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** 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:
{{quote|'''Customer:''' [[The Punisher|That guy]] is gonna go fucking ''berserk.'' ''[next panel shows Frank sitting alone, staring at the TV screen, with a murderous look in his eye]''}}
*** Made all the "[[Too Dumb to Live|stranger]]" when it's what Nicky wanted.
** In "The Long Dark Night," Barracuda {{spoiler|kidnaps the daughter Frank had with O'Brien.}} Frank proceeds to {{spoiler|clip a car battery to Barracuda's testicles and shock him for an ''hour straight.''}}
*** Actually, that's what happened when he got the upper hand on him. When Frank first realizes that he {{spoiler|has a daughter and that Barracuda is going to torture her to death}}, he blacks out. Frank has to piece the subsequent events back together by examining his injuries while in the hospital. Barracuda didn't come out much better.
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{{quote|'''Batman:''' Everything I've done in the past three nights, I've been doing for the wrong little boy.}}
**** Another story had the same button be ruthlessly exploited by [[Not-So-Harmless Villain|Penguin]], who's been occasionally shown to be [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] when it comes to the Batfamily, and quite able to pull off [[Batman Gambit|Batman Gambits]] against the [[Trope Namer]].
** [[The Joker]] himself will become crazier than usual if you make a joke he finds bad or unfunny. Especially if you have the nerve to try and [[Don't Explain the Joke|explain it]] to him afterwards.
** Don't hurt his kids. Particularly Dick Grayson. He will find you, and you will hurt.
* Don't call ''[[Barb Wire]]'' "babe."
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** Possibly as [[Animorphism|a literal ape]].
* Hulkling from ''[[Young Avengers]]'' is the the sweetest, most congenial [[Gentle Giant]] imaginable. Unless you threaten his boyfriend. In which case all bets are off.
** To say nothing of said boyfriend, Wiccan, who is not only {{spoiler|the son of the Scarlet Witch, one of the most powerful mutants in the universe--and appears to have inherited her capabilities}} but a very gifted witch in his own right. At one point, he put ''everyone in Times Square into a magic coma'' simply because Teddy was being held hostage.
* Under no circumstances should you insinuate that [[Spider Woman]] is a Skrull. Last time the [[Dark Avengers]] did that, she lost her composure and started beating down almost everyone who got near her (and apparently that included Ares), at least until Sentry stopped and calmed her down.
** The recent ''New Avengers'' issue added one more for [[Spider Woman]]: Subject her into mind control or anything like that and she'll gladly put her hand inside your mouth and BLAST it from the inside. In fact, this pissed her off so much that if it wasn't for [[Spider-Man]] stopping her, she would've killed her mind controller.
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** Finally, do not threaten [[Papa Wolf|Catman's]] son. DO. NOT. DO. IT. While the rest of the team will either shoot you, slice you up, cave your head in, or rip you apart if you piss them off, Catman will make it slow. '''''VERY''''' slow. If you're lucky, you'll escape with either [[Eye Scream|part of your face missing]] or four new assholes. You probably won't be lucky, however.
* In ''[[Freak Angels]]'', calling KK by her real name causes her to immediately go for your throat. Sirkka's is hurting Jack. This is particularly notable since {{spoiler|when it was pressed, she'd spent the entirety of the comic to that point (over 100 pages) lying in bed. Moments later she opened fire with a giant automatic bolt thrower.}}
* [[Captain America (comics)|Steve Rogers]] is [[Nice Guy|a wonderful human being]]. He's generous, forgiving, selfless, friendly, kind, and [[Adorkable|actually kind of awkward and dorky]] at times when he's with [[True Companions|his]] [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|family]]. However, he does have a few Berserk Buttons, and God help you if you press them.
** [[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''.
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* One of [[Thor]]'s Berserk Buttons is his brother, [[Loki]]. Insulting Asgard is a monumentally stupid idea as well.
** 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.
*** After the resurrection of Loki as Kid!Loki, Thor has made it clear that anyone who wants to harm his brother has to get through him. Unsurprisingly, no one is particularly willing to try this.
* Don't touch [[Batman|the Mad Hatter's]] hat, or he will turn from a delusional mind control expert who is more likely to brainwash some henchmen to attack you into an [[Ax Crazy]] foaming-at-the-mouth maniac.
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* [[Yoko Tsuno]] is a nice girl, if a bit hotheaded. Hurt someone she cares for, or threaten somebody who asks her for help? The [[Action Girl]] knows her Aikido and her weapon handling, and she '''will''' put said knowledge to use. '''''On you.'''''
* In ''[[Ms. Tree]]'', Mike, Jr. has some pretty serious issues relating to homosexuals.
* In the [[Nintendo Power]] comic run of ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star
* Trapping Pakrat of the ''[[Atari Force]]'' second series in a corner causes him to come out of it fighting.
* Most ''[[Sin City]]'' heroes are pretty violent but they lose their cool when people hurt women, children, or friends. One or all of these things happen in almost every story and they end making good use of the ''For Mature Readers Only'' label.
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** You might not want to threaten [[Huntress]]' students. [http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1005813.html?#cutid1 This is what happened when someone tried.]
* 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 (comics)]]. 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 compare [[Empowered]] to [[Jennifer Lopez|JLo]], or say anything else that might be misunderstood as "you're fat".
** Don't say anything about Sistah Spooky's race. Don't be a beautiful blonde girl. And so on.
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