Tropescilloscope: Heroic BSoD

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

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