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Line 1: {{Useful Notes}} [[File:It's not about the ramen.png\|350px\|thumb]] A PTSD [['''Trigger]]''', also known as ~~[[Trigger\|~~'''triggering]]''' content, is material that affects someone who has gone through trauma in a way that sets off Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Other types of triggers exist: [[I Need a Freaking Drink]] is when something triggers someone to need alcohol (or another substance). A negative behavior trigger is something that triggers an addictive response as opposed to trauma. Seizure triggers are flashing lights or other patterns that affect people with photosensitive seizures, and suicide triggering is the invoking of suicidal or hopeless feelings in a depressed person. The [[Berserk Button]] is triggering of anger or irrational rage. Information regarding triggering or specifically relevant quotes should be placed on the [[Trigger/~~Useful Notes~~Analysis\|Useful Notes]] page, which has a more in-depth description of triggers and the meta concept for those interested. This page is for the discussion of [[In-Universe]] triggering only. '''Do not put trigger warnings on any All The Tropes pages other than [[Fan Fic Recommendations]].''' Works that have full pages should already indicate the existence of triggering content in the description or trope list in a natural way, and a trope's description should be a good indication of whether or not there will be any significant triggering content in its examples. Compare the [[Ban on Politics]] (an attempt at handling a near-universal [[Berserk Button]]), the [[Nuclear Weapons Taboo]], [[Trigger Phrase]], and [[Too Soon]]. ~~Not to be confused with [[Squick]] which may be unsettling, but is not a psychological trigger.~~ Not to be confused with [[Squick]] which may be unsettling, but is not a psychological trigger. Also not to be confused with [[Roy Rogers]]' horse, unless you're severely equinophobic. And not to be confused with [[Trigger (film)\|the 2010 film of the same name]]. Or the studio that made ''[[Kill la Kill]]'' and ''[[Darling in the Franxx]]''. ~~{{noreallife}}~~ {{noreallife\|we don't want to paint targets on people's backs for [[Troll]]s.}} {{examples}} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * In ''[[Clannad (visual novel)\|Clannad]]'', Kotomi sees a bus crash and hearing that Ryou might have been on the bus caused her to have a [[Freak-Out]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB40_Vxd2Fw Observe].▼ == [[Comic Books]] == ▲* In [[Clannad]], Kotomi sees a bus crash and hearing that Ryou might have been on the bus caused her to have a [[Freak-Out]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB40_Vxd2Fw Observe]. * Frank, from ''[[Minimonsters]]'' is normally a cool, calm and collected [[Gadgeteer Genius]]. When someone calls him "ugly", [[Stepford Smiler\|his confident façade]] ''[[Broken Ace\|cracks]]'', and his [[Nervous Wreck]] nature and [[Inferiority Superiority Complex\|poor self-esteem]] come to the surface. ** A more comedic version is [[The Rival\|Morty]]. Mention "brains" around him, and he'll turn from [[Faux Affably Evil]] to just plain crazy. == Film ==▼ ▲== [[Film]] == * In the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] movie ''[[Spellbound]]'', an amnesia victim becomes uncomfortable every time he sees a pattern of wavy dark lines against a white background, because it reminds him {{spoiler\|of the event which caused his amnesia - he had witnessed a murder at a ski resort, the dark lines were ski tracks in the snow}}. * The original version of ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (novel)\|The Manchurian Candidate]]''. Actually one of the first films to explore ~~[[Trigger\|~~triggering]] in depth, before the term was even generally used to describe it. While there's plenty of [[Critical Research Failure]] and such to go around and using ~~[[Trigger\|~~triggers]] to create an assassin is likely impossible in [[Real Life]] (thankfully), and while it is definitely [[Played for Drama]], the idea of using emotional ~~[[Trigger\|~~triggers]] to manipulate people into doing things they would not otherwise do or act against their own self-interest is actually [[Truth in Television]]. * In ''[[The Muppets (film)\|The Muppets]]'' (2011), they find Animal in a therapy session to control his aggressive impulses. Turns out "drums" is a trigger word for him, to no one's surprise. It's also one for [[Jack Black]]. == [[Literature]] == * The protagonist of ''[[Use of Weapons]]'' refuses to sit in chairs. It almost feels as if this [[Played for Laughs]] at first, until the references to a white chair and "the Chairmaker" pile up more and more often. It isn't until the end of the book that you learn he has [[Complete Monster\|very good reasons]] for it.▼ ▲* The protagonist of [[Use of Weapons]] refuses to sit in chairs. It almost feels as if this [[Played for Laughs]] at first, until the references to a white chair and "the Chairmaker" pile up more and more often. It isn't until the end of the book that you learn he has [[Complete Monster\|very good reasons]] for it. == Live Action TV ==▼ ▲== [[Live -Action TV ]] == * On ''[[Cheers]]'' when Woody's old girlfriend shows up he constantly goes out eating with her. He reveals that he used to be obese back in Indiana but since he moved to Boston he's thin. The other guys realize his old girlfriend is his eating trigger, but don't know how to break it to him. * ''[[True Blood]]'': Line 34 ⟶ 37: * ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]'': Barbara Havers, back on the job after being {{spoiler\|shot in the stomach}} in the previous episode, shows obvious signs of PTSD throughout the episode; she is nervy and jumpy even more than her usual. Lynley is concerned, but doesn't want to interfere. When she is {{spoiler\|held hostage at gunpoint}}, however, Barbara completely flies off the handle and attacks {{spoiler\|the man pointing the gun at her}}, using him for a punching bag until Lynley gets there, pulls her off and talks her down with a [[Cooldown Hug]]. It must be emphasized that he could ''only'' manage this because of Barbara's implicit and unconditional trust in him; anyone else trying the same thing would have ''also'' been used as a punching bag, and in fact Barbara obviously nails Lynley a time or two before he can get through to her and she recognizes him. == [[Web Comics ]] == * In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [~~http~~https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20140209180606/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3577 Slick sees the pit leading to Hell, and remembers when he was in Hell.]▼ ▲* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3577 Slick sees the pit leading to Hell, and remembers when he was in Hell.] * In ''[[Goblins]]'', Kin is triggered [http://www.goblinscomic.com/04132012/ by being trapped under a tree], since she used to be raped nightly be [[Complete Monster\|Dellyn Goblinslayer]], who was part-tree. == [[Web Original ]] ==▼ * ''[[Rise]]'', an [[Original Character]] tournament game, has one of these for almost every character.▼ * Flippy from ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'' takes this trope to the extreme; anything can (and will) trigger his PTSD.▼ == [[Western Animation ]] == * Played for laughs (inevitably enough) in ''[[Family Guy]]'', where Peter's impersonation of Ralph from ''[[The Honeymooners]]'' triggers Lois' brother's memories of walking in on their mother's affair with Jackie Gleason (an event which put him into an insane asylum and turned him into a serial killer). * From ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'': {{quote\|'''Edward:''' You and Trevor have a lot in common, you know. '''Douglas:''' And what might that be? '''Edward:''' Scrap. '''Douglas:''' Don't use that word! You're making my wheels wobble! }} * Mrs Puff from ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' freaks out when he shows up and talks to her when he's at work. ▲== Web Original == ▲* [[Rise]], an [[Original Character]] tournament game, has one of these for almost every character. ▲* Flippy from [[Happy Tree Friends]] takes this trope to the extreme; anything can (and will) trigger his PTSD. {{reflist}} [[Category:Meta Concepts]] [[Category:Truth in Television]] [[Category:Trigger]]▼ [[Category:No Real Life Examples, Please]] ▲[[Category:~~Trigger~~{{PAGENAME}}]]