History BerserkButton / FullMetalAlchemist

* Nothing will piss Greed off more than someone hurting his 'possessions' (read: friends).

* Perhaps Ed's most famous Berserk Button (enough to warrant the main page image) is any mention of his... well... [[TheNapoleon vertical deficiencies]]. He usually ends up exaggerating the insult to ridiculous extremes as well as whooping the ass of the offender. The only ones he won't go nuts on are Izumi Curtis, Olivier Mira Armstrong, and Al (the former two because they scare the hell out of him, and the latter because they're brothers... and someone has to keep him in line). Even so, Al doesn't get off completely scot-free, receiving a knock on the head and a retort of "Don't call me small." Of course, the short rants are constantly a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.
** Take note, at one point, he thought to himself that he was lucky being so small made it easy for him to crawl through air ducts. ''He had to fight the urge to punch himself in the face.''
** Even funnier, in one particular scene in the Brotherhood Anime, Selim hits this one of Ed's Berserk Buttons, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments and then LAMPSHADES Ed's reaction IN THE VERY SAME SCENE!]]
* Also, don't suggest that [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend Winry is his girlfriend.]] Again, see the main trope page.
* Ed also hates when Al is confused for the Fullmetal Alchemist. More than halfway through the series, he had had enough...

* Perhaps Ed's most famous Berserk Button (enough to warrant the main page image) is any mention of his... well...[[TheNapoleon vertical deficiencies]]. He usually ends up exaggerating the insult to ridiculous extremes as well as whooping the ass of the offender. The only ones he won't go nuts on are Izumi Curtis, Olivier Mira Armstrong, and Al (the former two because they scare the hell out of him, and the latter because they're brothers... and someone has to keep him in line). Even so, Al doesn't get off completely scot-free, receiving a knock on the head and a retort of "Don't call me small." Of course, the short rants are constantly a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

'''Ed:''' ''(Angrily in his head)'' IF ONE MORE PERSON MAKES THAT MISTAKE!!...

* Do ''not'' bring up the human transmutation incident (a.k.a. the Elrics' attempt to bring back their mom that ended up putting both of them on the wrong end of EquivalentExchange) to either of the brothers, as it is about as CloseToHome as you can get. Even worse, Shou Tucker, the bastard who brought it up, did it just after revealing that he'd [[spoiler:fused his own daughter Nina with their dog Alexander]], a situation that would horrify and piss off any half-decent soul, in order to claim that [[NotSoDifferentRemark he and the brothers were the same]], leading to Ed delivering an absolutely furious beatdown on him.

* Do ''not'' bring up the human transmutation incident (a.k.a. the Elrics' attempt to bring back their mom that ended up putting both of them on the wrong end of EquivalentExchange) to either of the brothers, as it is about as CloseToHome as you can get. Especially if you've done something [[MoralEventHorizon truly horrible]] and are using this to try to claim that they're not so different from you. This one almost got Shou Tucker beaten to within an inch of his life.

* Do ''not'' bring up the human transmutation incident (a.k.a. the Elrics' attempt to bring back their mom that ended up putting both of them on the wrong end of EquivalentExchange) to either of the brothers, as it is about as CloseToHome as you can get. Especially if you've done something [[MoralEventHorizon truly horrible]] and are trying to claim that they're not so different from you. This one almost got Shou Tucker beaten to within an inch of his life.

* Do ''not'' bring up the human transmutation incident (a.k.a. the Elrics' attempt to bring back their mom) to either of the brothers, as it is about as CloseToHome as you can get. Especially if you've done something [[MoralEventHorizon truly horrible]] and are trying to claim that they're not so different from you. This one almost got Shou Tucker beaten to within an inch of his life.

'''Ed:''' ''(Angrily in his head)'' IF ONE MORE PERSON MAKES THAT MISTAKE!!...\\

* Perhaps Ed's most famous Berserk Button (enough to warrant the main page image) is any mention of his... well...[[TheNapoleon vertical deficiencies]]. He usually ends up exaggerating the insult to ridiculous extremes as well as whooping the ass of the offender. The only one he won't go nuts on is Al (after all, they're brothers...and someone has to keep him in line), and even ''he'' got away with a knock on the head and a retort of "Don't call me small." Of course, the short rants are constantly a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

* In a case of LikeFatherLikeSon, it's shown that Hoenheim's reaction to be called dumb are very similar to ED's reaction to being called short (read: yelling at whoever made the accusation).

* Also, don't suggest that [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend Winry is his girlfriend.]]

* Perhaps Ed's most famous Berserk Button (enough to warrant the main page image) is any mention of his [[TheNapoleon vertical deficiencies]]. He usually ends up exaggerating the insult to ridiculous extremes as well as whooping the ass of the offender. The only one he won't go nuts on is Al (after all, they're brothers...and someone has to keep him in line), and even ''he'' got away with a knock on the head and a retort of "Don't call me small." Of course, the short rants are constantly a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

* [[DoesNotLikeSpam Milk]] is also an huge BerserkButton for him, mostly because it emphasizes his HeighAngst.

** If you are able to press his BerserkButton and yet send him cowering in fear, you are ''instantly'' eligible for TheDreaded status. So far, only [[BadassTeacher Izumi]] and [[FourStarBadass Olivier]] were able to do this.

* Ling gets pretty pissed whenever someone, especially those in positions of power such as [[spoiler:Fuhrer Bradley]], try to convince him that leaders should be able to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness abandon their followers]].

* Do NOT bring up the human transmutation incident with either of the brothers. Especially if you're doing it to claim that they're [[NotSoDifferent no different than you]]. This one very nearly got Shou Tucker killed when the two learned of [[spoiler:his horrible act of fusing his daughter Nina with her dog]], shortly before [[spoiler:Scar killed him and put his chimera out of its misery]].

* Don't mess with Roy when Riza Hawkeye is around. Or vice versa.

* Perhaps Ed's most famous Berserk Button (enough to warrant the main page image until Taiga replaced him) is any mention of his [[TheNapoleon vertical deficiencies]]. He usually ends up exaggerating the insult to ridiculous extremes as well as whooping the ass of the offender. The only one he won't go nuts on is Al (after all, they're brothers...and someone has to keep him in line), and even ''he'' got away with a knock on the head and a retort of "Don't call me small." Of course, the short rants are constantly a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

* Perhaps Ed's most famous Berserk Button (enough to warrant the main page image until [[Manga/Toradora Taiga]] replaced him) is any mention of his [[TheNapoleon vertical deficiencies]]. He usually ends up exaggerating the insult to ridiculous extremes as well as whooping the ass of the offender. The only one he won't go nuts on is Al (after all, they're brothers...and someone has to keep him in line), and even ''he'' got away with a knock on the head and a retort of "Don't call me small." Of course, the short rants are constantly a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

* Perhaps Ed's most famous Berserk Button (enough to warrant the main page image) is any mention of his [[TheNapoleon vertical deficiencies]]. He usually ends up exaggerating the insult to ridiculous extremes as well as whooping the ass of the offender. The only one he won't go nuts on is Al (after all, they're brothers...and someone has to keep him in line), and even ''he'' got away with a knock on the head and a retort of "Don't call me small." Of course, the short rants are constantly a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

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The cast of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' have so many recorded Berserk Buttons that it practically requires separate folders for each one.

* Perhaps Ed's most famous Berserk Button (enough to warrant the main page image) is any mention of his [[TheNapoleon vertical deficiencies]]. He usually ends up exaggerating the insult to ridiculous extremes as well as whooping the ass of the offender. The only one he won't go nuts on is Al (after all, they're brothers...and someone has to keep him in line), and even ''he'' got away with a knock on the head and a retort of "Don't call me small." Of course, the short rants are constantly a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

'''Ed:''' ''(Angrily in his head)'' [[BerserkButton IF ONE MORE PERSON MAKES THAT MISTAKE!!...]]\\

* A scene with Greed in the manga shows that calling Envy "ugly" is a great way to tick him off, and get him to turn into his true form to ''kill you''.