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* ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'': When Merlin is visibly angry, he's just a scrawny kid with no combat training. When he's completely calm, he's TheArchmage capable of killing you and all your backup with a thought. So don't [[BerserkButton hurt his friends]], okay?

* John Reese on ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' is quite capable of taking out enemy assassins without so much as raising his voice (or wrinkling his suit), even when it's personal. [[EspeciallyZoidberg Especially]] when it's personal.

* Dan on ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' often played into this trope when he was really angry or disappointed.

'''Sherlock:''' (calmly) Oh, it's all a bit of a blur, detective... I lost count.

* Teal'c, TheBigGuy in ''Series/StargateSG1'', is exceptionally good at this.
-->"[[CatchPhrase Indeed]]."
** The episode "Talion" showcases it nicely, as seen in the excerpt at Awesome/StargateVerse.

*** Not long after Sha're is first taken by Apophis to be his queen's host, Sam and Daniel encounter an incubator full of Goa'uld larvae. Sam suggests sparing them because, [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim if they killed the defenceless, they'd be no better than the Goa'uld]]. Daniel, quite calmly, accepts her reasoning... and then destroys the tank by firing several bursts into it. His expression remains serene and neutral the entire time, and even afterwards he's unrepentant. Sam is utterly shocked. This is gentle, see-the-enemy's-point-of-view Daniel showing no mercy to the enemy's equivalent of babies with a tranquility that borders on DissonantSerenity, all because of what the Goa'uld did to his beloved wife.
*** To be fair, the Goa'uld did the same to thousands of other hosts and have slaughtered billions across the galaxy.
*** In "Heroes pt. 2". After the death of [[spoiler:Janet Fraiser]], the leader of a documentary team comes to try and ask Daniel about it. Without changing expression, or the volume or tone of his voice, Daniel begins slowly advancing on him, repeatedly telling him to leave, the unspoken threat being that if he didn't by the time he got there, Daniel would beat the ever-loving crap out of him.

* Vulcans in every incarnation of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' are pictures of perfect tranquility, even when fighting. Whether they take someone out with a nerve pinch, fight hand-to-hand or blast it out with phasers, they always have a blank look of complete calm. Sometimes that calm slips a bit, and we get a glimpse of the Hot Green Blood that made them choose this path as an alternative to ''completely destroying themselves.''
** In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Plato's Stepchildren" the Platonians used their mental powers to humiliate Kirk and Spock as Dr [=McCoy=] watches, forcing them to sing and dance like court jesters. Spock was forced to dance a tango around Kirk's body, his feet perilously close to his captain's head. When they were released from control, Spock had to take a moment to control his emotions.
*** The dialogue below was said with Spock's usual lack of expression. Which makes the words even more chilling. Getting a Vulcan angry is NOT a good idea.

''(Spock breaks a goblet with one hand)''
** In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Omega Glory", while the crooked starship captain Tracy holds Kirk and Spock captive, he contacts the ''Enterprise'' to tell them that the landing party has been infected and advises them not to beam down anyone else. Jim tries to call out and is knocked out by one of Tracy's henchmen. In that instant, Spock grabs one of the spears blocking him and is only stopped by the phaser on Jim's unconscious body. His face looks calm but one can see the burning anger in his eyes.
** Scotty in "The Trouble With Tribbles." A drunk Klingon begins insulting humans and the Federation. Scotty tells Chekov to calm down. The Klingon begins to insult Captain Kirk. Chekov gets ready to throw a punch, and Scotty has to order him to sit down. Then, the Klingon calls Scotty's beloved ''Enterprise'' a garbage scow. While clearly upset, Scotty first coolly and politely asks the Klingon if he wants to... ''rephrase'' that...
** In the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "For the Uniform", Captain Sisko, normally fairly vocal -- [[ScaryBlackMan and often physical]] -- in his frustration, has for months been dealt several deeply personal blows by the Maquis. Towards the end of the story arc, he is finally pushed too far, and his speech becomes very measured and serene... while ordering his crew to get ready to ''use chemical weapons!'' [[spoiler:It may or may not have been an act.]]
** Fellow ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Broken Link" features an exchange between Garak and the Female Changeling in which she informs him that the Founders killed every Cardassian in the Obsidian Order, his home planet is destined to be destroyed and they will ultimately wipe out every member of his species left. His reaction is to cheerfully remark "It was a pleasure meeting you"...before attempting to incinerate the Founders along with all his friends and himself.
** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' has Data, an emotionless android. Emotionless isn't harmless, as Kivas Fajo would learn. Convincing a purely logical and physically superior android with a strong sense of morality that [[ZerothLawRebellion killing you]] is both the most logical and moral action isn't exactly wise.
--->''(Data picks up the disrupter and points it at Fajo)''\\

'''Data:''' ''(steps closer)'' You will surrender yourself to the authorities.\\
'''Fajo:''' Or what? You'll fire? Empty threat and we both know it. Why don't you accept your fate? You will return to your chair and you will sit there. You will entertain me and you will entertain my guests! And if you do not, I will simply kill somebody else. ''(points to henchman)'' Him, perhaps. It doesn't matter. Their blood will be on your hands too, just like poor Varria's. Your only alternative, Data, is to fire. Murder me. That's all you have to do. Go ahead. Fire! ''(in an increasingly mocking tone)'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech If only you could feel rage over Varria's death. If only you could feel the need for revenge, then maybe you could fire. But you're just an android. You can't feel anything, can you? It's just another interesting intellectual puzzle for you.]] ''(mocking sneer)'' Another of life's curiosities.\\
'''Data:''' ''(calmly considers this, then, in the same tone you'll hear from him at a poker game)'' I cannot permit this to continue. ''(raises disruptor)''\\
'''Fajo:''' ''(priceless OhCrap face)'' Wait! Your program won't allow you to fire. You cannot fire. No!\\
'''Data:''' ''(pulls trigger with no hesitation, but is beamed out at last instant)''
** Data is used to play with this trope as a plot point in "Descent Part I". Liberated Borg attack his away team early in the episode, and as Data kills one of them, he feels anger -- and, disturbingly, pleasure. He later recreates the incident on the holodeck in an attempt to recapture the feelings but fails after several tries. It becomes rather morbidly funny to watch Data casually and dispassionately dispatch the holograms; repeating his angry words from the battle with a completely flat affect, and not even sparing a second glance as the drones slump dead to the ground.
** Picard took this to the extreme with literally silent fury at the end of "Pre-Emptive Strike", after Ensign Ro betrayed the Federation to the Maquis. The last scene simply has him sitting at his desk in the ready room silently burning with rage.
** When Worf realizes that Duras murdered his lover in the episode "Reunion", he briskly but calmly leaves the crime scene and goes to his quarters. While there, he tosses his baldric aside and grabs his bat'leth. He pauses at the door, and after a moment's thought, removes his com badge. It is at this point that it becomes clear that Duras is about to die.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod Like Angels Put in Hell by God]]", when Lestat de Lioncourt confronts his vampire daughter Claudia on the train, he seems calm on the surface and never raises his voice, yet aggression underlies his every word and gesture because he's incensed that she has abandoned their family once again. Although no physical violence occurs between them in this scene, Lestat is nevertheless dishing out [[BreakThemByTalking psychological violence]] on Claudia in a conversational tone, which includes a death threat.

* ''Series/DadsArmy'': In "High Finance", Wilson, learns that [[spoiler:Hodges]] would write off a £50 debt owed to him in rent by Mrs Pike ([[OldMoney a lot of money in those days]]) if she'd be "nice" to him. Cue Wilson walking calmly from one end of the table to the other:

** His interview with Bill O'Reilly on ''Series/TheOReillyFactor'' should also count where he rips into Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}}.

* ''Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond'', Colonel McQueen decides to go head to head against enemy Ace "Chiggy Von Richtoven," getting nose to nose with the ship's Chaplain and explain matter-of-factly that he's going to kill this creature and quietly drink an entire bottle of Scotch in celebration afterwards. The Chaplain can only reply with a mumbled "Amen" to himself.

*** He ''did'' kill the cabbie and gangster in this mode. [[BewareTheNiceOnes And showed not an ounce of remorse about it]], which ''really'' doesn't help your case. [[WhatAnIdiot Yeah, only someone who's too dumb to do it would try it]] [[TooDumbToLive and most likely not survive if they've succeeded]].
** Sherlock does this ''again'' when Magnussen reveals his pressure point in "[[Recap/SherlockS03E03HisLastVow His Last Vow]]". Basically, piss off this guy ''so much'' by threatening John's life in front of him--you're screwed. [[TooDumbToLive Magnussen found this one out the hard way]]. [[WhatAnIdiot It DID screw things up for him, though]]. Cue everyone thinking [[NiceJobBreakingItHero "Nice going, genius."]]

* Pete Malloy of ''Series/AdamTwelve'' has moments of this. He can get emotional, like the time he beat up a pedophile, but another angry mode of his involves a DeathGlare and a low, dangerous sounding angry growl underlying his voice but with no yelling or outburst.

*** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent "Hell Bent"]]: After [[spoiler: arriving on Gallifrey]], [[CharacterFilibuster the Doctor]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness doesn't speak for hours or perhaps days]]... he just gives his trademark KubrickStare constantly. Everyone walks on eggshells around the man known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Oncoming Storm]] and dare not cross his LineInTheSand, not even with ARTILLERY, as it's quite obvious that after [[spoiler:the Time Lords caused the death of Clara and imprisoned him for 4 billion years in a GroundhogDayLoop always ending in his death]], he is '''[[UpToEleven beyond]]''' pissed. When the President ([[spoiler:Rassilon the Eternal]]) finally shows up to speak with him, the Doctor, never raising his voice, never raising his fists, simply says, "Get off my planet." For sheer terror of what [[TemptingFate disobeying the Doctor]] might bring, the military forces the President to concede.

* Pete Malloy of ''Series/Adam-12'' has moments of this. He can get emotional, like the time he beat up a pedophile, but another angry mode of his involves a DeathGlare and a low, dangerous sounding angry growl underlying his voice but with no yelling or outburst.

** A more comical (and [[MemeticMutaion memetic]]) example occurs in "Tree House"; Drake forgot to put a door to enable him and Josh to leave when necessary while building their neighbor a new treehouse. Once Josh finds out, he's barely holding his anger at this display of idiocy: