Tropescilloscope: Heroic BSoD

A character experiences an emotional breakdown. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Evil Is Hammy Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Light Is Not Good Aluminum Christmas Trees Major Injury Underreaction Rousing Speech Truth in Television Hate Sink The Smart Guy Your Cheating Heart Superhero She's Got Legs Super Strength Artistic License – Military Tagline Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Bloodless Carnage Totally Radical Precision F-Strike Death by Sex Evil Cannot Comprehend Good The Lancer Ascended Extra Obstructive Bureaucrat Disproportionate Retribution Made of Iron Silent Movie Catch-Phrase Blood Knight Adorkable In Name Only Film Noir Not Even Bothering with the Accent 20 Minutes into the Future Here We Go Again! Psychopathic Manchild Broken Bird Only a Flesh Wound Drives Like Crazy Double-Meaning Title Naïve Newcomer Catapult Nightmare Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Married to the Job Race Against the Clock Lighter and Softer Demoted to Extra Thriller An Aesop Dutch Angle Made of Explodium You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Reality Has No Subtitles Hoist by His Own Petard My God, What Have I Done? Properly Paranoid Self-Deprecation B-Movie Yandere Shipper on Deck Department of Redundancy Department Spell My Name with an "S" The Alcoholic It's Personal The Great Depression Shout-Out Face–Heel Turn Hypocritical Humor Enemy Mine Animal Motifs Accidental Murder "Well Done, Son!" Guy Corrupt Corporate Executive Greater-Scope Villain Man on Fire Dressing as the Enemy Mr. Fanservice Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Bound and Gagged True Companions Villain with Good Publicity Not Using the "Z" Word Captain Obvious Animated Credits Opening Naked People Are Funny Have a Gay Old Time Plot Hole Recycled IN SPACE! Artistic License – History Artistic License – Law Ambiguous Ending Dramatic Irony Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Wicked Cultured La Résistance More Dakka Needs Wiki Magic Love Depraved Bisexual Bottomless Magazines Slap-Slap-Kiss The Reveal Funny Foreigner It Will Never Catch On Loophole Abuse Scenery Gorn Gender Flip Kids Are Cruel Wham Shot Horror Films Gilligan Cut Fainting Posthumous Character "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Armor-Piercing Question All Girls Want Bad Boys Red Right Hand Dirty Old Man Tempting Fate The Stoic Instant Death Bullet Curb-Stomp Battle Poor Communication Kills Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Eyepatch of Power Anguished Declaration of Love Skewed Priorities Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Faking the Dead Badass Boast The '70s Would Hit a Girl Eye Scream Chekhov's Gun Setting Update Rule of Symbolism Suspiciously Similar Substitute Nothing Is Scarier Mythology Gag Deliberately Monochrome Police are Useless Foregone Conclusion Show Within a Show Badass Bookworm Coming-of-Age Story Karma Houdini MacGuffin Unresolved Sexual Tension Red Oni, Blue Oni The '90s Crazy-Prepared Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Names to Run Away from Really Fast Spanner in the Works No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Establishing Character Moment Taking the Bullet Taking You with Me Composite Character Narrator Evil Sounds Deep Historical In-Joke Adaptational Badass The Vamp My Beloved Smother Diabolus ex Machina The Voiceless Abusive Parents Damsel in Distress Badass Grandpa My Greatest Failure Ungrateful Bastard Only One Name Danny Peary Cult Movies List Offscreen Moment of Awesome Never My Fault Immune to Bullets Air-Vent Passageway The Big Guy Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Imagine Spot Red Shirt The Place Spared by the Adaptation Roaring Rampage of Revenge A Minor Kidroduction Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Fun with Acronyms Ass Shove Fan Disservice Serial Killer And Starring Not So Different British Films Jerkass Has a Point Villain Ball No Ending Meaningful Name He Knows Too Much Documentary Pretty Little Headshots Fanservice Extra Nice Guy Broken Aesop Parental Abandonment Spiritual Successor Dull Surprise Monumental Damage Jerk with a Heart of Gold Bolivian Army Ending Translation Convention Annoying Younger Sibling Re-Cut Motor Mouth Sequel Hook Pragmatic Villainy Fate Worse than Death Even Evil Has Standards Call-Back Laughing Mad Took a Level in Jerkass Cluster F-Bomb Comically Missing the Point Dissonant Serenity Bald of Evil Spiteful Spit Domestic Abuse Rule of Cool Only Known by Their Nickname Ambiguously Gay Sinister Minister The Power of Love A Father to His Men Chiaroscuro Those Two Guys Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Death Glare Male Gaze Cassandra Truth The Smurfette Principle Eiffel Tower Effect Sexy Discretion Shot Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Shut Up, Hannibal! Martial Arts Movie Anti-Villain Dark Is Not Evil Rated M for Manly It's All About Me Make It Look Like an Accident Hong Kong Films Bi the Way War Is Hell Alpha Bitch The Stoner Red Herring "Awesome McCool" Name Video Credits Unusually Uninteresting Sight I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Gone Horribly Right The Oner Film Series Fake Shemp Killed Mid-Sentence Playing Gertrude She Cleans Up Nicely Friend to All Children Hero Antagonist The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite O.O.C. Is Serious Business Bullying a Dragon Too Dumb to Live Shirtless Scene Blatant Lies Defiant to the End Animal Title Index Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Determinator Public Domain Feature Films Hooker with a Heart of Gold Mundane Made Awesome Bilingual Bonus Betty and Veronica Dumb Blonde Bring My Brown Pants Big Bad Duumvirate Evil-Detecting Dog Bad "Bad Acting" Say My Name Dying Moment of Awesome Mugging the Monster Vitriolic Best Buds The Film of the Book Chase Scene Woman in White Mighty Whitey Dwindling Party Anti-Hero Parental Neglect Scare Chord Black Best Friend The Musical Revenge Early-Bird Cameo Sacrificial Lion Easily Forgiven The Cavalry From Nobody to Nightmare Our Vampires Are Different Downer Ending Affectionate Parody Insistent Terminology As Himself Laser-Guided Karma Artistic License – Biology Evil Laugh Random Events Plot Take That! Death Seeker Jerk Jock Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Plucky Comic Relief BFG Black Comedy Rape Interrupted Suicide Dogged Nice Guy Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Not So Above It All A God Am I Leitmotif Famous Last Words Cain and Abel Older Than They Look No-Sell Refuge in Audacity Offscreen Teleportation Throwing Your Sword Always Works I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Dropped a Bridge on Him All There in the Script Suspiciously Specific Denial Fat Bastard Closed Circle Hope Spot Freeze-Frame Bonus Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" The Sociopath Evil Brit Mistaken for Gay Black Comedy Stock Footage Fatal Family Photo How We Got Here Improbable Aiming Skills I Need a Freaking Drink Running Gag Daylight Horror Reality Ensues Pimped-Out Dress Knight Templar Action Prologue I Did What I Had to Do Leaning on the Fourth Wall Developing Doomed Characters As the Good Book Says... Green-Eyed Monster '80s Hair Woman Scorned "Shaggy Dog" Story Love Triangle Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Captain Ersatz Big Brother Instinct The Quiet One folderlabel Hollywood Darkness Irony Russian Films Driven to Suicide Award-Bait Song Meaningful Background Event Logo Joke Black Dude Dies First Deconstruction Blackmail The '50s Historical-Domain Character Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Anachronism Stew Historical Villain Upgrade Flashback Idiot Ball Maybe Ever After Zombie Stories Off-into-the-Distance Ending Faux Affably Evil Disguised in Drag Punny Name Adaptational Attractiveness One-Word Title Drill Sergeant Nasty Love at First Sight Would Hurt a Child Hidden Depths Age Lift Kill It with Fire Break the Cutie Ax-Crazy The Dog Bites Back Manic Pixie Dream Girl Together in Death Product Placement The Mole Failed a Spot Check Male Frontal Nudity Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Ragtag Bunch of Misfits The Dreaded Once More, with Clarity! Blood from the Mouth Asshole Victim Fantasy Films Does Not Like Shoes Does This Remind You of Anything? The Brute Book-Ends Sanity Slippage Rule of Funny Improvised Weapon Film Noir Index Death by Adaptation What the Hell, Hero? Credits Gag Agony of the Feet Creepy Child Pre-Mortem One-Liner Deal with the Devil Manipulative Bastard Heroic Sacrifice From Bad to Worse Stealth Pun Parental Incest Artistic License – Physics Evil Counterpart No Name Given Toplessness from the Back Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Ripped from the Headlines NO INDOOR VOICE Beware the Nice Ones Bavarian Fire Drill Babies Ever After I'm a Humanitarian As Long as It Sounds Foreign Double Entendre Flipping the Bird Contrived Coincidence Decoy Protagonist Defrosting Ice Queen Last-Name Basis The Mafia The Starscream Intrepid Reporter Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Protagonist Title Ambiguous Disorder Gratuitous English Dramedy Chuck Cunningham Syndrome The Alleged Car Half the Man He Used to Be Riddle for the Ages Stylistic Suck No Antagonist Mr. Exposition Jerkass Mood Whiplash The Lost Lenore Be Careful What You Wish For The Stinger Butt-Monkey Berserk Button Unspoken Plan Guarantee The '60s Small Name, Big Ego Important Haircut Big Applesauce The Ghost Five-Man Band Intergenerational Friendship Attempted Rape Visual Pun Canadian Movies Dies Wide Open Redemption Equals Death Bare Your Midriff Four-Temperament Ensemble The Bully Final Girl World of Ham Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Never Found the Body Let's Get Dangerous! Eagleland Canon Foreigner Gory Discretion Shot Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Car Fu Chewing the Scenery Neck Snap Training Montage Covers Always Lie Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Manchild Fire-Forged Friends Very Loosely Based on a True Story Determinator aka: The Determinator Antagonist Title Sir Swears-a-Lot Smoking Is Cool What You Are in the Dark Brother–Sister Incest Character Development Non-Indicative Name The Hero Dies Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! The Un-Reveal Disney Death Becoming the Mask For Want of a Nail Grievous Bottley Harm Everyone Has Standards Alliterative Name Romantic Comedy Empathic Environment Wounded Gazelle Gambit Amoral Attorney Christmas Movies Index Better to Die than Be Killed Fantastic Racism Heroic BSoD Action Girl Disney Villain Death Beauty Is Never Tarnished Evil vs. Evil Suddenly SHOUTING! Informed Ability Sports Stories Anachronic Order Death by Irony The '80s Bloodier and Gorier Worthy Opponent Neck Lift Didn't Think This Through Advertised Extra Auto Erotica Curse Cut Short Put on a Bus Fiery Redhead The Chessmaster Obviously Evil Psychological Thriller Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Moment Killer Knife Nut Frame-Up Loads and Loads of Characters Expy Pretty in Mink Shoot the Shaggy Dog And the Adventure Continues Pragmatic Adaptation Well-Intentioned Extremist Reckless Gun Usage Actually Pretty Funny Leave the Camera Running Mystery and Detective Films Bittersweet Ending Kick the Dog Mooks Implacable Man Actor Allusion Left the Background Music On Destination Defenestration Death of a Child Funny Background Event Framing Device Call-Forward Cold-Blooded Torture All There in the Manual Overly Long Gag Your Head A-Splode Genre Shift Room Full of Crazy Psycho for Hire Off with His Head! In the Back Hell Is That Noise Retired Badass Stepford Smiler Card-Carrying Villain Star-Crossed Lovers Big Eater Bond One-Liner Happily Married A.I. Is a Crapshoot Deliberate Values Dissonance Combat Pragmatist All for Nothing You Have Failed Me Break the Haughty Take a Third Option Continuity Nod Soundtrack Dissonance No Celebrities Were Harmed Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Amusing Injuries Adaptational Heroism Retcon Homage Works Set in World War II Really Gets Around All Men Are Perverts Cool Old Lady N-Word Privileges Deadpan Snarker The Load Shower Scene Arranged Marriage Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Extremely Short Timespan Despair Event Horizon Exact Words Did Not Get the Girl The Remake Television Movie Index Eureka Moment Ironic Echo Bait-and-Switch Politically Incorrect Villain Slasher Smile Vacation Films Noodle Incident Malevolent Masked Men Cloudcuckoolander Those Two Bad Guys Even Evil Has Loved Ones Gold Digger Big Damn Heroes Biopic Chekhov's Skill Corpsing Manly Tears Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Stalker with a Crush The Casanova Genre Savvy There Is No Kill Like Overkill Rich Bitch Stuff Blowing Up Outrun the Fireball Based on a True Story Henpecked Husband Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Tap on the Head Almost Kiss Every Car Is a Pinto Meet Cute Never Trust a Trailer Unreliable Narrator Punch-Clock Villain Men Are the Expendable Gender Arch-Enemy You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Country Matters Horror Comedy Dirty Coward The End... Or Is It? Heroes Want Redheads Gorn Foreshadowing Due to the Dead Real Life Writes the Plot The X of Y Morality Pet Aside Glance Demonic Possession Paper-Thin Disguise Fingore Time Skip Foil Vomit Discretion Shot Race Lift Mama Bear Brainless Beauty Cool Guns Fish out of Water Body Horror Ship Tease Rape as Drama Lock and Load Montage Author Appeal Oh, Crap! This Is Gonna Suck Earn Your Happy Ending Darker and Edgier Evil Plan Sci-Fi Horror Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Guile Hero Adaptation Expansion Villain Protagonist Deus ex Machina Scenery Porn Improbable Weapon User Fanservice Authority Equals Asskicking Twist Ending I Have Your Wife You Killed My Father Karmic Death Romantic False Lead Getting Crap Past the Radar One-Man Army Bloody Hilarious Beta Couple Sequel Escalation Word of God Cat Fight Parental Substitute Eldritch Abomination Cruel and Unusual Death Hero of Another Story Badass Longcoat Crapsack World Trailers Always Spoil "The Reason You Suck" Speech Smug Snake Distracted by the Sexy Screw This, I'm Outta Here! The Atoner Adaptational Villainy Unusual Euphemism French Films Sole Survivor Overprotective Dad Big-Bad Ensemble Extreme Doormat Not Quite Dead Bowdlerise Real Life Cool Shades Cowboy Cop Adapted Out Facial Horror Retirony Bury Your Gays Disappeared Dad Black and Gray Morality The Cameo Hypocrite Lampshade Hanging Only in It for the Money Celebrity Paradox No OSHA Compliance Line-of-Sight Name Italian Films Camera Abuse Bunny-Ears Lawyer Vomit Indiscretion Shot Badass in a Nice Suit The Chick Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Big Fancy House Humiliation Conga Heel–Face Turn May–December Romance Peek-a-Boo Corpse Serious Business Belligerent Sexual Tension Daddy's Girl The Hero Cat Scare A Date with Rosie Palms German Films Index of Film Westerns Ominous Latin Chanting Mexican Standoff Token Minority Epic Fail Accidental Misnaming Artistic License – Gun Safety Bland-Name Product The Bad Guy Wins Beard of Evil Science Fiction Films Vampire Fiction Adaptation Dye-Job An Axe to Grind Costume Porn Genre Throwback Guns Akimbo Big Bad Handicapped Badass Drugs Are Bad After the End Red Eyes, Take Warning Police Brutality timeperiod Whole Plot Reference What Happened to the Mouse? Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Mind Screw Rasputinian Death The Faceless Evil Is Petty Wham Line Brick Joke Stealth Hi/Bye Dark Action Girl Anyone Can Die Missing Mom Wrong Genre Savvy Breaking the Fourth Wall Get Out! As You Know Match Cut Arc Words Straight Gay Author Avatar For the Evulz Action Survivor Adult Fear Conspicuous CG Ghost Fiction Calling the Old Man Out Bad Boss Tranquil Fury Meaningful Echo Victoria's Secret Compartment Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Honor Before Reason Gainax Ending The Ace Kubrick Stare Grey and Gray Morality Jitter Cam Dramatic Gun Cock Badass Normal Kick the Son of a Bitch Pyrrhic Victory Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Action Genre Our Zombies Are Different Children Are Innocent Adaptation Name Change Australian Movies In Medias Res Reality Is Unrealistic Undying Loyalty Humans Are Bastards Wretched Hive Obfuscating Stupidity Japanese Films Novelization Early Installment Weirdness Chekhov's Gunman Redshirt Army Market-Based Title Face Death with Dignity Storming the Castle Unwitting Instigator of Doom Cool Car Kill 'em All Rewatch Bonus Central Theme Boom, Headshot! The Ditz Epic Movie Darkest Hour Hair-Trigger Temper Papa Wolf Sassy Black Woman Not What It Looks Like Dirty Cop Dark and Troubled Past Heel Realization Music Stories Good Is Not Nice Insult Backfire Nice Hat An Arm and a Leg Sealed Evil in a Can Large Ham Title Drop Affably Evil Shell-Shocked Veteran Villain Opening Scene Casting Gag Scary Black Man Villain Song Mercy Kill Big "NO!" Those Wacky Nazis Camp Gay Reasonable Authority Figure Artistic License – Geography Insane Troll Logic All Just a Dream Fourth Date Marriage Took a Level in Badass Drowning My Sorrows Same Language Dub It Can Think The Dragon Hollywood Law Up to Eleven One Steve Limit Bond Villain Stupidity Only Sane Man Rule of Three Pet the Dog Brutal Honesty Heterosexual Life-Partners Jump Scare Adaptation Distillation Alas, Poor Villain Batman Gambit Crazy Jealous Guy Mad Scientist Bar Brawl Apocalypse How Crucified Hero Shot Silence Is Golden Creator Cameo Slasher Movie Adults Are Useless Villainous Breakdown Sadistic Choice Pay Evil unto Evil Cool Old Guy Awesome, but Impractical Slashed Throat Fatal Flaw Not So Stoic Madness Mantra Back from the Dead Military and Warfare Films Soft Glass Expository Hairstyle Change Shown Their Work Freudian Excuse Abhorrent Admirer Dark Reprise No-Holds-Barred Beatdown And I Must Scream Groin Attack Ms. Fanservice Historical Hero Upgrade Femme Fatale Broken Pedestal He Who Fights Monsters Exactly What It Says on the Tin Dual Wielding Creative Closing Credits