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* ''MassEffect2:'' If you pursue a relationship with Jack it freaks her out a bit. She responds in the only way she can and Shepard's attitude seems a lot like this trope.

* Whenever Major Burns wanted to complain to Colonel Blake in early seasons of ''{{MASH}}'', he'd bring Major Houlihan into Blake's office with him, and just stand or sit there glaring while she did all the talking. At one point, after Margaret delivers an angry tirade on Frank's behalf, Hawkeye says to her, "You know, you're beautiful when he's angry."

* OlderThanRadio -- courtesy of John Keats;

* This line flashes through [[Discworld/TheTruth William de Worde]]'s mind when a very, very angry Sacharissa Crisplock comes storming into his office, against a general backdrop of terror.
* [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]] is all about this in MidnightSun. "Furious kitten that thinks it's a tiger" much?
* At one point in Mark Walden's H.I.V.E. series, Shelby says Wing is "Kinda cute" when he's angry. His response? "Then at this precise moment I can honestly say that I am cuter than I have ever been before."

* Jesse Custer in ''{{Preacher}}'' uses this on Tulip, with not very good results. May be drawing on the inspiration of his Dad, who snarkily approves of John Wayne as [[WTHCasting Ghenghis Khan]] using the line "Yer beautiful in yer wrath".

* Inverted in chapter 9 of ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'; when [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Ranma]] catches an angry [[{{Tsundere}} Akane]] off guard by telling her she's cute when she ''smiles''. Of course, Ranma being Ranma, he just has to ruin the moment. Thinking on Ranma's words a little later, she tries her smile in a mirror... at which point Ranma pops his head in and ''really'' ruins the moment by asking if mirrors always make her smile or if she's just testing her cheeks, earning himself a MegatonPunch.

* Inverted in chapter 9 of ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]' when [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Ranma]] catches an angry [[{{Tsundere}} Akane]] off guard by telling her she's cute when she ''smiles''. Of course, Ranma being Ranma, he just has to ruin the moment by taking advantage of her shock. Thinking on Ranma's words a little later, she tries her smile in a mirror... at which point Ranma pops his head in and ''really'' ruins the moment by asking if mirrors always make her smile or if she's just testing her cheeks, earning himself a MegatonPunch.

* Spoken pretty much word-for-word by [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Ranma]] to [[{{Tsundere}} Akane]] in an early issue of ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'', which catches the girl off-guard. A little later, she looks in a mirror, and thinking on Ranma's words, goes to smile... at which point Ranma pops his head in and asks if mirrors make her smile or if she's just testing her cheeks. She punches him out.

* ''Brief Encounter'':
-->'''Albert Godby''': ...you look wonderful when you're angry...just like an avenging angel.

* Said by Riven to Bloom in the ''WinxClub'' episode "The Day of the Rose."

* In ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} and the Secret Weapon'', Bravura says this to Asterix while grabbing him off his feet.

* Flip says this to Princess Camille in LittleNemo: Adventures In Slumberland, and gets a hook to the jaw for it.

'''Temujin''': You're beautiful in your wrath.
* ''[[AdamsRib Adam's Rib]]'', where Adam Bonner is telling his wife over the phone that he's been assigned to prosecute Doris Attinger for shooting her husband:

* Invoked in [[TheSuiteLifeofZackandCody The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]].

* A variant of this line is said in ''KidRadd''.

* Inverted in ''{{Spaceballs}}'':

* Happens in ''Evolution: World sacred device'' when Chain is having a go at Mag, then he defuses the whole confutation by title dropping the trope.

* OlderThanSteam -- courtesy of John Keats;

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* One song in ''{{Animaniacs}}'' ends with Yakko saying this to Dot. The song is about Dot bragging about being so cute, so it actually fits in that case instead of just being a male not taking an angry girl seriously, since Yakko may have been apologizing for ruining Dot's song (since that's why Dot was angry in the first place).

* ''{{Bully}}'':

Bob succeeds in [[BerserkButton pissing Alice off]]. Instead of running away fast, Bob tells Alice she's funny/cute/sexy when she's mad. [[ComplimentBackfire This goes over as well as one might expect]], though Bob probably wasn't trying to diffuse the situation in the first place. Expect Alice to storm off, attack Bob, "attack" Bob, or inexplicably burst into tears.

Bob succeeds in [[BerserkButton pissing Alice off]]. Instead of running away fast, Bob tells Alice she's funny/cute/sexy when she's mad. [[ComplimentBackfire This goes over as well as one might expect]], though Bob probably wasn't trying to diffuse the situation in the first place. Expect Alice to storm off, attack Bob, [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "attack"]] Bob, or inexplicably burst into tears.

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