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{{quote|''"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! [[Hypocritical Humor|That makes me]] [[Trope Namer|feel angry!]]"''
|'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}sFBhR4QcBtE Robot Devil]''', ''[[Futurama]]''}}
A classic rule in
This trope ''can'' be used for comedic effect. It can also be rather scary when the "so happy" line is delivered with barely concealed rage by a skilled actor. [[Tropes Are Not Bad]], after all.
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Appears quite a lot in cases of [[Lull Destruction]]. Do not confuse with [[Is This What Anger Feels Like?]], in which the perpetually jubilant character deals with anger for the first time, or [[I'll Kill You!]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* This is
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', from Kiku/Japan: "An unpleasant sensation..." Cue the [[Discretion Shot]].
* In ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', Gretel says or implies she feels a little bad about using 2 local orphans as decoys pretty much insuring there death.
* One of the things that Kyon does as an [[Unreliable Narrator]] in ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]''. For example, he'll say he's terrified about something but only rarely will he show actions that actually show it. Once he was narrating how scared he was about a monster; when Itsuki mused that he sure didn't act scared
** What's more, one of the common devices that the series uses is to have Kyon's actions contradict his words; he tells us things that are different than what's shown. Example from the anime's chronological first episode: Kyon tells us that he's not interested in Haruhi, while the animation shows us that he's very obviously checking her out over the course of a few weeks.
** Kyon's "[[That Makes Me Feel Angry]]" style is also in contrast to the story's treatment of Haruhi's inner state, which is almost exclusively [[Show, Don't Tell]].
* Sagara Sousuke from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', when he's [[Most Definitely Not a Villain|attempting to convince]] [[Muggles]] that he's [[The Stoic|feeling normal human emotions]].
{{quote|'''Sousuke:''' You perceive wrongly. I feel unimaginable happiness wasting time talking with women. I'm that type of human.}}
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** [[Tranquil Fury|Or that he's just really skilled at hiding his rage]]. [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|For a few seconds, anyway]]...
** His name is ''Wrath'', not "rage" or "fury". The emotion of wrath is not nearly as overt as the others, and it is not mutually exclusive with tranquility.
* In ''[[
* [[Catch Phrase|I'm in despair!]] The fact that ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'' uses this trope constantly has left me in despair!
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', {{spoiler|the Nine-Tails Demon Fox roars}} “Narutoooo!!!! You have angered me!!!! Narutoooooo!!!!!!” {{spoiler|after Naruto rips the chakra from the Fox's body, claiming it for his own, thus allowing Naruto to fully control the Fox's power.}}
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** Touji is prone to this in his first appearance in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', talking quite plainly about how angry he is about what happened to his sister.
* Elgala from the original manga of ''[[Excel Saga (manga)|Excel Saga]]'' [[Third Person Person|does the exact same thing]], [[No Indoor Voice|with an emphasis on the "loud"]], and [[Selective Obliviousness|minus any conscious knowledge that she's actually speaking]] (she thinks all her co-workers are mind-reading mutants).
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Incredible Hulk|The Incredible Hulk]]'' is [http://www.hulkmovie.com/images/hulkmash/hr121.jpg practically] a poster child of this trope. There's a reason why [[You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry]] exists, after all.
** Well, at least he ''looks'' angry. Always.
*** Until [[Corrupt Corporate Executive
** [[Hulk Speak|Hulk can be forgiven for Hulk's constant reminders of Hulk's current mood. Hulk's mood very important to know for people around Hulk. Furthermore, Hulk not very articulate.]]
* Judge Roy Bean is presented as doing this in ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]''. Played entirely for comedy because [[The Stoic|he only has one facial expression that has no emotion visible on it]], and his voice is implied to be similarly monotonic.
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* There are a few examples of characters doing this in the earlier ''[[Tintin]]'' comics.
== Fan Works ==
* Invoked for humor's sake by Saurial in the ''[[Worm]]/[[Luna Varga]]'' crossover ''[[Taylor Varga]]'' when she leans against Amy and says, "Hold me, I'm sad" because her other aspect -- ''herself'' -- is being mean to her during prep for the third study session.
== Film ==
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* Likewise in ''[[Sex and the City]]'': Candice Bergen's character announces "I am so angry right now" with a blank facial expression. Not only has it been established that she's had botox, but this line is actually a callback to early in the episode when Samantha goes for a botox treatment and the nurse warns her that, because of her reduced facial expressiveness, she'll have to explicitly announce her emotions.
{{quote|'''Nurse:''' Some patients have said they found it difficult to register emotion on their faces after the procedure. So you may have to say things like, 'I am so angry right now.'}}
* On an episode of ''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] Smackdown'' leading into ''Wrestlemania 25'', [[The Undertaker]] comments on the fact that the other wrestlers have gone from quaking in fear of him to seeking him out to prove themselves: "This... displeases me."
* Kai, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'', often uses a
* [[Lampshaded]] in an episode of ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]'' when the agent says "What's that emotion that makes you go 'RRRRRRRR'?"
* Illyria of ''[[Angel]]'' often demonstrates this. Being an [[Eldritch Abomination|ancient demon]] bound into the body of a human, she lacks the understanding of human expressions and even the underlying emotions, making her unable to emote properly.
* [[Jerkass Woobie|Vorenus]] on ''[[Rome]]''. "It saddens me that you are unhappy, because I have a deep affection for you." He says this to his wife while wearing his [[Mangst|Glower of Emotional Inadequacy]], which is subtly distinct from his [[Not So Above It All|Glower of Doing What He's Got to Do]], [[Black and Grey Morality|Glower of Moral Disgust]], [[Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene|Contemplative Glower]], [[Kubrick Stare|Glower of Pure Rage]], and [[The Gump|Glower of Realizing Something Is Occurring Which Will Turn the Tide of History]].
* [[Frasier]], in damn near every episode. It makes sense though, since two of the main characters are psychiatrists, leading them to constantly discuss their feelings with each other, as well as encouraging everyone else to do the same. Frasier himself, being particularly self-absorbed, brings this trope to staggering heights.
{{quote|[[Large Ham|I AM WOUNDED!]]}}
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** Best description of that scene ever!
* This trope made for one of the world's most favorite [[Narm]] moments in a [[Very Special Episode]] of [[Saved by the Bell]], when Jessie, having become addicted to caffeine pills, starts singing "I'm So Excited" (itself an example of this trope, see below), and it ends up "I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so... so scared!"
* Used rather pointedly by Mal in [[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]] when Zoe and Wash's marital disputes started getting on his nerves.
{{quote|"Okay, uh, I'm lost. I'm angry. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|And I'm armed.]]"}}
* [[Red Dwarf|Mr. Flibble's very cross]]
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== Music ==
* Ivor Cutler, one of the quirkiest men to have ever lived, sang a song that tells you he is happy in [https://web.archive.org/web/20111231073313/http://elbo.ws/video/H5fA184R6EA/ the funniest way possible.]
* Lots and lots of songs. Those with uh...[[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|negative themes,]] especially.
* "I'm so excited! And I just can't hide it!" [[Captain Obvious|Now what do you suppose the artist is trying to convey with these lyrics?]]
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== Theater and Opera ==
* [[William Shakespeare]] in ''[[Henry V]]'' has King Henry say "I was not angry since I came to France/Until this instant" when he sees a bunch of [[Moral Event Horizon|slaughtered boys.]]
** Fully [[Justified Trope|justified]] in Shakespeare's
* Happens in too many [[
* Act II of ''[[Into the Woods]]'' opens with the main characters singing about how perfectly happy they
* In [[The Musical]] ''High Spirits'' (an adaptation of ''Blithe Spirit''), Charles pulls out a record his [[Cute Ghost Girl|recently-returned-as-a-ghost]] wife played on their wedding night and finds she doesn't remember it. She claims "it's all coming back" to her, but Charles tells her, "It isn't, and I'm upset."
* In the sequel to [[A Very Potter Musical]], A Very Potter Sequel, Harry screams, "I'M IN A RAGE! THIS IS THE MADDEST I'VE EVER BEEN!"
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** There's also The Cobra's from ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''. The Pain says "Pain" anytime you shoot him, The Fear announces his fear after you beat him, The End says "The end" anytime he sneaks up on you (which doesn't count unless [[Oh Crap]] counts as an emotion), The Sorrow tells us how sad he is. The only one exempt from this is The Fury.
** The infamous [[Blind Idiot Translation|Engrish]] translation of the original [[Metal Gear]] game features guards which, to let you know they were about to [[The Guards Must Be Crazy|fall asleep at their posts]], would shout "I'M GETTING SLEEPY!!", followed by "I FEEL ASLEEP!!" to announce that they were, in fact, asleep and safe to sneak past.
** Whether you find it a [[Tear Jerker]] or [[Narm
* Agent Superball from Telltale's ''[[Sam and Max]]'' series of games:
{{quote|"I'm sorry. I'm gushing."
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* The [[The Woobie|excruciatingly insecure]] Tavros Nitram from [[Homestuck]] eventually tries to get some self-confidence. Unfortunately, he thinks this means constantly stating how confident he is and that what he is saying and doing is exactly what a confident person would say and do.
* ''[[Sandra and Woo]]'' has an eagle who is [http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2011/04/14/0262-predator-and-prey/ "sad and a little bit angry."]
* ''Critical Miss'' of ''[[The Escapist]]'' has this beautiful bit of ''[[Mass Effect]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20110903043920/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8820-Critical-Miss-Mass-Effect fanfiction.] It is, of course, a little context-sensitive.
== Web Original ==
* Sung merrily by Randy of[[Manwhores]]: "Broken heart. Sad feelings. Suicidal tendencies, are on my mind. I'm gonna kill myself. Doo, doo, dee, doo, I'm gonna kill myself." during his emotional downward spiral, before engaging in an incredibly transparent [[I Have This Friend]] dialogue with a sympathetic bartender.
* Captain Hammer, in [[
* The "angry gorilla" in ''Auto-Tune the News'' on [[YouTube]], while not acting very angry, continuously expresses verbally how angry he is.
* The titular [[The Irate Gamer|Irate Gamer]] does this constantly. Arguably justified due to his poor acting making his "anger" sound like indifference or even boredom.
== Western Animation ==
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* ''[[Mission Hill]]'' has an internal example, when the gay neighbors Wally and Gus reveal they fell in love during the filming of a movie. Wally, the director, cast Gus as an alien robot. But since Gus only has one facial expression, he had to make it obvious when he was angry by... installing two lights on his costume that went from [[Morality Dial|"Calm"]] to "Angry!" Needless to say, the movie would have made [[Ed Wood (creator)|Ed Wood]] proud, even curing a depressed man's sadness!
* In the ''[[Peanuts]]'' TV special "He's a Bully, Charlie Brown", Peppermint Patty says "My jealousy has overcome my reason!".
** Made especially [[Narm
*** Which is what makes it even funnier, because you know that the child has ''no'' idea what they're actually talking about, they're just repeating the lines they were told to say.
* Parodied in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Mobile Homer." The made-for-TV movie that Marge watches is practically nothing but That Makes Me Feel Angry moments. And since it was a parody of [[Lifetime Movie of the Week|Lifetime movies of the week]], that just makes it funnier.
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** In "Hurricane Neddy", as Ned Flanders is [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|chewing out his neighbors]], he turns to Bart:
{{quote|'''Bart:''' Hey, back off, man!
'''Ned:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Okay,]] [[Totally Radical|duuuuuuuude! I wouldn't want you to have a cow, maaaaaaaaaan.]] Here's a catchphrase you better learn for your adult years: "Hey, buddy, '''''GOT A QUARTER?'''''"!
(''everyone gasps'')
'''Bart:''' I am shocked and appalled. }}
** Employed masterfully by mobster Fat Tony, who is so obsessed with coming off as [[Wicked Cultured]] that he articulates his every thought in absurdly precise language - and boy, is it ever chilling. ("I am not so much disappointed, as I am ''blinded by rage''.")
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* It is often advised to talk this way around small children and encourage them to talk this way, because they may have difficulty reading and expressing emotion.
** Same deal with people with Asperger's Syndrome or some other kind of autistic spectrum disorder. Most of them will actually use this trope themselves so as to avoid having any confusion caused by misreading of their ways of showing emotions.
* While this can be useful in certain situations, there's a reason this trope and so many others are noted to be considered creepy on
* A common problem with political cartoons, as noted in [http://www.cracked.com/article_18680_political-cartoons-lowest-form-communication.html?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=flashback this Cracked article].
* Psychologists recommend this to deal with your negative emotions. Letting out your anger by, say, hitting your pillow is actually a destructive
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