History Main / HairTriggerTemper

Contrast ExtremeDoormat (who will not respond angrily to ''anything''), TranquilFury (when a character's anger does not compromise their self-control - TheStoic by definition is far more likely to express their disaffection this way), PassiveAggressiveKombat, RageBreakingPoint, and ProneToTears. Certain subtypes of TheSociopath (particularly the PsychopathicManchild) are very likely characters to have this, due to their low tolerance for inconvenience or irritation, which is often displayed through a lack of impulse control. The particularly psychotic examples almost always overlap with AxCrazy. [[HairTriggerExplosive Doesn't blow up too]], unfortunately. If they are of the particular type to handle a gun, and want retribution now, then they may be a PushyGunTotingVillain.

* Nate Grey a.k.a. ComicBook/XMan had a bad case of this in his early appearances, largely because he'd been vat-grown (so despite technically being in his late teens, he only had a few months of actual life experience), he grew up in the hideously traumatic ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse and saw most of the people he cared for murdered, and had people trying to manipulate him at every turn, making him extremely [[ProperlyParanoid (and often justifiably)]] paranoid. Accordingly, it didn't take much to set him off - which isn't good, given he was explicitly the equal of the Dark Phoenix, and only getting stronger. This led to more than [[LetsYouAndHimFight a few unfortunate incidents]], though those who could actually get through to him, like [[BigBrotherInstinct Cable]] (eventually), [[BigBrotherMentor Spider-Man]], [[MamaBear Jean Grey]] and [[ParentalSubstitute Moira [=MacTaggert=]]] (who hilariously once ''scolded'' him into submission in the midst of a full-on meltdown). Later, he became a much calmer individual. [[TranquilFury This was not necessarily an improvement.]]

--->'''Takato''': I thought you were mad at me?\\
'''Rika''': Do you think I'm the kind of person who gets mad at silly things like that?\\
'''Takato''': Ummm...\\
'''Ruki''': '''''Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a dilemma here!'''''\\
'''Takato''': Ah...Rika, do you want the right answer or the nice answer?''\\

'''Takato''': Ow!
** [[spoiler: As the Avatar of Wrath, Jeri]] makes Rika look like a pacifist in comparison.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'': God forbid you fail Lord Business, even in the slightest way possible. If he doesn't have everything his way, he will stop at nothing to exact his murderous wrath and get everything back in order. Nobody crosses him and survives, mostly because of how unpredictable and single-minded he is. [[spoiler: GCBC seems to be the victim of this a lot, at one point being forced to Kragle his parents after he failed to capture the Special and the Piece of Resistance, Good Cop having his face erased for disloyalty and then being abandoned in the Think Tank, which holds the Master Builders, set to self-destruct when he is no longer of use]].

* Stig, of ''Literature/{{Brotherband}}''. He will fly off the handle if you say he's like his father (a dishonored thief), take a dump on his mother, or so much as look at [[FireForgedFriends Hal]] funny. [[spoiler: He manages to tame his temper in order to win brotherband training.]]

* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Harry develops one of these after the events of ''Literature/DeathMasks''. As the series progresses he gets easier and easier to anger, reaching a point where an outburst of stubbornness from his apprentice results in him blowing up a trashcan with a bolt of fire in sheer frustration. He eventually realizes that this is because [[spoiler: of [[FallenAngel Lasciel]]'s influence on his mind. Lasciel later vacates his brain, only to be replaced by the Winter Mantle, which is even worse.]]

* Thorn of ''Literature/TheTraitorSonCycle'' is an extremely powerful and experienced magician, but he has a very short fuse and flies into a rage whenever provoked, leading to rash decisions - something that the heroes exploit to win against him in the first book. By his next appearance, he realizes that this is a flaw of his and gets better at controlling his emotions.

** This is a racial trait of the aliens in King's ''Literature/TheTommyknockers'', and, along with their [[IdiotSavant total lack of common sense]], is what makes them {{Insufficiently Advanced Alien}}s. They are extreme [[GadgeteerGenius technical geniuses]], but they keep killing each other off because they can't resist visiting DisproportionateRetribution on anyone who slighted them, [[EvilIsPetty no matter how petty the slight]]. For example, one character in the process of 'becoming' one of these aliens discovers that a member of his poker group used to regularly cheat. He teleports the guy to Altair 4, a faraway, desolate planet with hardly any air. How much did the guy steal? [[spoiler: ''Pennies''.]]

%% ** And another: Roland [=LeBay=] in ''Literature/{{Christine}}''.

* In ''Literature/TheWitchlands'', the Nihar family is infamous for being very quick to anger, especially when it comes to Merik, who often gets furious about the most mundane of slights - though he's working on it.

** His Slim Shady [[AlterEgoActing character]] originated as a way to express his pissed-off emotions in a way that he could separate from his real self, but [[LostInCharacter unfortunately just resulted in him indulging Slim Shady-like behaviour in real life]]. In one of the many parallels between himself and Music/ElvisPresley, he used to carry an unloaded gun with him - this led to an incident where he pistol-whipped a bouncer named John Guerra for kissing his wife. After narrowly avoiding prison due to the gun being unloaded, and taking court-mandated talk therapy for his issues, Eminem came to the conclusion he needed to grow up and behave better for the sake of his kids, and calmed down a lot, finding other outlets for his rage like taking up boxing. (Though, as of a Vulture interview in 2017, he had punched his ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' arcade cabinet hard enough to break a huge piece of plastic off it.) Much of ''Music/TheEminemShow'' is dedicated to him realising he needs to calm down, and starting from ''Encore'' his albums become more depressive than they are belligerent.
** Eminem has named his daughter as a [[BerserkButton particular hair trigger]] - during their feud, Benzino threatened Hailie's life in a song. [[PapaWolf Which made things SO MUCH WORSE.]]

* It's an InformedAbility, given that we never see it happen, but Prosecutor Byrne Faraday in ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' could apparently get very nasty when he got angry over things as small as a detective showing up late to work. In fact, [[spoiler: Prosecutor Faraday blowing up at him and docking his pay is the motive Gumshoe is assigned when he's accused of killing him. Yes, [[TheWatson that Gumshoe]].]]

--->'''Amber''': Killer may seem like he has a short temper, but he is actually extremely calm. The only thing that lights him up is a fight or competition.

%%* ''Webcomic/{{Namesake}}'': Warrick has this [[spoiler: ever since he removed his heart.]]

%%* Zhang Fei in ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms.'' "Zhang Fei, calm your tits!" is his allies' refrain. [[spoiler: His own redshirts end up killing him because he's such a {{Jerkass}}.]]

* Fat Doc from ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'' is described as being short-tempered compared to his assistant Slim Doc, for example being the first one to start yelling when the docs have a fight in "The Split".

* It takes very little to make the members of ''LetsPlay/PartyCrashers'' lose their minds. Nick and Brent are especially guilty of this, as they are the most prone to lose their temper over the most minor of inconveniences. Special mention to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F38Lc6FHjc We played EVERY Mario Kart track]]", where the both of them snap at several times in nearly every race.

* ''Fanfic/WeirdIncidentShit'': [[Webcomic/ProblemSleuth Problem Sleuth]] can tell that [[Franchise/TouhouProject Reimu Hakurei]] has a temper problem. And he's right; if you try to challenge her to a fight, you get a Bad End.

* It takes very little to make any member of the LetsPlay/PartyCrashers lose their minds. Nick and Brent are especially guilty of this, as they are the most prone to lose their temper over the most minor of inconveniences. Special mention to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F38Lc6FHjc We played EVERY Mario Kart track]]", where the both of them snap at several times in nearly every race.

* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': Whenever Randall Boggs isn't being a [[EvilIsPetty petty]] {{Jerkass}} and antagonizing Sulley, he's shown to be quick to anger, especially if it has something to do with Sulley. No surprise, given who [[Creator/SteveBuscemi his voice actor is]].

* It takes very little to make any member of the LetsPlay/PartyCrashers lose their minds. Nick and Brent are especially guilty of this, as they are the most prone to lose their temper over the most minor of inconveniences. Special mention to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F38Lc6FHjc We played EVERY Mario Kart track]]", where they both snap at several times in nearly every race.

* It takes very little to make any member of the LetsPlay/PartyCrashers lose their minds. Nick and Brent are especially guilty of this, as they are the most prone to lose their temper over the most minor of inconveniences. Special mention to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F38Lc6FHjc We played EVERY Mario Kart track]]", where both of them snap several times in nearly every race.

* It takes very little to make any member of the LetsPlay/PartyCrashers lose their minds. [[EntitledBastard Nick and Brent]] are especially guilty of this, as they are the most prone to lose their temper over the most minor of inconveniences. Special mention to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F38Lc6FHjc We played EVERY Mario Kart track]]", where both of them snap several times in nearly every race.

* [=LowTierGod=] is infamous for blowing a gasket whenever he loses in fighting games, and banning viewers from his streams for any reason, including (but not limited to) [[CantTakeCriticism criticism of any kind]], complimenting opponents who beat him, having a username or avatar he does not like, mentioning a character he does not like, [[BoomerangBigot being black]], or even just his being in a foul mood.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Yang Xiao Long has a ''literal'' hair-trigger temper: she's feisty, HotBlooded in combat, and [[BerserkButton she will lay you out like a bath mat if you harm one strand of her golden locks]].

* ''WebVideo/LowTierGod'' is infamous for blowing a gasket whenever he loses in fighting games, and banning viewers from his streams for any reason, including (but not limited to) [[CantTakeCriticism criticism of any kind]], complimenting opponents who beat him, having a username or avatar he does not like, mentioning a character he does not like, [[BoomerangBigot being black]], or even just his being in a foul mood.

In a FourTemperamentEnsemble, this character is Choleric. Very, '''very''' Choleric.

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