Tropescilloscope: Heroic BSoD

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

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