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7[[quoteright:320:[[Anime/MyOtome https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crosspoppingveins.png]]]]
8[[caption-width-right:320:[[WellExcuseMePrincess "Well, excuuuuse me!" said the princess.]]]]
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10->''"Val, you're scaring me! I can see the veins on your forehead."''
11-->-- '''Victor Calavera''', ''WesternAnimation/VictorAndValentino''
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13When angry or outraged, a cross- or Y-shaped intersection of veins never fails to appear on an anime character's forehead and/or fist.
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15Occasionally, if the character gets mad enough, extra popping veins will appear in the air around them. Of late, the veins have begun to turn into a symbol like the SweatDrop, and as seen in the illustration to the right, no longer appear to be part of the character's body. Also, there are absolutely no regulations when it comes to the size of it.
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17It's effective in demonstrating the character is angry despite what other emotion they may be displaying, showing the character is putting on a facade to hide their anger. In certain instances, the veins can be a precursor to a BigBallOfViolence.
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19Usually limited to comedic anime, but some manga have started putting them in ''speech bubbles'', and they have also appeared in [[{{Animesque}} anime-influenced Western animation]].
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21Compare CartoonThrobbing and FrustratedOverheadScribble.
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28* ''Manga/{{Akumetsu}}'' has this show up from time to time as part of the MoodWhiplash.
29* In ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', when Mira opens [[spoiler:Ao's]] packing boxes without the latter's permission during [[FeudEpisode the thirty-first chapter]], and finds an item adressed to her, the latter character yelled, "don't open my things without my permission!" with a few cross-popping veins on the speech bubble.
30* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' uses this frequently, especially with regards to Yukari-sensei and Tomo-chan.
31* Sebastian from ''Manga/BlackButler'' gets a few when dealing with the incompetent servants of the Phantomhive household.
32* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' takes a more realistic approach, depicting the veins as more branchy and bound to the characters' foreheads rather than the cartoony cross- or Y-shaped variants on hair.
33* ''Anime/CrayonShinChan'': Parodied in the GagDub, in the episode "Happiness Bunny's Revenge", when the [[PunnyName Milfers']] stuffed bunny comes to life to exact revenge on them for punching him.
34-->'''Happiness Bunny:''' You've caused me so much pain, it's made an anger-and-despair mark over my head! ''Look at it''!
35* The Student Council Vice-President in ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'' has a ''constant'' one, as part of his FaceOfAThug image.
36* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', Mimi's Cross Popping Vein actually makes a popping sound, it's funny.
37* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'': It's rare, but does occur in the manga once or twice. This appears more frequently in the anime adaptation.
38* ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' : Shizuo Heiwajima typically has one pop up on his forehead right before he [[HairTriggerTemper loses his temper]] and starts another [[UnstoppableRage rampage]].
39* In ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', Il Palazzo gets a lot of them in episode 21 when he's jealous of Key's good looks and guitar skills.
40* ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'': Cross veins appear on Miki's forehead and all around her in the background when she gets angry at Love for laughing at her tissue whiskers.
41* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'':
42** In one scene in the 2001 anime, Shigure claims [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry he's angry]], and when no-one believes him he grabs one of these and places it on his head, and claims he's angry once more.
43--->'''Shigure:''' Well, don't we all look lovely?\
44'''Kyo:''' I can't believe you're laughing.\
45'''Shigure:''' ''[calmly]'' Oh, right. ''[reaches off screen, ''grabs'' a cross vein and sticks it to his head]'' Now I'm mad.
46** Also used ''nearly'' straight in regards to Ritsu. Poor Ritsu, who wanted to bring fruit as a gift to Shigure and the others but didn't know what kind of fruit any of them liked, brings books about fruit instead, which makes Shigure a tad frustrated. When Ritsu asks if something's wrong, Shigure turns to Ritsu and says "No, it's nothing," in a perfectly calm voice, with a nice genial smile. However, there's a Cross Popping Vein the size of his fist on his forehead. In the 2001 anime version, a giant red arrow is featured, pointing to the vein. Ritsu prepares to leave while loudly apologizing, [[ApologizesALot as usual]].
47* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
48** [[TheNapoleon Ed Elric]] has no shortage of these. (AARGH WHO ARE YOU CALLING A [[RunningGag TINY LITTLE SHRIMP SO SMALL YOU CAN'T SEE HIM WITHOUT A MICROSCOPE?!!?!]])
49** [[HairTriggerTemper Envy]] also gets them fairly often.
50* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'': Even robots get these, and they appear sometimes on the hair of human characters. Nagi gains a cross popping vein in the pool game episode and when leaving, it falls off her head. [[GagSeries ...?]]
51* In ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure'', two appear on Kabaton's head when he insists to the Cures that he will eat the toxic mushrooms.
52* Ritsuko is prone to this on the anime version of ''[[Anime/TheIdolmaster THE iDOLM@STER]]''. Haruka gets one too on the OVA.
53* Several characters in ''Manga/KotouraSan'' display these occasionally, usually Haruka or Yuriko.
54* Trigger from ''Manga/KuroganeCommunication'' is the grandmaster of these, despite being a ''robot''.
55* In ''Literature/LadiesVersusButlers''... You know you are screwed up if you see [[http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8491/dokiladiesversusbutlers.png this.]]
56* In ''Manga/MarchComesInLikeALion'', Rei is the most prone to using them, despite being the meekest member of the cast. These show up sometimes on other characters as well. However, Umino restricts their usage to the more light-hearted and humorous moments; she lets the characters' facial expressions and body language convey their anger during dramatic scenes.
57* In one particular scene in ''Manga/MaidSama'', Shizuko sits through a stressful situation looking out the window, completely ignoring everyone... and with a permanent cross popping vein stuck on top of her head.
58* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Katsuki Bakugo does this often. To the point sometimes where he uses his explosions to get his point across.
59* ''Anime/MyHime'': Haruka sports them frequently, including during the opening song. Natsuki shows them from time to time, particularly when dealing with Nagi, or in Episode 7, when Mai pushes her head down to better observe Nao.
60* In ''Manga/{{Nana}}'', Nana K actually draws these on the omelets she makes for Takumi in ketchup.
61* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': This appears regularly on the series' various {{Tsundere}}. Most notably, Asakura gets one when faced with Kurt Godel...and it is ''scary''.
62* ''Anime/{{Ojarumaru}}'': These occur frequently during the 1st series. Episodes afterwards use them less frequently to the point of eventually becoming extremely rare.
63* ''Manga/OnePiece'' uses these rather often, usually due to Luffy being exasperating, especially in the eyes of Zoro or Nami. Creator/FourKidsEntertainment would edit these out of their dub of the series for unknown reasons.
64* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': This was lampshaded in a particular episode where Jessie began to rapidly fill the screen with floating Cross Popping Veins, some not even touching her head.
65* In Act 1 of ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'', a thick red set show up on angry, temporarily nonverbal cat {{familiar}} Luna as she [[HumanHummingbird rapidly scratches]] her human Usagi's face in retaliation for her upsetting apology kiss.
66* ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'': When the obsessively neat Chiri sports one, it appears in the exact center of her forehead in an utterly symmetrical way.
67* {{Subverted|trope}} by Touko of ''Manga/ServantXService''. She sports a permanent one below her right eye. Chapter 11 of the manga, however, clarifies that it's a stylized birthmark — Touko herself mentions that it's "like a mole".
68* ''Anime/SoulEater'': Shinigami-sama seems to get these a lot, despite being a skeleton, and therefore [[FridgeLogic lacking veins]].
69* In ''Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure'', one appears on Lala's forehead when she gets fed up with Hikaru's nonsense.
70* Creator/RumikoTakahashi uses them everywhere in her work, especially if its comedic (except in serious fare like ''The Manga/MermaidSaga'' or her horror-oriented ''Rumik World'' one-shots, naturally.) They're even visible through an animal's fur, scales, or feathers, and sometimes a character visibly brushes them off to represent him or her cooling off and taking things in stride.
71** In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' manga, this was the only way to know that [[{{YamatoNadeshiko}} Kasumi]] was angry, which only happened once.
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75* ''The Founder of Diabolism Q'': Unsurprising for a comedic spinoff of ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'', cartoonish cross-shaped veins sometimes pop up to show the characters' irritation. One such example is when Jin Ling tries to solemnly send off a lantern for his deceased parents and suddenly overhears Wei Wuxian mocking the custom for not having any truth to it, triggering the veins and eliciting the teen's anger.
76* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' also commonly features cross-popping veins whenever a character gets angry.
77* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'': In "Martial Art", Lamput briefly gets a cross-popping vein on his face as he gets angry at the docs for destroying his popcorn.
78* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', it's not uncommon for characters to have cross-popping veins when they're upset or angry at another character.
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82* ''ComicBook/HybridForce'': These occasionally appear in comedic scenes when someone is angry.
83* ''ComicBook/MrBeaver'': A small one occasionally appears on Mr. Beaver's forehead.
84* ''ComicBook/SamuraiGrandpa'': Harumi gains a small one on her temple when [[TheProtagonist Ojichan]] forbids her from coming on his quest. This is because she wants revenge for her husband's death.
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88* ''Fanfic/TheDarwinChronicles'': In "A Teaching Moment", ComicBook/JeanGrey's forehead veins begin swelling when Logan calls her "[[Film/TheGraduate Mrs. Robinson]]".
89-->Jean leaned over to kiss Scott on the forehead, tuck his blanket more tightly around him and give the dog a reassuring pat. Then she rose from the sofa slowly, an ominous glow in her eyes and a vein pulsing at her temple.
90* ''Fanfic/HeartsOfIce'': As watching an argument between Emma-O (the ruler of Afterlife) and Hoso-No-Kami (the God of Smallpox), Ranma notices a vein starting to bulge on the former's forehead.
91* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Germany was prone to this whenever Italy spoke Japanese because he ''hated'' it when his love interest spoke his rival's, language. [[spoiler:Until Italy chose them both.]]
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95* ''Literature/SamuraiScarecrow'': Yukio gets one after a montage of his younger sister Kasha [[IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery doing everything he does]] to illustrate how much she's getting on his nerves.
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99* In ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'', Isaac gets one when he picks up the Roid Rage item.
100* Characters in ''VideoGame/BreathOfFire 2'' have it. Look for it in Highfort... especially with the Princess of Highfort.
101* In many of the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' titles, should you see one of these pop up in a speech bubble, it's an early indication that someone's pissed off.
102* In ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy 4'' and ''5'', this trope provides the image for the berserk status effect.
103* Little Man from ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' {{Game Mod}}s is [[PerpetualFrowner angry all the time]], but gets these when especially infuriated.
104* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'': In the GoingThroughTheMotions sequences, characters sometimes have a picture of cross popping veins in PictorialSpeechBubble (they do the same thing for TheSweatDrop).
105* In ''VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDIVA F'', when interacting with the Vocaloids in their respective diva rooms, they will show this when they get angry after certain undesirable actions by the player.
106* In ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'', anger veins appear over 3D character models in dialogue scenes. Interestingly, they're used in dramatic moments as well and even villains get this.
107* ''VideoGame/ImagineMakeUpArtist'': Characters frequently display this in cutscenes when they are annoyed or ticked off, given the [[{{Animesque}} anime style]] of the game.
108* In the ''Izuna'' games, an excite trap will cause this to appear above your head. Excite traps are actually beneficial, though: they raise your attack power by ''pissing you off''.
109* Happens to Moe whenever he is angry in ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy'', sometimes even on his ''shell''.
110* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' has this with the Arm Muscle minigame. When Bowser's muscle expands the second time, it gets a small Cross Popping Vein. When you max out the muscle (causing Bowser to suddenly heave the ball he was carrying [[spoiler:at Fawful Castle]], pull out the [[spoiler:Giga-Carrot]], etc.), it gets a huge one. The effect goes away after the minigame is over.
111* ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'':
112** In the Japanese Platform/Nintendo3DS version and all versions of the Platform/NintendoSwitch port, whenever a Mii builds up resentment toward another Mii, they will express this with blue anger veins. In the international 3DS version, it's a blue FrustratedOverheadScribble instead.
113** If resentment reaches a head and two Miis are in a mutual quarrel, they may get into a BigBallOfViolence, and there will be speech bubbles with red anger veins.
114* It appears a couple of times in ''VideoGame/Mother3'', inside a red circle that appears above an enemy's head.
115** It's also lampshaded at one point. At the beginning of Chapter 4, Wess complains about how Tazmily Village changed, and Fassad replies by saying, "You know, if you keep making the veins on your forehead pop out like that, happiness will only escape you."
116* In ''VideoGame/TheNamelessMod'', Trestkon's default skin has one tattooed (apparently with [=MSPaint=]) on his cheek.
117* Using the [[BerserkButton provoking move]], Swagger, in all ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games starting from ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', causes this animation to appear briefly on the target if it works. Ditto for Rage. And Frustration (at least in Gen III).
118** It also occurs in the Safari Zone when the player throws a rock or mud at the Pokémon, angering it.
119** The perpetually angry Pokémon Primeape is always depicted with one on its forehead. Its even angrier evolution, Annihilape, has multiple popped veins on its forehead, alongside having ones strong enough to break the bracelets on its arms.
120** Mewtwo gains this whenever it launches most of its attacks in the ''VideoGame/PokemonStadium''[=/=]''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' games.
121* The ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' series has them, to go with the anime-like art style. During cutscenes in some games, characters will often have a cross-popping vein appear on or near their head when they get angry or irritated. The "Fury" status in ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoQuest'' is represented by this, which causes affected characters to miss 50% of the time and take double damage.
122* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', when you reach the third phase of the fight with Bowser, his Koopa Clown Car has this expression while he attempts to flatten Mario with it.
123* The "angry" heart has this in ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach''.
124* Appears at one point in dialogue in the original Japanese version of Videogame/WildARMs2, [[BlindIdiotTranslation though it was changed into a sad smiley face in the English translation.]]
125* ''VideoGame/UndertaleYellow'' has this in the Genocide route, just before [[spoiler: Ceroba is about to fight you in return for you murdering Starlo.]]
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129* This trope appears routinely in ''Webcomic/AptitudeTest''.
130* Happens in ''Webcomic/CornerAlley13'' [[http://corneralley.comicgenesis.com/d/20040823.html here.]]
131* Lampshaded in ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'':
132-->[[http://www.eeriecuties.com/d/20090608.html Suck the darn blood, Nina, before I pop this vein on my forehead!]]
133* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' uses this to pull off depicting an angry sentient ''[[http://egscomics.com/comic/2018-04-20 magic wand]]''.
134* Peonie gets some in ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}'', [[http://www.exiern.com/?p=1961 here]].
135%%* It's done on the first two "Bus Tour" pages of ''Flying Sparks'': [[http://flyingsparkscomic.com/archive/flying-sparks-the-bus-tour/ #1]] and [[http://flyingsparkscomic.com/archive/flying-sparks-bus-tour-2/ #2]].
136* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'': Along with virtually every other {{animesque}} art device, these are absolutely loved by the strip.
137* ''Webcomic/MobTies'': Yojimbo "Jimbo" Chairobuto has a permanent case that's later resolved via surgery.
138* Used in ''Webcomic/{{Monsterful}}'', mostly by characters that get angry pretty easily, like Lily Osiris or Josh Dinora.
139* ''Webcomic/ThePrincesssJewels'': As part of the webcomics anime look, cross-popping veins of varying shapes, sizes, and colours appear on various characters in the comic to show their anger.
140* This is often happens to characters in Webcomic/ShotgunShuffle, especially the protagonist.
141* The effect is seen on Ruby of the manga-influenced ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'' when she [[http://www.stickydillybuns.com/strips-sdb/oprah_never_lies finally gets really irritated by the aggravating Dillon]].
142* ''Webcomic/TokiNoTanaka'': Pops up on [[http://www.tokinotanaka.com/comic/episode-1-page-11/ Satoru's teacher]] whilst he's yelling at him.
143* In ''Webcomic/WelcomeToThePharmacy'', when one of the clients finds out he will have to wait at least ten minutes to see the pharmacist to get some medicine for his headache, he stomps away angrily, with his elongated, mutated neck sporting several visible veins.
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147* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' in episode 6 "Truth Seekers" has Millie get one on her arm when grabbing Loona and demanding she reopen the portal to Earth to try and rescue Blizto and Moxxie from D.H.O.R.K.S. agents.
148** In the above episode D.H.O.R.K.S. Agent 1 gets one on his forehead in frustration for Blitzo and Moxxie refusing to cooperate in the interrogation.
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152* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'': The Nerd has this in his logo.
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156* Characters such as Tony from ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingSpiez'' got one when angry from being treated as a little guy on the first episode.
157* Some characters on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' get these occasionally.
158** This trope continues on in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''.
159* Gwen on ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' gets these from time to time.
160* Spoofed in ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', with Ling Ling, a parody of Pikachu.
161* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' has quite a few {{Animesque}} elements, including this one.
162* Happens all the time on ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'' with the Japanese characters such as Ozu.
163* Diana gets these a lot when her step brother Martin annoys her to no end on ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery''
164* Birch Small on ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeMe'' gets one of these right in the intro.
165* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' season 5 premiere, the villain Starlight Glimmer gets one of these when she tells Twilight to shut up.
166* The Ninja on ''WesternAnimation/ShurikenSchool'' get these frequently.
167* ''WesternAnimation/StressedEric'': In a rare [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] example, Eric gets these several times an episode.
168* Yoko gets these a lot when annoyed with other people on ''WesternAnimation/TeamGalaxy''.
169* This is a common occurrence on ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}''.
170* Any one of the three spies on ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' can get these.
171* Also used in ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', where Raimundo uses it, and it extends to cover his entire head.
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175* In real life, bulging veins are usually a sign of physiological changes, such as aging or diseases. Strong emotion pumps blood faster, thus making it more protuberent.
176* "[[https://emojipedia.org/anger-symbol/ ANGER SYMBOL]]" 💢 is now an official Unicode emoji. The exact shape and colour vary between platforms.
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