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If the huggee does not, in fact, respond to the attempted hug and hurts the hugger, or does so accidentally trying to hurt those that interrupted the hug, expect an immediate reaction at having [[Kick the Morality Pet|kicked the Morality Pet.]]
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== Anime ==
== Anime and Manga ==
* A non-superpowered example can be found in ''[[Trigun]].'' During the [[Whole-Episode Flashback]], a crazed member of the starship crew (who had just killed someone with a gun and wanted to shoot Knives next) was being calmed down by Rem, but was killed by another crew member who hadn't seen the whole ordeal and made a split-second decision to protect Rem.
** This is also echoed when Wolfwood [[Shoot the Dog|kills]] Zazie The Beast just when it seems like Vash might be on the verge of talking him down.
* If you stretch it a little, what triggered [[Dragon Ball|Majin Buu]]'s transformation can be seen as such a scene. [[Fake Ultimate Hero|Mr. Satan]] (Hercule in the dub) has, over a period of time (and a number of [[NoWon't Work On SellMe|miserably failed]] assassination attempts), befriended Buu and, in the process, essentially defused a threat that had proved capable of beating anyone's ass it so chose. And then [[Humans Are BastardsJerkass|some douchebag]] shoots Buu's puppy, followed by shooting Mr. Satan himself. [[Healing Hands]] applied to both cases, but what was the rule about [[Bullying a Dragon|what not to do again]] when someone is much more powerful than you?
** In the ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' movie ''Tree of Might'', Icarus/Higher Dragon manages to calm down an Oozaru Gohan. The annoyed Turles attacks Icarus/Higher Dragon, which then causes Gohan to go back into a rage. A rage directed at Turles.
** [[Dragon Ball GT|Super Android 17]] has to deal with this during his fight with Goku after Android 18 gets into his head about his true self. She reminds him that he's not a killer or a coward who listens to evil doctors' orders, which leads to Dr. Myu getting killed by 17 once he runs his mouth. However, when 17 gets ready to continue the fight, which is already stupid enough, instead of giving him the [[And Then What?]] moment that would spark his [[Heel Face Turn]], [[What an Idiot!|18 is still so upset about Krillin's death that she obliges his request for battle without a second thought.]] This a rare case in that the trigger-happy idiot invoking this trope is the same person appearing to serve as the [[Non-Malicious Monster]]'s [[Morality Chain]] in the first place.
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* Subverted in the [[Fruits Basket]] manga, where Kureno hugged Akito and gave him{{spoiler|or rather, her}} a Start Over Again Speech. Akito responded by getting pissed at Kureno's half-assed attempts to save him {{spoiler|and stabbed him in the back with a knife.}}
* In volume 15 of ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' Accelerator's prevented from landing the killing blow on the story's [[Big Bad]] by one of the few people he respects. It's right when Accelerator hesitates that said [[Big Bad]] attacks the other person. [[Too Dumb to Live|This was]] a very [[Fate Worse Than Death|bad move]] on his part.
 
 
== Comic Books ==
* A variation occurred in one issue of [[Grant Morrison]]'s ''[[Justice League (animation)|JLA]]'' run. The General had just [[Body Snatcher|transferred his mind]] into the body of the utterly invulnerable "Shaggy Man". Batman attempted to subdue him using hypnosis, which nearly worked - but then [[Superman]] and a bunch of other heavy hitters plowed into the monster.
* Also, in the introductory arc for Weapon X in ''[[Exiles]]'', John Proudstar and John Proudstar (it's an [[Alternate History]] thing; one of them is in his home reality as [[Alpha Flight]]'s Shaman and the other hopping around as the Exiles' Thunderbird) had nearly calmed down the Hulk, when Weapon X's [[Deadpool]] ''shot him in the head'' just to deliberately tick him off again and [[Let's You and Him Fight|start a fight]].
** And at one point in normal [[Marvel Universe|Marvel continuity]], Deadpool required some of the Hulk's blood after a gamma reactor messed up DP's [[Healing Factor]]. The Hulk had cleared off a small area of Manhattan because he was dying, and had resigned himself to the fact. Deadpool goes in, riles him up, and ''impales him on a signpost''. Got the blood, though.
** One of the most terrifying ''[[What If]]'' 's ever involved Bruce and Rick not making it to the trench, producing a mindlink between the Hulk and Rick, with the latter terribly ill from radiation exposure. Rick repeatedly tries to warn the Hulk away-- untilaway—until General Ross decides to torture Rick to draw the Hulk back into the line of fire, and he ''dies''. Prompt a Hulk rampage rarely equaled prior to [[World War Hulk]], killing off a good third of the (admittedly very small at the time) hero population of the [[Marvel Universe]].
* At one point in ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'', the Avengers were fighting a villain. Just as she was giving up, [[Jerkass|Yellowjacket]] blasted her, renewing the fight. This led to Yellowjacket's court-martial, which indirectly led to Hank Pym (Yellowjacket's secret identity) hitting his wife, Janet van Dyne-Pym, aka the Wasp. This has become a defining moment for both heroes.
** Interestingly, this did actually happen somewhat by accident -- Pymaccident—Pym genuinely hadn't been paying attention for a few crucial moments because his weapon was malfunctioning and he was busy trying to fix it.
** Also in ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'', this happened frequently to arch-villain Ultron due to his twisted "family tree" among the Avengers. [[Kurt Busiek]]'s 'Ultron Unlimited' storyline subverted this by having the Vision offer Ultron a hand of friendship in one panel, the rescue team Avengers charging into Ultron's lair in the next panel...then, after the page turn, Ultron blasts the Vision in the face before the rescue team arrives.
* Happened once in ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'' when the Molten Man went after his step-sister, Liz Osborn (wife of Harry Osborn). Spider-Man showed up to stop him, enraging Molten Man and greatly annoying Harry, who had almost managed to talk the guy down before Spider-Man came blundering in and ruining things.
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** To be fair, ''it actually worked''. The Professor had a psionic battle with the Dark Phoenix [[Battle in the Center of the Mind|in the center of Jean's mind]] and won, [[The Power of Friendship|with Jean's help]], bringing her back to normal. Then the Shi'ar Majestrix appear, mighty pissed off that Jean destroyed a solar system, and decide she has to die. The Professor at least calls for a trial by battle between the X-Men and the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. The X-Men are getting owned and Cyclops and Jean are the only ones left, until the Imperial Guard attacks them at once and one manages to hit Cyclops. That's when Jean has a ''massive'' [[Freak-Out]] and ''completely'' flips the script, bringing back the Dark Phoenix. At this point, Jean could've wiped out Imperial Guard with literally nothing more than a passing thought, but she realizes that if she unleashed that power she wouldn't stop with them. (Official [[What If]] stories have shown that she would've [[Apocalypse How|destroyed the entire universe]].) So before she completely reverts to Dark Phoenix...[[Heroic Sacrifice|she kills herself]].
* In ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' Harry Osborn is giving a verbal cooldown hug to Norman Osborn (whose powers are related to the Hulk's). Then Tony Stark shoots him. Unusually this does take him down rather than just making him mad, but [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|it set up a lot of trouble for later on]].
* In ''[[Star Wars]]: Tales of the Jedi'' {{spoiler|Jedi turned Sith Ulic Qel-Droma reunites with his old friend Nomi Sunrider, genuinely repentant for his [[Face Heel Turn]], and in the process convinces an angry Jedi out for his blood of his [[Heel Face Turn]] and that killing him would not bring her satisfaction. And then he's shot in the back by a random spacer. To make matters worse, he gloats about it and complains about the horrified Nomi not giving him any credit for his accomplishment. This would have been a [[Shaggy Dog Story]] with a [[HeelDeadly Face Door SlamChange-of-Heart]] for Ulic if he hadn't been shown [[Died Happily Ever After|becoming a force ghost]]. The angry Jedi who'd been out to kill Ulic before notes that if he hadn't turned her away from [[The Dark Side]], she would've killed said spacer very painfully for what he'd just done.}}
* The former [[Trope Namer]], [[Incredible Hulk]]. Every time Rick Jones, She-Hulk or any other friend or loved one is close to calming him down, someone attacks him thus making him angry again. It's [[Idiot Ball|usually]] [[General Ripper|General]] [[Inspector Javert|Ross.]]
 
 
== Literature ==
* In ''[[Discworld/Small Gods|Small Gods]]'' Brutha goes out to speak to the united army invading Omnia and convince them that while they'll freely surrender and disarm, pillaging and conquering the kingdom will only continue a cycle of violence. At which point an impromptu Omnian defense force shows up, making it look like he was just keeping them talking.
* Used, quite suprisinglysurprisingly, in Professor Branestawn's Treasure Hunt, with the Diddituptite Islanders. The Professor had realised both that the Diddituptites were reknowned for both being [[Cannibal|Cannibals]]s and having a Feast dance - which the Professor happened to know. Then Colonel Dedshott arrived with the sailors on the ship (long story) and a massive fight broke out. However, it was all happily resolved in the end.
 
 
== Film ==
* ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' could be considered the trope maker if not the [[Ur Example]].
* After Hogarth calmed ''[[The Iron Giant]]'', the communist-fearing Agent Mansley called in a ''nuclear strike'' on a ''town full of people.'' The very second ''after'' it's no longer needed. Cue {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]] on the Giant's part}} to save the town.
{{quote|'''General:''' That missile is targeted to the Giant's current position! ''Where's the Giant, Mansley?!''}}
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* Subverted in ''[[Ultimate Avengers]]''. Betty is calming down the Hulk after he pretty much beats up all of the Avengers. Captain America sees the Hulk going towards Betty and is about to attack the Hulk before Nick Fury explains the situation to Captain America. The Hulk manages to turn back into Bruce without any problems... aside from the superheroes he's already beaten up.
 
== Live -Action TV ==
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ("Robot"). Sarah Jane Smith just had the [[Killer Robot]] calmed down when Sergeant Benton appeared in the doorway and, naturally thinking his friend was [[Damsel in Distress|about to be attacked]], opened fire with his submachine gun. Benton was rather miffed at Sarah's lack of gratitude.
** In the revival series episode "The Doctor's Daughter", {{spoiler|just after the Doctor and his companions convince the two sides of a war that they can be friends, and share the thing they've been fighting for, the [[General Ripper|leader of the humans]] shoots the title character, although she ultimately survives.}}
* At the end of the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "{{spoiler|''Menace''}}" Daniel has just calmed down a mostly-innocent but [[Superpower Meltdown|unfortunately powerful]] girl who is also incidentally {{spoiler|the creator of the Replicators}}, possibly convincing her to call off her "toys" when Jack bursts in and shoots her. Subverted in that it's debatable how likely a good resolution would have been no matter what Daniel did.
* One episode of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' features a paranoid schizophrenic taking hostages on a train because of his delusions. Agent Reid, whose mother is mentally ill, makes a connection with him and seems to be about to talk him down... when one of the other hostages non-fatally shoots him.
** "A Real Rain" is a possible example. Gideon is talking down the [[Vigilante Man]], who has taken a hostage. The guy actually does let go of the hostage, and starts to slowly get up, when Hotch shoots and kills him (he was still holding a gun, and its left ambiguous about whether or not he was actually going to use it).
** "Distress" is an inversion: the team uses the suspect's army buddy to make him think the arresting SWAT team is the cavalry coming to his rescue (he was having a psychotic break and thought he was in a war zone) until a kid rolls up on his bike out of nowhere; the suspect goes for the kid (trying to save him from the gunfire in his hallucination) and the SWAT team is forced to take the kill shot.
 
== VideogamesVideo Games ==
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|Deliberately invoked]] by {{spoiler|Aurum}} in the [[Multiple Endings|Bad End]] of ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]''; realizing that Raspberyl's attempting a [[Cooldown Hug]] to stop Mao's [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] he immediately attacks them and kills her, thus sending [[Freak-Out|Mao completely over the edge]].
* In ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]'', {{spoiler|the Marker serves to suppress the Necromorphs and calm them down, but only when on the Pedestal that originally held it.}} When Issac finally returns the Marker to the pedestal, {{spoiler|the Hive Mind immediately calms down and the Marker thanks him for doing so. At which point [[The Mole]] comes in and tries to steal it again.}} [[Karmic Death]] [[Hilarity Ensues|ensues]].
* An early scene in ''[[Dead to Rights|Dead to Rights: Retribution]]'' has Jack Slate and his dad attempting to calm down a couple of Union thugs and "just talk." Cue [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Redwater]] and his team suddenly shooting the thugs down and provoking a huge firefight.
* Near the end of ''[[Final Fantasy IV: The After Years]]'', the party must fight several Eidolons to free them from the villain's control. If the party continues attacking once they come to their senses, the Eidolons will be [[Lost Forever]]. (Particularly frustrating if you've already put in a command prior to the [[Cooldown Hug]] speech popping up...)
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* In the ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' movie "Destination: Imagination", Frankie succeeds in calming and befriending World, [[Reality Warper|the god-like]] imaginary friend that lives in the toy box whose emotionally unstable from years of being left alone, only to have Mr. Herriman show up and say exactly the wrong things to anger it, leading to the end of the toy-box world and World going [[One-Winged Angel]] on the group.
* In ''[[South Park]]: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut'', Kyle has just convinced the armies of Canada and the U.S. to stop killing each other, so naturally his mom screams "Noooo!" and shoots Terrence and Phillip -- thusPhillip—thus allowing Satan to bring a thousand years of darkness upon the Earth.
* A variation from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': in "Over a Barrel," the buffalo and the Apple-loosan settlers are caught up in a land dispute, with the buffalo chief Thunder Hooves promising to trample the entire town at high noon. Just as the clock strikes twelve, Little Strongheart convinces the chief not to go through with it, and the ponies heave a sigh of relief...only for Chief Thunder Hooves to be riled up again by Pinkie Pie reprising a song from earlier in the episode that he disliked.
* ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]],'', in the episode "Everything is Wonderful," Hank Pym is trying to talk down Simon Williams (who [[Despair Event Horizon|let himself be turned into an energy being]] to get revenge on [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]]). He just about gets Simon to stand down when Stark busts in, repulsors blazing. Made doubly tragic in that had Tony [[Poor Communication Kills|simply told Simon]] why he bought out Williamstech in the first place, none of it would have happened.
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