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{{quote|''"I'm '''always''' pissed off."''|'''[[The Punisher]]''', ''Dark Wolverine #89''}}
A character with a hair-trigger temper flies into a rage at the slightest provocation. Masters of [[Disproportionate Retribution]], they react explosively to the slightest annoyance. Unlike someone with a [[Berserk Button]], who is generally calm unless their specific button is pressed, characters with a hair-trigger temper can be set off by ''anything''. This makes them far less
Characters with a hair-trigger temper are generally grumpy to everybody, but they usually have a favorite victim for their
Some of these characters are sufferers of [[wikipedia:Intermittent explosive disorder|Intermittent Explosive Disorder]], a mood disorder characterized by disproportionate and often extreme levels of anger. Others deliberately act this way because they want to bully and intimidate others or are spoiling for a fight. The very worst of them have [[Ax Crazy|even worse problems]] than poor anger management.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Bleach]]'':
** Mayuri Kurotsuchi, the unhinged [[Mad Scientist]], has something of a hair-trigger temper. This was extremely prevalent in his early appearances, where he flew off the handle at the most minute of provocations, [[Kick the Dog|which he often took out on his daughter]]. He ''has'' chilled out significantly since then, however, and while he is still [[Jerkass|callous]] and easily annoyed, [[Poke the Poodle|he handles it a lot better]]. This has resulted in a running joke amongst the fandom that [[Five-Man Band|the]] [[True Companions|heroes]] simply broke into Soul Society on one of Mayuri's bad days
** A huge part of the Vizard [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Kensei Muguruma's]] personality. When first meeting the Vizards, Orihime nervously asked where the bathroom was. Love and Lisa had to restrain him from hurting her out of pure irritation. Let's also consider how he comforts a child who almost got killed by a Hollow: [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|"Smile, dammit!"]]<br /><br />Which makes it hilarious that his lieutenant happens to be [[The Ditz|a ditzy,]] [[Adult Child|tantrum-throwing]], superhero-imitating girl who is either ridiculously cheerful or freaking out over trivial things like sesame-topped rice balls. Characters who hurt her, though, regret it.▼
When Ichigo calls him by his name without any honorifics, he lets it slide with only a small complaint, causing the other captains present to comment that he must be in a very good mood to be so lenient.
▲** A huge part of the Vizard [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Kensei Muguruma's]] personality. When first meeting the Vizards, Orihime nervously asked where the bathroom was. Love and Lisa had to restrain him from hurting her out of pure irritation. Let's also consider how he comforts a child who almost got killed by a Hollow: [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|"Smile, dammit!"]]
Which makes it hilarious that his lieutenant happens to be [[The Ditz|a ditzy,]] [[Adult Child|tantrum-throwing]], superhero-imitating girl who is either ridiculously cheerful or freaking out over trivial things like sesame-topped rice balls. Characters who hurt her, though, regret it.
** The biggest example in the series is Hiyori Sarugaki. She hates everyone, and takes offense at nearly anything the other characters say to her. She even once jumpkicked Shinji for literally no reason before telling him that she wasn't going to apologize.
* Eiri Yuki from ''[[Gravitation]]'' has this sort of temper with boyfriend Shuichi whenever he's trying to mess with the guy's head. In a slight subversion, however, Shuichi catches on to this ploy pretty quickly. That's not to say that he's any good at defending against it though.
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* Sousuke from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' can get this way towards people, mostly if it seems to him like the person is "threatening the wellbeing of" Kaname. Even the most mundane, normal things that people say or do can be misconstrued by him as being a dangerous "threat" that must be eliminated. Justified in that he was raised by the KGB, with a highly suspicious, [[Crazy Survivalist]] nature.
* Heiwajima Shizuo of ''[[Durarara!!]]'' has a hair-trigger temper and [[Charles Atlas Superpower|monstrous strength]] to go along with it. Subverted somewhat, as he's aware and ashamed of his violent habits and wants to get "strong enough" to keep a lid on them.
* Buggy the Clown of ''[[One Piece]]'' is an interesting variation, where there is [[Berserk Button|only one thing that sets him off]]: Mentioning his red nose. However, he seems to be a bit hard of hearing, and tends to interpret anything you say as an insult to his nose, meaning he effectively has a
* Shinobu of ''[[Junjou Romantica]]'' often misinterprets even the slightest of things and becomes irrationally angry over them. The fact that he knows he's smarter than everyone else only makes this more apparent.
* [[Big Bad|Grineed]] from ''[[Beet the Vandel Buster]]'' goes berserk when he's addressed in a casual manner. "Dude, calm down" will make him blow a crater in the ground with the sheer force of his trembling with rage. He constantly soaks himself in sedative resin, because he knows that sort of thing is "Not OK", no matter who you are.
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* ''[[Inuyasha]]'' seems to have a base state of "mildly irritated", which flares up to "pissed" and finally "[[Super-Powered Evil Side|homicidal]]" (if you have the misfortune to separate him from [[Restraining Bolt|Tetsusaiga]] while putting him under threat of death)
** As does his brother, Sesshoumaru. It's less dramatic because his brother's idea of getting angry tends to be [[Tranquil Fury]], but [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] on at least one occasion by [[Ultimate Blacksmith|Toutousai]] who comments that it's easy to see they're brothers due to their identical short tempers.
* Yanagin in ''[[Daily Lives of High School Boys]]'' maybe a [[Distaff Counterpart]] to Hidenori in that they're both bookish, [[Genre Savvy]] and a bit of a [[Big Ham]]
* [[Hot Scientist]] and [[Knight Templar Big Brother]] Souichi Tatsumi from the [[Boys Love]] manga ''[[Challengers]]'' and ''[[The Tyrant Falls in Love]]'' had viewed every action of his [[Invisible to Gaydar]] lab assistant as a transparent attempt to get him into bed from his [[Anguished Declaration of Love]] onwards. His suspicions weren't entirely unfounded, but on the whole Morinaga suffers the brunt of his anger unnecessarily. His [[Big Brother Instinct|overprotective]] and homophobic traits also cause his little brother's boyfriend, Kurokawa, to suffer greatly - on hearing the news that Tomoe's married him in Los Angeles, he threatens to fly over there to murder Kurokawa and single-handedly take down the USA for being so "perverted" as to allow gays to marry in the first place. And it's all [[Played for Laughs]].
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** Alice and her Fist Of Death on the other hand...
* There is ''absolutely no way'' of knowing whether saying something to [[Batman|The Joker]] will result in him laughing or killing you, horribly and violently. Or doing both.
** Though arguably, that's because the Joker is [[Ax Crazy]] rather than having a
** You're on slightly safer ground with [[Marx Brothers]] quotes.
*** Last year, Robin escaped the Joker by deliberately mis-identifying the source of just such a quote; the Joker thought it was more important to argue and convince him he was wrong than to just go ahead and kill him, which was the whole reason he'd captured him in the first place.
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** And of course, there's Leo Getz's penchant for the epic [[Cluster F-Bomb]] in the ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' series.
* Don Logan from ''[[Sexy Beast]]'' is this trope incarnate. Described by actor Ben Kingsley as the unhappiest man in the world, Logan is clearly hated even by his friends and colleagues. Upon arriving in Spain, he is given a cold and awkward reception by his old friends, who are clearly terrified of him. Once they go against his wishes, however, he launches into a nearly unending tirade of abuse and self-pity, painting their every action is a personal affront to him. After he {{spoiler|is ultimately killed, his boss doesn't even bother taking revenge for the murder, since he didn't like him}}.
* Annie Wilkes from the film ''[[Misery]]'' is a frightening and [[Yandere|demented]] example of a woman with a
** The scene is even more traumatic in the book, thanks to Annie's [[An Axe to Grind|choice of weapon]]. The movie version is a case of [[Pragmatic Adaptation]].
* Francis Begbie from ''[[Trainspotting]]''. He picks fights for disturbingly minor provocations, including one incident where he blamed a man eating chips of spoiling his pool shot. However, Begbie also intentionally provokes fights for no other reason than that he's addicted to violence and mayhem. In the book, Begbie is described as a large and imposing man, but director [[Danny Boyle]] decided to imply a [[Napoleon Complex]] by casting the fairly short [[Robert Carlyle]].
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== Literature ==
* ''[[The Hagakure]]'', a 18th century Japanese treatise on samurai and their virtues, ''suggests''
* A character known only as The Kid from the extended edition of [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Stand]]''. He starts out with fairly clear Berserk Buttons, which the Trashcan Man avoids setting off to survive, but his insanity becomes more apparent as the story goes on. It's clear that, {{spoiler|if he hadn't been killed}}, he would have found an excuse to kill the Trashcan Man no matter what he did.
** Another King instance: Wilma in ''[[Needful Things]]''.
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'''Ralph Kramden:''' WILL YOU GO TO SLEEP! }}
* The Janitor from ''[[Scrubs]]'' warps every word that comes out of J.D's mouth into justification for making the doctor's life a living hell. After spending an eternity trying to placate the [[Manipulative Bastard]], J.D eventually gives up and tries to beat the Janitor at his own game. It's rare that he succeeds.
** Dr. Cox and Jordan also get the
* Crazy Steve on ''[[Drake and Josh]]''.
** '''YOU TOOK MY ENCHILADAAAAAAAAAAA!!!'''
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== Web Original ==
* [[Sean Malstrom]] has been known to belittle entire gaming sites in his blog merely because several people in the comments section made offhanded jabs at him. Case in point: a single guy at GoNintendo named Garfitor [http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=118989 says] "Don't worry Darth Vader, Malstrom and his followers are still gonna hate [''Metroid: [[Other M]]'']." [http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/who-is-malstrom-and-his-followers/ This is how Malstrom responded]. Said GoNintendo guy [http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=seanmalstrom.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgonintendo.com%2Fviewstory.php%3Fid%3D60983%23comment-218056&sref=http%3A%2F%2Fseanmalstrom.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F02%2Femail-pachter-calls-vitality-sensor-stupid%2F found Malstrom's response funny]. [http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/email-pachter-calls-vitality-sensor-stupid/ This is Malstrom's response to THAT comment].
* [[True Capitalist|Ghost from Radio Grafitti]] is so, SO this trope, in internet radio form. Almost every [[Troll]] that calls him manages to set him off, not to mention anything that isn't capitalism. Doesn't help that he has tons of [[Berserk Button
* Protagonist Mack of [[Tales of MU]], prone to [[Cute but Cacophonic|unnecessary shouting]] and pointless argumentation is a strange hybrid of this and [[Extreme Doormat]] depending on who is around her. [[Character Development|She has moved away from this as the series goes on]], but still occasionally snaps and yells with little provocation.
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** Sometimes those employees are the same way, especially with things related to their job. Occasionally a secretary who hears phones ringing all day in their job might snap when they hear a phone anywhere else.
* Russell Crowe
* The real Professor John
* Averted with the real [[Joe Pesci]], despite his tendency to play such characters. Most accounts place him as a [[Mean Character, Nice Actor|well-adjusted, pleasant man]].
* Tommy De Simone, the guy Tommy De Vito was based on. The real-life Henry Hill says the performance was "90-95%" accurate, so he really was ''that'' batshit crazy. Difference? He was actually much, much
* In the non-fiction book ''Wiseguy'' on which the film ''Goodfellas'' is based, Henry Hill and author Nicholos Pileggi describe another mobster(who was not portrayed in the film) named Stanley Diamond, who, like Tommy De Simone, had an awful Hair Trigger Temper that terrified even his fellow gangsters. Likewise, Jimmy Burke, the gangster played by Robert De Niro in the film, was toned down for the movie and in reality was nearly as volatile as De Simone and Diamond.
* Pesci's ''Casino'' character was based on Tony Spilotro, suspected of at least 22 murders.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YersIyzsOpc This kid] who not only goes off like he's possessed because his [[WoW]] account is cancelled, but because he is losing a game in another video.
** There are loads of other videos showing him throwing various other temper tantrums over silly things. One particularly [[Egregious]] example is when he's auditioning for a company's advertisement and the director happens to use the word "gay" in a sentence while coincidentally gesticulating towards the kid. Cue a HUGE temper outburst, "HE POINTED AT ME WHEN HE SAID GAY!" and breaking everything in the room.
* [[Jim Cornette]], Full Stop. Watch any of his RF Video shoot interviews and you see a man who A) [[Caustic Critic|believes that he is infallible and has never failed in the world of wrestling]], B) [[Cluster F-Bomb|cusses with such abandon he would make a sailor blush with shame]], and C)
* People with bipolar disorder may seem like this when a manic episode occurs.
* [[Horsing Around|Camels, and indeed some horses,]] [[Moody Mount|can be like this]].
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* [[James Cameron]], by his own admission, has one, which has led to quite a bit of friction on the sets of his movies. The people who worked with him on ''[[Avatar]]'' say he has mellowed out since such scuffles, though.
** For example, when it got to the point where he was ready to fire Edward Furlong for forgetting his lines over nervousness about acting alongside Linda Hamilton in ''[[Terminator 2]]'', Mali Finn was the only one who was able to rein him in and convince him to give Furlong one more chance. Furlong nailed the scene, hoping to not [[You Have Failed Me|waste that chance]].
* Al three remaining members of [[Depeche Mode]]
* DMX.
* Mel Gibson, if those tapes are any indication.
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