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Used widely in [[Shonen Demographic]] anime. Perhaps because the young male demographic likes to see fast and brutal retribution against enemies who most likely [[Bullying a Dragon|brought]] [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|it]] [[Acceptable Targets|on]] [[Asshole Victim|themselves.]]

 

 

 

Interestingly enough, this usually has the opposite effect on villains. Making them angry usually causes them to lose focus, and make poor decisions. [[Turns Red|Unless they are a video game enemy]].

Compare with [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]. See also [[Rage Breaking Point]] and [[Rant-Inducing Slight]], where this is set off by a multitude of things piling up until a final event proves to be the last straw.

 

 

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== Anime ==

** Only when he gets into his early adulthood is he actually able to fully access it without any emotional assistance. Other than that, the power disappeared soon after Gohan went Super Saiyan 2; Vegeta even later comments that he was a lot stronger when he was a kid.

** Likely due to being calmer with age, since at first, all someone had to do is down Krillin to get Gohan to go crazy. Later, Cell had to practically torture his friends and family to make Gohan lose it and after that, he only lost his temper after feeling shame and realizing Majin Buu was going to be released.

** That's not Kira angry. Go watch the episode where {{spoiler|He and Athrun succumb to their rage and try to kill one another.}} Both of them convey their rage very well with the sheer brutality of their attacks. No more hesitation, no more clever tricks. Their minds are set on the same part of the dial: "Two men enter, one man leaves." {{spoiler|Unfortunately for Kira, between the two of them, Athrun is the better of the two in melee combat.}}

** To say nothing of Shinn from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]''.

** Setsuna F. Seiei from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam 00]]'' generally keeps very good control of himself if he gets mad, but he does have one case of pure rage: during the intervention in Azodistan, he witnesses a scene that reminds him of the horrific war he participated in [[Child Soldiers|as a child]], which causes him to snap and go completely ballistic on the attacking Suits. Most of the time, in ''Gundam 00'', blind rage = quick death for pilots, be they flying a Gundam or not.

* Fuyuki Hinata in the manga/anime ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' becomes so frightening when angry that all other characters shrink back in horror. It takes a very serious personal offence to rile him.

** After being knocked unconscious by Paul's Ursaring in a later battle, the true extent of Chimchar's power is unleashed and it needs a [[Cooldown Hug]] when it doesn't go back to normal. This unnatural power has been explained as its ability, Blaze.

*** Later on, after it's evolved into Monferno, it does this again, and requires another [[Cooldown Hug]] from Ash in order to calm down. {{spoiler|Then it evolves into Infernape, after which it's able to control the Ability.}}

** [[Played for Laughs]] with Jessie, especially [[Berserk Button|when her hair gets damaged]]. Poor Seviper [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|found out the hard way.]]

** None of the above hold a candle to a pissed-off [[Physical God|Mewtwo.]]

** The best and aforementioned example the third season, after Yugi's soul is taken by the Oricalchos and Insector Haga taunts Yami by tearing up a card in front of him claiming it was Yugi's, just "as a joke", and Yami ''completely loses it''.

*** Even worse for Haga: Since a duel within the Seal is effectively a Shadow Game, he ''physically felt each and every blow Breaker dealt to him.'' The true chill-down-the-spine moment, however, comes shortly after he reveals his ruse:

{{quote|'''Yami:''' Wash your neck and wait, Haga.}}

**** This order was traditionally given to prisoners before being executed, meaning Yami had gone past saying "I'm going to kick your ass" and issued ''a death sentence'' to Haga, which he then proceeded to carry out with ''brutal'' efficiency.

* In ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', Phoenix Ikki goes into unstoppable rage mode when his master, Guilty, kills his [[Morality Pet]] Esmeralda ''[[Kick the Dog|specifically]]'' [[Moral Event Horizon|to provoke him]] into fighting. It ends very badly for Guilty.....very.

* Subaru of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S]]'' is normally a [[Genki Girl|happy and energetic sort]]... until you hurt and threaten to take away her sister, that is. Then her [[Glowing Eyes of Doom|eyes go glowy]] as [[Chunky Updraft|rocks around her float from residual energy]]. Her [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stcdeabi8WU resulting rampage] sent two of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] scurrying and put one of their strongest and most experienced members out of commission for the rest of the season.

** Speaking of uncharacteristic rage, T.K.'s/Takaishi Takeru had moments of intense anger in ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]''. The first time said anger was shown has him physically beating the Digimon Kaiser while shrugging off the blows of the latter's whip.

*** And [[Tranquil Fury|he looks and talks so damn calmly]] [[Dissonant Serenity|just before]] [[Beware the Nice Ones|doing that.]]

* In ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'', Chrono has moments when his [[Berserk Button]] is pressed where he taps into his demonic power and starts to attack indiscriminately. In one particularly bad moment of this, he sets part of a city ablaze and {{spoiler|nearly kills Rosette because of the massive drain on her soul}}. Which sends him into a [[Heroic BSOD]] afterwards. A major key in the events leading up to the climax is Chrono learning to control his rage.

* In ''[[Hellsing]]'', {{spoiler|Zorin Blitz kills Pip as he tries to carry a blinded and severely wounded Seras to safety. He requests for Seras to drink his blood so "they can defeat them together" just before he dies. Filled with intense sadness which quickly becomes rage, Seras fulfills his last wish and her true vampiric abilites awaken. She then proceeds to go batshit insane and slaughters Zorin's mooks, and finally grinds Zorin's head on the wall like a cheese grater.}}

** Also during the Valentine Brothers attack on the Headquarters.

* Subverted? In a [[Shonen Demographic]] anime? Unnatural! But in ''[[Shaman King]]'', rage clouds your mind, and causes you to squander your energy. It's specifically considered something to be avoided.

** Demonstrated quite well in the Yoh vs. Faust VIII fight. Faust taunts and enrages Yoh from the start of the fight by harming Manta, and when Yoh is on his last legs, his last-ditch strategy is to punch Faust's [[Berserk Button]] as hard as he can. And it probably would have worked if Yoh had had just a little more furyoku to spare.

* ''[[Busou Renkin]]'' has a good chunk of rage, with {{spoiler|a Victorized Kazuki duking it out with Victor.}} There's also Tokiko, who pumps rage through her veins instead of blood.

* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'': In episode 5, Sagara and Tsubaki ''really'' piss off the school janitor, who transforms in to a [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw-wielding]] monstrosity that [[Offhand Backhand|easily fends off]] their combined attacks, swallows hand grenades, and chases them around the school like puppies.

* Hamel in ''[[Violinist of Hameln]]'', when he transforms into a monster.

** Do not anger Luffy enough to make him take off his hat. God help you if you make Luffy take off his hat. How can you do this? Insult anyone's dreams, hurt his friends, mock anything to do with a pirate's pride, threaten anyone close to him...

** And if you want to make it several billion times worse, if you [[Hat Damage|step on Luffy's hat or do anything to damage it]], 2 steps will follow:

** Tell Sanji that his chivalry is naïve, that he can't protect anyone, mock his status as a chef, ''waste food'' or insult a beautiful lady in his presence. For maximum effect, do all of the above at the same time.

** Although this could also go under [[Tranquil Fury]], there's also {{spoiler|Whitebeard}} in the War of the Best, where after {{spoiler|everyone witnesses Ace's death and despite sustaining heavy injuries from being shot, stabbed, slashed, burned and having half his face melted off, he defeats Akainu in 2 hits, the second hit destroying most of Marineford and separating the pirates and Marines with a giant chasm.}} In short, never, ''ever'' piss the old man off.

* Roberta from ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' normally spends her days as a bad maid, but if you kidnap or kill her masters, she will hunt you down through single photographs and kill you. You have a slight chance of surviving if you are a member of the Green Berets, otherwise you are ''dead''.

* Shortly after Kiyomaro of ''[[Zatch Bell]]'' comes [[Back From the Dead]] and completely wipes the floor with his opponents, one of them taunts Kiyomaro with mention of his fallen allies and receives an epic beating with epic use of [[Demon Head]] on Kiyomaro's part.

* Miu gets this when she finds her friends {{spoiler|badly beaten by Shou Kanou}} during the D of D arc in ''[[Historys Strongest Disciple Kenichi]]''. How does Kenichi snap her out of it? ''By groping her chest''. Which was apparently a ''technique'' that [[Dirty Old Man|Ma Kensei]] taught him.

* Negi Springfield of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' goes into one of these when {{spoiler|he finally meets the demon who [[Taken for Granite|petrified]] his [[Doomed Hometown|home town]] on that [[Snow Means Death|snowy day]]}}. Actually a subversion, since he almost meets the same fate. It's only after collecting himself that he mixes it with [[Dissonant Serenity]] and starts kicking ass.

** It happens again when [[Smug Snake|Kurt Godel]] [[I Shall Taunt You|starts taunting]] Negi about his past. {{spoiler|The fact that Kurt claims to be responsible for Negi's [[Doomed Hometown]], combined with the fact that Negi's [[Black Magic]] is starting to get out of his control means that [[Super-Powered Evil Side|bad things are starting to happen]].}}

* ''[[Bleach]]'':

** In the earlier parts of the manga, pushing Ichigo too far was an invitation for his [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Inner Hollow]] to come out and play. Eventually, he's driven into an unstoppable form of pure instinct as a result of Orihime being left vulnerable to Ulquiorra. This results in both Ulquiorra and Ishida (who tries to calm Ichigo down) to take the full brunt of Ichigo's state.

* ''[[Omamori Himari]]'': Himari has one of the [[Heroic BSOD]] variety {{spoiler|Yuuto appears to have been killed by her opponent.}} It's also her [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

* ''[[Wolf's Rain|Wolfs Rain]]'' - Toboe + Walrus = [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

** Al almost does this too.

{{quote|'''Alphonse:''' "{{spoiler|Mister Tucker}}, one more word out of you... and ''I'll'' be the one to snap."}}

** When Mustang finally finds out that {{spoiler|Envy killed Hughes}}.

{{quote|'''Roy Mustang:''' "{{spoiler|That's that... you killed Hughes..... that's all I needed to know... You don't need to say anything more, Envy. ''The first thing I'm gonna turn to ash is your tongue''.}}"|He makes damn good on this promise, {{spoiler|He then proceeds to alternate between full, body-consuming explosions, and pinpoint attacks that target the most sensitive and painful areas, notably the eyes. Repeatedly. OUCH!}}}}

* In the first part of "Jupiter Jazz" from ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'', a gang leader made the mistake of [[Berserk Button|calling Spike Spiegel by the name of his rival, Vicious]]. Spike went berserk and handed a supreme asskicking to the entire gang before laying into him.

{{quote|'''Spike:''' You think I'm Vicious? YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT VICIOUS IS!}}

* One: Do not mess with [[The Quiet One|Senri's]] friends. Two: Do not remove Senri's eyepatch. Three: When white hair appears on his forehead (after you have ignored number two), you run away as quickly as possible, through that really isn't going to help, you're going to be clawed to bits anyway. Even if ''[[Plus Anima]]'' is a childen's manga, it doesn't skimp on the violence when neccessary.

* In ''[[Death Note]]'', {{spoiler|Touta Matsuda has an awesome moment in the final episode in which he [[Took a Level In Badass]] for some and was [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]] for others. When Light Yagami is exposed as Kira, Matsuda [[Twisted Knee Collapse|slumps to the floor]] [[Heroic BSOD|under the weight of it all]], but springs into action faster than anyone else when Light attempts to escape by murdering everyone with the Death Note piece in his watch. Matsuda then shoots him in the hand, with the most ultimate [[Manly Tears]] coming down as [[What the Hell, Hero?|he calls Light out]] on leading his father (and Matsuda's [[Obi Wan]]) to slaughter for nothing. When Light tries to convince Matsuda that the only way to make Soichiro's justice worth it is to save Light and kill the SPK and investigation team, he's only ''more enraged'', and snaps when Light once again tries to write names in the note fragment with his own blood. '''He shoots him multiple times''', and tries to finish him off with a shot to the head, but is held back by the other members of the investigation team. Coupled with the fact that he was the only member of the team to have any doubts about whether Kira really was evil, Matsuda's [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] moment is even more impressive.}}

{{quote|''' {{spoiler|Matsuda}}:''' ''"I have to kill him! HE HAS TO DIE!"''}}

* The otherwise peaceful and docile Ohmu of ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]'' fly into an Unstoppable Rage if the Sea of Decay or any of its insects are harmed, killing and destroying everything in their path in an attempt to claim vengeance against whatever is responsible. In the manga, we're privy to their thoughts through Nausicaa's empathic link with them, and they seem to regret their actions once they regain their senses.

** Nausicaa herself flies into a rage and {{spoiler|annihilates a roomful of trained soldiers with just a staff}}.

* The Nodos in ''[[Heroic Age]]'' are [[Nigh Invulnerable]] [[Kaiju]] possessed of [[Person of Mass Destruction|incredible destructive power]] to begin with, but under certain circumstances (such as when more than two at a time are engaged in a fight) they can go into "frenzy" (or "madness" or "mental chaos", [[Lost in Translation|depending on the translation]]), becoming even ''more'' monstrous and destructive. The Heroic Tribe apparently destroyed several entire ''star systems'' through such rages during their civil war, hence why the Golden Tribe sealed the survivors within members of other tribes, making them slaves to these "lesser" beings.

* Ivan Isaac's superpower in ''[[Priest (manhwa)|Priest]]'' is his sheer rage and contempt for Temozarela. He doesn't even ''care'' whether or not he wins against him, he just wants Temozarela to see how ''angry'' he is.

* In ''[[Bakugan|Bakugan Battle Brawlers]]'', ''never'' let [[The Ditz|Ditzy]] [[Hybrid Monster]] Rabeeder overhear that her sister is defeated or possibly dead. The ditz who hit on the main character and challenged you to silly races before might only give you a single [[Death Glare|death's glare]] warning before beating the ever loving tar out of [[The Dragon]], ''that'' dragon's Dragon, and [[Kick the Dog|their little dog, too!]]

* ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'': Don't make Takeshi Sendo angry while in the ring. You'll live longer. Shigeta and Ippo both have been victims of his flip-outs. It's not a nice situation to be in, really.

== Comic Books ==

* The ''[[Incredible Hulk]]'' in every incarnation and medium.

* This is also one of [[Wolverine]]'s defining traits. He's usually composed and calculating when he fights, but when he's pushed beyond a breaking point, he gives in to his animal instincts and his fighting style becomes more erratic and feral, and it's usually in these occasions where his body count rises the most.

* If Hulk weren't the poster boy for this trope, the [[GL Red Lantern Corps/Characters|Red Lantern Corps]] in ''[[Green Lantern]]'' would be. Their rings are powered by their rage, which is strong enough to the point where all but their leader are mindless berserkers.

** In ''Superman/Batman'' #1, Batman finds himself witnessing a similar situation between [[Superman]] and [[Lex Luthor]]. He notes the similarities between this and what happened in ''Hush'', and then, instead of talking him down like Jim Gordon did (he even notes that he wouldn't do that), he notes to Superman that he could [[Make It Look Like an Accident|make Luthor's death look like an accident]], and then he gets Superman to stop by directing his attention to something else that needs to be done that's more important.

** In the film adaptation, ''[[Superman/Batman: Public Enemies]]'', Supes goes even further when Batman, instead of [[Captain Atom]] as was the case in the comics, attempts a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] by manually piloting Toyman's rocket to destroy the asteroid. {{spoiler|He then gives Luthor the beatdown of his life and only stops fuming when he learns there's a chance Batman is still alive.}}

* [[Superman]] is normally one of the nicest guys on the planet ([[Superdickery|despite what some people may have to say]]), but he's a terror [[World of Cardboard Speech|when he's pushed]].

** In ''[[For the Man Who Has Everything]]'', Superman loses it on Mongul after waking-up from a [[Lotus Eater Machine]], but his innate morality prevents him from actually killing Mongul off.

** Issue 6 of ''[[Final Crisis]]'', after {{spoiler|Batman's death}}. A quite frankly shit-scary Superman, roaring with grief and his eyes on fire, tears through the battle to recover {{spoiler|the body}}.

** ''[[JLA-Avengers]]''. Superman [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|becomes so outraged]] while fighting [[The Mighty Thor]], he knocks him out while even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] "[[Up to Eleven]]".

** The final Luke-Vader duel would be the [[Ur Example]] of sometimes-Force-enhanced psychological warfare gone wrong. Although, sometimes spurring someone into this (particularly with repressed anger) was actually the intended effect; Palpatine had actually been attempting this on Luke right before and after the duel... but his obviousness of intent probably helped Luke pull himself back from the brink.

** Obi-Wan Kenobi {{spoiler|after Darth Maul mortally wounds Qui-Gon Jinn}}.

* Lancelot in ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''.

** [[Older Than They Think|This is a trait of the character in the original legends.]]

** Actually averted in Pesci's famous "You think I'm funny?" scene from Goodfellas. He's just screwing around with Henry Hill. What he does to Billy Bats and Spider, on the other hand...

* ''[[Equilibrium]]'''s John Preston goes into a [[Tranquil Fury]] version of this after DuPont spends a moment to gloat about how Preston [[Unwitting Pawn|played right into his hands]]. No one survives the resultant [[Gun Kata]] [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|asskicking spree.]]

* The 3rd act of the [[Jackie Chan]] film ''Police Story'' features a rare look at Jackie's typical happy go lucky character snapping and going to town on everyone that's done him wrong. This includes beating the crap out of people who can't fight worth a damn like a doctor and a lawyer, but they've all been such huge jerks through the whole film that we're cheering him on every step of the way.

* French & Indian War veteran Benjamin Martin is fueled with unstoppable rage when his second-oldest son is shot point blank by the evil British Cavalry officer Col. Tavington in ''[[The Patriot]]''. With minimal help from his two pint-sized sons, Ben brutally takes down a contingent of British Redcoats, not satisfied with making them dead but burning through all of that rage by hacking at one soldier's bloody corpse.

* In ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'', Optimus Prime fights Megatron, Starscream and Grindor by himself and is eventually overpowered and blasted halfway across a forest area. After Megatron tries to justify his means for wanting to kill Sam, Optimus denies his reasoning, charges right into the midst of them, slices off Grindor's arm, beats down Megatron, slices off Starscream's arm (and [[Grievous Harm with a Body|whacks him across the face with it]]) then leaps onto Grindor and tears his face in two, killing him. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

{{quote|"You'll never stop at one! ''I'LL TAKE YOU ALL ON!''"}}

{{quote|"We will ''kill them all"''}}

* [[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]] flies into a fit of rage anytime his loved ones are threatened or harmed, usually resulting in beatdown for the villains.

 

== Live Action TV ==

{{quote|'''David Banner:''' "Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."}}

** 'Nuff said.

* In ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', Niki Sanders's alter ego "Jessica", who has super-strength, mostly appears whenever somebody else [[Mama Bear|threatens her son]] or otherwise angers her.

* In ''[[The A-Team]]'' episode "Without Reservations", {{spoiler|Face is shot}} during a hostage situation in a restaurant. Murdock spends most of the episode in a state of [[Tranquil Fury]], until right near the end, when he finally gets his hands on the guy who {{spoiler|shot Face}}, starts pounding him relentlessly, and actually has to be restrained before he finally stops. It's ''really'' not a good idea to hurt someone Murdock cares about.

{{quote|'''Donna''': That place was flooding and burning and they were dying and you stood there like...I don't know, a stranger.}}

** As seen in "Turn Left," he would've died there had Donna not been there to stop him from going too far.

* On the ''[[Angel]]'' end, we have Angel's near-killing of Wesley after the kidnapping of Connor. Gunn, Fred and several orderlies could barely haul him off of Wes.

{{quote|'''Angel:''' YOU THINK I'D FORGIVE YOU? NEVER! YOU TOOK MY SON! I'LL KILL YOU! YOU'RE A DEAD MAN, PRYCE! YOU'RE DEAD! YOU HEAR ME?! DEAD!! DEAD!!}}

* In season one of ''[[24|Twenty Four]]'' [[The Mole]] {{spoiler|Nina Myers}} tells Jack Bauer that the Drazens have murdered his daughter Kim. This proves to be the single biggest mistake that the bad guys ever made that season, as Jack then proceeds to storm their compound in a truck and go to town on everyone with both guns blazing.

** In season 8, it gets turned [[Up to Eleven]] when they off {{spoiler|Renee Walker}}. When you [[Berserk Button|mess with someone Jack's that close to]], ''[[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|nobody is safe]]''.

== Tabletop Games ==

* If the Black Templars from ''[[Warhammer 40000|Warhammer 40,000]]'' see a comrade die, they will charge at whoever or whatever killed him, in an attempt to avenge the dead. Add this to the fact that they cannot feel fear, and this means that Black Templars can get into very stupid situations. Lone man charging the physical manifestation of all disease, anybody?

** Most obviously, Chaos Berzerkers of the Chaos God Khorne. Their quintessential [[Ax Crazy|crazy]] special character, Kharn the Betrayer, ''always'' hits in melee; if he rolls a miss, he's hit his own side. Frequently portrayed in the fiction as slaughtering his own men when he runs out of enemies.

* ''[[The World of Darkness]]'' gamelines feature this trope, mainly with the vampire and werewolf games in both systems.

** When a vampire character in [[White Wolf]]'s ''[[Vampire: The Requiem]]'' or ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' enters a Frenzy and lets the [[Enemy Within|Beast]] within take control, he or she can tear lesser foes to shreds and overwhelm another vampire, as they are able to ignore ''all'' wound penalties. A more powerful (and usually elder) vampire can still take a frenzied vampire down, especially if he goes into frenzy himself. Vampires interested in maintaining the [[Masquerade]] frown on those who frenzy, while those who aren't tend to embrace it.

** Both gamelines' vampires, and ''Forsaken'''s werewolves, can instead enter Unstoppable ''Terror'' -- or "Rötschreck," as it's known for vampires -- with the victim fleeing in blind panic from the trigger, tossing aside or shredding anything that stands in the way of doing so. In ''[[New World of Darkness]]'' it's treated as another facet of the Unstoppable Rage, while ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' treats it as an unrelated phenomenon also originating with the vampire's Beast. ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]'' has human witnesses freak out ''any'' time they see a werewolf or other shapeshifter in their hybrid form.

* In ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', a base class, the Barbarian, is built around this idea. Rage is the Barbarian's primary special ability, allowing them a marked increase in their physical prowess and mental fortitude in exchange for a slight decrease in their willingness to dodge blows and think straight. The ability becomes more potent as the character's level rises. Unlike most fictional versions of this trope, Barbarians may invoke and end their Rage at will (but are limited to one rage per encounter), not in response to any specific trigger.

*** The berserker's frenzy has a tropetastic defensive benefit. While Frenzying, HP damage will not kill him until the Frenzy is over. There's also a feat which lets him delay the effect of ''any'' attack until the end of the Frenzy. This can lead to some [[Critical Existence Failure|very interesting moments]] if he's hit with the big bad's [[Wave Motion Gun]] during his Frenzy. Also a notable counter for many damage-output [[Min-Maxing]] builds. See [[Glass Cannon]]. Sadly, this can be stopped suddenly by a [[Revive Kills Zombie|2nd-level spell called "Calm Emotions".]]

*** What's not mentioned yet, and which elevates them from supremely powerful to [[Game Breaker]], is that they get an improved version of the power attack feat, allowing use of a two handed weapon to deal 4 points of damage for every -1 to hit, and with the use of the Leap Attack feat, which triples power attack damage, it becomes ''12 damage for every -1 to hit''. Combine this with the fact that using a two hander multiplies your to hit bonus from strength by one half(there are ways to improve that bonus, naturally), and you can kill ''anything'' with a lucky shot.

** ''[[Pathfinder]]'' allows barbarians the option of performing any number of superhuman feats, or shaking off any number of incapacitating effects, while raging.

* ''[[Exalted]]''

** The [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|Lunars]] can become the very embodiment of this trope using the aptly-named Endurance Charms. One charm lets you shrug all damage as long as you channel [[Mana|Essence]] to it, another lets you not drop dead even if you, by all rights, ''should be''. The fluffs say that Lunars using those charms raged for ''days'' as the world arrayed to kill them and their [[The Caligula|Solar]] mates.

** Solars also have a Resistance Charm that allows them to do this. Prematurely ending it takes a significant mental toll (it costs a ton of Willpower points and accumulates a lot of Limit) ''unless'' they are [[Cooldown Hug|restrained by a friend or loved one]].

* Several races in ''[[Talislanta]]'' have some sort of innate rage ability. However, there's usually a catch: For example, if your [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous|Ahazu]] goes "shan-ya," you're a danger to everyone...and if your Vajra evokes the Dark Fire, you're [[Heroic RROD|probably going to need a new character]].

 

* ''[[Assassin's Creed Revelations|Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{spoiler|Ezio goes berserk when he finds Yusuf's body and launches a full scale assault on Istanbul's arsenal. Only one person is spared.}}

* ''[[Splinter Cell]]'': Sam Fisher hits this at the end of mission eight of ''Conviction'', where he {{spoiler|learns that Lambert was behind faking his daughter's death in Double Agent,}} at which point, at least for the rest of the mission, Mark and Executes are free, as in no need to CQC enemies to earn them, and the meter is up to a max of six at this point.

** In ''Ghost of Sparta'', Kratos may have topped himself {{spoiler|after seeing Thanatos kill his brother.}} The man truly becomes rage incarnate at that moment.

* Fairly late in ''[[Super Robot Wars]]: Original Generation,'' the hero's girlfriend is kidnapped by a traitor, and brainwashed into not only attacking him, but also aiming deliberate, emotional attacks at him. The result: His mech becomes nigh-unstoppable for the duration of the battle as he performs a [[Foe-Tossing Charge]] towards the traitor.

* Arcueid of ''[[Tsukihime]]'' most notably loses her cool during another heroine's route, when you [[Failure Is the Only Option|turn down]] [[We Can Rule Together|her offer to turn you into a vampire]] and slice her nearly in half. The humiliating, excruciatingly painful, and oh-so-temporarily debilitating injury drives her insane, removing the self-imposed restraints on the majority of her power...

** In Arcueid's own route, when she {{spoiler|gets cut in half by Roa and dies in Shiki's arms}}, Shiki goes '''berserk.''' {{spoiler|Roa}} is several kinds of [[Deader Than Dead]] by the time Shiki comes down from it.

* Occasionally occurs as a plot device in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series, often against the villain. Often enough though, the character dies afterwards. An example is Tellah in FF 4.

** [[Highly-Visible Ninja|Edge]] in ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' as well. It's what unlocks the ability to use his Ninjitsu techniques after Rubicante taunts him about letting his emotions get in the way.

{{quote|''You think our rage... a weakness? Then let me show you '''''how wrong you are'''''!}}

** It doesn't abate for long. Although by the time the sequel comes around, he has a ''very'' good reason to be pissed off. {{spoiler|You'd probably be mad too if your pact partner was imprisoned and tortured for eighteen years after she voluntarily sacrificed herself to become the new [[Cosmic Keystone]].}}

* Many video games have a [[Mana Meter|rage/fury meter]] that, when full, can allow you to go into [[Super Mode]] or grants you the ability to use a [[Finishing Move]] or [[Limit Break]].

* In ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]: The End Is Nigh'' Rorschach has a literal Rage meter that fills the more bad guys you pound and gives you special, extra-brutal attacks.

* This is what happened to Mother Brain at the end of ''Super [[Video Game]]/Metroid''.

** Panicked war elephants and chariots may also qualify for this.

** Hopeleslly surrounded units may choose to "fight to the death" rather than flee.

* In [[Yuri Genre]] [[Visual Novel]] ''[[Akai Ito]]'', this happens to [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Sakuya]] at the end of her route. It's usually enough to [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|overpower Nushi]] {{spoiler|especially if ''you'' are [[Berserker Tears|dying from Nushi's attack]]}}.

** [[Genki Girl|Tsudura]] can also go into one {{spoiler|[[Devour the Dragon|after she merges with Obana]]}}, although her rage is about [[Shock and Awe|throwing magic around]]. {{spoiler|[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Usually, this ends with her forcefully drinking your blood]].}}

* ''[[Asura's Wrath]]''. It's all in the title.

** Asura goes from "pissed off" to "pissed off enough to punch a planet-sized Buddha to death" to "pissed off enough to not care that my arms have shattered" to "pissed off to the point that I'm indiscriminately firing nuclear-scale explosions into space."

** He makes [[Prototype (video game)|Alex Mercer]] and [[God of War (series)|Kratos]] look like yoga instructors in comparison.

** Of note, however, is that in spite of Asura's wrath being a terrifying and unstoppable force, he is at the same time not a '''mindless'' force. Even when completely lost within his own sheer, violent, supreme hatred, Asura still refrains from harming innocents and noncombatants. But anything he perceives as an enemy - such as the Gohma or the Seven Deities and their soldiers - are targets.

** Rink Refraktia's generally [[Genki Girl|lively and outgoing]], but if you hit her [[Berserk Button]] by messing with her older sister Lecht, she'll stop at nothing to remove you as a threat.

* Tryndamere in ''[[League of Legends]]'' has the ultimate ability Undying Rage, which makes him temporarily impossibly to kill and cannot be prevented from being cast.

** Olaf played right is this. His ultimate removes crowd-control effects as well as making him immune to crowd-control effects and reduces damage taken for its duration, his passive increases attack speed for the % of health his is missing, and another choice ability to this in one which increases his damage and gives him [[Life Drain]] based off damage he does for a duration. Timed right, he will be a unstoppable and furious attacker where attempts to kill him just cause him to do more damage due to him not hitting [[Critical Existence Failure]]. Timed wrong, well... [[Death or Glory Attack|it probably won't be worth the try.]]

** And then there is Renekton, who at this point feels nothing but rage.

* Ever fight the Fire King in ''[[Odin Sphere]]''? He fits this to a tea. What sets him off is {{spoiler|not being able to make Gwen love him}} and {{spoiler|the end of the world prediction that his rage actually sends him into playing his role in it to end up being stopped by the world tree}}. He takes entire kingdoms down in his rage.

 

** Tarvek flies into one of these while fighting {{spoiler|Zola}}, beating her tot he point where she tries to surrender - only Tarvek isn't listening to silly notions like that.

* Dr. Jean Poule in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' can go from adorable [[Girl Next Door]] innocence to [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060926.html blind fury] without too much trouble. This rarely manifests as physical violence, as the mere force of her yelling is usually enough to produce results (i.e., Bob: "Wow! Thanks, Jean! You're swell at yelling at people!" Jean: "Well, the secret is to ''enjoy'' it...") but it has gotten her into [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061230.html fights upon occasion.]

* Kedamono from ''[[The Pride of Life]]'' in episode six.

* Aradia Megido of ''[[Homestuck]]'' was first introduced as a [[The Eeyore|depressingly]] [[Emotionless Girl]] {{spoiler|because she's a ghost}}, but later on {{spoiler|when she gains a new robot body}} she becomes capable of showing one in particular. '''[[Extreme Melee Revenge|Rage.]]'''

* ''[[Biker Mice From Mars]]'': The last person who threatened Modo's bike was sucker-punched into Lake Michigan.

* Parodied in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Conjoined Fetus Lady": After timid English doormat Pip is insulted by the Chinese dodgeball team, he wipes them out with a single throw.

** {{spoiler|However, the final fight of the series has Aang regaining control over the Avatar State after it had finished tossing around a supercharged Ozai like a ragdoll in time to prevent it from killing him.}}

*** {{spoiler|Not just that - he regains the ''use'' of the avatar state, and ''then'' subsequently achieving control.}}

* Gi from ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'' nearly kills the gang member who shot her professor before Wheeler talks her down.

* [[Kim Possible]] and Shego go into one when a moodulater chip gets on their necks (a device that controls emotions), that coupled with the device breaking when it was on fury mood, locks them into an irreversable frenzy of rage.

* In ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', Buttercup will go into one of these if someone makes fun of her, threatens her sisters, or calls her cute.

** The "threaten her sisters" part could be applied to all of them as Blossom opened a can of whoopass on Princess after she knocked out Buttercup and Bubbles. And Bubbles in the movie went [[Trigger Happy]] with her lasers on Mojo after he grabbed Blossom and Buttercup and started trying to squeeze them to death.

*** Bubbles does this in "Bubblevicious" to prove to her sisters that she's not a baby, and in the pilot "Meat Fuzzy Lumkins" after Fuzzy's meat gun turns her pigtail into a chicken leg.

* In the "Low Tidings" episode of ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]'', Captain K'nuckles is revealed to have had a traumatic childhood experience on Low Tidings Day in which a group of mermen stuffed him into a sack for not being a good person (as is tradition for all of the bad people in town). When K'nuckles plays the part of the "quiet boy" in a Low Tidings pageant in an attempt to be a good person, the other cast members have him stuffed into a sack for the same offense. Needless to say, the pageant was doomed from that point forward.

{{quote|'''Audience Member:''' He has the strength of ''ten'' quiet boys!}}

 

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