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{{trope}}
[[File:Aangry_7702Aangry 7702.png|link=Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|frame|You might still like him, but you're screwed anyway.]]
 
{{quote|'''David Banner:''' "Mr. McGee, don't make me angry. [[Trope Namer|You wouldn't like me when I'm angry]]."|''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV)|The Incredible Hulk]]''}}
|''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]''}}
 
A [[Super-Trope]] for when you just don't want to tick off a character. Bad things will happen, which can include:
 
* [[Angst Nuke]] (the character explodes destructively out of sheer rage)
* [[Awakening the Sleeping Giant]]: An entire group is roused from its neutrality and is ''not'' happy about it.
* [[Bad Mood As an Excuse]] (when trying to talk out a person who isn't in the mood, only to get lashed out on)
* [[Berserk Button]] (when pissing off comes from a specific thing)
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* [[Tranquil Fury]] (the character's ready to tear you apart in a seemingly calm manner)
* [[Unstoppable Rage]] (the character gets righteously pissed and pulls out all the stops to take you down)
 
 
It doesn't matter if the character is the hero, villain, supporting character, or bystander. Just don't piss off this character if you don't want big trouble.
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Compare [[Madness Tropes]] and [[Don't Make Me Destroy You]].
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▲{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]]''--:
** Son Gohan. Any Saiyan for that matter, but Gohan most.
** Piccolo too.
** Chichi. She makes the Saiyan squirm, and she's just a human...with a [[Frying Pan of Doom|pan.]]
* Shizuo Heiwajima from ''[[Durarara (Literature)|Durarara!!]]''. Granted, it's generally in good form not to piss off people with [[Super Strength]] in general, but this one is ''especially'' [[Hair-Trigger Temper|easy to set off]].
* Shinigami in ''[[Soul Eater]]'', and his son Kid on a smaller scale. Yes, other characters cause greater damage than usual when angered, but these two spread it around more, whether to pyramids or an entire city.
* [[Naruto]] can give even the Trope Namer himself a run for his money in this department in his kyuubi forms.
* [[The Berserker|Natsu]] of ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' is an example of this, as the ''[[Berserk Button|flame of emotion]]'' that is the source of power for his Dragon Slayer magic causes him to actually become stronger the angrier he gets.
* Yuuri from ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh (Light Novel)!|Kyo Kara Maoh]]'' is [[The Messiah|as nice as they come]]. However [[Beware the Nice Ones|if you start hurting innocent people or those close to him...]]
* Luffy, from ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', is usually a happy-go-lucky type of guy, but if you so much as dare to hurt any of those he cares for, [[Beware the Nice Ones|you better]] [[Berserk Button|have your]] [[Don't Make Me Destroy You|testament ready]].
* Setsuna, from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', is a quiet and polite girl who prefers to stay in the background. Usually, she's really calm and composed even in the heat of battle. But don't, just don't you dare harming [[Les Yay|Konoka]] unless you want her to butcher you in split-seconds.
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Trope Namer|Named]] after [[Marvel Comics]]'s Bruce Banner (a.k.a. the [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulk]]), who uses this line to warn people of his [[Hulking Out]] ability. [[Tempting Fate|It doesn't always work.]]
* [[Superman]] is one of the nicest guys in the universe. But if someone gets him angry, they find out just how powerful he really is. It says a lot about [[Lex Luthor]] that he intentionally does things ''just to piss Superman off''.
* Crossing over with [[The Berserker]] for all intents and purposes is [[Wolverine]] who is often stated to be the ''one'' man in the [[Marvel Universe]] who can get angrier than the Hulk - just ask the Hulk himself. Anyone who does not run for cover when that happens will wish they had, as he has been known to slaughter whole armies at the peak of his rage.
 
== [[Film]] ==
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* Making [[Godzilla]] angry is a very, ''very'', '''VERY''' bad idea. Doing so will result in a major city (often Tokyo) being destroyed.
* ''[[Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'': It's a bad idea to anger [[Tim Curry|Dr. Frank N Furter]]. Eddie and <s>Janet Weiss</s> [[Fan Nickname|SLUT!]] had to learn this the hard way.
* The documentary (read: hour-long advertisement) available on the Extended Edition DVD for ''[[Underworld (Filmfilm)|Underworld]]'' featured a self-proclaimed werewolf who named this trope exactly.
* The 2008 ''[[The Incredible Hulk (Filmfilm)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' film. Bruce Banner butchers his catchphrase by way of a bad translation and proceeds to fight as normal. In the novelization, he says it to two college girls who just laugh at him, since the phrase is full of [[Narm]]. However, the film did also have a variation on the phrase which was pretty good.
{{quote| "There are aspects of my personality that I can't control, and when I lose control, it's very dangerous to be around me."}}
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Nightside|A Hard Day's Knight]]'', John and Suzie use their own variant to intimidate an uncooperative laundromat employee:
{{quote| '''Shotgun Suzie:''' You really want me to get cranky?<br />
'''John Taylor:''' You wouldn't like her when she's cranky. }}
* In ''[[Legacy of the Force]]'', Luke gives Jacen a quote almost identical.
 
== [[Live -Action TV]] ==
* The [[Trope Namer]] is ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' TV series, and its classic implied threat, delivered with a wonderfully understated and grim bemusement. And it's actually said ''before'' he becomes the Hulk.
{{quote| '''Banner:''' Mr. McGee, don't make me angry. You wouldn't ''like me'' when I'm angry.}}
** Deliberately echoed and inverted nearly ''fifty years later'' as the tagline in trailers for the [[Disney+]] [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] series, ''[[She-Hulk: Attorney at Law]]'':
* It's been said in later episodes of ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'' that it's best not to piss Jack off. Take into mind this line from the ''Children of Earth'' miniseries (spoken by his daughter to the government spooks who just arrested her and her son):▼
{{quote|You'll ''like'' her when she's angry!}}
{{quote| '''Alice''': I can only assume you're using us as hostages against my father - but if you've done anything to anger him, then God help you.}}▼
▲* It's been said in later episodes of ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'' that it's best not to piss Jack off. Take into mind this line from the ''Children of Earth'' miniseries (spoken by his daughter to the government spooks who just arrested her and her son):
* ''[[Doctor Who]]''--▼
▲{{quote| '''Alice''': I can only assume you're using us as hostages against my father - but if you've done anything to anger him, then God help you.}}
** You ''really'' don't want to piss off the Doctor. That seemingly harmless oddball can tear the heavens apart and reshape reality if he really wants to. There's a ''reason'' the Daleks, a race of [[Omnicidal Maniac|Omnicidal Maniacs]] capable of wiping out all life in the universe, hate and fear him so much. They have no emotions, and they invented a name to call him; Destroyer of Worlds and The Oncoming Storm.▼
▲* ''[[Doctor Who]]''--:
▲** You ''really'' don't want to piss off the Doctor. That seemingly harmless oddball can tear the heavens apart and reshape reality if he really wants to. There's a ''reason'' the Daleks, a race of [[Omnicidal Maniac|Omnicidal Maniacs]]s capable of wiping out all life in the universe, hate and fear him so much. They have no emotions, and they invented a name to call him; Destroyer of Worlds and The Oncoming Storm.
** Ditto River Song. Sarcastic, teasing, likes to banter. And - ''can make a '''Dalek''' beg for mercy''. Just... don't make her go there.
** Similarly, in the prequel to "A Good Man Goes to War":
{{quote| "...I even hear rumours about whose child you've taken. Are you ''mad''? [Pause] You know the stories about the Doctor? The things that man has done? ''God help us if you've made him angry!''"<br />
(''from the actual episode'')<br />
"If that man has started calling in his debts, then God help you... and God help his debtors." }}
** Surprisingly enough, Rory Williams. Kidnap one of his loved ones? Prepare to have [[Older Than He Looks|the Last]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Centurion]] blow up your star-fleet.
** And then there are the times he gets ''really'' angry and shows a side of himself you ''really'' don't want to see. One group of villains that made his ''this'' angry was the Family of Blood from the third season, four aliens who could possess the bodies of humans, doing so to achieve their goal of immortality. The punishments the Doctor inflicted on them were harsh but deserved: Father of Mine was bound in unbreakable chains and imprisoned in an underground chamber. Mother of Mine was thrown into the event horizon of a collapsing galaxy, trapping her there for all eternity. Daughter of Mine was trapped within every mirror in existence (possibly the member who got off easiest, as the Doctor would at least visit her once a year) and Son of Mine was locked in time stasis and forced to act as a scarecrow. Ironically, [[Ironic Hell| they got the immortality they had wanted]], just [[And I Must Scream|not the way they intended.]]
* It is also best to not piss Jack from ''[[Twenty Four24]]'' off.
* Also, [[Not So Stoic|pissing off]] Spock from ''[[Star Trek the Original Series]]'' would be more than illogical. It's very hard to do, but once you manage it, [[This Is Gonna Suck]] doesn't cover your fate.▼
* ''[[Star Trek]]'':
** On a related note, Data (without the emotional chip) is literally impossible to piss off. However, if you threaten him with harming his friends, you'll face a superintelligent, super-strong, nigh-indestructible android who has decided that ''removing you from existence is the completely logical solution under the current circumstances.''▼
▲* Also,* [[Not So Stoic|pissingPissing off]] Spock from ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series]]'' would be more than illogical. It's very hard to do, but once you manage it, [[This Is Gonna Suck]] doesn't cover your fate.
▲** OnData afrom related''[[Star note,Trek: DataThe Next Generation]]'' (without the emotional chip) is literally impossible to piss off. However, as shown in "[[Star Trek: The Next Generation/Recap/S3/E22 The Most Toys|The Most Toys]]", if you threaten him with harming his friends, you'll face a superintelligent, super-strong, nigh-indestructible android who has decided that ''removing you from existence is the completely logical solution under the current circumstances.''
* The Fonz from ''[[Happy Days]]''; the whole reason he was always concerned with [[Running Gag|"losing his cool"]] as he put it was because he had a violent side he understandably did not want to show, which becomes obvious whenever an unsavory type tries to pick a fight with him.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Doc Louis's ''[[Punch -Out!!]]'' plays this completely straight. Midway through the fight, Louis pulls out a chocolate bar that he'll eat and restore all his health with if not interrupted. However, punching the bar out of his hand is the ultimate way to push his [[Berserk Button]]. He immediately flips out with the phrase - "NOOOOOO! NOW You've done it! You won't like Doc when he's angry!", proceeds to rip off his jacket, and his attack speed doubles. [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|Right after pulling out another chocolate bar and healing himself out of your attack range.]]
* Zappa from ''[[Guilty Gear (Video Game)|Guilty Gear]]''. Although he's more of a "You Wouldn't Like Me When [[Demonic Possession|My Ghosts]] Are Angry", his profile in the manual mentions this trope by name.
{{quote| "Don't make him angry! [[Shout-Out|You won't like him when he's angry!]]"}}
* In the "Grim Tales" quest in ''[[RunescapeRuneScape]]'', Glod the Giant shouts "[[Hulk Speak|You wouldn't like Glod when Glod angry!]]"
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Inverted in [http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0613.html this] ''[[Darths and Droids]]'': "You won't like me when I'm calm."
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
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* Hulky of ''[[Klay World]]'' says this word-for-word before [[Invoked Trope|somebody takes him up on the challenge]]. Averted in that he actually gets smaller, weaker, and perhaps stupider when he gets mad. {{spoiler|Played straight later on when he gets really mad and turns huge and smashes everything}}.
* Parodied in the [[Whateley Universe]] story "Tales of the MCO" when a commercial break comes. It's the Merchant-Ivory production of "Hulk 1809":
{{quote| My lord, please do not make me angry. Thou wouldst not like me when I am most angered.}}
* The line is used in Lanipator's [[Yu Yu Hakusho Abridged]] movie, by Yukina, of all people. {{spoiler|It's promptly subverted when the villains ignore her and smash her into a wall.}}
* [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]] might still be pathetic when he's having his little boy rages, but he has a tendency to explode buildings accidentally when he's like that.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The Avatar State in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', as seen in the page pic.
** Some context: the Avatar is an individual who has the ability to control fire, earth, water, and air. When the Avatar state kicks in, they temporarily gain the combined knowledge ''and power'' of all the previous Avatars, of which there has been at least fifty generations. Until the Avatar learns how to control it, it will kick in when he/she is either in danger of dying or highly distressed. At which point, their tactics and moral considerations consist of: destroy threat. With extreme prejudice.
* Raven from ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'', as a result of being [[Half-Human Hybrid|half-demon]]. The result of ticking her off is a demonic form that is less powerful than the Avatar State above, but probably worse to have as an enemy, as Raven can get downright ''sadistic'' when she's like this. (Poor [[Harmless Villain|Dr. Light]] never did get over [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3HsSAXNLdU what she did to him...)]
** {{quote|'''Dr. Light: ''' Don't! Stop! You win! I surrender!! AHHHHHHH'' [[Voice of the Legion|Demon Raven]]: AHHHHHHH''What's the matter? Afraid of the dark?''
'''[[Voice of the Legion|Demon Raven]]''': ''What's the matter? Afraid of the dark?''}}
** Then, a season or two later, Dr. Light (with a new, more powerful suit): ''Haha! You can never defeat me!'' Raven [[Combat Tentacles|(best impersonation of her demonic half)]]: ''Remember me?'' Dr. Light: ''I'd like to go to jail now, please.''
:* Then, a season or two later:
* In an episode of ''[[Dexters Laboratory]]'', Dexter alters his tastebuds so he only like fruits and vegetables, but a side-effect is that he [[Hulk Out|Hulks out]] when he gets too hungry. He is denied food by someone later on, and uses a variation of the phrase, replacing "angry" with "hungry".▼
{{quote|'''Dr. Light''' ''(with a new, more powerful suit)'': Haha! You can never defeat me!
'''Raven''' ''[[Combat Tentacles|(best impersonation of her demonic half)]]'': Remember me?
'''Dr. Light:''' I'd like to go to jail now, please.}}
▲* In an episode of ''[[DextersDexter's Laboratory]]'', Dexter alters his tastebuds so he only like fruits and vegetables, but a side-effect is that he [[Hulk Out|Hulks out]] when he gets too hungry. He is denied food by someone later on, and uses a variation of the phrase, replacing "angry" with "hungry".
** [[Hilarious in Hindsight|That same line happened]] (In Portuguese) in ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]''.
* [[Samurai Jack]] is ''usually'' a calm, stoic type, but when something happens to make him angry, ''run for cover''. This side of Jack shows prominently in episodes like "Mad Jack", "Jack and the Smackback", and ''many'' episodes of Season 5.
 
* ''[[Droopy]]''. Whenever he says (in his usual deadpan tone), "[[Let's Get Dangerous| You know what? ''That'' makes me ''mad'']]" you know the villain is in for a serious amount of hurt.
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