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* In ''Literature/SmallGods'' Brutha goes out to speak to the united army invading Omnia and convince them that while they'll freely surrender and disarm, pillaging and conquering the kingdom will only continue a cycle of violence. At which point an impromptu Omnian defense force shows up, making it look like he was just keeping them talking.
* Used in ''Literature/ProfessorBranestawm's Treasure Hunt'', with the Diddituptite Islanders. The Professor had realized both that the Diddituptites were renowned for both being [[ImAHumanitarian cannibals]] and having a Feast dance -- which the Professor happened to know. Then Colonel Dedshott arrived with the sailors on the ship (long story) and a massive fight broke out. However, it was all happily resolved in the end.
* Odd example in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear''. Tash found [[spoiler: a {{Tykebomb}}, [[PokemonSpeak Eppon]]]] and befriended it, only to have it leave her when its creator the BigBad showed up. Later it attacked her at his order, but she appealed to their friendship and it started backing down and showing signs of turning on the Big Bad. [[spoiler: But he had an ExplosiveLeash [[YourHeadASplode for just this occasion.]]]]
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** In the introductory arc for Weapon X in ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'', two AlternateReality versions of John Proudstar have nearly calmed down the Hulk, when Weapon X's ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} ''shoots him in the head'' just to deliberately tick him off again and [[LetsYouAndHimFight start a fight]].
** And at one point in normal [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Marvel continuity]], Deadpool requires some of the Hulk's blood after a gamma reactor messed up DP's HealingFactor. The Hulk has cleared off a small area of Manhattan because he is dying, and has resigned himself to the fact. Deadpool goes in, riles him up, and ''impales him on a signpost''. Got the blood, though.

** ''Anime/DragonBallGT'': Super Android 17 has to deal with this during his fight with Goku after Android 18 gets into his head about his true self. She reminds him that he's not a killer or a coward who listens to evil doctors' orders, which leads to Dr. Myu getting killed by 17 once he runs his mouth. But then after this, 18 and Goku still want to fight him (and vice versa, to be fair) due to his role in Krillin's death. As a result, he gives away his weakness and dies.

** ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': If you stretch it out a little, what triggered Majin Buu's transformation from Fat Buu to Super Buu can be seen as such a scene. [[FakeUltimateHero Mr. Satan]] (Hercule in the dub, or [[TakeAThirdOption Hercule Satan to the fandom]]) realizes that Buu had the potential to turn good and befriended him (after some assassination attempts that were so [[NoSell ridiculously ineffective]] that Buu just thought he was playing). He even manages to explain to [[ObliviouslyEvil Buu]] that killing people was bad, therefore singlehandedly stopping a threat that was at least as strong as SSJ3 Goku. And then [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters some douchebag]] shoots Buu's puppy Bee, followed by shooting Mr. Satan himself. Thankfully Buu has HealingHands, but what was the rule about [[BullyingADragon what not to do again]] when someone is much more powerful than you?

* ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'':

** In ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'', after forcing Bruce to Hulk out at the university, General Ross hits him with everything the soldiers have at their disposal. The Hulk [[CurbstompBattle is neither amused nor stopped]]. In a moment of relative quiet, during which the remaining soldiers are running for their lives and the Hulk is standing still (though still furious), Betty gets close to him and her presence calms him a bit. She reaches out to him, and he's appeared to have calmed right down... and then an air strike starts tearing up the field. (To be fair to Ross, he actually tried to call this one off. Mainly to save his daughter from being blown up.)

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** In the introductory arc for Weapon X in ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'', John Proudstar and John Proudstar (it's an AlternateHistory thing; one of them is in his home reality as ComicBook/AlphaFlight's Shaman and the other hopping around as the Exiles' Thunderbird) have nearly calmed down the Hulk, when Weapon X's ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} ''shoots him in the head'' just to deliberately tick him off again and [[LetsYouAndHimFight start a fight]].

* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob:'' Just after Bob has convinced Galatea ''not'' to throw her formula into a giant vat of peanut butter and produce an unstoppable army of monsters, Agent Jerry [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080726.html shoots]] the test tube and [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080729.html sends it all spilling into the vat anyway.]]

** Subverted in ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''. Betty is calming down the Hulk after he pretty much beats up all of the Avengers. Captain America sees the Hulk going towards Betty and is about to attack the Hulk before Nick Fury explains the situation to Captain America. The Hulk manages to turn back into Bruce without any problems... aside from the superheroes he's already beaten up.

** Subverted in ''ComicBook/UltimateAvengers''. Betty is calming down the Hulk after he pretty much beats up all of the Avengers. Captain America sees the Hulk going towards Betty and is about to attack the Hulk before Nick Fury explains the situation to Captain America. The Hulk manages to turn back into Bruce without any problems... aside from the superheroes he's already beaten up.

* Happens in the penultimate chapter of the ComicBook/XMen's (in)famous ''[[ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga Dark Phoenix Saga]]''. ComicBook/JeanGrey has gone completely [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity Dark Phoenix]], [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroyed a solar system]], and [[FaceHeelTurn trashed her entire team.]] Twice. Cue ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, the last X-Man standing, and a truly touching IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight speech, fueled by ThePowerOfLove. She almost seems to be willing to come around... when she gets brain-blasted from behind by Professor X. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice job breaking it, Mentor.]] To be fair, ''it actually worked''. The Professor had a psionic battle with the Dark Phoenix [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind in the center of Jean's mind]] and won, [[ThePowerofFriendship with Jean's help]], bringing her back to normal. Then the Shi'ar Majestrix appear, mighty pissed off that Jean destroyed a solar system, and decide she has to die. The Professor at least calls for a trial by battle between the X-Men and the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. The X-Men are getting owned and Cyclops and Jean are the only ones left, until the Imperial Guard attacks them at once and one manages to hit Cyclops. That's when Jean has a ''massive'' FreakOut and ''completely'' flips the script, bringing back the Dark Phoenix. At this point, Jean could've wiped out Imperial Guard with literally nothing more than a passing thought, but she realizes that if she unleashed that power she wouldn't stop with them. (Official WhatIf stories have shown that she would've [[ApocalypseHow destroyed the entire universe]].) So before she completely reverts to Dark Phoenix... [[HeroicSacrifice she kills herself]].

* ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperheroes'' Timber Wolf reverted to his bestial state when he discovered that it was him that killed his father, Chameleon Boy and Phantom Girl were with him at the time. Phantom Girl discovered that the changes are linked to his emotional state and nearly succeeds in calming him. Before he could revert back to normal however, the noise alerted the Science Police to their location and rush to bring Timber Wolf down. This caused him to have another (albeit smaller) freak out and knocks them aside to flee the planet thinking he's too dangerous to be around anyone.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes,'', in the episode "Everything is Wonderful," Hank Pym is trying to talk down Simon Williams (who [[DespairEventHorizon let himself be turned into an energy being]] to get revenge on [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]). He just about gets Simon to stand down when Stark busts in, repulsors blazing. Made doubly tragic in that had Tony [[PoorCommunicationKills simply told Simon]] why he bought out Williamstech in the first place, none of it would have happened. In Tony's defense, he tried to tell Simon earlier. A few times. Simon just wouldn't listen.

* In ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'': After forcing Bruce to Hulk out at the university, General Ross hits him with everything the soldiers have at their disposal. The Hulk [[CurbstompBattle is neither amused nor stopped]]. In a moment of relative quiet, during which the remaining soldiers are running for their lives and the Hulk is standing still (though still furious), Betty gets close to him and her presence calms him a bit. She reaches out to him, and he's appeared to have calmed right down... and then an air strike starts tearing up the field.
** Though to be fair to Ross, he actually tried to call this one off. Mainly to save his daughter from being blown up.

** One of the most terrifying ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' ever involves Bruce and Rick not making it to the trench, producing a mindlink between the Hulk and Rick, with the latter terribly ill from radiation exposure. Rick repeatedly tries to warn the Hulk away -- until General Ross decides to torture Rick to draw the Hulk back into the line of fire, and he ''dies''. Prompt a Hulk rampage rarely equaled prior to ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'', killing off a good third of the (admittedly very small at the time) hero population of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.

* Happens in the penultimate chapter of the ComicBook/XMen's (in)famous ''[[ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga Dark Phoenix Saga]]''. Jean Grey has gone completely [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity Dark Phoenix]], [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroyed a solar system]], and [[FaceHeelTurn trashed her entire team.]] Twice. Cue Cyclops, the last X-Man standing, and a truly touching IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight speech, fueled by ThePowerOfLove. She almost seems to be willing to come around... when she gets brain-blasted from behind by Professor X. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice job breaking it, Mentor.]] To be fair, ''it actually worked''. The Professor had a psionic battle with the Dark Phoenix [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind in the center of Jean's mind]] and won, [[ThePowerofFriendship with Jean's help]], bringing her back to normal. Then the Shi'ar Majestrix appear, mighty pissed off that Jean destroyed a solar system, and decide she has to die. The Professor at least calls for a trial by battle between the X-Men and the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. The X-Men are getting owned and Cyclops and Jean are the only ones left, until the Imperial Guard attacks them at once and one manages to hit Cyclops. That's when Jean has a ''massive'' FreakOut and ''completely'' flips the script, bringing back the Dark Phoenix. At this point, Jean could've wiped out Imperial Guard with literally nothing more than a passing thought, but she realizes that if she unleashed that power she wouldn't stop with them. (Official WhatIf stories have shown that she would've [[ApocalypseHow destroyed the entire universe]].) So before she completely reverts to Dark Phoenix... [[HeroicSacrifice she kills herself]].

Whenever the powerful and dangerous but [[NonMaliciousMonster misunderstood monster]] is being calmed down by their best (usually [[ABoyAndHisX small human]]) friend, LoveInterest, or MoralityChain with a CooldownHug, someone, whenever on purpose or accident, will [[LeeroyJenkins rush in and attack]].

* In ''Discworld/SmallGods'' Brutha goes out to speak to the united army invading Omnia and convince them that while they'll freely surrender and disarm, pillaging and conquering the kingdom will only continue a cycle of violence. At which point an impromptu Omnian defense force shows up, making it look like he was just keeping them talking.

** ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': If you stretch it a little, what triggered Majin Buu's transformation can be seen as such a scene. [[FakeUltimateHero Mr. Satan]] (Hercule in the dub) has, over a period of time (and a number of [[NoSell miserably failed]] assassination attempts), befriended Buu and, in the process, essentially defused a threat that had proved capable of beating anyone's ass it so chose. And then [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters some douchebag]] shoots Buu's puppy, followed by shooting Mr. Satan himself. HealingHands applied to both cases, but what was the rule about [[BullyingADragon what not to do again]] when someone is much more powerful than you?

Whenever the powerful and dangerous but [[NonMaliciousMonster misunderstood monster]] is being calmed down by their best (usually [[ABoyAndHisX small human]]) friend, LoveInterest, or MoralityChain with a CooldownHug, some [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom idiot]] will [[LeeroyJenkins rush in and attack]].

* Used in ''Professor Branestawm's Treasure Hunt'', with the Diddituptite Islanders. The Professor had realized both that the Diddituptites were renowned for both being [[ImAHumanitarian cannibals]] and having a Feast dance -- which the Professor happened to know. Then Colonel Dedshott arrived with the sailors on the ship (long story) and a massive fight broke out. However, it was all happily resolved in the end.

** The former TropeNamer. Every time Rick Jones, She-Hulk or any other friend or loved one is close to calming him down, someone attacks him or the person calming him down, thus making him angry again. It's [[IdiotBall usually]] [[GeneralRipper General]] [[InspectorJavert Ross.]]

* A non-superpowered example occurs in the 1996 movie ''Set It Off'', a drama movie about four minority women who become bank robbers for various reasons. At the climax of the movie, the four end up cornered after their last robbery goes wrong. A group MexicanStandoff between the robbers and the police occurs as a result. A sympathetic officer tries to talk them down so that things can end with no one getting hurt, and though they seem to be going for it, [[spoiler: a RedShirt cop decides that it would be smarter to open fire on the heavily-armed and quite agitated group, fatally shooting one of the girls. At the end of the day, several cops (including the idiotic RedShirt) are dead, as well as 2 other members of the group, with the only living member of the four escaping to Mexico.]]

* InterruptedCooldownHug: [[spoiler: Happens in Chapter 16. Yang has nearly calmed down the out-of-control-Ruby, when Roman idiotically tries to ''stab Ruby in the neck'', injuring Yang in the process, and making Ruby even more out of control than before]].

* In volume 15 of ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' Accelerator's prevented from landing the killing blow on the story's BigBad by one of the few people he respects. It's right when Accelerator hesitates that said BigBad attacks the other person. [[TooDumbToLive This was]] a very [[FateWorseThanDeath bad move]] on his part.