History LetsGetDangerous / Fanworks

* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': Shinji used to be wimpy and non-confrontational, but after returning to the past, being aware of what will happen if he fails, he is way more dangerous and fights like a berserker.

-->'''Harry:''' Dobby, that ship has bad people who are trying to make people slaves against their will. Your life is paramount, then the captives. For the duration of this mission, all other orders are rescinded. Don't let that ship escape.

* ''Fanfic/OnTrial'': Madeline is a sweet older woman who befriends Cassandra when she needs it the most. [[spoiler: But when she learns that Cass has been sold into a human trafficking ring, she goes off and starts the chain of events that gets the prison shut down and saves Cass' life]].

Times where characters [[LetsGetDangerous take off the kid gloves]] in FanWorks.

* ''Fanfic/AbyssalPlain'': Victoria has spent most of her time in the Abyss trying not to hurt anyone too badly, even the monstrous Others, as she much prefers de-escalating conflicts and working things out. When she tries that with the Three Sisters, they immediately [[spoiler: steal her name]] and threaten her friends. Thoroughly pissed off, the gloves come off and her Fragile One literally begins to tear into one of the sisters with it's ''teeth''.
* ''[[Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge All This Sh*t is Twice as Weird]]'': The Inquisitors have a few moments like this, such as when they learn that some of their soldiers have been taken prisoner in the Fallow Mire and [[spoiler:when they're fighting to get out of the Fade]].
* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'': [[DirtyCoward Hobbes]] and [[HarmlessVillain Dr.]] [[BunglingInventor Brainstorm]] get a few of these moments, and when it happens, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome things tend to get serious with them.]]

* ''FanFic/TheCommission'': Chapter 13 has Qrow intercept Ruby [[CurbStompBattle and kick her ass totally]]. This gets her desperate enough to [[spoiler:bust out her Spring Maiden powers ([[YouKillItYouBoughtIt complete with a flashback of her meeting the girl before killing her for it]]).]]
* ''Fanfic/ElementalChessTrilogy'': Just like in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Havoc is a bit goofy and loves to make jokes, and has a powerful nostalgic streak. When things go south for his beloved commanding officers, however, he steps up and takes charge, reminding everyone just why he's one of Roy Mustang's most trusted subordinates.
* ''Fanfic/FashionUpgrade'' (''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''): Once Alicia reveals Lila's attempted sabotage to her classmates, Jean, Curtis and Maison jump into action to calm everyone down so that they won't attract any akumas, then rechannel and refocus their anger towards arranging Lila's downfall the ''right'' way.
-->'''Marc:''' When those three idiots take over class and become the voices of reason, you ''know'' the situation has gotten out of control.
* ''Fanfic/FreedomsLimits'': When Seri is attacked by an Uruk, Madavi and Pratima both rush to protect her despite being much physically smaller and weaker, with no weapons.
* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/237978/how-trixie-somehow-saved-hearths-warming How Trixie (Somehow) Saved Hearth's Warming]]'': Trixie is her normal hammy, bragging self and just manages to skirt by in the situation she's gotten herself into (namely saving Hearth's Warming) by being MistakenForBadass. However, after [[ForcedTransformation being turned into a nutcracker]] by [[Theatre/TheNutcracker the Rat King]], she goes into a HeroicBSOD until [[spoiler:she finds out Vixen was desperately trying to finally stand out among the rest of Santa's reindeer and is having a HeroicBSOD as a result of their capture. Trixie quickly realizes this means the two of them are not so different, both feeling OvershadowedByAwesome by somepony else and just wanting to stand out]]. This realization causes Trixie to snap out of it and devote everything she has to getting them through this. [[spoiler:She ultimately stages a prison break and defeats the Rat King via quick thinking and plenty of IndyPloy, saving not only the two of them but all the Rat King's slaves.]] Even Trixie is surprised.

--> "Dobby, that ship has bad people who are trying to make people slaves against their will. Your life is paramount, then the captives. For the duration of this mission, all other orders are rescinded. Don't let that ship escape."

* ''Fanfic/MementoVivere'', a VideoGame/FinalFantasyX fanfiction: Jecht finally gets his sword-fighting act together during the battle on [[spoiler: Mushroom Rock]].
* ''Fanfic/MyChoicesTwistedTalesThroughTime'': Starswirl V's [[spoiler:nerve-severing spell]] causes this reaction in Blue Star during their WizardDuel, scaring her into drawing on her full reserves of power and easily overpowering his complex spellwork through sheer brute force.
* ''FanFic/OriginStory'': In this ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' / ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' crossover, Alex Harris (a Kryptonian trapped in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse) and her domestic partner Louise are attacked by the telepathic assassin Typhoid Mary. Mary knocks down Louise, then turns her attention to Alex and proceeds to use her mental powers (against which Alex has no defenses) to ''wreck'' Alex. Turns out ignoring the normal, untrained girlfriend was a mistake when Louise proceeds to clock Typhoid Mary from behind with a bottle of sparkling grape juice, then continues to beat the assassin with it until Mary is unconscious and bleeding on the floor.
* ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'': In the [[BadFuture Dark World]] timeline, Derpy Hooves has spent a thousand years cursed to walk around [[EvilOverlord Discord]]'s castle until she does it enough times to earn her children's freedom from their own curses, all while being constantly attacked by a murder of blackbirds that are trying to eat Dinky (who's been [[AndIMustScream turned into a muffin]]). She does this without a single complaint, staying focused on her task... until Twilight and the other [[HeelFaceTurn redeemed]] Elements of Harmony convince her to help fight against Discord in order to save Dinky and Sparkler without abiding by Discord's fixed rules. Derpy then proceeds to prove her worth as the new Element of Loyalty by helping to fight the blackbirds, playing a key role in defeating them.
** She does it again in the fight against [[TheStarscream the Valeyard]]. She spends most of the fight holding back due to the Valeyard being a Discorded [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor]], but when he eventually pushes her too far and she finds out he's actually the Doctor's SuperPoweredEvilSide, she then proceeds to go into a TranquilFury and ''[[spoiler: [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat him to death]]]]'', ensuring that he'll change back into the Doctor.
*** This is pretty much a major aspect of her character; when there's not a fight to be done, she's a kindhearted [[TheDitz Ditz]], but once her friends or children are in trouble, she gets serious and is more than capable of kicking flank.
** Back in the main timeline, the Crusaders do this during the Wedding Arc, in response to [[spoiler: Sweetie Belle and Spike getting brainwashed]] -- despite just being fillies, they manage to sneak past the Changelings, knock two out, [[spoiler: snap Spike out of it]], and then cover their escape by [[spoiler: ''summoning a water elemental'']]. Heck, the whole reason the adults let them help anyway is that they can tell by how determined they are to help that they'd do it even without permission anyway, plus, with the amount of stuff they get up to and survive on a regular basis, them taking things seriously makes them an actual threat.
* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': Shinji used to be wimpy and non-confrontational, but after returning to the past, being aware of what will happen if he fails, he is way more dangerous and fights like a berserker.

* ''Fanfic/SupermanAndMan'': ComicBook/LexLuthor is beating Franchise/{{Superman}} up easily when Superman suddenly catches his punch and glares. That's when Luthor realizes his enemy is done playing around.
-->Luthor saw a new expression on Superman's face, now. Grimmer, more resolute, more vengeful. The Big Blue Bumpkin was finally getting down to business. In that, Luthor felt a bit of pride.
* ''Sailor Moon: Legends of Lightstorm'': At the beginning of ''The Celestial Renegade'', this is the reason Luna takes Sailor Moon to Lightstorm. Lightstorm causes this to happen with Sailor Moon over the course of a single afternoon. And that was before he came to Tokyo and began training the rest of the Scouts.
* ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries'': [[spoiler:Terriermon drops his goofy attitude right before opening up a can of whoop-ass on [[BigBad Dae]][[HeroKiller mon]]]].
* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'': The WorldOfBadass that is ''Manga/OnePiece'' features this quite a bit already, but this story adds a few more.
** The [[SelfInsertFic SI]] Jeremiah Cross is usually pretty easygoing, [[CasualDangerDialogue even during battle]]. But when he's sufficiently pissed, such as when going after [=CP9=] to save Robin, targeting the slave trade in Sabaody, or retaliating for the fact that [[spoiler: [[InSpiteOfANail Ace is still scheduled for execution]]]], the kid gloves come right off and he uses his foreknowledge and the global reach of [[PirateRadio the SBS]] to thoroughly dismantle whatever's earned his ire.
-->'''Cross''': You want to play hardball? ''Let's play fucking hardball.''
** After being pushed to his RageBreakingPoint during Marineford and being exposed as part of Roger's crew, Buggy decides to show everybody just ''why'' he was a Roger Pirate. The result is enough that Mihawk, who barely paid attention to him in canon, is actually ''interested'' in him. And Buggy name-drops the trope when they clash.
-->'''Buggy''': You wanted a Roger Pirate, Sengoku? Well, congratulations: '''''you've got one'''''.