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This trope is what happens at the intersection of [[You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry]], [[Involuntary Shapeshifter]] and [[Unstoppable Rage]]. Generally the trope goes like this:

# X reaches the breaking point and [[Involuntary Shapeshifter|transforms into something at least twice his normal size]]. Skin color usually changes as well.

# Stuff gets broken until there's nothing else to break or [[Cooldown Hug|X gets talked down from his rage.]]

 

If the subject is female, there's a good chance that they'll become an [[Amazonian Beauty]] and/or a [[Statuesque Stunner]].

 

 

 

Also known in some circles as "Retard Strength," for the phenomenon where mentally handicapped people can command a surprising amount of physical force and speed when stressed. This is generally attributed to the lack of emotional inhibitors to tell them that their actions are destructive.

 

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** Going [[Super Mode|Super Saiyan]] is even closer to the trope; most Saiyans' first transformations come when they get really, really angry, and they really do get stronger the angrier they get. And when they [[Tranquil Fury|combine anger with purpose]]... [[Over Nine Thousand|you're boned.]]

** Broly is probably the best example of this in the series.

* [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Negi's]] Magia Erebea form.

* [[Naruto]]'s [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] tends to come out when he's angry. [[It Gets Worse]] from there.

** It's not just ''ANY'' insult to his mother that causes this either. No. You gotta say she has a '''fat belly button''' for him to really get angry.

*** Only in the original version. In the English dub, calling his mother a [[Refuge in Audacity|dirty whore]] works too.

* In chapter 305 of ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'', {{spoiler|[[Kid Hero]] Gon}} Hulks Out when Pitou admits that {{spoiler|Kite is already dead and beyond any help}}. {{spoiler|He turns into a muscular long-haired adult whose raw power rivals that of the ''Chimera Ant King''}}. Overlaps with [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]] since {{spoiler|Gon accomplished this by forcefully aging himself; reducing his lifespan and (maybe) sacrificing the ability to use nen ever again}}.

* A rare female example of hulking out occurs in ''[[Angel Cop]],'' where the psychic Lucifer enlarges her muscles, going from silky-smooth to rippling in an instant.

* Never get Stella from ''[[Arakawa Under the Bridge]]'' in her bad mood, especially talking ill about [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Sister]], you will regret it.

 

* ''[[Sonic the Comic]]'' has Sonic transform into Super Sonic when angered or stressed. While Super Sonic was almost the same size as regular Sonic, he fits the rest of the description.

* Loose Cannon, a [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[The Incredible Hulk]] in [[The DCU]].

* In ''[[Wild CATS]]'', the team's [[Genius Bruiser]] has the power to grow in size and strength at the cost of intelligence. If seriously provoked he sometimes forgets himself and grows past the point where he can tell friend from foe.

*** She's done that before... TWICE. Both instances occurred during her Sensational title. The first instance involved her in a pocket dimension, finding herself back to human form (despite being locked into her Hulk state at the time) and transforming into an enormous grey Incredible She-Hulk when night fell (incidentally, this was originally how Bruce Banner's change triggered as well), although the series of events that caused this to happen were [[Status Quo Is God|subsequently undone]]. The second instance involved her ex-boyfriend bringing her back from the dead with gamma radiation, causing her to get bigger, uglier and a lot stronger.

 

 

== Film ==

 

== Literature ==

 

== Live Action TV ==

* A prize fighter in the ''[[Lost Girl]]'' episode "Raging Fae" keeps beating stronger foes because a Fae is secretly dosing him with a [[Hulk Out]]-inducing substance.

* While werewolves in the [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffyverse]] usually transform the day before, of, and after the full moon, when Oz learns to control the transformations he is then subject to [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]] when he feels strong emotions (like jealousy over Tara's relationship with Willow.)

* This is how werewolves in [[Sanctuary]] work. Henry seems to be the first person to figure out how to control the changes (without drugs.)

 

== Mythology ==

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

* ''[[Doonesbury]]'': When [[Cloudcuckoolander]] [[Granola Girl]] Boopsie channels Hunk-Ra, this tends to be what results.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

 

== Video Games ==

* In ''[[Breath of Fire]] IV'', Ryu first transforms into his [[Game Breaker|Kaiser form]] after he witnesses [[Complete Monster|Captain Rosso]] kill some innocent children and send an [[Hopeless Boss Fight|invincible monster]] after him and his friends. Ryu then proceeds to brutally murder both the monster and Rosso, and it takes a [[Cooldown Hug]] from Nina for him to regain his senses. Afterward, he can transform into Kaiser at will, but it cannot be controlled until you finish a certain sidequest.

* In ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]]'', there are several ways of unleashing The Beast, which Smiling Jack describes as a beast wearing you as a suit, in which you go into an uncontrollable frenzy.

* In the original ''[[Fatal Fury]]'', [[Old Master|Tung Fu Rue]] will transform into a larger, more muscular version of himself after taking too much damage (although he will change back after taking more). Future games restricted this to the use of his super moves. More recent games that feature him reveal that he's not actually transforming at all, but that the muscular version of Tung is actually a [[Battle Aura]] of sorts.

* The latest ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' expansion introduces worgen, humans afflicted by a werewolf curse, as a playable race. While they eventually learn to shift between human and worgen form at will, entering combat immediately shifts them into worgen form. Some even say "[[You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry]]" when you click them.

 

== Web Comics ==

* Fug from ''[http://www.pewfell.com/ Pewfell]'' is normally a [[Gentle Giant]]... until he gets angry, then he turns into something resembling an [[Eldritch Abomination]] with arms.

** Also, she gets ''smaller'' when she transforms. Her muscles contract and get denser, so [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=95005 even her strongest teammate can't hold her down.]

* Sarah of ''[[Peter Is the Wolf]]''. As a new Thrall ([[I Hate You, Vampire Dad|a were who's created, rather than born]]), she tends to transform when ever she gets too excited. Unlike every other were in the comic, she transforms into a wolf form three times her normal size and can only really be calmed down by [[Intimate Healing|sexual gratification]].

* Sweater Puppy and The Incredible Cunt from ''[[The Magnificent Milkmaid]]''. Both turn into giant, large breasted [[Anything That Moves|nymphomaniacs]] (in SP's case, a nymphomaniac werewolf) upon their triggers (Sweater Puppy from seeing or even thinking about the Moon, Incredible Cunt from being called "a cunt").

* Prozac of ''[[Bear Nuts]]'' goes HULK SMASH after a prolonged time off his meds.

 

== Western Animation ==

* In the ''[[Word Girl]]'' episode introducing Eileen (The Birthday Girl), the more she was selfish the bigger she grew and the greener she got; once she gave somebody something she returned to normal size and color.

* [[The Venture Brothers|Doctor Venture]] once thought Hank to be blessed with "retard strength" but was mistaken.

* Parodied in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "It's a Jersey Thing", when Kyle's "Jersey side" comes out. Only the "transformation" is him putting on hair gel and jewelry, ripping off his sleeves and writing a nickname on his shirt.

* On ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', Heloise spends an entire episode in a [[Sweet Polly Oliver]] disguise named Herman. When Jimmy and Beezy find out, they find "Herman" and proceed to utterly prank him. Just as they are laughing at him, [[Mistaken for An Imposter|the real Heloise shows up]]. It seems Herman is her real cousin, and they made him mad...

** Also, the Brain in the ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' segment ''[[Brain Meets Brawn]]''.

* The eponymous character of [[Kaeloo]] goes through this [[Once an Episode]].

 

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