ange again, he beats her and [[AttemptedRape attempts to rape her on the spot]]. And when [[BigDamnHeroes Tusk saves her from his clutches before he can violate her]], [[RageBreakingPoint Embryo finally loses his cool]]; he angrily states that [[IfICantHaveYou if Ange won't "accept his love", he'll just kill her and find someone else to become his "Eve"]].

** Ulquiorra gets a brief one in his fight with Ichigo. [[spoiler:After his first release and curbstomping Ichigo, he loses his usual composure when despite seeing the difference between their powers, Ichigo refuses to give up.]]
** In Chapter 385, [[spoiler:Tousen]] loses his composure and goes on a tirade explaining why [[spoiler:he chose to betray Soul Society]]. To add to the effect, [[spoiler:Tosen's blank Hollow mask ''[[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v44/c385/13.html cracks open]]'' in a manner that resembles ''[[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v44/c385/14.html teeth]]''.]] And in the next chapter, he goes ''completely'' ''[[DrunkWithPower insane]]'' after [[spoiler:his Resurrecion grants him eyesight. [[DeathByIrony This proves to be his undoing.]]]]
** After being hit with a second bankai from Soi Fon, Barragan Luisenbarn loses all composure and goes on a rant that covers every facet of this trope. He proclaims himself to be a god, orders his opponets to bow before his might, and keeps muttering "You insects!" over and over again. It only gets worse after he starts to evaporate, culminating in him throwing his axe at his own boss!
** Aizen spends most of his screen time being invincible, and talking about how invincible he is, while never raising his voice or getting mad. [[spoiler:Once the Deicide Arc rolls around, he's defeated everyone that's fought him, and is on his way to create the King's Key and destroy Soul Society. Then Ichigo returns, having finished his training to use the Final Getsuga Tenshou. Ichigo manhandles Aizen with nothing but his physical strength, and Aizen loses some of his composure. Aizen transforms into monstrous form after monstrous form, yelling about how much better he is than Ichigo, and losing it more and more as they fight. Once Ichigo effortlessly destroys Aizen's perfectly chanted Black Coffin Kido spell, he cracks completely, and starts ranting at length about how he's the perfect existence, and that he can't be stopped by Ichigo. Then Ichigo blasts him with his Mugetsu technique, Aizen is rejected by the Hougyouku, and Urahara Kisuke's Sealing Kido activates, sealing him in an energy tree as he screams that he's the only one with the right to change the world. He's cut off mid sentence, and is next seen being sentenced to 20,000 years of imprisonment by the Central 46, since they can't execute him because he's immortal due to the Hogyoku. By that point, however, [[SubvertedTrope he's recovered and back to being his calm, mocking self]]]].

** Zommari probably had the biggest one out of all the Espada. He comes off as being the most [[TheStoic composed]] of the group, going on long [[LargeHam tangents]] on how his opponent cannot beat him, believing his powers is enough to stop him from moving. When he attempts to have that man's sister to be killed, he gets tired of this game and simply casts a Kido to paralyze her. Zommari, more explict in the anime, immediately loses it and demands his target to move; immediately following a 360 attack by his enemy, causing him to use his full power while proclaiming loudly, even though it fails miserably. The next chapter has him in MadnessMantra mode, going on a [[LargeHam speech]] about WhatMeasureIsANonHuman, ending with a clear VillainousBreakdown of him praising Aizen as he dissolves.

** [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist In the anime]], Envy nearly breaks down after [[spoiler:Dante sends Hohenheim of Light through the gate (thinking she killed him)]] but is talked into calming down when [[spoiler:Dante promises to let him kill the Elrics]]. Even after [[spoiler:killing Ed]], he isn't satisfied. Upon [[spoiler:being sent to the gate (thanks to Al using the stone and him trying to prevent it) and learning that Ed's father is still alive, he practically forces his way into the gate and loses it while transforming into a dragon in the process]].

* ''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm's'' WackyRacing episode had this happen to [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gilgamesh]] when he realized that Shirou and Saber were finally catching up to him, Archer, and Rin as they were nearing the finish line. The arrogant, prideful god-king immediately lost his temper big time, screaming the word "bastard" several times and calling Shirou and Saber "goddamn brutes" as the three teams of racers lined up neck and neck and approached closer to the finish line.

* Throughout the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "Pierrot le Fou", Tongpu/Mad Pierrot is set up as a psychotic and seemingly invulnerable assassin who can stop bullets with the greatest of ease. [[spoiler:However, when Spike manages to embed a knife into the guy's thigh, the up-until-that-point cold-blooded killer is reduced to a bawling mess thrashing on the pavement and crying for his mommy. The earlier establishment that his mental state and powers are the result of genetic engineering experiments performed on him does serve to make this childish tantrum not seem so out-of-the-blue]].

* ''Manga/SakuraGari'': Sakurako, Souma's {{Yandere}} sister, suffers a massive ([[TearJerker and heartbreaking]] one near the end. [[spoiler: S/he's actually a boy named Youya, desperately lonely and unstable, and s/he ends up commiting suicide when s/he thinks s/he's killed Souma.]] But not before... [[spoiler: after having locked Souma and Masataka away in a burning building, s/he stumbles in Lord Saiki's bedroom, whispering "Father... Sakurako has always wanted to see you...", then starting to chop up everything in sight with his/her trusty katana, crying and screaming "Why was I born? Why am I here? Why do I exist, Father, WHY?!" When s/he stops and realizes that Souma might be dead, s/he screams in horror, lets go of their WeaponOfChoice and then runs under the cherry trees...]] Few later, [[spoiler: we find him/her dead, his/her wrists slit open and their lifeless body inside the pool. And Souma bawls his eyes out with his/her lifeless body in his arms.]]

* Somewhat similar to the ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' example below, the ''protagonist'', Shinji Ikari, goes through one in ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion The End of Evangelion]]''. Normally, it would probably just fall under GoMadFromTheRevelation, except that [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Shinji's]] [[TraumaCongaLine misery]] leads him to [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum take it out on]] [[KillEmAll the rest of humanity]].

* Gackto in ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' starts to crack at the end of the first arc with [[spoiler:Sara's betrayal and Kaito's rejection]]. He gets better pretty quickly. Michel is less lucky, going through a series of {{Freak Out}}s and Villainous Breakdowns near the end of his arc that involve [[spoiler:killing his own servants, three for no reason, ''eating'' two of them and being appalled afterwards, being forced to possess an IllGirl, [[TomatoInTheMirror discovering he's a clone]] and, when he finally says "forget this" and [[HeelFaceTurn goes to join the good guys]], [[VillainOverride having his free will taken away]].]] Most of this is caused by the medication he's been given, which is slowly driving him insane.

* In ''Manga/Brave10'', Hanzo learns the hard way how to [[spoiler:control darkness with darkness]].

* Priscilla of ''Anime/{{Claymore}}''.

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''

* Marluxia has one in the manga adaptation of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories''.

* ''Anime/{{Madlax}}'': "''Margaret! What's happened to you?!'' '''''[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch You BITCH!]]'''''"

* Cyrus has one of these in ''Manga/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure'', [[spoiler:which leads to his HeelFaceTurn]].

* ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'': "WE... WE WERE SUPPOSED TO WIN 5-0! AND YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!"

* Lelouch from ''Anime/CodeGeass'' degenerates into anger rather quickly during those few times when he is tactically outmaneuvered (typically when the white Knightmare, the Lancelot, shows up unexpectedly), in stark contrast to his usual smug and self-confident behavior.
** When he discovers the identity of the Lancelot pilot. Lelouch was in position to terminate him at the time, but ordered a retreat when he was torn about what to do, as the pilot was his childhood friend, Suzaku. After the battle, [[LaughingMad he is laughing in a fit of insanity due to the fact that he now knows his friend is his enemy]].
** His reaction to the aftermath of the [[spoiler:Special Administrative Zone Massacre]]. Once he gets back to somewhere private, he ends up sitting down and ''crying'' about the fact that [[spoiler:he accidentally made his second-favorite sister, Euphemia, attempt to commit genocide. Especially since he ultimately had to shoot her dead to stop her rampage, and then ''turned the incident to his political advantage''.]]
** But the biggest one has to be when [[spoiler:Nunnally apparently dies in the destruction of Tokyo, seemingly being caught in the explosion of a F.L.E.I.J.A. Needless to say, his screaming at his subordinates to find Nunnally immediately definitely comes as him having flown fully off the hook, as it seems unfailingly sure that Nunnally is gone.]]
** The above instances could alternatively be a ByronicHero's HeroicBSOD's, depending on your interpretation of Lelouch. In the cases of others who are very much qualified as villains, meanwhile...
*** Jeremiah Gottwald started this after he was stripped of his rank in the wake of the supposed "Orange" incident. At the Battle of Narita, he nearly lets himself get killed by Kallen Kozuki while trying to kill Zero, and is seen after the battle gibbering crazily and fainting in the middle of a road.
*** Mao literally goes ballistic with rage when Lelouch emotionally toys with him regarding his relationship with C.C., whom Mao has a crush on. Lelouch makes it sound like he has been intimate with C.C., and that just drives Mao off the walls, more so than usual.
*** Rolo goes through this in Episode 4 of R2. After Lelouch [[TakingTheBullet takes a bullet meant for his Knightmare]], Rolo inadvertently joins the Black Knights, despite knowing his brother is Zero. Therefore, he can't capture C.C., which was his mission from the start. Lelouch plays the part of loving him as a brother in order to get Rolo on his side.
*** Luciano Bradley of the Knights of the Round is the most despicable member of his group, and is always confident and smug as he toys with his opponents on the battlefield, taunting them about how his victims value their lives. But when he finds ''himself'' in a helpless, vulnerable position at the hands of Kallen, he momentarily rages at her for daring to threaten him. [[spoiler:This only earns him his ''brutal'' death as Kallen proceeds to microwave his Percival into exploding, with Luciano in disbelief that his ''own'' life was taken by an "Eleven."]]
*** [[spoiler:[[BigBad Emperor Charles zi Britannia]] completely loses all his composure when Lelouch ruins his and Marianne's AssimilationPlot. Though experiencing an almost hushed moment of disbelief at first when Lelouch destroys the Thought Elevator, he suddenly grows fearful when he and Marianne start to disintegrate as they are absorbed by the C's World, which will result in a cessation of existence for both of them. After Lelouch furiously calls [[CallingTheOldManOut Charles and Marianne out for abandoning him and Nunnally in Japan for the sake of their plan,]] Charles acts in stark contrast to the heartbroken Marianne; while she stays silent and is perhaps actually realizing her faults, Charles furiously shoves past her and launches himself at Lelouch to strangle him, ranting at him even as he's dissolving into sparkling light.]]

*** When Cell returns as Super Perfect Cell you can tell he was going insane from being humiliated by [=SS2=] Gohan. He was yelling nonsense, and had facial tics that only a demented madman would have. When he finally dies at the hands of Gohan, he can do nothing but scream "'''I AM''' '''''PERFEEEEEECT!!!'''''"
----> '''Cell:''' ([[EvilLaugh laughs manically]]) '''YES'''! I CAN FEEL YOU '''''SLIPPING'''''!!! (when Cell starts to over power Gohan in the BeamOWar)
** But irony comes back to bite Cell in the ass when Vegeta hits him from behind with a Big Bang causing him to slip, uttering a single confused “Vegeta?” before getting vaporized.

** His reaction to the [[spoiler:Euphinator incident]]. Once he gets back to somewhere private, he ends up sitting around ''crying'' about the fact that [[spoiler:he accidentally made his second-favorite sister commit genocide, had to shoot her to stop the rampage, and then ''turned it to his political advantage''.]]