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* ''[[Inuyasha]]'':

** After what Naraku did to him and Kikyou, Inuyasha's really rather upset about that.

** Lenalee does not approve of you destroying her home. Or hurting her [[True Companions]].

* ''[[Desert Punk (manga)|Desert Punk]]'' has, in its first chapter, a lesser [[Big Bad]] who weathers a hurricane of insults in a letter without even flinching, but goes completely off his nut -to the point of Hulking out- when the resident [[Anti-Hero]] suggests that his mother ''[[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|has a fat bellybutton]]''.

** Plus, what they will do if you actually are the individual that they have been hired to bring in.

** Or if you're simply unfortunate enough to be in the immediate area once they're finished their mission.

** Probably the biggest [[Berserk Button]] in the story though, is Hinagiku and any character making note of her chest size. Grabbing it (however unintentionally) automatically triggers it, though just referring to it has to be done at least twice. She's taken out an army of volleyball robots, and the one controlling them, just because he made the comment twice, with implied use of only volleyballs as well.

** Telling a bad joke to [[The Idiot From Osaka|Sakuya]] would count, too.

* Wolfgang Grimmer from the series ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' has an alternate personality that functions as one of these. It activates whenever he is in extremely stressful situations and invariably results in a body count. Ironically, when he commits his most extreme act of violence, he remarks that he didn't need to invoke his alternate personality and that he really was just ''that'' angry.

* The title character in ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' easily loses her temper over ''any'' trivial issue whatsoever, to the point where it nearly harms her growing relationships with Jean, Marie, Grandis, and Nemo. It takes a long time for Nadia to learn to control her temper.

* Lina Inverse from ''[[Slayers]]'' has a keyboard [[Hair-Trigger Temper|full]] of these. Most frequently lays the smackdown on anyone who's impolite enough to point out she's rather flat-chested, especially her younger incarnation. Take this line from after a ''Slayers Next'' exchange, for example, where Martina says her chance to win against her are smaller than her curves:

{{quote|'''Lina:''' That bitch!... She has the nerve to defy me and even brought up ''my weakest point''!}}

* Ikuto of ''[[Nagasarete Airantou]]'', if told anything is "absolutely impossible," will get it done with twice the speed and four times the effort.

* In ''[[Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z-hen]]'', Kouji snaps when Boss and his goons insult his grandfather Juzo one too many times. He promptly beats the ever-loving crap out of Boss, and would have seriously hurt him if Kouji's soon-to-be girlfriend Sayaka hadn't interrupted to tell Kouji that his grandfather was in real danger.

** Hansel and Gretel do not enjoy being yelled at or struck, though in their case [[Dissonant Serenity|it's less of a]] [[Berserk Button]] and more of a "We want to kill you" button, {{spoiler|as [[The Mafia|Verrochio]] and his men found out the hard way}}.

** And the female employees of the Lovelace family of Venezuela will ''not'' react well to anybody attacking or kidnapping a Lovelace. Since either of the two maids could give the [[Terminator]] a very bad time...it's just better not to even think about trying it.

** It takes a lot to get Rock good and pissed, but wantonly abusing people he considers innocent (such as Yukio) will bring out [[Precision F-Strike|his worst language]] and drive him to violence.

** Do not mess with Yukio, for Ginji the Manslayer will make you hurt EVEN MORE than Rock ever will. [[Too Dumb to Live|Chaka didn't pay attention]]? [[Cruel and Unusual Death|He lost his gun. And his hands. And then got forcibly drowned]].

* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': Sailors Moon, Mercury, and Mars [[In the Name of the Moon|tear Jedite a new one]] when [[Stay in the Kitchen|he makes sexist remarks]] in the 13th episode. He escapes, if only to be put to [[Eternal Sleep]] by his superior for his latest failure to kill them.

{{quote|'''Spike:''' You think I'm Vicious? YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT VICIOUS IS!}}

* ''[[Busou Renkin]]'': Papillon utterly despises being called by his real name by anyone other than Kazuki. He was also not too pleased to find that {{spoiler|Kazuki had apparently given up his humanity to become a Victor-like being after having fought Papillon, to prevent him from giving up his humanity to become a homunculus.}}

* ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]''. Do not hurt Mikuru while Kyon is present. This man did not shy away from attempting to punch ''Haruhi'' for it.

** Kyon gets a little scary if ''any'' of his friends are threatened.

** Don't look up Mikuru's skirt, or Haruhi will be ''very'' pissed off with you, never mind that it may have been an accident.

* It is highly recommended you don't tell Buttercup/Kaoru from ''[[Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z]]'' she looks cute in a skirt. Her reaction is not pretty.

** All 3 of the girls, especially [[Big Eater|Momoko/Blossom]], will get super-mega-pissed when you steal their food, make them leave lunch, or just prevent them from eating in any way. And to a lesser extent, make them miss sleep and they will get angry.

* Anna and Uni Puma from ''[[Dominion Tank Police]]''. Not like they're not psychotic enough to begin with, but if anyone makes reference to their humiliating origins as "[[Sex Bot|love dolls]]," the body count is going to go into triple digits.

** Calling him a chicken has a similar effect, although it isn't quite as strong.

* Hime Makita from ''[[Sora no Manimani]]'' gets very tense about her hair, and did not hesitate to knee a fellow student when her old nickname of "Drif" (as in "The Drifters," a Japanese rock 'n' roll comedy band with fluffy hair) was brought up.

* Don't feel up [[Hellsing|Seras Victoria]], or sexually harrass her in ANY way. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrgQTCAJihg She will mess you up.] [[Justified Trope|To be fair]] she WAS (almost) a rape victim (and {{spoiler|had to watch her mother get raped by the scum who had just murdered her}}).

** Kaname Chidori is hardly the [[Tsundere|calmest of characters]], but the one thing that ''really'' sets her off is the possibility that her precious grade levels are in danger. Such as the discovery that Sousuke left her notes back in his apartment on the day of a test. Cue Sousuke being physically hurled onto the road in order to (barely) stop a taxi in time, so they can drive back and get them.

** Fuck with Kaname and Sousuke will kick your ass with his ''rage-powered'' [[Humongous Mecha]].

** Do NOT mess with Yugi or any of his friends unless you want an ancient Egyptian spirit challenging you to a deadly game with even [[Mind Rape|deadlier consequences]] once you lose.

** Good job, you either threatened, knocked out, or ''desouled'' Yugi Moto! You have just sentenced yourself to one of two fates:

*** Wait, the Puzzle is far from Yugi? Wait until Joey finds out. The longer he knows and the longer you're still conscious, the closer the probability of him tearing you a new asshole becomes one.

*** Speaking of Jou, do not call him bonkotsu ("mediocre" duelist), dog, monkey, or other insult of inferiority. Do not deny him entry to your tournament to spite him. And do not threaten or harm him and/or his friends, or else he may just go on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]. [[Hot-Blooded|He does not take disrespect well.]]

{{quote|'''Kaiba''': No one deserves that title but ''me''!}}

** In ''5D's'', it's apparent that to press Yusei's button, all you have to do is threaten to destroy Neo Domino City. {{spoiler|Placido}} found this out the hard way {{spoiler|and was left in pieces by the time Yusei was done with him.}}

* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'': Himura Kenshin is a generally calm, friendly, kind-hearted, patient and forgiving man... unless you decide to do something dishonorable and stupid, like needlessly harming (or worse, killing) innocent, weak and/or defenseless people. Especially when the people being hurt or threatened are women and children. He won't hesitate to beat the crap out of you. Hurting his any of his friends is also something that's sure to piss him off. And while he won't kill anyone, you'd probably wish he had by the time he's through kicking your ass if you so much as think about hurting his girlfriend Kaoru...and all this is AFTER he manages to overcome that nasty little [[Split Personality]] problem of his, because if you had decided to push him over the edge back then, he really would've tried to kill you.

** Special mention goes to the climax of his first fight with Enishi where {{spoiler|he revealed that his plan is [[Revenge by Proxy|to kill Kaoru to get back at Kenshin for killing his sister]] }}. It's already bad to get a [[Technical Pacifist]] who is also a master swordsman into a fight like this, but when you go so far as to provoke him ''[[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|to wail on you with his bare fists???]]'' Enishi got off ''really'' easy seeing that his opponent got over his [[Super-Powered Evil Side|super deadly assassin side]] by the time all this went down.

** Mentioning [[Big Bad|Enishi Yukishiro's]] [[Dead Little Sister|dead older sister]] is a good way to set him off, especially if your name is Kenshin. {{spoiler|Because Kenshin killed her, albeit unintentionally}}.

* ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' has Giroro. Don't mess with Natsumi if you want to live. It doesn't even matter if he's anywhere nearby sometimes.

* In ''[[Darker than Black]]'', you do not want to give Hei any reason to think you're connected to [[Dead Little Sister|his sister]]. Really, you don't. [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|It's a bad idea]].

** Later on, it's "touch [[Morality Pet|Yin]] and die."

* In ''[[Tona Gura]]'', calling Hatsune "motherly" means a Tickling Hell for whatever poor soul did so.

* [[Yu Yu Hakusho|Kurama]] is usually [[The Stoic]], but if you threaten his human mother or {{spoiler|force him to take an innocent life}}, he'll drop the pleasantries and ''kill you''. ''Painfully''.

** Also, do not imitate his dead partner, Kuronue.

** Never, EVER take or harm one of [[Dirty Old Man|Happosai's]] "treasures" (i.e. bras, panties (both of them usually stolen), voyeuristic pictures, etc.). Sometimes he'll just get his revenge through pranks like tacks in your shoes or ordering mass amounts of delivery food in your name, but other times? He will [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|KICK. YOUR. ASS.]]

* ''[[Wolfen Crest]]'': Don't you ''dare'' compare a gang of common [[Chaotic Evil]] delinquents to the noble and much-maligned wolf in front of Inugami, he'll give you a [[Death Glare]] and an talking-to the likes you've never seen!

* Even if [[Face of a Thug|a bit scary]], Kitano of [[Angel Densetsu]] is [[The Messiah]]. He will ''not'' fight back (not that you can actually [[Lightning Bruiser|hurt him]])... unless he thinks a girl or someone in his [[True Companions]] are in danger. Luckily he will [[Technical Pacifist|not hurt you]] ''much'', just be prepared to be knocked out for an hour or two. And hope you're landing on a soft surface after he blows you [[Punched Across the Room|three meters away]]. And forget lifting anything heavier than a tissue the day after. Make it a couple of days maybe.

* ''[[Blood: The Last Vampire]]'': Mentioning Jesus, God, or any similar term in front of [[Our Vampires Are Different|Saya]] is a bad idea. Luckily, [[Thou Shall Not Kill|she can't kill humans]]. Doesn't mean she can't ''hurt'' them, tho...

*** Messing with either Griffith or Casca (see above) pre-Eclipse was an excellent way to piss him off.

** Post-Eclipse:

*** In fact, if you do anything to remind Guts of [[My Greatest Failure|his greatest failure]] (such as {{spoiler|trying to rape a woman that reminds him of Casca}}), YOUR. LIFE. IS. FORFEIT.

* [[Vision of Escaflowne|Van Fanel was missing]]? ''He used to be the trope image.'' He's constantly told he's [[Reluctant Warrior|not aggressive enough]] in a fight. [[Beware the Nice Ones|Hurt his friends]], though, ''especially'' Hitomi, [[Unstoppable Rage|and...]] Even Hitomi gets [[What the Hell, Hero?|freaked out by this]] eventually.

** [[Unstoppable Rage|"DISGUSTING! DISGUSTING! DISGUSTING! DISGUSTING! DISGUSTING!"]]

** Likewise, insulting his father is also a bad idea.

** The various [[Equippable Ally|Equippable Allies]] generally leave the fighting to the meisters, as you might expect. Seriously hurt someone's meister or just endanger them and [[Mama Bear|watch]] [[Papa Wolf|the]] [[Always Save the Girl|claws]] [[I Will Protect Her|come]] [[Unstoppable Rage|out.]]

** DO NOT GIVE BLACK*STAR THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU'RE STEALING HIS SPOTLIGHT!! He will kick you ass!! Also do not harm his [[True Companions]]!!!

** Another thing... just don't be Excalibur!

** Spirit Albarn does NOT like [[Abusive Parents|child abuse]]. [[Lovable Sex Maniac|For all of his flaws]] the man [[Doting Parent|really loves Maka]], and having Medusa '''gloat''' about her abuse of Chrona was the first thing ''in the whole series'' that made him upset.

* Try calling [[Flunk Punk Rumble|Akita Hikaru]] a girl, I dare you!

* [[Durarara!!|Shizuo Heiwajima]] hasn't been mentioned yet? Do NOT test his patience. Just... don't. He punched a guy so hard that the poor guy's clothes flew off as he was launched about 20 feet into the air. It gets even worse if you're being nosy about his adored brother Kasuka. Mentioning Izaya is another great way to ask for an early death. Vending machines will fly.

** Also works in a triangle for the [[Power Trio]] of Kida, Mikado, and Anri...mess with any of them and one or both of the other two will come running to kick your ass. And then take into account that these are {{spoiler|two gang leaders and the human host of a ''demonic sword''}} respectively.

* Do not touch [[Macademi Wasshoi|Takuto]] in an even vaguely lascivious manner when Suzuho is around, or she'll whip out her [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] and try to beat the crap out of you (especially if your name is Tanarotte, who, to be fair, can give the punishment right back).

* [[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind|Nausicaä]] when her father is killed. The poor girl, usually the sweetest [[Messiah]], went BATSHIT at that.

* If there's two things [[Gundam Wing|Heero Yuy and Milliardo Peacecraft]] share, it's the ability to use the ZERO system, and the sheer amount of destruction they can cause because you just ''had'' to threaten Relena Peacecraft, Heero's best friend/love interest and Milliardo's little sister respectively. Even an underground, for-all-purposes impenetrable fortress won't stop Heero from kicking your ass.

* Rose Marinade of ''[[Fighting Foodons]]'' doesn't take too well to Chase calling her a "has-been."

{{quote|'''Rose Marinade''': Hey, wait a minute! Did I just hear you call me a has-been?!}}

{{quote|'''King Dedede''': That Wolfwrath monster of yours better not wreck my castle! This ain't no doghouse!

'''Frontman''': I'm afraid Wolfwrath doesn't take too well to training, Triple D. He's kind of a hot dog, and if you try to break him, you'll get burned. (laughs)

** The two misogynists who {{spoiler|got attacked and very likely ''killed'' by Sayaka simply because one of them [[Country Matters|dropped the dreaded C-bomb]]. And this was ''before'' she became Oktavia. Even as a witch, she absolutely hates misogyny and considers the C-bomb to be the lowest of the low.}}

* [[My Bride Is a Mermaid|Nagasumi Michishio]] is generally pretty unassuming, but the moment you threaten his wife Sun you're in for a world of hurt. Remember the last episode, where pointing a gun at her empowered Nagasumi to catch a freaking bullet with his teeth? And then punch a guy so hard that he transforms spontaneously?

** One played for laughs: don't steal MISAKA 10032's nightvision goggles. She's got an assault rifle in her schoolbag and unless the thief is not [[Hive Queen|Last Order]], she WILL shoot to kill.

** And the original Misaka Mikoto has a few as well. On the comedic side, we have Kuroko trying to peek at her panties and Touma continuously defeating her in fair fights. On the dramatic side, we have anyone hurting her clones, who she considers sisters. The first time this happened, she unleashed a [[Razor Wind|whirlwind of iron sand]], and when that didn't work obliterated forty research facilities in ''three days''.

** Also, Cream has a chao named Cheese. Cheese is Cream's friend, but sometimes, when Cheese is mentioned to be Cream's pet, Cream goes mad.

** Also, don't pull a prank on Ella. Bokkun learned it the hard way.

** And please, don't harm Mai's friends or little brother. [[Mama Bear|Mai won't like it either.]]

** Haruka tends to get set off by people breaking rules, and, in the manga, by her plans to replace the Orphan Resistance Unit with the Ori-Hime unit running into problems, and people making fun of her [[Forehead of Doom|large forehead]]. In the anime, insulting Yukino is another of her Berserk Buttons.

** Yukino is typically soft-spoken and good natured, but can become quite angry if people act dismissively toward Haruka.

* In [[Mai-Otome]], Shiho becomes enraged if someone calls her "Maki-maki." Arika finally gets angry with Tomoe when she makes fun of and expresses relief toward {{spoiler|Erstin's death}}.

** Kamina's button? Depriving him of fanservice. At least in the uncut English dub.

{{quote|'''Kamina:''' YOU WANT TO KNOW IF I HAVE A PROBLEM?! YOU TOOK THE ABSOLUTE HIGH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT, THE VERY ESSENCE OF A MALE SOUL AND STUCK IT INTO THE DIRT, SMACKED IT AROUND AND SMASHED IT! I'LL FOLLOW YOU BASTARDS THROUGH THE FIERY PITS OF HELL AND KILL YOU A MILLION TIMES OVER!!!}}

** And the same episode's uncut version demonstrates that harming [[Brother-Sister Team|Darry]] puts [[Keet|Gimmy]] into [[Tranquil Fury]] mode.

** Try to molest Urd's sisters, and she'll [[Shock and Awe|put a few thousand volts through you]], that is if Belldandy doesn't zap you first.

* ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'''s Barnaby Brooks Jr. is usually level and coolheaded... unless he comes across someone associated with Ouroboros. Whenever that occurs, expect [[Not So Stoic|violent outbursts]], [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|brutalized suspects]], and [[Heroic BSOD|the occasional panic attack]].

{{quote|'''[[Incoming Ham|WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO MY CAR,]]''' '''[[Precision F-Strike|ASSHOLE?!]]'''}}

** If you want to genuinely piss Kotetsu Kaburagi off, disregarding human life - ''any'' human life - is the way to do it. He gets understandably angry when {{spoiler|Maverick holds his [[Papa Wolf|daughter]] Kaede hostage. Maverick's last ditch attempt to escape is to put a gun to Kaede's head. The presumed-dead Kotetsu comes out of the shadows and [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|punches Maverick in the face]].}}

** Miura takes it personally when Mashiro or Takagi indicate that they don't trust him or they trust someone else's opinion more.

* ''[[Ultra Maniac]]''. {{spoiler|If you ''ever'' harm Nina's pet cat, you'd better hope her friends restrain her, or you'll wind up deader [[Disney Death|than he]].}}

** Speaking of [[Broken Bird|Mariko]], don't abuse Nanako, abandon her or {{spoiler|make fun of her parents' divorce}}, if you wish not {{spoiler|to get your arm slashed with a box cutter.}}

** Fukiko looks calm and graceful, but she's got some big buttons of her own. You should neither make any allusions (even if accidental) towards {{spoiler|her onesided love for Takehiko}}, nor speak openly against the Sorority. Expect some ''huge'' retribution if you do.

** In the anime, if "Borgia" Ogiwara wants some answers to her questions, '''you better give them to her'''.

* If you value your life even a little, NEVER fuck with [[Franken Fran|professor Amatsuka]], or Gavrill and Fran will come after you. Even if you manage to avoid getting slaughtered by the former, the latter still has [[Fate Worse Than Death|her own methods of punishment]].

** The same applies to all the protagonists. Hurt their friends, and you won't be waking up feeling pretty in the morning.

** Inner Moka doesn't like to be touched. As Tsukune found out the hard way very early on in the second serialization, [[Double Standard]] does ''not'' apply here even if he ''is'' her boyfriend.

* Trying to hurt Ran in ''[[Detective Conan]]'' will cause Conan to do everything in his power to bring the culprit down, even if an [[Action Girl]] like Ran can handle things perfectly fine on her own. The alternate happens if harm comes to Conan, her father Kogoro, or even to her [[Hot Mom]] Eri and her best friend Sonoko: if one of them is in danger, [[Mama Bear|Ran]] won't hesitate to karate kick anyone in the chest.

* In the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' manga, Raymond Spume becomes enraged when Sparkle Land publicity assistant Julie bites her nails, believing it to be a bad habit and unprofessional to do it in public. {{spoiler|This ultimately proves to be his undoing}}.

** Thomas Spitzer gets angry when someone questions his expertise on spiders.

* Girls in ''[[Daily Lives of High School Boys]]'' often have this:

** The suggestion that girls should date a boy for Yanagin.

** Ringo-chan's height.

* ''[[No. 6]]'': Whatever you do, don't insult the Dogkeeper's mom. Or suggest that Nezumi become a prostitute. You will suffer endlessly.

** Never harm Nezumi. Or you'll get a bullet to the brain from Shion.

** Nezumi doesn't like it if someone messes with Shion's either.