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'''New Brian:''' Now every time you're sleeping with him, he's gonna be thinking of me.
'''Stewie:''' [[Tranquil Fury|Hmmmmm]]. }}
*:* Stewie chops up new Brian and throws him into the trash. So don't mess with Stewie's bear.
*:* In the episode "Fat Guy Strangler," while Lois' mentally ill brother, Patrick, is visiting the Griffins, Peter dresses as Ralph Kramden (from ''[[The Honeymooners]]'') and uses his catchphrase "Pow, right in the kisser." This triggers a flashback for Patrick, who as a child had walked in on his mother having sex in the kitchen with an obese man dressed as the famous ''Honeymooners'' protagonist -- this triggered a traumatic episode that eventually saw him sent to a mental institution -- and he goes on a rampage, killing or seriously injuring obese men in Quahog. Eventually, he targets Peter, who eventually escapes his predicament (only when Lois shows up to talk Patrick out of it, claiming that she is assaulting his "girlfriend," Marion).
*:* Lois doesn't like it when you [[Mama Bear|insult her children]]. [[Straw Feminist|Gloria Inronbox]] learned that the hard way.
:* Cleveland ''really'' hates the show ''[[Bewitched]]'', so much that [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atpb2N_slmQ when Stewie turns it on], Cleveland knocks over the couch with Stewie on it. [[Sarcasm Mode|"Yeah, hey, so ''that's'' a pretty reasonable reaction, nuh?"]] says Stewie.
* Peter Potamus in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' will flip out if he finds out that [[Running Gag|you got that thing he sent you,]] [http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25c39213ded87d0113df1248950090 and didn't tell him.]
* One possible reason that [[The Angry Beavers]] are so angry could be because people [[I Am Not Weasel|keep calling them weasels]].
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** WERNSTROM!
** The Giant Unattractive Monster can take ugly insults from the three Benders, but never talk about his mother, as Fry learned the hard way.
** Leela has a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]] as it is, but she goes postal on anyone who calls the Planet Express Ship a hunk of junk, plus on Fry when he tells her to calm down over it.
* Pumbaa from ''[[The Lion King]]'' can take on any animal in Africa if they call him a pig; in the Latin American dub, Pumbaa also insists on being called a "decent warthog".
** Also Scar hates it when someone mentions his brother Mufasa. "Don't ever mention that name in my kingdom! I am the king!" He hates it even more when someone compares him to Mufasa.
{{quote|'''Sarabi:''' If you were even half the king Mufasa was--
'''Scar:''' ''(slaps Sarabi very hard)'' I'm ''TEN TIMES THE KING MUFASA WAS!!'' }}
** Also:
{{quote|'''Zazu''' ''(singing)'' Nobody know the trouble I've seen... Nobody knows my sorry...
'''Scar:''' Oh, Zazu, lighten up. Sing something with a little bump in it!
'''Zazu:''' ''It's a small world after all, it's a -''
'''Scar:''' [[Self-Deprecation| No, NO! Anything but ''that!'']]}}
* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''
** Nigel Uno has [[Insulted Awake|broken out of brainwashing]] when one of his buttons was triggered. Among the set-offs: being overcharged at a restaurant. Most importantly, don't threaten his [[True Companions]].
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** Do NOT turn down Kuki's thermostat. EVER. Or lower her father Kani's, for that matter.
** As well as Numbuh 83, who, if you threaten to put her in a dark room, will beat up anyone around her.
** Do not threaten to harm [[Violently Protective Girlfriend|Kuki]] or [[Big Brother Instinct|Joey]] in front of Wallabee Beatles. Also, don't call him an idiot. ''And'' do not call him "pretty" [[Insistent Terminology|("I'm ''handsome''.")]]
** More subdued than the standard, but Numbuh 5 ''really'' hates [[Pungeon Master|Numbuh 2's awful puns]]. She also hates Numbuh 2 [[Clingy Jealous Girl|flirting with other girls]].
{{quote|'''Numbuh 5''': ''*pulls Numbuh 2 by his shirt*'' [[Tranquil Fury|Let's go]], [[Casanova Wannabe|lover boy]].}}
** Numbuh 86 has a hair-trigger temper to begin with, but use sexist language in front of her and she goes [[Up to Eleven]], as Numbuh 2 found out when he was channeling [[Raymond Chandler|Phillip Marlowe]]:
{{quote|'''Numbuh 86:''' TOOTS?!?!?!!!}}
*:* Numbuh 363 can't stand being physically touched.
*:* Lizzie will get mad if her "Nigie" [[Woman Scorned|brushes her off]]. And don't think for a second [[Violently Protective Girlfriend|you can harm him, either]].
*:* Do not tell [[Blondes Are Evil|Chad]] he wasn't the best KND operative, and don't overshadow him either. [[The Hero|Nigel/Numbuh One]] became his [[Arch Enemy]] due to this.
*:* A plot point concerning [[Bigger Bad|Grandfather]]. Due to his [[Blue and Orange Morality|unconventional moral code]], he '''really''' hates [[Dirty Coward|cowards]]. Just ask [[Big Bad|Father]].
* The title character of the animated series ''[[Bounty Hamster]]'', a battle-hardened [[Bounty Hunter]] who happens to also be a small fluffy critter, develops [[Unstoppable Rage]] whenever anybody mentions how cute he is.
* ''[[South Park]]''
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* Serge the Seal Pup, of ''Aaagh!! It's the Mr. Hell Show!'', can be sent into psychotic fits by anything that reminds him of his parents' deaths. These are usually punctuated by his [[Catch Phrase]]:
{{quote|"IT! WAS! YOUUUUUUUU!!!!"}}
* [[Final Fight|Cody]] in the ''[[Street Fighter (animation)|Street Fighter]]'' cartoon [[Crossover]] episode, "Final Fight" doesn't seem to like it when "his" Jessica gets hurt. [[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|"You! Hurt! MAH!]] '''''[[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|JESSICAAAAAAAA!!!!!]]'''''
** Mr. Big re-enacted the scene in the game when you finish him off... {{spoiler|plummeting from the broken window of his office EXCEPT [[Disney Death|his clothes got caught on a flagpole]] }}.
* ''[[Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker]]'' (and thus extending to the entire [[DCAU]]):
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{{quote|'''Sandy:''' Y'all best apologize, or I'm gonna be on you like ugly on an ape!}}
** Also,
{{quote|[[Crowning Moment of Funny|"MY NAME'S!]] [[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|NOT! RIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!"]]}}
** And NOBODY CALLS HIM TUBBY!
** Nobody, and I mean no'''BODY''', pogo-dances with Patrick, but SpongeBob!
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** If you're his alternate dimension clone, ''never'' make him skinny.
* [[Meaningful Name|The Grinch isn't exactly a nice person to begin with]], but as shown in ''[[The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat]]'', he definitely doesn't like being called Mr. Greenface.
* Raphael of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', as shown in the 2003 cartoon episode "April's Artifact", hates bugs. PERIOD. He even gets pushed too far when, not long after one of the hornets has slashed and paralyzed him for a while and he recovers from the paralysis not long afterwards, and says "[[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|Bugs... must...]] [[This Is Unforgivable!|PAY!]]"
* While not true of the original series, in ''[[Voltron Force]]'' the fastest way to get Keith and Lance SERIOUSLY angry is to threaten Allura or put her in danger.
* ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]''
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** Qilby does not appreciate being called a traitor. {{spoiler|It's true, but he has such a huge [[It's All About Me]] complex that doesn't see it that way.}}
* After accidentally shooting and nearly killing Eliza, Broadway of ''[[Gargoyles]]'' considers guns his berserk button.
* In ''[[Filmation's Ghostbusters]]'', [[Big Bad| Prime Evil]] has a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]] to begin with, but one thing that ''really'' makes him angry is when Haunter calls him "Old Boy" or "Old Chap".
 
* ''[[Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?]]'' (Netflix version); Zach is proud to be a native of Boston, but ''never'' refer to it as "Beantown" in front of him.
* From ''[[Archer]]''; threaten or harm the protagonist's daughter A.J. and he will, as Farooq discovered the hard way, [[Papa Wolf| ''literally'' beat you to death]].
* In [[Ren and Stimpy]], Stimpy's stupidity is this to Ren despite the two being best friends.
** In the episode, "Lair of the Lummox," being a vegetarian can set any lummox off. The only known way to save yourself is to eat an entire bucket of lard.
* There are a lot of things that make Scrooge McDuck angry, including tax collectors, wastefulness, thieves, solicitors, and people who try to rip him off. ''However'', as shown in ''[[DuckTales (2017)|Ducktales]]'', his true rage is reserved for folks who gain his trust only to double cross him. ''That'' is something he will ''never'' forgive.
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