Interrupted Cooldown Hug: Difference between revisions

* 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.

** 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.

** 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]].

* 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.]]

 

 

== Film ==

* 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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