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** {{spoiler|It's pointed out in the film that the Iron Giant was actually intended to be a ''ludicrously'' powerful defensive device. It's your best friend so long as you don't point something identifiable as a weapon at it or its friends. Once you ''do'' that though, the only thing that will save your puny, pitiful life is [[The Power of Friendship]]}}

* Shaun in ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'', whilst not exactly sweet and gentle, is almost supernaturally willing to put up with the slobby, selfish and lazy behaviour of his best friend Ed, and will defend Ed to anyone who criticises Ed for these qualities. Then, Shaun has an epiphany, the Dead rise and start to claim the Earth, and Ed makes the mistake of pushing Shaun's tolerance of his self-centred and increasingly reckless behaviour a little too far when he takes a trivial phone call on his mobile and puts everyone at risk:

'''Shaun''': You fuck off! ''Fuck'' fucking off! I've spent my whole life sticking my neck out for you, and all you ever do is fuck things up! Fuck things up and make ''me'' look stupid! Well, I'm not going to put up with it anymore, okay?! ''Not today!'' }}

* In a similar vein, [[View Askewniverse|Silent Bob]], of the various movies made by Kevin Smith, finally reaches his limit for Jay's abuse and idiocy and ''yells'' at Jay. Though the explosion is short-lived, it is the only time Silent Bob raises his voice.

** This example is also one of the few times that we see Jay -- who never stops crudely mouthing off and throwing his weight around -- shocked into meek compliance.

** Similarly, whenever there is fighting to be done in ''Dogma'', Silent Bob is in the thick of it. He knocks out the Golgothan with his trusty deodorant spray, and throws both Bartleby and Loki from the commuter train. You doubt? Just witness the look Silent Bob gives Bartleby and Loki when they knock out Jay, right before he gets up to tackle one of them.

** Except that it almost became his undoing when he challenged Archibald Cunningham, the aforementioned jerkass Englishman, an expert swordsman and ruthless killer, to a duel. He quickly found himself overmatched, and it was only by pure luck and the unlikely success of grabbing the blade of the villain's sword at a crucial moment that saved him.

* Maria from ''[[West Side Story]]'' is the sweet, somewhat bland, love interest to the protagonist, Tony. She doesn't seem to convey too much emotion at first (except when she finds out her brother is killed), but once she sees {{spoiler|Tony killed due to gang violence and hatred}}) at the end of the movie, she completely blows up in front of everyone with an [[Anvilicious]] fury that you wouldn't believe.

* The Scream series seems to employ this with their killer(s). They are nice and friendly, able to help with whatever. But they harbor a lust for killing and target and kill those closest to Sidney Prescott or those closest to her or just people in the town she's in. Notable case is {{spoiler|Charlie Walker}}. {{spoiler|He}} is just normal teenager and {{spoiler|a Randy clone, which he basically acts like The [[Meta Guy]]. Then he stabs [[Hayden Panettiere|Kirby]] [[The Ladette Reed]] in the stomach, twice. And then reveals himself to be one of the Ghostfaces.}} Damn.

* Mothra is the only truly benevolent Kaiju in the ''[[Godzilla]]'' films preferring to live in peace on her island home with her fairy companions and her worshippers. That is, so long as [[Berserk Button|you don't harm and/or kidnap said worshippers/airy companions]]. And, may Ghidorah have mercy on your soul if you dare harm [[Mama Bear|her children]].

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