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* ''[[Tintin]]'''s Professor Calculus ("Tournesol" in the original French) does this when someone suggests he is "playing the goat." Given the professor's notoriously poor hearing, he is likely to blow up if he hears the phrase "playing the goat" -- or anything that sounds remotely similar -- used in any context.

** Also Captain Haddock if you take away his whisky.

** Endangering his children is a big one; he told Steve Rogers(who wasn't Captain America at the time) that he'd kill him if Steve killed his son Hiro-Kala, who was trying to crash a Mars-sized planet into Earth at the time. Messing with his dead wives is an even bigger mistake; Skaar's(his other son) jeers about destroying Caiera's spirit were enough to get him to try and kill him. But the most common one is simple: [[Do Not Call Me Paul|don't call him Bruce if you want to live.]]

*** At this point it's come to the point where it applies to any of his close friends or family. A villain beating up a depowered She-Hulk and Rick Jones sent the Hulk back to a Worldbreaker Hulk level of anger. When said villain attacked Red She-Hulk, his wife, it enraged the Hulk to the point where he ''killed him by smashing his head''. If he wasn't at Worldbreaker-level before, he certainly was then.

* Apollo and The Midnighter, members of ''[[The Authority]]'', are upstanding heroes (possibly [[Anti-Hero]] in the latter case, but still...) dedicated to making a better world and raising their adopted daughter Jenny, and they're openly homosexual, not to mention having a very stable and loving relationship. Anyone who calls them 'poofters', though, is in for a great heaping of suffering.

* [[Spider-Man]] is generally a [[Beware the Nice Ones|sweetheart of a guy]], but don't even THINK about hurting his friends and family. The [[Oh Crap|instant]] he stops joking around with you, you'll find out exactly how much pain a guy with the proportionate strength of a spider is capable of dishing out when he's mad.

* In ''[[The Punisher]]'' story arc "The Slavers," the brutal treatment that the title slavers put their captives through hits every one of Frank Castle's Berserk Buttons regarding the mistreatment of women and children in general, and triggers a rage so deep within him that he goes to savage lengths so extreme that even he himself is surprised.

** And let's not forget what happened when some jackass mob dude, [[Ax Crazy|Nicky Cavella]], aka. Mr. [[Too Dumb to Live]], dug up the remains of Frank's murdered family and urinated on them on them, successfully [[Incredibly Lame Pun|pissing]] the Punisher off. [[Unstoppable Rage]] doesn't even ''begin'' to describe Frank's response. Lampshaded by a customer in a diner (that Frank is also at, unknown to him) who sees the news report:

** [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazis]] in general. [[Red Skull]] in particular.

** [[Too Dumb to Live|Mocking Bucky's death]]. Oh ''god'', if you'd like your bones to remain unbroken, ''don't do it''.

* Threaten [[Luke Cage, Hero for Hire|Luke Cage's]] family or try and stiff him, and he'll beat you to within an inch of your life. [[Norman Osborn]] and [[Doctor Doom]] have both found this out the hard way.

** Going after ''any'' of Thor's comrades-in-arms is a bad idea. However, harm [[Blood Brothers|Tony Stark]]<ref>Pre-Civil War</ref> and/or [[Blood Brothers|Steve Rogers]], and you will learn ''exactly'' what it means to piss off a force of nature. In fact, even just telling [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]] that you [[Somebody Else's Problem|stood by and watched]] as Iron Man was kidnapped will send Thor into an [[Unstoppable Rage]] that will require him [[Let Me At Him|being held back]] to keep him from [[Drop the Hammer|bashing your skull in]].<ref>Yes, that ''actually happened''.</ref>

** Anyone harming Loki outside of having to stop him in a fight. Sure, the two have major issues, but they're still brothers, as shown when Loki performs a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] against the Void, Thor's eyes go white with power and he practically obliterates the Void with one massive lightning strike that leaves nothing behind but a massive crater with Robert Reynolds in the middle of it.

* Vic Volcano from the [[Anthology Comic]] ''[[The Beano]]'' who would go berserk over pretty much anything.

* [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]]'s berserk button is hurting [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]] -- past or present -- but ''especially'' [[Captain America]]. If he has to outright [[Heroic Sacrifice|kill himself]] to [[Taking You with Me|stop you]] from killing [[Like an Old Married Couple|Steve]], ''he will do it'' without hesitation. The events of Civil War do not make this untrue. Also, if you are [[Abusive Parent|Howard Stark]], do ''not'' imply that Tony was a disappointment to his mother. [[Curb Stomp Battle|A beatdown will swiftly ensue]].

** Don't say anything about Sistah Spooky's race. Don't be a beautiful blonde girl. And so on.

* If you harm, or try to harm, any member of [[The Flash|Wally West's]] family or [[True Companions]], he will hunt you to the end of creation and thrash you. ''Very soundly''. After Gorilla Grodd [[Start of Darkness|crippled Hunter Zolomon]], Wally chased him all the way to Gorilla City, and was so intent on killing the primate that the other, more benevolent gorillas had to [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|erase the location of Gorilla City from his mind]].