History Main / HairtriggerTemper

** He confessed to faking it on {{Tosh.0}}, but given the offbeat nature of his interview, it could have just been RuleOfFunny.

** The Diceman is a fictional character played by a guy who rarely ever breaks character.

* Take to an absolute extreme with [[http://www.blip.tv/file/2987088/ Katie Kaboom]]. Imagine the kind of creature that The Hulk would think needs to calm down, or run away from because her transformations are too freaky. That's our Katie.

-->--''Far Side''

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* Cyrano de Bergerac, in the play of the same name, goes homicidal on anyone who mentions his nose. Or even pronounces the word "nose." Or, when already in a lather, uses any figure of speech or makes any metaphorical reference that might be construed as nasal in some context.

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* [[DrillSergeantNasty Every military Drill Instructor, ever]]. They're actually trained to do this as part of their job. After a few weeks of walking through verbal minefields and having them go off, recruits figure out that the only way to avoid the problem is to do everything the sergeant says, period. This explains why soldiers, when ordered to charge machine gun fire, will charge machine gun fire. Unfortunately, the same tactic is used by cults, and is why there's a deprogramming industry in the first place.

* AnitaBlake. She regularly has to clamp down on her "seething emotions"- even if it's because someone has pointed out a *gasp* possible flaw in her plan.
* The Gillian Key books are full of this- she's a v. grumpy lady.

* [[BigBad Grunide]] from ''BeetTheVandelBuster'' goes berserk when he's addressed in a casual manner. "Dude, calm down" will make him blow a crater in the ground with the sheer force of his trembling with rage. He constantly soaks himself in sedative resin, because he knows that sort of thing is "not ok", no matter who you are.

** A huge part of the Vizard, [[DrillSergeantNasty Kensei Muguruma's]] personality. When first meeting the Vizards, Orihime jokingly asked where the bathroom was, nervously. Love and Lisa had to restrain him from hurting her out of pure irritation. Let's also now how he comforts a child who's family was just killed by a Hollow:

** In fact, it's been scientifically proven that Killer Bees react to CO2 (carbon dioxide). That means you can set them off just by breathing around them.

* Averted with the real JoePesci, despite his tendency to play such characters. All accounts this troper has read place him as a well-adjusted, pleasant man.
** He sent this troper TWO signed autographs for a school auction when she asked for one.

** Like Pee Wee Herman or Larry the Cable Guy, The Diceman is a fictional character played by a guy who rarely ever breaks character.
*** That's not really a reasonable excuse for acting like a douche 24/7.
*** And if a man is always in character, it means he takes that character way too seriously. Even Sacha Baron Cohen stopped being Ali G/Borat/Bruno and moved on.

* One of the villains from ''BeetTheVandelBuster'' goes berserk when he's addressed in a casual manner. "dude, calm down" will make him blow a crater in the ground with the sheer force of his trembling with rage. He constantly soaks himself in sedative resin, because he knows that sort of thing is "not ok", no matter who you are.

-->"[[ThisIsSparta This is bowling]]! [[MemeticMutation There are]] ''[[SeriousBusiness rules]]''! ''MARK IT ZERO!''

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YersIyzsOpc This kid] who not only goes off like he's possessed because his WoW account is cancelled, but because he is losing a game in another video.

* Heloise and Lucius from ''JimmyTwoShoes''.

*** And if a man is always in character, it means he takes that character way too seriously. Even Sacha Baron Cohen stopped being Ali G/Borat/Bruno and moved on.

* Heloise from ''JimmyTwoShoes''.

->''There are people in this world who go about demanding to be killed. You must have noticed them. They quarrel in gambling games. They jump out of their automobiles in a rage. [[BullyingADragon They humiliate and bully people whose capabilities they do not know.]] [[TooDumbToLive These are people who wander through the world shouting, "Kill me."]] And there's always someone ready to oblige to them''.

** Kirstie Alley is even worse about this. Say anything, and we do mean ANYTHING remotely negative about UsefulNotes/{{Scientology}}, her failure to lose weight, or even mild things like impersonating a celebrity on {{Twitter}} and watch the sparks fly. [[http://twitter.com/KIRSTIEalley Her twitter account]] has become a favorite topic on celebrity gossip and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Chanology Project Chanology]] sites because of this. (It's even more amusing due to her InternetToughGuy persona and the fact that she types and argues like a tweenage girl, right down to even censoring herself.)

* Donald Duck, naturally.