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{{trope}}
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When a nice, normal character suddenly goes into a rage, you've hit their [[Berserk Button]].
* If you don't want "The Murray" from the [[Sly Cooper]] series to floss his teeth with your spine, NEVER hurt his friends.
** DO NOT tell Dimitri his suit sucks. EVER.
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** Atton doesn't take it well when people try to [[Mind Rape|get inside his head.]]
** Don't bring up Taris in front of Juhani. If you have to, be prepared to remember the Jedi Code in order to cool her off. Likewise, you're better off not talking about the Genocide of Cathar...
** And Mission does ''not'' want to be treated like some helpless kid. Seeing as she's a nubile, pretty Twi'lek female that fended for herself in one of the worst [[Wretched Hive
** When it comes to Zaalbar, you can {{spoiler|kill his father, and abet Czerka's slaving operations on his homeworld... if you're evil}}, but don't threaten Mission unless you want a large, pissed-off Wookiee charging you, and to hell with the life debt. {{spoiler|If you are a bastard and force him to kill her, he will make an attempt to kill you on the Star Forge}}.
** If you ''suggest'' that Canderous is a coward, make peace with The Force beforehand.
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** [[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten|Fuka and Desco]] enjoy their love talk, especially when {{spoiler|dredging Valvatorez' past with Artina out of him}}. Interrupt it, however, and heads will roll. Namely, yours. Do not take a perverse interest in Desco, or Fuka will go nuts. That means '''you''', [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice|MAO]].
** From another work of [[Nippon Ichi]], ''[[La Pucelle Tactics]]'', do NOT mess with Croix's [[Papa Wolf|girl]] or he'll [[Super-Powered Evil Side|flip out]] and crush your skull in, slowly, while you beg for mercy.
* The Big Daddies of ''[[
** [[Mad Artist|Sander Cohen]] has a few of these buttons. Harm his art, interrupt his music, even ''doubt'' him (or, as the player found, be ''suspected'' of doubting him) and you better be ready for [[Ax Crazy|a face full of fire]].
** [[Deadly Doctor|Dr. Steinman]] will horrifically mutilate you if you don't fit his standard of beauty. Though considering he views himself as "the Picasso of Surgery", everyone probably qualifies.
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** Do not threaten the [[Player Character|Warden's]] family. It will end badly for you.
* ''[[Dragon Age II]]'':
** Do not mess with [[Dragon Age 2|Hawke's]] family. [[
** Do not threaten mages or imply support for the Chantry while Anders is nearby. [[Unstoppable Rage|Just don't.]]
** Do not call Fenris a slave unless you wish to see your innards up close and in person.
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** Also don't take a Qunari holy relic, if you don't want them to spend a decade looking for you and, when they don't find you, take over ''a city''.
{{quote|'''The Arishok''': Fixing your mess is not the demand of the Qun, and you should all be grateful!}}
* ''[[Dragon Age|Dragon Age Inquisition]]'': Do not call [[Lovable Rogue| Sera]] "Elfie" unless you want an arrow in the face.
* ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]''
** Raine, despite her normally rather cynical and sensible behaviour, has archaeological mania. Woe betide anyone who disparages or harms any ruins in her presence.
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** Speaking of Terra, don't threaten the survivors at Mobliz. It won't end well, [[Mama Bear|especially if she feels she's the only one who can protect them.]]
* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'': Do ''NOT'' harm or threaten to harm Marlene within range of Barret. It just might be the last thing you ever do.
* ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'': Machina and Al Bhed are initially [[Berserk Button
** Killing Auron's old friend is a good way to get him enraged, as seen in this optional line of dialogue in the fight against {{spoiler|Seymour Natus}}:
{{quote|'''Auron''': Although he was not the man I once knew, {{spoiler|Kinoc}} was still my friend. You will pay for his death, {{spoiler|Seymour}}!}}
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* In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'''s Subspace Emissary Adventure Mode, the plot diverges slightly based on player action in the first stage, which determines which of the game's [[Everything's Better with Princesses|two resident princesses]] is initially captured by the baddies. The one who escapes is later believed by her corresponding hero to have been assaulted by allies. The batshit rage which results from this erroneous belief indicates that for [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]], endangering Princess Peach presses his Berserk Button; to press Link's, endanger Princess Zelda.
** The latter is ''confirmed'' in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]''. {{spoiler|Due to Link using the power of the Triforce to flatten the Imprisoned, Ghirahim winds up kidnapping Zelda, making it ''crystal clear'' that he is going to ''sacrifice'' her to his master, and jumping into the Gate of Time. You will never see Link in an angrier state as he jumps through the Gate after him, [[One-Man Army|steamrolls over countless Bokoblins]], and tears Ghirahim a new asshole.}}
* Barbatos Goetia in ''[[Tales of Destiny]] 2'' is already [[Ax Crazy|batshit insane]] from the start, but there are some ways to make him even crazier... Cast a spell in front of him? No, not that, he may counter immediately with a spell, but he still keeps his tone to usual... but ''use an item'' in front of him, and he'll approach you ASAP, grab you, slam you, stomp you and slash you with all his spectacularly [[Badass]] scream: '''[[
* The Witch in ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' is the most passive enemy in the game, not attacking until you shine a flashlight on her, bump into her or do anything to disturb the woman. She then promptly stands up, annihilates the person responsible, before bursting into tears and shrieking as she runs away from the survivors.
* Welkin Gunther, [[Valkyria Chronicles]]' resident [[Nice Guy]] has one when {{spoiler|he found out that Faldio shot and nearly killed Alicia}}.
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** [[Fan Nickname|HWG]] seems to have several berserk buttons, actually. According to [[Its All There in the Manual|his bio]], anyone who disturbs his calm demeanor is likely to be [[Made of Plasticine|torn limb from limb]], and violence in general changes him from [[Gentle Giant]] to [[Psycho for Hire]].
** [[Nerf Now|And don't kill his]] [http://nerfnow.com/comic/12 medic.]
** Also, never tell the Soldier that he isn't technically a real soldier. He would even kill his best friend over it. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180304040211/http://www.teamfortress.com/war/soldier/06.htm
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic and gang]] do have things that tick them off. We haven't seen ''exactly'' what will send Sonic over the edge, but harming any of his friends is close enough. Erazor Djinn got three screamin' strikes; [A] he killed Shahra when she sacrificed herself for Sonic's sake, [B] he continually disrespected Sonic (calling him a ''rat'' was the tip of the iceberg), and [C] his [[A God Am I|goal]] would encompass the real world if left alone. Suffice it to say [[And I Must Scream|he didn't end well]].
** Tails looks up to Sonic a lot, as anyone can attest to. When Eggman [[No One Could Survive That|shot Sonic into space]] after [[Evil Gloating|gloating]] [[Out-Gambitted|about how he knew Sonic's Chaos Emerald was bogus]], Tails cut the pleasantries and tried to blast 'Botnik to death.
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** 3 obvious berserk buttons were pressed by beating Don Flamingo, Super Macho Man & Mr. Sandman. Don tore up a poster of Little Mac before lifting weights. Super Macho Man put a Little Mac poster on the punching bag he was using after seeing his babes, paparazzi & other media start surrounding Little Mac. Mr. Sandman.....well just ask the RUBLE OF THE BUILDING that he destroyed with his BARE DAMN HANDS after he saw Little Mac's facial poster on it!
* Do not refer to ''[[Suikoden I]]'''s Ronnie Bell as "Giant Woman." She will beat your ass to a bloody pulp.
* Cirno, ''[[Touhou]]'''s resident [[The Ditz|ditzy]] ice fairy, reacts rather badly to anyone who calls her an idiot (she is, after all, [[
** Mystia, the "night sparrow" youkai, gets frightened or angry when someone talks about grilled/fried chicken around her.
** Tenshi reacts rather badly to anyone belittling her abilities, which involve beam spamming and Earth-based attacks.
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** [[Culture Clash|Kotoko]] [[Tsundere|Minaduki]]: Talking or showing her anything related foreign culture, especially curry (she's passionate about traditional Japanese culture). Also, doing anything that could hurt her best friend Hikari.
** [[Tomboy|Homura Akai]]: [[Japanese Honorifics|Calling her with the wrong honorifics]], AND calling the school headmaster "Kazumi-chan" (she's best friends with him, and she wants to be the only one to call him like this).
** Wataru Hibiya: Calling him "bouzu" or "kouzu" (aka "kid"
** [[Hot for Student|Ikkaku Amanohashi]]: Calling him "oochan" (aka "gramps").
* In ''[[Mitsumete Knight]]'', a few characters have Berserk Buttons:
** Sophia Robelingue: [[Daddy's Girl|Do not talk ill of her father]], or prepare for an [[Armor-Piercing Slap]].
** Linda Zakroid: [[Rags to Riches|Do not call her a "nouveau riche."]] {{spoiler|She's an hard worker, and want people to respect her for it}}.
** Lesley Lopicana: [[Big Brother Instinct|Doing anything that could hurt]] [[Token
** Gene Petromolla: [[Friend to All Living Things|Do not do anything that could hurt animals or nature]]. Especially since she's a [[Badass]] with a formidable [[Megaton Punch]].
** Carol Palecki: [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Pulling her a prank with slugs]]. [[Unwinnable|She'll straight away break]] [[Lost Forever|all ties with you if you do so]].
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* [[Prototype (video game)|Alex Mercer]], full stop. If you so much as look at his sister, [[Morality Pet|Dana Mercer]], the wrong way, much less harm her or, God forbid, try to kill her, then you are in for a world of hurt. If he lets you live long enough to feel pain. Which, to be honest, he probably will.
** To put it into perspective, Alex is a nigh-indestructible murderer/terrorist/monster with Lovecraftian powers, who spends his time fighting [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch]] horrors. He can kill everyone within certain radius, take down tanks with his bare hands, throw cars off the Empire State Building, kick helicopters out of the sky, and {{spoiler|survive a nuclear explosion to the face}}. So... yeah. Don't touch his sister.
** The kicker is that {{spoiler|Dana Mercer isn't actually his sister. The real Alex Mercer didn't give a shit about Dana, and died after [[Complete Monster|releasing a deadly virus in a crowded station, thus killing millions of people, out of spite]], and said virus ended up reanimating his body. In other words, [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|a virus reanimating a corpse cares more about Mercer's sister]] [[Humans Are
* ''[[Assassin's Creed (video game)|Assassin's Creed I]]'': Do ''not'' kill people whom Altaïr loves. He ''will'' fly into an [[Unstoppable Rage]] and go on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]].
** The same can be said of [[Assassin's Creed II|Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], whose rampage lasted ''decades''.
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** Conrad Marburg despises unprofessionalism. By taking advantage of this (and doing some research) Mike can actually goad Marburg into fighting to the death rather than simply retreating.
** Albatross is quite sensitive about anything to do with his bodyguard Sis. Asking questions will tick him off and {{spoiler|killing her will put Mike on his shitlist.}}
* [[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]] Whatever you do, do ''not'' let yourself get caught posing as Raikov by Volgin, or else he will give you hell to pay before torturing you, or attack you even faster than before.
* [[Dead Or Alive 4]] Do ''not'' gleefully reveal that you killed Helena Douglas' mother with Helena as the target to Helena's face.
* When [[Kingdom Hearts|Lexaeus]] says "Don't mock me," he ''means'' it.
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*** And again for May? Don't be bald. She hates baldies so much that she'd attack any bald person in sight.
** Similarly, Dizzy has her own [[Berserk Button]] as well, as shown in her win quote against Venom. Threatening her friends at the May Ship is not good for your health unless you want some butt-whoopin' from her and her guardian wings Undine and Necro.
* Several characters from ''[[
** Don't be Noel Vermillion in front of Jin Kisaragi (both from ''[[
** Speaking of Noel, whatever you do, don't insult her small bosom or call her stupid, or she'll blast you to smithereens.
*** When Noel accidentally extracts a boobytrapped memory of Terumi from Tsubaki's head - and figures he orchestrated their conflict - she was seriously angry at him from that moment onward. {{spoiler|Sadly, [[All According to Plan|that's what he wanted]].}}
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** For Arakune, please don't mention about Kokonoe or how 'inferior' he is in front of him. Dude's already crazy to begin with, those two things dials his craziness [[Up to Eleven]].
** Surprisingly, even a kind and compassionate one like Litchi has one, although it wasn't so much 'Berserk' but more like 'Driven-To-Rant' button. Attempting to sway her from saving Arakune is one thing, flat out telling that it's stupid and worthless is enough for her to drop whatever niceness she had and start attacking you.
** Earlier, [[Running Gag|being Jin Kisaragi]] <ref>Why is 'Being X' is a common [[Berserk Button]] in the [[
** And as of Kokonoe, her [[Berserk Button]] are either belittling science under magic, [[Overly Long Gag|being Terumi]] or even worse, implying that they're going to claim the frag of Terumi's head, she won't have it, [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|she had to be the one doing the frag]], [[Nuke'Em|even if she has to resort to nukes]].
* Even ''[[Adventure Quest Worlds]]'' isn't safe from the wrath of anyone under this trope. For example, Vath, the third lord of Chaos, has his [[Berserk Button]] pressed (add in a [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]] as well) once he realizes from the hero that he/she freed the dwarves and the dwarves are winning against his army.
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* San Oko, the track team captain from ''[[Hatoful Boyfriend]]'', goes berserk upon encountering any inferior pudding.
* [[Red Dead Redemption]]: You can push around John Marston all you want, push around men while John Marston is present, but do NOT and I mean ''do NOT'' threaten John Marston's family or a defenseless woman. He ''will not'' hesitate to put a bullet in your skull for that woman's sake.
* [[
* In one cutscene in [[Kirby's Epic Yarn]], when Fluff knocked Kirby off the tree, after a [[Big Lipped Aligator Moment]], Kirby got angry and ran after Fluff.
* [[Fatal Fury|Mai]] [[The King of Fighters|Shiranui]] is mostly a [[Stripperiffic]] yet rather friendly [[Genki Girl]], but there are three things that absolutely set her off.
** One, if she asks you where her beloved Andy Bogard is, do NOT give her an answer that doesn't sound like his whereabouts, for she is most devoted to Andy ever since she was a child. (Not even his older brother Terry can get away with that one.)
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* While Ryu from [[Street Fighter]] isn't exactly a social person, he ''does'' have close friends and allies, '''who are not to be harmed in front of him.''' Seeing Bison injure {{spoiler|Sakura}} in ''Alpha 3'' was a trigger strong ewnough to {{spoiler|snap Ryu out of a [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] state}}, and Crimson Viper found this out the hard way as well in ''The Ties That Bind''.
** Similarly, you do NOT harm children in front of one [[Mama Bear|Chun-Li.]] Specially pre-teen or teenage girls. Witnessing the horrible effect that {{spoiler|Bison's brainwashing brought to Cammy and the Dolls}} in ''[[Street Fighter Alpha]]'' and having one of her adopted daughters kidnapped in ''Third Strike'' sent this [[Action Girl]] in an utter '''rage'''.
** Also, if you harm '''any''' of [[Amazon Brigade|the Dolls]]
** Please don't be a threat to the security of either Hong Kong or Shanghai. Neither Yun nor Yang will have mercy on you.
*** And if you ''are'' Yun and/or Yang, don't leave home without telling [[Tsundere|Hou]][[Hot-Blooded|mei]]. She won't be pleased.
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* In ''[[Dark Souls]]'', mortals trespassing on the symbolic tomb of {{spoiler|Gwyn}} is one for Gwyndolin. Clerics in general are this for Patches.
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