History Main / RagebreakingPoint

* Ned Flanders in that one ''TheSimpsons'' episode about the hurricane.
** Particularly notable in this case, because he'd been building up his rage for ''decades''. Hell, it's the reason he has his VerbalTic.

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* [[StarWars Luke Skywalker]] had already been through enough by the time the climactic battle in ''ReturnOfTheJedi'' rolls around. But he knew that getting furious now would lead to TheDarkSide. Vader and the Emperor taunt him, but he stays calm. But then Vader [[RelativeButton threatens to take the last family he has left]]. Luke lets out a BigNever and wails on Vader, coming very close to killing him.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Bullocks to Stan", Stan's boss has been mistreating him all through the episode, making him do lots of menial tasks, all to get his promotion. The also includes being quiet about sleeping with his grown daughter. But then after the two break up, Bullocks calls her a slut. Stan goes berserk, with a few AndThisIsFor punches.
* At the start of ''{{Film/Thor}}'', Thor pays a "visit" to the frost giants, and Loki manages to talk him out of violence. Until one of the frost giants resorts to name calling...
-->'''Loki''': [[PrecisionFStrike Damn]].

* SmallSoldiers: Tom punches out resident JerkAss Phil Phimple near the ends of the movie. He says "Don't tell me to stay calm; calm was killing me."
* In the 2009 ''Film/StarTrek'' Kirk is [[InvokedTrope advised to do this]] to Spock, by Spock's alternate timeline self.
* In the novel ''[[{{Deryni}}The Bishop's Heir]]'', after Morgan and Duncan [[spoiler: fail to save Sidana's life when Llewell slashes her throat just after she exchanged wedding vows with Kelson]], Morgan looks up and sees Llewell's triumphant expression, leaps to his feet, grabs Llewell by his tunic, yanks him downward and shouts, "On your knees before your king, Mearan excrement!" He wants to kill Llewell and says so. Cardiel has to grasp Morgan by the wrist and forbid him from acting.

* ''BittersweetCandyBowl'' sees Mike eventually reach this point when he thinks Lucy is passive-aggressively PlayingTheVictimCard and trying to guilt him into feeling bad that [[spoiler:his long distance girlfriend Sandy is visiting over winter holiday]]. Instead of lashing out physically, he lays out a ''devestating'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, which takes her to task for ten years of [[AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale abuse]]. Made all the more painful by the fact this calling-out comes while she's [[CharacterDevelopment trying to improve]] and ''stop'' being such a hot-headed {{Tsundere}}.
* Piro from the webcomic ''MegaTokyo''. Normally the nicest guy you could ask for, wouldn't hurt a fly. But he's been shown to have a violent temper, so push him over the edge at your peril. See also BewareTheQuietOnes.
** Also Erika from the same title. Pretty soft-spoken, usually, but you [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry wouldn't want to be around her when she gets righteously pissed-off]]. This normally takes the form of BewareTheNiceOnes.
** Ping. Innocence personified. Usually, she's nothing more than a case-in-point of [[BewareTheQuietOnes Beware the Quiet One]], but you definitely [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry wouldn't like her when she's angry]], or want to push her [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]] (she has at least one or two; consider the time that [[spoiler:Gameru belches on her, causing her to go all Hulk-smash on his giant turtle behind; or when Junko suggests that she may be a sex-toy]]). Also, see BewareTheNiceOnes.

* In ''Small Favor'', from ''TheDresdenFiles'', Harry is tired, angry, scared (mostlyfor his friend who is being eyed intently by a Valkyrie) and being chased by fallen angels. When one of them shoots his friend with an AK-47, Harry flips out and blasts a massive hole in the shooters chest (the shooter being a 2000 years old, demon possessed and a heavy weight sorcerer to boot) with a fire blast that is described as so intense it was almost a solid object.

* In the movie ''Film/{{Drive}}'' this pretty much describes the character of Driver. He is a quiet emotionless guy but after his LoveInterest's husband comes home from prison, you start to see that he is holding back a lot of anger. As things start going to hell, he maintains his cool up until the elevator scene [[spoiler: where he stomps on a mook's head so many times that it is nothing more than a bloody smear]].
* Minoru Shiraishi from ''LuckyStar''. His moment was even made the page image for BewareTheNiceOnes.

* In the ''AmericanDad'' episode "Bullocks to Stan", Stan's boss has been mistreating him all through the episode, making him do lots of menial tasks, all to get his promotion. The also includes being quiet about sleeping with his grown daughter. But then after the two break up, Bullocks calls her a slut. Stan goes berserk, with a few AndThisIsFor punches.

-->'''Harry''': Fuego! Pyrofuego! ''Burn'', you bat-faced greasy fucks! '''''BURN!'''''

* Piro from the webcomic ''MegaTokyo''. Normally the nicest guy you could ask for, wouldn't hurt a fly. But he's been shown to have a violent temper, so push him over the edge at your peril. See also BewareTheQuietOnes.
** Also Erika from the same title. Pretty soft-spoken, usually, but you [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry wouldn't want to be around her when she gets righteously pissed-off]]. This normally takes the form of BewareTheNiceOnes.
** Ping. Innocence personified. Usually, she's nothing more than a case-in-point of [[BewareTheQuietOnes Beware the Quiet One]], but you definitely [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry wouldn't like her when she's angry]], or want to push her [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]] (she has at least one or two; consider the time that [[spoiler:Gameru belches on her, causing her to go all Hulk-smash on his giant turtle behind; or when Junko suggests that she may be a sex-toy]]). Also, see BewareTheNiceOnes.

-> ''You can kill [[RevengeOfTheSith his mother]], [[ANewHope aunt, uncle and only mentor, kill his home]], [[TheEmpireStrikesBack cut off his hand, emotionally manipulate him]], and threaten to destroy everything he holds dear, but [[ReturnOfTheJedi start talking smack about turning his sister to the dark side]] and Luke Skywalker will fucking cut you.''

* Luke had already been through enough by the time the climactic battle in ''ReturnOfTheJedi'' rolls around. But he knew that getting furious now would lead to TheDarkSide. Vader and the Emperor taunt him, but he stays calm. But then Vader [[RelativeButton threatens to take the last family he has left]]. Luke lets out a BigNever and wails on Vader, coming very close to killing him.

* At the start of {{Film/Thor}}, Thor pays a "visit" to the frost giants, and Loki manages to talk him out of violence. Until one of the frost giants resorts to name calling...

* Piro from the webcomic ''MegaTokyo''. Normally the nicest guy you could ask for, wouldn't hurt a fly. But push him over the edge...

** Also Erika from the same title. Pretty soft-spoken, usually, but you [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry wouldn't want to be around her when she gets righteously pissed-off]].
** Ping. Innocence personified. Usually, she's nothing more than a case-in-point of [[BewareTheQuietOnes Beware the Quiet One]], but you definitely [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry wouldn't like her when she's angry]], or want to push her [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]] (she has at least one or two; consider the time that [[spoiler:Junko refers to her as a sex-toy, or when Gameru belches on her]]). She also displays definite elements of BewareTheNiceOnes.

->''"Don't tell me to stay calm. Calm was killing me."''
-->-- '''Tom''', ''SmallSoldiers''

->'''Tom:''' "Don't tell me to stay calm. Calm was killing me."
-->-- ''SmallSoldiers''

* In the movie ''Drive'' this pretty much describes the character of Driver. He is a quiet emotionless guy but after his LoveInterest's husband comes home from prison, you start to see that he is holding back a lot of anger. As things start going to hell, he maintains his cool up until the elevator scene [[spoiler: where he stomps on a mook's head so many times that it is nothing more than a bloody smear]].

* Luke had already been through enough by the climactic battle in ''ReturnOfTheJedi''. But he knew that getting furious now would lead to the dark side. Vader and the Emperor taunt him, but he stays calm. But then Vader [[RelativeButton threatens to take the last family he has left]]. Luke lets out a BigNever and wails on Vader.

* Invoked in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' when an Earth Kingdom general wants to utilize Aang's [[SuperMode Avatar State]]. Aang doesn't want to do it, since it's so devastating. The general threatens his friends to make it happen, but [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor sees what Aang meant when he finally got Aang to lose control]].

* Invoked in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' when an Earth Kingdom general wants to utilize Aang's Avatar state. Aang doesn't want to do it, since it's so devastating. The general threatens his friends to make it happen, but [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor sees what Aang meant when he finally got Aang to lost control]].

Eventually there will be a last straw. It could range from a minor thing, to hitting the character's BerserkButton. But now the flood of anger comes pouring out like water from a burst damn. It usually involves UnstoppableRage, but in some cases it can even be TranquilFury. Some stories might even have this trigger a HeroicSecondWind. Also, if the berserk button is hit, this character might even be twice as berserk as usual.

* In the movie ''Drive'' this pretty much describes the character of Driver. He is a quiet emotionless guy but after his LoveInterest's husband comes home from prison, you start to see that he is holding back a lot of anger. As things start going to hell he maintains his cool until the elevator scene [[spoiler: where he stomps on a mook's head so many times that it is nothing more than a bloody smear]].

* SmallSoldiers: Tom puncjes out resident JerkAss Phil Phimple near the ends of the movie. He says "Don't tell me to stay calm; calm was killing me."
* In the 2009 ''Film/StarTrek'' Kirk is [[InvokedTrope advised to do this]] to Spock, by Spocks alternate timeline self.

* Luke had already been through enough by the climactic battle in ''ReturnOfTheJedi''. But he knew that getting furious now would lead to the dark side. Vader and the Emperor taunt him, but he stays calm. But then Vader threatens to take the last family he has left. Luke lets out a BigNever and wails on Vader.

A SuperTrope to RantInducingSlight (in that the trigger is very minor).

* * In the movie ''Drive'' this pretty much describes the character of Driver. He is a quiet emotionless guy but after his LoveInterest's husband comes home from prison, you start to see that he is holding back a lot of anger. As things start going to hell he maintains his cool until the elevator scene [[spoiler: where he stomps on a mook's head so many times that it is nothing more than a bloody smear]].