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* From ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', [[TheScrappy the abomination whose name we shall not speak.]]

* In ''Disney/LiloAndStitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'', Stitch has to hold Lilo back when [[AlphaBitch Myrtle]] taunts her, but when the latter tells her she won't be as good a dancer as her deceased mother, Stitch lets her go and photographs the ensuing smack down.

* Akito gets held back twice when trying to attack Tohru and Kana in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''.

* In ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'' Crickey has to hold Mushu back by his tail after Shang angrily gets in Mulan's face.

* In "Disney/{{Mulan}}", Crickey has to hold Mushu back by his tail after Shang angrily gets in Mulan's face.

* In "Disney/Mulan", Crickey has to hold Mushu back by his tail after Shang angrily gets in Mulan's face.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' has Edd wanting to get at Sarah for giving him a cold. Ed has to hold him back.

* Parodied in ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary''.

* Parodied in ''TheresSomethingAboutMary''.

* ''DirtyHarry'', although it is more of a statement than done in anger.
* In the pilot episode of "Kojak", "The Marcus-Nelson Murders", Kojak has to be restrained from clobbering the killer, Teddy Hopper, a man who he had been mentoring and defending, convinced of his innocence.
* Elliot Stabler of ''LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' has had trouble controlling himself before.
** Somewhat averted in ''[[LawAndOrderCriminalIntent Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'': in Season 6, Det. Goren is interviewing convicted serial killer Mark Ford Brady in an effort to find more of his victims before he is executed, and when it becomes clear that Brady [[spoiler: raped Goren's mother and may well be his own father]], Goren snaps and goes for his throat. There's a prison guard right there in the room, but he doesn't interfere in any way; Goren just gets control of himself.
* Happened in an episode of ''CriminalMinds'' but it was not one of the team who went across the table at the unsub; it was in fact the priest of the local church, who had helped organize a search for a missing woman in the community, and had been asked to talk to the suspect after they captured him as he was a parishioner and might talk to the priest. The priest -- who has remained calm and composed the entire episode -- finally loses it when the suspect reveals he [[spoiler: chopped up the woman and made her into a stew that he then fed to the search parties.]]
** Subverted by the episode "Masterpiece", where it's after Rossi's CrowningMomentOfAwesome that Jason Alexander's [=UnSub=] lunges across the table at Rossi - who promptly gains the upper hand, slams his head against a plate-glass window a couple times, and then calmly lets him go.

* Deconstructed in an episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'' where the murderer was [[RabidCop a cop]] who ended up accidentally [[PoliceBrutality killing an innocent eighteen year old teenage suspect in interrogation who wouldn't confess]] by not so accidentally knocking him over onto the concrete floor and let him die of head trauma.
* In ''Series/TheXFiles'', Mulder faces a serial child murderer who claims Mulder's sister as a victim. Driven over the edge, Mulder smacks him out of the seat. When the perp yells, "He hit me!" the guard shrugs and says, [[BlatantLies "I didn't see it."]]
* Parodied in an episode of ''Series/TheLastDetective'', where the protagonist, who is as far from being a RabidCop as is possible does this against a criminal who beat up his best friend. It's a rather ineffectual lunge and Dangerous' boss, an OldFashionedCopper, finds it amusing.

* Inverted, subverted, and played straight to different degrees in J.D. Robb's ''InDeath'' series. Most of the time Eve, the [[GoodCopBadCop Bad Cop]] in almost every interview, intentionally provokes this reaction, sometimes even letting them land a blow to justify EpicBattleBoredom. At the same time, some of the series' villains and their {{Sympathetic Murderer}}s will elicit this reaction from HotBlooded cops if [[ItsPersonal it's personal.]] Sometimes it looks like one party or the other will snap and lunge... only to [[GenreSavvy cool down and call a lawyer]] or [[INeverSaidItWasPoison point out a flaw in the suspect's story.]]
* In ''Series/LAConfidential'', Bud White's BerserkButton is triggered as he listens to a black suspect confessing to the incidental crime of kidnapping and raping a Mexican woman. He shatters the back of the chair he is leaning on, storms into the interrogation room, violently pushes the suspect against the wall, and places the barrel of his gun into his mouth. Go 50's!
* From ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', [[TheScrappy the abomination whose name we shall not speak.]]
* In ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', Timon tells Pumbaa to hold him back, and Pumbaa does so. He then yells "Let me at him, let me at him!" and Pumbaa does so.
--> ''Pumbaa, I think you're missing the basic point here.''
* ''[[Series/ThePhilSilversShow Sgt. Bilko]]'' featured a similar exchange in a variation of this trope where Bilko ordered his men to hold him back in a serious and threatening tone, then proceeded to struggle against them trying to get at the guy who pissed him off. As he starts to break free, he urges them with greater and greater urgency to hold him back better (so he doesn't have to actually fight).
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': When [[FieryRedhead Rainbow Dash]] is ready to [[LeeroyJenkins charge headfirst into a problem]], [[TeamMom Applejack's]] normally the one who holds her back by her tail, prompting this reaction.
* One of the methods of dealing with bullies that DrillbitTaylor teaches the boys is the Holdback Technique, which is faking this trope to make the other party think you want to fight, ideally making them back off. When the boys try it at school, the one being held back is punched. Drillbit is surprised they actually tried it.
* In "Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets," one of the detectives, having brought in a suspect who raped and beat to death his toddler stepson, contemplates giving him a serious station-house beating with the knowledge that no one in the building would blame or implicate him in any way. He doesn't do it, but not out of compassion: he realizes that, tomorrow, somebody just as bad or worse will be in the same interview room and in the end it doesn't accomplish anything. He convinces another detective to conduct the interview instead while he regains his composure.
* Almost every time Spinelli tries starting a fight in ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''

* ''{{CSI NY}}'':

* Gus in ''{{Disney/Cinderella}}'' does this when the stepsisters tear up Cinderella's dress and later when the stepmother locks Cinderella in her room. Jaq has to hold him by his tail both times.

* Often happens with Bill Oddie in ''TheGoodies'', though there it's played for comic effect.
* In ''Disney/LiloAndStitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'', Stitch has to hold Lilo back when [[AlphaBitch Myrtle]] taunts her, but when the latter tells her she won't be as good a dancer as her deceased mother, Stitch lets her go and photographs the ensuing smack down.

* The movie ''{{Se7en}}''.

* Deconstructed in an episode of {{CSI}} where the murderer was [[RabidCop a cop]] who ended up accidentally [[PoliceBrutality killing an innocent eighteen year old teenage suspect in interrogation who wouldn't confess]] by not so accidentally knocking him over onto the concrete floor and let him die of head trauma.
* Similar to the Criminal Intent example above, [[TheXFiles Mulder]] faces a serial child murderer who claims Mulder's sister as a victim. Driver over the edge, Mulder smacks him out of the seat. When the perp yells, "He hit me!" the guard shrugs and says, [[BlatantLies "I didn't see it."]]
* Parodied in an episode of ''TheLastDetective'', where the protagonist, who is as far from being a RabidCop as is possible does this against a criminal who beat up his best friend. It's a rather ineffectual lunge and Dangerous' boss, an OldFashionedCopper, finds it amusing.

* In LAConfidential, Bud White's BerserkButton is triggered as he listens to a black suspect confessing to the incidental crime of kidnapping and raping a Mexican woman. He shatters the back of the chair he is leaning on, storms into the interrogation room, violently pushes the suspect against the wall, and places the barrel of his gun into his mouth. Go 50's!

* Danny on ''{{CSI NY}}'' after Aiden's death. He's wanting very badly to rough up the guy he thinks did it, but Mac is admant he can't because it has to go by the book. It was someone else who killed her anyway in the end.
** There was also one that initially appeared similar to the CSI example above, but it turned into a subversion. Flack has the misfortune for a kid to die in custody, during interrogation. It appears he might have gotten overzealous with the kid, but it later turns out the death was drug induced.

* In ''Disney/LiloAndStitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'', Stitch has to hold Lilo back when [[AlphaBitch Myrtle]] taunts her, but when the latter makes a crack about the former's deceased mother, Stitch lets Lilo go and photographs the ensuing fight.
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* In ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'', Stitch has to hold Lilo back when [[AlphaBitch Myrtle]] taunts her, but when the latter makes a crack about the former's deceases mother, Stitch lets Lilo go and photographs the ensuing fight.

* In ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'', Stitch has to hold Lilo back when [[AlphaBitch Myrtle]] taunts her, but when the latter makes a crack about the former's deceases mother, Stitch let's Lilo go and photographs the ensuing fight.

--> ''Pumbaa, I think you're missing the vital point here.''

* In ''Disney/TheLionKing 2'', Timon tells Pumbaa to hold him back, and Pumbaa does so. He then yells "Let me at him, let me at him!" and Pumbaa does so.

->''"I oughtta press you into [[{{Squick}} jerk cider]]!"''
-->--'''Rainbow Dash''', from the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]"

->''I oughtta press you into [[{{Squick}} jerk cider]]!''
-->--'''Rainbow Dash''', ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]''

!!Examples
* Akito gets held back twice when trying to attack Tohru and Kana in ''FruitsBasket''.

* From ScoobyDoo, [[TheScrappy the abomination whose name we shall not speak.]]
* In TheLionKing 2, Timon tells Pumbaa to hold him back, and Pumbaa does so. He then yells "Let me at him, let me at him!" and Pumbaa does so.

* SgtBilko featured a similar exchange in a variation of this trope where Bilko ordered his men to hold him back in a serious and threatening tone, then proceeded to struggle against them trying to get at the guy who pissed him off. As he starts to break free, he urges them with greater and greater urgency to hold him back better (so he doesn't have to actually fight).

* Inverted, subverted, and played straight to different degrees in J.D. Robb's ''InDeath'' series. Most of the time Eve, the [[GoodCopBadCop Bad Cop]] in almost every interview, intentionally provokes this reaction, sometimes even letting them land a blow to justify KickingAssAndTakingNames. At the same time, some of the series' villains and their {{Sympathetic Murderer}}s will elicit this reaction from HotBlooded cops if [[ItsPersonal it's personal.]] Sometimes it looks like one party or the other will snap and lunge... only to [[GenreSavvy cool down and call a lawyer]] or [[INeverSaidItWasPoison point out a flaw in the suspect's story.]]