Teach Him Anger: Difference between revisions

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'''Sousuke''': ''[[Big No|NO!!!]]''<br />

'''Kaname''': Then point your gun at him!|''[[Full Metal Panic]]''}}

* Basically the conspiracy's goal in [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|the 2003 anime version]] of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', which seeks to make a powerful alchemist angry, callous or desperate enough where they're willing to {{spoiler|fulfil the primary production requirement of the [[Philosopher's Stone]]: sacrificing thousands of human lives}}. This approaches [[Break the Cutie]] levels for [[Reluctant Warrior|Reluctant Warriors]] Ed & Al.

* In ''[[Pluto]]'', Dr. Tenma teaches Atom hatred in a desperate attempt to {{spoiler|awaken him from his coma. It works, and the extra hatred gives Atom the ability to fight Pluto.}}

** As it would turn out, Tenma also gave Atom {{spoiler|Gesicht's dying memories}} presumably to give him more hatred. As it turns out {{spoiler|Gesicht's final moments were so anti-hatred, it inspires Atom and Pluto to work together to save the world}}.

* Guilty's training of Ikki in ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', giving him [[Training From Hell]] while goes to extreme levels to anger him to use the Phoenix Cloth. Ikki endures it all until Guilty accidentally kills his daughter Esmeralda during training, making him snap and kill Guilty in a fit of rage (to Guilty's glee), earning the Cloth in the process.

* ''The Waterboy''. Coach Klein told Bobby Boucher he could stand up for himself, and then he remembered all the people that had been mean to him over the years, and that was his "tacklin' fuel."

* Yul does this to Junior in ''Cool Runnings''.

* In the Disney version of ''The Reluctant Dragon'', the boy tries to get the dragon to breathe fire, but can't because he needs to be mad to do so, and he's not mad at anyone. It's only when the boy insults his poetry that the dragon starts spewing flames.

* In ''[[Revenge of the Sith|Star Wars Episode III]],'' the Emperor did to Anakin. In ''[[Return of the Jedi|Star Wars Episode VI]]'', he tried to do to Luke. (Luke falls for it twice, but the third time he refuses to attack, and is promptly fried by a disappointed Sith Lord.)

* ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]] XI.'' Definitely example #2, as ALL Vulcans possess a violent beast beneath their calm exterior (and they're a lot stronger than humans). So, pushing Spock, who had {{spoiler|just lost his entire planet (including most of his species and his mother)}}, while necessary, was very painful for Kirk. ''[[Berserk Button|Very]]'' [[Curb Stomp Battle|painful.]]

* In ''[[Ben-Hur]]'', Quintus Arius talks about this.

* This is the means by which the bad guys seek revenge against Mr. Miyagi by transforming Daniel-san into the opposite of everything Miyagi taught him to be, in [[Karate Kid]] III.

== Web Originals ==

* In ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'', Caboose (a very nice, but exceptionally dumb member of Blue Team) was possessed by the AI [[Big Bad|O'Malley]]. Later, Caboose and Sarge are fighting two armies of flag-worshipping zealots. Caboose claims that "O'Malley taught me how to be mean"; by concentrating on things that make him angry (red bull, kittens with spikes on them), he proceeds to go crazy and wipe out both teams; before waking up with no recollection of his actions.

* ''[[Storm Hawks]]'' has Junko pose as a wrestler to get the team into the Cyclonian's enemy base. Since he's normally a [[Gentle Giant]], Piper uses a [[Green Rocks|hypnosis crystal]] to give him a confidence boost. She then gives it to Finn along with instructions to only use it sparingly, along with the code phrase to turn off the conditioning should an emergency arise. Finn of course uses it so strongly Junko actually believes ''he'' is the Masked Masher and can't recognize his friends. It all comes to a head when Master Cyclonis puts them all in a cage match against the [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Junko. Luckily Piper manages to remind Finn of the code phrase.

* Toph on ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', due to [[Personality Powers]], has to teach Aang to use the head on, straight forward approach of Earthbending instead of his dodging, nimble approach with Airbending. Her [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] tactics involve [[Freud Was Right|grabbing his (bag of) nuts]] and stealing his [[Iconic Item|staff]] to make him angry enough to stand up to her.

** Inverted with... Well, EVERYTHING Uncle Iroh was trying to teach Zuko. Pretty much every other proud Fire Nation warrior used the purely aggressive style of fire bending, meaning [[Teach Him Anger]] was more or less class 101 in the academy. Iroh and Jeong Jeong were among the few that realized that was self destructive, not just on a personal level but for the ''entire nation'' in the long-term.

* Accidentally invoked by Megatron on ''[[Beast Wars]]'' when Scorpinok's mind-altering bug took away Optimus Primal's self-control and inner peace. His reasoning was that Optimus' calm exterior was a facade for a cowardly streak, but in fact it was a safety mechanism to control his [[Unstoppable Rage]]. With his peace removed, Optimus goes on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], taking out the entire Predacon force single-handed before the Maximals manage to remove the bug that was slowly killing him. [[Beware the Nice Ones]] indeed.