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* In ''[[Tsukihime]],'' Shiki's occasional bouts of homicidal insanity come in a variety of flavors, depending on what triggers them. His usual version tends to be a "cold" fury, and he rarely if ever falls prey to a "hot" fury.
** There's a convenient scale on Arcueid's path: {{spoiler|Killing Arcueid? Definitely heated fury. Killing Nero? Middle-ground. Killing Roa? Pure calm.}}
* In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', the Super Saiyan form is typically unlocked after emotional stress and anger reachingreach their peak.; the Oncedub theyadditionally doportrays this, theas a sort of [[Pure of Heart]] scenario. The Saiyan becomes truer to their nature, becoming colder and more sadistic, although with enough training these negative traits fade away. Goku describes the first time he reaches the form as the sensation of "a calm quiet heart awakened by intense anger"; the other forms are also unlocked through both [[Training from Hell|ridiculous training]] and just the right combination of passion and purpose.
** The trope was used muchMuch earlier on in the series, when [[Big Damn Heroes|Goku returns]] from [[Training from Hell|King Kai's planet]], andhe proceeds to [[Curb Stomp Battle|tear Nappa a new one]] with a somewhat stern look on his face the entire time. The chapter wasis fittingly called ''The Quiet Wrath of Son Goku''.
** Son Gohan lapses into this during the Cell Games upon reaching Super Saiyan 2. He becomes completely calm and cruel, first few minutes [[The Juggernaut|slowly walking through everything the Cell Juniors threw at him]] - and then, one-by-one, ''kicks and punches them all in half''. He then spends several episodes just dodging Cell's attacks with no effort, fixing him with a cold gaze the entire time. Games and other material made following this arc make this a technique called "Quiet Rage".
** The actual way Goku describes Super Saiyan the first time he reaches it is "a calm quiet heart awakened by intense anger". Sounds like this trope to me.
** In ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound]]'', Gohan does this again to break out of a ki bind used by one of Bojack's minions.
*** The [[Over Nine Thousand|even higher levels of Super Saiyan]] get unlocked by both [[Training from Hell|ridiculous training]] and just the right combination of passion and purpose.
** Goodness, no mention of Son Gohan during the Cell games? When he hits super saiyan 2, he becomes completely calm and completely cruel. He spends several episodes just dodging Cell's attacks with no effort, giving him cold gazes in-between. It's it's more noticeable in the movie Bojack Unbound when he reaches super saiyan 2 once again. In that state, he's merely advancing towards big bad with a most eerily slow walk. Minions use some sort of ki-attack that tries to trap-bind him, but he just keeps walking, not giving a damn, still creepily slow.
*** It's actually a technique, it first debuted when he first reaches SSJ2 in the Cell Games, where he spends the first few minutes slowly walking to the Cell Juniors and one-by-one ''kicks and punches them all in half'', with the same eerily slow-walk from the following movie. The name of said technique? ''Quiet Rage''.
** In [[Dragon Ball Abridged|the abridged series]], Vegeta himself has arrived at a moment of tranquil fury upon having his tail cut off.
{{quote|'''Vegeta''': [Calmly] You know... I thought I'd be angrier, what with the utter humiliation and loss of my tail... Or maybe I'm just so unbelievably enraged that I've come full circle. Oh well! Either way, it's time to put an end to this.}}
*** Which was preceded by his [[Unstoppable Rage|complete flip-out]] earlier. "That's IT, ''EVERYBODY DIES!''"
* This is said to be the highest state of mind for a fighter in ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam]],'' a serene calm that cannot be broken by the strongest of maelstroms. It is through this rather than his trademark [[Unstoppable Rage]] that Domon Kasshu finally manages to become truly worthy of his status.
 
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* In ''[[The Salvation War]]'': ''Armageddon?'', the Soldiers in the PLFH (particularly Aeanas) experience this when they come across the {{spoiler|[[Moral Event Horizon|demonic merchants who sell human children as delicacies]]}}:
{{quote|''Aeanas stared at the scene with cold fury. He did not angrily demand that they throw caution to the wind and charge in to save the children, a hot-blooded rage that blinded its victim to common sense would have called for that. Instead, stone-faced, he watched the merchant empty his wagon, pack up his other trinkets, and be off down the rutted dirt road. So did Cassidy and McElroy. There would be a time for vengeance, a time when debts like this one would be paid but this was not it. Three humans attacking 300 baldricks with edged weapons was simply a way to die. Or be thrown back in the lava streams.''}}
* Vegeta temporarily passes through this phase in ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'' after losing his tail - and admitscoming hisoff ownthe surpriseother atend theof statea ofprevious lapse into [[Unstoppable Rage]] ("That's IT, ''EVERYBODY DIES!''") - and finds himself mindbemused.
{{quote|'''Vegeta''': You know, I thought I'd be angrier, what with the utter humiliation and loss of my tail, or maybe I'm just so ''unbelievably'' enraged that I've come full circle. Oh well! Either way, it's time to put an end to this.}}
* [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]]: Linkara getting angry is shouting and speaking in an immature tone. [[Mean Character, Nice Actor|Lewis Lovhaug]] getting angry is deathly cold and collected. As shown with ''Cry For Justice'' and ''Holy Terror'' found the hard way, you don't push him to that point.
* ''[[Ink City]]'' saw [[Transformers Prime|Optimus Prime]] go into this when [[Aeon Flux|Trevor]] kidnapped [[The Secret of Kells|Aisling]]. Trevor's insistence on [[Blatant Lies|blatantly lying]] about her presence reminded him all too much of the Decepticons, causing him to very calmly and methodically tear Goodchild's compound apart.
 
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]:''
** This is how Aang is ''supposed'' to unlock and control the [[Unstoppable Rage|Avatar State]]. Maybe{{spoiler|He hepulls shouldit getoff tipsproper fromin the [[EmotionlessFinal Girl|MaiBattle]]}}.
*** PartsNormally, oftheir previous confrontations were the battlereverse, but in their final bout it is Zuko's Tranquil Fury against Azula's [[Unstoppable Rage|insanity-fueled fury]], accentuated alsoin count.various Lotsparts ofby wide shots of the city underlaid with unusually calm music and two tiny dark sports circling each other in the distance. And [[Scenery Porn|massive gusts of red and blue fire reaching hundreds of feet into the night sky]].▼
** {{spoiler|In the [[Final Battle]], he does. Unlock it, that is, not take lessons from Mai.}}
** In their final confrontation, it is Zuko's Tranquil Fury against Azula's [[Unstoppable Rage|insanity-fueled fury]].
▲*** Parts of the battle also count. Lots of wide shots of the city underlaid with unusually calm music and two tiny dark sports circling each other in the distance. And [[Scenery Porn|massive gusts of red and blue fire reaching hundreds of feet into the night sky]].
*** And their previous confrontations were the reverse, minus the insanity, of course.
* The final showdown of Disney's ''[[Hercules (1997 film)||Hercules]]'' certainly qualifies.
* Brock Samson of ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'': "Theyis hitthe memaster withof aboth truckTranquil Fury AND [[Unstoppable Rage]]."
{{quote|They hit me with a truck.}}
** Brock is the master of both Tranquil Fury AND [[Unstoppable Rage]].
* Optimus Prime, from ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]''. After so many battles, he's finally got Megatron beaten to the ground and facing the wrong end of his blaster. Megatron begs for mercy, and he replies:
{{quote|'''Optimus Prime''': You, who are without mercy, now ''plead for it?'' I thought you were made of sterner stuff.}}
*:* Prowl, of ''[[Transformers Animated]],'' as befits a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|robot ninja]]. (''Yes.'')
{{quote|'''Prowl''': "Stillness... then ''strike''."}}
*:* Megatron in the first episode of the same series has an especially good moment as well. After being half blown-up (by none other than [[The Starscream|Starscream]]), he still manages to get aboard the Autobots' ship and pins Optimus Prime to the wall whilst demanding the whereabouts of the All Spark. Prowl and Ratchet attempt to attack him from behind; he casually swings around (still holding Optimus) and knocks them away, then pins Optimus again. He then very calmly states, "I grow impatient."
*:** In fact, the only time he really seems to lose his cool is at [[Villainous Breakdown|the end of the final episode]], though in the latter half of season 3 the strain starts showing.
*:* And this moment from ''[[Beast Wars]]'':
{{quote|'''Megatron:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Oh, a STICK.]] [[Tempting Fate|What are you going to do with it?]]
'''Dinobot:''' [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Im... pro... vise.]] }}
*:* And then Soundwave's [[Curb Stomp Battle]] beatdown of Airachnid in the first season finale of ''[[Transformers Prime]]''.
* [[Gadgeteer Genius|Numbuh Two]] from ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' is usually a cheerful, goofy wannabe [[Pungeon Master]], but he has shown this trope when fully angry. If his voice gets lower and stops making puns, you know the guy's serious, and [[Beware the Silly Ones|it's not a good idea to piss him off]]...
* Surprisingly, the ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy's Big Picture Show|movie]] shows two instances of this trope:
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'''Spectra:''' Bertrand? ''Sic 'im!''
''(Bertrand turns into ninja, much posturing ensues)''
'''Danny (flatly):''' [[Shut UP, Hannibal|I so don't have time for this.]] ''(sucks him into the thermos)'' }}
* ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'': afterAfter Sven and Stimpy wreck the house with their antics in "Sven Hoek", Ren is volcanic with rage... until he begins to calmly [[To the Pain|tell them what he's going to do to them]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6KjNmN2BA See for yourself.] It's borderline [[Nightmare Fuel]].
* In ''[[South Park]]'', [[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk|Eric]] [[Complete Monster|Cartman]] hadhas been through this three times:
** In "Scott Tenorman Must Die", Cartman appears to be making himself the [[Butt Monkey]] by constantly asking Scott to give him his money back. Turns out he was keeping Scott complacent all the while putting in motion his plan to {{spoiler|serve Scott his own parents in a big pot of chili, then have Scott's favorite band call him a loser}}. When this is calmly revealed in detail by Cartman the other kids just stand there, open-mouthed, totally in shock. The only comments they can manage are Stan's horrified "Jesus Christ, dude!" and Kyle's episode-concluding "Dude, I think it might be best for us to never piss Cartman off again."
** In "T.M.I.", a therapist tries to test Cartman's anger response with [[Tempting Fate|a barrage of fat jokes]]. Cartman calmly types away on his iPhone, while the doctor comes to the conclusion that the boy has no anger problems at all. Then the doctor gets a call from his wife, hysterically ranting about web chat logs with a 14-year-old girl and a police report before shooting herself. Cartman calmly but firmly replies, "I'm not fat; I'm big-boned." The therapist obsequiously cowers before Cartman for the rest of the episode.
** In the ending of "Bass To Mouth". Cartman gave laxative-laced cupcakes to the school administrators as revenge for getting thrown under a bus, which said bus effectively gave him a broken arm and leg, all while calmly saying [[Faux Affably Evil|"are you okay?"]]
* In ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'', when a bunch of gangsters, having learned about his Big Bad Harv persona, kidnaps Harvey Dent and mocks him with the imminent ruin of his public image, while he keeps shaking and sweating with anger. However, when they cross the line, his evil personality takes over and he suddenly becomes calm and collected before he attacks them.
{{quote|'''Harvey Dent([[Dissonant Serenity|oddly calm]]): "There's just one problem...[[Evil Sounds Deep|you're talking to the]] [[Oh Crap|wrong Harvey]]."'''}}
* In the classic ''[[Simpsons]]'' episode "Bart on the Road", Lisa just finished a [[Motor Mouth|rapid fire explanation]] of Bart's predicament to Homer, who responds with:
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Homer (unnervingly calm): Yes...that's a real pickle. Would you excuse me for a moment?
'''(puts on Hazmat suit helmet and [[Angrish|screams loudly and incoherently]] for several seconds, fogging the face plate)'''
Homer ([[Blatant Lies|calm]] once more): All right, I have thought this through. I will send Bart the money to fly home. [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|Then I will murder him.]] }}
*:* "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 1" has Homer saying this...
{{quote|Homer: '''(as he lowers the letter slowly, his pupils shrink in anger)''': Kids, would you step outside for a second?
'''(as Bart and Lisa do so, Homer stands up and inhales deeply)'''▼
Homer (dangerously calm): Kids, would you step outside for a second?
Homer (Loudly) '''F-- [[Curse Cut (Short|The rest of it is (luckily) drowned out by a loud, harsh]] [[Stealth Pun|F-cord]] [[Curse Cut Short|on a pipe organ)]]. }}▼
▲'''(Bart and Lisa do so, Homer stands up and inhales deeply)'''
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'':▼
▲Homer (Loudly) F- (The rest of it is (luckily) drowned out by a loud, harsh F-cord on a pipe organ). }}
▲* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'':
** Princess Celestia, the [[Out-of-Character Moment|(very) few times]] she's gotten angry. It's... somewhat unsettling, particularly when she reprimanded Twilight in "Lesson Zero".
** Fluttershy as well, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|particularly in "Dragonshy"]]:
{{quote|''How dare you...''}}
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'':
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'': This is how Blossom reacts in "Stuck up, up and away" when [[Spoiled Brat|Princess]] uses her newly-bought supersuit to temporarily knock out Bubbles and Buttercup.
** This is how Blossom reacts in "Stuck Up, Up and Away" when [[Spoiled Brat|Princess]] uses her newly-bought supersuit to temporarily knock out Bubbles and Buttercup and begins gloating to Blossom about it. Blossom's response to this is merely a furious silence, followed by her dodging every single one of Princess' attacks, and then, as her sisters wake up and, deliver her one deliciously awesome [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]].▼
{{quote|Princess: "So Blossom. Are you jealous? Are you ''scared''? Seeing how easily I ''thrashed'' your sisters, without even breaking a sweat! Oh, what's the matter? Cat got your tongue? Very well then! Prepare to [[Kneel Before Zod|bow to your Princess!]]}}
▲** Blossom's response to this is merely a furious silence, followed by her dodging every single one of Princess' attacks, and then her sisters wake up and deliver her one deliciously awesome [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]].
 
== Real Life ==
* The U.S. Army's Delta Force selects for this. Their usual send-off before training or a mission is a calm "Have a good one".
* On January 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed when a fire broke out in the cockpit during a routine test on the launch pad. The Monday after the fire, Flight Director Gene Kranz called everyone at Mission Control in for a meeting and gave everyone the biggest ass-chewing that they had ever experienced. The speech he gave that day became known as the "Kranz Dictum":
{{quote|"Spaceflight will never tolerate carelessness, incapacity, and neglect. Somewhere, somehow, we screwed up. It could have been in design, build, or test. Whatever it was, we should have caught it. We were too gung ho about the schedule and we locked out all of the problems we saw each day in our work. Every element of the program was in trouble and so were we. The simulators were not working, Mission Control was behind in virtually every area, and the flight and test procedures changed daily. Nothing we did had any shelf life. Not one of us stood up and said, 'Dammit, stop!' I don't know what Thompson's committee will find as the cause, but I know what I find. We are the cause! We were not ready! We did not do our job. We were rolling the dice, hoping that things would come together by launch day, when in our hearts we knew it would take a miracle. We were pushing the schedule and betting that the Cape would slip before we did. From this day forward, Flight Control will be known by two words: 'Tough' and 'Competent.' Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do. We will never again compromise our responsibilities. Every time we walk into Mission Control we will know what we stand for. Competent means we will never take anything for granted. We will never be found short in our knowledge and in our skills. Mission Control will be perfect. When you leave this meeting today you will go to your office and the first thing you will do there is to write 'Tough and Competent' on your blackboards. It will never be erased. Each day when you enter the room these words will remind you of the price paid by Grissom, White, and Chaffee. These words are the price of admission to the ranks of Mission Control."}}
 
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