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*** It's actually a technique, it first debuted when he first reaches [[SSJ 2]] 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.}}

{{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. It should probably be noted that this is a state of mind only- Domon becomes arguably more hotblooded when his Hyper Mode activates. I guess his is a hot blood tempered controlled, but not stemmed, by calm. It also demonstrated the difference between excitement and flat out anger.

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** After Pain {{spoiler|destroyed the village}}, he came on the receiving end of [[Super Mode|Sage Mode]] Naruto's [[Tranquil Fury]]. By the time he managed to get control of the battle again, Naruto had destroyed ''five'' of his bodies. Pain only triggered his [[Unstoppable Rage]] ''later'', when he nearly killed {{spoiler|Hinata}}.

** One way or another, it seems Zabuza is Kakashi's [[Berserk Button]]. In the most recent manga arc {{spoiler|Zabuza and Haku's resurrected bodies were taken over}} to fight in the war and their {{spoiler|minds blanked out for greater efficiency}}. This disrespect to their friendship and sacrifice is the final straw...

{{quote| "Look, it takes a lot to get me worked up, but this time my boiling point's as low as it's ever been. The Copy Ninja Kakashi, the man who copied one thousand techniques… is about to go on a rampage!"}}

{{quote|"Look, it takes a lot to get me worked up, but this time my boiling point's as low as it's ever been. The Copy Ninja Kakashi, the man who copied one thousand techniques… is about to go on a rampage!"}}

::: [[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.]]'''}}

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* 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.

** When Superman narrowly managed to defeat Subjekt-17, an alien with strength and speed on par with him coupled with [[Psychic Powers]], Subjekt-17 comments:

{{quote| "You get cold inside when angry, Superman, but never wild."}}

{{quote|"You get cold inside when angry, Superman, but never wild."}}

* Speaking of Bats... he starts off as [[The Stoic]], then goes into an [[Unstoppable Rage]], and then... let's just say that you really, really, ''really'' [[Curb Stomp Battle|don't want to make him go past that point]]. It's saying something when a normal human in that state can scare the hell out of characters akin to gods - then again, Batman ain't a "normal human" ''per se''.

* One story in ''[[Deadpool]]'' #900 has the Merc With The Mouth going to a psychiatrist. During the session Deadpool brings up his occasional "pro bono" work when something really catches his attention, and mentions a story about a therapist who took sexual advantage of a young girl who was his patient, eventually driving her to suicide. {{spoiler|Eventually it's revealed that he's speaking to that very same therapist. Deadpool then beheads the man and quietly walks away. The kicker? Deadpool's usual wisecracking internal dialogue was notably absent from the story until after the therapist was killed, showing that Deadpool was 100% not fucking around.}}

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* Emily Hastings from ''[[An Entry With a Bang (Fanfic)|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.

{{quote| '''Shino:''' What variety of flowers would be appropriate?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Shino:''' What variety of flowers would be appropriate?

'''Tenten:''' What?~~ ~~

'''Tenten:''' What?

'''Shino:''' For your teammate's funeral. }}

* [[Enemy of My Enemy (Fanfic)|Vtan]] [[Big Good|'Arume]] goes into this {{spoiler|after his old friend Rukth is killed}}. Vtan's human friend Perry states that this is the first time he's ever been truly scared of Vtan. Torikus also had a moment during which he acted like a "calculating murderer".

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** It's also one interpretation of {{spoiler|Kyon's mental state after someone nearly killed Tsuruya}}.

* In the last installment of the ''[[Elemental Chess Trilogy]]'', Roy Mustang is on trial {{spoiler|for the murder of Fuhrer Grumman}}. As the [[Amoral Attorney]] prosecutor continues to badger him about everything under the sun, he gets progressively more and more agitated. Then the prosecutor is pushing the idea that Roy committed the crime to further his ambitions, and Roy points out that even setting aside the other reasons he wouldn't have done it, he could never hurt his wife by committing such an act.

{{quote| "Well," says the prosecutor, "maybe you love your ambition more than you love your wife."~~ ~~

{{quote|"Well," says the prosecutor, "maybe you love your ambition more than you love your wife."

If Ed were blind, he would still be able to see that this is the Wrongest Thing anyone has ever said to Mustang. He fully expects him to light the prosecutor on fire, although this wouldn't exactly help his case. At the very least, he expects Mustang to explode.~~ ~~

If Ed were blind, he would still be able to see that this is the Wrongest Thing anyone has ever said to Mustang. He fully expects him to light the prosecutor on fire, although this wouldn't exactly help his case. At the very least, he expects Mustang to explode.

He doesn't. His black eyes are burning a hole through the prosecutor's head, but he remains seated, clutching the arms of the chair in a furious grip. And when he speaks, his voice is dangerously low and hissing, and fully informing the prosecutor that he has crossed the uncrossable line.~~ ~~

He doesn't. His black eyes are burning a hole through the prosecutor's head, but he remains seated, clutching the arms of the chair in a furious grip. And when he speaks, his voice is dangerously low and hissing, and fully informing the prosecutor that he has crossed the uncrossable line.

''"I don't love '''anything''' more than my wife."'' }}

* In ''[[The Last Spartan]]'', The Master Chief struggles to remain composed when [[Smug Snake|Saren]] {{spoiler|dismissively calls him by his real name.}}

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** 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.

** Fluttershy in ''[[Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]'', while fighting Razor. Until she deals the finishing blow.

{{quote| '''Fluttershy''': I... I will not run! You will not hurt my friends again!}}

{{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 3 weeks he decides he's seen enough and recalls something the First Hokage told him, "A Hokage must never give into rage. But, should your anger be too much to contain, you must make sure that your anger be three things. Your rage must be cold. Your rage must be reasoned. And your rage must be legendary." In the end, Naruto owns roughly 30% of Konoha, the Uchiha clan is down to six children, and the entire main branch of the Hyuuga clan has been wiped out except for Hinata (Hiashi had told Hanabi about Sarutobi's law).

* In ''[[MSLN Test Dummies]]'', [[Four-Star Badass|Roland]] goes into this when he learns about the screwed-up training battle Crash has gotten into.

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*** 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...~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Kittridge:''' Ethan, I understand you're upset...

'''Ethan:''' [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|Kittridge, you've never seen me very upset.]] }}

* In ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'':

{{quote| '''Inigo:''' [[Hello]]. [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]. [[You Killed My Father]]. [[Prepare to Die]].}}

{{quote|'''Inigo:''' [[Hello]]. [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]. [[You Killed My Father]]. [[Prepare to Die]].}}

** In the actual book, it is explained that this is what [[The Chessmaster|Vizzini]] becomes like when he gets mad: he speaks in a very soft voice, with a very calm face, and scares the ''hell'' out of Inigo and Fezzik. Of course, in the movie, he just gets higher and higher pitched.

* Dustin Hoffman's [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|long-awaited]] rampage at the end of ''[[Straw Dogs]]''. He's slightly nervous, and that's about it.

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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.}}

{{quote| [[spoiler:'''Captain America''': "Doctor Banner. Now might be a really good time for you to get angry."~~ ~~

{{quote|[[spoiler:'''Captain America''': "Doctor Banner. Now might be a really good time for you to get angry."

'''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.

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** 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.}}

{{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.}}

* Captain Carrot, in ''[[Discworld/Men At Arms|Men At Arms]]'' dropped the [[Big Bad]] with barely a word. He would be just doing his duty... if it weren't for {{spoiler|the [[Big Bad]] having shot his girlfriend}}. Significantly, he does so by putting a sword into (well, through) a stone, which earlier in the book is described as vastly more impressive than [[King Arthur|drawing a sword out of a stone]].

** 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."}}

{{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 ''[[Discworld/Night Watch|Night Watch]]'', facing Carcer, he calmly, carefully, and methodically disarms him, pins him against a wall, and {{spoiler|arrests him.}}

** Normally accompanied by Carrot calmly pointing out that "personal isn't the same as important." He really believes this too -- in ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]'' he manages to have a quiet sleep while sailing after his kidnapped girlfriend, because it won't do him any good if he's tired once he catches up to her.

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** Worth noting, though, turning the blade white is actually the opposite of Tranquil Fury. While hate and anger normally fuel the Sword's magic, it's ''love'' that turns it white.

* Guido usually regards violence and threats as work, but shows this in ''[[Myth Adventures|M.Y.T.H. Inc in Action]]'':

{{quote| "What are you? Some kind of PACIFIST?"~~ ~~

{{quote|"What are you? Some kind of PACIFIST?"

"What... did... you... call... me...?" I sez in my softest voice, which I only use on special occasions. }}

** This also tends to happen on the rare occasions when Skeeve ''really'' loses his temper. He gets very cold and very calm and people start backing away ''very'' fast.

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* Two examples from [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s ''[[Vorkosigan Saga]]''. The first is from ''Barrayar'' when Aral apparently catches Cordelia canoodling with Lt Koudelka. When Cordelia goes to have it out with him she wonders if she can keep her voice down and reflects: "Aral's no problem; when he gets mad he whispers."

** The second is referenced in this exchange from ''A Civil Campaign'':

{{quote| '''Ivan:''' . . .You don't what to know what [Emperor Gregor] looks like when he gets mad.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Ivan:''' . . .You don't what to know what [Emperor Gregor] looks like when he gets mad.

'''Byerly:''' [''Interested''] Why? What does he look like?~~ ~~

'''Byerly:''' [''Interested''] Why? What does he look like?

'''Ivan:''' Exactly the same as he does the rest of the time. That's the scary part. }}

** Incidentally, that event? Gregor was confronting the man who tried to murder his head of security, framed his foster brother for the crippling attack, then framed his new fiancee's friend ''and'' tried to bribe the aforementioned foster brother when that did not stick. The foster brother in question observed that he was "so neutral he was grey."

{{quote| '''Miles''': [''Thinking''] So this is what rage looks like on him.}}

{{quote|'''Miles''': [''Thinking''] So this is what rage looks like on him.}}

* ''[[Honor Harrington]]'':

** Honor personifies this in her duel with Pavel Young. He tried to rape her in the academy, he's used his family connections to block her advancement, he's left her to die when he was her superior, ''he arranged the death of her lover'', and when she managed to corner him and challenge him to a duel, he broke the laws on dueling by turning early. Her response was to send 3 bullets into his heart without a single twitch of facial muscle despite his cheating in the duel and ''turning around early to shoot her in the back''.

*** From the (first) climax of ''Flag in Exile'':

{{quote| Honor raised a hand, and shock stopped him in midsentence. No one ever interrupted the Protector of Grayson when he spoke from the throne! It was unheard of, but she seemed unaware of that. She simply gazed up at him, never even turning to glance at Burdette, and her cold, dispassionate soprano was as clear and carrying as his own voice had been.~~ ~~

{{quote|Honor raised a hand, and shock stopped him in midsentence. No one ever interrupted the Protector of Grayson when he spoke from the throne! It was unheard of, but she seemed unaware of that. She simply gazed up at him, never even turning to glance at Burdette, and her cold, dispassionate soprano was as clear and carrying as his own voice had been.

"Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled, or dead?" }}

*** Moreover, she maintains that utter calm throughout the (very short) duel, and it's exactly what enables her to kill the far more experienced swordsman Burdette.

*** This is how her ''husband'' sees her.

{{quote| It was a merciless something, her "monster"—something that went far beyond military talent, or skills, or even courage. Those things, he knew without conceit, he, too, possessed in plenty. But not that deeply personal something at the core of her, as unstoppable as Juggernaut, merciless and colder than space itself, that no sane human being would ever willingly rouse. In that instant her husband knew, with an icy shiver which somehow, perversely, only made him love her even more deeply, that as he gazed into those agate-hard eyes, he looked into the gates of Hell itself. And whatever anyone else might think, he knew now that there was no fire in Hell. There was only the handmaiden of death, and ice, and purpose, and a determination which would not—could not—relent or rest.}}

{{quote|It was a merciless something, her "monster"—something that went far beyond military talent, or skills, or even courage. Those things, he knew without conceit, he, too, possessed in plenty. But not that deeply personal something at the core of her, as unstoppable as Juggernaut, merciless and colder than space itself, that no sane human being would ever willingly rouse. In that instant her husband knew, with an icy shiver which somehow, perversely, only made him love her even more deeply, that as he gazed into those agate-hard eyes, he looked into the gates of Hell itself. And whatever anyone else might think, he knew now that there was no fire in Hell. There was only the handmaiden of death, and ice, and purpose, and a determination which would not—could not—relent or rest.}}

*** Her reaction when she finds some of her captured subordinates who have been brutally raped and beaten over and over and over, in ''The Honor of the Queen''. She calmly walks out of the room, finds the CO of the base that allowed it to happen, and is only barely prevented from calmly blowing his brains out when a marine in power armor physically interposes himself, while begging her to not do it. She doesn't actually lower the gun, however, until a man representing the local authorities promises the man will be executed by the courts.

** Havenite leader Eloise Pritchart is manages to remain calm, if frustrated, while negotiations with Manticore spiral downward during ''War of Honor''. Arnold Giancola, {{spoiler|who's been manipulating diplomatic correspondence}} realizes too late that he went too far and Eloise's outward calm actually hid the fact that she was pissed off enough to order a resumption of hostilities.

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** "Look at me."

* The eponymous hero of [[Andrew Vachss]]' [http://www.vachss.com/av_novels/index_theburkeseries.html Burke] novels is a master of this:

{{quote| You know what it takes to sit across the table from a man, listen to him talk, look into his eyes ... and then blow his brains all over the wallpaper?~~ ~~

{{quote|You know what it takes to sit across the table from a man, listen to him talk, look into his eyes ... and then blow his brains all over the wallpaper?

Nothing.~~ ~~

Nothing.

And the more of that you have, the easier it is. }}

* John Kelly/Clark, from [[Tom Clancy]]'s ''[[Jack Ryan]]'' novels, is another shining example; indeed, the Dryden quote in the quotes page for this trope appears on the opening page of ''Without Remorse,'' the book that explains how and why Navy SEAL and Vietnam vet John Kelly became the CIA's deadliest black operative, Mr. Clark.

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*** It's even worse than that: Gurgeh was chosen because he is the best player of games in the Culture, a civilization which sees games as a [[Serious Business|very important elaborate form of art]], and his play style actually epitomize the way the Culture behaves as a civilization: the way he plays is basically the way the Culture conducts politics, diplomacy and war: they're good at it, they tend to be decontracted about it, until someone push the [[Berserk Button|wrong buttons]], at which point their happy go lucky attitude collapse and they turn into one of the [[Superweapon Surprise|most ruthless civilization of the known universe]]. If anything the first chapters showing Gurgeh's ordinary life are here to show that the Culturniks are really a [[Beware the Nice Ones|nice people]] and their happy go lucky attitude is not [[Faux Affably Evil|merelly a facade]].

* Yo-less, in ''[[Johnny Maxwell Trilogy|Johnny and the Bomb]]''.

{{quote| [Johnny]'d never seen Yo-less so angry. It was a kind of rigid, brittle anger.}}

{{quote|[Johnny]'d never seen Yo-less so angry. It was a kind of rigid, brittle anger.}}

* When [[Kate Daniels]] is angry, she swears and threatens violence. When she's really angry, she sits still and speaks calmly, and only her [[Empathic Weapon]] gives her away.

{{quote| Red made me very, very angry.~~ ~~

{{quote|Red made me very, very angry.

"Your sword's smoking," the female bouda said.~~ ~~

"Your sword's smoking," the female bouda said.

"It does that occasionally." My voice sounded flat. }}

* Douglas Hill's series ''Last Legionary.'' A sci-fi story, a entire planet of warriors trained from birth to the utmost levels of physical and mental perfection, to sell their services as mercenaries. Until all but one gets wiped out by a planet-killer bomb. The best part? This is the state of mind ''every last one of them'' gets trained in for combat purposes.

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* In ''[[The Dresden Files|Changes]]'', this pretty much defines how Harry spends the majority of the book, with him struggling to keep his ever-intensifying anger at what is happening to his daughter from transforming into an outright [[Unstoppable Rage]]. As he points out at the beginning of the book, a wizard who cuts loose can level city blocks in their fury, so he has to keep his anger on a tight leash. It nonetheless leaks out; for example, when fighting the vampires in his office building, Harry keeps his cool but unthinkingly pumps [[White Magic|soulfire]] into his flame blasts, without even considering the consequences, because he's ''that damned angry'', proving that even Tranquil Fury can potentially be self-destructive.

* In the last book of ''[[The Thrawn Trilogy]]'', [[Ax Crazy]] Jedi Master clone Joruus C'baoth (half of the trilogy's [[Big Bad Duumvirate]]), goes into a quite spectacular [[Villainous Breakdown]] during the climax. At first, he's completely flipped and incoherently raging, but then he goes right ''past'' that and straight into Tranquil Fury. Everyone thinks it's ''much'' more disturbing than the mad screaming.

{{quote| C'baoth (in a perfectly calm, level voice): You will die for that, Mara Jade. Slowly, and in ''great pain''.}}

{{quote|C'baoth (in a perfectly calm, level voice): You will die for that, Mara Jade. Slowly, and in ''great pain''.}}

** Also in [[Star Wars]], ''[[Legacy of the Force]]'' has this happen to {{spoiler|Luke Skywalker, of all people, after his wife is killed. No hammy temper tantrums like his father}}; simply an unbreakable resolve to avenge her that probably nothing in the galaxy could stop.

* In ''Emperor Mage'' by Tamora Pierce, the third book in the Immortals Quartet, this happens to Daine {{spoiler|when she finds out the Emperor Ozorne has already executed her teacher Numair while she was out of it}}. And scares the living shit out of everyone nearby.

{{quote| Coolness trickled into her mind until her skull was filled with it. Her world seemed extra sharp and extra real. Part of her, someplace deep inside, wailed; ''that'' seemed unreal, as if she watched a crying baby from a great distance.~~ ~~

{{quote|Coolness trickled into her mind until her skull was filled with it. Her world seemed extra sharp and extra real. Part of her, someplace deep inside, wailed; ''that'' seemed unreal, as if she watched a crying baby from a great distance.

Kaddar was shaking her. "Daine! Can you hear me?"~~ ~~

Kaddar was shaking her. "Daine! Can you hear me?"

She gently pushed his hands away. "Stop that. I'm thinking."~~ ~~

She gently pushed his hands away. "Stop that. I'm thinking."

His eyes and Tano's held the same worried, frightened look. "You weren't answering. You looked frozen-"~~ ~~

His eyes and Tano's held the same worried, frightened look. "You weren't answering. You looked frozen-"

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. }}

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** 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."}}

{{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|"[[This Is Sparta|I. Never. Would.]]", destroying that man's support with three words.}} If you pay attention to the background music as he holds the guns, guess what it is? Drums. Yeah that's right. The Doctor was nearly pushed into becoming The Master mk2.

** 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.]

** The Eleventh Doctor shows flashes of this a couple times <ref>The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, and The Hungry Earth, among others</ref> and is genuinely menacing. You do ''not'' want to get him angry at you. He also displays some truly fearsome Tranquil Fury in "A Good Man Goes To War", complete with the [[Humiliation Conga]] for the target of his anger.

{{quote| '''The Doctor:''' Those words. "Run away." I want you to be famous for those exact words. I want people to call you Colonel Runaway. I want children laughing outside your door, 'cause they've found the house of Colonel Runaway. And when people come to you and ask if trying to get to me THROUGH THE PEOPLE I LOVE!...is in any way a good idea, I want you to tell them your name.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''The Doctor:''' Those words. "Run away." I want you to be famous for those exact words. I want people to call you Colonel Runaway. I want children laughing outside your door, 'cause they've found the house of Colonel Runaway. And when people come to you and ask if trying to get to me THROUGH THE PEOPLE I LOVE!...is in any way a good idea, I want you to tell them your name.

'''The Doctor:''' Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many. }}

*** Rory demonstrates this trope at the start of the episode as well, with the "fury" of it trickling through when he {{spoiler|orders the Cyber Commander of the 12th Cyber Legion to tell him where his wife is.}} When his question goes unanswered, {{spoiler|''every single other ship of the 12th Cyber Legion is destroyed.''}}

{{quote| '''Rory Williams''': Would you like me to ''repeat'' the question?}}

{{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|Murdock]] is the sweetest, friendliest, [[Cloudcuckoolander|insane guy]] you will ever meet. Unless you shoot his best friend. If you are stupid enough to do this, he will stare silently at you with a look that could kill, he will walk up to you, unarmed, while you are still holding a loaded gun, and he will calmly tell you that you are just one step away from being in the same condition as his best friend that you just shot. Then, when he and his other friends have regained control of the situation, he will pin you against a wall and pound you relentlessly until he is forcibly pulled off of you. [[Berserk Button|Do. Not. Hurt.]] [[Unstoppable Rage|Murdock's. Best. Friend.]]

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** 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 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.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Wilson''': I say, would you mind awfully if you could stand up.

''He stands and Wilson promptly lands a punch on his face.''~~ ~~

''He stands and Wilson promptly lands a punch on his face.''

'''Wilson''':''(to Mainwaring)'' Do carry on sir. }}

* Dan on ''Roseanne'' often played into this trope when he was really angry or disappointed.

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** Delenn usually expresses anger with an imperious [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]. But during the Drakh attack in ''Lines of Communication'', when she said "who said we were leaving" you knew the drakh were doomed.

* Wash of ''[[Firefly]]'' was supposed to become deadly serious when things got serious. As the DVD commentary explains, that plan did not survive contact with Alan Tudyk. However, despite the jokey lines, Wash ''is'' usually extraordinarily calm, beyond even [[Deadpan Snarker]].

{{quote| '''Wash:''' Yeah, well, if she doesn't give us some extra flow from the engine room to offset the burn-through, this landing is gonna get pretty interesting.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Wash:''' Yeah, well, if she doesn't give us some extra flow from the engine room to offset the burn-through, this landing is gonna get pretty interesting.

'''Mal:''' Define "interesting."~~ ~~

'''Mal:''' Define "interesting."

'''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…

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== Music ==

* [[Geto Boys]], "Scarface":

{{quote| Caught my breath hit the fry and I stepped calm~~ ~~

{{quote|Caught my breath hit the fry and I stepped calm

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.

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* [[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|More Than Mind Controlled]] 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]].

** Ironically, it's the [[Ascended Fanboy]], [[Hot-Blooded]] pilot Ryusei Date who notices this trope induced first. Bonus points for him because he's only known Kyosuke for a short while in comparison to his comrades:

{{quote| '''Katina:''' Wow. He can stay calm even through this?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Katina:''' Wow. He can stay calm even through this?

'''Ryusei:''' No. I've never seen him this angry before. }}

** Katina's...special with rage.

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* ''[[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.

{{quote| '''Shepherd''': ''[draws a gun and speaks in a calm voice]'' Conrad, let me make this perfectly clear. ''[shoots Conrad in the foot]'' This is not acceptable.}}

{{quote|'''Shepherd''': ''[draws a gun and speaks in a calm voice]'' Conrad, let me make this perfectly clear. ''[shoots Conrad in the foot]'' This is not acceptable.}}

** In the Operation Overlord DLC, one can ''hear'' this in Shepard's voice if s/he chooses to {{spoiler|spare David and take him to Grissom Academy}}. When Dr. Archer draws his gun, Shepard's only response is to [[Pistol Whip]] him and then tell him, in cold, calm, enraged, and entirely certain terms, that if Archer {{spoiler|tries to come after his brother again}}, that [[Good Is Not Soft|"This bullet will be waiting for you."]]

** [[Mass Effect 3]]: Talk to Kaidan (generally the most [[Lawful Good|LG]] guy on your team) after the mission on {{spoiler|Sanctuary}}, and you'll find him calmly and evenly describing how the Illusive Man is a murderous asshole who had better say his prayers. Tali has a good one during the endgame, especially if Shepard romanced her. After viewing a video showing how {{spoiler|The Illusive Man planned to emotionally manipulate Shepard}}, she has only 4 words to say in response.

** Shepard's final confrontation with Kai Leng. After Shepard curb-stomps him, leaving him defeated-but-alive, s/he calmly goes back to what they were doing before the assassin showed up. Kai-Leng slowly gets back to his feet, picks up his sword, walks over and prepares to strike Shepard from behind. In a split second, Shepard turns around, {{spoiler|either dodges or breaks the sword in half with their ''bare hands'', unfurls their omniblade and [[Karmic Death|stabs him hard in the gut.]]}}

{{quote| '''Shepard''': That was for {{spoiler|Thane/Miranda/Kirrahe}}, ''you son of a bitch''.}}

{{quote|'''Shepard''': That was for {{spoiler|Thane/Miranda/Kirrahe}}, ''you son of a bitch''.}}

* Diego Armando at the end of Case 3-4 of [[Ace Attorney]]. Having witnessed what {{spoiler|Dahlia Hawthorne}} has done, he calls her a witch, claims that [[This Is Unforgivable!]] and then squeezes his coffee cup so hard that it shatters and the shards cut him. Then he turn to Mia, smiling and with his hand full of blood and tells her it isn't over yet.

* In ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', Fenris is nearly permanently in this state. One of his abilities (Veneer of Calm) even invokes this, noting that while outwardly he appears calm and emotionless, inwardly he's infuriated and deals more damage based on the amount of damage he himself has taken.

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** As your constant conversing with him along the Lonesome Road shows, Ulysses speaks to you calmly, slowly and with pure unbridled hate dripping from every word.

* This is presumably why casting Calm in the middle of combat is a very [[The Many Deaths of You|bad idea]] in [[Quest for Glory I]].

{{quote| ''Why, how cute! You cast the Calm spell, and the monster visibly relaxed. Why, now it's calmly and relaxedly ripping you to shreds and eating you.''}}

{{quote|''Why, how cute! You cast the Calm spell, and the monster visibly relaxed. Why, now it's calmly and relaxedly ripping you to shreds and eating you.''}}

* Garrett from ''[[Thief]]''. He's hardly interested in the City's various nutty goings on and has nerves of iron, but even at his most emotional he rarely so much as raises his voice. Try to assassinate him and narrowly fail? He's annoyed by the lack of style, and proceeds to comprehensively destroy the enemy's credibility. {{spoiler|Eyeball ripped ''straight out of his head''? Well, he screams at the time, but recounts the event with at best mild irritation. Robbing a ''god'' - the one who ripped his eye out? He's intrigued by the challenge. Fanatical splinter group converting homeless people into cyborg slaves, consciousness intact but tormented, without will and unable to die? "I could really learn to hate these guys."}} Threaten to destroy the entire city, and possibly more? He'll take his time to think of a nice, methodical way to crush you. Kill his friends, and all hell will break loose...but he'll remain chillingly calm throughout. And then you'll die very suddenly, [[Stealth Expert|without ever seeing him]] [[Paranoia Fuel|at all]].

* With all the anger tropes in the game, ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' would obviously use this at some point. His {{spoiler|[[Eleventh-Hour Superpower|Mantra Form]] is basically all the anger of Asura's berserker form, concentrated into a much more powerful, more controlled form. His anger hasn't diminished in the slightest, but he no longer has any control gone.}}

* In ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'', after seeing that the Penguin is torturing and murdering captured cops, Batman never raises his voice at all, but it's quite clear that he is absolutely enraged.

{{quote| '''Batman:''' I was only here for Fries and the hostages. But now, I'm taking you down to.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Batman:''' I was only here for Fries and the hostages. But now, I'm taking you down to.

'''Penguin:''' Aren't you scary! ([[Evil Laugh]])~~ ~~

'''Penguin:''' Aren't you scary! ([[Evil Laugh]])

'''Batman:''' You're about to find out. }}

* Do ''not'' let [[Magical Diary|Ellen]] find out that you decided to forgive [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Da]][[Bastard Boyfriend|mi]][[Noble Demon|en]]. She will quietly, emphatically back Virginia up as the born-witch kicks you out of the room, stating that you can come back at night to sleep, but otherwise they don't want to see your face. She will then wait until the final exam where she will attempt to blackmail you into dumping Damien, threatening to throw the exam if you refuse to comply. Think you can just break your [[Magically-Binding Contract|promise]]? {{spoiler|Doing so gives you the absolutely darkest ending in the game, as you lose your magic and would lose your memories of all your time in the magical world if not for Damien carrying you off to safety as he promises you he'll help you regain your powers...netting you the "Walking in Darkness" achievement, as his methods are strongly implied to be less than morally pure.}}

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* In ''[[Sam and Fuzzy]]'', what did begin with a normal and quite amusing, really, [http://samandfuzzy.com/archive.php?comicID=974 Unstoppable Rage], became first a little [http://samandfuzzy.com/archive.php?comicID=975 monologue] from Mr. Black (that, actually, made me feel really bad for Mr. Blank), then [http://samandfuzzy.com/archive.php?comicID=976 Tranquil Fury] from Mr. Blank. The funny thing? ''I'm even more sorry for Mr. Blank''... even if that is, probably, a [[Kick the Dog]] moment. Or... [[Shoot the Dog]]. Choose the best.

* In ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' prequel book [[Start of Darkness]], the lich Xykon discovers that he no longer has a sense of taste after attempting to chug a cup of truly horrendous coffee. What follows next is a terrifying example of this trope that demonstrates the gulf between the mortal Xykon and the undead version, as he coldly murders a waitress he had earlier described as very attractive. When Right-Eye gets angry, Xykon throws him against the wall and begins strangling him to death. Redcloak is only able to prevent Xykon from killing them both with a desperate bluff, though he still throws both goblins through a nearby window before announcing that he is now in charge. During the entire encounter, Xykon never once raises his voice.

{{quote| Pathetic little green worm. I ought to pop your sickeningly warm head off of your disgusting fluid-filled sack of organs.}}

{{quote|Pathetic little green worm. I ought to pop your sickeningly warm head off of your disgusting fluid-filled sack of organs.}}

* 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.

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** "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 [[Mc Elroy]]. 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.''}}

{{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 [[Mc Elroy]]. 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 admits his own surprise at the state of mind.

{{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.}}

{{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.}}

* [[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.

* ''[[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.

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** 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.'')

** 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?]]

{{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]]''.

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* ''[[Justice League]]'' has a good example of what would happen if you push [[Superman]] too far. Many times, mind you. {{spoiler|Superman kills [[Lex Luthor]], with his heat vision. Superman talking about [[World of Cardboard Speech|World of Cardboard]].}}

* 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!~~ ~~

{{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*

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** 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]]."'''}}

{{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)'''~~ ~~

{{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?~~ ~~

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| '''(lowers letter slowly, his pupils shrink in anger)'''~~ ~~

{{quote|'''(lowers letter slowly, his pupils shrink in anger)'''

Homer (dangerously calm): Kids, would you step outside for a second?~~ ~~

Homer (dangerously calm): Kids, would you step outside for a second?

'''(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). }}

* ''[[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"]]:

* ''[[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.

{{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!]]}}

{{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]].

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* 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."}}

{{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."}}