Teach Him Anger: Difference between revisions

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

The solution is to teach him or her anger and rage; rather than dealing with their anger in a healthy way (or more likely, sublimating it) instead channel it into their words and fists. In extreme cases, even going so far as to instill a killer instinct.

* Gohan pretty much goes through this in the Cell saga of ''[[Dragonball Z]]''. It has good results when he finally achieves the Super Saiyan state, but when Cell forces him to go Super Saiyan 2 so he can have a worthy fight the opposite happens. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] yes, but Gohan's actions later on cause Goku to make a [[Heroic Sacrifice]].

** A large part of Gohan's training with both Piccolo and Goku is this. It finally culminates with Android 16 summarizing it in a succinct speech right before Cell kills him. The result gives Gohan access the Super Saiyan 2 and the loss of his childhood innocence, only for him to forget how to get the most out of channeling his rage 7 years later when it's needed again, and simply being out of shape.

* In [[Fist of the North Star]], Shin unintentionally does this to Kenshiro. After thoroughly defeating him, Shin gloats to Kenshiro that the difference between the two is that Shin is filled with ambition and Kenshiro isn't. Kenshiro took this to heart, and by the second encounter it's the other way around, with Kenshiro burning with anger and ambition to save Yuria against a broken Shin from {{spoiler|Yuria's apparent suicide.}} The fight barely lasted 10 minutes.

* One ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' strip has Greece trying to get the polite and soft-spoken Japan to become angry. He succeeds by telling him to think about wasting his money.

* 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.}}

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Atom:''' You may be a seething mass of hatred. But my hatred is greater by far.}}}}

* 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.)

{{quote| Your eyes are full of hate, [[You Are Number Six|forty-one]]. That's good. [[The Power of Hate|Hate keeps a man alive. It gives him strength]].}}

* 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.

== Live-Action TV ==

** In one fourth season episode, where an evil spider alien stole the most important aspects of the main cast's personalities (John's determination, Aeryn's self-control, Chiana's sex drive, Rygel's greed, D'argo's anger), Chiana proves it by trying to teach D'argo anger again by beating him up. It doesn't work, which is a really big problem.

* ''[[Doctor Who]]''. One of the Doctor's companions does this to the Thaals, to show them there ''are'' some things they're willing to fight over. The Thaals had previously been willing to be exterminated by the Daleks rather than break their pacifist ways.

** It wasn't necessarily that they were trying to ''teach'' him anger. Rather, they were trying to exploit his anger and his drive to protect his friends in order to get him to further their goals ( {{spoiler|Or, in Marluxia's case, control him completely by altering his memories and having him doggedly destroy anything that Marluxia would have convinced him was a threat to Namine; that is, the leaders of Organization XIII.}})

** Part of Xehanort's plan in Birth By Sleep. {{spoiler|After He saw Terra lose his cool during the Mark of Mastery Exam he sets up a [[Xanatos Gambit]]. After disappearing he sets up an encounter with Maleficent to make his friends question his hold over the darkness. Afterwards Terra is convinced to hunt down Vanitas and stop the darkness in his own way knowing his friends would not understand. During this Xehanort sets up the climax. By setting him up to defeat Master Eraqus, the last thing that would stop him and throw Terra off the Slippery Slope at the same time. Terra loses it and defeats the Corrupt master, however all had went to plan for him, Terra had lost himself to the darkness and he was then ready for Xehanort's [[Grand Theft Me]].}}

* In ''[[Sword of the Stars]]'', the second variant describes the training of Black Swimmers. The Liir are a species of [[The Empath|Empaths]] who are pacifistic as a result, but because they need to defend themselves ''somehow'' a special caste of volunteers known as the Black Swimmers keep them safe by teaching themselves how to hate and kill. Black Swimmers are basically irredeemably [[Ax Crazy]] by Liir standards and both sides are all too aware of this, but are nonetheless necessary for the race as a whole to survive. Their [[Initiation Ceremony]] involves 'drowning' the aspirant in liquid oxygen until they black out and [[Despair Event Horizon|abandon all hope]].

* In ''[[Phantasy Star|Phantasy Star IV]]'', the main character can go to the [[Bonus Dungeon|Anger Tower]] and learn, arguably, the most powerful technique in the game, which happens to be fueled by anger; this trope comes into play when Re-Faze puts Chaz to a [[Secret Test of Character]]: forcing him to confront and then kill a specter of his deceased mentor and surrogate mother, and then taunt him for his pain after realizing it was an illusion, ''then'' offer to teach him the Forbidden technique to taunt him with how incredibly powerful it would be.

== Webcomics ==

* In the "That Which Redeems" arc of ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', Torg tries this to multiple characters in the Dimension of Lame in order to get them to defend themselves against the [[Legions of Hell|demonic invasion]]. He fails; the people in the [[Do L]] are so [[Actual Pacifist|pacifistic]] that even a character who would be [[Axe Crazy]] in any other dimension can only manage to pound one demon on the foot with a hammer before breaking down into [[What Have I Done]].

* Gabe in ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' uses this and [[Training From Hell]] to train his Pokémon. He openly states that he trains them to hate, and that translates into victory.

{{quote| '''Toph:''' Rock is a stubborn element. If you're going to move it, you've gotta be like a rock yourself.}}

** 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.

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