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-->'''Bubbles''': ''(angry)'' '''ENOUGH!''' ''[[MakeMeWannaShout (blows Blossom and Buttercup into one side of a fence and Allegro and Largo into the other)]]'' You just want to fight, huh?! ''(to Blossom and Buttercup)'' I listened to each of you whine and complain! "Bubbles, she did it. Bubbles, tell her to apologize. Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles!"\\

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

* "[[Creator/YukoGoto Gothouther-sama]]" does this for the hosts of [[ShowWithinAShow Lucky Channel]] in episode 23 of ''Manga/LuckyStar'' after Shiraishi had destroyed the set in a fit of UnstoppableRage the previous episode.
* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': A variation when the Wolf interrupts the scene in the series where Jon protests Grey Worm executing Lannister prisoners, just as they're about to fight (as they loathe him more than each other, but he's simply too dangerous for them to handle). The Wolf starts executing the prisoners himself, but in so needlessly brutal a fashion that Grey Worm ends up calling off the slaughter out of disgust.

** In ''Literature/HonorBlade'' the neutral Lalairu agree to host a diplomatic summit between the Federation and the Romulan Empire aboard their city-ship ''Mascrar''. The Lalairu are militant about maintaining their reputation as neutral intermediaries and threaten to destroy any ship that disrupts the negotiations regardless of affiliation, to which both sides agree. [[spoiler:They carry out the threat when the Romulans attack the Federation-allied Romulan ship [=ChR=] ''Bloodwing'', joining with the Starfleet ships to rout the enemy vessels.]]

* In the series finale of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' , Crichton threatens to destroy EVERYONE if the Peacekeepers and Scarrans refuse to make peace.
* A RunningGag on ''{{Series/Kaamelott}}'' is Arthur trying to mediate conflicts in a more enlightened, nonviolent way, and still having to fall back on violent methods (that don't work out anyway). His father-in-law Léodagan vocally disapproves of such wishy-washy methods, suggesting sending all parties involved to the galleys/the chopping block (while they're still standing there).

* The title character in ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'' makes her entrance this way, breaking up a fight between the other orphans by threatening them with her fists. This effectively establishes both her scrappy toughness and her status as the TeamMom of the orphanage.

* In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', a confrontation between [[spoiler:a possessed]] Kiyotaka Ishimaru and Hifumi Yamada that is clearly about to come to blows is stopped cold by a ''single glare'' from [[HugeSchoolgirl Sakura Oogami.]] Clearly, both teacher's pets and hopeless otakus know not to get on the wrong side of the Ultimate Martial Artist. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Unfortunately,]] that only works while she's awake and around, as is fatally found out later.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', when Hank and Dean bicker during a long rocket flight.
-->'''Hank and Dean''': He started it!\\
'''Dr. Venture''': No, ''I'' started it years ago in a moment of passion, and I'll end it the same way, right here, in front of Brock, H.E.L.P.eR., and God!

-->'''Popeye:''' ''Nobody'' wins. And I'm gonna steps on ''both'' of ya if ya don't shakes hands and makes peace! (''The two kings do'')

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Ash's Bulbasaur is sent to Professor Oak's lab while several Pokémon are busy fighting each other. Bulbasaur quickly finds that a good Solar Beam attack is an effective way to establish a truce.

* PlayedForLaughs in the first ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' film. One brief scene with the traveling "herd" is suggestive of a family on a long and boring car trip, with Sid and Roshan as the kids starting a fight in the backseat and Manny as the annoyed father with the classic retort of "I don't care who started it, I'll finish it!"

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', near the closing of the Marineford War, Shanks and his Red Hair Pirates show up in Marineford and then threaten the Whitebeard Pirates and the Marines into ending their battle, declaring that anyone who still wants to fight will have to fight against ''his'' side. And then the war promptly stops, with Shanks taking Whitebeard and Ace's corpses to be given a proper burial. It works because while the Marines won the war against Whitebeard, they certainly did not come out unscathed and were in no position to ''immediately'' fight another Emperor-caliber crew, especially since the surviving Whitebeard Pirates would've joined the fight instead of fleeing in this scenario. And Fleet Admiral Sengoku is well aware of this.

* Garion bullies two ''armies'' into putting down their weapons early in ''[[Literature/TheBelgariad The Malloreon]]''. And then he bullies the two leaders into accepting his compromise to end their conflict.

Characters who play this trope are usually authority figures, particularly a parent who can resolve the fighting between their children with their warnings of punishments. Expect the TeamDad to use this trope on his teammates when they quarrel. Pretty much TruthInTelevision.

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Ash's Bulbasaur is sent to Professor Oak's lab while several Pokémon are busy fighting each other. Bulbasaur quickly finds that a good Solarbeam attack is an effective way to establish a truce.

The conflicting characters will eventually realize that the mediator means it in carrying out his threat and they quickly reconcile. Sometimes, this trope can work [[GoneHorriblyRight too easily]] when the quarreling characters [[MediationBackfire put aside their differences by teaming up against him.]]

* "[[Creator/YukoGoto Gothouther-sama]]" does this for the hosts of [[ShowWithinAShow Lucky Channel]] in episode 23 of ''Manga/LuckyStar'' after Minoru had destroyed the set in a fit of UnstoppableRage the previous episode.