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{{trope}}
[[File:tranquil 1368.jpg|link=Equilibrium|frame|[[The Stoic|For the record, that glare is his standard face for most of the movie]]. His actual level of anger is expressed by how dreadfully he kills you.
{{quote|''"Astfgl had passed through the earlier stage of fury and was now in that calm lagoon of rage where the voice is steady, the manner is measured and polite, and only a faint trace of spittle at the corner of the mouth betrays the inner inferno."''
|'''''[[Eric]]'''''}}
In every [[Badass]]'s life, there may come a time when going berserk simply does not work. In this case, many people choose to turn to '''Tranquil Fury'''. This state of mind allows much whoop-ass to be uncanned without undue stress. When the time comes for the showdown between the [[The Hero|Hero]] and the [[Big Bad]], do not expect to see furious angry rage. Instead, expect [[The Hero]] (or [[Anti-Hero]])'s face to be serenely, eerily calm. They will not appear to be even slightly put out with the villain. Of course, that won't stop them from trying to hack the villain to hundreds of tiny pieces. A defeat by someone in the grip of Tranquil Fury is likely to be more comprehensive than others, as the job ''will'' [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|be done in a properly thorough fashion.]]
''This is different'' from [[The Quiet One]] and [[The Stoic]]. The character in the grip of Tranquil Fury isn't necessarily an emotional cripple, and in day to day life they may be perfectly normal and happy. What ''defines'' Tranquil Fury is the tendency to become [[Let's Get Dangerous|deadly serious]] when it gets deadly serious.
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Contrast: [[Berserker Tears]], [[Unstoppable Rage]]. Compare ''and'' contrast [[Dissonant Serenity]]. These characters often use [[Creepy Monotone]], [[Death Glare]], and [[Slasher Smile]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'''s Giorno Giovanna can seem calm at the most tense of moments, but really, he is just plotting your demise in a very sneaky and sometimes quite horrific way. The best example of this is {{spoiler|once he gains Gold Experience Requiem and faces off with Diavolo floating in the air with his new stand}}.
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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
**
** 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".
** In ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound]]'', Gohan does this again to break out of a ki bind used by one of Bojack's minions.
*
{{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.}}▼
▲* 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.
* Kira Yamato's "SEED Mode" in both ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]''. At first it was a sort of [[Unstoppable Rage]] but even after it became this, it is still just as exciting.
* In ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]],'' the standard Dying Will mode is a form of [[Unstoppable Rage]], while Hyper Dying Will mode is more Tranquil Fury.
* The eponymous Afro in ''[[Afro Samurai]]'' uses this to call upon his subconscious to come up with an on-the-fly fighting style to counter his ''[[Mirror Match]]'' robot double. It could also be argued that Afro is in a constant state of quiet rage for the entire series.
* [[The Stoic|Jin]] of ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'' is nearly the personification of this.
* Kenshin's golden-eyed "[[Super-Powered Evil Side|Battousai]]" state in ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' is his state of Tranquil Fury. He's not necessarily mad, he's just done playing nice and is now ready to beat you to a pulp.
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** Sensui (the real one). I'd shake his hand if I were you.
** Also, Kurama. He's never loses his reserve, but you can always tell when he's mad. [[Beware the Nice Ones|Yeah, you can definitely always tell]].
* Circe Augusta von Zerbst, from ''[[
* Revy's "Whitman Fever" from ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', which is more of a relapse of [[Ax Crazy]] than actual anger—when she starts to look like she's sleep-deprived and ''stops'' yelling and swearing, there will be blood and there will be lots of it.
* Kenshiro of ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' does this ''every single time'' that there's anything shown between the mook of the week crossing the [[Moral Event Horizon]], and Ken getting into his screaming [[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs]].
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::: [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome|We're not shown the ensuing fight,]] but it wipes out the.<ref>Seven Ninja Swordsmen</ref>
* Negi from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' spends most of Chapter 315 in this state {{spoiler|after he sees that [[Ax Crazy|Quartum]] has cut [[Robot Girl|Chachamaru]] in half. He [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomps]] Quartum, culminating in Quartum '''[[Laser-Guided Karma|being ripped in half.]]'''}}
*
* Though his signature reaction to most serious situations is [[Unstoppable Rage]], Guts from ''[[Berserk]]'' often starts out with Tranquil Fury. Before he [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice|confronts]] the man who {{spoiler|tortured and mutilated Griffith for a year}}, Guts [https://web.archive.org/web/20131010020744/http://www.mangakong.com/manga/Berserk/048.058/139/ gives an expression that is on the same level of creepiness] as his signature [[Slasher Smile]], just to show how dangerously enraged he is inside.
* The end of the first arc of the ''[[
* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'' Black*Star, a [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Idiot Hero]], is most dangerous when [[
* In episode 22 of ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', after [[Playing with Fire|Natsu]] learns that Lucy has been kidnapped, he captures a mook and drags him across a mountain trail. While dragging the guy, he orders him to reveal where Lucy is being held. When the mook won't answer, Natsu sets him on fire, then calmly declares that if he doesn't answer, the flames won't go out until he's ash.
** Black Mage Zeref needs only to flash a [[Death Glare]] at somebody and announce they've angered him to have everyone on the floor shitting themselves.
* In ''[[Sekirei]]'', Yume seems rather calm when she [[Curb Stomp Battle|beats up]] two Disciplinary Squad members effortlessly. Miya, the landlady of Maison Izumo, also seems rather calm as she trains Musubi and Tsukiumi in her backyard.
* In ''[[Ichiban Ushiro no Dai Maou]]'', while Sai Akuto is capable of [[Unstoppable Rage]], in some of his fights, he will [[Lampshade Hanging|comment on]] how calm he is despite a ton of power flowing through him at the time. Some of the other characters accuse him of this as a sign of him becoming the [[Big Bad|Demon Lord]].
* In ''[[Inu
* In ''[[Persona 4: The Animation]],'' Yu {{spoiler|drags Namatame over to the TV and nearly throws him into it}} without a hint of emotion on his face.
* In ''Gakuen Babysitters'', [[Aloof Big Brother|Hayato]] [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Kamitani]] is [[The Stoic]] with a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]], so his rage is manifested as this trope.
** In the [[Out-of-Character is Serious Business|rare moments]] [[Beware the Nice Ones|he actually gets angry]], [[Nice Guy|Ryuuichi]] [[The Protagonist|Kashima]] shows this trope. A particular example is when Hebihara-sensei ({{spoiler|who is Hayato's [[Disappeared Dad|estranged dad]]}}) coldly dismissed Hayato, Ryuuichi angrily delivers his essay {{spoiler|detailing Hayato and Taka's activities in the daycare center}} with few words. Hebihara-sensei commented he felt like being slapped in the face, further lampshading this trope.
* In ''[[Genshiken]]'', [[Nice Guy|Sasahara]] enters this when [[Smug Snake|Haraguchi]] starts badmouthing [[True Companions|the Genshiken club]]. He [[Stepford Smiler|keeps himself composed]] as he listens, with the only visual hint being [[Cross-Popping Veins]] around his face.
* [[The Punisher]] will vary between Tranquil Fury and [[Unstoppable Rage]], depending on the situation and writer, although sometimes one hides the other. ({{spoiler|The point of the infamous Nicky Cavella incident was to cause him to mess up, and it worked -- once he could no longer hide the [[Unstoppable Rage]] under the veneer of Tranquil Fury, Frank knowingly walked right into the trap, only surviving through outside intervention, and it was only by returning to Tranquil Fury that he successfully ends the arc... and Nicky, ever so slowly.}})
** Everyone keeps referring to the Nicky Cavella incident as [[The Punisher]] in [[Unstoppable Rage]] mode, but it is actually [[The Punisher]] in Tranquil Fury mode. {{spoiler|If he was truly in [[Unstoppable Rage]], he would have charged straight towards Nicky, but instead he just goes from [[Bad Guy Bar]] to [[Bad Guy Bar]] massacring unconnected criminals until the city officials rebury his family. Then he goes after Nicky.}} Tunnel vision is a side effect to Tranquil Fury.
* ''[[Gold Digger (Comic Book)|Gold Digger]]'': When Julia Diggers went [[Mama Bear]] on the assassin Zero, who was waiting in ambush near her first student Gar's body mortally wounded and no longer breathing. He was count on seeing Gar causing Julia to lose her cool and he could take advantage of it to kill her, since Zero needed only the slightest opening to gain the edge. He was badly mistaken.
* Jack From Jupiter is on the rough end of this trope on ''[[The Boys]]''.
* [[Darkseid]] is this ''all the time''.
* ''[[World War Hulk]]'' has the Hulk so angry he's calm.
* Lyra, who is the daughter of the Hulk from a future timeline, actually becomes weaker as she becomes angrier, in contrast to her father. So she is at her strongest when she is calm and collected.
*
* ''[[X Wing Series
** The novels mention a few times that the Wedge in starfighter combat is very unlike the usual Wedge - much, much more focused. It may not just be in combat, but when he has a purpose in mind and can't let himself fail - Iella remarks on this. One of his pilots, Wes Janson, is a snarky prankster, but similarly becomes extremely focused and controlled in combat.
* This is exactly the reason you do not piss off [[Spider-Man]]. You wouldn't know it considering how [[You Fight Like a Cow|he loves talk]], but the nanosecond you get him to stop joking ([[And Your Little Dog, Too|usually by doing something to threaten his family or friends]]), you've ensured yourself a very [[Beware the Nice Ones|painful and thorough defeat]].
** Or death, if it just happens to be a What If universe. {{spoiler|Oh and if it wasn't for a [[Retcon]] Spider-man would've committed his first real murder.}}
* V of ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' serves his vengeance cold, not once raising his voice to his targets (unless you count Madam Justice). His kills are usually done quietly and made to look like unrelated accidents, but by the time we see him in the comic, he's elevated killing to high theater. Sometimes he slaughters men while reciting Shakespeare or Bible verses, sometimes he abducts them and puts on little plays, or manipulates an [[Innocent Bystander]] into doing the killing for him, and in the "Vertigo" episode simply stands motionless in complete silence and compels his victim to kill himself. The fact that at all times he's wearing a mask with the most cheerful smile imaginable makes him all the more terrifying to those who wronged him.
* This is how ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]''{{'}}s Rorschach operates. Unlike the other characters, who express fury through violent outbursts (The Comedian particularly), Rorschach is almost always calm and quiet in his violence. Even when pushed to his very limit in 1975, he didn't yell or lash out, he retained his quiet demeanor. Of course, Rorschach is emotionally withdrawn and during his adulthood he only makes a facial expression twice in the book (Panel 8 of Page 7 of Chapter 6, when he remembers a childhood incident, and when he {{spoiler|orders Manhattan to kill him}}. For the rest of the story his face is either covered by his mask or a blank stare.
** This is changed in the movie, however. His blank stare is replaced by a [[Clint Squint]], and he is prone to fits of eye-twitchery. In 1975, when pushed to his limitations, instead of breaking down into the calm psycho he breaks up into an aggressive animal.
* Word of advice: when [[Superman]] [[Unstoppable Rage|gets angry]] and you don't have [[Kryptonite Factor|kryponite]] on you, run. Sure, no one but [[The Flash]] can actually outrace him, but he'll respect the effort, and your best shot is to hope that something more important will distract him in the seconds he lets you run. However, when he's gone past the point of anger, and entered [[Batman]]-levels of rage, [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]] and all, pray to your maker, because you'll be lucky to end up in critical condition.
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* ''[[Paperinik New Adventures]]'' has Xadhoom. It doesn't look that way, as you usually see her killing Evrons in the most painful way she could think of, but at the end of her introductory story she revealed that if she ever lost control she'd become a ''nova'', and that's when you realize she's in full Tranquil Fury. A later story reveals that Xadhoom is ''unable'' to go into [[Unstoppable Rage]] mode (in the occasion she was mad beyond reason and tried to let her control slip, but she survived and produced a relatively small explosion), and another showed she's actually able to ''weaponize'' her hate when she killed an Evron cyborg capable to absorb emotions by letting her control slip just a little for a single moment, killing the cyborg by indigestion.
== Fan Works ==
▲== Fan Work ==
* Emily Hastings from ''[[An Entry With a Bang]]'' does this when a friend of hers gets killed, toying with the ASF pilot responsible and taking him out methodically weapon-by-weapon.
* These lines from ''[[Team 8]]'' after {{spoiler|Neji demolishes Hinata in the Chuunin Exam preliminaries}} demonstrate both this trope and his knowledge that Naruto will not take this lightly.
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'''Tenten:''' What?
'''Shino:''' For your teammate's funeral. }}
* ''[[Enemy of My Enemy (Fanfic)|
* After his subordinates are wiped out, a [[Yakuza]] boss in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'' enters Tranquil Fury.
** It's also one interpretation of {{spoiler|Kyon's mental state after someone nearly killed Tsuruya}}.
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* In ''[[Progress]]'', Princess Luna goes into tranquil fury mode when Prince Blueblood makes hurtful and lewd comments towards Sundance. She maintains a perfectly calm facade while sending him for a gut-wrenching test ride that leaves him thoroughly shaken, and he makes a hasty exit.
** Luna is [[Nightmare Fuel|unnervingly calm]] when she [[And I Must Scream|turns Discord to stone in the dreamworld]], even showing ''no reaction at all'' when he [[Villainous Breakdown|begs her to stop.]] Whether this counts as a [[Moral Event Horizon]] for Luna has sparked some debate among fans.
{{quote|'''Fluttershy''': I... I will not run! You will not hurt my friends again!}}
* In ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5945419/1/A_Month_as_Naruto_Uzumaki A Month as Naruto Uzumaki]'', Sarutobi [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|spends a month as Naruto]] to see how bad the village really treats him. In less than
* In ''[[MSLN Test Dummies]]'', [[Four-Star Badass|Roland]] goes into this when he learns about the screwed-up training battle Crash has gotten into.
== Film ==
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** Why is River not freaking out at all the Alliance grunts pointing rifles at her? [[Fridge Brilliance|She can plot the trajectory of every bullet that will be fired]]... just like she did in the episode "War Stories".
*** Of course, that all fades away when she proceeds to [[Unstoppable Rage|stab that Reaver to a bloody mush.]]
* In [[Mission: Impossible]], Ethan Hunt does this when {{spoiler|he realizes that, not only is his team dead, his boss thinks he's the mole}}.
{{quote|'''Kittridge:''' Ethan, I understand you're upset...
'''Ethan:''' [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|Kittridge, you've never seen me very upset.]] }}
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* In [[Cape Fear]], Max Cady has a quiet, permanent animal rage under his skin. And occasionally, [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|it breaks out.]]
* At the climax of ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'', {{spoiler|Bruce Banner reveals that he can turn into The Hulk at a second's notice with no drawn-out transformation sequence required.}}
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'''Bruce Banner''': [smiling] "That's my secret, Cap. I'm always angry."
** This trope is the reason why Bruce creeps out almost everyone he meets who knows he's the Hulk. On the outside he's calm, soft-spoken, and agreeable, but there's still...something off about his demeanor that makes it clear that a raging beast is lurking right below the surface.
== Literature ==
* The titular character in "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" After being {{spoiler|blackmailed and brutally raped by her new caseworker,}} Lizbeth Salander reminds us that "cooperative" is very much NOT the same as "submissive." Where another might fly into a homicidal rage or even BSOD, our heroine instead puts the scumbag in his place with a focus and purpose not unlike channeling a nuclear blast through a gunbarrel. {{spoiler|having capture the rape on camera, she turns the tables an blackmails HIM, but not before giving him a taste of his own medicine, tattooing I Am A Rapist on his chest, and leaving him tied up to think about what he did.}}
* In one of the ''[[Callahan's Crosstime Saloon|Callahans Crosstime Saloon]]'' stories Jake mentions that Callahan doesn't shout or get loud when he's ''really'' angry, but he'll do that to people who don't know him if they act like jerks to intimidate them. When he well and truly pissed, he doesn't say a word.
* Harry's entire fight with Voldemort at the end of ''[[Harry Potter and
** Also, Professor McGonagall's conversation with Umbridge in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (novel)|Order of the Phoenix]]''. Actually, everytime McGonagall's angry, you will see this trope.
*** Which is why, when she very uncharacteristically flies into a screaming rage at Fudge over the Dementor incident at the end of [[Harry Potter and
** This is Snape's default setting, along with [[Deadpan Snarker]]. Him snapping at Harry in a fury towards the end of ''[[Harry Potter and
* A trait of ''[[Elenium]]''{{'}}s Sparhawk. In fact, when {{spoiler|his wife}} is kidnapped, he acts so calm that one of the knights {{spoiler|(who's infatuated with her)}} actually tells him that he doesn't love her, or he would be angrier. Some very scared friends of Sparhawk have to stop him and basically describe this trope for him before something unfortunate happens.
** Also, the final battle of the Tamuli Trilogy. {{spoiler|Of course, being a God kinda helps.}}
* Invoked ad infinitum in ''The [[Black Jewels]] Trilogy,'' where hot anger is the lesser danger; Blood can be pushed to something called the 'killing edge' which is a sort of glacially calm-seeming berserker state. You can be sure that when a character is speaking "too gently" or is "too calm" that they are a breath away from tearing someone apart.
{{quote|There were winds that came down from the north, screaming over miles of ice, picking up moisture as they tore over the cooling sea until, when they finally touched a man, the cold, knife-sharp damp seeped into his bones and chilled him in places the hottest fire couldn't warm. Saetan, when he was this calm, this still, was like those winds.}}
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** Captain Carrot, in ''[[
** For clarity's sake, it should be noted that said [[Big Bad]] was ''between'' Carrot's sword and the aforementioned stone. Carrot's expression does not change.
** Vimes' thoughts on the subject are virtually the definition of Tranquil Fury.
{{quote|"If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. They want you to know you are going to die. So they'll talk. They'll gloat. They'll watch you squirm. They'll put off the murder like another man will put off a good cigar. So hope like hell your captor is an evil man. A good man will kill you with hardly a word."}}
** Vimes himself gets into one of these—most of his rages are barbaric, but at the end of ''[[
** Normally accompanied by Carrot calmly pointing out that "personal isn't the same as important." He really believes this too—in ''[[
*** It should be noted that the one time we see Carrot abandon this trope (When he chases after Angua in ''[[
*** Which is very likely a (perhaps subconsciously planned) [[Xanatos Gambit]] on Carrot's part, to put himself in a position where Angua would have to come to ''his'' aid, and therefore force her hand against her brother.
** Terry Pratchett quite likes having his heroes remain outwardly calm as they knock seven bells out of the villains. Granny Weatherwax seems to do it once per book, and is described as storing up her anger behind a mental dam in her head, so that when she really needs it she can turn the tap and let it out.
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She put a finger to her lips, and he shut up. A thought was coming in the distance. She waited, patiently, skin rippling in brief shivers, until it reached her: [[Big Bad|Ozorne]] had to pay. }}
* [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|The 2004 reboot of ''Battlestar Galactica'']]: Admiral Adama is truly terrifying to behold when pissed off - and speaks in little more than a whisper when he is.
▲== Live Action TV ==
** The [[Battlestar Galactica
* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the Tenth Doctor, in contrast to the [[Unstoppable Rage|Ninth Doctor]], is very fond of doing this. At the big showdowns against the Sycorax (Christmas special 2005), the Racnoss (Christmas special 2006), the Family of Blood (2007), and the Vashta Nerada (2008) he has displayed very little emotion. [[No Indoor Voice|Then again, loud is his normal state.]]
** In "The Christmas Invasion", the Doctor kills the Sycorax leader by arising open the floor beneath his feet, announcing "No second chances. I'm that sort of man." Moments later, he has a second moment against the Prime Minister, after she shoots down the retreating fleet, killing thousands needlessly, as he sees it. He talks over her pleas, saying "I could bring down your government with a single word... No... six words. Six." He whispered to her aide, "Don't you think she looks tired?" This ''alters the course of history'' and strongly reverbarates all the way through to the end of series 3 of ''Doctor Who'' and the ''[[Torchwood]]'' miniseries ''[[Torchwood: Children of Earth|Children of Earth]]''.
** There's a quote from "The Family of Blood" that pretty much sums up this trope:
{{quote|"He never raised his voice. That was the worst thing. The fury of the Time Lord. And then we discovered why. Why this Doctor, who had fought with gods and demons, why he had run away from us and hidden... He was being kind."}}
** Faced with his own daughter's dead body, the Doctor picks up the gun that killed her, holds it against the head of the man who fired it and delivers the spine-chilling {{spoiler|"[[
** To be honest, most of the Doctor's incarnations have behaved similarly at least once. As he gets angrier, he tends to go from smiling to annoyed scowling to shouting to steely-eyed gazing.
** In ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S31/E13 The Big Bang|The Big Bang]]'', {{spoiler|When the Eleventh Doctor pulls off his first [[Disney Death]] thanks to being shot by [[It Makes Sense in Context|a stone Dalek]], River Song gets seriously pissed at said Dalek. She lets it ask for mercy ''three times'', all that time remaining completely calm and emotionless. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Then she shoots it.]]}} To recap: River Song ''made a Dalek ask for mercy'', and then she ''didn't give it''. All without raising her voice. Oh, here -- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJkB6Ky6gJ0 watch it for yourselves.]
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{{quote|'''Rory Williams''': Would you like me to ''repeat'' the question?}}
*** Amy Pond finally goes off the deep end in "The Wedding Of River Song", and very calmly {{spoiler|murders Madame Koravian}}. Went she returns to her normal life, she reveals that she's traumatised by it.
* ''[[The A-Team
* ''[[Starsky and Hutch
* Teal'c, [[The Big Guy]] in ''[[Stargate SG-1]],'' is exceptionally good at this.
** Indeed.
** The episode "Talion" showcases it nicely, as seen in the excerpt currently at [[Stargate Verse/Awesome|Stargate Verse]].
* ''[[The West Wing]]'': "[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|I am not frightened. I'm gonna blow them off the face of the earth with the fury of God's own thunder.]]" Don't mess with anyone who
* ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles
* ''[[Angel]]'' can do this when he's especially angry. Of course, judging by the Darla plot arc in the third season, this is a sign of a descent into darkness that we'd prefer not to see.
** Wesley as well, in late season 5, though that's also just total despair on his part after {{spoiler|Fred dies}}
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** Still in ''Buffy'', The Mayor shows this when trying to smother Buffy at the hospital.
** Xander is a surprising example of this trope given his usual goofy temperament, but threaten some one he cares about and it doesn't matter how much stronger than him you may be he will calmly inform you that he will kill you (see his conversation with Buffy after she got Willow kidnapped, or his conversation with Angel at the hospital.) It is telling that none of the super powered characters he has threatened have ignored the threat. The man can be scary when he wants to be.
*
*** His latest interview with Bill O'Reilly on the O' Reilly Factor [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icp0tAsl95s&feature=response_watch should also count where he rips into] [[Fox News]].
** Let's just say that slighting New York City's patriotism in front of Jon Stewart is a [[Berserk Button|very bad idea...]]
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* Raylan Givens in the very first minutes of the first episode of ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'' and several times after.
* Gene Hunt from ''[[Life On Mars]]'' is normally given to yelling his head off at all and sundry... but when one of Ray Carling's screwups results in a death in police custody, his punishment is cold, calm and severe.
* Vulcans in every incarnation of ''[[Star Trek]]'' are pictures of perfect tranquility, even when fighting. Whether they take someone out with a nerve pinch, fight hand-to-hand or blast it out with phasers, they always have a blank look of complete calm. Sometimes that calm slips a bit, and we get a glimpse of the Hot Green Blood that made them choose this path as an alternative to ''completely destroying themselves.''
* ''[[Dad's
▲* ''[[Dad's Army|Dads Army]]'', "High Finance": Wilson, after hearing {{spoiler|Hodges}} would write off a £50 debt he was owed to him in rent by Mrs. Pike ([[Old Money|Pre-decimalisation, remember]]) if she'd be "nice" to him. Cue Wilson walking calmly from one end of the table to the other:
{{quote|'''Wilson''': I say, would you mind awfully if you could stand up.
''He stands and Wilson promptly lands a punch on his face.''
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* ''[[Chuck]]'', since Intersect 2.0. When he is upset, he is a rather harmless geek as he cannot flash in that state. When he is calm, [[Curb Stomp Battle|run!]]
* Played with hilariously in an episode of ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'' . While on court ordered happy pills, Joy turns from blonde bitch to annoyingly calm, even putting up with some obnoxious neighbors who park their trailer right next to hers... until they tag Earl Jr. with a beer can. Even the pills couldn't turn off her [[Mama Bear]] instincts. She explains in a scary happy voice that she's gonna come back in a few days, when the chemical calm wears off, and thrash them in several unpleasant ways. They decide to move before she does.
* ''[[Law and Order
* Kim from ''[[Yes, Dear]]'' did this once in one episode—by swinging a bat and vandalizing the truck of a contractor with inefficient work performance ''while whistling to herself''.
* On ''[[Babylon 5]]'', when [[Magnificent Bastard|Alfred Bester]] learns that Captain Sheridan may have used his lover (and the mother of his child) as {{spoiler|a living weapon in the liberation of Earth}}, he drops his usual [[Deadpan Snarker]] persona completely and replaces it with blunt threats on Sheridan's life. But he never once raises his voice.
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'''Wash:''' "Oh God, oh God, we're all going to die"? }}
* In the ''[[Sherlock]]'' episode "A Scandal in Belgravia," the title character returns to 221B Baker Street to find a number of American agents holding his landlady Mrs. Hudson at gunpoint. He coolly tells Mrs. Hudson to "stop snivelling" and shows little outward change in demeanor; however, his trademark [[Sherlock Scan]] of both Mrs. Hudson and her captor shows, among other things, indications that the man had given her a nasty backhand across the face, and the on-screen text that would normally show Sherlock's various deductions about him is replaced by crosshairs pinpointing possible kill-shots. He then disarms him and coolly calls him an ambulance for injuries hasn't sustained, yet…
* John Reese on ''[[Person of Interest]]'' is quite capable of taking out enemy assassins without so much as raising his voice, even when it's personal.
* When Steven from ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'' believes that Daniel Bernstein (a traitor to humanity who sided with the reptilian Visitors, of which Steven is a commander of) indirectly killed his number two Brian, while he doesn’t outwardly show it, he’s simply furious. So furious that not only does he have Daniel savagely beaten, he decides to give the other Visitors permission to feast on him as well. It’s for this reason Daniel doesn’t immediately realizes his intentions.
== Music ==
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Opened fire like a lunatic from Vietnam }}
* Scottish traditional song ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v15wEsHg3gY Jock O'Braidosly]'', which describes a Scottish poacher who is ambushed and fatally wounded by a party of English foresters while sleeping in the forest. Leaping to his feet, he props himself against a tree, calmly strings his bow and proceeds to kill six, driving away a single grievously wounded survivor.
== Tabletop Games ==
* Drizzt Do'Urden normally does an [[Unstoppable Rage]] when he's pressed enough; he calls that mindset The Hunter. But he also has a "level 2" variant, referred to as the Warrior Incarnate, that's much more Tranquil Fury. He's only ever entered that once, and then only when he thought all his friends had been killed at the same time.
* The berserkers of the Crab Clan in ''[[Legend of the Five Rings]]'' were originally portrayed as this, but are occasionally Flanderized into the normal, [[Unstoppable Rage]] kind of berserkers.
* In [[Dungeons
* ''[[Warhammer
** Space Marines and Eldar deliberately try to enter this state rather than "hot" fury. Given what they know about Chaos, justified trope. Tau are also normally calm during battle unless their [[Berserk Button]] gets pushed.
** In fact, Tau are ''so'' calm during battle, that when their [[Berserk Button]] is pushed, ''this'' is the trope they exemplify. The Tau Codex gives a very good description of a Tau force advancing relentlessly pouring an ever-increasing torrent of fire into the enemy after their Ethereal is killed.
** Even the home-brew Angry Marines aim for this. While their motto is "Always Angry, All the Time", it's a ''focused'' anger.
* In ''[[Exalted]]'' the Lunar charm Relentless Lunar Fury, a key warrior-type technique that enables a keyword on other Lunar charms, specifically suggests tranquil fury as one of the ways to portray the effect.
== Theater ==
* Anthony Hopkins's portrayal of ''[[Shakespeare|Othello]]'' in the BBC TV show, during the climax, was mostly like this.
* In Peter Shaffer's "Black Comedy", Shaffer even writes this into the stage directions. The main character has surreptitiously borrowed his neighbor's very expensive furniture to impress a guest, but then there is a power outage and the neighbor comes home unexpectedly, prompting the lead to scramble about replacing the furniture while his girlfriend stalls the neighbor. At some point, the lead accidentally drops a priceless sculpture at his neighbor's feet—and the neighbor, who finally figures out what's going on, simply says to the lead, "I think I'm going to have to smash you." On top of this, the stage directions say that he is speaking "in the quiet voice of the very, very dangerous."
== Video Games ==
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* Considering Squall in ''Final Fantasy VIII'' is [[Not So Stoic]], an [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] could have him being in a state of this for ''at least half of the game''.
* In [[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Crystal Bearers|Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers]], when protagonist [[Gravity Master|Layle]] {{spoiler|attempts to crush [[Big Bad|Jegran]] to death after the latter kills Amidatelion}}, the expression on his face seems almost like one of boredom.
* ''[[Ryu ga Gotoku|Yakuza]]'':
*
**Gorou Majima is usually [[Laughing Mad]] or open in his displeasure. When he's only glaring seriously, he's truly pissed.
* In ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]: Deadlocked'', when Vox catches Ratchet in his attempt to {{spoiler|deactivate the cells holding the other heroes captive}}, Ratchet just smiles as if to say, "Congratulations, now watch me destroy your frickin' space station."
* [[The Stoic|Kyosuke Nanbu]] of ''[[Super Robot Wars]]''. In the first ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]'', his fellow allies wonder how he can be so calm and monosyllabic [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QiJBTaX7mM when confronted by] {{spoiler|a taunting, [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] [[More Than Mind Control]]led Excellen Browning}}. Other members of the team, who've been working with him since the beginning of the game, recognize they need to get out of the way because some bad guys are about to get utterly, utterly wasted. He then proceeds to silently activate the in-game powers of [[Power of Love|Love]], [[Unstoppable Rage|Rage]], Focus, Determination, and [[Hot-Blooded|Hotbloodedness]].
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** And the final straw it's a universal skill for warriors named "Inner Rage", in when you use it the cooldown in Heroic Strike (strong blow with lots of threat that can be used with other attacks) and Cleave (same, but striking two objectives) are reduced in half for 15 sec. The thing is, even if a Protection warrior use it always because it means he will do more threat, and Fury warrior can achieve a rate of decent rage generation to allow him to use it from time to time, you cannot use Deadly Calm and Inner rage at the same time as Arms (using one locks the other), and where Deadly Calm it's beneficial for the Arms warrior, he never have a rate of rage generation comparable to that of the Fury warrior. It's like the devs saying that those Arms warriors are the real badasses of the crew and they actually are in peace at themselves.
* At the end of Tails' story in [[Sonic Adventure]], Tails {{spoiler|defuses Robotnik's missile}}, foiling Robotnik's final attempt to salvage ''something'' from the situation after having his plans summarily collapse around him over the past several hours. When Robotnik comes after Tails in his final robot, he lapses into this instead of being his usual [[Large Ham|bombastic]] self. It's... surprisingly unsettling, actually.
* ''[[Silent Hill 4]]'': Even though he may yell from the force of his attacks, don't expect
* ''[[Professor Layton and the Unwound Future]]'' has, surprisingly, Layton himself display this. Normally his voice is calm and pleasant, and his eyes are round black dots that convey a benign disposition. When the [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|kidnaps Layton's adopted daughter}}, he adopts a steely harsh tone of voice and his eyes become flattened, yet he manages not to let loose with the anger he's so obviously feeling. Once he {{spoiler|gets her back}}, his features go back to normal, even while confronting the [[Big Bad]].
* A Renegade option in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' plays this quite well.
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'''Penguin:''' Aren't you scary! ([[Evil Laugh]])
'''Batman:''' You're about to find out. }}
* ''[[Magical Diary: Horse Hall]]'' Do ''not'' let
* Pit in ''[[Kid Icarus]]: Uprising'' is prone to throwing out one-
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* In ''[[Girl Genius]]'', [[Implacable Man|Airman Axel]] [[The Magnificent|"The Unstoppable"]] [[Made of Iron|Higgs]] slides into this state after Zola {{spoiler|stabs Zeetha}}. Every panel showing him afterwards depicts him with this look of pure yet tempered and determined fury on his face as he relentlessly pursues and fights her.
** After beating Vole using [[Unstoppable Rage]], Gil points out that his father feels like this ''all the time'', which means the baron lives in tranquil fury all the time he doesn't spend in non-tranquil fury.
* [[Sakana|Jiro Sakana]], usually a [[Shrinking Violet]] [[Extreme Doormat]], shows this trope when he gets angry. Case in point: {{spoiler|When Yuudai's abusive ex-boyfriend Arata starts harassing him at work, Jiro (with help from his [[Love Interest]] Chie) kicks him out of the stall with just a [[Death Glare]] and a stone cold voice. Later, he tells Yuudai in no uncertain terms [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...|he cannot hurt his best friend Taisei in any way]], all without raising his voice.}} This fully shows he's [[Not So Different|not that different]] from his [[Hot-Blooded]] older brother, who combines this trope with [[Unstoppable Rage]].
== Web Original ==
* In [[
** "Brand New Day", ''especially'' the first verse. Just... guh.
* 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.''}}
* ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'':
** Vegeta temporarily passes through this phase after losing his tail - and coming off the other end of a previous lapse into [[Unstoppable Rage]] ("That's IT, ''EVERYBODY DIES!''") - and finds himself bemused by it all.
▲{{quote|'''Vegeta''':
* [[Atop the Fourth Wall|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 ''Cry For Justice'' found the hard way, you don't push him to that point.▼
:* Gohan's ascension to Super Saiyan 2 plays out as it did in canon, though it starts off with a little more... ''[[Nightmare Fuel|intensity]]''.
{{quote|'''Perfect Cell''': Dear Lord in Piccolo, finally! And here I thought killing 16 was harder for me than it was for you. I'm confused, though. Were you friends? Did you talk about birds together? A couple of bird nerds?
'''SSJ2 Gohan''': The murder of one's own child or children.
'''Perfect Cell''': Uhhh... (Gohan suddenly snatches the bag of Senzu Beans) Wha--?!
'''SSJ2 Gohan''': (appears in front of a Cell Junior) [[Ironic Echo|You wanted me to define "filicide"]].
(Gohan beheads and kills the Cell Junior in one swift blow)}}
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▲* [[Atop the Fourth Wall
* ''[[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]].
▲*** 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]].
{{quote|They hit me with a truck.}}
* 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:
▲* The final showdown of Disney's ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]'' certainly qualifies.
{{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]].
▲** Brock is the master of both Tranquil Fury AND [[Unstoppable Rage]].
▲* Prowl, of ''[[Transformers Animated]],'' as befits a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|robot ninja]]. (''Yes.'')
{{quote|'''Prowl''': "Stillness... then ''strike''."}}
{{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.]] }}
* [[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, ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' has one example of this in [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy's Big Picture Show|the movie]], coming from {{spoiler|[[Cloudcuckoolander|Ed]] of all people}}. To boot: {{spoiler|Ed has been witnessing [[True Companions|his beloved best friends Edd and Eddy]] being brutally [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|beaten up]] by [[Big Brother Bully|Eddy's abusive older brother]], and after initial fear, he becomes calm and silent while making a [[Death Glare]]. Then [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|he removes the bolts from a steel door Eddy was clinging onto, turning Eddy into a slingshot and slamming the door in the bastard's face, knocking him out]].}} Made even more impressive by {{spoiler|being the first, if not only, stance ''in the entire series'' he hurts someone ''[[OOC Is Serious Business|on purpose]]''.}}▼
* Surprisingly, the ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy's Big Picture Show|movie]] shows two instances of this trope:
** [[Gadgeteer Genius|Edd]] is in this state for most of the movie, being his usual collected, snarky self while [[Death Glare|subtly]] showing his anger at [[Jerkass|Eddy]] for the mess they've got into. It's not until Eddy pushes him to his [[Rage Breaking Point]] his anger [[Unstoppable Rage|really becomes apparent]].
▲**
* Believe it or not, ''[[The Superhero Squad Show]]'' has one with the Silver Surfer. Dr. Doom kidnaps him and uses his Power Cosmic to fuse the [[MacGuffin|Infinity Fractals]] he's collected into a smaller version of the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity Sword,]] which he uses to beat the crap out of the Squad. After being rescued, the Surfer carries Doom into space and dismantles the Fractal Dagger, resulting in an explosion that sends Doom screaming back to Earth...and Surfer is smiling all the while.
* In ''[[Ben 10]]'', Ben has one of these against Kevin 11 in their second battle. Kevin used Ben's powers to frame him, insults every good thing Ben's tried to do with him. Finally having enough, Ben gets serious and calm (at least as far as Ben goes) and easily beats him with Fourarms, then walks off, telling him that he's not worth finishing off. Unfortunately it backfires in this case.
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* Happens very (very) occasionally on ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. At one point, Spectra has successfully driven Danny into a [[Heroic BSOD]], and he finally snaps out of it by realizing that Spectra is a ghost who feeds off depression. This leads to this awesome interchange in the confrontation:
{{quote|'''Danny:''' Let me go!
'''Spectra:''' Why would I do that? [[There Are No Therapists|Your grief, your misery…]] oh, it's delicious! And the best part is, as soon as that silly speech is over, and the last domino falls and the sparklers vaporize the speaker, [[Butt Monkey|we'll leave you here to]] [[The Scapegoat|take the blame!!]] And by the time I'm done with you, you'll be sure it was ''all your fault!''
'''Danny:''' Man, I am so tired of you dumping on me. And I am ''so tired'' of dumping on myself. Jazz never did that, even when I was mad at her. [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|And I won't. Let her! DOWN!!]] *blasts Spectra*
'''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]]'':
* In ''[[South Park]]'', [[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk|Eric]] [[Complete Monster|Cartman]]
** 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
{{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:
{{quote|'''([[Mood Lighting]] on Homer's face shifts to dark accompanied by music sting)'''
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.]]
{{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)'''▼
▲'''(Bart and Lisa do so, Homer stands up and inhales deeply)'''
▲Homer (Loudly) F- (The rest of it is (luckily) drowned out by a loud, harsh F-cord on a pipe organ). }}
** 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".▼
▲* ''[[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]]'':
** 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
▲** 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":
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