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Let's say Bob is really cranky for some reason or another. Maybe someone's [[Napoleon Dynamite|ruining his life and eating all his steak]] and it's really getting to him. If he just grumbled and steamed about it, we would be able to just conclude that [[People Sit on Chairs|Bob is in a bad mood]]. However, Bob has just done something nasty to someone else. Maybe he's yelled at his best friend Alice, or else he's smacked Charlie in the face. In extreme cases, [[South Park|he killed Kenny]]. Whatever Bob has done, his bad mood was a factor in it and he uses it as an excuse for his actions.

Also often connected with a [[Bad Boss]] or [[Troubled Abuser]], whose first instinct towards a bad mood is usually to lash it out on someone below them. Almost always linked to either [[Disproportionate Retribution]] or [[Misplaced Retribution]] (or both).

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== [[Film]] ==
* The series of misunderstandings issued towards Dave in ''[[Anger Management]]'' are revealed to have all been an act, except for the Air Marshall that tazered him on the airplane, who was just in a bad mood from his seating choice.
* In the [[Quentin Tarantino]] film ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'', Vincent Vega was having a bad day after his botched job. He was at a bar when Butch Coolidge walks in, Vincent took the opportunity to insult the boxer.

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'': Calvin sometimes uses this attitude.
{{quote|'''Calvin''': Boy, I'm in a bad mood today! Everyone had better steer clear of me! I hate ''everybody!'' As far as I'm concerned, everyone on the planet can just drop dead. People are scum. ''([[Beat]])'' '''WELL-L-L-L? Doesn't anyone want to cheer me up?'''}}

== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* Played with in a ''[[WWE]]'' arc, where Vince Mac Mahon becomes obsessively critical of Smackdown manager Theodore Long. Later on he claims he wanted to apologize since this was largely due to becoming frustrated by his own professional problems...until he decided he hated Long anyway so continued getting on his back.
* Used in excess with heel characters. Whenever they are having a losing streak, a plan has failed, or they're just feeling a little under the weather, expect them to administer a nasty verbal or physical onslaught on some other wrestler, starting a long time feud. It isn't rare for some heels to suddenly insist on ''completely destroying the lives'' of another simply because they were at the same place that their snit fit was provoked and thus vaguely connected to their misery. After all [[Evil Is Petty]].

== [[Web Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Lebrons (web animation)|The Lebrons]]'' episode "Misunderstood" has Kid in this mood because [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|nobody understands him at all]] after he lost his basketball game. His attitude is especially directed at his friends Condor, Erik and Li. [[Word of God]] says this is based on LeBron James' attitude after he missed ''his'' game.

== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Something*Positive]]'': At one point Mike's girlfriend treats him him like dirt during a period of wild [[Mood Swing]]s (semi-justified in that she's pregnant, but other characters call her out on it).

== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' often makes use of this. On example is Brian ranting at a crying baby in a restaurant. When confronted about this he claims he was irritated because his meal was undercooked.
* While [[Comedic Sociopath|Roger]] of ''[[American Dad]]'' is always finding reasons to lash out on people, he takes it to a juvenile extreme in "One Little Word" when after being ignored in favor of Bullock's son, he reverts to a child persona and begins throwing destructive tantrums around the house, usually directed at Steve.
** Used again in "Pulling Double Booty" where Hayley apparently goes into terrifying [[Unstoppable Rage]]s every time she is rejected by a boy, violently taking it out on anyone around her, provoked or not.
{{quote|'''Stan:''' The autopsy revealed the hamster was pregnant.}}
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' nemesis Mojo Jojo once made a destructive rampage in Townsville out of annoyance he couldn't find a ship in a bottle he wanted in a store.
{{quote|'''Blossom:''' Oh please.
'''Mojo Jojo:''' ''*defensive*'' It's a hobby of mine! }}
* In an episode of ''[[Futurama]]'' Farnsworth and Hermes are beaten mercilessly by a slime alien after their sons break one of the windows in his house in their paper round. Later on he comes to their hospital to apologize, explaining he was frustrated by some problems at work.
* Taken to extreme in ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' where Ed gains a rather uncharacteristic bad mood, becoming aloof, violent and outright intimidating to everyone, even his usually overbearing sister. This is stopped when Johnny pulls off his shoe, revealing a pebble inside. Ed immediately becomes blissful again to the complete disbelief of Edd and Eddy.

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